Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Hints Yuji’s First Real Curse Is Coming—and It Could Fulfill His Prophecy
Yuji Itadori is back—and he’s a monster. Chapter 10 of Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo confirms he’s alive, off the charts, and urgently needed as new threats erupt. But his prime-form return may be setting up a game-changing twist.
Heads up: big spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo chapter 10. The sequel jumps decades into the future, and then casually drops a reveal that changes the whole board. Short version: Yuji Itadori is still here, still terrifyingly strong, and somehow still in his prime. Yeah, that raises a lot of questions.
Where chapter 10 leaves us
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo is set 68 years after the last major event in the original series. Which means the old guard? Gone. Time took them. But not Yuji. Chapter 10 shows a quick glimpse of him, and he looks like he stepped straight out of his high school days. He is alive, he is operating on a level that puts him in his own tier, and the story is clearly gearing up for his full re-entry as new threats start poking holes in the status quo.
Why Yuji still looks 20-something
The sequel all but invites one conclusion: Yuji might be functionally immortal. He has not aged while everyone from his era has already passed. The obvious culprit is the mountain of cursed objects he consumed back then, especially Sukuna's fingers. Those things were insanely powerful, and it is not a stretch to think they juiced his lifespan beyond anything normal. The sight we get of him is brief, but it is enough to confirm he has not moved an inch past his physical peak.
The deathbed wish that might have backfired
There is a fan theory doing numbers on Reddit that connects this to Yuji's grandfather, Wasuke Itadori. On his way out, Wasuke gave Yuji some marching orders about how to live. The theory says that, in this world where emotions and intentions can twist into literal curses, that parting wish might have warped into something heavier than anyone intended.
Wasuke's last advice boiled down to: you are strong, help people, and when your time comes, make sure you are not alone.
Filtered through Jujutsu logic, the theory argues that Yuji ended up becoming the strongest, just like the old man believed he could be, but the cost is brutal: he is outlived everyone and now exists in isolation. In Modulo, he is apparently keeping his distance from the Jujutsu world altogether. The tinfoil hat version pushes it even further: maybe the only way for him to finally die is to save as many people as he can in this era first, then he gets to move on. Is that canon? No. Is it neat and unnervingly plausible for this series? Absolutely.
Chapter 10 takeaways
- Time skip: Modulo is set 68 years after the last incident in the main series.
- Everyone from Yuji's original circle is gone; Yuji has not aged and is still in peak form.
- He appears briefly in chapter 10, strong enough to be in a league of his own.
- New threats are rising, and the story is clearly positioning Yuji for a proper return.
- Possible reason for his longevity: all those cursed objects he ate, especially Sukuna's fingers.
- Fan theory: Wasuke's dying wish may have twisted into a curse that left Yuji the strongest but isolated.
- Speculation: Yuji may need to keep saving people in this timeline to break that curse and finally pass on.
My read
It is a wild image: Yuji looking untouched by time while the world around him is almost unrecognizable. The setup is clean, the implications are grim, and the tease is smartly short. If Modulo is about to turn him into a mythic fixer who refuses to die, that is a bold swing I am here for.
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo is available to read on Viz Media. What do you make of the grandpa-curse theory, and how hyped are you for Yuji's full return?