The Most Beautiful Chapter of Jujutsu Kaisen

[@R7dman]

There’s a mistake in here right at the start of the video; the first lines in the chapter are Sukuna’s, not Yuji’s. He’s the one talking about the rare phenomenon of connecting with the enemy during the height of battle; the Jogo & Kashimo death visions. Yuji has also experienced this, in Choso’s death vision. Like I said, this video was an unscripted yap session that I plan to unlist soon & I was bound to make some mistakes, so there’s that. I also don’t think I delved into the Yuji & Sukuna’s dynamic, the cog role & this chapters take on humanity anywhere near as much as I could have. The more I think about the chapter, the more I have to say. I’ll definitely be following this up in the coming weeks with a proper, scripted video essay on Yuji & Sukuna. This chapter deserves proper love.

[@ayinlc]

ok my sigma

[@Typical000]

W sigma

[@jonaldjodonald1888]

This chapter pairs perfectly with Bleach: Going Home.

[@uttarahardwick7934]

10:37 Also looking at the fonts of speech bubbles, seems that it's Yuji who comments on size, and Sukuna tells him that his (Japanese) more rare.

[@fedej7]

​@@uttarahardwick7934No, it's the opposite

[@ImchautzuCHAUTZU]

New Agenda, Yuji was the closest to understanding Gojo, thats why he got to pat him on the back like Geto

[@Dafuro]

I mean considering this chapters all about how humans aren't tools and their mundanity is to be celebrated instead of their exact role in life (gojo being the strongest), gobro's body is currently being used like a puppet by one of his favorite pupils that sees him as a monster he needs to replace and such. I don't think it's an agenda as much as it is the truth lmfao Yuji's the only guy respecting the sanctity of his memory at this point lmao

[@Nov0320]

In a different ideal world I’d like to think if Yuji and Gojo had more time to talk and Yuji actually got to know more about Gojo’s personal burdens he would have inspired him to look at life differently. We even see glimpses of it at the beginning when they first met. Yuji’s straightforwardness and kind heart despite his circumstances kinda threw Gojo for a loop. It’s why he brought Nanami to take care of Yuji in his absence cause he wanted Yuji to still be able to maintain that kind heart. Smh life is sad sometimes

[@Shredow2]

Yuji is reaching enlightenment and will be the Gojo of the next gen at the end of the series.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@Nov0320 Yeah, it really is. JJK is a manga of unrealized hopes and connections cut far too short. You could say that's thematically resonant, but I personally think Gege took it so far that it's hard for the reader to bond with his fictional world.

[@Nov0320]

@@MrGksarathy I don’t think it’s hard for people to bond. If not people wouldn’t be so sad or mad at the characters demise. I think there’s some missed opportunity in the story but I also think he’s managed to get a lot of people to care about the world he’s writing .

[@pbsuite]

Yuji has abandoned his cog mentality , he has stated human aren't tools ( cogs) , no one is born with a predefined role , everyone can shape his own destiny. Yuji is now thinking about how one lives rather than how one dies How you die doesn't matter , its how you live. So yeah , yuji has been removing his cog mentality and now its gone. That's why he was able to unlock a domain expansion he isn't a cog anymore

[@lalboimanlun1230]

He's a cok now.

[@IamFish_2009]

Nen but for social roles

[@coconut7490]

no more Cogji anymore, now we welcome free to live Yuji

[@RakutenZero]

​@@coconut7490FREEji

[@Willified]

​@@coconut7490Cogji vs. Freeji

[@SPACECOWBOY705]

JJK Chapter 265 I will never forget you as long as I live.

[@yenmeng]

😂😂

[@fawwazfarid5458]

Also JJK 236 and AOT 139 I will never forget those chapters for as long as I live , for better or worse 😢

[@prod.a.b.i.l1930]

Gege, what a man you are

[@ikengaspirit3063]

​@@prod.a.b.i.l1930 as a reward I'll ...

[@GUYMANARJIT]

You've cleared my skies, Akutami. I'll never forget your series for as long as I live.

[@Middanoob]

9:20 ill tell you about the symbolism to shorten it down, Hydrangea represents regret, apology, and forgiveness. It also symbolises a longing for deeper connection, which is pretty ironic for Sukuna's character. They can also be a metaphor for the fleeting beauty and the impermanence of life. A morning glory however, represents what Yuji is talking about. The reminder to appreciate life. The little things such as this flower to show that you cherish the life you've been given.

[@ctr1502]

Yuji is achieving self individuation. He is beginning to form his own ideas of life abstract to the environment he has experienced. He has brought himself into enlightenment. Yuji doesn't see the world for what he can consume for pleasure, like sukuna. Sukuna is strong but his outlook on life is incredibly narrow. Yuji sees the world beyond strength, whilst acknowledging the views and beliefs of others. It is a very good chapter. Yuji has every reason to pity sukuna now. Sukuna is ignorant.

[@MrGksarathy]

He always did, it's just that he numbed himself to his own pain by treating himself as a cog for so long. Sukuna as well was always a pathetic little psychopath, and I'm glad Gege has basically said it.

[@navalidon581]

Sukuna understands others and their perspectives, he just doesn’t agree with them

[@MrGksarathy]

@@navalidon581 No he doesn't. Even when talking to Kashimo, it was plainly apparent that he only understood Kashimo's desirest on the shallowest level and didn't really give him advice to deal with the anguish of loneliness, just that "defeating strong opponents should be good enough, right?"

[@navalidon581]

@@MrGksarathy yes, he does. Kashimo feels lonely because no one could compare to him in his era. Sukuna doesn’t feel lonely though and calls kashimo greedy because he’s forgotten how he became the strongest of his era. In the same way kashimo was challenging sukuna, plenty of others challenged kashimo for the title of the strongest. It’s just a difference in perspectives, kashimo thinks others need to be on his level to not feel lonely whereas sukuna doesn’t. Sukuna understands why kashimo might feel lonely he just doesn’t agree

[@MrGksarathy]

@@navalidon581 Sukuna doesn't agree because he genuinely doesn't understand loneliness as a concept. He basically admits as such here. Other people's emotions, their experiences, those don't matter to him. He violently rejects the very idea of connecting with others or really understanding them beyond what he sees. His "advice" satisfies Kashimo at the moment, but it doesn't address his real desire, to connect with others preferably through battle.

[@brofister9682]

Sukuna wont beat the souless bugman allegations

[@taptiotrevizo9415]

Sukuna is pretty much a lizard in how he operates

[@omarfaruque98xy]

He is a calamity. A God of destruction.

[@sadrakeyhany7477]

Nah, he is human impulse incarnate, well, human desires.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@brofister9682 He really is just like Mr. Perfect Cell.

[@anusaukko6792]

@@omarfaruque98xy The Sukuna dickriding must be studied. If I see one more person call him a God or the word ''hedonism'' I might have to start taking action bruh

[@randalthevandal4170]

Gege cooked with some absolute peak

[@3self]

Peak ? Idk about that

[@clivir8809]

​@@3self quit it

[@Ccoolbucket]

@@3self me when i see people having fun

[@3self]

@@clivir8809 quit what ? Having a difference in opinion ?

[@clivir8809]

@@3self yeh

[@tieshaunntanner6846]

That's Sukuna talking about the connection to others on the first page, not Yuji. He even notes that he assumes it's a side-effect of cursed energy being generated by human emotions. PS: Yuji has never experienced a phenomenon like this. the spontaneous memories were purely in Todo's (due to him being weird) and Choso's (due to the way his technique works - he even explains it later on) heads.

[@R7dman]

You're right! Whoops

[@kia4458]

Yuji does experience that phenomenon in chapter 259 when he was talking to choso

[@Rafael57YT]

Yuji actually experienced this when Choso died. He was the one clutching the table.

[@TV-sq1sg]

He saw what sukuna did in his body. Sukuna had a similar moment with Jogo ("Be proud. You are strong.") Yuji should be capable of seeing what happened in his body just as sukuna can when yuji sees something.

[@Dizastermaster.]

Yuji experienced it with Choso's death.

[@Musashi3861]

I think the fish thing was also a callback to how sukuna called gojo a fish in ch224. Sukuna only respects and sees the strength in gojo, just as he only cares about the strength/size of the fish. But yuji sees something else in gojo that sukuna can't, just as he don't only care about the strength/size of the fish.

[@rajjosenpai]

The "humans aren't tools" panel has a scissor, which I thought could somehow be connected to Yuji's cleave and dismantle, how maybe he will interpret that technique.

[@daranim852]

Either that or it's Kenjaku. There's strings in the background, and Yuji has never really seen what Kenjaku looks like apart from the stitches on his forehead.

[@69Nameless69]

Maybe more like the fates from Greek mythology

[@respectfulevil9022]

I like yuji's shrine being scissors because scissors are a tool usually used to make stuff like art whereas sukuna's shrine is just a weapon

[@LimaBr_]

@@daranim852 yuji saw who kenjaku was when mahito was at verge of death

[@zantezalighieri]

​@@respectfulevil9022or like editing a film

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

the fact that yuji pities sukuna at this point and has finally gone past being a cog just makes me so happy

[@ashraffikri8615]

if u don’t mind me asking , what’s a cog ?

[@СашаЛагаев]

Having your hometown as a domain is such a wholesome thing.

[@minecraftgravityguy]

Please dont delete this video, the comments are really cool and the discussion is incredible! If you unlist it please put it into a playlist for those interested to havr access later without affecting the channel!

[@Valniko_]

I saw a bunch of people complaining that there was no fighting this chapter and I dont really understand why, we finally get a break and have anything other than jumpjutsu kaisen (I cant really put into words how I feel sorrgy)

[@Ui_Raizen]

That’s the issue with most shonen once we deviate from the fighting people complain

[@Deniska_UKR]

People will just find a reason to complain about anything.

[@conic2721]

we've been having back to back fights since around 210, we FINALLY have an actual breather

[@Ui_Raizen]

@@conic2721 fr

[@absolutelynotgriffith1954]

jesus, finally someone else agrees the break from fighting was needed to let the story breath. I've been extremely scared of the constant fighting since the last manga i adored that had nothing but fights during its last arc was Saint Seiya, and we all know how rushed and trash the ending of the manga was.

[@MishaHSR]

Unckuna was *not* having it when Yuji pitied him.

[@sam_sa09]

Absolutely love this chapter

[@Orion__no]

Ryomen "you've cleared my skies" Sukuna is surely looking through Megumi's memories to find out about what the different types of flowers are. Curious to see if Gege explores and explains this aspect of Sukuna at some point going forward. Great video

[@mrperfumer2695]

I would love to see sukuna's pov about all of this his way of understanding the world and humanity

[@mikeykwaak272]

Oh hello orion fancy seeing u here

[@Orion__no]

@@mikeykwaak272hello!

[@mikeykwaak272]

@@Orion__no I was NOT expecting you to answer me😭 well let me seize this opportunity to tell you that I love your videos, not just those about jjk, and was actually just finishing watching one ahahah keep up the good work man :)

[@Orion__no]

@@mikeykwaak272thank you! I’ll do my best 🫡

[@yenmeng]

All of gege’s sins are forgiven, 265 is absolute cinema

[@MrGksarathy]

@@yenmeng Not quite, especially since it shows Gege can write these more character driven chapters, but actively chose not to for most of the story, much to his detriment.

[@mtablet8313]

Wouldn't go that far.

[@FlrxAlfredosauce]

​@@MrGksarathy He kinda did in the past with the culling games, but everyone complained about it being too much dialogue and Kenjaku being a yapper. Although this gauntlet has thrown everyone into this loop so Gege is showing us he can cook in more ways than fighting. And as this video said, if the merger happens, it will rob people of individuality. Therefore we'll most likely see more chapters like this one about random people's lives being taken from them due to being forced into the merger which might lead to Sukuna's downfall eventually.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@FlrxAlfredosauce The people complaining about it being too much were stupid. My issue with it is that Gege rushed through that arc and denied us some potential world building and character moments we needed. A lot of the new characters were extremely underdeveloped, and a lot of potential preexisting dynamics were unexplored. That, and I just wanted more Kenjaku in general and less of Bumkuna as the main protagonist. As this chapter showed, Sukuna is at his best in his capacity as Yuuji's personal nemesis and ideological antithesis as opposed to the overarching threat. Kenjaku should have maintained his grip on the story. With regards to the merger, I half agree with you, but I feel it's too little, too late as far as emotional stakes go. That, and we have gotten so little info on what the ramifications of the merger even are that there's very little to build hype or dread over. Again, same issue is present with Yuji, Kenjaku, and Sukuna.

[@suneethalankipalli8643]

@@MrGksarathy i disagree but also agree, fair points At least you know how to criticise unlike 90% of the “writing geniuses” in this comment section

[@ajizel13]

Final panel shows yuji having the same circle around his eyes, like sukuna

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

fun fact: R7dman wants to oil up sukuna

[@emmanuelboakye1124]

Bro.good work.

[@TOLTOLTOL3]

Congratulations, you watched the video. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tonijelecevic9238]

🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@O.Reagano]

He says that in the video lol

[@pbsuite]

@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd they don't call it invasion , they call it liberation 🇺🇸😂😂😂

[@animefan77]

Sukuna only validates a person's strength while not caring about them as people while Yuji doesn't care about power and just cares about the person.

[@EnderianRealm]

If yuji gets his ass beat next chapter I am finding gege

[@TheTsaqif]

Oh it's on sight for me

[@TheOneWhoKnocks18]

Probably gonna be even,Sukuna will have to use 2 hands for Hollow Wicker Basket so it'll be an even 2 hands fight

[@v1pogio118]

next chap will be fully uraume vs gambler

[@EnderianRealm]

@@v1pogio118 hakari is deadass giving uraume those 4 minutes and 11 seconds with no protection 💀 🙏

[@GUYMANARJIT]

​@EnderianRealm they getting Restless in that Gambler's domain💀

[@Hvwkx]

Sukuna just willingly going along with everything Yuji asked really suprised me. definitely a refreshing chapter though, never though I'd enjoy a random chapter of them just hanging out

[@Yggdraseed]

I also want to highlight how much I appreciate the way that Yuji framed his attempt to reach out. Like a lot of people are going to speedread this on their phones and squawk about Talk no Jutsu, but the truth is that Yuji wants so bad to beat Sukuna to death with his bare hands. The only reason he hasn't is that he has realized that to do so would be to betray his own beliefs, just like he nearly did with Mahito. If Yuji begins to see killing as a solution to problems and the suffering of his enemies as something to relish, he'll have allowed Sukuna and Mahito to stamp their worldviews onto him. It's true that Sukuna was never going to go for this, and Yuji knows it, but the point isn't what Sukuna chooses. It's that Yuji must abide by his convictions. What I think is funny, like in a very ironic, sad sort of way, is that Sukuna doesn't even realize he's already empathized with Yuji. Him talking about how just like Yuji already sort of expected to see his hometown so empty, he already knew what sort of things Yuji would say and didn't care, is empathy even if he doesn't realize it. It's connecting your experiences to the experiences of others and feeling what they feel. A leopard can't change its spots, and there are parts of being human we never lose no matter how we lie about it and try to destroy it. Even now, Sukuna could change if he wanted to. He's just resolved himself to not evolve beyond this mindset. Whatever happens to him next, he's invited unto himself. He's made his bed, and it's time for him to sleep in it.

[@sam_sa09]

Well said!!!

[@Lorendrawn]

Sukuna: Cut, Cleave, Dismantle Yuji: SLICE OF LIFE

[@eldenlean5221]

The story finally going full circle. From the begining I had a feeling that the story was a lot less fatalistic than what most discourse would have you believe. The way death is trated, while brutal, always seemed to circle back to the same idea: a proper death doesnt exist, only a proper life.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@eldenlean5221 I definitely somewhat agree, but the way Gege wrote his manga ended up depriving most of his cast of those little moments of humanity we needed to really connect with them or to truly feel that theme. His writing was devoid of life, and therefore the death didn't really hurt all that much, just annoy and anger because I wanted more.

[@red.4712]

@@MrGksarathy i absolutely felt that theme and connected to the characters. Random slice of life interactions doesn't just equate to moments of humanity. We see the characters' humanity mostly in their fights and in the action in this manga, and higuruma is actually a great example. And of course you wanted more of those who died, just like Yuji did.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@red.4712 Higuruma is an exception that proves the rule. For the most part, the battles are so fast-paced and hectic that most non-focal point characters are swept aside one way or another, and besides, in a battle manga, there need to be more moments of humanity outside of battle, when the pace slows down. We get basically none of that for most characters, and even when we do, sometimes we get little bits and pieces and tantalizing character threads that ultimately go nowhere and don't coalesce into a cohesive character. Megumi is the worst offender in this regard. I can sort of forgive Nobara's case because there is a good case to be made that her death is an example of a bright young life cut short, but one that was still fully lived. Would I have preferred she lived and not been stuffed in a fridge? Yes. Do I think Gege should have been more honest about her death? Also yes. But that at least was a conscious narrative choice of some value.

[@slippyfruit8538]

@@MrGksarathymy guy is a professional hater

[@adarshvardhan6819]

If sukuna had actually taken that ability to talk with others from Yuji then it won't hold up well because when the exact thing Yuji does to Sukuna he is perplexed asking "what is this, is this your domain?".

[@R7dman]

Yeah, he also doesn't question anything when he enters Jogo's mindscape / death vision which would be the first time he ever did that if it was from Yuji. It's not a strong theory at all, was just an interesting idea I mentioned on the spot

[@darkspinspard4258]

​@R7dman It's funny because even in that scene, when Jogo asks Sukuna "What is this?" He is like "I have no idea."

[@adarshvardhan6819]

​@@R7dman but my guy you once said that you believe the whole Jogo and Sukuna mindspace thing was made up by Jogo as Sukuna's dialogues don't match up with his actual character.

[@R7dman]

@@adarshvardhan6819 yes and that was debunked in 248 when Sukuna recalled his words from those visions, confirming they were real. I spoke about this in my last Sukuna video

[@adarshvardhan6819]

aight bro my bad ​@@R7dman

[@IceLaic]

The hydrangeas can represent pridefulness, as well as often being referenced in a story of a lord who neglected his wife in favor of business (and then apologized with hydrangeas). The white ones I think we’re seeing are closer to the pride meaning. Morning glories are a bit more difficult for me to understand, but to my understanding it’s basically just innocence and promises So in my extremely limited understanding of Japanese flower language, Yuji is kinda saying “I think I’m seeing some innocence here” and Sukuna shoots back “That’s just pride, you idiot”

[@TheTsaqif]

I think the wording of it is also intentional. Yuji chooses to call it by it's poetic name "morning glory" while sukuna corrects him with its latin name "hydrangea" stripping the flower from any other symbolism/meaning that it had

[@IceLaic]

I think that would be EXTREMELY clever, but hydrangeas and morning glories are completely different flowers and not different names for the same ones, I think

[@TheTsaqif]

@IceLaic I know, morning glory is known as ipomoea in Latin, but still, yuji chose not to call it that

[@miwfjuggs]

@@TheTsaqif i got what you were saying

[@IceLaic]

Ohhhh I understand what you meant now. I like that interpretation a lot!

[@Timo_Zen]

Agreed, it was so good. Took a step back from the action and fighting and it was done so well, gege cooking.

[@vinovgn7882]

You know throughout this chapter it occured to me that Yuji really had no friends up until moving to Jujutsu high. Much like Sukuna he was probably all alone as a kid. Especially with his weird abnormal strength I could see him feeling ostracized from others easily. Yuji only had his Grandpa much like Sukuna probably only had Uraume. But unlike Sukuna Yuji did seek out those connections. It's why each and every one of those loses hits harder for him. It was a short lived connection but it meant everything to him nonetheless. So in a weird way this was Yuji's attempt at seeing if there was even any sort of light left there in Sukuna. If he had ever considered or found any value to human life. I hope Gege gives Sukuna's pov because I can somewhat see the cracks he's showcasing.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@vinovgn7882 True, but it's really a shame that this wasn't really apparent until this chapter. Gege did so little to color most of his characters or give them any time between the fighting to just be human.

[@red.4712]

@@MrGksarathy they had plenty of time to be human, jjk often shows the humanity of its characters through its action and fights. thats the main place where a lot of it actually happens.

[@heyimandyk1486]

@@MrGksarathy Dawg its not everyone else fault you zoom through the "Yap Chapters"

[@MrGksarathy]

@@heyimandyk1486 Bro, I absolutely do not. Gege, however, does.

[@vinovgn7882]

@@MrGksarathy I would say his loneliness was pretty apparent because Yuji himself mentioned his loneliness earlier in the series in several instances. The occult club was the first time he even started getting close to anyone. He also didn't have a phone until he got to jujutsu high which was why he didn't even know how to add friends on it when he met Junpei. This chapter kind of just hammers it in how isolated he was. Gege gave that characterisation in various little things, I don't really think extra downtime was needed for that.

[@omarfaruque98xy]

Great chapter. For immature people saying, "talk no jutsu", Yuji wasn't trying to change Sukuna or turn him into a good guy. He was saying how much he loathed him, by showing him all the things he could never value.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@omarfaruque98xy Yeah. I was honestly waiting for someone to do this to Sukuna and mock him for being the shallow psychopath he always has been. That, and Yuuji's character is given so much more depth, and we finally see little things that make him more human. For all that Gege through Yuji talks about valuing the little things about people, he took basically no time to write those moments and just killed off characters before they could demonstrate their humanity.

[@red.4712]

@@MrGksarathy except those characters already demonstrated their humanity through the very littlest of things, just like how yuji talks about. The ones who don't value those things (mahito and sukuna) are the ones who killed those characters before they could create even more memories. it makes perfect sense imo.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@red.4712 But they didn't because they weren't even fully formed characters. They were just bodies to fill out the roster that Gege never allowed to fill out naturally. Mostly. There are exceptions, obviously.

[@doodoo5594]

higoruma’s death also ties back to todo’s words after nanami’s death, because to yuji the deaths of namami and nobara seemed senseless but todo tells yuji that it may be disrespectful to see it that way, because they may have found their own meaning, and it’s not yuji’s place to feel that way, and it was higuruma finding that meaning in his death and being able to look yuji in the eyes again that really solidified that for him

[@gahaylongplays7033]

3:16 kenjaku over here stops yapping and starts the video

[@CharTurner6928]

I just hope Megumi was listening. He needs to find his will to live again and Yuji's words can convince him to value his own life again. Come on Megumi, fight back!!! One last Itadori-Fushiguro JujutsuJump.

[@miwfjuggs]

it seems like this is who it was for, he knew that sukuna wouldn't care, it more seemed like he was trying to reach out to megumi one last time, even disrespecting sukuna in the process, knowing what would follow, for the sake of another human, a friend.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@miwfjuggs I feel it was for both of them. He was giving Sukuna one last chance, but he was also throwing out one last plea to Megumi to snap out of it. I have a feeling both will fail, and Yuuji will be left the last one standing, just as Gege said.

[@dandy5175]

Really hope Fushiguro dies

[@xeniasurm2491]

It really depends on the culture and time period, but morning glories are usually used to depict love and affection, more precisely the innocence and purity of them, as well as hope and new beginnings. Specifically, the beauty of dawn is often liked to the meaning of morning glories, henceforth their name. It's all really simple, but morning glories are very popular due to these optimistic and comforting meanings. Now the meaning of hydrangeas is a lot more convoluted. There are completely different interpretations based on region and time period, but In Japan at least, they signify heartfelt emotion and apology, follwoing the tale of an emperor who gifted his neglected girlfriend hydrangeas as a sincere apology after he was too indulged in his work to care about her. Meanwhile in Europe, they often symbolise arrogance and vanity, with a historical belief linking them to singlehood. They are very boastful flowers, which made people think of them prideful and vain. There even was a belief in the middle ages that women who grew hydrangeas would never find a spouse. Other meanings also include abundance, unity, arrogance, royalty and (like most flowers) love. Hydrangeas can also be considered "comercial" flowers, as they are highly desired and bred amongst ciuntless cultures, and have practical uses as well. The colour of the flower also plays a role into its meaning however, with the (I'm assuming) white one in this chapter being most associated with the European sentiments toward the flower. I think it's also important to mention that hydrangeas and morning glories do not look alike AT ALL. Like genuinely, I do not believe anyone who knwos what either of these flowers look like would mistake them for one that looks so drastically different, so I can't help but think this was definitely intentional. How exactly it makes sense in this setting I'm not sure, but make do with this information as you will.

[@nikolaytsakov5695]

I think one of the most interesting things which captivated me in this chapter is that at the end after Yuji gives his perspective on life and value, Sukuna literally says that he gets and understands his perspective, but then adds that he just doesn't feel any connection or anything at all to his perspective/thoughts, and only gets emotional when he feels insulted on a personal level. He kinda reminds me of a child, which is just following it's instincts and primal desires which he was personally born with. Makes me wonder if you can even call him evil from a subjective moral standpoint since he hasn't had any moral values which the normal person can relate to, or share from his birth.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@nikolaytsakov5695 He's a pretty textbook psychopath in his lack of cognitive empathy and refusal to feel it, and considering he's a morally aware individual, he definitely counts as evil.

[@onemiketoreno]

patting myself on the back

[@slowlypassingaway1285]

I absolutely love this chapter! And I love the conclusion Yuji makes about the value of life. I've seen countless people comment as if the characters lose their value once they die, and that is far from truth!! Every fragment of memories of those characters is their values!!!

[@MrGksarathy]

The problem in JJK is that the characters never really got to live before they died, and upon death, there's no more chance of them living.

[@slowlypassingaway1285]

@MrGksarathy What are you even talking about? Every important character that died had their moment and development and, most importantly, memory left for us to remember. Nanami, Choso, Nobara, Higuruma, and so on.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@slowlypassingaway1285 A single snapshot at the moment of death doesn't substitute for a lack of real character development or little moments. It's stuff like this that Gege should have included more in the manga to enhance the tragedy of it all as opposed to disconnecting us so much that the intended shock value of his deaths fell completely flat. That, and I feel he played Yuuji's true nature way too close to the chest for too long.

[@takeruneverborn4740]

Yep nothing like an 1000 yr old UNC and New Millennial Nephew walking thru a Domain Expansion this is closest we are going to get to these two interacting on Even Ground and Also it Yuji Domain this time not Sukana Domain like in episode 4-5 and it parallel the Binding Vow Sukana made with Yuji for real

[@point5_akuji]

Yuji is born in 2002 or 2003 so he's gen Z. But yea I agree

[@mighty7579]

Yujis mother can posses corpes and find reincarnations Yuji having a memory ability isn't all that surprising.

[@slippyfruit8538]

But Ken jail was able to transfer bodies before possessing mamadori? Also I’m not sure where it was said but me Jake talked about how her technique was gravity related or something

[@justinvargas2977]

When sukuna annihilated jogo, jogo was balling his eyes out and sukuna congratulated him and said "you were one of the stronger ones". Both seen completely unscathed and speaking calmly in a white space. And then jogo asked " what is this" and sukuna said "Don't ask me". If switching bodies gave sukuna Yujis claws then it likely gave him access to Yujis domain abilities before anyone knew what they were. And in the same way sukuna spoke to jogo in between the moment of his life and death YUJI IS LITERALLY DOING THE SAME THING PROMISING SUKUNAS DEATH. LETS GO GEGE

[@APontheI]

Do. Not. Unlist. This.

[@criscrisfa8900]

Just looked the flowers up. The kind of weird and beautiful thing about the meaning of the flowers is that they are KIND of similar but not truly the same. This could probably foreshadow Yuji not fully seeing truly who he is and his place in his world. Or The flowers are like Yuji and Sukana. They share some similarities but aren’t the same and are at the same time different from each other in ideals and how they live their lifes The flowers meanings are love, peace, patience etc. This most likely foreshadowed the chapters ending because Yuji tried to get to know Sukana and took his time to talk to him to understand Sukanna and come with a more peaceful resolution

[@SlickestJohnny]

19:36 i swear im not dirty minded bro yall heard that too right

[@axljohn_]

Domain Expansion: Uncle-Nephew Bonding Time

[@EldenBully]

chosen few *among 102.739 people*

[@R7dman]

I was not expecting this to do so well lmfao

[@JAI_SHREE_RAM12337]

Shout to to mah friend who said tbat sukuna got american crayfish because he is an individualist

[@khalilberridge1729]

Hydrangea's in europe appearantly represents arrogance and vanity while morning glory represents love and mortallity

[@demo0831]

Yujis view is specifically shaking free of predestiny. Yuji before would believe a role is what someone is meant to do. But Yuji doesnt believe that true, The part of Life thats about you isnt decided by anyone but yourself.

[@ZAWFS]

It went from a normal walk in the park to I'LL END YOU AND YOUR BAD TASTE IN FLOWERS!

[@LostInthisplace-i7z]

Best chapter in the series

[@v1pogio118]

man, if gege actually puts effort he can cook out the best chapters in the entire manga scene, fucking amazing chapter

[@wschtori]

bro what is you on about lmao

[@fugotactics8497]

@@wschtori It's an amazing chapter, A set of morales, It would be amazing to be added to JJK

[@v1pogio118]

@@wschtori gege after shibuya kinda stopped cooking a bit lol, he wasnt that happy creating the manga and thus didnt put much effort

[@MrGksarathy]

@@v1pogio118 Agreed. Just goes to show that his previous hackery was a deliberate choice, so I can really rake him over the coals for it.

[@wschtori]

generational fucking series

[@dreamlinervirus]

About the flower stuff… Hydrangeas are associated with apologies in Japanese culture. Morning glories symbolize love and brief bonds of love/affections What this means: Yuji thinks he’s connecting with sukuna by sharing all of this stuff. Sukuna’s correction of the flower species symbolizes that 1) yuji thinks he’s bonding with sukuna through his domain (again, morning glory) 2) sukuna knows they’re not. And maybe yuji does too

[@Jinora.]

I love this chapter! The dynamic between Yuji and Sukuna here is so wonderful. And seeing that Yuji finally broke free from his cog mentality made me so happy. ❤

[@KafkaKappa]

This domain reminds me a lot of the comedians domain. I think part of the domain is getting sukuna to follow along and humor Itadori

[@shockmethodx]

Glad to be one of the Chosen Few. You're a recent favorite of mine and I'm happy to be along for the ride. When you said that bit about doing "meaningless shit," I felt that. People are literally destroying the planet by hustling too hard and doing too much.

[@annesavisaboochuy]

im saddened so many people seem to ignore what this chapter shows us just because “urm! whys yuji pulling a steven universe?!?”

[@Uducan1]

This video is no joke beatiful, nice job bro

[@jorgesantander7454]

Literal "Touch Grass no Jutsu"

[@ImchautzuCHAUTZU]

This is my 1079 This is my 236 This is my 261 YUJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ITA MOTHERFUCKING DORI I always believed in you! I always knew you were the MC This is what the Agenda does, the happiness that it brings! So happy I read the story correctly, it feels so good being on the right side of history

[@thebonfireofgains]

JJK 261 or another?

[@ImchautzuCHAUTZU]

​@@thebonfireofgains JJK

[@ImchautzuCHAUTZU]

Just noticed Pesticides are binding vows Over usage will eventually kill the garden, this hedonistic fuck is going down!

[@clivir8809]

Bro this is not a live sports

[@thebonfireofgains]

@@ImchautzuCHAUTZU 1079 one piece?

[@madadem2652]

As someone who’s lost close family, I can say, Yugi is correct. How someone dies doesn’t matter, but the memories and the love left behind does. The pain and weight of grief is directly proportional to the love felt. That is the value of human life, that is what makes life beautiful, that’s all that ACTUALLY matters. Everything else is accessory

[@Seloliva1015]

Even if you don't leave any mark upon the world, even if your memories are hazy or wrong, even if you are bedridden and can't move, your life still has value on Yuji's eyes

[@Fej.]

I just ripped through the Manga from the end of Shibuya to this chapter in less than 24 hours, then opened KZbin to find Radman had posted. I share the exact same sentiment. Peakutsu Kaisen.

[@crionidel]

I'm calling it, if sukuna gets a death scene it'll be at the cinema with yuji and the gang watching "the human centipede 3"

[@literallyrandomcontent]

Uncle and nephew bonding!

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

It felt so great to read..and it feels like a pivotal shonen jump chapter on par with the GOATS. Excited to be here for it

[@pippy6677]

A wonderful chapter and a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing. ✨

[@lyme1030]

Imagining Zeke and Eren passing Sukuna and Yuji in the streets like some random pedestrians, Zeke and Yuji akwardls waving at each other, then both duos continuing with their convos down the street is hilarious to me (Zeke is replacable by Armin here)

[@jeffreyhoungbadji]

Beautiful review for a beautiful chapter. Thanks a lot man !

[@SwagIta1019]

i think the scene about the big store opening is a reference to how sukuna brought a lot of negativity into yujis life, but because of him becoming sukunas vessel he was able to meet lots of new friends and people who understood him

[@doomduck9073]

Yuji finding this resolve, this ability to exist within both himself and as the role he inhabits, is like the answer to the Gojo question. Its the answer I think Yuta may have failed to reach, and also Gojo may have only reached in death. I feel like this might have been the chapter where Gege really says: "Yeah, he is the main character"

[@Squashabl3]

"the most beautiful chapter in jujutsu kaisen" The chapter in question: 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@St3w0n]

Another cool detail is that Yuji is also probably talking to Megumi during most of the chap because of the chance Megumi might be hearing or seeing all this in Sukuna's body with Yuji trying to help him and convince him his life still has value after what happened to him which may or may not be important depending on the direction Gege's goes with Megumi's character.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@St3w0n Probably unimportant because Megumi has always been more plot device than character with so many unrealized character threads.

[@authorRisenfromash]

What struck me is that I could see this being a day Yuji and Megumi would spend together. Megumi is introverted so he prefers them just doing chill things together rather than big ole events or parties or whatnot and it felt like Yuji's attempt to reach out was kind of like- if I was hanging with Megumi instead of Sukuna what would I show him? The fact his friend would tease him about these little things but still respect and appreciate spending the time with him highlights the difference in Sukuna- he sees no value in it and it pisses Yuji off just as much as all the meaningless killing.

[@daviddlamini4290]

Sounds like Analytical Philosophy vs Continental Philosophy

[@Zazagone]

Please dude, don't delete that vid. The analysis you've provided is really on point and i can see myself coming back to this video a few times over the course of manga development or showing this video to my anime-only (bleh) friends when this will be animated in a few years. I get it if you don't want to, I'm still glad that I've watched it but maybe we can work something out so that some people would still have access to this video? I appreciete your work and wish you the very best

[@verityverri6506]

Comrade Radman confirmed?

[@jenny_azoth]

Sukuna is literally a Shrine Maiden. That's his technique. It's in Uraume's techniques, it's in the name of Malevolent Shrine, it's how he uses the hama-yumi (bow of exorcism), etc.

[@MrGksarathy]

@@jenny_azoth I personally hc that he grew up around a shrine or that his mother was a miko of some kind.

[@lucaswallo8127]

I'm so embarrassingly bad at analyzing that I didn't get much of this chapter

[@LavenderColliez]

I love the idea of Sukuna taking the soul ct from Yuji to talk w opponents in the afterlife...so dope

[@cornyshub]

PLEASE DON’T DELETE THE VID BRO😭🙏

[@vahagnmkhitaryan9909]

I think the key in this chapter is that through his technique, Yuji reveals his humanity, while Sukuna achieved his powers by denying, discarding his humanity and destroying everything around him, as he has already said more than once before

[@Masseycre]

This was.... Profound. It was deep. It was everything that it should be and nothing it shouldn't be. We are always so used to getting inner monologue and dialogue from other characters except Yuji, and we're getting our main character showing true compassion and sympathy even to his worst enemy. And the beauty of it all is that Sukuna was angry. Then asking Yuji if that's all his rage amounted to. But in Sukuna's case, his anger. But that exact emotional reaction is what says it all. That outburst of rage is a flame that is easily blown out by the wind.

[@antoni000o]

gege been mindcontrolled for the last 2 chapters 😭🙏

[@ladamilitarizado327]

Freakjaku got tired of reading Suck-a Kuna Kaisen and took over Gregory's body

[@lordfaust023]

Talk no Jutsu at its finest is unbeatable

[@jenny_azoth]

The significance of the line at 7:06 is deeper than you're seeing. Don't you recall his grandpa's dying words? "Don't wind up like me. Die surrounded by people." Those words would've changed if his friend had been there when he died. He would not have told Yuji that. Those words are anything but meaningless. They started everything.

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

Oh that's a good point, I think grandpa was really lonely that his friend wasn't there

[@MrGksarathy]

@@letsreadtextbook1687 With that in mind, it's pretty clear that raising Yuji was a second lease on life for the guy because he was finally able to find his place, at least for a time, in raising his grandson better than he did his son.

[@julesmakizar1075]

Best analysis concerning this chapter. Thank you bro.

[@Bryan36985]

So is that Yujis domain when he fights Mihito? The wolfs?

[@ahzmaster2676]

I think this chapter is expand upon core essence of Yuji's character as much as side a and side b chapter in bleach was to Ichigo's whole speech about fate and this about pre determine destiny and how both of them about rejecting it , Ichigo asking for enough strength to break fate and Yuji realizing how he is now he's free of past ideas and he is his own person

[@SunshowerWonderlab]

Detrimental means taking away from

[@ahzmaster2676]

@@SunshowerWonderlab auto correct error

[@trle964]

i dont think weve had a chapter of yuji focus where he says how he feels in a looong time

[@Mxte58]

These character interactions is what makes JJk such a sensational series

[@Bambino-q4w]

Wait your narration is soo fire. Breaking down the context of each page and showing strong passion!

[@НиколайТодоров-й8р]

This should be an interesting watch

[@kalodawg8297]

Cogji turned into Freeji

[@kichigirl5814]

Jjk 266 is the perfect chapter to cut back to the hakari vs uraume fight and gege should follow it up with a 3 week break ❤

[@joecroft4274]

Something that’s great about the relationship between Yuji and Sukuna is the way their powers work. Yuji has always been playing catch up whether it’s borrowing shrine from Sukuna in their fight after awakening or his body being naturally attuned to RCT by housing Sukuna and having him use it in his body. However, the idea that Sukuna had been communicating with the souls of people during their fight because that’s innately Yuji’s power changes that dynamic so that in the same way Sukuna was able to copy Gojo’s skill in their showdown, he’s instinctively copying Yuji’s ability. Whether his body is just attuning to it the same way Yuji’s did for shrine or he subconsciously copied it by sharing the body isn’t clear but it completely changes their dynamic from being a leader and chased to being on equal footing. In some way Sukuna’s soul respects Yuji enough to see value in his ability to connect with sorcerers during a fight which probably makes Sukuna sick 😅

[@jason-dv5ef]

I think it was Sukuna who said that he'd heard about the 'connecting' with sorcerers in the height of battle, since others can experience it as well, specifically how Yuji doesnt know about Todo and Chosos hallucinations, but Sukuna knew about it like when he killed Jogo and Kashimo

[@shawnbuffalo7154]

Oh right, the Merger...

[@alexanderdumas-]

Ajisai actually means hydrangeas and they are associated with heartfelt emotions, gratitude, and apologies in Japanese culture. This association comes from a legend about a Japanese emperor who gave blue hydrangeas to the family of a girl he loved to apologize for neglecting her. Lots of symbolism in the last 3 chapters we even see Yuji next to the Buddha statue in this one. I know his woman’s Komono is for the larger openings fitting his hands, but I feel as if Sukuna is lying about seeing flowers in Megumi’s memories, and once loved someone just like the legend of the Ajisai flower. Sukuna doesn’t need to be shown love he’s reminded us he fully understands it and doesn’t care. He needs to be reminded of the love he had before. I still think Kenjaku is the mother that starved Sukuna in the womb and that’s where his obsession with a merged being began. But he was too strong so he gave him immortality while he forged the Itadori imbued with the ability to dismantle merged souls and one day weaken Sukuna enough to take him over. He may even be seeded in that Tengen womb where he learn the true secret to his CT, and the “body is the soul” phrase. That Kimono may even be all that Sukuna has left of his mother before he became an “unwanted wretch”