BODY: Japan's most reliable mobile money-maker is dipping into the Jujutsu Kaisen well one more time. On July 12, 2026, MIXI announced that its long-running smartphone hit Monster Strike will launch its third collaboration with the TV anime Jujutsu Kaisen on July 14 at 12:00 JST.
The event brings a fresh batch of collab characters drawn from the hit dark-fantasy series, giving players new reasons to grind through limited-time quests before the crossover window closes. As always with Monster Strike, the pull here is chasing the strongest new units and the exclusive quest rewards that come with them.
The genuine news, though, is a franchise first. Characters introduced in the first Jujutsu Kaisen collaboration are now eligible for Shin Jushinka (็็ฃ็ฅๅ, "True Divine Beast Evolution") โ the game's highest evolution tier. This marks the first time any collaboration character in Monster Strike history has reached that ceiling, a milestone that effectively future-proofs units players may have earned years ago.
That detail matters because Monster Strike collab units traditionally hit an evolution wall that permanent characters don't. Extending the top-tier upgrade to a licensed crossover unit is a notable shift in how MIXI treats event characters.
The insider take
From Tokyo, this reads as MIXI protecting the long tail of its most valuable license. Jujutsu Kaisen has been one of Monster Strike's most bankable partnerships, and Japanese players who invested in the original collab have long grumbled that their characters would inevitably fall behind the power curve. Granting Shin Jushinka to first-wave units is both a goodwill gesture and a clever retention play โ it rewards veterans while signaling to newcomers that this event's pulls won't be obsolete in a year. In a saturated gacha market, that kind of value assurance is increasingly how MIXI keeps Monster Strike atop the charts a decade in.
Originally reported by 4Gamer.net โ ๆๆฐ่จไบ (Japanese).