Is Jujutsu Kaisen's Power System Actually Any Good?

[@gamingrtx9276]

At 11:06 , Hakari's binding vow actually took the CE reinforcement of his left arm to spread it out throughout his whole body

[@JDWalker495]

The power system would be complete, if only Gege told us what the consequences of breaking a binding vow are. It’s something that all sorcessors even top tiers like Sukuna and Kenjaku are weary of but it’s never expanded upon. And Sukuna belting them out like nothing cheapens it

[@JustTheWarGodKratos]

Probably loss of CT, like the binding vow Sukuna and Kenjaku made that if he doesn't do the merger, Sukuna can lose his CT

[@someclevername8167]

If it’s a vow with yourself, you just lose the buff you otherwise gained if you break it. Take Nanami for example, if he were to break his “Overtime” vow, he’d lose the buff he got from it. What’s not explained is what happens when you make a vow with someone else. That’s what everyone is scared of, not breaking one with yourself

[@senjusan6359]

It may be that Gege didn't show us consequences of breaking the binding vow because he is saving it for the future. Maybe he wants to show us consequences of breaking Bidning Vows through Sukuna? That's why he showed us how many of them were used by him? That would make a lot of sense to me Ofc, that is just a speculation, so we need to wait to see how it will play out. Gege still has time to redeem himself in this aspect

[@harryboner8394]

​i think binding vows are literally impossible to break which is what makes them binding. Like Sukuna can't use the world cutting slash at all without 3 hands

[@nugget6820]

You just don't pay attention, Sukuna is making "Pacts with oneself" not pacts with others, so he would only lose what he gained, a pact with others is when you get into risk, Sukuna has only made 2 of these that we know of, Kenjaku has made at least 1000, so attack him, not Sukuna

[@BRUH-ne2zf]

2:12 we actually see this again when Todo puts all his CE in his gut to tank Mahito's Black Flash

[@cinderanimations9935]

Literally came to say that. But also it’s just one of those things that we assume characters are doing

[@JDWalker495]

@@ShadowStrike470which is exactly what he’s talking about, focusing cursed emergy reinforcement in one area

[@walnutstudio502]

Wow it happened twice

[@Sebelunio]

@@walnutstudio502 characters do it constantly. its just not "cool" enough to mention more than twice

[@walnutstudio502]

@@Sebelunio That’s the point. He said in the video that there was only an emphasis on it in the good life event.

[@Andres.Duran.J]

2:23 hakari did the opposite of this, he didnt reinforce his arm in exchange of higher level of reinforcement in the rest of his body, this was done to survive one if kashimo's attack

[@astroboy8637]

Sukuna’s domain only lasted 99 seconds which is an aspect of his domain he gave up. I agree with a problem with binding vows but that was a pretty shaky example

[@fivefunfacts1]

2:12 most users of cursed energy subconsciously reinforce their body's with cursed energy, that would explain why we saw no cursed energy burning off megumi while getting beat up by three finger sukuna but he still gets back up without too much issue and we know megumi isn't really gifted in durability

[@senjusan6359]

I think it would be cool if Gege explained positive curse energy and why it doesn't manifest something opposite to curse spirit as: Benevolent beings do not wish to harm anyone, nor to interfere with free will of people, that is why positive energy do not create entities with their own agendas. Eventually something similar to that When it comes to conpet of covering yourself with CE to protect yourself from Cursed Speech, I think that you are overanalyzing. People in JJK are contently using CE reinforcement for everything, including things like being thrown into a building and still surviving thanks to that reinforcement. You bring Inumaki's CT in that equation but ignore the fact that Inumaki's CT is one of the only CT's that directly are related to your senses. If there was any other CT that works on your sense of for example smell, then reinforcement of your nose with CE would make sense to bring up, but since vast majority of CT's are much more complex than that, or are simply used to damage your body directly, there is no reason to show us examples of that. Also, your issue with how quickly Yuji learned Jujutsu. That was answered in recent manga chapter. Yuji was so quick to learn for two reasons: 1. He is the son of Sukuna's twin reincarnation 2. His ability to learn Jujutsu so quicky stems from the fact that Sukuna used Yuji's body to perform high level Jujutsu Someone like Yuta for example, learn so fast because of his genetic blessing. Yuta is a child of Suguwara and Fujiwara bloodline, two of the most powerful clans in existence. That is why he was able to grasp Jujutsu so fast, it was written in his genes from the very beggining. It feels like this video was made to nit pick everything about JJK. I can make thousands of nitpicks about every single power system that exists in anime/manga, with actual good examples. Also, when it comes to culling games players who learned Jujutsu very fast... in reality the only one player who can claim that title is Higurama, as he is the only one who truly impressed Sukuna. Every single other one players who was given CT by Kenjaku, who isn't a reincarnation, was killed in CG or was simply forgotten by the story. True pure talents do happen, they are very rare, hence why we can only see Higurama who excels in that matter, while everyone else is just a fodder with no real impact to the story. When it comes to "Talent going beyond your effort". That is the ultimate truth of our reality and also something very often displayed in anime and manga. For example Naruto, who was initially presented to us as an underdog, was actually a child of prophecy who was a reincarnation of a god and son of the most powerful Ninja in history. There is nothing wrong with saying that your genetics are the most important part of your potential, because that is literally the truth that stems directly from our world. Your genetics are very important, for example, if you dream about becoming a model, but you weren't born tall and thin (and of course handsome) then you won't achieve anything in said dream. The same principle applies to Jujutsu

[@kwesiwilson3887]

Thank you for this

[@blueblurr7812]

My opinion is he didn't bother making a power system with the excuse of the narrator saying: HE HAS SURPASSED HIS LIMITS 🤣

[@janstefaniuk2977]

Me watching as the main character with a missing leg, arm, eye and half of his brain blown out defeats the strongest character in the series who was in perfect conditions without any difficulty (the main character actually surpassed his limits so it's okay):

[@lehothaiduong4363]

What are you talking about? Surpassing limit is literally one of the main mechanic of JJK power systems. Like black flash boosting your potential to 120%, Overtime binding vow boost your curse energy to 120%, chanting boost your attack power to 120%.

[@JDWalker495]

6:20 I think you dropped the ball here cause the genetics are a frequent theme in jjk since most people are selectively breed to be sorcessors and carry certain techniques best for jujutsu and trained to maximize it, as seen with the great 3 families. But even those born with a random or weak can become monsters but it depends on how far and how creativity you be. Sukuna is the best example of this cause ‘shrine’ is as simple as it gets, but through engaging in several taboos and training him to the limit to master all the skills of jujutsu he became the king. Just like in hunter x hunter those with innate talent have a head start but the power is board enough for others to compete even with weak CTs. Also 6:37, then they were beaten by a monkey with no CE with a couple of tools.

[@kwesiwilson3887]

Also music art and stem studies are impacted by your genetics tho a degree

[@ALotOfCancer]

2 out of 4 special grades weren't from prominent bloodlines

[@theworm6707]

junpei was literally physically altered by mahito to make him learn cursed energy quick

[@ALotOfCancer]

That's not what happened, he unlocked his power. He didn't actually teach him how to fully use it.

[@theworm6707]

@@ALotOfCancer yea that’s why he didn’t know how to fully use it

[@shaine9968]

Rct just thickens the holes in jjk power system to the max

[@trickeruniverse1979]

How ? It’s already CE as a concept is formed from strong negative energy. So positive cursed spirits can’t be a thing and that’s why positive energy extinguishes them and can only be used by humans.

[@senjusan6359]

No it doesn't. If you think about it, positive energy is something that needs to be created by the will of people, and if people's will align with good, they create good, positive energy. There are no beings created from that positive energy, because good willed beings do not wish to interfere with world of the living, because they are good in nature. RCT being something that only humans can produce is also logical, because only humans are capable of doing good things, while cursed spirits are incapable of that, hence why they only can use negative energy

[@jwilsthem.c3780]

How?

[@NYCHOL]

White flash is something that should have happened

[@trickeruniverse1979]

@@NYCHOL lmao No. doesn’t make sense to the author and the world he created so it’s not a thing and never will be

[@silvertongue.242_99]

Domain expansion into curse technique burnout is a really cool concept

[@jackaboynaylor9273]

4:09 Junpei's brain was altered by Mahito to be like a sorcerers. That and Mahito was also like a teacher for him. Higaruma is an exceptional prodigy not the norm, Takaba isn't necessary good at all in Jujutsu as his technique can make him as strong as the joke needs him to be. So cursed energy and the control of it can be handle by his technique.

[@aubeary190]

4:40 I can think of the following stated or implied abilities we never see on screen: Yuki/Hanami/Uro/Ryu’s domains, Hiten, Funeral Tiger, Panda’s sister, and I think 1 or 2 of Ino’s summons but I’m not entirely sure on that last one

[@autismisaac4826]

For the culling games and junpei idle transfiguration was used to get their brains used to their cursed techniques thats how they just woke up and used ce all of a sudden

[@Silvertrif0rce]

05:52 The ability distribution is on purpose , the corruption & the obscuring of special universal techniques is done intentionally to show how unfair the world is. I think that positive energy wad only referenced once with MHG's blade ,sakuna said the positive energy would have killed him instantly if he was a spirit.

[@zeanone9257]

Yes but hard word and determination is a equaliser that doesn't exist in jjk

[@mujtabarehman5255]

6:12 Your STEM aptitude definitely has a lot of genetic influence. Of course, the point here is that you attend university and then gain knowledge to become, say, an engineer. But what gets you to that point has a lot of genetic influence. This can come in the form of fluid intelligence, grit and contentiousness. Even subject specific skills have genetic components, like math. So you are not going to be the next Euler or Gauss no matter how hard you work, unless you won the genetic lottery. Interestingly, even musical and art talent have heavy genetic influences. Again, not to say you can't learn an instrument without those genes, but your aptitude and learning speed are innate.

[@mujtabarehman5255]

Of course, it is still a valid criticism of an anime's power system tho. I'm just pointing out some science.

[@mysteriousguy6539]

He bases these videos on reddit, he made lot's of hiccups about whole system and even cases that were shown even in the anime so yeah xD

[@bonafidebruhmoment5440]

The thing is though that what he's trying to point out is something JJK is already self-aware of and is a huge part of the narrative for certain characters. In fact you can argue it's one of the main themes of the series. It's the whole reason we got the "Are you the strongest because you're Satoru Gojo? Or are you Satoru Gojo because you're the strongest" question.

[@ALotOfCancer]

That still doesn't explain why most sorcerers are weak. Do you think most people are genetically inferior?

[@pezpro4946]

Something that's always bugged me about power systems like cursed energy and others like it is how they fundamentally are ingrained into their world. Jujutsu Kaisen is set on an earth supposedly near-identical to that of our own but when we see characters capable of truly monstrous things like teleportation, exploding entire buildings and city-scale regions, producing electricity, etc, it makes me wonder why there wasn't a fundamentally different route that industrial and military-based advancements were made. Also, I think some cursed techniques simply break the immersion and suspension of belief all-too well. If sorcery is magic, then of what possible reason would characters be given abilities like the power to produce/control sugar, control crows, have seemingly religious ties like Angel's (does this imply that magic is connected to religion?), or in my opinion the most confusing, Nanako's picture technique. These techniques are supposedly "innate" and ingrained in the brain itself, which makes me wonder, when Nanako was born, what connection did her brain have to smartphones, and why? Things like crow manipulation and sugar manipulation break my immersion that this is "magic" because it seems to follow no clear will of it's own and abilities are chosen for their usefullness/interestingness by the author rather than some overarching magical premise

[@kwesiwilson3887]

When it comes to how the techniques are shown. Me personally I take it that it's because of the interpretation of the technique. Gojo has said and sukuna has proven that that affects how it's expressed

[@ultraola4588]

aight, I agree with you on the overall concept, Gege has admitted he makes things along as he goes, he said that he added black flash because he wanted yuji to have a cool finishing move but didn't want it to be unique to him. But your individual arguments are things I disagree on 2:12 Cursed energy reinforcement is constantly being used in general its just half the time we dont see it, but it is mentioned a lot of times, for example when yuji and nanami were looking at the traces of mahito, or when Todo was fighting Hanami and he came to the split second decision not to use cursed energy reinforcement, divergent fist as a concept, when todo was fighting mahito and channelled all the cursed energy to his stomach to block the punch, and in the same fight Yuji said he'd channel all his cursed energy into his fist and even did a jajanken stance, which is a clear reference, it's used frequently just not stated every time. I disagree with you on development, yuji gets basic cursed energy manipulation, but his manipulation is bad so it causes divergent fist, Nanami even took a jab at yuji's proficiency with cursed energy in the looking at traces of mahito scene I mentioned before, Yuji trained with todo and learnt how to land a black flash and got good manipulation and stopped using divergent fist, then after landing a black flash understanding cursed energy more because thats just what black flash does, then learns how to use divergent fist manually in the fight with mahito. His progression is streamlined and makes sense, Higurama's technique gave him a free domain expansion, which is the pinnacle of jujutsu, he then used reverse engineering to figure out everything else which logistically makes sense, takaba isn't a jujutsu genius though he just has a technique. 5:40 normally I would agree with you because usually its just an excuse for the mc and main villain to be stronger than the rest of the cast, but in jjk the unfairness in the power system is the basis of the story and it's intrinsic to many characters such as Gojo, Geto, Toji, Maki, Mai Kyoto Noritoshi Kamo etc. The entire plot of jjk and many of the characters literally wouldn't work if the power system was fair, and there are other comments explaining why there is imbalance in the first place. Cursed tools point I somewhat agree with. Binding vows are iffy, but Hakari has been explained in other comments, Sukuna we have to wait for. I completely agree with your final point, I think its stupid how the protaganists barely use binding vows in comparison to Sukuna and villains.

[@dan.e9296]

I disagree with your opinion on CT. Using American Football as an example, only 1.6% of college players will become professionals in the NFL. Yes, hard work will take someone incredibly far in Football despite having average genetics. However, as the competition level intensifies, you will come across players who aren’t only hard workers, but innately gifted as well. And those players will outperform them. A good example in JJK is Mei Mei. She’s a grade 1 sorcerer who has worked hard to compensate her CT being a weak point while also strengthening her CT skill. She can hang with a lot of sorcerers, but at the top 1%, her CT holds her back. There being a cap is realistic. Otherwise, if everyone could be strong as Gojo, then there’d be no excuses from our cast struggling to reach the heights of Gojo, Sukuna, Kenjaku, etc. You have to view sorcery from the perspective as a sport. It makes sense everyone is going to be capped due to a multitude of reasons like drive, recovery, etc. and that includes innate talent. A great example of a sport in the real world is bodybuilding. While you have to train hard in order to compete at the top level, if you do not have the genetics then you’re not going to be a Mr. Olympia competitor. Doesn’t mean you can’t be a great body builder. It just means you’re most likely not going to hang with the top 1%.

[@kwesiwilson3887]

I agree with this but there's something else too. it's been said that the users interpretation of his technique can alter it's effectiveness. The greatest example of this is sukuna. Megumi also did this when fighting the fingerbearer.

[@dan.e9296]

@@kwesiwilson3887 Yes. Sukuna’s and Yuji’s interpretation of cleave and dismantle are different despite both having the same technique. We can agree Sukuna’s technique is a broader attack whereas Yuji’s is more precise which both has its time and place for being effective or ineffective

[@ALotOfCancer]

You have never played sports

[@kwesiwilson3887]

@@ALotOfCancer what makes you say that?

[@thearrivalcyberseignister8898]

I feel that this is a reasonable argument however i feel there is too wide of a gap, like yeah only 1% of football players are gettingin the NFL but the NFL players arent 80% better than every other team, jujutsu kaisen is like if you play basketball but some are randomly born without legs or have the height of a gnome while you can randomly sometimes get a lebron james or michael jordan

[@donshai_]

The second point you make, we see it multiple times when character attempt to block black flashes they focus cursed energy around that area.

[@jj6184]

for Cursed energy reinforcement this was also used by todo when he got black flashed by mahito in Shibuya, and you could maybe say hakari with his fight with kashimo for binding vows First I think you misspoke for the personal ones as they can be broken at any time with no consequences. personally think most of them are fine like the world cutting slash as binding vows are not weighed on specific situations you are in and that sukuna already had world cutting slash when using the vow. Though the one with the domain is so bull at least for me unless if i missed something. Honestly I think it would of been better if he just got his complete domain back as it was something that was foreshadowed. Also binding vows are used by the hero's a bit during the calling games and by gojo in his domain clashes, yuji and todo also use biding vows for their abilities. the power system can get a bit frustrating in a few parts as it feels like a math problem where you have to use a specific formulas you've acquired to be like this is possible using the power system though it feels a bit unsatisfying I think most of the other problems is due to jujutsu Kaisens largest problems which is just the pacing and I feel that Gege wanted to put more ideas into the series, but realized that the way he was going the manga would be way to long and probably didnt want to end up like the big 3 authors which slaved away for over a decade. Though I really like how you mix some of the positives with the negatives and just don't nitpick hate read. I also like that you seem to understand the series a lot more then most youtubers (cough cough the weeb commander)

[@user-zj3xm8je3f]

amazing video bro keep up the good work👌👌

[@izzymosley1970]

One personal gripe I have with this power system is how overpowered talent is and how underpowered effort and hard work is in this power system. I prefer it when they are at least equal preferably leaning towards hard work.

[@rubixmaster7532]

Black Clover and Naruto are the other way bro.

[@jwilsthem.c3780]

Lastly the only thing I want to talk about is binding vows because I've come to understand a lot about how this series works and it's made me appreciate it more but I do get everyone's criticism for binding vows. Simply because there's a greater mystery on how jujutsu works. From what I can tell binding vows don't care about the context of the situation that you're in all they care about is the raw Jujutsu you're using. In Shibuya Sukuna was able To make his domain expansion larger in exchange for their being an escape route. This seems like a pretty fair trade if the domain in question wasn't Sukuna. Where you would have to heal off getting constantly slashed and also getting jumped by Sukuna himself to escape. Another KZbinr posed a question saying the curse technique that brought Toji back to life was able to summon his soul's information. Summon the information from where? We know curse techniques are stored in the brain and engraved in the body so where was Toji's soul information? The answer is we simply don't know and much about Jujutsu hasn't been revealed. JJK takes A LOT of influence from Bleach much more than people realize and the path to strength is more so based on personal enlightenment rather than physically training to get stronger although characters in both series do train.

[@Observer_sean]

I agree with you on the training but I feel a main reason it was rushed story wise is that yuji was trained by gojo himself also yoji was already a fast learner and had better physical abilities before first finger eating

[@kitanat9944]

The system is kinda cool, but lack of explanation surrounding binding vows, domain expansions being pointless to use if you’re weaker, and RCT being a terrible sub-system docks points for me. Not to mention Gege not being the type to explain anything past what they have to. Could’ve been cooler if this were meant to be a longer series.

[@kwesiwilson3887]

I agree. But they said in a domain clash it's the more refined domain that wins not the weaker sorcerer. Take kenjaku and yuki. In a straight up fight yuki was destroying kenjaku.she was stronger than him. But she didn't even bother to use her domain against him cause kenjaku is the second best barrier technique user. His domain is basically divine.

[@kitanat9944]

@@kwesiwilson3887 You’re right, but that tended to be the “stronger” sorcerer throughout the series. Man that Yuki fight will never not bother me though.

[@kwesiwilson3887]

@@kitanat9944 what didnt you like about the yuki fight? im just curious.

[@kitanat9944]

@@kwesiwilson3887 It felt stupid that Yuta would leave here and not just stay there at that point. You could have everything condensed there with Yuki and Choso dying there and Yuta getting a much better kill. That’s more down to me not liking the Takaba fight or Kenny’s end. This fight is fine in the context of the series but part of why I knew the direction was not for me. Characters are used only as far as are necessary for the story. There are no stakes and tension to her death. She was just a cool character that we wanted to see more of, but she died immediately and everything interesting about her was simply left on the table. Because Gege wanted to get rid of her because she ended up not being the main villain like planned; instead being Kenjaku. It was such a boring fight that had no actual meaning, was just shock value to show how strong the opponent was while writing out a headache of a character that’s now useless.

[@bruhfunny8123]

I feel like I have a lot to say about this video from the beggining alone so I will write out some notes as replies as the video goes on 1:13 A reccuring theme in the series is that "love" is a curse as well. Postive emotions are fuel for negativity. For example Yuta and Rika being close is what caused her to become a vengeful spirit in death. This concept of curses also exists in the more metaphorical form, like Yuji and Junpei, or Toji's arc. etc. Adding a positive energy varaint would not only be redudant (because positive enegy in verse is just a high level application or regular cursed energy), but would also undermine the overarching theme.

[@bruhfunny8123]

2:20 Reinforcement doesn't enhance senses, it can only improve physicals. Even gojo can't see Sukuna's slashes. Maki and Toji, however, can which I think it is a lot cooler than just making it so that everyone who has CE reinforcment can just counter ablitiy specfic properties.

[@bruhfunny8123]

2:28 This is how sorcerers naturally fight, hence why there is usually a glowing effect in their hands and only occasionally a glowing effect around their body. As it is explained when fighting Yuta, generally sorcerers try to control the cursed energy to only form at the point of the strike. We also see sorcerers gather all their cursed energy into specific vulnerable areas like Todo with Mahito's black flash.

[@bruhfunny8123]

3:22 The series already establishes that sorcerers grow exponentially and that 80% of a sorcerers worth lies in talent. I dont personally think a training arc would improve the series and it's fun to see characters get over roadblocks mid fight, like Megumi learning domain expansion, or Gojo learning RCT or Mahito understanding the essence of his soul. Growth comes from self understanding and confidence which I think is a very interesting way forward.

[@bruhfunny8123]

4:12 I'm not sure why you think it wasn't there since the beggining of the show. Yuji is constantly praised for his speed of understanding cursed energy control and his growth always seems to pick up after Sukuna swaps with him.

[@bruhfunny8123]

4:14 As I said, the strength of a sorcerer is 80% talent. Both Takaba and Higuruma are prodigies. Higurma has always been referred to as a genius even in flashbacks before he acquired his CT, and his growth stems from his rapid understanding of high level concepts like barrier techniques. He is just really smart and gifted with a good CT. Takaba was gifted with a broken technique and very high output.

[@Kiryuman797]

Next chapter, sukuna makes a binding vow to never eat pancakes from ihop in californa in order to regain his domain and kamotoke

[@donzelanddavidbey5466]

6:03 the start of yap🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@ElbowStrikesSn]

JJK does not hold your hands and explain everything to you. I found it more fun and intéressant for me, trying to figure out subtle things that the author doesn't explain, mainly from Binding vows. For example, recently, Todo saying "Just this last time," we assume he sacrificed his vibraslap to extend the range of his technique and swap Hana. The vibraslap was completely destroyed after that. But it's just me.

[@sparkler2139]

Binding vows should just work 1 for 1 like vows and limitations in hunter x hunter And for cursed techniques I think all characters without a heavenly restriction should have a cursed technique that they can theoretically unlock, and that they should not so heavily limit a character's potential. They should be able to do SOMETHING to redeem an otherwise weak CT, like an extension technique, a rules-based domain, or a new facet of their ability if they are creative enough. And for reverse cursed technique, I feel like it should be much more widespread, but with most characters not being able to use it nearly as efficiently as to heal major wounds and keep fighting or one-shot cursed spirits. Those who are already gifted with RCT would look about the same.

[@helpimbeingstalksbythequee8998]

About the “ease” of learning the example s are explained pretty well like culling games are effect with mahito ct and gojo explains how ct are 80% inate talent which yuji doesnt really have since he wasnt able to use or see curse spirits pre sukuna

[@Ndasuunye]

when you try to sound too intelligent to the point it becomes nonsensical. that's what happened here. when too many questions are asked, hand wave it away by saying, he surpassed his limits. overall, gege tried too hard when all he wanted to do was make a tenkaichi budokai.

[@Emilie_Sniffil]

Interesting topic. I don’t watch much anime, but it opens up a lot more questions after this video

[@bonafidebruhmoment5440]

5:13 I get your point, but I actually like it for that very reason. The story continuously addresses this, and it leads to a lot of the conflict regarding Satoru and Suguru (mostly Satoru). "Are you the strongest because you're Satoru Gojo? Or are you Satoru Gojo because you're the strongest?" Basically asking if Satoru is strong because he earned it or if he is being carried by his gifts. I also can't say I agree with the comment of "it just doesn't exist in the real world". There are 100% things that other people can perform that neither I nor you will ever be able to perform. Either because they've been physically or mentally gifted. You admit this in the video. Which is why it confuses me you then immediately turn on that point and argue against it? I can understand why you might not like that, but I think the story does a good job at addressing this within the text. It's very self-aware of the power imbalance between certain characters, and it does what it can to write for that as it can (Satoru Gojo being born the strongest, Kasumi Miwa being really weak).

[@ehwanseo2707]

About hakari’s binding vow. Losing one arm to save his body is actually an equal trade as his domain requires two hands to perform. So basically, he gave up his domain to say alive.

[@Kingdavism]

12:08 cursed techniques are located inside the pre frontal cortex in verse and most domain expansions and sure hits (actually all except one also comes from the pre frontal cortex. Gojos domain infinite void comes from the occipital lobe because of the 6 eyes and his sure hit is ingrained in his occipital lobe. Sukana noticed this during there fight and replicated it with this binding vow changing the conditions of his domain and using gojos hand sign to form a makeshift 99 second domain from his occipital lobe . You say some of the things about the power system don’t make sense but if you actually had reading comprehension (which all jjk fans lack) you would realize this.

[@kwesiwilson3887]

Honestly speaking it's not always the fans fault. There's a monster called John weery breathing all this chaos 😅😅

[@Kingdavism]

@@kwesiwilson3887 true

[@jackaboynaylor9273]

1:13 Postive energy requires RCT to exist. Just having good vibes doesn't make it like how negative emotions make cursed energy. Tengen also has barriers that optimise cursed energy throughout Japan, so positive energy would be overwhelmed leaving only cursed energy as they annihilate each other.

[@ALotOfCancer]

This doesn't answer anything

[@jackaboynaylor9273]

@@ALotOfCancer 'I don't understand'

[@ALotOfCancer]

​​@@jackaboynaylor9273 You make connections in the power system the same way a paranoid schizophrenic makes connections about conspiracy theories, you don't use proper paths of logic to get from point A to point B, you are literally speculating about how positive energy functions outside of a sorcerer's body without having any information about it. It would have made more sense if you just said humans are naturally negative as an excuse.

[@jackaboynaylor9273]

@@ALotOfCancer Bruh, all energy originates from humans, so if a human is unable to make positive energy as that requires RCT something which very little know how to do, then there would be no positive energy to leak out from them into the environment, genius. And even if they did, because Tengen optimises cursed energy through his barriers across Japan, cursed energy would have an unfair advantage in quantity, and because negative energy and positive energy annihilate, there would be no positive energy left over from those collisions while there would be cursed energy left over.

[@Roman.Noodlw]

I'll try to explain a lot of the issues that you stated. Let me know if it helps: 1. Cursed Energy is negative energy pooled together, like you said. In the same fashion, positive energy is pooled negative energy. When Gojo discovers his reverse cursed technique, he explains that he was able to create positive energy by multiplying negative energy against itself (Mathematical Example: -2 x -2 = +4) . This also explains why negative energy is contained within the brain, but positive energy is dependent on the the core (stomach area) of the body. The core can "pressure" negative energy into positive energy 2. Cursed Energy Reinforcement is the simple application of pooling cursed energy onto a specific body part, nothing more. In HunterXHunter, pooling meant additional abilities, but in JJK, there is a slight difference. You can do cursed energy reinforcement anywhere on your body (EX: Todo tanking mahito black flash), but if the cursed energy reinforcement isn't connected to a technique, then there won't be any additional "perks", so to speak. REMEMBER: CURSED TECHNIQUES CAN BE/ARE TYED TO A BODY PART. Todo's ability is an example, even though his verbal misdirection seems to hint at a different case. In the case of sukuna's slashes, if you look closely, the slashing technique is very closely tyed to the limb movement sukuna does. Note: The reason why this aspect could seem random is that "most" cursed users tend to develop the reinforcement and cursed technique around the body as a whole, and then whatever major technique they have for specific body parts. 3. Itadori learning the cursed energy process is honestly no surprise when you look at what we know in the anime. He's a genetically different kid(exponentially stronger than his peers physically) and he's holding sukuna within his body, so there is already some talent with containing a cursed object, let alone controlling the strongest one. In the case for modern culling games players, they are literal prodigies, like actual prodigies. No joke. That's why they're introduced in the first place. Nobody ever complains or compliments miwa and the rest of her class/generation for having solid explanation into their abilities, but they're good scales on how exactly cursed energy is difficult to maintain. Junpei was also supposed to be the unfortunate reenactment of yuta. Even down to how similar they look, junpei had solid beginning abilities that could've possibly been expanded on, especially his cursed energy, but because he was cut off extremely short, this was never realized. Such the tragedy of Junpei. 4. The whole irl to JJK argument for the cursed technique section is...interesting. Yeah humans aren't completely determined by their genetics, but you have to remember, first of all, this an action anime. Todo is a great example of how a simple technique and physical power and cursed energy control can overpower this "genetics" argument. But if that doesn't convince you, there are specific bloodlines of jujutsu sorcerers for a reason. Megumi? Zenin Clan? Nobara? Hanahaki Clan. Gojo? Literally Gojo Clan. It seems genetically unfair because thats exactly what it is: everybody that is a jujutsu sorcerer is genetically gifted at birth. The characters aren't confused on what technique they might end up with, because they're usually determined at birth. 5. Binding Vows are stupid, but I'll just say this: it's important to think of binding vows as a promise to redistribution, not a restriction. Like with Nanami, he's not giving up cursed energy, he is simply redistributing it within himself within this sort of "container" vow that he can use for later. Same with Hakari. In the case of Sukuna, apparently he can just break this container when he wants to. At the very least, we'd have to assume that because he broke the binding vow, whatever positive plus that came from is no longer available, even if sukuna had already used it once.

[@harnoorsingh567]

I think that the binding vows are like cheats in the power system, which I genuinely dont like

[@Gamblingisfun69]

Yup I love when sukuna does binding vow of kill everyone except me for a an apple

[@JDWalker495]

Not really it’s just that Sukuna in particular just knows how to use them to break the game cause he’s the best player. Sorcessors like Mei Mei, Nanami, Todo and Yuji use binding vows to modest effect which suits their mastery, but since Sukuna is a 1000 year old unc that knows all the hacks since the game started he gets the best use out of it

[@harnoorsingh567]

@@JDWalker495 gonna say what he said in the video, what about hakari ?

[@Gamblingisfun69]

I said he sacrificed an apple duh

[@trickeruniverse1979]

It only seems like a cheat when sukuna does it. Everyone else use of binding vows seems pretty grounded. Nanami’s over time restriction which restricts his abilities to 80% of its potential but during over time (after 6pm) it becomes 120%. Hakari’s binding vow to remove reinforcement on his arm that Kashimo grabbed in exchange for stronger reinforcement on the rest of his body. Etc

[@timesgames4241]

you forgot to mention that reinforcing the feet with cursed energy is necessary for not getting sucked into megumis shadow in his domain. that was super important for the reggie fight

[@izzymosley1970]

One problem I have with binding vows is something I've seen no one else talk about which is why don't sorcerers make as many binding vows with themselves as they can? We know you only lose what was gained in the vow if you break one with yourself so why not just stack multiple binding vows with yourself?

[@IbrahimaDiallo-h7u]

Cursed energy is literally based of nen completely because gege took great inspiration from the series

[@tolemus47]

I think the 80% issue was kind of retconned with kusakabe being the strongest grade 1 sorcerer with 0 technique. Maybe he will never be special grade but he still became really strong without any of the advantages almost every other character enjoys.

[@LucyIsReal]

3:26 gojo himself said it, 90% of it is just genetics, if you are born with a strong CT ur gonna dominate

[@BRUH-ne2zf]

6:48 Stands in JoJo are a lot more strict however since they are based on personality and willpower they can grow with their user(like Koichi). Also stand users are a lot more creative

[@guiuu7740]

Question: what does sticky fingers (zipper man) say about Bruno Bucciarati's personality and willpower? I'm just curious

[@janstefaniuk2977]

@@guiuu7740 Bucciarati's fingers are sticky and he likes zippers

[@BRUH-ne2zf]

@@guiuu7740 Sticky Fingers being a strong punchghost means Bruno has a strong direct fighting spirit and high willpower and the zippers because his family got torn apart and also because he brings people together(we see the montage of the people of Napoli adoring Bruno) 😊

[@MrsTenro]

If I'm correct, curses still form from positive energy. They're just significantly weaker. Jogo mentions in the manga. That curses born from negative emotions are the true curses that could imply that curses can be born from positive emotions, just at the loss of a lot of power.

[@trey2080]

I would argue yuji learns cursed energy so fast because he’s clearly a prodigy

[@FaZeMeatKing]

For the genetic point in the show where geto in hidden inventory fights that dude in the hallway to say he didn't train as hard as everyone is just dishonest he absolutely slammed that cursed user in hand to hand combat and for gojo there's always going to be genetically gifted freaks who are good at what they without needing to train as hard as everyone else like Shaq most dominant basketball player at the time but he didn't need to work as hard as someone like Kobe and had a higher peak than him without it but you wouldn't say Shaq didn't train at all he was still training just not as much as some others and genetics play a HUGE role in real day-to-day life whether it be for dating or getting a job if 2 applicants have identical resumes but one is handsome and 6'0 you're gonna want them more than someone who is 5'5 with a receding hairline. And while yes in real life it's possible to over come some genetic disadvantages that's also because there's so many jobs how many deaf people in the world become musicians while some are able to become well gifted in it it's gonna be immensely harder to be gifted at music than some with even regular hearing and there are examples of this in JJK like Kusakabe who is widely considered the strongest 1st Grade Sorcerer with no cursed technique on purely studying and hard work. And it even makes sense why people like him and miwa don't have a ct story wise you have to be sort of insane to be a sorcerer and out of all the character in the show those 2 are the most mentally stable and regular so thematically it makes sense gojo ct while making him the strongest is also symbolism as his infinity shows the infinite gap between him and the rest of jujutsu society with only a select few not seeing him as a weapon and as a human. For Nanami his 7:3 ratio makes sense as you have to be precise just like you would have to be as a stockbroker always being dilligent and decisive, and even with someone like Kenjaku his personality of being a master at manipulating people makes sense as his ct literally takes over old bodies. There abilites most of the time match there personality.

[@diegorojas8959]

Average Twin Galaxies sorcerer: NOOOOO, thats not how you should play the game, not glitched allowed. Speedrunner Sukuna: And that kids is how you perform Stale Reference Manipulation, and now wanna see me wrong warp to the credits?

[@nugget6820]

Did you make this video by reading the wiki on Cursed Energy or something? Literally all of your points are wrong in some way

[@zeanone9257]

You mean your head canon that you made up

[@nugget6820]

​@@zeanone9257 Did you reply to the wrong comment?

[@TheAssassin13th]

Facts, he's talking about positive energy as if it's not explained as being the product of cursed energy multiplied by itself.

[@justme22154]

Started out as a referendum on cursed energy, ended up a semi-subtle commentary on JJK as a whole. Either way, love it.

[@GuyVibin]

Binding vows are the dumbest thing in jjk, in my opinion. Nanami's overtime makes him use less cursed energy when he's working and allows him to use more when he's working overtime. It's not a binding vow. It's just saving cursed energy for when he enters overtime. Hakari is giving up an arm to protect the rest of his body, isn't a binding vow either, he just has less area to protect with the same amount of cursed energy. The only true examples of binding vows are the ones that kenjaku and sukuna make because it is changing conditions. Sukuna had to change how he used the world cutting slash because he had to use both his hands. Now, he has to use a chant while pointing, which makes it more obvious but allows him to keep using it. My opinion is that binding vows shouldn't be giving something up. It should be permanently changing how something has to be used.(I've never read the jjk manga. Sorry if I got the last part wrong, but I'm going off examples I've seen or heard) TL;DR, binding vows is just common sense, and the only real binding vows are from sukuna and kenjaku

[@Ok-kx2te]

it’s not just cursed energy, it’s also cursed energy output, which allows his attacks to be more powerful when imbued with 120% of his output

[@GuyVibin]

@@Ok-kx2te nanami is outputting 20% less cursed energy so he can output 20% more during overtime. Different wording same thing

[@ryanaltarugio3055]

You will never know why this comment was made

[@KMAXBOZOSs]

Because you typed it

[@ritzkola2302]

Do a SUPER VIDEO breaking down your thoughts on all the nen categories EXCEPT specialists from HxH. Specialists get too much attention and are pretty much boring. People will pick them just because. The other nen categories are interesting and under assessed.

[@donshai_]

For your first question I like to interpret it as cursed energy is inherently negative. Which is why so few sorcerers can achieve RCE. The same way gravity naturally exerts a force on all objects in the direction of the earths core, we can defy that gravity by jumping or flying in a plane but there aren't many organisms that naturally do it. (and I mean there's a lot of birds but thats a small portion of all organisms")

[@donshai_]

Furthermore, humans on average focus on negative emotions and experiences as a result of a survival tactic. If you find 5 bucks on the ground but lose 3 you're more likely to focus on the loss and not the fact you still retain 2.

[@user-pc7qd6hi6u]

Another underutilizes aspect are cursed energy attributes their cool but kinda random like how the sorcerer who control lightning has cursed energy like it

[@silvertongue.242_99]

That's true the idea of good spirits existing and naturally producing positive energy. But I think curse energy is just the negative and wants to cause tragedy

[@mysteriousguy6539]

About CE fortification Todo fortiifacting his middle body to survive a strike, Hakiri doing same thing against kashimo. If you're born Small you're small if you're born big and inteligent that's what you get Medicore everyman can become something more than someone of better genetics and potential however game is rigged from the start just as in case here. You can't make your own techinque something more than it is. You can't reinforce your body forever Look at mei mei and kusukabe. Yuta even thought he's child of the wonder His energy is sloppy and in the end he wasn't able to do anything about it he failed and got defacto killed. You can use CE to reinforce your body and your overall speed stamina etc. Looking at Higuruma after he took yuji's CE he was giving him lot's of trouble, he pointed that even without CE he's making such trouble. Gege doesn't show you stuff right away you need to think. I know it's Hard to base your videos other than redditors and reddit but reading manga and thinking about it can be fun : )

[@Zenoforce]

Good point on that sukuna part i rewatched that scene multiple times and still dont understand what was scarified..... My best head canon was that he did the samething for the Gojo battle which was switch the conditions for how his domain typically works/Functions So for the amount of damage hes taken and "marking everything he hit with cleave and dismantle" to raise the fire output damage taken for the next move which was fire arrow he somehow doubled the explosive power behind it. I thought he put up a barrier which his barrier is usually open to accomplish that but man idk that scene really needs some explaining...🤣🤣😂😂😂

I think cursed energy reinforcement is not a thing. When Kamo said he reinforced his ear he meant that he just blocked any cursed energy in the air from going into his ear. He just surrounded his ear with CE like Itadori's divergent fist.

[@timtoni1717]

the binding vow system are only made to logically explain why characters reveal their techniques to the enemy

[@Idneverstealtoast]

The vid will help my sister who will start

[@ladiesman201]

Bro what 💀

[@Idneverstealtoast]

@@ladiesman201 my sister will start jjk

[@Idneverstealtoast]

It will help

[@Xzypu]

That’s cool

[@nilevinsmoke5880]

Tbh I didn't like that there weren't any positive energy or positive spirits with light there is always darkness

[@Wefiiiii]

4:16 Junpei grew so fast because of mahito and yuji not only was sukuna's host but also was made stronger by kenjaku shanenigans

[@FelipeSarasti]

then sukuna began to climb Jacob’s ladder!

[@RayTheCat-w2k]

some of these are explained easily in the manga, yuji is the son of kenjaku and the nephew of sukuna. that is why. the combined cursed energy of that is how yuji is that easily learning.

[@Mr_bocon]

Fin fact jjk was inspired by hunter x hunter that's why nen and cursed energy is so similar

[@BenjaminBryant-n8f]

saying yuji learned how to use cursed energy too fast is dumb he has god tier genetics what you did expect ?

[@jwilsthem.c3780]

So lots of thoughts. JJK has a lot of choices that go against common tropes in Shonen. There is no concept of the power of friendship in JJK. Being more selfish and being your true self is what makes you stronger and that's why Sukuna is so absurd power wise. Also unlike other Shonen where characters work their way to the top via training arcs in JJK your aptitude for Jujutsu is 80% innate talent. This is not referring to just your curse technique this is referring to your entire potential to use Jujutsu. Kusakabe is more talented than Nanami despite the former not having a curse technique. This fully means that only around 20% of your Jujutsu ability comes from hard work. You're either born with the talent and can foster it or you aren't. The varying types of cursed energy reinforcement are used often even. Nanami uses cursed energy to protect your soul so Mahito couldn't kill him in their first fight. Yuji describes Yuta's curse energy reinforcement like smacking a water tank because he has so much it makes every attack decisive and it makes hitting him more damaging for yourself and there's more examples of it. Positive energy isn't really native to the world and the only way to make it is to Convert cursed energy into positive energy. This says something about the world of JJK that and it's a very intentional choice. Lastly from where the narrative has gone cursed spirits aren't really relevant anymore. They are all such small fry compared to how powerful the important characters are now.

[@Snakeninja38]

Binding Vows just makes the rabbit hole go too deep.

[@SillyCath]

Off topic but who’s his thumbnail artist? I love his thumbnails

[@Average_JoJo_Fan]

I know that the power system has a lot of similarities to HxH, that's because he publicly announced that he was inspired by HxH.

[@silvertongue.242_99]

Doesn't dive that deep in training of cruise energy which sucks but lot of the power system doesn't dive into deep like binding vows and clans

[@user-kf8fr4od8c]

11:54 Secuna made one with yuji that states that thal shal not kill

[@Kenjaku_sus]

Fr

[@harrisonalfeche5900]

This proves that Sukuna is an absolute fraud. I don't believe what Gege said.

[@seanevbomenya8812]

Can you create hunter x hunter domain expansion

[@lyffo.burgermeister]

this video was pretty cold chris

[@SSk-np4nu]

what were jujutsu kaisen arcs inspired by? Please ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@xebec995]

Binding vows is peak jujutsu

[@zeanone9257]

Yes the dues ex machina of jjk

[@xebec995]

@@zeanone9257 how when its been introduced from the start?

[@zeanone9257]

@@xebec995 ye but we're never told what is considered a fair trade Someone can just trade their hair for their domain to activate again

[@xebec995]

@@zeanone9257 lol the memes are funny but u just gotta wait for explanation. I think binding vows add nuance to a fairly complex power system.

[@zeanone9257]

@@xebec995 what meme ? And also should a such a common thing be explained from the start

[@silvertongue.242_99]

Curse tools is very underused in jjk only three good ones

[@emptyshogun]

I agree, but you do a poor explaninsion of why this power system is half baked. If you want a well developed, consistent and explored power systems watch HXH and World Trigger. even Fullmetal is more consistent.

[@stb401]

Hey im a big fan, remember when you made a video of saying "demonslayer is mid"? it was nice. how about you make a video about demonslayer reaching 9.9 rating in imbd,and other anime sites,also mention the awards of having the best animation, character popularity,story production,most paid manga and film in Japan approximately 38 bilion yen. because your kinda biased no wonder your channel will forever stay in 69 subs,i'll forever stay as a mid channel.

[@MaddieM_11]

Nice video Chris

[@thefarmer6541]

Countless awakened soucerers were killed easily, higurma was the only prodigy, and takaba got lucky, gojo selected specificly strong scorcerers to replace jujitsu Higher ups.

[@whysoserious5507]

Jjk power system is unfair. That makes it unique.

[@zeanone9257]

It makes it boring

[@whysoserious5507]

​@@zeanone9257nigga are you serious. Boring. The Jjk power system is Naruto with limitations. That gives you creative fight scenes. Just says you don't like jjk.

[@slowlypassingaway1285]

JJK power system is the BEST!!!!

[@ilikeguys4772]

Like no. 1k

[@nonayabizness5642]

The power system is flawed yes. But the fact that the video is 13 min long alone shows you have not explained why properly

[@Jc-wz2yh]

Spinda gang rise up

[@codenameKlo]

Unrelated but, when sakuna was in yuji's body, could yuji use sukunas domain

[@kwesiwilson3887]

Nope he couldn't. At least not without some catalysts or something

[@apollyon1987]

It’s not perfect but like it’s cool

[@annoyingdoge_menace]

Under 40 minutes 👇

[@PointArrowYT]

early

[@nilevinsmoke5880]

Sukuna binding vows is like playing skyrim at level 50 giving up a ultimate skill to beat the main boss then getting them back next fight

[@SB-3368]

Make a video explaining all infinite deaths in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

[@zxyeliz]

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[@user-zv2fv7om7m]

nen better