Inhuman Makyo Shinjuku Showdown, Part 38 (
Summary
Yuta Okkotsu was bluffing when he told Sukuna that Rika consumed his last finger. The truth is revealed as an ally long thought dead makes a surprising return to help Yuji and Megumi end the cycle of curses once and for all.
Plot Details
While undergoing replacement training and having their souls swapped, Yuta asked Gojo to give him Sukuna's last finger so Rika could ingest it and copy Shrine for him. Gojo disapproved of the idea, as consuming the finger wouldn't be enough for Yuta to analyze its techniques. Yuta agreed with the statement, remembering when he learned more about Cursed Speech from Inumaki. Gojo believed they should keep the last finger to not lose their connection with Sukuna and gamble for an opportunity to exploit it. He then suggested another way for Yuta to copy Shrine.
Some time later, Yuta discussed the conditions of his technique with Yuji, Mei Mei, and Ui Ui. In order to copy a cursed technique, Rika needed to consume a part of the original owner's body. Depending on the technique he is copying and how many times he wants to use it, the body part and amount of it changes, meaning Rika needs to consume a body part more vital to a sorcerer in order to copy a stronger technique. However, Yuta could circumvent this condition by limiting the number of times he uses the technique with a binding vow. Yuji wondered if it was possible for Yuta to copy Gojo's Limitless and Hakari's technique without disabling them since they could use reverse cursed technique to regenerate the missing body parts. Yuta refuted this idea, revealing that a consumed body part that is then regenerated would cease to meet the requirements of Copy. Inumaki and Hana allowed him to use their arms since they couldn't be healed with modern medicine or reverse cursed technique, while Charles had to lose a rib for Yuta to copy his G Warstaff.
Mei Mei quietly cautioned Yuta against revealing this information to Yuji, worried about the resonance between Yuji and Sukuna. Yuta assured her that he will only put his plan into motion right before they fight Sukuna and give Yuji the minimum amount of necessary information. He reasoned that even if Yuji and Sukuna's resonance could detect physical changes, Sukuna wouldn't be able to detect Yuji's thoughts or information since Yuji couldn't vice versa. With the chaos that will follow after Gojo's fight, Yuta doubts Sukuna would learn about the plan, but more than anything he didn't want to distract Yuji before it. Yuta then told Yuji that Shrine was engraved in him and asked him to let him copy it.
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"You better be happy, boys!"
In the present, Sukuna notices that Yuji is missing two fingers on his left hand. Remembering that he only removed the little finger to incarnate in Megumi, Sukuna recalls Yuta's words about his last finger and realizes that it was a bluff, as Yuta copied Shrine using Yuji's finger instead of his. At the secret location that held Sukuna's last finger, Gakuganji and Utahime overlook the cursed object. The Kyoto Jujutsu High wonders how a cursed technique could penetrate the special grade cursed object when it is impervious to physical force and jujutsu sorcery alike. Utahime reveals that it could be done with a binding vow that forgoes destroying the cursed object in order to allow the technique's effects to pass through, though she is more worried about the condition of a person who hasn't even been awake for half an hour. That person is revealed to be Nobara Kugisaki, adorned with an eyepatch as she tells her friends to rejoice!
Striking a nail through the finger, Nobara activates Resonance, causing multiple nails to subsequently burst out of Sukuna's chest! Recognizing Nobara's technique, a panicking Sukuna realizes that his technique was disrupted, preventing him from expanding his domain and subjecting him to Yuji's domain's sure-hit effect. Smiling with the knowledge that his friend is alive, Yuji activates the sure-hit effect and rends Sukuna's soul with Dismantle before kneeing him in the face. The two then engage in hand-to-hand combat as Yuji punches Sukuna squarely in the face, forcing him to throw up the fingers he ingested. As they trade blows, Sukuna remains confident that Yuji would lose; the boy has expended too much cursed energy to conjure the domain that he couldn't even heal himself with reverse cursed technique.
A glancing blow to his face followed by a double impact surprises Sukuna and leaves him open to attacks. As he looks down at Yuji, the latter charges up cursed energy in his right fist before announcing to Sukuna that it is time to end his cycle of curses. With a powerful uppercut to Sukuna's abdomen that triggers a Black Flash, the King of Curses is knocked out as his eyes roll back, signaling the end of the fight.
Character in Order of Appearances
- Satoru Gojo (Flashback)
- Yuta Okkotsu (Flashback)
- Toge Inumaki (Flashback)
- Mei Mei (Flashback)
- Ui Ui (Flashback)
- Takako Uro (Flashback)
- Hana Kurusu (Flashback)
- Charles Bernard (Flashback)
- Kinji Hakari (Flashback)
- Aoi Todo (Mentioned)
- Yuji Itadori
- Sukuna
- Megumi Fushiguro (Mentioned)
- Yoshinobu Gakuganji
- Utahime Iori
- Nobara Kugisaki
Battles & Events
- Jujutsu Sorcerers vs. Sukuna
Locations
- Tokyo
- Shiromaru Dam Control Lake (Fantasy)
Jujutsu
Author's Comment
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Gege Akutami |
I’m putting all meanings into the word “Chronicle.” Areeeeeeeenaaaaaaaa!! | |