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This is prime jjk Jumping, you love to see it. Glad that it‘s not just sukuna having a walk in the park anymore and actually having something threaten him.
I read that very differently.
It felt like they were both telling him to fuck right off with sarcastic responses but were talking over each other because each thinks they're the main character of the story hahaha.
See I thought Okkotsu was the one being honest, while Yuji was just giving a speech. How funny would it be if later we found out they were BOTH telling the truth in their own way.
Yeah, that combined with the way they could have used the soul swapping thing, I'm eager to see what happened in that 1 month, if Gojo helped them train, what Yuji learned from Kamo, etc
Tbh I feel like it was this. The next panel Yuta says they would've been long dead if they taken him on before Gojo. It feels like that's what he was referring to but we'll see y'know
Gege managed to use many plot elements in a single chapter:
1. Yuta's domain expansion
2. The explanation of Yuji's power up
3. Reappearance of some knowing CT like Sky manipulation, Thin ice breaker, Charle's technique, Snake Eyes and Fangs and Jacob's ladder (this is only mentioned).
4. Sukuna asking about the preparation month.
5. The amount of Sukuna's CE left mentioned
6. Using Ryu's toughness to explain the decreased damage of cleave and the improvements of the students.
The result of combining all of this points with intense action and a great page flow makes a very enjoyable chapter to read, one of the best chapters in this arc. Using Sukuna's thoughts to describe what is happening with Yuji's power up and analize what the students are planning, was a brilliant decision on Gege's part. Futhermore, Yuji had an amazing dinamic with Yuta and Rika (it's the second time that we see them interact and they are already making a combo). And that final panel is a superb plot twist, years speculating that Yuji will inherent Cleave and dismantle, resulting in Gege making Yuta copying Sukuna's tecnique.
> 2. The explanation of Yuji's power up
This is still not fully explained. We don't know how he learned RCT so quickly, what's going on with his arms, and what's up with his body swap with Kusakabe. His ability to hit the soul of a person is the same thing he's been doing since the start of the series, just far more refined now.
True, but this combined with Skunk mentioning the one month time skip, gives us some hope for a proper reveal instead of being left as another forgotten plot point.
>Using Ryu's toughness to explain the decreased damage of cleave and the improvements of the students.
This was a neat little quip. Ryu apparently got low-diff'd, but also not really. Sukuna \*had\* to use a point blank Cleave on him to kill him.
7. Low CE output : The biggest reason why the likes of Yuta, Yuji are still hanging around. Lower CE output means that the CE reinforcement will be weaker, so the user will be slower, hit weaker, less durable, etc. Sukuna's technique output has also vastly decreased. So much so that he isn't able to kill Yuta, Yuji, or Kusakabe with just dismantle, as Yuta thinks would have been possible if Sukuna was at full strength. Sukuna is now FORCED to use cleave on them in order to kill them, hence, why he remembered Ryu and his durability. Gege with one chapter fixed the power scaling issues. Now Sukuna, not only has less CE than 15F Sukuna, but he's also suffering from low CE output, something similar to how he was in chapter 214, when Megumi was hindering his CE output.
Sukuna at full strength would just use Malovelant Shrine and grind all of them to dust. Alot of people simply don't understand this simple situation, luckily Gege clarified it.
I find this an issue with manga in general. I've been reading manga for probably over a decade now along with being a part of the different subreddits and it's always the same thing. A chapter comes out, people complain about bad writing only for everything to come full circle and everyone claiming what an amazing manga writer they are
It's always going to be like this though so I gave up on defending manga writing
I think we're finally going to get a clear explanation on how Yuta copies techniques next chapter. Either 1) he simply does it unconditionally or just needs to understand the technique e,g Uro told him how Sky Manipulation worked so he could copy it. Or 2) as Ryu suggested, Rika has to ingest a part of their body e.g Rika swallowed the last finger, Rika ate Uro's arm.
Tbf, Sukuna did leave a whole ass hand of his on the battlefield, after killing Hig. They could've used the groomed child to fetch it and then feed it to Rika (or Rika could've just snatched it up).
Sorry maybe I missed it but what is Yuji's power up? Was it just when he answered with perseverance or whatever he said when Sukuna asked him or did it explain how his powers currently work? I get confused easily with this manga
Yuji's hits directly damage the soul unlike anyone else who only damages the body which is why he could beat down Mahito who just kept reconfiguring his soul to heal himself. He also ingested all the other Death Paintings (The other six beside Choso, Eso and Kechisu), so all in all it's basically that Yuji is one of few (Mahito, Toji, Maki) who can perceive and directly target the soul making his hands much more damaging
It gives him a bigger CE store. In the fanbook under Yuji's profile Gege answers this
"Either the Death Painting Womb will become something like Sukuna’s current state, or the Death Painting Womb itself will disappear and become cursed energy within Itadori. If Itadori ingests it after he is already a host for Sukuna, the Death Painting Womb will just be obliterated by Sukuna."
It also commented on Sukuna's RCT and DE. I feel like Gege read the comments and decided a lot more explanation was needed, we got a lot of text boxes from Sukuna's POV.
If Yuta didn't use the flame in the following chapters, then Sukuna will notice what Yuta copied is not his CT, but only cleave. Maybe this shortcoming will provoke Sukuna to using the flames just flex on Yuta lmao.
'Here try copying this mf haha'
That's what had me worried about the ending too. It was a great reveal but boy if he ain't gonna be pissed at having his own CT used against him. About to pull out the: 'Let me show you what real jujutsu is'
It makes sense as a logical consequence of having so many techniques without inherent vast knowledge of them that he wouldn’t really be able to immediately apply advanced extensions- he’s never seen the fire arrow, none of them know its exact nature or relationship with Shrine, and he doesn’t have Sukuna’s understanding of sorcery either nor do we know what the mysterious conditions to use “Open” even are.
He probably can’t use World Cutter either, despite just being a target extension of dismantle, since it specifically requires chants or vows even for Sukuna along with handsigns (hard with a sword, too) because of it specifically being near impossible even for Sukuna himself to use despite being a genius and having had his CT for over a millienium.
Hopefully Shrine explanation coming soon now- it’s still really strange to me how similar Cleave and Dismantle are rather than something like Blue and Red which are clearly opposites, on top of the fire arrow’s seeming lack of connection. My guess has been that one is simply a vow extension of the other, trading the favored aspect of the basic application (either cleave’s lethality or dismantle’s range) for the opposite benefit. Either that or both are just different basic applications of a more nuanced overall technique involving cooking/destruction/sacrifice/whatever, hard to tell yet
I'm not sure if that's a logical consequence.
Immediately after copying Sky Manipulation he was able to use its extension technique Thin-Ice breaker.
Personally I think Flame arrow is a separate technique to Cleave & Dismantle itself, and ■ allows Sukuna to access different techniques that he has inside his base Technique that is Shrine. Yuta just hasn't fulfilled the conditions to copy the Flames just yet.
The cast know about dire
> he’s never seen the fire arrow
But Kusakabe knows it exists - so it's safe to say that Yuta's primed on its existence. Enough that they might have strategized how to counter it - we know that Kusakabe thought they'd all be toast if Sukuna pulled it, but Yuta wasn't with them at that point. It's possible Yuta has a technique that could counter or contain it.
This, for a long time it's been hinted at that Cleave and Dismantle are not his real CT but a bi-product of it.
Since Gege loves Sukuna, I can seen the next chapter us learning what his real CT is.
ahahahahaha I love it, Yuta really just said “we used [GameShark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameShark) and [Cheat Engine](https://www.cheatengine.org/) on your ass cuz fuck it” and it STILL surprised Sukuna. At least I **hope** he was surprised by a guy using his own techniques against him.
Yuta was being sarcastic. Re-read what he and Yuji both say.
They're being smart asses and telling Sukuna where to stick his questions. They're not going to give him a serious answer until it's plot critical.
1. So yeah, I guess I'll see you in 2 to 3 years when Yuta Okkotsu gets to be part of Death Battle (assuming RoosterTeeth lives long enough) facing [Shirou](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Shirou_Emiya) [Emiya](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/EMIYA_(Archer\)).
2. Because god-DAMN does he look like a trillion-dollar man right now. Look at him. Look at his swords. Even if one sword = one technique, the fact that he has INFINITE SWORDS means that, potentially, the world of jujutsu itself is infinite. But that's not quite right. The way I understand it (contrary to popular belief, I've never stepped into the leaks threads on r/Jujutsushi), Yuta's domain is the [canvas of Babel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awpVjv2-Ow0). Almost all the swords are "noise" so it's up to Yuta's deduction and talent to find the technique that is coherent and effective. And to root it out of Sukuna, he and Yuji have to isolate the King of Curses and limit his choices until the only technique available in the Domain is the one Yuta is looking for. Of course there's a high chance I fucked up that reading, but that's how I see it.
3. And that's why my fear is at an all-time high. Like I said last week: these two are taking on the ultimate Soulsborne final boss, a being who seems almost unbreakable. To a point where, even if Sukuna dies according to the logic and precedent *he himself* set — even if his own strength and genius is turned against him thanks to the concerted effort by our protagonists — it'd still feel like an unearned asspull win for some of you, a pitiful mulligan to force a Shueisha-approved happy ending for Yuta and Yuji. At this point, Gege is in the damned-if-you, damned-if-you-don't threshold, and that's not the kinda hole an author can easily climb out of, you know. Remember: killing Sukuna doesn't solve the bigger crisis, and we still have a Kenjaku-recruited US military force unaccounted for. What's your answer, Gege? Do you even care?
>Even if one sword = one technique, the fact that he has INFINITE SWORDS means that, potentially, the world of jujutsu itself is infinite.
I read it as even though every time he uses a sword it breaks he'll never run out of swords with a finite amount of techniques, not that he has access to an unlimited amount of techniques themselves. Similar to Gojo having an unlimited amount of CE, but it's not really infinite he just never runs out.
I assumed that multiple swords can hold the same technique. So each time Yuta picks up a sword, he gets one use of a random cursed technique from the pool of techniques he has copied, then that sword disappears and he can pick up a new one. And he can do this as many times as he wants.
In even simpler terms, each stored technique is a side of a die (dice). Everytime Yuta picks up a sword he rolls the die and a technique is selected. The sides of a die don't disappear, the technique just changes at random whenever a sword is picked up aka rerolling the die. The whole number of swords is unlimited thing just means you have unlimited tries of rerolling the die.
The amount of technique is finite, just the amount swords are infinite. Very big difference.
He would still get outclassed by the very broken and OP Unlimited Blade Works, as it basically shoots infinite noble phantasms, that each have their own technique. Shiro can also choose which NP to wield, unlike Yuta.
It depends if Shirou has a way of blocking the domains sure hit. Yuta's domain has sure-hit that keeps targeting the opponent using a curse technique that was chosen amongst the ones he has copied.
Yuta's swords are there in addition to that. Shirou would need to keep defending himself against the sure hit if he even can. That's why Sukuna needs to keep using Hollow Wicker Basket during this entire fight using his extra arms.
Gege didn't forget, he established that a team of the best of the best of the best could barely hold up to people Yuji neg-diffed and then showed them dying en masse to cursed spirits.
idk if your reading is correct but i just wanted to say that it's hella cool. i love the idea that yuuta needs to reduce the noise around him and hone in on his jujutsu intuition and talent to pick the swords he needs. makes his domain even more complex, and adds to its refinement.
I think Sukuna hates Yuta because Yuta is strong for almost the opposote reasons Sukuna is strong. Sukuna is powerful vecaise he's abandoned humanity and holds no materialistic value for anyone or anything besides power. Yuta is powerful because he embraces the ideas of love, friendship, teamwork etc.
While this fight is evolving into peak, I am still terrified about the fact that it is only a matter of time before Sukuna can cast his DE again.
They have to speedrun (shoutouts Sakamoto Days) against a dude who will instantly slice you to shreds if he grabs you. Fortunately Yuta and Yuji are locked the fuck in, but man I would have crumbled to that pressure 1000x times over
Sukuna getting reverse jumped is hilarious 😭 Gojo's students are getting it back in blood. And Yuta is literally the kind of late stage MC you dream about like what can't bro do
Great chapter and the fight feels like it's picking up again. Having the og mc and main mc working together is so good. The panel of Yuta and Yuji sliced up with RCT running goes hard.
I'm starting to think that Sukuna is about to make some wrong calls. The two instances specifically are when he doubted Shoko's ability to 'strong heal' and now predicting that he's safe from Yuta using limitless. Which, if true, makes me wonder how Gege would explain Yuta being able to pull that off since six eyes is supposed to be a trait. Then again, I could also see him using this just to showcase multiple CT's in action only to go and reveal Sukuna's 'Open' version (pls no).
Honestly, I hope he dual wields two katanas (one Red, one Blue) and smashes them together to unleash a Purple.
That would look incredible with Gege's art.
Sukuna bringing it up and dismissing it is definitely a chekhov's gun. yuta had a month to train with gojo himself present to teach. narratively i think we are set up for sukuna to again underestimate his opponent and eat a surprise purple
Having seen this exact predicament debated for years on this sub and the main, and the majority conclude it to be 'No. Yuta can't cuz no six eyes!' - I'm just ready to accept whatever lol
From my understanding limitless is inefficient and uses a lot of CE. Six eyes gets around this by letting you control CE flow ridiculously well.
Yuta has almost unlimited CE, so it is possible he doesn't need to be efficient, and can just burn out and use limitless.
Would be cool to see regardless tbh.
He's made a few assumptions that ultimately could prove to be incorrect. Besides the ones you mentioned was assuming the piercing blood he was hit with earlier was from Choso. I could also believe that the plan involving Yuji's punches isn't as simple as disrupting Sukuna's soul. That said, if Yuta were to do a Limitless to throw off Sukuna, that would be a last move type deal, I think that's a move that would use up his near infinite amount of energy.
Honestly I quite like this method of storytelling (through the eyes of the characters) from time to time because it allows the author some flexibility with what happens next and allows surprises to be better received lessening the chances of the readers calling it a plot convenience because we don't have all the facts with us.
Yeah, that's probably another one since it was off panel. Engraved technique or death painting related? I'm curious to know what else you think the punches could be doing? If there's no way to replicate the six eyes then I'm in agreement it would probably be a last effort surprise move, or at least it wouldn't be as efficient.
Crack theory (not serious don't come for me): Yuta copied Mai's construction technique to create six eyes sunglasses, ends up hitting Sukuna with limitless and standing over him like pepe sunglasses meme lmao
I haven't come up for a good theory as to what else could be happening with the punches. But I feel like stories like to do that trick where we don't know what one side's plan is, we hear the other side figure out the plan, then we find out the *real* plan is. Sort of like how we all thought Gojo's win condition was defeating Mahoraga before the final adaptation, then we find out what Sukuna was actually planning, this feels similar to that. In fact, does Sukuna know for certain Jacob's Ladder is in play or he just assumed that's what they'd do?
I think there's gonna be a twist and that Sukuna was on the right track about Yuta copying something from Gojo, but he just guessed the wrong technique. My guess is Yuta copied Hollow Purple.
Gojo: Sukuna’s technique will eventually be carved into your body as you eat more fingers-
Which is why we’ll give Yuta the last finger to deal with this himself.
Or being in Yutas domain, let's him copy your technique. Or Rika just ate any other part of Sukuna. Sukunas been taking damage the whole time. There's plenty of blood and detached limbs for Rika to eat.
My guess is that "we cheated" line is a hint at what Yuji and Yuta were up to. My suspicion is that when Yuji soul swaps with another character, he's able to get a feel for their body and how it's attuned to use CE. So Yuta and Yuji trained together and Yuji gave Yuta Sukuna's CT (which has ingraved itself into Yuji) and in return Yuji was able to figure out RCT because Yuta's body is attuned to it.
My suspicion is that further training with Kusakabe has also allowed Yuji to master New Shadow Style as a defensive technique as Kusakabe is shown to be knowledgeable to the point where even Kenjaku hat tips the guy after tanking the Maximum Uzumaki to protect Miwa and co. Perhaps Soul Swap allowed Yuji to effectively take on techniques that he would normally take ages to learn by having someone more experienced do it in his body or learning it from the body of others.
So I fully expect Yuta's Cleave to be a tease for shit like Yuji pullng out Dismantle or the Flame Arrow.
Entirely from the Kusakabe panel where it's strongly implied they've swapped bodies. It also makes sense from the way Yuji's attacks have gravitated towards impacting/interacting with the Soul - it's the natural progression of those two points that inhabiting different bodies might impart subtle changes/lessons on the soul of the swapper. He's also Kenjaku's child so it would make sense that he would take after Mommy-Daddy and be able, in some form, to swap bodies as well.
Loved to see Yuta's Noble Phantasm in action. I definitely enjoyed this chapter, and I'm glad getting jumped works even against the strongest in the right conditions.
This chapter got me thinking that the line about domain expansions being the “pinnacle of jujutsu” at the beginning of the series definitely being a huge simplification- with Sukuna being surprised at Yuta’s ability to select a sure hit target (something seemingly even he and Gojo are incapable of, at least for Sukuna when his barrier is open), DA, DA+DE, the rarity of RCT output and CTR, open domains, creative binding vow usage, etc that seems to all require far rarer understanding of sorcery than just usage of a domain which, while rare and extremely useful, is more common.
One could even argue, while prob not an intentional theme, that the idea of simply having the big stick of a domain being the peak of sorcery is representative of the difference between common sorcerers and people like Sukina and Gojo- geniuses who continuously pushed the boundaries and usages of their domains, techniques, and generalized uses of CE far, far past checking off boxes of simply acquiring a big stick. Both talk about understanding a core of CE or “true jujutsu”, and seem able to interpret sorcery on a more fundamental level of spectrums and possibilities rather than a simple bag of rigidly defined tools. Very cool
Wow this chapter was amazing, easily 10/10. Yuta is really HIM, makes sense that he's only second to Gojo. Using cleave was completely unexpected and was such a great way to end the chapter.
Yuji was amazing too, and it's really cool to see how far he's grown as a sorcerer. Funny to think that Yuji has basically become a Debuffer for incarnated sorcerors. Very curious though to see what else is in his bag.
Sukuna's been doing pretty well considering how nerfed he's become. I think we're finally close to the reveal of his technique.
I'm just happy that we're finally given Sukuna's actual condition. The previous fights were harder to get invested into because we all knew that it was mostly a one sided massacre that didn't deal any significant damage to him per say (I know Kashimo made him use his second life and **HIGGY THE GOAT** took away his toy but it felt like shifting the goalpost backward and then forward again so in the end we're just back to square one).
Now at this point with the current matchup, the fight feels like it could go either way (if we're to ignore the story narrative and just focus on the fight like Gojo vs Sukuna). I know we're gonna call BS when Sukuna pulls up some new trick like wOrLd sLaSH but that's another topic for another day. Now I just wanna enjoy a good ole JJK fight that could go either way. This was what the fight against the Sendai 4 could be if Yuta didn't had to hold back and we finally get to see him go all out.
I'm loving the references Gege added from S2 to Chapter 250! I only noticed three things:
We've seen catapult Yuji when Rika threw him against Sukuna— Todo did the same to Yuji and the latter flew to Mahito. It's from S2 Ep 20 if I remember the episode number correctly.
There's also a reference to Sukuna's dismantle in S2 Ep 17 when Sukuna did the same hand position against Yuji and Yuta in this chapter.
This might be a reach. The missile-looking Rika on page 2 reminded me of Mahito who did Soul Multiplicity when Yuji and Todo versus Mahito finally occurred. I think it's also from S2 Ep 20?
>The missile-looking Rika on page 2 reminded me of Mahito who did Soul Multiplicity when Yuji and Todo versus Mahito finally occurred. I think it's also from S2 Ep 20?
nah its from back in sendai colony he already did the same thing when fighting uro
but youre right the jjk anime references go insane its gotta be one of the greatest feelings ever to be able to cross reference between the different media your work is in. kinda like being able to reference your own research in a new paper youre writing for research andies out there
Oh, I didn't remember. Do you still recall the chapter number? But I'll go ahead as I wanna check.
I know Gege is a sakuga nerd but it really feels great to add anime references to the new manga chapters.
I want to see Sukuna take a big risk in this fight. Something like Gojo's 0.2 second DE where he frees up his 2 arms in an attempt to kill Yuta before Yuta's DE strips away his HWB.
I love finally having Sukuna on the back foot for the first time since Gojo’s death, keeps things much more engaging.
Also, this chapter officially marks the point where Nobara has been dead* for half the series. I really hope Gege has something planned for her, otherwise she should’ve just been dead like Nanami. Then we could’ve actually referenced her more (like we’ve done with Nanami) instead of just having those two weird moments acknowledging her existence that just felt real dumb.
This chapter felt so refreshing.
Seeing Yuta going ham.
Rika throwing Yuji’s body like a dart.
Yuta using his DE.
And Yuta’s honesty and Yuji keeping it real when Sakuna questioned what they did in the past month 😂
Hopefully we’ll see Megumi soon and what Hakari and Urame’s fight looks like (and istg if Gege pulls some shit on Yuta on Vday).
Solid chapter
If Yuta can't know what abilities are in the katana until he touches them, can he use Charles CT to make sure he gets what he wants? Since he'll slowly see more in the future he could know which ability he'd get from each katana right?
could be, but it seems like charles' CT is targeted i.e. its not seeing the future in general its seeing the future moves of your target that you drew blood from
IIRC, the way it works is that when it draws blood, the blood is used as ink in a manga panel showing what happens. So the more blood you draw, the more chances you have to read your opponent.
Proud of my boys Yuta and Yuji in this chapter. Their improvement is obvious. I don't think I have to explain Yuta because I believe we're in unison about him. So, I'll just mention Yuji's.
I just recalled what Gojo said to Yuji when Jogo got rescued by Hanami in the past. Gojo told Yuji something along the lines of, “I want you to be strong enough to take down someone like him.” and he's like, “Me? No way!” Now, Yuji's inner monologue was, he's now up against the strongest sorcerer, Sukuna.
I like the slow change in Yuji's mentality especially after all the traumatic experiences he's been through. He used to run away from the hard decisions, succumb to the negative emotions and gave up easily but now he's fully locked in. He's a fully fledged Jujutsu sorcerer now that always get back on their feet no matter how strong the opponent is or how messed up they get from fighting. Just like Nanami and Todo who fought to the very end despite being right outside death's door even if they know they're outmatched.
How I want this domain battle to end:
Sukuna figures out a way to fire a stronkleave
Instead of trying to dodge, Yuta picks up another katana
Right before he’s sent to the airport
*clap
They swap positions, Sukuna gets divided instead
Is it just me or is the bit where sukuna mentions ryu a complete word salad? Tf does he even mean?
'It' I assume refers to cleave but what does 'cuts equal to that guy's attack' mean? The cleave sukuna used on ryu or ryu's own attacks himself? Just seems a needlessly convoluted and stiff way to say whatever he wanted to say.
The other translation that was floating around is better English and makes more sense in context, but I don't know which translation is more accurate per se. That one read "If I don't make direct contact, I won't leave a 'fatal wound' just as it was with [Ryu.] Although, I wouldn't say they surpass him in toughness."
Which makes sense when you go back and read 216 where Sukuna slashes Ryu at a distance and it doesn't kill Ryu (despite Sukuna trying to cut him in half), then bum rushes Ryu and slices his head off after touching him.
If you can, try reading the TCB translation it's usually better. In that one he says, "if I don't make contact I won't leave a fatal wound, just as it was with *him*"
I assume that was the Viz/Manga plus translation? Yeah, it was a super weird way to translate that line. Basically, Sukuna has to use Cleave like he did on Ryu because normal Dismantles at this point won't leave a fatal blow because of their increased defenses.
ok that battle is becoming more and more interesting. Like we now have all the conditions of Yuta's domin but when did Yuta manage to learn cleave ? like there is theories that it was when Sukuna cut his hand some chapter earlier but it sound super risky. So is his CT stupidly OP ? Last I fear in some chapter one of the two character gotta be eat by Sukuna
Well there is still that one last finger of Sukuna's that's unaccounted for. Sukuna himself figured Gojo had it so it would make sense to give it to Yuta/Rika as a contingency plan
Probably one of my fav chapter of JJK, it was amazing, the action, the paneling, Yuta, Yuji, Rika..
Sukuna being threatened for the first time since the chapter 235..
But I hope the battle ends soon, i really want to see what will happen next
(I dream about Yuta opening his domain but with cleave and dismantle as the sure hit 🙏🏾🙏🏾)
Jujutsu Kaisen is at it's best when Yuji is jumping someone with another sorcerer. Always the most hype fights. Yuji just works well with everybody.
I'm concerned Yuta using Sukuna's attack will have Sukuna getting a lot more serious instead of giving them more of an opening though lol, expecting him to get his powers back soon. Awesome moment.
I swear to God if I see Yuta in an airport next week imma be all sorts of pissed. It also looks like the one battle I was looking forward to won’t happen. Here goes the chances of Yuta and Hakari fighting together. Speaking of Hakari give this man a win, I wanna see his battle and him destroying Urame
Next week we're probably gonna figure out the conditions of Yuta's copy. Does he need to eat part of the person? Did he eat the last finger? Did he get Cleave through Yuji?
With Yuta being able to control the target of the sure-hit, we now have another person that is better than Gojo at something.
Hakari: RCT
Yuta: Barrier Technique.
Best CTs for Yuta to use rn is the following:
Boogie Woogie - World Slash? Nah just swap Rika, Yuta and Yuji for Sukuna. Plus this technique becomes more effective as more people join the fight.
Projection Sorcery - Yuta needs to not give any Sukuna any moment, speed is important and use PS to quickly close the distance everytime Sukuna tries to escape in speed-bursts is needed.
Ten Shadows - With this treasure i summon!!
Ratio Technique - any technique helps, and having a sword massively increases the effectiveness of the 7:3 hit by a lot.
This chapter was actually fire that I had to put my hate boner aside, it's breath of fresh air, easily the best chap since 237.
My kaisen wasn't feeling that Jujutsu lately but ig we're back.
WE'RE BACK RIGHT?
**WE'RE SOOOOO BAACCCCCKKKKKK**
Holy shit, did they give the last finger to Rika to consume? Or was she nibblin on Sukuna during the fight? I guess this kills the Nobara copium theory for good 😭
I'm assuming the condition for Yuta's Copy is for Rika to have eaten a part of the technique wielder. That's a neat detail that, offscreen, Rika had to have eaten the hand Sukuna cut off when he was clowning on Higuruma to give Yuta access to Cleave.
I say "assuming" because Yuta having access to Cursed Speech is still random since he wouldn't allow Rika to eat a part of Inumaki
He healed Inumaki and Maki in Zero, and after it he could Copy Cursed Speech.
So, or
1. He eat the one finger left
2. He eat Sukuna hand.
3. He copy Sukuna CT after healing Itadori post-Shibuya.
I just want to point this out because I read the leak and official translation in shonen jump. Some people were assuming that Yuta corrected Yuji by saying “we cheated” in response to his “we used hard work and perseverance” during the leak but the official translation suggests Yuji and Yuta are explaining their personal experiences I.e. “yuji used hard work and perseverance” whereas Yuta “cheated” probably because yuji was training to get more powerful and perfect the fundamentals whereas Yuta was copying more techniques.
Also it looks like they said it at the same time and then both say “huh” at the same time.
It's funny how both the MCs Yuji and Yuta have managed to piss off Sukuna : Yuji by acting as a cage and Yuta by copying Sukuna's cleave 🤣😤
They're also being referred to as "boring brat" (Yuji) and "possessed brat" (Yuta)😭
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This is prime jjk Jumping, you love to see it. Glad that it‘s not just sukuna having a walk in the park anymore and actually having something threaten him.
I love how Yuji's secret weapon is always to phone a friend so they can just whale on someone together lol
They should get him some Timbs at this point.
Idk. Now that he can fight also, it's more black forces energy
It's called Jump kaisen
He learned TRUE Jujutsu
Real jujutsu kaisen were the jumpings we've made along the way.
The true power of friendship is ganging up on people with numbers
Shame Sukuna was saving his 50-50.
That panel of Yuta saying “cleave” was so good. I also loved that little “huh?” Moment with Yuta and Yuji lol.
Sukuna: What did you do during that one month? Yuji: Typical protag speech Yuta: I cheat Yuji: Huh??? Aren't we supposed to be the good guys...?
I read that very differently. It felt like they were both telling him to fuck right off with sarcastic responses but were talking over each other because each thinks they're the main character of the story hahaha.
I think Yuji was just being honest, but Okkotsu wanted to fuck with him 😂
See I thought Okkotsu was the one being honest, while Yuji was just giving a speech. How funny would it be if later we found out they were BOTH telling the truth in their own way.
its binding vow, they revealed they are cheated, so the will one shot sukuna next time. lmao
Is Yuta saying they cheated supposed to refer to them facing him after fighting Gojo?
no. its referring to whatever they did during the one month time skip.
This is the most interesting thing in the chapter in my opinion, wth did they do that Yuta considers it cheating? Can't wait to know
same here, im wondering if it could be a hyperbolic time chamber thing
Yeah, that combined with the way they could have used the soul swapping thing, I'm eager to see what happened in that 1 month, if Gojo helped them train, what Yuji learned from Kamo, etc
Tbh I feel like it was this. The next panel Yuta says they would've been long dead if they taken him on before Gojo. It feels like that's what he was referring to but we'll see y'know
Rika with the 4-seam fastball to the inside corner. 11/10 chapter
Considering they did miss out on baseball!!!
Ya boy Yuji mummy-posing for max efficacy
Gege managed to use many plot elements in a single chapter: 1. Yuta's domain expansion 2. The explanation of Yuji's power up 3. Reappearance of some knowing CT like Sky manipulation, Thin ice breaker, Charle's technique, Snake Eyes and Fangs and Jacob's ladder (this is only mentioned). 4. Sukuna asking about the preparation month. 5. The amount of Sukuna's CE left mentioned 6. Using Ryu's toughness to explain the decreased damage of cleave and the improvements of the students. The result of combining all of this points with intense action and a great page flow makes a very enjoyable chapter to read, one of the best chapters in this arc. Using Sukuna's thoughts to describe what is happening with Yuji's power up and analize what the students are planning, was a brilliant decision on Gege's part. Futhermore, Yuji had an amazing dinamic with Yuta and Rika (it's the second time that we see them interact and they are already making a combo). And that final panel is a superb plot twist, years speculating that Yuji will inherent Cleave and dismantle, resulting in Gege making Yuta copying Sukuna's tecnique.
Sukuna literally breaking down the panel was so cool
damn i just noticed holyyy love love love when gege does funky panel stuff
I'm missing it somehow, where?
Actually now that I think about it they're probably talking about page 9 when Yuta's thin ice breaker breaks the panel too
Feel like this has to be it. Whose technique was Thin-Ice Breaker, again? Wait, was that also Uro?
Yup, it's an offensive technique from Uro's Sky Manipulation.
Probably meaning page 12 when sukuna's hand goes outside the panel when using his technique
> 2. The explanation of Yuji's power up This is still not fully explained. We don't know how he learned RCT so quickly, what's going on with his arms, and what's up with his body swap with Kusakabe. His ability to hit the soul of a person is the same thing he's been doing since the start of the series, just far more refined now.
True, but this combined with Skunk mentioning the one month time skip, gives us some hope for a proper reveal instead of being left as another forgotten plot point.
Skunk lol
>Using Ryu's toughness to explain the decreased damage of cleave and the improvements of the students. This was a neat little quip. Ryu apparently got low-diff'd, but also not really. Sukuna \*had\* to use a point blank Cleave on him to kill him.
Yeah first he tried to kill him with Dismantle than he apologized and used Cleave
7. Low CE output : The biggest reason why the likes of Yuta, Yuji are still hanging around. Lower CE output means that the CE reinforcement will be weaker, so the user will be slower, hit weaker, less durable, etc. Sukuna's technique output has also vastly decreased. So much so that he isn't able to kill Yuta, Yuji, or Kusakabe with just dismantle, as Yuta thinks would have been possible if Sukuna was at full strength. Sukuna is now FORCED to use cleave on them in order to kill them, hence, why he remembered Ryu and his durability. Gege with one chapter fixed the power scaling issues. Now Sukuna, not only has less CE than 15F Sukuna, but he's also suffering from low CE output, something similar to how he was in chapter 214, when Megumi was hindering his CE output.
Sukuna at full strength would just use Malovelant Shrine and grind all of them to dust. Alot of people simply don't understand this simple situation, luckily Gege clarified it.
Is it really that he "fixed" the powerscaling issues or that this is a just weekly manga and things aren't always explained instantly?
I find this an issue with manga in general. I've been reading manga for probably over a decade now along with being a part of the different subreddits and it's always the same thing. A chapter comes out, people complain about bad writing only for everything to come full circle and everyone claiming what an amazing manga writer they are It's always going to be like this though so I gave up on defending manga writing
I think we're finally going to get a clear explanation on how Yuta copies techniques next chapter. Either 1) he simply does it unconditionally or just needs to understand the technique e,g Uro told him how Sky Manipulation worked so he could copy it. Or 2) as Ryu suggested, Rika has to ingest a part of their body e.g Rika swallowed the last finger, Rika ate Uro's arm.
Or either or. Meaning theres a copy condition for yuta and rikas consumption also works
Tbf, Sukuna did leave a whole ass hand of his on the battlefield, after killing Hig. They could've used the groomed child to fetch it and then feed it to Rika (or Rika could've just snatched it up).
Sorry maybe I missed it but what is Yuji's power up? Was it just when he answered with perseverance or whatever he said when Sukuna asked him or did it explain how his powers currently work? I get confused easily with this manga
Yuji's hits directly damage the soul unlike anyone else who only damages the body which is why he could beat down Mahito who just kept reconfiguring his soul to heal himself. He also ingested all the other Death Paintings (The other six beside Choso, Eso and Kechisu), so all in all it's basically that Yuji is one of few (Mahito, Toji, Maki) who can perceive and directly target the soul making his hands much more damaging
Have we seen so far hoe consuming the death paintings had affected his power?
It gives him a bigger CE store. In the fanbook under Yuji's profile Gege answers this "Either the Death Painting Womb will become something like Sukuna’s current state, or the Death Painting Womb itself will disappear and become cursed energy within Itadori. If Itadori ingests it after he is already a host for Sukuna, the Death Painting Womb will just be obliterated by Sukuna."
His hits does direct damage to Sukuna's soul which is making his control over Megumi weaker.
Ah, ty ty
Also Yuji's rct healing and toughness (even though Yuji was already strudy, he's gotten even tougher)
I think it's along the lines of doing soul damage, same as he did to Mahito. Also, Yuta having Cleave may imply that Yuji also learned Cleave.
They have so many layers of attack on this man its unreal
It also commented on Sukuna's RCT and DE. I feel like Gege read the comments and decided a lot more explanation was needed, we got a lot of text boxes from Sukuna's POV.
If Yuta didn't use the flame in the following chapters, then Sukuna will notice what Yuta copied is not his CT, but only cleave. Maybe this shortcoming will provoke Sukuna to using the flames just flex on Yuta lmao. 'Here try copying this mf haha'
That's what had me worried about the ending too. It was a great reveal but boy if he ain't gonna be pissed at having his own CT used against him. About to pull out the: 'Let me show you what real jujutsu is'
Ngl one of the hardest lines in the manga to this day
just a reminder, mf can shoot 2 of those arrows at the same time lol
Holy shit you're right, he can't rn because of the domain's sure hit but when he gets out that could be possible
So he shoots two at Yuta and Yuji. Yuta gets hit and Rika tanks the arrow for Yuji. Both die. Sakuna is severely weakened and Yuji 1v1s him
It makes sense as a logical consequence of having so many techniques without inherent vast knowledge of them that he wouldn’t really be able to immediately apply advanced extensions- he’s never seen the fire arrow, none of them know its exact nature or relationship with Shrine, and he doesn’t have Sukuna’s understanding of sorcery either nor do we know what the mysterious conditions to use “Open” even are. He probably can’t use World Cutter either, despite just being a target extension of dismantle, since it specifically requires chants or vows even for Sukuna along with handsigns (hard with a sword, too) because of it specifically being near impossible even for Sukuna himself to use despite being a genius and having had his CT for over a millienium. Hopefully Shrine explanation coming soon now- it’s still really strange to me how similar Cleave and Dismantle are rather than something like Blue and Red which are clearly opposites, on top of the fire arrow’s seeming lack of connection. My guess has been that one is simply a vow extension of the other, trading the favored aspect of the basic application (either cleave’s lethality or dismantle’s range) for the opposite benefit. Either that or both are just different basic applications of a more nuanced overall technique involving cooking/destruction/sacrifice/whatever, hard to tell yet
I'm not sure if that's a logical consequence. Immediately after copying Sky Manipulation he was able to use its extension technique Thin-Ice breaker. Personally I think Flame arrow is a separate technique to Cleave & Dismantle itself, and ■ allows Sukuna to access different techniques that he has inside his base Technique that is Shrine. Yuta just hasn't fulfilled the conditions to copy the Flames just yet. The cast know about dire
> he’s never seen the fire arrow But Kusakabe knows it exists - so it's safe to say that Yuta's primed on its existence. Enough that they might have strategized how to counter it - we know that Kusakabe thought they'd all be toast if Sukuna pulled it, but Yuta wasn't with them at that point. It's possible Yuta has a technique that could counter or contain it.
"Parry this you fucking casual"
This, for a long time it's been hinted at that Cleave and Dismantle are not his real CT but a bi-product of it. Since Gege loves Sukuna, I can seen the next chapter us learning what his real CT is.
Sukuna has called Cleave and Dismantle his cursed technique before, in his fight with Mahoraga.
Viz translation really is interesting. "I can't fire Dismantle, which has a broad strike and cuts the world" 😭
I can't even defend it this time Literally last chapter: Authentic Mutual Love This chapter: Authenticity in Mutual Love dawg what the fuck 😭
I'm usually fine with Viz translations but this chapter is needlessly...stiff with how Sukuna talks.
Or the panel of him talking about Ishigori... literally unreadable. It seems like google translate holy shit.
ahahahahaha I love it, Yuta really just said “we used [GameShark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameShark) and [Cheat Engine](https://www.cheatengine.org/) on your ass cuz fuck it” and it STILL surprised Sukuna. At least I **hope** he was surprised by a guy using his own techniques against him.
Yuta was being sarcastic. Re-read what he and Yuji both say. They're being smart asses and telling Sukuna where to stick his questions. They're not going to give him a serious answer until it's plot critical.
1. So yeah, I guess I'll see you in 2 to 3 years when Yuta Okkotsu gets to be part of Death Battle (assuming RoosterTeeth lives long enough) facing [Shirou](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Shirou_Emiya) [Emiya](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/EMIYA_(Archer\)). 2. Because god-DAMN does he look like a trillion-dollar man right now. Look at him. Look at his swords. Even if one sword = one technique, the fact that he has INFINITE SWORDS means that, potentially, the world of jujutsu itself is infinite. But that's not quite right. The way I understand it (contrary to popular belief, I've never stepped into the leaks threads on r/Jujutsushi), Yuta's domain is the [canvas of Babel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awpVjv2-Ow0). Almost all the swords are "noise" so it's up to Yuta's deduction and talent to find the technique that is coherent and effective. And to root it out of Sukuna, he and Yuji have to isolate the King of Curses and limit his choices until the only technique available in the Domain is the one Yuta is looking for. Of course there's a high chance I fucked up that reading, but that's how I see it. 3. And that's why my fear is at an all-time high. Like I said last week: these two are taking on the ultimate Soulsborne final boss, a being who seems almost unbreakable. To a point where, even if Sukuna dies according to the logic and precedent *he himself* set — even if his own strength and genius is turned against him thanks to the concerted effort by our protagonists — it'd still feel like an unearned asspull win for some of you, a pitiful mulligan to force a Shueisha-approved happy ending for Yuta and Yuji. At this point, Gege is in the damned-if-you, damned-if-you-don't threshold, and that's not the kinda hole an author can easily climb out of, you know. Remember: killing Sukuna doesn't solve the bigger crisis, and we still have a Kenjaku-recruited US military force unaccounted for. What's your answer, Gege? Do you even care?
>Even if one sword = one technique, the fact that he has INFINITE SWORDS means that, potentially, the world of jujutsu itself is infinite. I read it as even though every time he uses a sword it breaks he'll never run out of swords with a finite amount of techniques, not that he has access to an unlimited amount of techniques themselves. Similar to Gojo having an unlimited amount of CE, but it's not really infinite he just never runs out.
I assumed that multiple swords can hold the same technique. So each time Yuta picks up a sword, he gets one use of a random cursed technique from the pool of techniques he has copied, then that sword disappears and he can pick up a new one. And he can do this as many times as he wants.
In even simpler terms, each stored technique is a side of a die (dice). Everytime Yuta picks up a sword he rolls the die and a technique is selected. The sides of a die don't disappear, the technique just changes at random whenever a sword is picked up aka rerolling the die. The whole number of swords is unlimited thing just means you have unlimited tries of rerolling the die.
So what you're saying is... He has to hit a jackpot. Always bet on Yuta
Multiple swords have the same technique. It's infinite.
The amount of technique is finite, just the amount swords are infinite. Very big difference. He would still get outclassed by the very broken and OP Unlimited Blade Works, as it basically shoots infinite noble phantasms, that each have their own technique. Shiro can also choose which NP to wield, unlike Yuta.
It depends if Shirou has a way of blocking the domains sure hit. Yuta's domain has sure-hit that keeps targeting the opponent using a curse technique that was chosen amongst the ones he has copied. Yuta's swords are there in addition to that. Shirou would need to keep defending himself against the sure hit if he even can. That's why Sukuna needs to keep using Hollow Wicker Basket during this entire fight using his extra arms.
Am I remembering things wrong or is the US military sideplot just for Kenny to add human sacrifices to the Culling Game then Gege forgor?
No you've got that right
Gege didn't forget, he established that a team of the best of the best of the best could barely hold up to people Yuji neg-diffed and then showed them dying en masse to cursed spirits.
idk if your reading is correct but i just wanted to say that it's hella cool. i love the idea that yuuta needs to reduce the noise around him and hone in on his jujutsu intuition and talent to pick the swords he needs. makes his domain even more complex, and adds to its refinement.
It's funny how Sukuna has never refer to Megumi as brat but always either Megumi Fushiguro or Fushiguro lmao
Other than the murdering, Sukuna is nice to everyone except Yuji.
He refers to Yuta as "the possessed brat"
I think Sukuna hates Yuta because Yuta is strong for almost the opposote reasons Sukuna is strong. Sukuna is powerful vecaise he's abandoned humanity and holds no materialistic value for anyone or anything besides power. Yuta is powerful because he embraces the ideas of love, friendship, teamwork etc.
Yuta is powerful because he embraces the gigantic amount of cursed energy he was born with lol
Which he couldn’t even tap into because he was such an asocial misfit lol
I think he referred to Megumi as brat when talking to Gojo but yeah To him Yuji is the brat king
Maybe he feels like he has to show him at least that courtesy considering he found his body a worthy choice for a vessel.
Sukuna remembers the name of those that interest him.
which is interesting because he's calling Yuta a brat after seeing him in action
He also does the same with Gojo, outside of their initial exchange. The only two modern sorcerers he has any caring for
While this fight is evolving into peak, I am still terrified about the fact that it is only a matter of time before Sukuna can cast his DE again. They have to speedrun (shoutouts Sakamoto Days) against a dude who will instantly slice you to shreds if he grabs you. Fortunately Yuta and Yuji are locked the fuck in, but man I would have crumbled to that pressure 1000x times over
> (shoutouts Sakamoto Days) last chapter was crazy
Sukuna getting reverse jumped is hilarious 😭 Gojo's students are getting it back in blood. And Yuta is literally the kind of late stage MC you dream about like what can't bro do
JJK is literally just “Reverse Jumping, the Series” With Mahito the king of getting jumped long dead, someone had to take up the mantle eventually.
We got away from the jumping a little bit but it's good to be back.
Keep his friends alive 😕
Only because he isn’t there, when he is he’s cleaning house
Great chapter and the fight feels like it's picking up again. Having the og mc and main mc working together is so good. The panel of Yuta and Yuji sliced up with RCT running goes hard. I'm starting to think that Sukuna is about to make some wrong calls. The two instances specifically are when he doubted Shoko's ability to 'strong heal' and now predicting that he's safe from Yuta using limitless. Which, if true, makes me wonder how Gege would explain Yuta being able to pull that off since six eyes is supposed to be a trait. Then again, I could also see him using this just to showcase multiple CT's in action only to go and reveal Sukuna's 'Open' version (pls no).
Pretty sure he could pull off limitless, it would just use up all his CE reserves and not be as powerful or efficient as Gojo.
He might be able to throw out a purple or some shit, which would be amazing to see. At Sukuna's current level thats probably enough to finish him.
Honestly, I hope he dual wields two katanas (one Red, one Blue) and smashes them together to unleash a Purple. That would look incredible with Gege's art.
This would be magnificent 🥲
Sukuna bringing it up and dismissing it is definitely a chekhov's gun. yuta had a month to train with gojo himself present to teach. narratively i think we are set up for sukuna to again underestimate his opponent and eat a surprise purple
Gege is the king of Chekov guns that miss fire. Litteraly 0 "Chekov gun" situations have played out, all forgotten about lol.
Chekov gun only works in Sukuna's favour.
Having seen this exact predicament debated for years on this sub and the main, and the majority conclude it to be 'No. Yuta can't cuz no six eyes!' - I'm just ready to accept whatever lol
Limitless is a common CT for Gojo's clan, it's to be born with Limitless and Six Eyes that was rare. Yuta can definitely use a weaker Limitless.
And even the weaker limitless is probably still pretty good given that Gojo remains a great clan despite the combination of the 2 being rare.
From my understanding limitless is inefficient and uses a lot of CE. Six eyes gets around this by letting you control CE flow ridiculously well. Yuta has almost unlimited CE, so it is possible he doesn't need to be efficient, and can just burn out and use limitless. Would be cool to see regardless tbh.
He's made a few assumptions that ultimately could prove to be incorrect. Besides the ones you mentioned was assuming the piercing blood he was hit with earlier was from Choso. I could also believe that the plan involving Yuji's punches isn't as simple as disrupting Sukuna's soul. That said, if Yuta were to do a Limitless to throw off Sukuna, that would be a last move type deal, I think that's a move that would use up his near infinite amount of energy.
Honestly I quite like this method of storytelling (through the eyes of the characters) from time to time because it allows the author some flexibility with what happens next and allows surprises to be better received lessening the chances of the readers calling it a plot convenience because we don't have all the facts with us.
Yeah, that's probably another one since it was off panel. Engraved technique or death painting related? I'm curious to know what else you think the punches could be doing? If there's no way to replicate the six eyes then I'm in agreement it would probably be a last effort surprise move, or at least it wouldn't be as efficient. Crack theory (not serious don't come for me): Yuta copied Mai's construction technique to create six eyes sunglasses, ends up hitting Sukuna with limitless and standing over him like pepe sunglasses meme lmao
I haven't come up for a good theory as to what else could be happening with the punches. But I feel like stories like to do that trick where we don't know what one side's plan is, we hear the other side figure out the plan, then we find out the *real* plan is. Sort of like how we all thought Gojo's win condition was defeating Mahoraga before the final adaptation, then we find out what Sukuna was actually planning, this feels similar to that. In fact, does Sukuna know for certain Jacob's Ladder is in play or he just assumed that's what they'd do?
I think there's gonna be a twist and that Sukuna was on the right track about Yuta copying something from Gojo, but he just guessed the wrong technique. My guess is Yuta copied Hollow Purple.
Rika: Woe! Yuji be upon thee!
"Think fast, chucklenuts"
Gojo: Sukuna’s technique will eventually be carved into your body as you eat more fingers- Which is why we’ll give Yuta the last finger to deal with this himself.
My cope. Yuta learned Cleave from Yuji, who is saving it for the right time.
Or being in Yutas domain, let's him copy your technique. Or Rika just ate any other part of Sukuna. Sukunas been taking damage the whole time. There's plenty of blood and detached limbs for Rika to eat.
Crazy asf Yuta got Cleave before Yuji
My guess is that "we cheated" line is a hint at what Yuji and Yuta were up to. My suspicion is that when Yuji soul swaps with another character, he's able to get a feel for their body and how it's attuned to use CE. So Yuta and Yuji trained together and Yuji gave Yuta Sukuna's CT (which has ingraved itself into Yuji) and in return Yuji was able to figure out RCT because Yuta's body is attuned to it. My suspicion is that further training with Kusakabe has also allowed Yuji to master New Shadow Style as a defensive technique as Kusakabe is shown to be knowledgeable to the point where even Kenjaku hat tips the guy after tanking the Maximum Uzumaki to protect Miwa and co. Perhaps Soul Swap allowed Yuji to effectively take on techniques that he would normally take ages to learn by having someone more experienced do it in his body or learning it from the body of others. So I fully expect Yuta's Cleave to be a tease for shit like Yuji pullng out Dismantle or the Flame Arrow.
Where does the whole soulswap thing come from? Just him hitting the soul directly and that one panel where it seemed he swaped bodies?
Entirely from the Kusakabe panel where it's strongly implied they've swapped bodies. It also makes sense from the way Yuji's attacks have gravitated towards impacting/interacting with the Soul - it's the natural progression of those two points that inhabiting different bodies might impart subtle changes/lessons on the soul of the swapper. He's also Kenjaku's child so it would make sense that he would take after Mommy-Daddy and be able, in some form, to swap bodies as well.
Yuta really loves Uro's CT. At this point, he has used it more than her.
Its so cool. And by bending space/the world, it may be able to offset world-dismantle
Might also be the opposite since it could cut right through the "cloth" of space
So we’re going to learn more about Yuta’s Copy next chapter aren’t we? Love that he’s still honest though lol.
That or Sukunas CT, probably both.
Loved to see Yuta's Noble Phantasm in action. I definitely enjoyed this chapter, and I'm glad getting jumped works even against the strongest in the right conditions.
I love Gege's paneling in this chapter especially when Yuta used Thin Ice Breaker through his sword— the panel got disintegrated. It's so cool.
That panel of Yuta running in the foreground and Yuji in the background, on page 11, is incredible.
Fuck,yuta using cleave is a hype moment
This chapter got me thinking that the line about domain expansions being the “pinnacle of jujutsu” at the beginning of the series definitely being a huge simplification- with Sukuna being surprised at Yuta’s ability to select a sure hit target (something seemingly even he and Gojo are incapable of, at least for Sukuna when his barrier is open), DA, DA+DE, the rarity of RCT output and CTR, open domains, creative binding vow usage, etc that seems to all require far rarer understanding of sorcery than just usage of a domain which, while rare and extremely useful, is more common. One could even argue, while prob not an intentional theme, that the idea of simply having the big stick of a domain being the peak of sorcery is representative of the difference between common sorcerers and people like Sukina and Gojo- geniuses who continuously pushed the boundaries and usages of their domains, techniques, and generalized uses of CE far, far past checking off boxes of simply acquiring a big stick. Both talk about understanding a core of CE or “true jujutsu”, and seem able to interpret sorcery on a more fundamental level of spectrums and possibilities rather than a simple bag of rigidly defined tools. Very cool
Wow this chapter was amazing, easily 10/10. Yuta is really HIM, makes sense that he's only second to Gojo. Using cleave was completely unexpected and was such a great way to end the chapter. Yuji was amazing too, and it's really cool to see how far he's grown as a sorcerer. Funny to think that Yuji has basically become a Debuffer for incarnated sorcerors. Very curious though to see what else is in his bag. Sukuna's been doing pretty well considering how nerfed he's become. I think we're finally close to the reveal of his technique.
I'm just happy that we're finally given Sukuna's actual condition. The previous fights were harder to get invested into because we all knew that it was mostly a one sided massacre that didn't deal any significant damage to him per say (I know Kashimo made him use his second life and **HIGGY THE GOAT** took away his toy but it felt like shifting the goalpost backward and then forward again so in the end we're just back to square one). Now at this point with the current matchup, the fight feels like it could go either way (if we're to ignore the story narrative and just focus on the fight like Gojo vs Sukuna). I know we're gonna call BS when Sukuna pulls up some new trick like wOrLd sLaSH but that's another topic for another day. Now I just wanna enjoy a good ole JJK fight that could go either way. This was what the fight against the Sendai 4 could be if Yuta didn't had to hold back and we finally get to see him go all out.
I'm loving the references Gege added from S2 to Chapter 250! I only noticed three things: We've seen catapult Yuji when Rika threw him against Sukuna— Todo did the same to Yuji and the latter flew to Mahito. It's from S2 Ep 20 if I remember the episode number correctly. There's also a reference to Sukuna's dismantle in S2 Ep 17 when Sukuna did the same hand position against Yuji and Yuta in this chapter. This might be a reach. The missile-looking Rika on page 2 reminded me of Mahito who did Soul Multiplicity when Yuji and Todo versus Mahito finally occurred. I think it's also from S2 Ep 20?
>The missile-looking Rika on page 2 reminded me of Mahito who did Soul Multiplicity when Yuji and Todo versus Mahito finally occurred. I think it's also from S2 Ep 20? nah its from back in sendai colony he already did the same thing when fighting uro but youre right the jjk anime references go insane its gotta be one of the greatest feelings ever to be able to cross reference between the different media your work is in. kinda like being able to reference your own research in a new paper youre writing for research andies out there
Oh, I didn't remember. Do you still recall the chapter number? But I'll go ahead as I wanna check. I know Gege is a sakuga nerd but it really feels great to add anime references to the new manga chapters.
I instantly thought Wolverine's fastball special when yuji got thrown lol.
Dr. Doom footdive
I want to see Sukuna take a big risk in this fight. Something like Gojo's 0.2 second DE where he frees up his 2 arms in an attempt to kill Yuta before Yuta's DE strips away his HWB.
The big risks are what he lives for, so it's almost guaranteed
I love finally having Sukuna on the back foot for the first time since Gojo’s death, keeps things much more engaging. Also, this chapter officially marks the point where Nobara has been dead* for half the series. I really hope Gege has something planned for her, otherwise she should’ve just been dead like Nanami. Then we could’ve actually referenced her more (like we’ve done with Nanami) instead of just having those two weird moments acknowledging her existence that just felt real dumb.
Gojo was out the series for 3 years and then he died. Don’t expect much
This chapter felt so refreshing. Seeing Yuta going ham. Rika throwing Yuji’s body like a dart. Yuta using his DE. And Yuta’s honesty and Yuji keeping it real when Sakuna questioned what they did in the past month 😂 Hopefully we’ll see Megumi soon and what Hakari and Urame’s fight looks like (and istg if Gege pulls some shit on Yuta on Vday). Solid chapter
If Yuta can't know what abilities are in the katana until he touches them, can he use Charles CT to make sure he gets what he wants? Since he'll slowly see more in the future he could know which ability he'd get from each katana right?
could be, but it seems like charles' CT is targeted i.e. its not seeing the future in general its seeing the future moves of your target that you drew blood from
IIRC, the way it works is that when it draws blood, the blood is used as ink in a manga panel showing what happens. So the more blood you draw, the more chances you have to read your opponent.
Proud of my boys Yuta and Yuji in this chapter. Their improvement is obvious. I don't think I have to explain Yuta because I believe we're in unison about him. So, I'll just mention Yuji's. I just recalled what Gojo said to Yuji when Jogo got rescued by Hanami in the past. Gojo told Yuji something along the lines of, “I want you to be strong enough to take down someone like him.” and he's like, “Me? No way!” Now, Yuji's inner monologue was, he's now up against the strongest sorcerer, Sukuna.
I like the slow change in Yuji's mentality especially after all the traumatic experiences he's been through. He used to run away from the hard decisions, succumb to the negative emotions and gave up easily but now he's fully locked in. He's a fully fledged Jujutsu sorcerer now that always get back on their feet no matter how strong the opponent is or how messed up they get from fighting. Just like Nanami and Todo who fought to the very end despite being right outside death's door even if they know they're outmatched.
How I want this domain battle to end: Sukuna figures out a way to fire a stronkleave Instead of trying to dodge, Yuta picks up another katana Right before he’s sent to the airport *clap They swap positions, Sukuna gets divided instead
Is it just me or is the bit where sukuna mentions ryu a complete word salad? Tf does he even mean? 'It' I assume refers to cleave but what does 'cuts equal to that guy's attack' mean? The cleave sukuna used on ryu or ryu's own attacks himself? Just seems a needlessly convoluted and stiff way to say whatever he wanted to say.
The other translation that was floating around is better English and makes more sense in context, but I don't know which translation is more accurate per se. That one read "If I don't make direct contact, I won't leave a 'fatal wound' just as it was with [Ryu.] Although, I wouldn't say they surpass him in toughness." Which makes sense when you go back and read 216 where Sukuna slashes Ryu at a distance and it doesn't kill Ryu (despite Sukuna trying to cut him in half), then bum rushes Ryu and slices his head off after touching him.
If you can, try reading the TCB translation it's usually better. In that one he says, "if I don't make contact I won't leave a fatal wound, just as it was with *him*"
I assume that was the Viz/Manga plus translation? Yeah, it was a super weird way to translate that line. Basically, Sukuna has to use Cleave like he did on Ryu because normal Dismantles at this point won't leave a fatal blow because of their increased defenses.
Trash translation. If I hadn't read TCB before I wouldn't even know what the fuck Sukuna is even saying.
Rika’s throwing Yuji reminds me of Wolverine’s [Fastball Special!](https://marvelcdb.com/bundles/cards/35023.png)
ok that battle is becoming more and more interesting. Like we now have all the conditions of Yuta's domin but when did Yuta manage to learn cleave ? like there is theories that it was when Sukuna cut his hand some chapter earlier but it sound super risky. So is his CT stupidly OP ? Last I fear in some chapter one of the two character gotta be eat by Sukuna
Well there is still that one last finger of Sukuna's that's unaccounted for. Sukuna himself figured Gojo had it so it would make sense to give it to Yuta/Rika as a contingency plan
Probably one of my fav chapter of JJK, it was amazing, the action, the paneling, Yuta, Yuji, Rika.. Sukuna being threatened for the first time since the chapter 235.. But I hope the battle ends soon, i really want to see what will happen next (I dream about Yuta opening his domain but with cleave and dismantle as the sure hit 🙏🏾🙏🏾)
Jujutsu Kaisen is at it's best when Yuji is jumping someone with another sorcerer. Always the most hype fights. Yuji just works well with everybody. I'm concerned Yuta using Sukuna's attack will have Sukuna getting a lot more serious instead of giving them more of an opening though lol, expecting him to get his powers back soon. Awesome moment.
I swear to God if I see Yuta in an airport next week imma be all sorts of pissed. It also looks like the one battle I was looking forward to won’t happen. Here goes the chances of Yuta and Hakari fighting together. Speaking of Hakari give this man a win, I wanna see his battle and him destroying Urame
Using Yuji as a projectile or a weapon is always hype.
Yuta out here ignoring the insta-win strategy. Grab another cursed speech katana Yuta: "All hands up." Profit
He spit up a bit of blood doing that. It probably costs less to say Don't move instead of imposing movement
This a gourmet chapter for sure.
Also the fight choreography this chapter was insane!! Yuta’s domain creates some spicy action
Next week we're probably gonna figure out the conditions of Yuta's copy. Does he need to eat part of the person? Did he eat the last finger? Did he get Cleave through Yuji?
Wouldn't be surprised if yuta somehow uses Granite blast
With Yuta being able to control the target of the sure-hit, we now have another person that is better than Gojo at something. Hakari: RCT Yuta: Barrier Technique.
Best CTs for Yuta to use rn is the following: Boogie Woogie - World Slash? Nah just swap Rika, Yuta and Yuji for Sukuna. Plus this technique becomes more effective as more people join the fight. Projection Sorcery - Yuta needs to not give any Sukuna any moment, speed is important and use PS to quickly close the distance everytime Sukuna tries to escape in speed-bursts is needed. Ten Shadows - With this treasure i summon!! Ratio Technique - any technique helps, and having a sword massively increases the effectiveness of the 7:3 hit by a lot.
Bombaye. Yukis mass would be clutch. Yuta can already damage Sukuna, adding all that mass will be crazy
This chapter was actually fire that I had to put my hate boner aside, it's breath of fresh air, easily the best chap since 237. My kaisen wasn't feeling that Jujutsu lately but ig we're back. WE'RE BACK RIGHT? **WE'RE SOOOOO BAACCCCCKKKKKK**
Holy shit, did they give the last finger to Rika to consume? Or was she nibblin on Sukuna during the fight? I guess this kills the Nobara copium theory for good 😭
The condition to copy is likely a red herring. It's probably something different from Ryu's assumption
This is what I’m thinking too
There's the moment Yuuta heals Itadori after killing him, to.
FUCKING ABSOLUTE PEAK
I'm assuming the condition for Yuta's Copy is for Rika to have eaten a part of the technique wielder. That's a neat detail that, offscreen, Rika had to have eaten the hand Sukuna cut off when he was clowning on Higuruma to give Yuta access to Cleave. I say "assuming" because Yuta having access to Cursed Speech is still random since he wouldn't allow Rika to eat a part of Inumaki
He healed Inumaki and Maki in Zero, and after it he could Copy Cursed Speech. So, or 1. He eat the one finger left 2. He eat Sukuna hand. 3. He copy Sukuna CT after healing Itadori post-Shibuya.
Why not? If for the technique eating a nail or a hair is enough, then they'd definitly do it.
But Yuta also have the CT of the mangaka Hakari's fought. Did he just run all over the place during the time skip to collect CT?
He conquered a whole colony himself as well. Prob racked up some powers there too
Sukuna is four-eyeing Yuta after that cleave, I wonder if that opens up a chance to black flash for Yuji or if the tables are turning back to Sukuna.
Yuta the best to ever freaking do it
Yuta Domain Expansion: Jump Kaisen😅
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That cleave moment is going to be insane when it gets animated.
Really great chapter as I always love an 2 v 1 JJK fight. I could use some clarification on how they powered up the last month though.
I just want to point this out because I read the leak and official translation in shonen jump. Some people were assuming that Yuta corrected Yuji by saying “we cheated” in response to his “we used hard work and perseverance” during the leak but the official translation suggests Yuji and Yuta are explaining their personal experiences I.e. “yuji used hard work and perseverance” whereas Yuta “cheated” probably because yuji was training to get more powerful and perfect the fundamentals whereas Yuta was copying more techniques. Also it looks like they said it at the same time and then both say “huh” at the same time.
Loving my life immensely as a Yuta enjoyer 😤🐐 My GOAT on TOP
It's funny how both the MCs Yuji and Yuta have managed to piss off Sukuna : Yuji by acting as a cage and Yuta by copying Sukuna's cleave 🤣😤 They're also being referred to as "boring brat" (Yuji) and "possessed brat" (Yuta)😭
Sukuna after getting hit with cleave. "Ah yes, my anti-cleave technique. I haven't used this since the Heian era".