The ENTIRE Story of Jujutsu Kaisen (Chronological Order)

0:00 Okay, so in Jiu-Jitsu Kaizen, the timeline can get slightly confusing, which is why today we're explaining everything from the anime in the order it actually happened. By doing things this way, you'll directly see how season 2 connects to the JJK movie, how the movie connects to season 1, and how season 1 goes full circle by connecting back to season 2. However, one important thing I wanted to explain before we get into it is the existence of cursed energy. If you know how cursed energy works already, then you can just skip ahead to the timestamp on screen. But for everyone else, understanding curse energy is the key to understanding the whole show. In JJK, curse energy is a mystical power source created from negative human emotions. For the most part, this power is usually only found in Japan, but it should be said that Japanese civilians don't know how to control it. As a result, curse energy

0:47 leaks out of their bodies whenever they feel upset or angry. And over time, this leaking curse energy merges together to form cursed spirits. Even though 99.9% of people can't see them, these spirits kill thousands of people each year, and the only ones trying to fight back are jiu-jitsu sorcerers. For context, sorcerers are a special type of human whose brains are wired differently, allowing them to see curses and harness their own cursed energy. The most talented sorcerers are also usually born with a curse technique, which is a unique ability that varies from person to person. For now, I'd say that's pretty much everything we need to know, in case you didn't know that already. So without further ado, let's get into the timeline. To start things off, the timeline begins in the year 2006 when Gojo was a student at Jiu-Jitsu High. At the time, Saturu was only 16 years old

1:34 and was significantly weaker than the guy who we meet later on. For example, teen Gojo had no idea how to heal himself with reverse curse technique, meaning he also couldn't do cursed technique reversal or holo purple. Now, despite that, he was still the strongest pupil at Jiu-Jitsu High alongside his classmate, Suguru Ghetto. Unlike Gojo, Ghetto came from a regular family of non-scorers, but by some miracle, he was born with arguably the most adaptable curse technique in history. The name of this power was cursed spirit manipulation, and it gave Sugru potential to absorb an infinite number of curses, including powerful special grades, and then control them like his own personal army. Although the technique has some drawbacks that we'll explain later on, for now, all we need to focus on is the process of absorbing curses. According to Ghetto, each curse

2:20 tasted like a rag used to clean up vomit. But there were two reasons why he was willing to make this sacrifice. Reason one, Sugru believed that in society, the strong should protect the weak. Hence why he wanted to use his ability to protect non-scorers. Reason two, even though no one could relate to his experience of eating curses, his friendship with Gojo meant that Ghetto never really felt alone. Sadly, one day all of this began to fall apart when the students were sent on a mission to rescue this teenage girl. In the world of jiu-jitsu, Rico Ammoni had various assassins trying to kill her. And to understand why, there's a bit of ancient history we have to know. At least 1500 years ago, but possibly even earlier than that, a sorcerer called Tangum was born with a technique that made her immortal. The downside to this immortality was that she still grew old

3:06 like a normal person, and eventually that became a problem. After 500 years of aging, her technique started evolving her into something not human. And this was bad because if the transformation was complete, then she might lose control and destroy mankind in the process. Therefore, to prevent that from happening, once every 500 years, Tenken would reset the age of her body by merging with someone else. These mergers are what have allowed her to stay human for so long. But importantly, it can't just be done with any random person. To merge with Tangen, a person needs to have compatible DNA. And this rare type of individual is known as a star plasma vessel. In 2006, Rico was the vessel of this generation. Although, like I said, there were assassins trying to get rid of her. The first group of assassins was an organization named Q, who were trying

3:52 to change jiu-jitsu society by forcing Ten to evolve. By contrast, the second group trying to kill Rico was the Time Vessel Association, who were mainly non-scorers that worshiped Tangen. To be specific, followers of this religion thought that Ten was a god, and they didn't want their god to become tainted by merging with a regular human. For that reason, the group hired an assassin called Toji Fushiguro, whose job was to terminate Rico before the merger could happen. An interesting fact about Toji is that his dad used to be the leader of the Zenin clan, but Toji himself left the family after suffering from years of abuse. From a young age, the Zenin bullied him due to his lack of talent since he was the only known person on Earth to have no cursed energy. Generally speaking, the top sorcerers have mountains of cursed energy, while

4:37 even non-scorers have tiny amounts. So yeah, Toji was just an embarrassment to the clan. However, what the Zenin failed to appreciate is that in exchange for zero cursed energy, Toji was blessed with superhuman strength and sharp senses that enabled him to see curses. These gifts made him incredibly dangerous. But to kill Rico, he still had to get past the strongest sorcerer team. Within hours of being given their mission, Ghetto saved Rico from Q's assassination attempt while Gojo defeated their best soldier and caused the group to break up. From here, the plan was to safely bring Rico to Jiu-Jitsu High. But things began to go wrong when she chose to visit her school friends one last time. The reason this was even allowed was because Ten gave orders to do anything Rico wants since the merger wasn't scheduled to happen for two more days. Now, predictably,

5:22 while at school, she was targeted by assassins again. Only this time, the killers were recruited by Toji. As part of his master plan, he knew that if Gojo was at full strength, then it would be impossible to get close to his target. That's why to reduce Gojo's stamina, he offered 30 million yen to anyone who could kill the girl within 2 days. The genius of this plan is that firstly, you get a bunch of people fighting for you, and you don't even have to pay them since they're guaranteed to lose. Secondly, the existence of the bounty itself made Gojo paranoid to the point where he didn't sleep for two nights out of concern for Rico's safety. This meant by the day of the merger, he was exhausted. And when the bounty finally expired, he thought it was safe to let his guard down. That mistake is how Toji was able to catch him by surprise in this scene. And after a very tactical

6:09 fight, Gojo dies. At the same time, deep below Jiu-Jitsu High, Rico was almost ready to do the merger. But at the very last second, she was given a choice. As we know, being the star plasma vessel is a big sacrifice cuz you're essentially asking a child to give up their whole life so that Ten gets a new body. From the start, Gojo and Ghetto weren't the biggest fans of this idea, and they agreed to support Rico and possibly even fight Tangen if she decided not to merge. When presented with the option to have a normal life, an emotional Rico did choose to go back home. However, the moment was ruined when Toji showed up and killed her. Yeah, this guy is just really good at his job. What followed this was an epic battle between Ghetto and the assassin. And during this fight, we saw one of the drawbacks of cursed spirit manipulation. For context, one

6:54 reason why Toji was such a great hitman is that he had a one-of-a-kind collection of weapons that could negate cursed techniques, boost his own strength, and cut directly into the soul. These tools were all stored inside of a small cursed spirit that he tamed. But from Ghetto's perspective, he assumed that he'd be able to absorb it. Sadly, what he didn't know at the time is that in rare cases where a cursed spirit has a master, the curse can only be absorbed once the master is defeated. Due to this miscalculation, he got ripped apart by Toji. And the only reason he wasn't killed is cuz if he died, all of the curses inside him would be released. Understandably, Toji didn't want to deal with that, and so he left Jiu-jitsu with Rico's dead body and brought her to the time Vessel Association. There, he received the money they owed him, plus a bonus on

7:40 top. But on the way out, he was confronted by Gojo. As it turns out, when Satu was on the verge of death, he put everything he had into learning reverse curse technique. Quick reminder, reverse curse technique is when you multiply negative cursed energy with more negative energy to create a positive energy that can repair the body and fuel cursed techniques. With his life on the line, Gojo finally realized how to do this, allowing him to heal from his injuries and awaken a new level of jiu-jitsu. This upgrade is how he was able to destroy Toji with Holo Purple. Although before the assassin died, he revealed something interesting. For context, four years earlier, Toji's wife gave birth to a son called Megumi, but she died shortly after he was born. Her death basically led to Toji spiraling out of control. And so to make some money, he agreed to sell his son to the

8:26 Zening clan. The deal was that Megumi would be handed to them once his cursed technique appears. But deep down, Toji knew it would be an awful place to grow up. That's why with the final chance to fix his mistake, he told Gojo about the situation, hoping he might interfere. Now, switching back to Ghetto, after regaining consciousness, he also went to the Time Vessel Association where Rico's murder was being celebrated by the followers. In this moment, Gojo was tempted to just wipe out everyone there. But it was Sugru who convinced him there was no point. Even though Ghetto was equally disgusted by these people, killing them would have gone against his belief that sorcerers should protect the weak. That said, because of everything that happened on this mission, his beliefs and his life would drastically change over the next year. For instance, now that Gojo had surpassed him by

9:12 learning reverse curse technique, the two friends stopped working as a team. Instead, Saturu went on missions alone since he didn't need any help, leaving Ghetto to deal with other less important threats by himself. Gradually, this led to his mental health falling off a cliff, given that most days he was just on his own eating curses, and he began to question why he was even doing this. Originally, his main aim was to protect non-sorcers. But from experience, he now knew that many of these people didn't deserve it. Then, at the height of his depression, Sugru had a life-changing conversation with Yuki Sakumo. Back in 2007, Yuki was the most powerful sorcerer besides Gojo, and her dream was to create a world with no cursed spirits. If you watched the full intro to this video, then you know that spirits are born from cursed energy leaking out of normal people. Therefore,

9:59 Yuki theorized that to stop curses being born, you have to somehow remove cursed energy from the world so that everyone becomes like Toji or you teach mankind to control curse energy, thereby preventing any leaks. During this discussion, Ghetto realized that a third option would just be to exterminate all non-scorers. And Yuki even admitted this might be an easier way. As a side note, something else she revealed was that despite Rico's merger not happening, Ten hadn't become a threat to humanity like they feared. Shortly after this meeting, a young jiu-jitsu high student called Hibber was killed on a mission with Nanom narrowly escaping. And once again, Suguru questioned if all this suffering was worth it just to protect non-scorers. In September of 2007, Ghetto then finally snapped, massacring

10:44 an entire village of non-scorers, with the exception of two young girls who were able to see curses. After this day, he raised them like they were his own kids while abandoning any ties that he had to jiu-jitsu high. When confronted about this by Gojo, Suguru explained that his vision was to build a society where only sorcerers exist and he knew it was possible because Gojo himself has the potential to do it. In other words, if Ghetto could be as strong as Gojo, then it' be pretty easy for him to wipe out non-scorers. So, the fact it can be done is why Sugru wanted to give it his best try. Following this, the two friends then went their separate ways with Satu eventually going on to cancel the deal that Toji made with the Zenin. Instead, he made arrangements so that Megumi and his stepsister were taken care of as he planned to develop Fushiguro into a powerful ally.

11:31 Meanwhile, Ghetto used brute force to take over what remained of the Time Vessel Association. This move gave him access to huge financial resources, and for years, he gathered followers who shared his beliefs. In 2017, Ghetto and his minions then took the first steps towards eradicating non-scorers, which brings us to the events of the JJK movie. Unsurprisingly, Ghetto was the villain of the film, while the hero was a brand new student at Jiu-Jitsu High. The name of that student is Uta Okatsu. And to understand why he's so important, it's worth examining his backstory. At a super young age, Utu was diagnosed with pneumonia. And while receiving treatment at the hospital, he bumped into a girl called Ra Orimoto. Rico was an orphan whose parents died in mysterious circumstances. And after their first meeting, both her and Akotsu ended up going to the same school. Over time, the

12:18 two of them became incredibly close to the point where Ra took her mom's old wedding ring and used it to propose to UT. This scene was important because not only did he agree to marry her in the future, but he specifically says that they'll stay together forever. When Rico was then unexpectedly killed in a car crash, her soul morphed into a vengeful cursed spirit that permanently attached itself to UT. In this form, Rico followed him everywhere he went. And for the next six years, her spirit would violently attack anyone who she thought might be a threat to him. This is what brings us to the very start of the JJK movie where in November of 2016, UT was being harassed by four bullies at school. In response, Rica crushed the bullies by stuffing all four of them into a single locker and allegedly they managed to survive even though the movie showed them looking like this. Anyhow,

13:05 following this incident, Jiu-Jitsu High decides that they should probably do something about Uta. And in total, they sent four sorcerers to deal with him. Although the names of the sorcerers weren't revealed, we know that at least one of them was grade one level and was assisted by multiple grade twos. In spite of that, it's confirmed that RA took them all down, which gives you some idea of just how powerful she is. Fearing what she might do next, the higher-ups organized UT's execution in the autumn of 2017, where they planned to kill him so that Ra's curse would vanish. Akotssu agreed to this proposal since he was tired of hurting people. And at one point, he even tried to execute himself before Ra stopped it from happening. With very few options left, the higher-ups eventually called in Saturu Gojo, aka the strongest sorcerer alive, and his job was to teach UT how to control the curse. After

13:52 speaking with Gojo, Akotsu then transfers to Jiu-Jitsu High, where he joins the existing class of firstear students. At the time, the first years were Maki, Zenin, Panda, and Toge Unumaki, with the human first years being 15 and 16 years old. When Uta initially joined their group in 2017, the first years immediately felt Ra's presence since she's stronger than any curse they would have seen in their lives. The thing you need to remember about cursed spirits is that they're made from a substance called cursed energy. And so, the more cursed energy a spirit has, the tougher it becomes. In Ra's case, she's described as having endless amounts of curse energy, making her essentially invincible and definitely more dangerous than any other curse we've seen in the anime. For that reason, Mari had absolutely no respect for UT in the beginning, cuz he acts like a timid weakling, even though he

14:38 has this unbeatable curse protecting him 24/7. Regardless, Gojo thought it was a good idea to send these two on a mission together. And later that day, they head to an elementary school. The reason this school is relevant is because two of the kids recently went missing and Goja suspects that a curse was responsible. Earlier I explained how all curses are made from cursed energy. And what this means is that in places like hospitals and schools where people feel all kinds of negative emotions, it's normal for people's cursed energy to leak and form cursed spirits in these specific locations. It's the job of sorcerers to then exercise those spirits. And in this scene, Marky single-handedly destroys three of them while a terrified UT just watches on. Following that, they enter the school to search for these missing kids. And although there are curses everywhere, none of them try to attack.

15:24 Marky quickly realizes that it's because the curses are afraid of UT. And after checking his student ID, it's revealed that he's classified as a special grade sorcerer, which is the highest ranking that any sorcerer can achieve. In the entire world, only three other special grade sorcerers exist, with Gojo being one of them. So, for you to be on that level is a massive deal. In any case, out of nowhere, a giant curse appears. And unlike the other spirits, this one doesn't hesitate to attack the first year students. Both Marquy and Akotu are then swallowed by this thing. And on the inside of his stomach, they find the missing kids who they'd been searching for. At this stage, both children were in a really bad condition thanks to the effects of the curse. And to make things even worse, Mari herself also starts getting affected. This left UT as the only person who could save them, which

16:10 was bad news for everyone since he still had no clue what he was doing. That's why a frustrated Marky gives him a pep talk since their lives are literally depending on it. And luckily, he thinks of a plan soon afterwards. By putting on the engagement ring that Ra gave him, it strengthens his connection to her cursed spirit. And because of that, he was able to ask to borrow her power. Up until now, Ra would just kind of emerge whenever she felt like it. But this occasion was the first time Uta summoned her to do something for him. She then proceeds to tear apart the other cursed spirit limb from limb, giving us the chance to free himself and carry everyone else to safety. In this scene, Akosu makes the decision to change as a person. And from this moment onwards, he was more determined than ever to break Ra's curse. Once the curse is broken, she'll no longer be stuck in this form,

16:56 and her soul will finally be free to pass onto the afterlife. However, the challenge here is that because her cursed spirit is basically invincible, you can't just destroy it in the same way you would destroy a regular curse. Instead, what UT has to do is unravel her curse step by step. And I'll explain how. The basic concept is that UT's ring enables him to borrow small parts of Ra's curse. And so, once that's done, he can channel that tiny curse into this katana. With enough practice, the aim is to keep channeling larger and larger amounts of RA into the sword until her spirit is fully under his control. And once that happens, the curse will officially be broken. As a side note, following the mission at the elementary school, there are two important things you need to know. Number one, later that night, a mysterious figure showed up at

17:41 the school. And based on his shadow, we can tell that this is Suguru Ghetto. As we know, Suguru's mission was to wipe out every normal human on the planet. and he spent the last decade building his army. Importantly though, they still weren't strong enough to accomplish their goal since if they tried anything, then they'd be crushed by jiu-jitsu society. This is where Ra comes in. Because as the most powerful curse, if she was on their side, their mission would suddenly become a lot more realistic. Using his cursed spirit manipulation, if Ghetto was to kill UT, then Ra's immense power would all transfer to him. That's why Sugru was eager to test what she could do. Hence why he laid this trap for her at the elementary school. The second thing you need to know is that later on when Marquy and the kids were recovering in hospital, Uta came to a realization. Until now, he just assumed that Ra had

18:28 chosen to curse him. But in reality, he might have been the one who turned her into a curse when he said that they'd be together forever. From Gojo's perspective, this theory was plausible since he never understood how a seemingly normal girl turned into the strongest curse of the modern age. To find out the truth, he immediately opened an investigation into both Ra's background and UT's background as he hoped that this information might reveal clues about where her power comes from. Anyway, flashing forward 3 months. In that time, UT had been consistently training with his katana and even took part in the 2017 Goodwill event. The Goodwill event is when students from the Tokyo branch of Jiu-Jitsu High face off against students from the Kyoto branch. And in season 1, we found out that UT and RA took part in the 2017 edition.

19:13 According to the manga, the Tokyo students easily secured the win, largely thanks to RA dominating the event, which is why you might have noticed that in season 1, Toto was eager to get revenge. Regardless, following the 3-month time skip in the JJK movie, Gojo decides to send UT on a mission with Togei Unumaki. Out of all the first years, Toge is by far the most experienced, and his cursed technique is known as cursed speech. To put it simply, it's an ability that makes anything he says happen in real life. With an example being how if he tells someone to stop moving, then that's exactly what's going to happen. As you can imagine, a technique like this could be useful in a million different ways. But the downside is that Togei can't have normal conversations. To avoid hurting people, he only speaks using safe words like salmon, kelp, and other rice ball ingredients. And at this

20:00 stage in the timeline, Uta didn't really understand anything he said. The two students then traveled to the mission location, which was an abandoned shopping center full of low-level curses. The job here was for Togei to exercise those curses by himself, while Akotsu's role was mainly to stand there and watch and learn. Before they got started, though, Gojo warned UT not to let Ra out on this occasion since the higherups didn't really like her unpredictability. If Akotsu was to let her go on another rampage, then it's possible they tried to execute him even sooner than expected. Moving on. After entering the location, the first years encountered the swarm of curses who they were sent here to kill. Within seconds, Inumaki destroys every last one of them by telling them to explode. And just like that, the mission was supposed to be over. However, what they didn't know is that inside of the shopping center,

20:47 Ghetto was secretly watching them from a distance. On this occasion, Ghetto's objective was to see Ra with his own two eyes, and so he ambushes them by using one of his cursed spirits. The plan was for Akotsu to get so overwhelmed by this that he'd have no choice but to summon her again. Although this time things played out a lot differently than the elementary school. Towards the beginning of the fight, Togei warned UT to stay away since his inexperience made him vulnerable against a curse of this level. The problem though is that Inamaki himself was also vulnerable due to the side effect of his technique. Something you need to know about cursed speech is that when you say powerful words like explode or blast away, there's always a chance that your throat might get damaged. If that happens, the only way to keep using cursed speech is to take throat medicine. But Inumaki's medicine fell out of his pocket right

21:33 next to the cursed spirit. Because of that, Uta didn't want his classmate to try and fight this thing alone, which is why they do work together to take it down. Akotsu kicks things off by channeling a tiny part of Ra into his katana and then trying to slash Ghetto's curse. Even though the slash itself wasn't that deep, it gave Uttor an opening to retrieve the throat medicine and throw it to Inumaki. After recovering his voice, Togei then exercises the curse by crushing it to death, meaning Ra never needed to come out. By the way, I should mention that if Ghetto really wanted to, he could have just kept releasing more and more curses, but for some reason, he chooses to let the first years escape. Hours later, Gojo then hears about the surprise curse that attacked his students, and he goes to take a look around the area for himself. During his inspection, he notices the residuals

22:18 left behind by Gateau. And as a quick note, residuals are just traces of cursed energy that are left behind when someone uses their cursed technique. Because Sugaru and Sataru spent so much time together as classmates, Goju instantly recognize these residuals, and soon afterwards, he tells the principal. At the same time, Ghetto himself was making preparations for a war against Jiu-Jitsu High. In the present day, Ghetto has accumulated over 6,000 curses, including at least two special grades. Not to mention, he has an army of followers who I already mentioned. Now, if he was to add RA to all of this, then Sugru believes he'd have a 99% chance of overthrowing Jiu-Jitsu High. Once that's done, he could finally achieve his goal of destroying all non-scorers. As in his mind, apparently, not even Gojo would be able to stop him.

23:03 That's why in this scene, Ghetto confidently arrives at the school and declares war against all of his former friends and teachers. To be specific, he tells them that on December the 24th, 2017, he's going to unleash a thousand cursed spirits in Tokyo and another thousand in Kyoto with each curse being given orders to massacre. The name of this war is the night parade of a 100 demons. And if that sounds familiar, it's because in season 1, we found out that on this night, Toto played a big role in fighting Ghetto's army. Before we get into that though, after Suguru made his declaration of war, you'd expect that someone from Jiu-Jitsu High would try to stop him right there and then. However, although Gojo wanted to do something, there were two reasons why he couldn't hurt Ghetto in this specific moment. The first and most obvious reason is that Suguru threatened to kill the first Yu Satro didn't let him leave.

23:50 But in my opinion, there is a second reason we need to factor in. Personally, I think it's fair to say that Gojo is fast enough to have killed Ghetto before anything happened to his students. But if he did that, there's a chance that all 6,000 of Suguru's curses might be released. This possibility was first mentioned by Toji Fushiguro, who refused to kill Ghetto back in 2006, purely because he didn't want to deal with all the cursed spirits that might come pouring out. To me, it's possible, if not likely, that Gojo came to a similar conclusion and therefore allowed his former best friend to fly away. Moving on to December 24th, in both Tokyo and Kyoto, Jizu Hai had gathered nearly every sorcerer they had. Their mission was to exercise all 2,000 curses heading their way. But noticeably, UT was left back at school. Due to RA's

24:36 unpredictable nature, there was a risk that if she was on the battlefield, she might end up destroying both sides. As a result, it was safer to just leave Aatsu behind, which is exactly what Ghetto thought was going to happen. All along, the true objective of the night parade of 100 demons was for all the experienced sorceress to be distracted in Kyoto and Tokyo, while UT is left completely alone. With that being the case, Ghetto casually marches into Jiu-Jitsu High, where the only one left standing between him and Akatsu is Marquy. Later on, we'll explain why Mari is considered to be such a weak sorcerer. But for now, all we have to say is that her curse energy levels are so low that she can't see curses without wearing these special glasses. From Ghetto's point of view, this is exactly the type of person who he wants to eradicate. And so, he quickly wipes her out with these centipede looking cursed

25:23 spirits. Meanwhile, over in Tokyo, Gojo begins to wonder why Suguru isn't on the front lines, and as he's thinking, he suddenly gets interrupted. I mentioned earlier in the video how Satu requested an investigation into Yuta's background, and in this scene, he finally gets the results. After hearing this info, it causes him to realize where Ghetto has to be. And so, he teleports Togei and Panda back to Jiu-Jitsu High. I should point out that this move from Gojo was extremely calculated since he knew these two never had a single chance of defeating Ghetto. Instead, the reason he sent them back is that he assumed they would lose and he was hoping this would trigger Akotsu to get even stronger. Luckily for Gojo, that's exactly what happened. Because when Akotu found his classmates lying in a bloody mess, he instantly allowed Ra to come out. They

26:09 both then easily destroyed a swarm of curses that Suguru sent towards them before taking a quick break to heal the other firstear students. The significance of this moment is that it showed UT using reverse curse technique which is a skill that even Gojo struggled to learn at a similar age. Following that, Gator tries to take him down by unleashing another horde of curses. But this time, Akatsu counters it by using cursed speech. Historically, cursed speech is a power that belongs to the Inamaki clan. part. Without going into spoilers, Utu was able to replicate it thanks to a combination of Ra's help and his own curse technique, which wasn't specified in the movie itself. And he exercises all these spirits by ordering them to die. Now, back in Tokyo, Gojo is busy fighting against Miguel, who's an African sorcerer and one of Ghetto's strongest followers.

26:55 Miguel's job was to stall Satu for as long as possible so that his boss would have enough time to finish the job of capturing Ra. You might be curious how Miguel was able to survive this long in a battle against Gojo. And the answer is that he has a special weapon known as the Black Rope. The Black Rope has the effect of disrupting or canceling someone's cursed technique. Meaning Satu wasn't able to use Limitless to its full potential. An interesting detail is that although it took decades to make the black robe, it quickly burned away during this fight until there was literally none left by the end of the movie. Separately, in a nearby location, Ghetto's other followers were causing chaos. And these two girls are basically his adopted children. 10 years ago when Suguru massacred the village, the reason he did that is because he found that some villagers were abusing Mimiko and

27:41 Nanako. This was the key breaking point where he chose to prioritize the lives of sorcerers over the lives of humans and they've been raised by him ever since. Speaking of GO, back at Jiu-Jitsu High, he decides to personally fight you to himself. And if you've watched season 2, you'll notice that the curse in his shoulder used to belong to Toji. Back in the day, Toji used this curse to store weapons inside of it. And when Suguru gained control of the curse after Toji's death, he gained nearly every tool that Toji had. One of those tools was a weapon known as Playful Cloud. And with Ghetto's skill, he successfully used it to hold off Ra and Uta simultaneously. However, in the end, Akotu unlocks yet another level of his potential when he hits the villain with Black Flash. As you might know, black flash is a power up that increases the strength of an

28:27 attack by way more than double, and it requires an unbelievable amount of concentration. According to Toto, black flash occurs when a sorcerer makes contact and then adds cursed energy to that contact within 0.00001 seconds. Being that precise is the only way this power can be unlocked, which is why no sorcerer in the world can just use it whenever they want. While we're on the topic of Black Flash, over in Kyoto, Nanomi unleashed four black flashes in a row against these cursed spirits and in the process broke the world record. At the same time, Toto was in another part of Kyoto, and he single-handedly destroyed a special grade curse in addition to five grade one curses. To do all of that without help is a ridiculous achievement, and it clearly helped his reputation a lot since Fushiguro already knew who Toto

29:13 was before they even met. Anyway, switching over to Jiu-Jitsu High. After recovering from a black flash to the face, Ghetto realizes that it's time to stop holding back. In order to kill UT once and for all, he summons this legendary special grade curse. And based on the context, it's safe to assume that this is the most dangerous curse he has. Following that, Suguru then combines every last one of his remaining curses, creating a black mass of pure cursed energy. This move is known as a maximum technique, which as the name suggests is when a sorcerer taps in to the maximum potential of what their technique can achieve. In Ghetto's case, the overwhelming strength of 4,000 curses plus a legendary cursed spirit, it should be enough to crush anyone, including UT at his current level. That being said, it was confirmed in the JJK

29:58 manga that there is one method for any sorcerer to quickly improve, and it relates to binding vows. A binding vow is a contract where you sacrifice one thing in order to gain something else. And for jiu-jitsu sorcerers, the quickest way to level up is to offer your life as the sacrifice. Realizing that he doesn't have what it takes to defeat Ghetto's maximum technique, Uta offers up his life to Ra so that they'll both be dead and then can be together in the afterlife. In exchange, he gains full control of her unlimited cursed energy, which manifests in the form of this purple orb. One second later, he and Gato then try to kill each other. And the resulting explosion is so intense, it creates a mushroom cloud of pure cursed energy and leaves this giant crater behind. Ironically though, both sorcerers do end up surviving this death

30:44 match. Although, it's fair to say Suguru suffered the most damage. As he limps away from the battle, he remarks that Ra's power can change the world and that next time he'll add her to his collection. However, before he can get away, Satu finally shows up at the school. And you can tell from Ghetto's expression here that he quickly accepts he's about to die. During their final conversation, we learned that all of Suguru's followers managed to escape without being captured. While Gojo confirms that he knew Togi and Panda would lose to Gate, but he still trusted that his old friend wouldn't kill them. When we look at this scene in the context of how close they used to be, it is sad how their lives went in such drastically different directions. Considering that when they were in school, Suguru always used to be the righteous one who cared about protecting humanity. For him to now be the one in a

31:31 position like this isn't something that I don't think either of them would have predicted. But at the very least, it is meaningful that Gojo is his executioner instead of it being UT, who he barely knows. Just before Sataru finishes him off, he says something that we as an audience don't hear, but based on the clues that we've gotten from the author, it's likely that he said that Ghetto is still his one and only friend. Following that, Suguru gets executed by Gojo's limitless curse technique. While in a different part of the school, an unconscious UT wakes up because of the contract that he made with Ra, a courts who was fully expecting to die in this moment. But in a surprising turn of events, that doesn't end up happening. Instead, Ra's spirit abruptly turns back into her human self for the first time since she died, and Gojo arrives just in time to explain why. Three months ago,

32:18 when they first opened the investigation into Uta's past, Jiujitsu High had to dig really deep to find out the truth. What they eventually discovered is that Akotsu is the descendant of Mitisani Suguara, who was a legendary jiu-jitsu sorcerer from a thousand years ago. If you want to know more about Mitchani, then I'd highly recommend watching my other video where I explain his backstory and his connection to the Gojo clan. But for now, the main point is that he was insanely powerful. That's why in the present day, UT has more cursed energy than any other living human, even more than Gojo. But because his family aren't sorcerers, he was never taught how to control it. Therefore, when RK was hit by a car, Akotu refused to accept her death. And since he was untrained, his cursed energy awakened and flowed out of him. transforming her into this monster. To

33:04 put it another way, all the unlimited curse energy that Ra has originally belonged to UT, but it passed to her when he accidentally made her into a curse. However, now that he's accepted her death and gained full control of her cursed energy, which is what he was trying to accomplish from the beginning, Okatsu has done everything he needed to unravel the curse. This is why Ra transforms back to normal. And naturally, Uta felt incredibly guilty for causing all of this trouble. Thankfully, Ra didn't really care. In fact, it sounded like she enjoyed her time as a cursed spirit. And as she passes on to the afterlife, she warns Akotsu not to join her anytime soon, implying that Ra wants him to have a long life, even if it means that they're not together. After this incident, Uta stays on as a student at Jiujitsu High, while the topic of him being executed

33:49 never gets mentioned again. That being said, just 6 months later, in June of 2018, the higherups were now trying to execute someone else. The name of this new victim is Yuji Itadidori, who's a 15-year-old who knows nothing about jiu-jitsu. In order to understand why they want him dead, we need to flash back one day to Sugisawa High School. This place is where Yuji had recently started going to school. And in the last few months, he became a member of the Occult Research Club. The aim of this small club is for students to theorize about paranormal activity. But in Yugji's case, there was a more personal reason why he joined. For nearly all of his life, he was raised by his granddad, Mr. to Itidori, who's now currently in hospital on the verge of death. Because of that, Yuji wanted to join a club that required the least amount of commitment so that he'd have enough free time to

34:35 visit the hospital after school. In episode 1, Yugji visits his granddad for the final time. And during their last conversation, it's implied that Mr. Itidori has no other friends or family who would want to be there. With his dying breaths, he basically warns his grandson not to end up alone like him. And he says that Yugji should use his strength to help people. Following that, Mr. Itidori quietly passes away, but it doesn't take long for a jiu-jitsu sorcerer to then show up at the hospital. The name of this young sorcerer is Megumi Fushiguro, and he was sent on a mission to find a dangerous object. For a bit of context here, a thousand years ago, there was an evil sorcerer called Sukuna, who was arguably the greatest of all time. And when he died, his soul was divided into 20 fingers. Each of these fingers contains a godly amount of cursed energy. And it

35:20 just so happens that one of them was sealed inside a box at Yuji's school. Fushiguru's job was to retrieve that box before it began to hurt anyone. However, by the time he arrived, it had already been taken. This is what brings us back to the hospital where Yuji confesses that it was him who found the cursed object. But since he didn't know what it was, he gave it to his friends in the occult research club. In doing so, he put their lives in serious danger because at the school, they were currently in the process of unsealing the finger. According to Fuiguro, this is the worst thing that could happen as he reveals that if the seal is broken, cursed spirits will be attracted to the area and will likely kill Yugji's friends. It's why in this scene, the two of them rush to the school as fast as they can. And as Megumi enters the building, he's confronted by a bunch of creepy looking curses. Luckily for him,

36:06 he's able to fight most of them off by using his curse technique. And I'm just going to take a second to quickly explain what this is. A curse technique is a unique ability that a sorcerer has to be born with. And when it comes to Fushiguro, his technique is called the 10 shadows. The way it works is that there are 10 different hand gestures that he can make, each of which creates a shadow. And from those shadows, he's able to summon up to 10 different Shikagami. In episode 1, he summons his divine dogs to tear apart the cursed spirits. But at this stage in the timeline, there are several other Shikagami that he hasn't managed to control. Anyway, on the outside of the school, Yuji was told to wait here by Fushiguro. But after remembering what his granddad said about helping others, he decides to try and do something. Using his insane strength, Itidori jumps all the way up to the fourth floor of

36:52 the school and manages to save his friends from being eaten by a curse. Prior to this moment, Yuji had never seen a cursed spirit in his life. But in near-death situations and in places with godly amounts of cursed energy, non-sorcers like him are sometimes able to see them. As It It then picks up the cursed object, Fushiguru reveals that the reason spirits are attracted to Sukun's finger is because swallowing all that cursed energy would make them more powerful. Seconds later, the group then gets attacked by the toughest curse so far. And during the chaos, it beats up Megumi to the point where he can't really focus on his technique. At the same time, Yuji puts up a good fight. But as a non-scorer, it's impossible to kill spirits with his bare hands. That's why after it begins to overpower him, he decides that the best way to win is to

37:38 swallow Sukin's finger for himself. Based on what Fushiguru said, Yuji assumes that eating this will give him a ton of cursed energy. Although what he doesn't know is that the finger is poisonous to humans. From the sidelines, Megumi watches on in horror, fully expecting it to die from this. But out of nowhere, Sukuna's ancient soul takes over his body. The anime described this as a one ina million outcome that isn't supposed to happen. And within seconds, Sukuna effortlessly wipes out the cursed spirit. Surprisingly though, despite him being the strongest cursed object of all time, Yuji's soul somehow manages to regain control. This is good news since it means that for now, Sukuna can't go on a rampage. But from Megumi's perspective, it's still the worst day of his life. Thinking that Sukuna might still be in control, Fushigura prepares

38:23 to sacrifice himself by making the hand gesture to summon his most uncontrollable and overpowered Chikagami. Had he followed through with this, it's guaranteed that both himself and Yuji would have been killed. But fortunately for them, Gojo shows up before it happens. In the world of jiu-jitsu sorcerers, Satro Gojo is by far the most talented human alive, and he also happens to be Megumi's teacher. His limitless curse technique gives him the power to manipulate space itself, and as a result, he can teleport, erase matter, blow things away, make himself physically untouchable, and he never runs out of cursed energy due to his special eyes. Now, after arriving at Fushiguro's location, Gojo takes an interest in Yuji and his unique ability to suppress Sukuna's soul. A rare talent like this could be incredibly valuable,

39:09 but sadly, according to jiu-jitsu regulations, anyone possessed by a cursed object can't be allowed to survive. Regardless, Megumi urges his teacher to find a way to save Yuji's life. And so the next day, Gojo brings it to Jiu-Jitsu High, hidden away in the mountains of Tokyo, Jiujitsu High School is where generations of sorcerers have gone to master their techniques, including Gojo himself. The school is managed by a group of old men referred to as the higherups, and these guys are responsible for making the regulations. Unsurprisingly, once they found out about Yugji's situation, they ordered for him to be put to death. But Gojo made a convincing argument for delaying the execution. For the past thousand years, nothing has ever been strong enough to destroy Sukuna. But thanks to Itidori, they now have a real chance. Gojo's idea is that before Yuji gets

39:55 executed, he should join Jiu-Jitsu High, where they can use him to track down all the remaining fingers. Once that's done, Yuji can then eat the rest of Sukun's soul so that when he gets executed, Sukunu will die at the same time. The higher-ups agreed to this proposal since it's their best chance to finally defeat the king of curses. While from Yuji's point of view, even though he doesn't want to get executed, he was fine with going along with the plan for two reasons. The first reason is that by eliminating Sukuna, fewer people will die from curses. And so, in this way, Itidori is helping others just like his granddad wanted. The second reason is that because he's the only person who can do this job, he feels like he'd regret it if he just sat by and did nothing. After hearing this, the principal of Jiu-Jitsu High enrolls Yuji as a firstear student alongside

40:40 Fushiguro and one other person. Noak Kugasaki is the feisty new student joining the class. And one thing you should know about her is that she's from the countryside and therefore isn't used to the kind of spirits that exist in Tokyo. This is why in episode 3, Gojo tries to test Noah's skills by sending her and Yugji into a haunted building. Once they get inside, the two students then immediately split up with Kukisaki being unimpressed at how It Dori only recently learned about curses. Despite his inexperience, though, he still exercises a spirit by himself by using this thing called a cursed tool. As the name suggests, cursed tools are weapons that have curse energy flowing through them, and they can be used by literally anyone to exercise a curse. Meanwhile, on the top floor of the building, Nober is put in a very tricky situation when a

41:26 low-level spirit takes a child hostage. Generally speaking, highly populated areas like Tokyo generate more cursed energy than the countryside. And a knock-on effect of this is that the curses here are more intelligent. This curse was smart enough to recognize that it couldn't beat Kugasaki in a fight. And so instead, it forces her to surrender by threatening the boy. In this moment, she accepts to herself that she's probably not going to make it. However, it saves the day as he bursts through the wall. This gave Noah an opening to exercise the cursed spirit. And in the aftermath, she opens up to Yuji about the reason she became a sorcerer. When she was younger, a family from Tokyo moved into her village, but were eventually forced to leave after receiving abuse from the locals. One of the girls in that family was Noah's best friend at the time, and ever since the

42:12 incident, Kugasaki has hated the countryside. Transferring to Jiu-Jitsu High was the only way for her to escape, and by arriving in Tokyo, she hopes that someday she'll bump into her old friend. Moving on. Two weeks later, Nobera, Yuji, and Fushiguru are sent on a dangerous mission where unfortunately one of them ends up dead. To understand how this happened, we need to realize that when Sukuna came back to life, it led to a chain reaction in which his other 19 fingers were awakened. As a result, they now produce even more cursed energy than usual. And on this mission, the group encounters a spirit that consumed one of these supercharged fingers. Cursed spirits of this level would usually be dealt with by someone like Gojo. But on this occasion, he was away on business and apparently no one else was free. That's why the first

42:58 years were handed such a dangerous job. And after arriving at the scene, Noah instantly gets abducted and thrown into a room full of cursed spirits. At the same time, Yuji and Fushiguru are attacked by the curse I just mentioned, and they realize pretty quickly that they're outmatched. Yuji in particular has his arm chopped off right at the beginning of the fight while one of Fushiguru's divine dogs is torn to pieces. Feeling desperate, Isidori decides to ask Sukuna for help, but the King of Curses replies by threatening to murder everyone here if he gets control of the body. For that reason alone, Yugji begs his classmate to run as far away as possible so that he can unleash Sukuna without having to worry about people being killed. After briefly hesitating, Fushiguru agrees to this plan and he leaves the area to go and find Kugasaki. His remaining divine dog

43:44 has the ability to track down anyone with a familiar scent. And so, in around 5 minutes, it leads them straight to Noah. If they'd arrived any later, she would have definitely been eaten by this cursed spirit, but Fushigura saves her life by using his frog Shikagami. Following that, they completely escaped the area with the unconscious Kugasaki being put in the back of a car and driven straight to the hospital. I should point out that Megumi also had the option to go with her, but instead he chooses to stick around and wait for Yugji to come back. As he stands there waiting for a few minutes, Sukuna suddenly appears out of nowhere, having defeated the curse that was causing them so much trouble. Unlike the first episode, though, this time around, Yugji is struggling to regain control, giving Sukuna a rare opportunity to just do whatever he wants. To start things off,

44:30 he literally rips out Itidori's heart, meaning that if they were to switch places again, Yuji would immediately die. The second thing he does is increase his strength by eating another finger. And this finger is the one that he took from the curse he just destroyed. Finally, the third thing, as you can see, is that he regenerated Yuji's severed arm thanks to the power of reverse curse technique. With all that said, Sukun proceeds to give Me the worst beatdown of his life and even blows out one of his shikagami in the process. As this one-sided fight continues, the king of curses gets fascinated by Fushiguru's technique and claims that 10 shadows had the potential to beat the cursed spirit from earlier. In spite of that, Megumi feels like this fight is one he can't win. And so, once again, he prepares to sacrifice himself by summoning his most dangerous

45:15 Shikagami. Just like in episode 1, his plan was for both himself and Sukuna to die here. But before he goes through with it, we learn a little bit more about his backstory. In the recent past, Fushugura's sister fell into a deep coma, and the incident helped him to understand that people get screwed over regardless of whether they're good or bad. Therefore, as a sorcerer, he tries to make sure that the good people suffer a tiny bit less, which is the reason he wanted to save Yugji. After hearing this, Itidori finally retakes control back from Sukuna and collapses on the ground without the need for anyone to be sacrificed. The next day, when Gojo returns from his trip, he immediately suspects the higher-ups of organizing Yuji's death. While it's true that they did agree to pause his execution, there were still many higher-ups who wanted him gone. And sending first years on a

46:01 mission like this was the perfect way to do it. In Gojo's mind, these elders are the scum of the jiu-jitsu world, and his dream was to raise a new generation of students that could fundamentally change their society. Yuji was supposed to be a part of that dream, which is why he's so disappointed. But what Gojo didn't realize was that Itidori's soul wasn't fully gone. Inside the mind of every sorcerer, there's a place known as an innate domain, and it's essentially a world that exists inside their head. When Yuji died, his soul entered Sukun's innate domain, giving them one last chance to talk before he disappears. During this interaction, the king of curses offers to heal Itidori's heart, but only if they agree to certain conditions. Condition number one is that at a time of Sukun's choosing, he can take full control of Yuji's body for 60 seconds by saying the word extension.

46:47 And condition number two is that Itidori will forget they made this deal. After negotiating, Sukuna agrees not to hurt anyone during those 60 seconds. And so, the two of them form a binding vow. In Jiujitsu, a binding vow is a contract that literally can't be broken. And it's implied the reason Sukuna wanted this deal is because he's plotting something to do with Fushiguro. Anyway, back in the real world, Yuji's body was seconds away from getting dissected by Shoko, who's the main doctor at Jiu-Jitsu High. However, as Gojo watches on, Itidori then resurrects in front of their eyes, creating a very interesting situation. As we know, the higher-ups all believe that Yuji is dead. So, if they found out that he was alive, then they might just try to target him again. This is why Gojo and Shoko agree to keep his resurrection a secret so that Itadori

47:32 has time to train before anyone learns the truth. Later that same night, Yuji then gets taken to a random basement somewhere where he begins learning how to control curse energy. Like I explained in the intro, curse energy comes from negative human emotions, but jiu-jitsu sorcerers are trained to use it regardless of their emotional state. In order for Yuji to learn this skill, he's forced to watch a ton of old movies. And the challenge here is to keep the negative energy flowing irrespective of how the different movies make him feel. Now, while it is busy with that, Gojo leaves to have a meeting with the principal. And on the journey there, he senses that he's being followed. After leaving the car, he's then ambushed by a special grade curse spirit. And I'm going to quickly break down what that means. In Jiujitsu Kaisen, every curse is given a ranking with grade four spirits being the

48:18 weakest and grade one spirits being the strongest. On rare occasions, though, there are cursed spirits so powerful that they rank even above grade 1. And it's these elites that are referred to as special grade. The name of this particular special grade is Joo, and he's a super intelligent curse that's formed an alliance with other curses of the same level. Their ultimate goal is for cursed spirits to become the dominant life forms on the planet. And to accomplish that mission, they need to get rid of the strongest sorcerer. What follows this is Dooo repeatedly trying and failing to land a hit while Gojo crushes him in the most disrespectful way imaginable. During the middle of the fight, he even teleports away to grab Yuji, cuz he figured this would be a good chance to teach a student about domain expansions. A domain expansion is when someone uses massive amounts of cursed energy to bring their innate

49:04 domain into the real world. The benefit is that your opponents will be trapped inside the barrier, and any attack you make against them is guaranteed to hit the target. For that reason, expanding his domain was Joo's best chance of victory. But what he wasn't prepared for was Gojo doing the exact same thing. When two domains are activated in the same space, the more polished domain will nearly always override the other one. And in this case, Jo loses instantly. Usually, this would be the part where he gets exercised as well. But Gojo decides to temporarily spare his life so that he can find out why the Kersh ambushed him in the first place. To be specific, Gojo wants to know who the special grade is working with. And I guess now is a good time to explain the other members of Joo's group. To start with, we have Hanami, who's an intelligent cursed spirit created from the fear that people have of the forest.

49:51 Because of why he was born, his technique lets him generate flowers and other natural things that you'd expect to find in a forest environment. Next up, we have Dagon, who was created from the fear that people have of the ocean, hence why his domain expansion is this sunny beach. After him is Mjito, who's the leader of the group, and Mjito is a spirit born from the hatred that humans have towards each other. As a consequence, Miito has a deep understanding of how people think, and his technique enables him to transform their soul in terrifying ways. Finally, the last member of this team is Suguru Gito, who's a human sorcerer and Gojo's former best friend. For now, though, all you have to know is that everyone in the jiu-jitsu world thinks that Gate is dead, and they have no idea that he's secretly working with these cursed spirits. Switching back to Joo's battle

50:38 with Gojo, you'll notice that in the background, two of his allies have been watching him fight. Although neither of them wanted to get involved, Hanami decides that he can't just stand back and watch his fellow cast be destroyed. Therefore, he creates a big distraction using his technique, which gives Hanami a small opening to swoop in and save Joo's life. This was a super risky move since there was always a chance that Gojo would have exercised them both, but luckily in this situation, they do manage to escape. Following that encounter, the special grades realize that they don't have what it takes to kill the strongest sorcerer, which to be fair is something Ghetto tried to tell them from the beginning. Instead, his idea to deal with Gojo is to seal his former best friend inside the prison realm, which is a cursed object that traps its target in another dimension. For this scheme to work, though, there

51:24 are certain preparations that GTO has to make, which is why he says that they should wait a few months until October the 31st. Flashing forward to September. By this point, Yugji has been secretly training for a while, and he's learned the basics of using cursed energy. To test out his new skills, Gojo sends him on a mission with Nanomi, who's a grade 1 sorcerer and one of the few people that Gojo can trust. Together, their job is to investigate the murder of three high school students who were gruesomely disfigured in a local cinema. The way they were killed means that a cursed spirit is likely responsible. And after looking into it, Naomi discovers two things. Number one, at the time of the killings, there was another boy in the cinema called Jun who could possibly be a witness. Number two, whoever the murderer is left behind obvious clues almost like they want to be found. The

52:11 next day, these clues bring Nanomi to a location in the sewer where he comes face to face with Mahito. Despite being the leader of his group, Mahito is a relatively young curse who spends his days experimenting on humans with his technique. Luring Nanomi to the sewers was just another one of those experiments as he wanted to transform the soul of a jiu-jitsu sorcerer. What comes after this is one of the best fights in season 1 that ends in a draw as Mito is crushed under a pile of rubble while Nanomi escapes with a non-life-threatening injury. At the exact same time, Yuji approaches Juni to ask him a few questions and it turns out the boy is able to see curses. Back in the cinema, he witnessed Mahito murdering his classmates. But rather than being scared, he wanted to know if he could learn the same power. In case you want to know why he's like this, Jun

52:58 is a character who was severely bullied at school. And the cinema victims were three of the bullies who made his life hell. Therefore, he didn't really care that they died. And after this incident, Mahito realized that Je could be useful to him. Remember, although the goal of Mahito's group is for curses to overthrow humanity, sealing Gojo was only one part of their plan, the second part is for Sukuna to join their side. And to make this happen, what they need is a human who can get close to Yuji. This is where Jump comes in cuz in episode 11, Mahito literally tells him to make friends with anyone wearing the Jiu-Jitsu high uniform. When Jump then meets Itidori, this is exactly what happens as they form a genuine connection over their love of movies. In fact, they get along so well that Yuji gets invited around to his house for dinner. While off in the distance,

53:44 Ghetto is secretly observing the whole thing. Later that evening, it's implied that he talks to Mahito about what he saw as they come up with a solid strategy to get Sukuno on their team. Without going into all the details, their plan was to engineer a situation

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