Gojo vs Sukuna - The Good, The Bad, and The Strongest 

I liked when Sukuna threw a fire extinguisher at Gojo

For the entire series people have been commenting about the potential of megumi's technique, Gojo himself stating that a previous user of the 10 shadows was able to match a six eyes+limitless user, but for the majority of the series megumii's technique felt like a bag of mixed tricks rather than a godly ability like Gojo's techniques. The fact that Sukuna was able to win the fight pretty much only using 10 shadows finally demonstrates how broken the ability is.

I think it’s gonna be wayyyy better in the anime, they just always refine the fights and moments

5:00 100% Yuji and todo vs mahito is still peak fight for me but this was an amazing demonstration of the power of the two strongest

While I'm still iffy on the whole off-screen death I still really think this was a near-perfect conclusion for Gojo. His talk with Getou was great.

I'm pretty sure everyone found the transition from Gojo standing triumphant in one panel to finding him in heaven, then transitioning to his dead body was jarring. And it seems Gege realized that in his author comment, Potentially we either get another chapter to fill in the gaps or BR's smokedemon begins to cook

14:20 Just to play devil’s advocate here, I think Yuji chose not mention Sukuna having an open barrier domain because he didn’t understand its significance.

225 was my favorite chapter of the fight, I’ve never seen a power system handled so well that it allows for an entire chapter of characters debating how these two abilities will interact. All that build up just for Sukuna to easily destroy Gojo’s domain and slice his neck. Also I always read it that they did tell Gojo about the open domain, but even Gojo had no idea what they would actually do so he only had one option, to just try it and see what would happen

Throughout Heaven and Earth I alone am the offscreened one - Satoru Goatjo

I did sorta expect for Gojo to toss Sukuna around, but what I REALLY wanted was to see them toss Maximum Techniques, create new abilities with a myriad of effects in them, possibly bring out new Domain Types, etc. The fight mostly boiled down to a back-and-forth of both Gojo and Sukuna beating the shit out of each other until the final attack was delivered. Gojo clutching Malevolent Shrine was hype

I loved this fight, probably my favorite from the series, the only thing i didn't like was the "Sukuna was holding back" moment, because this implies that Gojo never had a chance, and he surpassed his limits for nothing

Sadly, the fanbase ruined this fight for me. Now, the choreography and mind games from both sides was amazing. The reveals about cursed energy, and the characterization were really solid, but the fans on both sides of the fight decided to turn to whole thing into a pissing match, calling the entire series ruined, or worse, sending death threats. It’s hard enjoying something when the people surrounding that thing are so insanely annoying.

I liked the part where you mentioned the mindsets these 2 had before coming in the fight. Its not like Gojo wasn't trying to win but its just that he wasn't as desperate as Sukuna. Sukuna did EVERYTHING right. Trying to adapt to UV, not using Mahoraga until the perfect moment. He had Gojo noted down and used perfect tactics against him. Whereas for Gojo, he threw what he could even ignoring the damage that he's causing to himself (he def didn't think he had a random nosebleed). He used Hollow Purple at the very start, he was just excited to throw everything which is why he was looking for validation from Sukuna like when he used Falling Blossom Emotion. As for Sukuna, he was different. he could've spammed Shikigamis, could've spammed dismantles, could've used an unadapted Mahoraga just to get more assist but he didn't cuz his main objective was to kill Gojo and not just cure his loneliness. All an all this isn't trying to powerscale. Sukuna was more calculative than Gojo, still my man did a really good job even when the opponent knew all his cards.

I think what made the true difference in this battle wasn't their stats and skill but their experience. We see that when they domain clash they are equal when they throw hand they are equal when they fight using curse technics they are equal. They both have unlimited stamina they can both surprise and outbox each other they can both break established rules and push sorcery to its limits and beyond but what made the true difference was their knowledge and understanding of the nature of curses and cursed energy. Gojo has the six eyes and with that comes supreme understanding and control of curse energy but sukuna is over a thousand years old he not only has greater control and understanding of curse energy then Gojo but greater knowledge and verity in his cursed Arsenal and application of that course energy that is why he could adapt and bypass infinity that is why he can pick up a new curse technic and use it better then all it's users ever have that is why every time Gojo seemed to do thee impossible sukuna matched him by doing the Same and that is why he is the king of all curses. If Gojo had a thousand years he would have won no doubt in my mind but he only had 28 and despite the sheere gap in knowledge and experience he was still able to go toe to toe with the king of all curses and even make him nervous that alone speaks volumes of his talent and strength. Rip Gojo satoru you are the Honored one and we will never forget you

I absolutely love how you analyze aspects of not just this fight but jjk as a whole. Im engaged throughout each video.

BROKEN, your vids are amazing, your scripting and pacing are incredible and your attention to detail and covering of the themes is profound 👌 another banger (:

Wukuna truly Jujutsu'd Gojo's Kaisen

Bro you COOKED with this video. Kudos good sir. Also I really hope its explained later on why none of the sorcerers mentioned Sukuna's Barrier less Domain to Satoru prior to the fight.

In terms how you felt about the lack of personality I felt the complete opposite. While I felt like we could've gotten more if we traded out some of the peanut gallery's exchanges for Gojo and Sukuna's thoughts and dialogue, I feel like their body language and facial expressions really went above and beyond this fight. We've seen worry and joy to degrees we haven't seen these characters display before because they were both simply too damn strong in their fights. Gojo and Sukuna both we're having more fun in that fight than they have in the entire series because they seriously pushed each other. Gege really showed that with the drawings rather than the dialogue like you were hoping for.

Brilliant explanation, it’s like mahoraga keeps adapting until it finds the simplest way to deal wit something , kinda how a phone update makes certain tasks simpler that required many steps before

Saying gojo “Self proclaimed” the strongest is crazy

The alien boy line was honestly the best diss during the fight.

Been waiting for this Broken incredible analysis

17:35 & 29:44 THANK YOU. A RU-vidr who is not just saying things for views. An honest opinion. I wish there were more like this.

The problem isn't that Gojo lost. I think everyone expected him to die. The problem is the way he died and then the diminishing of everything he did, seemingly without any reason or showings to back up that Sukuna was actually holding back.

Sukuna being able to use Max elephant's water without summoning it was something that foreshadowed him using mahoraga's adaptation as a blueprint since the consciousness seems to be shared between him and his shikigami The moment Gojo's loss was solidified was the moment mahoraga successfully sliced through gojo's infinity cause that showed sukuna exactly how to do it He does state that mahoraga was capable of altering the very essence of it's cursed energy in order to neutralize infinity but that was something sukuna was unable to do But the moment mahoraga could use dismantle to slice through gojo's infinity, sukuna finally knew what had to be done to finally beat Gojo It seems sudden on a weekly reading basis But once you reread it, you'll see just how early it was put into motion

That's why I'm your subscriber. Best analysis of the fight so far. Congratulations.👏👏👏

I've been looking for a measured take on this fight for weeks, feeling insane that people have been so down on it because people just. Don't know how to handle the emotional position of reading weekly manga. Thank you for having such a good perspective. What I WILL say, though, is that I think it's not unintentional that the dialogue goes towards characterizing the peanut gallery and their understandings of jujutsu and the fight itself. Gojo and Sukuna exchange barbs but at the end of the day, as the strongest of their eras, they're conversing THROUGH jujutsu. Fights are dialogue too and their back and forth with domains and fists help them speak to each other more directly than words have ever touched them. Are there some raw things Gojo could've said? Sure! But the fact that he improvised an on the fly Hollow Purple responding to Sukuna's moves in just such a way to have him experience its full force all to get him to realize just how much fun jujutsu is says just as much as a stray line of dialogue imo. In a genre like battle shonen where fights do so much to characterize people, I think its important to remember that conflict is conversation.

I agree with this video wholeheartedly. With the magnitude of the fight, am sure that people wanted it to be more like the most important battle in the series. But the fight does it’s job as a steppingstone for the next gen. Gege has the opportunity to show use Gojo’s sacrifice as a boost for each of the students, since they also watched the fight. The future is bright

It's kinda annoying how YOU are the only one to point out that Sukuna's victory wasn't random it was there if you played close attention

Hands down the best review so far on Gojo vs Sukuna Part 1 fight.

You outdid yourself with this vid, its very impresive how you keep someone engaged for an entire 35+ minute video.

Sukuna's barrierless DE & his ability to do anything just by watching it be done were the things that killed Gojo. His lack of info on these 2 things that were overlooked as minor details became a big enough difference in deciding a winner in a battle of the strongest that was toe to toe throughout the entirety of the battle. These 2 details led by Sukuna's battle experience were what had eventually reached someone who had always been untouchable. What a battle

I’m still not sure what my overall thoughts are on the fight, but it was cool seeing the jjk community interact as the chapters of the fight came out weekly.

Out of all the videos I've seen I think that this unlike the Gojo Vs Sukuna fight is your best one yet🎉🎉🎉 keep up the good work

Thanks for the vid bro, I enjoyed it

No matter what else you may think of the series as whole, you can't deny that this fight is one of the most iconic in the medium. Not many people were sure he would be able to meet the audience's expectations but Gege really outdid himself with this one.

A chapter or 2 of sukuna slowly figuring out how to adapt his slashes to infinity as well as showing gojo getting more fatigued and moving slower would have been nice cause now u just having gojo being offed from an advantageous position. Especially when hes been shown to have had the speed advantage for most of the fight and is now amped on top of it. So sukuna instantly blitzing him while weak makes no sense. And gege probably knew it looked really bad so he just put in the part saying sukuna was holding back as an explanation but all that means is sukuna is incompetent cause he put himself into alot of bad situations multiple times just to test maho i guess which also goes against his character since we know hes prideful and wont let himself look bad on propose.

hopefully this your first million view video because this was really well done & probably your best so far. though i wont ever let gege off the hook for off-screening gojo, this video was the only thing that’s brought me closure since i read 236. 10/10

Great video, definitely shined a new light on it for me (it was really mixed opinion for me too)

I believe there is truly something to be said of the 2 strongest people of their respective eras, only being able to find solace within each other. In a way, Sukuna was able to reach out Gojo, if only through his technique and Gojo was finally relieved of the burden that came with his strength. I truly am looking forward to future of this series, if only to see what becomes of our beloved students and the generation they will surely represent.

I think chapter 236 adds context to the entire fight and made me reevaluate why it was presented the way it was: two gods of the verse, whom nobody (except possibly Kashimo, the "God of Lightning") can understand, trying to comprehend not only their techniques, but the two personalities and minds at play. For a while, I was wondering about what kind of emotion these two were feeling, the lack of animosity between them, but in light of 236 where Gojo explains that even his attempts at humor (in the TCB translations I think) were done in an attempt to reach Sukuna (to assuage Gojo's own unbearable burden of loneliness), gave me an incredible moment of clarity. They don't hate each other at all, they want to fight, they want to experience living. Calling Gojo a meathead because he enjoys fighting is disingenuous, just like Kashimo isn't a meathead, nor is Sukuna. Think about what are cursed techniques? Something to do with your brain, something to do with your soul. We exist in this world mind, body, soul entirely. For them to enjoy fighting, the expression of their soul and their way of interacting and viewing the world, is to enjoy living.

I love your input

Really liked the video. Well done. I agree with you on a lot of the points but what I wanted to discuss was the “character flare” and peanut gallery commentary.. like you said at the end of the video I do think the true value of all of that was to show how much the students were paying attention and how much and why they learned to be more creative and free. I think this is especially true for Yuta since his entire understanding of RCE has changed and he fundamentally had a misunderstanding of it. Cause I think he trained in the last month to learn how to copy the 6 eyes and how they will inevitably foil kenjaku again…. But that’s for another day…. I think as it comes to the no personality not only is it fully in Sakuna character it highlight the theme of the fight….. Sakuna vs bug lady was weak cause everyone thought she was a weirdo but she introduced one of the most important themes. And even as we look into kashimo fight Sakuna is opening by saying essentially you talk alot. I don’t think he enters battle with any intent of opening up, of trying to understand or be understood. He intention is linear and focused… to unalive his opponent. He never even explains his CT ever. Unlike almost all bad guys I’m cartoons. He never runs his mouth or explains his plan. So he was never going to give you character. You did highlight in your video how Sakuna was really only nervous when Gojo output retuned. I think we didn’t get much inside his mind because as you said… Sakuna was in control the whole time and I think that would have made it anticlimactic if at every turn Sakuna goes “just as I planned”…. It also highlights as you said how Gojo was never the guy to show Sakuna about love and Gojo talks about this as says he put everything including his humor….. I think that this criticism will be challenged when Sakuna fights Yugi/Megumi….. he will go all out and he will open up

Personally as someone on team Gojo I actually loved the way Gege did this. Narrativly we knew Gojo couldnt win win, but many had hope he would just be nerfed or something to that effect. So Gege killing him the way he did was a great way to get a genuine gut punch to all of us because no 1 was ready for what happened and when it happened

Sukuna had a winners mindset he came in this fight with the intentions to win calm calculated and smooth with it

Finally diving into huh? NIce.

Very good analysis BR.

I think my problem with this chapter is not the individual points/explanations/insight that we get. It’s more the combination of them all to justify what happened. After reading this fight back I start to think what was the point of sukuna getting 10 shadows from a writing perspective? The obvious answer is that he needed mahoraga to show him how to use cleave to target existence and bypass infinity. But that explanation implies that this is technically something he potentially could’ve thought of on his own. Then we get into the idea that sukuna is so strong that nobody could reach him and he is lonely at the top. If this is true then again why would Gege give him the 10 shadows? A blatant power up. Cause then we see gojo say that he probably couldn’t beat sukuna even without the 10 shadows. I understand the argument that sukuna is a villain of course he is going to do everything he can to win including fight dirty but to me that doesn’t make sense if he’s supposed to be lonely at the top, you would think it would be a situation more like kenpachi where he would try to make things as challenging as possible to enjoy the fight the most. That to me would mean using his own abilities and trying to figure out a way past gojo’s CT on his own. I’m definitely rambling but I feel like there’s a good amount of contradictions embedded here that I haven’t seen people piece together so maybe I’m missing something

Hey Ronin, do you think that after breaking Gojo's domain in the first domain clash, sukuna could've just chopped his head with his slash as we know his ct allows him to throw slashes even without his domain so in his domain where gojo has no infinity shouldn't he just chop his head the way he did to geto's daughters in the recent episode (*from a total power scaling pov) Edit : is that what gojo meant by sukuna holding back & not giving it his all).

Love this guys content.

Just what I’ve been waiting for

I think the characters analyzing and discussing the fight, although it disrupts the action, is important because it let's the readers know that the cast is studying/understanding the fight/abilities of sukuna as well as the damage he sustains. They did say that the plan is to jump sukuna if ever gojo loses. Aside from exposition, it let's the readers know that gojo can definitely lose and the team is preparing for it.

Even if everyone including Gojo knew about sukuna has a barrierless DE no one would have thought that their sure-hit effect potencies will be equal in strength. In chapter 230 sukuna states that "Next time I will close the barrier of my domain and you will have nowhere to run" that means sukuna uses a barrierless domain that provides an escape route, this drastically increases the range of guaranteed hit through the compensation law of a Binding vow. Open DE only has advantage when the sure-hits are equal.

You cooked with this one. Basically all of my praise and complaints were covered in the vid

I completely agree on the part u said about gege switching from the fight to commentary can be a little off sometimes, but aside from explaining whats going on to the readers, I think he did that to show that the charas doing the commenting has seen it happen, constantly think about it and may attempt to do the same in the future, like how yuta talkin bout fixing burnout CT with RCT, or higuruma with domain amplification, or some other commentary that we didnt notice that may be of use when all of them jump sukuna or kenjaku later on in the manga.

Haven’t even started the video and I know my goat’s gonna cook

13:45 I dont think that knowing if Sukuna had an open or closed domain mattered. Gojo has absolutely no experience at all fighting an open domain prior to this point, and Sukuna is such a master at manipulating cursed energy that it probably didn't matter if Gojo knew about it or not. I think he'd *always* have to adapt on the fly regardless, which is why we didn't get panels of Gojo being told Sukuna's domain was an open one.

The gojo vs sukuna fight felt like a pathfinder society player explaining why their character is so min/maxed it could fight the tarrasque. And I mean that in the most minimizing way possible

As a big fan of the series this has quickly becoming my favorite fight in the manga because it was a true battle of the strongest and none of the other fights come close to it at all

I think there's an important aspect about the way sukuna was able to cut gojo from a narrative standpoint. The story consistently lays down the thesis that the strongest are the greediest and most selfish, therefore the most isolated. While gojo still had some inclination both toward the approval of sukuna himself and his colleagues, sukuna developed a technique to cut into 'existence' itself, which essentially means seeing himself apart from - and against - everything. It seems very intentional that we're shown those things on the same chapter. Yeah gojo was kind of a psycho, but still a guy with bonds and people to look after. Sukuna has now become a curse who sees literally everything as something to cut. And without a challenger like Gojo, he is probably at his loneliest, putting the story at the perfect and most extreme spot to really prove or disprove that thesis. And since you CANNOT defeat sukuna in a battle of greed, there's gotta be another way.

Sukuna cutting through Gojo's limitless like butter after seeing what happened when Jogo *and* Hanami simultaneously tried the exact same thing is a really overlooked part of this fight I feel. Also I don't know if telling Gojo about Sukunas' barrier less domain expansion would've mattered or help because nobody in the cast has seen a barrier less domain interact with a domain with a barrier at this point anyway.

32:44 I completely agree on the dialogue between characters part, i knew the fight was missing smth i just couldnt put my fingers on it till now, maybe cuz i was too drenched in the hype of the leaks dropping each week lol. Although it didnt lessen the fights value that much for me imo, it did lack smth that i didnt notice at first, like the i am u moment yuji had or the just this once with yuta, its like the fight was missing a "dessert" part but was still peak n full of surprise for me

Thank you for not posting this until sunday

All I want in the coming chapters is a REASON, from both a narrative and logical perspective for Gojo's unsealing. Because at this point it seems like all he succeeded in doing was making Sukuna even more broken. Is Sukuna permanently maimed from the fight? Did he give his students some hyper training in the timeskip that's going to pay off later? I know the gang didn't just break that boy out the box just to sit there and watch him die on pay-per-view...

I'm just realizing that in Gojo's afterlife scene, all deceased people who had some type of connection to Gojo are there...except for Nobara...Could have been an oversight from Gege or it could be she survived?

You brought up a lot of really good points that’s why I like your content its well formed while also being respectful of other peoples opinions I agree that this isn’t the best fignt narratively I prefer Mahito vs yuji it would also make for a great cideo😊

30:11 the robin-sukana photoshop “I want to live” got me so well, I was not expecting that

I dont know if this is valid to say but i hate the way the fight ended not because gojo died i actually wanted that to happen but its because it basically took place off panel and i cant help but hate that But overall it was a good fight and i thibk this video was also really good keep up the good work

Over a year ago, I came on your twitch stream and called that Sukuna's domain would counter Gojo's I called Gojo a fraud Honoured One and said he'd lose and now here we are. My man became the Severed One

Without the seemingly missing chapter between this and the previous, I'm left feeling otherwise satisfied. I just can't abide by the finish happening off-screen like that.

Excellent content, pretty much have the same pov. Let’s Gege cook!

To be honest I thought Akutami would let Gojo win and loose the six eyes. That way Kenjaku would be the big bad he always wanted to be. I agree the hype was greater than the actual fight itself. I just wanted to know how it ends

This concept of loneliness of the strongest seems to be inspired by Aizen’s sword being full of loneliness

You probably won’t see this, but I think you’re a great content creator, I use to watch your Anime X what ifs, and now I’m watching your jjk vids years later, keep on creating bro your gonna be super big one day

Thanks Ronin, you and Mere have a much more open minded logical opinions. I agree on the lack of character to character dialogue and inner monologue in certain panels. The only one I can remember was Gojo wondering why Maho wasnt being summoned then it slowly we get less and less dialogue and monologue. Also want to point out at first Gojo also came with the mindeset to save Megumi by breaking Sukuna body. Then that was completely thrown out the window along with any mention from Gojo in the afterlife. I dont really get it, it did feel like a 180 to Gojo character not so much the death or the fight I can only look foward to Yuuta now, all the daddies are gone or will be 😔 Good Luck Yuuta

With respect to the idea no one told Gojo about Sukuna's domain being without barrier: I see it more as he could have had the general knowledge but to witness it utilizing the six eyes grant an understanding of a technique that second hand knowledge cannot - so he needed "exposure therapy" to adapt/acclimate to malevolent shrine, so to speak.

Sukuna holding back plus Gojo getting off screened ruins the fight for me. Sukuna holding back was completely unnecessary from a narrative perspective. There are two in the universe mechanics that could have him go from 10% to 120% easily. He has RTC to heal any physical wounds Gojo leaves on him and he could have pulled off a black flash to bring out 120 % of his potential and bring his curse energy output back up. So why does he need to be holding back unless he's just that much stronger than Gojo? If that's true then I can't look at the fight the same. And yes I am a Gojo stand but I always knew he had to die for the narrative.

Damn, your videos are so good! I Have an issue with this finishing move of sukuna's though. If he learned how to slice space when mahoraga cut gojo's arm, why did he wait until after gojo released the unlimited hollow?

every jjk fan needs to watch this video, this was masterful. the one thing ill add is that Nanami's statement was the truth. While Gojo *does* care about saving people (he would not have expressed relief when ichiji told him all the humans exposed to UV had made a full recovery otherwise) and raising strong allies to change the corrupt jujutsu world, those are all things he does *because* he is a jujutsu sorcerer. Hes a *jujutsu sorcerer* because he enjoys it. Its for his own satisfaction. Nanami wasn't rejecting Gojo's ideals, he was just stating how he was different from everyone else.

It was a really great fight until the end all gege had to do was show us a few scenes of Sukuna attacking Gojo with a spacial slash instead of that abrupt and offscreen transition to Gojo dying

i dont think the cast didnt warn gojo about sukunas barrierless domain, BUT instead gojo didnt know how it would interact with hes own domain. there was only 1 way to find out since the concept of a barrierless domain is super rare and gojo had never encountered one. chapter 235 was TOP tier fiction like you said! the enchanting, the creative way gojo pulled of the last hollow purple, mahoraga being adapter to blue... PEAK! aaaaaand all it just be thrown out the window by chapter 236. the latest chapter makes it feel like everything we saw before had been forgotten. gojo talks about sukuna not going all out, but sukuna literally said that if gojo pulled of another hollow purple, it would be fatal... then we see him smiling on 236 like he just brushed off that hollow purple. SUKUNA also says that every curse technique has a spark, WHY didnt gojo see that spark specially with hes USELESS six eyes!??? why didnt he sense that final cleave?

Thanks for encapsulating my problems with this fight. I enjoyed it but I wish we had more dialogue back and forth and their actual inner dialogue and plans. The peanut gallery was OK but felt like fans irl speculating back and forth causing more confusion and redherrings. I actually enjoy Sukuna trash talking. I can't recall a memorable line besides the challenger and the fish scale comment. Hopefully Kashimo brings the heat.

33:42 THANK YOU HOLY SHIT To me this fight wasn't bad (8/10 for me it's a good fight) but I wish there were more "I'm Him" type lines you know the ones like you mentioned it feels so strange how these two didn't really have that fight quote compared to other top series fights it's a damn shame too cuz when you factor in the personality of both of them, there SHOULD be cinematic lines; those hard ass bars that would make Twitter lose their shit but it just never happens! It's a shame this fight just lacks the personality that JJK fights normally have; it's just two action figures smashing against each other

I think during this fight declaring Gojo the winner at the end then offing him off screen was Gege's way of saying, "See this is the problem I created for myself, he is way too strong". He just wanted to showcase the character he made even though now with upgraded Sukuna he may have possibly written himself into a corner as now there is nothing Sukuna cannot cut. Granted Sukuna cannot recover as we see his arm hasn't recovered or his face. It was interesting also hearing Gojo thinking he might still lose even if ten shadows wasn't there (granted I don’t think he knows Sukuna compensated to be at full strength) while on the other hand Sukuna acknowledging Maharoga (Dad) as a magnificent role model for him to be able to learn a technique that was even incredible difficult for him to pull off. As a Gojo fan, I am glad Gojo was able to die with a smile on his face and Sukuna probably will see Gojo as the only person to ever match him. Thunder god ain’t on their levels

236 made the fight go from the two gods of the verse going all out in a battle to the death, to a kind of meh battle that had no real stakes, all it did was completely downplay the entire fight. You could argue that since Gojo doesn't actually know how Sukuna won his statement could be wrong, but until we see Sukuna's train of thought that's just headcanon. Anyway, you know the ending is bad when you kill your most beloved character off screen and leave both parties disappointed.

This fight is going to be so hard in the anime cuz of the small reworks they’ll make for anime style storyboards which might make it a anime exclusive fight which I feel might be in line with Gege cuz this fight definitely had the foundation along with themes and technicality. But when it gets animated… Im already getting goosebumps thinking about, seeing Itadori and Kugisaki go ape shit on the death womb paintings with rock music playing in the back just gave me a new found will for fighting the good fight🤣😂

Great video. I haven't felt like on the I've been on the same page with the community lately...I really needed like 4× the dialog too. But I think sukuna wants his position back, and lying, cheating, and stealing doesn't matter. I think sukuna didn't like the odds of a "fair" fight. Killing without getting cursed in the process is key for longevity

Great video, I think I agree with all your points for the most part. For me, the weekly fanfare made this fight 10x better than it actually is. Not to say that it was a bad fight, but it definitely isn’t the best fight in the series so far. I wish we got more dialogue between Gojo and Sukuna or even just a few more panels of what they were thinking as the fight went on. Regardless what ranking I give the fight as a whole, it’s undeniable the hype that’s created whenever you have two powerhouses clash no matter what series it is. I don’t think I’ve been as hype for a fight, reading weekly, since Meliodas vs Noon Escanor lmao but I also rarely keep up with ongoing series as they release. The biggest nitpick I have with the fight is the conclusion. I’m a huge Gojo fan, but I wasn’t expecting him to destroy Sukuna by any means. I’m also a huge Sukuna fan so my problem definitely isn’t with the final outcome. I just think the final sequence was poorly done. Going from one page of “Gojo wins” to instant death / afterlife kinda ruined the end for me. I would rather it of been a few panels of dialogue, Sukuna makes a ending remark / small attack motion, and then go into the afterlife sequence. It would’ve sit better with me if that was the case. Hell, you could’ve even had Sukuna giving his explanation of adaptation first and then go about having the afterlife conversation. Just mix the panels around basically. Still just as sudden, unexpected, etc but it would just read better imo. Either way, I enjoyed the fight and am honestly more excited for the future of the series than I was before this fight even started.

Personally, I think Mahito vs Yuji and Todo was the best fight followed by Maki vs the Zen’in Clan.

This was a great video. Still no idea why sukuna ate that last hollow purple if he already had the blueprint but still great chapter great video lol.

I thought that was a really good breakdown/evaluation of the fight. I do think however the choice to use the "outside" character commentary was intended to limit inner dialogue, as to keep us the readers from fully understanding the strategies and mechanics at play. Whether that was the right move or not is a different thing, but I feel that Gege achieved what he set out to do with that particular choice. One of the things I think that most supports this, is the minimal utilization of Sukuna's dialogue to expound such things. Both verbally and internally. I also think Gege chose this route to leave different details somewhat ambiguous as to either allow us to draw our own conclusions, piece together the information he dropped here and there, or to allow a future exposition and perhaps even a combination of those all at one or two varying degrees. One such example would be Sukuna's ability to recover a burntout cursed technique. Through the dialogue given one could argue, this was a new found ability after observing Gojo. Likewise it can be argued (and I personally think this has a fair degree more evidence to support it) that Sukuna knew prior as he was able to explain in great depth how this ability worked and its limitations as well as potentially displaying it prior in Shibuya. Lastly Gege could have left it somewhat ambiguous to explore further in detail should he or another make a spinoff centered on the Heian Era. Ultimately I thought your video was well done and covered the topic in a fair light.

Gojo was hurt by Hollow Purple because its a BS OP attack skill. Isn’t it a creation destroying attack that erases everything? Sakuna called it lethal for even him and is Gojo's ultimate attack. Its not surprising it can erase even Infinity. Its the only move Sakuna had no real method of overcoming. If Gojo didn't need any prep time and could spam it Sakuna would have lost. Sakuna's space slash. Maharaga first adapted to Infinity, then went further to come up with a way to use Cleave to get through Infinity. When Maharaga slashed Gojo with Cleave it showed a model of a technique Sakuna could use. So Sakuna didn't learn adaption, he learned the slashing technique to overcome Infinity.

As much as Gojo's loss hurts, I would be completely fine with it had that off-screen uno reverse not happen. And Gojo basically calling himself a loser just seemed really out of character imo.

Good ass video my man

well said 👍🏾

I think people forget that just because someone loses a fight doesn't suddenly make them "worse" or "over hyped." They met someone "stronger" and/or more "talented" then them and they lost the battle of strength. But i say Gojo just won the battle of "will." He gave his students wisdom and strength to carry on his will after his death and we see that happening. We can only hope his students live on to teach the next generation after them.

To be honest I have no problems with Gojo dying, at least from a narrative standpoint. It's HOW he died that got me and most people HEATED. Here are my 4 main points that warrant the outrage: 1. At the end of Ch 235 we were left off with a Gojo looking Triumphant and a Sukuna who's in a very bad spot. Only for Ch 236 to hit us with Gojo being greeted by his dead friends and the next panel of Gojo's cut off torso. It was like they forgot to put the cause and process, only leaving the Effect. I legit thought I skipped a page or two. 2. "He would've beaten me even without Megumi's 10 Shadows." Gojo you're my guy but you know damn well that's cap because if that were the case why go through the trouble of body jacking Megumi for a cursed technique that's essentially a shortcut to bypass your Infinity if he could've still found a way by himself? Do you not hear how contradictory that sounds? 3. I believe that we can all agree that its true Sukuna still hasn't revealed all the cards he has (black box, yorozu gift, etc). His victory would've been more believable.....if 90 percent of the whole fight wasn't just Gojo outsmarting him and giving him fatal blows at least 4 times and by the near end of Ch 235 Sukuna being hella nervous and literally shouting for Mahoraga's help, not mention being completely f*cked up after the Hollow Nuke. Even if there were subtle hints that Sukuna was cooking something up they should've made it MORE OBVIOUS to convince us. 4. Out of all the different ways to kill off a major plot-relevant character, Gege just HAD to choose the infamous OFF SCREEN. To end this off, let me give you an example: Imagine Goku was beating the crap out Frieza after none his attacks worked on Goku that's how that Chapter ends. Next Chapter, is just Goku's lifeless corpse. Make any sense to you? Like how do you from intense build-up, exhilarating start, crazy rising action that got you on the edge of your seat, and back & forth falling action. Only for an otherwise bamboozling and confusing ending to come out of nowhere?

Nah the commentary from the gangs side was nice for me since I liked learning and going over the power system and it was nice to see their reaction to the absurdity that is the two strongest

I think the constant explanations from the spectators could work really well in the anime with fast cuts and quick comments to really get your adrenaline pumping.