Why I Don't Like JJK 261...(but it's ok)

[@leeuchiha5661]

I respectfully disagree but I understand the points brought up.

[@xmere]

and that's ok! like I said at the start I don't want to dim anyone's opinion who thought the chapter was good, I just personally didnt like it, but I respect everyone who did.

[@mangaaddict3056]

​​@@xmereYou are definitely right about the execution of Kenjaku's defeat. It felt pretty weird for such an intelligent yet deranged mad genius of Jujutsu to be defeated in a very boring and sudden way.

[@Nick-qe4dv]

"erm I didn't like it but.. heh.. it's okay if you do 🤓☝️"​@@xmere

[@0beronX45]

​@@Nick-qe4dvhe has the right to

[@claudiafilipa423]

​@@mangaaddict3056Although it makes sense if Todo teleported Yuta, hence why Kenjaku didn't notice Yuta

[@deltalord6969]

I love the fact that gege has managed to foster a Stockholm syndrome like abusive relationship where everyone both loves and hates him while we're all also attacking each other at the same time. Truely something only one of great talent is able to do

[@xmere]

lmao this is a perfect way to put it

[@justinwan3173]

Bros playing god with his fans emotions

[@enenra6417]

People do say being a jjk fan is like being in an abusive relationship

[@mockingbird4346]

I don't attack jjk fans because I'm against bullying the mentally disabled. I attack gege for being a bad author 🙏

[@pbsuite]

This perfectly describes the fandoms relationship with gege

[@Nothereorthereorthere]

Gotta agree with the Kenjaku take completely. This guy is literally the entire reason for why JJK even exists, spends thousands of years trying to make his plans come true. Then he’s just gone like nothing

[@Saujas]

Are u dummy? Kenjaku planned it all out, he knew he could die any moment that's why he set up a plan that goes on without him being alive. Kenjaku is alive in his plan

[@Nothereorthereorthere]

@@Saujas are you dummy?

[@edmund1737]

@@Saujas stop defending ass. his death was poorly executed.

[@no.1spidey-fan182]

​@@Saujas its still underwhelming that he cant see it through tho

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

​@@Saujasidk. In alot of his monologues kenjaku comes across as wanting to throw the world into chaos and actually see what would happen. I don't think he was like a JoJo, he def wanted to be alive to see it out of pure curiosity

[@hatsu584]

yuji really did have that whole awakening just to get punched away and lose his moment LMAO

[@xmere]

LMAOOO

[@1stcome1stserved]

But we don't actually know what's going to happen until chapter 262 so you can't just assume

[@grey5751]

@@1stcome1stserved that's not a take I can understand. the two bigs are casting their DE - yuji and company aren't in it until that passes, at least...

[@hatsu584]

@@1stcome1stserved domain expansion

[@cj5476]

@@1stcome1stserveddomain expansion

[@ideenlos9242]

I enjoy the dark realism here. JJK is not this fancy magical world where you can beatz your enemy with the power of friendship. Yuta is not going to become Gojo Level in 1 month, even if it is his last fight, Gojo and Sukuna where Hyped up for the entire series, he is not getting on that level without sacrifice. It would have been cool to see him get another power up by letting go of Rika and "his humanity" or whatever but that would have felt like a cheap trick, going into Gojos body is a power up he never earned and that makes it so cool for me, no random power up to save his friends just abusing the power system while staying on the same power level

[@samuraitadpole5459]

I didn't think of it like that but I lobe that it just validates me further

[@piyushraj8109]

That's the thing, if that dark realism exists for everyone then it`s fair but for Sukana it is seemingly thrown out of the window and only exists for the good guys . The better option would`ve just to let Yuji do everything

[@samuraitadpole5459]

@piyushraj8109 sukuna has 2x the ce of yuta and his ce efficiency/understanding is just behind the 6 eyes, you're extremely underestimating sukuna

[@apiah09]

​@piyushraj8109 we still don't kmow Sukunas backstory. Also, Yuta throwing away his humanity and not giving a F in the name of power is something Sukuna has been doing all his life. Yuta has a long way to catch up if he wants to be the monster Sukuna is.

[@EmericMAMBOLE]

​@@samuraitadpole5459 His ce output is at the level of yuta rn

[@blaneonthemoon2507]

The background noise at the beginning is funny as hell lmao

[@xmere]

lol

[@slinux8420]

Swear I had the tv on or something lmao

[@judgemasterneimaz8260]

All in all, seeing the Fandom on places like Twitter really makes me believe us Yuji fans can't catch and keep the W. If we don't like the chapter "oh you're just a Gojo fan" nah ngga, I'm a Yuji fan 😑

[@Jayden_926]

On me like bro I can’t root for the MC 💀

[@thescarecrow897]

Even that insult doesn't make sense "you're just a gojo fan bro" dude gojo is literally the master of the main character, if the people reading your story like him more than the main character something is wrong. Its geges fault for making gojo so powerful and charismatic and then getting mad people like him too much like what?

[@Jayden_926]

@@thescarecrow897 Gege hates Gojo too bro😭💀

[@ssppooppcristi6734]

​@@Jayden_926probably he had a friend in school similar to gojo that stealed his gf, and now his frustrated that people like him the most

[@renascott1699]

Frrr

[@thevanishingpoint7895]

I was disgusted when I saw that yuji was brushed aside like that until I saw the flashback of the plan and notice yuji wasn't there and so he must have been shocked to see gojo and was caught off guard and sukana figured it all out before yuji and todo

[@vincentshadetree]

I think the joke moment when Yuji and Yuta we're 2 v 1 against Sukuna and he asked what they did Yuji: Hard work, determination.... Yuta: We cheated Those statements really solidified what they were doing to win. Yuji has ascended, gotten stronger, gained his version of Cleave and using Blood manipulation. Despite all Yuji's gains, there's still this massive chasm of difference in strength between him and Sukuna. So Yuta saying we cheated, that's Yuta skipping all the importantance of achieving their own strength by taking Gojo's body to get on the level of Sukuna.

[@Umair-Wahid]

Agree with everything here! It's refreshing to see a KZbin actually give their thoughts instead of blindly defending it.

[@aloox395]

Im glad gege is the one writing the story and not the fans

[@888thawk]

Want a cookie?

[@emmanuelnwachukwu399]

​@@888thawkyes thank you🤲

[@gokul0078]

Really Gege saves jujutsu kaisen 🙂‍↔️

[@itaysharf3207]

Frfr

[@jebalitabb8228]

True, every time I hear a fan theory it’s awful, meanwhile gege consistently delivers or at the very least even when I don’t like something, I can appreciate that it feels like he put thought and effort into it

[@NineTnk]

Competent writer be like: Build-up > 30 Chapter Later > Pay-off Gege: Pay-off > 1 Chapter Later > “oh btw this is what happen 2 hr ago, trust me I didn’t just think of this”

[@dertanlee6510]

He planned for this long ago , Look at the conversation between urumae and hakari Or the conversation between yuta and uro

[@AhmadKazan-wk7ei]

>(asspull to save villian)wait he was actually holding back it don't matter.

[@shepardice3775]

​@@dertanlee6510Those conversations were extremely vague and people are retroactively assigning that meaning to it. It could've lead literally anywhere. In fact, it implied that Yuta becoming a "monster" would be with his own abilities, not by fuckin stealing Gojo's.

[@faith4657]

@@shepardice3775 You can't for sure say that's true. we aren't in gege's head

[@faith4657]

I know it may seem like that but remember we aren't in Gege's head

[@TheEternalFlame57]

Ayeee you aren’t alone in this cause I also don’t like the chapter that much😂😭

[@xmere]

Yeah, but its ok, lol

[@Sakura_is_her]

why do u not like the chapter

[@MrSwade009]

Geto got taken over by Kenjaku his best friend Gojo got taken over by Yuta… These seem like mirror images of the same fate which is what Gege likes to do. Twins, Yuji/Mahito, Yuji/Sukuna, Gojo v Toji/ Gojo v Sukuna…. This all makes sense

[@samuraitadpole5459]

​@@MrSwade009ngl you're cooking

[@LeratoCitwa]

​@@samuraitadpole5459 bro's cooking better than sukuna 😂😂😂

[@SilentGhost91548]

I agree with all the points presented in the video and would like to add my own. I don’t think Gojo should’ve come back at all-whether it’s his body or not. It completely undermines the point of his death and just shows that his students still need to rely on his power to do anything. I also don’t like Yuta potentially sacrificing his life just to soften up Sukuna some more (everyone knows he’s not gonna bring him to near death). Yuji getting swatted aside-both figuratively and literally-and having his hype and momentum from the past six chapters come to a screeching halt for the moment is also bs. As a Yuji fan, it pains me to see him getting sidelined when he’s supposed to be the main character.

[@LalithReddy-qz6lr]

I wouldn't mind the whole yuta bodyswap thing if he was the one to finally kill sukuna but let's be honest Yuji will probably be the one to land the final blow so the whole bodyswap thing feels pointless

[@raiguy89]

Honestly i do agree with almost all of the points here, but especially the Kenjaku one. He was my favorite villain and to see him go out like he did sucks

[@Sakura_is_her]

why are u sad about that? what do u want gege to do. u want him to use up all of yutas energy on kenjaku instead of sukuna? or use most of their artilary on kenjaku and not sukuna. what doyall kenjaku fans want like actually lol

[@nonope1715]

Something other than this? You don’t have to have a solid image of what *you* want to happen in your head to dislike a development. Why read the story if you have 1 concrete path that you’d accept? Twists and turns are fun, finding out what happens is fun, but what happens can be very disappointing or unsatisfying.

[@raiguy89]

@@Sakura_is_her I'd have liked a satisfying end to the character

[@Six-bw3ir]

Ur problem is thinking kenjaku was the MAIN villain and not sukuna. Kenjakus themes have nothing to do with the narrative themes that yuji and sukuna represent therefore kenjakus themes side points and not main plot points not even the merger in its current form is a threat to the cast nothing Kenjaku has done besides the sealing of gojo have heavily effected the cast(that includes kenjeku bringing the disaster curses together to seal gojo).

[@prajjwaltiwari8644]

For me, Kenjaku was FAR more interesting villain than Sukuna and i expected more from him especially after he said that Sukuna is just a contingency plan for him to handle Gojo.

[@agustinmoreyra400]

i mean yuta and gojo were done for, if it wasnt for this we wouldn have both of them come back, and only for 5 min. Plus this was forshadowed all the way from the start of the series. 10/10 unexpected turn of events. And if it wasnt for this todo and yuji were gona be vaporized...

[@Dova1489]

I don't really agree that yuiji and todo were thrown to the side since we havent seen whats gonna happen next chapter. They werent a central part of this chapter but that doesnt mean theyre gonna be irrelevant to the story in the following chapters.

[@flaviomadeiramirandafilho3469]

When you remember that we just advanced like 30 seconds in this chapter and that Yuji would also be very confused about a Gojo with stitches it makes a lot more sense

[@nonope1715]

Literally brushed aside by sukuna my guy, right there on the panel. Even if he comes back next chapter to do something he still got lil bro’d away like nothing during the climax of his big moment and we have big DE battle going (again) so he’s assisting the ‘real’ threat to sukuna now. Unless sukuna does the same to yuta and we come back to him vs yuji, which would be ridiculous.

[@Problemsolver434]

Do you think they are going to be present inside the domain

[@whatislife6101]

Personally don't agree with this being Yuta's character assassination because, 1. Yuta's strength was always going to be correlated to using different techniques acquired from others. 2. You have to realize reaching Gojo's level or beyond by themselves is physically impossible for them atm, they are all high schooler yet they have all grown much more than Highschool Gojo pre Toji and even then Gojo had multiple years to cultivate his strength and he's at his absolute peak while our current cast is literally a group of kids trying to follow his footsteps and they;re fighting an actual monster of a final boss without having the time to cultivate their strength.

[@sixfromtokyo]

I love you bro

[@Vader255]

I thought the chapter was fire but I respect actual arguments against the chapter than people just crying saying that it's an ass pull

[@xmere]

thank you

[@MrSwade009]

@@xmereexcept your points are wrong…. When Yuta killed Kenjaku we (hear) read the kanji of the Vibra Slap…. It seems pretty clear thisnis being planned out when Rika carries Yuta out in no way was this rushed. Saying Yuta is the next Gojo this is definitely a twisted version of that. It makes sense if you don’t like it but it makes sense.

[@bigknockersOO]

It is an asspull

[@Vader255]

@@bigknockersOO how 💀

[@888thawk]

@@MrSwade009so because Todo was there, that makes discarding a more interesting villain than Sukuna A-Ok? You jjk stans are wild

[@tidepods5506]

Sukuna not acknowledging Yuji is literally in his character. Even from the beginning of Jump Kaisen he tells him there's nothing interesting about him before he pushes him to the side. He's not even trying to hide how much he hates Yuji. Higurama? Gets praised for having Gojo level potential. Yuta? Gets praised for his talent as a sorcerer. Maki? Gets praised for being a strong sorcerer despite having no cursed energy. But Yuji? He literally stared off into space mid battle to question his beliefs and became furious, realizing how much he's grown in such a short amount of time. Yeah, it's pretty evident he'd rather fight Gojo/Yuta than ever recognize Yuji's capability as a sorcerer.

[@Rdc_Dom]

Damn, I've been doing nothing but loving this chapter since it dropped but Mere you guys made a GREAT point about Yuji getting shafted in place of Yuta. I didn't even realize it when reading because I was so starstruck with the direction that Gege was taking the narrative. Looking back on it though, it is really bs on how Yuji has been getting built up for the past like 10 chapters just to be sidelined like this. Great video Mere, and glad to see that man Troy is out of Jail again 🙏🏾.

[@FynO1]

i think doing this just completely murdered Yuta as a character. If he stayed dead i would be more pleased tbf

[@imgaybut3430]

How? It made him a better character. Not everything needs a happy ending

[@akayak6183]

Really enjoyed the video. I felt the same way about the ending of Yuki vs Kenjaku but still love the series. There can be chapters that one doesn't like but overall the story is still really fascinating to me.

[@voltjutsu]

Gege destroyed the Todo-Yuji momentum in one chapter haha. Then “killed” Yuta it seems 🤦‍♂️

[@ThadJewkes]

I dislike this chapter because every time Yuji gets a moment, it gets stolen by a "stronger" sorcerer. Like why can't you give Yuji more than 3 chapters to beat his biggest challenge? If Yuta dies, it's gonna be like oh... that was pointless.

[@juniorl6892]

To be fair Yuji and Todo were about to be turned into Human slushies by Sukunas domain

[@wswann34]

Gege is so predictable, yuta will definitely die. He probably was only brought to deal with the DE

[@babyblue1443]

Gege is unpredictable bro😭 nobody predicted this twist , yuta is actually gonna live​@@wswann34

[@raffertykeane-eastwood2046]

Totally understand your points mere and can’t go against em, However because this is my type of manga and also because I love how unpredictable the series can be….. What I will say is my only gripe with this as a whole is how this “Gojo” return has ruined Yuji’s attention ( I’m sure the attention will go back to yuji and will likely stay that will after whatever happens to yuta) but tbh this return from both Gojo and yuta is perfectly balanced as yuta has 5 mins before Gege knows what happens to him. But once again if it means yuta has to die for yuji to truly feel like the MC of JJK then I would like that option.

[@lukewarmice8292]

Had to pause this at 0:32 because of the same reason why I didn't care for the chapter. Before continuing the video, if you're just as upset as I was about Yuji being tossed to the side effortlessly, then I 100% percent agree. Lemme finish it real quick Just finished and honestly, I agree with all your points.

[@arpadszabo661]

My biggest issue with this chapter is different. I dislike what you guys mentioned too, but Kenjaku being reduced to a plot tool is my overall biggest issue with the series, and Sukuna holding back is my biggest issue of the whole shinjuku showdown arc. When it comes to this chapter, its how people, especially Shoko, not giving a crap about Gojo. Especially makes no sense with Shoko after we spent a whole chapter with her inner dialogue about why Gojo needs to come back from the prison realm. Or the fact that they spent a long time together. Not like anyone else has any reason to disregard Gojo this badly, but Shoko was really something else. Now suddenly everyone only cares about Yuta’s humanity. Even after his rant about them not giving a crap about Gojo, its still just like “meh, i don’t like this plan, i don’t want to take backshots from Gojo” - Maki. To me it really just feels like gege’s dislike for Gojo is affecting his writing ngl.

[@th3ra83]

Disregard on how? They are fighting Sukuna whom holds the trigger bomb and will press the button. This is a very hard situation either you win or you risk the whole world is destroyed. The trigger on Culling Game and merge the people of Japanese will have a very huge impact. Millions or even Billions may be dead because of that. It's not like they have any choice really.

[@arpadszabo661]

Disregard his whole existence as a human being, when they were planning. They said it shouldn’t be done, but because of Yuta’s humanity. Literally no one said anything about Gojo, because no one cares about him. Sure, he had ego issues, but that comes with being so strong that only the strongest sorcerer in history can defeat you. But its not like he was antagonizing towards people. At least not towards anyone who was at that meeting. But okay, lets say they don’t care about him because he still hurt their feelings somehow. It’s still not an excuse for Shoko to just smile about it and agree. Not even a “Hey, at least go and ask him why are you even talking to us first” or something. It was just out of character for her to not care about Gojo at all.

[@th3ra83]

@@arpadszabo661 they did not disregard him as a human being. But it is done because there is no other choice. Gojo is a Key to tip the scale here. It is a do or die situation.

[@wolfx2014]

I kinda agree with you

[@wswann34]

​@@arpadszabo661gege finding any chance to character assassinate gojo. Gege really wanted sukuna to be the poster child for JJK

[@W1ldYT]

Mere decided to drop the 261 review and spit faxxxx

[@csm235]

3:45 I have to strongly disagree with this point. It was always said that Yuta is nowhere near Gojo. Being second strongest to him is not a feat that is valuable in itself. You need the context of him being 2nd strongest. The distance between him and Gojo is bigger than the distance between Yuta and someone like Miwa. Kenjaku himself stated that Yuta couldnt replace/ come near Gojo. Sukuna also didnt see Yuta as anywhere even remotely close to Gojo. This is your headcanon. Gojo could never be replaced, because he is simply too strong for that to be possible. Yuta using Gojos body was the only way for him to reach that type of strength. Sukuna himself was stated by Ryu I believe to be someone who completely disregarded his humanity on his way to becoming the King of Curses. Yuta now does the same on his path to try and beat Sukuna.

[@dr.boring7022]

See the thing is, Yuta does have the potential to become as strong as Gojo, or even stronger. Same with Hakari, Megumi, Maki, Higuruma, and even the goat Yuji. We just gotta remember that all of these sorcerers had a short amount of time to learn and use their powers. Gojo had over 12 years, and a big reason he got as strong as he did was because of his fight with Toji. He unlocked RCT, Red, and Purple because of that, and who knew when he got his domain. Before that, he only had base Infinity and blue. That version of Gojo would get defeated by even Maki, considering that he lost to Toji. So if 2nd year Gojo went from lower than Maki to Sukuna's level in 12 years, how strong could the other students get in that span of time? Yuji I think has the most potential to surpass him.

[@indrayanchakraborty8461]

Bro sukuna never cared about yuji, the way yuji was treated in this chapter makes sense. No character assassination for yuta either he did what one should in that situation. We are used to power of friendship that people are hating on author. Appreciate until it last, and there's no reason to go crazy because it's not the last chapter of the manga. Just wait and watch

[@YataVSTheWorld]

I dunno, I had the feel that the apparence of "Gojo" broke Yuji's momentum and Sukuna was simply faster to recover his composture and capitalize of Yuji's shock/opening. Not that Sukuna wasn't serious, he was simply more flexible to exploit that moment

[@magnumdoinks5595]

Yuji doesn’t even react to Gojo’s appearance. He’s simply punched away in his penultimate moment. And that’s why it is very disrespectful.

[@YataVSTheWorld]

@@magnumdoinks5595 panel wise, I agree with you but given how they were when "gojo" was sensed and how sukuna stayed shocked for a Moment still and without Itadori grapped. I think Yuji was shocked top as apparently didnt capitalize on Sukuna's distraction. It May be another case when the chapters delay One or more characters pov (this chapter showed us the behavior and mindsets of the people Who know the Plan and yuji's May be delayed to another Moment)

[@CrookedCreatureTV]

Consider the following: A sorcerers technique changes basic aspects of how the world functions but only to targets of the technique. Back in Shibuya when they were sealing Gojo there was a moment where Getos body/soul choked Kenjaku for a second because that's how the technique works. So Gojo could twitch reaction save Yuta from a World Slash and it'll be this whole hype movement of Gojo contributing to the fight even in some small way.

[@Purpleguy04]

honestly i love when the maincast comes up with plans to beat a stronger threat without bs only using smart planning and cheating off the powersystem but i agree that yuji shouldnt be thrown to the side after all he is the mc and i love seeing him winning

[@samuraitadpole5459]

Unfortunately sukuna while this nerfed has yuta's level of ce so yuji still has a lot of nerfing to do

[@Eli-ei6pn]

Ah, it's so good to see someone criticize chp 261 thematically. Like, not every chapter of JJk is gonna be peak. That's an impossible standard we're putting on the series. It just sucks how Yuta was held to high regards of being the next Gojo but not literally. This recent chapter just feels like no matter how hard you train, you still need Gojo in some way to save the day. Like, it didn't have to be the WS (World Slash) that hit Yuta. No one knew if it was a regular slash or the WS, but Gege decided the latter to just squeeze in this shock value of Yuta taking Gojo's body. Also, it feels like an exaggerated amount of contingency plans went into this fight. Kashimo stepping in, Higuruma's executioner sword, Yuta using Jacob's Ladder, Yuji soul punches to free Megumi, Maki using the Soul Split Katana, Miguel & Larue assisting, Todo stepping in, and Yuta body swapping with Gojo. Like, did the characters have future sight or something to know these plans wouldn't work.

[@faith4657]

I don't blame them for having batman levels of contingency plans especially against someone who killed gojo. It's seems like a fair point. And also you can't get to gojo's or sukuna's lvls in a month even gojo took years to get a domain. Yuta and them simply don't have that time.

[@babyblue1443]

I don't get this...if yuta became gojo level in one month , won't you be crying calling it asspull??

[@agustinmoreyra400]

Everyone think they can do it better than the original writer. They never do tho- George R.R Martin Just sit down and enjoy one last time Goyuta fusion

[@reterdedhorse1212]

Agreed, Gege trying to do too much🤦‍♂️

[@MsDev5]

Gege is writing this shit Bringing yuta in gojo and stuff but he is not making hakari fight sukuna💀

[@XKIRA376]

If hakari comes to fight sukuna, nobody will fight uraume

[@MsDev5]

@@XKIRA376 thays why hakari should kill her

[@Dankaju]

​@@XKIRA376i think that maki can(sorry for the bad english)

[@TanvirAhmed-bz2ox]

@@Dankajuurume can literally freeze limbs and the limbs fall off….without hakari’s insane regeneration its not really possible to fight uraume

[@HelpMePls320]

He’s a hack who doesn’t deserve any praised or remembered 👎, anyone who likes him or jjk is a loser

[@itsyaboyb9839]

7:06 I respect y’all’s pov on this chapter but damn, Yuji only got punched to the right. How are they thrown to the side when they literally still there? What if Yuji was the most shocked/distracted/confused and vulnerable to a sneak fist. The team kept him out the loop as a liability. Let Yuji catch up, he’s not a 1,000 year-old sorcerer

[@faith4657]

I do agree with some of the points you gave, but i do disagree with gojo just being a tool. Yes he was a tool to the jujutsu society but only so few saw him as anything but that Geto, Yuta, Yuji and sometimes Shoko. It's why i understood what yuta said about "we let gojo solve all our problems and except him to throw away his humanity, if gojo is gone someone has to take that top". I respect were his coming from and doesn't really seem out of character for me cause we know what yuta would do for the people he cares about. And i also don't think we should count yuji and todo out they might still pop off in the next chapter yuta can't beat that man alone even with gojo's body. Overall this next chapter might answer the question of whether gojo is strong cause his gojo or his gojo cause his strong.

[@vegapunkrecords]

I think overall, I’d reserve judgement about the thematic stuff until after the fight is over. Just like “we know the fight isn’t over until furnace is unveiled” - we also know that Yuji probably needs to show a domain or some climactic technique before it ends. I’m hoping that the arc ends with a good thematic throughline. Individual week to week readings feel too scattered to make thematic judgements too strongly. The Kenjaku thing does make sense though.

[@helheim4704]

i still genuinely believe that sukuna has only tried against gojo and kashimo with him telling kashimo that he will show him love by the way kashimo showed his opponents love by completely smoking them in fights during the edo period, seeing the attacks and how aggressive sukuna was being with kashimo compared to the students made me realize way before uraume said he wasnt trying that he just wasnt, if he was why not throw out the net cleave and kill everyone in one attack

[@no.1spidey-fan182]

Exactly what I said. But it also means that if Sukuna DOES die its gonna be cause he was dumb...I mean he wants a good fight right...but if he's taken out by so called "weaklings" then that's just gonna be stupid. All his life he's been looking for a good fight and has lowered his level to play with his food...why!? It just makes NO sense to me🤔

[@felipemathias1160]

@@no.1spidey-fan182 but he said "if they are fun i throw a bone", its like what he is being doing against most of people

[@no.1spidey-fan182]

@@felipemathias1160 Yh but its gettting REAL risky for him to keeo doing that. Its quite literally gonna be his downfall

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

Idk I doubt sakuna would hold back on yuji. Brother has generational hate

[@felipemathias1160]

@@no.1spidey-fan182 I don’t think he is holding back, because he used everything on his arsenal, but still feels weird

[@LeekyXIV]

Great video. Valid points! But to counter, To your first point, yuta did try using himself and his own techniques to defeat sukuna and got cut in half so that wasnt it. And second point, Sukuna was about to open to his domain, which is the reason Yuta needed to show up when he did. Other wise Yuji and Todo would be cooked. This entire battle has been about timing.

[@ianfabribusiness1089]

Personally I believe that sukuna tossing yuji aside does not mean he coul have done it at any point. Keep in mind that sukuna was not the only one that got surprised by a stitched-head gojo showing up out of nowhere in the battlefield. Yuji must’ve been shocked to hell and back

[@CHRISTOPHERCRAWFORD-ds7pi]

that thing about yuji being shocked was never shown so your argument is just assumption yuji got bitched for yujo hype

[@shoutenry]

I feel like a lot of this is because we have the strong idea that the series will basically end with the Sukuna fight. Which, by author statements and interviews, really seems likely. If, instead, we has a Post-Merger World continuation of JJK we could look at what's happening as not just ends unto themselves, but also stepping stones to the future.

[@Deciverse]

My boy pulled out the Persona 3 soundtrack. Goated choice brother

[@MrNoOne130]

You got my boy Simply Troy on here 🔥🔥

[@Rhenkei]

Everything up to :56 is legit how I feel about so many things in jjk. The story isn’t some complex, hard to understand layered story, the narrative is pretty obvious for the most part with several different aspects all understandable so its honestly annoying when people throw those responses out. I enjoyed Gojo’s end, but I don’t think it was good or needed for the story, same for Choso dying or Yuta swapping body. This entire reveal just feels forced even if it makes sense, all that means is Gege wrote it so he could pull something like this. And lets be honest, we all know why Gege did this, he made these characters to grow in a month to a higher level being praised by Sukuna and bringing him to this point yet he just didn’t want Sukuna to go out by them. He protects Sukuna’s portrayal way too much throughout this fight and ends up reducing everyone’s performance to “oh well Sukuna isn’t trying lol” so its just wow this is their moment to stop the big, show their growth, get revenge for Gojo… but everyone starts dying, Yuji gets sidelined, Yuta took Gojo’s body so its just like damn Sukuna can’t just die by them alone? Its gotta be Gojo? Should’ve just wrote Gojo killing him.

[@jeremyv12]

I wholeheartedly agree. Kenjaku, after being this formidable Villan for so long suddenly being gone still has me scratching my head. We needed more development and Yuta fighting Sakuna leaves a bad taste.

[@jeremyv12]

The main issue was the execution.

[@diamantemrobinson]

You see I agree with a lot of what you said I hate the fact that we as people believe that just because someone is the main character means they need all the spotlight or has to be the strongest. They're just the main perspective we see.

[@Grayves_X]

This really laid out my issues with this chapter well. The chapter has been bugging me since I read it and I hadn't really thought of why.

[@saondow383]

I'm glad you are giving your opinions on why you dislike the chapter without outright saying it was bad. A lot of opinions I've seen on the chapter revolve around the character assassination within it and how Yuji & Todo were sidelined for Yuta showing up as Gojo. This chapter in my opinion happened too soon and feels premature. This had to happen in my opinion since Gege isn't giving Yuji enough buffs to really put down Sukuna since he's eating everything he has despite getting cooked in hand to hand combat. Sukuna in this last chapter having another domain in him after continuously fighting, getting his output decreased by Yuji constantly, and being fatigued to all hell is insane. Last chapter I even thought it was just a ghost, and this curveball coming out of seemingly nowhere isn't bad just distasteful. Even when I saw the spoilers I was pissed very angry because I was spoiled but now in retrospect maybe I was mad at the outcome period. I was in the camp of people who believed Gojo shouldn't have come back and if anything his ghost showing up was like a reflection of what Yuji is right now for Sukuna. I actually do like the reveal but when it happened feels out of place.

[@Shinji5146]

I could write an entire novel for so many things I dont like about Gege’s writing decisions but I won’t cause at the end of the day Gege just wants to get the series over with so he can go play some Gacha Games.

[@atari9477]

Everyone around gojo was on edge, Yuji patted gojo on his back to lighten the mood, but eveyone else knew the plan, this is why yuta was panicking throughout the fight between gojo and sukuna. We all called him a fraud, but he just didnt want to takeover his senseis body…

[@GKTRE1]

I dont agree with the character assassination on Yuta or anyone cause they can become stronger than Gojo but they arent there yet. I think its fine Yuta had to takeover Gojos body and he did become the next Gojo. Because he became the next monster. It all works together

[@routey13]

Feels like it’ll take another few chapters to fully pay off I think we see something along the lines of Todo on support to let Yuji fight alongside Gojokkotsu this time around, but I definitely see where yall are coming from

[@calebcoplen4205]

Honestly this chapter points out rhat my biggest flaw was the entire time. The one month time skip. In the middle of these battle moments we get random cuts to the past to explain what goin on, even though we coulda had the arc start with the training “oh but I’m only gonna come in when gojo loses” would’ve been better to hear before he already lost then many chapters later. And, if we had gotten the one month explanation. We probably coulda actually got whole chapters dedicated to the Hakari vs Urame fight not just little snipets here and there before we hear from urame “we have won” like bruh Idek if you’ve won

[@Death_Brigade]

I think it’s great for the philosophical growth of Yuta and Gojo’s character arc, Gojo couldn’t beat Sukuna because he tried to strip away his humanity and become the monster, but you can’t beat Sukuna at his own game, and Gojo failed. Yuta is falling down the same path and he is falling from grace and will face the same fate if he doesn’t course correct. However, it was really rushed, and terrible timing imo. Yuta isn’t supposed to be the next Gojo like many seem to think. He’s supposed to be better and transcend “special grade”. Gojo wants to carve out a better future for jujutsu society and make serious change within it by modeling his students to be better. But his plan is falling as Yuta repeats Gojo’s mistakes. My biggest gripe is that it steals Yuji’s spot light and literary punches him out of the way.

[@Zorothex5152]

To add to my last comment btw. This DID make sense for Yuta's narrative IMO, he has felt like he was a monster in a way since childhood just like he saw in Gojo. Yuta did what he had to, because he was the only one that could. So if he didn't he'd hate himself for wasting the W. To not protect everyone like Gojo did would be the wrong choice to Yuta, even if it was immoral.

[@TGCPhilip]

I loved the art this chapter mainly, I'm still butthurt from Yuji losing his main character privileges again though Yuta is gonna get packed up after giving sukuna more brain damage though, it just kinda seems like a return to the monotonous chapters leading up to yuji's awakening

[@romelegend8475]

How can one say they understood this chapter. When some of your points show a misunderstanding. Yuji getting knocked away by Sukuna is not because he was holding back. It’s because yuji was just as shocked as Sukuna. He did not know about this plan because they purposely kept certain things away from him. So Sukuna who processed everything quicker reacted first. Speaking about the narrative implications of Yuta being second only to Gojo and being the one to take his place while not mentioning the irony Gege set up by having Kenjaku say “yuta cannot become the next satoru Gojo” Speaking about Gojo being used as a tool by jujutsu and saying no one cared about him while ignoring Yuta taking this route because he did not want Gojo to bear the burden of being a “monster” on his is own and acknowledging that it’s not fair because Gojo it’s important to them. In fact the narrative implications of them disregarding there humanity is not mentioned once in this video.

[@godlyomen10]

I agree with all the issues y'all mentionned except yuta's character and will still give the chapter a 10/10. This narative decision does such a great job at dividing the community while giving so much development and perspective. It creates so much questionning it makes the chapter "perfect". My only problem is the yuji part. But Ima let gege cook

[@artemisjones2121]

I simply don't like the fact that he came back as someone Sukuna has already defeated. It woulda been cool to see Gojo again, but that's been theorized to death. Kenjaku taking over Gojo's body also woulda been dope but again predictable and discussed to death. So in that case i believe this was an effort to subvert expectations, like Rian Johnson and The Last Jedi but also like that it leaves a bit to be desired.

[@yamilcarrasquillo7996]

I felt the same way reading this chapter. At this point i really just want this to be over already. No hate for Gege seriously i just want all of this to end already and it feels like it’s being drawn out and every few chapters we get some flashback into the past explaining whatever is going on and i see that as a little bit of lazy writing.

[@CajunMercenary]

Gege continues to shock the fandom even with all the theories all the KZbinrs he manages to do stuff that nobody thinks of and blows us away. Yeah we get close sometimes but nobody even considered yuta taking kenny technique with this he gives us the hein sukuna vs Gojo we wanted plus shows that yuta is willing to do whatever it takes to save his friends which is who he is

[@MrSwade009]

I can understand not liking it but narratively it definitely makes sense… It definitely seems planned out too.

[@slinux8420]

Honestly, as long as Gojo didn't come back and Kenny didn't take over Gojo's body, I honestly was fine with the other options. Yuta was one theory I heard of but didn't put too much thought into it since it didn't matter to me either way since he would more than likely just be used to further weaken sukuna and potentially save Megumi(Boy being this nigga's fan is hard). It's better than the Takaba theory, and I like how it was handled so far at least.

[@SemekiIzuio]

Same or the Miwa theory😂 I was leaning more on it being Kenjaku or Yuuta cause thats whag was floating around but I was relieved it wasn't Kenjaku

[@jarmaljean-charles2850]

agreed .

[@slinux8420]

@@SemekiIzuio Yeah cause I know kenny got done dirty but him somehow going across Japan after Yuta "killed" him and getting pass shoko and the others is crazy even for me.

[@ThatguyScotland]

Personally I really enjoyed this chapter but I totally understand people's feelings toward Yuji's place in it. To be slapped away as though he wasn't genuinely tilting Sukuna and tearing into him relentlessly is a little disappointing, but I guess that could be rectified if he gets back into the fray next chapter. Guess we'll see

[@joecroft4274]

That’s fair, I like the chapter for what it is but as for what is being sacrificed for this glorious chapter I have to agree. Yuji is consistently getting side lined in the most pivotal moments, just as the ball gets rolling. Same with Todo, he hasn’t even been back for 2 chapters and they’ve already side lined him. Kenjaku is a different situation, I don’t think he’s entirely gone as he is inextricably linked to the Merger, however I don’t see how he could return at all since he’s literally been eaten by Rika so Yuta can do what he did.

[@diogitalk]

This is why I think that after Yutas copy ends, Kenjaku will take back over, within Gojos body. It would be the most disgusting thing ever, but it would be a pure Gege move and it would bring Kenny back to main villain status, essentially making Gojos students prove that they have become stronger than Gojo.

[@magnumdoinks5595]

That doesn’t make much sense since Yuta doesn’t steal the technique’s he just copies them. So it is his technique now, there’s nothing for Kenjaku to manifest back in to.

[@something3251]

I agree in some parts especially the kenjaku stuff but Yuta being in gojos body doesn’t really undermine his potential or him being the second strongest imo because obviously no one could catch up to gojo in 1 month no matter there talent Yuta him self stated how he cheated so why does it matter when he does it again to gain an upper hand against the final boss it’s him abusing the power he has and to me showing his growth as a sorcerer but then again i feel like judging this whole thing on just one chapter is a bit to much I would wait to see where the story goes in the next 5-10 like I really do think yuji will play a pretty big role in this upcoming chapters but I do agree he should have had a least a little something more in 261

[@spuburq]

I take major issue with the way gege has handled a multitude of his characters but I don't mind this plot direction. I do think kenny was wasted but im glad he at least has played another final role. Im also glad that gojos ending wasnt ruined by coming back. I have my issues with gege, but i have faith consideri g the quality of his work prior to these few struggle chapters that have been mixxed bags

[@SafiExists]

261 officially made this a flesh mech battle… interesting

[@SemekiIzuio]

Evangelion style 😂

[@SafiExists]

@@SemekiIzuio lol yeah.

[@YouTubei855]

These are all valid points w vid

[@mrdr2411]

You forget how Sukuna hates Yuji and Gege is the ultimate Sukuna glazer

[@ImCelest]

I agree whole heartedly with every point you mentioned Mere. Yuta in Gojo was dumb asf.

[@istaka1416]

Disagree with your Yuta takes but agree with everything else. Sometimes I even think that Gege doesn't actually likes Yuji. Maybe he doesn't even have personal attachment to his character at all, which is suck when it comes to how he treated his character. Especially Kenjaku bro.. like wtf 😭

[@acetofresh1]

My issue with this analysis is it pretends these things actually were poor character moments for Kenjaku, when it’s rather just consistent representation of this world’s logic and power system. Kenjaku is dead, but his machinations still constantly influence the world, and it doesn’t matter what is done to a corpse, something that has been stated multiple times. Yuta while powerful, has a rather limited movesets in that his jujutsu at its core, only derived from others brands of jujutsu. He can merely add permutations, his character is similar to Kenjaku in that regard. Akutami told us characters would surpass, but never told us how - for example Yuji’s black flashes! These amped Yuji, but it would be impossible for Yuji to just suddenly now be on Yuta, Gojo, Kashimo, Sukuna levels of power in an objective sense, he can only compete because of the war of attrition/de buffs. With this in mind, Sukuna is still the same Sukuna in skills and IQ, and his CE is “ merely” on par with Yuta, the guy with the most CE in the series! Yuji the is obviously the “ key”, but his character has always been one heavily supported by others, how else would he die surrounded by other people?

[@lovexander304]

What music you use for this video mere

[@noahlanford8351]

respectfully i’m loving how this is going, there is real stakes here

[@magnumdoinks5595]

There are actually less stakes with this development. Unless you are under the presumption that Sukuna is the protagonist of this story.

[@HelloZukoHere7]

Yuji being a constant on this fight is honestly a blessing. Other then that this fight has been a giant mess and a million reasons to keep Sukuna alive and it got old do long ago, as a Yuta fan I would have preferred that he stayed down for the count and recovered in his own body after this fight.

[@him5698]

He couldn't, he would've died.

[@HelloZukoHere7]

@him5698 I know but that's before this chapter

[@him5698]

@@HelloZukoHere7 true your right

[@artemisjones2121]

Mere, it wasn't one of my fav chapters either. I feel ya bro bro

[@vishblaze]

My main issue with the chapter is the character assassination that happened to gojo and yuta

[@n.harewood3846]

I get it why they use the body hop, but it still makes me wish they found another way instead of just circling back to using Gojo's power as a jackpot instead of further developing the powers and characters that are still in the fight. What would've been better is if they puppeteered Gojo's body showing how far jujutsu society will go for it's objective, further developmenting that Gojo is a tool not a person. Keeping Yuta at play but not undoing anything that's been done.

[@sev9258]

Where do you get your background music from for your vids?

[@eugeneiii9564]

I’m only 4 minutes into the video so my opinion might change, but I think there’s a theme that a lot of people miss in JJK. And it’s the fact that the older generation always rips away the talents/promise of the younger generation. Kenjaku and Sukuna are the epitome of this. They glide through 1000 years to take away how jujutsu is evolving and dismissing how modern curse techniques function. Also, the pinnacle of jujutsu has always been jerry-rigging your ability to apply to the most broad situations without loosing output. Enchantments, hand signs, etc. are used at a techniques base level and then binding vows are used to shorten that process. Yuta may become the epitome of this jujutsu shorthand which might fall in line with the themes of jujutsu kaisen more than any character before. Sukuna and Kenjaku high jack bodies and use this jj shorthand. Just my take though

[@eugeneiii9564]

Further in the video, and I agree that that yuji has been thrown to the side. I think that he was always playing a catchup since it’s his first year in this world so I never thought it was bad that he’s not doing end of franchise damage that a lot of other protagonist do at the end of their Shonen series. Kenjaku and gojos end were awful to me but to me I feel like no one gets a satisfying end. Nobody gets the fairytale “going down in a blaze of glory” story device and I find that aspect a little refreshing. But I do think they both just needed one or two more chapters for a more satisfying read for us.

[@piyushraj8109]

@@eugeneiii9564 I like the idea that no one gets a fairytale ending too but the excution of those endings were very lackluster

[@britishboy2734]

See the reason why he had punched him to the side so fast it was because both him and the king of curses were both processing the fact that just showed up and the king of curses processed it faster than him reason for being punched to the side because he put two and two together having the memories of the person he knew that wasn’t gonna be Gojo would be yuta

[@yosos2]

To me yuta's character never felt complete, even tough i love him. It never made sense to me why his ct was copy, what does it say about his character? What does it mean to him? What does it say in term of themes? Now i think that there's a reason for yuta's ct and how it fits in the story, he didnt just copy now he became someone else and carried their burden, but it all comes from a place of love from wanting to understand someone that deeply, now i think all the pieces of yuta's character connect.

[@Dynaamical]

i’m assuming gojo is going to take back his body as the soul is stronger similar to toji in the shibuya incident. weird chapter but overall maybe when jjk ends the future chapters will flesh it out more

[@ГлебПомидоров-с7в]

With toji it was because of his body with heavenly pact. So it isn't an option for gojo

[@piyushraj8109]

@@ГлебПомидоров-с7в Kenjaku`s ct makes it possible

[@ssppooppcristi6734]

​@@piyushraj8109explain why ?

[@Donnogaming2570]

When 262 drops and yuji, todo, and yuta are jumping sakuna, i need an apology for yuji and gege.

[@joshuaoshiafi7951]

I don’t think people don’t love Gojo; I think it’s more that it’s never really occurred to them to think about how he must feel or that maybe this ultra super strong God of Jujutsu feels lonely sometimes, or gets scared sometimes. So that’s why his existence is lonely. But yuta and yuji are different because they are so empathetic. For one, they were born outside the confines of the jujitsu world and were only integrated into it after gaining unworldly power so they could see things from a different persoective(probably commentary on the flawed jujutsu world), and that’s why Gojo just accepts this as reality. He is the only monster and he acts accordingly. Only from Yutas statement in Chap 261 to the rest did they realize something as simple as empathy for Gojo was taken for granted all this time! They all love Gojo but it’s more like how man loves God and prays and leaves everything to Him. But Gojo isn’t God. he’s just a man

[@tri33208]

Yea the kenjaku point completely agree with and yuji being side line again (even tho its temporary) is still annoying him and todo could've put sukuna down if gege wasn't bent on over selling his power and glazing him which is my biggest problem with everything about this chapter and last few chapters. I dont get me wrong i know the students would be no match for sukuna from jump but to this extreme is ridiculous. Bro fought gojo an equal who not only brought down his ce level,healing,domain and almost killed him surviving off a last min binding vows but then goes to fight kashimo spams world cleves,yuji & higuruma (choso) uses world cleve again ,then yuji and yuta at this point is stated to be around yutas level of ce then launched another world cleve, gets stabbed in heart by maki fights maki then kusakabi, Miguel and rue then get hit with seven black flash by yuji which are supposed to lower his ce and control over it and undoing the gain he got from earlier black flashes to then going and pop a domain that he had to keep together through binding vows. Then todo comes him and yuji jump sukuna yuji then starts clawing at his heart just for him to pop another domain!? Like how does he still have ce i get he has crazy refinement but at this point its like he doesn't even use up ce anymore its like the end of naruto where characters just spam high level jutsu with no draw backs. Sukuna should not be able to keep on going this strong.

[@MrPerfectCelll]

I give yuta fraudkotsu 2 chapters before sakuna handles business, hotdog style this time because obviously hamburger don’t work

[@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093]

While i agree kenjakus death was ass assuming he doesnt come back it feels weird to pin that on this chapter lol. On the chance that he could i the "stabbed brain getting up again and taking over a body on its own" seemed like an extremly dumb method and i dont think deconfirming that idea should be a flaw in this chapter. On the topic of yutas character while i dont really like it on a personal level i dont really see how it betrays his narrative. Hes always been the guy set up to take the place of gojo with a litteral copy technique. This kinda just took this too the more litteral level As for todo litterally nothing happened to him this chapter theirs nothing to imply he wont continue to be a major player going forward. He got a whole chapter dedicated to him showing of his technique did you want a reapeat of that with no significant developments for another chapter? And lastly when it comes to yuji being hit too the side so easily thats just consistent with whats been happening. Even during his black flash streak sukuna took a couple of those without even flinching and he was relying on other people to set him up. And the chapter before ended with both him and todo about to get wipped by a domain they dont have any way to deal with that. I feel like people have been hyping up what yujis been doing recently way more than like whats been actually happening. This is just speculation but if you ask me the awakening was just clear setup to start raising yujis level up from getting litterally 0 diffed blitzed at the start of the fight too strong enough to where he can actually do whatever the climax is, not just a lucky black flash record that gets him strong enough to just get us too the end of the fight before any of the heavy hitters get any real big character moments

[@magnumdoinks5595]

“People have been hyping up what Yuji’s been doing more than what’s actually being done.” No, Gege has been hyping up what Yuji has been doing. Yuji is the only character who can directly weaken Sukuna with his punches and on top of that, Gege directly shows us that Yuji is far and away breaking the black flash records, and giving the audience his awakening. Finally, at the end of the last chapter he lands a direct hit (a soul damaging hit) to Sukuna’s heart. You cannot fault the reader for believing that Yuji was mishandled in this chapter when all of the following had lead up to this point. Gege screwed up with Yuji this chapter and likely so on. Is it that hard to admit?

[@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093]

@@magnumdoinks5595 theirs a difference with what hype gege has given him and how the community has warped that. Yuji got an important niche this fight and he got a cool awakening to start his growth but he started that fight litterally getting blitzed no diff, then having sukuna casually about too kill him only to get save by yuta, had to have choso kill himself to save him again, last chapter was about to get head shot cleaved to again get saved by todo, and again in the same chapter ended with a domain being opened he would just be dead. Grabbing a heart thats already destroyed and not being used doesnt change that lol. So yes this has been consistently happening and I can fault for the reader for ignoring that. Theirs nothing to admit. Imo the route of "yuji randomly doubles the black flash record and now for some reason that makes him super strong and he ends the fight without the heavy hitters getting any significant characters moments in the final arc" sounds like actual garbage. Its an ending i would expect out of something with an abrupt cancelation. It would just be like bleaches ending on steroids which is already notoriously not liked

[@magnumdoinks5595]

@@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093 Yuji’s soul punches are not a niche. Multiple times in this arc it’s been stated that it’s one of the central and main weapons the team is relying on against Sukuna. Speaking directly through Choso before Yuji begins his awakening. Amping them with Black flashes should’ve absolutely done more, especially when Gege is stating that he’s breaking records. Gege has given the reader every reason to believe that Yuji should’ve done a lot more to Sukuna than he actually has. Sukuna wasn’t going to be able to kill Yuji with a dismantle before Todo arrived, if you actually read the chapter, Sukuna’s CT is burnt out. That’s why Sukuna failing to kill Yuji in his domain was supposed to be so pivotal. You are saying that it’s not uncommon for Yuji to be sidelined like this before he entered his penultimate stage in the fight with Sukuna. This fight in the last 4 chapters became Yuji’s duel with Sukuna. Sukuna is Yuji’s foil, him being the main opponent narratively makes sense. Keeping this consistent should be the goal. If we are told and shown that Yuji weakens Sukuna with each strike, then Yuji landing a black flash on Sukuna’s already damaged heart should’ve done a lot more than absolutely nothing. This isn’t an asspull random super power up for the MC, this is Yuji using what is already stated for him to have, that should be more effective than what is being presented. Before his chapter Gege made it completely believable that Yuji was making an impact. In one panel he threw that away, which was a complete mistake.

[@ivanbackfromthecardshop8093]

@@magnumdoinks5595 That is a niche. He has a power specialized for helping to nerf sukuna. This is just semantics though. Having the black flash record is cool but like 1. The guy who had it before is not that strong and it litterally starts with gojo saying he only doesnt have it because hes too strong for people to last that long lol. 2. You wanting the black flashes to have done more has nothing to do with this chapter which is what were disscussing. 3. Personally I think gege showing sukuna tanking multiple of those black flashes without flinching and being able to open a full power domain showed plenty reason too believe yuji shouldnt have I was reffering too mid todo fight where he grabs him by the face. I guess technically we dont know ifnhe regained it back by that point but i dont see why he would go for the grab if he hadnt. Reguardless it doesnt really change the general course of fight either way. Youre assuming its the penultimate stage. We have no idea when this will end. Yuji is his foil and should "end up" being his main opponent. He is the mc and needs to finish his fight. But that means everyone elses plots need to be resolved first. Multiple other important characters exist that need to have their stories wrapped up first. Sukunas already been fighting for chapters with no heart just fine. Hitting it again doesnt do anything new. It just means he will have to keep fighting without one for a longer time. Yujis still made an impact lol. If it werent for him hed be at mostly full health and likely a lot more people dead. Making an impact does not mean youre suddenly physically stronger than him to the point where youre just immune to being punched in the face

[@helmtk4562]

The Kenny part I found it ironic cause everytime he wanted to explain something important, he never got to finish whatever he wanted to say just like his death it was poetic dying before he got to see he worked so hard for

[@xxavo_1939]

Don’t really understand the “Gojo as a tool” complaint, the chapter, and Yuta, emphasize that he is not just a tool or a convenient monster, which is supposed to make the body swap more disturbing

[@joshuaoshiafi7951]

Yuta used his own power to take over Gojos body; that being copy. Yuta was literally the only one to be able to do this. From a tactical point of view, Yuta’s options was to either die without giving his all or die after using Gojos body. idk, i didn’t have an issue with that.