Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 122: Last of the Bound – The Curse That Refused to Die
Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 122 is a devastating crescendo. Gojo’s mission to release the 1,000 cursed souls trap within Ishiguro Reien continues—but the last one is unlike any he’s ever faced. This isn’t just a remnant of a sorcerer—it’s a curse born of all the others, the last soul that did not want to b saved.
The chapter begins with Ishiguro’s body cracking. Over 900 spirits have been purified through Gojo’s Kujira no Me technique, and Ishiguro is beginning to lose cohesion. His limbs shift erratically, voices overlap, eyes flicker out of sync.
But as Gojo targets the final soul, the domain changes. Suddenly, he’s not in the temple—but in a ruined battlefield, where a single child stands in silence. This soul has no name, no clan, no records—only rage.
Gojo approaches gently, but the child screams—and explodes into a colossal cursed entity, one that embodies the wrath of every forgotten jujutsu user betrayed by their own system. It speaks not with words, but with centuries of agony.
“You saved them,” it growls. “But you will not erase me.”
What follows is the most brutal fight yet. The spirit—nicknamed “Zanka” by Gojo (meaning “remnant”)—has no cursed technique. It is the technique. Pure, unrelenting force fueled by loss, rejection, and exile.
Gojo is slammed through his own sensory domain, his technique push to the brink. Even the Six Eyes can’t predict Zanka’s moves—they are primal, instinctive, and wrathful.
Yuta, sensing Gojo’s pain, says quietly:
“He’s not just fighting power. He’s fighting a soul that doesn’t want to forgotten.”
The final page shows Gojo bloodied, cornered, yet determined—his hand glowing, whispering:
“Then I’ll remember you myself.”
Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 122 is more than combat—it’s a confrontation with legacy. Gege Akutami masterfully explores the souls left behind by jujutsu history—and the one soul that refuses to erase.
