Jujutsu Kaisen Sequel Resurrects a Deadly Cursed Technique With a Familiar Name

Heads up: this digs into Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Chapter 7. Spoilers ahead.

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo just flipped a big nostalgia switch. One of the franchise's scariest techniques returns, and it is not Toge using it. Cursed Speech is back in play, and the new voice behind it is a character named Usami.

The Inumaki legacy gets a remix

If you remember Toge Inumaki from Season 1 and the JJK 0 movie, you know the deal: limited vocabulary, rice-ball ingredient code words, and deadly one-liners that make curses fold. The Inumaki clan does not punch you; they tell you what to do, and your body obeys.

Modulo does not retire that idea. It evolves it. Usami has clear Inumaki-style traits and has been around from the start, mostly staying quiet on the sidelines until the story needed him. The sequel does not just wink at the technique; it throws it right back into combat.

Is Usami actually Inumaki blood? A copycat who cracked sound-based sorcery on his own? Something weirder? No answers yet. But he has enough presence that fans immediately start connecting dots.

How Cursed Speech actually works

In short: words get loaded with cursed energy, and those words become orders. The stronger the command, the harsher the blowback on the user. Usami's spin is what raises eyebrows: his recoil looks unusually light compared to what we have seen before, which hints at sharper control or a variant lineage.

• Low command (example: 'Stop'): minor physical restraint on the target; light voice strain; beginner-level execution.
• Medium command (example: 'Sleep'): forces a temporary shutdown; noticeable throat damage; takes intermediate skill.
• High command (examples: 'Break' or 'Explode'): causes major physical destruction; severe internal injury to the caster; advanced-level risk.
• Extreme command (example: 'Die'): self-explanatory and lethal; potential fatal backlash; only elite users even try it.

Chapter 7: the Masaki Takeda situation

The chapter kicks off with a reveal: Masaki Takeda has been hiding as a cursed user behind a disguise. A jujutsu team rolls in to investigate, and it goes sideways fast. Masaki drops the nice-guy cover, the setting turns hostile, and we get our first real look at how Modulo plans to use Cursed Speech this time around.

Enter Usami, part of the investigation squad. He uses a mark-signal to lock in on his target and fires off a Cursed Speech command that forces Masaki's body to lock up — if not fully immobilized, it is close enough to neutralize him in the moment. The way he does it matters: it is surgical, and the recoil is minimal. For anyone used to seeing high-tier Inumaki commands shred the user's throat, this reads like improved control or a tweak of the technique. Either way, it opens a lot of doors for how dangerous he could become if he levels up.

What Modulo is not telling us (yet)

Modulo loves a slow burn. We still do not know where the Inumaki clan sits in the sequel's bigger conflict or what Usami's relationship to them actually is — cousin, experiment, prodigy, take your pick. What we do know: bringing Cursed Speech back this early is not a throwaway. His voice is clearly being set up to matter later.

Final thought

I am curious to see how far Usami can stretch the Inumaki legacy without paying the usual throat-shredding tax. If this is him at mid-tier, the ceiling looks nasty in the best way.

Where to read

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