The Jujutsu Kaisen fandom usually tends to disagree on a whole lot of issues, finally creating scores of discourse on social networking websites and on-line boards.
Nevertheless, belief me once I say this, the talk surrounding whether or not Sukuna is a cursed spirit or not, is by far the one greatest subject that could possibly be splitting the fandom.
Whereas some argue that he’s a human sorcerer who reincarnated, there are others who’re adamant on calling him a cursed spirit. The latter can’t be blamed as a result of at one level, even the Jujutsu Kaisen wiki had Sukuna listed as a cursed spirit.
So, what precisely is Sukuna? Effectively to reply briefly, Sukuna is NOT a cursed spirit! He’s a reincarnated sorcerer – similar to many different heian period individuals within the culling recreation.
I do know, I do know, you received’t simply take my phrase for it. So, on this article, I’m going to put down all of the factors to show that Sukuna isn’t any totally different from a reincarnated sorcerer like Reggie or Uro.
I’ll attempt to put an finish to the talk proper right here proper now!
Earlier than we perceive why Sukuna isn’t a cursed spirit, we have to get a greater understanding of what cursed spirits themselves are.
What are Cursed spirits in JJK?
Cursed spirits are only a ball of cursed power. They manifest by way of the destructive feelings, and in flip the cursed power that flows out of human beings.
The higher the collective worry or destructive emotion surrounding a selected topic, the stronger the cursed spirit that’s shaped out of it.
As Megumi explains, this normally occurs in crowded locations like colleges, hospitals, and so on., the place there’s a excessive likelihood of destructive feelings flowing out from people
Cursed spirits come in several varieties and sizes. However though they take the form of creatures or human-like appearances, they’re primarily totally different and can’t be perceived by non-sorcerers.
To be extra exact, they don’t actually have a bodily physique or existence per se, it’s only a mass of power that may solely be seen and countered by sorcerers utilizing cursed power.
Stronger cursed spirits usually have a way of self and are clever sufficient to plan and work together with others.
Non-sorcerer human beings are the one individuals who can provide start to cursed spirits, like Yuki says to Geto within the Hidden Stock arc, as a result of they’ll’t management their cursed power and it retains leaking out.
Nevertheless, sorcerers can even flip into cursed spirits if they don’t seem to be killed utilizing cursed power. Naoya Zen’in is the perfect instance of this case.
He was killed in the long run by Maki’s mom, who didn’t have any cursed power, by utilizing a mere knife. This let him return as a cursed spirit later within the culling recreation.
Now let’s take this info and examine it with Sukuna.
Explanation why Sukuna shouldn’t be a cursed spirit:
Sukuna not being a cursed spirit was confirmed by none aside from the person himself in his battle towards Mahoraga.
After blocking successful from the shikigami’s sword of extermination, Sukuna talked about that IF he have been a cursed spirit, that assault would have killed him. Which means, he solely survived as a result of he was NOT a cursed spirit.
No, this was not simply because Sukuna was in Itadori’s physique!
It’s talked about within the preliminary chapters of JJK manga that Sukuna was a human (curse person/sorcerer) up to now. In contrast to cursed spirits, he was not born out of the destructive power seeping out of people.
Fairly positive he was the reason for the destructive emotions which may have unfold round through the Heian period!
Whereas combating towards Kashimo in chapter 238, Sukuna talked about that he was despised as a baby, confirming as soon as once more that he actually was born as a human.
One other essential piece of knowledge is that Sukuna makes use of RCT to heal his accidents.
This was evident through the battle with Gojo and even Yorozu. RCT was utilized by the Merged Beast Agito and the Spherical Deer respectively to heal him within the above eventualities.
This piece of knowledge is essential as a result of cursed spirits don’t want reverse cursed approach to heal them. Since they’re solely made up of cursed power, they’ll simply rebuild their our bodies utilizing it.
In reality the constructive power that’s output with RCT is dangerous to them.
Did Sukuna come again as a cursed spirit?
Now, a few of you would possibly argue that Sukuna died within the Heian period after which got here again as a cursed spirit, similar to Naoya did.
Effectively, the argument sounds good to the ears, however is completely baseless on paper.
Why? As a result of Sukuna was transformed right into a cursed object by Kenjaku. That’s how he managed to outlive all these years, preserved as 20 fingers in his personal grave wax.
Sukuna = Voldemort.
As soon as Itadori ate the fingers, his essence transferred into the boy.
The extra fingers he consumed, the extra Sukuna’s essence stored getting stronger, and eventually on utterly gaining his energy, the King of curses reincarnated (in Megumi’s physique albeit).
This is rather like how Reggie, Yorozu and different’s souls took over the physique of their hosts after Kenjaku launched the seals on the cursed objects of their our bodies.
The deformed physique (4 fingers and two face) in Sukuna’s true kind might be the results of dabbling an excessive amount of in Jujutsu, or attributable to some experimentation he carried out with a view to make himself stronger! After which there’s the half the place he ate his twin brother.
The purpose being, Sukuna is unquestionably not a cursed spirit!
However, if the reply as to if Sukuna is a cursed spirit or not was so clear, then why was there even a debate within the first place?
Why the doubt then?
The principle purpose why Sukuna was thought-about a cursed spirit by a sure part of followers, and briefly by the JJK wiki, was as a result of he was referred to as the King of curses and likewise a “curse”.
That is the place we have to perceive the distinction between the phrases cursed spirit and a curse.
A curse or noroi (呪い) is a blanket time period in JJK that encompasses any and all phenomena associated to cursed power within the universe. This contains cursed spirits, cursed objects and typically something with a destructive connotation in that verse.
Sukuna comes with a whole lot of destructive connotations. Not solely was he feared as a pure catastrophe for his heinous actions again within the heian period, the mere presence of his fingers have been sinister sufficient to draw and feed the cursed spirits.
In chapter 213, Itadori calls Sukuna and the others (referring to Kenjaku and his crew) curses. In layman phrases, Itadori was calling them dangerous guys! That’s it.
And King of Curses? Sukuna most likely obtained that nickname because of his ridiculous talent at Jujutsu, and likewise due to how sturdy he was.
The primary we heard that title was as soon as once more, in chapter 3, from Gojo Satoru. And that was stated in reference to how a lot of a ache within the butt he was for the Jujutsu Sorcerers!
So yeah, he was, and is, the largest curse ever. So it’s only truthful that he earned that nickname!
