Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 19

   

Summary: 

Three disfigured corpses are found in the Kinema movie theater in Kawasaki City. Accompanied by Kent Nanami, a very straightforward man, Yuji investigates a supernatural crime scene. Meanwhile, the only known witness decides to confront the killer to learn the ways of the cursed spirits.

Plot:

A young boy named Junpei Yoshino believes that he could never push a button that would kill someone he didn't like. However, if it was to kill someone who didn't like him, Junpei wouldn't hesitate to press it.

Junpei goes to see a movie at Kinema, where some of his rude classmates are also attending the movie. They cause havoc until their bodies are disrupted and morphed until they are unrecognizable, seemingly killing them.

Junpei notices the blue haired man with the bumpy face that killed the loud movie goers and follows him into the alleyway outside. She figures this man must not be human and notices him when they are in the alley. The cursed spirit asks Junpei if these people were important to him, but the human surprises him by asking if he could learn to kill people like this.

Kento Nanami, a 1st class jujutsu wizard, takes Yuji with him to investigate the disturbance at the movie theater. He shows Yuji how to track the remnants of the cursed energy left behind by the cursed technique. Yuji tries to understand at first, but Nanami tells him to focus harder on perception before he sees. A student notices the tracks and asks for encouragement, but Nanami claims that he is only there to uphold the law, not to insult or praise Yuji.

The two move to follow the trail, but Satoru shows up to make fun of Nanami, calling him a renegade office worker. Satoru adds that Nanami actually worked in the office and is much more trustworthy than a lot of other wizards.

Nanami claims that she only works as a wizard because it's less idiotic than an office job. He even says that even though he trusts Satoru, he can't respect him because of how jujutsu society works. For the same reason, Nanami cannot recognize Yuji as a jujutsu wizard. He asks the young man to prove his usefulness despite having Sukuna in him. Yuji has been hearing a lot about him being weak and useless lately, so he asks Nanami to be patient with him on his journey to becoming stronger.

There was no record of the incident, so the wizards must interview the only remaining witness at the scene. While checking the roof, Nanami and Yuji come across two curses. Yuji asks Nanami not to underestimate him, but Nanami believes that protecting children is simply the duty of adults. Despite numerous near-death experiences, Yuji is not an adult. As he draws his weapon to prepare for battle, Nanami says that it's the small losses that make people mature.