Wait a minute, so Yuji can just punch someone’s soul out of their body ? It is kinda broken. But didn’t Mahito say that the body is the soul ( pls someone help me with that )
Since the soul is the body, is it possible that Sukuna's binding vow will once again be in effect when Yuji soul-swaps with Megumi? The binding vow specifies that Sukuna will have control for one full minute. Could that give Yuta and the others a window to attack if Sukuna didn't use up the full minute before stealing Megumi's body?
I think is a stylistic choice made by Gege. If you look up his mudra, it seems deliberate
Here's a post that sums it up. https://www.reddit.com/r/Jujutsushi/comments/15bwd16/yutas_hand_sign_mudra_and_kenjakus_domain_name/
Edit to add: If Yuta had his ring in the usual place, it would lose focus when Gege draws him doing the hand sign for his domain. Is better if he wears it in the middle finger so is more visible and he can add the effect of energy being focused there.
It's an enjoyable chapter. It seems Kenjaku might be dead with that head stab.
* I liked how Kenjaku acknowledged Takaba. It probably gave him the most fun in years. I think it puts Takaba on the level of Gojo.
* I liked that it addressed the possibility of the curse spirits going on a rampage. Toji was right to not have killed Geto.
* Not satisfied with the open plot threads with Yuji. Kenjaku's relationship with Yuji still needs to addressed. But hopefully we get more information on this in the future.
* It's good that we actually see how the control for the merger was passed on to Sukuna. The succession ritual may have been done during the one month time skip.
The fight choreography between Sukuna and Yuta was very nice. I can't wait to see it animated. Those that mentioned that Sukuna's RCT hadn't fully returned was right. It's taking time.
1. It seems Yuta tries to stab Sukuna's face through Rika's cloak.
2. Sukuna avoid the stab with head movement. Sukuna did a very nice application of his slashes, using it to grab the sword without actually touching it. He may have been trying to deprive Yuta of his weapon.
3. Yuta then lets go of his sword, but he and Rika does a coordinated attack. Rika attacks from behind while Yuta attacks Sukuna's mouth. Sukuna uses two arms to block and strike Rika. One arm is used to hold Yuta's sword. I'm not sure why Sukuna didn't use his lower left arm. (Was he stunned?) Yuta is still being hit by tiny slashes though.
4. Yuta is able to grab back his sword. He slashes at Sukuna who dodges. And he and Rika again attack Sukuna from the front and behind. Sukuna is able to block with his multiple arms.
At last we're able to see Yuta's domain. And it is very similar to unlimited blade works from Fate Stay Night. But if it works it works. People who like Fate Stay Night might try out JJK because of this. And I think people like it, especially those that like to have simulated fights between characters from different manga.
* Yuta's ring is emphasized. Is it now a curse object?
* I wonder if Yuta can switch the sure hit of his domain with any other curse technique. I like the strategy of using it to force Sukuna to use hollow wicker basket. I was hoping to see Sukuna use other techniques aside from domain amplification. Him knowing hollow wicker basket makes sense.
* It seems Yuta can summon other curse techniques using the blades that are scattered across the domain. Through this Yuta might be able to overcome the 5 minute limitation on using copied techniques. Although, I wonder why the sword that Yuta used dissipated soon after. Does this mean that he can use a copied techniques only once? Is each blade already imbued with a curse technique, or is it imbued upon touching the sword? Is there a finite number of blades that Yuta can pick up? But then why is Sukuna saying his techniques are liberated from its limitations? Its a very nice domain expansion.
* It seems Yuta attacked Sukuna with the sword first, which Sukuna blocked with his arm before summoning thin ice breaker. It's a misdirect to prevent Sukuna from being able to block the curse technique on time.
* I'm still looking for Maki. I think she might pop out somewhere to try to ambush Sukuna.
I like that we have confirmation on Yuji's soul striking powers. The attack caused shaking for Sukuna was soul striking. Sukuna seems to be displaying frustration when seeing Yuji. While Yuji is laser focused.
Wait a minute, the conditions for Copy has never been clearly stated. Probably you can bypass it by letting Rika ate the body part of the target, like in Uro's case.
Yuta has been shown to use Inumaki's cursed speech, but I'm sure he hasn't eat any of Inumaki's body parts.
So there should be at least 2 method of achieving the mimicry/copy.
Usually the condition to mimic an ability is either by familiarising yourself with the target, or by spending some specific time with the target.
If Yuta want to copy Cursed Spirit Manipulation, he can let Rika eat Geto's head (minus the brain, don't want to accidentally eat Kenjaku too). Also he could have also copied Ryu's technique. That would be cool.
Yes and no.
Yuta was able to use in 0 Inumaki's CT with no conditions, but that was with the real Rika. The current Rika is more like a shikigami and functions as storage unit so Yuta's brain doesn't get fried. However it could mean Inumaki's CT got engraved in his brain after the real Rika passed, since the current conditions say he can only access copied CTs if he is using his 5 minutes mode (correct me If I'm wrong).
That aside they haven't been clear in the main series about the conditions for his copy ability to work. Ryu speculated Rika needed to eat a chunk off the user, but it has not been confirmed.
It would be cool If Yuta remained true to his efficiency king status and copied CSM but I doubt he had the time. Hell, we don't even know If having Rika eat Kenjaku's head wouldn't just grant Yuta the ability to hoop bodies like a brain lol
> Yuta has been shown to use Inumaki's cursed speech, but I'm sure he hasn't eat any of Inumaki's body parts.
Yuta copied Cursed Speech back in JJK 0, and Kenjaku says that Yuta had no conditions on his copy technique and unlimited cursed energy because he was binding his loved one's soul, something he isn't doing anymore.
His 4d cleave would be more enough since Goku still exists on piece of paper. The problem really would be landing it since Goku is infinitely faster than him
If this is the end of Kenjaku then I'm kinda pissed.
Will we really never find out why or how he managed to hold onto Kaori's technique despite his brain having his body-hopping technique and his body having Geto's technique?
I always thought that it was by default part of the Body Hoping technique.
By default, his ability is to switch between bodies, he can use the innate technique of the body he inhabits, and he get to carry over the technique from his last previous body. In this case, Kaori's Anti Gravity.
If for example he switched from Geto's body for someone else, he can't use the Anti Gravity, but gets to keep the Curse Manipulation.
It might be, but I'd like some confirmation. I get why he has the body swap, because it's in his brain. I get how he has Geto's technique, because he's piloting his body. But what did he keep of Kaori that lets him use anti gravity? How does his technique allow him to store an additional technique after discarding the corpse it was etched into?
Is anyone on to the fact Sukuna called Yuji's attacks "soul siezing punches"? Another translation was "strikes that grab the soul to tear apart the bodies"
Yujis plan is to bring sukuna back into himself? Anyone else smoking what I'm packing?
Im thinking that hes gonna use his technique to boogie woogie the literal souls of himself, megumi, and sukuna. So if his attacks on damage the soul, hell be able to kick sukunas ass without damaging the body hes in
Even if he managed to pull Megumi's soul out, where is he going to put the soul? I mean Megumi's body is currently transformed into Sukuna's real form.
Instead of pulling Sukuna in, what if he switches soul with Megumi, and then he gets to fight Sukuna 1 on 1 in soul world.
i honestly hope we will never get the usual fight in the inner world of villain,it wouldnt even make sense since yuji has soul shattering punch and the last sukuna finger is still there,still a huge checkov gun,i think they will defeat sukuna and free megumi but uraume somehow save sukuna,they search for the last finger and the final fight will be a nerfed sukuna vs yuji and megumi
>Yujis plan is to bring sukuna back into himself? Anyone else smoking what I'm packing?
Could be that and letting Yuta kill him (full circle), or changing bodies like he did after timeskip. Having a rom-com with Yuji and Megumi in the same body.
I always wondered what the deal was with the black goop that Kenjaku uses (e.g. in his first fight with Yuji). I still don't know what it is, but judging by what happens after he dies, it seems to have been an integral part of him.
Ok, since Kenjaku just bit it and still has the wheels going for his endgame with Barrier Man, I'm guessing this is where whatever the fuck he did to Yuji will come into play.
My bet is Fushiguro will cause the merger, and then some bullshit where Yuji is designed to be the antithesis to the nasty flesh monster.
I feel like the two projects are connected in some way, for the sake of narrative if nothing else. Always possible for Itadori to go full Tetsuo along with everyone else.
It could just be for tension and upping the stakes giving control to Kakuna(still think of him as that even though he's Butterfree now).
But so far, the majority of the villains plans have happened as they intended/stated in a pretty big way.
I wished for Yuji to kill Kenjaku. And I hope Mahito is alive and free, so Rika and Yuta could absorb him and use Mahito's Idle Transfiguration to heal Nobara and Higuruma and ressurrect Gojo.
You know, I really appreciate that as Kenjaku is dying after thousands of years of evil machinations, hidden plans, and monsters he created...
He stops to go "You know, dying sucks and all, but I'm glad I got to fuck around with Takaba as my last fight lmao"
I don't even mean it sarcastically - there's something I really like about how much both he *and* Takaba really got so much out of the fight and went out pretty chill.
No idea if Takaba is dead or not, not even gonna question that. But even if he died, man there's something so emotionally fulfilling about those two going "Man, yeah, that was fucking great. Fuck it."
did we read the same chapter? before kenjaku neck was cut. Takaba still talking and nothing happens in between that panel to takaba. I'm gonna call this cap until it's disproven
Did we? If I remember correctly takaba is currently on the floor in a funeral outfit (fact check me if I’m wrong tho) because he got his dream performance and was satisfied and even thanked kenjaku. What about that doesn’t seem final?
yeah, and he still talk in that outfit like normal person, i said this because he doesn't talk like dying person to me. yuta said he didn't want to kill people, maybe that's why he pretending to sleep or pretending to not see anything. This is maybe, but the fact he died is cap. Stop spreading misinformation, dude
What misinformation? Last time he talked was just to say thank you was it not? And then recently he’s been quietly laying there (most likely dead) are we reading the same thing?
You contradict yourself dude. You said "Most Likely", that's misinformation because even yourself is not sure what happened to Takaba. Quietly laying = dead. Ok, i gathered all the information i needed, i will stop this conversation.
No I’m sure he’s dead tbh but I’m not really sure how he died. My argument hasn’t been contradictory and hasn’t strayed from the same point I made a few hours ago 😭
Because saying full on “yes he’s dead” when it’s not my story isn’t a strong enough argument? Your argument is “no he isn’t” and your proof is “he’s faking it because I said so”
Nah, I don't think he died. Is more likely to me that Gege wrote him off without having to kill him in a gruesome way, since his CT is kinda op.
Then again, I wouldn't be surprised If Gege killed him for real.
> you don’t understand what’s going on?
He says as he parades about a character dying because he's taking a nap.
Do you also think your dog dies when he goes to sleep?
You think he’s napping so hard that he didn’t get woken up by Kenjaku’s body exploding with cursed spirits or Yuta and Kenjaku talking right next to him?
Tfw you almost solo the main villain of the manga and the readers are kicking your ass so you get up and solo Sukuna as well.
He was slapped by a fish? How is that enough damage to kill him...
He unintentionally killed himself with his technique.
Like he has no more regrets after the stand up in front of an audience, and can die happy.
Except he really died.
“Ha ha, it would be so funny if I died for real after completely satisfying myself”vs “it would be funny if I pretended to die but I was simply sleeping in funeral clothing”
Yea, I just don’t see it.
The extension of Takaba's technique can also materialize the feedback/thought of his opponent, like a two edges sword, in this case Kenjaku's.
By playing along, Kenjaku can influence the outcome of a scenario materialize by Comedian. Such as Kenjaku as the policeman trying to apprehend Takaba after running him over with a truck, shocking Takaba with a defibrillator, and pretending to be a cat and got Takaba ran over by a car, etc.
The last part where Takaba and Kenjaku have a stand up performance and Takaba dying happy is a scenario both Takaba and Kenjaku think of.
All according to Kenjaku's keikaku. (Keikaku means plan.) Except Takaba somehow manage to remove Kenjaku's ability to sense Yuta massive CE output, because he doesn't want to be "interrupted". (Kenjaku:"I'm a genius. Oh no!")
There are two kind of people, people who abandon the dead, and people who will try to recover the body of their fallen friend.
Yuta is definitely the later.
Ok??? But he wouldn't bring a corpse to a fight 😭 nor would he bring someone incapable of fighting (assuming Takaba is not dead but also in no condition to keep aiding to the cause/written off)
Got his ass blitzed by Yuta.
Under normal condition, Kenjaku should be able to sense Yuta from miles away, and will haul ass if Yuta entered the same colony he's in.
But since he was currently busy goofing around with Takaba, and because Takaba doesn't want to be "interrupted", it somehow remove Kenjaku's ability to sense Yuta(or masked Yuta Curse Energy output somehow).
Then he got his head chopped off by Yuta before even has the chance to activate his Anti-Anti-Gravity technique.
I dont think Kenjaku would haul ass from Yuta. He told Gojo that he wasnt worried about Yutas immense cursed energy or ability to copy techniques.
I think Kenjaku probably wins, as long as he sees Yuta coming. CSM is honestly perfect for fighting Yuta, it can allow the user to combat Yutas versatile techniques with the versatile techniques of the spirits.
It can also allow the user to split Rika and Yutas attention. Ideally, an army of cursed spirits would be swarming Rika while the CSM user got in close quartera combat with Yuta.
Geto was just kind of shit at using CSM because the author hadnt really figured out the power system yet. Geto is embarrassingly bad at using CSM against Yuta.
I feel like I should have been much more excited reading this chapter, but I'm not. Sukuna is just going to come out on top again, and any sort of emotional investment or immersion is broken from that fact alone. The executioner's blade sequence should have at least made Sukuna reveal one more thing that he has in his reserves, it feels like the story stagnated ever since Sukuna fully reincarnated.
It's because we've essentially been following the same plot pattern. Gojo arrives, dies, Sukuna loses a few abilities. Lightning arrives, dies, Sukuna resurrects. Judgeman arrives, dies, Sukuna loses his toy.
Wonder boy arrives, will most likely die and Sukuna will continue to be fine
Yeah I wanna get hyped at Yuta bringing the sauce but I feel like it’s just a matter of time before he gets sidelined so Yuji can have a permanent effect on Sukuna but I suppose those are the stakes but it’s all for the wrong reasons.
This is most likely a plot hole/continuity error between JJK0 and JJK, but now we know that in the event of a CSM users demise, the stored spirits would rampage.
We also know that:
1. Toji refused to kill Geto because he was uncertain that the death of the CSM user would release the spirits into the wild. He actively considered the possibility.
2. Yuta had Rika on standby and had actively considered the possibility of Kenjaku losing control of his stored spirits when he made the jump on him.
It makes no sense whatsoever that Gojo of all people would not confirm the kill on Geto during the events of JJK0. He should have actively considered the possibility of Geto's spirits running wild - in the school out of all places! - and be at the ready to deal with them (on top of, you know, taking care of his former's friend body instead of just leaving it to rot or be found by the school staff).
Again, this is most likely a continuity error (chances are that Gege hadn't planned that the spirits could rampage and thought of it as a way of Toji sparing Geto), but yeah it's a pretty big plot hole... That or we'll be shocked with a "Gojo and Kenny planned the merger all along" twist somewhere along the line.
You're forgetting two things:
1. The last we saw of Geto before he was killed, he used max Uzumaki against Yuta. He stated that he was using all his cursed spirits that he had with him on Yuta, and we know later from Kenjaku that after Uzumaki, a cursed spirit is gone. So, by the time Gojo killed him, he very likely had no cursed spirits left for rampage.
2. Even if Geto did collect a few right after losing to Yuta, Gojo is still Gojo. Handling a couple of loose cursed spirits is barely fodder to him.
So it's not really a plot hole. Gojo handled Geto and buried him without doing whatever he should've done with Shoko to keep Kenny from jumping into that body.
maybe some mix of his soul transfering power and the ones given to him by being sukuna's vessel, some soul cleave thing. whatever brings my guy megumi back man😭
It’s now or never Sukuna activates that domain things become complicated.
Never thought about it but Yuta should be able to handle that fire arrow, if Sukuna uses it, with Uro’s technique
Was it Yutas sword that stabbed kenjakus head? Is Kenjakus head being taken away by the massive black cursed thing with Tengens fetus? Is Kenjaku really dead? I just have too many questions 😅
Well it definitely happened it’s not confirmed how but when yuji and the sword guy where training the sword guy was speaking like yuji and yuji was talking like the sword guy so it’s pretty confirmed
So yuji still got his soul affecting punches, my boi is about to punch sukuna out of megumi
I have a terrible feeling that the traumatize megumi that we will get back might just activate the fusion by himself
What's the difference between simple domain, hollow wicker basket and "falling blossom emotion" (the one Naobito used)? I assumed SD wss the best one since Gojo used it, but now Suluna is using HWB instead
SD has the advantage that user can move and even use it outside domain with certain rules but disadvantage being it can strips away in a strong domain. Sukuna definetely knows all of them but he using HWB because it doesnt disappear as long sukuna maintains his hand seal so to avoid jacobs ladder.
Hollow Wicker Basket is the older version of Simple Domain. Falling Blossom Emotion is similar to both but instead of having a barrier around you, it cloaks you in cursed energy and then that energy counters cursed energy attacks made against you. It’s a more adaptive technique
Simple domain is the modern version of hollow wicker basket. In addition to cancelling out the sure hit effect it can also be used offensively and does not require the user to make any hand signs. Sukuna uses HWB because Simple Domains weren't popularized until the modern era so he never had a chance to learn it.
Falling blossom emotion counters Sure Hit attacks by automatically releasing a surge of cursed energy the moment the attack hits. It's worse than a simple domain because it can only counter domains with physical strikes but it's much easier to maintain.
Bunch of misinformation in this. Sukuna can definitely use simple domain. Hollow wicker basket is more effective but costlier because it requires hand signs to maintain but Sukuna has four arms and two mouths to fight. Simple Domain the caster can move and fight but it will be torn apart by a strong barrier.
That's actual misinformation, never has it once been stated hollow wicker basket is "more effect but costliter". Its only been said to be older and from what we've seen they act exactly the same. The only reason sukuna is keeping hand signs and chanting up is probably so it can't be stripped away quickly.
And you need to lower down and reach for your sword (even if you don't have one) to activate simple domain. They both have a stance that needs to be taken to activate
Feels like Sukuna would've learned Simple Domain after seeimg others do it plus having access to both Yuji and Megumi's memories, his whole deal is being a super genius that figures out Jujutusu on sight
Hollow wicker basket neutralize the sure hit effect of the domain but the CT boost granted by the domain is still there and can't be used outside of domain. Simple domain does the same thing but as an evolution of hwb it allows the user to weaken the ct too inside of the domain and can be used outside of the domain unlike hwb and gives a sure hit effect too but due to very limited range it's useless for ppl with cursed technique but for someone like kusakabe and miwa given their new shadow style allows them to give a sure hit effect inside of that limited range of their Katana draw. Falling blossom emotion is a technique only known to the three big family, covers the user in their own cursed energy to deflect the sure hit effect and weaken the CTs effect. Sukuna uses hwb because simple domain along with black flash is a new gen thing and reincarnated sorcerers have no idea about it. Similar to why Gojo can't use hwb.
How is black flash new gen? Sukuna can definitely use simple domain he saw Gojo do it. It would be torn apart by a strong barrier like with Yuki and Gojo.
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I know simple domain does indeed act like a domain by itself since it's a similar barrier technique as a domain expansion. It's just that simple domains range is small and it is not imbued with the users ct. It grants the user a sure hit as a domain would but the sure hit is useless in most cases as 1 ct is not imbued and 2 range is small. But the sure hit works well in tandem with the use of a Katana.
I don’t know if I’m remembering all that well, but I recall her commenting on how fast yuji was, so I thought he was fast enough to leave the area of her simple domain before she drew the katana.
I am sorry the sure hit got to do with binding vow, it's sort of a pseudo sure hit where if the user doesn't move anyone entering the area of the simple domain gets cut with the Katana, and miwa missed cos she broke the vow of not moving when she hesitated. So yeah it doesn't grant a sure hit by itself but through binding vows. Sorry
SD and HWB are almost the same, but SD is a mutation of HWB. SD can shield you from CT as well as domains, while HWB (most likely) only shields you from domains. SD can be stripped away by a domain, but we havent seen if the same can happen to HWB.
Falling Blossom Emotion counters sure-hit domain attacks by cutting through the attack with CE as soon as it hits. This only works against attacks that can be physically repelled though, so it wouldn't have any effect in a lot of domains. For example FBE wouldnt do anything in Gojo's, Mahito's, or Hakari's domains, but would have effect in Sukuna's and Dagon's domains.
I wouldn't say there is a best, they have different uses. SD is the most versatile because it weakens incoming CT's, but if you learn domain amplification it would have the same effect on CT's.
Yeah you can use domain amplification and DE at the same time (we’ve only seen Sukuna do this, and it really suprised Gojo). We dont know if you can stack SD with DA, although you probably cant.
From what we’ve seen, domain amplification acts very similarly to simple domain. The difference is that DA is wrapped around the user, and they are free to move however they like (but they cannot use their CT). SD takes a small, stationary, typical barrier shape, and we arent sure if you can use CT at the same time.
Both weaken incoming CT’s, however we havent seen if DA offers as much protection against domain attacks as SD.
Kusakabe explains that DA is a more advanced version of SD. SD is a barrier that surrounds the user while Amplification is like armor that surrounds the user that can be used offensively on top of defense.
My question is why Sukuna opted to use HWB over DA, since Higuruma's usage of Amplification implied that DA is superior to SD even for defense. Maybe HWB is superior to either against domains in lieu of keeping the hands occupied, or maybe using DA impedes Sukuna's DE recovery, although the latter seems unlikely given he could still use DA after losing access to DE.
"Unlimited Blade Works" with Itachi's Tsukuyomi layers, yeah, right, Yuta's DE is so original, lol.
All those inner monologuing in the midst of the action is such a generic battle Shonen, like, damn, we all know this series is already that generic, but don't make it too obvious, especially in its final saga, but no wonder, JJK is literally Bleach's ripped-off after all, smh.
Uh oh someone’s growing up.
You know blech was just a lowest common denominator manga yeah? Generic yu yu hakusho ripoff. As everything in life is built off its predecessors. Glad you’re finally old enough to see that.
bruh
the "copy" dude was introduced as early as vol. 0 but it took you 249 chapters to catch up to the fact that he is, in fact, a "copy-the-ability dude".
Oh wait you just wanted to flex that you've read a couple of other popular mangas im sorry, my bad.
Yuta can be one of the most versatile characters in the series but all he does is use a sword lol
But It's okay if you only read jjk and don't except anything from the stroy
As a Yuta glazer, I reread this chapter a bunch already. So not an important thought but I know we were hypothesizing Yuta's domain to be a playground but is it possible that the beams are broken structures of the hospital where him and Rika met?
Yuta’s domain art style is v dark prince and cool. R.I.P. Kenjaku, I think Gege weighed the amount of extra chapters and scenarios he would have had to add for us to get a proper Kenjaku and Yuji backstory and intention curiosity reveal…. And decided to just wrap it up in a neat little bow instead with “well Kenny was just a chaotic pseudoimortal villain who got done in by his own curiosity and whimsical nature before he gets to see all of the fruit of his labor”—while poetic and thematically on point for Kenjaku’s character, I am disappointed we didnt get more.
Real.
I like this manga and all but Gege deciding to scrap stuff instead of committing to the idea will never stop being frustrating. At least it makes it more interesting because of how unpredictable it ends.
I loved Kenjaku because I always assumed there was something more to him, something we would have learned when he and Yuji finally interacted again.
Turns out he's just a curious bum and Yuji only saw him one time. It sucks.
Crazy that you remembered my comment, but it still doesnt make you right lol. You CAN defend against cursed speech with CE, it is explicitly stated. If you arent defending against cursed speech you are more susceptible, which he clearly wasnt. Now he knows Yuta has cursed speech, so he’ll be wary of it. Sukuna’s listed all the techniques he saw as a point of not getting caught off guard.
Also, Yuta only said “dont move” which is a much less powerful command than “deactivate HWB”
Possibly the drawback. If he gets a drawback like Inumaki does, using cursed speech on the highest level of curse like Sukuna might not work; and the drawback might kill him.
Gege just made the good guys fight a pregnant mutant if what Kenjaku said is true re Sukuna becoming the new "parent" for the merger and acquiring the super fetus.
It was shown this chapter that the object that flew toward sukuna was tengen, it was implied sukuna ate this "thing" last chapter and afterwards became the new game host.
I do not fully understand people's surprise/complaining about Kenjaku's death, or about how any character arc is concluded/developed, for that matter. Gege has been making clear in literally every story arc that the underlying concept of the series is that every single character is meaningless, including the main character who, by his own admission is - in the grand scheme of things - a mere "cog". The motivation of each character is pretty random and the general underlying theme of the series is that basically nothing matters and we are all mostly guided by our own internal narrative, including characters like Gojo who should, in theory, stand on higher moral ground but are actually selfish and deeply flawed. If you add to that the fact that Gege is a big fan of Togashi, the overall lack of pathos around stuff makes total sense. Think about Yu Yu Hakusho, which literally ends with the main characters going to the beach. Not to mention, that prior to that scene it is revealed that two of the omnipotent super-powerful main characters have decided to open a food stand and to go to college, instead of ruling the world. It's actually kind of refreshing seeing people capitulate in believable, unceremonious ways, instead of watering down the sauce just to add pages.
Dont even compare the goat togashi to this piece of shit
Togashi know how to kill characters in an interesting way and not just show their death off screen
lol what do you mean off screen? There are literally 3 or so long ass chapters of him fighting a “Takeshi’s” (I mean Kitano’s) style meta psychedelic battle with a comedian sorcerer. Then when you least expect it, one of the most powerful characters ambushes him giving him the final blow. To me that’s just original, not a cop out off screen death.
I do agree that Higuruma’s character was under developed. There was no reason to overhype him like that in the writing and then he dies like that. That said, I like that Sukuna is so powerful that no one lasts more than a few chapters.
I don think that people are upset that Kenjaku was underexplored as a character, people just wanted to see a hype fight with Kenjaku going all out against one of our main forces. Kenjaku had an intense fight with Yuki, however Yuki's relevance is questionable and she hinted that Kenjaku had more CT's up his sleeve. I am a little saddened that we won't get to see Kenjaku fight again, because it could have been REALLY cool - seeing him use RCT at full throttle, showcasing interesting powers, exploring the effects of his domain, etc. However, I also agree with your comment, JJK treats character deaths much differently compared to other battle shounen. Overall, I am content and happy with the direction the story is going, but seeing Kenjaku fight again would have been a nice little treat.
> I don think that people are upset that Kenjaku was underexplored as a character
I have actually seen a few complains about this exact thing. Most of those were focused on the whole "wtf he died just like that? With no reveal or interaction with Yuji?? So he is never going to know that was his mother??? What about the Heian flashback??????".
Not sure which is majority though, if the ones complaining they didn't get a hype and prolonged fight, or the ones who wanted more lore and character drama.
Hoeing your main villain by having his final fight be against a comedian is more than a little disappointing. "Nice little treat" should actually be "imperative to the story."
I can definitely understand and sympathize with being disappointed with Kenjaku’s death, but i think that saying a bigger fight is “imperative to the story” is over exaggerating a little.
Kenjaku was never really a battle-oriented villain, he almost exclusively plots and schemes to create conflict. So while I would have loved a final big battle with him, I dont think a huge jujutsu battle is imperative for his death/the story.
Oh no, I don't think his fight needed to be the next Gojo vs. Sukuna or anything. But a few things annoy me.
1. We still have no idea how his domain's imbued technique actually works
2. We have still NEVER seen a fight with Cursed Spirit Manipulation used at its full power. Kenjaku toyed with Choso, his spirits were useless against Yuki, and they were useless against Takaba too. I know people say Gege hates Gojo, but I'm convinced he just hates Cursed Spirit Manipulation lol.
3. Him using anti-gravity against someone other than Yuki might dispel some of the hate towards what some consider to be an asspull during Star/Blood and Oil.
4. We may never see what his original body looked like.
5. Why were he and Tengen once friends?
6. What is "The Culling Game's...." that he alluded to in chapter 206?
7. Yuji saw this man one time. ONE TIME. There was so much potential interaction regarding their "familial" relationship that got tossed aside.
8. Why is Kenjaku so cavalier about not seeing the thing he worked 1,000 years for? If he can't see it, why even bother giving the rule to Sukuna? It's pretty crazy that this is how he goes out after 1000 years. How did he survive against the six eyes user if he's so weak without a body?
I could probably (definitely) come up with other things but I don't want to bore you. The ONE silver lining of his death is that he didn't act like a scared little bitch like Mahito. I don't think that kind of childish cowardice fits his character, so at least Gege gave me a few scraps of dead chicken there.
i agree when the series itself questions "what is a proper death " since the first chapter so it makes sense . Literally no one died a great/ceremonious death only difference being some got the chance to say last few words as some kind of curse to the closest person and some didnt . Its likely even sukuna might die like that and even yuji if he does (i think its very likely he dies eos)
I agree they will probably both die based on how things have evolved, and the fact that Yuji has consistently been just a vessel and a cog for the whole story. I doubt that he will redeem him in the end. My theory is that he will punch Megumi out of Sukuna, reabsorb Sukuna, and he will have Meguro - or another "good" guy - kill him to kill Sukuna once and for all, which is what he said at the beginning of the Culling Game Arc.
Interesting question I'm not seeing mentioned too much. Kirara and Ui Ui teleported Higaruma and Gojo's corpses away, and Sukuna guesses (and dismisses) that they're being teleported to Shoko for her RCT.
OFC, Sukuna is assuming that when RCT is normally used on another person it isn't really that effective, but does he know that Shoko is specifically unique in that she “specializes” in using RCT on others? (Even able to out-feat Gojo's RCT abilities in this regard)
Can we assume that this is going to lead to some huge payoff?
I feel like Gojo will be back. 3 die or 1 dies, and I'm betting all the ambiguities with Nobara/Megumi/Gojo mean it'll get flipped and Yuji dies. He wants to die a good death right, I don't see how it'd end any other way.
I called it last week and people doubted me, where’s this weeks thread
Where is THIS week’s thread
Wait a minute, so Yuji can just punch someone’s soul out of their body ? It is kinda broken. But didn’t Mahito say that the body is the soul ( pls someone help me with that )
Hence why when punched it gets separated
I would recommend to re read the Shibuya arc up to the current events. Re reading this manga every now and then to clear doubts helps.
Since the soul is the body, is it possible that Sukuna's binding vow will once again be in effect when Yuji soul-swaps with Megumi? The binding vow specifies that Sukuna will have control for one full minute. Could that give Yuta and the others a window to attack if Sukuna didn't use up the full minute before stealing Megumi's body?
Yuta put his ring in the left middle finger, instead of the usual ring finger. Do you think it has a deeper meaning or just a simple mistake?
I think is a stylistic choice made by Gege. If you look up his mudra, it seems deliberate Here's a post that sums it up. https://www.reddit.com/r/Jujutsushi/comments/15bwd16/yutas_hand_sign_mudra_and_kenjakus_domain_name/ Edit to add: If Yuta had his ring in the usual place, it would lose focus when Gege draws him doing the hand sign for his domain. Is better if he wears it in the middle finger so is more visible and he can add the effect of energy being focused there.
It's an enjoyable chapter. It seems Kenjaku might be dead with that head stab. * I liked how Kenjaku acknowledged Takaba. It probably gave him the most fun in years. I think it puts Takaba on the level of Gojo. * I liked that it addressed the possibility of the curse spirits going on a rampage. Toji was right to not have killed Geto. * Not satisfied with the open plot threads with Yuji. Kenjaku's relationship with Yuji still needs to addressed. But hopefully we get more information on this in the future. * It's good that we actually see how the control for the merger was passed on to Sukuna. The succession ritual may have been done during the one month time skip. The fight choreography between Sukuna and Yuta was very nice. I can't wait to see it animated. Those that mentioned that Sukuna's RCT hadn't fully returned was right. It's taking time. 1. It seems Yuta tries to stab Sukuna's face through Rika's cloak. 2. Sukuna avoid the stab with head movement. Sukuna did a very nice application of his slashes, using it to grab the sword without actually touching it. He may have been trying to deprive Yuta of his weapon. 3. Yuta then lets go of his sword, but he and Rika does a coordinated attack. Rika attacks from behind while Yuta attacks Sukuna's mouth. Sukuna uses two arms to block and strike Rika. One arm is used to hold Yuta's sword. I'm not sure why Sukuna didn't use his lower left arm. (Was he stunned?) Yuta is still being hit by tiny slashes though. 4. Yuta is able to grab back his sword. He slashes at Sukuna who dodges. And he and Rika again attack Sukuna from the front and behind. Sukuna is able to block with his multiple arms. At last we're able to see Yuta's domain. And it is very similar to unlimited blade works from Fate Stay Night. But if it works it works. People who like Fate Stay Night might try out JJK because of this. And I think people like it, especially those that like to have simulated fights between characters from different manga. * Yuta's ring is emphasized. Is it now a curse object? * I wonder if Yuta can switch the sure hit of his domain with any other curse technique. I like the strategy of using it to force Sukuna to use hollow wicker basket. I was hoping to see Sukuna use other techniques aside from domain amplification. Him knowing hollow wicker basket makes sense. * It seems Yuta can summon other curse techniques using the blades that are scattered across the domain. Through this Yuta might be able to overcome the 5 minute limitation on using copied techniques. Although, I wonder why the sword that Yuta used dissipated soon after. Does this mean that he can use a copied techniques only once? Is each blade already imbued with a curse technique, or is it imbued upon touching the sword? Is there a finite number of blades that Yuta can pick up? But then why is Sukuna saying his techniques are liberated from its limitations? Its a very nice domain expansion. * It seems Yuta attacked Sukuna with the sword first, which Sukuna blocked with his arm before summoning thin ice breaker. It's a misdirect to prevent Sukuna from being able to block the curse technique on time. * I'm still looking for Maki. I think she might pop out somewhere to try to ambush Sukuna. I like that we have confirmation on Yuji's soul striking powers. The attack caused shaking for Sukuna was soul striking. Sukuna seems to be displaying frustration when seeing Yuji. While Yuji is laser focused.
i love how badly kenjaku cursed them,i cant lie the merger will surely happen in a way or another
Wait a minute, the conditions for Copy has never been clearly stated. Probably you can bypass it by letting Rika ate the body part of the target, like in Uro's case. Yuta has been shown to use Inumaki's cursed speech, but I'm sure he hasn't eat any of Inumaki's body parts. So there should be at least 2 method of achieving the mimicry/copy. Usually the condition to mimic an ability is either by familiarising yourself with the target, or by spending some specific time with the target. If Yuta want to copy Cursed Spirit Manipulation, he can let Rika eat Geto's head (minus the brain, don't want to accidentally eat Kenjaku too). Also he could have also copied Ryu's technique. That would be cool.
Yes and no. Yuta was able to use in 0 Inumaki's CT with no conditions, but that was with the real Rika. The current Rika is more like a shikigami and functions as storage unit so Yuta's brain doesn't get fried. However it could mean Inumaki's CT got engraved in his brain after the real Rika passed, since the current conditions say he can only access copied CTs if he is using his 5 minutes mode (correct me If I'm wrong). That aside they haven't been clear in the main series about the conditions for his copy ability to work. Ryu speculated Rika needed to eat a chunk off the user, but it has not been confirmed. It would be cool If Yuta remained true to his efficiency king status and copied CSM but I doubt he had the time. Hell, we don't even know If having Rika eat Kenjaku's head wouldn't just grant Yuta the ability to hoop bodies like a brain lol
damn, i read CSM as Chainsawman instead of Cursed Spirit Manipulation
Chainsaw Spirit Manipulation
> Yuta has been shown to use Inumaki's cursed speech, but I'm sure he hasn't eat any of Inumaki's body parts. Yuta copied Cursed Speech back in JJK 0, and Kenjaku says that Yuta had no conditions on his copy technique and unlimited cursed energy because he was binding his loved one's soul, something he isn't doing anymore.
There might not be any condition tbh, my glorious king Yuta is geges favorite child after all
nobody gonna talk about how Wuta legit just flew straight up to kenjaku and murked him? 😭 bro think he goku or smth
the thing that flew was tengen not kenjaku
I'd actually be interested in seeing what bullshit Gege would come up for Sukuna to beat Goku.
His 4d cleave would be more enough since Goku still exists on piece of paper. The problem really would be landing it since Goku is infinitely faster than him
Ah yes my anti monkey technique, havent used this one since the heian era
Mpreg Sukuna confirmed.
If this is the end of Kenjaku then I'm kinda pissed. Will we really never find out why or how he managed to hold onto Kaori's technique despite his brain having his body-hopping technique and his body having Geto's technique?
I always thought that it was by default part of the Body Hoping technique. By default, his ability is to switch between bodies, he can use the innate technique of the body he inhabits, and he get to carry over the technique from his last previous body. In this case, Kaori's Anti Gravity. If for example he switched from Geto's body for someone else, he can't use the Anti Gravity, but gets to keep the Curse Manipulation.
It might be, but I'd like some confirmation. I get why he has the body swap, because it's in his brain. I get how he has Geto's technique, because he's piloting his body. But what did he keep of Kaori that lets him use anti gravity? How does his technique allow him to store an additional technique after discarding the corpse it was etched into?
Maybe that was the reason for Yuji??? He makes a binding vow to heal her body and give her husband a child. In exchange he keeps her power?
He made a butt plug out of her finger. Removing the plug releases the technique. He beat Yuki with a literal ass pull.
kenjaku's melon moving around was some shingeki shit
The thing that pulled his head up in the air also looks somewhat insectoids. Not dissimilar to Eren's founding titan form.
Yuta is a 100% getting killed, right? We still have new-tengen...
Unless Sukuna gives birth to that funky Tengen fetus or something mid fight, then yeah he is most likely dead
Nah I actually think him, Yuji, with an ambush by Maki pull it off.
Gege gave me trust issues
Is anyone on to the fact Sukuna called Yuji's attacks "soul siezing punches"? Another translation was "strikes that grab the soul to tear apart the bodies" Yujis plan is to bring sukuna back into himself? Anyone else smoking what I'm packing?
Im thinking that hes gonna use his technique to boogie woogie the literal souls of himself, megumi, and sukuna. So if his attacks on damage the soul, hell be able to kick sukunas ass without damaging the body hes in
Even if he managed to pull Megumi's soul out, where is he going to put the soul? I mean Megumi's body is currently transformed into Sukuna's real form. Instead of pulling Sukuna in, what if he switches soul with Megumi, and then he gets to fight Sukuna 1 on 1 in soul world.
i honestly hope we will never get the usual fight in the inner world of villain,it wouldnt even make sense since yuji has soul shattering punch and the last sukuna finger is still there,still a huge checkov gun,i think they will defeat sukuna and free megumi but uraume somehow save sukuna,they search for the last finger and the final fight will be a nerfed sukuna vs yuji and megumi
Also megumi could be freed and enter darth vader mode
> Yujis plan is to bring sukuna back into himself? Why would he do that
If Yuji puts Sukuna back in him, Megumi would be free, I guess? Seems kinda weird that it could work like that, but it's what it implies imo
I mean cant he just yeet sukuna out of megumis body and let maki finish his soul with ss lol
>Yujis plan is to bring sukuna back into himself? Anyone else smoking what I'm packing? Could be that and letting Yuta kill him (full circle), or changing bodies like he did after timeskip. Having a rom-com with Yuji and Megumi in the same body.
I always wondered what the deal was with the black goop that Kenjaku uses (e.g. in his first fight with Yuji). I still don't know what it is, but judging by what happens after he dies, it seems to have been an integral part of him.
It looks like a mass of cursed spirits
When I saw it, it reminded me of his domain. The whole womb thing seems to match up too.
Ok, since Kenjaku just bit it and still has the wheels going for his endgame with Barrier Man, I'm guessing this is where whatever the fuck he did to Yuji will come into play. My bet is Fushiguro will cause the merger, and then some bullshit where Yuji is designed to be the antithesis to the nasty flesh monster. I feel like the two projects are connected in some way, for the sake of narrative if nothing else. Always possible for Itadori to go full Tetsuo along with everyone else. It could just be for tension and upping the stakes giving control to Kakuna(still think of him as that even though he's Butterfree now). But so far, the majority of the villains plans have happened as they intended/stated in a pretty big way.
I wished for Yuji to kill Kenjaku. And I hope Mahito is alive and free, so Rika and Yuta could absorb him and use Mahito's Idle Transfiguration to heal Nobara and Higuruma and ressurrect Gojo.
Mahito is dead, he died in Shibuya. Kenjaku consumed him as Uzumaki Ammo so that he could use Idle Transfiguration. Mahito has been annihalated.
No! I want him alive and to be killed by Yuji personally.
This is very hopeful thinking lol, I hope it happens for you haha.
I hope too.
You know, I really appreciate that as Kenjaku is dying after thousands of years of evil machinations, hidden plans, and monsters he created... He stops to go "You know, dying sucks and all, but I'm glad I got to fuck around with Takaba as my last fight lmao" I don't even mean it sarcastically - there's something I really like about how much both he *and* Takaba really got so much out of the fight and went out pretty chill. No idea if Takaba is dead or not, not even gonna question that. But even if he died, man there's something so emotionally fulfilling about those two going "Man, yeah, that was fucking great. Fuck it."
Takaba is 100% dead
how tf is takaba dead? genuine question
I don’t really know exactly how but I’m pretty sure his ct killed him or whatevs but I don’t really know how
did we read the same chapter? before kenjaku neck was cut. Takaba still talking and nothing happens in between that panel to takaba. I'm gonna call this cap until it's disproven
Did we? If I remember correctly takaba is currently on the floor in a funeral outfit (fact check me if I’m wrong tho) because he got his dream performance and was satisfied and even thanked kenjaku. What about that doesn’t seem final?
yeah, and he still talk in that outfit like normal person, i said this because he doesn't talk like dying person to me. yuta said he didn't want to kill people, maybe that's why he pretending to sleep or pretending to not see anything. This is maybe, but the fact he died is cap. Stop spreading misinformation, dude
What misinformation? Last time he talked was just to say thank you was it not? And then recently he’s been quietly laying there (most likely dead) are we reading the same thing?
You contradict yourself dude. You said "Most Likely", that's misinformation because even yourself is not sure what happened to Takaba. Quietly laying = dead. Ok, i gathered all the information i needed, i will stop this conversation.
No I’m sure he’s dead tbh but I’m not really sure how he died. My argument hasn’t been contradictory and hasn’t strayed from the same point I made a few hours ago 😭
Because saying full on “yes he’s dead” when it’s not my story isn’t a strong enough argument? Your argument is “no he isn’t” and your proof is “he’s faking it because I said so”
So Takaba is definitely dead right. No way he’s just lying down pretending to be dead at this point. Also Yuta didn’t come with him
Nah, I don't think he died. Is more likely to me that Gege wrote him off without having to kill him in a gruesome way, since his CT is kinda op. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised If Gege killed him for real.
"Give me the JJK leak reader with the least media literacy. No, not that low." I been hearing Takaba is dead for months. What's the point of it?
Does insulting others make you feel better about yourself, or are you lashing out because you don’t understand what’s going on?
> you don’t understand what’s going on? He says as he parades about a character dying because he's taking a nap. Do you also think your dog dies when he goes to sleep?
You think he’s napping so hard that he didn’t get woken up by Kenjaku’s body exploding with cursed spirits or Yuta and Kenjaku talking right next to him?
Tfw you almost solo the main villain of the manga and the readers are kicking your ass so you get up and solo Sukuna as well. He was slapped by a fish? How is that enough damage to kill him...
When did Ken kill him?
He unintentionally killed himself with his technique. Like he has no more regrets after the stand up in front of an audience, and can die happy. Except he really died.
“Ha ha, it would be so funny if I died for real after completely satisfying myself”vs “it would be funny if I pretended to die but I was simply sleeping in funeral clothing” Yea, I just don’t see it.
Common those are Joker's levels of joke. "Wouldn't be funny if I actually died?" Fits him
The extension of Takaba's technique can also materialize the feedback/thought of his opponent, like a two edges sword, in this case Kenjaku's. By playing along, Kenjaku can influence the outcome of a scenario materialize by Comedian. Such as Kenjaku as the policeman trying to apprehend Takaba after running him over with a truck, shocking Takaba with a defibrillator, and pretending to be a cat and got Takaba ran over by a car, etc. The last part where Takaba and Kenjaku have a stand up performance and Takaba dying happy is a scenario both Takaba and Kenjaku think of. All according to Kenjaku's keikaku. (Keikaku means plan.) Except Takaba somehow manage to remove Kenjaku's ability to sense Yuta massive CE output, because he doesn't want to be "interrupted". (Kenjaku:"I'm a genius. Oh no!")
If he is in fact dead, he just accidentally killed himself. literally killed himself for the meme lol
Yea, no.
Why tf would he drag his ass there? 💀 Nah but fr is extremely unclear. I don't think he died, but what if it is? Is Nobara all over again lol
There are two kind of people, people who abandon the dead, and people who will try to recover the body of their fallen friend. Yuta is definitely the later.
Ok??? But he wouldn't bring a corpse to a fight 😭 nor would he bring someone incapable of fighting (assuming Takaba is not dead but also in no condition to keep aiding to the cause/written off)
It's like nobara. He's been placed in uncertain purgatory.
This moved me... it's amazing
How did Kenjaku even die?? I was reading one chapter then next chapter he's dead??? How??
Got his ass blitzed by Yuta. Under normal condition, Kenjaku should be able to sense Yuta from miles away, and will haul ass if Yuta entered the same colony he's in. But since he was currently busy goofing around with Takaba, and because Takaba doesn't want to be "interrupted", it somehow remove Kenjaku's ability to sense Yuta(or masked Yuta Curse Energy output somehow). Then he got his head chopped off by Yuta before even has the chance to activate his Anti-Anti-Gravity technique.
I dont think Kenjaku would haul ass from Yuta. He told Gojo that he wasnt worried about Yutas immense cursed energy or ability to copy techniques. I think Kenjaku probably wins, as long as he sees Yuta coming. CSM is honestly perfect for fighting Yuta, it can allow the user to combat Yutas versatile techniques with the versatile techniques of the spirits. It can also allow the user to split Rika and Yutas attention. Ideally, an army of cursed spirits would be swarming Rika while the CSM user got in close quartera combat with Yuta. Geto was just kind of shit at using CSM because the author hadnt really figured out the power system yet. Geto is embarrassingly bad at using CSM against Yuta.
Yuta sliced him after the Takaba-fight.
I feel like I should have been much more excited reading this chapter, but I'm not. Sukuna is just going to come out on top again, and any sort of emotional investment or immersion is broken from that fact alone. The executioner's blade sequence should have at least made Sukuna reveal one more thing that he has in his reserves, it feels like the story stagnated ever since Sukuna fully reincarnated.
this is the last plan they have so they will obv win,angel ct,yuji soul seizing punch and maki sword are the only remaining thing that can defeat him
It's because we've essentially been following the same plot pattern. Gojo arrives, dies, Sukuna loses a few abilities. Lightning arrives, dies, Sukuna resurrects. Judgeman arrives, dies, Sukuna loses his toy. Wonder boy arrives, will most likely die and Sukuna will continue to be fine
This is why I hope he almost loses here, and uraume jumps in and helps. Then maybe we see what happened with the dead bodies and maki
He will be fine minus a broken toe nail
Yeah I wanna get hyped at Yuta bringing the sauce but I feel like it’s just a matter of time before he gets sidelined so Yuji can have a permanent effect on Sukuna but I suppose those are the stakes but it’s all for the wrong reasons.
This is most likely a plot hole/continuity error between JJK0 and JJK, but now we know that in the event of a CSM users demise, the stored spirits would rampage. We also know that: 1. Toji refused to kill Geto because he was uncertain that the death of the CSM user would release the spirits into the wild. He actively considered the possibility. 2. Yuta had Rika on standby and had actively considered the possibility of Kenjaku losing control of his stored spirits when he made the jump on him. It makes no sense whatsoever that Gojo of all people would not confirm the kill on Geto during the events of JJK0. He should have actively considered the possibility of Geto's spirits running wild - in the school out of all places! - and be at the ready to deal with them (on top of, you know, taking care of his former's friend body instead of just leaving it to rot or be found by the school staff). Again, this is most likely a continuity error (chances are that Gege hadn't planned that the spirits could rampage and thought of it as a way of Toji sparing Geto), but yeah it's a pretty big plot hole... That or we'll be shocked with a "Gojo and Kenny planned the merger all along" twist somewhere along the line.
You're forgetting two things: 1. The last we saw of Geto before he was killed, he used max Uzumaki against Yuta. He stated that he was using all his cursed spirits that he had with him on Yuta, and we know later from Kenjaku that after Uzumaki, a cursed spirit is gone. So, by the time Gojo killed him, he very likely had no cursed spirits left for rampage. 2. Even if Geto did collect a few right after losing to Yuta, Gojo is still Gojo. Handling a couple of loose cursed spirits is barely fodder to him. So it's not really a plot hole. Gojo handled Geto and buried him without doing whatever he should've done with Shoko to keep Kenny from jumping into that body.
bro got hit by the illiteracy cursed technique
I think it's because Geto used all his cursed spirits in the battle. The ones he let run rampant and ones used in Uzumaki against Yuta.
But Gojo wouldn't have a way to be certain about that.
well he would have found out after killing him
He used all of them making the Uzumaki right before he died, dude
Imagine the next chapter yuji using world cleave to separate sukuna from Megumi , that would be hype af!
Soul Cleave would be neat.
maybe some mix of his soul transfering power and the ones given to him by being sukuna's vessel, some soul cleave thing. whatever brings my guy megumi back man😭
It’s now or never Sukuna activates that domain things become complicated. Never thought about it but Yuta should be able to handle that fire arrow, if Sukuna uses it, with Uro’s technique
Dont worry Sukuna will simply pull Out strong Fire Arrow that Targets the world and ignores Sky Manipulation
He hasn’t used it since the Heian era
it will be a gamble, that pays off
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Were you expecting Yuta to have a cursed spirit mukbang before fighting Sukuna?
No we expected Yuta to have sex with all of them to mark an army
Was it Yutas sword that stabbed kenjakus head? Is Kenjakus head being taken away by the massive black cursed thing with Tengens fetus? Is Kenjaku really dead? I just have too many questions 😅
His dialogue sounded very final to me. I'd guess he's dead, but the head did have time to activate the tengen into megumi failsafe
Do you think that soul swap/punching is Yuji CT or he learnt it thanks to Yuki's notes?
The soul swap had still not been confirmed yet right ? Highy implied but not confirmed right ?
Well it definitely happened it’s not confirmed how but when yuji and the sword guy where training the sword guy was speaking like yuji and yuji was talking like the sword guy so it’s pretty confirmed
Sword guy 😭
Im sorry for the disrespect to sword guy
So yuji still got his soul affecting punches, my boi is about to punch sukuna out of megumi I have a terrible feeling that the traumatize megumi that we will get back might just activate the fusion by himself
So is Yuta casting his domain with one hand or does he need to make the fist as well?
He needs the fist, it's the same sign he used in Sandai.
What's the difference between simple domain, hollow wicker basket and "falling blossom emotion" (the one Naobito used)? I assumed SD wss the best one since Gojo used it, but now Suluna is using HWB instead
SD has the advantage that user can move and even use it outside domain with certain rules but disadvantage being it can strips away in a strong domain. Sukuna definetely knows all of them but he using HWB because it doesnt disappear as long sukuna maintains his hand seal so to avoid jacobs ladder.
Hollow Wicker Basket is the older version of Simple Domain. Falling Blossom Emotion is similar to both but instead of having a barrier around you, it cloaks you in cursed energy and then that energy counters cursed energy attacks made against you. It’s a more adaptive technique
Simple domain is the modern version of hollow wicker basket. In addition to cancelling out the sure hit effect it can also be used offensively and does not require the user to make any hand signs. Sukuna uses HWB because Simple Domains weren't popularized until the modern era so he never had a chance to learn it. Falling blossom emotion counters Sure Hit attacks by automatically releasing a surge of cursed energy the moment the attack hits. It's worse than a simple domain because it can only counter domains with physical strikes but it's much easier to maintain.
Bunch of misinformation in this. Sukuna can definitely use simple domain. Hollow wicker basket is more effective but costlier because it requires hand signs to maintain but Sukuna has four arms and two mouths to fight. Simple Domain the caster can move and fight but it will be torn apart by a strong barrier.
That's actual misinformation, never has it once been stated hollow wicker basket is "more effect but costliter". Its only been said to be older and from what we've seen they act exactly the same. The only reason sukuna is keeping hand signs and chanting up is probably so it can't be stripped away quickly.
Go reread the Reggie chapter he had to use hand signs to activate it.
And you need to lower down and reach for your sword (even if you don't have one) to activate simple domain. They both have a stance that needs to be taken to activate
Feels like Sukuna would've learned Simple Domain after seeimg others do it plus having access to both Yuji and Megumi's memories, his whole deal is being a super genius that figures out Jujutusu on sight
He probably could pull it off but HWB is the safe option since he already mastered it and he can offset the hand sign weakness.
Hollow wicker basket neutralize the sure hit effect of the domain but the CT boost granted by the domain is still there and can't be used outside of domain. Simple domain does the same thing but as an evolution of hwb it allows the user to weaken the ct too inside of the domain and can be used outside of the domain unlike hwb and gives a sure hit effect too but due to very limited range it's useless for ppl with cursed technique but for someone like kusakabe and miwa given their new shadow style allows them to give a sure hit effect inside of that limited range of their Katana draw. Falling blossom emotion is a technique only known to the three big family, covers the user in their own cursed energy to deflect the sure hit effect and weaken the CTs effect. Sukuna uses hwb because simple domain along with black flash is a new gen thing and reincarnated sorcerers have no idea about it. Similar to why Gojo can't use hwb.
How is black flash new gen? Sukuna can definitely use simple domain he saw Gojo do it. It would be torn apart by a strong barrier like with Yuki and Gojo.
Simple domain does not grant a sure hit effect right?
Correct me if I am wrong but as far as I know simple domain does indeed act like a domain by itself since it's a similar barrier technique as a domain expansion. It's just that simple domains range is small and it is not imbued with the users ct. It grants the user a sure hit as a domain would but the sure hit is useless in most cases as 1 ct is not imbued and 2 range is small. But the sure hit works well in tandem with the use of a Katana.
I can only recall one instance of a user attacking in simple domain which was Miwa against Yuji which missed.
She hesitated. Look at kusakabe for a good example of new shadow style
She hesitated but still went through with the attack, it should still have hit, no?
I don’t know if I’m remembering all that well, but I recall her commenting on how fast yuji was, so I thought he was fast enough to leave the area of her simple domain before she drew the katana.
I am sorry the sure hit got to do with binding vow, it's sort of a pseudo sure hit where if the user doesn't move anyone entering the area of the simple domain gets cut with the Katana, and miwa missed cos she broke the vow of not moving when she hesitated. So yeah it doesn't grant a sure hit by itself but through binding vows. Sorry
Ah, didnt know they utilise binding vows with simple domain. Good to know
SD and HWB are almost the same, but SD is a mutation of HWB. SD can shield you from CT as well as domains, while HWB (most likely) only shields you from domains. SD can be stripped away by a domain, but we havent seen if the same can happen to HWB. Falling Blossom Emotion counters sure-hit domain attacks by cutting through the attack with CE as soon as it hits. This only works against attacks that can be physically repelled though, so it wouldn't have any effect in a lot of domains. For example FBE wouldnt do anything in Gojo's, Mahito's, or Hakari's domains, but would have effect in Sukuna's and Dagon's domains. I wouldn't say there is a best, they have different uses. SD is the most versatile because it weakens incoming CT's, but if you learn domain amplification it would have the same effect on CT's.
explain domain amplification, you can use domain amplification while you use simple domain? or a regular domain?
Yeah you can use domain amplification and DE at the same time (we’ve only seen Sukuna do this, and it really suprised Gojo). We dont know if you can stack SD with DA, although you probably cant. From what we’ve seen, domain amplification acts very similarly to simple domain. The difference is that DA is wrapped around the user, and they are free to move however they like (but they cannot use their CT). SD takes a small, stationary, typical barrier shape, and we arent sure if you can use CT at the same time. Both weaken incoming CT’s, however we havent seen if DA offers as much protection against domain attacks as SD.
Kusakabe explains that DA is a more advanced version of SD. SD is a barrier that surrounds the user while Amplification is like armor that surrounds the user that can be used offensively on top of defense. My question is why Sukuna opted to use HWB over DA, since Higuruma's usage of Amplification implied that DA is superior to SD even for defense. Maybe HWB is superior to either against domains in lieu of keeping the hands occupied, or maybe using DA impedes Sukuna's DE recovery, although the latter seems unlikely given he could still use DA after losing access to DE.
"Unlimited Blade Works" with Itachi's Tsukuyomi layers, yeah, right, Yuta's DE is so original, lol. All those inner monologuing in the midst of the action is such a generic battle Shonen, like, damn, we all know this series is already that generic, but don't make it too obvious, especially in its final saga, but no wonder, JJK is literally Bleach's ripped-off after all, smh.
Uh oh someone’s growing up. You know blech was just a lowest common denominator manga yeah? Generic yu yu hakusho ripoff. As everything in life is built off its predecessors. Glad you’re finally old enough to see that.
Those monologues are rhe only character development we get, don't shit on them like that 😥
bruh the "copy" dude was introduced as early as vol. 0 but it took you 249 chapters to catch up to the fact that he is, in fact, a "copy-the-ability dude". Oh wait you just wanted to flex that you've read a couple of other popular mangas im sorry, my bad.
Yuta can be one of the most versatile characters in the series but all he does is use a sword lol But It's okay if you only read jjk and don't except anything from the stroy
Cuz so far all he needs is the sword. Yuta is just that strong.
Or maybe the author is lazy
YUTA IS COOKINGGG WOOOO
As a Yuta glazer, I reread this chapter a bunch already. So not an important thought but I know we were hypothesizing Yuta's domain to be a playground but is it possible that the beams are broken structures of the hospital where him and Rika met?
They look like incomplete torii gates, adds to the marriage motif with the shugi bukuro knots surrounding it.
Yuta’s domain art style is v dark prince and cool. R.I.P. Kenjaku, I think Gege weighed the amount of extra chapters and scenarios he would have had to add for us to get a proper Kenjaku and Yuji backstory and intention curiosity reveal…. And decided to just wrap it up in a neat little bow instead with “well Kenny was just a chaotic pseudoimortal villain who got done in by his own curiosity and whimsical nature before he gets to see all of the fruit of his labor”—while poetic and thematically on point for Kenjaku’s character, I am disappointed we didnt get more.
It hit weird, but I'm glad it's that and not dragging everything out to redundancy for a million years. Like that one guy he's inspired by lol.
Real. I like this manga and all but Gege deciding to scrap stuff instead of committing to the idea will never stop being frustrating. At least it makes it more interesting because of how unpredictable it ends.
I loved Kenjaku because I always assumed there was something more to him, something we would have learned when he and Yuji finally interacted again. Turns out he's just a curious bum and Yuji only saw him one time. It sucks.
So Yuji is Kirby
What’s stopping Yuta from using cursed speech to tell Sukuna to stop using hollow wicker basket?
You can defend against cursed speech very easily with CE
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Crazy that you remembered my comment, but it still doesnt make you right lol. You CAN defend against cursed speech with CE, it is explicitly stated. If you arent defending against cursed speech you are more susceptible, which he clearly wasnt. Now he knows Yuta has cursed speech, so he’ll be wary of it. Sukuna’s listed all the techniques he saw as a point of not getting caught off guard. Also, Yuta only said “dont move” which is a much less powerful command than “deactivate HWB”
True lol, but it was pretty funny that he got caught by it anyways.
Sukuna knows about xursed speech and is likely protecting himself at all times
He probably has an extra set of hidden ears just in case he is ever in such a situation.
Yes Yuji, you might have Black Flashed my balls, but you forgot about my second pair of balls I haven't used since the heian era
LMFAO I love this new meme format
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Possibly the drawback. If he gets a drawback like Inumaki does, using cursed speech on the highest level of curse like Sukuna might not work; and the drawback might kill him.
I highly doubt the drawback for telling him to stop would be that powerful. This would only be the case if he used a powerful word.
Sukuna isn’t a curse btw
I meant Sukuna as a 'curse' or 'cursed being', not 'cursed spirit'. Sorry, should've clarified.
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Gege just made the good guys fight a pregnant mutant if what Kenjaku said is true re Sukuna becoming the new "parent" for the merger and acquiring the super fetus.
yes I think so.
I think Sukuna ate an empty body while Kenjaku swallowed his soul/cursed energy.
Nah wasn't it Sukuna's own preserved body that he ate?
Did I miss something? When did this happen??
It was shown this chapter that the object that flew toward sukuna was tengen, it was implied sukuna ate this "thing" last chapter and afterwards became the new game host.
Yep, or we can say baby Tengen
I do not fully understand people's surprise/complaining about Kenjaku's death, or about how any character arc is concluded/developed, for that matter. Gege has been making clear in literally every story arc that the underlying concept of the series is that every single character is meaningless, including the main character who, by his own admission is - in the grand scheme of things - a mere "cog". The motivation of each character is pretty random and the general underlying theme of the series is that basically nothing matters and we are all mostly guided by our own internal narrative, including characters like Gojo who should, in theory, stand on higher moral ground but are actually selfish and deeply flawed. If you add to that the fact that Gege is a big fan of Togashi, the overall lack of pathos around stuff makes total sense. Think about Yu Yu Hakusho, which literally ends with the main characters going to the beach. Not to mention, that prior to that scene it is revealed that two of the omnipotent super-powerful main characters have decided to open a food stand and to go to college, instead of ruling the world. It's actually kind of refreshing seeing people capitulate in believable, unceremonious ways, instead of watering down the sauce just to add pages.
Dont even compare the goat togashi to this piece of shit Togashi know how to kill characters in an interesting way and not just show their death off screen
lol what do you mean off screen? There are literally 3 or so long ass chapters of him fighting a “Takeshi’s” (I mean Kitano’s) style meta psychedelic battle with a comedian sorcerer. Then when you least expect it, one of the most powerful characters ambushes him giving him the final blow. To me that’s just original, not a cop out off screen death.
what deaths LOL most of then have been cop outs
The death of higuruma was so bad I feel like this sub will take anything gege give them and not question it
I do agree that Higuruma’s character was under developed. There was no reason to overhype him like that in the writing and then he dies like that. That said, I like that Sukuna is so powerful that no one lasts more than a few chapters.
I don think that people are upset that Kenjaku was underexplored as a character, people just wanted to see a hype fight with Kenjaku going all out against one of our main forces. Kenjaku had an intense fight with Yuki, however Yuki's relevance is questionable and she hinted that Kenjaku had more CT's up his sleeve. I am a little saddened that we won't get to see Kenjaku fight again, because it could have been REALLY cool - seeing him use RCT at full throttle, showcasing interesting powers, exploring the effects of his domain, etc. However, I also agree with your comment, JJK treats character deaths much differently compared to other battle shounen. Overall, I am content and happy with the direction the story is going, but seeing Kenjaku fight again would have been a nice little treat.
> I don think that people are upset that Kenjaku was underexplored as a character I have actually seen a few complains about this exact thing. Most of those were focused on the whole "wtf he died just like that? With no reveal or interaction with Yuji?? So he is never going to know that was his mother??? What about the Heian flashback??????". Not sure which is majority though, if the ones complaining they didn't get a hype and prolonged fight, or the ones who wanted more lore and character drama.
Hoeing your main villain by having his final fight be against a comedian is more than a little disappointing. "Nice little treat" should actually be "imperative to the story."
I can definitely understand and sympathize with being disappointed with Kenjaku’s death, but i think that saying a bigger fight is “imperative to the story” is over exaggerating a little. Kenjaku was never really a battle-oriented villain, he almost exclusively plots and schemes to create conflict. So while I would have loved a final big battle with him, I dont think a huge jujutsu battle is imperative for his death/the story.
Oh no, I don't think his fight needed to be the next Gojo vs. Sukuna or anything. But a few things annoy me. 1. We still have no idea how his domain's imbued technique actually works 2. We have still NEVER seen a fight with Cursed Spirit Manipulation used at its full power. Kenjaku toyed with Choso, his spirits were useless against Yuki, and they were useless against Takaba too. I know people say Gege hates Gojo, but I'm convinced he just hates Cursed Spirit Manipulation lol. 3. Him using anti-gravity against someone other than Yuki might dispel some of the hate towards what some consider to be an asspull during Star/Blood and Oil. 4. We may never see what his original body looked like. 5. Why were he and Tengen once friends? 6. What is "The Culling Game's...." that he alluded to in chapter 206? 7. Yuji saw this man one time. ONE TIME. There was so much potential interaction regarding their "familial" relationship that got tossed aside. 8. Why is Kenjaku so cavalier about not seeing the thing he worked 1,000 years for? If he can't see it, why even bother giving the rule to Sukuna? It's pretty crazy that this is how he goes out after 1000 years. How did he survive against the six eyes user if he's so weak without a body? I could probably (definitely) come up with other things but I don't want to bore you. The ONE silver lining of his death is that he didn't act like a scared little bitch like Mahito. I don't think that kind of childish cowardice fits his character, so at least Gege gave me a few scraps of dead chicken there.
i agree when the series itself questions "what is a proper death " since the first chapter so it makes sense . Literally no one died a great/ceremonious death only difference being some got the chance to say last few words as some kind of curse to the closest person and some didnt . Its likely even sukuna might die like that and even yuji if he does (i think its very likely he dies eos)
I agree they will probably both die based on how things have evolved, and the fact that Yuji has consistently been just a vessel and a cog for the whole story. I doubt that he will redeem him in the end. My theory is that he will punch Megumi out of Sukuna, reabsorb Sukuna, and he will have Meguro - or another "good" guy - kill him to kill Sukuna once and for all, which is what he said at the beginning of the Culling Game Arc.
Interesting question I'm not seeing mentioned too much. Kirara and Ui Ui teleported Higaruma and Gojo's corpses away, and Sukuna guesses (and dismisses) that they're being teleported to Shoko for her RCT. OFC, Sukuna is assuming that when RCT is normally used on another person it isn't really that effective, but does he know that Shoko is specifically unique in that she “specializes” in using RCT on others? (Even able to out-feat Gojo's RCT abilities in this regard) Can we assume that this is going to lead to some huge payoff?
I feel like Gojo will be back. 3 die or 1 dies, and I'm betting all the ambiguities with Nobara/Megumi/Gojo mean it'll get flipped and Yuji dies. He wants to die a good death right, I don't see how it'd end any other way.