Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 41

   

 Summary:

Nobara rejects Momoa's notions of apologizing to Mai for her behavior based solely on her family's actions. Just as the Tokyo freshman turns the tide in his favor, Mai steps in to eliminate her. Shortly after, Maki arrives to avenge his protégé.

Plot:

Despite being knocked back several times by gusts of wind from Momo's broom, Nobara still gets up. Momo notices that she's used to fighting, and Nobara knows it's because of her training with Panda. Momo summarizes how she tries to be nervous about Toge showing up, making him a threat no matter where he is.

Momo goes on to tell Nobara that when it comes to Mai, perfection was not enough for the Zenin family. Nobara tries to hit her opponent with nails but misses, forced to listen to Momo's lecture as she dodges. The saying in the jujutsu community is that if you are not a wizard, then you are not worthy to live. Maki and Mai had to put up with this sexist attitude all their lives. Momo believes that someone who looks at a curse like Yuji as an ally can never understand.

This upsets Nobara, who claims that people don't become horrible people just because they're unlucky. In the same vein, just because someone is lucky doesn't mean they deserve to be mocked. Regardless of Mai's upbringing, Nobara doesn't like her, but she likes Maki. Momo never even stopped to think about the person Yuji is. Nobara says that life is not all work and activates the Straw Doll Technique: Hairpin!

This technique causes Nobara's nails to explode with cursed energy, breaking the trees they are stuck in. This is why Nobara continued to shoot nails at Momo despite her absence. Momo is able to dodge the debris from the tree, but this gives Nobara a chance to reach her opponent. The third year kicks Nobara away before he can get to her, but Nobara grabs one of the bristles from Momo's broom. Nobara has had enough of Momo's boys versus girls nonsense and forcefully activates Straw Doll Technique: Resonance!

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The resonance causes Momo to lose control of her broom, forcing her into Nobara's range. She uses the whistling hammer to pound Momo in the face, but just before Nobara can secure the victory, she is shot in her sleep by a rubber bullet from Mai. Mai immediately calls Momo to confirm that Mechamaru is probably out of the competition. She asks Momo to return to the sky and is immediately confronted by Maki, who left Kasumi behind.

Maki claims that Mai should have asked Momo for backup, but Mai wants to fight one on one. Tokyo Zenina's sister politely requests that her younger sister call her "big sister".