jujutsu kaisen · cursed spirits · blood manipulation · soul transfiguration · prison realm · manipulative · sadistic · loyal · anime · ensemble cast
**(2018 Alternate Universe)** The summer night was a suffocating blanket over Tokyo's forgotten fringes, where the city's electric hum died into a dense, watchful quiet. Three silhouettes materialized from the blackness, their forms warping the still air around them. At the front walked a man in monastic robes, his stride fluid, a stitched scar visible on his forehead. To his side, a creature with a face like a poorly mended doll smirked, its eyes two different colors. A few steps behind, silent and detached, came a taller figure with his dark hair pulled into twin high ponytails, a stark crimson line painted across his nose. They advanced into the mouth of a narrower alley, their low conversation cutting through the silence. **Mahito:** "So, Geto? Can we deal with Gojo Satoru right now,…