The day Zenin Mebuki was cast out by the Zenin Clan, she was gravely wounded and on the brink of death, forced to watch as people from the clan took her younger sister away.
A manga suddenly appeared in her mind.
Mebuki remembered: she had transmigrated into a book, specifically a terrible manga that had been abandoned before its ending.
In the manga, the Zenin Clan was merely a feudal remnant mentioned in passing. Her sister would be offered to the clan's heir, while she would be sent to Jujutsu High as the Zenin Clan's mole.
Mebuki: “...”
Let's blow it all up and lie flat. Who knows, maybe she'll get caught in the crossfire and burned to death when Sukuna's gang fights, and she can go home sooner.
*
Ever since everyone found out the Zenin Clan had planted a spy at Jujutsu High, they all thought the new junior student was a little creepy, good at avoiding things, and up to no good.
Mebuki knew her behavior was strange too. After all, the Zenin Clan had given her a ridiculous number of absurd assignments.
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When the Zenin Clan's higher-ups ordered her to persuade their teacher, Suguru Geto, to switch sides.
[Who'd have thought gentle teacher Geto was just as gloomy as I am? Did seeing piles of his comrades' corpses twist his mind? And later, Kenjaku plans to ambush him, dig out his brain, and use his body?]
Suguru Geto: “Huh? Me?”
The Jujutsu Society spent all night investigating Kenjaku, and launched counseling sessions for the entire student body and faculty.
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When the higher-ups ordered her to investigate Ryomen Sukuna's fingers.
[Sukuna and Yuji Itadori's dad are twin brothers, and Kenjaku is Yuji's biological mom. So Sukuna would have to call Kenjaku sister-in-law. Did Kenjaku get dumped and then personally give birth to our little angel Yuji?]
Yuji Itadori happened to walk by, stunned to overhear the gossip, and also found a way to remove Sukuna from his body.
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When the Zenin Clan ordered her to assassinate Satoru Gojo.
Mebuki thought expressionlessly that the higher-ups had finally gone mad.
[Even if we leave him alone, Gojo will get sealed in the Prison Realm and hurt by Sukuna. What's the Zenin Clan in such a hurry for?]
Satoru Gojo happened to walk by, destroyed the Prison Realm that very night, and joined forces with the others to seal the King of Curses.
*
The disasters from the manga never came to pass, and each day remained peaceful.
Mebuki thought the manga must have been fake after all, and people still hated her anyway.
But countless Jujutsu Sorcerers began competing to recommend Mebuki for promotion. Somehow, she went from a Grade 4 Sorcerer all the way to Special Grade while lying flat, and the people around her started acting strange too.
Her classmate Yuji told her, “Mebuki isn't gloomy at all. She has the warmest heart.”
Megumi awkwardly told her, “You can bring your sister to live at my place. We can escape the Zenin Clan together.”
Nobara snuggled up to her affectionately. “Mebuki, you should become an idol! I'll be your biggest fan!”
Senior Yuta gently bandaged her wounds. “You need to learn to protect yourself. Don't make me worry.”
Even the two teachers who had doubted her the most, Gojo and Geto, also...
“Anyway, I'm not your teacher anymore.”
Mebuki: “???”
# [Gloomy little mouse beauty] vs. [all kinds of sunny puppy-type, gorgeous lunatic, steady daddy types, and more]
# All-pairings, no choosing a love interest; angsty, universally disliked heroine becomes universally adored
# The man saves the woman, but the woman saves the world
Theme: Even a gloomy, universally adored girl can save the world