Episode 19: Black Flash
Are you all right, Inumaki-senpai?
Salmon.
Here it comes!
Stop!
Convergence!
Piercing Blood!
He managed to wound it?
He wasn't serious at all when he fought me?
Hurry! It's just gonna heal right away!
Inumaki will stop it,
we'll attack, and then we'll get away from it.
Then we repeat that as we try to get outside the curtain
and rejoin the principal and the others.
But there's no telling when the current balance will fall apart.
His cursed speech isn't affecting it much anyway,
and we're not getting a chance to contact the teachers.
If it figures out how to deal with his cursed speech, we're finished.
Hurry!
The cursed spirit's objective remains a mystery.
There's a chance the principal and the other sorcerers are immobilized.
Finding Todo is a priority.
Even Miwa would do at this point.
Inumaki-senpai will stop it.
Don't worry! Just go!
St—
He hit his limit first?!
Kamo! You still alive?
The words Inumaki-senpai used weren't particularly strong,
but it still damaged his throat.
The enemy is just that much stronger!
Pickled mustard leaf.
Inumaki-senpai...
That's enough!
Blast away!
You can't cut me with that dull blade.
Its eye branches are its weak point!
Now that sword isn't so bad.
I've got something even better.
This one feels disgusting to use, though.
Cursed tools.
Weapons which have curses imbued in them.
As with sorcerers,
they're divided into grades 1 to 4 based on their power and potency.
The higher the grade, the greater the advantage it provides in jujutsu combat.
Megumi, don't you dare lose that.
I won't.
It can fetch at least five million yen!
Wha—?
Special grade cursed tool:
Playful Cloud!
Indeed, that is not bad.
Divine Dog:
With the exception of my expanded technique, The Well's Unknown Abyss,
if any of my ten shikigami are completely destroyed, I can never summon it again.
However, the power and techniques of the destroyed shikigami
are inherited on to others.
Totality!
It's fast.
It's going after my wounded arm first?
The sorcerer boy is in the forest...
The boy's sword!
Maki!
Please don't ever make me use a three-section staff again!
It's so hard to use!
It's handy once you get used—
Megumi!
Maki!
Damn it! All because I messed up!
My strike was aimed at your heart.
You have incredibly quick reflexes.
Jujutsu sorcerers are extraordinarily compassionate.
They leave new openings every time their ally is hurt.
Is it destroyed?!
No, Megumi released the technique!
I wouldn't use cursed techniques if I were you.
The bud I planted in you loves cursed energy.
The more jujutsu you use, the deeper its roots will extend into you.
How nice of you to explain.
You're planning to kill us anyway, right?
I hear it's more effective when I explain it.
You have some nice moves.
But not as sharp as before.
Wring out that cursed energy,
even if it rips you apart!
I'm not like the others.
I choose who I protect.
I bear the least responsibility!
That's why...
It's inexcusable that I be the first to go down!
Megumi, stop!
Our job here is done.
It's time to tag out.
You good to go, my friend?
Yeah!
So heavy!
I can't believe these two were beaten this badly.
It's up to you, Todo.
Your strength is the one thing you've got going for you.
Stop it, Itadori!
That's not something we can han—
Panda.
Yeah?
Take those two and exit the curtain.
According to Nishimiya, this is an anti-Satoru Gojo curtain,
so the rest of us can go in and out no problem.
Wait! Even you can't—
Fushiguro.
It's okay.
Please.
Looks like you've realized it.
No one is allowed to touch those who have started to spread their wings.
And that's exactly where Itadori stands right now.
If you die again, I'll kill you myself!
All right, let's go.
Pandash!
Can't afford to die now, I guess.
I won't lift a finger to help you, Itadori.
Not until you land a Black Flash.
If you can't land a Black Flash,
then I'll just watch you die,
no matter what happens to you.
Got it!
Sukuna's vessel, and who is that guy?
He certainly has an aura about him.
But judging by the amount of cursed energy,
he's undoubtedly weaker than me.
However, he's got a strong presence.
He must have quite the technique.
I can't make any careless moves with him.
And what is this Black Flash?
So, what's your move?
You can talk?
There's something I want to ask you.
Are you allied with...
a humanoid cursed spirit with a patchwork face?
And if I say I am?
He didn't carelessly close the distance.
I commend him for that.
He's fast!
He also has more explosive power than the girl earlier!
However, its intensity is disappointing.
Its torso's wide open!
It's underestimating me since I pulled my punches.
Now is my chance!
Black Flash!
Damn it!
My friend.
Anger is an important trigger for sorcerers.
People have been put to their knees just because they provoked an inferior opponent.
The opposite is not good either.
Mishandling cursed energy when angered wastes your skills, resulting in defeat.
Your friend Fushiguro is hurt,
and worst of all, our bonding time as best friends was interrupted,
so I understand better than anyone why you'd be boiling with rage.
But that anger is not for you.
Suppress it, for now.
Are they fighting each other?
Are all those distractions gone now?
Yeah, not a single one left.
Thank you so much, best friend!
Black Flash.
When an impact of cursed energy is applied within 0.000001 seconds of a physical hit,
a distortion in space is born.
The impact is equal to a normal hit to the power of 2.5.
No sorcerer can consistently use it at will.
However...
When comparing those who have experienced Black Flash to those who have not,
the gap between their understanding of cursed energy is like that of Heaven and Earth.
What tremendous concentration!
The instant cursed energy impacts within 0.000001 seconds of a physical hit,
space is distorted...
and cursed energy flashes black!
Black Flash!
Wha—
He's grown.
JUJUTSU KAISEN
He's grown.
That was... Black Flash?
What the...
This is my cursed energy, right?
Now you've got the taste of cursed energy.
Up until now,
you've just been throwing together ingredients
that you weren't familiar with and boiling them without knowing why.
But with Black Flash,
you've gained the ingredient that is cursed energy,
and now stand on a completely different level as a chef than you did three seconds ago.
Congratulations, brother.
You will become stronger.
I was told that Sukuna's vessel was still inexperienced as a sorcerer,
but he and this mysterious guy...
Something about them is different from the rest.
It can heal itself?!
A cursed spirit's body is made up of cursed energy.
Unlike us, they don't need any advanced reverse cursed technique to heal.
An injury like that is nothing to a special grade.
However, there's no doubt that it shaves away their cursed energy.
If we can crush its head, it's game-set.
Now, shall we get cooking?
It would seem that...
I shall take you two somewhat seriously.
What a wide attack range!
Don't falter!
It sacrifices power and speed in exchange!
What a heavy hit!
It's not quite as heavy as that flashy black one,
but each of them is powerful enough to steadily damage me over time!
Todo! Let's sync up our timing better!
Yeah!
Our footing!
I messed up!
With that amount of mass,
I thought it was manipulating physical branches with its technique!
But all of it was just the manifestation of its cursed energy!
That's a special grade for you!
Learn how great the land is!
Attacking while we fall? That's brutal!
However...
Brother!
They dodged it?!
But what is this...
What is this feeling?!
You know, Hanami, you should be more true to yourself.
I don't believe I'm faking anything.
I don't mean to call you a liar.
I know why you're fighting.
But while we're fighting,
why not try to enjoy the battles, the present?
Do you enjoy them?
Well, yeah.
Though...
It was only recently that the joy and pleasure of battle became my main motive.
Before I knew it, I was tricking, deceiving, and murdering.
And before I realized it, I felt fulfilled.
Just as humans eat, sleep, and screw,
I think this is a curse's primal instinct.
We might have gained the ability to reason,
but that doesn't mean we should deny our instincts.
The soul is a blend of instinct and reason.
No one has the right to tell you how to balance the two.
But your soul feels a little constrained.
Hanami, I have a feeling...
you're much stronger.
Ow...
Todo!
I'm perfectly fine!
It just used up a lot of cursed energy!
Now is our chance to strike!
You monster!
Mahito, right now...
I'm having fun fighting!
You alright, brother?
No problemo!
Excellent!
Well then...
It's time to unleash my technique!
Juju Stroll
Juju Stroll.
Hanger rack!
Gonna make a sexy hanger rack!
Hey, what kind of rack would Satoru Gojo be?
A standing hanger rack, most likely.
I'd use his hip bone with the sacrum and coccyx as the base for the stand,
then rework his femurs to stabilize it.
For the newel post, I'd use his spine, from lumbar up to the third cervical vertebrae.
To give it more height, let's see...
Ancient camphor wood would be good.
I could alternate its replicas with the bones to accentuate the height.
Then based on the overall balance,
I'd extend the spinous process and transverse process to create the hangers.
That'd be done by grafting on more ancient camphor.
Depending on the coloring, it might be a good idea to cover the skull with tanned hide.
Nice! Very nice!
I'll make the best hanger rack in the world!
No one needs it!
Episode 20: Nonstandard