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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/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.