Yuji Itadori

Yuji Itadori (虎いた杖どり悠ゆう仁じ, Itadori Yūji?) is the main protagonist of the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He is the son of Jin Itadori and Kaori Itadori, and the grandson of Wasuke Itadori. Yuji was living a normal life in Sendai City until he encountered Megumi and ate one of Sukuna's fingers. After becoming Sukuna's vessel, Yuji began attending Tokyo Jujutsu High alongside Megumi and Nobara as first-year students.

Yuji is a young man of average height and appears to have a slender build when wearing baggy clothing, but actually has a lean and muscular physique. He also has relatively large light brown eyes and spiky pink hair (brownish blonde in the manga) that's styled in an undercut fashion. When becoming the vessel for Sukuna after eating his finger, he gains a second pair of eyes that only open when Sukuna controls his body along with his many markings.

He gains a noticeable scar between his two eyes and a smaller scar on his left labial commissure of the mouth during the Shibuya Incident. Both scars were caused by Mahito; the first one was inflicted when the cursed spirit surprise-attacked him with a blade on his fist, and the second one was inflicted when Yuji battled him after his transformation.

Yuji enrolled into the Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, he began wearing his version of the uniform; a black long sleeve shirt resembling a gakuran over a red hoodie, black pants, and red shoes.

Yuji is a fair person who truly cares for not only his comrades but anyone he views as people with their own wills, despite how deep or shallow his connection to them is. He highly commends "the value of life," and to this end, he will ensure that others receive a "proper death". Because of this, he believes that it is morally unethical for him to take another human life, and tries to avoid any possibility of doing so unless as a last resort.

He is also not without his more energetic and outgoing traits. Such as his frequent comedic moments where he was seen alongside Nobara gushing about Tokyo and his eagerness to train with Gojo or even when entertaining both Junpei and his mother. Yuji is also highly passionate whenever he's focused on achieving certain goals and being quite stubborn when confronted about them, such as when Yaga questioned why Yuji wanted to become a sorcerer. He is also quite naïve due to his inexperience in the world of cursed spirits and jujutsu sorcerers, but is shown to be a quick learner, capable of adapting to his surroundings and picking up how to use cursed energy quickly.

Although usually composed, good-natured and friendly, Yuji can be angered quickly in the face of pure malice after witnessing firsthand the cruelty that curses were capable of, particularly Mahito's inhuman exploitation of Junpei. Yuji felt so profoundly disgusted that he felt a genuine desire to kill for the first time in his life and has a very intense yet focused hatred towards the cursed spirit.

One of Yuji's defining traits is his willingness to sacrifice himself for others, triggered by his grandfather's last words to him to die surrounded by others. When he and Megumi were under the threat of being killed by a curse, Yuji impulsively swallowed Sukuna's finger to exorcise the curse and save them despite having met Megumi for the first time on that day.

Yuji is one of Tokyo Jujutsu High's most powerful and talented students. Satoru Gojo places him on the same level of potential as Yuta Okkotsu and Kinji Hakari, the three students who he believes will surpass his strength. Despite having no connections to the jujutsu world before a few months prior to the Shibuya Incident, Yuji is able to contend with and defeat Grade 1 and Special Grade curses. Yuji was gifted with superhuman physical abilities which he masterfully combines with his cursed energy. Yuji is also able to contain Sukuna with no ill effects, which allows him to perceive the shape of souls. This enables him to harm Mahito, whose control over the shape of his soul otherwise renders him immune to injury.

Yuji is quite powerful even without the usage of cursed energy, as he can destroy walls with ease, throw a lead ball with enough force to bend a soccer goalpost,[9] and even throw a car.[10] As powerful as he is without cursed energy, especially when it comes to fighting, his exceptional strength can often be augmented to further levels with the usage of cursed energy, the Divergent Fist technique, and Black Flash, allowing him to exorcise cursed spirits. His unique strength has also been compared to Kento Nanami, a Grade 1 sorcerer. He can even harm Hanami and Choso, two curses who have remarkable durability and toughness with the former being near-impossible to damage. During his fight with Sukuna, Yuji jumped twenty stories from two buildings to reach Sukuna after the latter took control over Megumi's body. Also in his fight with Sukuna, Yuji was able to kick a massive chunk of rubble towards Sukuna, momentarily stopping him.

Yuji is shown to have great speed and can finish a 50-meter track within 3 seconds, implying he can run at speeds of 60.12km/h (37.3mph).[11] He's also been shown to dodge the attacks of all five opposing sorcerers from the students from Kyoto Jujutsu High who tried to murder him. He has been shown to be fast enough to evade Choso's Piercing Blood, which travels at the speed of sound, proving he has superb reflexes. During Yuji and Maki's fight against Sukuna while possessing Megumi, Yuji was able to keep up with their magnificent speed and reflexes while being grievously wounded from his previous battle.

Yuji's durability surpasses the average sorcerer. He was able to continuously take hits from Choso during their fight and even Piercing Blood, an attack moving at the speed of sound didn't pierce Yuji immediately. He was also able to withstand numerous attacks from Mahito in his Instant Spirit Body of Distorted Killing form and continue fighting. After Sukuna took control over Megumi's body, he punched Yuji through multiple buildings and Yuji survived that, and afterwards was able to fight him and even survive Sukuna relentlessly attacking him with Dismantle and keep fighting him with Maki's help.

Fitting his other superhuman capabilities, Yuji possesses a large amount of stamina and has often been shown continuing to fight despite grievous injuries for longer periods of time without rest, such as having his hand severed and his fingers disintegrated when battling the Finger Bearer, allowing for Megumi to escape with Nobara. He was also able to resist several poisonous stab wounds from when he tried to stop Junpei Yoshino from hurting anyone at his school. His incredible stamina is especially shown afterwards when he sustained grievous injuries from Mahito but was able to continue attacking.

Yuji is a curious person and an earnest student. He is also good at progressing - being quick at Satoru's Movie Appreciation Training, and realizing Aoi Todo's advice quickly. According to Akutami, he is the best at cooking among the first years trio. He was able to master using martial arts alongside cursed energy and honed it to a level with which he can take on Special Grade curses. He was even able to use Black Flash four times in a row a short time after he had even learnt of its existence.

Yuji is one of the greatest, if not the greatest practitioner of martial arts in the series. His fighting prowess goes toe to toe with Aoi Todo, another extremely proficient martial artist. Yuji can effortlessly defeat a Semi-Grade 1 cursed spirit, and challenge Special Grade curses purely using martial arts and infusing his style with cursed energy. Yuji also possesses an impressive control over his attacks, being able to pause his punch a moment before impact and adjust his power into several counter blows.

Yuji's fighting style is usually depicted as being very acrobatic with his movements, allowing him to strike his opponent in several different angles which also allow him to evade several oncoming attacks, essentially giving him great offensive and defensive capabilities. If the initial strike he is going for has been blocked, he is able to use high flying kicks, unorthodox punches, and even a knee strike to retaliate. He is also skilled in a martial arts style known as Taido Martial Arts, which grants him the ability to perform Knee Release, an ancient martial arts technique that eliminates starting movements and allows Yuji to release his knees, hips, and shoulders to guide him to his opponent's feet instead of falling down.

By combining the technique mentioned above with Taido Martial Arts, Yuji can perform Manji Kick, where he uses the momentum to throw his right leg upwards and land a kick to his opponent's head. By adding cursed energy to this attack, it can harm cursed spirits.

Yuji was not trained in the use of weapons; however, due to his physical power and talent, he can still become proficient with one quickly.

Immense Cursed Energy: Yuji's cursed energy originates from the parts of the special grade curse, Ryomen Sukuna. He doesn't seem to have an innate technique, but he has shown great proficiency with learning how to control cursed energy.

Currently, Yuji primarily uses cursed energy combined with his martial arts skills and superhuman strength to reinforce his strikes, increasing their impact and allowing him to hurt curses.

Thanks to the various regimens of training and having used Black Flash, Yuji better grasped the nature of cursed energy. By the time he had his rematch with Mahito during the Shibuya Incident, Yuji managed to land a Black Flash with maximum cursed energy, displaying the ability to use it practically at will, a feat said to be impossible for even Satoru Gojo.

After the Shibuya Incident, Yuji has added much greater finesse onto his cursed energy manipulation, combining cursed energy and superhuman physical abilities, Choso describing him as a Demon God.

Divergent Fist (逕けい庭てい拳けん, Keitei Ken?)[12]: After Yuji lands a punch on a target, his cursed energy flows and makes a stronger second impact. Divergent Fist was often used initially, but after Yuji's fight with Aoi Todo at the Kyoto Sister-School Goodwill Event and the Kyoto third-year's critique of this attack, he practically stopped using it. For a while, he even forgot how to use the ability, as it's use was originally entirely accidental. However, he eventually relearned the technique, and Yuji currently can perform it at will.

Black Flash (黒こく閃せん, Kokusen?): A technique that creates spatial distortion when a user connects with an impact of cursed energy within 0.000001 seconds of a physical hit. The phenomenon causes cursed power to flash black, creating a more potent attack to the power of 2.5 of a normal hit. Currently, Yuji is capable of using Black Flash four times in a row and has performed it a total of nine times.

Yuji has an unnamed Binding Vow with Sukuna. The King of Curses agreed to revive the boy after his apparent death in the Cursed Womb Arc under two conditions:

① Yuji would allow Sukuna to take over his body for one full minute when the cursed spirit would chant "Enchain".

② He would forget about the agreement.

Yuji initially opposed the Binding Vow, making Sukuna promise that he wouldn't kill or hurt anyone during that minute. The boy still disagreed with the terms and instead had a battle against the King of Curses, where he'd allow the agreement to occur if he lost. Sukuna effortlessly defeated Yuji, forcing him into the Binding Vow.

Slaughter Demon (屠と坐ざ魔ま, Tozama?)[13]: A cursed tool given by Satoru Gojo, originally belonging to Maki Zenin. It's effective against curses. Slaughter Demon was broken by a special grade: Finger Bearer.

Yuji was born on March 20, 2003 as the son of Jin Itadori and Kaori Itadori. While at the hospital, Wasuke Itadori told Jin that he was making a mistake staying with "Kaori" and that it would result in his death, causing Jin to retort to not say those things in front of the newborn Yuji, who would remember this conversation. "Kaori" then appears and asks if something's the matter.

Yuji was mostly raised by his grandfather Wasuke, who he thought of as a father. At some point during junior high, Yuji chatted with some classmates about how he's interested in Yuko Ozawa, despite her being short and fat. His classmates wonder why, and Yuji explains how elegant Yuko is. At one point Yuji confronted some boys who were bullying another student and defeats them, which was witnessed by Rin Amai. During graduation, Yuji takes a photo with Yuko.

Yuji is in the Occult Club room, with Sasaki and Iguchi when the student council president comes in to complain about the club. The president says that the club room is going to be used by a different club, since the Occult Club doesn't have three members. As the Occult Club is confused by this, Mr. Takagi shows up and reveals that he rewrote Yuji application, so that he would join the track-and-field team instead of the Occult Club. As Yuji complains, Mr. Takagi makes a deal that if Yuji can beat him then Yuji can join the Occult Club. Yuji agrees to the deal since it will be easy for him. Yuji takes on Mr. Takagi in shot put, easily defeating him and the world record. Sasaki tells Yuji that he doesn't need to continue being in the club, which Yuji tells her that the club has grown on him and he wishes to stay. Yuji notices what time it is and head out. As Yuji passes Megumi, the latter senses the presence of a cursed object on him and decides to follows him.

Yuji arrives at the hospital that his grandfather is at and meets with him. The two start to talk, leading to Yuji's grandfather telling him to use his strength to help other and to be surrounded by others when he dies. Yuji tries to reply to his grandfather but notices that he has died, which he reports to the staff. After Yuji finishes the necessary paperwork, Megumi shows up and demands for the cursed object. Yuji says that he will give it to him but wants an explanation, and Megumi explains what curses are. After finishing the explanation, Yuji hands the box over but Megumi finds that the box is empty. Megumi wants to know where the object is, with Yuji saying that his senpai have it and that they plan to unseal it tonight. Yuji and Megumi rush over to the school, with Yuji noticing a terrible pressure coming from the school once he gets close. As Megumi tells Yuji to say back, Yuji remembers what his grandfather told him and heads in to help. Yuji manages to rescue his friends from a cursed spirit, allowing Megumi to exorcise it. Megumi then asks why Yuji is here, causing Yuji to explain his reason. Yuji finds the cursed object, which Megumi explains is one of Sukuna's fingers. Suddenly, another cursed spirit appears, causing Megumi to push Yuji out of the way. As Megumi gets tossed around by the curse, Yuji jumps in and rescues him. Yuji takes on the cursed spirit, but it easily overpowers him. Megumi explains to Yuji how it takes cursed energy to exorcise a cursed spirit. Yuji wonders why it is after the finger, to which Megumi says that the curse wants to eat it in order to get stronger.

Hearing this, Yuji eats the finger in order to gain cursed energy. This act incarnates Sukuna, who easily exorcises the curse. Having taken control of Yuji's body, Sukuna plans to start a massacre, when Yuji suddenly takes back his body. Megumi tells Yuji that he will have to exorcise him since he has become a cursed spirit. Suddenly, Satoru Gojo arrives and wonders where the cursed object is at, which Yuji tells him that he ate it. Gojo tells Yuji to switch with Sukuna but switch back after ten seconds, which Yuji agrees to after some convincing. Yuji switches with Sukuna, which after ten seconds he switches back. After Yuji switches back, Gojo simply knocks Yuji out. Later, Yuji wakes up and notices that he is tied up in a room. Gojo tells Yuji that he is going to be executed, but they are going to suspend it for a period of time. As Yuji is confused by this, Gojo explains who Sukuna is and how there are 20 of Sukuna's fingers that they can't destroy. Gojo also explains how they plan to have Yuji eat the other fingers and then execute him, which he then tells Yuji to choose his death. Afterwards, Yuji is allows to check up on his friends and see how they are doing. After meeting with his friends, Yuji meets up with Gojo, who askes about his decision. After talking about how this might help people out, Yuji agrees to it and eats another finger. Yuji manages to hold Sukuna, which Gojo figures that Yuji is able to resist Sukuna. Megumi suddenly shows up, which Gojo and Megumi tells Yuji that he is coming to Tokyo with them to join as the third first year student of the Tokyo Jujutsu High.

After they arrive at the college, Gojo escorts Yuji through the college to his interview with the principal. Before they get to the meeting, Gojo tells Yuji that its possible the Yuji can fail his interview. As they arrive at the place for the interview, Yuji greets the principal of the college, Masamichi. Masamichi asks Yuji why he wants to attend the school, which Yuji gives an answer that Masamichi doesn't like. Masamichi has one of his cursed corpse attack Yuji, and explains how it won't stop until he get an answer from Yuji that he likes.

After Yuji manages to restrain the cursed corpse and explains how he won't regret the way he lives in the end, Masamichi accepts his answer and allows him to attend the college. Afterwards, Gojo brings Yuji to his the dorm that he will be stalling at. While Yuji is decorating his room, Gojo explains to him that Yuji is now able to locate Sukuna's finger like a radar. When Megumi comes out of his room, Gojo tells the two that tomorrow they will going to be pick up the last of the first year students, Nobara Kugisaki.

The next day, Yuji talks with Megumi about how there are so few shamans before they head out to go get Nobara. When Gojo shows up, all three of them head to Harajuku to go pick up Nobara. After they pick up Nobara and introduce themselves to each other, Gojo brings them to Roppongi for a mission. Once they arrive at the location, Gojo explains that Yuji and Nobara go exorcise the spirits as a tells to see their capabilities. Yuji brings up the fact that he can use cursed energy, which Gojo hands him a cursed tool to use, which is Slaughter Demon. Gojo also tells Yuji to not let Sukuna out during this mission, which Yuji agrees.

As Yuji and Nobara head in, Nobara forces the two to split up to find the curse which Yuji doesn't agree with. As Yuji explores the lower floors, he comes across a spirit and exorcises it. Later, Yuji breaks through a wall in order to rescue a child that a spirit has been taken hostage. As the spirit escapes, Yuji gives Nobara the spirit's arm, that he had previously cut off, which she uses to exorcise the spirit. After a brief chat with Nobara, Yuji brings the child out to be taken home. After the mission is complete, Gojo decides to take them out to eat which Yuji suggests beef steak.

A month later Yuji, along with Nobara and Megumi, are brought to a detention center for a mission by Kiyotaka. Kiyotaka explains that situation in the detention center, and how its their job to just rescue any survivors to the three. When a parent comes to asks if their son is safe, Yuji decides to rescue the guy. As the three head into the center, they notices that the area has expanded. Megumi notices that the exit is gone, which Yuji and Nobara wonder what they are going to do. Megumi tells them that his shikigami, that he had summoned, is capable of finding the exit, which Yuji and Nobara are glad about.

The three then head deeper into the center, where they come across some corpses. Yuji examines one of the corpses and finds how that its the guy they are looking for. Yuji decides to take the corpse back, which Megumi tells him to leave it. Yuji and Megumi then get into an argument, but stop when Nobara is teleported to another location. Before the two can react to this, a special grade cursed spirit shows up.

Yuji quickly reacts and tries to attack it with his cursed weapon, but the spirit easily breaks it and even cuts off Yuji's arm. Yuji tries to get Sukuna to help them but Sukuna refuses and even says that he will kill Yuji's friends. Yuji then tells Megumi to go rescue Nobara and to give a signal once they are out, since he will switch with Sukuna by then.

After Megumi leaves, Yuji takes on the spirit but the spirit easily overpowers him. Yuji realizes how weak he is, but remember what Masamichi had told him and decides to use his negative emotions against that spirit. The spirit easily catches Yuji's punch, but they both suddenly hear a wolf howl. After hearing this, Yuji switches with Sukuna. After the spirit is taken care of, Yuji fails to take back his body which causes Sukuna to go after Megumi. After a while, Yuji manages to take back his body and then has a brief chat with Megumi before dying.

Yuji's body is then taken to the college's morgue, so that it can be examined. Later Yuji finds himself inside of Sukuna's Innate Domain, where he starts a fight with Sukuna. Sukuna easily overpowers Yuji and after restraining Yuji, tells him that they are not dead yet. Sukuna propose to brings Yuji back to life, with some conditions that mostly benefit Yuji, which Yuji rejects and tells Sukuna to revive him. Sukuna proposes that they fight and the winner get their deal, which Yuji accepts but Sukuna easily defeats Yuji. Before the examination can begin, Yuji is revived and greeted by Gojo. As Yuji gets a change of clothes, Gojo talks with Shoko about leaving Yuji as deceased on the records so that he can train Yuji for the upcoming event.

Later Yuji is brought to a room, where Gojo explains how cursed energy and techniques work. As Yuji gets excited, Gojo reveals that Yuji can't use techniques which causes Yuji to get depressed. Gojo tells Yuji that they are just going to enhance Yuji combat abilities with cursed energy and has Yuji punch his hand. As Yuji punches Gojo's hand, Gojo says that there was no cursed energy behind it and explains how negative emotions are what fuels cursed energy.

Gojo then tells Yuji that he is going to have to train his cursed energy by watching movies. Gojo hands Yuji a cursed corpse and explains how he is going to learn to train his cursed energy flow by watching movies, and that the cursed corpse will attack him if he doesn't emit a constant flow of cursed energy. As Yuji starts his training, he has some trouble with it at first. Before Gojo leaves for a meeting with Masamichi, Gojo asks if Yuji met with Sukuna while he was dead but Yuji tells him that he doesn't remember.

Later Yuji manages to get a hold of his training when Gojo shows up to teach Yuji about Domain Expansion. Gojo brings Yuji to where Jogo is and after making Jogo angry by taunting him for being weak, he tells Yuji to not leave his side. As Jogo uses his Domain Expansion, Gojo explains to Yuji what kind of technique it is. Yuji then watches as Gojo easily overpowers Jogo. When Gojo starts to interrogate Jogo, Yuji and Gojo are distracted by Hanami's Flower Field technique. Yuji and Gojo tries to stop them, but Hanami manages to escape with Jogo. Gojo then explains to Yuji how he will be training until the Kyoto Goodwill Event. Yuji asks what the Kyoto Goodwill Event is, which Gojo is surprised that he didn't tell Yuji about it.

A month later, Yuji is introduced to another shaman, Kento Nanami, who will accompany Yuji on a mission. After having a chat, Yuji and Nanami head out to go investigate an incident at a theater. While investigating the theater, Nanami teaches Yuji how to see remnants of cursed energy.

The two follow the remnants, which leads them to the rooftops and encounter two spirits. Nanami has Yuji deal with one, while he deals with the other one. As Nanami deals with his spirit, he explains to Yuji how his technique works and why he is revealing it to him. Yuji then takes on his spirit and remember how Gojo told him how his cursed energy has a habit of lagging. Yuji manages to wound his spirit but Nanami stops him from killing it. The spirits are then examined, which Shoko tells them that they were once human. Shoko explains to the two how the spirits had died, and that it is not Yuji's fault. Yuji and Nanami then continue the mission, which Nanami says that they are going to have to go all out against their foe.

Nanami and Yuji talk about the investigation, which Nanami has Yuji search for Junpei while he continues to investigate for the enemies hideout. Yuji then head outs with Kiyotaka, to go look for Junpei. While searching for Junpei, the two discuss how they will reveal low level cursed spirits to see what Junpei's reaction will be. Yuji comes across Junpei, who is talking with his teacher Sotomaru, and wishes to talk with him. Sotomaru intervenes, but Yuji de-pants him and leave with the pair which forces Sotomaru to follow. Yuji then meets back up with Junpei and the two head to a river bank to talk. Yuji asks Junpei if he notices anything at the theater he went to, which Junpei lies and says that he saw nothing.

The two then start to chat and find out that they have a lot in common. Suddenly Junpei's mother shows up and after a brief chat, she invites Yuji over for dinner. Yuji then contacts Kiyotaka and informs him about how he will be at Junpei's house. Yuji has a good time at Junpei's house, but when Junpei's mom goes to sleep, the two have a serious talk about Yuji being a shaman and what would happen if either of them killed a person.

The next day, Yuji meets with Nanami and the two have a conversation about what had happened to Junpei. Afterwards Nanami has Yuji observe Junpei for a while. Later Yuji head over to stop Junpei, much to Nanami's disagreement. Once Yuji reaches Junpei's school, the two get into a fight. Yuji manages to easily overpower Junpei, because Junpei's shikigami's poison has no effect on Yuji. Yuji wonders why Junpei is doing this and takes a hit from Junpei's shikigami, which the two then start to talk. After listening to Junpei, Yuji tells Junpei to come to the magic college since they will find the guy who did that to Junpei's mom. When Mahito shows up, Yuji is restrained and forced to watch as Mahito mutates Junpei. As Junpei attacks Yuji, the latter tries to get Sukuna to help Junpei but Sukuna refuses to help just for his own sadism. As Junpei decays both Mahito and Sukuna ridicule Yuji for thinking he can rely on the help of curses like them to help Junpei, loudly laughing at his naivete and making Yuji realize, firsthand the extent of malice that curses are capable of.

As Junpei dies, Yuji feels so profoundly disgusted at Mahito that he feels a genuine urge to kill him as he suddenly punches Mahito, surprising the curse as Yuji is able to injure his soul, deducing that Yuji is naturally aware of the "contours of the soul" due to being the vessel of another soul. As they trade blows, Mahito manages to corner and tries to forces Sukuna to switch with Yuji but Sukuna warns him to not do that again. Yuji manages to overwhelm Mahito delivering a brutal onslaught on Mahito's face, but Mahito manages to get behind Yuji. As Mahito goes to strike Yuji, Nanami shows up and counters the attack.

The two then has a brief chat about Yuji's condition and that Yuji is able to harm Mahito. Yuji and Nanami continue to fight Mahito, Mahito has Yuji fight his mutated humans while he takes on Nanami. As Mahito manages to restrain Nanami, Yuji shows up and frees Nanami. Yuji and Nanami then overwhelm Mahito, which forces Mahito to trap Nanami in his Domain Expansion. Yuji manages to break in, which causes Mahito to touch Sukuna's soul, resulting in Mahito being wounded.

Yuji sees that Mahito is wounded and goes to finish him off, but Mahito escapes by using a decoy. After Mahito escapes, Yuji falls unconscious while still thinking that they have to get Mahito. Later Yuji is with the deceased when Nanami meets with him. The two talk about what had happened today and what is a proper death. The next day, Yuji meets up with Gojo and Nanami while thinks about he won't lose again until he kill Mahito.

On the day of the Kyoto Goodwill Event, Yuji meets up with Gojo and Nanami. As Yuji expresses a desire to meet up with his friends, Gojo convinces him that they have to do it as a surprise which Yuji agrees with. Later after the Tokyo and Kyoto students and faculty meet up, Gojo arrives with a large box for everyone. Yuji pops out of the box, much to the shock of most people present. Nobara is upset with Yuji, who apologizes for keeping the fact that he was alive a secret. After the faculty explains the rules of the event, Yuji attends a meeting with the other Tokyo students to discuss their plan of action. After the meeting, Megumi checks to see how Yuji is doing after his training which Yuji says that he is doing fine.

When the event begins, Yuji travels with the other Tokyo students until they encounter Aoi. Yuji takes on Aoi, while the other students heads off in groups. Aoi manage to overwhelm Yuji and starts to leave after he thinks he has won. Yuji gets up and complains about Aoi stomping on his head. Aoi asks Yuji what his type of girls is, which Yuji gives an answer that Aoi likes. As Aoi starts to fantasizes about a school life that he and Yuji didn't have, Yuji is attacked by the other Kyoto students. Yuji manages to evades most of their attack but suddenly finds himself cornered.

Aoi then uses his ability to switch Yuji's location and forces the Kyoto students to retreat. Yuji and Aoi continue their fight, which Aoi thinks about how strong Yuji is but says that Yuji's lagging cursed energy is wrong. Yuji then listens as Aoi says that Yuji's lagging cursed energy is making him weak, which Yuji agrees with Aoi that he can get stronger.

Yuji continues to fight Aoi, which Aoi manages to take all of Yuji's blows. Yuji also listens as Aoi explains how cursed energy flows through a shaman body. Yuji thanks Aoi and both agree to fight each other with all their strength.

When intruders invade the site, Yuji notices that a screen is being placed over the site of the event. Later, Yuji and Aoi come to Megumi and Maki's rescue. After handing Megumi and Maki over to Panda to get them out of the screen, Yuji takes on Hanami alone. As Yuji takes on Hanami, he gets his chance to try and land a Black Flash but messes up. Aoi slaps Yuji and explains how anger can both help and interfere with his fight. Yuji then continues to fight against Hanami, and manages to land a Black Flash on Hanami. After this, Yuji listens to Aoi as he explains how Yuji now understands what using cursed energy is like now.

Yuji and Aoi then start to fight Hanami together, and manages to attack and evade Hanami. After figuring out what Hanami is capable of, Aoi starts to use his technique and the two manage to overwhelm Hanami. Yuji then manages to land four Black Flash on Hanami, and seriously wound him. Yuji and Aoi continue to fight Hanami, until they reach a point were Aoi uses his technique to switch Yuji with a cursed tool that is capable of harming Hanami. Yuji makes it back to the fight, but Gojo suddenly breaks through the screen. As Hanami tries to escape, Yuji goes to stop him but Aoi stops him and explains how strong Gojo's Hollow Purple technique is.

After the invaders have been dealt with, Yuji meets with Nobara and Megumi and talk about what had happened during the invasion along with other they all will get stronger. When Aoi suddenly shows up, Yuji runs away from him. Later Yuji attends a meeting with the other students and faculty, where they all agree to continue the event. When it's decided that they will play a game of baseball, Yuji plays that catcher. When Noritoshi is up to bat, the two talk about why Yuji became a shaman which results in Noritoshi getting three strikes. When Aoi gets up to bat, Yuji holds Aoi after Maki hits Aoi with the ball. After the game is finished, the Tokyo team wins.

Days after the event, Yuji is being driven to a mission by Akari, along with Nobara and Megumi. While being driven to the location, Yuji and the others talk about the details of the mission. Once they arrive at the location, they have to all the victims school, Saitama Urami East Junior High, for information. Yuji and Nobara are shocked that Megumi used to attend the school, and asks around for any rumors about the victims. They finds out about the Yasohachi Bridge and decide to check it out. After hours of investigating, they head to a convenience store and discuss about how they didn't find any trace of cursed energy. Suddenly two student of the Junior High shows up and reveal more information about the bridge, and that Megumi's sister might be involved with the curse. Megumi decides to investigate by himself, while Akari brings Yuji and Nobara back to the hotel.

Later Megumi is investigating under the bridge when Yuji and Nobara show up. Yuji and Nobara asks about Megumi's sister, which Megumi says that she might be killed by the curse. Afterwards, the three cross the river under the bridge and end up within the spirits territory. As the three prepare to face the spirit, Kechizu suddenly enters the territory. Yuji decides to take on Kechizu, while Nobara and Megumi try to exorcise the spirit. Yuji manages to easily take on Kechizu, but wonders if the blood Kechizu spat at him is poisonous. When Nobara is suddenly pulled out the territory by Eso, Yuji chases after Kechizu, who is also leaving the territory. While chasing after Kechizu, the two encounter Eso and see Eso's back. Eso then gets mad after Nobara attacks him and uses a technique against Yuji and Nobara. The two notices that Eso's blood is corrosive and runs away when Eso starts to fire at them. When Nobara is almost hit, Yuji picks her up and starts to run faster.

Once they get far enough away, Yuji stops but Kechizu shows up and hits Yuji with his blood. As Nobara is worried about Yuji, Eso manages to land a hit on her. Eso then uses a technique and flower patterns appear on the wounds of Nobara and Yuji. Eso then explains to the two how his technique works and how long they have to live. As Nobara uses her technique on herself to stop Eso and Kechizu from moving, Yuji starts to punch Kechizu multiple times. When Eso undoes his technique and charges, Yuji starts to rush at Eso. Eso tries to attack Yuji with his technique, but Yuji uses Black Flash to blow Eso's arm off. After Kechizu is killed and Eso starts to cry, Yuji sees this and gets distracted. A car suddenly drives by and Eso gets on in, which Yuji chases after him. Nobara uses her technique to make Eso fall from the car, Yuji takes this chance to kill Eso.

After having taken down Eso and Kechizu, Yuji and Nobara talk about their conditions after dealing with Eso and Kechizu. After talking, the two go check up on Megumi and find out that he is not dead. All three talk about what to do with Sukuna's finger, which Yuji says that he can just eat it but Megumi tells him that they don't know how many fingers Yuji can consume. Megumi decide to have Yuji hang onto the finger since he looks the most fit, which Sukuna has a mouth appear on Yuji's palm and eats the finger. The three are shocked by what had happened, but Akari suddenly shows up and the three head off. Two days later, Yuji is back at the college where Sukuna mocks Yuji for awakening his finger and resulting in peoples deaths. Yuji simply tells Sukuna to not tell Megumi this. Later Aoi nominates Yuji for a promotion to first-grade shaman.

Days later the three finish another mission, which Yuji decide to go watch a movie he wanted to see. Later Nobara text Yuji to come to a diner, which he arrives faster than she had expected. Nobara is worried that Yuji won't recognize Yuko, but Yuji easily recognize her and greets her. After talking with them for a little bit, Yuji bids Yuko farewell.