Jujutsu Kaisen season 2
Jujutsu Kaisen | |
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Season 2 | |
![]() Cover art for the first home media volume of the second season, featuring Satoru Gojo | |
No. of episodes | 23 |
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Original network | MBS, TBS |
Original release | July 6 (2023-07-06) – December 28, 2023 (2023-12-28) |
Season chronology | |
← Previous Season 1 | |
List of episodes |
Jujutsu Kaisen is an anime television series based on Gege Akutami's manga series of the same name. The anime series was announced in the 52nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump published in November 2019.[1]
In February 2022, a second season was announced.[2] Shōta Goshozono replaced Sunghoo Park as series director, with Sayaka Koiso and Tadashi Hiramatsu designing the characters and Yoshimasa Terui returning as the sole composer.[3] The season aired from July 6 to December 28, 2023.[4] It ran for two continuous cours and adapted the manga's "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" and "Shibuya Incident" story arcs.[5] "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" acts as a prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and the first season, as it focuses on a teenage Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto during their time as students at Jujutsu High in 2006 and how the two went from friends to enemies. "Shibuya Incident" takes place back in present day 2018 as the Sorcerers and Curses engage in an all-out war in Shibuya on Halloween night.
The season is licensed by Crunchyroll for streaming outside of Asia, and began streaming an English dub on July 20, 2023.[6][7]
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title [8][a] | Directed by [b] | Chief animation directed by [b] | Original air date [9] | Viewership rating [10] | ||||||
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Hidden Inventory / Premature Death [c] | ||||||||||||
25 | 1 | "Hidden Inventory" Transliteration: "Kaigyoku" (Japanese: 懐玉) | Shōta Goshozono | Sayaka Koiso | July 6, 2023 (2023-07-06) | 2.6% | ||||||
In 2006, second-grade sorcerer Utahime Iori and first-grade sorcerer Mei Mei investigate a cursed haunted house. When the two become trapped, second year students Satoru Gojo, then 17, Suguru Geto, then 16, and Shoko Ieiri save them. Gojo and Geto have a friendly disagreement about the relationship between sorcerers and non-sorcerers, the weak and the strong. Their next assignment comes courtesy of Master Tengen. Every 500 years, to counteract his Immortality cursed technique and prevent him from evolving beyond a human, Tengen merges with a person known as the "Star Plasma Vessel" to restart his body. Gojo and Geto are hired to protect the current Vessel, 14-year-old Riko Amanai, who is being targeted by two groups: curse user sect "Q", and religious group "Time Vessel Association," who worship Tengen and believe her assimiliation will taint his purity. The pair is attacked by Q members but beats them. Due to being non-sorcerers, the TVA hires an assasin to kill Riko: Toji Zen'in, now going by his wife's maiden name, Fushiguro. | ||||||||||||
26 | 2 | "Hidden Inventory 2" Transliteration: "Kaigyoku -Ni-" (Japanese: 懐玉-弐-) | Yōsuke Takada | Mitsue Mori | July 13, 2023 (2023-07-13) | 2.3% | ||||||
Gojo and Geto easily dispose of the Q attackers and are introduced to Riko and her caretaker and only family, Misato Kuroi. Despite wanting to take her to Jujutsu High immediately for safety, Tengen orders them to allow her to attend school for the day and follow her wishes, as she will no longer be able to see loved ones or have a normal life once she is assimilated with him. Knowing he has no chance if he faces Gojo now, Toji decides to wait it out and let other attackers wear Gojo down first, adding fuel to the fire by putting a 30-million-yen bounty on Riko's head. Gojo fights a curse user with Rika beside him. Though he fails to execute his Reverse Cursed Technique: Red, he is able to defeat the attacker with his Six Eyes and Limitless. Riko receives a text message showing that Kuroi has been captured. | ||||||||||||
27 | 3 | "Hidden Inventory 3" Transliteration: "Kaigyoku -San-" (Japanese: 懐玉-参-) | Naoki Miyajima | Reina Igawa, Takako Shimizu & Sayaka Koiso | July 20, 2023 (2023-07-20) | 2.2% | ||||||
Gojo, Geto, and Riko storm the TVA's base in Okinawa to rescue Kuroi. They wait out the bounty's deadline by sightseeing on the island. Geto worries since Gojo has been using his Six Eyes technique non-stop for two days to protect them, making him tired. Once the deadline passes, the group returns to Tokyo Jujutsu High only to be attacked by Toji, who uses Gojo's fatigue to catch him off guard. Gojo holds him back while Geto takes Riko and Kuroi to Tengen's. Gojo realizes that Toji has no cursed energy and was instead born with a Heavenly Restriction, granting him incredible physical prowess. Using a special-grade cursed tool designed to deactivate cursed techniques, Toji is able to bypass Gojo's powers and kill him. In Tengen's lair, Geto gives Riko the option of rejecting the assimilation, having decided with Gojo to go against Tengen if she wishes. Riko admits her wish to live life as a normal person. As Geto prepares to leave with her, she is shot in the head by Toji, instantly killing her and leaving Geto stunned. | ||||||||||||
28 | 4 | "Hidden Inventory 4" Transliteration: "Kaigyoku -Shi-" (Japanese: 懐玉-肆-) | Arifumi Imai | Yosuke Yajima | July 27, 2023 (2023-07-27) | 2.6% | ||||||
Geto fights Toji and attempts to absorb his cursed spirit but fails, allowing Toji to defeat him. Toji presents Riko's corpse to the Time Vessel Association and collects his payment. Upon leaving, he is confronted by Gojo, who survived by accessing his reverse cursed technique for the first time to heal himself. Gojo, also for the first time, hits Toji with a special combination of his Limitless ability, Hollow Purple. The left side of Toji's body is blown apart. As he succumbs to his wounds, he reveals that his son, Megumi, will be sold to the Zen'in clan in a few years, and for Gojo to do with that what he will. Geto, who was healed by Shoko, rushes to the church to find Gojo bringing Riko's body back. Gojo stoically asks if they should kill the TVA cultists. Geto responds that there is no point as the TVA will dissolve soon enough and there must always be a point to the actions of a jujutsu sorcerer. | ||||||||||||
29 | 5 | "Premature Death" Transliteration: "Gyokusetsu" (Japanese: 玉折) | Directed by : Atsushi Nakagawa Storyboarded by : Shōta Goshozono | Sota Yamazaki | August 3, 2023 (2023-08-03) | 2.0% | ||||||
One year later, Gojo has become so adept with his abilities that he is sent on more solo missions, leaving Geto to feel isolated with his own increasingly conflicted feelings about his convictions and the value of non-sorcerers. Special Grade sorcerer Yuki Tsukomo reveals to him her desire to rid the world of cursed spirits created by the cursed energy from non-sorcerers. Geto realizes this is possible if they killed all non-sorcerers, forcing humanity to evolve. Two events push him over the edge: the death of his cheerful underclassman, Yu Haibara, during a mission, and when he discovers two sorcerer children being abused by the non-sorcerer villagers for their abilities. Now fully despising non-sorcerers, Geto slaughters everyone in the village, as well as his own non-sorcerer parents. With this, he is sentenced to death. Anguished, Gojo confronts Geto, who states his goal of creating a world with only jujutsu sorcerers. Gojo is unable to go through with killing Geto. Geto takes over the Star Religious Group, using fear and murder to ensure the wealthy patrons' loyalty. Gojo seeks out 6-year-old Megumi and decides to protect him from the Zen'in clan, taking him under his wing. In the present in October 2018, Gojo is woken up from his nap by Megumi, Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara. | ||||||||||||
Shibuya Incident [d] | ||||||||||||
30 | 6 | "It's Like That" Transliteration: "Sō Iu Koto" (Japanese: そういうこと) | Ryota Aikei | Reina Igawa & Sayaka Koiso | August 31, 2023 (2023-08-31) | 2.3% | ||||||
Aoi Todo and Mei Mei suggest to the Jujutsu higher-ups for Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushigoro, Nobara Kugisaki, Maki Zen'in, and Panda to be promoted to first-grade jujutsu sorcerer, meaning they will be assigned various missions to earn this title; Todo is disappointed to learn he won't be able to team-up with Yuji for these. During a shopping trip, Nobara is approached by Yuko Ozawa, an old classmate of Yuji's with a crush on him. She invites Megumi to discuss with Yuko about Yuji and convinces her to ask him out. After Yuji is able to easily recognize her even despite her significant change in appearance, she decides not to confess and instead focus on her own feelings and perspective. Shortly afterwards, the trio meet up with Utahime to discuss the traitor within Jujutsu High who has been working with the cursed spirits she has narrowed down: Mechamaru. They go to confront the location where Kokichi Muta's real body is located, only to find it abandoned, confirming her theory. Meanwhile, Muta is confronted by Geto and Mahito, revealing he made the vow to work with them so Mahito can use his Idle Transfiguration on him to repair his body. Due to breaking their deal and attacking the Kyoto students, he calls off their arrangement, forcing Mahito to use his cursed technique to heal his body. The two immediately begin fighting as Muta reveals a giant Ultimate Mechamaru, with the intention of using it to exorcise Mahito, before warning Gojo about the curses' plans for Shibuya on Halloween. | ||||||||||||
31 | 7 | "Evening Festival" Transliteration: "Yoimatsuri" (Japanese: 宵祭り) | Directed by : Yooto & Atsushi Nakagawa Storyboarded by : Yooto & Teppei Okuda | Mitsue Mori | September 7, 2023 (2023-09-07) | N/A | ||||||
Muta utilizes his 16 years worth of stocked up cursed energy to battle Mahito in his Ultimate Mechamaru. Mahito is able to evade and regenerate most of the damage thanks to his transfiguration, however Muta ends up releasing a missile of cursed energy that directly hits Mahito, damaging part of his soul. Mahito activates his Domain Expansion, trapping Muta and the Mechamaru within, however before he can be affected by the attack, he releases another cursed energy missile, revealing to be a Simple Domain, which is able to destroy the Domain and seemingly Mahito himself. Muta prepares to use his remaining energy to attack Geto, however Mahito survived the attack, and uses the moment to catch Muta off guard, killing him. Meanwhile, Miwa talks to "Mechamaru", about how she wants to get to know everyone more. Several days later, on Halloween in Shibuya, a veil is thrown up over the city, trapping all the civilians within. Several are suddenly sucked into the train station, while the rest are told to ask for Satoru Gojo to be freed. Several sorcerer teams are positioned at the entrances of the veil, prepared to act if necessary, while Gojo enters it. | ||||||||||||
32 | 8 | "The Shibuya Incident" Transliteration: "Shibuya Jihen" (Japanese: 渋谷事変) | Hiroyuki Kitakubo | Yosuke Yajima | September 15, 2023 (2023-09-15)[e] | N/A | ||||||
Gojo enters the subway crowded with civilians where he confronts the curses Jogo, Hanami, and Choso. Meanwhile, Yuji accompanies Mei Mei and her brother Ui Ui, who proceed elsewhere above ground to deal with a newly discovered veil. They discover the appearance of transfigured humans, causing Yuji to realize Mahito is around. He decides to deal with the powerful cursed spirit sensed nearby, while Mei Mei and Ui Ui take care of the transfigured humans. Yuji discovers a (semi) intelligent grasshopper cursed spirit guarding a tool that controls the veil, overpowering the curse with his raw strength and destroying the veil. Yuji, Mei Mei, and Ui Ui reconvene below ground to discover Mahito and most of the civilians are gone. Back in the subway, taking advice from Geto, Jogo uses the civilians in an attempt to distract and overcrowd Gojo. He and Hanami execute a Domain Amplification, which allows them to deactivate a person's cursed technique, forcing Gojo to jump out of the way. Gojo takes off his blindfold, prepared to take the fight seriously, while Jogo remembers Geto's words to keep him busy for 20 minutes while he prepares the Prison Realm. | ||||||||||||
33 | 9 | "Shibuya Incident – Gate, Open" Transliteration: "Shibuya Jihen – Kaimon" (Japanese: 渋谷事変 開門) | Directed by : Teppei Okuda Storyboarded by : Shōta Goshozono | Sayaka Koiso, Yosuke Yajima & Mitsue Mori | September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22)[e] | 2.2% | ||||||
Jogo and Hanami fight Gojo up close, while Choso attacks from the rear. Gojo successfully overwhelms Hanami by completely crushing them into a corner with his Limitless, killing them. Stunned, Jogo tries to run away while still keeping Gojo busy. Mahito then arrives with a train carrying hundreds of transfigured humans that proceed to cause immense chaos in the subway among the civilians, unleashing even more he had in hiding. Pushed into a corner, Gojo releases his Domain Expansion: Infinite Void, but only for the span of 0.2 seconds, immobilizing every transfigured human and cursed spirit in the area while minimizing lasting psychological damage to the civilians. Gojo uses this opening and eliminates one thousand transfigured humans, leaving him exhausted. He is then confronted by the Prison Realm, but before he can escape its range, Geto greets him, shocking him and causing all his memories to come rushing back to him; enough time passes in Gojo's mind for the Prison Realm to trap him completely. Before he is sealed away, Gojo refuses to acknowledge this as Geto's true identity. "Geto" undoes the set of stitches on his head to expose a mysterious brain with a mouth, revealing that he transplanted his brain into Geto's body with his Cursed Technique to gain access to Geto's Curse Manipulation for his plans. Meanwhile, a Mechamaru-like ear-piece suddenly attaches itself to Yuji, alerting him to Gojo's current fate. | ||||||||||||
34 | 10 | "Pandemonium" Transliteration: "Konran" (Japanese: 昏乱) | Yōsuke Takada | Reina Igawa | September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)[e] | N/A | ||||||
As he is about to be sealed away, Gojo addresses the real Geto, causing Geto's hand to start choking out his body, which surprises and amuses the imposter "Pseudo-Geto". The Prison Realm is then closed, trapping Gojo. Elsewhere, Mechamaru reveals to Yuji and Mei Mei what just happened, including that he created a couple puppets as failsafes in case he died and Gojo was sealed. Mei Mei and Ui Ui stay behind to deal with several special grade cursed spirits in the subway, while Yuji runs to the surface to inform the other sorcerers of Gojo's predicament. The other teams are sent further into the veil, when Kiyotaka Ijichi is attacked by curse user Haruta Shigemo. Yuji yells out from the top of the buildings to Kento Nanami about Gojo's sealing, which is heard by the other teams. Meanwhile, the Prison Realm suddenly drops onto the ground due to Gojo's interference within, forcing them to have to wait until it stabilizes; Pseudo-Geto's group also discover Mechamaru's spying puppets. The curses then get into an argument over Yuji's fate, with Choso and Mahito wanting to kill him, while Jogo wants to resurrect Sukuna. Mahito proposes they all race to see whoever can find him first. After they leave, the Hasaba sisters confront Pseudo-Geto about giving Geto his body back, but he dismisses them. Nanami, Megumi, and Ino reconvene with Yuji, as they proceed to split up to deal with the remaining veils within Shibuya. | ||||||||||||
35 | 11 | "Seance" Transliteration: "Kōrei" (Japanese: 降霊) | Hayato Kurosaki | Yosuke Yajima, Hiromi Niwa & Reina Igawa | October 6, 2023 (2023-10-06)[e] | N/A | ||||||
Yuji, Megumi, and Ino investigate the barrier preventing sorcerers from entering, and due to its strength deduce that the veils are being protected somewhere out in the open, which turns out to be the Shibuya Central Tower. They confront the three curse users at the top of the tower and destroy one of the veil tools; Yuji and Megumi fight the user in possession of the remaining veils, while Ino fights the other two users. The curse users lament how the balance of the world changed when Gojo was born, as fear of his incredible strength prevented them from being able to do whatever they wanted. Ino uses his Cursed Technique to fight the two curse users, a grandmother and her grandson. The grandson protects his grandmother as she completes a seance, transforming the grandson into Toji Zen'in. With Toji's strength, the grandson is able to brutally defeat Ino. Meanwhile, Yuji and Megumi fight the other curse user, who seemingly is able to repel all of their attacks. Using his Ten Shadows, Megumi is able to figure out his Cursed Technique is "Inverse", letting him reverse the strength of powerful attacks. Yuji and Megumi trip him up by throwing a barrage of weak and strong attacks at him, eventually defeating him. | ||||||||||||
36 | 12 | "Dull Knife" Transliteration: "Dontō" (Japanese: 鈍刀) | Shunsuke Okubo | Sayaka Koiso, Reina Igawa & Sota Yamazaki | October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12) | N/A | ||||||
Nanami discovers Ijichi's bloody body and escorts him to safety. Yuji and Megumi destroy the veil trapping the sorcerers in the city, however the veils trapping Gojo and the civilians remain active. They then rescue an unconscious Ino after he's dropped from the Central Tower; Megumi goes to take him to safety, while Yuji runs off to reconvene with Nanami. Meanwhile, despite the seance only supposed to copy the deceased's body, the soul of Toji is able to completely usurp the grandson's body, and under her orders to "kill all sorcerers", promptly kills the grandmother too. Elsewhere, Nobara and Akari Nitta split up from Maki and Naobito Zen'in when they are confronted by Haruta. Nobara attempts to fight to allow Akari to escape, but thanks to his technique is able to completely evade every attack, seriously injuring both of them. Before he can kill Akari, Nanami arrives, resisting every one of his attacks, and brutally defeating him. He tells the two to wait and rest while he heads down to backup the Zen'ins. In the subway, Mei Mei and Ui Ui encounter Pseudo-Geto, who unleashes a Smallpox Deity cursed spirit to keep them busy. At the same time, Yuji runs into Choso, who immediately begins to fight to avenge his brothers. | ||||||||||||
37 | 13 | "Red Scale" Transliteration: "Sekirin" (Japanese: 赫鱗) | Kazuto Arai & Takumi Sunakohara | Yosuke Yajima & Mitsue Mori | October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19) | N/A | ||||||
Before his encounter with Choso, Yuji passed by civilians being attacked by cursed spirits in the streets, until Toge Inumaki arrived to handle it. Choso attacks using his cursed technique, Blood Manipulation: Convergence-Piercing Blood, catching Yuji off guard and piercing his left arm. Choso asks Yuji for his brother's last words, where he reveals to him that they cried before dying. Yuji finds himself struggling to overcome Choso's defenses and attacks, until Mechamaru re-awakens, advising Yuji of a plan. They lure Choso into the bathroom, in which Yuji has flooded it, and while the Mechamaru robot is destroyed, the water disrupts Choso's outer blood, preventing him from going at his fullest. Despite this, Choso manages to pierce Yuji's liver, and believing he will die anyway, goes all out with the intent of taking Choso down too. However, Choso uses his blood to form a shield to protect his chest from Yuji's Divergent Fist, and knocks him unconscious. Choso is about to finish him off, to Sukuna's disappointment, when something unexpected occurs. Flashes of memories begin to flood Choso's mind of he and his brothers hanging out, including Yuji. The supposed revelation causes him to spiral in disbelief and wander away. Later, the Hasaba sisters discover the unconscious Yuji. | ||||||||||||
38 | 14 | "Fluctuations" Transliteration: "Yōtō" (Japanese: 揺蕩) | Tō Tatsuta | Kazutaka Sugiyama, Shun & Yosuke Yajima | October 26, 2023 (2023-10-26) | N/A | ||||||
Mei Mei battles the Smallpox Deity cursed spirit, just barely avoiding her death by its guaranteed hit attacks. Using Ui Ui and her crows as a distraction, she is able to catch the curse off guard and defeat it, freeing them from the domain and ready to fight Pseudo-Geto. Elsewhere, Nanami convenes with Maki and Naobito, informing them of Gojo's concealment. They encounter the cursed spirit Dagon, who reveals itself to have been a curse womb, evolving to a significantly stronger state. Naobito uses his cursed technique, Projection Sorcery, to put up a good fight, until Dagon activates his Domain Expansion, trapping the three in his Domain. Nanami and Naobito are consumed by a hoard of shikigami, while Maki barely avoids it. Megumi enters the Domain and starts a domain clash in an effort to keep Dagon distracted. Nanami and Naobito survive their pile-ups, and Megumi reveals he's discovered the exit to the Domain, which they are about to use to escape. However, before they can, Toji suddenly emerges through the passage. | ||||||||||||
39 | 15 | "Fluctuations, Part 2" Transliteration: "Yōtō -Ni-" (Japanese: 揺蕩-弐-) | Directed by : Isuta, Ryota Aikei, Hayato Kurosaki, Teppei Okuda & Fei-hung Storyboarded by : Takao Abo & Isuta | Reina Igawa & Ya Zhi Lu | November 2, 2023 (2023-11-02) | 2.4% | ||||||
After entering the Domain, Toji takes Maki's cursed tool and immediately begins targeting the strongest opponent in the area, Dagon. Everyone is stunned as Toji completely overwhelms Dagon with his immense speed and strength, brushing off all of his attacks and eventually killing him, ending the Domain. Without any time to react, Megumi is unexpectedly launched out the building to confront Toji himself. Jogo suddenly appears to mourn Dagon's death, and effortlessly incinerates Nanami, Maki, and Naobito. He then senses Sukuna's presence and rushes to find the Hasaba sisters feeding Yuji a finger. He scares them off and proceeds to feed Yuji ten fingers, to make a total of fifteen fingers within him. Sukuna awakens, stunning Jogo and the Hasabas into absolute fear by his presence. Sukuna asks the Hasabas what they want for providing the finger, and they ask him to kill the imposter inhabiting Geto's body, offering another finger's location as further compensation. Annoyed by their request, Sukuna brutally kills them both. He then addresses Jogo, who simply says he only desires Sukuna's complete resurrection, and suggests he make a pact with Yuji to take control of the body. Sukuna denies this, having his own plans, but allows Jogo the chance that if he can land one hit on him, he will assist his group. | ||||||||||||
40 | 16 | "Thunderclap" Transliteration: "Hekireki" (Japanese: 霹靂) | Itsuki Tsuchigami | Sota Yamazaki | November 9, 2023 (2023-11-09) | 2.4% | ||||||
Megumi fights Toji, but continues to be overwhelmed by his power and speed. The two eventually corner each other and nearly get a deadly hit in, forcing them to back off. Toji recalls back to when he sold Megumi to the Zen'ins, and asks Megumi for his name; when he responds "Fushiguro", Toji kills himself by stabbing his own head, satisfied with how he turned out. Megumi is about to head to Shoko to get healed, but is surprise attacked by Haruta. Meanwhile, Kusakabe has been stalling with Panda patrolling around Shibuya so as not to get into any fights, when they encounter some of Geto's old followers; their fight is then interrupted by Sukuna and Jogo's battle. Jogo unleashes his tremendous fire power, absolutely decimating Shibuya, but Sukuna is able to evade and counteract with an incredible intensity, even sparing some time to toy around with the sorcerers caught in the middle trying to escape. Sukuna eventually uses his "open" technique, revealing his capability to use fire to fight Jogo's head on. Jogo is promptly burned to death, where he reunites with Hanami and Dagon in a white void, as they express their desire to see each other again, and Sukuna compliments Jogo on his strength. Sukuna then reunites with a curse user from his past, Uraume, while elsewhere, a creature starts to attack Haruta and an unconscious Megumi. | ||||||||||||
41 | 17 | "Thunderclap, Part 2" Transliteration: "Hekireki -Ni-" (Japanese: 霹靂-弐-) | Itsuki Tsuchigami, Hakuyu Go & Harumi Yamazaki | N/A | November 16, 2023 (2023-11-16) | N/A | ||||||
Backed into a corner and at near death by Haruta, Megumi unleashes his final suicide ploy, the ultimate shikigami of the Ten Shadows and the one the previous users have never been able to subjugate: "Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga". He summons Mahoraga and is immediately knocked out, with Haruta almost killed until he is saved by Sukuna. Sukuna recognizes the ritual with Megumi trapped in a death-like state until Mahoraga is defeated, and intending to use him for his future plans, faces the shikigami himself. The two proceed in a devastatingly hard-hitting battle throughout Shibuya, with Sukuna eventually understanding Mahoraga's ability to adapt to attacks. To destroy it for good, Sukuna activates his Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine, mercilessly slashing everything within a 140 meter radius, turning everything and everyone within that range, including Mahoraga itself, into dust. Haruta attempts to escape but he is also killed, with his luck courtesy of his cursed technique finally run out due to his fight with Nanami. With his time almost up, Sukuna quickly takes Megumi outside the city to be healed, before returning to show his work to Yuji. Yuji sees the crater and becomes immensely traumatized, blaming himself for everyone that died by Sukuna's hands. Meanwhile, a half-burned Nanami wanders the subway. | ||||||||||||
42 | 18 | "Right and Wrong" Transliteration: "Rihi" (Japanese: 理非) | Directed by : Shōta Goshozono & Yōsuke Takada Storyboarded by : Shōta Goshozono | Sayaka Koiso & Mitsue Mori | November 23, 2023 (2023-11-23) | N/A | ||||||
The barely standing Nanami is confronted by a group of transfigured humans and uses his remaining strength to fight them all. After they're defeated, Mahito appears and touches Nanami's back, ready to use Idle Transfiguration on him. Nanami thinks about his life's choices and wondering if it was all worth it, when a vision of Haibara points him toward Yuji, who had just stumbled himself into the encounter. Nanami tells Yuji he's leaving the rest to him, as he's killed. An enraged Yuji fights Mahito as the two exchange blows all throughout the subway, with Mahito taking advantage of Yuji's emotional instability to get under his skin. Meanwhile, a double of himself that Mahito had created earlier when hunting for Yuji encounters Nobara out on the streets. After she starts to fight him, he decides to target her in order to drive Yuji further into despair. | ||||||||||||
43 | 19 | "Right and Wrong, Part 2" Transliteration: "Rihi -Ni-" (Japanese: 理非-弐-) | Naoki Miyajima | Reina Igawa | November 30, 2023 (2023-11-30) | N/A | ||||||
After Akari is taken to safety, Nobara re-enters the veil, not wanting to stay back while the others are still fighting. Nobara fights the Mahito Double, who is unable to use Idle Transfiguration on others like the main body. They discover that Nobara's Resonance is actually the perfect counter to Mahito, damaging the soul of both the double and main body still fighting Yuji. Seeing the effects of Nobara's attack rejuvenates Yuji as he pounds away at Mahito. Both Mahitos escape their combatants, luring them into a hallway, where they trade places, allowing the real Mahito to catch Nobara off guard and touch her face. Nobara starts to think back on her past, growing up in her village, befriending a girl named Fumi, and idolizing the older Saori, who is eventually driven out by the other villagers, which threw Nobara into despair. On the day she left for Tokyo, Nobara promised Fumi that the three of them would reunite again someday. Elsewhere in the present, a workaholic Saori reflects on her previous interactions with the girls. As she sees all of her old friends surrounded in a white void of empty chairs, Nobara tells Yuji her life wasn't bad, as the left side of her face explodes, and her body lies seemingly dead on the ground, to Yuji's horror. | ||||||||||||
44 | 20 | "Right and Wrong, Part 3" Transliteration: "Rihi -San-" (Japanese: 理非-参-) | Yūji Tokuno | Hiromi Niwa, Sota Yamazaki, Mitsue Mori & Yuriko Ishii | December 7, 2023 (2023-12-07) | 2.3% | ||||||
Yuji goes into shock seeing Nobara's apparently dead body, thinking about everybody in Shibuya he failed to save. Mahito takes advantage of his mental state and pounds away at him, even executing a "Black Flash", while mocking his poor resolve. Just then, Todo appears, saving Yuji before he is killed. Todo gives Yuji a pep talk to him to regain his motivation, while his injuries are healed by Arata Nitta; Arata also attempts to heal Nobara's body as much as he can, telling Yuji there's a "not 0%" chance she may survive. Todo begins to fight Mahito, and with a newfound resolve, Yuji joins the battle. Meanwhile, the rest of the Kyoto students make their way to Shibuya to support. Miwa talks to Mechamaru's puppet, who becomes incredibly upset over Mechamaru manipulating events to "protect" them, which she believes is him calling them weak. Before he disappears, Mechamaru tells Miwa how he wanted to protect the girl he loved no matter what, and hopes that she will be happy, as she breaks down in tears. Yuji, Todo, and Mahito's battle continues, with Todo's cursed technique, alongside Nobara's previous intervention, proving to be more troubling for Mahito. After Todo executes his own Black Flash, Mahito unleashes a horde of transfigured humans, bursting everyone back onto the streets of Shibuya. | ||||||||||||
45 | 21 | "Metamorphosis" Transliteration: "Henshin" (Japanese: 変身) | Tetsuya Akutsu | Yosuke Yajima, Sayaka Koiso, Sota Yamazaki & Hiromi Niwa | December 14, 2023 (2023-12-14) | N/A | ||||||
Yuji and Todo continue their fight against Mahito. The curse creates several powerful transfigured humans in an attempt to keep Todo busy, but he's able to easily take them out and regroup with Yuji. Taking influence from Gojo, Mahito activates a 0.2 second Domain Expansion, avoiding Sukuna's retaliation, while also succeeding in hitting Todo. Todo cuts off his hand before he's affected by the transfiguration. His locket distracts Mahito long enough for him to activate his Cursed Technique by clapping Mahito's hand, allowing Yuji to hit him with a Black Flash. However at this moment, Mahito has figured out the true shape of his own soul, and activates Idle Transfiguration on himself, becoming the "Self-Embodiment of Perfection". His hide proves to be even stronger than Choso's to attack, so Yuji prepares to attack with another Black Flash. Todo once again distracts Mahito making him think he's used his Cursed Technique, when it in fact no longer works, allowing Yuji to hit the Black Flash, destroying Mahito's form. Yuji admits to Mahito that they are one in the same and that he will kill him as many times as he has to. A completely hysterical Mahito attempts to flee while Yuji slowly follows behind. But before Yuji can kill him, Pseudo-Geto appears before Mahito, offering to save him. | ||||||||||||
46 | 22 | "Metamorphosis, Part 2" Transliteration: "Henshin -Ni-" (Japanese: 変身-弐-) | Directed by : Ryota Aikei & Yōsuke Takada Storyboarded by : Ryota Aikei | Reina Igawa, Yosuke Yajima, Yuriko Ishii, Mitsue Mori, Sota Yamazaki & Hiromi Niwa | December 22, 2023 (2023-12-22)[f] | N/A | ||||||
Panda rescues Kusakabe from the Shibuya destruction, while Mei Mei and Ui Ui are revealed to have fled to Malaysia. After using his cursed spirits to incapacitate Yuji, Pseudo-Geto proceeds to absorb and consume Mahito, using Uzumaki to take his Cursed Technique for himself. Just then, the Kyoto students arrive to provide backup, but are unable to do any effective damage. When Miwa attempts to slash him, Pseudo-Geto responds with a Maximum Uzumaki, which Kusakabe arrives to deflect. Choso suddenly appears, confronting Pseudo-Geto over his real identity as the man who experimented on him, Noritoshi Kamo, considered the most evil sorcerer in history; Pseudo-Geto reveals Kamo is one of his many identities he's taken throughout the years. Choso also realizes that Yuji is supposedly one of his brothers, and fights Pseudo-Geto in revenge. Choso's power is still not enough to combat Pseudo-Geto, and when the rest of the sorcerers try to assist, Uraume intervenes and uses their Frost Calm Cursed Technique to freeze everyone solid. Before they have the chance to kill anyone, Yuki Tsukumo arrives to assist. | ||||||||||||
47 | 23 | "Shibuya Incident – Gate, Close" Transliteration: "Shibuya Jihen – Heimon" (Japanese: 渋谷事変 閉門) | Shōta Goshozono | Sayaka Koiso, Hiromi Niwa, Reina Igawa, Yosuke Yajima & Sota Yamazaki | December 28, 2023 (2023-12-28) | 3.1% | ||||||
Yuki confronts Pseudo-Geto over their conflicting ideologies, the former believing humanity's next step in evolution is the removal of cursed energy, while the latter believes in optimizing cursed energy. Pseudo-Geto proceeds to remotely activate Mahito's Idle Transfiguration on two different kinds of non-sorcerers all over Japan, those who consumed cursed objects like Yuji, and those with latent cursed techniques like Junpei, turning them all into sorcerers; among those awakened are Tsumiki Fushiguro. Pseudo-Geto declares he will force the two groups to kill each other in order to gain a deeper understanding of cursed energy. Uraume's ice melts due to poison from Choso's blood, but Pseudo-Geto unleashes a horde of cursed spirits, allowing them to escape, telling Yuji he has high expectations for him, and Sukuna he's bringing the world back to that of the Heian age. In the aftermath, people around the country are reacting to the mysterious attack on Shibuya, while the government struggles to deal with everything, planning to go public about the existence of cursed energy as cursed spirits grow more rampant among the streets. Meanwhile, the jujutsu higher ups declare Gojo an accomplice in the Shibuya Incident, sentence Principal Yaga to death, and re-instate Yuji's execution, with Yuta Okkotsu named his executioner. |
Recap specials
No. overall | No. in season | Title [a] | Original air date | Viewership rating [11] | |
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29.25 | SP–1 | "Season 2 + Movie Recap" Transliteration: "Kanwa Zenpen" (Japanese: 閑話前編) | August 10, 2023 (2023-08-10) | 2.2% | |
A recap special covering events from the second season's "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" story arc and the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film. | |||||
29.75 | SP–2 | "Season 1 Recap" Transliteration: "Kanwa Kōhen" (Japanese: 閑話後編) | August 17, 2023 (2023-08-17) | N/A | |
A recap special covering events from the first season. |
Music
The opening for the first five episodes (covering the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" arc) is "Where Our Blue Is" by Tatsuya Kitani, while the ending theme song is "Akari" (燈) by Soushi Sakiyama.[12] For episode six onwards (covering the "Shibuya Incident" arc), the opening theme is "Specialz" by King Gnu, while the ending theme is "More than Words" by Hitsujibungaku.[13][14]
The music for the second season was composed by Yoshimasa Terui. The soundtracks for the Hidden Inventory / Premature Death, and the Shibuya Incident arcs were released on August 6, 2023, and January 24, 2024, respectively.
Home media release
Japanese
Name | Vol. | Date | Discs | Episodes |
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Hidden Inventory / Premature Death[c] | 1 | October 18, 2023[15] | 1 | 25–27 |
2 | November 22, 2023[16] | 28–29 | ||
Shibuya Incident[d] | 1 | December 20, 2023[17] | 30–32 | |
2 | January 24, 2024[18] | 33–35 | ||
3 | February 21, 2024[19] | 36–38 | ||
4 | March 20, 2024[20] | 39–41 | ||
5 | April 17, 2024[21] | 42–44 | ||
6 | May 22, 2024[22] | 45–47 |
Notes
- ^ a b English translated titles are taken from Crunchyroll.
- ^ a b Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
- ^ a b Kaigyoku / Gyokusetsu (懐玉・玉折)
- ^ a b Shibuya Jihen (渋谷事変)
- ^ a b c d This episode aired at 12:01 a.m. JST, 5 minutes after the original air time.
- ^ This episode aired at 12:26 a.m. JST, 30 minutes after the original air time.
References
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- Episode 26: Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 21, 2023). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, July 10–16". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- Episode 27: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 29, 2023). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, July 17–23". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
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- Episode 40: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 20, 2023). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, November 6–12". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
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External links
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Official website at Crunchyroll
- Jujutsu Kaisen at IMDb (Season 2)
- Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia (Season 2)
- Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2| at Animverse
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