Death Painting Arc

The Origin of Obedience Arc is the sixth arc in Akutami Gege's Jujutsu Kaisen.

Connected Deaths
Outside of an apartment, Taichi Kanada is on the phone and complaining about how the automatic door are left open when a cursed spirit appears behind him.

Months later, Akari Nitta is driving Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara to their next mission. Akari informs the three about how Taichi, along with Osamu Shimada and Hiroshi Yamato, all died in the same way but at different locations. Yuji wonders if it is the work of a cursed spirit, which Akari tell him that did some investigation and found out that all the victims have gone to the same junior high. Nobara figures that all the victims probably has gotten cursed years ago, which Akari says that Nobara is most likely right. Akari also says that are going to talk to a classmate that knew the three victims and that they will pbserve as shamans. Once they reach the classmates home, they find out that they are having a funeral. They find out that the classmate had died the same way as the other victims. When they asks the parents about the classmate's connection with the other victims, the parents aren't sure and the four decide to check out the victim's junior high.

When the four arrive at Saitama Urami East Junior High, they decide to ask around but quickly find out that Megumi used to go to this school. Nobara and Yuji asks about Megumi, which the students reveal that Megumi had beaten most of the punks in the area. When a teacher appears and asks who they are, Akari shows the teacher that they have permission to be at the school. When the teacher recognize Megumi, Akari decides to leave the questioning to Megumi. Megumi asks if the victims are connect to rumors, which the teacher says he doesn't know anything about that. When the students comment about the Yasohachi Bridge Bungee Jumping, the teacher says how that was like a test of their mettle back in the day. The student explain how four students were found unconscious under the Yasohachi Bridge one day. The four decide to investigate Yasohachi Bridge since curses are attracted to paranormal. Before the leave, the teacher asks Megumi about Tsumiki which Megumi says that his sister is fine.

At another location, Mahito is looking at three special grade curses and wonders why the college just didn't destroy them. Getou tells him that the college has just sealed the curses since they can't destroy them. Mahito brings up Sukuna's seal fingers, which Getou tells him that Sukuna's fingers can attract curses and choose their vessels. Mahito looks the person that they have pinned to the wall and comments about how the curses can be anyone. The person tries to get them to release him, but Mahito ignores him and shoves the curse down the man's throat. After the curse takes over the man's body, Mahito asks the cursed spirit to run some errands for him.

Investigation at Yasohachi Bridge
At Yashohachi Bridge, Yuji, Nobara, and Megumi arrive and start their investigation at the site. After some time investigating the bridge, Yuji, Nobara, Megumi, and Akari head out to get something to eat when they find that no cursed spirits. As the four discuss on what to do, one of the students of the junior high show up along with his older sister. The sister reveals that she to has been to the Yasohachi Bridge at night, and now is suffering the same situation as the other victims. Akari asks out long this has been happening, which the sister says that it has happened for a week. Megumi and Yuji think about how they have a week left since the victims had dies two weeks after reporting the strange events. Nobara asks if their was anyone else that was with her, which she reveals that Megumi' sister was with her. Megumi says that she will talk with Tsumiki about it, and the siblings leave. As Megumi becomes worried, Yuji calms him down and says that they will check up on her. Megumi then contacts Kiyotaka and informs him about the situation. Kiyotaka says that they will give Tsumiki bodyguard, but also tells Megumi that he could retreat if the cursed spirit turns out to be more dangerous then they thought. Megumi thinks about how the spirit needs to be exorcised know since they can't wait for Gojo's return, and that he can't let Yuji and Nobara handle it by themselves. After hanging up with Kiyotaka, Megumi tells them that his sister is fine, and the mission is being given to other shamans. Megumi has Yuji and Nobara leave with Akari, while telling them that he is going to talk with his old teacher.

Later that night, Megumi is under Yasohachi Bridge and thinks about how the cursed spirit is located in a barrier that can only be access under the bridge at night. Megumi also thinks about how this cursed spirit i similar to the one at the detention center. As Megumi reaches the bottom other the bridge, Nobara and Yuji suddenly show up. Nobara and Yuji tells Megumi how even through he doesn't tell them stuff, but he can trust them since they are friends. Megumi tells them that they have to exorciise the spirit now since Tsumiki is asleep and they don't know when the curse will strike. Megumi also comments about how the mission is more dangerous, but Nobara and Yuji still want to participant.

Exorcising the Curse Spirits
The three manage to enter the curses barrier, by crossing the river. The three locate the curse and prepare to exorcise it, but suddenly another cursed spirit, Kechizu, enters the barrier. Yuji tells Nobara and Megumi to deal with Kechizu, while he deals with the cursed spirit that had just entered the barrier. Kechizu spits some liquid at Yuji, but Yuji easily dodges it and hits Kechizu. As the spirit grabs a hold of Yuji, Yuji stomps on the Kechizu's face and manages to release himself. Yuji then wonders if the blood that the Kechizu had spit is poisonous, while the Kechizu comments about how this is not fun since Yuji is strong.

At another location, Nobara and Megumi try to exorcise the spirit but the spirit easy dodges all their attacks. N obara and Megumi discuss about how they will continue to attack until they manages to corner the spirit, but Nobara is suddenly pulled out of the barrier. Megumi tries to save Nobara, but Nobara tells him to continue to exorcise the spirit. Kechizu says that his older brother pulled Nobara out and decides to leave the barrier too. Megumi tells Yuji to go save Nobara, which Yuji agrees and follow the spirit. Outside of the barrier, Nobara tries to attack the one that grabbed her but Eso easily back away. Eso apologizes and tells Nobara that she can leave since they are only running an errand.

Inside the barrier, Megumi continues to attack the spirit but all his attack are dodged. Megumi manages to destroy the spirit' body by having his jade hound at the spirit, but notices that the spirit is not exorcised. Megumi suddenly figures out that this spirit is connected to one of Sukuna's finger and a spirit that looks like the one at the detention center appears before him. Outside the barrier, Eso tells Nobara that they are after the same thing and that its to retrieve Sukuna's fingers. As Megumi confronts one of Sukuna's fingers, he thinks about how all of Sukuna's fingers are all resonating since Yuji had ate the one finger back in June. Megumi looks at the spirit and figures that this one is stronger then the one he faced before. As Megumi tries to take on the spirit, the spirit is easily able to overwhelm Megumi. Suddenly Megumi remembers what Gojo had told him about how he can bring out the best of his abilities.

Megumi gets back up to face the spirit, but switches his tactics by activating his area expansion. Once the technique activates, Megumi notices that the technique is still incomplete but decides to continue to fight anyway. Megumi is able to attack the spirit with using his area expansion, which forces the spirit to force all the shadow from the area. As the spirit lets its guard down, Megumi suddenly appears from its shadow and rips Sukuna's finger from it. As the barrier dissolves around Megumi, Sukuna comments about how Megumi is getting stronger. Suddenly Megumi falls to the ground, which he remembers his time in Junior High and how his sister has fell in a coma. As Megumi is laying on the ground, Megumi thinks about how he has to apologize to his sister when she wakes up while also wondering how he should tell Yuji about the finger. Megumi then falls asleep.

The Death Painting Wombs Spirits
At another location, Nobara and Eso notice that Sukuna's finger has left the barrier. As Eso start to head towards the finger, Nobara chases after him while commenting about how Eso is running backwards. Eso comments about how he has a complex about his back, when Yuji and Kechizu appear behind him. Eso gets angry that Kechizu and Yuji had seen his back, which Nobara attacks Eso but it barely does anything. Eso then activates a technique and proclaims that he will kill them. At the hotel, Akari notices that Yuji and Nobara are not there and head off to their location.

Back under the bridge, Yuji tells Nobara to not the enemies blood touch her. As Eso fires some blood at them, Yuji and Nobara run away. When Nobara is about to be hit, Yuji picks her up and starts to run faster. After Yuji and Nobara get far enough away, the two stop because they think that they are save enough. Suddenly Kechizu appears and spits some blood on Yuji. Nobara becomes worried about Yuji but is attacked by Eso. As Eso explains the differences about his and his brother's blood are different, Eso then activates a technique. As a flower pattern appears on Yuji and Nobara, Eso explains how this techniques works and that they two would be death in a matter of minutes.

It is explained that the brothers are part of a group of 9 spirits that were given birth from a women that was capable of giving birth to hybrids of spirits and humans. It is also explained that Kamo Noshitori had a hand in with dealing with the women and the 9 spirits. After all evidence was erased, the first three of the spirit were classified as special grade and sealed.

As the brothers watches Yuji and Nobara, they remember how their older brother told them that they will be joining the Cursed Spirit's side since the future that plan to make is more convenient for them. Nobara suddenly tells the brothers that they are a bad match up with her and uses her technique on herself to inflict damage to the brothers. Nobara tells the brothers to undo the technique if they don't want to fell pain, which Eso thinks about how this has become a battle of endurance but his technique should cause the two to barely move soon. Suddenly Yuji manages to reach Kechizu, since Yuji is resistance to all poison's because of being Sukuna's host, and starts to attack Kechizu while Nobara paralyzes the brothers. As Eso rushes to help his brother, Yuji runs towards Eso while Nobara faces off against Kechizu. Eso thinks about how he can't undo his technique but when Kechizu calls out to him, Eso deactivates his technique and switches to another to face off against Yuji. Suddenly Nobara and Yuji senses become sharp enough, and the two manages to seriously wound the brothers with Kokusen. As Eso thinks about what had happened, Kechizu gets up to attack Nobara but Nobara uses a technique to kill Kechizu.

As Yuji and Nobara get distracted by Eso tears and Kechizu's body not disappearing, Eso uses this chance to jump onto a truck that happens to pass by. As Eso takes one of the passengers hostage and tells the two not to follow him, he thinks about how he will kill them after he heals. Eso suddenly notices that Nobara is doing something, which Nobara uses a technique to cause Eso to let go of the hostage and fall from the truck. As Eso falls, Yuji manages to catch up and kill Eso.

At another location, the brother's older brother, Choso, is with Mahito and Geto when he senses that his brothers are dead. As Choso comments about this, Geto looks into the matter and finds out that the brother were killed by Yuji and his classmates.

Back at the bridge, Yuji and Nobara talk about their experience of face off against Kechizu and Ezo. After they finish talking, the two head out to find Megumi and wind up finding him asleep. As Megumi suddenly wakes up, Yuji and Nobara comment about how they has thought that Megumi was dead with Sukuna's finger. Megumi wonders how they know that he has Sukuna's finger, which Nobara says that they were able to sense the finger once it left the barrier. Nobara says that they will have to seal the finger asap, which Yuji says that he should just eat it. Megumi tells Yuji that they don't know how many finger Yuji can consume before Sukuna takes over, but does decide to hand the finger to Yuji since he is the least wore out. As Megumi hands the finger to Yuji, Sukuna has a mouth appear on Yuji hand and devours the finger. After this happens, Akari shows up and the three leave with her.

After the Investigation
Two days later, Gojo is talking on the phone with Utahime. Gojo comments about how his students were not only able to retrieve one of Sukuna's fingers but was able to defeat two special-grade curses that have obtained bodies. Utahime tells Gojo to cut the crap and the two start to talk about the mole, which Utahime reveals that she hasn't found any clues yet. After hanging up on Utahime, Gojo wonder how much those around Utahime know and how he doesn't want the mole to be a student. Gojo then comments about how he is counting on Mei. At another location, Mei is looking at her bank account and sees that Gojo has deposited the money into her account.

At another location, Megumi is meeting with Nobara and tells her to not tell Yuji that Sukuna's fingers are resonating. Nobara asks if Megumi is sure that that is what is happening, which Megumi replies that he is sure and that the only ones that can figure this out is himself, Megumi, Nobara, and maybe Akari. Megumi explains how the bridge deaths were bound to happen, and that Yuji won't except the explanation that Yuji consumed the finger just to help him. Megumi then asks Nobara to not tell Yuji anything, which Nobara says that she won't. In a hallway, Sukuna mocks Yuji about how his fingers are waking up because Yuji had eaten one of his fingers. Sukuna also comments about how people are going to die because of Yuji's action. Yuji simple tells Sukuna to not tell Megumi and walks away.

Promotion and Friendship
At the Kyoto college principal's office, Yoshinobu explains how he views that the grade shamans are the ones that uphold the standards and are fit to lead our society. After saying this, Yoshinobu asks Mei and Aoi to repeat what their requests. Mei and Aoi nominate Maki, Panda, Megumi, Nobara, and Yuji for promotion to grade 1 shamans. After making the recommendation, Mei and Aoi play a game of ping pong. As they play, Aoi explains how Yuji will accept the recommendation since he will be able to stronger on more dangerous missions. Aoi also explains how he will be able to accompany Yuji on his mission while Yuji is being tested for promotion to grade 1. Mei informs Aoi that the one that nominated the recommended, will not be about to accompany the nominated during missions. As Aoi is shocked by this, Mei bids Aoi farewell any leaves.

Days later after completing a mission, Megumi is taken home by Ijichi, Yuji heads out to see a movie, while Nobara went out shopping. While out shopping, Megumi is asked by a girl if that was Yuji with her earlier. The two head to a restaurant, when the girl says that her name is Yuko Ozawa and that she was a classmate of Yuji's in Junior High. Yuko shows Nobara a photo that she had taken with Yuji on their graduation day and reveals that she even has to muster up the courage just to ask for the photo. Nobara asks if Yuko loves Yuji, which Yujo says that she does love Yuji. Nobara makes a call to Ijichi, to have Megumi dropped off at the restaurant. Nobara explains to Yuko how someone named Megumi knows more about Yuji then she does. Yuo quickly Nobara if she likes Yuji, but Nobara says that she doesn't like him.

When Megumi arrives at the restaurant, Megumi asks what is going on. Nobara introduces Yuko to Megumi and explains her circumstance. Nobara asks Megumi if Yuji has a girlfriend, which Megumi sits down and explains how he doubts that Yuji has a girlfriend. Yuko asks if he know what kind of girl Yuko likes, which Megumi says that he thinks Yuji said that he likes tall girls. After hearing this, Nobara quickly texts Yuji to comes over to the restaurant. As Yuji suddenly shows up unexpectedly, Nobara becomes worried that Yuji won't recognize Yuko because she had changed so much since Junior High. As Nobara tries to tell Yuji who Yuko is, Yuji immediately recognizes who Yuko is. Suddenly Yuko remembers when she overheard Yuji comments about how Yuji would date her because of her elegant. After remembering this, Yuko decides to not confess her felling and after talking for a while parts ways. After they part, Megumi asks Nobara if this is okay which Nobara says that she made sure to exchange contact information with Yuko. Nobara also comments about how she realize how the idea that Yuji getting a girlfriend before she can get a boyfriend, really annoys her.

Fights

 * Yuji vs. Kechizu
 * Megumi vs. Sukuna's Finger
 * Yuji and Nobara vs. Eso and Kechizu