#jjk chapter 163

[deerangle3]

I am so in love with this man so have some uhhhh sketches I did of him in my sketchbook?? (I'll post a better version once I decorated my sketchbook when I'm back home :)

[sotephie]

yuuji is really channeling his inner gojo here.

[epickiya722]

I don't think I expressed enough how much I do actually like that Yuji is this... I don't know how to really put it into words but... how Yuji is this unique embodiment of horror and strangeness.

Like, just the details of his character makes him stand out to me. Everyone in JJK has some bit of oddness to them, and he has own unique kind.

He looks like sunshine personified and he is. He is the sweetest kid there is. And he looks like the typical "Oh, he must be the normal one who has to adapt to the horrors the other have to go through" character. Ha ha... no, he is the horror. He is the "creepy child" trope without even showing that he is.

Yuji is the kind of horror you actually have to put thought into to even realize "Oh, wait, that is actually fucked up". Fridge horror, the horror that you think nothing too much of until you really open your mind to it.

Like, he's this own level of odd with how he behaves and thinks.

First, it's his interests. Yuji didn't mind really being in the occult club. Of course, his reasons was that the club time allowed him enough time to see his grandfather. But also, even though he didn't have to really participate, he actively does. Iguchi and Sasaki exploring haunted places? Yuji tags along and isn't frightened at all. Mind you, they like going go haunted places because they like being scared. Why folks watch horror movies and go to attractions, right?

Yuji will play with an oujia board.

Fan of a movie series titled the Human Earthworm and actually can find the beauty and love in said movies. He's so real for that.

So far it's just simple stuff like that, right?

First time seeing a curse? Admits to being scared, but barely even flinches. When Megumi talks about the Cursed Finger and mentions how curses want to eat it? His response?

"Why, is it good?"

IT'S A FINGER?!

When informed about Inumaki's technique? What was the example he uses? "So if he says 'die' then it will happen?" Out of all the examples?! He was more impressed by the technique than actually fearful of it.

That Cursed Doll he had to train with? Called it "cute" and Gojo questioned that. In fact, when meeting Yaga, Yuji commented on how the dolls were cute.

How he fights is even a little odd and unsettling. He immediately goes into action, doesn't even need to hear the bell. He always has this look on his face that "Yeah, your kneecaps are mine". Not once has I ever recalled he actually smiles during a fight. Unlike some of the others who have showcased some enjoyment or some type of being unhinged in a "to hell with it" mood, Yuji always has this almost animalistic glare, that kind of unhinged. He isn't holding back, even against normal people like the high school bullies in chapter 163. Sometimes I question if he even knows how to hold back.

He doesn't like to get violent or kill. If he has to, he will. But it's just not anything he can brush off or be like "Yeah, I like doing it".

Then the idea of dying? Yeah, Yuji makes it clear he knows people will die. Execution placed on his head? He accepts dying with Sukuna instead of asking if there's any way to work around it, find a solution. Keep in mind, Sukuna is downright evil and does nothing but make life hard for Yuji every chance gets.

However, by the end, Yuji changes from choosing to die with Sukuna, so that no one else has to suffer, to offering Sukuna to live along side him even if no one accepts that.

Oh, let's not forget his family.

Yeah, Sukuna I just mentioned? That's his uncle by soul reincarnation. Jin, Yuji's dad who we don't really know what happened to him, is the reincarnation of Sukuna's twin that Sukuna ate in the womb. Doesn't stop there.

EDIT: Ah, wait, no! Turns out Wasuke, Yuji's grandfather, is who shared the soul with Sukuna!!

Yuji's mother, Kenjaku? Actually a 1000+ year old sorcerer who body hops by implanting their brain into whatever body they find convenient for their plans. One of those bodies happen to be Kaori Itadori, Jin's wife. Jin's dead wife. Kenjaku played wife in a woman's dead body, the same body Yuji was born from.

Yuji was born out of a corpse. With one of the Cursed Finger somehow already sealed inside him.

His other family members include Death Paintings: Choso, Eso, Kechizu, Noranso, Sho-oso, Tanso, Sanso, Kotsuso, and Shoso. His older siblings (technically) through Kenjaku, who was possessing Noritoshi Kamo's (the ancestor) body at the time. And guess what? Their blood consists of a human's blood, a cursed spirit's and Kenjaku's.

Yeah, like them, Yuji isn't really human. Again, born with one of Sukuna's Cursed Fingers already sealed in him. Without Cursed Energy, he was already outrunning cars and possessing strength not normal for the average human.

Oh, wait, and let's not forget his 'appetite'. He will eat anything if it means saving people. And he has. Other than Cursed Fingers, the other Cursed Objects Yuji consumed are his own siblings 4 - 9. Mind you, they were akin to fetuses contained in glass jars. (He isn't happy about eating them or anything for that matter though. I wouldn't be either.)

In all, he's just fridge horror with a some goodness mixed in there. I'm just rambling here.

[hanamora]

legendary 2nd appearance. cannot get any better than this.

[arsonisanoption]

JJK SPOILERS DONT READ IF YOURE NOT UP TO DATE WITH THE MANGA

Ok but like listen, I’ve been thinking, why hasn’t Gege shown Nobara? Is she really dead? And then I thought, Gege would totally hold our hopes high that she’s alive just to crush our dreams, no? But would she just be so easily discarded? No, there must be something we’re missing. So I know this is crazy, but what if Kenjaku takes over her body exactly like how he did it with Geto Suguru and Yuiji’s mom? Think about it. If she is actually dead, I think this will be her fate. On that topic, if you look at the scars on Geto’s (Kenjaku) forehead, it seems like it healed. Does that imply he needs to get a new body? How long can he stay in a body? Is the healing of the scars a good thing or a bad thing?

[littleostrich]

MR LAWYER COUNCELLOR SIR

[didyousaykfc]

[raimagnolia]

So I'm just loving how this character gets introduced.

I can't wait for this scene to be animated.

[wensvol]

has this been done yet

[linkspooky]

Yuji vs Higuruma

There's some really interesting character foiling going on with Yuji and the defense attorney. Especially since Yuji, idealistic, obsessed with saving others, and exorcising curses are unable to convince a former defense attorney who once had the same goal to end the culling game. The question is why an incorruptible ball of pure sunshine is unable to convince him. It's because Yuji isn't actually any of those things. More analysis under the cut.

1. Let's talk about Junpei (Again)

Before I start digging into the connection between Higuruma and Yuji, the chapter itself starts out with a Junpei foil. A character who is weak, and because he is weak and a target of bullies and not strong enough to stand up to them, ends up developing an unsavory and unlikable, mostly apathetic kind of personality.

Rin Amai develops an attitude of compliance and self-preservation in the face of bullying, even to the point of sitting there and watching as bullies pick on someone else knowing very easily that it could be him. It's precisely because it could be him, he becomes an apathetic watcher in order to survive not standing up to the bullies and egging them on instead. For him, the most important thing is to go with the flow and not be seen as a target.

It makes Rin Amai come off as callous at first, until you realized a much more obviously bullied and victimized Junpei almost gave this exact same speech.

I'm indifferent, because I know how bad people are. I can watch you kill people Mahito, because I don't know them, and more importantly I know the first people you killed were people who were killing me, they're bad people, in my books.

Junpei's rather honest declaration is that if there were a button for killing people he doesn't like, he wouldn't hit it, but if there were a button for killing people who didn't like him he wouldn't hesitate. The reason why is because Junpei doesn't want to go out of his way to hrut others, however, he's been such a target of bullying so many times, that he would kill the people who bullied him, just so he wouldn't be targeted anymore. It's the exact same logic as Rin Amai going along with the bullies. I have to do this, so I won't be targeted.

It's nto because people like Junpei or Amai are malicious people, but rather it's because they don't want to be beaten up. They are victims, but also victims who aren't one hundred percent good or pure people because, when they are the ones who may get hurt, they think out of self preservation, Junpei is so in pain from being repeatedly bullied all alone he simply isn't strong enough to worry about other people. His apathy is a defense mechanism against constant victimization.

This is also something Yuji fails to understand when he goes up against Junpei. He doesn't know what Junpei is going through, because Yuji has literally always been stronger than anyone else around him, when he comes across bullies he can just beat them up. Yuji doesn't really understand the feelings of a weak and helpless person like Junpei, so from the start he didn't really see him as a fully fledged human being, he just flipped between seeing him as someone either to fight against or someone to be saved.

When he admits Rin Amai again he doesnt even recognize him, and in the flashback where they met, Yuji isn't even looking at him. After beating up the bullies to stand up for a poor bullied kid, the look in his eyes is just a little bit disturbed. Yuji doesn't really see weak people, he either sees them as people to be saved, he also has relied on his natural strength to help others almost his entire life. Why am I pointing these out? Geto parallels.

2. Let's talk about Geto (AGAIN)

Higuruma and Geto are both characters who start out as empathic people who use their strength, specifically to protect the weak, and they view this as their jobs. Despite existing in corrupt systems, the jujutsu college system which calls for the death of an innocent girlin order to prolong the life of an immortal man, the court system which heavily favors the prosecution giving them more resources, and advantage even if it might result in a completely innocent person may be put to jail or even death.

After failing someone however, they both go off the rails. They were before that point, law abiding citizens who were working with the system the best they can to improve it. However, they reach their breaking point and then try to break completely free from the system. What specifically is their breaking point for both of them however, is a moment where they are helpless to save another person.

Higuruma wonders why they look at him, Geto constantly flashes back to the people who applauded Riko Amanai's death, as he wonders who exactly he is doing all of this for? Putting his body through absolute hell swallowing curses for people who act like the cult that applauded Riko's death mindlessly, or the villagers that put Nanako and Mimiko in a cage out of superstitition.

There's even water symbolism for both of them, Geto thinks of these things in the shower, when Higuruma meets up with Yuji he's sitting in a full bath tub with his clothes on. Almost as if the both of them are still trying to find a way to stay clean.

However, it's not just that. It's the powerless they experience in moments when they are not able to save others. Riko Amanai was shot dead right in front of Geto when he promised he was the strongest. Higuruma followed all the rules, did everything right to prove his court victim innocent, only to have the appeal rule him guilty. Higuruma's client was branded guilty from the very start, Riko Amanai was always going to die, if she wasn't sacrificed to the star plasma vessel then she was marked for death by many assassination contracts, and Geto was powerless to do anything about her, or even avenge her afterwards. Having lived through that moment of powerlessness, they now grab onto power to try to make their ideals come true. Higuruma's first action is to declare a retrial, and he also, isn't joining the culling game because he enjoys killing but because he can now use his power to make a world which he believes should follow the rules.

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Geto and Higuruma even after they both snap, are still idealists. Higuruma wants to get rid of the whole messy affair of trials because he doesn't believe they can be fair anymore. Geto wants to get rid of humans who just produce curses and don't have to bear the responsibility of exorcising them, because it is unfair a mintority has to again and again die very young deaths over and over while the majority is mainly oblivious to curses and how many they are killing. They notice the world is unfair, and want justice, howevver, despite still have a conscience Yuji can't reach him, and why is that?

Because Yuji doesn't have any ideals to speak of. He's just a cog in the system. All he cares about any more is exorcising curses. The reason I went on such a long tangent about Junpei and Amai at the beginning is because we are set up to believe that Yuji is the opposite of characters like these, apathetic people like Junpei and Amai who don't want to be bullied so they just, switch their emotions off. Yuji obviously cares, he's fighting to stop the game and save others. However, Yuji has to some extent become apathetic. A person who is feeling things doesn't refer to themselves as a cog. THe thing is, there are times when Yuji is not an entirely virtuous person, where his words about saving people all sound empty.

When Yuji is faced with Mahito the first time and was powerless to save Junpei, he flips and declares that all he wants to do is kill Mahito. When Yuji fights against Mahito the second time and is nearly broken by the deaths of Nanami and Nobara right in a row, Yuji declares he doesn't care what his role in anything is, he's just a cog in the system, someone who will kill Mahito over and over again. To be a cog is to be apathetic.

The thing is when Yuji is weak and helpless, he acts really similiar to Junpei, both violently lashing out, and also growing more apathetic to the world around him. Yuji is someone who acts almost the opposite of Higuruma's ideal, Higuruma wante dto keep his eyes open, while Yuji is fine keeping his eyes shut and being a cog in the system. Yuji doesn't particularly have ideals anymore, as evidenced by the fact he has a chance to try to convince Higuruma what he's doing is wrong, basically flubs it, says nothing, and then switches to, okay nevermind I am just going to beat you up. It will be fine if I beat you up. Because, this is how it's worked for Yuji his entire life. Yuji has always been strong enough to beat up any bullies, and is rarely the weak one in the situation, so nine times out of ten, he just falls back on punching the bullies in order to save people because that's what worked before.

Higuruma is presented to us as a formerly empathic individual who has now snappe,d and seems to enjoy killing and violence now, especially because it makes him feel like he is in power, and in control when he was formerly helpless. However, putting him up against Yuji begs the question, isn't Yuji like that? Yuji who is only entering the culling game to save people, who has the exact opposite motivation of Higuruma by trying to bring an end to it?

What is Yuji's strategy in order to try to convince Higuruma? He tries words for five seconds and then he's like, it's fine I'll just beat the crap out of him. If I beat him up, it's all fine. Yuji too, is someone who tries to use violence in order to get what he wants from others. Yuji is introduced to us as the opposite of people like Geto and Higuruma, however, he is going through a very similiar arc then both of them at the moment. Despite the fact that Yuji still looks like the same easygoing friendly guy, there are hints of more going on.

He has already been through a moment that broke him, not once but twice, first with Junpei, then with Nanami, completely helpless to save those he should have been able to save over and over again. He went through the same trauma as Geto, and has the same response, to rely on power and strength above everything else. Just keep exorcising curses. Don't think about what you have to do, just keep exorcising curses. Because, that worked out so well for Geto.

Now as a response, Yuji who used to talk to people and open up like he did in that one moment with Junpei, now relies on strength for everything. His response for everything is to just try to get stronger, because if he were stronger surely things would be different, if he were stronger he wouldn't have let the bad thing happen the first time. Geto confronts Gojo about his strength and how he wanted to use it, because he believes if he had that kind of godlike strength he could make the world a more just place. Higuruma wants to keep the killing game rules in place to feel stronger.

Higuruma and Geto are presented to us as ruthless killers who seem to enjoy killing now, but doesn't Yuji act in a similiar way?

"Have you ever killed someone who ticks you off? It feels better than I expected."

Yuji switched to kill when he was facing Mahito. Not exorcise a curse kill. Of course it's different when it's a curse, but Yuji has never had to face human opponents before this.

Fighting against HIguruma is supposed to make us question what Yuji is doing, because no character in Jujutsu Kaisen is truly evil as Gege has stated before. Everyone has a little bit of the right idea in their way of thinking. Everyone can also be wrong. If Higuruma wants to use his power to either force people to do the right thing, or kill them off, then what exactly is Yuji using his strength for right now? There's nothing persuasive about his words, and Yuji's plan going in was basically, okay, if he doesn't listen I'll just beat him up and force him to do it.

Yuji is such an interesting protagonist because despite his desire to play the hero, he's actually rarely allowed to play the hero in a world as morally gray and myopic as Jujutsu Kaisen. The question is if Yuji is not the hero then who is he?

Just another person probably. However, that's not a bad thing. Yuji's entire arc is about how everyone only sees him as a curse, how right now he's a literal pawn in the villain's scheme. He has no parents because he was born to fill a role, born to be Sukuna's vessel. Won't the ultimate achievement for Yuji's arc be to learn he's not a hero, but rather, a human being with flaws and weaknesses like everyone else, and learn to accept these things and live with them rather. Even if Yuji can't accept them himself, there's still Megumi who accepts him, including everything he did in Shibuya and every flaw. It's something Yuji has right now, that Higuruma and Geto both didn't.

What Yuji needs more than anything right now, is to be human again. Not to be a cog in the machine even though that makes him feel more secure. To be human, and insecure, and open his eyes, and learn to question things. Like that one moment of humanity he showed Junpei where he was able to admit he was wrong, that caused Junpei to back down the fight. THat will always be a better strategy then come on, let's break out the punchies, choo choo it's time for the pain train.

[shleemies]

He's so dreamy I'm gonna throw up

[kenjakunuts]

I KNEW DAMN WELL IT REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING

[itadora]

he protec, he attac but most importantly he got your bac (๑و•̀ω•́)و

[originaljiraiyan]

Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 163: Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro prepare to fight

Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 163: Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro prepare to fight

Tokyo No.1 Colony, Part 3 Have you ever killed someone who ticks you off . . . it feels better than I expected Hiromi Higuruma Summary of Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 163: After the last chapter set up Yuji and Megumi, we wondered which one would get betrayed. I over thought it, assuming the obvious choice Remi wouldn’t be the traitor. I was wrong, she does set Megumi up to face Reggie. They don’t…

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Chapter 163: This is how Higuruma feels about having to adult + Do I smell 10 points in Megumi’s future? + Yuji vs. Higuruma

Happy JJK-Sunday!

Eek! What a chapter! So much to nerd out about.

Just a heads up: I will be addressing the chapter out of order this time just because I felt like starting with what I loved most about the chapter--surprisingly, for once, it was not Megumi. 

Let’s get to it... 

This is how Higuruma feels about having to adult

Even though the chapter ends with Yuji's interaction with Higuruma I want to start there this week because I just love Higuruma so much.

What a character! 

With Higuruma, Gege is basically giving us a masterclass on how to create a fascinating and relatable antagonist or anti-hero.

Above all, however, Higuruma reminds me a little bit of Nanami, who I know the fandom misses a lot, because he’s just as disillusioned with “adulting” as Nanami was.

The main difference I see between Nanami and Higuruma is that the latter is grittier. Higuruma is a Nanami working “overtime” who decided to let loose and throw away the societal rules and expectations that used to rule his life.

As an “adult in her mid-thirties”, I find this SO relatable. Especially at this point in my life when I strive to be true to myself. 

Hell, I might not be into bathing with my clothes on, but a year ago, I did quit a job that I loved because I was over the idea of adulting in an office for 8-hour days. I also did not have another job lined up. I straight up just quit.

If you are a younger reader, all I can say is: don’t let the “adult” world break you or get to you!

Overall, I love that Higuruma is challenging the mental constructs he developed as a result of living in a “grown up” world that broke his ideals by doing exactly everything he used to think was “wrong.” 

In the end, who is the judge of what is “wrong” and what is “right”? Is it society? Or is it a higher divine power?

Even though Higuruma is fixated on letting go of his inhibitions, he seems to continue to have a blind trust in justice--this time, however, he trusts in a more  divine kind of justice that is exercised by the rules set my the Culling Game.

Another important consideration moving forward is that Higuruma doesn’t want rule 8 changed and that is one of the rules Megumi wants to change. 

Back in chapter 158 I wondered whether Megumi’s goal of changing the rules would most likely not go as planned because JJK is the equivalent of Murphy’s Law on steroids. It’s looking like Gege has started to show that Megumi needs to plan for things not to go as planned.

When it comes to the story, Higuruma’s change also feels relevant to where Megumi stands in this arc at the moment. 

Particularly, what worries me, is that as Higuruma says, he realized killing others is a sport he came to enjoy given he finds his opponent “pissed him off”.

I wonder if there is still some semblance of the justice-driven Hiruguma we met back in chapter 159 somewhere in there. I suspect he isn’t as crazy and unhinged as we may be led to believe, and I also wonder if Megumi’s words will be able to reach him if Megumi has not lost himself already.

Which brings me to my next point.

Do I smell 10 points in Megumi’s future?

As I mentioned above, there are a lot of parallels between Megumi and Higuruma and if Megumi lets go of his inhibitions like Higuruma is doing, who knows what he is capable of--but I doubt Megumi will be interested in taking a bath with his clothes on for the sake of it. 

Not to mention, he’s already threatened Remi about lying and I have the feeling it wasn’t just an empty threat. We won’t know until Gege reveals what happens in the upcoming chapters.

The only things that would stop Megumi from killing Remi and Mr. Fashionable Receipts at this point is that, as the lovely @justafrenchlondoner​ pointed out, he could get interrupted. Likewise, Megumi could also decide not to do it for moral reasons (unlikely because he’s already told us he doesn’t mind earning 100 points), or he decides it is a waste of time to kill them and just moves on.

On the other hand, if he does kill them, will Megumi, like Higuruma, realize that killing someone who pissed him off is something he can enjoy? 

Another fascinating thing that could come from Megumi earning points is the conflict that would ensue once Yuji learns Megumi has killed others.

How would Yuji react? 

How would Megumi react? Would he feel remorseful? I highly doubt it. In Megumi’s self-serving justice, the ends justify the means.

Another thing I loved from Megumi’s incredibly brief appearance was seeing the look in Kon’s face. 

While Kon isn’t exactly your average cute puppy (even if Kirara seemed to think so), what I am wondering is whether Megumi’s Shikigami reflect his state of mind. They are manifestations of his shadow, after all.

In this chapter, we have Kon drawn with his tongue out, he’s slobbering and has this overall feral look about him. This is completely head canon, but to me Kon looks like he’s showing us Megumi’s murderous intent and the blood-thirst he might be feeling about getting back at Remi for leading him into a trap.

The thing is that even if Reggie is somewhat strong and both him and Remi were to gang up on Megumi, just like it happened to Shigemo back in Shibuya, Remi and Reggie have NO idea what they have unleashed upon themselves.

This makes me wonder just how violent and sadistic Megumi is going to allow himself to be. Right now he is clearly pissed off; the question is: is he pissed off enough to unleash his full wrath on Remi and Reggie?

Finally, it looks like Gege answered the question I had last chapter about where Megumi and Yuji are in relation to one another. From the look of it, they are a lot closer than I thought. 

Meaning, there is still a chance for that Megumi vs. Higuruma face-off since I have the feeling Yuji will not be able to persuade Higuruma no matter how strong he is.

Yuji vs. Higuruma

I loved learning about Yuji’s past as the Tiger of West Junior High since it means Megumi and Yuji have beating up bullies in common.

I clearly cannot shut up about how beautiful a bond they have and learning this about Yuji just helps me appreciate their relationship even more. To me it speaks to how they have a deep understanding of each other that requires no words.

I also really enjoyed the interaction between Yuji and Higuruma, especially when Yuji is unable to respond to Higuruma about the Culling Game going on forever. 

One of the things I’ve been wondering since reading the text leaks on Wednesday is how Yuji would handle an argument with Higuruma without Megumi--seeing as Megumi is the strategist between the two of them. 

The answer is, of course, by challenging him to a fight.

Two things about this panel: First, here we have Yuji drawn with his bangs pulled up just like Sukuna yet again. Is Gege trying to tell us something or am I thinking too much into it?

*Second, “you will let US use your 100 points”. I love how Yuji has, true to character, taken Megumi’s battle on and made it his own. To me, this isn’t just Yuji thinking of himself as a cog, but rather, he’s showing us how much he cares about saving Megumi. Again, it just speaks to how beautifully Gege uses “the power of friendship trope” through Yuji and Megumi. 

*I have to double check the Japanese raw to confirm what pronoun Yuji uses since in the official translation he is shown as saying “let ME use”. Regardless, my thoughts on Yuji’s desire to save Megumi stand.

But, will Higuruma change his mind? I have the feeling that even if he’s beaten to a pulp by Yuji, he won’t use his points to change the rules. Which would leave Yuji and Higuruma at an impasse since killing Higuruma is not something Yuji would want--there is no need for Yuji to kill him to be fair.

Now, I’m also wondering how Higuruma is going to be able to move around freely in a fight against Yuji wearing clothes that are soaked with water since they are bound to be heavy. After all, Yuji’s specialty is hand-to-hand combat and he’s improved a lot and seems to be putting more thought into his fighting style recently.

On the other hand, Higuruma is most likely a long-range opponent where his Shikigami does all of the fighting for him. The problem Yuji is likely to run up against is that Higuruma, as a lawyer by trade, is most likely also a strategic thinker like Megumi.

Whatever the case, I am looking forward to this fight since everyone else up until now has been weak.

Whomever ends up winning the fight, Megumi could potentially still walk in and have that “Megumi’s self-serving justice” vs. “Higuruma’s blind justice” showdown the fandom has been speculating about since Higuruma got introduced back in chapter 159.

For all we know, Megumi is able to reason with Higuruma in the end. However, given the timeline of events, with 7ish days left for Tsumiki’s deadline to join the Culling Game, that feels like too quick of a victory plot-wise.

What is up with Amai?

Now, Amai has turned out to be a really interesting character himself. 

Amai is not necessarily shady, but rather, someone looking out for himself in an unforgiving world. That trait in itself makes him a dangerous person to be around since he’s proven he is someone who could easily switch sides when it suits his best interest.

We also still don’t know anything about his cursed technique.

But.... what in the world is he trying to apologize to Yuji for?

Gege is a troll 

Speaking of Amai and Remi...

I loved that the fandom was guessing who the culprit leading our boys down to a trap could be. The theories and the evidence supporting these theories was fascinating.

In the end, I also loved that Gege did go with the more obvious answer. 

Way to troll the fandom and keep us all on our toes!

I absolutely love it.

Come to think of it, another Mangaka group you will often read me write about is CLAMP because I consider them the Queens of:

Plot twists you did not see coming

Making their characters suffer for no reason other than “because why not”

And tragic and dark character-driven stories

Well, in my opinion, Gege deserves the spot as the King of all of the above plus a bag of chips--let’s not forget Gege also subverts tropes like a boss.

As a writer, I truly admire Gege’s writing and story-telling skills and consider him one of my favorites right along with CLAMP.

That being said, I am looking forward to chapter 164 in two week’s time since we get another break.

Until then... Happy JJK-Sunday!

What about you? What did you love about this chapter most?

[limitlessmika]

JJK CHAPTER 163 SPOILER

megumi is definitely akutamis favorite like just look at him