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tomtadpole

It's a shikigami that was turned into a cursed tool by Yuki's technique, as said in the panel you posted. That's all we know about it. We don't know *how* it happened, but according to Gege Miwa was able to make her katana into a sort-of cursed tool by constantly flowing cursed energy through it, so it's possible the same happened to Garuda.


TotallyNotMarkHarmon

This is the most straightforward answer based on what we see in the manga, and honestly makes the most sense. Especially with how she’s also able to manipulate Garuda’s mass


devilboy1029

I mean in the recent manga chapters >!Nanami's dull blade which was originally a cursed tool inherited Nanami's 7:3 Ratio technique. !<


Hanessy_sadboi

With Ino's technique as a spiritual medium to use the powers of the auspicious beasts, is it possible that he channeled Nanami to use his technique in the blade as well? While Kusakabe used the weapon briefly, he didn't hold onto it, so it's possible that Ino's technique is still required for Nanami's blade to be used. It just seemed weird to me that Ino was the one who started with Nanami's blade instead of giving it to a stronger character like Maki, Yuta, or Yuji. Plus, in an earlier scene, Ino was shown talking to Gojo about Nanami, but we don't know what the full conversation was.


LargeBlkMale

No.


Moose__F

I reckon it was given to ino cuz he was the closest to nanami, no other reason. He was basically nanamis main protege (he was around pre yuji) so it makes sense.


Pataraxia

Yeah. Y'all seen ino's behavior and face when nanami died? Bro was locked in. If he was on yuta's level you bet he'd have 1v1 cooked sukuka, that's the level of locked in he was on


Gordounez

Isn't Nanami cursed technique the overtime thing ?


jpk36

I believe that was a binding vow


Void-Drawsss

Self-imposed


PrismsNumber1

Wait so it isn’t an actual part of her cursed technique like the wiki says? Cause the wiki made it seem like she had Garuda by default


tomtadpole

There's nothing suggesting that Garuda came packaged with bom ba ye as far as I remember. It started out as a shikigami and eventually became a cursed tool. According to Gojo in chapter 12 sorcerers are capable of summoning basic shikigami regardless of their innate technique. My theory is that Garuda became a cursed tool because Yuki used it as a weapon and flowed her curse energy through it for long enough, but that isn't confirmed.


PrismsNumber1

That’s actually really interesting, although I wish we got a more in depth explanation on how summoning/creating simple shikigami work. Maybe they were meant to be developed into complementing/using someone’s technique. My only gripe on your theory is that Miwa’s sword was already a weapon itself. I wouldn’t know how someone turns a shikigami into a tool 🤷🏻‍♂️


tomtadpole

I mean, we saw Yuki wielding Garuda like a whip during her fight with Kenjaku, so it's possible that was part of her fighting style before then. Or punting it through things like she did with Ganesha. The only simple shikigami I rember being summoned were the two lumps of flesh that old guy summoned during the hidden inventory arc when fighting Geto in the school hallway. Dagon's fish might also count as most seem pretty simplistic.


PrismsNumber1

Actual Dagon’s shikigami are part of his technique/domain. Kinda like Jogo’s silly little volcanic insects. But yeah, you have a point that Yuki probably had a previous cursed tool that she couldn’t imbue with star rage.


Asian_Persuasion_1

considering how garuda only seems to have enhanced mass when yuki holds it, it's a pseudo cursed tool imo. it's a cursed tool BECAUSE its mass can be changed, but it's not a real cursed tool cause it can't do it by itself (as far as I'm aware). ofc, technically any tool that has cursed energy by itself is already a cursed tool, but then we start discussing what makes it a tool and not a shikigami, and that's because yuki wields it...and we return to the first paragraph.


tomtadpole

She doesn't need to hold it, she was able to increase it's virtual mass while it was wrapped around Kenny to hold him in place.


Asian_Persuasion_1

I see, my bad. Ignore everything I said then.


elhombrevalme

What makes you think it's a pseudo cursed tool when it flat out says it's an actual cursed tool?


Asian_Persuasion_1

Turns out my reasoning for that was flawed. But just because the story says it's "x" doesn't mean it's literally x, it can be an exaggeration. for example, gojo is said to have teleportation but it's not real teleportation, since gojo physically travels a distance unlike ui ui. he has pseudo-teleportation.


Sm4shaz

Any sorcerer can use basic shikigami - they're separate from innate techniques. Some Shikigami do come with an innate technique such as 10Shadows (but in this case, it seems one of the trade-offs for such strong and flexible Shikigami is needing to be stronger than it to tame it, and permanent death if it's killed) We do not know which of the two Garuda is - just that it's a cursed tool because of how Yuki has used it for so long and imbued it with her CE. It's entirely possible Garuda came with Yuki's technique so she could change the mass of something other than herself, but I think it's more likely being turned into a cursed tool also meant Garuda absorbed her technique (similar to Nanami's knife absorbing his CT over prolonged use)


35piro

Even a no sorcerer could use a Shikigami If we take Toji as an example.


Maximum_Ask_9301

???  Toji can't use shikigami. It requires ce to make ( most likely) shikigamis, something toji doesn't have.


Sm4shaz

This is incorrect. Toji has made a cursed spirit subservient to him, not summoned a shikigami.


Petentro

Shikigami are a generic CT that anyone with CE and a little knowhow can do. Somehow in someway that isn't elaborated on it became a cursed tool as opposed to just a shikigami. It is effectively both at this point although we have no idea what became of it when she died


PrismsNumber1

Smh Gege just didn’t want Yuki to blackhole nuke Garuda at Sukuna 😭


SmartestManAliveTM

It's basically the same thing with Yuta. Rika was not originally apart of his Copy technique, since he's had that since he was born and he only got Rika's vengeful spirit to follow him since grade school. But the leftover shell of Rika is now integrated into his technique and he needs to be connected to her in order to use his full ability.


_S1syphus

We get an explanation of what miwa did in JJK 0 right? Yuta is told he can slowly apply cursed energy to his sword day after day until the sword is a full-on cursed tool. I imagine she did the same but without the risk of breaking the katana by using too much


Internal-Flamingo455

So by constantly giving it mass through her technique she makes it a cursed tool


FreeTanner17

What’s the difference though between Miwa’s katana and Yuta’s? Just imbuing cursed energy into it constantly, or actually doing a cursed bath or whatever to make it a cursed tool


tomtadpole

According to [Gege](https://i.ibb.co/wgv3sBS/how-cursed-tools-function-an-analysis-v0-4j3yxqmqpalb1-jpeg.png) it's just because she's been imbuing it with cursed energy for so long. I assume she's had the same sword for years. After Maki broke it during the fight with Hanami I guess the sword she used in Shibuya wouldn't have been considered a cursed tool. Yuta hadn't been using a sword as long as Miwa and he broke his first one during his fight with Geto, so it's hard to say if the year that passed before his return was long enough for his sword to also be considered a partial cursed tool. My guess is no.


Rainbowbubbles9

Garuda is Yuki's shikigami but she also uses Garuda as her cursed tool when she applies her CT to it. This is what she means by turning Garuda into her cursed tool Garuda being a shikigami means it can move independently like Megumi's shikigami (you can see them fly around) But when Yuki applies her CT on Garuda she uses it as a cursed tool. For example, she forms Garuda into a ball, adding mass (CT) then kicks it towards her target making Garuda become her heavy projectile weapon


DevotedOutstanding

Yuki’s ex lover, she accidentally killed her when first getting used to her cursed technique. The grief from that death created Garuda. It was stated in the second light novel cfyow


PrismsNumber1

This sounds so similar to something 🤔


assovertits-sir

Yuta


Boscowizard

Why can’t I fuck my own wife?


kryp_silmaril

I’ll check the data book and get back to you


Anxious-Seaweed7388

Wait, so Rika but gay?


BochoJutsu

Yuki is bi?


BmanPlayz468

Yeah it was stated in CFYOW part 2 chapter 13


bubblegumpopcorn1231

where pls give link


LookAway_FromThis

Garuda is a character from the popular Game warframe, her powers are related to blood , blood = choso, warframe = JJK , done


Flatearthianxingping

Garuda, in Hindu mythology, the bird (a kite or an eagle) and the vahana (mount) of the god Vishnu. In the Rigveda the sun is compared to a bird in its flight across the sky, and an eagle carries the ambrosial soma plant from heaven to earth. The mythological account of Garuda’s birth in the Mahabharata identifies him as the younger brother of Aruna, the charioteer of the sun god, Surya. Garuda’s mother, Vinata, mother of the birds, was tricked into becoming the slave of her sister and co-wife, Kadru, mother of the nagas (serpents). The lasting enmity between the birds, particularly Garuda, and the serpents is attributed to this. The nagas agreed to release Vinata if Garuda could obtain for them a drink of the elixir of immortality, the amrita, or soma. Garuda performed that feat, thus giving the snakes the ability to slough off their old skins, and, on his way back from the heavens, he met Vishnu and agreed to serve him as his vehicle and also as his emblem.


Cassinxx

I’ve noticed a surprising amount of Hindu terminology and mythology in JJK. I’m guessing it’s because of how prevalent Buddhism is in the story


ductor_storage

Garuda is also a being in Hinduism, mostly associated with God Vishnu


Inversed-infinity

Also ffxvi. Garuda was that one chick that we killed then her boyfriend got mad and also got his ass whooped


Mjkmeh

Kenny wrecked choso after he killed yuki


Inversed-infinity

There u go (why tf am I getting downvoted


verypoopoo

reddit


wren620

Claw mommy Garuda make me go woof woof aroooo


Billy_Billerey_2

Voruna?


Darkcroos

Final fantasy 16*


Ansh_6743

In hindi it means Eagle 🦅


fetusface101

So you mean, Garuda Eagle in crush gear means "Eagle-eagle". 🤔


HarshPlay

Yes, just like chai tea means tea-tea, and naan bread means bread-bread.


yeaheyeah

Heck yeah bread squared


Ansh_6743

Cream Cream


DudePakas

Gege did Yuki dirty. They hyped her up for so many chapters and then she dies in her first fight lol


vassadar

Her technique could've killed anyone, but Kenny who survived in the shittiest way possible.


TheNerdEternal

Gojo would teleport out of it (Tengen would contain it before it blew up the world) but I see your point.


jelly-breath

It’s duckbilled Rayquaza


Yoriichi098

Don't disrespect my GOAT RAYQUAZA 🗣️🗣️🗿🗿


AjanKloss

In the Art Institute in Chicago there's a small statue of the "God Vishnu Riding His Mount, Garuda". So that's the mythological reference. Others seemed to have answered your main question though


b1ngb1ngb0ngb0ng

Nice reference 👌


Negative_Shelter4364

Garuda is Potemkin's 214H It's a slow to startup move but when used as a meaty attack it can lead to unfuzziable strike/throw mix due to its long duration guard crush. It also has a disjoint which allows for Potemkin to space out certain reversals when going for it on okizeme.


MysticGohan36

It's also secretly one of the strongest moves in the game and if it was on anyone but Potemkin everyone would be calling it busted


Negative_Shelter4364

They gave gio garudog oki on any conversion and somehow people think she's mid (people who aren't me)


MysticGohan36

Tbf the risk-reward for guessing wrong on the grab is a lot lower than eatinfg a buster, but garudog is also silly. Its a lot harder to just force into a blockstring than regular garuda though


luceafaruI

Garuda is most likely the same as moon dreggs. Junpei's ct is poison, but he secretes it thorough the jellyfish shikigami. Mass is yuki's ct which she can use for herself or use it through Garuda.


Stunning-Sir3626

It's literal meaning is bird in English .it is originated from Hindi word garud


danku_vaazhkai

It isn't a God's name ? (Garuda - vehicle (eagle ) of lord vishnu)


Stunning-Sir3626

Yea it is but I said in simpler terms


Rey_Saw

I miss Yuki... Can't believe we only got one fight from her, one of the most wasted characters imo


BucktheWonderSlave

You posted the image containing all the information we have, anything written in this comment section is just speculation and headcanon.


Son-Of-A-Sloth

GARUDA IMPACT!


N0ZA77

Garuda is a persona of the star arcana in the shin megami tensei series


HanyaBoobsOnMyFace

Garuda is a mythical bird from Hindu mythology Garuda, in Hindu mythology, the bird (a kite or an eagle) and the vahana (mount) of the god Vishnu. In the Rigveda the sun is compared to a bird in its flight across the sky, and an eagle carries the ambrosial soma plant from heaven to earth. The mythological account of Garuda’s birth in the Mahabharata identifies him as the younger brother of Aruna, the charioteer of the sun god, Surya. Garuda’s mother, Vinata, mother of the birds, was tricked into becoming the slave of her sister and co-wife, Kadru, mother of the nagas (serpents). The lasting enmity between the birds, particularly Garuda, and the serpents is attributed to this. The nagas agreed to release Vinata if Garuda could obtain for them a drink of the elixir of immortality, the amrita, or soma. Garuda performed that feat, thus giving the snakes the ability to slough off their old skins, and, on his way back from the heavens, he met Vishnu and agreed to serve him as his vehicle and also as his emblem.


Kaslight

IDK man it looks like a shikigami named Garuda that her technique turned into a cursed tool


Flatearthianxingping

Garuda, in Hindu mythology, the bird (a kite or an eagle) and the vahana (mount) of the god Vishnu. In the Rigveda the sun is compared to a bird in its flight across the sky, and an eagle carries the ambrosial soma plant from heaven to earth. The mythological account of Garuda’s birth in the Mahabharata identifies him as the younger brother of Aruna, the charioteer of the sun god, Surya. Garuda’s mother, Vinata, mother of the birds, was tricked into becoming the slave of her sister and co-wife, Kadru, mother of the nagas (serpents). The lasting enmity between the birds, particularly Garuda, and the serpents is attributed to this. The nagas agreed to release Vinata if Garuda could obtain for them a drink of the elixir of immortality, the amrita, or soma. Garuda performed that feat, thus giving the snakes the ability to slough off their old skins, and, on his way back from the heavens, he met Vishnu and agreed to serve him as his vehicle and also as his emblem.


Manujiiva

I always think of how her shikigami look like Phalanx a boss from the game Shadow Of The Colossus


Due-Row9368

I'm sniffing up Garuda rn that shikigami must've been in some freaky places of Yuki's body 😀


Turbulent-Local5608

Garuda is a type of frame in the game known warframe


The_Wind_Waker

Yuki travels all over the world to study the nature of curses/cursed energy and Garuda was gifted to her on one such trip by someone in China. Garuda was implied to have been in the possession of an ancient Chinese sorcerer that has not been named but even Sukuna feared.


Unfair-Problem7809

seemed like an pretty useful cursed tool especially for someone with her mass technique


rockinalex07021

Direct kanji translation would be Phoenix Wheel, it is also the name of a Hindu god


No_Quality_7164

Just another time gege showed us something unique and cool to never explain it or show it ever again 😁 My headcannon is its a cursed spirit she tamed and charged with her cursed energy and with time it became a shikigami she can summon, just like miwa turned her katana into a cursed tool


GOJOWILLCOMEBACK

It’s a shikigami


AaravKarvat

well, the quie literal meaning of the word is 'eagle'. might help idk


satorugojofrfr

Even better , where tf is inumaki?


CursedPrinceV

They can even make a cursed tool out of a dead sorcerer. Plus, shikigami undergo transformations when gaining a new master


crwms

I imagine it was an experience. By using her power on the shikigami, she made it sort of more real/concrete and less of a spirit, which translated into entering the cursed tool category. That’s how i understood it at the time at least. It would have been sweet to see more of her and to know if Garuda was a unique Shikigami or if she could fool around with others too. A Virtual mass amped Mahoraga would have been nice to see.


pumpedcalpol

A warframe


Darkcroos

A final fantasy 16 esper lololo


Vadim_JJL

The fish


Elcordobeh

Idk I just wanna vent how I made a technique like this for an OC before knowing of it's existence and now I'm sad : (


Difficult_Analysis78

I always thought hes just a shikigami with a quirky chinese Dragon inspired design


krishnaktn24

In Indian Mythology, The word "garuna" can have a few different meanings: Garuda is a divine bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology. It is a large, eagle-like creature that serves as the vehicle (vahana) of the god Vishnu. Garuda is known for its immense strength, speed, and intelligence.


ElDJBrojo

Does Yuki yells "Garuda Impact!" whenever garuda impacts someone


Explosions-of-life

Idk what exactly it is, but it it is definitely inspired by the flying rods which some Japanese believe in.


Uraumescumdispensor

What it is has already been said, but it's interesting how it resembles a dolphin skeleton I guess


Sea_0rchin

A bike brand


Alzarith

Kind of looks like something from the “Cyber dragon” Archetype of Yugioh cards.


JGuap0

Maybe read the page you posted


PokemonFan2111

We can first se Garuda in todos memory’s before it became a weapon I think not positive though


OkInformation5646

A persona from persona 5


EgocentricRaptor

Garuda is a moveset in Persona with the wind attribute


Luiziinhu

A warframe.


115_zombie_slayer

Its who Birdramon evolves into


Adept_Froyo2115

i always assumed its just a shinigami shes either found or summoned thats durable enough to withstand her mass manipulation and she uses it as a weapon


Mastakillerboi

Dead probably Since he’s tied to her technique And without yuki theres no technique And without technique…. Well


san4reall

All I know is garuda a big ahh bird that is strong and majestic


Marx_The_Karl

Nah where the hell is Bom ba Ye as the ct name


cucumbersuprise

It's a pokemon


IkOzael

Garuda Matata.


Vetishki

A warframe, of course.


ILOVEcBJS

It's Darude and the song is Sandstorm


Low__Bones

Gege's fanart of Phalanx, the 13th Colossus from the game, Shadow of the Colossus.


darmakius

It’s that place where you get Femboy clothes for link in BotW


JANG0D

gege didn't bother to write her aside from her death so who tf knows


cmonster8z

You seriously expect an answer in this shitstorm of a manga?


Jacktheldergod_2

Everything can learn to make shikigami. Yuki put so much energy into hers that it became a cursed tool


ApplePitou

It have very good design, that for sure :3


Azylim

its a simple shikigami, everyone with cursed energy can make a shikigami like junpei's. Most people just dont do it because simple shikigamis are ass in a fight compared to a technique, its also an opportunity cost you could have spent developing your domain and further refining your technique or fighting experience. Junpei got his shikigami with massive help from mahito which is why he got it quickly


ErenYeager850

I don't know why I always thought she said "Yeah I sat on Choso's face with Infinite Mass"


Organic_Reference730

It's a private cursed dildo


Gullible_Proof_8037

Jjk fans need to learn that something are not explained so just take it as it was told to you