Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 120

   

 Summary:

Yuji regains control of his body, only to witness the aftermath of all the destruction from Sukun's ruthless rampage. He initially breaks down emotionally, but quickly realizes that he must act to redeem himself. Meanwhile, Nanami has survived his previous battles but is badly injured and delirious. He makes his last stand against a swarm of transformed humans and reluctantly meets a familiar enemy.

Plot:

Sukuna returns to the area in front of Shibuya 109 after dropping Megumi off at the Shibuya toll gate for medical treatment. As his grip on Yuji's body loosens, Sukuna switches control back to the brat and tells him to "take a good look."

When Sukun's marks disappear and Yuji regains consciousness, he finds himself face to face with the wasteland that used to be Dogenzaka. There is a skyline in the distance, but much of Shibuya has been destroyed.

Haruta Shigemo's corpse is in plain sight as the first thing Yuji sees as well. Initially stunned, Yuji breaks down as memories of Sukun's rampage flood his mind. He vomits and cries after realizing that Sukuna has murdered several people including Mimiko and Nanako and severely endangered his friends and colleagues.

The desperate student recalls asking him why he had to be executed when he originally decided to enroll in Jujutsu High School. As tears fall from his eyes and Yuji takes a breath, he tells himself that he's just going to die. He starts scratching frantically at the ground and keeps telling himself he's going to die as his grandfather's words play in his head. Suddenly, Yuji stops and sits still for a moment, raising his head and declaring that he needs to move, that he needs to fight. Yuji believes that at this rate he will be nothing but a killer, putting himself into a state of cold concentration.

Meanwhile, inside Shibuya Station, the phone is ringing. Just down the hall is the 1st level wizard Nanami. Although badly injured by Dagon's Death Swarm and Jog's flames, he is still alive and walking with his sword. The left half of his body is completely burned, including the entire side of his face. He walks past the photo booth and slowly walks down the hall. As Nanami walks past, the curtain inside the booth opens to reveal Mahita inside. He watches as Nanami moves through the station until the wizard comes across a large group of transformed people.

After descending the stairs and coming face to face with the swarm, Nanami begins to dream of Malaysia. He wishes he could build a house on a secluded beach and read the countless books he never finished. Instead of flipping through those books page by page as if to get back time, Nanami searches for Megumi. He's not sure how Maki or Naobito have been doing and admits he's just tired.

Nanami questions himself if he has done enough, but continues to fight. He furiously cuts through the transformed humans with his blunt sword until a familiar hand touches his chest. Nanami looks up to see Mahito and claims he didn't know the cursed spirit was around. Mahito replies that he was here the whole time and asks if Wizard 7:3 would like to chat as they head back.

Instead of answering, Nanami looks down and talks to Yu Haibara. Nanami wonders why he returned to being a wizard with only a vague reason why it was worth it, and asks Haibara what he's trying to do. An illusion or possibly Haibara's ghost appears and points Nanami to the right. Nanami looks to find Yuji entering the station right in the hallway. Mahito is amused to see him, and Nanami tells Haibara that she doesn't want to end up cursing the young man.

In his final moments, Nanami smiles at her protégé and tells him that he's got it from here. Mahito instantly kills Nanami by completely destroying the upper half of her body, shocking Yuji. Enraged the next moment, Yuji screams and demands to know what Mahito is, rushing him to fight. Mahito, further amused, tells his opponent that he can hear well without shouting and prepares for their fatal rematch.