#Hana and Angel both have strong reasons to want to fight Sukuna

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Not to be petty, but Todo lost an arm and his CT and got it back + a crazy power-up by strapping an instrument to his stump. Suddenly people remembered that prosthetics are a thing and could be a helpful tool in jujutsu. However, Hana and Angel losing an arm made them essentially useless in a fight besides quickly unboxing Gojo despite still being able to use their CT...

Same applies to Inumaki honestly and conveniently all of them had to be replaced by Yuuta because there's just no other way for them to get involved. I'm happy for Todo, but you can't tell me that they don't have some puppet arms from Mechamaru or Yaga lying around that they could use.

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tengen and angel for the meme

Did Tengen before this, so it's Angel's turn. Thank you for suggesting her! I don't get enough opportunity to talk about her...

favourite thing about them

I love how she can be quite bloodthirsty, especially when talking about Sukuna. He's quite scared of her or at least cautious and for a good reason. She would've killed (most of) him if it wasn't for Hana hesitating. Also her CT is absolutely sick. The Evangelion-like beam from the sky, the skull babies/cherub coming for a person's soul. Good reminder for why you shouldn't fuck with Heian sorcerers. Also she's a social caterpillar, but also a bit of a gossip. It's kind of adorable how bad she is at emphasizing with others and arguing with them. What do you mean you feel bad about killing these people? Keeping them alive is so inconvenient. btw, did I tell you about Hana's crush?

least favourite thing about them

Gege has relegated her to a can opener since Hana got hurt and convenient exposition dump similar to Kusakabe. Completely lost all her fire from when she was introduced. Not only did she go back on her deal of only helping the kids if they kill Sukuna first (that in itself wouldn't be that bad, but we don't even see her change her mind or for the kids to argue that she'd help them first), but now she's apparently fine sitting out the whole thing entirely with no ambitions to get involved herself. What happened to butchering Sukuna? At this point, reincarnating was entirely unnecessary. She might've as well gone "well I'm sure someone will manage to kill Sukuna in the future" and died. Her principles were barely tested at all. First she was hell-bend on killing Sukuna, which would put her in conflict with Hana and require her to take over her body at some point, but then she's just fine with continuing with being a parasite, even if it means Sukuna might escape. We don't even see her struggle with this decision. But the good thing is that I'm still relatively confident we'll learn about her and Sukuna's relationship in a flashback (else why bring up the Fallen One thing) and as a reincarnated sorcerer she has to die at some point. She can't just stay inside Hana forever. And for that to happen, she has to become more active and ideally get involved in the Sukuna fight personally. So there is a chance of her (and Hana) to become relevant again...

favourite line

"I am not that greedy. There's one I especially want to butcher..."

"I recommend sending Takaba Fumihiko."

brOTP

Her and Hana, I would say. I like how she teases Hana about her feelings for Megumi. She is also quite protective of her. Both self-serving in that she needs her body to survive, but as time goes on it seems that they are co-existing quite well and she has come to care about Hana being her function as a vessel.

OTP

Yorozu. Angel/Yorozu probably more like friends with benefits. Yorozu would have a field day fighting Angel. Might first start out with her lecturing Angel about how her hate for Sukuna makes her blind, but evolve into her genuinely enjoying the fight because I mean, Angel is strong and quite ruthless herself. And once you got the blood pumping, you can steer things in other directions. I think there's some potential for Takako/Angel too.

nOTP

She doesn't really get shipped with anyone, but I hate Angel/Sukuna as a concept. Talk about dumbing-down an interesting relationship.

random headcanon

She looks a little...different in her original form. Maybe not obvious bodily mutations like what Sukuna has (although I'd like that too), but something that says "biblically accurate angel" to contrast Hana's very pure and innocent appearance. Angel is anything but that, so I'd like her appearance to reflect that. Even if it's just something about her aura or eyes that makes it clear there's something wrong with her.

unpopular opinion

She's an interesting character that gets horribly sidelined. She's not Hana (yes, that's still a misconception in some circles). She'll become relevant again.

song i associate with them

I chose Jericho & The King's Affirmation by Iniko. Iniko embodies Angel's power and determination very well I think and Jericho in particular reminds me of her technique and how she will break down people's barriers and souls.

favourite picture of them

Unfortunately, we don't know what she really looks like, but I love when her mouth is drawn in a way where you can see every single teeth. Makes her even more creepy. I need that energy back.

also this new volume page ( they're all good, but I like this the most)