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This post is written after JJK chapter 256 leak, after Yuji Punch Sukuna in the guts with Black Flash. Yeah, that is fire right. We will get another break week for this, so Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 257 most probably will come on 18th April (leak ofc)
However i want to talk about pressing matter in Jujutsu Kaisen overall story. Yes, it is Sukuna problem.
What is Sukuna Problem?
In short, Sukuna problem is that he is too overpowered. So much so that any attempt to defeat him will feel like an asspulls.
Why is it A Problem?
If you see my previous post about How Dragon Ball handle Overpowered character, you will see that Sukuna does exactly opposite of that.
At none point of this manga that we feel, at least this far, that Sukuna can be defeated in some shape or form. The closest is Sukuna vs Gojo and we will talk about that
Sukuna Vs Gojo
It all started from here, not the fight but the aftermath. Gojo is defeated, yes but that is not where the problem lies. The actual problem is that Sukuna is not even going all out vs Gojo.
Per Gojo own statement. Sukuna is not even going all out against Gojo. This has a serious implication. All that tension from Gojo vs Sukuna is immediately Null and Void. Since because of that, at any point on His fight with Gojo, Sukuna could have kill Gojo right here and there.
Sukuna might not even need to use Mahoraga to kill Gojo at all.
Additional Statement
Statement we can trust that Sukuna is not going all out not only coming from Gojo, but also from Sukuna loyal follower, Uraume.
Per her statement and remember that this is right on Sukuna fight with Maki After Maki stabbed Sukuna through his chest “Sukuna is not serious”.
Accumulated Problem (Ch255)
Sukuna is recovering after his fight with Gojo. To do this he need more Reverse Cursed Energy. This can be amplified by the use of Black Flash.
The Problem is The Character that is supposed to kill Sukuna end up refreshing him more. One with Maki and second with Laure. Yeah, that is two Black Flashes.
To refresh your memory, a 2nd Black Flashrestored Gojo Satoru lost Reverse Curse Technique’s Output. It is safe to assume that something the same happened to Sukuna as well.
Some Semblance of Hope (Ch256)
With Chapter 256 released we can see that Sukuna is punched with a Black Flash from Yuji.
Will Sukuna be defeated? Very likely the answer is NO.
To top it off, with Next week a break leaving the chapter with a cliffhanger might be intentional from Gege part. However, there is some semblance of hope.
Yuji is the hope. Maki is down. Yuta is down (probably). Chapter 256 also bring some light about Yuji “Awakening”.
Depending about how Gege write it, Yuji awakening may not come as an asspull.
How to Mitigate this?
Here is many thing to write about how to defeat Sukuna, but how to not make it an asspull with Yuji Awakening? Let’s see the following picture
Yeah, it is Fate Stay Night Gilgamesh vs Shirou. It has the same problem with Jujutsu Kaisen, the Villain is ultimately too broken to be defeated by the main protagonist. However, as you can see in this picture, he is defeated all the same. Yes, you get it.
Sukuna is going to be defeated when he is about to get all out
This might be one of the way to it not ending as an aspull. Just like Gilgamesh, he was about to go all out by pulling out Ea. However it was all too late.
Since Gege is known to taking some reference from Fate Stay Night UBW, i don’t see this can’t happen too. IT IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE.
Closing thought
All in all that is how i think about it. Is it right? might be, something may be wrong, somethig may be right.
My point stands that depending on how this Last Arc of Jujutsu Kaisen is and How Gege Handle Sukuna as the Final Villain, it might makes Jujutsu Kaisen Story End up in jeopardy.