Jujutsu Kaisen <Sorcery Fight>

[Shadow5YA]

Spoiler for 243:

I'm sure Kenjaku will just reappear in someone else's body. It's not the first time he's been killed, so there's no way he's not prepared for this.

I automatically assumed he had to transfer himself to another body directly, but maybe that's not the case after all.

[Tactics]

Look at it again, the fight really is opposite of Gojo vs. Sukuna.

Spoiler for 243:

Gojo vs. Sukuna is about raw output and technical details, the winner is the one who got more trick on his sleeve.
Takaba vs. Kenjaku is bare-it-all fight, output and technical details be damned, the winner is the one who influenced better.

The conclusion as well.

Gojo died by Sukuna CT, Kashimo (the reinforcement) is not planned and hardly do anything.
Sukuna reanimated to his prime state and became even stronger (obtained dimensional slash).

Takaba died by his own CT, Yuta as reinforcement is part of the plan and he succeeded.
If Gege goes with such idea then chance that Kenjaku got a body double created via Mahito CT, notably weaker but decent to keep the merger going; unless somehow his brain can teleport. Aside that, there's also his binding vow with Sukuna. Will Sukuna finally able to roam free or there's another agreement, like "If I died, you have to ensure my merger plan successful".

Next chapter is the end for tankoubon vol. 27 so likely one more exposition before we back to Sukuna vs. Yuji and Higuruma.

[Ka-el]

Originally Posted by Tactics

Look at it again, the fight really is opposite of Gojo vs. Sukuna.

Spoiler for 243:

Gojo vs. Sukuna is about raw output and technical details, the winner is the one who got more trick on his sleeve.
Takaba vs. Kenjaku is bare-it-all fight, output and technical details be damned, the winner is the one who influenced better.

The conclusion as well.

Gojo died by Sukuna CT, Kashimo (the reinforcement) is not planned and hardly do anything.
Sukuna reanimated to his prime state and became even stronger (obtained dimensional slash).

Takaba died by his own CT, Yuta as reinforcement is part of the plan and he succeeded.
If Gege goes with such idea then chance that Kenjaku got a body double created via Mahito CT, notably weaker but decent to keep the merger going; unless somehow his brain can teleport. Aside that, there's also his binding vow with Sukuna. Will Sukuna finally able to roam free or there's another agreement, like "If I died, you have to ensure my merger plan successful".

Next chapter is the end for tankoubon vol. 27 so likely one more exposition before we back to Sukuna vs. Yuji and Higuruma.

Spoiler for 243:

well they actually used Takaba as I predicted, to distract Kenjaku to get Yuta or Maki close to him without his surveillance curses warning him in time.

My guess is that Kenjaku used another Binding Vow. He set the culling game to end once only him and Sukuna are left and other players gone, however I bet he used another binding vow about him dying (or Geto's body being killed) to activate the merging anyway without other players' death being necessary for it. It could still be him that finds a way to survive (he still talked even with the head severed so he can probably still change body, but Yuta's next move will be stabbing his head for sure) or a monster with his "will" thanks to the merge of Tengen, who knows.

I still think that the best way for them to stop the merging is that Yuta copy cursed spirit manipulation to stop the merging. If he has Rika eating part of Geto's body he should be able to use it.

Anyway, right now I'm wondering where is Maki.

[Tactics]

Originally Posted by Ka-el

Spoiler for 243:

well they actually used Takaba as I predicted, to distract Kenjaku to get Yuta or Maki close to him without his surveillance curses warning him in time.

My guess is that Kenjaku used another Binding Vow. He set the culling game to end once only him and Sukuna are left and other players gone, however I bet he used another binding vow about him dying (or Geto's body being killed) to activate the merging anyway without other players' death being necessary for it. It could still be him that finds a way to survive (he still talked even with the head severed so he can probably still change body, but Yuta's next move will be stabbing his head for sure) or a monster with his "will" thanks to the merge of Tengen, who knows.

I still think that the best way for them to stop the merging is that Yuta copy cursed spirit manipulation to stop the merging. If he has Rika eating part of Geto's body he should be able to use it.

Anyway, right now I'm wondering where is Maki.

Not going to work like that.

Toji already mentioned on Hidden Inventory that killing Curse Spirit Manipulator is dangerous because all CS captured will be uncontrollably released thus he killed Gojo but Geto.
So if Rika eat any portion of Geto body, what Yuta obtained will be CSM skill with no CS attached. Merger can keep going if Kenjaku either already secured the CT somehow or made progress to the point he didn't need Mahito and Tengen CT again.

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by Tactics

Not going to work like that.

Toji already mentioned on Hidden Inventory that killing Curse Spirit Manipulator is dangerous because all CS captured will be uncontrollably released thus he killed Gojo but Geto.
So if Rika eat any portion of Geto body, what Yuta obtained will be CSM skill with no CS attached. Merger can keep going if Kenjaku either already secured the CT somehow or made progress to the point he didn't need Mahito and Tengen CT again.

Toji didn't say he knew what would happen for sure, just that he didn't want to risk it.
Gojo killed Geto and everything was fine anyway.

[Tactics]

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

Gojo killed Geto and everything was fine anyway.

That because Geto have no Curse Spirits on his disposal after Yuta defeated him.

Kenjaku confirmed Geto already spent all of it before he took over. Half to became curse parade in city, half to held his firepower against Yuta;
Geto did said that Uzumaki against Yuta is using all CS he brought except one, Tamamo no Mae, for additional firepower only to be obliterated by Rika as well.

So by time Gojo found him, it totally safe for Gojo to kill him.

[Ka-el]

Originally Posted by Tactics

Look at it again, the fight really is opposite of Gojo vs. Sukuna.

Spoiler for 243:

Gojo vs. Sukuna is about raw output and technical details, the winner is the one who got more trick on his sleeve.
Takaba vs. Kenjaku is bare-it-all fight, output and technical details be damned, the winner is the one who influenced better.

The conclusion as well.

Gojo died by Sukuna CT, Kashimo (the reinforcement) is not planned and hardly do anything.
Sukuna reanimated to his prime state and became even stronger (obtained dimensional slash).

Takaba died by his own CT, Yuta as reinforcement is part of the plan and he succeeded.
If Gege goes with such idea then chance that Kenjaku got a body double created via Mahito CT, notably weaker but decent to keep the merger going; unless somehow his brain can teleport. Aside that, there's also his binding vow with Sukuna. Will Sukuna finally able to roam free or there's another agreement, like "If I died, you have to ensure my merger plan successful".

Next chapter is the end for tankoubon vol. 27 so likely one more exposition before we back to Sukuna vs. Yuji and Higuruma.

btw Kenjaku can't use Mahito's technique, the technique from the curse can be used only once after using uzumaki and he already used it on tenge barrier at shibuya.

[Ka-el]

Originally Posted by Tactics

Not going to work like that.

Toji already mentioned on Hidden Inventory that killing Curse Spirit Manipulator is dangerous because all CS captured will be uncontrollably released thus he killed Gojo but Geto.
So if Rika eat any portion of Geto body, what Yuta obtained will be CSM skill with no CS attached. Merger can keep going if Kenjaku either already secured the CT somehow or made progress to the point he didn't need Mahito and Tengen CT again.

that's not what I mean. Remember what Geto stated in JJK0? To acquire a curse under someone else's power he must kill the owner and then he can take it for himself, so if Kenjaku is done Yuta can obtain control over Tengen potentially.

[Tactics]

Originally Posted by Ka-el

that's not what I mean. Remember what Geto stated in JJK0? To acquire a curse under someone else's power he must kill the owner and then he can take it for himself, so if Kenjaku is done Yuta can obtain control over Tengen potentially.

Yes, example is Inventory Curse that taken by Geto after Toji death, right?

Telling Rika to eat Tengen is faster, assuming Kenjaku haven't done anything to her and/or her corpse that would invalidate such method.

[Ka-el]

Originally Posted by WingedAccelerator

What is known about Nobara's state are the following:
- Nitta's little brother said he treated Nobara, but she had no pulse, didn't breathe. Not much time has passed since she received the fatal attack, so he said that it's not 0% that she could recover, but Yuuji shouldn't get his hopes up.
- Yuuji asked Megumi about Nobara after Shibuya, what happened to her. Megumi didn't say anything, only his eyes were shown, looking kind of sad. Yuuji clenched his fist and replied that he understands.
- Recently Yuuji brought up the potential of Hana replacing Nobara, but that one could be interpreted in multiple ways.

The manga leans towards she is dead with hints, but refuses to outright say she is dead, therefore her return indeed remains a possibility.

not just that, many thinks that she may have survived because she could have learn to use reverse cursed technique like Gojo, but the problem is that her damage is permanent because Mahito changed her soul's shape, so the mutation that made her head almost explode is impossible to fix.

[WingedAccelerator]

My disappointment is immeasurable with this outcome.

Even if Kenjaku gets a new body or transfers his consciousness, the anticlimactic behading still happened.

[Shadow5YA]

I feel like this chapter will have split reception between Japanese people who know Japanese TV and understand who these celebrities are, and the foreigners who don't and will just remember the ending.

At least with the previous chapter you can still understand the visual gags and absurdity even if you don't understand Japanese.
This chapter is mostly a verbal manzai routine where delivery is key, which I feel is just going to be lost in translation until it gets animated and we can hear Takahiro Sakurai ham it up.

[Mad Pierrot]

Originally Posted by WingedAccelerator

My disappointment is immeasurable with this outcome.

Even if Kenjaku gets a new body or transfers his consciousness, the anticlimactic behading still happened.

Anticlimax sure is a common issue in this manga. Mahito got "sucked" by Kenjaku, Gojo got killed offscreen, Kamo...., Jogo defeats Maki and Nanami with a single move, Yuta befriends his enemy from the games, Choso gets a flashback that stops him from finishing Yuji, etc.

[Tactics]

I personally fine with Mahito finished in anti-climatic way since it fit with recurring theme of Disaster Curse finished in way they didn't get what they expected.

Jogo is strong but he's insecure about his own strength until the very end.
To make things worse, he's pitted against Gojo and Sukuna, the top two of series.

Hanami wanted to be useful but she always lose before she made significant differences.
Dagon wanted their group to be appreciated by sorcerers, defeated by reanimated man with no CE who didn't care about it at all.

Mahito always confident, imagine himself as peak evil, predator to benevolent person.
He lose to said benevolent person and backstabbed by Kenjaku. In a way you could say Mahito is the one humiliated the worst since you can argue the other three are unlucky to met the top tiers before they could accomplish something; the moment he learned about Black Flash, he have no excuse for his failure.

Jogo can defeat Maki and Nanami with single move is not anti-climatic.
Jogo is said to have the highest firepower among the quartet so he is indeed capable to one-shot them; the moment Maki, Nanami and Naobito unable to take down Dagon without Toji, their fate is sealed if they ever met Jogo or Mahito afterwards. Besides, it would be weird if Maki and Nanami gave him hard time then we saw him later doing well against 15F Sukuna.

[Tactics]

Spoiler for Chapter 244:

- Back to Yuji and Higuruma jumped on Sukuna, followed by flashback to Jujutsu High discussion.

- After they decided to send Takaba with Yuta to deal with Kenjaku when he's far from Sukuna, Kusakabe said they better prepared a plan in case Gojo died as well;
This time the battlefield is for those ready to die, so they need to all out if they wanted to achieve something which pissed Kashimo who wanted 1v1 against Sukuna.

- Kusakabe fine if any of them feels like can't deal with it, better leave than stay.
Miwa felt bad about her current state, Kusakabe explained it because she used binding vow "one powerful attack at cost of not wielding sword again" to Kenjaku in Shibuya (which Kenjaku easily avoided then proceed to use Uzumaki to her). Kamo declined, he'd rather going back home, evacuating his family overseas than die there. Yuji said thanks to Kamo for teaching him because Choso is poor teacher.

- Due to talk about binding vow, Higuruma thought of going in after Kashimo, maybe he can weaken Sukuna with Judgeman.
Yuji asked what kind of charge they can use to Sukuna, Higuruma explained, Kusakabe believed Sukuna can easily forced into death penalty by all murders he did.
Unfortunately it won't be that easy due to Judgeman only pick one specific case, might not going as planned if Megumi possession accounted and it can't pick case which Higuruma didn't have understanding about it due to Judgeman using his knowledge as basis; Higuruma also can't choose which CT taken by Judgeman, 10 Shadows or Malevolent Shrine.

- Yuji suddenly says there is a way to narrow it so death penalty become possible.

- Back to the fight, Mei Mei using her crows to distract Sukuna from distance. She kind of disappointed her crows can't do much to people like Gojo, Kenjaku and Sukuna, at least it manage to provide necessary opening for Higuruma and Yuji to deliver some attack. Yuji land a punch to Sukuna, Sukuna feels his entire body shaking for a moment, make him wondering what that was.

- The trial begins as Yuji and Higuruma keep Sukuna still for a moment; brief flashback that Yuji idea is to continue their previous trial (which Yuji said he's the one who did Shibuya massacre), this time with Sukuna as co-defendant of Shibuya massacre so it possible to punish him. Sukuna smirks, as if amused by what they tried to do.

This is final chapter for tankoubon Vol. 27. Next week is break.

[Tactics]

MV for JJK game:

YouTube

https://youtu.be/m6CFrfKw60w

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If this MV alludes some later chapters like Specialz considering there's hint about Megumi possession, Charles, Higuruma, Hakari and Yorozu; my guess.

Spoiler for :

Gojo choose North, he will return using binding vow that costs him Six Eyes.
He will obtain something new, either Green or White as question about hadron after Takaba vs Kenjaku skit about dying fish.

Table turned. Last fight will be Yuji vs. Sukuna (last hidden single finger)

[Shadow5YA]

My guess is that Yuji learned how to attack the soul directly without needing Black Flash now.

Maybe Sukuna getting his technique confiscated is what will get him to bring out whatever that fire is supposed to be again.

[Ka-el]

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

My guess is that Yuji learned how to attack the soul directly without needing Black Flash now.

Maybe Sukuna getting his technique confiscated is what will get him to bring out whatever that fire is supposed to be again.

Yuji never needed black flash to attack the soul. Anyway the point of attacking the soul worked only against Mahito because in his case his shape was subjected to his soul manipulation so he could move the soul to avoid being hit. Against any other opponent it's pointless because attacking the body is the same as attacking the soul as they are one.

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by Ka-el

Yuji never needed black flash to attack the soul. Anyway the point of attacking the soul worked only against Mahito because in his case his shape was subjected to his soul manipulation so he could move the soul to avoid being hit. Against any other opponent it's pointless because attacking the body is the same as attacking the soul as they are one.

It's not the same, because the flesh can be healed with Reversed Cursed Technique.
The reason why Mahito was so dangerous was because any damage he did with Idle Transfiguration couldn't be healed.

The same principle can potentially be applied to Yuji's technique.

[Ka-el]

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

It's not the same, because the flesh can be healed with Reversed Cursed Technique.
The reason why Mahito was so dangerous was because any damage he did with Idle Transfiguration couldn't be healed.

The same principle can potentially be applied to Yuji's technique.

mahito was dangerous because he changed the shape of the soul, so even if you reverse cursed technique your body just come back to the shape Mahito changed it into. If Yuji strikes someone even if he can hit the soul that can be healed anyway with reverse cursed technique because the shape is still the same, so it's literally pointless against somebody who is not mahito.