Chapter 194

Sakurajima Colony, Part 4 (④) is the one hundred and ninety-fourth chapter of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen.

Summary
Maki is overmatched by Naoya's supreme speed and needs to recover. Noritoshi is no longer the heir of the Kamo clan and his mother has a new family, so he feels he has nowhere to belong. He is willing to sacrifice himself for Maki and puts it all on the line to buy time against Naoya.

Plot Details
While standing over Maki, Naoya says he can't remember being weaker than her in the same way that adults don't remember being unable to do this children struggle with. She taunts him for never being an adult and then he brings up Mai to provoke her. As Maki reaches her feet, Noritoshi throws his two remaining arrows into Naoya's arm. Naoya is annoyed by Noritoshi's interference and is distracted long enough for Maki to kick him away. Noritoshi follows up with a slashing attack using a large amount of blood. As Naoya is cut, he's confused as to where Noritoshi is getting more blood. He quickly realizes Noritoshi is circulating blood in an out of his body to avoid blood loss. He tells Noritoshi this method must be tiring and says he's going to die.

Noritoshi moves in front of Maki to protect her. He tells Maki their side can't afford to lose her and to flee outside the barrier while he holds her off. She refuses because he'll die and says she only needs a little time to recover. Maki asks him to stay alive for five minutes but Noritoshi feels as if whether he lives or dies doesn't matter anymore. Naoya rushes at Noritoshi as the sorcerer creates a fence of blood and runs into it. This burns a net pattern into Naoya's body and slows him down enough for Noritoshii to avoid the attack. Naoya turns back around to face Noritoshi and asks where Maki is since he can't sense her location.

Noritoshi mentally notes that while Naoya is extremely fast, he's not nearly as hard as Nanami. Naoya curls up into his the shell parts of his cursed spirit body when hitting top speed so the g's don't destroy his own body. The increased toughness during this time is the trade-off of a binding vow where Naoya isn't as durable the rest of the time. On top of this, Noritoshi has noticed Naoya's body reacts to this blood, as the blood of blood manipulation users is toxic to cursed spirits.

Naoya moves too quickly for Noritoshi and hits him through several trees. Then he rams into him at high speed, forcing Noritoshi to counter by spitting blood from his injured mouth into Naoya's inlets. Naoya backs off and calls Noritoshi dirty before moving back in. Noritoshi believes Naoya thinks that he won't use any big moves due to the fear of blood loss. He tries to take Naoya by surprise and uses Piercing Blood at point-blank range as Naoya dashes toward him.

At some point, Noritoshi found his mother with a new family, including a husband and child. They looked happy but Noritoshi felt like he didn't belong with them. Norotishi feels as though he failed to create a place for her in the Kamo clan and now he's the one with nowhere to go. Back in the fight, Noritoshi's attack tore away at many of the tentacles that make up Naoya's arms. However, it failed to do any significant damage and Naoya taunts Noritoshi for the effort. Naoya rams Noritoshi and follows up with another strike before Noritoshi can counter. Noritoshi persists despite his hopeless situation. He's decided to sacrifice himself and burn away his life so that his comrades can burn away their lives on his ashes.

Before Norotoshi's life burns away, two newcomers suddenly arrive on the battlefield. They're both crying and yelling, but over two different things. One is making a fuss about sumo wrestling and the other about katanas.

Character in Order of Appearances

 * Naoya Zenin
 * Maki Zenin
 * Noritoshi Kamo
 * Noritoshi's Mother
 * Hagane Daido
 * Rokujushi Miyo

Battles & Events

 * Culling Game
 * Maki Zenin & Noritoshi Kamo vs. Cursed Naoya

Locations

 * Sakurajima Colony

Jujutsu
Noritoshi Kamo Techniques
 * Blood Manipulation
 * Piercing Blood

Naoya Zenin Techniques
 * Projection Sorcery