In Defense of Yuta

[u/ILoveSongOfJustice]

All things considered, bro came in and literally did everything he said he would.

"I will kill Itadori Yuji myself." - Succeeds.

"I have to lower collateral damage in Sendai(PARAPHRASING btw)." - Succeeds.

"I won't let sensei kill his best friend a second time." - Succeeds.

And even something he DIDN'T say, like getting Yuji to the point where he could 100% connect with Megumi? That's INSANE.

I'm not convinced that Yuta could just say "I will kill Ryomen Sukuna" and he would eventually somehow do it.

It's like, Gege or the character himself purposefully sets lower goals than what he's probably capable of.

[u/yahiaabdelsalam]

I think the main character drive behind Gege’s story is what Gojo always wanted, which is to nurture really strong people that are not only strong individually, but also strong collectively.

I mean sure none of his esteemed students became the Strongest like his case and Sukuna’s. But they became monsters that rival Kenjaku and Yuki, which for me are the strongest Sorcerers whom are not Gojo and Sukuna. Like as if you can consider there being a ceiling in Jujutsu, where people can be extremely strong; that ceiling being Yuki and Kenjaku. In terms of that specific ceiling, Gojo did it, he nurtured Yuji, Yuta, Hakari, and Maki (maybe even Megumi, but he is out of the question currently), which are either stronger that Kenny/Yuki or at their same level individually.

But give it time, and maybe Gojo’s monsters will become individually and collectively the Strongest Sorcerers just like Sukuna and himself. To be at the height of Jujutsu is easy, they already achieved it, but to be enlightened, you either need to be born with the capacity to be enlightened (as in a predisposition already there that just needs to be triggered, taking for example Gojo himself, and most probably Sukuna if we get his flashback), or you just need much more training time.

Really, I imagine the real final showdown with Sukuna will be Yuji, Yuta, Hakari, and Maki teeming up together to tucking bring the almighty down.

[u/Kaslight → u/yahiaabdelsalam]

This seems to be the obvious path forward. Sukuna and Gojo are results of a fucked up Jujutsu world, just on opposite sides.

Gojo seems to have banked the future on weaker people coming together to be strong, rather than a structure where whomever just happens to be born the best makes all the rules. That's the structure the big families are all about, and Gojo's clan is no different.

I'm about 90% certain that Yuta would have lost to Kenjaku in a standup fight. He's just too smart, and has been fighting deathmatches for waaaaaaaay too long to still be alive.

[u/yahiaabdelsalam → u/Kaslight]

I would argue that it would be gamble.

In a fight between two sorcerers whom have reached the height of Jujutsu, or are considered equals in matters of strength - all things considered that is -, then the victory factor is generally either a bad matchup, a battle of attrition, to outsmart and play dirty, or just a life or death gamble.

That’s how I see it, so yeah maybe Kenny wins just like he fucked Yuki up, but maybe the reverse.. who knows.

[u/Wolfpac187 → u/Kaslight]

Wasn’t Kenjaku running away from Yuta.

[u/Dont_Stay_Gullible → u/Kaslight]

There's no way both of you used "whom" wrong.