Jujutsu Kaisen Sequel Confirms Yuji and Nobara, Leaves Megumi’s Fate Hanging in the Balance

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo has been out for five minutes and is already living rent-free in fans' heads, mostly because Gege Akutami keeps pulling legacy characters back into the spotlight. Two members of the original trio have already resurfaced. That leaves one very big, very complicated name hanging over the series.

So, are we actually getting the OG trio back together?

Modulo launched as its own thing, but the real hook has been checking in on older versions of the JJK cast after Sukuna turned their world into rubble. That door cracked open in Chapter 10 with a Yuji Itadori name-drop, which immediately lit up the fandom with theories. Some even think Yuji could finally make good on his promise to Mahito, since the curse itself was also teased for a return.

Then Chapter 13 went there for real: Nobara Kugisaki shows up as an 84-year-old, thanks to the time jump the series is playing with. With two-thirds of the crew accounted for, the natural next question is Megumi Fushiguro. At this point, it feels less like if and more like when. And if Akutami decides to put all three on the board together, that sets up a cleaner, more definitive landing for their arcs than we got the first time around.

If Megumi returns, it needs to hurt (in a good, honest way)

Modulo is the perfect place to actually sit with Megumi's fallout instead of sprinting past it. His story is heavy, even by JJK standards, and the manga rarely paused long enough to let it register. Quick recap for anyone who needs it:

• He loses his mother early. His father and stepmother walk out. He and Tsumiki are basically on their own by the time he is six.
• Tsumiki gets cursed and ends up comatose.
• During the Culling Games, another sorcerer takes Tsumiki away, compounding the trauma.
• Sukuna hijacks Megumi's body and unleashes the worst destruction the JJK world has seen.
• He is fifteen while all of this is happening. In Chapter 251, his flat, shut-down demeanor reads like textbook depression.
• By the end, he is not weak, he is wrecked — by what happened to him and what happened through him — and the story barely had time to process any of it.

Modulo could finally give that space back to him: grief, guilt, the emotional shrapnel he never got to remove. If he shows up here, that should be the point, not just the cameo.

The best-case scenario

Yuji is in the conversation. Nobara is literally on the page (and elderly, which is its own wild twist). Megumi feels inevitable. Bringing them together again — older, bruised, and with actual time to reflect — could be the do-over their character arcs deserve. Or we get a series of single-issue gut punches. Either way, there is real potential here.

Do you think Megumi is about to make his return? And if he does, how should Modulo handle him?

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo is available to read on Viz Media and Manga Plus.