#hate how often Yuuji's character gets dumped down to generic tropes

[cursedvibes]

I just saw the academic stats of the official fanbook and cry laughing how Yuuji was second to dead last. Gojo is the epitome of that gifted physics PhD student who knows * everything* but forgets not everyone knows or learns like he does naturally so the students are left swimming in the dead end.

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*sigh* don't remind me. Twt's response to that has been bothering me for a while. Just another opportunity for people to completely misunderstand Yuuji's character and just jump to the conclusion that he's dumb. Of course they are gonna bring up him counting down Mahoraga's attacks on his fingers as if that's unusual or a bad thing. Even saw someone say he would only finish high school at 20 (because he's too stupid not because he's busy fighting for his life). They are just running full force after those Dumb Shonen MC tropes, completely ignoring his actual character. That very same fanbook even says he's a pretty good student in regular high school, does his homework, no signs of being behind, only sciences are his weakness.

I think it's very noticeable that the Kyoto students seem a lot better in academics than the ones in Tokyo and I don't think that's because Kyoto happens to attract Mensa-level students. They just have better teachers, meanly Kusakabe and Utahime. Like you said, Gojo is a pretty shit teacher. He barely taught Yuuji or any of his other students anything in terms of jujutsu (as his fight against Sukuna reminded us) and I doubt it's any different for common subjects.

Most of the regular school teaching is done by windows and assistant directors, but they are also notoriously overworked and that might be the reason for why the students are lacking behind in comparison. I mean, Hakari is a very intelligent guy. If the school hadn't treated him like shit, I'm sure his score would be much better. Same with Maki. I could see her having to serve as the only weapons teacher at the school cutting into her study time. Don't know why else she would be behind Mai. Hell, the students don't even have theoretical knowledge of jujutsu, like barrier techniques for example.

I guess Tokyo Tech just banks on the students dying before getting a high school degree. It is a very neat tactic to keep them from seeking a non-sorcerer occupation. Nanami and Ijichi got lucky with their education.

The other categories Jujutsu Sense (Ability to use CE & CT) and Reflexes (Motor skills without CE enhancement) are a lot more even, with Tokyo leading in places, but it's also something that's a lot more reliant on innate talent not teaching. Like how Yuuji got only a couple of useful lessons from Todo and Nanami (and Kusakabe) and thankfully that was enough to get him to the level of a grade 1 sorcerer. Thank god he learns fast or he would be fucked.

Also, all those people making fun of Yuuji for not having straight A's in physics or math are also the ones complaining about CTs being too complicated or don't know how the Culling Game works. Yuuji understood that pretty quickly.