don't mind me going through your ao3 and tumblr into a new itafushi spiral. Can i ask what are your thoughts on their near future in the manga? I'm terrified of Gege and whatever his master evil mind can throw at these babies 😖
I don't mind at all!! I hope you enjoy both my blog & ao3!! ☺️💕
Meta/analysis isn't really something I attempt beyond trying to get a feel for characters in order to properly characterize them in fic, but your question piqued my interest so I re-read the last like 30ish chapters to remind myself of the overall plot & this kinda got away from me lol. But here's my guess for how the manga might play out going forward:
As a recap, here's the Culling Game's initial rules shown in ch.143:
In ch.158, Megumi suggests adding 2 new rules to the culling game which could potentially save Tsumiki:
Point exchanges between players to offset Rule 8
The spending of points to allow players get out of the game if they bring a substitute non-player in their stead (however, this rule may conflict with the "long-lasting effect" of the game and is not their first priority rule to set)
Their other objective is to free Gojo from the Prison Realm. In order to do that, Tengen advises they find the reincarnated Kurusu Hana, the "Angel" sorcerer from 1,000 years ago, whose cursed technique can nullify other cursed techniques (ch. 145). Last we knew, she's on the east side of Tokyo No.2 colony.
Maki returns to the Zen'in clan to collect the cursed tools they took from Jujutsu High's warehouse (plus annihilates them, praise her), after which, she plans to join Panda. Yuuta agreed to enter a distant colony the culling game in order to scout it out.
Rule 9 is added: "Players shall have access to information on other players, such as name, points, number of rules added, and current colony". This is done by Kashimo Hajime, a reincarnated sorcerer from 400 years ago, who appears to be looking for Sukuna in Tokyo No.2 colony (ch. 158). He still has 100 points, even after adding a rule.
After our boys convince Hakari to help, he and Panda go to Tokyo No.2 colony. Of course, Yuuji and Megumi go together to Tokyo No.1 colony to hunt down Higuruma for his 100 points. They're also interested in hunting down Kashimo. They're split up upon entry; Yuuji is lead to Ikebukuro where he finds Higuruma and Rule 10 is added; Higuruma also transfers one of his points to Yuuji (ch. 167).
This is where it gets a little confusing for me. Remi lies that Higuruma is in Shinjuku in ch. 162:
In ch. 163, Megumi tells Remi not to cut through Ikebukuro to get to Shinjuku (where he's been mislead to believe Higuruma is) but she insists on visiting her "base" there, where they encounter Reggie.
Reggie mentions in ch. 167 that they're in Tokyo No.2 colony, however, I wonder if this is a typo since the chapter titles throughout this arc have stated that they're in Tokyo No.1 colony. Assuming it is an error, and that Megumi was lead to Ikebukuro, it's possible Yuuji and Megumi may reunite sometime after the end of Megumi's battle with Reggie. (Granted, this might just be wishful thinking on my part since, as you said, Gege can be an evil mastermind haha, so it might be a while yet before he actually reunites our boys. 😣 Which kills me because they just reunited!! They are a package set, do not separate!!!)
If I'm right about the both of them being in Ikebukuro then hopefully they'll meet up sooner rather than later. They've achieved their goal of adding Rule 10 to save Tsumiki; she had roughly 7 days left to declare her participation in the game but that's all we really know about her at the moment. So I imagine that their next course of action might be one of these:
Find Tsumiki, since she'll presumably need to declare participation in order for them to exchange points with her
Go to Tokyo No.2 colony to find either Kashimo or Angel + meet up with Hakari, Panda, and Maki (if she's there)
Given the colony barriers seem to split up participants upon entry and that cell reception doesn't work inside them, I'm not sure how our boys are going to avoid being continuously separated even if they do reunite in Tokyo No.1 colony. 😅 I hope Gege will keep them together for the most part though.
I'd love to see them meet up with Tsumiki tbh. I'm curious about her character and how she'll deal with being a sorcerer, plus I want to see Megumi interact with his sister (and I want Yuuji to meet her! She's been such an impactful person in Megumi's life, just as Yuuji has, and I want them to be bffs). I also wonder whether Kashimo will seek out Yuuji to find Sukuna now that he has a way of tracking down which colony sorcerers are in (if he even knows about Yuuji being Sukuna's vessel). Not to mention, all of the students are going to be criminals in the Jujutsu Headquarters eyes for attempting to release Gojo, but I imagine their reign might eventually come to an end in much the same way the Zen'in clan's did. It's certainly going to be an interesting arc regardless!
Hi! another chilean :) We def use gringo as an insult or, at least, a judgemental adjective. For us, it means "person from the usa", "white, blue eyed, most of the time rich turist" and also "clueless/irresponsible/stupid white turist". And go off about that ridiculous song, please 🔥
see where i’m from gringo is most definitely clueless stupid white tourist lmao i just didn’t want to assume everyone sees it that way bc it COULD be neutral but like. if there’s a white tourist who’s nice and considerate he’s not a gringo to us. he’s simply brazilian now. he a lil confused but he’ll get it eventually
my mom used to work for a multinational so she was directly under ppl from the us, and her boss was from the us but moved here, and we never called her gringa because she spoke pretty good portuguese and liked feijoada on wednesdays. that’s all we needed she was brazilian in our stupid affectionate hearts
Hi! hope you are healthy and safe :) I was wondering (and I'm sorry if you already answered this), do you ever use betas for your writting? If you do, how do you chose them?
I always use betas. I know there may have been a fic here or there that I didn’t use one, but that’s really rare. Personally, I find betas really helpful to my writing process. One, I’m not all that great at grammar, to be honest. And punctuation escapes me. Even though I’ve learned a lot more about it through my betas. I also really find it useful to hear a person’s reactions to parts of the story so I can see if it’s what I was aiming for. Also they can let me know if there is a pacing issue, if something hasn’t been explained well enough (I can be too subtle for my own good sometimes). And sometimes just having to explain a writing decision to someone else really helps solidify it in my own mind. (I also have one beta whose job is just to yell positive things at me about the fic: my squee beta. I highly recommend squee betas. Yes, at this point I have about five betas for big projects like Armistice, each providing an essential aspect for me.)
Now getting a beta can be really complicated. You can just make a post and say you’re looking for someone to take a quick look at a fic for you. I think in this instance it is really important to set up expectations beforehand. Let that person know exactly what kind of beta you are looking for (plot? characterization? Just a quick grammar check? Brit pick? etc, and what you are not looking for--for example you really just want to get the thing posted and aren’t looking to tear anything apart). And if you end up working well together, then you can keep on as long as you both are interested. Keep in mind though, that beta-ing is a skill just like writing or making art or writing meta; it’s not something just anyone can do. And that a good beta is there to help you write the story you want to write, not for them to tell you what to do, or get angry if you don’t listen to what they say. Also, betas never get as much credit as they deserve, in my opinion.
At this point, almost all of my betas are people I built relationships with before they became a beta. Either just through fannish interactions on tumblr or discord, or through discussions through comments on one of my fics. It’s only once we’ve known each other a while that they might offer or I might ask.
Finding a beta you can have a healthy, helpful relationship with is a very difficult task, but it can be really rewarding, and personally I know it makes me a better writer. And it makes me more productive! That being said, there is nothing wrong with choosing to write without a beta for whatever reason you might have. It’s all about just finding what works for you, and what you want to get out of the experience.
I'm supposed to be off tumblr but can we talk about love, creekwood, pretty please? If it's not to weird for me to come here and talk you out of nowhere, obs :)
ahaha of course! send me anything you want to discuss!
I just have to say I love your energy!! All your characters have a bit of that nervious but really authentic playfullness of answering something very quick and then double checking because oh, that may have sounded weird. I love it!! It cracks me up everytime I see you in my dash
oh wow thank you, that means so much! i often worry about my acting tbh but this really made me smile so thank you, you’re so sweet 😊
