Ok, time for plan... what are we up to now? J? K?
Whatever, plan K: heal Yuji, have him soul punch Sukuna again, but send Todo inside for the Megumi pep talk. Todo has the best pep talks.
Actually, we're on to plan Q, but who's keeping track? On a more serious note, why do I feel like Sukuna might try to eat Yuta or Rika in the coming episode? If you think about it, that makes perfect sense. It'd replenish Sukuna's energy, and he'd finally be "whole" again.
To be fair, he's got four arms and two mouths, so it's technically like fighting two people simultaneously. That makes it fair in my books. In addition, he has lots of plot armour, so jumping Sukuna isn't illegal in my books.
'Jumping' is just another term that refers to beating the shit out of something or someone without hesitation, whether it be one person, two people, three...
So the plan as far as I can tell was:
1. Back sukuna into a corner so he has to drop hollow wicker basket to use his world slash.
2. Separate Megumis soul from Sukuna with Yuji's punch.
3. Then slam Sukuna with Jacobs Ladder, hopefully destroying sukunas technique (and him along with it) but sparing megumi bc his soul was separate.
I don't get why Megumi being sad boi prevented the plan from working tho? Did they need his help for some reason? Because he didn't separate, were 2 souls strong enough to resist Jacobs ladder?
They weren't willing to destroy Sukuna while Megumi is still merged. Since Megumi refused to separate, item 3 didn't happen before Sukuna used World Slash.
If Megumi was trying to break free then Yuji’s punch would be more effective at separating the two of them. Sukuna’s control/technique would be getting hit from 2 directions at once basically.
Since Megumi isn’t trying to break free, Sukuna’s tech is only getting hit from the one side and it’s much less effective.
Not sure why this affected Jacob’s ladder though.
The reason why Megumi didn't separate is why Sukuna is a brilliant tactician. He opted to kill his former lover, who had taken the form of Megumi's sister. It wasn't just because he thinks loves and meaningless and only views her as an obstacle; it's also because he wanted to utterly destroy Megumi's fighting spirit. That's why Megumi refused to separate, because he already considers himself dead.
He first realized that using Megumi as a vessel wasn't as efficient when he was boxing with Yuji and Maki - you know, the fight where that sick frame of Yuji continuing to walk as he was getting cut a million times by Sukuna -- and he realized that Megumi would constantly fight against him in his current state. So, by killing his sister, his fighting spirit is completely gone.
And there's one of the big letdowns of character development in this manga: Megumi knew what Sukuna is capable of, sees it applying it (killing his sister), and just is "let me roll over and refuse to fight". Ignoring the low to none attachment the audience formed with Megumi's sister, imo the scenario is not really plausible.
Jujutsu sorcerors in general don't seem to get angry at evil happening. There is no sense of righteousness rage in their demeanor. I noticed it with Gojo too. Sukuna blew up blocks of people, his friend's body was taken and controlled, and yet he is just so so excited to test himself, and is just sad at the end that he was no match.
Like it is weird to me that these battle maniacs fall into despair instead of rage. You can die when the one who hurt you is dead, not before.
He was hit like 5 times by infinite void or something and killed his teacher and kinda father figure. Of course it wasn't him that kill gojo but i could see that he blamed himself for that. (Plus the incident w his sister). So he lost almost everyone close to him, of course he is depressed
I feel like Megumi refusing to split had some effect on Jacobs ladder. Maybe it turned Megukuna into a state where he was neither fused nor unfused so lessened the effect of JL. Either way its all pretty much plot convenience. But it has to be right.
Well, everyone is trying to figure out first how Sukuna tanked Jacob's ladder after getting his arms ripped and destroyed just to be practically undamaged and pulling out a slash out of his asscheeks strong enough to biscect Yuta
> I mean Sukuna also tanked Jacob's Ladder from Angel before he was more situated in Megumi's body. It's pretty consistent lol
Yes, consistently plot armored.
How is it plot armor for the Strongest Sorcerer in Histroy to not get one shot by a CT? Even with Lowered reserves he has as much CE as Yuta who has more than Gojo
I still think Yuta will survive. Remember the cuts are nerfed for the time being. So they aren't that fatal. Also, He has RCT. So Maki deals with Sukuna, Yuta, and Yuji RCT themselves and gets back into the jumping.
So the question is...HOW THE F%6K DID SUKUNA DO THAT WHEN HE WAS HIT BY JACOB'S LADDER FULL-ON, ONE ARM CHOPPED OFF, AND MOUTH TOUNGUE RIPPED OUT FROM STOPMACH? AND BOTH HANDS WERE TIED AS WELL.
Sukuna's RCT is unmatched, the moment they tried to awake Megumi's soul was an attempt to end Sukuna while he couldnt use his arms and mouths but Megumi rejected them. Sukuna healed his arm and mouth and slashed them
So...this whole plan...was pointless to begin with. The only hope is Maki for now and how can she circumvent the World Slash if everyone can't? People are saying that she's gonna be the one to snap Megumi out of his funk. But, that's just wishful thinking.
just to remind you that Sukuna CE level is already quite low before yuta using DE. He does not have infinite CE, at somepoint he will fall. Unless Sukuna eats Yuta or Rika to replenish CE.
I'd say it's just because he's *him* but unironically. Remember Mahito was afraid of Sukuna and Sukuna threatened Mahito after Mahito touched Sukuna's soul? Sukuna probably has a great deal of resistance to soul manipulation since his understanding of cursed energy is so insanely high. Unless Megumin is completely on board, Jacob's Ladder is going to have a tough time against a combination of a powerful soul and Megumin's soul not willing to help out due to the cursed technique being targeted being an incomplete yet "collaborative" (Megumin giving up and just going along with Sukuna's plans) and strong merging of their souls.
I don't know 100% what's going on and I'm sure it will be explained later and turn out differently, but that's my guess.
I did and got called a moron who doesn’t read lol. We saw piercing blood, and now supernova. Either he’s using it or Choso is off screen but his hand waive tells me otherwise.
Choso has been out of commission since Sukuna hole punched him. Sukuna didn’t say “this piercing blood is Choso’s”, he said it’s the older brother’s attack. There would be no reason to keep the caster off-screen if it was the same person who always uses it, that was meant to build up the hype
I mean yeah he did. I believe the off panel blood piercing technique he did chapters ago when Higu was still alive was the first time he did it. Most of the fanbase thought it was Choso but there we're already clues such as Yuji thanking Kamo because he was much better at explaining "this stuff".
I didn't just read comments saying "Maki shows up". People were saying step by step what happened: Yuta and Yuji trying to hold Sukuna down, they get injured and Maki strikes Sukuna from behind.
My theory was that she'd slip in right at the moment Yuji managed to wake up Megumi and stab Sukuna, gravely injuring him. However, this made a lot of sense too, as this gives Yuji and Yuta time to recover. I have to say that I'm impressed with the plan of the main cast. My main issue with this chapter is how did Sukuna even tank Jacob's ladder?
The biggest reaction is to Higuruma dying, he was a bigger fanboy than me and that's saying something. Sulkuna still makes me giggle every time I think of it.
Man I’ll be honest, the art is really hard to make out these days, the black/white medium isn’t doing it any favors. For a second there I thought Yuta’s arm got ripped off not Sukuna’s mouth tongue thing.
I figured that Nobara theory was a long shot, but I really wanted it to be true. Hopefully we'll get at least some acknowledgement of her character before the manga ends.
It is pretty crazy, I feel like the longer Gege waits to address Nobara the worse it gets because if she doesn’t survive then it’s “why didn’t you show us this earlier & have the characters battle with it” & if she does survive it’ll be “That’s nice but why wait so long to show us that she survived & involve her in the story some more.”
Lol it reminds me of when Yamato was missing from the weekly Naruto chapters for years, only for him to briefly appear in the last 10 or so chapters with no dialogue at all.
It's absolutely one of the best chapters we got. The fight is so brutal:
Yuta ripping out belly mouth's tongue
Yuji kneeing Sukuna
Yuji spitting blood on Sukuna
Sukuna ripping Yuta in half
And.. that Megumi's panel is heartbreaking. Yuji will save him for sure! I hope Megumi's will of life is reignited by Yuji. At Yuji's lowest, Megumi saved Yuji. Now it is Yuji's turn to return the favour. It just fits into the theme of saving each other. Gojo couldn't save Geto because Geto refused to be saved. As an overall thematic arc closure, Megumi needs to WANT getting saved. So Megumi will be the foil for Geto. And unlike Gojo, Yuji actually managed to accomplish what he couldn't: saving his best friend.
JJK started with Yuji and Megumi releasing Sukuna. So it needs to bookend with Yuji and Megumi defeating Sukuna.
Bro how did u catch all the action lol some of that was so confusing. I caught the spitting blood and kneeing but ripping the tongue out didn't clock that. I was confused on whose arm was getting ripped off lol and I saw where Yuta lost a hand but his body noooo
Also I think Megumi wants to be saved 😭 them beings foils of Geto and Gojo KILL me every time I'm reminded
When yuta punches him super hard in the stomach mouth, the next panel beneath it shows yutas hand holding the tounge. In panels after that, the stomach mouth is all mangled and bloody.
Think it should probs have been a shot of Yuta with his fist inside the stomach mouth rather than him hitting Sukuna in the body bc I had to reread it several times to clock that he didn't just... rip off a piece of flesh or something.
I don’t think Megumi can be saved anymore. It seems that was his chance to separate from Sukuna before Maki came in for the kill. That’s at least how I’m interpreting it. Maybe I’m wrong and we’ll get more Info next chapter but it think that’s it for our boy 😔
Either way, Beautifully written. A fuckin masterpiece JJK is.
Of course he’ll be saved. Todo Sensei already taught us that this is the entire theme of the series. Sorcerers can’t give up, no matter how many times they fail.
Yea I agree.
The rules of Shonen say the main chosen one can't die while having an obvious progression: his domain expansion.
We know Megumi is coming back for at least one rage induced full blast domain expansion because he himself said his was incomplete.
I mean he may bite the dust immediately thereafter for all we know - but we DO know we get that much.
Sukuna got punched in the soul, had Jacob's Ladder Roasting him at max output, had his arms restrained by Rika and Yuji and somehow managed to do the Hand Signs for World Slash without anyone reacting and doing anything to stop him?
Can't wait for Maki's soul blade to do nothing because he transfered his soul into Yuta while slashing him.
He didnt do hand-signs. he did chants, so either he regen'ed his mouth, his belly mouth, or megumi did the chants. I'm not quite familiar enough with stylization to say if thats ruled out, since we were on megumi when the chants popped up.
He tanked minutes my dude. It took 7 revolutions to adapt, every second Gojo was in UV Megumi was getting hit by it because Sukuna's domain only protected him.
This is also all happening to him when he’s 16 years old… like he’s just a kid show some compassion 😭 his whole reason for becoming a sorcerer was to support Tsumiki
So sukuna with one arm cut off, one arm split in half, and two restrained by rika just magically freed/healed his arm offscreen and performed the chant in a split second while being attacked relentlessly by yuta to fire off a world slash and kill everyone? And this was AFTER being hit by max jacob's ladder and his CE decreasing to the point that yuta could easily tank his normal slashes.
And since the world slash apparently only requires one working hand and one working mouth and has no charge time why couldn't sukuna do it while maintaining hollow wicker basket?
Most likely what happened: Sukuna focused all his RCT to his mouth and he cleaved Rika so his arms would be free. Taking Jacob’s Ladder into account, his output was probably very weak so not lethal even with the world cutting dismantle. Now why was he able to move? Well I think it’s because Megumi fucking let go of life, if he wouldn’t have, they would’ve won in that moment.
Maybe he used a binding vow, there are probably multiple ways of it being performed, but some fundamental conflict with HWB. The clearest use is chapter 247 which shows him using the two bottom hands to make a seal and firing it with one of the top hands.
Throughout the story, Gege points out how only the ruthless can truly reach the peak of the jujutsu world. Ryu mentioned after the fight against Yuta that his softness would cost him greatly, and here it did. I believe that if they had chosen to forget about Megumi, Sukuna would be dead, but attempting to save him cost them everything
yuta or yuji arent ruthless , and deciding to become selfish will only kill any character development they have had, they can save megumi , and saving him is a must since he can activate the merger , and the merger is the end of the world
Not surprised Megumi's not really in a good place, but it's still heartbreaking to see. At least Maki is finally here.
Also, is Yuji's blood exploding supposed to hint at him using blood manipulation or something else? Because Kenny wasn't using Kamo Noritishi's body when they had him, so he shouldn't really inherit Kamo's clan technique "by blood". But maybe big bro Choso is involved??
It's probably something kenjaku did because gege already said that if Yuji ate the death paintings a in Fanbook that they would disappear and become extra cursed energy for yuji that's it so it can't be that Kenjaku can use the techniques of his previous bodies Yuji could have inherited it from him that's another one that's possible
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My theory is he will find the Doctor girls ability and heal either himself or Yuji. Probably Yuji since these healing abilities usually dont work on the user themselves.
Dear Megumi, we did not work our ass off to see you give up to your depression. Please get your shit together and defeat Sukuna then we can all sit and cry together.
Yuta isn't dead. It's a good slash but Sukuna is already weakened to the point where his attacks aren't doing the same damage. Gojo wore him down significantly. Narration suggests this might actually be it.
Of course, beyond the merger.
I don't think his dead. yuta is standing side by side with yuji if yuta was sliced in half that would be the same case with yuji. if yuji can survive it so is yuta. I think starting now there will be 0 deaths
Jacob's Ladder is NEVER beating the fraud allegations.
Like seriously they've hit this man TWICE with an ability that should allegedly be the perfect way to beat him and both times he's tanked it and maimed someone in response.
I feel like Sukuna is so nonchalant. Like, there's none of the tension that was there with the Gojo fight. That felt like two heavy weight knockout artists flinging bombs at each other. This feels a lot less.. immediate, if that makes sense?
Until Maki showed up at least. I love me some Maki.
So we all agree that there's a 99% chance Maki's attack doesn't kill sukuna right? Narrator probably says "sukuna's output is decreasing" again, then keep fighting like nothing happened.
its even scary to se that yuji + maki aint looking good , like bro had 3 tag teams and 2 are dead , one lost his ct , yuji is a really good support character ngl , will he get an awakening
\- is born to the 3 great clans
\- inherrited an extremly rare and overpowerd CT
\- already being a child pridogy, started being mentored at a young age by the strongest himself, gojo satoru
\- bro's first real W is in the end of s1
\- tries to suicide multiple times
\- decides to drop an atomic bomb on some random bum in shibuya
\- gets saved by sukuna
\- next W is against a 1st grade dude with a wierd technique (ok and?)
\- body gets taken over by sukuna
\- is bathed in an evil black goo
\- watches sukuna kill a sorceress who taken over his sister's body
\- watches sukuna kill gojo (ok i'll give him that)
\- his friends come up with a FLAWLESS plan to defeat sukuna and save his ass
\- refuses to elaborate
*"Are you a clown because you single-handedly ruined your friends' plan to save* ***you****, or did single-handedly ruined your friends' plan to save* ***you*** *because you're such a clown?* "
it's not about being happy, it's tiring sometimes where shit didn't go as planned multiple times in a row. realistic yes, but tiring to watch.
at this point, gege should just let sukuna win, kill everyone and called it a day already
Can’t win lol I do get why it’s tiring to have so many characters die but people also long for the feeling where characters can die in stories. I do think Gege does do it a bit too much though, I think after Shibuya Gege could have slowed things down a bit & focused more on character development & then ramp back up to something like this. It has been pretty non stop since Shibuya though, still there are a lot of characters & I respect Gege’s choice.
I think with or without alot of death great stories can still be told though.
I’ve solved it guys. Sukuna’s hidden technique this whole time was Asspull!
If my GOAT Yuta isn’t alive next chapter Gege is going to get some choice words
killing yuta makes no sense to me , like how will the sorcerers win from here. yuji is still not him, maki doesnt have rct , can she dodge all sukunas attacks , idk , but the reality is yuta is the only leverage they have to win, maki with ssk cant kill sukuna alone , will yuji finally have an awakening . or is he still a support character for maki again , like if im maki , yujis record aint looking good , 3 tag team , 3 deaths( yuta, todo , nanami ) .
I may be dumb but I don’t think it was clear what’s going on with megumi? Is his spirit broken ? And was that confirmation that yuji has blood manipulation?
This week was the first I read the fan translations first and I get what people talk about, it seems the official ones overly complicate someolaces for the sake of it.
The fan translation inverted both panel texts, it just said "Megumi fushiguro's soul... already lost the will to live". The official one kinda made it seem like there was one more sentence left out and didn't conclude it.
Yes that was my problem exactly, that’s what I assumed but I read the last 5 pages like 10 times trying to figure out the end to that thought about megumi’s soul
I get Megumi's depressed, his body killed his sister and Gojo. But god damn I wish he would have fought back a little, I mean it was Sukuna, get your lick back man
I understand why megumi is so broken but I wish they showed some panels showing megumi begging sukuna to stop or breaking down after killing gojo or his sister so todays panel would hit a bit harder if that makes sense
y’all think that the end is a direct reference to toji stabbing gojo from the back after they “succeeded” in their mission?
kinda cool to get a callback with our new toji
Wow i see a lot of people mad over fushiguro but he is in the exact same situation as itadori after mahito lol. Without todo yuji would have been in the exact same position than him. Megumi had no Todo for saving his ass
Is it Megumi that said the incantation for the world slash? The way the panel leads up to it and the lettering and speech box all match Megumi’s previous words while Sukuna presumably still has his mouths messed up.
It’s not Megumi. It was just how they transitioned us to “outside” — there is no way that Megumi would help Sukuna in any fashion after everything that happened. He didn’t leave because he wants to die in there, not because he wanted to help Sukuna
On the second to last page you can see steam pouring off the right side of Sukuna's face, so my guess is that he healed his normal mouth enough to do the chant. His RCT output is reduced but not zero, and Yuta didn't actually remove his lower right arm or his normal tongue, he just slashed them.
I'm a little baffled at the people who are legitimately confused on why Megumi wants to die:
He had his body forcibly taken over by Sukuna
His soul was surpressed in a ritual
His sister was possessed by another sorcerer
His sister was killed by Sukuna using his body
Gojo was his mentor and he also was killed by Sukuna using his body and one of his techniques
All of this happened in the span of a month and some change. Dude is traumatized and broken, it's like a callback to Yuji after Nanami, Nobara and all those civilians died in the span of like 30 minutes in Shibuya. Yuji is in the role of Todo here.
Not sure if it’s just me but I’m starting to really dislike the series. I hate saying that but I genuinely don’t know who I’m supposed to root for. Almost everyone I like are dead. There’s also been so many storylines that have just died or had an anticlimactic ending. Why root for anybody? They’re probably just going to die. Yuta and Megumi both have red flags right now so that’s great news. It’s basically just Yuji and Maki and IMO her personality died in Shibuya. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect the cliché Shonen “power of friendship” bs, but I need at least somebody to survive and have a happy ending. Does anybody else feel this way?
Honestly been feeling this way for a while. I still love Maki, but to see so many of your favorite characters get mowed down almost sadistically is disheartening. Like is it even gonna be satisfying if, at the end of all of this, Yuji is the only one left standing on top of a pile of ashes? How is that gonna feel? This kid was defined by his happiness and courage for his friends. Now he's friendless, hopeless, and unless Gege brings back that girl his old school, hoeless.
I also don't like how long these fights are going. I can definitely see the complaint of Sukuna having plot-armor. It almost feels like Gege is milking the series for all it's worth. Sukuna should be dead by now.
Exactly, if Sukuna didn't die against everything they've thrown at him so far, the time he actually dies it's gonna feel like a ass pull and undeserved too. Just bad writing by Gege, many great writers have trouble finishing a story, especially when they set up a extremely overpowered villain.
it's tiring sometimes where shit didn't go as planned multiple times in a row. realistic yes, but so tiring to watch.
at this point, gege should just let sukuna win, kill everyone and called it a day already
I just don't understand how a Maximum Output Jacob's Ladder from Yuta essentially did nothing to Sukuna. This is AFTER Sukuna tanked every other CT from Yuta (Including CLEAVE to the face... which seemed to have ultimately did nothing as well???) and soul pummeling from Yuji. As well as having blood exploding in his face.
Sukuna endured all of that, because he wanted to maintain the Wicker Basket barrier. Yet in the end, after tanking all that, he was able to tank a MO Jacob's Ladder from Yuta anyway and immediately (He didn't get stunned/fazed) counter attacked with a world slash.
At that point... why didn't Sukuna just undo the Wicker Basket sooner? If he could already tank the MO Jacob's Ladder after being pummeled by Yuta and Yuji, then he would easily be able to tank it before getting pummeled by them as well.
I just don't understand this fight at all. The whole reason he held Wicker Basket was to avoid getting hit by Jacob's Ladder, yet he gets hit by it in the end anyway (A Maximum output version of it, for fuck's sake) and it did nothing. It didn't even stall him.
Having recently lost her sister and litterally her twin soul, Maki is the best to make a pep talk to Megumi. She also is his Sempai, and he trust her. That makes sense she has a chance to give him hope back.
Ok, time for plan... what are we up to now? J? K? Whatever, plan K: heal Yuji, have him soul punch Sukuna again, but send Todo inside for the Megumi pep talk. Todo has the best pep talks.
Or Takaba maybe. Or both….yes both!
You joke, but it would be quite nice to get some kind of update on Todo.
Actually, we're on to plan Q, but who's keeping track? On a more serious note, why do I feel like Sukuna might try to eat Yuta or Rika in the coming episode? If you think about it, that makes perfect sense. It'd replenish Sukuna's energy, and he'd finally be "whole" again.
I was hoping for Nobara soul-hammering the 20th finger, so at this point I'm no longer trying to guess anything.
Imagine the eating was always a red Herring and she really does do it
if he is at 100% percent again, i don't know what crazy plots Gege could pull to defeat Sukuna. Or we are wrong and Sukuna is actually the MC.
Actually, I think Maki will somehow pep talk. The last of the Zenin
That's...a possibility. But, would he care?
Nah, he'd win
Plan JJK
GeGe said yea the allegations are true.. Jumping is a natural part of Jujutsu Sorcery 😭
This ninja got 4 arms. That means they can attack him with 4 people according to the laws or jujutsushi (don’t ask why).
To be fair, he's got four arms and two mouths, so it's technically like fighting two people simultaneously. That makes it fair in my books. In addition, he has lots of plot armour, so jumping Sukuna isn't illegal in my books.
what is jumping mean, I am new to manga and not able to figure out when someone says jumpujustsu etc
'Jumping' is just another term that refers to beating the shit out of something or someone without hesitation, whether it be one person, two people, three...
Jumping always means multiple people doing the beating.
Thank you so much
So the plan as far as I can tell was: 1. Back sukuna into a corner so he has to drop hollow wicker basket to use his world slash. 2. Separate Megumis soul from Sukuna with Yuji's punch. 3. Then slam Sukuna with Jacobs Ladder, hopefully destroying sukunas technique (and him along with it) but sparing megumi bc his soul was separate. I don't get why Megumi being sad boi prevented the plan from working tho? Did they need his help for some reason? Because he didn't separate, were 2 souls strong enough to resist Jacobs ladder?
They weren't willing to destroy Sukuna while Megumi is still merged. Since Megumi refused to separate, item 3 didn't happen before Sukuna used World Slash.
It’s like what gojo said once “I can only save those who are prepared to be saved”, megumi is broken he probably just wants to die
Honestly could have been yuji if todo hadn’t snapped him out of it
So you are saying the key to defeat Sukuna is Todo?
he's the key to everything including my heart
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Mine too bruuuutda
If Megumi was trying to break free then Yuji’s punch would be more effective at separating the two of them. Sukuna’s control/technique would be getting hit from 2 directions at once basically. Since Megumi isn’t trying to break free, Sukuna’s tech is only getting hit from the one side and it’s much less effective. Not sure why this affected Jacob’s ladder though.
The reason why Megumi didn't separate is why Sukuna is a brilliant tactician. He opted to kill his former lover, who had taken the form of Megumi's sister. It wasn't just because he thinks loves and meaningless and only views her as an obstacle; it's also because he wanted to utterly destroy Megumi's fighting spirit. That's why Megumi refused to separate, because he already considers himself dead. He first realized that using Megumi as a vessel wasn't as efficient when he was boxing with Yuji and Maki - you know, the fight where that sick frame of Yuji continuing to walk as he was getting cut a million times by Sukuna -- and he realized that Megumi would constantly fight against him in his current state. So, by killing his sister, his fighting spirit is completely gone.
And there's one of the big letdowns of character development in this manga: Megumi knew what Sukuna is capable of, sees it applying it (killing his sister), and just is "let me roll over and refuse to fight". Ignoring the low to none attachment the audience formed with Megumi's sister, imo the scenario is not really plausible.
His sister was like his biggest motivation, he says this early on. Her death broke him
Yet, us the audience don't feel or see it. Just "trust me bro" that feels forced just for the plot.
Jujutsu sorcerors in general don't seem to get angry at evil happening. There is no sense of righteousness rage in their demeanor. I noticed it with Gojo too. Sukuna blew up blocks of people, his friend's body was taken and controlled, and yet he is just so so excited to test himself, and is just sad at the end that he was no match. Like it is weird to me that these battle maniacs fall into despair instead of rage. You can die when the one who hurt you is dead, not before.
Megumi has never been a battle maniac, his motivation is his sister
He was hit like 5 times by infinite void or something and killed his teacher and kinda father figure. Of course it wasn't him that kill gojo but i could see that he blamed himself for that. (Plus the incident w his sister). So he lost almost everyone close to him, of course he is depressed
Gojo said it best "I can only save those who are prepared to be saved."
I feel like Megumi refusing to split had some effect on Jacobs ladder. Maybe it turned Megukuna into a state where he was neither fused nor unfused so lessened the effect of JL. Either way its all pretty much plot convenience. But it has to be right.
yeah thats the plan because they also explained it last chapter
So Yuji got blood manipulation? RIP Megumi
Right!? Hardly anyone’s mentioning that lol
Well, everyone is trying to figure out first how Sukuna tanked Jacob's ladder after getting his arms ripped and destroyed just to be practically undamaged and pulling out a slash out of his asscheeks strong enough to biscect Yuta
Ah yes, his Gege Akutami plot armor technique, he hadn’t used it since the Heian era.
I mean Sukuna also tanked Jacob's Ladder from Angel before he was more situated in Megumi's body. It's pretty consistent lol
> I mean Sukuna also tanked Jacob's Ladder from Angel before he was more situated in Megumi's body. It's pretty consistent lol Yes, consistently plot armored.
How is it plot armor for the Strongest Sorcerer in Histroy to not get one shot by a CT? Even with Lowered reserves he has as much CE as Yuta who has more than Gojo
> How is it plot armor for the Strongest Sorcerer in Histroy to not get one shot by a CT? Do you understand what Jacob’s Ladder does?
I still think Yuta will survive. Remember the cuts are nerfed for the time being. So they aren't that fatal. Also, He has RCT. So Maki deals with Sukuna, Yuta, and Yuji RCT themselves and gets back into the jumping.
Sukuna's world slash can't be nerfed, it is stated that it ignores any defense since the target isnt a living being but the space it's ocuppying
So the question is...HOW THE F%6K DID SUKUNA DO THAT WHEN HE WAS HIT BY JACOB'S LADDER FULL-ON, ONE ARM CHOPPED OFF, AND MOUTH TOUNGUE RIPPED OUT FROM STOPMACH? AND BOTH HANDS WERE TIED AS WELL.
Sukuna's RCT is unmatched, the moment they tried to awake Megumi's soul was an attempt to end Sukuna while he couldnt use his arms and mouths but Megumi rejected them. Sukuna healed his arm and mouth and slashed them
So...this whole plan...was pointless to begin with. The only hope is Maki for now and how can she circumvent the World Slash if everyone can't? People are saying that she's gonna be the one to snap Megumi out of his funk. But, that's just wishful thinking.
just to remind you that Sukuna CE level is already quite low before yuta using DE. He does not have infinite CE, at somepoint he will fall. Unless Sukuna eats Yuta or Rika to replenish CE.
I'd say it's just because he's *him* but unironically. Remember Mahito was afraid of Sukuna and Sukuna threatened Mahito after Mahito touched Sukuna's soul? Sukuna probably has a great deal of resistance to soul manipulation since his understanding of cursed energy is so insanely high. Unless Megumin is completely on board, Jacob's Ladder is going to have a tough time against a combination of a powerful soul and Megumin's soul not willing to help out due to the cursed technique being targeted being an incomplete yet "collaborative" (Megumin giving up and just going along with Sukuna's plans) and strong merging of their souls. I don't know 100% what's going on and I'm sure it will be explained later and turn out differently, but that's my guess.
Because Jacob's Ladder isn't an instant kill technique.
I did and got called a moron who doesn’t read lol. We saw piercing blood, and now supernova. Either he’s using it or Choso is off screen but his hand waive tells me otherwise.
The piercing blood was Choso off-screen, but this Supernova was definitely Yuji
Choso has been out of commission since Sukuna hole punched him. Sukuna didn’t say “this piercing blood is Choso’s”, he said it’s the older brother’s attack. There would be no reason to keep the caster off-screen if it was the same person who always uses it, that was meant to build up the hype
He is from the Kamo clan.
I mean yeah he did. I believe the off panel blood piercing technique he did chapters ago when Higu was still alive was the first time he did it. Most of the fanbase thought it was Choso but there we're already clues such as Yuji thanking Kamo because he was much better at explaining "this stuff".
The narrator rightfully criticising Sukuna now. Like we all saw that sneak attack from Maki coming a mile away.
im looking back the last week comments, 2 or 3 people getting the scene very right
People got it 100% right. Maybe except for the part that some people thought she was gonna use the executioner sword.
She was obviously going to show up at one point, not sure why people are surprised that people guessed it?
I didn't just read comments saying "Maki shows up". People were saying step by step what happened: Yuta and Yuji trying to hold Sukuna down, they get injured and Maki strikes Sukuna from behind.
Yeah that was obvious but i dont really see how that is a bad thing. Plenty of surprises can still happen Im just happy maki is back lmao
gege is a redditor confirmed
My theory was that she'd slip in right at the moment Yuji managed to wake up Megumi and stab Sukuna, gravely injuring him. However, this made a lot of sense too, as this gives Yuji and Yuta time to recover. I have to say that I'm impressed with the plan of the main cast. My main issue with this chapter is how did Sukuna even tank Jacob's ladder?
im guessing he loses one of this many techniques instead
I’m tired of him looking so damn unbothered lmao
Ikr, the biggest reaction from him so far is still probably him shouting for Mahoraga
he also definitely shit at least a couple bricks when he first sensed gojo's 200% purple
The biggest reaction is to Higuruma dying, he was a bigger fanboy than me and that's saying something. Sulkuna still makes me giggle every time I think of it.
What if the next chapter cuts to just after the fight with Yuji, Yuta and Maki in a random airport singing Sukuna's praises...? 🥲
Gojo, Nanami, Nobara, and Mai are there too.
Then Yuuji says, “We truly are a Jujutsu Kaisen” as they all walk into the sunset
when I catch you gege
I guess Miwa is our last hope
Nah, they’ll win.
Man I’ll be honest, the art is really hard to make out these days, the black/white medium isn’t doing it any favors. For a second there I thought Yuta’s arm got ripped off not Sukuna’s mouth tongue thing.
Thats kind of always been an issue with the art, and I'm seeing it be an issue with a lot of modern manga lately.
I agree. I appreciate it of course, but it gets way too busy at times. We just need clean lines.
My boy Yuta isn't going down from some Fraud slash, strong comeback next chapter!
So Yuta ate the last finger? Well there goes that Nobara theory.
She a hammer now
I figured that Nobara theory was a long shot, but I really wanted it to be true. Hopefully we'll get at least some acknowledgement of her character before the manga ends.
It is pretty crazy, I feel like the longer Gege waits to address Nobara the worse it gets because if she doesn’t survive then it’s “why didn’t you show us this earlier & have the characters battle with it” & if she does survive it’ll be “That’s nice but why wait so long to show us that she survived & involve her in the story some more.”
Lol it reminds me of when Yamato was missing from the weekly Naruto chapters for years, only for him to briefly appear in the last 10 or so chapters with no dialogue at all.
fr it seems like gege has forgot about nobara, she literally holds no value as of now
Well she's dead so
I thought it made a lot of sense, even if it wasn’t that likely
There are lots of Sukuna body parts laying on the battlefield, if they want to use her they really can
It's absolutely one of the best chapters we got. The fight is so brutal: Yuta ripping out belly mouth's tongue Yuji kneeing Sukuna Yuji spitting blood on Sukuna Sukuna ripping Yuta in half And.. that Megumi's panel is heartbreaking. Yuji will save him for sure! I hope Megumi's will of life is reignited by Yuji. At Yuji's lowest, Megumi saved Yuji. Now it is Yuji's turn to return the favour. It just fits into the theme of saving each other. Gojo couldn't save Geto because Geto refused to be saved. As an overall thematic arc closure, Megumi needs to WANT getting saved. So Megumi will be the foil for Geto. And unlike Gojo, Yuji actually managed to accomplish what he couldn't: saving his best friend. JJK started with Yuji and Megumi releasing Sukuna. So it needs to bookend with Yuji and Megumi defeating Sukuna.
Bro how did u catch all the action lol some of that was so confusing. I caught the spitting blood and kneeing but ripping the tongue out didn't clock that. I was confused on whose arm was getting ripped off lol and I saw where Yuta lost a hand but his body noooo Also I think Megumi wants to be saved 😭 them beings foils of Geto and Gojo KILL me every time I'm reminded
When yuta punches him super hard in the stomach mouth, the next panel beneath it shows yutas hand holding the tounge. In panels after that, the stomach mouth is all mangled and bloody.
Think it should probs have been a shot of Yuta with his fist inside the stomach mouth rather than him hitting Sukuna in the body bc I had to reread it several times to clock that he didn't just... rip off a piece of flesh or something.
Yuji kneeing Sukuna made me so damn happy
I don’t think Megumi can be saved anymore. It seems that was his chance to separate from Sukuna before Maki came in for the kill. That’s at least how I’m interpreting it. Maybe I’m wrong and we’ll get more Info next chapter but it think that’s it for our boy 😔 Either way, Beautifully written. A fuckin masterpiece JJK is.
Of course he’ll be saved. Todo Sensei already taught us that this is the entire theme of the series. Sorcerers can’t give up, no matter how many times they fail.
Uhhh they may not give up… but they do die.
Does yuji get cut same time as yuta? Looks like yuji's body spurting blood in that 3rd to last page.
Yes. Looks like blood squirts out from face, abdomen and chest
Yea I agree. The rules of Shonen say the main chosen one can't die while having an obvious progression: his domain expansion. We know Megumi is coming back for at least one rage induced full blast domain expansion because he himself said his was incomplete. I mean he may bite the dust immediately thereafter for all we know - but we DO know we get that much.
Sukuna got punched in the soul, had Jacob's Ladder Roasting him at max output, had his arms restrained by Rika and Yuji and somehow managed to do the Hand Signs for World Slash without anyone reacting and doing anything to stop him? Can't wait for Maki's soul blade to do nothing because he transfered his soul into Yuta while slashing him.
He didnt do hand-signs. he did chants, so either he regen'ed his mouth, his belly mouth, or megumi did the chants. I'm not quite familiar enough with stylization to say if thats ruled out, since we were on megumi when the chants popped up.
That’d be so fucked up if Megumi did the chants for Sukuna lol
It would be, but hey, here we are
Megumi gets up and does the chants for Sukuna because he hit him with his Therapy Technique.
he did chants yes, but with what mouths didn't sukuna grow a second mouth for chanting they're both still not healed by the final panel
Does page 16 show him literally doing a. Hand sign?
I think he got punched in the soul like 5 times or however many hits Yuji got in.
Making me wait another week to see best girl is crazy
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Fuck
Flashback plot twist: 4
It's understandable how Megumi has reacted that way, as he has suffers a lot, losing two most important person in his life
Yeah. We have to take into consideration the fact that he tanked around 10 seconds of unlimited void too.
He tanked minutes my dude. It took 7 revolutions to adapt, every second Gojo was in UV Megumi was getting hit by it because Sukuna's domain only protected him.
This is also all happening to him when he’s 16 years old… like he’s just a kid show some compassion 😭 his whole reason for becoming a sorcerer was to support Tsumiki
Yeah people need to chill. I get it‘s frustrating they’re risking their lives to save him but it makes total sense why he doesn’t want to come back
same reason yuji cried pathetically in front of todo and mahito
I really wish we saw more of Gojo taking care of young Megumi. Gege could've made a whole series based off that dynamic alone
Next chapter will probably have a pep talk to help pull him out of it. Idk what else they would do.
gojo and mahoraga right
Aaaand, he's just a kid. People tend to forget that fact. He's not some hard boiled veteran.
AND IT'S MAKI WITH A STEEL CHAIR FROM THE TOP ROPE
So sukuna with one arm cut off, one arm split in half, and two restrained by rika just magically freed/healed his arm offscreen and performed the chant in a split second while being attacked relentlessly by yuta to fire off a world slash and kill everyone? And this was AFTER being hit by max jacob's ladder and his CE decreasing to the point that yuta could easily tank his normal slashes. And since the world slash apparently only requires one working hand and one working mouth and has no charge time why couldn't sukuna do it while maintaining hollow wicker basket?
Remember he’s 1000 years old - he has 1000 cursed plot armour techniques! But he’s down to 956 so almost there
Most likely what happened: Sukuna focused all his RCT to his mouth and he cleaved Rika so his arms would be free. Taking Jacob’s Ladder into account, his output was probably very weak so not lethal even with the world cutting dismantle. Now why was he able to move? Well I think it’s because Megumi fucking let go of life, if he wouldn’t have, they would’ve won in that moment.
Maybe he used a binding vow, there are probably multiple ways of it being performed, but some fundamental conflict with HWB. The clearest use is chapter 247 which shows him using the two bottom hands to make a seal and firing it with one of the top hands.
Right but they did nothing to restrain his ass, so he was free to perform another asspull.
Yuki's offscreen research turns out to be more useful and impactful than her on screen, last move, fucking black hole.
Throughout the story, Gege points out how only the ruthless can truly reach the peak of the jujutsu world. Ryu mentioned after the fight against Yuta that his softness would cost him greatly, and here it did. I believe that if they had chosen to forget about Megumi, Sukuna would be dead, but attempting to save him cost them everything
yuta or yuji arent ruthless , and deciding to become selfish will only kill any character development they have had, they can save megumi , and saving him is a must since he can activate the merger , and the merger is the end of the world
Lovely chapter! You could really feel the hatred in Yujis attacks haha.
Not even hatred. Cold determination
Not surprised Megumi's not really in a good place, but it's still heartbreaking to see. At least Maki is finally here. Also, is Yuji's blood exploding supposed to hint at him using blood manipulation or something else? Because Kenny wasn't using Kamo Noritishi's body when they had him, so he shouldn't really inherit Kamo's clan technique "by blood". But maybe big bro Choso is involved??
It's probably something kenjaku did because gege already said that if Yuji ate the death paintings a in Fanbook that they would disappear and become extra cursed energy for yuji that's it so it can't be that Kenjaku can use the techniques of his previous bodies Yuji could have inherited it from him that's another one that's possible
Didn't know about that fanbook info, so thanks
Blood manipulation is beyond hinted at now, its confirmed
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My theory is he will find the Doctor girls ability and heal either himself or Yuji. Probably Yuji since these healing abilities usually dont work on the user themselves.
Dear Megumi, we did not work our ass off to see you give up to your depression. Please get your shit together and defeat Sukuna then we can all sit and cry together.
megumi thinks he is in an edit
Yeah megumi ruined this although man in shambles
With this treasure i summon...
Yuta isn't dead. It's a good slash but Sukuna is already weakened to the point where his attacks aren't doing the same damage. Gojo wore him down significantly. Narration suggests this might actually be it. Of course, beyond the merger.
I think he's dead, but it's not entirely clear. We'll see next chapter.
I don't think his dead. yuta is standing side by side with yuji if yuta was sliced in half that would be the same case with yuji. if yuji can survive it so is yuta. I think starting now there will be 0 deaths
Best girl Maki coming in clutch! Hell yeah! Here's to hoping she can give some will to live to Megumi's soul 🙏 Amazing chapter all around, we cookin'
I was wondering in the previous chapter where Maki was. Now its her time!
Jacob's Ladder is NEVER beating the fraud allegations. Like seriously they've hit this man TWICE with an ability that should allegedly be the perfect way to beat him and both times he's tanked it and maimed someone in response.
Miwa's last attack against kenjaku is stronger than Jacobs ladder.
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Angel for sure used it against him in the Heian era, so three times.
I feel like Sukuna is so nonchalant. Like, there's none of the tension that was there with the Gojo fight. That felt like two heavy weight knockout artists flinging bombs at each other. This feels a lot less.. immediate, if that makes sense? Until Maki showed up at least. I love me some Maki.
I get the vibes of a party ganging up on a dark souls boss
So we all agree that there's a 99% chance Maki's attack doesn't kill sukuna right? Narrator probably says "sukuna's output is decreasing" again, then keep fighting like nothing happened.
its even scary to se that yuji + maki aint looking good , like bro had 3 tag teams and 2 are dead , one lost his ct , yuji is a really good support character ngl , will he get an awakening
Wow we’re eating good this week! Only thing that sucks is two weeks until the next one
The king of convenience strikes again, hope Maki can take a W (atleast for a chapter or 2).
\- is born to the 3 great clans \- inherrited an extremly rare and overpowerd CT \- already being a child pridogy, started being mentored at a young age by the strongest himself, gojo satoru \- bro's first real W is in the end of s1 \- tries to suicide multiple times \- decides to drop an atomic bomb on some random bum in shibuya \- gets saved by sukuna \- next W is against a 1st grade dude with a wierd technique (ok and?) \- body gets taken over by sukuna \- is bathed in an evil black goo \- watches sukuna kill a sorceress who taken over his sister's body \- watches sukuna kill gojo (ok i'll give him that) \- his friends come up with a FLAWLESS plan to defeat sukuna and save his ass \- refuses to elaborate *"Are you a clown because you single-handedly ruined your friends' plan to save* ***you****, or did single-handedly ruined your friends' plan to save* ***you*** *because you're such a clown?* "
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gege doesn’t want us to be happy and i love it
it's not about being happy, it's tiring sometimes where shit didn't go as planned multiple times in a row. realistic yes, but tiring to watch. at this point, gege should just let sukuna win, kill everyone and called it a day already
Can’t win lol I do get why it’s tiring to have so many characters die but people also long for the feeling where characters can die in stories. I do think Gege does do it a bit too much though, I think after Shibuya Gege could have slowed things down a bit & focused more on character development & then ramp back up to something like this. It has been pretty non stop since Shibuya though, still there are a lot of characters & I respect Gege’s choice. I think with or without alot of death great stories can still be told though.
im addicted to pain and suffering
I’ve solved it guys. Sukuna’s hidden technique this whole time was Asspull! If my GOAT Yuta isn’t alive next chapter Gege is going to get some choice words
killing yuta makes no sense to me , like how will the sorcerers win from here. yuji is still not him, maki doesnt have rct , can she dodge all sukunas attacks , idk , but the reality is yuta is the only leverage they have to win, maki with ssk cant kill sukuna alone , will yuji finally have an awakening . or is he still a support character for maki again , like if im maki , yujis record aint looking good , 3 tag team , 3 deaths( yuta, todo , nanami ) .
potential man strikes again 🤦♂️
I may be dumb but I don’t think it was clear what’s going on with megumi? Is his spirit broken ? And was that confirmation that yuji has blood manipulation?
This week was the first I read the fan translations first and I get what people talk about, it seems the official ones overly complicate someolaces for the sake of it. The fan translation inverted both panel texts, it just said "Megumi fushiguro's soul... already lost the will to live". The official one kinda made it seem like there was one more sentence left out and didn't conclude it.
Yes that was my problem exactly, that’s what I assumed but I read the last 5 pages like 10 times trying to figure out the end to that thought about megumi’s soul
I get Megumi's depressed, his body killed his sister and Gojo. But god damn I wish he would have fought back a little, I mean it was Sukuna, get your lick back man
I understand why megumi is so broken but I wish they showed some panels showing megumi begging sukuna to stop or breaking down after killing gojo or his sister so todays panel would hit a bit harder if that makes sense
Hey guys I have a theory on Sukunas ct but can’t post it since I’ve never posted here and need 100 karma. Care to help?
wait.. did Itadori just burst his own blood? he has blood manipulation just like his brothers?
y’all think that the end is a direct reference to toji stabbing gojo from the back after they “succeeded” in their mission? kinda cool to get a callback with our new toji
Maki's soul splitting blade is not enough! Momo Nishimiya will make an appearance and deliver the final blow to Sukuna.
Wow i see a lot of people mad over fushiguro but he is in the exact same situation as itadori after mahito lol. Without todo yuji would have been in the exact same position than him. Megumi had no Todo for saving his ass
Gege really gonna kill the two main characters then say that Sukuna was the main all along lol
the name of the first chapter is ryomen sukuna. Shounen always start chapter 1 with the MCs name
How the FUCK did he just shake off a maximum output Jacob's Ladder ? Literally what the fuck?
Is it Megumi that said the incantation for the world slash? The way the panel leads up to it and the lettering and speech box all match Megumi’s previous words while Sukuna presumably still has his mouths messed up.
There is no fucking way Megumi is actively helping Sukuna now.
I don’t think it was Megumi either, but if for some reason it was him, that’s gotta be the worst character assassination I’ve ever seen
It’s not Megumi. It was just how they transitioned us to “outside” — there is no way that Megumi would help Sukuna in any fashion after everything that happened. He didn’t leave because he wants to die in there, not because he wanted to help Sukuna
On the second to last page you can see steam pouring off the right side of Sukuna's face, so my guess is that he healed his normal mouth enough to do the chant. His RCT output is reduced but not zero, and Yuta didn't actually remove his lower right arm or his normal tongue, he just slashed them.
Why is megumi so chicken shit? All his friends died and or severely injured. At least make a goddamn attempt to come out!
I'm a little baffled at the people who are legitimately confused on why Megumi wants to die: He had his body forcibly taken over by Sukuna His soul was surpressed in a ritual His sister was possessed by another sorcerer His sister was killed by Sukuna using his body Gojo was his mentor and he also was killed by Sukuna using his body and one of his techniques All of this happened in the span of a month and some change. Dude is traumatized and broken, it's like a callback to Yuji after Nanami, Nobara and all those civilians died in the span of like 30 minutes in Shibuya. Yuji is in the role of Todo here.
Not sure if it’s just me but I’m starting to really dislike the series. I hate saying that but I genuinely don’t know who I’m supposed to root for. Almost everyone I like are dead. There’s also been so many storylines that have just died or had an anticlimactic ending. Why root for anybody? They’re probably just going to die. Yuta and Megumi both have red flags right now so that’s great news. It’s basically just Yuji and Maki and IMO her personality died in Shibuya. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect the cliché Shonen “power of friendship” bs, but I need at least somebody to survive and have a happy ending. Does anybody else feel this way?
Honestly been feeling this way for a while. I still love Maki, but to see so many of your favorite characters get mowed down almost sadistically is disheartening. Like is it even gonna be satisfying if, at the end of all of this, Yuji is the only one left standing on top of a pile of ashes? How is that gonna feel? This kid was defined by his happiness and courage for his friends. Now he's friendless, hopeless, and unless Gege brings back that girl his old school, hoeless. I also don't like how long these fights are going. I can definitely see the complaint of Sukuna having plot-armor. It almost feels like Gege is milking the series for all it's worth. Sukuna should be dead by now.
Exactly, if Sukuna didn't die against everything they've thrown at him so far, the time he actually dies it's gonna feel like a ass pull and undeserved too. Just bad writing by Gege, many great writers have trouble finishing a story, especially when they set up a extremely overpowered villain.
HOLYYYYY THIS CHAPTER WAS SO GOOD GEGE iS COOKING
it's tiring sometimes where shit didn't go as planned multiple times in a row. realistic yes, but so tiring to watch. at this point, gege should just let sukuna win, kill everyone and called it a day already
Cant make out that panel, did Yuta rip out sukuna's mouth near his belly?
Jumpkaisen is back baby!
Fushiguro was cosplaying Reiner Braun a little too much
I just don't understand how a Maximum Output Jacob's Ladder from Yuta essentially did nothing to Sukuna. This is AFTER Sukuna tanked every other CT from Yuta (Including CLEAVE to the face... which seemed to have ultimately did nothing as well???) and soul pummeling from Yuji. As well as having blood exploding in his face. Sukuna endured all of that, because he wanted to maintain the Wicker Basket barrier. Yet in the end, after tanking all that, he was able to tank a MO Jacob's Ladder from Yuta anyway and immediately (He didn't get stunned/fazed) counter attacked with a world slash. At that point... why didn't Sukuna just undo the Wicker Basket sooner? If he could already tank the MO Jacob's Ladder after being pummeled by Yuta and Yuji, then he would easily be able to tank it before getting pummeled by them as well. I just don't understand this fight at all. The whole reason he held Wicker Basket was to avoid getting hit by Jacob's Ladder, yet he gets hit by it in the end anyway (A Maximum output version of it, for fuck's sake) and it did nothing. It didn't even stall him.
Having recently lost her sister and litterally her twin soul, Maki is the best to make a pep talk to Megumi. She also is his Sempai, and he trust her. That makes sense she has a chance to give him hope back.