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MonsterEnvy posted:Official Version It feels like Viz might be more accurate on the first page. Because TCB's TL implies that Megumi had the potential to surpass Sukune but Viz says it's just that Megumi wouldn't outright die with a merger.
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TheHan posted:oh also I really really hope Angel comes out on top next chapter, cause otherwise her treatment would leave a lovely taste in my mouth. she’s barely had a chapter of screentime and her Megumi obsession was shoved in SO late and clumsily it literally did nothing for her character and just served to set up this scene. Honestly, same. This is just getting bleak and bitter now.
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Personally I would consider choking someone out and force feeding another person a finger “harming them” but I’m not Judge Jujutsu Judy so what do I know
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I Am Fowl posted:Honestly, same. This is just getting bleak and bitter now. The way its set up makes me think theres gonna be a reversal, since the cliffhanger is mid sentence. But Gege does what gege does 
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CharlestonJew posted:Personally I would consider choking someone out and force feeding another person a finger “harming them” but I’m not Judge Jujutsu Judy so what do I know Unfortunately as we found out, this binding vow hinged itself on Yuji's internal definitions of things so if Megumi hadn't survived the finger ingestion Sukuna would be hosed. But Megumi's body was in fact A-OK so it didn't break the rules.
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yum posted:Sorcerors on team good dropping like flies left and right because they aren't selfish enough/put their trust in others/are too sentimental, etc. Good qualities to have to be a Good Person but not necessarily to be a Good Jujutsu sorcerer. At this point, every tragedy could have been avoided if the main characters thought logically instead of emotionally. RatHat posted:I'm guessing Megumi being emotionally unstable right now from his "sister's" betrayal made him easier to possess or something. You were right
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Haven't read the thread since the pre-spoiler two weeks ago and need to catch up. Incredible stuff, just so so good. Main thoughts are Willl Yuji have absorbed cursed energy and technique by now even without being Sukuna's Vessel. I'll lose it if we see a "cleave" from him any time soon. Kashimo is perfectly lined up to unleash his godly nuke ability on Sukuna (being a follower of Hakari nation already paying dividends) before being stomped. That's gonna be insanely cool. That Nue double page is incredible, absolutely gobsmacked when he popped that out. I wonder if this is because Sukuna can use his new vessel's technique or if it's due to the true nature of his technique he hinted at while fighting Gojo. Either way it was cool as all hell. Really curious if he'll show us what a completed Chimera Shadow Garden looks like. I think someone needs to sneak away and phone Okkotsu the same way you'd secretly call your mam to collect you early from the sleepover
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10 Shadows prob can scale off how much cursed energy the user has, as well as Sukuna seemingly knowing the true essence of what cursed energy is it makes since he could bring out summons to the extreme. It feels like the imprinting thing was purely a red herring by this point and if Yuji will learn/obtain anything it will either be from a near death experience or somehow related to his mother.
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Yuji using cleave would be so cool though. God Sukuna out and about just vibing opens up so many countless cool interactions and possibilities. The change up is so so good. Cannot wait for Sundays chapter.
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Could you imagine Black Flash Cleave and how it would look.
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Could you imagine Black Flash Cleave and how it would look. Lowering brain power to memory and homeostasis to redirect it to this
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Could you imagine Black Flash Cleave and how it would look. It would cut through the page and harm the reader directly
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EmmyOk posted:Yuji using cleave would be so cool though. God Sukuna out and about just vibing opens up so many countless cool interactions and possibilities. The change up is so so good. Cannot wait for Sundays chapter. It was inevitable he would come out, there were so many setups for it with multiple characters gunning for him. But the best part is how it happened, Yuji can’t basically live his life not caring if he lives or dies anymore because he’s the one who setup this mess. The onslaught of guilt he’s gonna feel for being the cause of Sukuna pulling this off and how he goes about fixing it is gonna be a pretty excellent character moment
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Asuron posted:It was inevitable he would come out, there were so many setups for it with multiple characters gunning for him. But the best part is how it happened, Yuji can’t basically live his life not caring if he lives or dies anymore because he’s the one who setup this mess. Oh for sure but up until now it was hard to see how we got there. Of course Sukuna had to come out to play especially with Kashimo. It was just hard to see how Yuji would ever agree to release him. It was also explicit that Sukuna couldn't take control back by force and enchain had the no killing rule. This is such a good solution because it opens up so many cool Sukuna fights and schemes while being a terrible thing. It feels like we've gone off the edge of a cliff. I've quite enjoyed the culling game generally, I think a bit more than the current consensus. However this switch up has just immediately shot it up to the heights of the Shibuya Incident without warning.
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The Culling Game has a lot of cool moments but also feels less then the sum of its parts
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disagree culling game is really good and imo people should just reread it from the start because it flows better that way
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I think the Culling Games are great and the only kinda weak part was the first half of Maki’s half which immediately redeemed itself when Mr Sumo and Mr Katana entered Yuji , Hakari’s and Yuta’s parts are just fantastic the whole way through with some of my favourite moments throughout the whole series.
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JJK is on break this week  here's something cool based on the latest chapter though https://twitter.com/EO_kyara/status/1624805537237045254?s=20 this account is doing this for other chapters in the culling game as well
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So any idea if the current situation benefits Kenjaku? Sukuna has seem like such a wild card I feel like it could go either way here.
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RevolverDivider posted:The Culling Game has a lot of cool moments but also feels less then the sum of its parts IMO its due to the extreme rules lawyering thats going on each chapter nearly it feels like. There is a lot of cool stuff going on, but putting it into context of both the culling game and the larger story has been seriously hard for me especially with how he's jumped from plot to plot rapidly. It makes it harder to appreciate the cool stuff when you're constantly trying to square what info you've been given with the enormous amount already there and how does it fit etc.
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Electric Phantasm posted:So any idea if the current situation benefits Kenjaku? Sukuna rather enjoys being himself and other people being people so he can enjoy himself through horrible acts. Kenjaku doing curse third impact does put a stop to that.
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Manatee Cannon posted:disagree culling game is really good and imo people should just reread it from the start because it flows better that way I did and it still is really not very good. It is meandering and poorly explained and while it has cool moments they only feel loosely connected to the concept itself. Characters get introduced in a rush which removes a lot of emotional stakes (Angel being the latest victim of this) and while there are cool fights they tend to be more cool in a vacuum than satisfying conflict fights. It isn't series ruining or anything but it feels like a bunch of random ideas thrown at the wall and the fact a good number are cool ideas doesn't really change that The latest stuff is cool because it is paying off long running plots, same way Maki's thing was cool.
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the culling game has been a super confusing overarching storyline with some of the best action and character work i've ever read in shonen. the Yuta 1 v 1 v 1 (v 1!!!! the roach curse twist was great) and Hakari has a throne in my heart, but I couldn't begin to tell you what effect those fights had on this arc.
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The thing about the culling game is that, if he really wants to end the manga this year, this is basically the final arc. Like there might be a last mini-arc afterwards, but there's really only time for wrapping this one up and then just dealing with whoever is left. So it's not just judged as a part of the story, it's the final part of the story. And as the final part it's a bit weak.
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TheHan posted:the culling game has been a super confusing overarching storyline with some of the best action and character work i've ever read in shonen. the Yuta 1 v 1 v 1 (v 1!!!! the roach curse twist was great) and Hakari has a throne in my heart, but I couldn't begin to tell you what effect those fights had on this arc. The lawyer fight is my favorite fight in the manga. It has some amazing moments, don't get me wrong.
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I'm gonna compare this arc to Hunter x Hunter's Chimera Ant arc. We basically just got to the equivalent of the palace invasion, which was so good it elevated the rest of the Chimera Ant arc and made most people forget they were pretty lukewarm on the arc up until that point.
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RevolverDivider posted:The Culling Game has a lot of cool moments but also feels less then the sum of its parts Probably because everything prior had been leading to the Shibuya arc and afterwards the story has been finding it's new legs. Not to say I haven't found the culling game to be enjoyable. But it's been fight after fight trying to distinguish itself while also developing this new plot of Kenjaku's whole deal.
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Yeah the culling game needs to get all its active moving parts in one place now. Im also enjoying it but Geges over extended a little. Shibuya had so much impact because its every character we know pavked into a small place and everything that can go wrong has gone wrong
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Kenjaku's whole thing is that after 1000 years of experience, he's an improvisation master. Sukuna is more akin to a natural disaster, so whatever he does, Kenjaku probably has some way to account for it. Plus, the last time we saw Kenjaku he was with Uraume who was preparing a "bath" or something for Sukuna at the Zenin massacre site, he certainly doesn't seem to be opposing Sukuna, at least for now.
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He also outright directly addressed Sukuna at the end of Shibuya by telling him the Golden age is returning and very much seems to not be threatened at all by him being a factor giving him only caring about killing or removing people that could mess with his plans from his own view atleast.
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Yeah, I'm more interested in what Sukuna thinks of Kenjaku. So far he's only really expressed interest in Gojo, Uraume, and Megumi.
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An idea I was kicking around on a walk earlier is that Kenjaku and Sukuna aren't allies. What if Kenjaku wants to control Sukuna instead of allowing him to run free. Everyone seemed pretty shocked that Yuji could control his body even after incarnating. Kenjaku thanked the girl from chapter 1 for looking after his son. We also know that (according to Kenjaku) Yuji swallowing the finger was no accident. My assumption previously had been that Yuji's body was created specially to house Sukuna. I think it'd be cool if it wasn't planned for Yuji to be a vessel but instead to be a prison for Sukuna. So Kenjaku could much more easily control have access to Sukuna's power. I wonder what would happen for example if Kenjaku brain hopped to Yuji. It'd be crazy if now Kenjaku ended up having to try and get Sukuna back into Yuji.yum posted:Yeah, I'm more interested in what Sukuna thinks of Kenjaku. So far he's only really expressed interest in Gojo, Uraume, and Megumi. Me too. I feel like if they were direct allies they'd have been able to communicate by now in some way. I assume Uraume is just hanging with Kenjaku as someone from the Heian era rather than being part of their cause/group really.
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EmmyOk posted:I wonder what would happen for example if Kenjaku brain hopped to Yuji. I wonder if the terms of the Enchain binding vow would still be in effect if he did this.
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King of Solomon posted:I wonder if the terms of the Enchain binding vow would still be in effect if he did this. That’s interesting. I can’t remember the exact translation but iirc it’s not clear if enchain is a one time usage or not. Either way a cool thing to think about though I think Kenjaku would be too sharp to get caught out in a similar way.
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EmmyOk posted:That’s interesting. I can’t remember the exact translation but iirc it’s not clear if enchain is a one time usage or not. Either way a cool thing to think about though I think Kenjaku would be too sharp to get caught out in a similar way. It's definitely not one time use, my question is more about the fact that the vow is between Sukuna and Yuji. Kenjaku would be controlling the body, but it's still Yuji's body, so does the vow remain in effect?
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EmmyOk posted:An idea I was kicking around on a walk earlier is that Kenjaku and Sukuna aren't allies. What if Kenjaku wants to control Sukuna instead of allowing him to run free. Everyone seemed pretty shocked that Yuji could control his body even after incarnating. Kenjaku thanked the girl from chapter 1 for looking after his son. We also know that (according to Kenjaku) Yuji swallowing the finger was no accident. My assumption previously had been that Yuji's body was created specially to house Sukuna. I think it'd be cool if it wasn't planned for Yuji to be a vessel but instead to be a prison for Sukuna. So Kenjaku could much more easily control have access to Sukuna's power. I wonder what would happen for example if Kenjaku brain hopped to Yuji. It'd be crazy if now Kenjaku ended up having to try and get Sukuna back into Yuji. I like this theory because Tengen had mutated enough to become susceptible to cursed spirit manipulation. Sukuna is definitely the same type of being Instead of hijacking yuji’s body he could just enslave him
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skipmyseashells posted:couldn’t kenjaku just separate the incanted souls from their hosts with mahito’s CT He apparently only had a single use of it.
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