Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 44

   

 Summary:

Noritoshi, under pressure to become the heir to the Kamo family to protect his mother, believes that he and Megumi are alike. Rejecting this and everything wizard families believe in, Megumi longs to save Yuji no matter what. Their ideologies and cursed techniques collide until an unexpected enemy rears its ugly head.

Plot:

Noritoshi was born to a cruel father who couldn't get his rightful wife to give birth to a blood-manipulating son. To ensure that the Kamo family would have an heir, Noritoshi's mother became a mistress, giving birth to a son who could become a rightful air. To protect his mother, Noritoshi is determined to act as the true heir.

Megumi and Noritoshi continue to melee, but Megumi's second tonfa is broken by her opponent's increased strength. Noritoshi expresses happiness as Megumi is getting stronger, but the first year doesn't understand why they are acting familiar. Noritoshi believes that the two of them will be the pillars that support the wizard families, but Megumi claims that she has no connection to the Zeninas.

Noritoshi openly reveals that he plans to kill Yuji of his own free will. He believes that Megumi should understand because they are the same. Megumi rejects this notion, stating that she only trusts her own conscience. Despite what anyone thinks, Megumi will save people, and if Noritoshi doesn't agree, they should just agree to curse each other!

One of the toads appears behind Noritoshi, but it's just a decoy to buy Megumi time. While his opponent is distracted, Megumi uses a large amount of cursed energy to summon the shikigami that was recently presented: Max Elephant! Noritoshi tries to act first, but is thrown from the temple by a stream of water shot from Max Elephant's trunk. As Noritoshi is blown up, Megumi calls Nue to knock him down.

Noritoshi remembers his mother's struggle and refuses to give up. He throws a pack of blood at Nue and holds it back with Blood Manipulation: Crimson Binding. Both boys land on the ground below and rush at each other with no intention of submitting to the other. However, they are interrupted by the sudden appearance of a large mass of wooden branches.

Megumi notices Toge dodging the branches and the sophomore immediately uses cursed speech to tell the two boys to run. This forces Megumi and Noritoshi to dodge the wooden spikes that try to hit them.

Just outside the battlefield, the Juzo curse user sets up a talisman and summons a curtain to cover the area. As the curtain begins to form, the crazed curse user gets excited and starts making a coat hanger.