Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 157: Phase Two – The Collapse Begins
Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 157 brings the eerie stillness of Chapter 156 to a crashing end. As the dust settles on the Equalizer clash, Master Kaiyo steps into the spotlight—and tears down the veil covering the jujutsu world’s biggest secrets.
The chapter opens with a coded broadcast hijacking cursed communication networks worldwide. Sorcerers freeze as a distorted voice echoes:
“You believed in order. But order was always a lie.”
Simultaneously, sacred cursed barriers across Jujutsu High begin to flicker and die, triggering panic among senior faculty. But what shocks everyone more is a name encrypt in the signal:
“Project Prism: Authorized by Satoru Gojo.”
Shoko and Yuki uncover a hidden log buried in the school’s system—one that suggests Gojo may have known about the Equalizer program long before his sealing… and may have allowed it to proceed.
Yuji, recovering from battle, is crushed by this possibility. His spiral flame flickers—uncertain.
“If Gojo knew… was I ever meant to be saved?”
Meanwhile, Master Kaiyo moves through the underground shrine beneath Kyoto, activating dormant cursed nodes. With each one lit, a different clan’s ancient seal is broken—effectively dismantling the very foundation of jujutsu hierarchy.
Yuta confronts Shoko:
“What if Gojo wasn’t seal to protect the world… but to delay its reset?”
Back at the ruins, the second Equalizer watches from afar, unharmed and smiling:
“Phase One gave them balance. Phase Two gives us silence.”
The final panel shows Tokyo’s cursed sky splitting slightly, and a new banner unfurling across the broken Jujutsu High emblem:
“Jujutsu Reset: Year Zero.”
Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 157 delivers existential dread with precision. Gege Akutami pulls the rug out completely, questioning the very heroes we trusted—was Gojo truly fighting fate, or just stalling for something worse?
