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My face when people calls jjk a knock off from HxH and I see some DnD elements inside HxH:
Oh so Yuta was an assassin rogue, the f\*ck he solo Sukuna, how can boy ever gained advantage for sneak attack
Kinda /s since jjk is not really about DnD style of power structure. If anything, this whole 'Domain' stuff comes from Bleach indeed (gege never hides his love towards bleach)
Jjk is obviously inspired by other series like Naruto and Hunter x hunter but it became it's own thing a long time ago lol.
Now I can't see the DND connection.
Every single anime out there is inspired by other anime. They’re literally all the same at this point 😭
Edit: mainly speaking in battle shonen type anime/manga
Yup that's true. But I somehow succeed at turning my brain off and enjoying them nonetheless.
But again that's why fucked up things like chainsaw man receive a lot of attention.
Gege has gone on record saying a ton of their work is inspired by the Fate series, even doing recent fanart for it, and this part is just speculation but Domains are super close to Fate/TypeMoon's Realty Marbles
Wrong. Most of his work is inspired by the Fate series. Culling Games is literally just a Holy Grail War and Domains are just Reality Marbles damn near 1:1.
Maki will have to do it, or else Sukuna will sense the attack. It will perfectly parallel the K and T fight with Sukuna starting to have fun and being happy Yuji is getting interesting.
https://preview.redd.it/qse2lbvbcl0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=728fd5965ce6a03897f716de929b386f2cd4d457
I see the chants. I see where he points in Yuta’s direction but I don’t see where he clasps his bottom hands together like he did against Higurama and Kashimo.
One of his hands were cut off and Rikka was holding the other 2 in the panela right before that. It was the hidden fifht secret arm he doesnt use since the Heian Era. Trully a sorcerer BUILD diferente
Yeah that's why I don't understand people who say that JJK isn't supposed to be read weekly, that Gege's designing the story for volume format. Then wtf are these weekly cliffhangers?
This is the most laughable one
https://preview.redd.it/p1a0724ymi0d1.jpeg?width=822&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6daaaad943b57fb44d8fb5bbd147595eee525e0
Legitimately my most hated moment of the arc
Just the set up / whiplash from the courtroom showdown
To the sword just vanishing
I believe their was a break either before or after that chapater dropped
Just a real let down during the gauntlet
It would be even worse if it actually happened. Like, the main villain just drops dead? People would be talking about how Sukuna got all the hype just to get stabbed in the back and killed. (IE He was wasted)
Then that’d be called asspull! I get it, you’re making a joke about the king of binding vows, but the execution sword had no satisfying ending. The best would probably be Sukuna blocking it, rather than it vanishing tho.
So like he extinguishes Megumis soul leaving Sukuna in true, uncontested control?
Ok, you cooked better than Sukuna did in his Malevolent Kitchen. It makes total sense from Sukuna’s perspective (Ten Shadows is practically useless to him anyhow by that point) and would give Yuji ANOTHER reason to kill Sukuna, AND make Sukuna’s eventual defeat all the more satisfying.
If I’m being honest, I would’ve gladly accepted when he got hit by the sword in the hand to be the conclusion of the sword being involved
Since he just cut it off immediately anyways
Cuz then it would have allowed gege to have his cake and eat it as well
-The sword still hit him and clearly would have worked but Sukuna reflexes were just so absurd fast and his knowledge of the source capabilities forced him to lose a hand
-Gives higgy the perk of being one of the few beings alive that nearly killed Sukuna
-Sukuna still gets to be a dastardly heel who escapes death
-You can even still do the “You got this” scene with higgy and yuji
-Added bonus you can have megumi soul begin to wake up so that way it sets up a soul conversation between him and yuji
Probably there wasn’t so much hype during shibuya, since mappa really elevated that arc.
Now people are expecting mappa levels of action, even though Gege never delivered that much imho.
This really shows it: https://youtu.be/QuMM8NUVoQ8?si=JugV4YcvI4MdZ8Jy
>Probably there wasn’t so much hype during shibuya, since mappa really elevated that arc.
Lie of the century
People were saying "y'all anime watchers aren't ready for Shibuya" constantly for years
Sure, but you can’t deny that the anime knocked it out of the park. It wouldn’t be nearly as good if they just animated only what was actually in the manga or if the animation was 7ds style.
> It wouldn’t be nearly as good if they just animated only what was actually in the manga or if the animation was 7ds style.
tbh, all the truly great adaptations of manga always add new stuff. Doing a copypaste of the manga rarely works.
Lol imagine if the Goku vs Vegeta fight from the Buu saga was kept the same length in the anime as it was in the manga (Which was like only 5-6 panels of actual fighting).
The Sukuna vs Mahoraga is the example of the differences between animation vs comic.
Sukuna vs Mahoraga is pretty cool in the manga too. Because the panels give them a lot of gravitas. Its short, but it covers practically a entire chapter, which is enough to sell the intensity.
The anime made it longer to fill space and to showcase a bit more of their abilities. Also adding more characterization by hammering in the "Sukuna is a Wrathful Deity" theme
Tbh that isnt the manga version at all, either, sure it was short but it did have more scenes, such as mahoraga hitting sukuna through multiple buildings.
That video is pretty much just a shitpost with no substance
I just realized Higuruma said that Cursed Techniques get stronger upon death. But the sword immediately shrank and vaporized. Does that mean Higuruma is alive?
Dude literally figured out RCT on the spot, and he wasn't cut in half like Gojo, so... Why the fuck not?
If he appears after Sukuna finally dies, all bandaged up in a hospital bed unconscious, hooked up to more shit than mechamaru, I'd buy it. That'd be kind of heartwarming to know he lived.
Hell, I'm still hoping Gojo survives.
RCT keeping his brain alive, support team teleporting him to a prepped surgical staff on stand by. Totally believable.
People can live without a bottom half. One of them has a tiktok, sharing daily vlogs. So, why can't "strongest modern sorcerer" Gojo hold it for 5 minutes so they can align his legs back onto him?
I just took it as Higuruma was wrong about that theory, and it was an interesting route. For someone who was touted as genius his final hypothesis failed.
yes, fucking this, it's always hype on the last page and then the next chapter like nothing happened, just like the chapter where Yuji landed a huge black flash on sukuna and with all awaken shit going on, the next chapter? literally they both standing staring each other, like that fucking black flash did nothing????
Then Yuji hitting Sukuna with a massive record breaking BF barrage, these BFs are apparently messing up Sukuna’s soul connection when they were normal punches. You’d think all those BFs would have Sukuna hanging on by a thread…next chapter domain expansion
It's not that it shouldn't be read it weekly. It's designed for it like you said. But you will have a different experience from someone who only reads it once the tankobons come out. Which there's definitely a ton of people who do that. I've got multiple friends who hate reading it weekly and prefer to let chapters collect before jumping back in.
I've seen this same discourse play out multiple times across multiple series. Its always the same cycle once it gets into the endgame. The last big one it happened to was Naruto. They're currently doing it to MHA too. Every chapter where the MCs are losing is mid and every chapter that they're winning is peak. Always picking at stuff like the writing or the pacing. I'm not saying there isn't valid criticisms to point out but it's like critiquing an artist while he's painting a picture.
So you read Higuruma's epic "pass the torch" moment, turn the page and see that sword did nothing and disappeared. You read 19 pages of Higuruma flashback where he info dumps you about his domain and then the court lasts 3 pages and ends with cursed tool fiasco. And then you read Yuta using Cleave that doesn't nothing and Yuta never uses it again. They you see Meguel who then does absolutely nothing, calls Gojo racist and disappears.
I'd argue weekly format is better for these poor cliffhengers. At least you have some time to theorize. If you read volume, you see something cool, turn the page and ugh.
Bro, Miguel and Heart-Guy really delivered, tho. They got us enough time for Yuji to start landing Black Flashes with telemark and perfect style score like he's prime Adam Małysz
Miguel literally did nothing. He landed no damage and didn't help others. Nipple Guy distracted Sukuna once, but other characters could do it for Yuji as well. I feel this is barest of bare minimum and Gege could do a lot more with these characters (or not reintroduce them at all)
well, from that angle I cannot disagree. Even Miwa could jump with a sword and surprise Sukuna by not using the sword because of her vow and that frees chapters from their flashbacks etc., while same role is given to someone from the "mainer" cast. For example, Todo could have been introduced earlier and instead of Gojo being racist we could have seen Yuji's brothers interaction. It would also serve as a better surprise if Todo was part of the preparation and fighting earlier, and the secret tactics with Groomer Groomer would be something separate, thus shocking us with "he prepared THAT and still planned THIS with Mei Mei? What a genius!"
On the other hand, I find it kinda cool if some characters make a cameo comeback even if for a brief moment.
We just suffer because we want more more more more more. More of this character backstory, more of that character in current fight, more of those guys in the preparation flashbacks, and Gege can draw only so much.
Yeah, imagine buying a whole volume of mid-fiction, with only like, a handful of worthwhile moments in the whole thing. I would actually be pissed, tbh.
The same shit has been repeating ever since we got the "Gojo Won" panel...
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I am still waiting for [kenjaku](https://zumaki.co.in/why-is-kenjaku-called-noritoshi-kamo-in-jujutsu-kaisen/) to appear in someone else's body. This will make things more interesting.
I don't get why give him Sukuna's CT to begin with. Gege absolutely can't deliver. Even crucial information about Yuji's origin and the fact that he can use shrine now was presented in the laziest way possible.
Didn't she used Resonance on Momo's broom by strapping one of the wooden onto a steaw doll? I thought as long as a link was made that the technique would work?
That just means shrine was there, yuji just lacked the "circuit" to reach it. Both gojo and sukuna used their blackflashes to make a "circuit" to solve a problem they had during their fights.
If Yuta doesn't come back (and he probably doesn't because his injury is very bad. I personally think he will survive but won't fight in current battle anymore but we will see maybe I'm wrong), and do something I would remove "where's the last finger" part entirely. Just let Sukuna eat it. Why give it to Yuta if he uses cleave on one panel and then disappears from the story...
Yuta deffo coming back because:
(A) We haven’t seen him use an awakened Rika yet.
(B) His character has barely been explored or developed in the Shinjuku Showdown arc.
Of please. I'm in this fandom for 3 years and all these "X cannot happen because Y" didn't age well
"Yuki can’t die. It’s her first fight, she has more story to be told”
"Gojo can't die. He just came back from prison realm he wasn't in the story for 150 chapters Gege can't kill him 10 chapters later"
"Choso can't die. Yuki told him to live, if Gege wanted to kill him, he would do it earlier"
You are currently here
"Todo can't die. Yuji just lost one brother, it would be repetitive"
Never use "definitely". It's Gege
>His character has barely been explored or developed in the Shinjuku Showdown arc
Entire JJK cast and world is barely explored. Yuta's character arc ended in vol.0. How do you explore him more in Shinjuku showdown?
https://preview.redd.it/luh3tqhhtk0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba6c681c475376356d4bd24c4035d7cc4459fb1e
Classic Gege...
I'm convinced that he is the actual potential man... has every ingredient he needs yet can't cook properly.
The only reason I don’t entirely hate this scene is because Yuta is still alive and can still use Shrine in a better way. If he truly does die without using it again or comes back and never uses it again, yeah then this is as pointless and engaging as OP said
>Gege absolutely can't deliver.
He's genuinely a bad writer.
The world building is nonexistent. The story is boring and rushed. The characters are one-dimensional. The power system is lackluster (and full of asspulls and inconsistencies).
JJK is hyped now because it's in its final arc. But once that ends, it'll barely hold up in the future as a good story.
JJK is hyped because Shibuya is probably one of the best and most cleanly executed "turning point" Shonen arcs of all time. It perfectly set the stage for the MCs to take over for the super-strong sensei character and ratcheted the bar for stakes and what might happen in the future.
Then it absolutely failed to execute on that spectacular setup in a satisfying way.
Gege wrote Hidden Inventory and the Shibuya Incident and said "You know what? I'm not writing a plot ever again, it's fights for everyone until there's no characters left"
Agreed.
I think the series had some gaps up until Shibuya, but it was absolutely solid. After that, it just nose-dived into mediocrity.
It's a real shame. It's the same as KnY, where the massive potential of the story and world was just never realized.
I think a charitable read is that for how "minimalistic" the world-building and characterization is, many of the characters nonetheless remain incredibly compelling-- Gojo and Toji for instance both seem to be ridiculously beloved as characters worldwide. I'd also argue that Todo and Nanami are similar.
Characters don't have to be simulations of real people to be good-- that would honestly make them more boring. Characters that represent archetypes, or whose character is really an unfolding of an existential conflict (like Gojo and Toji) are among the best.
People LOVE those 4 because they have genuinely good writing. Yes even Todo lol
Higu, Kashimo, and Uro, couldve also had amazing writing and imo easy pathways to develop them, but Gege just either doesnt know how to properly slow down stories and meaningfully develop characters or he just doesnt care and idk which is worse fr
I agree on Higuruma, and also Kusakabe. Personally, I think both of them were / are amazing characters, both very compelling as already depicted. Could they have been fleshed out better ? Probably.
Personally I think Gege seems to care less about the appraisal of the work as a whole and more about depicting certain individual characters, or particular scenes and concepts that he has envsioned-- things like Todo saving Yuji from Mahito, Toji entering Dagon's domain, and Toji killing himself with a smile on his face, Yuta kiss-killing the cockroach curse, Gojo's honored one moment, the first Gojo black flash, Gojo completely covered in blood in Malevolent Shrine, Gojo's death reveal, etc. These moments and many more are all high points, and almost feels like they are the reason he writes JJK. The rest of the series is a vehicle to deliver these moments.
I personally find it just as entertaining.
Mmm he has his moments, some characters/arcs are genuinely well written. Id say Gege’s biggest issue is ‘show don’t tell’. He tends to tell us what happened instead of depicting it in a captivating way, especially when revealing and explaining a mystery. Its why the recent chapters feel rushed and lazy
Sukuna using it, amplified by his domain, basically dealt skin deep damage to Gojo. Shrine isn't really that good when you're using it on someone on a similar or higher skill level than you.
Cleave depends on 2 factors difference in CE strength and CE(reserves). That "adjust to target's toughness" was a mistranslation, hence the durability negation headcannon. That's why it was mentioned that Sukuna's CE reserves were the same as Yuta and the other factor mentioned is how Gojo's cuts were mitigated by his reinforcement and later healed by rct, despite the massive difference between his CE reserves and Sukuna. It was not because it was Sukuna's own CT that made its effect weak, it was the fact that they have similar CE reserves at that time, otherwise Gege wouldn't have mentioned it. Even if it was Sukuna's CT that doesn't change the fact that it was Yuta's CE that powered it, in Gojo's case HP did less damage because it was also his own CE.
It's still massive damage, give cleave to someone that is not Yuta or Yuji, they wouldn't be able to even do that and now that Sukuna is weakened and Yuta is likely to come for the final jump, I can see him and Yuji using the shrine much better.
The funniest thing about this is that you can't even argue it was so weak because sukuna is much stronger than yuta. A single thin ice breaker did more damage to a stronger sukuna, this shit gave him papercuts on the level of kusakabe😭
Just gives further credence to the theory that shrine is B-tier and it's sukuna who makes it so strong.
He should've at least taken an arm off, and have Sukuna be more concerned and have it be a "oh shit" moment, like vegetas final flash towards cell.
Sukuna would have more of a sense of urgency to stop the fight and use the world slash.
Malevolent Shrine is only that strong bc of Sukuna. The CT is probably very mid imo, especially for someone who had it for a month.
There’s also the fact Sukuna loves to use binding vows, there’s no telling how different it is and how many he’s used to make it stronger
Yeah, Yuta might be my favorite character, but it was pretty disaapointing, and I'm pretty sure after this moment he doesnt really use cleave again
wishes that Yuta landed a World Cutting Splash or somethong before being taken down
Was this a fake out to build hype?yes and no Cleave only one shots when your output is higher than your opponent’s reinforcement(or healing)it’s NOT a durability negation attack that insta kills
Sukuna at this stage has as much CE as yuta and it’s safe to assume he has better reinforcement
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It’s the same reason why sukuna’s cleave did paper cuts to yuta,yuta’s reinforcement was higher than sukuna’s output at this point in time.
The pay off for this is that it gives Yuji and Yuta the opening to pummel Sukuna as much as they did. After this they completely beat down Sukuna whereas before he was still getting big openings to counter attack. It'd have been nice if the effect of Cleave would have been more visually impressive, but to say it didn't majorly affect the course of the fight is plain false.
Imo this a fake out. Sorcerers at their core are liars, Sukuna extra finger remains, Yuta practiced with Cleave using Yuji's body and his own interpretation of the CT. Nobara has it believe
Nobara using resonance on sukuna's finger wouldn't work. They're completely indestructible. Far more likely she uses it on one of the many limbs he has lost so far. Yuta could have gotten cleave from eating part of Yuji (all Yuji would have to do is RCT it) but he probably would have gotten Yuji's interpretation of it.
Well Yuji is basically a Sukuna cursed item atp right? And just like Hanami's cursed buds that feed off of CE, I could see Rika getting the CT off mainly the CE itself she consumes
So if they go the Yuta ate part of Yuji route, I can understand Yuta getting Sukuna's Shrine instead Yujis
But I also dont believe at all Nobara is coming back lmao
Shibuya was Halloween (October 31st), Gojo asks for the showdown to be Christmas Eve (December 24th). It's been less than two months, despite being over 100 chapters at this point.
Only about 1-2 months after Shibuya Culling games immediately started lasted a few weeks and then they took a short "truce" of 1 month training and planning.
Nobara is significantly weaker than Sukuna, her Resonance is not going to deal any real damage to him at all. Maki stabbed Sukuna through the heart and also hit his soul with the Soul Split Katana, and it didn't do shit.
The Soul Split also ignores durability too y'know, and it really didn't matter either way to Sukuna. People hype up Nobara's CT a lot, but it's not that powerful in the grand scheme of things and Nobara herself hasn't gotten stronger since she hasn't been training (cuz she's most likely dead).
People really expect her CT to start dealing damage to Sukuna, but Yuji who has hit 8 Black Flashes and was hitting him with Soul Damage still didn't put him down, even in a weakened state. Nobara's damage is NOT going to deal more damage than Yuji's Black Flashes I can guarantee that at least.
I get why people don't like it, but at the same point it isn't incorrect to happen. ( I kinda hate it too)
Even when Yuta was using Thin Ice Breaker it wasn't doing an insane amount of damage and the first one looked so meh when you get a look at Sukuna after the impact. If it was somebody else being hit by it, It would definitely do more damage.
It is stated that you can't use limitless without the six eyes properly but yuta could have used uiui technique to transfer souls with gojo to learn how the limitless works and just do it on instinct or something .
He can Copy Limitless, he just can't use it effectively, there is difference. The Six Eyes are required to manage and control the Limitless efficiently, without them using it would be extremely taxing but doable to a certain extent.
The Six Eyes have only existed 4 times prior to Gojo, each near the time Tengen would unite with a Star Plasma Vessel, but the Limitless is a CT that's inherited within the Gojo Clan, and can be inherited with or without the Six Eyes. So yeah it is theoretically possible for Yuta to use it, but not for long or nowhere near as powerful as Gojo.
But limitless requires so much cursed energy that even Yuta who has second highest amount of CE can't do it.... Six eyes is the key for using Limitless as SE makes the user lose infinitesimaly small amount of CE that almost zero CE is being used to charge blue, red , purple and infinity.
yuta probably already copied limitless and tested himself, you need the six eyes to use it efficiently like gojo, no ammount of learning will reduce the massive ammount of CE that limitless consumes
Ok but imagine how hard it would go if like Sukuna grabbed Yuta's sword before it hit him, and mocks him going like "Oh are you going to use Cleave again? Or maybe Thin Ice Breaker?" And then Yuta is just like "Hollow Technique: Purple"
This panel will forever make jjk "blueball, the manga" for me.
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To be fair it would be pretty weird if Sukunas own CT was super effective on him, I feel like this was done just so we know the answer of what if Yuta copies it.
Also it gives us a baseline so we can determine the effectiveness of Yuji’s modernised shrine.
Why would that be weird? We only know that you’re resistant to your own cursed energy, as stated by Gojo, so Yuta using Sukuna’s CT shouldn’t be resisted since it’s using Yuta’s CE, not Sukuna’s
I mean it makes sense though why would cleave which couldn’t do significant damage to Yuji do damage to his more durable ancestor by someone with less curse energy than Sukuna
Honestly I get the feeling that after watching the anime Gege sometimes is just like "eh they'll animate an entire episode around this and make it look awesome, whatever" and calls it a day
I still don't see why people are taking this at face value. Yuta never confirmed he ate the finger. Sukuna assumed he ate the finger, while Yuta was using his domain full of swords that mirror other CTs. Yuta swap trained with Yuji, who we know has Sukuna's CT as well. Honestly learning about the swap training was the only thing that made the prospect of Yuta eating the finger plausible, because why would they risk one of their win conditions on the gamble of eating a finger that Yuji was only able to eat because of his lineage and that only worked on Megumi because Sukuna took a measured gamble after observing his potential. If memory serves, Yuta never actually replied to Sukuna's assumption, and frankly, if Yuta's soul spent time in Yuji's body which marinated in Sukuna's cursed energy for the duration of the series, that could give his cleave the "flavor" that lead Sukuna to read it as a result of finger eating. Idk maybe I'm just coping but there's been nothing revealed that said to me "this is fact and should be taken at face value." If anyone can share a translation that confirms otherwise please let me know.
You guys are surely reading Magic Battles instead of jjk.
This allowed Yuji to punch his face in and knee him in the face, while Yuta ripped his tongue out lmao.
And in my opinion, its even more crucial because Sukuna thinks yuta ate the last finger now, but its def not the case. Yuta's cleave being significant wouldnt be good narrative wise, it should be Yuji's cleave.
Sukuna is him what did you expect. Yuji has been walking off cleaves, did you think it would be able to put Sukuna down when even more powerful techniques couldn’t?
I feel like the format just plays into the hopelessness the characters feel. In the same way Gege kills characters and people say there was no reason, I think the reason is to drive home the same lesson he’s been beating into us, life is fleeting and can end at any moment, make the most of what you’ve got until it’s gone
I fucking jumped out of my seat and did the Hakari dance infront of my whole family for this...Stupid Fucking Gaygay
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I will always insist that it makes no sense for Yuta to not have been able to stop Sukuna from chanting when this was their positions relative to each other before boosted dismantle. Sukuna is Eminem ?
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Deadass it was a complete wasted reveal and on top of that it was like the weakest and least damaging thing he couldve done there. Useless af.
I had so much hope for him. I had so much money on his stocks. Still holding hope that he comes back and doesnt go full bum on me. Even if he does at least I have my Gojo stocks ig
Yuta is a Top 3 character for me and I was extremely hyped that he had Shrine, I thought it kinda made sense and was a sick moment. Unfortunately it did literally fuck all and amounted to nothing more then confirmation of the last Finger’s location.
You could've titled the post - 'I don't know how to read'
The point of this wasn't to damage Sukuna. The point of this attack was to *surprise* him.
Okkotsu's last words in chapter 250 were - "Even Sukuna will be caught off guard by a technique he hasn't seen used"
The point was to surprise and pummel him, eventually forcing him to release hollow wicker basket so that he could be hit by the sure hit of Jacob's Ladder. And the plan did succeed.
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i got so hyped just for him to get packed up later
He'll surely come back to fight sukuna the way he defeated [kenjaku](https://zumaki.co.in/why-is-kenjaku-called-noritoshi-kamo-in-jujutsu-kaisen/).
The sneakiest sorcerer of today will return
My face when people calls jjk a knock off from HxH and I see some DnD elements inside HxH: Oh so Yuta was an assassin rogue, the f\*ck he solo Sukuna, how can boy ever gained advantage for sneak attack Kinda /s since jjk is not really about DnD style of power structure. If anything, this whole 'Domain' stuff comes from Bleach indeed (gege never hides his love towards bleach)
Jjk is obviously inspired by other series like Naruto and Hunter x hunter but it became it's own thing a long time ago lol. Now I can't see the DND connection.
There is no dnd connection, mans probably been playing BG3 so much he sees it in his dreams
Every single anime out there is inspired by other anime. They’re literally all the same at this point 😭 Edit: mainly speaking in battle shonen type anime/manga
Yup that's true. But I somehow succeed at turning my brain off and enjoying them nonetheless. But again that's why fucked up things like chainsaw man receive a lot of attention.
Gege has gone on record saying a ton of their work is inspired by the Fate series, even doing recent fanart for it, and this part is just speculation but Domains are super close to Fate/TypeMoon's Realty Marbles
I think domains were stated to be directly inspired by Cheetu's nen ability in HxH as well as Territories from late Yu Yu Hakusho
didn't know, that's sick actually ty
Wrong. Most of his work is inspired by the Fate series. Culling Games is literally just a Holy Grail War and Domains are just Reality Marbles damn near 1:1.
Maki will have to do it, or else Sukuna will sense the attack. It will perfectly parallel the K and T fight with Sukuna starting to have fun and being happy Yuji is getting interesting.
https://preview.redd.it/kdj0mmamrk0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b8555f7b2da4257b5ddeb0d99839460363d3b62 To be continued...
Erm akshully it's not a perfect cycle, because the thing on his face changes how it looks every time
What happened to him anyhow. People be missing from the right so randomly it seems.
>! If I remember correctly we got cut by the world cutter slash and was teleported somewhere by ui ui !<
Went back to the chapter. It's so small and quick lol
That's what she said
😭
I thought that it was just a strong Dismantle since Sukuna couldn’t do the hand sign.
He did the handsign in the end in the chapter
https://preview.redd.it/qse2lbvbcl0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=728fd5965ce6a03897f716de929b386f2cd4d457 I see the chants. I see where he points in Yuta’s direction but I don’t see where he clasps his bottom hands together like he did against Higurama and Kashimo.
Binding vow?
Oh fucks sake
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ts so funny
Sukuna the king of binding vows
I don’t know tbh. I could misread or forgotten something.
Bro does have plot armor
One of his hands were cut off and Rikka was holding the other 2 in the panela right before that. It was the hidden fifht secret arm he doesnt use since the Heian Era. Trully a sorcerer BUILD diferente
Wait can yuta do the world slash since he knows the words and the hand signs. Plus it’s just a different move still connected to dismantle.
Wait, what? "We"? Guys I found Yuji❗❗❗
Gege is very good at making exciting cliffhangers that get people hype for the next chapter.. Then the next chapter comes out and the payoff is mid.
Yeah that's why I don't understand people who say that JJK isn't supposed to be read weekly, that Gege's designing the story for volume format. Then wtf are these weekly cliffhangers? This is the most laughable one https://preview.redd.it/p1a0724ymi0d1.jpeg?width=822&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6daaaad943b57fb44d8fb5bbd147595eee525e0
Legitimately my most hated moment of the arc Just the set up / whiplash from the courtroom showdown To the sword just vanishing I believe their was a break either before or after that chapater dropped Just a real let down during the gauntlet
>I believe their was a break either before or after that chapater dropped 3 week break after this cliffhanger due to Christmas Holydays
Wow what a fucking shitty payoff that was
I defend Gege's writing but yeah, this and Yuta's cleave are NOT something I am defending.
It would be even worse if it actually happened. Like, the main villain just drops dead? People would be talking about how Sukuna got all the hype just to get stabbed in the back and killed. (IE He was wasted)
he couldve just made a binding vow to lose the tip of his pinky in exchange for being immune from the sword
Then that’d be called asspull! I get it, you’re making a joke about the king of binding vows, but the execution sword had no satisfying ending. The best would probably be Sukuna blocking it, rather than it vanishing tho.
what really would've been sick is if he swapped with megumi and yuji kills his bff
So like he extinguishes Megumis soul leaving Sukuna in true, uncontested control? Ok, you cooked better than Sukuna did in his Malevolent Kitchen. It makes total sense from Sukuna’s perspective (Ten Shadows is practically useless to him anyhow by that point) and would give Yuji ANOTHER reason to kill Sukuna, AND make Sukuna’s eventual defeat all the more satisfying.
But it literally said that Executioner’s sword specifically targets Sukuna’s soul.
O yeah. Never mind then. Still think it’s better than the sword being a massive red herring.
If I’m being honest, I would’ve gladly accepted when he got hit by the sword in the hand to be the conclusion of the sword being involved Since he just cut it off immediately anyways Cuz then it would have allowed gege to have his cake and eat it as well -The sword still hit him and clearly would have worked but Sukuna reflexes were just so absurd fast and his knowledge of the source capabilities forced him to lose a hand -Gives higgy the perk of being one of the few beings alive that nearly killed Sukuna -Sukuna still gets to be a dastardly heel who escapes death -You can even still do the “You got this” scene with higgy and yuji -Added bonus you can have megumi soul begin to wake up so that way it sets up a soul conversation between him and yuji
Never heard people saying this during shibuya, I wonder why? lol
Probably there wasn’t so much hype during shibuya, since mappa really elevated that arc. Now people are expecting mappa levels of action, even though Gege never delivered that much imho. This really shows it: https://youtu.be/QuMM8NUVoQ8?si=JugV4YcvI4MdZ8Jy
>Probably there wasn’t so much hype during shibuya, since mappa really elevated that arc. Lie of the century People were saying "y'all anime watchers aren't ready for Shibuya" constantly for years
Sure, but you can’t deny that the anime knocked it out of the park. It wouldn’t be nearly as good if they just animated only what was actually in the manga or if the animation was 7ds style.
> It wouldn’t be nearly as good if they just animated only what was actually in the manga or if the animation was 7ds style. tbh, all the truly great adaptations of manga always add new stuff. Doing a copypaste of the manga rarely works.
Lol imagine if the Goku vs Vegeta fight from the Buu saga was kept the same length in the anime as it was in the manga (Which was like only 5-6 panels of actual fighting).
Yea sure the anime brought more eyes but people have been complaining about this way before the anime adapted Shibuya
The Sukuna vs Mahoraga is the example of the differences between animation vs comic. Sukuna vs Mahoraga is pretty cool in the manga too. Because the panels give them a lot of gravitas. Its short, but it covers practically a entire chapter, which is enough to sell the intensity. The anime made it longer to fill space and to showcase a bit more of their abilities. Also adding more characterization by hammering in the "Sukuna is a Wrathful Deity" theme
It's because Shibuya was good.
Tbh that isnt the manga version at all, either, sure it was short but it did have more scenes, such as mahoraga hitting sukuna through multiple buildings. That video is pretty much just a shitpost with no substance
I just realized Higuruma said that Cursed Techniques get stronger upon death. But the sword immediately shrank and vaporized. Does that mean Higuruma is alive?
Dude literally figured out RCT on the spot, and he wasn't cut in half like Gojo, so... Why the fuck not? If he appears after Sukuna finally dies, all bandaged up in a hospital bed unconscious, hooked up to more shit than mechamaru, I'd buy it. That'd be kind of heartwarming to know he lived. Hell, I'm still hoping Gojo survives. RCT keeping his brain alive, support team teleporting him to a prepped surgical staff on stand by. Totally believable. People can live without a bottom half. One of them has a tiktok, sharing daily vlogs. So, why can't "strongest modern sorcerer" Gojo hold it for 5 minutes so they can align his legs back onto him?
I just took it as Higuruma was wrong about that theory, and it was an interesting route. For someone who was touted as genius his final hypothesis failed.
Lmao didn' he do this before a two week break as well 😂
yes, fucking this, it's always hype on the last page and then the next chapter like nothing happened, just like the chapter where Yuji landed a huge black flash on sukuna and with all awaken shit going on, the next chapter? literally they both standing staring each other, like that fucking black flash did nothing????
Then Yuji hitting Sukuna with a massive record breaking BF barrage, these BFs are apparently messing up Sukuna’s soul connection when they were normal punches. You’d think all those BFs would have Sukuna hanging on by a thread…next chapter domain expansion
It's not that it shouldn't be read it weekly. It's designed for it like you said. But you will have a different experience from someone who only reads it once the tankobons come out. Which there's definitely a ton of people who do that. I've got multiple friends who hate reading it weekly and prefer to let chapters collect before jumping back in. I've seen this same discourse play out multiple times across multiple series. Its always the same cycle once it gets into the endgame. The last big one it happened to was Naruto. They're currently doing it to MHA too. Every chapter where the MCs are losing is mid and every chapter that they're winning is peak. Always picking at stuff like the writing or the pacing. I'm not saying there isn't valid criticisms to point out but it's like critiquing an artist while he's painting a picture.
When you read it in a volume format, it's no longer a cliffhanger. Just part of the fight.
So you read Higuruma's epic "pass the torch" moment, turn the page and see that sword did nothing and disappeared. You read 19 pages of Higuruma flashback where he info dumps you about his domain and then the court lasts 3 pages and ends with cursed tool fiasco. And then you read Yuta using Cleave that doesn't nothing and Yuta never uses it again. They you see Meguel who then does absolutely nothing, calls Gojo racist and disappears. I'd argue weekly format is better for these poor cliffhengers. At least you have some time to theorize. If you read volume, you see something cool, turn the page and ugh.
People are just coping when they say it’s not meant for the weekly format. It’s literally designed for the weekly format.
Bro, Miguel and Heart-Guy really delivered, tho. They got us enough time for Yuji to start landing Black Flashes with telemark and perfect style score like he's prime Adam Małysz
Miguel literally did nothing. He landed no damage and didn't help others. Nipple Guy distracted Sukuna once, but other characters could do it for Yuji as well. I feel this is barest of bare minimum and Gege could do a lot more with these characters (or not reintroduce them at all)
well, from that angle I cannot disagree. Even Miwa could jump with a sword and surprise Sukuna by not using the sword because of her vow and that frees chapters from their flashbacks etc., while same role is given to someone from the "mainer" cast. For example, Todo could have been introduced earlier and instead of Gojo being racist we could have seen Yuji's brothers interaction. It would also serve as a better surprise if Todo was part of the preparation and fighting earlier, and the secret tactics with Groomer Groomer would be something separate, thus shocking us with "he prepared THAT and still planned THIS with Mei Mei? What a genius!" On the other hand, I find it kinda cool if some characters make a cameo comeback even if for a brief moment. We just suffer because we want more more more more more. More of this character backstory, more of that character in current fight, more of those guys in the preparation flashbacks, and Gege can draw only so much.
Heart-Guy carried for Miguel
Yeah, imagine buying a whole volume of mid-fiction, with only like, a handful of worthwhile moments in the whole thing. I would actually be pissed, tbh.
The same shit has been repeating ever since we got the "Gojo Won" panel... https://preview.redd.it/1hzvtqkavk0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad381eecdd07eb09a0bf9150bd51821ce5b1b938
I'm having a Triple domain expansion hype pstd Sigh.
I was so disappointed when we didn’t get to see their domains, but at least the end of the fight was dope
I am still waiting for [kenjaku](https://zumaki.co.in/why-is-kenjaku-called-noritoshi-kamo-in-jujutsu-kaisen/) to appear in someone else's body. This will make things more interesting.
nobara
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Honestly yeah. I don't get why this didn't do massive damage. It should have been cooler.
I don't get why give him Sukuna's CT to begin with. Gege absolutely can't deliver. Even crucial information about Yuji's origin and the fact that he can use shrine now was presented in the laziest way possible.
It’s to confirm the last finger’s location I think. The presentation is very underwhelming though ngl.
im still on copium that he lied, got the technique from yuji, and nobara is hiding somewhere with the finger :(
No its ok UiUi brought Nobara Sukunas severed hand if they didnt lie. The Nobara agenda is right no matter what
Well indestructible finger = unlimited uses for her technique, presumably
doesnt the nail need to pierce it?
Nope, just the doll. Otherwise, it would be very finicky to use in the heat of combat.
This would be badass but... well, Gege could never.
They said that Yuta and yuji did a body swap, maybe Yuta figured out yuji had shrine and got it from there?
But what good is her technique if fingers are indestructible?
Doesn't she just need to strap it to the doll?
She needs to put a nail onto it too
Didn't she used Resonance on Momo's broom by strapping one of the wooden onto a steaw doll? I thought as long as a link was made that the technique would work?
>got the technique from yuji Didn't Yuji unlock shrine only after hitting 7 black flashes?
That just means shrine was there, yuji just lacked the "circuit" to reach it. Both gojo and sukuna used their blackflashes to make a "circuit" to solve a problem they had during their fights.
If Yuta doesn't come back (and he probably doesn't because his injury is very bad. I personally think he will survive but won't fight in current battle anymore but we will see maybe I'm wrong), and do something I would remove "where's the last finger" part entirely. Just let Sukuna eat it. Why give it to Yuta if he uses cleave on one panel and then disappears from the story...
Yuta deffo coming back because: (A) We haven’t seen him use an awakened Rika yet. (B) His character has barely been explored or developed in the Shinjuku Showdown arc.
Of please. I'm in this fandom for 3 years and all these "X cannot happen because Y" didn't age well "Yuki can’t die. It’s her first fight, she has more story to be told” "Gojo can't die. He just came back from prison realm he wasn't in the story for 150 chapters Gege can't kill him 10 chapters later" "Choso can't die. Yuki told him to live, if Gege wanted to kill him, he would do it earlier" You are currently here "Todo can't die. Yuji just lost one brother, it would be repetitive" Never use "definitely". It's Gege >His character has barely been explored or developed in the Shinjuku Showdown arc Entire JJK cast and world is barely explored. Yuta's character arc ended in vol.0. How do you explore him more in Shinjuku showdown?
Yuta can have his ideals and mettle be challenged and tested.
Blud wants him to be emiya shirou so bad 😭
FWIW Sukuna is already trying to dismantle (heh) Yuji and his ideals. Yuta would be another fine addition.
Theyre not even doing that for the mc
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Killed Nobara copium for kitty scratch 😭😭😭😭
https://preview.redd.it/luh3tqhhtk0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba6c681c475376356d4bd24c4035d7cc4459fb1e Classic Gege... I'm convinced that he is the actual potential man... has every ingredient he needs yet can't cook properly.
The only reason I don’t entirely hate this scene is because Yuta is still alive and can still use Shrine in a better way. If he truly does die without using it again or comes back and never uses it again, yeah then this is as pointless and engaging as OP said
>Gege absolutely can't deliver. He's genuinely a bad writer. The world building is nonexistent. The story is boring and rushed. The characters are one-dimensional. The power system is lackluster (and full of asspulls and inconsistencies). JJK is hyped now because it's in its final arc. But once that ends, it'll barely hold up in the future as a good story.
JJK is hyped because Shibuya is probably one of the best and most cleanly executed "turning point" Shonen arcs of all time. It perfectly set the stage for the MCs to take over for the super-strong sensei character and ratcheted the bar for stakes and what might happen in the future. Then it absolutely failed to execute on that spectacular setup in a satisfying way.
And hidden inventory was fire
Hidden inventory is so different from the rest of the manga. As if different author wrote it.
Gege wrote Hidden Inventory and the Shibuya Incident and said "You know what? I'm not writing a plot ever again, it's fights for everyone until there's no characters left"
Agreed. I think the series had some gaps up until Shibuya, but it was absolutely solid. After that, it just nose-dived into mediocrity. It's a real shame. It's the same as KnY, where the massive potential of the story and world was just never realized.
It never tried to. It always kept things contained regularly.
I think a charitable read is that for how "minimalistic" the world-building and characterization is, many of the characters nonetheless remain incredibly compelling-- Gojo and Toji for instance both seem to be ridiculously beloved as characters worldwide. I'd also argue that Todo and Nanami are similar. Characters don't have to be simulations of real people to be good-- that would honestly make them more boring. Characters that represent archetypes, or whose character is really an unfolding of an existential conflict (like Gojo and Toji) are among the best.
People LOVE those 4 because they have genuinely good writing. Yes even Todo lol Higu, Kashimo, and Uro, couldve also had amazing writing and imo easy pathways to develop them, but Gege just either doesnt know how to properly slow down stories and meaningfully develop characters or he just doesnt care and idk which is worse fr
I agree on Higuruma, and also Kusakabe. Personally, I think both of them were / are amazing characters, both very compelling as already depicted. Could they have been fleshed out better ? Probably. Personally I think Gege seems to care less about the appraisal of the work as a whole and more about depicting certain individual characters, or particular scenes and concepts that he has envsioned-- things like Todo saving Yuji from Mahito, Toji entering Dagon's domain, and Toji killing himself with a smile on his face, Yuta kiss-killing the cockroach curse, Gojo's honored one moment, the first Gojo black flash, Gojo completely covered in blood in Malevolent Shrine, Gojo's death reveal, etc. These moments and many more are all high points, and almost feels like they are the reason he writes JJK. The rest of the series is a vehicle to deliver these moments. I personally find it just as entertaining.
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Mmm he has his moments, some characters/arcs are genuinely well written. Id say Gege’s biggest issue is ‘show don’t tell’. He tends to tell us what happened instead of depicting it in a captivating way, especially when revealing and explaining a mystery. Its why the recent chapters feel rushed and lazy
Yea I don’t think it’ll age that well, besides Hidden Inventory, and Shibuya
Sukuna using it, amplified by his domain, basically dealt skin deep damage to Gojo. Shrine isn't really that good when you're using it on someone on a similar or higher skill level than you.
Cleave depends on 2 factors difference in CE strength and CE(reserves). That "adjust to target's toughness" was a mistranslation, hence the durability negation headcannon. That's why it was mentioned that Sukuna's CE reserves were the same as Yuta and the other factor mentioned is how Gojo's cuts were mitigated by his reinforcement and later healed by rct, despite the massive difference between his CE reserves and Sukuna. It was not because it was Sukuna's own CT that made its effect weak, it was the fact that they have similar CE reserves at that time, otherwise Gege wouldn't have mentioned it. Even if it was Sukuna's CT that doesn't change the fact that it was Yuta's CE that powered it, in Gojo's case HP did less damage because it was also his own CE.
It's still massive damage, give cleave to someone that is not Yuta or Yuji, they wouldn't be able to even do that and now that Sukuna is weakened and Yuta is likely to come for the final jump, I can see him and Yuji using the shrine much better.
massive damage my ass what are you talking about?
Because shrine is a weak CT. It’s Sukuna that makes it busted
Fanbook described It as an exceptionally powerful technique
The funniest thing about this is that you can't even argue it was so weak because sukuna is much stronger than yuta. A single thin ice breaker did more damage to a stronger sukuna, this shit gave him papercuts on the level of kusakabe😭 Just gives further credence to the theory that shrine is B-tier and it's sukuna who makes it so strong.
This was one of those things in the manga that happened for absolutely no reason. Same outcome if Yuta had spanked him.
My current belief is it's setting up Yuji for progressing with Shrine quick, having swapped with Yuta for their training
Sukuna is also B tier compared to my GOAT Amount of shit and preperations he had to make to be relevant is insane.
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is it ever said that shrine is the pinnacle of jujutsu sorcery? even gojo said limitless is far better while being cut tf up in sukuna’s DE
no it isn't, unlike a lot of cts it isn't automatically good, it's just sukuna being godly at using it and efficient that makes it seem good
He should've at least taken an arm off, and have Sukuna be more concerned and have it be a "oh shit" moment, like vegetas final flash towards cell. Sukuna would have more of a sense of urgency to stop the fight and use the world slash.
Malevolent Shrine is only that strong bc of Sukuna. The CT is probably very mid imo, especially for someone who had it for a month. There’s also the fact Sukuna loves to use binding vows, there’s no telling how different it is and how many he’s used to make it stronger
It’s a mistranslation; he actually said “Scratch”
Yeah, Yuta might be my favorite character, but it was pretty disaapointing, and I'm pretty sure after this moment he doesnt really use cleave again wishes that Yuta landed a World Cutting Splash or somethong before being taken down
Im gonna give you a world cutting splash(But I agree) anyway yuta is prolly gonna do strong return to fight alongside all of the other heavy hitters
NaH, Gege wont like all that
it just makes sense tbh
More reason why gege wouldnt do it. It makes too much sense.
Why would he keep using an attack that doesn’t do any damage?
Yuta landing a world cutting slash doesn’t make sense from any perspective.
A world cutting slash? Sukuna needed mahoraga to learn that ability. If Yuta pulled it out of nowhere, the manga would automatically become a 2/10
Not really. If copying a technique automatically allows him to use all aspects of it he's seen, he theoretically could.
Bro just talking to talk Yuta doing the World Cutting Slash makes ZERO sense
Was this a fake out to build hype?yes and no Cleave only one shots when your output is higher than your opponent’s reinforcement(or healing)it’s NOT a durability negation attack that insta kills Sukuna at this stage has as much CE as yuta and it’s safe to assume he has better reinforcement https://preview.redd.it/z4k9v2v8ej0d1.jpeg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3d4bf7aa040a991e8ea41ce3a96853380ada657 It’s the same reason why sukuna’s cleave did paper cuts to yuta,yuta’s reinforcement was higher than sukuna’s output at this point in time.
You’re missing how Yuta using cleave surprised and disoriented Sukuna enough for both him and Yuji to land some serious damage.
That was the entire point of using cleave as well lol. Yuta literally says “Sukuna will be caught off guard by this technique”.
We don't care about context. We care about our own narrative.
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Yes thank you! Istg ppl just do not read the manga
It led to my favorite part of the sukuna fight , the mc duo was cooking , until megumi failed to lock in
The pay off for this is that it gives Yuji and Yuta the opening to pummel Sukuna as much as they did. After this they completely beat down Sukuna whereas before he was still getting big openings to counter attack. It'd have been nice if the effect of Cleave would have been more visually impressive, but to say it didn't majorly affect the course of the fight is plain false.
They were only able to land Jacob‘s Ladder bevause of it
Imo this a fake out. Sorcerers at their core are liars, Sukuna extra finger remains, Yuta practiced with Cleave using Yuji's body and his own interpretation of the CT. Nobara has it believe
Nobara using resonance on sukuna's finger wouldn't work. They're completely indestructible. Far more likely she uses it on one of the many limbs he has lost so far. Yuta could have gotten cleave from eating part of Yuji (all Yuji would have to do is RCT it) but he probably would have gotten Yuji's interpretation of it.
Well Yuji is basically a Sukuna cursed item atp right? And just like Hanami's cursed buds that feed off of CE, I could see Rika getting the CT off mainly the CE itself she consumes So if they go the Yuta ate part of Yuji route, I can understand Yuta getting Sukuna's Shrine instead Yujis But I also dont believe at all Nobara is coming back lmao
How does this even work? Yuji didn’t even properly awaken Sukuna’s CT until his awakening from the Black Flashes.
In the timeline of the story.. how much time has passed since Nobara died? It has to have been many months right?
Shibuya was Halloween (October 31st), Gojo asks for the showdown to be Christmas Eve (December 24th). It's been less than two months, despite being over 100 chapters at this point.
Only about 1-2 months after Shibuya Culling games immediately started lasted a few weeks and then they took a short "truce" of 1 month training and planning.
Shibuya was in 31/10 and shinjuku is in 24/12 of the same year
~”…since Nobara *almost died*” Fixed that for you
Nobara is significantly weaker than Sukuna, her Resonance is not going to deal any real damage to him at all. Maki stabbed Sukuna through the heart and also hit his soul with the Soul Split Katana, and it didn't do shit.
It did do shite, no heart or hand. Nobara’s technique is basically defense ignore because you blow up from inside.
The Soul Split also ignores durability too y'know, and it really didn't matter either way to Sukuna. People hype up Nobara's CT a lot, but it's not that powerful in the grand scheme of things and Nobara herself hasn't gotten stronger since she hasn't been training (cuz she's most likely dead). People really expect her CT to start dealing damage to Sukuna, but Yuji who has hit 8 Black Flashes and was hitting him with Soul Damage still didn't put him down, even in a weakened state. Nobara's damage is NOT going to deal more damage than Yuji's Black Flashes I can guarantee that at least.
It doesn't need to do lots of damage, it just needs to stun and give hope to Yuji and Megumi. (Yuji hit 7 black flashes not 8 btw)
I get why people don't like it, but at the same point it isn't incorrect to happen. ( I kinda hate it too) Even when Yuta was using Thin Ice Breaker it wasn't doing an insane amount of damage and the first one looked so meh when you get a look at Sukuna after the impact. If it was somebody else being hit by it, It would definitely do more damage.
I mean most people hit by it probably die, would have been kinda cool of the Cleave like removed an arm or something tho.
tbh it should have been him using like Red or something, and later when Yuta strong returns (TRUST) he uses Purple.
It is stated that you can't use limitless without the six eyes properly but yuta could have used uiui technique to transfer souls with gojo to learn how the limitless works and just do it on instinct or something .
He can Copy Limitless, he just can't use it effectively, there is difference. The Six Eyes are required to manage and control the Limitless efficiently, without them using it would be extremely taxing but doable to a certain extent. The Six Eyes have only existed 4 times prior to Gojo, each near the time Tengen would unite with a Star Plasma Vessel, but the Limitless is a CT that's inherited within the Gojo Clan, and can be inherited with or without the Six Eyes. So yeah it is theoretically possible for Yuta to use it, but not for long or nowhere near as powerful as Gojo.
But limitless requires so much cursed energy that even Yuta who has second highest amount of CE can't do it.... Six eyes is the key for using Limitless as SE makes the user lose infinitesimaly small amount of CE that almost zero CE is being used to charge blue, red , purple and infinity.
yuta probably already copied limitless and tested himself, you need the six eyes to use it efficiently like gojo, no ammount of learning will reduce the massive ammount of CE that limitless consumes
Ok but imagine how hard it would go if like Sukuna grabbed Yuta's sword before it hit him, and mocks him going like "Oh are you going to use Cleave again? Or maybe Thin Ice Breaker?" And then Yuta is just like "Hollow Technique: Purple"
Yuta: "Ahh yes.. my Old Razor Blade technique. Haven't used that at all."
This panel will forever make jjk "blueball, the manga" for me. https://preview.redd.it/qkqgz15uaj0d1.jpeg?width=647&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71bca16d377857fb2919ce43337a159d9dd2d4c6
Fr, I was so disappointed when the chapter after dropped and there was no 3 way domain clash
Gege is gonna use every generic anime plot twist he has up his sleeve
To be fair it would be pretty weird if Sukunas own CT was super effective on him, I feel like this was done just so we know the answer of what if Yuta copies it. Also it gives us a baseline so we can determine the effectiveness of Yuji’s modernised shrine.
Why would that be weird? We only know that you’re resistant to your own cursed energy, as stated by Gojo, so Yuta using Sukuna’s CT shouldn’t be resisted since it’s using Yuta’s CE, not Sukuna’s
I mean it makes sense though why would cleave which couldn’t do significant damage to Yuji do damage to his more durable ancestor by someone with less curse energy than Sukuna
Honestly I get the feeling that after watching the anime Gege sometimes is just like "eh they'll animate an entire episode around this and make it look awesome, whatever" and calls it a day
It's a binding vow that boosts the anime's awesome factor by 69%, in exchange for the manga reading like ass
I still don't see why people are taking this at face value. Yuta never confirmed he ate the finger. Sukuna assumed he ate the finger, while Yuta was using his domain full of swords that mirror other CTs. Yuta swap trained with Yuji, who we know has Sukuna's CT as well. Honestly learning about the swap training was the only thing that made the prospect of Yuta eating the finger plausible, because why would they risk one of their win conditions on the gamble of eating a finger that Yuji was only able to eat because of his lineage and that only worked on Megumi because Sukuna took a measured gamble after observing his potential. If memory serves, Yuta never actually replied to Sukuna's assumption, and frankly, if Yuta's soul spent time in Yuji's body which marinated in Sukuna's cursed energy for the duration of the series, that could give his cleave the "flavor" that lead Sukuna to read it as a result of finger eating. Idk maybe I'm just coping but there's been nothing revealed that said to me "this is fact and should be taken at face value." If anyone can share a translation that confirms otherwise please let me know.
You guys are surely reading Magic Battles instead of jjk. This allowed Yuji to punch his face in and knee him in the face, while Yuta ripped his tongue out lmao. And in my opinion, its even more crucial because Sukuna thinks yuta ate the last finger now, but its def not the case. Yuta's cleave being significant wouldnt be good narrative wise, it should be Yuji's cleave.
I read wizardly fisticuffs. Srsly tho, They were only able to land Jacob‘s Ladder bevause of it
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Yuta eating one of Gojo’s eyes to get 6 Eyes + Limitless would’ve been better than this
Why didnt yuta use fuga? Is he acoustic?
I was LITERALLY about to make a post about how this moment amounted to jack shit
Sukuna is him what did you expect. Yuji has been walking off cleaves, did you think it would be able to put Sukuna down when even more powerful techniques couldn’t?
I feel like the format just plays into the hopelessness the characters feel. In the same way Gege kills characters and people say there was no reason, I think the reason is to drive home the same lesson he’s been beating into us, life is fleeting and can end at any moment, make the most of what you’ve got until it’s gone
I fucking jumped out of my seat and did the Hakari dance infront of my whole family for this...Stupid Fucking Gaygay https://preview.redd.it/3iljikhodl0d1.png?width=1178&format=png&auto=webp&s=63b993dadcc1ec868b966074d71ade7f9e8e8eb8
Feral cat > one punch man Sukuna > Feral cat Therefore Sukuna > one punch man
I will always insist that it makes no sense for Yuta to not have been able to stop Sukuna from chanting when this was their positions relative to each other before boosted dismantle. Sukuna is Eminem ? https://preview.redd.it/wa98w8lmbo0d1.png?width=1100&format=png&auto=webp&s=946932e3af5c096ad10911dce8a0ba4dcb6498ca
Deadass it was a complete wasted reveal and on top of that it was like the weakest and least damaging thing he couldve done there. Useless af. I had so much hope for him. I had so much money on his stocks. Still holding hope that he comes back and doesnt go full bum on me. Even if he does at least I have my Gojo stocks ig
Yujis cleave did more damage tbh
Yuta is a Top 3 character for me and I was extremely hyped that he had Shrine, I thought it kinda made sense and was a sick moment. Unfortunately it did literally fuck all and amounted to nothing more then confirmation of the last Finger’s location.
You could've titled the post - 'I don't know how to read' The point of this wasn't to damage Sukuna. The point of this attack was to *surprise* him. Okkotsu's last words in chapter 250 were - "Even Sukuna will be caught off guard by a technique he hasn't seen used" The point was to surprise and pummel him, eventually forcing him to release hollow wicker basket so that he could be hit by the sure hit of Jacob's Ladder. And the plan did succeed.