Gojo, Itadori, and Nanami Break a Collab Barrier
Monster Strike, the smartphone action-RPG from Japanese developer MIXI, has handed out plenty of upgrades to crossover characters over the years, but never its Shin-Jushinka form. That changes this week. According to a report from Japanese entertainment news outlet Oricon News, the three 6-star units from the first Jujutsu Kaisen collab become the first collaboration characters ever to unlock it: Yuji Itadori returns as the fire-element "Maximum Cursed Energy," Kento Nanami as the light-element "Enraged Grade 1 Sorcerer," and Satoru Gojo as the dark-element "0.2-Second Domain Expansion."
The second collab's trio gets attention too. Nobara Kugisaki, Mei Mei, and Megumi Fushiguro, whose unit titles pull from the Shibuya Incident (Fushiguro's references his Chimera Shadow Garden domain), all become eligible for the Jushinka Kai upgrade. A selection of characters and quests from the earlier collabs also returns for the event.
Yuta Okkotsu Headlines a Culling Game-Heavy Lineup
The limited-time gacha adds five new units: Yuta Okkotsu as a water-element 6-star, Choso as a wood-element 6-star, and Maki Zenin as a dark-element 6-star, plus 5-star versions of Panda and comedian-sorcerer Fumihiko Takaba. Collab quests hand out even more characters, including lawyer-turned-sorcerer Hiromi Higuruma, Naoya Zenin, Reggie Star, Takako Uro, and the bomb-wielding Hazenoki.
Most of those quest drops come from the Culling Game arc, the storyline Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 has been streaming exclusively on Crunchyroll since January 2026. The arc's fan-favorite pair gets special placement: Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi arrive bundled as a single dark-element 6-star unit in the collab starter pack, while the body-hopping villain Kenjaku can be earned as a mission-clear reward.
A Web Shop First and a Prize Lottery
For the first time in any Monster Strike collaboration, the collab gacha goes on sale through the Monster Strike Web Shop ahead of its in-app release. Full details are on the official collab page.
MIXI is also running a prize campaign alongside the event. Winners drawn by lottery receive collab-design QUO cards worth ¥3,000 (prepaid gift cards usable at Japanese convenience stores) or a collab-exclusive "Yokei na Ose-Wi-Fi" set, a Wi-Fi bundle whose name puns on the Japanese phrase yokei na osewa, roughly "mind your own business."
Looking Ahead
The collaboration opens Tuesday, July 14 at 12:00 p.m. JST. Oricon's report doesn't give an end date, so players should check the official site for the event window.
The bigger question for readers outside Japan is access. Monster Strike's English version shut down on August 1, 2017, so joining the collab means playing the Japanese version of the game. The anime side is far easier to reach: Season 3 streams exclusively on Crunchyroll, and Gege Akutami's manga is published in English by Viz Media and on Shueisha's Manga Plus app.