What happens
Junpei YoshinoJunpei YoshinoHumanA student who stopped going to school because of what happened there, and who Mahito found first. His story is the series making its argument about cruelty as plainly as it ever do... gets beaten up at school for supposedly looking at someone's girlfriend, and works out that he would not press a button that killed everyone he hates, but he would press one that killed everyone who hates him. He skips class for a screening of Human Earthworm 3. His bullies are in the same theatre, and 
MahitoMahitoSpecial Grade · Cursed SpiritA cursed spirit born from humanity's hatred and fear of each other. Mahito's Idle Transfiguration allows him to reshape souls through physical contact, and since the body follows t... kills them for talking through the film. Junpei follows him out to ask how it was done.
Yuji draws the investigation alongside 
Kento NanamiKento NanamiGrade 1 · HumanA grade 1 sorcerer who left jujutsu to work as a salaryman, realized corporate life was equally soul-crushing, and came back. His Ratio Technique identifies a weak point at the sev..., who does not respect Gojo, does not enjoy the job, and does not consider Yuji a sorcerer yet. On the roof in the rain they take one target each. Nanami announces his technique out loud, because a hand shown is a vow and a vow makes the technique hit harder, then cuts his opponent down in a single stroke.
Yuji finishes his with Divergent Fist, the second impact landing a beat after the first because his cursed energy runs slow. Nanami says he can see what Gojo sees in him.
Then Shoko confirms that the two things they killed were people, reshaped. Nanami tells Yuji the residuals were manipulated to lead them into that room, which makes finding this curse worth maximum effort. Underground, MahitoMahitoSpecial Grade · Cursed SpiritA cursed spirit born from humanity's hatred and fear of each other. Mahito's Idle Transfiguration allows him to reshape souls through physical contact, and since the body follows t... is explaining to Junpei where curses come from and what he himself was born out of.
Key moments
- Technique reveal
- Mahito uses Idle Transfiguration. Can reshape souls/bodies at a touch: the most terrifying cursed technique
- Debut
- Mahito appears for the first time. Cursed spirit, Idle Transfiguration
- Debut
- Kento Nanami appears for the first time. Grade 1 sorcerer, former office worker
Fights
Yuji & Nanami vs. Transfigured Humans
Manga chapters adapted
- Chapter 19
- Rapid Strides
- Chapter 20
- Old Soldiers Never Die