Epilogue (エピローグ Epirōgu?) is a 20-page extended epilogue released as part of Volume 30 of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen.
Summary
Four short epilogue stories featuring Yuko Ozawa, Panda, Nobara Kugisaki, and Uraume.
Plot Details
Yuko Ozawa
A younger Yuko and Yuji chat about snow. Yuji mentions how snow still feels special to him, even as he grows older, and Yuko shares the sentiment. In the present, Yuko returns to Sendai City from Tokyo. She reflects that she hasn't reconnected with anyone from school since coming back to her hometown and expresses a longing to meet Yuji again. Just then, Yuji appears and greets Yuko, who is surprised and asks why he is also back home. Yuji explains that he returned to clean up his grandfather's house, coincidentally similar to Yuko's reason, as she came back to clean her grandmother's house. Yuko asks Yuji if he has been doing well in Tokyo. Yuji, misunderstanding her question as one about his physical health, responds that he is fine, despite being in Shibuya.
Yuji then asks Yuko where she was during the Shibuya Incident. She replies that she was in Machida at the time. Yuji reveals that he already knew she was safe because Nobara had told him. As they talk, Yuji notices that it has started to snow. Yuko asks if Yuji still likes snow, and he confirms that it still feels special to him. Once again, Yuko agrees, but she quietly reveals to herself that she likes snow because its brightness reminds her of Yuji, whom she has feelings for. Elsewhere, Nobara senses some romantic development involving Yuji, while Megumi comments on how the three of them will never have conversations about succeeding the family.
Panda
In 2080, a young girl and boy discover Panda in a storage room. Mistaking him for a doll, the girl comments on how cute he is and picks him up, while the boy reminds her that the items in the room are their grandfather's treasures. He then reveals that Panda is a special cursed corpse, prompting the girl to throw him at the boy in disgust. Panda speaks up, remarking on the girl's rudeness and questioning if she is truly Yuta's grandchild. This startles the two children, who scream in terror.
A narration explains that since the jujutsu terrorism incident in November 2018, Panda's cores lost the ability to mutually observe each other, causing him to gradually lose self-awareness. After his activity ceased entirely in October 2035, he was registered in the Gojo Clan's cursed warehouse, which was owned by Yuta, the acting head of the Gojo Clan at the time. However, Panda occasionally resumes activity. Presently, an annoyed Panda chastises Yuta's grandchildren for shouting in his ears.
Nobara Kugisaki
In a restaurant, Nobara meets a provocatively dressed woman who is surprised to see her. The woman, revealed to be Nobara's mother, asks why Nobara came to see her. Nobara clarifies that she only did so out of respect for someone's dying wish. When she learns that Nobara has become a jujutsu sorcerer, her mother laments her own lack of talent for the profession. Nobara retorts sharply, stating that her mother lacked even the talent to be a proper parent, accusing her of using her daughter as an excuse to abandon her responsibilities as a sorcerer. She goes on to accuse her mother of being afraid of her grandmother.
Irritated, Nobara's mother declares that she has no intention of acknowledging Nobara or trying to improve her reputation in her daughter's eyes. She admits she has been enjoying a promiscuous lifestyle, free from her parent’s control. Nobara coolly reiterates that she only came to respect the dead—and to witness something amusing. Before her mother can ask what she means, Nobara signals to her grandmother, who suddenly appears beside her mother, towering over her. Nobara watches with satisfaction as her mother stammers in fear.
Uraume
Sukuna encounters a young Uraume in the wilderness, surrounded by ice and frozen corpses. The child explains that people grow cold around him, which is how his parents died. Intrigued, Sukuna leads Uraume to his ruined ice house and orders him to use his cursed technique to keep Sukuna's stored meats cold.
Some time later, Uraume tells Sukuna that he is hungry. Sukuna permits him to eat the meats, and Uraume cooks for both of them. Sukuna notes that the meat has a good flavor. Uraume explains that he chilled the red meat at a low temperature and dried it out by blowing wind over it. When Sukuna asks who taught him this technique, Uraume reveals that he was not taught but simply experimented out of boredom. Sukuna then inquires if Uraume knows how to butcher and cook humans, remarking that it is considered a delicacy.
In the afterlife, Uraume asks Sukuna why he doesn’t feel cold when near him. Laughing, Sukuna turns the question back on Uraume, asking why he doesn’t feel cold by his side.
Character in Order of Appearances
- Yuko Ozawa
- Yuji Itadori
- Nobara Kugisaki
- Megumi Fushiguro
- Panda
- Yuta Okkotsu's Granddaughter
- Yuta Okkotsu's Grandson
- Nobara Kugisaki's Mother
- Nobara Kugisaki's Grandmother
- Uraume
- Sukuna
Locations
- Sendai