#jujutsu kaisen twins

[lxmelle]

Do you have any analysis that makes the "Maki/Mai kiss" scene abit more bearable? I can understand all the other weird stuff in JJK, but this just always bothers me; most of all because it seems so unnecessary. MeiMei's incest plot at least had a point to show her greed and manipulation. People try to explain the scene as just a very intimate way of showing love at the moment of death and I definitely don't believe Gege meant it sexual. So I keep asking, then why? It's weird in Japanese culture and most cultures to kiss a sibling on the mouth especially when neither of you are kids anymore so what was the point of purposefully drawing that? Was it that hard to find a way to express grief/love between sisters that didn't involve an incest moment? Was it to play into Mai's characterization as having her first crush be "Maki or Megumi"? Am I just supposed to accept it as another weird quirk of Gege? For now, I'm holding on that it was necessary to transfer CE because I really really hate it and hope it's removed from the anime.

Hey anon, thanks for taking the time to send me an ask!

To be very honest, it didn’t stand out to me much, so thank you for bringing it to my attention. When I first read it, I foolishly thought it was like CPR 😓 (I’m an idiot for skimming it).

I read it properly this time. 🫡

To be honest, I agree with you, and to be really transparent, it made me a little bit uncomfortable too 🤔 Not homosexuality, but rather, the need for a kiss in that context between siblings.

So, I sat with it for a bit and after having had a think about it; considering the other parallels with “twins” that we are aware of... my own interpretation (at least preliminarily), is that it isn’t sexual as you also seem to feel/believe. There just aren’t any other signs that it should be interpreted that way.

Further to that, I also know/sense Gege isn’t the type of author/mangaka who sexualises things. I have faith in him as a self-deprecating man who avoids making his characters “sexy” for no reason.

Sorry, this for a bit long, so… More under the cut:

Thinking about the pace of the story, themes, interactions, and narrative thus far, I don’t think Gege wanted it to be romantic or even sexualised, because there are many other ways to express the “perversion” of a scene... like a breast grope? It would be convenient, and it wasn’t done - so, I think this is an indicator in itself it wasn’t sexual. The next scene cut to the death fantasy we see many characters being given. So it seems to depict that death was at least occurring when Mai & Maki’s lips touched.

At least, imho. Based on logic and deduction.

Also… as for the fear over how/why it could be interpreted as such (sexual) could be due to several factors in the fandom’s belief of Mai having a preference for women.

Which is fine and I appreciate that need for a young person to explore their sexuality or preferences. My view of Mai is that she was trapped on a path where she was not allowed freedom. Just like Maki (and many others like Yuji who felt they were born to be a vessel, and Gojo & Geto as the strongest that needed to hold a heavy responsibility, and Kamo who had a lesser-known arc).

This seems to be a themes Gege revisits that has shaped the jujutsu world that needed reforming. Geto tried to change the world, Gojo tried to change the students that made up the jujutsu future.

After doing some digging and thinking about these central themes, I think it also touches on character growth through parallels and foreshadowing. It isn’t a story about romance, to paraphrase Gege’s words, I’m reminded of the only other kiss we saw which was like a binding vow between Yuta & Rika in which the latter was also a curse. And then there is the subject of pain that leads to focus and growth. And we can’t ignore how Yuji broke free from the “cog mentality” which demonstrated transcendence in his character growth... I’ll expand on this as we go along. I hope I’ll make sense.

Anyway… We also know Gege is a bit liberal and finds opportunities to draw or depict characters who are on the fringes of Japanese society (like Larue, Miguel, orphans, people within oppressed systems, etc.) and some have had opportunities to love, but face obstacles or tragedy.

So, unrealised potential and broken/shattered dreams plague many of them. Death also comes abruptly and unfairly... so with Mai, I wonder if her openness to “unconventional love” / affection / a crush like with her sister or Megumi or even with Takada - simply represents all the things she may have wanted to have - freedom to be herself and to explore - but it was a path that could never be.

Also, a crush is sometimes also like a sense of love or longing - and we know Gege likes pure love as a central theme that is the underside of a curse.

It’s not a far stretch to say that Maki and Mai were cursed. And there was a pure love between them. When you’re young, I think only pure love exists anyway. I think we as a fandom have to also be careful not to sexualise things...

Like many other characters, it was as if her presence as a twin was doomed from the start. They were doomed as long as they were split as two entities. For her to say that she knew it would come to this (“gonna happen one day” seems to mean that she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would die for Maki.

For the parallel to be drawn between Yuji & Mahito, with the latter bringing it up first, and then for Yuji to demonstrate that he sat on that statement (adding that his instinct was initially to reject it), showed initial growth. He expressed relating to Mahito “I am you”. Overall, this was regarding their innate instincts (to save and to kill) and as a character with a role.

I am reminded of this scene, where Maki reflected on the path they were on. Being separated or even rejected (the rift/conflict between them). And what she was bestowed with... idk if it’s a binding vow of sorts, but this seems to tie together with Yuji accepting his role at this stage.

For more character growth… We saw Yuji expand on the “i am you” theme relating to predestined roles, etc.

So with Sukuna, he echoed the same sentiment/phrase - I see it as a demonstration of empathy (much like Gojo -> Sukuna — in wanting to reach him) where he was expressing relating to being born a curse/was cursed but did not have to choose to remain one. And in becoming one, or in embracing themselves wholly, they could exist. (Also, in both circumstance, one died and the other lived. More on this later when I address the actual kiss).

There may be more to unpick about that, or an even deeper meaning, but it seems to say that there are many parallels and connections between characters in their trajectory as well as their fates. Mai and Maki said the same thing...

So I doubt that there was anything romantic about their relationship. It seemed like an inevitable thing that the stronger of the two would have to die for the other to thrive/survive.

But what becomes of the soul... I have no idea. This is a mystery! Now this is a Gege quirk for not explaining it. If Sukuna’s twin’s soul could reincarnate, maybe Mai did? Or did Mai’s essence become imbued in the katana? I really... have no idea.

I hope this line of thought helps make that scene easier to swallow.

As for the kiss. I’m reminded again of Sukuna - who devoured/ate his own twin to become “whole”. Maki and Mai had to become one in order for Maki to reach her full potential. She also had to experience loss and pain in order to find a stronger reason or resolve. Doesn’t this remind you of both Gojo and Yuji (and countless others? Even Megumi? Is that what it means to retain humanity? To have known/treasured something only to have lost it, for someone to be able to find a reason to live? Hmm.)

It’s possible that it was an exchange of CE, as we know it took everything Mai had to make a weapon for her sister. If I’m not mistaken, she took whatever Maki might’ve had, in order to complete it.

Again, as soon as their lips connected, we saw the death vision/fantasy scene... that seems pretty telling.

Could it also symbolise the unity of the soul, to connect in such an intimate way? Like a “breath of life” that CPR would bring. Mai said that their connection / relationship went far everyone a binding vow. So maybe we could also see it as her exchanging a vow with her sister. Like allowing herself to be consumed by her sister in a symbolic way, and the vow/exchange was - she took Maki’s CE and gave her sister a weapon (her life). Also reminds me of Rika and Yuta. In her death... Yuta gained Shikigami Rika. An exchange.

Anyway, those are my thoughts and ponderings.

Feel free to leave a comment, add your own thoughts in a reblog, or ask away!

Edit: I realise this wasn’t the most coherent 😂 but thank you for those who read it to the end.

[sharksliveinspace]

“Wow. Human Earthworm 4 sucked.”

[planetsandmagic]

"even if no one else accepts you, I'll live with you"

[bedriddenandcrying]

JJK SPOILERS

them in that afterlife thing cuz wtf ALL OF THEM R DEAD?????

[ramixha]

What if they meet in Heian era and befriend with each other.

Yuji, stop bringing strays to home! Also that’s kidnapping! …waaaaaait….does it count as kidnapping when said child been orchestrated and abandoned by the villages?

[specialgradefckr]

tw: explicit content. geto/reader. gojo/geto, gojo/reader. heavily implied incest. toxic dynamics (geto and reader have ulterior motives for having sex).

it really is surprising, how much you look like him up close.

pressed up against you as he is, cock grinding against your entrance to slick it up, suguru can see you in immaculate detail.

and fuck, are you beautiful.

but of course you are; from your pretty pale eyelashes, to the smooth curve of your face, that charming nose and inviting lips; you resemble satoru from your features, to your sultry but shy mannerisms.

somehow he always managed to be slutty, demanding, and act like a virgin being ravished all at once.

from how you're acting? must be genetic.

the only thing missing is a pair of glowing eyes piercing through him. but the look you're giving him now is good enough.

"come on," you pant, hands squeezing where you've grabbed him by the shoulders, "put it in already."

suguru isn't sure why you're in such a hurry. he's not sure why you're fucking him, either; he knows satoru won't like this.

he finds, as he watches your face flush when he smirks down at you, chuckling lowly and lining himself up with your entrance, that he doesn't care.

so pretty. so lovely. white-haired, blue eyed, squirming underneath him, lashes fluttering as your whole form shivers when he holds you down. you're just like him.

maybe that's why he's able to get it up. he's never been that interested in women - never interested in anyone, until satoru.

and then you came along. you approached him, with your pretty face and unmistakable features.

to piss off satoru? or maybe you were angry at him for stealing your brother away, and this was your way of trying to ruin things between them?

none of those thoughts stop him from driving his cock into your wet, inviting cunt, groaning as he feels you shudder underneath him.

his hands are so big on your body. your skin is the same, and the lean, lanky build, but you're softer than satoru. not as squirmy. easier to hold.

you feel so good in his hands. easy to bruise, too, he thinks, as you whimper in a way that makes his heart ache (and his dick throb).

and the way you clench him - you're not as tight as satoru, but you're wet. slick and hot and snug in a way he's never been.

he'd always tell satoru they should use more lube, and he'd always insisted it was fine, the little masochist.

it's a marvel. he just glides through you, slick and giddy while your cunt just seems to embrace him. like it never wants to let him go. like this is where he belongs.

jesus. fuck satoru for having such a hot sister. fuck him for the fit he's inevitably going to throw when he finds out -

he smiles to himself while he looks down at you, all teary-eyed and panting from the stretch of him. prefect and ruined.

oh. he has an idea. he knows what he's going to do.

"you like that, gojo?" he purrs, grinding up into you, reaching down to rub over your clit with his thumb.

it's thrilling, the way you jerk at the touch, seizing up in pleasure, whimpering and squeezing his shoulders while you nod shyly.

fuck, fuck, you're beautiful.

and why wouldn't you be? you're a gojo, through and through.

he can call you gojo, but he always calls your brother satoru.

if he calls satoru "gojo" when he fucks him - then he'll know something is up. that geto is fucking another gojo and trying not to slip up.

his grin gets wider, thrusts faster. your legs lock around him, hips bucking up to meet him.

god, it's good. you feel so fucking good.

he rubs faster on your clit, until your whimpering grows high, breathy, until your nails are digging beautiful marks into his shoulder that he's sure satoru won't miss.

you haven't told him not to, either, so with one last thrust and a deep, resounding groan, he cums inside you, all hot and throbbing and euphoric.

"gojo!" he groans out, and it's not even that hard to keep his name from his lips -

"s-satoru!"

...what?

[tikklil]

Destroy everything

[rae-r3y]

Same dynamic different anime duo

I love them so much omds 🤭🤭🤭

[bbluesagwa]

❤️‍🔥

[sharksliveinspace]

cupcake disaster

[planetsandmagic]

forced coexistence

[finchfaes]

silly nobamai rivals to lovers college au idea that got out of hand while rambling to my friends about it one night at 2am

[purplestar]

💫Translating Brazilian Twitter screenshots while making JJK memes with them💫

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[sulky-cabbage]

How do I make this about sukug-*gets shot*

[saaraofthesand]

when people do aus and leave somebody out

[joonsbubu]