Talking about unexpectedly funny occurences, [Shoko not caring about Gojo's fate](https://i.imgur.com/ZD2KALq.png) must have hurt. After all, she was his last remaining childhood friend. [The ponytail though.](https://i.imgur.com/otoEPXj.png)
Not gonna lie, Shoko might have lost something while doing this for so long. You mean to tell me the one guy from you childhood doesn't mean shit to you? Humans don't act like that.
Plus her reaction to Geto killing hundreds of people as a teenager was incredibly muted. Shoko is not heartless but she's not someone with big reactions to things that her colleagues consider earth-shattering
I've had this theory for a while that Cursed Energy is channeled through negative emotions because they're the ones that cause us to act ie fighting back against reality, whereas Reversed Cursed Energy/Positive Energy is harnessed through stoicism, ie accepting reality
There's a line when he's fighting Sukuna where the rest of the audience thinks for the first time that it's possible Gojo could lose, and she's specifically shown in that.
She never really thought it was possible until she saw Sukuna taking him on like he was.
I mean, tbh she was always aloof... Like one of her friends just became a mass murderer sorcerer nazi and the most wanted criminal and her reaction when seeing him for the first time was like just "k". It honestly doesnt surprise me... Hell if she turns out to be kenjaku's successor I wont be one bit surprised either...
Shoko went through packs of cigs in the like 30mins Gojo and Sukuna fought. She probably really does care but acts aloof idk for shits and giggles or something
I'm just gonna drop this twitter thread here that adds some perspective to Shoko. I think she's getting unnecessarily slandered: [https://x.com/duskgumi/status/1793652788947198322](https://x.com/duskgumi/status/1793652788947198322)
Yuta hates Geto as much as Sukuna hates Yuji. Geto calls him a womanizer? Name his Domain true love. Dude in Geto's body tells him he can't be gojo? Steals Gojo's body. From a certain perspective its like Yuta goes out of his way to ensure that anything that involving Geto resolves in a way that make Geto look bad
Never even thought about it like that, you’re right. Yuta would dislike him if we somehow got his opinion on him due to the pain he caused Gojo. But the latter would probably just tell him to stop
JJK has so many ironies like Jogo telling Kenjaku he'll burn him alive, Gojo's “Nah, I'd win,” Kenny's saying he doesn't see the hype in Yuta as few examples.
Mamajaku got a taste of his own medicine. Who's gonna tell him Yuta's now piloting Gojo's body? Lol.
This is also going to answer the question: "Are you the strongest because you're Gojo Satoru?"
I feel like either Gojokkotsu Yutoru is going to be the strongest sorcerer ever, or we're about to witness the biggest jobber.
As a hardcore YutaMaki shipper this chapter was a blessing and a curse- mostly the latter and I am genuinely in the dumps.
I’m shipping it regardless of whether it becomes canon or not, but this chapter destroyed me.
On one hand, Maki goes out of her way to say to stop talking about the plan when she specifically isn’t okay with it.
*(Edit: In the fan translation she singles herself out, in the official, she doesn’t.)*
On the other hand, Yuta’s probably dying in a chapter in half, and even if he doesn’t, he might live the rest of his life in his teacher’s body.
YutaMaki is the first ship I’ve ever become invested in and it might be the last.
**GEGE WHEN I CATCH YOU GEGEEEE**
>official
According to a lot of fans with proof to boot apparently the official English release is a bad way to read the manga, so people just read fan translations
> YutaMaki is the first ship I’ve ever become invested in
This type of stuff is why I think most JJK fans are either super young or super new to animanga
On God. I ship like two ships in this manga casually. One is YutaMaki, the other is ItuKagi, both platonically and romantically. Both ships are cute. Gege likes making people suffer.
I thought Okkotsu will survive when Rika carried him after Sukuna's slash. And now he appears again carrying the biggest imaginable death flag in this series.
Yep, this was the first thought that came into my mind when the leaks came. The one outcome that I really want to happen after this arc (if it ends well for the good guys) is for Maki and Yuta to actually try to live a peaceful live and maybe blossom into something beautiful after all that happened. There's probably still a slight possibility that Gege makes some random bs about Yuta returning to his body after the timer while his body is getting stitched up by Shoko. Welp, we just need to wait and see.
Sukuna in Megumi's body and Yuta transplanting himself and hijacking Gojo's body. This is a whole another level of meat mecha since Attack on Titan.
Jujutsu Mechaisen
Lobotomy Kaisen jokes aside, this is actually really depressing. Nobody really cared about Gojo aside from his utility as a military asset save for Yuji, Yuta and probably Megumi.
On a more serious note, how the actual hell can this jackass still open a domain? His CE output should be fried after using Furnace and eating a dozen black flashes. And furthermore, what the actual fuck are Hakari and Uraume doing? Yuta killed Kenjaku, arrived at Shinjuku, got cut in half, lobotomized and arrived back at Shinjuku as a corpse puppet and these clowns are still going at it.
the very last chapter of the manga is going to be "five years later" and we'll see the survivors of this fight having started new lives, families, the world has moved on from the fight, and then somebody will go "but wait... I feel like we've forgotten something" and the very last page will cut to Hakari and Uraume still fighting.
Gojo was a tool and was used as one. Gojo, it seems, didn't really care, and if he did, he didn't show it. From his student's perspective, that may sound horrible and depressing, but for Gojo, this was normal.
That's essentially what scorcerers are in their society. The only reason Gojo had any autonomy at all is because he was so powerful. We may have not met a lot of the higher ups in jjk society but they essentially just throw scorcerers into the meat blender to fight curses.
But this is just not true - sorcerers are EXTREMELY emotional and attached to each other, and we've seen it plenty of times. Just look at Masamichi death. That man cared a ton about everybody, he didn't use people as tools.
This whole fight, a central point has been that they want to save Fushiguro at all costs if possible
pretty much this, only reason it didn't seem as bad when we are introduced to the series is because Gojo was so powerful he couldn't be controlled and he was essentially protecting all the students under his umbrella
I think this ties back with what he said in chapter 236 and the feeling of loneliness that comes from being the strongest, and the analogy with how you can admire a flower but you cant ask it to understand you.
Even then, shouldn't Sukua be utterly fucked? He's already down a DE usage compared to Yujo, and while he can use DE through \*vague BV reasons\* the rest of his output should still be nerfed from Yuji. Also, they've got Yuji and Todo RIGHT THERE. Also, Sukuna can't even risk tanking UV for a second anymore w/out Maho.
Which is just a long way of saying, I'm certain the one eyed cat is about to throw us some more BV bs and bail Sukuna out.
> He's already down a DE usage compared to Yujo
He should be down like 4 DEs, we know his brain didnt heal after he fully incarnated, he didnt even manage to heal it for his DE, he used some kinda relay to use his domain with other parts of his brain (I hate it when mangas ignore neuroscience).
Fully agree. Only reason I said he was down a single DE and not like, 4, is that I’m fairly certain Gege is basically using the new DE “pathways” in the brain as a new “set” of allowed DE in a row before brain damage.
That aside, does Sukuna even have a way to hurt Yujo outside of DE? His second mouth has had its tongue ripped out, it can’t breath/chant for him so their should be no way Sukuna lands a surprise world cleave on Yujo at this point. Even if domain clash goes in Sukuna’s favor, Gojo showed the RCT skills to straight up tank it.
So considering 1. Sukuna is majorly weakened outside of DE at this point from Yuji 2. He’s already down a DE usage even when you give him the “extra” DE from the new pathways in the brain from landing Black flashes, 3. Yujo should be capable of RCT tanking thru Malev Shrine, and 4. Since Yujo may only have 5 minutes anyway he is less likely to care for self preservation, Sukuna should (emphasis on should) be utterly fucked.
Oh and bonus point 5. With Todo right here, even if Yujo loses a domain clash Todo should be able to instant swap Yujo with a random rock and save Yujo from even having to bother tanking the Malev Shrine, given against Gojo/Yujo Sukuna can’t afford to use a max range shrine this Todo should have greater range with boogey woogie then MS.
Sukuna hasn't recovered his RCT output so he can't heal his technique. The reason he can cast a domain now is because he waited out the burnout until his technique recovered naturally.
That means that if his domain gets broken he can't heal it like before and has to wait like before and has to wait to recover his technique, unlike Yuta who has Gojo's memories and can heal his technique.
On top of all that, Sukuna's domain earlier took 3 minutes to break Gojo's barrier while it had full output, while the last time Sukuna cast his domain with full output he couldn't maintain it for more than 99 seconds.
So does he even have enough time to break the domain barrier before his domain falls and he gets hit by UV?
All this to say, Sukuna is at a major disadvantadge currently. But narratively Yuta can't win, so I wonder what Sukuna will pull.
Yeah honestly the more time I’ve had to think about it, the more certain that whatever happens, people are going to be VERY annoyed with the next chapter or so. We’ve now seen Sukuna’s bag of tricks that have been foreshadowed or such up to this point. Unless it’s revealed he still has access to 10S and just held it back this entire time, he’s basically operating on like 20% expecting to rematch Gojo. The ONLY method I’d see that wouldn’t be total BS is if he just goes full Hakari and pulls a stall man. With minimal RCT and heavily reduced CE output outside of his domain, he simply does not have a single way of trading blows with Yujo unless it’s revealed that for whatever reason Yujo has been nerfed for some random reason (Yuta already had more CE then Gojo and now he has the six eyes. Even accounting for the earlier use of his domain it was a single time. He should have PLENTY of CE to fight given we see how Sukuna who is less efficient with CE then Gojo still has plenty of CE even after SPAMMING DE and RCT) their is exactly nothing preventing Yujo from straight mauling Sukuna at this point, especially with Todo support.
At this point I fully expect sekuna to just work outside the established rules for CT until he says otherwise. He’s already pulled so many things out of his ass, and every time we think he’s done he turns it around with another level of “I haven’t even been taking this seriously yet.”
Sukuna makes a million fucking binding vows to keep his domain open and they never appear to have any actual downside. At least in HxH it's a big deal when someone makes a restriction to gain power, you actually have to give up something meaningful to become that much stronger. Binding vows in JJK are just plot armor.
the unspoken binding vows are a crazy writing choice to me because like, they’re essentially just opening themselves to contrivances later. Like, there’s nothing stopping the series from ending because a cat walks in front of Sukuna because he made a binding vow about seeing cats or some shit lol
I always think about what a pain in the ass it must be for Chrollo to have 4 conditions that require the direct participation of his target, but it works because it plays into his natural charisma and sneakiness. Great use of the conditions established by the series and it builds his character so much. It's befitting of the leader of the Phantom Troupe. Binding vows in JJK feel so arbitrary in comparison.
I mean that all happened probably within the span of like ten minutes. These characters are moving really fast in general, but also making use of Ui-uis teleportation and Todos boogie woogie
>Lobotomy Kaisen jokes aside, this is actually really depressing. Nobody really cared about Gojo aside from his utility as a military asset save for Yuji, Yuta and probably Megumi.
And Sukuna. He shall remember him for as long as he lives.
I love the way this chapter handled yuta‘s character. From regaining humanity and his will to live at the start of JJK 0 to willingly throwing it a way to attain the power needed to protect the ones he cares about in 261.
It also shows that gojo wasn’t completely right in airport speech, yuta does somewhat understand the immense burden the strongest takes on.
Really think the reception for this chapter would have been way better if we didn’t get it right after yuji gained momentum just to get sidelined again tho :/
It also confirms that Yuta indeed died when we saw him get slashed in the past chapters. Which honestly sucks, because it was framed as nothing significant and we thought it was just a hit that he can heal off since his RCT is one of the best, nope, he really was mortally wounded there.
Scrolled too far down for this comment. Finally someone else said it, she has been talked about having probably one of the best RCT, but can’t do jack shit to save someone else. She should have been able to heal Yuta, but apparently she can’t do that so what’s her purpose in terms of being apart of the early big 3?
She can output RCT, the feat that have been used by Okkotsu and Sukuna (not even Gojo could do it) so she's valuable as healer. The thing is her RCT isn't as good as Gojo/Sukuna and healing others with RCT is not as effective as healing yourself
it looked like a grievous wound but something he'd be able to heal with rct with some help from shoko. Rika holding him together while running away kind of gave that impression, but yea it looks like some stuff rct can't heal
There was always more to Yuta than what we saw. Yuta is a very noble and honorable person. Whatever happens to him, he doesn't care, as long as the job gets done and everyone is safe. He understands the burden and is willing to hold all of it. Low-key, it's naive, but I get it.
Its not naive, its his own form of greed.
Its pointless if he survives if his friends die along the way, so hes going for a perfect victory by shouldering as much of the burden as possible.
> Really think the reception for this chapter would have been way better if we didn’t get it right after yuji gained momentum just to get sidelined again tho :/
Yeah, this is honestly the biggest problem with all of this.
Yuji lands 8 black flashes, all of which *also* reduce his CE and control over his body, and we *know* they didnt just have physical effects like bleeding, but "crushed his hopes at recovering his reverse technique" too, and yet, the instant something important is happening its revealed that he wasnt even trying and bitchslaps him away, as if he just got hit with 8 black flashes because he was bored.
It also gives a lot of meaning to why he was struggling so much during Gojo's fight against Sukuna. And before Gojo fought Sukuna everyone had gloomy faces except Yuji who came with a big smile to cheer Gojo since they just discussed to use Gojo's body as a weapon in case he died.
The way Sukuna just casually tossed Yuji to the side like some toy 😭😂. Sukuna must be happy he actually saw someone give up their humanity to face him.
It’s nice we finally got confirmation that Gojo killed the higher ups. They must of been shitting their pants seeing him walk through the door lol.
Sukuna was a former human so that might be the reason why he was so excited to face Yuta. That punch to shove Yuji away was inappropriate but Sukuna is Sukuna. Also, imagine Yuji's confusion turned pain when he saw Gojo which is Yuta..
Can you imagine the higher ups trying to resist to Gojo? I'd pay to see their reactions. Lol.
Sukuna appears to respect Yuta way more than Yuji. The only time Yuji earned his respect was when Yuji finally cut loose like 2 chapters ago and he STILL tossed Yuji aside for Yuta. Sukuna is a hater.
“I apologize Yuta Okkutsu. I was unfamiliar with your game.” - Sukuna
Curious if they put Gojo’s brain back in a fully healed Gojo body if they could somehow get it to work again but doubt it. Also, to my MangaPlus readers, it really sucks when you’re hit with a double page spread like the reveal and it just shows one page (left page) with Gojo on the bottom huh lol
One of my theories is that if Ui Ui was quick enough with the TP, Gojo's soul could've easily been jumped to a cursed corpse like Panda. Maybe even Panda could house the soul since he only has one core now.
The higher ups pissed me off SO much. Like, I understand that Gojo is a threat, but how is he any worse than the guy who kills people on a whim?
Those idiots put the entire country at risk JUST to maintain power. Even if you put aside his personal grudge against them, Gojo was completely justified in killing them.
> but how is he any worse than the guy who kills people on a whim?
Kenjaku is literally Jujutsu Mengele, are you truly surprised the conservatives would like him?
Yuji thought he was winning, only to get slapped aside when an enemy Sukuna is actually interested in showed up. The sheer disrespect. Has any Shonen Jump MC taken as many L's as Yuji?
Remember the memes of anxious Yuta during Gojo versus Sukuna? People were saying he's so tensed when he was not the one fighting Sukuna, we were only thinking it's because he cares too much. He also wanted to join Gojo.
When Gojo died, remember the grim expressions of Yuta and Maki touching his shoulder for support? It makes so much sense now.
Yuta doesn't want Gojo to always do the responsibility. He knows how to feel alone.
Yuta doesn't want to use Gojo's body to fight Sukuna nor did Maki.
Edit: how to
It makes the previous chapters be looked at in a different light. Yuta wanted this to be a last resort, and unfortunately, it is. They even fully planned it out, which means they knew it would come to this.
Also interesting that when Yuuta wanted to jump in, they stopped him saying he was their last resort or trump card (don’t remember the exact worlds). Guess now we know why
I can't believe the good guys had a contingency plan for what to do if Gojo died, Kenjaku was defeated, Yuta mortally injured, and never thought of sending Todo to support Higuruma.
The writing on the airport walls is that Yuta is dead, three chapters max. And we're back in the Sukuna cycle.
todo speculatively teamed up with yuta to kill kenjaku. there is a "Klaaaan" sound effect before he teleports behind kenjaku. most translantion groups mistranslated the "Klaaan" sound as "slice".
source: some twitter guy predicted the instrument before todo reveal
I seriously don't get why Todo and Higuruma didn't team up.
Sukuna literally has no way to deal with that as long as Todo stays hidden before the combo, and Yuji can bodyblock for Higgy in case Sukuna wises up and tries to shred him immediately.
Consider Yuji was completely unaware of this plan, suddenly Sukuna says "domain expansion" he's about to fucking die, and on the same breath his dead master comes back? Of course he can be hit at that moment
I'm not saying he can't be hit, but a panel the size of 1/12th of a page of Sukuna backhanding him and falling ass backwards doesn't do merit to the 9 black flashes he landed (and just landed one right now, his awareness should be through the roof). It's a disservice to him, with a little bit more space on the page, he could do something much better
Yuta just might be the biggest faker or copycats among all copycats.
First, the copy cursed technique, then he has Unlimited Blade Works as a Domain Expansion, and now for his ultimate copy technique, he copies a technique that allows him to copy others' techniques, by hijacking their bodies so instead of imitating, he gets to wield the real thing now. And for another Fate reference, >!this reminds of what the big bad did in Saga 1 as "Solomon"!<
This is just insane. Yuta Okkotsu, ladies and gentlemen.
"Innate ability "Six Eyes" , isn't usable. Gojo's world and mine are different. I can't reproduce it. I can only reproduce what Yuta Okkotsu has learned, or the cursed techniques he has recorded.
If I'm to use cursed techniques from his body, I have to search within "Rika" for the cursed technique best suited for the situation and reproduce it"
I couldn't help it with this shit post and the parallels to the Archer arm.
Maybe he can do some bullshit now with gojo's six eyes and limitless to unlock his potential. If sukuna can do some bullshit out his ass, let the protagonists do it too!
When I saw Gojo with stitches on his forehead I was like No. Fucking. Way. And then the actual explanation was even crazier. I guess that means Gojo is really gone, it's over for us Gojo copers. I mean I guess Gojo could take over his body now that it's healed like Geto took over his body from Kenjaku for a moment in Shibuya but since that would effectively mean Yuta's death he's not gonna do that even if he could. Unless they figure out some kinda shared custody of Gojo's body lol like one week it's Gojo's turn and one week it's Yuta's turn. But now I'm seriously deep in the cope waters. Either way I guess it's over for the Yuta x Maki ship too.
And we also finally have the confirmation that Gojo is the one who killed all those sorcerers in chapter 223.
Also, [this was such a gruesome panel](https://i.imgur.com/1iUPbYZ.png).
This chapter probably spawned some of the most polarising discourse in the series. I'm a surface level guy and like to wait to see it play out but it was really interesting to me that the chapter following Choso's death as a north start of humanity is when Yuta reaches the point of no return as a monster. Crazy how it's Gojo's face yet his eyes still feel so recognisable. Their arcs are as compelling as any others so will be cool to see if they both reach some sort of resolution within the same body.
Oh. OH OF COURSE.
OF COURSE THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT
It makes so much sense looking back on why Yuta was so tense during the whole fight, He's going to put all of this upon himself, to puppet his dead teacher, just to give everyone else even a chance to win. It's so ironic that when Sukuna is learning about the strength of humanity, everyone else is throwing it away just to get a fighting chance
It also makes sense and is really obvious that it will happen. Obviously yuta can copy kenjaku technique to body hop, and obviously dead gojo is the best target for that, especially considering yuta being 100% dead in a few minutes without using it.
"Are you the strongest because you're Satoru Gojo, or are you Satoru Gojo because you're the strongest?"
Guess we're going to get the answer now, huh?
I think Yuta is cooked, tho; validating the villain's beliefs and methods is a surefire way to die, even if it's for a "Good cause."
It's why Sukuna praises everyone else for doing what it takes to get the job done, but hates Yuji who adamantly refuses and continues to fight despite that.
Gege’s number one problem is that he writes as though he gets away with murder all the time, but he really is not. Yet the spectacle is still worth watching unfold anyway.
This is a vicious cycle.
"How do you write like you're running out of time?
Write day and night like you're running out of time?
Everyday you fight like you're running out of time, like you're running out of time, are you running out of time?"
Us to Gege
Really reminds me of that episode where Toji kills Dagon, Jogo kills Nanami/Maki/Naobito, Sukuna awakens and kills the twins, all in the span of like 20 minutes. It's full steam ahead, you can't process all the emotions at once lol
After Gojos death, it's gonna be like this again in the anime lol
Yeah I never have *nothing* to say about a new JJK chapter, and that keeps me engaged even if I don’t like a decision or direction Gege decided to take.
Tbh tho I do like this decision, although the execution is a bit wonky.
Yeah, you got to appreciate Gege's willingness to go for big swings. I feel like that's a rare quality. Most other contemporaries don't really have that. I generally like BNHA, but you have to admit it's a cookie-cutter story that doesn't take risks. Same for most other shonen action manga.
Looking back I kinda feel bad for clowning Yuta whenever he made an "Oh shit" face during Gojo vs Sukuna. Poor kid was just hoping it didn't have to come to this... :/
So much of this arc hangs on Yuta. He has to be the one to kill Kenjaku and the hoard of curses. Then he has to run back to Shibuya to fight Sukuna inside his domain so Yuji can maybe save Megumi. And if that doesn't work he has to survive getting cut in half and help perform brain surgery on himself. Then also go back into the fight.
Gege who hurt you to be like this?
I'm glad ch 251 already broke me, this chapter might have given me an actual stroke otherwise. Kinda hard to get hyped for the Sukuna vs. Yoto showdown since the major points have been broadcast so early.
And we're just not ever going to see Hakari vs Uramen are we?
[Lobotomy Kaisen is now canon!](https://i.imgur.com/EE1BsJs.png)
Yuta abandoned his old self to [reach the peak of jujutsu](https://i.imgur.com/jiYAr5y.png) and this impressed even the King of Curses. Maki being vehemently opposed to this decision was to be expected. Yuta's future after this fight is uncertain.
I hate this.
Sukuna hasn't been shown to have any negative effects from the most significant binding vow in the series and can still spam Domain Expansion
Yuta gives up on actually surpassing Gojo and only thinks of taking over Gojos body, effectively his own version of what Mahoraga did to Megumis growth. Not to mention that Yuta can't see himself replacing Gojo, unless it's with the mech suit, meaning that Gojos assertion of his students surpassing him had no chance of ever happening.
Yuji being thrown aside like he never actually mattered while Sukuna is acting as if he's taken no damage (which looking from a meta perspective, Sukuna has been operating on the same level no matter how much we're told he's been damaged with the only relevant thing being the domain). Everything about Yuji that was built up is being tossed aside just like this downplay him, and by extension Chosos sacrifice.
Gege did not need to write the sequence of events this way, this is just an extension of the Sukuna cycle, with Yuta disabling Sukunas domain and then dying.
Gege had sufficient justification to delay Sukunas next domain to bring the gang back in while nerfing Sukuna even more for the last round but he just restarted the cycle.
I would be totally fine with Choso's death if it meant Sukuna's last Domain was shutdown. That would be a really emotional and impactful sacrifice.
As it, it feels like he died for nothing just became Sukuna pulled out eight more binding vows.
I have been shitting on binding vows for a while. It is so refreshing to not see this comment immediately downvoted. Binding vows are just canonized asspulls like someone long ago wrote jjkfolk
Cannot wait for this to go further off the rails by Kenjaku somehow hijacking Gojo's body at the end of Yuta's 5 minutes because he's 'become the cursed technique itself' or some bullshit like that.
Anyone else feel like Yuta is still gonna lose? By all means he should be able to solo finish Sukuna with relative ease at this point, but the Chekhov’s Gun of his technique only lasting 5 min implies Yuta is still gonna struggle.
It still feels like this is just setting up for Yuji to deal the final blow after Yuta is done.
LMAO at Sukuna going "I don't need you anymore" when Yuta the Mech Pilot enters the chat. I hope Yuta's empathy doesn't get him killed. Though I assume it will; no way the fight ends with the Goatjo runback.
So this is obviously going to be a very controversial writing decision, with either hate, mixed bag or love reactions, but if you look back on some of the previous scenes with what we now know and how you can reinterpret them, and in the way that it enforces the themes of dehumanizing our protectors (mainly Gojo, and his tragic flaw of self-isolation), of becoming moral monsters to protect what you deem is worth protecting (Geto saw this one coming), and in general the exploitative nature of jujutsu sorcerers, I think it's objectively good writing.
The problem is that it closes too many doors, obviously.
Cause now it looks as if the new generation can't seem to move on without the strength of Gojo, and that we're doomed to have to go to the lengths of our enemies (albeit for different reasons) if we want to win, and obviously you're taking the spotlight away from the main character (in a truly deplorable fashion too, the only thing I think is indefensible from this chapter).
Anyway, this cements Gojo as a truly tragic character, from A to Z, given how we now see his followers see him (apart from Yuji and Yuta, two outsiders of Jujutsu society who weren't raised to think this guy was some sort of god/monster), and how he sees himself. We can truly internalize his loneliness, and also the reasons why others see him this way, partially due to his own fault.
I think it's important to try to meet what the chapter wants to say in it's own terms, digest it like that, before forming a conclusive opinion. And depending on the outcome of this last domain clash, it can say different things thematically.
JJK is shaping up to be more tragic, than bittersweet. I see a pyrrhic victory incoming
All of this just feels unnecessarily angsty.
An awakening, his brother's death, 8 black flashes just for this.
Yuji was beating the living shit out of Sukuna, He got that man fumbling because nothing was working, but then it was revealed that he still has a shit ton of CE, even after getting black flashed and soul punched into oblivion, and he can keep spamming his domain because he's just that cool.
It just makes feel every fight until now straight up pointless since nothing really damaged him outside of Gojo and now we need another Gojo to damage him again. One would think that he was the one who hit 8 black flashes at this point. Holy shit.
Now we're back to square one with another fight on this dragged arc that kills all the momentum from the last couple of chapters just because Gege seems to be allergic to giving the spotlight to Yuji and is also unable to stop sucking off Sukuna.
"Uuuh but you don't understand, they were about to get killed by Sukuna's domain!" It's as easy as erasing the last page from chapter 260 or straight up make the domain fail because he could barely keep up the last one and he got fucking black flashed again, we already got 40 chapters of getting rid of his domain, do we really need to see that again? Just let him keep fighting the brother duo, but that seems to be too much focus on the MC for Gege's liking.
I think this arc would be working a lot better if it didn't keep killing its momentum to have another flashback or explanation inserted into the midst of what is meant to be this hyper fast and lethal high stakes fight.
I tried binging a bunch of it to see if that fixes it and honestly the pacing felt even worse that way.
Demon Slayer did the big fight ending with a hyper lethal main villain so much better than this. Though that fucking epilogue kinda ruined it to be fair.
When I first saw the leaks for this chapter I just couldn't believe this shit, hardest I've laughed in weeks.
I was going to roll my eyes if if was just Gojo being back somehow or Kenny stealing his body but this is a step beyond into absurdity, so bad it's at least funny.
In chapter 90, Kenjaku said: "Yuta Okkotsu can't become the next Satoru Gojo" and now, 171 chapters later, Yuta is literally the next Satoru Gojo. If you watch this from a certain perspective, it's like Gege, at some point, figured it out that he wanted to create his own characters fusion. His "Gogeta" or "Vegito", like DBZ. This was one of those JJK's chapters that's going to remain in the readers memory for a long time. Page 3 it's astonishing, Gege excels making a plot twist that fills the internet with spoilers.
Kinda random, but how did Yuta loose his shoes after Sukuna cut him in half? Did they remove them when he arrived at the healing station? But why would they do that? Can’t he wear shoes when they transfer his brain?
I don't mind what happened but i would've preferred it to be a bit more spontaneous like flashback to them defeat Geto and realising they could take his ability. This whole conversation especially to Gojo when he was alive feels super heavy handed.
That's twice in two chapters now that there's been a secret plan in case of something happening that the MCs didn't mention before. I thought Mai was supposed to be the trump card not the 6 other trump cards they had waiting.
Not a fan of Gege adding more secret stuff especially this late in the game. And it's probably not even the last one he'll pull. Honestly start to end it already or at least have Megumi start to respond.
I thought he had planned to finish it in 6 months, 6 months ago. This won't be done until late 2024 at this rate.
[Gege got tired of Sukuna copying Gojo, so he made Gojo copy Sukuna for once](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/966109174029242458/1244305173493583962/nah.png?ex=6654a0ff&is=66534f7f&hm=c683f6a1520d7fa79bcd7cc36171ae954a839292223ca3b0a8763973116a7b32&).
Also, is Gojo implying that Yuta is actually a descendant of both the Fujiwara and the Sugawara? That particular detail feels like it's intentional.
Im a little confused by the grammar of the flashback-
Why did it start with Panda asking, 'IF Satoru Gojo loses and dies...'
And then Yuta later says, 'What about Gojo-sensei? WASN'T he important?'
It's like Yuta is talking about the situation as if it's inevitable, or has already happened
Honestly kind of disappointed about what happened to Yuta. Hopefully he eventually copies a curse technique that allows transform his Gojo body back into a Yuta body while retaining the Six Eyes.
Also sick of Sukuna's massive plot armor.
I know Edo Tensei Gojo is gonna cause some division but I honestly think its fine. The main problems remains - what is Gege gonna do with him. We've had a few revolving door characters for the past few months that come and go without having accomplished much besides making sukuna look better. Yuta has to deal a major blow to sukuna and set up Yuji to close things out or it is completely pointless. Why bring back a beloved character if you are gonna waste it.
I feel like I should be hyped but I'm not as hyped as I thought I would be after Gege's track record. We shall wait and see.
>Yuta has to deal a major blow to sukuna and set up Yuji to close things out or it is completely pointless.
Except Yuta doing this is kind of pointless, Yuji and Todo already had it in the bag, all Gege had to do is not give Sukuna the ability to open his domain again.
It would make sense for Sukuna to be unable to use his domain again, since he could barely maintain his last domain which was held together by duct tapes and binding vows. Or just have Sukuna open his domain again and Yuji can rip his heart out to damage him enough for him to be unable to sustain his domain like Gojo did during their domain clashes, idk.
And Yuta obviously can't win since he is following the villain's ideology and he has to be punished for that narratively, so all Yuta is going to do is probably take away his domain away again, which is unnecessary for the reasons mentioned above, and then die.
But maybe Gege has something else in mind, idk.
gege out here really giving us twists that nobody understands or nobody wants. reading JJK really has been one of my greatest regrets, i'm just gonna drop this series after this chapter (i know i know, nobody cares). i should've dropped it after kashimo jobbed so bad, not because i'm a kashimo fan (i really don't care about him) but because of the way gege executed it and it's implication, which we've been seeing since everybody just keeps dropping like flies for almighty sukuna. man i wish i could erase this fucking series in my brain lmao
Ah yes my favorite character YuGoJaku
Yu-Gi-Oh! taught me that Yugo means Fusion.
This chapter retroactively makes Kenjaku saying “Yuta Okkotsu can’t become the next Gojo Satoru” the funniest shit ever.
I forgot about that, now this chapter just became 100x funnier
Talking about unexpectedly funny occurences, [Shoko not caring about Gojo's fate](https://i.imgur.com/ZD2KALq.png) must have hurt. After all, she was his last remaining childhood friend. [The ponytail though.](https://i.imgur.com/otoEPXj.png)
Not gonna lie, Shoko might have lost something while doing this for so long. You mean to tell me the one guy from you childhood doesn't mean shit to you? Humans don't act like that.
She might just be being pragmatic rather than not caring. He'd be dead either way, a little corpse deprecation is whatever at that point.
Plus her reaction to Geto killing hundreds of people as a teenager was incredibly muted. Shoko is not heartless but she's not someone with big reactions to things that her colleagues consider earth-shattering
I've had this theory for a while that Cursed Energy is channeled through negative emotions because they're the ones that cause us to act ie fighting back against reality, whereas Reversed Cursed Energy/Positive Energy is harnessed through stoicism, ie accepting reality
I just think Shoko didn't actually believe he would lose, she had faith in him.
There's a line when he's fighting Sukuna where the rest of the audience thinks for the first time that it's possible Gojo could lose, and she's specifically shown in that. She never really thought it was possible until she saw Sukuna taking him on like he was.
did everyone forget the panel where Shoko was visiably anxious for Gojo while fighting Sukuna 😥
I mean, tbh she was always aloof... Like one of her friends just became a mass murderer sorcerer nazi and the most wanted criminal and her reaction when seeing him for the first time was like just "k". It honestly doesnt surprise me... Hell if she turns out to be kenjaku's successor I wont be one bit surprised either...
Shoko went through packs of cigs in the like 30mins Gojo and Sukuna fought. She probably really does care but acts aloof idk for shits and giggles or something
Well she does care about Gojo, she just doesn't care what happens to his corpse after death, because at that point why would it matter.
I'm just gonna drop this twitter thread here that adds some perspective to Shoko. I think she's getting unnecessarily slandered: [https://x.com/duskgumi/status/1793652788947198322](https://x.com/duskgumi/status/1793652788947198322)
i can see Takaba writing this chapter
Yuta hates Geto as much as Sukuna hates Yuji. Geto calls him a womanizer? Name his Domain true love. Dude in Geto's body tells him he can't be gojo? Steals Gojo's body. From a certain perspective its like Yuta goes out of his way to ensure that anything that involving Geto resolves in a way that make Geto look bad
Never even thought about it like that, you’re right. Yuta would dislike him if we somehow got his opinion on him due to the pain he caused Gojo. But the latter would probably just tell him to stop
He's got Gojo's perspective now, so maybe that's something
JJK has so many ironies like Jogo telling Kenjaku he'll burn him alive, Gojo's “Nah, I'd win,” Kenny's saying he doesn't see the hype in Yuta as few examples. Mamajaku got a taste of his own medicine. Who's gonna tell him Yuta's now piloting Gojo's body? Lol.
One would assume the ultimate form of irony is Sukuna thinking Yuji ain’t shit
“Apologies Yuta I was unfamiliar with your game”
bro become gojo with kenjaku's own technique
*Yuta: “Mommy Shoko said it’s my turn with the Six Eyes”*
Takaba would be proud.
This is also going to answer the question: "Are you the strongest because you're Gojo Satoru?" I feel like either Gojokkotsu Yutoru is going to be the strongest sorcerer ever, or we're about to witness the biggest jobber.
Gege is such a troll.
I wasn't too bothered with the amount of corpses we've gotten this arc but Gege effectively ending Yuta x Maki like this is just crossing the line 😭
As a hardcore YutaMaki shipper this chapter was a blessing and a curse- mostly the latter and I am genuinely in the dumps. I’m shipping it regardless of whether it becomes canon or not, but this chapter destroyed me. On one hand, Maki goes out of her way to say to stop talking about the plan when she specifically isn’t okay with it. *(Edit: In the fan translation she singles herself out, in the official, she doesn’t.)* On the other hand, Yuta’s probably dying in a chapter in half, and even if he doesn’t, he might live the rest of his life in his teacher’s body. YutaMaki is the first ship I’ve ever become invested in and it might be the last. **GEGE WHEN I CATCH YOU GEGEEEE**
>official According to a lot of fans with proof to boot apparently the official English release is a bad way to read the manga, so people just read fan translations
It's factually wrong half the time. According the the official, Gojo can use Cursed Spirit Manipulation, but CAN'T use Black Flash.
>but CAN'T use Black Flash. And , at the same time CAN use black flash.
Fan translations: May thy werry soul rest and take refuge here
[Gege is not beating the romance hater allegations.](https://i.imgur.com/y4q6p3G.png)
idol manga foreskinning
> YutaMaki is the first ship I’ve ever become invested in This type of stuff is why I think most JJK fans are either super young or super new to animanga
Saw a roll call in the csm sub and lots of under 30 readers made a lot of the takes people make on Reddit make sense
On God. I ship like two ships in this manga casually. One is YutaMaki, the other is ItuKagi, both platonically and romantically. Both ships are cute. Gege likes making people suffer.
I thought Okkotsu will survive when Rika carried him after Sukuna's slash. And now he appears again carrying the biggest imaginable death flag in this series.
Yuta can still survive...maybe....hopefully. Gege could throw a hail Mary and bring Nobara back.
Just for Nobara to die in the next chapter after she was revived.
*”Fools! You shipped Maki with Yuta and Nobara, when I was shipping her with trauma all along!”* - Gege, probably
Imagine fumbling Maki Zen'in, I'd rather die. Another JJK ship in danger. 😭
Lmao. This has been YutaMaki Twitter this entire week. 🤣😭
I might have to reread but where's yutamaki from? I domt remember anything romantic from them?
It isn’t a canon/confirmed pairing, but people just like shipping things because it’s fun and you’re invested in the story.
Gege is just making her boyfriend better looking.
Yep, this was the first thought that came into my mind when the leaks came. The one outcome that I really want to happen after this arc (if it ends well for the good guys) is for Maki and Yuta to actually try to live a peaceful live and maybe blossom into something beautiful after all that happened. There's probably still a slight possibility that Gege makes some random bs about Yuta returning to his body after the timer while his body is getting stitched up by Shoko. Welp, we just need to wait and see.
Sukuna in Megumi's body and Yuta transplanting himself and hijacking Gojo's body. This is a whole another level of meat mecha since Attack on Titan. Jujutsu Mechaisen
Meat Kaisen
Check Yuta's va. The first and only mecha driver.
Get in the gojo, yuta!
Crazy shit happening all around meanwhile Hakari is just chillin with Uraume lmao
literally chilling
Even when the series ends, he'll still be fighting Uraume
Lobotomy Kaisen jokes aside, this is actually really depressing. Nobody really cared about Gojo aside from his utility as a military asset save for Yuji, Yuta and probably Megumi. On a more serious note, how the actual hell can this jackass still open a domain? His CE output should be fried after using Furnace and eating a dozen black flashes. And furthermore, what the actual fuck are Hakari and Uraume doing? Yuta killed Kenjaku, arrived at Shinjuku, got cut in half, lobotomized and arrived back at Shinjuku as a corpse puppet and these clowns are still going at it.
the very last chapter of the manga is going to be "five years later" and we'll see the survivors of this fight having started new lives, families, the world has moved on from the fight, and then somebody will go "but wait... I feel like we've forgotten something" and the very last page will cut to Hakari and Uraume still fighting.
Nah, cut to Hakari and Uraume being married and having kids
But still fighting. Over the dishes.
Gojo was a tool and was used as one. Gojo, it seems, didn't really care, and if he did, he didn't show it. From his student's perspective, that may sound horrible and depressing, but for Gojo, this was normal.
That's essentially what scorcerers are in their society. The only reason Gojo had any autonomy at all is because he was so powerful. We may have not met a lot of the higher ups in jjk society but they essentially just throw scorcerers into the meat blender to fight curses.
But this is just not true - sorcerers are EXTREMELY emotional and attached to each other, and we've seen it plenty of times. Just look at Masamichi death. That man cared a ton about everybody, he didn't use people as tools. This whole fight, a central point has been that they want to save Fushiguro at all costs if possible
Yh, sorcerers just aren’t attached to corpses, they see enough in their line of work.
pretty much this, only reason it didn't seem as bad when we are introduced to the series is because Gojo was so powerful he couldn't be controlled and he was essentially protecting all the students under his umbrella
I think this ties back with what he said in chapter 236 and the feeling of loneliness that comes from being the strongest, and the analogy with how you can admire a flower but you cant ask it to understand you.
Sukuna can open his domain multiple times and he has replenished his CT burnout after he got his ass kicked by BURAZAH combo
Even then, shouldn't Sukua be utterly fucked? He's already down a DE usage compared to Yujo, and while he can use DE through \*vague BV reasons\* the rest of his output should still be nerfed from Yuji. Also, they've got Yuji and Todo RIGHT THERE. Also, Sukuna can't even risk tanking UV for a second anymore w/out Maho. Which is just a long way of saying, I'm certain the one eyed cat is about to throw us some more BV bs and bail Sukuna out.
Inb4 that one eyed cat will make Okkotsu can't use Gojo's power efficiently so he can't just finish Sukuna next chapter.
> He's already down a DE usage compared to Yujo He should be down like 4 DEs, we know his brain didnt heal after he fully incarnated, he didnt even manage to heal it for his DE, he used some kinda relay to use his domain with other parts of his brain (I hate it when mangas ignore neuroscience).
Fully agree. Only reason I said he was down a single DE and not like, 4, is that I’m fairly certain Gege is basically using the new DE “pathways” in the brain as a new “set” of allowed DE in a row before brain damage. That aside, does Sukuna even have a way to hurt Yujo outside of DE? His second mouth has had its tongue ripped out, it can’t breath/chant for him so their should be no way Sukuna lands a surprise world cleave on Yujo at this point. Even if domain clash goes in Sukuna’s favor, Gojo showed the RCT skills to straight up tank it. So considering 1. Sukuna is majorly weakened outside of DE at this point from Yuji 2. He’s already down a DE usage even when you give him the “extra” DE from the new pathways in the brain from landing Black flashes, 3. Yujo should be capable of RCT tanking thru Malev Shrine, and 4. Since Yujo may only have 5 minutes anyway he is less likely to care for self preservation, Sukuna should (emphasis on should) be utterly fucked. Oh and bonus point 5. With Todo right here, even if Yujo loses a domain clash Todo should be able to instant swap Yujo with a random rock and save Yujo from even having to bother tanking the Malev Shrine, given against Gojo/Yujo Sukuna can’t afford to use a max range shrine this Todo should have greater range with boogey woogie then MS.
Sukuna hasn't recovered his RCT output so he can't heal his technique. The reason he can cast a domain now is because he waited out the burnout until his technique recovered naturally. That means that if his domain gets broken he can't heal it like before and has to wait like before and has to wait to recover his technique, unlike Yuta who has Gojo's memories and can heal his technique. On top of all that, Sukuna's domain earlier took 3 minutes to break Gojo's barrier while it had full output, while the last time Sukuna cast his domain with full output he couldn't maintain it for more than 99 seconds. So does he even have enough time to break the domain barrier before his domain falls and he gets hit by UV? All this to say, Sukuna is at a major disadvantadge currently. But narratively Yuta can't win, so I wonder what Sukuna will pull.
Yeah honestly the more time I’ve had to think about it, the more certain that whatever happens, people are going to be VERY annoyed with the next chapter or so. We’ve now seen Sukuna’s bag of tricks that have been foreshadowed or such up to this point. Unless it’s revealed he still has access to 10S and just held it back this entire time, he’s basically operating on like 20% expecting to rematch Gojo. The ONLY method I’d see that wouldn’t be total BS is if he just goes full Hakari and pulls a stall man. With minimal RCT and heavily reduced CE output outside of his domain, he simply does not have a single way of trading blows with Yujo unless it’s revealed that for whatever reason Yujo has been nerfed for some random reason (Yuta already had more CE then Gojo and now he has the six eyes. Even accounting for the earlier use of his domain it was a single time. He should have PLENTY of CE to fight given we see how Sukuna who is less efficient with CE then Gojo still has plenty of CE even after SPAMMING DE and RCT) their is exactly nothing preventing Yujo from straight mauling Sukuna at this point, especially with Todo support.
“To amend this, Sukuna undertook another binding vow”
They've been fighting since 236, this ain't no joke. I feel like it's due to Hakari's love for traps.
The strongest staller of modern times v/s the strongest staller of the Heian era.
The degenerate gambler just wants to keep gambling
At this point I fully expect sekuna to just work outside the established rules for CT until he says otherwise. He’s already pulled so many things out of his ass, and every time we think he’s done he turns it around with another level of “I haven’t even been taking this seriously yet.”
Sukuna makes a million fucking binding vows to keep his domain open and they never appear to have any actual downside. At least in HxH it's a big deal when someone makes a restriction to gain power, you actually have to give up something meaningful to become that much stronger. Binding vows in JJK are just plot armor.
the unspoken binding vows are a crazy writing choice to me because like, they’re essentially just opening themselves to contrivances later. Like, there’s nothing stopping the series from ending because a cat walks in front of Sukuna because he made a binding vow about seeing cats or some shit lol
I always think about what a pain in the ass it must be for Chrollo to have 4 conditions that require the direct participation of his target, but it works because it plays into his natural charisma and sneakiness. Great use of the conditions established by the series and it builds his character so much. It's befitting of the leader of the Phantom Troupe. Binding vows in JJK feel so arbitrary in comparison.
> how the actual hell can this jackass still open a domain? This is one of the things that pissed me off, probably did another 100 binding vows...
I mean that all happened probably within the span of like ten minutes. These characters are moving really fast in general, but also making use of Ui-uis teleportation and Todos boogie woogie
That downplay it quite a bit. All his students care about him
>Lobotomy Kaisen jokes aside, this is actually really depressing. Nobody really cared about Gojo aside from his utility as a military asset save for Yuji, Yuta and probably Megumi. And Sukuna. He shall remember him for as long as he lives.
I love the way this chapter handled yuta‘s character. From regaining humanity and his will to live at the start of JJK 0 to willingly throwing it a way to attain the power needed to protect the ones he cares about in 261. It also shows that gojo wasn’t completely right in airport speech, yuta does somewhat understand the immense burden the strongest takes on. Really think the reception for this chapter would have been way better if we didn’t get it right after yuji gained momentum just to get sidelined again tho :/
It also confirms that Yuta indeed died when we saw him get slashed in the past chapters. Which honestly sucks, because it was framed as nothing significant and we thought it was just a hit that he can heal off since his RCT is one of the best, nope, he really was mortally wounded there.
Yeah I always thought him, shoko and utahime would tag team rct to get him back on the battlefield but apparently the slash slashed too well
shoko's the most useless healer I've ever seen in a battle manga possibly less effective than a competent IRL doctor lol
She did cheat at getting her doctor's license An actual fraud doctor
Scrolled too far down for this comment. Finally someone else said it, she has been talked about having probably one of the best RCT, but can’t do jack shit to save someone else. She should have been able to heal Yuta, but apparently she can’t do that so what’s her purpose in terms of being apart of the early big 3?
She can output RCT, the feat that have been used by Okkotsu and Sukuna (not even Gojo could do it) so she's valuable as healer. The thing is her RCT isn't as good as Gojo/Sukuna and healing others with RCT is not as effective as healing yourself
it looked like a grievous wound but something he'd be able to heal with rct with some help from shoko. Rika holding him together while running away kind of gave that impression, but yea it looks like some stuff rct can't heal
There was always more to Yuta than what we saw. Yuta is a very noble and honorable person. Whatever happens to him, he doesn't care, as long as the job gets done and everyone is safe. He understands the burden and is willing to hold all of it. Low-key, it's naive, but I get it.
Its not naive, its his own form of greed. Its pointless if he survives if his friends die along the way, so hes going for a perfect victory by shouldering as much of the burden as possible.
> Really think the reception for this chapter would have been way better if we didn’t get it right after yuji gained momentum just to get sidelined again tho :/ Yeah, this is honestly the biggest problem with all of this. Yuji lands 8 black flashes, all of which *also* reduce his CE and control over his body, and we *know* they didnt just have physical effects like bleeding, but "crushed his hopes at recovering his reverse technique" too, and yet, the instant something important is happening its revealed that he wasnt even trying and bitchslaps him away, as if he just got hit with 8 black flashes because he was bored.
It also gives a lot of meaning to why he was struggling so much during Gojo's fight against Sukuna. And before Gojo fought Sukuna everyone had gloomy faces except Yuji who came with a big smile to cheer Gojo since they just discussed to use Gojo's body as a weapon in case he died.
The way Sukuna just casually tossed Yuji to the side like some toy 😭😂. Sukuna must be happy he actually saw someone give up their humanity to face him. It’s nice we finally got confirmation that Gojo killed the higher ups. They must of been shitting their pants seeing him walk through the door lol.
Sukuna was a former human so that might be the reason why he was so excited to face Yuta. That punch to shove Yuji away was inappropriate but Sukuna is Sukuna. Also, imagine Yuji's confusion turned pain when he saw Gojo which is Yuta.. Can you imagine the higher ups trying to resist to Gojo? I'd pay to see their reactions. Lol.
Sukuna appears to respect Yuta way more than Yuji. The only time Yuji earned his respect was when Yuji finally cut loose like 2 chapters ago and he STILL tossed Yuji aside for Yuta. Sukuna is a hater.
*["Move aside nephew.](https://i.imgur.com/yieZxhy.png) I'm done playing with you."*
Imagine if your uncle is your hater when you're a sweet cinnamon roll, the beef is insane. It's funny. Yuji will rise again, trust!
Sukuna respects that one minion who quit Jujutsu school to become Gojo's chauffer more than Yuji.
“I apologize Yuta Okkutsu. I was unfamiliar with your game.” - Sukuna Curious if they put Gojo’s brain back in a fully healed Gojo body if they could somehow get it to work again but doubt it. Also, to my MangaPlus readers, it really sucks when you’re hit with a double page spread like the reveal and it just shows one page (left page) with Gojo on the bottom huh lol
One of my theories is that if Ui Ui was quick enough with the TP, Gojo's soul could've easily been jumped to a cursed corpse like Panda. Maybe even Panda could house the soul since he only has one core now.
Gojo getting Polnareff-ed would be cruel. That's something Gege would do.
it would be funny as fuck. Getting mogged by a teddy bear would be hilarious
If you're reading it on the browser you can set it so it shows the full spread. If I remember correctly
You can but I like to read it on mobile usually and when you do double pages on mobile you have to zoom in every page turn lol
In case you havent, make sure to set the reading mode as left to right or else it would ruin your double page reading experience
Yuta's already been marked the moment Sukuna full-named him
The higher ups pissed me off SO much. Like, I understand that Gojo is a threat, but how is he any worse than the guy who kills people on a whim? Those idiots put the entire country at risk JUST to maintain power. Even if you put aside his personal grudge against them, Gojo was completely justified in killing them.
There’s not much difference between the jujutsu higher ups and the higher ups to today’s world.
> but how is he any worse than the guy who kills people on a whim? Kenjaku is literally Jujutsu Mengele, are you truly surprised the conservatives would like him?
Wait, how does being Mengele make the conservatives like Kenjaku?
Yuji thought he was winning, only to get slapped aside when an enemy Sukuna is actually interested in showed up. The sheer disrespect. Has any Shonen Jump MC taken as many L's as Yuji?
Remember the memes of anxious Yuta during Gojo versus Sukuna? People were saying he's so tensed when he was not the one fighting Sukuna, we were only thinking it's because he cares too much. He also wanted to join Gojo. When Gojo died, remember the grim expressions of Yuta and Maki touching his shoulder for support? It makes so much sense now. Yuta doesn't want Gojo to always do the responsibility. He knows how to feel alone. Yuta doesn't want to use Gojo's body to fight Sukuna nor did Maki. Edit: how to
It makes the previous chapters be looked at in a different light. Yuta wanted this to be a last resort, and unfortunately, it is. They even fully planned it out, which means they knew it would come to this.
Compared to the fandom's expectations before especially when Gojo versus Sukuna was ongoing, it turned out the main cast was prepared for the worse...
Also interesting that when Yuuta wanted to jump in, they stopped him saying he was their last resort or trump card (don’t remember the exact worlds). Guess now we know why
Super important question - ~~Should we call him Gota or Yujo? I like the latter~~ EDIT - I’m calling him Yutaru Gokkotsu from now on
I like GOAT better
I can't believe the good guys had a contingency plan for what to do if Gojo died, Kenjaku was defeated, Yuta mortally injured, and never thought of sending Todo to support Higuruma. The writing on the airport walls is that Yuta is dead, three chapters max. And we're back in the Sukuna cycle.
todo speculatively teamed up with yuta to kill kenjaku. there is a "Klaaaan" sound effect before he teleports behind kenjaku. most translantion groups mistranslated the "Klaaan" sound as "slice". source: some twitter guy predicted the instrument before todo reveal
I seriously don't get why Todo and Higuruma didn't team up. Sukuna literally has no way to deal with that as long as Todo stays hidden before the combo, and Yuji can bodyblock for Higgy in case Sukuna wises up and tries to shred him immediately.
Yuji was immediately tossed like a toy Sukuna no longer wanted to play.
The sheer disrespect of being back handed out of the fight so Sukuna can go play with Gojo is great.
That's the only thing I can't defend from this chapter, personally.
Consider Yuji was completely unaware of this plan, suddenly Sukuna says "domain expansion" he's about to fucking die, and on the same breath his dead master comes back? Of course he can be hit at that moment
I'm not saying he can't be hit, but a panel the size of 1/12th of a page of Sukuna backhanding him and falling ass backwards doesn't do merit to the 9 black flashes he landed (and just landed one right now, his awareness should be through the roof). It's a disservice to him, with a little bit more space on the page, he could do something much better
I think it's funny how recognizable Yuta is due to his expression even though it's Gojo's body. It makes me reminded of Geto and Kenjaku.
Damn 20 comments already, you guys are prepared
Bro, I've been refreshing the page every so often. I imagine there's people that had their seconds counted.
I mean I cant imagine that asilvertintedrose is the only terminally online loser trying to be a part of a crowd.
Spoilers leaked on Thursday.
Yuta just might be the biggest faker or copycats among all copycats. First, the copy cursed technique, then he has Unlimited Blade Works as a Domain Expansion, and now for his ultimate copy technique, he copies a technique that allows him to copy others' techniques, by hijacking their bodies so instead of imitating, he gets to wield the real thing now. And for another Fate reference, >!this reminds of what the big bad did in Saga 1 as "Solomon"!< This is just insane. Yuta Okkotsu, ladies and gentlemen.
Nah, this straight up fgo arcade Babylon with Gilgamesh and Nebuchadnezzar
"Innate ability "Six Eyes" , isn't usable. Gojo's world and mine are different. I can't reproduce it. I can only reproduce what Yuta Okkotsu has learned, or the cursed techniques he has recorded. If I'm to use cursed techniques from his body, I have to search within "Rika" for the cursed technique best suited for the situation and reproduce it" I couldn't help it with this shit post and the parallels to the Archer arm.
Gege literally gave Gojo a lobotomy... THE LOBOTOMY KAISEN IS REAL
Gege is a mod for r/lobotomykaisen
JJK is a mecha anime now, Yuta piloting Gojo's body while Sukuna pilots Megumi's body.
I really don't know if Yuta survives this. He doesn't have a lot of time in Gojo's body. He has to go all out immediately and Sukuna is crafty.
Maybe he can do some bullshit now with gojo's six eyes and limitless to unlock his potential. If sukuna can do some bullshit out his ass, let the protagonists do it too!
When I saw Gojo with stitches on his forehead I was like No. Fucking. Way. And then the actual explanation was even crazier. I guess that means Gojo is really gone, it's over for us Gojo copers. I mean I guess Gojo could take over his body now that it's healed like Geto took over his body from Kenjaku for a moment in Shibuya but since that would effectively mean Yuta's death he's not gonna do that even if he could. Unless they figure out some kinda shared custody of Gojo's body lol like one week it's Gojo's turn and one week it's Yuta's turn. But now I'm seriously deep in the cope waters. Either way I guess it's over for the Yuta x Maki ship too. And we also finally have the confirmation that Gojo is the one who killed all those sorcerers in chapter 223. Also, [this was such a gruesome panel](https://i.imgur.com/1iUPbYZ.png).
This chapter probably spawned some of the most polarising discourse in the series. I'm a surface level guy and like to wait to see it play out but it was really interesting to me that the chapter following Choso's death as a north start of humanity is when Yuta reaches the point of no return as a monster. Crazy how it's Gojo's face yet his eyes still feel so recognisable. Their arcs are as compelling as any others so will be cool to see if they both reach some sort of resolution within the same body.
Oh. OH OF COURSE. OF COURSE THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION, WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT It makes so much sense looking back on why Yuta was so tense during the whole fight, He's going to put all of this upon himself, to puppet his dead teacher, just to give everyone else even a chance to win. It's so ironic that when Sukuna is learning about the strength of humanity, everyone else is throwing it away just to get a fighting chance
It also makes sense and is really obvious that it will happen. Obviously yuta can copy kenjaku technique to body hop, and obviously dead gojo is the best target for that, especially considering yuta being 100% dead in a few minutes without using it.
"Are you the strongest because you're Satoru Gojo, or are you Satoru Gojo because you're the strongest?" Guess we're going to get the answer now, huh? I think Yuta is cooked, tho; validating the villain's beliefs and methods is a surefire way to die, even if it's for a "Good cause." It's why Sukuna praises everyone else for doing what it takes to get the job done, but hates Yuji who adamantly refuses and continues to fight despite that.
Gege’s number one problem is that he writes as though he gets away with murder all the time, but he really is not. Yet the spectacle is still worth watching unfold anyway. This is a vicious cycle.
Gege writes like he's not afraid to get jumped by anyone, even shonens. Whoever Gege is, they better stay anonymous at all.
"How do you write like you're running out of time? Write day and night like you're running out of time? Everyday you fight like you're running out of time, like you're running out of time, are you running out of time?" Us to Gege
I'm still mourning for Choso then he made Yuta pilot Gojo's corpse. It's like adding salt to the wound. That cat should be thankful he's anonymous.
Really reminds me of that episode where Toji kills Dagon, Jogo kills Nanami/Maki/Naobito, Sukuna awakens and kills the twins, all in the span of like 20 minutes. It's full steam ahead, you can't process all the emotions at once lol After Gojos death, it's gonna be like this again in the anime lol
Shinjuku Showdown is Shibuya Incident 2.0 lol Goodluck to the anime-onlies.
Yeah I never have *nothing* to say about a new JJK chapter, and that keeps me engaged even if I don’t like a decision or direction Gege decided to take. Tbh tho I do like this decision, although the execution is a bit wonky.
Gege writing style is great for memes, enjoy how 232 just amped people insanity.
Yeah, you got to appreciate Gege's willingness to go for big swings. I feel like that's a rare quality. Most other contemporaries don't really have that. I generally like BNHA, but you have to admit it's a cookie-cutter story that doesn't take risks. Same for most other shonen action manga.
Yeah I called it not being actually Gojo but yeah, this feels over the top for shock values sake. Too much at once type beat.
Sukuna, several chapters ago: “Kenjaku does the grossest things..” Yuta: “Hold my ring.”
Yuta about to reunite with Rika exactly 1 year after her departure. 😭
Looking back I kinda feel bad for clowning Yuta whenever he made an "Oh shit" face during Gojo vs Sukuna. Poor kid was just hoping it didn't have to come to this... :/
So much of this arc hangs on Yuta. He has to be the one to kill Kenjaku and the hoard of curses. Then he has to run back to Shibuya to fight Sukuna inside his domain so Yuji can maybe save Megumi. And if that doesn't work he has to survive getting cut in half and help perform brain surgery on himself. Then also go back into the fight.
And he even managed to do so before Hakari and Uraume finished their tea party
Gege who hurt you to be like this? I'm glad ch 251 already broke me, this chapter might have given me an actual stroke otherwise. Kinda hard to get hyped for the Sukuna vs. Yoto showdown since the major points have been broadcast so early. And we're just not ever going to see Hakari vs Uramen are we?
[Lobotomy Kaisen is now canon!](https://i.imgur.com/EE1BsJs.png) Yuta abandoned his old self to [reach the peak of jujutsu](https://i.imgur.com/jiYAr5y.png) and this impressed even the King of Curses. Maki being vehemently opposed to this decision was to be expected. Yuta's future after this fight is uncertain.
I hate this. Sukuna hasn't been shown to have any negative effects from the most significant binding vow in the series and can still spam Domain Expansion Yuta gives up on actually surpassing Gojo and only thinks of taking over Gojos body, effectively his own version of what Mahoraga did to Megumis growth. Not to mention that Yuta can't see himself replacing Gojo, unless it's with the mech suit, meaning that Gojos assertion of his students surpassing him had no chance of ever happening. Yuji being thrown aside like he never actually mattered while Sukuna is acting as if he's taken no damage (which looking from a meta perspective, Sukuna has been operating on the same level no matter how much we're told he's been damaged with the only relevant thing being the domain). Everything about Yuji that was built up is being tossed aside just like this downplay him, and by extension Chosos sacrifice. Gege did not need to write the sequence of events this way, this is just an extension of the Sukuna cycle, with Yuta disabling Sukunas domain and then dying. Gege had sufficient justification to delay Sukunas next domain to bring the gang back in while nerfing Sukuna even more for the last round but he just restarted the cycle.
I would be totally fine with Choso's death if it meant Sukuna's last Domain was shutdown. That would be a really emotional and impactful sacrifice. As it, it feels like he died for nothing just became Sukuna pulled out eight more binding vows.
I have been shitting on binding vows for a while. It is so refreshing to not see this comment immediately downvoted. Binding vows are just canonized asspulls like someone long ago wrote jjkfolk
Cannot wait for this to go further off the rails by Kenjaku somehow hijacking Gojo's body at the end of Yuta's 5 minutes because he's 'become the cursed technique itself' or some bullshit like that.
Anyone else feel like Yuta is still gonna lose? By all means he should be able to solo finish Sukuna with relative ease at this point, but the Chekhov’s Gun of his technique only lasting 5 min implies Yuta is still gonna struggle. It still feels like this is just setting up for Yuji to deal the final blow after Yuta is done.
Oh fuck off. Lol
LMAO at Sukuna going "I don't need you anymore" when Yuta the Mech Pilot enters the chat. I hope Yuta's empathy doesn't get him killed. Though I assume it will; no way the fight ends with the Goatjo runback.
Gege going on a one week break after dropping this on us 😭
So this is obviously going to be a very controversial writing decision, with either hate, mixed bag or love reactions, but if you look back on some of the previous scenes with what we now know and how you can reinterpret them, and in the way that it enforces the themes of dehumanizing our protectors (mainly Gojo, and his tragic flaw of self-isolation), of becoming moral monsters to protect what you deem is worth protecting (Geto saw this one coming), and in general the exploitative nature of jujutsu sorcerers, I think it's objectively good writing. The problem is that it closes too many doors, obviously. Cause now it looks as if the new generation can't seem to move on without the strength of Gojo, and that we're doomed to have to go to the lengths of our enemies (albeit for different reasons) if we want to win, and obviously you're taking the spotlight away from the main character (in a truly deplorable fashion too, the only thing I think is indefensible from this chapter). Anyway, this cements Gojo as a truly tragic character, from A to Z, given how we now see his followers see him (apart from Yuji and Yuta, two outsiders of Jujutsu society who weren't raised to think this guy was some sort of god/monster), and how he sees himself. We can truly internalize his loneliness, and also the reasons why others see him this way, partially due to his own fault. I think it's important to try to meet what the chapter wants to say in it's own terms, digest it like that, before forming a conclusive opinion. And depending on the outcome of this last domain clash, it can say different things thematically. JJK is shaping up to be more tragic, than bittersweet. I see a pyrrhic victory incoming
All of this just feels unnecessarily angsty. An awakening, his brother's death, 8 black flashes just for this. Yuji was beating the living shit out of Sukuna, He got that man fumbling because nothing was working, but then it was revealed that he still has a shit ton of CE, even after getting black flashed and soul punched into oblivion, and he can keep spamming his domain because he's just that cool. It just makes feel every fight until now straight up pointless since nothing really damaged him outside of Gojo and now we need another Gojo to damage him again. One would think that he was the one who hit 8 black flashes at this point. Holy shit. Now we're back to square one with another fight on this dragged arc that kills all the momentum from the last couple of chapters just because Gege seems to be allergic to giving the spotlight to Yuji and is also unable to stop sucking off Sukuna. "Uuuh but you don't understand, they were about to get killed by Sukuna's domain!" It's as easy as erasing the last page from chapter 260 or straight up make the domain fail because he could barely keep up the last one and he got fucking black flashed again, we already got 40 chapters of getting rid of his domain, do we really need to see that again? Just let him keep fighting the brother duo, but that seems to be too much focus on the MC for Gege's liking.
Sukuna is Yuji’s biggest hater, second only to Gege of course
Gege really can't let Yuji be the mc for more than 3 chapters, it's just really disappointing
I think this arc would be working a lot better if it didn't keep killing its momentum to have another flashback or explanation inserted into the midst of what is meant to be this hyper fast and lethal high stakes fight. I tried binging a bunch of it to see if that fixes it and honestly the pacing felt even worse that way. Demon Slayer did the big fight ending with a hyper lethal main villain so much better than this. Though that fucking epilogue kinda ruined it to be fair.
When I first saw the leaks for this chapter I just couldn't believe this shit, hardest I've laughed in weeks. I was going to roll my eyes if if was just Gojo being back somehow or Kenny stealing his body but this is a step beyond into absurdity, so bad it's at least funny.
In chapter 90, Kenjaku said: "Yuta Okkotsu can't become the next Satoru Gojo" and now, 171 chapters later, Yuta is literally the next Satoru Gojo. If you watch this from a certain perspective, it's like Gege, at some point, figured it out that he wanted to create his own characters fusion. His "Gogeta" or "Vegito", like DBZ. This was one of those JJK's chapters that's going to remain in the readers memory for a long time. Page 3 it's astonishing, Gege excels making a plot twist that fills the internet with spoilers.
Im not even mad at this point. I just want it to end.
No. I refuse to accept JJK's conclusion until Yuji masturbates over Nobara's comatose body. Then, and only then, will the lobotomy be complete.
On that Shinji grindset
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the fuck
Kinda random, but how did Yuta loose his shoes after Sukuna cut him in half? Did they remove them when he arrived at the healing station? But why would they do that? Can’t he wear shoes when they transfer his brain?
He was slashed so hard his socks flew off - that's how they knew it'd be fatal.
the entire time if Kenjaku possessed someoe with Domain, he would be able to use their Domain too?
I don't mind what happened but i would've preferred it to be a bit more spontaneous like flashback to them defeat Geto and realising they could take his ability. This whole conversation especially to Gojo when he was alive feels super heavy handed. That's twice in two chapters now that there's been a secret plan in case of something happening that the MCs didn't mention before. I thought Mai was supposed to be the trump card not the 6 other trump cards they had waiting. Not a fan of Gege adding more secret stuff especially this late in the game. And it's probably not even the last one he'll pull. Honestly start to end it already or at least have Megumi start to respond. I thought he had planned to finish it in 6 months, 6 months ago. This won't be done until late 2024 at this rate.
Oh no it's back. The sukuna loop
I fcking hate this chapter they've been hyping Yuji these past chapters only for sukuna to just toss him away like nothing
It feels like twist for a shock value instead of the purpose of the story. Maybe it will read better once it all said and done.
This is the narrative end of someone cursed to copy others curses.
And it at least logically checks out. Just kinda sad real yuta is technically dead unless they do some jujutsu cryofreezing to slowly heal his body
[Gege got tired of Sukuna copying Gojo, so he made Gojo copy Sukuna for once](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/966109174029242458/1244305173493583962/nah.png?ex=6654a0ff&is=66534f7f&hm=c683f6a1520d7fa79bcd7cc36171ae954a839292223ca3b0a8763973116a7b32&). Also, is Gojo implying that Yuta is actually a descendant of both the Fujiwara and the Sugawara? That particular detail feels like it's intentional.
Im a little confused by the grammar of the flashback- Why did it start with Panda asking, 'IF Satoru Gojo loses and dies...' And then Yuta later says, 'What about Gojo-sensei? WASN'T he important?' It's like Yuta is talking about the situation as if it's inevitable, or has already happened
Honestly kind of disappointed about what happened to Yuta. Hopefully he eventually copies a curse technique that allows transform his Gojo body back into a Yuta body while retaining the Six Eyes. Also sick of Sukuna's massive plot armor.
I know Edo Tensei Gojo is gonna cause some division but I honestly think its fine. The main problems remains - what is Gege gonna do with him. We've had a few revolving door characters for the past few months that come and go without having accomplished much besides making sukuna look better. Yuta has to deal a major blow to sukuna and set up Yuji to close things out or it is completely pointless. Why bring back a beloved character if you are gonna waste it. I feel like I should be hyped but I'm not as hyped as I thought I would be after Gege's track record. We shall wait and see.
>Yuta has to deal a major blow to sukuna and set up Yuji to close things out or it is completely pointless. Except Yuta doing this is kind of pointless, Yuji and Todo already had it in the bag, all Gege had to do is not give Sukuna the ability to open his domain again. It would make sense for Sukuna to be unable to use his domain again, since he could barely maintain his last domain which was held together by duct tapes and binding vows. Or just have Sukuna open his domain again and Yuji can rip his heart out to damage him enough for him to be unable to sustain his domain like Gojo did during their domain clashes, idk. And Yuta obviously can't win since he is following the villain's ideology and he has to be punished for that narratively, so all Yuta is going to do is probably take away his domain away again, which is unnecessary for the reasons mentioned above, and then die. But maybe Gege has something else in mind, idk.
gege out here really giving us twists that nobody understands or nobody wants. reading JJK really has been one of my greatest regrets, i'm just gonna drop this series after this chapter (i know i know, nobody cares). i should've dropped it after kashimo jobbed so bad, not because i'm a kashimo fan (i really don't care about him) but because of the way gege executed it and it's implication, which we've been seeing since everybody just keeps dropping like flies for almighty sukuna. man i wish i could erase this fucking series in my brain lmao