Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 43

   

 Summary:

Megumi's Ten Shadows Technique clashes with Noritoshi's Blood Manipulation! As their duel rages, the Gakuganji headmaster sets into motion his plan to deal with Yuji. However, it seems that the uninvited guests will organize their own evil plan.

Plot:

Locked in a fierce battle, Noritoshi fires three arrows at Megumi simultaneously. The first year deflects two of them with his tonfo and the third is stopped by one of his toads. Megumi notices that the arrows have traces of blood on them, allowing Noritoshi to defy physics. Noritoshi requests that Megumi not hold back and summons more shikigami. Megumi ignores this as Divine Dog is busy and tells Noritoshi that she won't help him if he loses too much blood. The Kyoto third year replies with a smirk, revealing that these arrows were prepared in advance.

Megumi knows that Noritoshi can use a cursed technique inherited from the Kamo family: Blood Manipulation, which allows him to control anything his blood touches. Noritoshi holds Megumi in high regard as she has a cursed technique inherited from the Zenin family: the Ten Shadow Technique, which allows Megumi to summon shikigami using her shadows. This is something Noritoshi wishes Mai and Maki could inherit.

Noritoshi blasts the roof with an arrow to create a distraction that allows him to shoot Megumi. The first year in Tokyo is able to defend, but notices that Noritoshi seems much faster and stronger. Noritoshi praises his opponent's reflexes and continues to attack until he breaks one of Megumi's tonfa. Blood Manipulation allows Noritoshi to control his own body temperature, heart rate, red blood cell count, and blood composition using a flowing red scale. Megumi likens it to doping, but Noritoshi doesn't appreciate the stigma attached to the word.

Meanwhile, Kasumi is disappointed and can't do anything because her katana was taken by Maki. Mechamaru calls her, but it's actually Toge on the other side who tells her to sleep. He is with the divine dog Megumi, whom he pets and commands to return. Immediately after, Toge notices the presence of a powerful cursed spirit.

Before the team battle began, the headmaster of Gakuganji gave Noritoshi permission to use the Semi-Grade 1 curse to kill Yuji Itadori. He ordered Noritoshi to do this using a special blood scent that would need to be attached to Yūji. The headmaster believes that the cursed spirit will be able to kill Yuji after his fight with Aoi. In the present, while Gakuganji thinks about all this, Utahime goes to retrieve Kasumi from the forest.

A semi-grade 1 spirit appears in front of Toge, but its head is severed and instantly killed by something else. Suddenly, Hanami appears from the trees to confront Toga. Elsewhere, Mahito and a curse user named Juzo Kumiya prepare to put their evil plan into motion.