How did the Simurians Become Refugees? Maru and Cross’ Tragic Backstory! Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Chapter 8 Spoilers!

In the previous Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo chapter, Mahito scouts for Yuji while Tsurugi nears death’s door and Yuka reveals she has only six months to live due to brain cancer, all the while she convinces Cross to build bridges with the humans.

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Chapter 8 is titled, “”

This chapter has 19 pages.

Editor’s note: 

The chapter begins with a poem:

“When gods clashed, the heavens trembled and the seas roared.

Those who survived the ancient cataclysm…

…would pass down forbidden rites and words of the gods.

Even now, they sleep beneath the sacred stones.

The story of the gods’ demise begins anew.

A prayer for salvation echoes through the wasteland.

May the curse… be lifted.”

This sounds like the origins of Jujutsu itself.

It seems the Simurian homeworld suffered from natural or supernatural disasters attributed to gods.

In the previous chapter, Cross mentions that the Simurians worship one god.

Perhaps we will learn more about their mythology soon.

And it seems that the Simurians have always been living the refugee life as they are stuck on an asteroid.

In a prison, we see a new Simurian, one with Madara Uchiha-esque wild long hair named Doura, talking to Jabaloma about some children causing trouble.

These kids seem to be resorting to crimes just to survive but the adults are considering teaching them jobs to help out the struggling camp.

The two kids are Maru and Cross.

Maru, the one with pointed hair, attacks Doura first, giving Cross, the topknot, the chance to strike from behind with a club but Doura smacks Cross towards Maru, knocking both down.

Nonetheless, he commends the tykes for trying and tells them to help him with work in order to earn food.

As it turns out, the Simurians are building a canal.

While Doura digs, he has the boys gather stones and stack them to a different side.

Doura’s discipline earlier, showing off his strength, was enough to make them work.

However, the boys get burned out easily.

Doura brings them to a massive boulder and with one punch, he breaks the boulder completely, to the amazement of the two boys.

Maru asks why Doura wants to build a tunnel, to which Doura says that it is a huge detour as normally, transport to the land of Shama is done through the sea route, so a canal is a good shortcut.

Cross stands up and asks why must the Lumer, the tribe of Simurians they belong to, do something to draw attention to the Deskunte tribe.

Doura explains that the plan to build the canal has been around for a long time but then came the Karyan, a sacred creature that seems to resemble a qilin, with hooves replaced with three-toed feet, and a wispy hairy tail that connects to a long mane.

Apparently, the Karyan is a creature worshipped by the Lumen that eats anyone that is not Lumen, which caused the other tribes to call for its extermination.

When the canal was planned out, Deskunte’s workers were attacked and this stopped the construction project.

This means only the Lumen can build the canal.

Cross expresses resentment as he asked why the Lumen were driven off to this barren land without crops and forced to work for the Deskunte.

Doura simply says that this exile is for the sake of the Lumen, not the Deskunte, since their land is a country where strength translates to power.

However, Doura points out that even if they are attacked and attack back, nothing will change.

The Lumer must change for Deskunte to change as well.

This is something Yuka said in the previous chapter.

When will Cross stop stealing and lashing out?

Here, Doura preaches of the core theme of this sequel manga: coexistence.

People from different lands and bloodlines can only coexist if they share something in common, something that transcends space and time.

The canal is something that can be passed on through the generations, something in common to unite disparate tribes.

Through the canal, they can draw water from the Lumer River to the Kyamar village, water flowing through the settlements and into the farmlands.

If they can maintain clean flowing water, there will be less disease and more crops and the land will no longer remain dry.

Cross does not get it and skips work the next day but Doura and Maru spot Cross atop the cliffside.

And all of a sudden, part of the embankment collapses.

Doura holds Cross responsible but Maru refuses to believe that Cross would do that.

Doura agrees but remarks others will take advantage of this delay in the canal construction.

We then see a trio of Lumer smoking in their tent, the lazy elites among the underprivileged.

They refuse to work for the Deskunte any longer, saying that it is disgusting and hurts their pride.

One of them mentions that Doura might be receiving bribes from the Deskunte and they plan to teach him a lesson.

Suddenly, Cross comes in and fights back.

Cross returns and says that he just did not want to be lumped together with the rest of them.

But here, it is clear that his act of fighting back is a sign that he respects what Doura is doing.

Later, Maru asks Doura why he is planting trees and Doura says that they can endure the harshness of this dry land and eventually, their roots will spread and take the place of the wooden supports when the cage wears out.

Doura mentions that Jabaloma knows the weaving method.

Suddenly, the water gate breaks and water bursts through.

This leads to the village elders approving the canal plan.

Maru sees so many people coming through.

The other Lumer villages will benefit from the flowing water.

Recalling Doura’s words of coexistence, Cross apologizes to the three bullies, saying he was wrong to strike at them in anger.

To his surprise, they thank Cross for helping with the canal.

As more Lumer come to help, we see the trees grow and the river flow back into the drylands.

We cut to 10 years later as a large ship with horned Simurians arrives.

It seems the horned ones are the Deskunte, which could mean Dabura, the Sukuna or leader of the Simurian refugees, is likely a Deskunte and not necessarily someone Cross fully agrees with.

Now teenagers, the optimistic Maru and the still stuck-up Cross join a smiling Doura as they stare at their hard work, with the river causing vegetation to sprout and much prosperity throughout the land.

Doura receives a request from the Deskunte for the Lumer to build port facilities along the canal so that ships can dock in the middle of the route, meaning stronger trade between the two tribes.

However, Jabaloma is not quite happy as Cross remarks that Jabaloma rarely shows any anger or spreading resentment.

Jabaloma seemingly remarks that 10 years have passed indeed.

Because of Deskunte’s isolationist policies that separated the two tribes and kept the Lumer in a dry wasteland, Jabaloma lost his daughter and so he buried his desire to die.

Yet they must first choose a suitable location to extend the canal inland for transport efficiency and Jabaloma suggests a sandy region but if they get too close to the river mouth, there will be problems with the water level.

The chapter ends when Cross narrates that this positive development came to an end when the Karyan devoured the daughter of Deskunte’s chieftain.

Yes, the sacred creature of the Lumer is responsible for killing the innocent daughter of the leader of the colonizing class.

A clear trigger for war and a justification for enslaving a race that had no control over a creature that viewed the land’s owners as kin.

It feels like a commentary of how the colonizing classes are not compatible with the land they settle

Editor note: “A shocking tragedy strikes the revival of the canal project!”

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Chapter 9 will be released on November 3, 2025. 

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