#ch: kenjaku

[on-wine-dark-seas]

What do you think the Shibuya incident would have been like if Sukuna had been on the side of the good guys? Not in Yuuji's body but in his own body in a kind of AU where he is a teacher like Gojo. Do you think he would simply do the same and not mind killing whoever he needs to or would he try to protect civilians? Do you think that just like with Gojo, Kenjaku would use someone dear to him [Yuji or Uraume] to manipulate him and lead him into a trap or would Sukuna not fall for such a trick? I love your ideas and definitely want to know how u imagine such a scenario 👀

NEW AU ALERT [I might put this one in Sonder]

So, this one was kind of a puzzler because Gege's entire narrative is something I call a "cascading story" in which he writes the events like a series of dominoes falling. One can't happen without these previous three things happening, etc. The way my brain works is I want to stay kind of true to the characters even when shifting their allegiances and morals. There's certain attributes I don't change because it risks running OOC.

So, to solve that problem we gotta slide back to the Heian Era when Sukuna made his deal with Kenjaku. Kenjaku is known for making airtight binding vows, but Sukuna is just as clever [I feel like Kenjaku is the one who taught him some new tricks lowkey]. The way I see it, Kenjaku could only get Sukuna to agree to so much or risk losing his wild card for the Culling Games. So, he likely made the binding vow to secure his allegiance in the Culling Games but whatever else happened before or after was out of his control [except when it comes to Yuji]. Now, since we don't need a Vessel for this AU, I wanna say instead of that scenario happening, Sugawara was the one who cut a deal with Sukuna instead, binding him to the Gojo family in a way.

Fast forward to Sukuna reincarnating in his full body [let's say they still have to collect his Fingers for whatever reason to reconstitute him]. He's teaching at Jujutsu Tech, etc. He finds Satoru kind of annoying, but he also knows Kenjaku is bad news. So, here's our other problem: Kenjaku's ace is the Prison Realm. Problem is, that's a single occupancy and he's got two of the strongest assholes to ever wield jujutsu to worry about. With an ancient vow binding Sukuna to Gojo, he can't count on the King of Curses being chaotic, and he is the stronger of the two.

So, now Kenjaku has to decide which one he can trap in the Prison Realm. He decides to roll the dice and go over the options. Unfortunately, sealing Gojo means he'll have to contend with Sukuna immediately afterward. And that's a problem that can only be solved one way. He can still use the false!Geto visage to distract Gojo as he does in canon.

However, were he to choose to try and seal Sukuna, there is nothing the King of Curses cares about save himself. He puts no one above himself.

Save one.

The hostage situation: Uraume. Sukuna had no wife or children, but he had his ward and protege, Uraume. Ume agreed to Kenjaku's terms because it meant being reunited with Sukuna [let's say they were separated for whatever reason and Ume was maneuvered into the deal, etc]. Kenjaku could force Uraume to distract Sukuna long enough to seal him. This would probably be where I ask myself whether or not being someone's devoted ward supersedes a binding vow because it can't be one of my fics if I don't give a character an existential or cosmic crisis in the middle of all the other shit they're going through.

Kenjaku weighs his options, and decides while it would be easier to seal Gojo, sealing Sukuna is ideal.

Plot twist: Sukuna is only 15 Fingers strong in Shibuya so there's still one hand's worth of his soul floating around out there. And a five-fingered Sukuna is much easier to deal with than 15.

But now Gojo is a problem. Gonna be honest with you: I don't see Kenjaku enacting shit without the crucial wild card that is Sukuna. With Gojo and Sukuna working together, Shibuya would have been over in an hour, Nanami would be alive, and those disaster curses would have been hemmed up early on. Sukuna may be forbidden from harming civilians or harming for fun, but exorcising curses is something he can do without a care. Mahito would have eaten shit before he could kill Junpei.

The entire Shibuya Incident is the culmination of a millennia worth of plotting by a diabolical sorcerer who just wanted to see something "new." Like I said earlier: a cascading plotline like that requires a lot of moving parts, and Shibuya was the climax of all that. Kenjaku's plan relied o discretion, patience, and playing his cards at the exact time in order to control all variables of the situation to ensure the most favorable outcome. He planned meticulously around the eventuality that he could trap the Six Eyes [the only ability that could see what he was doing], and the blind spots needed to ensure that he could do it since he had no way to actually kill the Six Eyes permanently [he's already tried, they always get reborn]. I wager Kenjaku's ability gave him the unique advantage of being able to observe recurring cycles in jujutsu in order to formulate the plan to begin with.

Of all the sorcerers we meet both incarnated and modern, Kenjaku, Tengen, and Sukuna are the most long-lived, and that's because Kenjaku can body swap and secure his immortality with his CT, Sukuna figured out how to become a cursed object [but apparently once you turn into a cursed object, you can never fully go back to being human without a Vessel to contain you], and Tengen's technique is literally immortality. Time is the greatest weapon a jujutsu sorcerer has, and Kenjaku used it to his advantage, as did Sukuna, who only became stronger as his legend incited fear and horror over time.

Gojo really had the deck stacked against him, poor baby.

Anyways, anon, thanks for listening to my yapping because oh boy do I have a lot of feelings about this series.

[sugurugayto]

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saw this riverdale screencap going around so i had to do this

[choso-onii-chan]

What if Kenjaku just killed his unborn grandchild here? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Yeah, it's exactly what i mean!

[tangsakura]

Yess sukuna is lying about not knowing flowers.. Body swapped Yuta can't go through gojo's memories, only when the brain swapped he could. That means sukuna, too, can't go through megumi's memories???? Sukuna knows flowers 🌼

In this post, I'll cover:

Conditions to read someone else's memories

Proof that Sukuna knows about flowers and lied to Yuji

WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS UP TO CH. 265. PLEASE DO NOT INTERACT IF YOU AREN'T CAUGHT UP.

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First of all, let me clear up this misunderstanding about soul swapping.

Body swapping doesn't allow the intruder to read the memories of the person they're intruding in. To my understanding, it's because soul swapping doesn't break the soul's connection from the original body despite the switch - that's why Yuta can't read Gojo's memories and vice versa. The only ways one can read another person's memories are through their soul co-habiting with another in one body regardless if they have full control of the body or not; or if you have a CT that allows you to body hop, disconnecting your soul from one body and connecting to another.

The reincarnated sorcerers, including Sukuna and Angel, can read the memories of the people they're co-existing with in one body - they are the best examples of the former. Kenjaku has a CT that allows their brain to invade a corpse and control it, provided that it is not greatly damaged and has no conditions like a heavenly restriction in it - this is the best example of the latter. So, to read someone else's memories, you gotta co-exist with someone in one body or have some CT that allows body hopping.

Sukuna is still co-existing with Megumi in Megumi's body, so he can read Megumi's memories, though not always instantaneous.

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Megumi's Memories???

Sukuna was definitely lying. He certainly knows about flowers. Let me explain.

So here's what we know of Megumi from what Gege revealed from the fanbook.

He's an animal-type of guy. He loves animals more than humans, plus he's more into reading, especially non-fiction books (he reads the newspapers, too).

"Oh, but Tsumiki -"

Yes, Tsumiki was into constellations, and most likely, flowers, too. Megumi knows that. But how much do you think Megumi remembers all the things she taught him about them?

Megumi barely remembered about the Southern Cross constellation.

JJK CHAPTER 156

"Yeah, but Sukuna could've seen these stuff in passing."

Okay. Let's look at chapter 265 - RAW. Translated by me, lmao.

"Asagao (Morning Glories)" "It's Ajisai (Hydrangeas), fool."

(After Yuji yapped about Sendai and the flowers in this place) "Come to think of it, you can identify things like the names of the flowers, huh."

(Note: I know Yuji used 分かる here, which also means 'to know'. But, in this context, it means 'know by looking at the flowers').

"..................I guess it's Fushiguro Megumi's memories."

Bro, what's with the long pause? What's with the conjecture? It's a simple question.

We know it's not from Yuji since he's more into movies, and perhaps TV shows since he likes watching TV. So it's either he knows it already or he learned it from Megumi - why hesitate?

"Oh, you're overreacting-"

Here's another panel. Look at how he recognized Yuta's CT from Megumi's memories in chapter 249.

(Literal Translation) "From Fushiguro Megumi's memories, it is revealed [to me] that the cursed technique of the kid, possessed by the cursed spirit, is Copy." (Kanji of Copy: 模倣, imitation)

You're telling me that this hedonistic beefy guy, who can tell someone else's CT from Megumi's memories from the get-go, cannot tell if the names of the flowers are from Megumi's memories?

Nah, there's only one conclusion. Sukuna knows about flowers and he lied to Yuji. Obviously, his claim was such an epic fail, lmao.

Love ya, Sukuna, but screw you for being a big failure in lying.

TLDR - Sukuna knows about Flowers:

Megumi is an animal-lover, and an avid reader of non-fiction books and newspapers

Sukuna can tell Yuta's CT from Megumi's memories, but isn't sure if the knowledge of flowers came from Megumi's memories. So contradictory. It can only mean one thing - he knows about flowers and just lied to Yuji xD

Thank you for coming to my long-ass TedTalk. Until then.

[sulky-cabbage]

Eve: "Regarding the lyrics, this time its about portraying the conflicts and feelings of the characters in Jujutsu kaisen. This kind of feeling inside me, made me choose the characters one by one and thus write the lyrics. I don't dare to say where or who..."

Also Eve:

Alternative translations: 1 2 3 4

The lyrics hit different after ch 271. I kinda want this to be the op for s4 ngl

[bxriles]

I will eventually have a full rant, but this one is just off the cuff. I would like to say that I know jjk is a tragedy and I know (and love) that it doesn’t follow traditional Shonen manga. I am aware of all of this.

But Gege. My brother in christ. I really am not following the narrative decisions being made here…. And I haven’t since the start of the culling games.

Why is the story framed as the younger generation being “better” than the older generation and breaking generational cycles and changing the status quo if this is what we’re doing to the younger generation?

And yes, yes. Before people start freaking out, I do understand that this is a tragedy. I’m just not sure how we got to this level of tragedy when the story was not framed that way. (My full rant will be coming with receipts supporting that btw.)

I mean jfc, seeing those 261 leaks made me feel like I was reading Steven Erickson’s Deadhouse Gates again in terms of sheer bleakness and brutality. The only difference is that it worked in Deadhouse Gates because the story was always framed to be that tragic and brutal and I would argue that Jujutsu Kaisen has had VERY DIFFERENT framing since the beginning.

[littleholmes]

them: what’s wrong?

me: idk yuta could die, that’s always a possibility cause he’s powerful but mostly i’m concerned about how and when Kenjaku will infiltrate someone else’s body, cause we still don’t know much of the specifics of how he’s been body hopping and nestling himself in people’s brains and we have Gojo’s body out there and Yuta would make a super powerful host too, Kenjaku’s last words were ominous as hell and the look in his eye in that last panel…there’s no way taking him out would’ve been that ‘easy’…idk, it’s jjk, and since Shibuya, for every positive thing/victory the students get, like three negative things happen, so idk he could—

[the-teapot-collection]

crocodile walked so kenjaku could run

[goatyuuji]

THAT’S MY SON MY BABY BOY

[on-wine-dark-seas]

I may write a oneshot about how Kenjaku and The Marquist came up with the Divine Seal to contain Sundari's power and memories until Sukuna incarnated and broke the seal. But like...I feel like the implication is enough without having to go into every little detail of that piece of lore.

Like this is what the Divine Seal looks like. This is what Gojo sees when they have their one-night stand in their first meeting [it cannot be seen by non-sorcerers]. It's why he was suspicious of her. I don't think I made that detail clear as some people thought he was suspicious of Sukuna's tattoos being on her.

The Six Eyes perceived what this was, but didn't know who Sundari was and why she had it. He initially thought she was a Vessel, but was even more shocked that she's a direct descendant of Sukuna by way of Nadja. Immortal and half-divine, thus why a Divine Seal was needed to contain her power. The binding vow Kenjaku added had the seal set to break when Sukuna incarnated in the future. This was accelerated when Yuji incarnated Sukuna earlier than planned, and Gojo found Sundari before Kenjaku could reach her.

I may just write up a whole meta post about this and add it to my headcanon/meta page.

[getosugurusbangs]

DAMN yuta’s domain is sick actually

it is just love and peace themed (unsurprisingly) but it’s still pretty cool ngl

[sugurugayto]

now gege better draw fem!gojo so i could have my yuri!stsg

[pardon-my-scifi]

What even is chapter 242?

[love-marimo]

HOLY SHIT KSNDBHSHSJSKSNSHSHSJAJA

okay i need to take a deeeeep breath

im actually scared of how manipulative kenjaku is?? 😰 suguru def won't approve of this behavior.

also it kind of doesn't make sense that he thinks that the culling game has no true gamemaster when he literally broke the rule system to add two new rules.

but then i guess it's bc he has the intention of putting drawbacks… but ehhh… idk

MAKIIII OH MY GOODDDDDDD YOURE SO HOT PLS I MISSED U

i mean??? come on gege?? hop to it!! 🙄😤

i just- AAAAAHHH yuuji :((( my baby needs a damn break pls

anyways choso's fond smile tho?? HELL YES MONSTER DADDY

jujutsu avengers, assemble! 😤😤😤

also this short flashback of gojo 🥹🥹 i miss him so much my goodness. it's just bittersweet to even watch shoko reminisce about the memory of gojo not wanting to be alone anymore.

....

"come back already gojo"

HAH. i bet gege used that line to rile us up and yes i believe it worked on me 😩😭 i need him to finish this stupid ass game.

[jellie-the-aqua-puma]

My actual reaction to JJK CH 235