03x03 - About the Culling Game

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JUJUTSU KAISEN

JUJUTSU KAISEN
The Culling Game Part 1

Nice to meet you.

Child of Zen'in, Descendant of Michizane,
Cursed Womb Death Painting,

and Vessel of Sukuna.

No greeting for me, Tengen?

So this...

So this thing...

So this person...

Person?

...is Tengen?!

It's not our first time meeting,

Yuki Tsukumo.

Why did you close the Tombs of the Star?

I was wary of you being
aligned with Kenjaku.

I can't tell what's going on
in people's hearts, after all.

Kenjaku?

What was once Noritoshi Kamo.

The sorcerer currently inhabiting
Suguru Geto's body.

A net of compassion and
a rope of salvation, huh?

He didn't even try for
sarcasm with that name.

Why are you like that, Tengen-sama?

Ballsy of him to insert himself
into the conversation there...

I'm immortal, but not ageless.

You'd look like this, too,
if you were 500 years old.

Seriously?

Seriously?

Since I failed to assimilate

with the Star Plasma Vessel twelve
years ago, my aging has accelerated,

and my identity as an
individual has vanished,

so the world itself is who I am now.

So there wasn't actually another
Star Plasma Vessel back then?

That explains why there isn't a new voice.

Excuse me.

We came here to learn Kenjaku's goal
and how to open the Prison Realm.

Could you tell us what you know?

Of course.

Or so I'd like to say, but I
must impose one condition.

Yuta Okkotsu.

Yuki Tsukumo.

Cursed Womb Death Painting.

I'll need two of you three to remain here

and guard me.

Guard you? But you're immortal, right?

Are you afraid of being sealed or something?

That isn't fair.

You won't tell us why or
how long we're guarding you?

In that case,

let me speak of Kenjaku.

Kenjaku's Objective

That man's objective

is to force the evolution of
mankind throughout all of Japan.

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

I heard about that.

But how does he actually intend to do it?

Why didn't Kenjaku use your barriers

to turn everyone in Japan
into jujutsu sorcerers

Idle Transfiguration

with Idle Transfiguration back then?

Idle Transfiguration

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

Because he simply lacked the
cursed energy to do that.

The cursed energy refined through
Maelstrom can't return to the sorcerer.

Insufficient Cursed Energy

Also, evolving people one person at a time
with a cursed technique is far too inefficient.

Kenjaku's Objective

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

How?

Assimilate Mankind With Tengen

Why?

Unknown

So the method of evolution
that Kenjaku has chosen

is to assimilate mankind with me.

How?

Assimilate Mankind With Tengen

Huh? But your assimilation...

...should only be possible with
the Star Plasma Vessel.

Tengen

Star Plasma Vessel

Ordinary Person

Assimilation Possible

Assimilation Impossible

Previously, that was true.

Star Plasma Vessel's Death

Assimilation With the Star Plasma Vessel Prevented

But since I started evolving
twelve years ago,

Tengen

Tengen's Evolution

Tengen's Evolution

assimilation with someone other than
the Star Plasma Vessel is possible.

Assimilate Mankind With Tengen

But you're just one person, right?

How would you assimilate
with multiple people?

What you see before you right
now isn't my real self.

Now that I've evolved,
my soul is everywhere.

I told you, didn't I?

The world itself is who I am now.

People who assimilated with me now would
become something more than a sorcerer.

They would become a new being
that's both there and not there.

I'm able to retain my shape and reason

after evolving because of
my barrier techniques.

However, if mankind were to evolve,

then if even one of them
went out of control,

Out of Control

the world would end.

Why?

There would be no boundaries
between individuals,

so evil would spread to all instantly.

Out of Control

The impurities of a hundred million
people would flood the world.

What happened in Tokyo would be
recreated on a worldwide scale.

Why would he do such a thing?

Kenjaku's Objective

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

How?

Why?

Assimilate Mankind With Tengen

Unknown

I don't know.

I told you that, too.

I can't tell what's going
on in people's hearts.

Kenjaku's Objective

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

How?

Why?

Assimilate Mankind With Tengen

Unknown

Why?

Unknown

But wouldn't everything be fine as long
as you rejected the assimilation?

That's the issue.

Now that I've evolved, my nature is closer to
that of a Cursed Spirit than a human.

Suguru Geto's Death

Obtained Cursed Spirit Manipulation

Obtained Idle Transfiguration

Star Plasma Vessel's Death

Tengen's Evolution

Obtain Tengen

So I can be

targeted by Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

Considering Kenjaku's
strength as a sorcerer,

I would likely be absorbed
the moment he made contact.

That's why my main body is rejecting

everything in the
Tombs of the Star right now.

That's why you want us to guard you?

Yes.

Kenjaku is second only to me in
his skill with barrier techniques.

I don't know when he'll manage to break
the seal on the Tombs of the Star.

Why now?

You were stopped from assimilating
with the Star Plasma Vessel.

Assimilation With Star Plasma Vessel Prevented

Now you've been forced to evolve,

Tengen's Evolution

and he seeks to absorb you with
Cursed Energy Manipulation.

Obtain Tengen

Assimilation With Star Plasma Vessel Prevented

Tengen's Evolution

Obtain Tengen

Kenjaku also seems to have
connections to Sukuna.

So he's been a sorcerer
for at least 1,000 years.

So why now?!

Tengen

Because I, the Star Plasma
Vessel, and the Six Eyes

Star Plasma Vessel

Six Eyes

are all connected by fate.

Kenjaku's Objective

Stop Tengen's Assimilation

Twice in the past, Kenjaku was stopped
by the sorcerer with the Six Eyes.

The second time, Kenjaku was thorough.

Kenjaku's Objective

Stop Tengen's Assimilation

He k*lled both the Star
Plasma Vessel and the bearer

of the Six Eyes within
a month of their birth.

Despite that, the Six Eyes
and the Star Plasma Vessel

still appeared by the
day of my assimilation.

After that, Kenjaku altered his
strategy to focus on sealing

the Six Eyes instead of k*lling him,

and he began searching
for the Prison Realm,

because there can't be two people
with the Six Eyes at the same time.

Kenjaku's Objective

However, twelve years ago,
something unpredictable happened.

Toji Zen'in intervened.

Unpredicted Event

Toji Zen'in Intervenes

He was physically gifted
through a Heavenly Pact.

And he was unique among them

for being completely
free from cursed energy.

Kenjaku's Objective

Since his Heavenly Pact
placed him outside of fate,

Zen'in Toji Intervenes

he destroyed the fate connecting us.

Star Plasma Vessel's Death

Then a young man with power of
Cursed Spirit Manipulation appeared.

Star Plasma Vessel's Death

Cursed Spirit Manipulation

Without even trying,

he now had all the necessary pieces
other than the Prison Realm.

Then, six years ago,

the Prison Realm made its way
into Kenjaku's hands, as well.

Prison Realm

The Culling Game

Then why is this
Culling Game being hosted?

It's a warm-up before assimilation.

Mankind

Tengen

My assimilation with people other
than the Star Plasma Vessel is possible,

Assimilation

but at the moment,
there's a high probability

Incomplete

it will result in something incomplete.

The Culling Game

The Culling Game uses the
cursed energy of the Players

and the boundaries formed
between the Colonies

Mankind

Tengen

The Culling Game

in a ritual to send this nation's
people to the other side.

Warm-Up

He probably plans to use that as a warm-up

Assimilation

Success

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

to start their assimilation with me.

The Culling Game

Mankind

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

Tengen

However, in order to establish that ritual,

The Culling Game

Kenjaku should have been forced
to accept several pacts.

The Culling Game

Details


requested under Rule 6 above, except when
the Rule would significantly hinder
the continuation of the Culling Game.

One of them is that Kenjaku cannot be the
Game Master of the Culling Game himself.


requested under Rule 6 above, except when

the Rule would significantly hinder
the continuation of the Culling Game.

However, that still serves as
a disadvantage to you all,

because it means that k*lling Kenjaku
won't end the Culling Game.

Player

Either all of the Players must die,

Dead

Player

or the Players must all refuse
to participate and die.

Refuse to Participate

Dead



The Culling Game won't end until then.

The "continuation" mentioned
in the Culling Game's rules

hinder the continuation

is insurance to prevent the
ritual from being stopped.

In that case...

Yeah.


the initial point value assigned to them,
Players may negotiate with the Game Master
to add an additional Rule to the Culling Game.


Players may negotiate with the Game Master to add an additional Rule to the Culling Game.

We'll need to participate
in the Culling Game,

and add a rule that creates
a way out of the game

By spending 100 points

add an additional Rule

for Tsumiki-san and those
reluctant to participate.

We also need to free Gojo-sensei
at the same time.

That man could resolve
everything on his own.

Itadori's Friends' Objective

Create a Rule to Escape the Culling Game

Free Satoru Gojo

Tengen-sama.

Tell us.

First, please decide who will stay.

I will stay.

Yuji, you will absolutely need the
help of Okkotsu or that woman.

Kamo Noritoshi...

If Kenjaku is coming after Tengen,
that's all the more reason for me to stay.

Because slaying him will
save my younger brothers.

I'm still not finished
talking with Tengen.

Is that okay, Okkotsu-kun?

Yes!

I don't want to be separated
from everyone anymore, either!

Thank you.

This...

is the "Back" of the Prison Realm

that you'll need in order
to free Satoru Gojo.

Prison Realm Back

Back?!

First I've heard of it.

You mean like a back door?

That's right.

Before Kenjaku found it,

the Prison Realm was
outside of my barriers.

Probably somewhere abroad.

Prison Realm

By keeping this Back sealed,

I concealed the presence of the Front,

Satoru Gojo

but it didn't work.

Prison Realm Back

Satoru Gojo is also sealed
away within this back gate.

Huh?! Then if we open it...

No, the authority to open the gates rests
with the owner of the Front—Kenjaku.

In order to break this one open,

Prison Realm Back

you need either the Inverted
Spear of Heaven that can force

the cancellation of cursed techniques,

Inverted Spear of Heaven

or the Black Rope that can
disrupt and cancel out the effects

Black Rope

of a cursed technique.

Inverted Spear of Heaven

However, twelve years ago,

Satoru Gojo either sealed the Inverted
Spear of Heaven abroad or destroyed it.

Why'd you do that, Sensei?!

Black Rope

The Black Rope was also completely
expended against Satoru Gojo last year.

What was that man thinking?!

Oh.

Miguel-san and I were searching
Africa for more of that Black Rope.

So that's why you were abroad.

It was a complete waste of effort, though.

They said it's all gone.

They said it's all gone.

Huh?!

There's still some way, right?

Yes.

Among the Players participating
in the Culling Game,

Prison Realm Back

Inverted Spear of Heaven

Black Rope

there's a sorcerer from 1,000 years
ago who calls herself "Angel."

Angel

Angel

Her cursed technique can extinguish
any other cursed technique.

Hana Kurusu

Episode 50
About the Culling Game

Satoru Gojo

Prison Realm

Prison Realm Back

Angel

Extinguish any cursed technique?

Yes.

The Angel's cursed technique can
open the Back of the Prison Realm.

Do you know where she is right now?

She's in the Colony on
the east side of Tokyo.

The Culling Game's barriers reject me,

so I don't have more
information than that.

Let's start going over things from there.

There are ten Colonies across Japan.

They are linked by barriers designed to

ferry the people of
Japan to the other side.

Crossing a river or other border—

Yasohachi Bridge's River

Other Side

Colonies' Barriers

acts that symbolize crossing
to the afterlife—

carry important meaning in sorcery.

Oh, it's like with Yasohachi Bridge!

Is Hokkaido excluded because of
the Jujutsu Society's barrier?

That's right.

That land is already established
as a vast sacred ground.

That's "the challenging land" for you.

*"The Challenging Land"
The catchphrase issued in '99 by
the Hokkaido Government Office.

The Culling Game

Warm-Up

Assimilate Mankind With Tengen

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

"Ferry them to the other side"
may sound dramatic,

but everyone in Japan was cursed in
preparation for the assimilation.

Warm-Up Complete

The Culling Game

How long will this ritual take to complete?

That depends on the Culling Game,

but it'll probably be
over within two months.


players must go to a Colony of their choice within 19 days
and pledge their participation in the Culling Game.


players must go to a Colony of their choice within 19 days
and pledge their participation in the Culling Game.

It's currently 9 AM on November 9th.

The Players awakened as sorcerers
around midnight on October 31st.

We have about ten days and fifteen hours
before Tsumiki's forced to participate.

Remaining Time Until Tsumiki
Must Enter the Culling Game

Remaining Time Until Tsumiki
Must Enter the Culling Game

Obtain 100 points and add a rule
allowing people to escape.


stripped of their technique.

Tengen-sama, you said earlier


stripped of their technique.

that people would die if
they refused to participate.

stripped of their technique.

Yes.

Stripped of their technique?

That rule also applies to sorcerers
joining in later, right?

Then the stripping isn't being
done by Idle Transfiguration.

It says "stripped," not "prohibited
from using," so it's not a pact, either.

That means it'll be doing something
to the brain by force,

and it's better for the rules if
being stripped means death, too.

Otherwise, everyone would
refuse to participate.

It's just as Shoko-san anticipated,

but that also means there's no risk

to sorcerers without any
cursed technique, like me.

And what'll happen to Panda?

Does he even have a brain?


entering a Colony, and their entry shall be taken
as pledging to participate in the Culling Game.

What does this rule mean for the ordinary
people who were in the Colony from the start?


entering a Colony, and their entry shall be taken

as pledging to participate in the Culling Game.

It means they're granted at
least one chance to leave.

For real?

That's awfully generous.

There are no stipulations in the rules
about leaving or entering Colonies.

They were probably aiming to stimulate the
Culling Game by giving Players a clear,

upon entering

initial goal of leaving the Colony.

In order to keep the Players inside,

the premise that Players "entered of
their own free will" is important.

The thing about adjusting the barrier
strength that Ino-san mentioned?


ending the life of another Player.


ending the life of another Player.

ending the life


that the Game Master gives their life,
and fundamentally, a sorcerer will be worth


that the Game Master gives their life,

and fundamentally, a sorcerer will be worth


Using "fundamentally" within a rule?
Way to make things confusing.

fundamentally
a sorcerer will be worth 5 points
non-sorcerers will be worth 1 point.

Fushiguro?

Game Master

It's nothing.

Tengen-sama, who is this Game Master?

Game Master

Every individual Player is given
a shikigami called "Kogane."

Kogane
Not the Game Master

To be precise, Kogane isn't the
Game Master—it's an interface.

It's best to think of the Culling Game
system itself as the Game Master.

I see...


that the Game Master gives their life,

and fundamentally, a sorcerer will be worth


the initial point value assigned to them,
Players may negotiate with the Game Master
to add an additional Rule to the Culling Game.


the initial point value assigned to them,

Players may negotiate with the Game Master
to add an additional Rule to the Culling Game.

"Add," huh?



So no eliminating any existing rules.

add an additional Rule


the initial point value assigned to them,

Players may negotiate with the Game Master
to add an additional Rule to the culling game.

We might be able to refute
them in a roundabout way.


requested under Rule 6 above, except when
the Rule would significantly hinder
the continuation of the Culling Game.


requested under Rule 6 above, except when

the Rule would significantly hinder
the continuation of the Culling Game.

Is this allowed?

Right?

It leans too heavily on their judgment.


requested under Rule 6 above, except when

the Rule would significantly hinder
the continuation of the culling game.

No, you should be able to
expect a fair decision here.

They're already imposing such
strong rules on the Players.

Jujutsu sorcery wouldn't allow them
to favor Kenjaku any further.


change in points within 19 days of
joining or acquiring points
shall be stripped of their technique.


change in points within 19 days of

joining or acquiring points
shall be stripped of their technique.

So I'll k*ll people again?

do not show

No, I have a few ideas.

a change


change in points within 19 days of

joining or acquiring points
shall be stripped of their technique.

The Culling Game

We've managed to organize
our information for now.

That just leaves the roles for each of us.

Future Actions

Choso

Yuki Tsukumo

Yuki-san and Choso will remain
here to guard Tengen-sama.

Guard Tengen

Maki Zen'in

I need to return to the Zen'in house
and retrieve their cursed tools.

Retrieve Cursed Tools from the Zen'in Clan

Shortly after Satoru was sealed,

the Kamo and Zen'in Clans
both took their cursed tools

out of Jujutsu High's
forbidden vault, so it's empty.

However, Megumi's now the
head of the Zen'in Clan.

Oh?!

I'll explain later.

Thanks to that, we're free to rummage
through the Zen'in Clan's forbidden vault.

But before that, Tengen-sama...

Maki Zen'in

Retrieve Cursed Tools from the Zen'in Clan

I know.

Juzo Kumiya's atelier, right?

Juzo Kumiya's Atelier

Thank you.

Once I'm finished, I'll look for Panda

and help deal with the Culling Game.

And you, Yuta?

Maki Zen'in

Juzo Kumiya's Atelier

Retrieve Cursed Tools From the Zen'in Clan

Okkotsu

I'll enter a Colony and participate
in the Culling Game right away.

Participate in the Culling Game

Meet Up With Panda

I'd like to gather as much
information as possible

before Tsumiki-san and Fushiguro-kun

Participate in the Culling Game

participate in the Culling Game.

Thank you.

It'll mean acting on my own again,

but to prevent us from
clashing with each other,

and to avoid running into her if
something does happen to Tsumiki-san,

I'll stay away from the nearby Colonies.

The Colonies might cut off reception,

so I might be out of
contact for a while...

If Sukuna does manage
to take control again,

don't hesitate to k*ll me.

They're thinking that having Okkotsu near
Itadori would keep Fushiguro safe, but it
would be a more efficient use of their
forces for Okkotsu to act alone.

Is this the time to worry about that?

It'll be fine.

If that happens, you can
have him k*ll you after I die.

No, I'm trying to prevent that.

Senpai.

Megumi Fushiguro

Yuji Itadori

Yeah.

You two go to see Kinji like we planned.

Meet Up With Kinji Hakari

Kinji?

Kinji Hakari.

Kinji Hakari

The suspended third-year.

We're shorthanded right now.

Do whatever it takes to recruit him.

Is he strong?

He's a bit capricious,

but when he gets into it,
he's stronger than me.

That's impossible.

Kenjaku's Objective [Road Map]


Suguru Geto's Death

Obtained Cursed Spirit Manipulation

Absorbed Mahito

Obtained Idle Transfiguration

Turn Mankind Throughout All Japan
Into Sorcerers With Idle Transfiguration

Insufficient Cursed Energy


Toji Zen'in Intervenes

Amanai Riko m*rder*d


Obtained Prison Realm

Assimilate

Star Plasma
Vessel

Tengen

October 31st
Satoru Gojo Sealed

Guard Fate

Six Eyes

Assimilation Failed

Tengen's Evolution

Becomes a Target for
Cursed Spirit Manipulation

Assimilation With People Aside from
the Star Plasma Vessel Becomes Possible

Goal: Warm-Up for Assimilation

Absorb Tengen With Cursed Spirit Manipulation

The Culling Game

Make Modern Sorcerers and Sorcerers Awakened
or Incarnated Through Idle Transfiguration Fight

Assimilate Mankind With Tengen

The Evolution of Mankind Throughout All Japan

The Culling Game's Objective

Colony

Idle Transfiguration

Modern Sorcerers

Incarnated Sorcerers

Those Whose Cursed
Techniques Awakened

Fight

The Culling Game: Rules

Stock Up Cursed Energy

Rule Forcing Them to Fight

Use Stocked-Up
Cursed Energy

to Move the Barriers
Designed to Ferry
the People of Japan
to the Other Side



Forced to Cross to the Other Side [= Cursed]

Warm-Up

Assimilate Mankind With Tengen

Itadori's Friends' Mission



Tengen Possesses
Open Prison Realm Back

Obtain Prison Realm

Kenjaku Possess

Can't Do Without
the Front Gate

To Force It Open...

Inverted Spear
of Heaven

Black Rope

Angel

Culling Game Player

Satoru Gojo Destroyed

Miguel and Okkotsu Failed to Find

Technique That Extinguishes
All Cursed Techniques

In the Colony on the East Side of Tokyo


Reluctant Players

Consume 100 Points [Per Rules 6 and 7] to Add a Rule



Persuade Players With 100 Points
and No Intention of Adding a Rule

Each Person's Actions

Maki

Go Retrieve Juzo Kumiya's Cursed Tools

Fushiguro Has Become
the Head of the Zen'in Clan

Go to the Zen'in Clan's Forbidden Vault

Meet Up With Panda

Okkotsu

Go On
Ahead Alone

Gather Information

Itadori Fushiguro

Recruit Help

Recruit Kinji Hakari

Tsukumo Choso

Guard Tengen

Participate in the Culling Game

Remain in the Tombs of the Star

Choso!

Thank you. You've been a big help.

Don't die out there.

Are you crying?

Shush.

Th-Thanks for tonight!

Takaba!

How long are ya gonna
keep doin' that crap?!

Cut it out!

You're making me depressed, too!

Yeah.

How old are ya now?

Thirty-five!

Then give it up already.

Our industry's full o' late-bloomers who
suddenly make it big for no good reason,

but none of 'em suddenly got funnier.

They were just funny people
waiting to be discovered.

And that ain't the case for you!

Look what happened to Tokyo.

No one's gonna think ill of you.

Go do something you're actually suited for.

I never disliked your comedy, Takaba.

Ken-san?

Both you and him have the wrong idea.

There's still people who ain't
funny that make it big.

You mean those with one stock gag?

Nah.

There are two types of comedians
that manage to stay big.

Comedians who are always funny,

and comedians who can always delude
themselves into believing they're funny.

Which one are you?

I'd say it's 50-50,
but it's actually 70-30...



I'd say it's 50-50,

Culling Game Player
Fumihiko Takaba

but it's actually 70-30!

Mai, I'll get started.

Why did you come here?

Shall I bully you like I used to?

Then, please, you do it, Maki-san.

You are me, and I am you.

Make me happy I gave birth to you.

Absolutely ridiculous.

Destroy it all.

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