Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 124: The Weight of Forgotten Names – Gojo Faces Zanka’s Truth
Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 124 is one of the most emotionally charged chapters in the series. Trapped in a psychic merger with Zanka, the last and most tormented soul within Ishiguro, Gojo’s battle becomes deeply personal—and dangerously introspective.
The chapter opens in the mindscape: a broken version of feudal Japan, where clanless sorcerers rot in isolation, rejected by the very institutions meant to protect them. Gojo wanders through the fragmented memories, seeing through Zanka’s childhood eyes—ostracized, betrayed, and finally sacrificed to feed the curse-sustaining ritual centuries ago.
Gojo tries to speak, but every time he reaches Zanka, he is relived through Zanka’s worst days: whipped by elders, cast into a pit, forgotten by his comrades. It’s no longer a fight—it’s an onslaught of inherited trauma.
“Why should I forgive?” Zanka asks. “Why should I let them go?”
Gojo’s body in the real world starts convulsing. His cursed energy becomes unstable. Yuta and Shoko try to intervene, but the merge has locked them out. Only Gojo can resolve it now.
In the dreamscape’s climax, Gojo kneels before a young, crying Zanka and says:
“You don’t have to forgive. But you can rest.”
He opens his hand.
Zanka reaches for it—and the entire realm begins to collapse into light.
As Gojo awakens, one final vision lingers: a single grave beneath a cherry tree, carved with the names of the forgotten.
“I’ll remember them,” Gojo whispers.
“So they don’t become you again.”
Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 124 closes the Zanka arc with empathy, not exorcism. Gege Akutami proves again that Jujutsu Kaisen isn’t just about power—it’s about pain, healing, and memory.
