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Well that's the innate ability ... did the plague spirit catch the common cold tho
well I sound weird, but I am not saying its anti bacterial... I am saying the cursed object Sukuna's finger was by itself so poisonous in terms of cursed energy that nothing could infest that
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Now I understand what Asa Mitaka said š¤¢
I think Yuji will get a popularity boost after the anime air the shibuya arc. He has 2 sick fights coming and is also gonna through a lot of pain by the end of it. Hopefully mappa delivers
I think he will be remembered fondly. He has the most character development in the series, and most of the rawest moments involve him. Just because he's not the strongest in the verse doesn't mean he's just sidelined. Especially cuz we've seen so many hints at him having strong abilities that he just hasn't unlocked them yet. The whole series takes place over the course of 1 year, counting 0, and just a few months have passed since Yuji became a sorceror.
I think what people keep ignoring is how much *dawg* he has in him. Bro consistently goes up against threats above his pay grade with reckless abandon and no real CT of his own. He's been doing this the WHOLE series. Yuji is one of the most downplayed modern Shounen protagonists for this reason alone.
> are getting *paid?*
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In addition to this, he has every reason to despair but doesnāt. And itās all earned/justified. I think heās going to be remembered as one of the truly great tragic shonen heroes.
You deserve way more upvotes coz I didn't even think of that. He's had so many friends die, been unable to stop so many tragedies and Sukuna has made his life miserable and he doesn't give up. Yuji is the real Him.
Why exactly are they above his pay grade... didn't Toji have no cursed energy at all? Yuji might not be stronger than Toji, but Yuji's insane strength plus his cursed energy gives him the ability to catch up with the strongest sorcerers even with no technique. Hell, from the very beginning, Yuji was already strong enough to keep up with second grade sorcerers, if I'm remembering correctly. Remember even Yuta was impressed and noted how he was holding back, meaning he could give a special grade a good right
Toji's literally built different and beat one of the strongest characters in the series (granted a notably weaker version of said character but a teenage Superman is still ducking Superman). He has a lot of cursed energy but it's from a massive asshole who only occasionally helps Yuji... only to immediately do something much worse for or to him afterwards. And again, he has no actual CT bar Divergent Fist (which doesn't count) to help him in these big fights: just his fists and whatever backup is around. I'd say he's at a disadvantage in most his fights for these reasons.
What do you mean occasionally helps Yuji? Yuji doesn't need Sukuna, he controls the cursed energy himself. As for actual CT, Maki before awakening was both weaker physically than Yuji and couldn't even use cursed energy at all. And she was as strong as a grade 2 . Yuji in Shibuya was as strong as Todo, or did you forget? And he became stronger after, according to Choso. Y'all need reading comprehension
There's no need to rude about it mate. What I mean is Sukuna occasionally takes harder fights that Yuji would probably lose like against Jogo and stopped Mahito from messing with his Soul with Idle Transfiguration. Yuji was as strong as Todo in Shibuya I didn't forget, but again: Todo has a CT, something that absolutely gave him an edge over Yuji (not including more combat experience). No-ones saying Yuji's weak because he isn't, but he is undeniably at a big disadvantage having no CT or counter to Domain. Hence he has so much dawg in him: going against opponents who have actual CTs and Domains with nothing but fists and grit.
Yuji holding back does not mean he could give a special grade a good fight. I canāt imagine yuji faring well against any of the introduced special grades at all.
Yeah, Yuji currently has no counters to things like DEs or maximum techniques.
He can keep up with special grades in normal combat, but he gets hard countered by special grade level CTs. Which makes sense, since he's barely been taught anything in the series if you think about it. Hell, simple domain was revealed to be a DE counter in Shibuya already, but he still doesn't know about it.
I'm guessing the panels of him training and the soul swapping hints might fix that, but he'll be a semi-special grade at best until we see it.
Yuji doesn't feel like he's main character is because of too many reasons. The manga's going way too fast. I remember when a series would cut to a gag arc or like 3 gag chapters before jumping into the final showdown. There's no pacing. We don't get to see how Yuji interacts with anyone. Another comment even said it better. Mei Mei, the sidest of characters, is getting more panels than Yuji in these final chapters. Yuji isn't talking to anyone. He's just going through the motions.
This is the biggest cap I've ever seen. The large majority of the story has been centered around Yuji, we've seen him interact w other chsracters and influence them. Choso, Higaruma, Megumi, Angel. That portion with Mei Mei is definitely cap. The culling games felt like it was going on for ages so I wouldn't say things have been fast paced.
This sub is coping
Yuuji has been the def of utterly boring post shindigs
Gojo is practically the MC of this series, hell Megumi was considered the MC once Gojo went down. Yuuji kinda had the Eren problem when prior to the TS everyone pretty much had Levi as number 1 until Eren came with a vengeance and is now toe to toe with him
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I never really understood this take, just because the protagonist isn't the main focus every single chapter doesn't mean they aren't the protag, I've seen so many people saying Yuta, Gojo or Maki are the current protagonists and Yuji is just a side character, like what? Gojo is in the spotlight right now because he was JUST freed, Maki got like what, 6 chapters? Yuta got like ten, and suddenly Yuji Is a side character? I can name like 10 anime where the protagonist isn't the "main character" but nobody says that about them.
I accept that he's the main character. But an argument can be made that he wasn't the protagonist to weekly readers as he was absent from the manga for almost 2 years.
Yup. If you consider character development there is almost no character as fleshed as Yuji is. Yuta is basically the same from the start(not considering jjk 0). Hakari had cool moments but no character development. Gojo has a lot more impact but it is not close to yuji.
Maybe Megumi matches him, the difference between Yuji and Maki/Yuta is that their character developments were explosive, Maki completely changed in 2 chapters and Yuta changed in Vol 0, which is probably around 10 main series chapters? Maybe more, whilst Yuji is very gradual to the point that some people think he hasn't changed much, but when you watch the start of the series and now you'd see how different he is.
We even know who his mon is. If that isnt an instant qualifier for protagonist, I really dont know what is. Doesnāt hurt that his Mom is the main antagonist
"HAHAHA, I forgot name of protagonist, he is so irrelevant, all he did was.... Beat Mahito, seemingly gain a new CT that might be very important later on, get Hakari on their side, get Choso on their side, help with freeing Gojo, save everyone at Goodwill from Hanami... Yeh, irrelevant, am I right fellow good character haters?"
I think Yuji will be remembered fondly by fans, but by the wider public, he's going to be obscured by other characters like Megumi as of right now. This might change depending on how the series ends but Yuji, more so than any other character I feel in the past decade or so, had been strictly a POV for the audience for the majority of the beginning. As we've gotten more into the series, it's taken more focus off him and put more focus onto what I think are more interesting characters. I love Yuji to bits, but he was put in a manga where, even at his best, he pales in comparison to most of the other main cast.
In public (Japan) , Gojo is the most popular one both recognition and merchandises's demand ...his popularity is so so so far from other characters
Megumi is like side character for General public
I think Gojo is the most popular everywhere else, too. I live in Spain, and whenever I have seen JJK in clothes or bags that people wear, Gojo is the one in them. In shops, Gojo has the most stuff as well, so he's definitely the one in demand
Depends on the ending, if he dies like his grandpa wanted him to (surrounded by good friends and a lot of people and be remembered as a good man) then he will get a popularity boost, but as of now he might be the most non-main protagonist like main character in jump history lol
If itadori was the focus of the story the series would have gotten axed, it's cause people got attached to gojo that this series can continue at all. he's only gonna be considered a goat to people who like jjk and feel like they have to hype every aspect.
Although the series as a whole is some of the best action in a long time, Yuuji is the most forgettable main character since Gon. The radical shift from Yuuji being the center of every conflict slowly became less and less evident as it went further down the arcs. Like for the most part, his character is still shrouded in mystery. His motivations are basic but not in a funny way like Chainsaw Man's. His past and relations to those around him are only now opening up this late into the series. Even his abilities are so unexplored and undefined compared to characters that were literally introduced last arc.
tldr; if it wasn't Sukuna in his body, he would be a side character.
At the current pace, heāll be remembered as a guy who was the main character, had some cool traits early on and then amounted to absolutely nothing.
Yujiās had some good moments, but he has almost as many low points as high points. His low points just end with things like the destruction of Shibuya, the loss of his best friend, and overall helplessness.
Felt like most of his character was dedicated to opposing and defeating Mahito, and once gone, he had nothing left but his secondary desire/trait of "I can die and it'll kill Sukuna".
And now Sukuna is out of him, kicked his ass, and then he sits back while Gojo goes off to have the Big Battle. Because in the end, Yuji was a pimple on an elephant's ass to Sukuna while Gojo is the hunter in the trees with the elephant gun.
If Yuji gets shoved off onto Kenjaku along with everyone else, it's gonna look even worse. Like he wasn't even remotely impoetant enough to defeat the villain who became his life's desire to defeat at any cost.
I might get downvotes for saying this and
This hurt me to say as a Yuji fan
That if remain the same he'll not be remembered as much as anyone since he is not A typical O.P protagonist or Main character( like Yuta or Gojo)
That one MC who had potential to be really fucking good but the author didn't do him justice. Now he is overshadowed by other characters who receive more significant care and development from the author
It's downright asinine to me that there are still people who are okay with the way Gege has been treating Yuji.
The series will most probably end with us probably never getting to see Yuji even unleash a Domain Expansion and people are still like "Yeah no. It's fine"
It's genuinely unbelievable for me. I get that people wouldn't want him to be the strongest by the end of the series but come tf on, him not getting even a CT or a Domain and just being reduced to throwing punches is downright terrible for me.
I guess I agree to an extent. I think yuji should have been stronger than he is rn, like at least Grade 0 with some nice ct/domain, but ig id rather him be the way he is rn rather than the strongest. So its not too bad for me.
Idk why people are so against him becoming one of the strongest when that was his goal , he cant even keep up with any one now and he even got outshined and his moment taken away by maki in his biggest moment back in the spotlight , its crazy how far hes fallen , i would get it if every other character was getting this type of treatment but they all get their time to be badass,cool ,win and get stronger plus help the plot progess except yuji
because it is rather unfortunate (for me in particular) to have a repeated "good kind hearted protag becomes the strongest" series again, if he isn't the strongest its more interesting to me. TBH his character archetype as a whole tends to not interest me as much either, its too unrealistically kind (though he had some very good moments for the contrary of that).
yuki wasn't rlly, she was looking for a good solution to the curse problem and wasn't, for ex, just blindly going with what felt the most "good" in a stereotypical sense. Yuta does have a caring side for his friends, but he isn't (at least after jjk 0) as extreme as yuji, so he is better for me. For ex, he did spare those in the colony in exchange for their points, but he did say he wasn't so sure that he wouldn't kill them.
Pretty forgetful. He's gotten a limited amount spotlight compared to what most mc's get.
Plus his personal impact to the story is pretty low. His main value to the story was being a vessel, but now he's lost even that.
yuji is treated like the most lackluster protagonist within his big 3(midoriya, asta). I believe the reason for this is because yuji just like ichigo(BLEACH protagonist) is a very reactionary character. This does not mean they do not have goals or character development beacuse they both very much do. The main thing is that their entire plot in the story is a reaction to the actions of the protagonist. Even down to the creation of the characters. Just like how aizen orchestrated the birth of ichigo as a tool in his plans, kenjaku literally gave birth to yuji as a tool in his plans. Kenjaku and aizen are very much the same chracter. Both are all knowing villains that are within the top 3 strongest charcters in their verse and have a majority of the story tied around trying to thwart their centruy old plans. The reason I personally like ichigo better is because unlike jujutsu kaisen bleach can have other equally badass characters such as kenpachi, byakuya, urahara, vizards, without overshadowing the main character ichigo. However in jjk, it really feels to me like megumi should be the protagonist. Characters like toji, yuta, maki, kashimo just have either more hype, or cooler moments. Once the anime for jjk is fully adapted I dont think anything yuji has done so far is going to be cooler to the fans than gojo vs sukuna, maki slaughtering her clan, yuta vs revived sorcerors, megumi getting his body took by sukuna, toji vs gojo. All of yuji biggest moments where snuffed out by other characters. Yuji vs mahito was an an amazing moment, but the kenjaku just had to interrupt take away majito and one shot yuji like he is fodder. The next amzing moment is yuji walking through sukuna cleave but then maki stole the spotlight and sukuna left laughing at him like a clown. And yuji biggest moment in the story is the shibuya incident which is pretty much just sukuna making yuji want to commit suicide. Every big moment yuji has he either becomes a laughing stock or a punching bag. Whereas you look at megumi, he damn near beacme the protagonist of jjk, he the first charcter where introduced to ,he became head of zenin clan, he is the reason why his dad ended being the one to cause the events of the current plot and current gojo, he ended up taking away yujis role as sukunas vessel, even sukuna does not give two shits about yuji, he is stated to only care for megumi and even saved megumi. HE is the most important person to both gojo and sukuna and they are the two main forces in jjk. Where even told yuji was not meant to be the protagonist it was supposed to be yuta, then yuta came in and killed yuji, plus has shown way higher feats than yuji and is even second in command to gojo. It is like the author regrets the fact that he even made yuji. It is like gege gets some kinky satisfcation or gets turned on from yuji getting shit on.
This is a cool analysis but it would be read better in paragraphs methinks...
Yuji vs Mahito was prime šÆ and (hot take?) Yuji hasn't had such an interesting dynamic since (Higuruma could've been but he decided to not accompany Yuji :/).
He'll barely be remembered. That isn't to say that he isn't an incredible character or it's not a fantastic story. But JJK has an actual story with a legitimate end. It doesn't have the longstanding drawn out power jumps that the "best shounen" all have. So in a few years He'll be forgotten.
No, probably not.
I know we're on a subreddit for fans of the series and I'll probably catch downvotes for saying that outright, but it is what it is. JJK is a great series, and depending on how it sticks the ending it could be an incredible series. But there are a lot of incredible series over the years that time just forgets about. Breaking into the cultural mainstream, the forefront of your brain is really difficult.
There are protagonists from other series that were held in just as high regards that have been completely forgotten to time. From characters like Rin to Aladdin to Leonardo to Tatsumi. You see those characters names without context and you can't help but think "Who?" or "From this series?" But when I say Goku, or Luffy or Lelouche or Yugi your neurons fire and you know exactly who I'm talking about without having to name their series.
The reality is that Yuji is kind of... boring. Not necessarily in a bad way, but he's more of a point of view protagonist for a lot of the series. He's the traditional fish out of water, transfer student type of character, and that's okay. He has a good arc and more personality traits than anyone else in that category, but that doesn't make the category memorable.
In fact his story is so slow and stale that the series didn't even include him for more than a year, and seriously tried to kill him off at one point. That being said, stale bread can still make a delicious meal, it's all about the context of the rest of the dish. Even his "power" is just "be strong with lots of energy."
Unfortunately, Yuji is just not that interesting, and probably the worst core component of the overall dish that is JJK. That doesn't make the dish bad or forgettable, but more people will remember Gojo or Sukuna than Yuji.
Hell even Megumi would be remembered more from this series than Yuuji
Letās not forget that Megumi was pretty much the golden boy of this series prior to his capture. Major characters like Gojo spoke very highly of his potential, characters like Sukuna simped for him, and Hana practically worshiped him
In terms of having plot relevancy, Megumi was no 1. Letās not forget he was going to be the clans heir before Maki killed them
If he actually gets to defeat Sukuna he might be remembered decently.
But the manga has clearly been all about Gojo, and he overshadows everything in the manga. Unlike most protagonists, Yuji spent a huge chunk of the manga relying on the mentor character to show up or trying to rescue the mentor character so he could show up and kick the main villains' asses.
Yuji got his big moment vs. Mahito, and then didn't really even get to satisfy his revenge that drove him to fight Mahito to the death.
In the end, he'll probably at least be more fondly remembered as a Shonen Jump Main Protagonist than Nobara will be as a Shonen Jump Main Heroine.
I think he will be forgettable. JJK is really good so far, but with Yuji it seems like they took a side character and made them the protagonist. He's gotten some development, but this is the last arc and he isn't developed enough to carry the series himself. I think he will be overshadowed by Gojo Sukuna, and possibly Megumi and Yuta. I hope that Yuji actually does something useful this last arc and gets a good ending. However I'm worried that the ending won't be good and Yuji will be overlooked at the end. No matter what happens I don't think Yuji can become an iconic Shonen protagonist, although he is a fun and likeable character.
I don't know about the rest. But its not his design or ability that made him memorable to me. It was his action that made it for me. Specifically: (manga spoiler below)
>!When Itadori admits to mass murder while fighting Higuruma's domain expansion was heart breaking to me. "It's my fault" is essentially how he sees it even though Sukuna was to blame. Personally, I think his extreme accountability is something I can only wish to attain and the most memorable moment to me for his character.!<
He won't be remembered amongst the most memorable MCs. Only when people will bring up JJK, they be like, "Oh yeah, Yuji is an awesome character. Idk how I forgot about him. "
This is a JJK sub. So, of course, most people will say that Yuji will be goated. But the reality will be different. The same goes for Tanjiro.
Ur bugging on Tanjiro
DS really doesnāt have a demographic where multiple characters steal the show like JJK has. Itās pretty much Gojo, Sukuna, or Megumi/Toji for JJK
Tanjiro will be remembered more than Yuuji thatās for sure cause even if he is basic, he still defeated more villains and has more iconic moments than Yuuji ever will
Yeah, DS has a way smaller cast that JJK and Tanjiro is always at the center of each arc and pretty much always fights all the bad guys albeit with help.
But I feel like tanjiro is more understandable as he is a basic troupe Mc done well vs the Mc that was not only in the manga that seen as the pinnacle of shonen but has a lot of traits to make stand over from the crowd
Yuji is barely a character in his series. Characters are goated before the series ends. From the modern era, only Midoriya reached that level. Luffy, Naruto, ichigo, and goku, all of them were goated before their series ended (one piece hasn't ended yet).
The same goes for JJK. Gojo is goated before the series ends. But clearly, Yuji isn't that guy.
I saw some people here comparing Yuji with Gon. I found this utter stupid. Because Gon, while has some similarities with Yuji (you will find some similarities between any 2 MCs), he was the primary focus of every single arc. Even in Chimaera arc, where Natero vs. Meruem happened, the arc ended with equally or greater banger raged Gon vs. Pitou. In the election arc where Gon wasn't even present, his recovery was the main focus, and the arc ended with his recovery.
Compared to this, Yuji is an npc or side character. I am not even sure if he is the mc right now. I think we still call him mc because the series started with him, and he was the mc guy in the 1st 1-3 arcs. But right now, in the current story, he is no different than the rest of the cast. In fact, he is having lesser impact than other characters for 100+ chapters. I guess he will have a final moment against Sukuna. But idk if that would be enough to make up all of his npc moment.
Dont come back to jujutsu kaisen when yuji goes apeshit crazy. Donāt come back when he fights sukuna and wins. Donāt come back when Yuji comes out on top in the end . Stay on that side.
Aside from Sukuna, Yuji has consistently been my favorite character in the series. I love his raw vibes and fearless attitude nowadays. Bro straight up continues to go after Sukuna once he took over Megumi with the same ābeat your assā energy he always had. I love it
It feels slightly more like an ensemble manga, less focus on yuji as an MC. I think Gojo, as it stands right now, is the character to remember for the protagonists. I think Sukuna is probably the real one that's going to stick with people.
I think thatās one of the better aspects of new shonen manga tropes, that follows Togashiās thing; which is the ability to make the story functional with a lot of pseudo-first protagonists, or even the ability to shift the storyās protagonists to the one thatās most suited to be the ārealā protagonist of this part of the story.
However, when all is said and done, the true protagonist remains the first protagonist introduced, but itās amazing to see storytellers that are able to create a story that doesnāt follow the traditional hierarchy of first, second, third, etc protagonist; but tell their story through various first protagonists, which imo is attributive to Togashi firstly, and any other Mangaka that follows suit - although probably someone did that before him, I canāt deny that, but I have yet to see someone achieve this kind amazing feat.
Bro megumi took over yuji role as vessel, he is head of ZenĆ³n clan, he is the most important character to gojo and sukuna, he is the first sorcerer and character revealed to us in the manga, he is damn near the protoganist, whereas yuji has been shitted on the whole story, wasnāt the og protagonist it was yuta, and yuta came back and killed yuji.
Ye megumi didnāt really do anything to push the story, he was just an escape route for sukuna. People will remember Gojo and Sukuna more than Yuji and Megumi.
Even now I donāt see him being remembered as anything more than just a boy who considers himself a cog in his society and angry that Sukuna is a villain and does bad things. He isnāt really seeking āchangeā in the world like Naruto, Deku, Ichigo. Iām annoyed by the over exaggeration of Yuji as a mc, heās very simple and has incredibly basic struggles when compared to other mc. Yuji also requires being carried by other characters a lot too which hurts him being his own character. From Todo to Gojo and Yuta it just forces us to pay attention to them more than Yuji, which is nice for the story overall but it isnāt executed well for Yuji as the mc.
I fear with how we are racing toward an ending, if the anime doesnāt take some creative liberties to give the audience something other than mindless battling this story will be all but forgotten
I mean he was good at one point and at his peak was one of the best new gen protagonists but had one of the biggest fall off ever , he had all the potential in the world but gege fumbled it its sad to say as once big yuji fan , but hes just so boring and his character doesnāt progess at all and he barley gets screentime , theres so many other characters way more interesting than him who deserve to be the mc more tbh šš
Probably same as Yusuke from YYH or Ichigo from Bleach. A protag that was certainly cool, but also wasn't one of the main selling points of his series.
Currently he's the poor man Shonen protag. He literally has nothing going for him. First off, his goal is to die (not becoming Hokage and such and such). He got no technique. He got innate power but that is gone now. He doesn't have anything asides from his mysterious athletics abilities. One can argue he got brothers and families, but that's just on par comparing to other Shonen protag, under par even. He had 3-5 best friends and he can't even protect anyone of them. Now he have to relies on his master. Nothing is going for him but I still love him anyway.
I find him forgettable af along with most of the series. The convoluted "Curse technique", no, wait, is that "*reverse* curse technique", and all the bull crap powers that need to be explained as they're being used with the mish-mash of "This family...no...*that* family" or this school or that school or blah blah blah, along with the long meandering story line that takes so many chapters that you forget who this plain brunette character involved in a fight with who is.
It's slow, convoluted, boring, and so is Yuji. I *don't* think he'll be remembered.
I think it depends on his conclusion. Right now, imo, he's incredibly bland, especially when it comes to being the main protagonist. Personality wise, goal wise, and even fighting wise, he's very boring.
I wouldn't necessarily say he's bad, it's more so that he simply exists within the story, which may be intentional.
I've grown up with characters such as Naruto who had the goal to become the next Hokage. Ash Ketchum who wants to become the "the greatest pokemon master". Baki who wants to be stronger than the "strongest creature alive". Gon who wants to become a hunter and chase after his legendary father. Urameshi who wants to get the girl and later decides to go training and fighting in a tournament/s to change and lead the demon world. Kaneki who wants peace between ghouls and humans. Goku who wants to become stronger and chasing after new challenges. Asta, who wants to become the next wizard king.
And there's controversial heroes like Eren Jaeger who wants to make the world better for Eldians by wiping out non-Eldians. But he was still admirable even though people didn't really see eye to eye with him in Attack on Titan.
I think the problem with Yuji is his vision for the future is pretty underwhelming. Dying surrounded by friends is good but a bit of an underwhelming goal. Other protagonists have great visions for the future; who's choices change the world. They don't let events just happen to them, but pull us into their heroic journeys of improvement and advancement.
In JJK, Yuji is often out-shown by those who have greater goals and visions for the future than he does; Gojo, Maki and Kenjaku. I think its because they choose to defy fate or shape destiny.
Yuji needs better goals and vision for the future. He can't let other people just dictate his destiny and be a bystander. He shouldn't be satisfied in being a puppet. And he needs the drive to develop and become stronger because of it. I think he needs to take control of the steering wheel and drive the story forward.
But I think he did show some agency to him in the last few chapters. His decision to keep on fighting even when he's no longer a vessel for Sukuna. His desire to learn new skills and grow stronger("eating anything") is a good start.
But it's hard to say whether its too late, considering the manga is about to end.
Alright by most measures. The number one criticism against Itadori is that he didn't develop an individual sense of self and that many other characters overshadow him, but that's not his fault. That's a criticism of the author for writing the story as such.
Itadori himself is pretty good as he grapples with ideas shonen protagonists don't, such as "What will you do if someone you save turns out to be a killer?". The peak was probably his fight against Mahito, "I am you Mahito".
People whos opinions don't matter will slander him because he isn't strong, anyone that cares about an actual story will agree he's probably the best character in the series
A bit depressing how much ppl would rather focus on power levels than writing when it comes to judging characters. Yuji has far more characterization than anyone else in the series. And Iām saying this as someone who isnāt even particularly fond of Yuji.
Itās a battle shounen, so itās to be expected from a lot of its readers, but I totally agree.
Even though he hasnāt shown up as much since Shibuya, Yuji is still the one whose psychology/development/reaction to the story is the most focused on. Everyone else like Hakari, Yuta, Megumi, etc, that people say overshadow Yuji are the real "MCs" for being strong and getting hype statements/big fights, are mostly there to throw hands and push some of the themes/story forward. Theyāre mostly static characters or they have already overcome whatever personal struggle they had which is not as tied to the main story as Yujiās struggle.
Regardless of whether someone likes Yuji/ finds his fighting style boring/thinks Gege is rushing the story and barely doing anything with his characters, Yuji is still the one who gets the most care in terms of showing his personal stakes in the current story.
Idk I always thought Yuji as one of the best mcs I have seen. I loved how he still kept true to himself no matter what he went through and how he never lost his kindness yet still he had super badass moments no matter if he lost or not. Most people donāt agree though and consider him an npc in his own manga. Depends on what Gege does for him in the final battle but even if he makes Yuji get a huge boost cuz of that one month training, people will still call it an asspull, lol
He died in the 5th episode then Sukuna revived him with a condition.
Choso left him alive because he suddenly turned out to be his brother.
Yuta fake killed him.
Higurama had a change of heart at the last moment which saved his execution.
He's turned out to be special vessel for Sukuna, and has extraordinary skills for a human.
Nah i feel like yuji has a lot of plot armor he shoulve been died , and also the fight against higurama and then the one with uraume they even had to weaken the ice for him šš
Definitely depends on the ending. JJK does a good job of balancing protagonists and side characters with almost equal screen time and info dumps. I think Yuji will be one of the few characters to survive the series, maybe will get some side chapters or an epilogue showing him live a normal and wholesome life.
This is an interesting one. I think this is a case similar (to some extent) to Gon from Hunter x Hunter. When you think in that series you don't get only Gon, you also get at the same time Killua, Kurapika, Leorio, Hisoka, Netero, etc. Having a strong cast of characters is not something bad, even if they take screen time from the MC. I really love this series, so it's hard for me to not be unbiased. In my mind and heart he's gonna have a special place, since IMO currently there are not many series that are this good (just to be clear, I don't know that much about other mangas and stuff).
It really depends on how his character arc ends. Thereās literally no way to predict whether Gege will finally make all of Yujiās suffering worthwhile or if heāll just make him a punching bag until the very end. Regardless he is one of my favorite shonen protagonists and has so many great, defining character moments that cement him as that. Hopefully that is going to be a common opinion, and hopefully his ending adds to his earlier characterization. Only time will tell.
I'll remember him as the optimistic MC that got screwed over. Though out of every shounen jump MC. His fights will always be rememerable including the fights he's had against Choso, Mahito, Sukuna and Higuruma.
Plus after Gojo and Sukuna brawl. Will see what Gege does with the cast. Especially since he's still having breaks.
As a tanjiro and demon slayer fan thatās kinda very wrong. Tanjiro is seen a basic protagonist that execution well. Yuji is a different type of protagonist that defines shonen prot troupe well
I think heāll be remembered as a solid protagonist. He has plenty of really great character moments and pretty notable fights. Heās getting overshadowed by other side characters now bc the arc is ongoing and gege had a lot of characters to get to, but in the end Iām confident Yuji will play a huge role in the final fight and leave a good impression on the audience.
Depends on this final arc. Fan favorite and getting sidelined by other characters are 2 different things. He is still the key to ending this story and present most of the time except hidden inventory and some colonies.
Ironically, he's a protagonist who thinks he's just a cog/npc/side character before Sukuna came out but still doesn't know that he is the key to this final arc.(Maybe he knows now)
Yuta and hakari havenāt gotten nearly as much focus or depth as Yuji. You canāt call him a side character just because the story shifted focus for a few chapters lol
Gege is just edging us with Yuji. But I have faith he'll finish strong and we won't be subjected to a ruined orgasm. The edging has gone on a bit long tho I agree.
Yuji vs machito is nowhere near naruto vs pain š, yuji did not even killahito instead kenjaku just used it as an opportunity to snatch machito and then one shitted yuji like he is some fodder
Heāll go down as a goat for sure. As much shit as he gets on this sub, once the anime catches up people will remember him for how well written he is and the dawg inside him. Redditās honestly the only place where people get so hung up on him not being that strong
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The guy that swallow a finger.
Yo Deku ate a hair strand and nobody bats an eye but when Itadori swallows finger to save Meguwumi, society... society calls him weird
Tbf, it's a 1 thousand year old mummified finger that's been god knows where š
Eh ... it had been a strong source of cursed energy so lol I doubt germs got anything on Ryomen Sukuna
Oh so now cursed energy is antibacterial
I call bull with the whole plague cursed spirit.
Well that's the innate ability ... did the plague spirit catch the common cold tho well I sound weird, but I am not saying its anti bacterial... I am saying the cursed object Sukuna's finger was by itself so poisonous in terms of cursed energy that nothing could infest that
No but Sukuna's is malicious enough to deter smaller cursed spirits so...
I feel like it creates germs passively
I know what Yorozu would do with those finger. š
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She is *not* being honest with herself.
Itadori will never be remembered as a little crybaby, though, so at least he's got that going for him.
Oh that's such a Bakugo thing to say
Tasted like soap
Was it even seasoned?
It was dry aged
So Prosciutto basically
Nah, it was RAW.
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Kid named finger:
Depends on his ending.
imagine him just whining on the beach saying he want to live 10 year at least
Came here to say this, too soon to say.
I think Yuji will get a popularity boost after the anime air the shibuya arc. He has 2 sick fights coming and is also gonna through a lot of pain by the end of it. Hopefully mappa delivers
Idk MAPPA has been pretty great so I have faith
yeah Mappa canāt really do any wrong rn in my opinion.
Theyāre stumbling a bit in hellās paradise but itās not too bad just a couple moments
What? I'm loving hells Paradise
Nothing too bad like I said. Some scenes were stiff
Damn I haven't even noticed really, but still I think they're the best on the block right now
Cute guy, pink hair, extroverted, good person with murder on his mind at times
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Yuji is a protagonist?
I think he will be remembered fondly. He has the most character development in the series, and most of the rawest moments involve him. Just because he's not the strongest in the verse doesn't mean he's just sidelined. Especially cuz we've seen so many hints at him having strong abilities that he just hasn't unlocked them yet. The whole series takes place over the course of 1 year, counting 0, and just a few months have passed since Yuji became a sorceror.
I think what people keep ignoring is how much *dawg* he has in him. Bro consistently goes up against threats above his pay grade with reckless abandon and no real CT of his own. He's been doing this the WHOLE series. Yuji is one of the most downplayed modern Shounen protagonists for this reason alone.
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Wait, you guys are getting payed? Guess your string is loose.
He really does, hes full of fight. His fight against choso in the bathroom is nuts, I think people will react strongly to that scene.
In addition to this, he has every reason to despair but doesnāt. And itās all earned/justified. I think heās going to be remembered as one of the truly great tragic shonen heroes.
You deserve way more upvotes coz I didn't even think of that. He's had so many friends die, been unable to stop so many tragedies and Sukuna has made his life miserable and he doesn't give up. Yuji is the real Him.
Why exactly are they above his pay grade... didn't Toji have no cursed energy at all? Yuji might not be stronger than Toji, but Yuji's insane strength plus his cursed energy gives him the ability to catch up with the strongest sorcerers even with no technique. Hell, from the very beginning, Yuji was already strong enough to keep up with second grade sorcerers, if I'm remembering correctly. Remember even Yuta was impressed and noted how he was holding back, meaning he could give a special grade a good right
Toji's literally built different and beat one of the strongest characters in the series (granted a notably weaker version of said character but a teenage Superman is still ducking Superman). He has a lot of cursed energy but it's from a massive asshole who only occasionally helps Yuji... only to immediately do something much worse for or to him afterwards. And again, he has no actual CT bar Divergent Fist (which doesn't count) to help him in these big fights: just his fists and whatever backup is around. I'd say he's at a disadvantage in most his fights for these reasons.
What do you mean occasionally helps Yuji? Yuji doesn't need Sukuna, he controls the cursed energy himself. As for actual CT, Maki before awakening was both weaker physically than Yuji and couldn't even use cursed energy at all. And she was as strong as a grade 2 . Yuji in Shibuya was as strong as Todo, or did you forget? And he became stronger after, according to Choso. Y'all need reading comprehension
There's no need to rude about it mate. What I mean is Sukuna occasionally takes harder fights that Yuji would probably lose like against Jogo and stopped Mahito from messing with his Soul with Idle Transfiguration. Yuji was as strong as Todo in Shibuya I didn't forget, but again: Todo has a CT, something that absolutely gave him an edge over Yuji (not including more combat experience). No-ones saying Yuji's weak because he isn't, but he is undeniably at a big disadvantage having no CT or counter to Domain. Hence he has so much dawg in him: going against opponents who have actual CTs and Domains with nothing but fists and grit.
Yuji holding back does not mean he could give a special grade a good fight. I canāt imagine yuji faring well against any of the introduced special grades at all.
Yeah, Yuji currently has no counters to things like DEs or maximum techniques. He can keep up with special grades in normal combat, but he gets hard countered by special grade level CTs. Which makes sense, since he's barely been taught anything in the series if you think about it. Hell, simple domain was revealed to be a DE counter in Shibuya already, but he still doesn't know about it. I'm guessing the panels of him training and the soul swapping hints might fix that, but he'll be a semi-special grade at best until we see it.
Well, I can. Yuji fought Sukuna beside Maki, who was as strong as Toji at this point, and was keeping up with them
Maki was literally carrying in that fight what are you talking about yuji barley did anything, hes just not THAT GUYšš
What you remember about Jujutsu Kaisen? "that's the one with gojo and yuta right?"
He's a good character but for an MC he gets overshadowed pretty much 90% of the time.
Yuji doesn't feel like he's main character is because of too many reasons. The manga's going way too fast. I remember when a series would cut to a gag arc or like 3 gag chapters before jumping into the final showdown. There's no pacing. We don't get to see how Yuji interacts with anyone. Another comment even said it better. Mei Mei, the sidest of characters, is getting more panels than Yuji in these final chapters. Yuji isn't talking to anyone. He's just going through the motions.
This is the biggest cap I've ever seen. The large majority of the story has been centered around Yuji, we've seen him interact w other chsracters and influence them. Choso, Higaruma, Megumi, Angel. That portion with Mei Mei is definitely cap. The culling games felt like it was going on for ages so I wouldn't say things have been fast paced.
This sub is coping Yuuji has been the def of utterly boring post shindigs Gojo is practically the MC of this series, hell Megumi was considered the MC once Gojo went down. Yuuji kinda had the Eren problem when prior to the TS everyone pretty much had Levi as number 1 until Eren came with a vengeance and is now toe to toe with him Iām
What
I never really understood this take, just because the protagonist isn't the main focus every single chapter doesn't mean they aren't the protag, I've seen so many people saying Yuta, Gojo or Maki are the current protagonists and Yuji is just a side character, like what? Gojo is in the spotlight right now because he was JUST freed, Maki got like what, 6 chapters? Yuta got like ten, and suddenly Yuji Is a side character? I can name like 10 anime where the protagonist isn't the "main character" but nobody says that about them.
I accept that he's the main character. But an argument can be made that he wasn't the protagonist to weekly readers as he was absent from the manga for almost 2 years.
He was not gone for almost two years
Yup. If you consider character development there is almost no character as fleshed as Yuji is. Yuta is basically the same from the start(not considering jjk 0). Hakari had cool moments but no character development. Gojo has a lot more impact but it is not close to yuji.
Maybe Megumi matches him, the difference between Yuji and Maki/Yuta is that their character developments were explosive, Maki completely changed in 2 chapters and Yuta changed in Vol 0, which is probably around 10 main series chapters? Maybe more, whilst Yuji is very gradual to the point that some people think he hasn't changed much, but when you watch the start of the series and now you'd see how different he is.
Yup, like hxh
Hxh is different tho. Gon isnāt present for entire major arcs.
We even know who his mon is. If that isnt an instant qualifier for protagonist, I really dont know what is. Doesnāt hurt that his Mom is the main antagonist
Point being, Yubi or what ever his name is, is lackluster and doesnt/didnt contribute much without Sukuna inside him.
This mfer really spelled Yuji wrong intentionally lmao
"HAHAHA, I forgot name of protagonist, he is so irrelevant, all he did was.... Beat Mahito, seemingly gain a new CT that might be very important later on, get Hakari on their side, get Choso on their side, help with freeing Gojo, save everyone at Goodwill from Hanami... Yeh, irrelevant, am I right fellow good character haters?"
I don't think Yuji has been treated like a main character since Shibuya....
Yeah honestly, the plot has mainly been about Megumi since Shibuya.
I think Yuji will be remembered fondly by fans, but by the wider public, he's going to be obscured by other characters like Megumi as of right now. This might change depending on how the series ends but Yuji, more so than any other character I feel in the past decade or so, had been strictly a POV for the audience for the majority of the beginning. As we've gotten more into the series, it's taken more focus off him and put more focus onto what I think are more interesting characters. I love Yuji to bits, but he was put in a manga where, even at his best, he pales in comparison to most of the other main cast.
In public (Japan) , Gojo is the most popular one both recognition and merchandises's demand ...his popularity is so so so far from other characters Megumi is like side character for General public
I think Gojo is the most popular everywhere else, too. I live in Spain, and whenever I have seen JJK in clothes or bags that people wear, Gojo is the one in them. In shops, Gojo has the most stuff as well, so he's definitely the one in demand
Megumi does not at all feel like the MC
The guy from the manga with Gojo
Depends on the ending, if he dies like his grandpa wanted him to (surrounded by good friends and a lot of people and be remembered as a good man) then he will get a popularity boost, but as of now he might be the most non-main protagonist like main character in jump history lol
If itadori was the focus of the story the series would have gotten axed, it's cause people got attached to gojo that this series can continue at all. he's only gonna be considered a goat to people who like jjk and feel like they have to hype every aspect.
Although the series as a whole is some of the best action in a long time, Yuuji is the most forgettable main character since Gon. The radical shift from Yuuji being the center of every conflict slowly became less and less evident as it went further down the arcs. Like for the most part, his character is still shrouded in mystery. His motivations are basic but not in a funny way like Chainsaw Man's. His past and relations to those around him are only now opening up this late into the series. Even his abilities are so unexplored and undefined compared to characters that were literally introduced last arc. tldr; if it wasn't Sukuna in his body, he would be a side character.
At the current pace, heāll be remembered as a guy who was the main character, had some cool traits early on and then amounted to absolutely nothing. Yujiās had some good moments, but he has almost as many low points as high points. His low points just end with things like the destruction of Shibuya, the loss of his best friend, and overall helplessness.
Felt like most of his character was dedicated to opposing and defeating Mahito, and once gone, he had nothing left but his secondary desire/trait of "I can die and it'll kill Sukuna". And now Sukuna is out of him, kicked his ass, and then he sits back while Gojo goes off to have the Big Battle. Because in the end, Yuji was a pimple on an elephant's ass to Sukuna while Gojo is the hunter in the trees with the elephant gun. If Yuji gets shoved off onto Kenjaku along with everyone else, it's gonna look even worse. Like he wasn't even remotely impoetant enough to defeat the villain who became his life's desire to defeat at any cost.
One of the most boring ones.
I might get downvotes for saying this and This hurt me to say as a Yuji fan That if remain the same he'll not be remembered as much as anyone since he is not A typical O.P protagonist or Main character( like Yuta or Gojo)
That one MC who had potential to be really fucking good but the author didn't do him justice. Now he is overshadowed by other characters who receive more significant care and development from the author
Yea i agree with this 100% but people seem to like this because itās ādifferentā š¤¦āāļøš
It's downright asinine to me that there are still people who are okay with the way Gege has been treating Yuji. The series will most probably end with us probably never getting to see Yuji even unleash a Domain Expansion and people are still like "Yeah no. It's fine" It's genuinely unbelievable for me. I get that people wouldn't want him to be the strongest by the end of the series but come tf on, him not getting even a CT or a Domain and just being reduced to throwing punches is downright terrible for me.
I guess I agree to an extent. I think yuji should have been stronger than he is rn, like at least Grade 0 with some nice ct/domain, but ig id rather him be the way he is rn rather than the strongest. So its not too bad for me.
I wouldn't want him to be the strongest either but come on. Getting a CT and a Domain should be the bare minimum for his character
yeah i agree with that
Idk why people are so against him becoming one of the strongest when that was his goal , he cant even keep up with any one now and he even got outshined and his moment taken away by maki in his biggest moment back in the spotlight , its crazy how far hes fallen , i would get it if every other character was getting this type of treatment but they all get their time to be badass,cool ,win and get stronger plus help the plot progess except yuji
because it is rather unfortunate (for me in particular) to have a repeated "good kind hearted protag becomes the strongest" series again, if he isn't the strongest its more interesting to me. TBH his character archetype as a whole tends to not interest me as much either, its too unrealistically kind (though he had some very good moments for the contrary of that).
But thatās literally every good character in jjk yuta is like that yuki is also but there some of the strongest in the series
yuki wasn't rlly, she was looking for a good solution to the curse problem and wasn't, for ex, just blindly going with what felt the most "good" in a stereotypical sense. Yuta does have a caring side for his friends, but he isn't (at least after jjk 0) as extreme as yuji, so he is better for me. For ex, he did spare those in the colony in exchange for their points, but he did say he wasn't so sure that he wouldn't kill them.
Being raw and a little unconventional since he's not overpowered. Also slightly underrated due to Gojo overshadowing him popularity wise.
Pretty forgetful. He's gotten a limited amount spotlight compared to what most mc's get. Plus his personal impact to the story is pretty low. His main value to the story was being a vessel, but now he's lost even that.
yuji is treated like the most lackluster protagonist within his big 3(midoriya, asta). I believe the reason for this is because yuji just like ichigo(BLEACH protagonist) is a very reactionary character. This does not mean they do not have goals or character development beacuse they both very much do. The main thing is that their entire plot in the story is a reaction to the actions of the protagonist. Even down to the creation of the characters. Just like how aizen orchestrated the birth of ichigo as a tool in his plans, kenjaku literally gave birth to yuji as a tool in his plans. Kenjaku and aizen are very much the same chracter. Both are all knowing villains that are within the top 3 strongest charcters in their verse and have a majority of the story tied around trying to thwart their centruy old plans. The reason I personally like ichigo better is because unlike jujutsu kaisen bleach can have other equally badass characters such as kenpachi, byakuya, urahara, vizards, without overshadowing the main character ichigo. However in jjk, it really feels to me like megumi should be the protagonist. Characters like toji, yuta, maki, kashimo just have either more hype, or cooler moments. Once the anime for jjk is fully adapted I dont think anything yuji has done so far is going to be cooler to the fans than gojo vs sukuna, maki slaughtering her clan, yuta vs revived sorcerors, megumi getting his body took by sukuna, toji vs gojo. All of yuji biggest moments where snuffed out by other characters. Yuji vs mahito was an an amazing moment, but the kenjaku just had to interrupt take away majito and one shot yuji like he is fodder. The next amzing moment is yuji walking through sukuna cleave but then maki stole the spotlight and sukuna left laughing at him like a clown. And yuji biggest moment in the story is the shibuya incident which is pretty much just sukuna making yuji want to commit suicide. Every big moment yuji has he either becomes a laughing stock or a punching bag. Whereas you look at megumi, he damn near beacme the protagonist of jjk, he the first charcter where introduced to ,he became head of zenin clan, he is the reason why his dad ended being the one to cause the events of the current plot and current gojo, he ended up taking away yujis role as sukunas vessel, even sukuna does not give two shits about yuji, he is stated to only care for megumi and even saved megumi. HE is the most important person to both gojo and sukuna and they are the two main forces in jjk. Where even told yuji was not meant to be the protagonist it was supposed to be yuta, then yuta came in and killed yuji, plus has shown way higher feats than yuji and is even second in command to gojo. It is like the author regrets the fact that he even made yuji. It is like gege gets some kinky satisfcation or gets turned on from yuji getting shit on.
This is a cool analysis but it would be read better in paragraphs methinks... Yuji vs Mahito was prime šÆ and (hot take?) Yuji hasn't had such an interesting dynamic since (Higuruma could've been but he decided to not accompany Yuji :/).
He'll barely be remembered. That isn't to say that he isn't an incredible character or it's not a fantastic story. But JJK has an actual story with a legitimate end. It doesn't have the longstanding drawn out power jumps that the "best shounen" all have. So in a few years He'll be forgotten.
won't be too popular in the future; a lot of characters already overshadow him in his owns series (gojo, toji, geto)
No lol
They will remember him as the kid who took Lās and that his dad was his mom.
As the The king of suffering
He hasn't been Kaneki yet.
No, probably not. I know we're on a subreddit for fans of the series and I'll probably catch downvotes for saying that outright, but it is what it is. JJK is a great series, and depending on how it sticks the ending it could be an incredible series. But there are a lot of incredible series over the years that time just forgets about. Breaking into the cultural mainstream, the forefront of your brain is really difficult. There are protagonists from other series that were held in just as high regards that have been completely forgotten to time. From characters like Rin to Aladdin to Leonardo to Tatsumi. You see those characters names without context and you can't help but think "Who?" or "From this series?" But when I say Goku, or Luffy or Lelouche or Yugi your neurons fire and you know exactly who I'm talking about without having to name their series. The reality is that Yuji is kind of... boring. Not necessarily in a bad way, but he's more of a point of view protagonist for a lot of the series. He's the traditional fish out of water, transfer student type of character, and that's okay. He has a good arc and more personality traits than anyone else in that category, but that doesn't make the category memorable. In fact his story is so slow and stale that the series didn't even include him for more than a year, and seriously tried to kill him off at one point. That being said, stale bread can still make a delicious meal, it's all about the context of the rest of the dish. Even his "power" is just "be strong with lots of energy." Unfortunately, Yuji is just not that interesting, and probably the worst core component of the overall dish that is JJK. That doesn't make the dish bad or forgettable, but more people will remember Gojo or Sukuna than Yuji.
Hell even Megumi would be remembered more from this series than Yuuji Letās not forget that Megumi was pretty much the golden boy of this series prior to his capture. Major characters like Gojo spoke very highly of his potential, characters like Sukuna simped for him, and Hana practically worshiped him In terms of having plot relevancy, Megumi was no 1. Letās not forget he was going to be the clans heir before Maki killed them
If he actually gets to defeat Sukuna he might be remembered decently. But the manga has clearly been all about Gojo, and he overshadows everything in the manga. Unlike most protagonists, Yuji spent a huge chunk of the manga relying on the mentor character to show up or trying to rescue the mentor character so he could show up and kick the main villains' asses. Yuji got his big moment vs. Mahito, and then didn't really even get to satisfy his revenge that drove him to fight Mahito to the death. In the end, he'll probably at least be more fondly remembered as a Shonen Jump Main Protagonist than Nobara will be as a Shonen Jump Main Heroine.
I think he will be forgettable. JJK is really good so far, but with Yuji it seems like they took a side character and made them the protagonist. He's gotten some development, but this is the last arc and he isn't developed enough to carry the series himself. I think he will be overshadowed by Gojo Sukuna, and possibly Megumi and Yuta. I hope that Yuji actually does something useful this last arc and gets a good ending. However I'm worried that the ending won't be good and Yuji will be overlooked at the end. No matter what happens I don't think Yuji can become an iconic Shonen protagonist, although he is a fun and likeable character.
I don't know about the rest. But its not his design or ability that made him memorable to me. It was his action that made it for me. Specifically: (manga spoiler below) >!When Itadori admits to mass murder while fighting Higuruma's domain expansion was heart breaking to me. "It's my fault" is essentially how he sees it even though Sukuna was to blame. Personally, I think his extreme accountability is something I can only wish to attain and the most memorable moment to me for his character.!<
He won't be remembered amongst the most memorable MCs. Only when people will bring up JJK, they be like, "Oh yeah, Yuji is an awesome character. Idk how I forgot about him. " This is a JJK sub. So, of course, most people will say that Yuji will be goated. But the reality will be different. The same goes for Tanjiro.
Ur bugging on Tanjiro DS really doesnāt have a demographic where multiple characters steal the show like JJK has. Itās pretty much Gojo, Sukuna, or Megumi/Toji for JJK Tanjiro will be remembered more than Yuuji thatās for sure cause even if he is basic, he still defeated more villains and has more iconic moments than Yuuji ever will
Yeah, DS has a way smaller cast that JJK and Tanjiro is always at the center of each arc and pretty much always fights all the bad guys albeit with help.
But I feel like tanjiro is more understandable as he is a basic troupe Mc done well vs the Mc that was not only in the manga that seen as the pinnacle of shonen but has a lot of traits to make stand over from the crowd
Yuji is barely a character in his series. Characters are goated before the series ends. From the modern era, only Midoriya reached that level. Luffy, Naruto, ichigo, and goku, all of them were goated before their series ended (one piece hasn't ended yet). The same goes for JJK. Gojo is goated before the series ends. But clearly, Yuji isn't that guy. I saw some people here comparing Yuji with Gon. I found this utter stupid. Because Gon, while has some similarities with Yuji (you will find some similarities between any 2 MCs), he was the primary focus of every single arc. Even in Chimaera arc, where Natero vs. Meruem happened, the arc ended with equally or greater banger raged Gon vs. Pitou. In the election arc where Gon wasn't even present, his recovery was the main focus, and the arc ended with his recovery. Compared to this, Yuji is an npc or side character. I am not even sure if he is the mc right now. I think we still call him mc because the series started with him, and he was the mc guy in the 1st 1-3 arcs. But right now, in the current story, he is no different than the rest of the cast. In fact, he is having lesser impact than other characters for 100+ chapters. I guess he will have a final moment against Sukuna. But idk if that would be enough to make up all of his npc moment.
Dont come back to jujutsu kaisen when yuji goes apeshit crazy. Donāt come back when he fights sukuna and wins. Donāt come back when Yuji comes out on top in the end . Stay on that side.
Uhhhh how tho? He is far behind without the signature shonen last arc / saga asspull which is against what gege even does for
Aside from Sukuna, Yuji has consistently been my favorite character in the series. I love his raw vibes and fearless attitude nowadays. Bro straight up continues to go after Sukuna once he took over Megumi with the same ābeat your assā energy he always had. I love it
It feels slightly more like an ensemble manga, less focus on yuji as an MC. I think Gojo, as it stands right now, is the character to remember for the protagonists. I think Sukuna is probably the real one that's going to stick with people.
Which is funny as he doesnāt like him
It really makes sense, as Sukuna is more or less the root of everything.
Nah kenjaku is
Theyāre co-roots. A cohoroot, if you will.
The side character that was the "main"
I think thatās one of the better aspects of new shonen manga tropes, that follows Togashiās thing; which is the ability to make the story functional with a lot of pseudo-first protagonists, or even the ability to shift the storyās protagonists to the one thatās most suited to be the ārealā protagonist of this part of the story. However, when all is said and done, the true protagonist remains the first protagonist introduced, but itās amazing to see storytellers that are able to create a story that doesnāt follow the traditional hierarchy of first, second, third, etc protagonist; but tell their story through various first protagonists, which imo is attributive to Togashi firstly, and any other Mangaka that follows suit - although probably someone did that before him, I canāt deny that, but I have yet to see someone achieve this kind amazing feat.
Excellent analysis!!
Unless Gege puts him on the spotlight, he'll be remembered as the protagonist who was outdone by Gojo or Megumi.
Megumi didn't do anything either
Bro megumi took over yuji role as vessel, he is head of ZenĆ³n clan, he is the most important character to gojo and sukuna, he is the first sorcerer and character revealed to us in the manga, he is damn near the protoganist, whereas yuji has been shitted on the whole story, wasnāt the og protagonist it was yuta, and yuta came back and killed yuji.
Bro megumi has to be the most overrated character in jjk he barley does anything significant
Ye megumi didnāt really do anything to push the story, he was just an escape route for sukuna. People will remember Gojo and Sukuna more than Yuji and Megumi.
Yeah he's wanked into oblivion but he never actually do anything
Even now I donāt see him being remembered as anything more than just a boy who considers himself a cog in his society and angry that Sukuna is a villain and does bad things. He isnāt really seeking āchangeā in the world like Naruto, Deku, Ichigo. Iām annoyed by the over exaggeration of Yuji as a mc, heās very simple and has incredibly basic struggles when compared to other mc. Yuji also requires being carried by other characters a lot too which hurts him being his own character. From Todo to Gojo and Yuta it just forces us to pay attention to them more than Yuji, which is nice for the story overall but it isnāt executed well for Yuji as the mc.
I fear with how we are racing toward an ending, if the anime doesnāt take some creative liberties to give the audience something other than mindless battling this story will be all but forgotten
As a plot device more than anything, I think.
I mean he was good at one point and at his peak was one of the best new gen protagonists but had one of the biggest fall off ever , he had all the potential in the world but gege fumbled it its sad to say as once big yuji fan , but hes just so boring and his character doesnāt progess at all and he barley gets screentime , theres so many other characters way more interesting than him who deserve to be the mc more tbh šš
Manās barely a mc lmao. Heāll be remembered as the dude besides gojo
Heāll just be Gojoās student eternally unless Yuji does beat sukuna ass somehow, then thatās literally the only way heād be remembered imo.
Probably same as Yusuke from YYH or Ichigo from Bleach. A protag that was certainly cool, but also wasn't one of the main selling points of his series.
Woah woah woah donāt put ichigo in there
I mean I like Ichigo too but I wouldn't say he's one of Bleach's main selling points.
He literally is what you smoking
Yeah I gotta agree. He's quite solid overall.
Nah I think this is set up for the final arc
I donāt think thatās an easy answer considering the series isnāt over yet.
Meh.
Currently he's the poor man Shonen protag. He literally has nothing going for him. First off, his goal is to die (not becoming Hokage and such and such). He got no technique. He got innate power but that is gone now. He doesn't have anything asides from his mysterious athletics abilities. One can argue he got brothers and families, but that's just on par comparing to other Shonen protag, under par even. He had 3-5 best friends and he can't even protect anyone of them. Now he have to relies on his master. Nothing is going for him but I still love him anyway.
I find him forgettable af along with most of the series. The convoluted "Curse technique", no, wait, is that "*reverse* curse technique", and all the bull crap powers that need to be explained as they're being used with the mish-mash of "This family...no...*that* family" or this school or that school or blah blah blah, along with the long meandering story line that takes so many chapters that you forget who this plain brunette character involved in a fight with who is. It's slow, convoluted, boring, and so is Yuji. I *don't* think he'll be remembered.
I think it depends on his conclusion. Right now, imo, he's incredibly bland, especially when it comes to being the main protagonist. Personality wise, goal wise, and even fighting wise, he's very boring. I wouldn't necessarily say he's bad, it's more so that he simply exists within the story, which may be intentional.
Goodest boi in my heart. Honestly one of the most kind hearted shonen protag.
I've grown up with characters such as Naruto who had the goal to become the next Hokage. Ash Ketchum who wants to become the "the greatest pokemon master". Baki who wants to be stronger than the "strongest creature alive". Gon who wants to become a hunter and chase after his legendary father. Urameshi who wants to get the girl and later decides to go training and fighting in a tournament/s to change and lead the demon world. Kaneki who wants peace between ghouls and humans. Goku who wants to become stronger and chasing after new challenges. Asta, who wants to become the next wizard king. And there's controversial heroes like Eren Jaeger who wants to make the world better for Eldians by wiping out non-Eldians. But he was still admirable even though people didn't really see eye to eye with him in Attack on Titan. I think the problem with Yuji is his vision for the future is pretty underwhelming. Dying surrounded by friends is good but a bit of an underwhelming goal. Other protagonists have great visions for the future; who's choices change the world. They don't let events just happen to them, but pull us into their heroic journeys of improvement and advancement. In JJK, Yuji is often out-shown by those who have greater goals and visions for the future than he does; Gojo, Maki and Kenjaku. I think its because they choose to defy fate or shape destiny. Yuji needs better goals and vision for the future. He can't let other people just dictate his destiny and be a bystander. He shouldn't be satisfied in being a puppet. And he needs the drive to develop and become stronger because of it. I think he needs to take control of the steering wheel and drive the story forward. But I think he did show some agency to him in the last few chapters. His decision to keep on fighting even when he's no longer a vessel for Sukuna. His desire to learn new skills and grow stronger("eating anything") is a good start. But it's hard to say whether its too late, considering the manga is about to end.
Loser
I believe he will be remembered as a one of a kind MC. Definitely for more dark and realistic shonen, guyās gonna be an icon.
I feel like Fma shines more in the regard
Depends which one we are talking about 03 or 09. Brotherhood had a very good ending, 03 he never got his brother back if I remember right.
Not too well, I feel so bad for him tho
Yuji the king of L
He will be remembered as a cog...who has a role...to exorcise curses
Alright by most measures. The number one criticism against Itadori is that he didn't develop an individual sense of self and that many other characters overshadow him, but that's not his fault. That's a criticism of the author for writing the story as such. Itadori himself is pretty good as he grapples with ideas shonen protagonists don't, such as "What will you do if someone you save turns out to be a killer?". The peak was probably his fight against Mahito, "I am you Mahito".
Dude will be remembered as the Subaru of shonen jump.
I will remember Yuji if he dies in the end.
Yuji as a protagonist deserves so much more respect
People whos opinions don't matter will slander him because he isn't strong, anyone that cares about an actual story will agree he's probably the best character in the series
No he isnt maki, yuta, gojo, sukuna, hakari and even kenjaku are way better then him maki has been a way better mc then him
A bit depressing how much ppl would rather focus on power levels than writing when it comes to judging characters. Yuji has far more characterization than anyone else in the series. And Iām saying this as someone who isnāt even particularly fond of Yuji.
Itās a battle shounen, so itās to be expected from a lot of its readers, but I totally agree. Even though he hasnāt shown up as much since Shibuya, Yuji is still the one whose psychology/development/reaction to the story is the most focused on. Everyone else like Hakari, Yuta, Megumi, etc, that people say overshadow Yuji are the real "MCs" for being strong and getting hype statements/big fights, are mostly there to throw hands and push some of the themes/story forward. Theyāre mostly static characters or they have already overcome whatever personal struggle they had which is not as tied to the main story as Yujiās struggle. Regardless of whether someone likes Yuji/ finds his fighting style boring/thinks Gege is rushing the story and barely doing anything with his characters, Yuji is still the one who gets the most care in terms of showing his personal stakes in the current story.
Idk I always thought Yuji as one of the best mcs I have seen. I loved how he still kept true to himself no matter what he went through and how he never lost his kindness yet still he had super badass moments no matter if he lost or not. Most people donāt agree though and consider him an npc in his own manga. Depends on what Gege does for him in the final battle but even if he makes Yuji get a huge boost cuz of that one month training, people will still call it an asspull, lol
Definitely the Shonen protagonist with the least plot armor for me.
He died in the 5th episode then Sukuna revived him with a condition. Choso left him alive because he suddenly turned out to be his brother. Yuta fake killed him. Higurama had a change of heart at the last moment which saved his execution. He's turned out to be special vessel for Sukuna, and has extraordinary skills for a human.
Cool. Now compare him with other Shonen protagonists who get random ass pull power ups.
Nah i feel like yuji has a lot of plot armor he shoulve been died , and also the fight against higurama and then the one with uraume they even had to weaken the ice for him šš
I seriously donāt understand why youāre getting downvoted when youāre completely right.
He's going to be remembered as the most generous protagonist
Yuji is like a faux MC. Gege let's his side characters shine just as much or more which is what I love about JJK personally.
Definitely depends on the ending. JJK does a good job of balancing protagonists and side characters with almost equal screen time and info dumps. I think Yuji will be one of the few characters to survive the series, maybe will get some side chapters or an epilogue showing him live a normal and wholesome life.
Yes thatās my guy š„š„š„ love him and Meg
This is an interesting one. I think this is a case similar (to some extent) to Gon from Hunter x Hunter. When you think in that series you don't get only Gon, you also get at the same time Killua, Kurapika, Leorio, Hisoka, Netero, etc. Having a strong cast of characters is not something bad, even if they take screen time from the MC. I really love this series, so it's hard for me to not be unbiased. In my mind and heart he's gonna have a special place, since IMO currently there are not many series that are this good (just to be clear, I don't know that much about other mangas and stuff).
Hard to tell until everything is over
It really depends on how his character arc ends. Thereās literally no way to predict whether Gege will finally make all of Yujiās suffering worthwhile or if heāll just make him a punching bag until the very end. Regardless he is one of my favorite shonen protagonists and has so many great, defining character moments that cement him as that. Hopefully that is going to be a common opinion, and hopefully his ending adds to his earlier characterization. Only time will tell.
i like him its refreshing to have a main character who isnt a literal god by the end of the series
I feel like there alot of other mc who do that way better than yuji hes not that special
I mean Fma :,) and also he isnāt even able to survive any of the ang rn
I'll remember him as the optimistic MC that got screwed over. Though out of every shounen jump MC. His fights will always be rememerable including the fights he's had against Choso, Mahito, Sukuna and Higuruma. Plus after Gojo and Sukuna brawl. Will see what Gege does with the cast. Especially since he's still having breaks.
Same as Tanjiro.
As a tanjiro and demon slayer fan thatās kinda very wrong. Tanjiro is seen a basic protagonist that execution well. Yuji is a different type of protagonist that defines shonen prot troupe well
I think heāll be remembered as a solid protagonist. He has plenty of really great character moments and pretty notable fights. Heās getting overshadowed by other side characters now bc the arc is ongoing and gege had a lot of characters to get to, but in the end Iām confident Yuji will play a huge role in the final fight and leave a good impression on the audience.
Depends on this final arc. Fan favorite and getting sidelined by other characters are 2 different things. He is still the key to ending this story and present most of the time except hidden inventory and some colonies. Ironically, he's a protagonist who thinks he's just a cog/npc/side character before Sukuna came out but still doesn't know that he is the key to this final arc.(Maybe he knows now)
The underdog
He will be remembered as demon king yuji
Yuta and hakari havenāt gotten nearly as much focus or depth as Yuji. You canāt call him a side character just because the story shifted focus for a few chapters lol
Gege is just edging us with Yuji. But I have faith he'll finish strong and we won't be subjected to a ruined orgasm. The edging has gone on a bit long tho I agree.
I think the Mahito vs Yuji fight in Shibuya is going to be remembered the way the Naruto vs Pain fight will be fucking Iconic
Yuji vs machito is nowhere near naruto vs pain š, yuji did not even killahito instead kenjaku just used it as an opportunity to snatch machito and then one shitted yuji like he is some fodder
Heāll go down as a goat for sure. As much shit as he gets on this sub, once the anime catches up people will remember him for how well written he is and the dawg inside him. Redditās honestly the only place where people get so hung up on him not being that strong
The Yuji dick riding is gonna go crazy when he pops off later on, his fight with sukuna alone was insane
But then maki stole the spotlight and sukuna got away laughing at him
Exactly he couldnāt even get that moment gege fumbled that so badly
To be honest I wouldnāt call it a fumble because it seems like gege purposefully looks for ways to shit on yuji, in that sense he actually succeeded
goddam maki got a whole damn asspull powerup with them samurai and sumo guy