King of Curses: Sukuna's cursed techniques in Jujutsu Kaisen
King of curses: Sukuna's cursed techniques in Jujutsu Kaisen (2023)
In the hall of fame of anime antagonists, Jujutsu Kaisen has made a recent but important place for itself. Originating a thousand years before the current timeline of the story, Ryomen Sukuna is known as the most powerful jujutsu sorcerer of the time who defeated all other sorcerers of his era and their united forces, and became known as of king of curses. In this article, we will discuss the cursed techniques of Sukuna.
Sukuna is one of the characters in the story. In fact, its power rivals that of , the strongest in the current era. Not only are his powers dangerous, but his control and creativity over them makes him even more formidable. He adapts to any situation, thanks to his keen intellect, and combining this with his innate cursed energy, he becomes a force not to be reckoned with.
Usually, Sukuna is a passive spectator, observing everything from the inside. But in reality, he's just biding his time to strike. In the story, he takes over the body of his ships on several occasions, demonstrating his powers by fighting very powerful opponents, one of them being Gojo himself.
So, without further ado, let's talk about Sukuna's cursed techniques. But before that, we are issuing a spoiler alert for those who are not aware of the manga.
Contents
Sukuna's cursed techniques
1) Disassemble
Although a very powerful character, Sukuna's Innate's real name is unknown. But he has demonstrated his powers several times in history. His innate cursed technique has the ability to quickly slice the target. The target can be any person, a cursed spirit, or even immovable objects like buildings.
One of its most used techniques is the takedown which is a rapid cutting technique. Sukuna has mastered this technique so well that he barely needs to make a move to perform it, often activating it with a single swipe of his hand.
Dismantling is effective against both animate objects and living beings, including jujutsu wizards.
2) Cleave
While Dismantle is quick in its attack, Sukuna's second technique, Cleave, is much more focused. This is also a slashing technique in which Sukuna targets someone with a simple swipe of his hand. But unlike Dismantle, Cleave hits the target and adjusts its strength to the target's cursed energy level and strength. The goal of this technique is to cut the target with a single shot.
3) Spider web
The third cutting technique used by Sukuna is the spider web. This technique is similar to Cleave in principle, but differs in scope. With Spiderweb, Sukuna activates the technique by placing his hands on the ground. The technique expands and takes a form similar to a spider's web and affects any animate and inanimate object within its reach.
Like Cleave, Spiderweb also adjusts its strength based on the target's resistance or the amount of cursed energy they possess. This technique also allows you to defeat the target with a single blow.
4) Reverse Cursed Technique
In the world of jujutsu, the Reverse Cursed technique is a fairly difficult technique to master, and its users are only a handful, the most important being the one who acts as a doctor for jujutsu sorcerers. But no one other than Shoko can use the Reverse Curse technique to heal someone else, as almost all of its users can only use it for the purpose of healing themselves.
Sukuna is one of the few people who can use the reverse curse technique. The technique, as the name suggests, works on the opposite principle of normal cursed techniques as it uses the user's positive emotions instead of negative ones.
The reverse cursed technique can not only heal the user's physical damage, but can also replenish their burned cursed energy. Throughout the story, Sukuna rarely actively participates, and when he does, he is strong enough that he doesn't have to use the reverse curse technique as much. He uses it to heal Yuji's body during his fight against the Finger-Bearer.
But during his fight against Gojo, Sukuna is pushed to his limits and uses it to replenish his cursed energy burned after the destruction of his domain. Although he has only been seen using it a few times, he is very skilled at it and his skills challenge Gojo's.
5) Domain extension: malicious sanctuary
Sukuna has one of the strongest and most unique characters in all of history. Its domain extension, the Malevolent Shrine, takes the form of a Buddhist temple surrounded by morbid images of skulls, bones, and water. His innate cutting technique is imbued in the field, and his sure strike effect makes him all the more dangerous.
However, the most unique thing about Malevolent Shrine is its lack of barriers. Sukuna's domain is one of only two domains without a barrier, the other being Womb Profusion. Malevolent Sanctuary has a celestial restriction in which its domain extension has a range of 200 meters instead of a barrier. Anyone can enter or leave their domain expansion, but everyone and everything within a 200 meter radius of the Malicious Sanctuary will be affected by the domain and its safe effect.
Thanks to its barrier-free character, Malevolent Shrine has an advantage over domains with barriers because it can attack the other domain's barrier with its hit effect. Sukuna can even decrease its effect range to focus the cutting technique, and can relentlessly attack another's domain barrier from the outside. This is a very effective move as it breaks Gojo's Unlimited Void several times during their fight.
6) Domain Amplification
Not only domain expansion, but Sukuna is also proficient in domain amplification. In domain amplification, he covers himself with a thin domain that prevents other domains or cursed techniques from affecting him, and gives him immunity to anyone else's domain expansion, as he does not cannot be trapped in a domain expansion when using domain amplification. .
During his fight against Gojo, Sukuna uses Domain Amplification several times. But while Domain Amplification is very useful against cursed spirits and jujutsu sorcerers, as it neutralizes any cursed techniques that touch its barrier, it does have some drawbacks. One of them is that Sukuna cannot use his innate Cursed Technique while using Domain Amplification. In this case, he must rely entirely on melee combat.
7) Cursed technique based on fire
Another of Sukuna's cursed techniques is an unnamed technique in which Sukuna can manifest flames and manipulate them into the form of an arrow to attack his target. This fire-based power of Sukuna is strong enough to defeat that of Jogo who possesses pyrokinetic powers and is an unregistered cursed spirit.
8) Ten Shadows Technique
After Sukuna takes over 's body, he comes to possess not only Megumi's cursed energy, but also her inherited cursed technique: the Ten Shadows Technique. Thanks to this technique, Sukuna can summon all Shikigami under Megumi's control, and even very powerful ones.
Although it is not his own innate technique, Sukuna is very skilled with the Ten Shadows Technique. Not only does he know the advantages and disadvantages of each Shikigami, but he can also manipulate their emergence by limiting his cursed energy output on them and intentionally making them blurry.
This makes the Shikigami unpredictable and difficult to attack. Sukuna uses it to fight against .
Another thing to mention here is that Sukuna skillfully uses Mahoraga, which would make him one of the most powerful characters in the story even if he wasn't the King of Curses.
Conclusion
These were Sukuna's cursed techniques in Jujutsu Kaisen, and proof of why he is one of the strongest characters in the series. Sukuna is currently fighting Gojo, and the odds are still 50/50. Let's wait and see who will ultimately win the title of strongest.
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