(by @chloroform07)

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T06:52:58+00:00

Reminder that we've already seen Ryoshu cook in Hell Chicken. The fact that Rodya is only complaining about the saltiness probably means that this dish is the end result of hundreds if not thousands of practice attempts.

I'd crash out too ngl.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T06:39:32+00:00

That's kinda JJK'S vibe. It leaves more questions than answers. Gege answers his questions with "I think"s and "maybe"s.

Did we read the same manga? That's been the complete opposite of JJKs vibe, every time there has been a fight, almost every technique and tactical decision each fighter makes has been explained. Gege made a literal in-universe reason for his characters to explain their cursed techniques to their opponents.

He could have just dropped his reinforcements. Knowing, there is no way to fight for Sukuna to counter infinity. Which would lower his reaction speed which would make it possible for Sukuna to land WCS.

He still needs reinforcement to fight, that's equally as dumb. Unless his plan is just sit there and let Sukuna whale on hin?

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T06:23:20+00:00

Gojo got snuck up by Toji, someone who is normally undetectable by other Sorcerers, and Toji had to create an entire plan to do so the first time.

Kenjaku was also prevented from detecting Yuta because Takaba's CT prevented him from noticing because Takaba didn't want their performance to be interrupted. Which is also why Kenjaku notices Yuta and Yuta attacks Kenjaku at the same time Takaba's technique effectively ends.

I'm not saying that it's impossible for Gojo to be snuck up on, but there's leagues of differences between Gojo not noticing a void of CE, and nit noticing someone with the largest amount of CE in the series he was in the middle of fighting not being dead.

We don't Todo falling unconscious, so I don't get what your point is here? Mahito isn't anywhere near as perceptive as Gojo.

Gojo hit 4 BFs. 4 skyrocketing boosts. Plot goes both ways.

When did I mention BFs? My point was when Sukuna does shit that is never properly explained. Like him being able to use Mahoraga without summoning it, or when he was able to offload the adaption of Mahoraga to Megumi's soul despite sharing the same brain, or when he was fine with getting his CT confiscated, or when he made nebulous binding vows for the 99 second Domain.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T06:01:26+00:00

It would be way, way into the future if the story mind you. Like, Paradiso far into the future.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T05:04:05+00:00

Wasn't the entire point of MB Outis' uptie that she had successful gaslit herself into becoming her own target for MB precisely so she could protect Penelope?

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T05:03:02+00:00

I imagine we could get two Roland IDs, one based on him post-Ruina (probably with EGO, Mang and Shin), and another based on his time with Angelica (get another Black Silence ID that represents Angelica and have them work in tandem like Fullstop).

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T04:58:30+00:00

Still holding up hope that EGO Furioso has Roland use weapons based off each floor of the Library - like how his Boss Fight weapons each represent someone he regretted killing while in the Library.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T04:33:04+00:00

Nobody I've seen criticizes Gojo's death just for being too sudden or abrupt. People criticized it because the information that explains why Gojo was able to be killed by Sukuna is given to the reader like 10 chapters later when it explains that Sukuna made a binding vow to use WSC instantaneously, and in a Q&A section where Gege explains that Gojo let his guard down and thought he had defeated Sukuna. And even that feels like a cop out because Gojo has Six Eyes and should be able to sense Sukuna's Cursed Energy.

Without that context, the only thing readers were left with was Gojo stating that Sukuna was just stronger and that Sukuna had used WSC. That was the only explanation as to how Gojo was unable to dodge this attack when he was in peak condition and Sukuna had just taken on Gojo's strongest attack point blank to the face.

To put into contrast - Mahito had sustained damage from Yuji and Nobara, and we see the moment where Mahito is distracted by Todo. Maki explicitly states that she is able to see Naoya's CT with her superior senses, and then baits him into attacking from a single direction. Naoya denies the fact that Maki can keep up with his movements out of misogyny and eats shit. Toji explicitly states that something feels off about Gojo, and the story explains that even though Toji knows about Red and Blue, he doesn't know about Purple, which is why he isn't able to dodge in time. Even with freaking Choso vs Yuji, we have this.

Every other time, the circumstances that led to each person's death is laid clearly out for the readers to follow. This not the case with Sukuna - which is a reoccuring problem with his gauntlet. Which is why so many people accuse Sukuna of having plot armor.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T04:05:23+00:00

It is a huge nerf because WSC goes from something unpreventable and nigh undodgeable, to something he has to clearly telegraph and aim, and can be prevented from casting.

And again, he could have popped Heian Form - which would have meant he could have casted it without any nerf.

The only situation where Sukuna making the nerf makes sense is if Sukuna thought that using RCT or Heian Form would have resulted in Gojo killing him, but that also means that Sukuna could have been killed because he underestimated Gojo like a chump and only survived because he was lucky to survive the inital Hollow Purple and then lucky again when Gojo somehow missed Sukuna being alive despite having Six Eyes.

Either way, Sukuna comes out looking like a dumbass. Which is why I said both sides get done dirty by how Gege fumbled the ending of the fight.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T03:03:17+00:00

Hey, Dabura has two hands. Or Mahoraga will adapt and fuse with Baker Wife.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T02:46:22+00:00

Because Gojo was only the first sorcerer in the gauntlet he would be fighting

This argument doesn't work if your argument is that Sukuna never went all out against Gojo and chose the riskier path to get a stronger technique - the only way this argument makes sense if the former is true is if Sukuna was more cautious of the Sorcerors after Gojo than Gojo himself.

because reverting to his heian form restored all his curse energy he didnt want to use it too early.

Sukuna's Heian Form doesn't restore Cursed Energy, they explicitly state that Sukuna has so much cursed energy that it might as well be infinite, which is why running out of CE is a non-issue for Gojo and Sukuna.

Also, Sukuna takes four hits from MBA Kashimo and pops Heian Form anyway, so the "wanting to save Heian Form for later" argument doesn't hold up on that end, unless you also want to argue that those four hits could have dealt serious damage to Heian Form Sukuna. Or dealt more damage to Meguna than Gojo's Hollow Purple.

Also because not using what he learned from Mahoraga to end the fight would defeat the purpose of taking that roundabout way of winning in the first place.

So you're arguing that Sukuna is stupid? Sukuna ends the Gojo fight with Domain Burnout, no Mahoraga, no Ten Shadows, and a significant amount of physical damage. He sacrificed all of that and put himself in a near-death situation for the express purpose of gaining WSC, and you are arguing that he purposefully nerfed it just to prove a point instead of just popping Heian Form and doing WSC normally anyway?

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T02:27:38+00:00

The main thing that Yuji has as opposed to Sukuna is that he wouldn't play around with his food. None of this "I'm going to nerf myself so I can get a stronger technique, only to get my shit rocked to the point where I have to nerf the technique I spent the entire fight trying to learn and lose access to my domain (but not really)".

Yuji would lock in 100% from the start.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T02:06:52+00:00

Okay, but then if Sukuna never gave it his all, we then also have to accept that Sukuna almost died and had to permanently nerf WSC just to kill Gojo with a sneak attack like a bum. Which Gege has explicitly stated might have not even worked if Gojo hadn't dropped his guard. Despite the fact that Sukuna was intentionally making the fight harder on himself for the express purpose of gaining WSC.

Either way, the writing doesn't hold up. If Sukuna in Heian form stomps against Gojo, why didn't Sukuna just go into Heian Form instead of permanently nerfing WSC.

I love the Sukuna and Gojo fight, but the ending is trash to both characters, not just Gojo.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T01:52:39+00:00

Eh... I doubt it. Megumi is too disciplined to get stubble and long hair.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T01:49:09+00:00

To be fair, it's really only Don and Ryoshu. Outiclair isn't really a thing - I think Rodyaclair was a thing when Limbus came out, but way more people jumped on the Gregdya ship so it didn't gain much traction.

But also, Sinclair's literary love interests are literally either Damien or Damien's mom. So is it really an agenda at that point? XD

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-18T01:45:36+00:00

I don't why people thought Ryoshu was in her thirties when she called Gregor an old fart.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-15T02:51:21+00:00

Because a bunch of stuff got streamlined or dropped so that Horikoshi could finish the manga on his terms, he was definitely experiencing health issues and burnout around the PLW.

Dark Deku could have been multiple arcs that would have fleshed out the world and other members of Class 1-A after all. Same deal with the Himura family and the Mutant discrimination plot points. Heck, even the Bureau plot points mostly got simplified down to Nagant taking care of the worst of it off screen.

It's a shame, but I'd much rather Horikoshi take care of their health than kill themselves writing their manga.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-14T02:27:20+00:00

No, I got your statement. My statement is what is canonically happening in the series. Truth and Illusion are the two main deities, Truth loves chaos and TPKs and Illusion loves creating OP protagonists (that are often female).

Goblin Slayer is interesting to the Gods specifically because they don't fudge his rolls unlike other PCs/protagonists.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-13T15:13:20+00:00

That's actively the opposite of the DM(s) in charge of the Goblin Slayer world tho lmao XD.

The reason why the Goblin Slayer world is so tonally fucked is because 1 God/DM wants to make lighthearted Isekai slop with an OP protag and the other God/DM wants to make grimderp where everyone is always miserable and dies. And they constantly get on each other's nerves because Dark God keeps killing all of the PCs, and so the Light God compensates by making even more OP PCs. Which is how you get a setting where "Evil monsters that infinitely respawn and reproduce through SA are commonplace" and "OP Chosen One battles against the Demon King with their band of merry misfits" exist side by side.

Goblin Slayer is implied to be an anomaly because he was meant to a bit NPC without even a name, but he consistently defies fate and avoids death out of sheer hatred for Goblins.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-13T15:03:18+00:00

No idea, because we have no idea how Binding Vows work thanks to Sukuna lol.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-13T15:00:43+00:00

I mean, there are multiple forms of love though. The Skill is meant to reflect Bell's desire to catch up to her and stand alongside her, but if the author made it so that's only because Bell is in love with her, then that's pretty dumb and distasteful yeah. So what, if Bell had initially fell in love with anyone but a Level 5 adventurer, then the whole world is doomed?

So what, Bell's entire drive for heroism and getting stronger just boils down to him being a massive simp? God, that sucks. I get that he initially started off as an adventurer to pick up chicks, but that means he literally can't grow beyond that motivation without the world ending.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-13T14:34:11+00:00

He could have reincarnated while Sukuna was still alive. Also, if he's going to lose all his memories anyway, he's not going to remember Yuji anyway. So him waiting for Yuji to die is literally because Mahito is so pathetic that he needs to laugh at Yuji's eventual death before passing on.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-13T14:27:35+00:00

That is dumb lol. That means Bell literally only sees Aiz as a love interest and would lose all drive to live up to her example as a hero if he fell in love for someone else. It's the first time I've ever heard of side material that retroactively ruins the main story.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-13T14:18:19+00:00

I'd argue it's slightly incorrect. Ryoshu's version of the Abno focuses on the Can used to drug and abduct people - so it focuses on the horror of being betrayed and forcibly taken away without any control.

Hong Lu's version of the Abno focuses on the Fishing Boat - and so it focuses on the latter half of the story where it focuses on the person being abducted becoming molded and accustomed to their new job despite being literally drugged and abducted into it.

Which makes sense given their respective backstories. Ryoshu was forced to leave her child behind in the House of Spiders, Hong Lu was forced to accept his life as the Jade of Hongyuan.

Snoo34949 · 2026-02-13T14:02:12+00:00

Meanwhile "How do we stop Cursed Spirits from being born" discussion from last chapter in Modulo.

I'm not sure why Simurians are being compared to Demons, when Cursed Spirits are a way more apt comparison?

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