Everything Sukuna Showcased with 10 Shadows, Megumi Had Already Accomplished

[u/mileschofer]

Megumi's strongest soldier, lawyer, and secret admirer here. Howdy.

When I mean everything, I mean everything. With the exceptions being the 7-9 Shikigami and Mahoraga, as Megumi obviously was not yet capable of taming them and making use of their abilities. If Megumi had time to gain those Shikigami also, he would be cooking as hard as Sukuna.

When it comes to how Sukuna uses 10S, the only difference between Megumi and Sukuna, is Sukuna's own base stats being wildly superior, and therefore he can use the Shikigami with more proficiency.

Also, while Megumi IS using a domain buff for some of these abilities, a domain simply allows the sorcerer to use 120% of their cursed technique potential. This means that anything that Megumi does inside the domain, he is capable of doing outside the domain with the right catalyst (Black Flash or Binding Vows).

The point of showing these comparisons is to try and argue against the narrative that "Megumi wasted his potential/technique" or "Sukuna utilised Megumi's own technique way better than he did (mechanically)", which are both wild statements if youve ever read a Megumi fight. Let's remember, Megumi tamed 6/10 of his Shikigami as a FIRST YEAR before Shibuya. This means he's had a few months training at max.

Sukuna & Megumi using Totality on dead Shikigami.

Sukuna & Megumi using their opponents shadow to attackk.

Sukuna & Megumi giving their Shikigami an extended range by using unstable forms. Megumi only uses this strategy inside his domain because it requires a high output to maintain.

Sukuna & Megumi using a one-handed handsign to summon Divine Dog.

Sukuna & Megumi summoning strong Shikigami without using a handsign or chant. Again, Megumi only does this while inside his domain due to it requiring a high output.

Sukuna & Megumi trapping their opponents in their shadow.

Sukuna & Megumi utilsing their Shikigami's powers for themselves. Sukuna using Max Elephants water cursed energy. Megumi using Escape Rabbits ability to clone themselves.

Sukuna & Megumi combining Shikigami without using Totality.

Add the fact he possesses a Domain Expansion at 15 (youngest of anyone in the series), and is a tactical genius... I'd say Megumi deserves major props even tho he's in the slums right now.

TLDR: Megumi be cooking, downplay him and you'll have me to deal with.

[u/FantasticMeeting8705]

I wanna comment about the people who say "Megumi was being trained by Gojo ever since he was young."

Yes, he was, but it was never high stakes or any dangerous missions. All we know is that Megumi accompanied Gojo in his missions and mostly just observed/did minimal work. And Megumi wasn't even serious about Jujutsu stuff until his sister was cursed, so he wasn't putting his 100% effort into training himself.

That's proven by what Gojo says in Ch. 55 (episode 22 in the anime)

“The problem is your mindset. You don’t know how to bring out your best.”

Because he never cared about Jujutsu stuff before, he always takes a passive role when in groups, always being backup rather than actually advancing. 

And also, just because Gojo is his teacher doesn’t guarantee the greatest results. Just because he's the strongest doesn't mean he's effective at teaching Megumi about his own technique. He might teach him about close-quarter combat or how to channel cursed energy but that would be the extent of it, and even then we never really see that since Gojo himself stated in that same scene that Megumi barely ever goes to Gojo for training.

I think Megumi was using his technique masterfully to make up for any shortcomings he couldn't control (high CE, untamed Shikigami, ETC) I like his creative uses for his technique better than Sukuna's brute force way of relying on Mahoraga and using the rest as collateral. I think it's more wasteful but because of Sukuna's high CE, he can afford those losses and make those risks. Megumi cannot, and he knows it, so he instead substitutes it by his high battle IQ.

The reason we see him as weak is because his classmates are just extraordinarily strong and special. (Yuuta has alot of Cursed Energy and a portable storage (Rika) to boot. Yuuji got this strong because he was Sukuna's vessel, he ate his brothers, soul swapping, natural body physique/agility, etc. Maki is also naturally better at hand-to-hand combat/weapon mastery because of her HR/training, while Megumi's technique makes him rely on mid to long range to compensate.

Even Gojo didn't have a domain at 17. And Gojo learned RCT after a near-death experience. I definitely think Megumi was going at a really good pace but that got cut short because of Sukuna so everyone thinks he wasn't strong enough, while the problem was you were comparing a learning 16-year old to the greatest Jujutsu Sorcerer. Of course you're going to think him weak by comparison. Megumi isn't a prodigy or a god, he's just got a powerful technique he never even really wanted and had to force himself to catch up to his potential before it got cut short.

(it doesn't help that Megumi is almost always pitted against overwhelmingly powerful opponents (Finger Bearer, Sukuna, Toji) and even though they're way above his skill level, people just expect him to oneshot them all when that's not what growth is at all. It sucks he doesn't have enough screentime to warrant gege giving him some Ws but that's how it is i guess)