Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Chapter 7 Revives the Villain Fans Hate More Than Sukuna
It was never Sukuna. Jujutsu Kaisen’s true nightmare, Mahito, erupts back onto the page in Jujutsu Kaisen: Modulo Chapter 7, shattering the belief he was long dead and reigniting the series’ darkest fears.
Mahito is back. Not in the main series, but in the Jujutsu Kaisen: Modulo spin-off. Chapter 7 drops him right back into our nightmares, which is not exactly the comeback I had on my bingo card.
Quick rewind
If there was one villain in JJK who really crawled under your skin, it wasn’t Sukuna. It was Mahito. Last we saw him in the main manga was Chapter 133, way back on December 21, 2020, when his exit felt final. Yuji beat him down during the Shibuya Incident, and then Kenjaku literally absorbed him. End of story… or so we thought.
Where Chapter 7 picks up
Modulo Chapter 7 follows a messy fight from the previous chapter: Maru and Tsurugi got wrecked taking on an older curse user. Usami stepped in and finished the job, dropping Masaki (that older curse user) with a Cursed Speech Technique. Now Tsurugi’s in a hospital bed, out cold, trying to heal up.
That’s when it gets weird. While unconscious, Tsurugi ends up in a dream that feels uncomfortably real, staring down a face we all know. Yep: Mahito. He mocks Tsurugi for being weak and tosses out one loaded line about how he thought Tsurugi was ‘him’.
So… who is ‘him’?
The obvious guess is Yuji Itadori. If Mahito is sniffing around again, he’s not here for small talk with the new kids. He’s hunting the one person who made sure he stayed down the last time.
'If you come back, I’ll kill you again. As many times as it takes.'
Yuji said that before crushing Mahito, and it sure reads like foreshadowing now. If Modulo is pulling Mahito out of the void, don’t be shocked if an older Yuji shows up too. Round 2 practically writes itself.
But didn’t Mahito get erased?
That was the understanding: Yuji brutalized him, then Kenjaku consumed what was left. Curtain closed. The spin-off clearly has other ideas. How he’s back is still a question mark, but the chapter frames his appearance as a real presence in Tsurugi’s dream space, not just a random hallucination. There’s intent here.
A theory that actually tracks
If you’re looking for a connective tissue between mainline events and this comeback, here’s one that makes sense: Yuta’s cursed ring. During the final war, Yuta let Rika devour Kenjaku’s corpse. If Mahito’s soul scraps or cursed energy residues were tangled up in that mess, it’s not crazy to think something got pulled loose and reconstituted later. Modulo hasn’t spelled that out, but it’s a plausible pipeline for a curse like Mahito to slip back in.
What Modulo seems to be setting up
Right now, Chapter 7 is playing coy. Tsurugi’s connection to Mahito is unclear; the dream encounter reads like Mahito testing the waters while looking for someone specific. If that ‘him’ really is Yuji, Modulo could be building toward a rematch the main series can’t do anymore without breaking its own rules. It’s a bold swing for a spin-off, and honestly, kind of a fun one.
- Title: Jujutsu Kaisen: Modulo
- Creator: Gege Akutami
- Artist: Yuuji Iwasaki
- Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
- Demographic: Shonen
- Where to read: VIZ, Shonen Jump+, Manga Plus by Shueisha
Bottom line: Mahito reappears in Modulo Chapter 7 through Tsurugi’s dream, calls him ‘him’ by mistake, and instantly reignites the Yuji vs. Mahito question. If this is the runway to a second fight, I’m not complaining. Sound off: clever twist or cheap resurrection?