Sukuna’s potential weakness(?), ideals and irritation with Yuji
I find Sukuna’s monologue special, as it is rare that we ever get to see what he’s thinking.
I think Gege is beginning to reveal how Jujutsu High will win against Sukuna. If not with solely strength, then certainly by extension of their ideals.
What I believe we got is one of Sukuna’s weaknesses being that he’s lacking in great ideals.
As Sukuna has said a number of times, he lives by default of his nature and nothing more. He eats when he wants to, plays whenever he wants, so on and so forth. But that’s it. Nothing more.
^This quote was initially said during Kashimo’s final moments.
Kashimo was the first to question Sukuna on his ideals with “Doesn’t that get old?”
And I think it actually does, whether or not Sukuna wants to admit that. That in of itself could be his fatal flaw. To simply chase after the thrill of battle with the occasional amusing opponent (i.e. Gojo Satoru, Higuruma) would naturally become boring in the long run especially if the opportunity is far and few between.
He quite literally had Kenjaku divide his soul into several cursed objects (20 fingers), jumping 1,000 years into the future to experience a different era of sorcerers. He’s a freak fr 😭
Anyways, Sukuna’s monologue also reveals something else. It shows that Sukuna’s ideals pale in comparison to Yuji’s who will stop at nothing to rid the world of the calamity known as Sukuna.
In shonen fashion, Yuji’s purpose is selfless and for the greater good.
^Here, Sukuna is describing a clear distinction of what separates Heian era sorcerers from the ones of today. The sorcerers he was up against had ideals that were boastful and built on pride. They wanted to see how their individual strength faired against the King of Curses.
This was alluded to in Chapter 3 regarding sorcerers from the Golden Age.
“…Sorcerers had sharpened their skills against him…”
In other words, they fought for themselves. Similar to Sukuna, it was for self satisfaction and nothing more. They were weaker to him in more ways than strength and it showed in their convictions.
Yuji is weaker than Sukuna, but where where his strength matches the King of Curses is through sheer will and ideals. Unlike those he mowed down in the Heian era, Yuji devotion is unwavering.
It goes without saying and Nobara said it best:
If it’s just pain, Yuji will never stop.
That is what irritates the living out hell out of Sukuna. And having once inhabiting the same body, he’s fully aware of this fact.
