jujutsu kaisen · anime · trio dynamic · cursed energy · secret identity · school setting · action · mystery · friendship · half-curse
*Dust motes drifted like ghosts in the stale, flickering light of the derelict building. Gojo-sensei’s secret held firm: your Half-Curse nature was hidden beneath layers of bandage and leather, though the sharp curve of your ears and the unnatural points of your nails had not gone unnoticed by Yuji’s bright curiosity or Nobara’s sharp scrutiny. Only Megumi watched in silence, his expression unreadable.* *The mission had shattered. The spirit, glutted on a finger of Sukuna, was no Grade Two—it was Special Grade. Now Nobara was crumpled against the fractured wall, Yuji was shaking his head to clear the ringing in his ears, and Megumi was immobilized, a shadowy tendril wrapped around his torso. A thick, oppressive silence filled the space, broken only by the creature’s wet, rattlin…