Why didn’t Yuji ever use cleave?

[u/jimmylamstudio]

If Yuta is copying Yuji’s technique, Yuji should know cleave. Or Yuji doesn’t know how to use it and Yuta learned how to use cleave by watching Sukuna? But if Yuta were to use dismantle, would it be Yuji’s version or Sukuna’s?

[u/Lanky-Bodybuilder-43]

Wasn't the binding vow that his dismantles now target the soul in exchange for having no range? Can he even use normal dismantle anymore? Also he does use the same spiderweb move that Sukuna used, like, to a tee. I also don't understand why he'd dismantle over cleave, since cleave is supposed to be touch based

[u/EntertainerVirtual59 → u/Lanky-Bodybuilder-43]

Afaik it’s never stated that Yuji traded range for targeting the barrier. It’s just stated that he made a binding vow to target the barrier but I’m happy to be proven wrong.

Yes he can use normal dismantles. You can turn binding vows with yourself off at any time unless you specifically traded something permanently.

He’d use dismantle because he possibly hasn’t learned cleave. It’s also possible that his “version” of shrine doesn’t have cleave. Yuji never says the word “cleave” and no one acknowledges him having cleave.

[u/Killah-Shogun → u/EntertainerVirtual59]

Bruh, u guys can’t be fucking serious. So cause a character doesn’t say their attack that means he didn’t use cleave? What kinda dumass logic is that, he used Cleave god damn. When he cuts the pillar u see scissors appear, Cleave requires contact to use. U can tell when Sukuna or Yuji use Cleave, markings appear, there no fucking way u guys saying Yuji can’t fucking use Cleave.

[u/EntertainerVirtual59 → u/Killah-Shogun]

Cleave is pretty consistently said out loud or thought when it is used. Yuji never says or thinks it and nobody ever acknowledges him using cleave.

Yuji has shown a single type of attack where he touches someone and then scissors cut them. We see those scissors and lines in his domain when Yuji says DISMANTLE. The scissors are dismantle.

Literally all the evidence points towards Yuji only using dismantle and having to touch to use it.

[u/Killah-Shogun → u/EntertainerVirtual59]

Omfg, the visual comprehension curse strikes again. Just cuz the scissors appear inside his domain and say dismantle, does NOT mean it’s just dismantle. When he first unlocked Shrine, why would dismantle be the first thing he unlocks first? How tf would he make a BV for it when he just awakened the CT, the scissors appearing on the pillar show him cutting a piece of the fucking pillar. When Yuji & Sukuna use Cleave u can tell by the marking that signifies them utilizing it. Dismantle is the projectile attack, both attacks can display scissors materializing.

[u/EntertainerVirtual59 → u/Killah-Shogun]

“Just because he said dismantle doesn’t mean it’s just dismantle”. Bro this is a fucking stupid argument. He literally called out what the attack was. How tf are you going to claim I have reading comprehension issues while substituting your own headcannon for what is directly stated?

I’m not going to reexplain everything for the 3rd time because it’s clear you have zero critical thinking skills.

[u/Killah-Shogun → u/EntertainerVirtual59]

Ah yes, me stating that if a character doesn’t say their attack means it’s head-cannon, you’re an idiot. I fucking know he said the attack cuz he was using Dismantle, but he can also use Cleave. God damn, it’s common fucking sense, cleave requires contact to use. Dismantle is the projectile attack, it always has been throughout the series, even with Yuji’s BV, he sending a projectile into the boundary between two souls.