Megumi Fushiguro’s Epic Showdown Against Sukuna: A Jujutsu Kaisen Breakdown

Jujutsu Kaisen chapter 266 was released after the break week and the fans were eager enough to witness the latest moments of the plot. To the surprise of the fans, the series is now building up to the climax of the Jujutsu Kaisen story, which will make it very entertaining from now on and it should be ending this year. However, the battle of Sukuna and Yuji is still ongoing and some quite exciting things happened in this week’s chapter.

Finally fans were able to witness Megumi make his comeback in this chapter but not fully. From this point onwards, things are slowly going to get much more interesting with regard to Megumi’s character and fans are eagerly anticipating what is in store.

How Sukuna Crushed Megumi’s Spirit

Sukuna managed to corrupt Megumi’s willpower quite early during the Culling Game Arc when he switched places with him, and he realised that megumi’s body was a lot easier to manipulate than Yuji’s. Sukuna was still experiencing some opposition from Megumi, and that is why he had to take the soul bath and effectively sealed his soul for eternity. The deaths of Tsumiki also upset Megumi and caused him to lose his determination to live. At this time, Megumi had no goal to protect, and thus he immediately fell into the hands of the king of curses. 

Since then, the sorcerers have been doing their best to rescue Megumi, which has become one of the most significant events in the Shinjuku Showdown arc, and the fans have loved all the developments in the rescue of Megumi to the degree Between Gojo and Sukuna, with which they were thrilled and which remains the best Fight in the Series , Yuji’s appeal in order to save a friend. From head to toe, everything was packed with excitement, and the fans were pleased that the author decided to spice things up regarding Megumi.

However, the downside of this approach was also very clear. From the position where Megumi was eliminated from the story for a long time, his character could only grow to a certain extent. Moreover, the advancement of his character Arc was also hampered to some extent, and if it was fine that JJK continues even further and this wasn’t the last arc, given the fact that this time soon, the Completion Series would be ending, it means that Megumi will only get further opportunities to improve as a character, and that’s the drawback of such an approach.

Fushiguro’s Emergence as a Powerful Force in Jujutsu Kaisen

As we already stated, in JJK chapter 266, fans should expect Megumi Fushiguro to awaken. This was not unexpected by the fans. Specifically, Yuji has been trying so desperately to get Megumi to awaken. The entire fight that he has here with Sukuna is to save his friend. Yuji has attempted before and felt short of the required standard. Even in Yuta’s territory, Yuji was very close to rescuing Megumi but he refused his hand and this meant there was nothing Yuji could have done.

Now, however, it is quite a different story. This is a nice scene because it also shows that somehow Yuji can land powerful attacks on Sukuna’s Soul. The Soul Dismantle was an absolute monster and even though it didn’t cause any skin breaking harm, the scars on the soul were revealing. This made Megumi’s soul become a little more independent from Sukuna and made it so Sukuna cannot stop Megumi from waking up. He even threw up three fingers, but some time later he had to eat them in order to regain control.

However, it is equally true that the power he has over Megumi is gradually diminishing and that is why Megumi has decided to resist his authority now. In JJK chapter 266, Yuji talked with Megumi. In this conversation, he said to Megumi that he cannot ask him to live because he knows the effects of trauma to people. But all he can say is that it would have been boring without him, without his conversations, without his voice, and laughter.

When Megumi hears these words, he decides to take action because he knows the value of a true friend and he does not believe that the future will be as bad as he previously thought. Megumi understands that there is still someone in this world who is trying to make it a better place. Megumi started to counterattack Sukuna brutally, and this also gave Yuji the opportunity to strike him heavily. Of course, things are not exactly handed to you on a silver platter. The battle with Sukuna is still going on, and against the king of curses, Yuji will surely need Megumi’s assistance if he will be able to defeat him for good. Megumi should be able to grant all the assistance that Yuji requires and sooner.

Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro’s Alliance Against Sukuna

Yuji and Megumi are likely to be the next two characters to go against Sukuna in the next chapters. In Sukuna’s case, the 10 Shadows Technique is ineffective, and Mahoraga is obliterated. But it was evident in JJK chapter 266 that Megumi does possess the 10 Shadows Technique. Due to this shadow, Sukuna’s leg was being consumed and Yuji managed to land heavy punches on him. Yuji even makes Sukuna refill the cursed technique that he burnt out and also make the domain reopen, which certainly doubles the difficulty for the King of the Curses.

Even more important, the more times Yuji can hit Sukuna, the less amount of influence he will have over Megumi. In the final stages of the game, Megumi will escape from the influence of his captor and transform into a completely different man who is ready to fight. But that is where the topic of merger could be introduced. Sukuna can initiate the merge when he wants and when he does, it is likely that he would split from Megumi and become an entity on his own. When that happens, it will be the turn of Yuji & Megumi to stand and defend themselves against this monstrous force.

It is not going to be easy for them to pull off, nevertheless, those two should get a chance to shine together in the final act of JJK before the series is over. Since it is true and official that the series can now be said that it is at its very peak, fans are absolutely sure that characters like Megumi and Yuji are deserving of all the attention that they can get.

It is comfortable for fans to just wait for the JJK chapters in the following weeks and months and pray that the story provides the main characters with a happy ending. With that, Jujutsu Kaisen is most likely going to end soon enough, and fans can only hope that the conclusion is up to the mark.