Jujutsu Kaisen · Story arc
The Culling Game
Ten colonies, thousands of players, rules written by Kenjaku. Yuji and Megumi enter Tokyo No. 1, Hakari and Panda Tokyo No. 2, Yuta Sendai, Maki Sakurajima. Sukuna takes Megumi's body; Kenjaku kills Yuki and absorbs Tengen.
Every player must enter a colony within nineteen days and earns points by killing; with a hundred points they can add a rule to the game. Yuji passes Higuruma's trial, Megumi meets Hana Kurusu, who carries within her the Angel able to open the Prison Realm. But Tsumiki is Yorozu, and Sukuna, through a vow extorted from Yuji, seizes Megumi and kills her.
- Position
- Arc 11 of 13
- Saga
- The Culling Game
- Period
- November-December 2018
- Canon status
- Canon
- Manga
- 159-221
- Anime
- ~ep. 53+
Arc events(10)
- The Culling Game beginsNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameTen colonies, barriers lined up from the north to the south of Japan. Reincarnated sorcerers of the past and forcibly awakened people must enter within nineteen days and earn points by killing each other; with a hundred points one can add a rule.
- Higuruma's trialNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameIn the Tokyo No. 1 colony the lawyer Higuruma shuts Yuji in his courtroom and tries him for the deaths of Shibuya. Yuji does not defend himself, he pleads guilty; Higuruma recognises his sincerity, and at the end of the fight gives him his points.
- Megumi vs Reggie StarNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameMegumi faces Reggie Star's group, which hunts newcomers in the Tokyo No. 1 colony. He defeats and kills him at the end of a gruelling fight.
- Hana Kurusu and the AngelNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameMegumi is saved by Hana Kurusu, who shares her body with the Angel, a reincarnated sorceress whose technique erases techniques: it is the key to opening the Prison Realm. In exchange the Angel asks for Sukuna to be destroyed.
- Yuta in the Sendai colonyNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameIn Sendai four very strong players — Dhruv Lakdawalla, Takako Uro, Ryu Ishigori and Kurourushi — are deadlocked. Yuta breaks the deadlock and faces Ryu Ishigori in a clash of pure cursed energy, winning it.
- Hakari vs KashimoNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameIn the Tokyo No. 2 colony Panda is defeated by Hajime Kashimo, the highest-scoring player. Hakari faces him: with his domain's jackpot he withstands even the effects of his blows and beats him.
- Maki vs Naoya at SakurajimaNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameIn the Sakurajima colony Maki, with Noritoshi Kamo and the Kyoto students, meets Naoya Zen'in, reborn as a cursed spirit, who wants revenge. Maki faces him alone and destroys him.
- The defence of TengenNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameKenjaku attacks Tengen's refuge, defended by Yuki and Choso. Yuki turns herself into a black hole to stop him and dies; Kenjaku absorbs Tengen.
- Sukuna takes MegumiNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameSukuna activates the vow made with Yuji at Eishu and, in the minute of control, moves into Megumi's body. Tsumiki reveals herself as the sorceress Yorozu; Sukuna kills her with Megumi's hands, and Megumi's soul sinks.
- Gojo is freeNovember-December 2018 · Culling GameWith the Angel's technique the sorcerers open the Prison Realm: Gojo is free again and announces he will face Sukuna on 24 December, in Shinjuku.