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I should have drawn Uncle Sukuna, it's too much for me to handle

Yuji puts stickers on his face and makes rings out of paper to imitate his cool uncle.

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please Jin, please get out of my head 😭😭😭😭

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk spoilers #jin itadori #This loser nerd is living rent-free in my head #I only think about drawing him in my studies #why I'm always obsessed with random characters?!

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They turned out so cute!

☆*:. o(≧▽≦)o .:*☆

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imagine with me.

the war is over.

The early morning night sky of December 25th is glowing above the wreckage of Shinjuku.

there is blood, fire and ash everywhere. and in the middle of all that, Momo, Inumaki and Kirara find Yuji holding Megumi in his arms, hugging him tightly and with tears falling silently from his face.

the three sorcerers fear what could have happened.

After everything, Megumi died??? it was in vain??

but then they notice the smile between the tears of the two fainted boys, Megumi's hands holding Yuji with the same strength as a shipwrecked man holding a lifeboat. they are broken, blood-soaked, and dust-stained, but they still shine and thrive.

Is Finished.

They are free to rest in each other's arms and heal their wounds together.

(later, Kirara will smile at them and say that they had to transport the two together, because of the strength with which they held each other, looking like two souls intertwined. the two will blush to the roots of their hair, but it is clear how Yuji holds the Megumi's hand with all the affection and care in the world).

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #megumi fushiguro #jjk spoilers #fushiguro megumi #itafushi #itadori yuji #fushiita #yuji itadori #inumaki toge #kirara hoshi #momo nishimiya

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((257 SPOILERS))

God, I was so worried about the black flash last week, especially because I remembered Megumi taking UV damage from Gojo five times, that I forgot we're talking about YUJI ITADORI!

My boy would never do that show if it meant hurting Megumi too.

he calculated everything so that Meg wouldn't get hurt. It's so tender and sweet. I'm so impressed with Yuji's strength, how he's fighting non-stop to help Meg!!!

I can't wait to see their reunion. I'm sure I'll cry.

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #megumi fushiguro #jjk spoilers #fushiguro megumi #itafushi #itadori yuji #fushiita #yuji itadori

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studying how to render clothes with Jin Itadori (I'm obsessed)

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk spoilers #jin Itadori #drawing study #render clothes #ibispaint art

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Jujutsu Kaisen cast slice of life illustrations from Phantom Parade

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Good bye, honey 👰🩸🤵

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #jjk spoilers #jin itadori #kaori itadori #kenjaku #I'm so obsessed with them #kenjaku x jin

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THEY THEY THEY

I love them so much..🥹🥹🥹

#fem itafushi #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #megumi fushiguro #fushiguro megumi #jjk spoilers #itadori yuji #itafushi #fushiita #gojo satoru

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*They save Megs* Megumi: What did I miss? Yuji: … Yuji: Sukuna is my uncle, Kenjaku is my mother, I learned to manipulate blood like Choso, I learned RCT and now I can touch people's souls. Megumi: … Yuji: … Yuji: I also memorized the Japanese penal code. Megumi: Nice.

#fushiguro megumi #jjk spoilers #itafushi #megumi fushiguro #itadori yuji #fushiita #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #yuji itadori #kenjaku #sukuna ryomen #choso kamo #jjk 257

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Ice cream time 😋🍨

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(( SPOILERS JJK 257 ))

dinners in the Itadori family became much more fun.

Sukuna teasing his nephew Yuji and the boyfriend Megumi,

Choso and Wasuke looking hatefully at Kaori/Kenjaku,

Jin trying to keep the table in harmony otherwise everyone will try to kill each other before dessert.

and Todo appearing out of nowhere to join the family.

These are my real family kaisen.

#jjk257 #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #megumi fushiguro #jjk spoilers #fushiguro megumi #itafushi #itadori yuji #yuji itadori #ryomen sukuna #ryoumen sukuna #jin itadori #kaori itadori #kenjaku #wasuke itadori #aoi todo #choso kamo #fushiita

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A brief study of Buddhist symbolism and Japanese mythology in Sukuna’s character:

➠ Sukuna, the fallen.

There is a recurrent figure in Buddhist texts known as Mara, the demon King of the Sixth Realm. His Japanese name Akuma (悪魔) is the same as Satan in Japanese Christianity and the uses of the word outside of the Buddhist texts, also appears in literary works, especially those written during the Heian period. In Japanese Buddhism, Akuma is typically depicted as an entity with a fiery head and flaming eyes, and carrying a sword, but the initial depiction of Mara shows some similarity to Sukuna’s design as a character.

Here are illustrations of Mara for reference (1st one is Mara and the 2nd one is his demons):

Now, who is Mara?

He is a malevolent king, associated with death, rebirth and desire, who continuously tried to stop Prince Siddhartha (Buddha) from attaining Enlightenment and is the personification of the forces antagonistic to it. During his final encounter with Siddhartha, Mara is said to have challenged him to a duel to determine who would become Enlightened and lost, in that sense he is seen as the one who failed to achieve Enlightenment (i.e. fallen from the path of Enlightenment).

Here is another depiction of Mara with meditating Siddhartha:

Continuing, ‘Buddha defying Mara’ is a common pose of Buddha sculptures, where the Buddha is shown with his left hand in his lap, palm facing upwards and his right hand on his right knee. The fingers of his right hand touch the earth, to call the earth as his witness for defying Mara and achieving Enlightenment.

I believe that within the world of sorcerers, Sukuna represents a similar being. He is the one you must bypass to attain ‘Enlightenment’ (I know some believe that Sukuna is the Enlightened one, but this point can be argued because of what it means to walk the path of the Enlightenment), because he personifies the temptations a sorcerer could attain if they were to forsake their ideals. In that same sense, Yuuji is the one who challenges him in a similar manner we see between Mara and Siddhartha: his soul refuses to bend, and he will not stray from the path (the ideals) he has chosen no matter what violence or pain Sukuna inflicts upon him. Sukuna once compared Yuuji to someone from the past, which I think implies that in the past, someone challenged Sukuna in a similar manner Yuuji has, which might, in a way, explain why he harbours such strong dislike (which is the sole case he outwardly shows such emotion in the entirety of the manga) toward Yuuji as a sorcerer. It also implies that in the world where Sukuna exists, so does the ‘force’ opposite him to create a balance.

This point takes me back to the note I made on Yuuji and Sukuna years ago, drawing a connection to the ‘Legend of the Twin Baku’. It tells the story of twin Baku brothers named Aoi, the Blue and Akai, the Red, who fed on the dreams of mortal creatures. Akai preferred the sweet-tasting good dreams. Aoi, on the other hand, preferred the bitter-tasting nightmares. He grew more and more vain with every nightmare he devoured, and so did his hatred for mortals. To enact revenge, he approached his brother, Akai, as he slept peacefully, and began to consume the dreams of his brother. Since Baku eat only dreams, their life essence is made up of dreams and as Aoi devoured his brother’s dreams, he also devoured his essence. Aoi ate and ate, until there was nothing left of Akai. He brought nothing but suffering for the mortals from then on. In the end, however, he does repent, and to keep the balance of the world of dreams, gods turn him into Murasaki, the Purple Baku, a one being with his brother’s essence, consuming both good and bad dreams.

To connect the legend to my previous point, it shows the necessity of the existence of opposite forces to keep the harmony of the world, whether in the form of separate beings or balanced in a single being. Sukuna and Yuuji’s existence is similar to that when it comes to the world of sorcery. And, I think what Kenjaku has been trying to achieve with his experiments was to create a being similar to Murasaki, the Purple Baku, and in Yuuji, who is one of those experiments, lies the possibility of creating a balance in a single being that will restore the harmony of what Sukuna’s existence has disturbed (even if it has not been what Kenjaku has initially intended with his experiments).

➠ Sukuna’s cursed technique and past:

This bit is from the note I made on Sukuna’s fingers being dismembered at the beginning of JJK and later, his using of flames made me think Akutami might have drawn inspiration from the myth of Kagutsuchi (カグツチ).

Now, who is Kagutsuchi?

He is the deity of fire in Japanese Mythology. He is described as a being of fire who constantly emits flames, is hard to look at and impossible to touch without being burned. His birth comes at the end of the creation of the world and marks the beginning of death. It is said that his birth killed his mother Izanami, and his father Izanagi, in his grief, beheaded Kagutsuchi with his sword and cut his body into eight pieces, which became eight volcanoes. Kagutsuchi’s corpse is said to have created numerous deities, which typically include Watatsumi, Kuraokami, Takemikazuchi, Futsunushi, Amatsumikaboshi, and Ōyamatsumi. Each is a deity associated with elements of nature (water, rain, snow, etc.) or war. And there are deities, who were born from Kagutsuchi’s blood (this detail could be tied back to Kenjaku’s experiments again). This is not to say that Sukuna has those exact cursed techniques, but I do think there is a possibility Akutami took certain attributes of his character from the myth.

There is another variation of the myth. According to which, Kagutsuchi’s father witnessing the death of his wife, in rage, took the ten-grasp sabre and crushed his child. A number of gods were born from the blood and remains of Kagutsuchi. Subsequently, Izanagi went to the land of the world of the dead to find Izanami, however when he found her, she had become a rotting corpse and from her parts other gods had arisen, causing the flight of Izanagi to the world of the living. Then Izanagi performed the misogi ritual purification through which more gods are born. The last of these are the three most important gods of Shinto: Amaterasu, goddess of the sun; Tsukuyomi, deity of the moon; and Susano’o, god of the sea.

If we take the second version and interpret it in the context of Jujutsu Kaisen, it could connect to my previous point. Could Sukuna’s existence be the very reason curses continue to be born? Is it why Kenjaku said the chain of curses will not end until Sukuna and Yuuji are alive? We have barely any idea of Sukuna’s past, but we know that his life coincidences with the golden age of sorcery, so could it be that whatever happened to him in the past started the chain of curses the modern world of sorcerers has to hold against and triggered the sorcery in the form we see today like how the new gods were born from Kagutsuchi (malevolent deities i.e. curses) and Izanagi’s ritual (benevolent deities i.e. sorcerers)?

Akutami Gege, please give us the Heian flashback.

To be continued...

[Disclaimer: This is only a personal opinion as just another reader. Additionally, English is not my native language and I have never read JJK in English, so certain terminologies I use may not be the correct equivalent of the English language.]

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the moon and his stars ✨🌛

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Ryomen Sukuna

Gaining Momentum…..

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