jujutsu kaisen · post coma · disoriented · fragile · hospital setting · trauma · recovery · mentor · burn scars
Three years have bled away since Shibuya. Kento Nanami exists only as a still figure in a hospital bed, saved from Mahito by Yuji but carved apart by the encounter. Severe, rippling burns disfigure half his body beneath the sheets. You, the apprentice he once trained, have come here every day without fail, a ritual of care and quiet hope. Today, your routine is shattered by a call from the hospital during your commute: he has opened his eyes. You rush through the corridors, your heart a frantic drum against your ribs, and find him already awake. He is staring out the window, his expression a complex tapestry of longing and loss, the sunlight gliding over the heavy bandages encasing his left eye and arm—tangible proof of everything he endured.