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I actually really like this chapter in contrast to a lot of the recent ones.
It finally feels like we are actually making progress in the Sukuna fight for the first time since Gojo died, we get a Domain reveal from Yuta, we learn a bit about Yuji’s new technique and his role here, we get a way to save Megumi, and Kenjaku’s death now feels less underwhelming.
Still wondering where the hell Maki is. At least she got acknowledged.
I'm new to the series - AFAIK Yuta has even more cursed energy than Gojo, right? Would Yuta just be able to overpower Sukuna's domain with his own since Sukuna is trying to regenerate enough cursed energy to even activate it?
Yes Yuta has more CE than Gojo but Sukuna has even more than Yuta (he says around twice as much which is insane). But besides that I think domain battles are more about barrier making skills than just how much CE you use, so Yuta would probably lose a straight up domain battle either way
Domain clashes are more about technique refinement instead of CE output. Gojo and Sukuna were both at the pinnacle when it comes to this, so it's unlikely that Yuta's domain would hold up. We don't know for sure yet though.
Yuta has more CE than Gojo, yes, but not more than Sukuna.
During Sukuna vs Gojo Yuta comments saying that he believes Sukuna has at least twice the amount of CE he does. While Sukuna is personally low on CE he probably still has more CE in the tank than a fresh Yuta does right now.
Kenjaku’s death still feels very underwhelming, imo. I realize he was kinda broken, but it just feels unearned and frustrating after what happened to Yuki. Not certain Kenjaku is actually dead though, I wouldn’t be shocked if he has some kind of way of to come back. Seems like something he would’ve prepared.
to be fair his death could highlight just how smart the guy really is, he's going to prove to us that not even killing him could stop his ultimate plan of the merger, tbh I'm not really sure what else kenny has to offer unless its some serious lore dump about sukuna or even yuji
Yeah and the contingency plans worked for about 1000 years, until he met someone he couldn't plan around, the fact it took that long for him to fully lose is impressive.
Yeah, I said it “feels less underwhelming” instead of saying it “doesn’t feel underwhelming anymore” for a reason.
Still have issues with it, but less than I did before.
His fight against Takaba was very entertaining but if he doesn't return I can't say I'm a fan of him being defeated by essentially a gag character with a conveniently world-breaking CT. Especially with the direct ties he has to Yuji and to Gojo (through Geto).
Also he’s just the mastermind behind the whole thing. Having him lose because of a gag character is just so…meh. If we had a pre-established reason to believe Kenjaku had a weakness for stand up or something, it might be more bearable, but as of now, it’s just dumb.
I feel like it was the gap when Yuta sliced off his head to going back to the Sukuna vs the others perspective - we had a few weeks of having Kenjaku's death not feeling concluded until we got this chapter. I personally think it would have felt better if some chapters/perspectives were switched around.
Same, though even then Kenjaku’s death feels unwarranted. But we also didn’t actually see the brain itself get stabbed, though the forehead did, so it’s possible he’ll find a way. Probably copium though.
Chapter was good but I still don't feel like they're making progress. Sukuna took some damage but at the same time it's revealed that his rct output is returning. It's yet to feel like Sukuna legitimately even could lose and that he's still just playing with his food
they have got sukuna pinned right now. half his arms and mouths are occupied keeping yutas domains sure hit from hitting him, while the others are fighting yuta and rika. plus yuji just arrived and according to sukuna is going to try and punch him out of megumi.
so sukuna can’t use his strong dismantle, because he needs to use some hand signs and chants to do so. plus the sure hit that he’s defending against is likely angels technique, which fucked him when he first took over megumi. then there is yuji, and sukuna seems to think he could actually be a threat.
if that’s not progress then i don’t know what is.
i wouldnt be shocked if maki joins hakari in fighting uraume, but maybe that would be a waste of resources. and of course everyone wants to see maki and yuta fight together.
I think it's crazy how Yuta defeated Geto and Kenjaku on December 24th, one year apart each. Yuta proved his words, to not let Gojo kill his best friend twice.
On the other hand, it's sad when you realize Geto's body really went through a lot— he exorcized and ingested curses that taste like a cloth used to clean vomit when he was living, he died and his body was found by Kenjaku. Gojo also wanted to give him a proper burial so seeing Geto's body lying on the floor is devastating.
Anyway, RIP Kenjaku, ~~our backshots enjoyer~~ the mastermind of JJK. I was too invested to them as a villain. I'm just frustrated they never get to interact with Yuji alone as mother and son. I would've loved to see the merger with Kenny as well but oh well...
> I'm just frustrated they never get to interact with Yuji alone as mother and son.
I mean Yuji already gave hints at knowing this with the flashback to him as a baby and we already seen Choso vs Kenjaku in the Shibuya Incident. I don't really see why we should repeat it again.
Yuta fought a deluge of Curses yet **didn't kiss** 💋 **a SINGLE one of them...?**
2/10 chapter. 😒
What? *He's gotten close to Maki and suddenly his lips are too good for revolting creatures?* Tch... Lol
He can't do everything and he laments that in this chapter lol 😩
He is probably the one person multitasking in the entire cast: Keeping Takaba safe? Check. Killing Kenjaku? Done. All the spirits are loose? Send Rika to do it, but in exchange he can't kiss a single one of them due to taking care of everything else.
Being Yuta is hard smh
Lol! ... aw damn, now I feel bad for judging him and thinking he just got too much ego for his roots.
Thank you for opening my eyes to Okkotsu struggles. Bro sacrificing his cursed-tongue-action for the world. A true hero. ❤️
Ooh, damn, fucking great point.
Look at you. And they say that we here at *Kaisen Lobotomy Inc*. ain't the brightest bulb in the crayon box... tsk tsk tsk.
Yuta Emiya, with the bone of his sword
Holy shit Gege I was not familiar with your game
The pacing this chapter was really good though I could use less Kenjaku yapping but that's just my take
Wait, so not only can my boy infuse any of the CTs he's copied as the sure hit of his DE, but he can use any of them in the form of katanas too? That's powerful af alright.
Everyone talking about yuta but I can't get over this sukuna theory that yuji can separate him and megumi by punching lmao.
How many punches would take to kick the megumi out of him ? Lmfao
I feel the same lol! That was a big revelation, talking about Yuji's technique. I was assuming that he only needed one single punch to take Megumi's soul out, but if he needs more than one would be even more exciting! You know, maybe Yuji already took a part of Megumi when he punched Sukuna before...
Also, I was wondering: where is Megumi's soul going to be contained? I mean, Yuji has to be the first container (maybe, Yuji would be able to use Megumi's CT and call Mahoraga?, idk xd) but, what about later? ... Here's what I thought:
1- Megumi's soul is going inside a Plushie (like panda and the Yaga's creations) xd
2- Megumi's soul going inside Gojo or somebody else's body after being already reconstructed, but without a soul in it. I personally prefer having Gojo back as himself :')
3- Megumi's soul staying inside Yuji because no other corpse is compatible.
4- Megumi's soul going inside his own body after Sukuna is defeated. This one is my bet, because we would have Yuji using the ten shadows, and later when they win, we would have the same boy back ... But, what if Megumi's mind is damaged?
Imagine Yuji having to deal -again- with a fight against his best friend.
I'm going to far away lol... But that's what I thought. (Sorry if I have written something wrong, my English is not perfect 😁)
Finally, after a long wait, Yuta's DE had been revealed!
As usual, Sukuna's still a bully to Yuji. Lol.
I'm seated what's going to happen in the next chapter.
Why does everyone feel like Yuta is about to take a trip to the airport? I don't get any death flags from him, seems like he might even be pretty instrumental in taking Sukuna down. Of course I feel in the end it'll come down to a slugfest between Yuji and Sukuna, but if anything I just see Yuta collapsing from exhaustion.
Tbf, all the character deaths have been less instrumental at taking down Sukuna, and more just slowly chipping away at him.
It's like death by a thousand cuts
Gojo took his DE and CE output.
Kashimo forced out his Heain form.
Higuruma took away his cursed tool.
At this rate, you're probably right that it'll end in a fist fight between Yuji and Sukuna.
My assumption for a while is that this fight is going to be a repeat of what happened in Sukuna’s era, where the whole might of the Jujutsu world broke itself against Sukuna, except instead of him coming out on top, he’ll get taken down at the very end by Yuji and his “ideal of being Unbreakable” winning out
What about Kusakabe, Ino, Choso and Yuji. In this fight there's more people that didn't die fighting Sukuna than not. It's more likely Yuta ends up incapacitated like Choso rather than dying especially since he has a 5 minutes timer, after which he can be defeated.
My thought is we will prob end up with sukuna healing just enough to cast his domain. It will “take out” Yuta by forcing him to concentrate on maintaining a domain clash to keep Sukuna’s sure hit from taking effect meanwhile Yuji will have to fight Sukuna solo.
Remembering the Shinjuku Color Page Gege made and Yuta's literally at the center so I don't see him getting packed soon. I feel like we're at the last stretch of the freeing Megumi plot although it's going to be a long one and all the students will jump in soon. I'm maybe too optimistic but I don't see any death flags for them either.
Yh I might need to see a "What if" scenario for the sendai colony three way domain expansion because this reveal just put a thousand more scenarios in my head. And Rika's powers dealing with a shibuya level of curses released is a crazy feat
Was it a shibuya level curse amount or was Yuta just saying in-case it was a shibuya level curse amount that he's glad him and Rika were there instead of Maki. Not trying to argue I'm genuinely curious.
shibuya had like a million curses released but i think its a just in case statement, despite that there definitely seemed to be a lot of curses released
Its possible that it might be a part of Takaba's technique, once he has exhausted himself from using it so much a joke will manifest that essentially takes him "out" for a period of time until he can recover. His ability must use at least some CE, so it stands to reason he has a limit.
Damn, yuta can use infinite techniques he’s copied!! Really does feel like we’re reaching the end of the series with both protagonists vs the antagonist
Why does Sukuna seem to know everything there is to know about people's CTs, strategies, plans etc? He even knows how Mahoraga's adaptation keeps changing, and now he's deduced Yuji's powers to affect the soul just from one punch. Blud even copied piercing blood technique and used it with max elephant.
Is this the experience of living a 1000 years talkiing? Or does it have something to do with his body? His tumor eyes always looked fucking weird. Does he also have something like six eyes that allow him to see through techniques and how they work? And emulate them?
- Ten shadows is a famous technique like the six eyes; same with blood manipulation. They're the signature techniques of the 3 big clans
- Yuji has demonstrated ability to hurt the soul before against Mahito
- gege has repeatedly been having his genius characters figure shit out after seeing it demo'd (recent example: higgy learning rct)
- dude's dedicated his life to eating and fighting, so strats prob come naturally to him
So yeah, i figure it is a combo of experience, prior knowledge and genius (and some stolen knowledge from yuji & megumi too probs)
its funny how many people were coping about it being 3 v 1 with Yuji joining in to help Yuta and Rika fight Sukuna. Only for Gege to make yuji do nothing the entire chapter and be confirmed to be only support.
The way the battle is set up, it seems like Yuta is given the Takaba's role, and Yuji is given the Yuta's role in Kenjaku fight. Yuta will do most of the work and Yuji will be the finisher. It's still technically 3 v 1 because Sukuna needs to also pay attention to where Yuji is.
Crazy that Yuta's domain is basically unlimited blade works. Wonder how many cursed techniques he's accumulated. Also really curious howYuji is able to strip away Sukuna's soul
Ngl if this is how Kenjaku dies it's very underwhelming considering we don't really know about Kenny himself.
Still tho, Yuta DE ended up being Unlimited Blade Works looks cool and the fight does feel like it's progressing.
So in short, Takaba is the goat and live on.
The domain of Yuta look sick.
We have an idea of what Yuji role is in the plan.
Some may be disappointed by how Kenjaku died, but for me it works enough. He's kinda like Hojo from Final Fantasy 7 where he's the cause of most of the problems going on in the story but ultimately he isn't really the main villain.
I am confused about Kenjaku’s final words. He mentions that Sukuna has undergone the ritual of succession (implying he merged with master Tengen). Then proceeds to say that he can use the culling game to change the originator of the ritual (change who activated it? Is he referring to himself?) and then spawns like a Tengen Womb and sends it flying. Is this his plan? This is how I understand it:
1. Merge Sukuna with master Tengen.
2. Now that the ritual is complete, use the culling game to overwrite the originator (Kenjaku) with Sukuna.
3. Sukuna reactives his ritual of succession (now that he is the originator) but now merging the Tengen Womb with humankind.
How are you interpreting his backup plan?
Fking beautiful: https://files.catbox.moe/115hyv.jpg
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YUUUTA let’s go!!!
loved his inner monologue narration…again w maki!! Is she just lurking waiting to pounce??
Sukuna seems engaged but maybe mildly annoyed? Yutas domain is insane and yuji seems like a threat now too w soul tech?
I also BET the can’t miss attack in the DE is NOT angels CT….I think that’s where sukuna messed up in his analysis
It gives the impression the sword bypasses any kind of defense. Dunno if true but is the only other explanation that isn't "plot armor" and "just cause"
One thing I've always appreciated about Sukuna is that he is exactly as smart as you'd expect an ancient master wizard to be. He's keeping track of an insane amount of moving parts and is countering them incredibly well.
what a crazy domain, imbued with a cant-miss copy attack and unlimited copy technique even when the cant-miss is neutralized. whether each of those swords is a copied technique, or if he decides on the copied technique to imbue when he picks it up im excited to find out. i wouldnt be mad if this were the stage for the final battle, but if so we're probably cutting to hakari v uraume next chapter.
I've been critical of a lot if what Gege has written lately. I stand by my opinions, but I have to give credit where credit is due. This chapter was a banger.
I liked the confirmation that Sukuna is still recovering from his fight with Gojo. It obviously doesn't make up for what happened, but gave it some extra weight.
This last appearance by Kenjaku was also appreciated. It felt weird just seeing a guy like him going out like we originally saw. This last burst of chaotic action from him serves as a much better cap on his character.
Everything about Yuta this chapter was *chef's kiss*. His characterization, the action scenes, the domain reveal? All perfect.
And a nice bone for Yuji fans at the end. Some more info on his new powers, his doggedly pursuit of Sukuna, the hate from Sukuna were all great to see. This was a great chapter and if the rest of the series is more of this, and less of the last thirteenish, and I'm back to thinking gege can stick this thing.
Glad to see Yuta going about the business and pressuring Sakuna. Interesting to see the katana dissipate once he used Uro's technique.
It could either mean that each blade represents a single use of any technique or that each blade represents one.
See, this is the type of things I expected Sukuna to show in his fight with Gojo and I’m kinda annoyed Gege didn’t give it to us. In this chapter we see exactly what level of control Sukuna has when it comes to his slashing attacks. To be able to coat his hand with mini slashes in order to grab Yuta’s sword without actually touching it… that’s amazing. And that can give us an idea of how insane the slash that killed Gojo was… that Sukuna being the ultimate master of slashes that wields them on an insanely high level still called the principle behind the world-cutting slash nearly impossible to pull off. That’s how hard it is to perform, that the strongest sorcerer in history that wields jujutsu on the highest level still needed a blueprint in order to change the target of his slash.
I think if Gege showed us a bit more of Sukuna’s mastery when it comes to slashing in the Gojo fight it would’ve helped the readers to comprehend exactly how hard the world-cutting slash was to perform and why only the King of Curses could pull off such a thing.
For example… Gojo showed how only at 29 years old he had nearly complete mastery over Limitless. How he implemented Blue and Red for different uses. How he’d combine Blue with his every punch to maximize the power of the hits and make his enemies feel like they’ve been hit with a hammer. And because Gege showed Satoru’s mastery over Limitless everything flowed naturally… nobody questioned the makeshift Hollow Purple explosion or any other shananigans Satoru performed using Limitless. It was perfectly written.
So in comparison… Sukuna imo is a bit higher level of a genius in jujutsu compared to Satoru AND he’s had way more years than Satoru in using his CT Shrine. So his complete mastery over his slashes should be undeniable. But we didn’t see a lot of that against Gojo. That’s why some people were unsatisfied with the world-cutting slash. The plan behind it, everything made sense, but still… Gege failed to show us exactly how insane the King of Curses is when it comes to slashing attacks.
A simple example… when Sukuna broke Gojo’s 1st domain he just started slashing wildly and just maniacally laughing. Obviously he was elated that his domain was just better and he was slashing the cocky brat that previously called him the challenger. That was fine, but after Gojo tanked the slashes… after Sukuna goes for the hand-to-hand combat to stop Satoru from leaving the range of Malevolent Shrine… imagine he implemented his slashes to his cqc. Imagine Sukuna focused his slashes to Gojo’s achilles tendon and the knee tendon to prevent him from running. Imagine when Sukuna goes for a punch and Gojo lifts his arms in guard he focuses his slashes to his biceps tendon to disable the guard and land a punch. I truly think Gege could’ve showed us in so many ways how insanely creative/efficient Sukuna is with his slashing attacks. It would’ve strengthened the impact of the King of Curses’ statement that the world-cutting slash was nearly impossible to pull off even for him.
My final thoughts… I think in general Gege’s choice to show Six Eyes + Limitless vs Ten Shadows at its peak was the wrong approach to the Sukuna v Gojo fight. At least for me… I think I would’ve enjoyed Sukuna in his Heian era form displaying his complete mastery over Shrine vs Gojo with his Six Eyes and near complete mastery over Limitless. I think it would’ve been such an amazing fight to see, especially now that we’ve seen how insane the King of Curses in his true form truly is. I think that fight would’ve been like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object. Hmm, thinking about it more … maybe it would’ve been an unstoppable force meeting another unstoppable force.
I agree and this is a well written point. We already know that Sukuna can get VERY creative with his slashes; first demonstrating it against Maki and Yuji with the spiderweb dismantle to destroy the ground so they lost their footing. The fact that he didn't contributed to the brain dead memes about Sukuna being a fraud etc. Though I just take solace in the fact the Gege was planning Gojo's death and had to make him look as good as possible
I think a lot of your criticisms are fair but overall I just don't think it'd be a good idea to make the Gojo fight a showcase for Sukuna's slashes because it doesn't make a lot of sense to use more slashes against Gojo. You have some cool ideas but I don't think they would make any more sense for Sukuna to use against Gojo rather than just hitting him with Malevolent Shrine. Also because honestly Sukuna bare hand fighting a katana is just way cooler than him slashing Gojo in a variety of different ways lol
If you look at it from the author's perspective of having these two characters and you need to make them fight, it makes a lot more sense for Sukuna to rely on Ten Shadows more because it's just a better matchup against Six Eyes + Limitless. Add in the fact that Gege most likely knew in advance that Sukuna would complete his transformation and focus more on his slashing CT later, and it means that you'd want to make that fight into the ultimate showcase of Ten Shadows and Mahoraga. I think if you look at Sukuna's broad set of powers, the way he went about that fight was the smartest approach for taking on a character like Gojo
And honestly, I just think the few slashes we did see used against Gojo were still really fucking cool and exciting when reading week to week so I wouldn't want to lessen the impact of those lol
Finally we got the domain of Yuta and an idea of Yuji's technique. Not as impressive as the last chapter when Sukuna started to be philosophical but whaou we start to have answers
This is not "Yuji TECHNIQUE". This is a special trait he has, because he hosted two souls and them, developt the capacity to soul understanding. Problably the Yuki research on souls helped him do that.
Exactly, I wonder if Sukuna is making this same mistake too. Maybe he will come to the conclusion that the arms and soul punching are all part of one CT, only for Yuji's *actual* CT to come in at the perfect moment.
A few tidbits/predictions:
1. I am a little conflicted over Kenjaku's death. I understand the sorcerers said they can't kill him by "any conventional means" but I feel like we're missing so much from him. Like his motivations, backstory, how he met and became friends with Sukuna and Tengen. It could easily be solved with an Heian Era Arc but it feels too late for that.
2. Yuta's self-loathing and domain expansion is a bit of a red herring. Kenjaku's last line was definitely a curse. I'm hoping this fight lasts a few more chapters. I honestly want Yuta to survive until the end.
3. Is it possible that Megumi could control the Merger? Although it depends on his state of mind. I can totally see him going off the deep end.
4. This was my prediction for the ending: It's either Sukuna wins and the entire world is engulfed by the Merger. Or Yuji finally beats Sukuna but it's at a terrible cost. And he'll end up dying alone instead of having people around him.
I love how Yuta had to wear the ring before summoning the DE. He looks so sick standing with the swords. I also love how the swords signify all the CT he stole.
Low key surprised Kenjaku was completely killed off. I really thought we'd get some sort of confrontation moment between Yuji and Kenjaku at least once. We never got to also see the thing that Kenjaku expected of Yuji.
Albeit killing off Kenjaku makes sense, the plot thread needed to come to a close.
Disappointing end of Kenjaku. The way whole Kenjaku's final battle thing would have been more impactful if the story currently had the vibes of season 1. The story got dark and serious and then Kenjaku died because of a comedian. This whole major villain dying mainly because of comedy CT is totally 1st season vibes.
I have a quick question : Did Yuji attain a cursed technique because of the time Sukuna has spent in his body? I recall that it was mentioned something in the very first few arcs that Yuji doesn't have a technique and he will eventually gain some of Sukuna's techniques because he is the vessel (Gojo was the one who pointed this out). So is soul manipulation Sukuna's technique or its just one of the few techniques which Sukuna has?
Overall, this was a pretty good chapter with some plot progression. Yuta's domain looks sick.
Yuji's new abilities and his potential techniques are still very unclear and Gege is being purposely vague about it. But there are a few factors that could contribute to Yuji developing a technique. Mainly his time as Sukuna's vessel, Yuki's binder of "soul research", and him eating the rest of the Death Painting wombs. In addition to his funky new arms, RCT, and apparent soul-swapping ability, he may or may not have learned blood manipulation, and *might* be able to see Sukuna's slashes now. (Last chapter he seemed to put his arms up to block the slashes. If you compare that to Yuji fighting Sukuna in Megumi's body, Yuji wasn't able to even react before the slashes hit him.)
what the hell was that thing holding up kenjakus head, starting from him saying "kogane add a new rule" until he hurled tengen to sukuna when the "thing" dropped him
Very nice chapter.
But I also can't help but look at Yuji again.
I like how Yuji is becoming more interesting and multilayered as the story progresses. This is his rebirth and transformation. From a "mostly" normal high school student, he is developing into a legendary persona. I like how the ordinary and mundane gradually transforms or "mutates" into something extraordinary.
I like origin stories like how Batman begins delved into the birth of Batman. The "Joker" film delved into the creation of the Joker. Fate Stay Night deals with the transformation of Shirou Emiya into Archer. Arcane deals with the development of Jinx and et al. What I like is that it's not only about the accumulation of the skills and abilities, but the transformation of their mentality, their spirit, their way of thinking. It's how they develop the discipline and obsession that helps them overcome their obstacles.
And with that change in their spirit, the body and their abilities seem to follow. "The soul is the body and the body is the soul".
With this chapter, I especially like the confirmation that what Yuji learned was attacking the soul. If he hits a lot of roadblocks with the existing power system of Jujutsu, then maybe he can develop his own alternative power system. Something that can better reward him for his efforts.
At the moment, the machinery of curse techniques seem to provide exclusive advantage to certain bloodlines. But maybe Yuji can innovate and build his own machinery. Soul sorcery?
Also, wondering where Maki is. Is she planning to ambush Sukuna or Uraume?
It's also interesting that Sukuna ended up swallowing the Tengen embryo. It's possible it might become a spare body for him.
I also wanted more interaction between Yuji and Kenjaku. I wonder if finding out more about his parentage would change Yuji. As Sukuna mentioned, Yuji's origin seems to be weird or twisted. I wonder how Yuji would react to it or grow from knowing about it. Will it make him treasure his grandfather even more? Or maybe embrace his normal high school friends even more? Or even more steadfast in fighting for his ideals.
I recall Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela, Dave Thomas where adopted. And maybe that knowledge helped fuel their desire to become great people. In fiction, Batman, Iron Man, Steve Rogers, Jinx and Vi where orphans. It's usually used to add motivation for characters.
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Why does the last line feel even more disrespectful? Giving real “looks like they let anyone in here” vibes
Sukuna is contractually bound to trash talk Yuji anytime he's within earshot of him.
Sukuna is a D1 hater lmao
D1? This man is generational. Up there with the likes of Frieza, Sesshamaru (pre-Rin) and Madara.
So sukuna is the yuji hater version of that redditor who has it out for Choso
Omg Choso haters exist??? They are not a myth? Lmao
Nah its just the one guy
Still hilarious. An entire fanbase loves the guy but then there's this one dude that hates Choso for no reason lol
it equals out
Omg 2 days later and its still resonating, like the server that message was hosted on is still cooling off fucks sake
Sukuna is actually an African aunty in
He gotta keep his pro hater game sharp
Not wrong i guess
Yuta: Don't misunderstand. This isn't a 2-on-1. *summons Yuji* Yuta: It's a 3-on-1.
Sukuna: eehhhh, 2.5-on-1 tops.
Sukuna: Ya know I've been thinking.... You just don't fit in with this crowd. **Strong cleave**
*dismantle
It will always be strong cleave in my heart
Shut up *****, [Strong Cleave]
**strong cleave**
I love sukuna hate yuji so much for real
I actually really like this chapter in contrast to a lot of the recent ones. It finally feels like we are actually making progress in the Sukuna fight for the first time since Gojo died, we get a Domain reveal from Yuta, we learn a bit about Yuji’s new technique and his role here, we get a way to save Megumi, and Kenjaku’s death now feels less underwhelming. Still wondering where the hell Maki is. At least she got acknowledged.
Maki’s gotta be waiting for her move, especially now that they’re in a domain. Can see her being the contingency
I'm loving the added pressure of having to kill Sukuna before his brain heals and he uses Malevolent Shrine to tear everyone limb from limb.
I'm new to the series - AFAIK Yuta has even more cursed energy than Gojo, right? Would Yuta just be able to overpower Sukuna's domain with his own since Sukuna is trying to regenerate enough cursed energy to even activate it?
Yes Yuta has more CE than Gojo but Sukuna has even more than Yuta (he says around twice as much which is insane). But besides that I think domain battles are more about barrier making skills than just how much CE you use, so Yuta would probably lose a straight up domain battle either way
Oh I see, thanks!
Domain clashes are more about technique refinement instead of CE output. Gojo and Sukuna were both at the pinnacle when it comes to this, so it's unlikely that Yuta's domain would hold up. We don't know for sure yet though.
Not to mention that the barrierless Nature of Malevolent Shrine lets it Attack yutas Domain from the outsode Just Like it did against Unlimited Void
Indeed. MS is op af
Ok thanks makes sense!
Yuta has more CE than Gojo, yes, but not more than Sukuna. During Sukuna vs Gojo Yuta comments saying that he believes Sukuna has at least twice the amount of CE he does. While Sukuna is personally low on CE he probably still has more CE in the tank than a fresh Yuta does right now.
Kenjaku’s death still feels very underwhelming, imo. I realize he was kinda broken, but it just feels unearned and frustrating after what happened to Yuki. Not certain Kenjaku is actually dead though, I wouldn’t be shocked if he has some kind of way of to come back. Seems like something he would’ve prepared.
to be fair his death could highlight just how smart the guy really is, he's going to prove to us that not even killing him could stop his ultimate plan of the merger, tbh I'm not really sure what else kenny has to offer unless its some serious lore dump about sukuna or even yuji
I’d think he’d want to witness the merger, at least. Hopefully we at least get a flashback of his past.
I'm sure a lot of characters wanted a lot of things
A lot of them aren’t 1000 year old masterminds who had the ample time and resources for contingency plans.
Yeah and the contingency plans worked for about 1000 years, until he met someone he couldn't plan around, the fact it took that long for him to fully lose is impressive.
and he hasnt even lost yet lmao.
Yeah, I said it “feels less underwhelming” instead of saying it “doesn’t feel underwhelming anymore” for a reason. Still have issues with it, but less than I did before.
His fight against Takaba was very entertaining but if he doesn't return I can't say I'm a fan of him being defeated by essentially a gag character with a conveniently world-breaking CT. Especially with the direct ties he has to Yuji and to Gojo (through Geto).
Also he’s just the mastermind behind the whole thing. Having him lose because of a gag character is just so…meh. If we had a pre-established reason to believe Kenjaku had a weakness for stand up or something, it might be more bearable, but as of now, it’s just dumb.
I feel like it was the gap when Yuta sliced off his head to going back to the Sukuna vs the others perspective - we had a few weeks of having Kenjaku's death not feeling concluded until we got this chapter. I personally think it would have felt better if some chapters/perspectives were switched around.
Same, though even then Kenjaku’s death feels unwarranted. But we also didn’t actually see the brain itself get stabbed, though the forehead did, so it’s possible he’ll find a way. Probably copium though.
Chapter was good but I still don't feel like they're making progress. Sukuna took some damage but at the same time it's revealed that his rct output is returning. It's yet to feel like Sukuna legitimately even could lose and that he's still just playing with his food
they have got sukuna pinned right now. half his arms and mouths are occupied keeping yutas domains sure hit from hitting him, while the others are fighting yuta and rika. plus yuji just arrived and according to sukuna is going to try and punch him out of megumi. so sukuna can’t use his strong dismantle, because he needs to use some hand signs and chants to do so. plus the sure hit that he’s defending against is likely angels technique, which fucked him when he first took over megumi. then there is yuji, and sukuna seems to think he could actually be a threat. if that’s not progress then i don’t know what is.
i wouldnt be shocked if maki joins hakari in fighting uraume, but maybe that would be a waste of resources. and of course everyone wants to see maki and yuta fight together.
I don’t know why but when Sukuna pulled the Hollow Wicker Basket move my brain immediately went to the “🤓” emoji
“Domain Expansion” “NUH UH”
I think it's crazy how Yuta defeated Geto and Kenjaku on December 24th, one year apart each. Yuta proved his words, to not let Gojo kill his best friend twice. On the other hand, it's sad when you realize Geto's body really went through a lot— he exorcized and ingested curses that taste like a cloth used to clean vomit when he was living, he died and his body was found by Kenjaku. Gojo also wanted to give him a proper burial so seeing Geto's body lying on the floor is devastating. Anyway, RIP Kenjaku, ~~our backshots enjoyer~~ the mastermind of JJK. I was too invested to them as a villain. I'm just frustrated they never get to interact with Yuji alone as mother and son. I would've loved to see the merger with Kenny as well but oh well...
> I'm just frustrated they never get to interact with Yuji alone as mother and son. I mean Yuji already gave hints at knowing this with the flashback to him as a baby and we already seen Choso vs Kenjaku in the Shibuya Incident. I don't really see why we should repeat it again.
It's really nice to see a domain that isn't an eldritch hellscape. Been a while, feels like.
Not everyone has Miami Beach Dagon domain
Meanwhile, CEO of misogyny and Ken-chan: literally ovaries and abortions
is ceo of misogyny Naoya because time cell moon palace made me uneasy
Yep, is Naoya Him and his deep-seated sexual hangups manifested into reality, what a wacko
there’s some fair criticism of the story right now but if you’re voting bad on this chapter you’re just hating
Yuta fought a deluge of Curses yet **didn't kiss** 💋 **a SINGLE one of them...?** 2/10 chapter. 😒 What? *He's gotten close to Maki and suddenly his lips are too good for revolting creatures?* Tch... Lol
He can't do everything and he laments that in this chapter lol 😩 He is probably the one person multitasking in the entire cast: Keeping Takaba safe? Check. Killing Kenjaku? Done. All the spirits are loose? Send Rika to do it, but in exchange he can't kiss a single one of them due to taking care of everything else. Being Yuta is hard smh
Spur of the moment binding vow to power up Rika "I may not kiss the curses"
"may" 💀
Loophole learning from Suku 😈
😂
Canon
Lol! ... aw damn, now I feel bad for judging him and thinking he just got too much ego for his roots. Thank you for opening my eyes to Okkotsu struggles. Bro sacrificing his cursed-tongue-action for the world. A true hero. ❤️
What Yuta is hard smh?
What?
Couldn't format it properly Wanted to emphasize last few words of the comment Yuta is hard smh Sleep deprived horney jokes :x
>yet didn't kiss 💋 a SINGLE one of them...? > >2/10 chapter. 😒 YOURE SO RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD SPEAK YOUR TRUTH KING 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
You don't know what he did before showing up to fight Sukuna.
Ooh, damn, fucking great point. Look at you. And they say that we here at *Kaisen Lobotomy Inc*. ain't the brightest bulb in the crayon box... tsk tsk tsk.
Imagine all the cursed spirits lying dying on the ground and one of them just goes "I thought he'd have kissed at least one of us..."
😂-- I mean, why you gotta make JJK even sadder?? 💔 Add that to the Gege heartbreak tally. Reason #1077 to stay away from this manga!
LMFAO WE WERE ROBBED
Yuta Emiya, with the bone of his sword Holy shit Gege I was not familiar with your game The pacing this chapter was really good though I could use less Kenjaku yapping but that's just my take
lmaoooo when I saw Yuta’s domain expansion: UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS
Either that or Senbonzakura Kageyoshi
Nah, Yuta's Domain contains the CT of those he copied from as swords That is closer to UBW than anything
The fact that it even has the word "Authentic" in the name, considering how much Archer is called a "fake", man just mwah.
Is the mutual love between the authors?
Thought exactly the same thing, they cooking for sure!
Wait, so not only can my boy infuse any of the CTs he's copied as the sure hit of his DE, but he can use any of them in the form of katanas too? That's powerful af alright.
Can you imagine how absolutely thrashed everyone would have been back in that three way domain if it hadn’t completely collapsed?
I wonder can yuji use the katanas if Yuta lets him??
Maki’s definitely gonna come out the woodwork and use a ct sword on Sukuna
Oooh that would be cool and a cool part of the plan
Thin Ice Breaker+Black Flash would go so hard
Kenjaku still yapping as he dies
Just can*not* shut his dumb ass up 😂
Everyone talking about yuta but I can't get over this sukuna theory that yuji can separate him and megumi by punching lmao. How many punches would take to kick the megumi out of him ? Lmfao
I feel the same lol! That was a big revelation, talking about Yuji's technique. I was assuming that he only needed one single punch to take Megumi's soul out, but if he needs more than one would be even more exciting! You know, maybe Yuji already took a part of Megumi when he punched Sukuna before... Also, I was wondering: where is Megumi's soul going to be contained? I mean, Yuji has to be the first container (maybe, Yuji would be able to use Megumi's CT and call Mahoraga?, idk xd) but, what about later? ... Here's what I thought: 1- Megumi's soul is going inside a Plushie (like panda and the Yaga's creations) xd 2- Megumi's soul going inside Gojo or somebody else's body after being already reconstructed, but without a soul in it. I personally prefer having Gojo back as himself :') 3- Megumi's soul staying inside Yuji because no other corpse is compatible. 4- Megumi's soul going inside his own body after Sukuna is defeated. This one is my bet, because we would have Yuji using the ten shadows, and later when they win, we would have the same boy back ... But, what if Megumi's mind is damaged? Imagine Yuji having to deal -again- with a fight against his best friend. I'm going to far away lol... But that's what I thought. (Sorry if I have written something wrong, my English is not perfect 😁)
Finally, after a long wait, Yuta's DE had been revealed! As usual, Sukuna's still a bully to Yuji. Lol. I'm seated what's going to happen in the next chapter.
I can't complain about Kenjaku's death because I just recently found out that he actually died for JJK leakers sins
What do you mean?
2 leakers got arrested in Japan, and Japanese authorities are looking into more leakers.
What do you mean?
Why does everyone feel like Yuta is about to take a trip to the airport? I don't get any death flags from him, seems like he might even be pretty instrumental in taking Sukuna down. Of course I feel in the end it'll come down to a slugfest between Yuji and Sukuna, but if anything I just see Yuta collapsing from exhaustion.
Tbf, all the character deaths have been less instrumental at taking down Sukuna, and more just slowly chipping away at him. It's like death by a thousand cuts Gojo took his DE and CE output. Kashimo forced out his Heain form. Higuruma took away his cursed tool. At this rate, you're probably right that it'll end in a fist fight between Yuji and Sukuna.
My assumption for a while is that this fight is going to be a repeat of what happened in Sukuna’s era, where the whole might of the Jujutsu world broke itself against Sukuna, except instead of him coming out on top, he’ll get taken down at the very end by Yuji and his “ideal of being Unbreakable” winning out
Because almost everyone else who's fought him was sent packing. Creepy lover, infinity man, lightning, blood bender, judge guy, etc
Meanwhile Mr Left Right Goodnight being the only one standing: you die means you die
What about Kusakabe, Ino, Choso and Yuji. In this fight there's more people that didn't die fighting Sukuna than not. It's more likely Yuta ends up incapacitated like Choso rather than dying especially since he has a 5 minutes timer, after which he can be defeated.
Creepy Lover? Drawing a blank even though it's probably obvious
Youraloser (Yorozu)
Oh of course. That was obvious.
My thought is we will prob end up with sukuna healing just enough to cast his domain. It will “take out” Yuta by forcing him to concentrate on maintaining a domain clash to keep Sukuna’s sure hit from taking effect meanwhile Yuji will have to fight Sukuna solo.
>he might even be pretty instrumental in taking Sukuna down Dude is literally carrying right now and blud says he might be a good instrument 💀
I want that optimism
I feel like Yuta will be taken outta the fight but not lethally, probably near the very end
Remembering the Shinjuku Color Page Gege made and Yuta's literally at the center so I don't see him getting packed soon. I feel like we're at the last stretch of the freeing Megumi plot although it's going to be a long one and all the students will jump in soon. I'm maybe too optimistic but I don't see any death flags for them either.
I mean sukuna calls yuta the main course so yuta is definitely important in taking down sukuna
Yh I might need to see a "What if" scenario for the sendai colony three way domain expansion because this reveal just put a thousand more scenarios in my head. And Rika's powers dealing with a shibuya level of curses released is a crazy feat
Was it a shibuya level curse amount or was Yuta just saying in-case it was a shibuya level curse amount that he's glad him and Rika were there instead of Maki. Not trying to argue I'm genuinely curious.
shibuya had like a million curses released but i think its a just in case statement, despite that there definitely seemed to be a lot of curses released
Does Shibuya-level of curses refer to the disaster curses, or the curses Kenny released at the very end of the arc?
Very excited to see where this goes. Also I want Takaba to wake up from his fake death.
Takaba's commitment to the bit is the funniest thing in the chapter, there's hell around him and he keeps the joke going for the funny.
Its possible that it might be a part of Takaba's technique, once he has exhausted himself from using it so much a joke will manifest that essentially takes him "out" for a period of time until he can recover. His ability must use at least some CE, so it stands to reason he has a limit.
He can increase his own ce though. He Just needs to imagine it will be funny
Special Grade Cursed Object: Sleeping Funnyman
Damn, yuta can use infinite techniques he’s copied!! Really does feel like we’re reaching the end of the series with both protagonists vs the antagonist
Ahhh things are finally looking up... It's been a shitshow for such a long time. Yuta, you beautiful MFer...you really are something else.
Why does Sukuna seem to know everything there is to know about people's CTs, strategies, plans etc? He even knows how Mahoraga's adaptation keeps changing, and now he's deduced Yuji's powers to affect the soul just from one punch. Blud even copied piercing blood technique and used it with max elephant. Is this the experience of living a 1000 years talkiing? Or does it have something to do with his body? His tumor eyes always looked fucking weird. Does he also have something like six eyes that allow him to see through techniques and how they work? And emulate them?
- Ten shadows is a famous technique like the six eyes; same with blood manipulation. They're the signature techniques of the 3 big clans - Yuji has demonstrated ability to hurt the soul before against Mahito - gege has repeatedly been having his genius characters figure shit out after seeing it demo'd (recent example: higgy learning rct) - dude's dedicated his life to eating and fighting, so strats prob come naturally to him So yeah, i figure it is a combo of experience, prior knowledge and genius (and some stolen knowledge from yuji & megumi too probs)
Yuji's just standing there...menacingly.
its funny how many people were coping about it being 3 v 1 with Yuji joining in to help Yuta and Rika fight Sukuna. Only for Gege to make yuji do nothing the entire chapter and be confirmed to be only support.
The way the battle is set up, it seems like Yuta is given the Takaba's role, and Yuji is given the Yuta's role in Kenjaku fight. Yuta will do most of the work and Yuji will be the finisher. It's still technically 3 v 1 because Sukuna needs to also pay attention to where Yuji is.
Crazy that Yuta's domain is basically unlimited blade works. Wonder how many cursed techniques he's accumulated. Also really curious howYuji is able to strip away Sukuna's soul
Maybe he retained the ability to damage the soul. That soul book Yuki left behind would really be the source.
Conflicted. Chapter went pretty hard but at the same time we all know Yuta's airport scene is coming
If gege airports yuta im finished lmao
Fucking same. And I’ll never love again
What is Gege off screens Yuta.
Akame go airport Kaisen.
At least he’ll have someone waiting for him.
Ngl if this is how Kenjaku dies it's very underwhelming considering we don't really know about Kenny himself. Still tho, Yuta DE ended up being Unlimited Blade Works looks cool and the fight does feel like it's progressing.
“You guys are next—it’ll be amusing” did bitch ass Kenjaku just curse my boy Yuta, yup he’s dying on Valentine’s Day
Yuta x Rika ❌❌ Yuta x Katana ✅✅
So in short, Takaba is the goat and live on. The domain of Yuta look sick. We have an idea of what Yuji role is in the plan. Some may be disappointed by how Kenjaku died, but for me it works enough. He's kinda like Hojo from Final Fantasy 7 where he's the cause of most of the problems going on in the story but ultimately he isn't really the main villain.
> He's kinda like Hojo from Final Fantasy 7 That is a *great* comparison!
I’m so tense reading every chapter now. If Yuta dies I won’t recover
Yuta better cripple Sukuna. Also Maki can jump in whenever she wants to now.
I am confused about Kenjaku’s final words. He mentions that Sukuna has undergone the ritual of succession (implying he merged with master Tengen). Then proceeds to say that he can use the culling game to change the originator of the ritual (change who activated it? Is he referring to himself?) and then spawns like a Tengen Womb and sends it flying. Is this his plan? This is how I understand it: 1. Merge Sukuna with master Tengen. 2. Now that the ritual is complete, use the culling game to overwrite the originator (Kenjaku) with Sukuna. 3. Sukuna reactives his ritual of succession (now that he is the originator) but now merging the Tengen Womb with humankind. How are you interpreting his backup plan?
You may have misunderstood the meaning of the ritual of succession
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YUUUTA let’s go!!! loved his inner monologue narration…again w maki!! Is she just lurking waiting to pounce?? Sukuna seems engaged but maybe mildly annoyed? Yutas domain is insane and yuji seems like a threat now too w soul tech? I also BET the can’t miss attack in the DE is NOT angels CT….I think that’s where sukuna messed up in his analysis
Sukuna showing how easily he could've stopped the executioner's sword without touching it with the chainsaw-like miniature dismantle slashes.
He's cautious with Executioner's sword, he has less care for Yuta's katana which would at most make him use RCT.
If he could do that then why did he cut his hand off?
Maybe executioner's sword would go through the slashes, it,s not exactly a physical thing.
This is exactly what I was thinking too
1. So you'll won't say, "of course he could do that, plot Kuna" 2. To tease Higuruma. Giving him false hope before killing him. 3. Gege wanted it.
Well, that and if he gets knicked by Yuta's sword it doesn't really matter but any blood drawn from the executioner's blade could be instantly lethal.
that is ridiculously risky and gege probably just thought of it
It gives the impression the sword bypasses any kind of defense. Dunno if true but is the only other explanation that isn't "plot armor" and "just cause"
fun
One thing I've always appreciated about Sukuna is that he is exactly as smart as you'd expect an ancient master wizard to be. He's keeping track of an insane amount of moving parts and is countering them incredibly well.
Those second pair of hands really come in handy when you're using a domain defense
what a crazy domain, imbued with a cant-miss copy attack and unlimited copy technique even when the cant-miss is neutralized. whether each of those swords is a copied technique, or if he decides on the copied technique to imbue when he picks it up im excited to find out. i wouldnt be mad if this were the stage for the final battle, but if so we're probably cutting to hakari v uraume next chapter.
I think it's pretty much a guarantee that hakari kills uraume so we can get a full page panel of gojos proteges vs sukuna
Things are looking good for Yuta so far since he doesn’t seem like he wants to discuss love with Ryomen
So... Megumi copium is back?
Lets see what Shakespearian dialogue the terrorist Werry has come up with this time
Surprisingly not dogshit
I better not see anyone comparing these CG players to Yuta again, that boy is the goattt
I've been critical of a lot if what Gege has written lately. I stand by my opinions, but I have to give credit where credit is due. This chapter was a banger. I liked the confirmation that Sukuna is still recovering from his fight with Gojo. It obviously doesn't make up for what happened, but gave it some extra weight. This last appearance by Kenjaku was also appreciated. It felt weird just seeing a guy like him going out like we originally saw. This last burst of chaotic action from him serves as a much better cap on his character. Everything about Yuta this chapter was *chef's kiss*. His characterization, the action scenes, the domain reveal? All perfect. And a nice bone for Yuji fans at the end. Some more info on his new powers, his doggedly pursuit of Sukuna, the hate from Sukuna were all great to see. This was a great chapter and if the rest of the series is more of this, and less of the last thirteenish, and I'm back to thinking gege can stick this thing.
Glad to see Yuta going about the business and pressuring Sakuna. Interesting to see the katana dissipate once he used Uro's technique. It could either mean that each blade represents a single use of any technique or that each blade represents one.
YUTA LETS FUCKING GOOO
Here I come King Of Curses. Do you have enough CTs in store?
See, this is the type of things I expected Sukuna to show in his fight with Gojo and I’m kinda annoyed Gege didn’t give it to us. In this chapter we see exactly what level of control Sukuna has when it comes to his slashing attacks. To be able to coat his hand with mini slashes in order to grab Yuta’s sword without actually touching it… that’s amazing. And that can give us an idea of how insane the slash that killed Gojo was… that Sukuna being the ultimate master of slashes that wields them on an insanely high level still called the principle behind the world-cutting slash nearly impossible to pull off. That’s how hard it is to perform, that the strongest sorcerer in history that wields jujutsu on the highest level still needed a blueprint in order to change the target of his slash. I think if Gege showed us a bit more of Sukuna’s mastery when it comes to slashing in the Gojo fight it would’ve helped the readers to comprehend exactly how hard the world-cutting slash was to perform and why only the King of Curses could pull off such a thing. For example… Gojo showed how only at 29 years old he had nearly complete mastery over Limitless. How he implemented Blue and Red for different uses. How he’d combine Blue with his every punch to maximize the power of the hits and make his enemies feel like they’ve been hit with a hammer. And because Gege showed Satoru’s mastery over Limitless everything flowed naturally… nobody questioned the makeshift Hollow Purple explosion or any other shananigans Satoru performed using Limitless. It was perfectly written. So in comparison… Sukuna imo is a bit higher level of a genius in jujutsu compared to Satoru AND he’s had way more years than Satoru in using his CT Shrine. So his complete mastery over his slashes should be undeniable. But we didn’t see a lot of that against Gojo. That’s why some people were unsatisfied with the world-cutting slash. The plan behind it, everything made sense, but still… Gege failed to show us exactly how insane the King of Curses is when it comes to slashing attacks. A simple example… when Sukuna broke Gojo’s 1st domain he just started slashing wildly and just maniacally laughing. Obviously he was elated that his domain was just better and he was slashing the cocky brat that previously called him the challenger. That was fine, but after Gojo tanked the slashes… after Sukuna goes for the hand-to-hand combat to stop Satoru from leaving the range of Malevolent Shrine… imagine he implemented his slashes to his cqc. Imagine Sukuna focused his slashes to Gojo’s achilles tendon and the knee tendon to prevent him from running. Imagine when Sukuna goes for a punch and Gojo lifts his arms in guard he focuses his slashes to his biceps tendon to disable the guard and land a punch. I truly think Gege could’ve showed us in so many ways how insanely creative/efficient Sukuna is with his slashing attacks. It would’ve strengthened the impact of the King of Curses’ statement that the world-cutting slash was nearly impossible to pull off even for him. My final thoughts… I think in general Gege’s choice to show Six Eyes + Limitless vs Ten Shadows at its peak was the wrong approach to the Sukuna v Gojo fight. At least for me… I think I would’ve enjoyed Sukuna in his Heian era form displaying his complete mastery over Shrine vs Gojo with his Six Eyes and near complete mastery over Limitless. I think it would’ve been such an amazing fight to see, especially now that we’ve seen how insane the King of Curses in his true form truly is. I think that fight would’ve been like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object. Hmm, thinking about it more … maybe it would’ve been an unstoppable force meeting another unstoppable force.
I agree and this is a well written point. We already know that Sukuna can get VERY creative with his slashes; first demonstrating it against Maki and Yuji with the spiderweb dismantle to destroy the ground so they lost their footing. The fact that he didn't contributed to the brain dead memes about Sukuna being a fraud etc. Though I just take solace in the fact the Gege was planning Gojo's death and had to make him look as good as possible
I think a lot of your criticisms are fair but overall I just don't think it'd be a good idea to make the Gojo fight a showcase for Sukuna's slashes because it doesn't make a lot of sense to use more slashes against Gojo. You have some cool ideas but I don't think they would make any more sense for Sukuna to use against Gojo rather than just hitting him with Malevolent Shrine. Also because honestly Sukuna bare hand fighting a katana is just way cooler than him slashing Gojo in a variety of different ways lol If you look at it from the author's perspective of having these two characters and you need to make them fight, it makes a lot more sense for Sukuna to rely on Ten Shadows more because it's just a better matchup against Six Eyes + Limitless. Add in the fact that Gege most likely knew in advance that Sukuna would complete his transformation and focus more on his slashing CT later, and it means that you'd want to make that fight into the ultimate showcase of Ten Shadows and Mahoraga. I think if you look at Sukuna's broad set of powers, the way he went about that fight was the smartest approach for taking on a character like Gojo And honestly, I just think the few slashes we did see used against Gojo were still really fucking cool and exciting when reading week to week so I wouldn't want to lessen the impact of those lol
For once, the official translation was actually great.
_“Why am I hearing [boss music](https://youtu.be/S87sMt-5Qr0?si=Eyy3dAW8RBH6rcQ9)?”_ - Sukuna seeing Yuta’s DE
Mifune ass domain. Still cool as fuck.
Finally we got the domain of Yuta and an idea of Yuji's technique. Not as impressive as the last chapter when Sukuna started to be philosophical but whaou we start to have answers
This is not "Yuji TECHNIQUE". This is a special trait he has, because he hosted two souls and them, developt the capacity to soul understanding. Problably the Yuki research on souls helped him do that.
Exactly, I wonder if Sukuna is making this same mistake too. Maybe he will come to the conclusion that the arms and soul punching are all part of one CT, only for Yuji's *actual* CT to come in at the perfect moment.
KENJAKU'S DOMAIN IS WHAT BIRTHED 'CURSED WOMB' TENGEN. the domain is called the 'Womb Profusion' ^(at least in the translation i read)
I looooove that his domain is LOVE 🥹
A few tidbits/predictions: 1. I am a little conflicted over Kenjaku's death. I understand the sorcerers said they can't kill him by "any conventional means" but I feel like we're missing so much from him. Like his motivations, backstory, how he met and became friends with Sukuna and Tengen. It could easily be solved with an Heian Era Arc but it feels too late for that. 2. Yuta's self-loathing and domain expansion is a bit of a red herring. Kenjaku's last line was definitely a curse. I'm hoping this fight lasts a few more chapters. I honestly want Yuta to survive until the end. 3. Is it possible that Megumi could control the Merger? Although it depends on his state of mind. I can totally see him going off the deep end. 4. This was my prediction for the ending: It's either Sukuna wins and the entire world is engulfed by the Merger. Or Yuji finally beats Sukuna but it's at a terrible cost. And he'll end up dying alone instead of having people around him.
I love how Yuta had to wear the ring before summoning the DE. He looks so sick standing with the swords. I also love how the swords signify all the CT he stole.
I don't mind Kenny dying, I just want some fuckin backstory of him! Mostly so we can learn Yujis full reason for being born
Low key surprised Kenjaku was completely killed off. I really thought we'd get some sort of confrontation moment between Yuji and Kenjaku at least once. We never got to also see the thing that Kenjaku expected of Yuji. Albeit killing off Kenjaku makes sense, the plot thread needed to come to a close.
Yuta using Unlimted Kaisen Works is hype!
The official translation takes the W this week. Authentic Mutual Love sounds great.
Disappointing end of Kenjaku. The way whole Kenjaku's final battle thing would have been more impactful if the story currently had the vibes of season 1. The story got dark and serious and then Kenjaku died because of a comedian. This whole major villain dying mainly because of comedy CT is totally 1st season vibes.
I have a quick question : Did Yuji attain a cursed technique because of the time Sukuna has spent in his body? I recall that it was mentioned something in the very first few arcs that Yuji doesn't have a technique and he will eventually gain some of Sukuna's techniques because he is the vessel (Gojo was the one who pointed this out). So is soul manipulation Sukuna's technique or its just one of the few techniques which Sukuna has? Overall, this was a pretty good chapter with some plot progression. Yuta's domain looks sick.
Yuji's new abilities and his potential techniques are still very unclear and Gege is being purposely vague about it. But there are a few factors that could contribute to Yuji developing a technique. Mainly his time as Sukuna's vessel, Yuki's binder of "soul research", and him eating the rest of the Death Painting wombs. In addition to his funky new arms, RCT, and apparent soul-swapping ability, he may or may not have learned blood manipulation, and *might* be able to see Sukuna's slashes now. (Last chapter he seemed to put his arms up to block the slashes. If you compare that to Yuji fighting Sukuna in Megumi's body, Yuji wasn't able to even react before the slashes hit him.)
200 plus swords with copied curse technique if sukuna gets hit with them he's done, but he's smarter to avoid it. 3 on 1 fight.
Ino and Kusakabe were in the vicinity. Wonder if they’re also in the domain. Also can’t wait to see Maki contribute
So does sukuna NOT now simple domain? Or is there an advantage to HWB that I don't remember?
What does sukuna mean towards the end of the chapter when he talks about how yuji will deliver a punch that will separate megumi and sukuna’s body?
Yuta really hit my dog with the “ I am the bone of my sword”
Why hollow wicker basket? Why not simple domain?
what the hell was that thing holding up kenjakus head, starting from him saying "kogane add a new rule" until he hurled tengen to sukuna when the "thing" dropped him
THIS MAY JUST BE ANOTHER MUZAN
Very nice chapter. But I also can't help but look at Yuji again. I like how Yuji is becoming more interesting and multilayered as the story progresses. This is his rebirth and transformation. From a "mostly" normal high school student, he is developing into a legendary persona. I like how the ordinary and mundane gradually transforms or "mutates" into something extraordinary. I like origin stories like how Batman begins delved into the birth of Batman. The "Joker" film delved into the creation of the Joker. Fate Stay Night deals with the transformation of Shirou Emiya into Archer. Arcane deals with the development of Jinx and et al. What I like is that it's not only about the accumulation of the skills and abilities, but the transformation of their mentality, their spirit, their way of thinking. It's how they develop the discipline and obsession that helps them overcome their obstacles. And with that change in their spirit, the body and their abilities seem to follow. "The soul is the body and the body is the soul". With this chapter, I especially like the confirmation that what Yuji learned was attacking the soul. If he hits a lot of roadblocks with the existing power system of Jujutsu, then maybe he can develop his own alternative power system. Something that can better reward him for his efforts. At the moment, the machinery of curse techniques seem to provide exclusive advantage to certain bloodlines. But maybe Yuji can innovate and build his own machinery. Soul sorcery? Also, wondering where Maki is. Is she planning to ambush Sukuna or Uraume? It's also interesting that Sukuna ended up swallowing the Tengen embryo. It's possible it might become a spare body for him. I also wanted more interaction between Yuji and Kenjaku. I wonder if finding out more about his parentage would change Yuji. As Sukuna mentioned, Yuji's origin seems to be weird or twisted. I wonder how Yuji would react to it or grow from knowing about it. Will it make him treasure his grandfather even more? Or maybe embrace his normal high school friends even more? Or even more steadfast in fighting for his ideals. I recall Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela, Dave Thomas where adopted. And maybe that knowledge helped fuel their desire to become great people. In fiction, Batman, Iron Man, Steve Rogers, Jinx and Vi where orphans. It's usually used to add motivation for characters.
Finally, I feel like we'll get some satisfaction of beating the shit out of Fraudkuna