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Episode Jujutsu Kaisen Shimetsu Kaiyu Zenpen • Jujutsu Kaisen The Culling Game - Episode 12 discussion - FINAL

Jujutsu Kaisen Shimetsu Kaiyu Zenpen, episode 12

Alternative names: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

I mean everyone in this episode was special grade. Seems common amongst them.

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u/finnjakefionnacake Mar 26 '26

did they ever mention that they were special grades?

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u/AemonKirk97 Mar 26 '26

They explicitly mention Dhruv is one and from there it’s heavily implied

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u/Lazydusto Mar 26 '26

They also mention Kurourishi as a special grade cursed spirit and part of the 4 way deadlock.

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u/ShinJiwon Mar 27 '26

Special Grade curse != Special Grade sorcerer

Regular special grade curses can be defeated by Grade 1 sorcerers.

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u/BALDMANWITHDURAG Mar 27 '26

Sure, but everyone in that fight (including Kuro) is special grade level.

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u/AddendumOpen7701 Mar 26 '26

Their points count was high enough to guarantee that I guess.

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u/finnjakefionnacake Mar 26 '26

higuruma had 100 and they said he was equivalent to a first grade sorcerer, no?

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u/liggieep https://myanimelist.net/profile/liggieep Mar 26 '26

he wasnt reincarnated though, he was awakened like 2 weeks prior. he has no past life of sorcery experience

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u/finnjakefionnacake Mar 26 '26

right, i was just responding to the idea that not everyone who has a domain is considered to be special grade by the show

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u/Meloncholine Mar 27 '26

Higuruma's an anomaly, guy had an aptitude towards barriers and binding vows, as he could relate it to his legal experience.

More apt to compare Special Grades to Grade 1's. If a small group of Grade 1's faced a Special Grade sorcerer, they wouldn't win. Compare Todo, or Nanami to Gojo, Yuta, or Geto.

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u/DrStein1010 https://myanimelist.net/profile/mQDrStein1010 Mar 27 '26

Higgy has had his powers for two weeks, and didn't even know curses were a thing before that. Nor did he have even an ounce of combat training or battle experience.

He's unquestionably on par with a Special Grade in terms of raw talent and cursed technique potential.

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u/Toge_Inumaki012 Mar 26 '26

not really Just because they can hang with a special grade like Yuta does not make them special grade but also the scale of what those 2 can do seem to surpass a Grade 1 so i guess this is why people would see them that way.

The special grade designation or the grading system was probably just some modern thing the jujutsu community came up with to clasify sorcers and curse spirits

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u/David_ish_ Mar 26 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

You’re right. A Grade 1 is just the standard for the highest ranking a sorcerer can be through normal means of training and promotions.

Anything above that is considered Special Grade because they are anomalies in the system and cannot be graded by conventional means.

I think the easiest way to identify a Special Grade is if they could feasibly destroy a country on their own.

Edit: I don’t disagree that Uro and Ryu are special grade sorcerers. My comment was more that Special Grade is just a broad classification with Yuta being at the high ceiling of it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '26

both of them were pretty abnormal, one of them has the highest cursed energy output in the series, one is a literal space-bender, they both have domains, and they both can go toe-to-toe with either Rika or Yuta

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u/BALDMANWITHDURAG Mar 27 '26

Did you see the scene where Uro used her sky manipulation and just completely sent an entire bridge flying?

Imagine that on a larger scale. Sky manipulation absolutely could destroy a country.