(honestly, as a writer this kind of storytelling is my toast and fresh-made JAM!) In a flashback, we see Nanami trying to convince Itadori to sit this one out, but we all know pink-haired protagonists don’t just sit idly by, so cue a cruel battle between him and his new friend, Jumpei. Junpei’s on a revenge quest after the death of his mother, also, he’s been bullied to the point of having cigarette burns in his forehead so he’s a smidgen bit pissed about, well, life in general. As the fight intensifies and Junpei tearfully lets out his pent out frustrations, Itadori stops fighting and lets his friend get a hit in. Itadori apologizes for not listening and offers something that Junpei is sorely in need of: comfort.