Thoughts and analysis + rambling on sukuna's character! JJK anime AND manga spoilers below. Pls read with compassion, im not great at articulating my complicated thoughts 🙏
When sukuna told jogo that he shouldve just burned down everything he desired to without worrying abt identity or the future, sukuna was most likely referring to himself,, thats probably how he became so strong
Gege outright said in the official fanbook that its questionable whether the people around him ever considered sukuna human and that he himself most likely didn't think so either. He was nicknamed the king of curses before he even became a cursed object, so sukuna really didnt give a damn abt what he was, or whatever nickname he was given and he just kept doing what he was doing
And he's never referred to himself as the king of curses, it was always the people around him or the literal narrator! Even the famous quote "throughout the heavens and the earth, he alone is the honoured one" was said by the narrator, or by nanami in the season one anime. Not once has sukuna needed to introduce himself to someone, they already knew who he was and/or there was really no need to, since he was going to kill them anyway.
The idea of cannibalism isnt a big deal at all to him, its kind of like a complete and final line where he really crosses over into the non-human area, he literally views everyone else around him as something akin to either a thing to toy around with or to eat.
And this involvement of "cannibalism" is actually very interesting to me, because if he doesnt consider himself human, and other people didn't believe so either, is it really cannibalism? Gege seems to blur these kinds of lines with sukuna so incredibly! Sukuna is always drafting between human and nonhuman, life and death, the honoured one and the disgraced one. He's like everything all at once.
Though his trueform may have extra limbs and mouth, in my opinion he still looks and functions mostly like a human... yet theres also many moments where we realise that he really is far away from the rest of the cast, both in strength and thought.
To show evidence of sukuna drifting between life and death, I'd like to mention how he has spoken soul-to-soul with characters right before their death TWICE now, first being jogo and the other being kashimo... this isnt a coincidence! How was he able to do this? We have no clue, perhaps jogo + kashimo were only hallucinating or maybe sukuna really is able to have a lil chat with someone right before they die like some grim reaper 😭
I think this is what makes him a really poetic character, the way speaks is one thing, but to watch him really reach out and have a conversation with his opponent while they are in a very vulnerable state makes him really like a otherworldly figure (even though he slaughters them right atfter).
He's not a human yet he is still capable of understanding the desires that humans have, and their goals.
I believe sukuna is a really complex and flexible character, I've never really seen someone be so many things at once. He can be serious, strict, playful, goofy, evil with only the tiniest hints of compassion and many more...
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Arknights CN Spoilers //
Edit 1: I read the rough translations of Chapter 13 and I get most gist of it. I edited my mistakes!
I'm absolutely losing my shit of what I've learned from Chapter 13 of Arknights...
It's funny because I just got back from hiatus a month ago (during the Monster Hunter collab) then I got back to some juicy lore? Damn, I've been being fed lmao
Shining is one of my favorite characters right from the get-go (she's my first six-star Operator) and she's always been in my team since the beginning... I also got her nine times through both recruitment and pulling from banners. Don't ask me, I'm just a F2P lmao
I've always been wondering what's her name. I jokingly asked for it last week while waiting for the chapter to drop.
For those who don't mind being spoiled: her name's Quesasina. Of course, it would be unique. But she deemed her former name sinful and left it behind. (I think it's still beautiful though)
Of course, her current name was still complimented by Liz, the very person that Shining gave a name and that she would give up her life through a blood fucking sacrifice/ritual. That woman was ready to slice the shit out of herself until Liz stops her and tells her that she already forgave her for all the things she'd done to her while giving up herself to that bastard.
Look, I'm probably overreacting but as a Shining and Followers fan, again, I'm losing my shit because of how long I waited for their lore but I'm NOT expecting losing Liz to the Confessarius in the process-
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Yo the song, I will survive is so Lilia to me. And his journey to love despite the loss
As long as i know how to love, i know I'll stay alive.
I have all my life to live, and I've got all my love to give.
And I'll survive. I will survive!
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