Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 1

YOURE TELLING ME SOMEONE’S KEEPING A SPECIAL-GRADE CURSED OBJECT IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? A THERMO- METER SHED?! RECOV- ERING IT SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM THEN! HA! CHAPTER 18 RYOMEN SUKUNA REPORT: JUNE 2018 SUGISAWA MUNICIPAL HIGH SCHOOL #3 SENDAI CITY, MIYAGI PREFECTURE THERE’S NOTHING HERE… THE SHED IS EMPTY. HUH? NO GOING HOME UNTIL IT’S RECOVERED, OKAY? FOR REAL? THAT’S HILARIOUS! GONNA HIT YOU FOR REAL THIS TIME! IM GONNA PUNCH YOU.

SUGISAWA MUNICIPAL HIGH SCHOOL #3 FIRST-YEAR STUDENT YUJI ITFOORI PLEASE REVEAL AN ANIMAL THAT THE SCHOOL COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS WEAKER THAN! THOME ECONOMICS OCCULT RESEARCH HERE WE GO! NOD SECOND- YEAR STUDENT, OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB IGUCHI 冬积您炙 ARE YOU SURE? SECOND- YEAR STUDENT. OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB SASAKI NOD SPIRITS… SPIRITS…

か め P す け や J 2 6 ت ん OCCULT RE- SEARCH CLUB! SLAM! WHAT?! A FISH?! WE DON’T HAVE SPACE IN THIS SCHOOL FOR CLUBS LIKE THAT! BIA YOUR CLUB DIDNT SUBMIT ITS ACTIVITIES REPORTS! HA HA HA! I’M GONNA KILL You… – HA HA!) HEY, SO YOU REALLY ARE MR. WORM! ACTUALLY SKILLED AT AIKIDO! FOR THE RECORD… 10

I WOULDN’T MESS WITH OUR CLUB MEMBERS IF I WAS YOU! HMpH! IT’S NEW PARANORMAL ACTIVITY… AND RELATED TO THIS SCHOOL! A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO USED IT STARTED GETTING SICK. SOME WERE EVEN HOSPITALIZED. УЕАН EXACTLY! DON’T YOU THINK THAT’S STRANGE? THEY’RE PHYSICALLY TOUGH RUGBY PLAYERS, AFTER ALL! DO NOT ENTER THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CHANGING ROOM FOR THE GIRLS’ TRACK- AND-FIELD TEAM STARTING TODAY! SO GET OUT! A BLUFF? WHAT’S THAT? YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR RUGBY FIELD BEING CLOSED OFF, RIGHT?

THAT’S WHERE THIS NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM 30 YEARS AGO COMES IN! HE WAS LAST SEEN HERE! AT THIS SCHOOL, DURING CONSTRUCTION! !! NO اليمة THE PLAYERS STATED THAT JUST BEFORE GETTING SICK… … THEY HEARD STRANGE NOISES AND VOICES. W 000 CONSTRUCTION COMPAND EMPLOYEE MISSING MR. YOSHIDA, A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY EMPLOYEE, WENT MISSING! WHICH MEANS … HE WAS EVEN BEING TARGETED BY LOAN SHARKS! AT THE TIME, MR. YOSHIDA WAS IN DEBT! THE COMMOTION IS A RESULT OF HIS LINGERING SPIRIT! COUR THEORY! MR. YOSHIDA’S BODY IS BURIED AT THE RUGBY FIELD! TA DAH!

TICKS A TYPE OF PARASITE. THE TICK-BORNE DISEASE IS NO JOKE, SO BE CAREFUL! THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE IS… THIS MEANS THE OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB DOESN’T MEET THE THREE- MEMBER MINIMUM! ZING! IT SEEMS LIKE TICKS WERE THE REASON. STOP SPREADING RUMORS! 50 WHAT?! AS THE OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB, WE’RE HYPOTHESIZING ABOUT THE OCCULT! IT’S A RESPECTABLE CLUB ACTIVITY! I’M SUCH LAN IDIOT. HUH? BA YOU’RE A MEMBER OF THE TRACK-AND- FIELD TEAM! NOT THE OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB! YUJI ITA- DORI! I RE- WROTE IT! BUT I WROTE “OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB” ON THE APPLICATION. GRR.. ITADOR!!

ENOUGH ALREADY! I SAID IM NOT JOINING! ITADORI THIS TEACHER IS SKETCHIER THAN THE STUDENTS. TRACK-AND- FIELD COACH MR. TAKAGI! WE NEED YOU IF WE’RE TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY. WHICH • SIDE SHOULD U TAKE? COAAACH LET’S MAKE IT A FAIR FIGHT! ON THE FIELD! HOWEVER, I’M NOT A MONSTER! OH? NO CAN DO! NO CAN DO? HOW- EVER! IF I WIN… IF I LOSE, I’LL GIVE UP ON YOU. WHAT’S WITH THIS RUGBY FIELD? ISN’T IT AGAINST THE RULES TO CHANGE THE APPLICATION? SAY NO MORE! I ACCEPT! 14

I WONDER IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE CURSED OBJECT… 15 IS THERE A DEAD BODY BURIED HERE OR SOME- THING? Vw H EVEN SO, I’D SAY IT’S GRADE 2, BUT IN A PLACE LIKE THIS?

DAMMIT! THE PRESENCE IS TOO BIG! I’D BETTER HURRY UP AND RETRIEVE /T. THIS SPECIAL- GRADE CURSED OBJECT… WHAT A PAIN! .. AND FAR AWAY AT THE SAME TIME. AT THIS RATE, SNEAKING IN MIGHT HAVE BEEN POINTLESS. PIT’S AS THOUGH IT’S RIGHT NEXT TO ME… OVER HERE! HURRY UP! MAYBE I SHOULD CLOSE OFF THE SCHOOL. ONCE I EXPEL THE CURSE, I’LL CHECK EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY… SHOT PUT! 3 THE TRACK COACH, MR. TAKAGI, IS TAKING ON ITADORI FROM WEST JUNIOR HIGH! WHAT’S THE SPORT? 16

IT’S JUST A RUMOR, BUT APPARENTLY HE’S WON THE “NINJA WARRIOR” CONTEST. FOURTEEN METERS! IS ITADORI FAMOUS OR SOMETHING? THAT OR HE’S THE REINCARNATION OF THE CROATIAN FIGHTER MIRKO CRO COP! PSST PSST WHOA, MR. TAKAGI! HE’S STILL GOT IT! WHAT’RE YA GONNA DO, ITADORI?! HEH… BUT HE’S NOT DEAD! POOR MIRKO! CAP CIAP CLAP CLAP HM? WELL, IT DOESN’T MATTER FOR THIS THROW. I’M NOT SURE HOW TO THROW THIS THING. CAN I JUST THROW IT HOW I WANT? THAT’S KINDA LAME. HE WAS GIVEN THE NICKNAME “THE TIGER OF WEST JUNIOR HIGH”… EXCUSE ME… BUT HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SHOW YOU HOW SERIO- SORRY FOR USING A BATTLE OF STRENGTH AGAINST A SPRINTER.

ALL RIGHT! DOINK! 18

GOAL -30 METERS GOAL 杉 PAT NICE THROW. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING YOU CAN BE’LIKE A PHANTOM MEMBER -KINDA FITTING FOR OTHE OCCULT – RESEARCH CLUB, HUH? FOR REAL? 50 THAT’S WHY… 19 5 I WIN. ніННЕ ALL RIGHT, TEACH, I GOTTA GO. HE THREW IT LIKE A BASEBALL PITCH. I KNOW HIS NAMESAKE IS TIGER, BUT IT SHOULD BE MORE LIKE GOKILLA。 A SPORTS CLUB WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER FIT… HUH? 2何 田 115503 ITADORI, YOU DON’T HAVE TO FEEL OBLIGATED TO STAY IN THE OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB, YOU KNOW? BESIDES, EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE IN A CLUB, RIGHT? WELL, I’VE GOT MY REASONS, AND I NEED TO BE HOME BY FIVE.

GUH! WERE SCARED: BECAUSE WE LIKE IT: THE OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB IS REALLY GROWING ON ME. I WONDER IF HE’S LIKE ZENIN SENPAI? GOTTA HURRY! SHAKA SHAKA WHOA, THAT’S IMPRESSIVE. HE DID THAT WITHOUT CURSED ENERGY, JUST NATURAL ABILITY! IT’S ALREADY HALF PAST FOUR! SHAKA SHAKA BESIDES, YOU GUYS CAN’T EVEN GO TO HAUNTED SPOTS WITHOUT ME. EVEN THOUGH YOU LIKE SCARY STUFF. IF IT’S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS, I’D LIKE TO STAY. УЕАН. WELL, SUIT YOURSELF. WE DON’T CARE. DAWul АН! I’VE WASTED TOO MUCH TIME WATCHING. 20

THE PRESENCE OF THE CURSED OBJECT! I CAN FEEL IT EVEN STRONGER NOW! GAH! HOW THE HECK IS HE SO FAST?! 10O SH! ثر- SUGISAWA HOSPITAL 력 !!! HEY, YOU! WHAT IS HE, A CAR? HE APPARENTLY RUNS THE 50-METER DASH IN THREE SECONDS…

y- YOU… SHAKA SHAKA DON’T YOU GET IT?! I HAVE SOME FINAL WORDS FOR YOU. WILL YOU STOP TRYING TO ACT ALL COOL BEFORE YOU DIE? สนร์T BE YOUR USUAL SELF. OKAY? ..YOUR PARENTS! You BRAT! A MAN WANTS TO GO OUT IN STYLE, YOU KNOW! LIKE I SAID, I DON’T CARE, GRANDPA. IT’S ABOUT YOUR PARENTS STOP, I DON’T CARE! IT’S ABOUT… 22

DONT GO WASTING YOUR TIME AT A SAD PLACE LIKE THIS. HEY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL CLUB? THEY’RE NOT FOR YOU. THEY’RE FOR THE NURSES. EVEN MORE SO THEN, YOU IDIOT! DON’T BE BUYING FLOWERS ALL THE TIME, SAVE YOUR MONEY. YUJl… УЕАН? I WOULDN’T COME HERE SO OFTEN IF I WASN’T SO BORED! ROLL THAT’S ENOUGH! MY CLUB FINISHES BEFORE FIVE! STRESS- FREE LIFE, HUH? TCH… SNAP YOU’RE A STRONG KID, 5O.. … HELP PEOPLE. YOU MAY FEEL LOST. DON’T EXPECT GRATITUDE. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE ALL THE TIME. JUST WHENEVER YOU CAN. JUST HELP THEM.

WHEN IT’S YOUR TIME TO GO, MAKE SURE YOU’RE SURROUNDED BY OTHERS. DON’T END UP LIKE ME. GRANDPA? MR ITA- DORIP YES? HOW MAY I HELP YOU?

REGISTRATION RECEPTION ОКАУ. THANKS FOR EVERY- THING. …SO I’LL JUST HAVE TO LAUGH WHILE I BURN HIM UP. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?! L YUJI ITADORI, CORRECT? YUP, THAT SHOULD BE IT FOR THE DOCUMENTS. МУ GRANDPA WOULD BE MAD IF I MOPED AROUND… MY GRANDPA IS DEAD. SUGISAWA 7 HOSPITAL WELL, IT’S KIND OF MY FIRST TIME EXPERIENCING THIS. IT HASN’T REALLY SUNK IN YET… ARE YOU SURE YOU’RE ОКАУ?

THE CURSED OBJECT YOU HAVE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. HAND IT OVER RIGHT AWAY. SORRY, BUT THERE’S NO TIME. CURSED OBJECT？ NHO ARE You? I’M MOURN – ING… FRIEND? JUJUTSU HIGH SCHOOL FIRST-YEAR MEGUMI FUSHIGURO ОН УЕАН! I FOUND IT. HM? NATIONALLY, THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF UNEXPLAINED DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS EXCEEDS 10,000 ANNUALLY. ID AT LEAST LIKE AN EXPLA- NATION. IM FROM JUJUTSU HIGH SCHOOL. THIS. YOU HAVE IT, RIGHT? I DON’T REALLY MIND GIVING IT BACK, BUT MY FELLOW CLUB MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN A LIKING TO IT. 26

THE RESULT OF A CURSE.. ‘・ARE USCEPTIBLE TO RECEIVING THAT ENERGY. PLACES WHERE CROWDS GATHER, LIKE SCHOOLS OR HOSPITALS… THE OBJECT YOU FOUND IS SUCH AN ITEM. FOR THAT REASON, A CURSED OBJECT IS OFTEN FOUND AT SUCH PLACES AS A TALISMAN. COKSE CURSE …THE MORE THESE PLACES BECOME RECEPTIVE TO THOSE FEELINGS. A TALISMAN? ANY- WAY… CURSE THE MAJORITY ARE THE RESULT OF NEGATIVE ENERGY THAT FLOWS OUT OF PEOPLE… A CURSE? IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU BELIEVE ME OR NOT! CURSE PAIN, REGRET, HUMILIATION… THE MORE PEOPLE DWELL ON BAD MEMORIES…

USING POISON TO FEND OFF POISON. THEN IT ATTRACTS CURSES AND FEEDS ON THEM. HAND IT OVER, THE MORE EVIL PLACED ON A CURSED OBJECT, THE MORE IT DEFLECTS OTHER CURSES. TALISMAN SOUNDS HARMLESS ENOUGH. ISN’T THAT A GOOD THING? HOW’S THAT DANGEROUS? AFTER MANY YEARS, THE SEAL WEAKENS AND THE TALISMAN ESSENTIALLY CHANGES FORM. NOW, BEFORE ANYONE DIES… COMPARED TO OTHER CURSED OBJECTS, THE ONE PLACED AT YOUR SCHOOL IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS CATEGORIZED AS SPECIAL GRADE. LIKE I SAID, I DON’T CARE. 28

IT’S ЕМРТУ?! 摧慮怨敵 … LINGERING IN THE BOX?! … WAS THE CURSED ENERGY… WHAT’S WRONG? NOT SURE… SOME- WHERE OVER IN THE IZUMI DISTRI… WHERE DO THE MEM- BERS LIVE?! LIKE I SAID! THE OCCULT RESEARCH CLUB HAS IT! 29 SHP BUT YOU BETTER EXPLAIN THIS TO MY FRIENDS! WHAT I CHASED HERE… WHERE ARE THE CON- TENTS?!

…PEELING OFF THE SEAL TONIGHT AT SCHOOL. IS THAT BAD? ECONONICS OCCULT RESEARCH THEY’LL CHK CHK THEY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT… IT’S NOT JUST BAD… 30

THE ATMOSPHERE IS IMPORTANT WITH STUFF LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW? GASPI WHAT’S THE MATTER? 31 DID WE REALLY NEED TO SNEAK INTO SCHOOL FOR THIS? WHAT THE-?! SO SETTING THE CREEPY MOOD IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE IT MORE THRILLING. OH! I CAN’T GET IT OFF! I KNOW NOTHING’S GOING TO HAPPEN. เมมนุ กากร LOOK! IT CAME OFF! HUMAN… FINGER?

DO SEALS COME OFF THAT EASILY? NO, SOMEONE WITHOUT CURSED ENERGY SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO REMOVE ONE! NOR- MALLY! I STILL DON’T GET , WHAT HE/ MEANS BYT CURSED. I HOPE 原大茶 IT MIGHT AS WELL BE NORMAL PAPER! 15 IT REAL? THIS TIME, THOUGH, THE OBJECT INSIDE IS TOO STRONG! THE SEAL 1S OLD AS WELL!

WHAT’S THIS PRESSURE?! THERE’S NO WAY THERE’S A CURSE, BUT. IM COMING WITH YOU! THINGS ARE LOOKING BAD, RIGHT? HOLD ON! WHERE’S THE CLUB ROOM? YOU STAY HERE. STAY HERE! …BUT THEY’RE МУ FRIENDS! IT’S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS… I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP!

H… TONN POINTS TO 11… THE HOUR HAND… TUNK TUNK WHERE WERE… TUNK …IS IT NOW? !! IGUCHI! THANK GOD! WHAT TIME… WHAT IS THAT MONSTER?! TPEMBL 34

H- HELP… SLURP SLURP SLURP… ITS PRESENCEL IS ALL OVER, GRAPI DID IT ALREADY ESCAPE THE CLUB ROOM ?! WHAT TIME IS IT? 片

SLAP! VO V vo NWH000 DIVINE DOGS… YOU’RE IN MY WAY. GO AND FEAST!

WHAT AM I SO AFRAID OF? SHK -SHK SuK WHAT AM I DOING? STAY HERE! DEATH… I CRIED BECAUSE I WAS SAD, NOT SCARED. I WONDER IF GRANDP WAS • CAREL OF DEATH WELL, I CAN SOMEHOW FEEL DEATH FROM THE SCHOOL. NO, PROB- ABLY NOT. I’M AFRAID OF DYING. …AND GRANDPA’S DEATH.. HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT? THE DEATH I FACE NOW…

… HELP PEOPLE. YOU’RE A STRONG KID, 50… POWE IT’S CLOSE. POW POW 1ORE URSES FOUND -‘EM!

Фор. I’MITOO LATE! GUB CUB CLUB I OUESS SO, BUT… WENT TO SEE HIM BESIDES ME. “DON’T END UP LIKE ME,” HUH? 39 CRAP! IS IT TRYING SWALLOW THE CURSED OBJECT AND THE STUDENTS CALL’ ATO ONCEP TEMPERED STUBBORN.

KRAAA 希 I THINK YOU DIED PEACEFULLY, GRANDPA. KRK ITA- DORI?! THIS IS THE FOURTH FLOOR 40

IT’S DIFFERENT THAN I WAS EXPECTING. WHAT HE EXPECTED THIS IS NOTA NATURAL DEATH! THIS IS A CURSE?! Mog. WHAT TIME… …IS IT NOW?

WHY’RE YOU ACTING ALL HICH-AND- MIGHTY? …BUT SOOD JOB. NORMALLY, I’D BE PISSED… PHEW… EXCEPTIONS BEING WHEN FACING DEATH OR IN SPECIAL PLACES LIKE THIS. NORMALLY, YOU CAN’T SEE CURSES. THEY’RE MY SHIKIGAMI. YOU CAN SEE THEM? YOU’RE NOT SCARED, HUH? WELL, I WAS… HUH? YOU KNOW… PEOPLE ACTUALLY DIE. 43 BY THE WAY, WHAT’RE THOSE THINGS EATING THE CURSE? NOM NOM OHH… NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, I’VE NEVER SEEN A GHOST BEFORE.

…IF THEY HAVE TO DIE, THEN I WANT THEM TO DO S0 IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. SPECIAL- GRADE CURSED OBJECT RYOMEN SUKUNA. UH… NO, I GET IT. УЕАН. OR AT LEAST PART OF IT. MP YEAH, УЕАН… SO I FIGURED THAT FOR THE PEOPLE I KNOW… I DON’T REALLY GET IT EITHER! THIS IS… РОР FORGET IT. RYO …? IT’S DANGEKT OUS. JUST HAND IT OVER, 44

RUN! YWH0000 OM! FUSHI- GURO!

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WHAT RAW STRENGTH! I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO RUN. SH FORGET IT! I’VE ACTUALLY … HELP PEOPLE. ..OOT QUITE THE CURSE MYSELF. YOU OKAY?! I’D BE HAVING NIGHT- MARES IF I LEFT NOW! BESIDES

KR Тр Ак IT DOESNT MATTER HOW STRONG YOU ARE.a 50

NGH! A CURSE CAN ONLY BE EXORCISED BY ANOTHER CURSE. HURRY UP AND GET OUTTA HERE BEFORE WE ALL DIE. YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN CARRY THOSE TWO TO SAFETY. UH… I TOLD YOU TO RUN AWAY. COULDA TOLD ME SOONER! GUH.. GUSH® GUSH 51

IT PLANS ON EATING IT TO GAIN STRONGER CURSED ENERGY. HEY, WHY IS THE CURSE TARGETING THE FINGER? SOMEONE LIKE YOU WITH NO CURSED ENERGY WILL JUST GET IN THE WAY. YOU JUST SEEM LIKE YOU WANNA DIE ANYWAY! I JUST NEED SOME CURSED ENERGY, RIGHT? HUH? SO THERE IS A WAY TO SAVE EVERYONE… RUST RUSI WHA-?!

YOU IDIOT! DON’T! WW？ HE’LL DIE FOR SURE! THATS A SPECIAL- GRADE CURSED OBJECT! A LETHAL POISON! ONE IN, A MILLION! THERE SA CHANCE…

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ONE IN A MILLION! … HAS INCARNATED! WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE?! THE WOMEN?! … SPAWN- ING LIKE MAGGOTS! THE WORST- CASE SCENARIO… THE SPECIAL- IGRADE CURSED ОВЛЕСТ… Jara WOMEN AND CHILDREN … LIGHT IS BEST APPRE- CIATED IN THE FLESH! WHAT A WONDERFUL AGE IT HAS BECOME! AH! I KNEW IT! A CURSED SPIRIT’S FLESH IS NO FUN! ! 56

MARVELOUS! IT’LL BE A MASSACRE! 57

WHADDAYA THINK YOU’RE DOING WITH MY GIVE IT BACK! UM… IT IS MY BODY, YOU KNOW? I CAN SUPPRESS IT I’M KINDA LIKE TWO-FACE HUH? HOW’RE YOU ABLE TO MOVE? 58

UNDER JUJUTSU REGULA- TIONS… …1 WILL EXORCISE .. YUJI ITADORI! N HUH? – DON’T MOVE! YOU’RE NO LONGER HUMAN. … THE CURSE KNOWN AS…

YUJI ITADORI • He’s 173 centimeters tall and will probably keep growing. • He’s actually heavy and weighs about 80 kilograms, but his body fat percentage is in the single digits. • He loves TV. • He has a huge repertoire of half-cocked impersonations. • He isn’t picky with food. (After all, he ate a finger!) • Hé’s not really a hoodie guy. He just wears it because he can be indecisive.