The season 3 premiere of “Jujutsu Kaisen” kicks off part one of the Culling Game arc on January 8, 2026. If you’re unclear of exactly what the Culling Game rules are, they’ve already been explained in detail in the manga. The manga concluded when the final chapter was released on Sunday, September 29, 2024.
We’ve provided the full Culling Game rules, as they were shared in the manga, below.
The Culling Game Has 8 Rules
In a Reddit discussion posted just a day before season 3 premiered, Redditors looked back at the eight rules as they were shared in the manga. (Note: The Reddit community linked to in this post, JujutsuFolk, is full of manga spoilers in both the posts and discussions. So avoid that community if you’re trying to not be spoiled.)
Here are the eight rules, as described in the manga panels. The following is a direct quote from the manga.
- After awakening a cursed technique, players must declare their participation in the culling game at a barrier of their choice within 19 days.
- Any player who breaks the previous rule shall be subject to cursed technique removal.
- Non-players who enter the barrier become players at the moment of entry and shall be considered to have declared participation in the culling game.
- Players score points by ending the lives of other players.
- Points are determined by the game master and indicate the value of a player’s life. As a general rule, sorcerers are worth 5 points and non-sorcerers are worth 1 point.
- Excluding the point value of a player’s own life, players may expend 100 points to negotiate with the game master to add one new rule to the culling game.
- In accordance with the previous rule, the game master must accept any proposed new rule unless it has a marked and long-lasting effect on the culling game.
- If a player’s score remains the same for 19 days, that player shall be subject to cursed technique removal.
In other words, the culling games are essentially a lethal and massive battle royale where players earn points by killing each other within 10 barriers. Killing a sorcerer earns more points than killing a human, and humans can choose to enter a barrier and join the games even without cursed techniques. Of course, more will be revealed as the anime continues.
Season 3 Will Introduce New Characters
As part of the Culling Games, season 3 will be introducing new characters to the show.
According to Crunchyroll, new cast members include:
- Kinji Hakari voiced by Kazuya Nakai
- Kirara Hoshi voiced by Yuki Sakakihara
- Hiromi Higuruma voiced by Tomokazu Sugita
- Fumihiko Takaba voiced by Satoshi Tsuruoka
- Reggie Star voiced by Yutaka Aoyama
- Kogane voiced by Neeko
Season 3 is expected to have 2 cours, with the first being about 12 to 13 episodes long. However, Crunchyroll has not yet confirmed exactly how many episodes to expect in this first half of the season (or in the season overall.)
New episodes will release every Thursday at 11 a.m. Central time. On January 8, two episodes will air back-to-back, but on future dates only one episode will air at a time.
You can watch season 3 on Crunchyroll.
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