Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo
Ja kanji呪術廻戦
GenreScience fiction[1]
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo
manga
AuthorGege Akutami
IllustratorYūji Iwasaki
PublisherShueisha
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
FirstSeptember 8, 2025
LastMarch 9, 2026
Volumes3

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo (呪術廻戦, Jujutsu Kaisen Mojuro) is a Japanese manga series written by Gege Akutami and illustrated by Yūji Iwasaki. It is a spin-off sequel to Akutami's manga series Jujutsu Kaisen. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 2025 to March 2026, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.

The series takes place in Tokyo, 68 years after the Culling Game events of Jujutsu Kaisen. The world has changed significantly; while the "Golden Age" of sorcery has passed, technology and Jujutsu have begun to merge. The central conflict shifts from traditional Cursed Spirits to the Simurians, an alien race that arrives on Earth possessing their own form of Cursed Energy.

Plot

See also: List of Jujutsu Kaisen characters

The story takes place in 2086, 68 years after the Culling Games event featured in Jujutsu Kaisen. An alien race known as the Simurians, with the ability to use Jujutsu Sorcery, has arrived on Earth in a spaceship, seeking a place to establish a home for their people. A Simurian representative named Marulu Val Vol Yelvori, or Maru for short, was sent to serve as a diplomat in the planet's Cursed Energy capital: Japan. For the purpose of his mission, the Japanese authorities allow Maru to partner with Jujutsu Sorcerers Tsurugi and Yuka Okkotsu—Yuta Okkotsu and Maki Zen'in's grandchildren—in order to test the ability of the Simurians to coexist with humanity.

Production

Gege Akutami and manga artist Yūji Iwasaki started Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo series in Weekly Shōnen Jump on September 8, 2025. Akutami stated that the manga would run for approximately half a year and be about three volumes long, "as long as [it] is not canceled".[2][3] Akutami was previously hesitant to approve Jujutsu Kaisen spin-offs due to concerns about creative misalignment. However, Akutami saw the offerings as a catalyst for expanding and exploring the world of the series with leniency and without compromising its pre-established themes. To achieve this, Akutami thought through several ideas, including expanding certain eras in the main story and refining background elements. Akutami realized that setting it in a parallel line could open the door to many different projects. This idea became the foundation for Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo, which evolved from an initial abstract idea through extensive planning during the serialization meeting.[4][5]

Publication

Written by Gege Akutami and illustrated by Yūji Iwasaki, Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 8, 2025,[2] to March 9, 2026.[6] Viz Media and Shueisha (via Manga Plus) published the manga digitally in English.[7][8] The series' individual chapters were collected into three tankōbon volumes, released from January 5 to May 1, 2026.[9][10] For the release of the final volume, an animated promotional video produced by MAPPA was posted on the Jump Channel YouTube channel.[11][12]

Reception

The first volume debuted first at Oricon's weekly manga ranking, with 190,432 copies sold;[13] the second volume debuted second, with 194,752 copies sold;[14] and the third volume debuted first with 134,102 copies sold.[15] The first and second volumes were the sixth and seventh best-selling manga volumes in the first half of 2026, with sales of 431,979 and 398,147 copies respectively.[16]

References

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