Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: 5 Crucial Details You Must Remember Before the Culling Game

The Shibuya Incident wasn't a tragedy. It was a massacre that broke the world.

If you think Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 is going to give you a breather, you're delusional. The "Culling Game" arc isn't a tournament arc—it's a battle royale on steroids where everyone you love is probably going to die. But before we dive into the fresh hell Kenjaku has cooked up, you need to remember exactly where we left off.

Season 2 didn't just end; it shattered the status quo. Here are the 5 details that will define the nightmare to come.

1. Gojo Satoru is Gone (And We Are Screwed)

Let's rip the band-aid off. The strongest sorcerer is currently a paperweight inside the Prison Realm.

Gojo didn't just lose; he got played. Kenjaku (Pseudo-Geto) sealed him, and the consequences were immediate. Without Gojo, the balance of power collapsed instantly. Curses are roaming free, chaos is the new normal, and the higher-ups are coming out of their rat holes to take control.

Remember this: Season 3 starts in a world without its god. Nobody is safe anymore.

2. Kenjaku is Not Geto (He's Much Worse)

Stop calling him Geto. The man with the stitches is a brain-hopping parasite named Kenjaku (though he's used the name Noritoshi Kamo in the past).

He's been planning this for a thousand years. Shibuya was just the warm-up. His goal isn't just "evil"—it's evolution. He wants to force humanity to evolve by merging them with Master Tengen. He officially kicked off the "Culling Game" by using Idle Transfiguration (thanks, Mahito) to awaken thousands of new sorcerers. The game board is set, and we are all just pawns.

3. Yuji Itadori is Broken

Our sunshine boy is gone.

Yuji isn't fighting to save people anymore; he's fighting because he's a "cog" in the machine. Sukuna used his body to slice Shibuya into confetti, killing thousands. The guilt is eating Yuji alive. He's not the hero; in his own eyes, be's a mass murderer.

This isn't a training arc for him. It's a suicide mission.

4. The World is Infested

At the end of Season 2, Kenjaku released millions of curses into Tokyo. The city is a ghost town.

Civilization in Japan is effectively collapsing. Politicians are helpless, the economy is gone, and if you step outside at night, you get eaten. Season 3 isn't an "urban fantasy" anymore; it's practically post-apocalyptic survival horror. The Tokyo we knew is dead.

5. Yuta Okkotsu is The Executioner

The prequel movie protagonist is back, and he looks tired.

Yuta Okkotsu returned in the finale with one mission: Kill Yuji Itadori.

The higher-ups have reinstated Yuji's death sentence, and they picked strict, scary Yuta to pull the trigger. Is he actually going to do it? Or is he playing 4D chess? Either way, he's the strongest sorcerer on the protagonist side right now, and he's walking into Season 3 with a blade drawn.

Get Ready to Suffer

The Culling Game makes Shibuya look like a tea party. If you haven't rewatched the finale, go do it. You're going to need every scraps of context to survive what Gege Akutami throws at us next.