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Jujutsu Kaisen - Manga Spoiler thread (Untagged spoilers)

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#276: Jul 27th 2024 at 1:23:55 AM

Seething Sukuna looks great.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#277: Jul 27th 2024 at 1:31:40 AM

Nothing better than him receiving an undignified death after seeing characters like Gojo and Kashimo sucking his dick.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Samaldin Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#278: Jul 27th 2024 at 2:30:19 AM

I´m pretty sure the physical fight is over, otherwise it makes no sense why Sukuna is back in his Yujikuna form and neither he nor Yuji show any damage.

Also sidenote: from what i´ve read online it appears that Yuji domain sign is linked to a bodhisattva who refuses to reach nirvana until all souls have been guided to enlightenment and the hells are empty. Making him a patron to all hellbound beings. I don´t like the idea of Yuji trying to help Sukuna move on (beyond sending him to his next reincarnation), but it seems somewhat fitting.

Jcppcntn98 (Pilot) Relationship Status: Norwegian Wood
#279: Jul 27th 2024 at 3:12:13 AM

[up] It also aligns nicely with the idea of guiding people to a "proper death" that he had at the beginning of the series.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#280: Jul 27th 2024 at 6:31:18 PM

Idk, the idea of Sukuna getting defeated not by getting a grand fight with a superior opponent but just being sent straight to the afterlife peacefully just feels like the perfect "Fuck you" to him.

Codafett Knows-Many-Things Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for you *wink*
Knows-Many-Things
#281: Jul 28th 2024 at 4:36:10 AM

Indeed. Plus, the villain getting all his powers back right after getting absolutely mauled for multiple chapters is a good way to make it seem like they're going to win before yanking it away and sending them off. Demon Slayer and My Hero both did that.

Just Having Fun
TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#282: Jul 31st 2024 at 8:23:58 PM

Well, I don't know all the details going on from the scans atm, but there's one major thing confirmed.

Nobara is indeed dead, Yuji confirms it.

OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#283: Jul 31st 2024 at 8:43:02 PM

I definitely felt that was the case considering everyone else they showed were also dead. Even Mahito shows up.

Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
SomeNewGuy Since: Jun, 2009
#284: Jul 31st 2024 at 8:46:50 PM

Gege doing a woman character dirty? Color me shocked. >.>

asterism from the place I'm at Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#286: Jul 31st 2024 at 9:12:49 PM

Gege should have confirmed this a looooooooooong time ago.

Edited by slimcoder on Jul 31st 2024 at 9:13:02 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#287: Jul 31st 2024 at 9:35:12 PM

I mean technically they did with the scene where Yuji asks and Megumi only responds by looking down bitterly. Her death remains one of the most pointless things in the manga though so I don't feel anything at this point.

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ThreeFacedMan from The Downunderverse Since: Apr, 2013
#288: Aug 1st 2024 at 3:47:43 AM

Was expecting it but it still sucks. Nobara was so fun and had a lot of potential, she was the token girl on the Shonen team done interestingly at last and left the likes of Sakura in the dust.

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#289: Aug 1st 2024 at 4:10:24 AM

Honestly she didn't do that much, she had not having a shallow crush over Sakura but she was irrelevant to the overall narrative and then died as a tool for Yuji's suffering. We need to stop giving shounen girls awards for doing the bare minimum for seemingly doing better than Sakura especially very early on into a manga's lifespan (seemingly being the key word here because I honestly think Sakura's overall characterisation and relevancy is better than Nobara)

Edited by Mami on Aug 1st 2024 at 12:11:46 PM

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
ThreeFacedMan from The Downunderverse Since: Apr, 2013
#290: Aug 1st 2024 at 4:18:54 AM

I feel like Nobara had a more mature (relative to the Shonen genre at least) characterization than Sakura. Her motivation is independent of a getting a boy to like her, for starters. She's got a fun personality and isn't a tsundere stereotype. She had a lot of potential that just seems like it was squandered. Why couldn't she come back for the Culling Game? Maybe due to the unique soul-linking nature or whatever of both her Cursed Technique and Mahito's, have her develop Idle Transfiguration or something. Use that as an excuse for her to heal her eye. Plus with Idle Transfiguration, she could have played a role in defusing Tengen, or separating Sukuna from Megumi.

Chaosjunction Since: Feb, 2010
#291: Aug 1st 2024 at 3:52:52 PM

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Rather than mature, I'd say her portrayal was modern in a way you don't really see in shonen manga all that often.

The way she was at odds with rural life because she and her friend were ostracised for being different is the kind of thing that resonates with the modern Japanese teenager.

DoubleOG (Apprentice)
#292: Aug 1st 2024 at 4:07:42 PM

Remember when this manga was praised for it's treatment of it's female characters?

Pepperidge farm remembers...

Edited by DoubleOG on Aug 1st 2024 at 4:09:07 AM

Shadow-Whisperer Comedy guy from Tacoland Since: Jun, 2022
Comedy guy
#293: Aug 1st 2024 at 4:11:41 PM

Huh, reading the fan translation, it doesn't feel like Nobara being dead was meant to be a reveal for this chapter, and instead feels like Gege assumed the audience knew that she was dead all along, and just included her among the list of people close to Itadori who have died.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#294: Aug 1st 2024 at 4:18:57 PM

I mean it's kinda unlikely/late for her to pull any big surprise savings at this point and even if she did she'd get Sukuna'd like everyone anyway.

Chaosjunction Since: Feb, 2010
#295: Aug 1st 2024 at 5:10:36 PM

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That's because Gege told us she was dead 3 years ago.

RebelFalcon ULTRANumb from ... (Private)
#296: Aug 1st 2024 at 5:57:43 PM

Still feels like it was being needlessly dragged out at times even if it wasn't meant to be a big reveal. We had two big moments of Yuji mentioning Nobara and how it didn't seem like he knew she was dead, first when he met up with Megumi and Maki post-Shibuya, then when he thought Hana was gonna replace Nobara and him stating he didn't like the idea, and both opportunities would have been perfectly fine spots to mention, even in passing, that she was dead. Instead, it just moved past the conversation both times and left readers wondering about an Uncertain Doom for years, not helped by the last time we saw her having Arata Nitta claiming it's possible to save her, even if only a slim chance, as if the story was indeed leaving open the possibility she was alive.

If the intent was for her to be dead this entire time, maybe don't play coy with the readers and just say outright she didn't make it. At least the anime had the decency of giving a Really Dead Montage to hammer home this was her death, and make Arata's comment more copium for Yuji's sake.

Edited by RebelFalcon on Aug 1st 2024 at 8:58:31 AM

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Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Baby dango
#297: Aug 1st 2024 at 6:19:38 PM

I don't know, there really isn't much interpretation that make sense with Megumi going silent about Nobara and Yuji's reaction. Best case scenario was that she was in a coma, but Megumi would probably have explained of that was the case.

Chaosjunction Since: Feb, 2010
#298: Aug 1st 2024 at 7:08:38 PM

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The manga did not move past the question. Yuji asked Megumi if she was alive, Megumi was very clearly distraught and Yuji clearly understood what that meant. There's really no other way to read that scene.

asterism from the place I'm at Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#299: Aug 1st 2024 at 8:20:13 PM

Girl doesn't even get the dignity of an onscreen death. She's mortally injured, we get a "we might be able to save her" bit, and then 100 chapters later it's obliquely referred to that nope she actually died after all.

Bewitching Eyes
SomeNewGuy Since: Jun, 2009
#300: Aug 1st 2024 at 8:33:04 PM

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I honestly think Midnight of all characters was handled with more dignity and grace then Nobara was.


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