In Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 266, Itadori Yuji’s battle with Sukuna reached a crucial level when the claws he had been utilizing broke throughout their battle.
This occurred whereas they have been inside Itadori’s area. Sukuna had initially been experiencing a Cursed Method (CT) burnout. Nevertheless, a lot to Itadori’s shock, he regained his cursed approach by playing on Gojo’s dangerous maneuver and therapeutic his mind utilizing RCT.
Sukuna subsequently attacked Itadori, ensuing within the breaking of the claws on Itadori’s arms.
And that is after we get a shocking revelation: Itadori was lacking two fingers on his left hand.
This has sparked a lot hypothesis amongst followers, elevating the query—what precisely occurred to Itadori’s fingers?
What occurred to Itadori’s fingers?
The lack of Itadori’s pinky finger might be traced again to Chapter 212. On this chapter, Sukuna, after seizing management of Itadori’s physique, broke off his pinky finger and remodeled it right into a cursed object.
This was a calculated transfer by the King of Curses, who then fed the finger to Megumi Fushiguro, facilitating a vessel swap.
From that second on, Itadori has been with out his pinky finger – since he hadn’t learnt the RCT again then, and Shoko can’t precisely develop again lacking limbs on others.
Whereas the lack of the pinky finger is clearly documented, the disappearance of Itadori’s ring finger that’s extra mysterious.
In contrast to the pinky finger, there is no such thing as a clear occasion within the manga the place the ring finger is proven being severed. Throughout the Shinjuku showdown, Itadori’s hand was lined with the cursed instrument (the claws, sure), with no indicators of any injury taking place earlier than 266.
Moreover, previous to his coaching, there have been no indications of the finger being misplaced both. This has led to the conclusion that Itadori could have misplaced his ring finger through the one-month coaching interval main as much as the occasions of Shinjuku showdown.
The intrigue solely deepens after we take into account what occurred subsequent in JJK 266.
On the ultimate web page of the chapter, a finger that carefully resembles Sukuna’s fingers is proven.
This reveal instantly follows the invention that Itadori is lacking two fingers, resulting in the belief that this finger may really be Itadori’s ring finger, which has been remodeled right into a cursed object.
Nevertheless, that’s simply one among our two assumptions.
The First Principle: Itadori’s Ring Finger as a Cursed Object:
The primary idea means that Itadori could have made his ring finger right into a cursed object, just like what Sukuna did together with his pinky finger in Chapter 212.
This idea is supported by a few key items of proof.
First, in Chapter 220, whereas relaying what Ieiri had informed him, Itadori mentions that he has grow to be like a cursed object steeped in Sukuna’s cursed power.
This assertion implies that Itadori’s physique, or components of it, could possibly be utilized in the same method to Sukuna’s fingers, that are cursed objects of immense energy.
Moreover, the timing of the reveal in Chapter 266, the place the finger is proven instantly after it’s revealed that Itadori is lacking two fingers, strongly suggests that there’s a connection between the 2.
Now, I do know that turning part of your self right into a cursed object is a particularly advanced process, as identified by the angel. Solely a brilliant expert sorcerer like Sukuna was capable of pull it off, by simply experiencing the method as soon as.
Nevertheless, Sukuna created a cursed object when he was in Itadori’s physique. Which means, Itadori subconsciously skilled the method first hand.
And, just like how Sukuna utilizing advanced and prime of the road cursed approach enabled Itadori’s fast progress as a sorcerer, this too might have fueled Itadori’s understanding of cursed objects and their creation.
Itadori is already somebody who had a superb understanding of the contours of the soul. And cursed objects basically carry the essence of an individual’s soul.
Combining that with the truth that Itadori is acknowledged to have the identical latent potential like Sukuna, creating cursed objects doesn’t appear to be an immensely tough process.
So, it’s doable that the finger within the final web page could possibly be Itadori’s, remodeled right into a cursed object by Sukuna’s affect.
If that is so, it raises questions on whether or not the finger accommodates Itadori’s essence, Sukuna’s, or maybe a mixture of each.
Why? As a result of we shouldn’t neglect that Kenjaku, the mastermind behind most of the occasions in Jujutsu Kaisen, had beforehand sealed one among Sukuna’s fingers inside Itadori.
There’s additionally a risk that the finger proven in Chapter 266 is definitely Sukuna’s, unsealed from Itadori’s physique, or presumably the ultimate finger which Sukuna couldn’t get his arms on.
This brings us to the second idea.
The Second Principle: Yuta Okkotsu’s Connection
The second idea revolves round Yuta Okkotsu. If the finger we noticed within the last web page is the one Gojo had hidden away (not the one sealed inside Itadori), then how precisely was Yuta capable of Cleave?
Effectively, there are theories working within the fandom that Yuta might need eaten Yuji’s finger as an alternative to get cleave and dismantle.
In Chapter 251, Yuta mentions that Sukuna by no means bought his arms on the final of his fingers. Nevertheless, he doesn’t explicitly state that he made Rika, his cursed spirit, devour the finger.
As a substitute, that is an assumption made by Sukuna himself.
The chance that Yuta consumed Itadori’s finger is intriguing, however it additionally presents some downsides. For one, Itadori solely woke up Sukuna’s Shrine, the supply of the Cleave and Dismantle methods, throughout his battle with Sukuna.
This raises the query of whether or not Yuta took a major gamble by consuming the finger, hoping that Itadori would finally awaken these methods.
Alternatively, have been Yuta and the others completely assured that Itadori would inevitably develop Sukuna’s Shrine talents?
Regardless, if the finger proven within the last panel of Chapter 266 is certainly the one Gojo Satoru had hidden away (and never the one sealed inside Itadori), it will elevate additional questions on how Yuta was capable of entry Sukuna’s talents with out having consumed Sukuna’s precise finger.
What are your theories on Yuji’s lacking fingers. Let me know them within the feedback under!!
