Culling Game

## Information

### Participant(s)

* Yuji Itadori
* Megumi Fushiguro
* Yuta Okkotsu
* Panda
* Kinji Hakari
* Hiromi Higuruma
* Fumihiko Takaba
* Hanyu
* Haba
* Reggie's Group
	+ Reggie Star
	+ Remi
	+ Chizuru Hari
	+ Iori Hazenoki
* Dhruv Lakdawalla
* Ryu Ishigori
* Takako Uro
* Kurourushi
* Charles Bernard
* Hajime Kashimo

## List of Battles & Events

**The Culling Game** (死 (し) 滅 (めつ) 回 (かい) 遊 (ゆう) , *Shimetsu Kaiyū*?) is the most unprecedented act of jujutsu terrorism ever enacted. The conflict immediately follows the Shibuya Incident and is orchestrated by Kenjaku with the goal of evolving humanity by optimizing cursed energy. The game functions as a lethal battle royal where players kill one another with jujutsu. Players must adhere to the strict rules of the game and fight across ten barrier colonies that form a line down Japan.

## Prologue

### Kenjaku's Preparations

At the very end of the Shibuya Incident, Yuki Tsukumo confronts Kenjaku. They have conflicting ideologies on how to take humanity's relationship with cursed energy to the next stage.

Kenjaku believes there must be more potential to cursed energy in the form of human beings than jujutsu sorcerers and cursed spirits. His first attempt to achieve something greater was the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings. However, this only taught Kenjaku that something of his own creation cannot exceed his own potential. Therefore, he must create uncontrollable chaos in order to reach an answer that's shrouded in darkness.

By extracting Mahito's cursed technique using Cursed Spirit Manipulation, Kenjaku was able to remotely cast Idle Transfiguration and activate two types of non-sorcerers he marked. The first type are people who ingested cursed objects, similar to Yuji Itadori. The second type are people who gained cursed techniques despite having brains that were meant to be non-sorcerers, like Junpei Yoshino. Both had their brains adjusted for jujutsu. The former gained strength as vessels for sorcerers from past eras. The latter gained the capacity to use cursed techniques as new sorcerers for the modern era.

Kenjaku also breaks the seal on all the cursed objects he had the vessels ingest. Some of the marked ones have been in a deep slumber since being exposed to his cursed energy, but they will now awaken.

The cursed objects were the remains of sorcerers Kenjaku made contracts with over a thousand years ago. However, each of those Binding Vows became null when Kenjaku obtained Suguru Geto's body. In order to deepen their understanding of cursed energy, Kenjaku plans on having hundreds of sorcerers fight one another. He's confident the upcoming conflict will reflect the Heian Era, the golden age of jujutsu.

While escaping from Shibuya, Kenjaku released countless cursed spirits into Tokyo, creating a chain reaction from the Shibuya Incident that spread over ten million curses that compromised the twenty-three wards. Megumi Fushiguro learns of his sister's involvement and tells Yuji Itadori that she's been ensnared in Kenjaku's battle royal between jujutsu users called the **Culling Game**. Megumi recruits his allies and contacts Master Tengen in order to learn more about the Culling Game and Kenjaku's objectives.

### About the Culling Game

Master Tengen reveals Kenjaku couldn't use their barrier to turn everyone in Japan into sorcerers with Idle Transfiguration because he lacks the cursed energy. That method would be wildly inefficient, so Kenjaku has chosen to evolve humanity by merging them with Master Tengen.

The evolved soul of Master Tengen is now the world itself, and merging with them would create beings that are greater than a sorcerer. However, they would be new beings that are both "there and not there", meaning there are no boundaries between individuals. Not unlike what befell Tokyo, evil would spread and the impurity of a million people would flood the entire world beyond just Japan.

According to Master Tengen, the Culling Game uses the players' cursed energy and the barriers for a ritual that prepares the humans of Japan for the merger. Through this custom, Master Tengen can be forced to merge with the humans of Japan and "convey them to the other side". In order to perform such a ritual, Kenjaku has undertaken specific binding vows, one of them being that he is not the game master. This works against Megumi's group because killing Kenjaku will not end the game. The Culling will continue until all the players are dead and its rules ensure that nothing can interrupt the ritual.

There are ten colonies around Japan that are connected by boundary-binding barriers that form a line down the archipelago. This does not include Hokkaido because of the Jujutsu Society barrier and its status as a sacred area. Every human in Japan has been cursed in preparation for the merging ritual.

There is no rule about entering or exiting the colonies and from the start of the game, players receive the objective of exiting the barriers as a way of stimulating competition. In order for the barriers to confine all the players, they're strengthened by the premise that the players entered of their own free will. Little is known about the game master, but shikigami known as Kogane serve as the game interface. All players are subject to strict rules, but Kenjaku will receive no bias.

### Plan to Rescue Tsumiki Fushiguro

Megumi believes that freeing Satoru Gojo from Prison Realm could solve the conflict, but they will need a player called the Angel. She is a sorcerer from a thousand years ago with the ability to extinguish cursed techniques. Her cursed technique would be able to free Gojo using the back of Prison Realm, which is in Tengen's possession.

Megumi and company formulate a plan to combat the Culling Game and free his sister using information from Master Tengen. While rules of the game can't be subtracted, they can be countered by players in roundabout ways with added rules. Yuta Okkotsu enters the Sendai Colony in Miyagi right away in order to gather information on the game.

Meanwhile, Yuji and Megumi recruit Kinji Hakari and Panda to help. Hakari agrees to cut a deal with them and all four students are present for an announcement detailing an additional rule to the game added by Hajime Kashimo. This rule grants players more information on one another. Following the announcement, Kogane introduces itself to Yuji Itadori as his personal liaison to the game. Yuji is already being counted as one of the players despite not being in a colony or either type of player Kenjaku awakened. Yuji believes it's possibly due to his relationship with Sukuna.

Megumi uses Yuji's Kogane to look at the list of players provided by the new rule. He wants to find someone with a hundred or more points who isn't interested in adding rules. By pressuring that player into adding a rule to allow Tsumiki to get out of the Culling Game, the students can avoid killing people.

The first rule they need to offset is rule eight, which subjects players to curse technique removal should their score remain the same for nineteen days. They can do so by adding a rule that allows players to freely exchange points. Megumi also suggests adding a rule allowing players to spend points to get out of the game. Hakari argues that would conflict with the long-lasting effect on the game. Megumi agrees but believes it might work on the condition that it substitutes a non-player into the game.

Their plan of action is to look for the Angel in order to break the seal on Prison Realm. At the same time, they'll hunt down Hajime Kashimo and Hiromi Higuruma in order to force them to add favorable rules to the game. However, Kogane has no listing for the Angel and only knows that she might be located in east Tokyo. Regardless, Hakari plans to go with Panda into the Tokyo No. 2 Colony to combat Hajime Kashimo. Yuta hasn't been in touch since entering the barriers, meaning they block cellphone reception. Hakari asks Kirara Hoshi to remain outside the barriers to keep an eye on things. Yuji and Megumi will enter the Tokyo No.1 Colony to find Hiromi Higuruma, another player with one hundred points.

On November 12th at 12:00 P.M. in Tokyo, Yuji, Megumi, Hakari, and Panda all officially declare their participation in the Culling Game and enter their respective colonies.

## Rules

### Original Rules of the Game

**1.** Once a player has awakened their cursed technique, they must declare their participation in the Culling Game at the colony of their choice within 19 days.

* Players were awakened by Kenjaku at around Midnight on October 31st. This gives players like Tsumiki Fushiguro until roughly November 19th to declare their participation.

**2.** Any player who breaks the previous rule will be subject to cursed technique removal.

* Cursed Technique Removal (, ***Cursed Technique Removal***?) is a mysterious process that does not involve Idle Transfiguration. Shoko Ieiri theorizes that it affects the player's brain and would definitely kill them. Otherwise, all the players could simply refuse to participate. Master Tengen confirms that the process would indeed end the player's life.
* Players without cursed techniques aren't at risk of dying from this rule.

**3.** Non-players who enter a colony become players at the moment of entry and will be considered to have declared participation in the Culling Game.

* Civilians already inside a barrier at the start of the game will be given at least one chance to exit safely.

**4.** Players score points by ending the lives of other players.

**5.** The point value of a player's life is decided by the game master. As a general rule, sorcerers are worth 5 points and non-sorcerers are worth one point.

* Cursed Spirit participants are worth 5 points as well.

**6.** Excluding the point value of the player's own life, a player can expend 100 points to negotiate with the game master and add a new rule to the game.

* Rules cannot be subtracted.

**7.** In accordance with rule 6, the game master must accept any proposed new rule as long as it doesn't have a long-lasting effect on the game.

**8.** If a player's score remains the same for 19 days, they will be subject to cursed technique removal.

### Player Additions

**9.** Players gain access to information on other players, such as their name, amount of points, number of rules added, and their current colony.

* This rule was added by Hajime Kashimo.

**10.** Players may transfer any number of points between one another.

* This rule was added by Hiromi Higuruma.

**11.** Players can leave the game by expending 100 points to invite a substitute into their colony.

* This rule was added by Megumi Fushiguro.

**12.** Players can enter and exit across all colony borders.

* This rule was added by Yorozu.

**13.** As of 9:09 PM on November 18, 2018, no new players can join the Culling Game.

* This rule was added by Kenjaku.

**14.** The Culling Game will end upon the deaths of all players except Suguru Geto, Megumi Fushiguro, and Shiori Himi.

* This rule was added by Kenjaku.

**15.** Authority to activate the Great Merger is passed to Megumi Fushiguro.

* This rule was added by Kenjaku's failsafe.

## Players

Tokyo No. 1 Colony

Tokyo No. 2 Colony

Sendai Colony

Sakurajima Colony

## True Purpose

The Culling Game is a ritual for the "Great Merger" between Tengen and the people of Japan. It was originally believed the cursed energy of the players was necessary to activate the ritual and this was the primary goal of the Culling Game. Reggie Star argued that couldn't be the case due to the number of players, the wide difference in skill, and the rules of the game that emphasize permanence. Strong players weeded out the weaker ones within the first twelve days, resulting in several colonies quickly reaching a deadlock. If the true goal of the Culling Game was to use the players' cursed energy, then a lengthy battle royal would be more suitable. Reggie believed the Culling Game's emphasis on permanence was also another cover-up. He was certain that Kenjaku would make his move once only the strongest players remained.

By November 14th, the amount of cursed energy required for the Great Merger was still insufficient save for the Tokyo and Sendai colonies. Using the guise of capturing sorcerers to study cursed energy as an alternative resource as bait, Kenjaku lured non-sorcerer soldiers into the colonies at night to be sacrificed to cursed spirits. The cursed energy non-sorcerers release at death filled the colonies with cursed energy and completed the preparation for the merger. Megumi Fushiguro assumed that, as Reggie suggested, the complicated rules of the Culling Game were simply a smokescreen to cover up Kenjaku's true intentions.

Kenjaku told Choso that the Culling Game served its purpose when he invaded the Tombs of the Star. This was a bluff, as the Great Merger can only begin once the Culling Game has ended. To establish the ritual for the merger in the first place, Kenjaku had to take on the binding vow to end what is permanent. To counteract the permanence of the Culling Game, Kenjaku threatened to destroy the bon barriers each colony is built on to forcibly end the game. This leveraged Kogane into adding rules that would end the Culling Game once everyone other than Kenjaku and Sukuna are eliminated.

## Event

### Tokyo No. 1 Colony

*Main Article*: Tokyo No. 1 Colony: Angry Man
Yuji and Megumi enter the Tokyo No. 1 Colony in search of Hiromi Higuruma. They're separated upon entry and are quickly confronted by other sorcerers. Players generally target the newest players but Yuji makes short work of Haba and Hanyu without eliminating them. A young girl named Remi attacks Megumi but she's easily overpowered by him. A young man named Rin who was being threatened by Hana and Hanyu recognizes Yuji from Sendai. Rin and Remi both claim to know where Higuruma is but state he's in two different places. Rin is true to his word and Yuji is taken directly to Higuruma while Megumi is led into a trap by the mischievous Remi.

Higuruma is a lawyer who has become disheartened by the unfair nature of the law. He refuses to help Yuji or hand over his points so the two come to blows. Higiruma possesses a domain that puts his opponents on trial. Yuji loses the initial trial and has his cursed energy confiscated by Higuruma. He demands a retrial but this time he's put on trial for the mass murder of civilians in Shibuya. Guilt-ridden, Yuji confesses to the crime and is given the death penalty. However, Higuruma is aware that Sukuna is responsible and not Yuji. He reverts to his old self and protects the innocent, throwing the fight with Yuji and agreeing to add a new rule to the game.

Meanwhile, Megumi is atttacked four-on-one after refusing to join Reggie's group. He eliminates Chizuru Hari and Remi withdraws, leaving Megumi against Reggie and Iori Hazenoki. Suddenly Fumihiko Takaba backks up Megumi and the two of them split up Reggie and Hazenoki. One-on-one, Megumi is ulimately able to outsmart and eliminate Reggie, who gives Megumi his points before dying. Hazenoki is notified of Reggie's death and withdraws from his fight with Takaba.

### Sendai Colony

*Main Article*: Sendai Colony: The Height of the Feast
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### Tokyo No. 2 Colony

*Main Article*: Tokyo No. 2 Colony: Incredible Luck
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### Sakurajima Colony

*Main Article*: Sakurajima Colony: Ressurection
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### Lake Gosho Colony

*Main Article*: Foolish Survivor
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## Battles

* **Hiromi Higuruma vs. Haba**
* Yuji Itadori vs. Haba & Hanyu
* Yuji Itadori vs. Hiromi Higuruma
* Megumi Fushiguro vs. Reggie Star's Group
* Megumi Fushiguro vs. Reggie Star
* Fumihiko Takaba vs. Iori Hazenoki
* **Yuta Okkotsu vs. Dhruv Lakdawalla**
* Yuta Okkotsu vs. Kurourushi
* Yuta Okkotsu vs. Takako Uro vs. Ryu Ishigori
* Kinji Hakari vs. Charles Bernard
* Panda vs. Hajime Kashimo
* Kinji Hakari vs. Hajime Kashimo
* **Maki Zenin & Noritoshi Kamo vs. Cursed Spirits**
* Maki Zenin & Noritoshi Kamo vs. Cursed Naoya
* Maki Zenin, Hagane Daido & Rokujushi Miyo vs. Cursed Naoya
* Sukuna vs. Yorozu

## Trivia

* **Translation Note**: "Shimetsu Kaiyu" (死滅回遊, ***"Shimetsu Kaiyu"***?) literally translates to the Annihilation Migration, referring to fish migration. Additionally, players are referred to as "Eisha" (泳者, ***"Eisha"***?), literally meaning swimmer, another reference to fish.

## References

*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 136 (pp. 2, 5-12, 16-19) and Episode 47.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 144 (pp. 1, 4, 17-19).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 145 (pp. 4-6, 11-12).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 146 (p. 2-8).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 145 (p. 18-19).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 146 (p. 1-11).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 158 (p. 5-19).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 160 (p. 14-19).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 211 (p. 12).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 212 (p. 4-5).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 220 (p. 6).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 220 (p. 7).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Vol. 25 (p. 53).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 167 (p. 6-9).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 209 (p. 11-16).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 210 (p. 4).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 216 (p. 2-3).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 220 (p. 4-9).