Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 58

   

 Summary:

Megumi's growth is tested against the enemy she once escaped. Inspired by Gojo sensei's recent words of wisdom, Megumi abandons her restraints and lets her true power run free.

Plot:

Sukuna's fingers that have an immense presence, hide or have been consumed by cursed goblins all resonate. This particular finger was hidden and activated when Yuji consumed another finger. This special curse looks just like the capture center but is much stronger, able to break Megumi's cursed tool with a single blast of cursed energy.

Curse uses its extreme speed to maneuver Megumi, but Divine Dog: Totality is fast enough to take Megumi out of the way. She plans to summon a Nue, but the curse lightning attacks pass Megumi before she can summon her shikigami.

Recently, Megumi asked Gojo to train him due to the pressure of Yuji's growth. Gojo actually believes that Megumi's skill and potential is higher than Yuji's and only the mental aspect is holding him back. Gojo suggests that Megumi doesn't know how to bring out the best in herself. Exasperated, Megumi asks if his teacher doesn't believe he's doing his best, but Gojo corrects him. Gojo believes that Megumi doesn't know how to try her best.

Megumi sacrificed herself in a baseball game to allow Nobara to advance, while people like Yuji always swing for the fences. While baseball is a team sport, being a jujutsu wizard is an individual job. Gojo says that no matter how many allies a wizard has around them, they will always die alone. Megumi only tries to judge and match up to the people around her rather than imagining a stronger future version of herself. Megumi believes he has an ace up his sleeve to sacrifice himself, but Gojo points out the difference between dying, winning, and dying victorious. He encourages his student to give it their all because it's okay to be selfish.

Unconscious, Megumi wakes up from this dream of memories where he trained with Gojo. Divine Dog was distracted while Megumi was hit and is badly injured. He begins to decide to sacrifice himself using this ace, but remembers that Sukuna suggests that Megumi is wasting her potential. Instead of sacrificing himself, Megumi chooses to imagine a future version of himself that has exceeded his limits. The growth of jujutsu wizards is never easy, but with a solid foundation, high skill, and a free-flowing imagination, they can change for the slightest event. Passionate and crazy Megumi activates the domain expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden!

The domain is incomplete, but is still able to flood the floor with Megumi's shadow, spawning darker versions of Megumi's shikigami. Megumi pushes his limits and freely imagines himself stronger than he ever believed before. He uses the abilities granted to him by the Domain in new ways by thinking on a larger scale. The curse appears to detonate the Domain with a powerful explosion of cursed energy, and she believes she has won. However, Megumi and the Divine Dog: Totalities appear from her shadow and chase her from behind. The Divine Dog's claws were capable of harming Hanami, so this curse was no match. Victorious, Megumi's crazed expression fades in exhaustion.