A Breakdown of Higuruma Hiromi’s Cursed Technique In Jujutsu Kaisen

Hiromi Higuruma was a character introduced so late into the Culling Game arc of Jujutsu Kaisen. The author also said about him in the introduction that he was lazy and bored with living, but after the meeting with Kashimo fans saw that their character had the second highest number of points in the entire game. When fighting Yuji and Sukuna, we were able to see his abilities on the whole for the first time. Higuruma’s powerful cursed technique and a domain expansion that throws a legal twist into the jujutsu battles.

Higuruma was a lawyer and he possessed a very strong Cursed Technique but it was completely different from the other sorcerers in Jujutsu Kaisen. This technique not only helped him to overpower many hostile sorcerers but also enabled him to score the second highest points in the Culling Game. So, let me explain in detail the full potential of his Cursed Technique and why it made him that strong.

Higuruma’s Role in Jujutsu Kaisen

If one remembers, Higuruma was a lawyer practicing in Japan until the events of the Culling Game went down. He was a brilliant defense attorney, who oftentimes, would accept a lot of complicated cases to defend the wrongly accused from having to spend time in jail, thus, was frequently dragged into the dark side of the law, despite his best efforts and strongest defense.

This made him give up on the justice system and go down a sort of depressive spiral, causing him to have a perpetually tired, bored expression on his face. However, Higuruma can only be described as a genius of sorts. At the time, Higuruma had access to his Cursed Technique for only two months, in which he not only memorized the technique but also studied the principles of Cursed Energy by himself and also had his Domain Expansion.

During the invasion in Shinjuku while Sukuna fights Gojo, the audience could see that Higuruma is one of the first to grasp the main idea of what Gojo wants, as well as other strategic maneuvers and terms connected to Jujutsu, despite knowing of its existence for only two months. When he finally faces Sukuna, he was taught Reverse Cursed Technique on the spot when the King of Curses provoked him and at one point of the battle, Higuruma was even complimented by Sukuna several times stating that the former is an equal match to Gojo.

Higuruma’s Cursed Technique Explained

However, its core functionality revolves around a supernatural courtroom and a relentless pursuit of justice. Higuruma’s Cursed Technique is tied directly to the domain expansion and thus can be seen as different from other sorcerers. Thanks to his great intelligence and high amounts of Cursed Energy, he could understand the nature of his Domain after which he would be able to control his Cursed Energy and learn the fundamentals of Jujutsu.

Higuruma can also use Domain Amplification, as it is a sign of great mastery of the Domain, a phenomenon when Higuruma’s Domain spreads over his body like an aura. It enables the neutralization of techniques that his enemies try to use against him and is so masterful that it earns Sukuna’s comment that Higuruma uses it almost as effectively as how Sukuna employs his own.

In the same manner, there is an association between his Cursed Tool, which is his gavel and his Domain. This gavel is an extremely powerful tool and is a type of weapon which has other capabilities of a different type of weapon or tool if Higuruma wanted it. In his fight with Yuji, the gavel is depicted standard as a mallet, then a large scythe and finally a hook.

Even if the Domain Expansion is not underway in any shape or form, the gavel is Higuruma’s weapon of choice, striking the particular opponent. This Cursed Tool can be summoned at any point and is portable where it can switch from one hand to another in a blink of an eye.

Higuruma’s Domain “Deadly Sentencing”

Deadly Sentencing or Higuruma’s Domain Expansion is the most powerful move in his arsenal and yet it is the center of his strategy that is backed up by the rest of his moves. The reason for this is that both Innate Cursed Technique and the Cursed Tool he employs in the fight are, by default, connected to the Domain. Concerning the Domain itself, it is already a small courtroom which on the outside is surrounded by guillotines.The place is equipped with only one podium for Higuruma and one for the defendant (the individual with whom he is fighting) and during the fight they are positioned across from each other.

Deadly Sentencing Domain, on the other hand, does not possess a strong obvious attack like what others Domains have. Instead of this, the Domain places a non-violence effect on everyone within the range, causing the barrier so no one is allowed to use any sort of violent action within the Domain or even deactivate the usage of anyone’s Cursed Technique while the Expansion is in effect. Anyone who attempts to avoid these rules by attacking is just sent back to his podium.

In addition to the defendant that the accused was protecting, besides any witnesses to the crime, there is another ‘Shikigami’ called Judgeman, behind Higuruma. This Shikigami knows absolutely everything about the defendant, though he shares nothing with Higuruma though giving him a sealed piece of evidence connected to the defendant and similarly, the defendant does not know what it is. 

Within the Domain, Judgeman plays the role of the judge in the trial, and the outcome is in his hands; however, depending upon what Higuruma says in argument form, the decision depends on him, and the defendant’s aim is to eliminate all reasonable doubt in regard to his/her innocence.

As seen in the case of the two characters, Higuruma and the defendant are only given one final chance to make a final argument for Judgeman’s verdict in their favor. Upon receiving a verdict from the prosecution, a defendant can do any of the following: remain silent, admit to the crime or deny it at all.

If the defendant is accused of the crime and is innocent, then the defendant is simply released from the Domain. However, a guilty verdict has 2 sentences; either take their property or give them the death penalty. Getting his hands on the opponent for a moment turns off the Cursed Technique, if the opponent does not possess one, it robs them of using Cursed Energy for some time. 

When the defendant who is a thief is found with a Cursed Tool on him and is captured within the premises of a court, the confiscation sentencing takes action on the tool as opposed to the Cursed Technique.

The death sentence is Higuruma’s Cursed Technique at its best. If the opponent has been declared guilty by Judgeman, the confiscation works the same as before, The heavy hammer which Higuruma used turns into the Executioner’s Sword, which is a weapon composed entirely of Cursed energy and has the ability to kill than kill anyone who gets cut by it instantly. If there are two souls or more in one target, the sword will affect only the guilty one and remove the others.