Jujutsu Kaisen: Thorny Road at Dawn

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Resurrect the tense conflict between the Jujutsu Sorcerers and the cursed spirits in this collection of original stories. Sorcery and demon curses abound in this collection of stories spun from the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. A talent scout who approaches Kugisaki on a street corner turns out to be a Cursed Speech user with an ulterior motive. When Inumaki comes to her rescue, things don't quite turn out as he planned... Then Mechamaru goes on a solo mission, Gojo and friends take a night off, and more chilling and charming adventures ensue in these five short stories set in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen.

Gege Akutami Born in 1992 in Iwate Prefecture. In 1999, Akutami was a champion in a death game that involved taking turns rubbing medication used for treating insect bites on one's nether regions, for which he attracted a lot of attention and had to disappear for a while. In 2014, Akutami began his manga career with Kamishiro Sosa (God Age Investigation). He claims to have no memory of that time. At present, in 2020, Jujutsu Kaisen is being serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. People say it's one of the "three great works inspiring deja vu in Japan." Ballad Kitaguni Born in 19xx in Hokkaido. In 2002, Kitaguni was playing Rurouni Kenshin in the park with a wooden sword he'd gotten from theater class, when he got branded a suspicious individual by concerned citizens and had to disappear for a while. In 2015, Kitaguni made his authorial debut with Apricot Red. Kitaguni hides this information from his relatives. At present, in 2020, Kitaguni is supposed to be working on a novelization but is distracted by the idea of someone rubbing medication for insect bites on their nether regions in a death game...