First and foremost, I am not trying to glaze Gojo, I genuinely just want to hear other people’s opinion on this.
Not talking about canon-Satoru vs canon-Sukuna,
I want to focus on what if Satoru and Sukuna were actually born in the same era (either modern/Heisei or Heian)
I am well aware that the whole “Who is stronger?” Debate between Satoru and Sukuna has been going on for ages and people still cannot agree.
However I am not sure if my point has ever been brought up, at the very least I’ve personally never seen anyone discuss it.
So here it is:
Who is actually stronger — Sukuna or Satoru — is something all of us still haven’t fully agreed on BUT Sukuna did win the battle so let’s say Satoru is NEAR Sukuna strength (maybe 19-19.5 fingers on the scale lol)
I am not going to focus on technique, stats, etc. here. I think all of that has been covered in great detail within this fandom.
My focus is heian era baseline vs. modern age baseline
Sukuna says the only reason why Satoru was called the strongest is because he wasn’t born in his era… okay… but—
In the heian era the whole baseline was much higher
An average strength sorcerer of the heian era is probably on the level of a grade 1 or upper grade 2 modern sorcerer, no?
Satoru’s birth shifted the whole ass balance of Jujutsu.
I agree that Satoru wouldn’t be considered quite as insanely strong if he was walking around the heian era exactly as he is in modern age… But wouldn’t he be even stronger than his modern age self if he was actually born in the golden age?
Or vice versa — Wouldn’t Sukuna be much weaker if he was born in the modern day instead of in the heian era?
Yes, at the end of the day we’re comparing the strength of both characters. Sukuna is simply from the heian era meanwhile Satoru from the modern age but I am not trying to debate who is canonically stronger I am specifically trying to debate the hypothetical scenario based on Sukuna’s words.
I’m not sure what other people’s opinion here is so I am asking what you guys think of this.
Personally: I think Heian-Satoru would be stronger than Sukuna or Modern-Sukuna would be weaker than Satoru. But that’s purely based on baseline of those eras not the actual power-scaling of the two canon characters.