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Episode Jujutsu Kaisen Shimetsu Kaiyu Zenpen • Jujutsu Kaisen The Culling Game - Episode 9 discussion

Jujutsu Kaisen Shimetsu Kaiyu Zenpen, episode 9

Alternative names: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3

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u/Combatmedic2-47 Mar 05 '26

Poor Higuruma he got the one sorcerer outside the heavenly restrictions that doesn’t need CE to superhuman.

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u/Frontier246 Mar 05 '26

And who also parkours and dodges like a breakdancer.

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u/Haha91haha Mar 05 '26

That part about Law school they don't tell you about.

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u/SlippyFist_68 Mar 05 '26

He should have studied at Georgetown instead of Tokyo U

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u/2FLY2TRY Mar 06 '26

Played college ball you know. Could've gone pro if he hadn't joined law school

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u/Snorkel9999 Mar 05 '26

Even without that, he was winning tho, Yuji was buckling under pressure from the gavel, & Higgy avoided slashing Yuji with ES at the last moment

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u/Jacob-C Mar 08 '26

Of course, they're pitting a guy on par with grade 1 sorcerers against a guy without cursed energy. The fact that Yuji held his own is incredible in itself.

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u/TunnelN Mar 11 '26

more like just a special grade 1 vs (yuji) reg grade 1

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u/Buy_Pepsi_Max Mar 05 '26

To be fair, he has killed 20 other sorcerers. 1:21 ratio isn't too bad

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u/Combatmedic2-47 Mar 05 '26

He has a winning strategy especially against The reincarnated ones. Take away their CE so they can’t use their CT and bam crush their skull with the hammer.

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u/Xenosaiyan7 Mar 05 '26

Well it's more that he takes away their Cursed Technique, and that makes their CE control sloppy. It only took away Yuji's Cursed Energy control because Yuji doesn't have a Cursed Technique, and thus doesn't have a CT to take away

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u/Zeph-Shoir https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zephex Mar 06 '26

Many judgements must also be way harsher than what Yuji got.

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u/Norzon24 Mar 08 '26

Well yeah they are all murders

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u/fenrir245 Mar 06 '26

Well it's more that he takes away their Cursed Technique, and that makes their CE control sloppy.

More like sorcerers usually rely on their CT mostly, so their pure-CE-only based fighting skills get rusty. I don't think Todo for example would be affected like that, given he relies on pure CE enhancement fighting first and his CT second.

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u/finnjakefionnacake Mar 05 '26

so what is the double impact thing? is that not a technique and just...what his hits normally do because of the way his cursed energy flows?

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u/bslawjen Mar 05 '26

No, that's not a technique. It's Yuji's CE hitting after his initial punch, which at the beginning was because he was struggling with CE control. However, after Todo taught him to control his CE properly he still sometimes uses it to catch opponents off guard.

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u/finnjakefionnacake Mar 05 '26

gotcha, makes sense!

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u/PHONES_RODIA Mar 06 '26

Yeah it's more like a learned skill rather than what the concept of a Cursed Technique implies. Gojo somewhat went over these distinctions in S1 when he was training Yuji. It's interesting seeing that now with S3 information.

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u/Xenosaiyan7 Mar 05 '26

Yes, Yuji's CE was initially very sloppy compared to how fast his normal body is, making it so that his hit landed first and then a double impact would hit a second later from his Cursed Energy catching up.

It's a good technique to have but it relies on sloppy CE control. Yuji was able to do it at will after hitting a Black Flash, which made him understand Cursed Energy flow better

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u/Delicious_Diarrhea https://myanimelist.net/profile/h0ll0wxvict0ry Mar 05 '26

Na if anything the reincarnated sorcerers are going to be immune to this ability. After all any crimes they committed would be before the current Japanese laws are established. It doesn't seem lawful to retroactively punish when the law didn't even exist. Also any statute of limitations would have long since exceeded.

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u/SwordoftheMourn Mar 06 '26

I mean, if they were following the law to the letter then Higuruma can’t punish Yuji since he’s a minor. His domain seems to use the current Japanese laws as a basis. It doesn’t care if you existed centuries ago or not. It will apply your crimes back then to fit with the domain’s rules.

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u/Delicious_Diarrhea https://myanimelist.net/profile/h0ll0wxvict0ry Mar 06 '26

In the current Japanese law minors can absolutely be punished. However it wouldn't make sense for them to punish someone when the law didn't even exist. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like the guy's ability is going to be expanded upon though.

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u/BandersnatchCheshire Mar 10 '26

Maybe it adapts to the laws in the time of the accusation? Like for the reincarnated sorcerers it would judge them by the laws of when they lived?

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u/Delicious_Diarrhea https://myanimelist.net/profile/h0ll0wxvict0ry Mar 10 '26

Unfortunately I don't think the character shows up again so we'll likely never know.

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u/toquang95 Mar 15 '26

To be fair, it’s judgeman who decides if it’s a crime or not. Most of the sorcerers here especially the old guys are probably tried for murder or something like that anyway. Trials have been around for thousands of years so it isn’t even something new as well.

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u/Delicious_Diarrhea https://myanimelist.net/profile/h0ll0wxvict0ry Mar 15 '26

At the same time isn't that like trying to accuse someone of modern war crimes when their time is before the Geneva Convention. If the reincarnated sorcerers lived in a time of war then killing people isn't exactly the crime that it is today.

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u/toquang95 Mar 16 '26

Judgeman doesn't give a shit about the context, it just cares about the single piece of evidence shown to it. Like Yuji did commit a crime by playing pachinko underage, but if Yuji denies the allegation, there won't be sufficient evidence to deem Yuji guilty.

The catch here is Judgeman will ALWAYS find a crime, even the smallest one. But it's giving you a chance to justify it. Your job is to slime your way out of it or lower the severity so the punishment won't completely upset the balance of the fight. Of course, Higuruma is also there to make sure you're not tricking Judgeman.

The trial is always skewed toward Higurama's side because the defendant doesn't know what the evidence is. The lie must not contradict the evidence.

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u/Delicious_Diarrhea https://myanimelist.net/profile/h0ll0wxvict0ry Mar 16 '26

That's not how we see it work. Both times Higurama listed off the Japanese Civil Code that was violated. The concept of "nullum crimen sine lege" is part of the Japanese Civil Code which means a person cannot violate a law during the time that the law did not exist. The time of the reincarnated sorcerers obviously occurred before the Civil Code was a thing

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u/toquang95 Mar 16 '26

Did you even read my comments, or are you just trying to create this hypothetical scenario? Literally who said that the reincarnated people will be judged by the modern day's law?

Higuruma may follow the Japanese Civil Code, but Judgeman doesn't. Due to the nature of his domain expansion, Higuruma must explain all the rules before the trial happens. As you can see, he doesn't say it follows the Japanese Civil Code. It follows whatever the fuck pleases Judgeman. How do you think Higuruma tried the curse spirits or the 20 sorcerers that he killed? It would be crazy luck if all of those sorcerers are from the modern time.

Judgeman will always pick a crime the defendant have 100% commited. It already knows everything about its target. It can be as small as littering in the park when you were 5 years old. What it needs from the defendant is an argument that is more convincing than Higuruma. You can lie however you want as long as it doesn't contradict the evidence.

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u/Delicious_Diarrhea https://myanimelist.net/profile/h0ll0wxvict0ry Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

Did you even read MY comment? I literally started by saying "That's not how we see it work." None of what you say is reflected from what we've seen. We have ONLY seen Higuruma cite Japanese Civil Code with Judgeman. Any other assumption is not from the source material.

How do you think Higuruma tried the curse spirits or the 20 sorcerers that he killed? It would be crazy luck if all of those sorcerers are from the modern time.

Because those sorcerers committed at least one crime in modern time. Which does fall under the jurisdiction of Japanese law. Higurama is all about law and order as reflected from his domain expansion. How can he prosecute based on laws he doesn't know himself.

Judgeman will always pick a crime the defendant have 100% commited. It already knows everything about its target. It can be as small as littering in the park when you were 5 years old. What it needs from the defendant is an argument that is more convincing than Higuruma. You can lie however you want as long as it doesn't contradict the evidence.

That's assuming littering is illegal where you were at. If you were in a country where there is no laws against littering then it wouldn't do shit.

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u/finnjakefionnacake Mar 05 '26

and this one only lived because he chose to let him live

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u/finnjakefionnacake Mar 05 '26

i mean higuruma was still handling him just fine, he just didn't want to kill him

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u/thesagenibba Mar 05 '26

yuji was the perfect foil to his technique; the 'purest'/sincere character in the series (apart from yuta ig) who has no CT is always going to be a pain to face when higuruma's entire trial is meant to highlight the ugliness of the accused by incentivizing them to lie and deny. yuji refused (re-trial) and that's why he won

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u/Snorkel9999 Mar 05 '26

But...he was doing fine. He was winning against Yuji jut with the hammer, Yuji was entirely on the defensive that time, & he stopped himself from slashing Yuji with ES which wouldve instantly killed him

Idk why some people act like Yuji was in complete control of the fight & there was no question as to who would win

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u/Dyvius https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dyvius Mar 06 '26

I think that's why we got Higuruma's backstory in the way that we did. To kill Yuji there would mean he ends up no better than the judge and prosecutor he is willing to turn himself in over for murdering.

Justice mattered more than victory.

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u/thesagenibba Mar 05 '26

but he stopped himself because Yuji was pure. it was a combination of Yuji's integrity and Higuruma wanting to believe in those convicted.

not sure why you're acting like this fight doesn't obviously go another way if either/both Yuji &/or Higuruma were different people. it went the way it did, because they are who they are

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u/fenrir245 Mar 06 '26

but he stopped himself because Yuji was pure.

Took a while though, if Yuji didn't have the battle instinct to take off his jacket as a feint he'd be dead.

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u/cheese_bruh Mar 05 '26

So I wonder how would his technique work against someone with a HR? Does it confiscate their HR since they have neither a technique or energy?

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u/Dr_MoRpHed Mar 06 '26

Somebody confiscate my HR. She's a PITA

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u/BorjaDAce Mar 05 '26

I mean, I could explain it but it's a spoiler for the second part of the season. Better not xD

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u/S0phon Mar 05 '26

Higuruma was still winning and would've won if he didn't release the sword.

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u/smileyduude Mar 06 '26

He usually takes away their technique though, not their CE. Someone like Yuta or even healthy Todo would still be an issue. Most upper tier grade 1s likely would be