Why The Merger Needs to Happen

[@NerdOnNet]

Great video. I never thought of the fact that Sukuna has been doing what Yuuji wants to do unintentionally. Guiding others to a proper death.

[@nomongosinthaworld]

How is getting one-shot and off-screened a proper death 💀 I get what you’re saying tho

[@justaguy7732]

Unintentionally?

[@NerdOnNet]

@@justaguy7732 Sukuna doesn't take it upon himself to guide anyone to a proper death. It's just as a result of what he does. That's why I use unintentionally. (The only time he took it upon himself was probably kashimo)

[@FirmlyGrasp_IT]

@@nomongosinthaworld read pas the surface level ffs

[@Tevin-MK]

@@nomongosinthaworldwhat’s the correlation

[@NonAryanDuck]

My boy Yuji gonna become the Merger and hit Sukuna with the left right good-night

[@gios4ma]

ahhhh you’re going with the FLCL ending. i hadn’t considered that 🤔 i was imagining the Evangelion ending. feels like it’s following that narrative pattern very closely.

[@ShannonGraves-dm9nh]

Sorcerers aren't supposed to be affected by the merger, so unless something gets retconed or it doesn't go as intended, the merger will just be a bunch of humans

[@yourkingreturns]

I'm upset this is the only way I see it playing out

[@viderevero1338]

​@@gios4maWhat happens in Fooly cooly? Ive only heard murmurs about the anime.

[@gios4ma]

@@viderevero1338 the intergalactic god level space pirate that the…. main villain (the relationship is complicated and problematic) is using the main character to summon gets absorbed by the main character instead who then uses its power to defeat the main villain.

[@AshwinPraveen]

I’m truly dumbfounded by how you can break down a story’s philosophy and meta narrative that probably took the creator a life of living to adapt(based on his experiences). So cool how you can peer through and see a story like that. You are a master sir Also. One thing I don’t know if you missed. When the cursed spirits ask to be killed. It shares a direct parallel to hunter x hunter when the spiders defeat the insect spider. As the spiders leave, the insect transformed humans asked to be killed too

[@VoicelessVoid456]

It takes someone who thinks in a similar way but experience different things to understand each other

[@дддд-т2х]

I'm so sorry dude. I also thought gege would be better than that...

[@tshepiso4844]

if only he could see the story now🤣

[@1hundred1]

weekend starting off perfect

[@R7dman]

MY GUY

[@vokoaxecer]

@@R7dman Dude can you please make a video explaining what a curse is?

[@dexholderred2469]

Close enough, WELCOME BACK “ZORO WILL KILL KAIDO”

[@greatrthansymbol3161]

Close enough, WELCOME BACK “FRANKY WILL GET A HUGE POWER UP IN EGGHEAD”

[@etherdragon6029]

It's sad you're not gege's editor :/

[@cyborgcuttlefish6326]

Bro is a JJK scholar and i fucking love that. these videos are amazing to listen to

[@azurazar-w6x]

Mom asked me if the dishes washed I yelled "gege akutami" She smiled knowing it was washed

[@ShadeThaArtist]

@15:17 it's such an ironic statement considering what Sukuna did in his fight with Gojo. He'll bastardize "weaklings utilizing collective strength but finds a loophole in it which is a inherent contradiction to what he said prior. His collective strength is what kept him in the fight and it's also what gave him his boost in strength via Uraume and Kenjaku giving him his body and his fingers

[@chichichichilling4822]

How you feeling about Gege's writing skills now? You been glazing him even through some of the worst chapters in the series so I'm very interested to see what video you make after it's over.

[@R7dman]

Lmfao

[@detectivecritics]

this turned out beautifulll man, great work as always

[@azurazar-w6x]

Gege was talking to random mysterious man in the shadows about how to make the worst rushed ending manga of all time. He asked, sensei how do I make my manga ending bad and rushed? The mysterious man touched gege shoulder and said "don't worry, always believe your heart and after you finish making your trash rushed ending, make an excuse to public saying you will explain all of it in future jjk novels, Suddenly tears started drooling from gege eyes, he couldn't think of more garbage way to end his shtty manga He said: thank you sensei I won't disappoint you. He ran away to finish his shtty manga, Suddenly the mysterious man came out of shadows and said: don't disappointmet me my student, it was the fraud kubo colorx creator

[@kokmom4034]

You said it perfectly, i am so disappointed man, it really had the potential to be the next evangelion

[@neoparmar2169]

Damn this aged well

[@chideraumejiaku3895]

Lmfao gege had other idea

[@bhoxdef7991]

We know this is your alt acc Kenjaku

[@Toastedbuns-hq9fb]

Only 2 likes for such a good joke is criminal

[@vijaz5559]

Ya’ll think too mcuh about this story while in reality gege themselves hate their own stories 🤣🤣

[@kokmom4034]

Bro saw it coming 💀💀💀

[@NobuKage404]

WAKE UP BABE NEW RADMAN BANGER 🗣️

[@kpj769]

Such a underrated youtuber your videos be COOKING 😭😭🔥🔥

[@chrisjulien7698]

Christ bless you, bro the Yuji analysis video is what brought me in and this i think is whats going to keep me SUBBED MT GOOD SIR

[@komalkanwa8618]

I don't think yuji completely fails, especially in kugisaki nanami and higuruma's case. All three were able to die without regrets entrusting their hopes to yuji. This can be counted as proper death, so does wasuke's .

[@acetofresh1]

Wonderful video, people really have this idea that Jujutsu Kaisen isn’t a story with complex philosophical underlining, and and themes and subtext just because it’s stories is largely conveyed though fights. It’s so stupid. The series has been continually framed with themes of love and how we respond to it, and this has connected to Sukuna many times. Someone in discord said this was a failed plot threat because Sukuna thinks love is meaningless. Anime fans really don’t try to understand the stories beyond the superficial.

[@Pokemaster-wg9gx]

its also a bit harder to appreciate things when looking at it from a chapter by chapter basis because you get a god awful bogged down experience of Sukuna running the gauntlet for 6 months which makes it harder to appreciate JJK does have very good themes and ideas with wonderful characters but its bogged down by god awful author bias and wasted potential along with it somehow being rushed and stalled at the same time

[@ididntaskverified3663]

History buff meets research buff meets voice work buff meets script writer buff

[@andythesaladgod4578]

Great work as always Rad! Even though I have my doubts on the merger happening I really like how unpredictable JJK feels right now, I simply have no idea where this story is going although I don’t think the current Sukuna gauntlet has much time left.

[@EVOBane]

It’s like sakuna is mocking jujitsu by portraying himself as its ruler or king he absolutely abuses it with no hesitation for the sake of his needs alone like gojo using it for a selfishness to die in a great battle it seems like everyone who’s died is suffering from overwhelming selfishness trying to give meaning to there lives while sakuna lives with no hesitations or limits like he’s free from the world and jujitsu as a whole and everyone is stuck in the cage which is cursed energy and there humanity I think yuji will ether break this narrative or become like sakuna himself in order to save the world by somehow combining with the merger

[@zh9n752]

Jujutsu*

[@alphaneris]

this is literally xenoblade chronicles plot

[@Pokemaster-wg9gx]

nah Sukuna is like the anime protagonist or mentor that went the "fuck everything let it all burn" route we see very clearly many times he has very low emotional intelligence with him drowning in hedonism and violence to dull the pain of his emptiness and thats why we see him breaking down during the part where he talks about Yuji's unbreakable soul because it makes him call himself into question again and he almost gets somewhere when he starts processing his emotions but he shuts it down and defaults back to more violence

[@jacobryan6785]

I agree 100% aside from your statement about the merger, I believe the merger is just another tool in Sukuna's game. Many people believe Sukuna is going to fight the Merged Tengen, I believe Sukuna intends to posess the merged Tengen and thus hoarding even more power for him to entertain himself with. My theory is that's the binding vow Sukuna made with Kenjaku in the Heian era to become a cursed item, that Kenjaku was required to create him a vessel that transcended even what he had achieved. This isn't Itadori but Merged Tengen.

[@azurazar-w6x]

Rushed manga ending, Unexplained plot points, Bad story How does gege do it 😭😭😭😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@brandanvaquerano5809]

You very inspiring Radman! New channel for the win

[@koju-kin]

If only I could force the fandom to watch this. You ate bro, thanks.

[@Czurcodm]

Yeah, i too share his jjk videos whenever I get a chance to..

[@MarcAlcatraz]

Yuji was meant to be the perfect vessel for the merger not Sukuna, kenjaku admits that he has no place for Sukuna in his plan, he just enjoys having him around because he’s interesting

[@rpgman1238]

What was kenjakus plan?

[@Pokemaster-wg9gx]

Kenjaku says in Shibuya that Sukuna's only role in his plan is to deal with Gojo lel

[@michaelblevins1651]

Something I think is interesting about Yuji is all the animal/non human imagery Tiger being apart of not only his name but his nickname amount Highschoolers(he’s the tiger of the east) he’s referred to as a demon god and even how he fights is sometimes animalistic and Brutish using mostly Physical strength he’s a metaphorical Animal, during his fight with Mahito he is portrayed as a White wolf leading a pack hunting a group of rabbits in the winter And I hope all of the animal imagery ties into his Domain for as Human as he is being what many deem the best a person can be his domain could represent the savagery of an animal the apex physical strength of a tiger Proposed name for his domain: Ire of the Eastern tiger

[@AJ-kt5zo]

Agreed. Imagine his domain a reverse ◀️🔁🔂🔁▶️ of Sukana ( Yuji = DE Bloody Tiger Gravity Shrine)

[@notfex1427]

Nah fam, Sukuna got everybody acting crazy, nobody's gonna stop talking about him 🤣🤣🤣

[@pbsuite]

Sukuna is the mc 😢😢😢

[@purple-47]

I just realize that if Mahito found Tengen he could kill everybody all at once.

[@darkking4748]

Siamese twin theory got confirmed. Good thinking

[@MstarSmith]

Great content and very eloquently presented. Well done

[@leoki4804]

Incredible break down! The details of scenarios, names and causes. So many thoughts I’ve wanted to express in your video. How Mahitos “completion” was giving up his technique he was trying to perfect, to be more like Yuji and focused on him rather than beyond him like Sukuna. The tiger and dragon view of Yuji to Sukuna, adding to that Sukuna put a hole in Yujis heart shown by the first intro of the city being a beating heart and with his flames made a hole then allowing Yuji to feel the pain. To that Sukuna breaking the narrative was him living his destiny with the will to be free (free will actualized) and everyone else following their fate (their power out side of personal control.) (F.J. Schelling on Human Freedom, beautiful book.) Could Yuji be Sukunas copy with morals?? Will Yuji fulfill his mission of being the one to “consume” Sukuna? (We were told someone will be consumed.) Glad you mentioned how what happens in people’s mind, the visuals are by the characters design ex: Jogo and Toji specifically, with Choso’s being by blood. Don’t know much about Buddha and Zero beyond Ragnorok show but it seems similar to Sukuna and Yuji. Thanks for the great video!

[@MrSingh-bi6mt]

Loved the video, amd specially it didn't strike me that sukuna has been doimg what yuji wants to do unintentionally.Which gives even more depth not only to characters but story as a whole.And it shows how well thought out jjk is as a story where most people say its shallow, but i personally dont believe that. And also one thing that i would like to add to your point is regarding sukuna's open domain, it is only sukuna's domain that is considered "divine".Not because its only open domain but there's more to it. His domain actually makes him able to bring out pinnacle of jujutsu as it is supposed to be. Eg: we also saw kenjaku using open domain but his domain isn't considered domain, because he himself isn't divine in any form neither is his jujutsu.And it is clearly seen that not only is he not a match for satoru gojo but also yuta, and neither of them has open domain.And if just having open domain makes.you divine kenjaku would be up there in the verse with sukuna and somewhat above gojo as well, but he isn't. And also another thing, people started believing that binding vow is a cheat code and you can gain immeasurable strength.But that is not true, let me give a few example, miwa for example, she basically gave up her whole sorcerer career in order to kill kenjaku in that blow but even with the binding vow it didn't matter.It amounted to nothing.Mei mei uses crow, and cheats the system in a way because only she can use crow, so she sacrifices a life to gain somewhat special grade level attack potency, but in front of people superior to her that amounts to nothing. In the same way, even if people knows about open domain and lets say you make a binding vow inder to make a open domain, it still wouldn't matter.Because you need to give give equal amount to soemthing back which not many people can do, and also there potential as a sorcerer also comes into play for that(like kenjaku eg). So even if people started making open domains it still wouldn't be considered divine because basically they are not on that level.

[@Trouble_90210]

The Pain theme song is a nice touch

[@AJ-kt5zo]

Think the barriers will collapse causing curse spirits or something even crazier like Deities Entities Curse Spirits Global.

[@PocketKaiju]

Hi, i really enjoy your videos as they make me appreciate jjk way more than i already did(and i already enjoyed it lots)! You deserve more subs!

[@R7dman]

Thank you so much!

[@kokmom4034]

ISAYAMA PLEASEEEEEE TAKE GEGE'S MANGA AND CONTINUE IT, I WANT THE MERGER 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@RedShadowAMV]

Hi radman! I think you're the best jjk tuber, always looking forward to your analysis stuff!

[@R7dman]

Aye that means the world thank you!

[@jeppykun05]

JJK is basically Megumi as a manga. So much potential that was wasted from it being one of the best written shonen series of all time.

[@jsemicolona]

21:46 It wasn't until Radman said this and showed the anime scene that I saw Mahito killed Nanami in a somewhat similar way to Sukuna, killing Gojo. Nanami had his top half destroyed by idol transfiguration, and Sukuna bisected Gojo, and all you really saw were his legs standing there afterward

[@shayanm9944]

The stories biggest what?!?!😂

[@Rez_97]

11:00 and now only megumi can be saved by yuji

[@MorTphyr]

This video was really good man

[@effortless4588]

5:29 Ohh brother you cooked here, this convinced me hes based on that legend

[@falsegod3164]

Love ur vids man keep it up

[@The_Emperor823]

THIS AGED LIKE MILK LMAO

[@SebThaGoat]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that notices when character do tht, look at the reader, Saturn has been doing it in one piece on egghead sense he transformed

[@AJ-kt5zo]

❤

[@BaggyBitesGames]

boooy do I have bad news

[@angelbbyi]

great video as always

[@jacobstarnes8530]

Mahito being the merger would be peak fiction

[@CTurtle1106]

Great vid

[@Marcusaurelius_a]

This is such a good video wow

[@ognjen89]

Gege’s hometown legend about the centipede that kills all the others is really reminiscent of Sukuna’s innate domain, with him sitting on a pile of what looks like corpses.

[@theoutbackpandas8641]

This is your final chance to start doing JJK live reads again, otherwise I'm getting Gege involved

[@Jerry03702]

Wake up baby, the goat uploaded a new video🔥

[@Akagami_no__]

Loved the video

[@zineprixmenu4373]

God rad i feel So Bad for you i also wanted the merger to happen

[@basalt9628]

By some time i had a little theory that satoro is spired by sans from undertale Both of them Have blue shiny eyes (sans's sometimes is yellow) have power over blue and red Have main color as blue Have a white head And today i watched a video that basically gave me more evidences of it The video said that both of them also Have a blue jacket and black shorts Both of them are comedians that dont take battles too seriously Both of them died to a unexpected slash And know i realised two other things both of them had their ahh beated by a child possessed by a spirit and both of them have millions of girl simps

[@SEaglePacks]

You cooked ngl

[@smollkawk780]

I think Yuji finna be the next curse king or become a curse himself, my theory is bc he's like sukuna half human half curse. Plus there has yet to be an explanation for his huge buffs and his weird hands

[@AJ-kt5zo]

That sir is a interesting/ world expanding makes me there was HEIAN Era Arc-Saga 📸📷📷📸 back .

[@Kokolitofora]

Great vid, but there's one problem, the main cast needs to lose in order for the merger to even happen, so the only way we see the merger is in the context of a tragic ending.

[@samramsey4049]

Great video! Love getting to see your JJK deep dives. What was the song that was playing around 2:00??

[@bipderp]

Pains theme from Naruto

[@samramsey4049]

@@bipderp Thank you so much!!!

[@saawysorenson4585]

with the way the story has been going, Sukuna just might break the binding vow that says all culling came players must die before the merger and activate it when he gets cornered.

[@MC-li1lo]

ANOTHER BANGER

[@jeppykun05]

maybe in another universe will we get this

[@VanBarrett-fo8tc]

Wow great video

[@Soupgirlpeasant]

Megumi gonna activate that merger for sure

[@JoyBoyRogers]

Yuji domain expansion “ Benevolence Shrine”

[@s.o.m.e.o.n.e.]

I actually quite like this take on jjk : )

[@rfigueiredomusic]

Yeah I think the merger is about to be yuji. I mean Kenjaku said to yuji he had high hopes for him.

[@alexisthompson376]

He can be a cog still, but as with real mechanisms, you can add a power to any cog. Yuji can be the one to power everyone else with his mental cog analogy. The mentality of the people in this universe can define their power, the way they interpret cursed energy. Yuji just needs to have a slight change in view, to choose to act on the world around him, not just react like he has done with his cog analogy. Mahoraga was able to imbue pure positive cursed energy (not just multiplied negative cursed energy) into their first attack in the fight against Sukuna, so why can't a human do the same? The power system is currently only built on half of what's truly possible with cursed energy. Why can't Yuji, the one who understands the soul now and is actively trying to save his friend, not just defeating Sukuna. Mix the 2, and you have done the exact same thing Gojo did with his purple. Since Yuji doesn't have a cursed technique to lock his perception, he can show the true depths of cursed energy when he unlocks the purest expression of cursed energy

[@ruanaiub7859]

If you think about it the cursed spirit from the merger is like Panda and Itadori Sukuna and Mahito are the 3 cores

[@triumphoverdeath]

You can be afraid to die and still have nihilistic beliefs, Nihilism doesnt erase fear.

[@Maab134]

whenever yuji has faced mahito and sukuna his two arch nemesis, the theme of strong and weak is shown as to how weak animals becomes prey for the stronger ones predators, sukuna said this to yuji when he asked him why you kill sukuna said why are you so weak why a weak creature strive for life when it can be obliterated with touch the analogy of insects was shown as to how we humans crush them without remorse

[@Problemsolver434]

I think Yuji will be thw vessel to hold the merger (like the star plasma vessel) and Yuta will copy the six eyes indirectly by copying the seance technique. Thereby bringing back what Kenjaku said

[@mynamenoturname5832]

didnt understand a fuck but simply gege is planning a masterpiece

[@user-kr2lb1pk2o]

Maybe sukunas kodoku ritual was in his mother’s womb in a way. I mean it’s said he absorbed his brother in the womb.

[@mastername5373]

I'm on the board that the Merger will be the second coming of Mahito and Yuji will kill him like he said he would.

[@notebookkubay]

24:53 Maybe that was a little bit of Geto slippin' out?

[@notebookkubay]

Oh mb

[@devilmolten]

Could this mean that Sukuna is Kenjaku's first try at a merger?

[@idoy02]

lovely video

[@astro-ko3cu]

Fantastic

[@talkingbtr-82a76]

Holy shit Its the Yappening

[@chiymai]

Seems like the merger might not even come out as a Godzilla monster , and come out as some sort of humanoid life form but just super op. Even stronger than Sukuna

[@AJ-kt5zo]

Weird 😨🤔🤔😨😶‍🌫️😬 interesting and l like your outside thinking.

[@doobie19]

Praying it happens, no hate to sukuna i just need that pinultimate threat man.

[@mattc4266]

AMAZING VIDEO

[@magna7446]

I'm so sorry

[@lemillion7929]

Coookkkk

[@sohibz3818]

New chapter make your idea kinda make sense. Sukuna have twins? Eating each other because of hunger?

[@سلمانقتل]

Good video👍

[@سلمانقتل]

Sukuna The one true 🐐🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cellovandervegte8986]

So about the merger…

[@lmntlbreakdown7202]

Thoughtful Good vid

[@azurazar-w6x]

Aged like milk, Micky mouse ending and manga 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@lvlv9202]

I know this is off topic, but what if that fire arrow Sakuna did during the shabuya arc is actually yuji cursed technique? 🤔

[@Chaos_ultima]

It's a good theory but the way he talks about it to jogo makes it sound like he had it before

[@AJ-kt5zo]

​@@Chaos_ultima Exactly 💯💯 agree with😮😊😊😮 you makes wonder and think of a comment someone else's comment said that black 🖤🤎🤎🖤 open is literally a form of sorcery beyond quote on quote normal or even advanced it's literally kaisen .

[@Galvanizerr]

What you think about Sukuna telling Jogo that he could've been as strong as Gojo?

[@AJ-kt5zo]

Weird interesting

[@cake6851]

Honestly speaking, I think Gege has already told us how Jujutsu Kaisen is going to end. The Shinjuku showdown and the shibuya incident are the same arc. With each of the primary villains just being an evolved form of the last. We all know Mahito is a lesser Sukuna. A mini natural calamity. Whats not talked about enough is that Kenjaku is just a more ambitious Jogo. Both longing for the dawn of a new age and willing to work with anyone to bring about this age. Both died getting what they wanted. Jogo died reviving Sukuna if only for about 30 minutes. Kenjaku died to something even he cannot control. So at the end of the shibuya incident, Kenjaku begins the culling games reviving old sorcerers and creating new sorcerers. It is almost a near certainty that at the end of the shinjuku showdown that Sukuna will start the merger.

[@DesmondWainaina-fm6kj]

Damn.You cooked ngl.😮

[@viktordjambov1437]

Bro i totally forgot about the merger, who knows if Gege remembers too at this point

[@lilsmileyg2777]

It was talked about in ch 247 when sukuna eat tegen

[@dxdboy7418]

at this point I don’t think dumbasses like you even read the manga

[@user-gk5mt9ox5f]

Sukunas defeat will mirror Gojo and Toji fs