Highlights
- Yuji Itadori's character has gone through significant challenges and transformations throughout the series, leading up to his current battle against the King of Curses.
- The fates of other major characters in Jujutsu Kaisen, such as Gojo, Nobara, and Megumi, are uncertain, with some speculation that they may be dead.
- Yuji is positioned as the key to the series' conclusion and may play a crucial role in defeating both the King of Curses and realizing the ambitions of the main antagonist, Kenjaku.
In all modern anime, only a select few characters are as important and as instantly recognizable as Yuji Itadori. As the protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen, he is loved by innumerable fans across the globe and has received unanimous praise as being one of the most likable and best shonen protagonists in recent memory due to his charismatic personality, hilarious antics and genuine regard for his friends and loved ones.
However, many fans argue that recently in the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, Yuji has been sidelined in favor of other characters and hasn't gotten much of a moment to shine for quite a while. Even though this opinion is held by many in the community, it is still quite apparent that the writer of the series, Gege Akutami, is laying the groundwork for something big for Yuji, so let's take a look at what that may be.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Gege Reveals The Best Reverse Cursed Technique User
The best user of Reverse Cursed technique is revealed in JJK 245.
How Did We Get Here?
Yuji's character and personality have not changed much from the very start of the series. Ever since the first episode of the anime, Yuji was shown to be incredibly strong for no apparent reason at the time and could even detect some semblance of cursed energy despite never having trained in it. After officially becoming a Jujutsu sorcerer, Yuji was able to find his Cursed Technique and has since been using it to exorcize curses. Eventually, Yuji would eat a Sukuna Finger, manifesting the Cursed Spirit within himself which would often come out and wreak havoc whenever a certain number of fingers were fed to Yuji, though he could still control it.
In the Shibuya Incident arc, Yuji played a pivotal role multiple times in the story where he killed many Cursed Spirits and transfigured humans. However, after his defeat at the hands of Choso, Sukuna awoke within his body and proceeded to kill thousands of people and lay waste to almost all of Shibuya with his various destructive abilities. After Sukuna turns back into Yuji and shows him what he has done, Yuji is left traumatized.
After fighting Mahito and witnessing Nobara's death, Yuji eventually strengthens his resolve even more and defeats the Special Grade Curse. Going into the Culling Game arc, Yuji's primary objective is to figure out a way to free Gojo from the Prison Realm in order to defeat Kenjaku and prevent him from realizing his plans. However, Sukuna would eventually gain control of Megumi and reach a level far above everyone else, hindering their plans greatly.
After Gojo's eventual freedom, the strongest of the modern era would fight Sukuna in an incredible and very close battle that would see Sukuna emerge victorious. After Kashimo's unsuccessful plan of trying to put an end to the King of Curses, Yuji finally drops into the battle against the curse he once housed within himself alongside Higuruma to put an end to him for good.
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Inherited Cursed Techniques are techniques in Jujutsu Kaisen that are not formed from the characters' minds. So what are they?
Could Things End Badly For Yuji?
Ever since the very first episode or manga chapter of Jujutsu Kaisen, fans have been speculating about how the series may end. After enduring an incredible amount of trauma that has made him question himself and his role in the world, Yuji now faces off against the King of Curses in what is looking to be the climactic battle of the series, where the main hero finally faces off against the main villain.
In a past interview at Jump Festa, Gege Akutami revealed that among Gojo and the 3 first-year students at Jujutsu High, either all of them will die except for one, or one of them will die and the other 3 will be left alive. Seeing how the series is going so far, it wouldn't be hard to assume that the former option is what the writer of the series is going for right now.
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However, out of all of them, only one of the group is confirmed to be dead, with the others having very vague fates and Yuji still being alive. Gojo met his end by the hands of Sukuna after their fight when he was sliced into 2 pieces by Sukuna adapting to the Limitless Technique. Nobara's fate is still vague because, although she hasn't been seen in over 100 chapters, she was also not present in Gojo's vision after his death, a vision that showed all of his deceased comrades and friends.
Megumi is also left in a very ambiguous state. After Sukuna invades his body, he left the adaptation of Gojo's Infinite Void to Megumi's soul instead of his own, making him take the brunt of all that damage. Moreover, Sukuna finally transforms into his true form and all semblance of Megumi is gone from him, leading many to think that Megumi is also dead.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Sukuna Vs Yuji And Higuruma Begins
The fight Yuji and Higuruma vs Sukuna has finally begun in the JJK manga.
This just leaves Yuji. In his fight against Sukuna, Yuji is on the path to finally realizing his true Cursed Technique that he will use to defeat the King of Curses, just as was hinted very early on in the series. Gojo said that due to his resistance to Sukuna, Yuji's body would eventually absorb Sukuna's cursed energy and adopt his Cursed Technique, which may just be happening as seen with the transformation of Yuji's arms into monster-like claws.
It was also revealed that Yuji's mother was, in fact, Kenjaku and that Yuji is a Cursed Womb Death Painting similar to Choso. This was done in an effort to enact Kenjaku's goal that he had been planning for around 1000 years, which consists of merging all residents of Japan with Master Tengen to optimize cursed energy and produce an all-powerful Cursed Spirit. Since he needed Sukuna to realize this plan, he made sure to create the perfect vessel for him to reincarnate into; Yuji Itadori.
Whatever happens at the end of the series, Yuji is the key to all of it. After fully adopting Sukuna's abilities, Yuji is primed to be the one to finally put him down and in doing so, may even realize Kenjaku's ambitions. Yuji is the last hope for the world and is also one of the last people left alive to fulfill Gojo's goal of creating a new and very powerful generation of Jujutsu sorcerers that will make the world a better place for sorcerers and non-sorcerers alike.
Jujutsu Kaisen can be streamed on Amazon Prime and Netflix.
