Jujutsu Kaisen is Gege Akutami’s best-selling and award-winning series bagging the Anime of the Year (2022) Award from the Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF).
The manga is still ongoing, and we have witnessed many plot twists and stunning buffs of many characters. In this article, we will be discussing the mind-blowing and one of the most anticipated battles: Fushiguro Megumi’s General Mahoraga vs Sukuna. Let’s get right to it!
Who is Divine General Mahoraga?
Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga is the most powerful and uncontrollable shikigami of the Ten Shadows technique of the Zenin Family. Fushiguro Megumi becomes the only user in history to summon General Mahoraga.
The summoning of General Mahoraga itself has very tricky conditions:
- It can be summoned only through an exorcism ritual.
- The user must recite “With this treasure, I summon…” before shikigami’s full name.
- General Mahoraga can only be summoned without the intent to defeat it.
- Defeating General Mahoraga will not allow the user to use the Ten Shadows Technique.
- Commencing the ritual will automatically trap his opponent/opponents and himself in the ritual with the shikigami.
- The summoner will not get General Mahoraga as their shikigami even if they survive the ritual by some miracle.
- Since General Mahoraga is incontrollable, it will attack everyone in the ritual.
Considering the conditions of the ritual, Megumi summoned General Mahoraga as his last resort when he was sure he’d die anyway. Surprisingly Sukuna wanted Megumi alive for his secret plans; hence he intervened in the battle, making himself a part of the ritual. This results in the legendary battle of Mahoraga vs Sukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen.
Cursed power and Abilities:
General Mahoraga is a majestic and the most powerful shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique. It has incredible strength and can break several concrete buildings with one blow. The combat style of General Mahoraga is extremely offensive and destructive, not to mention its intimidating physical form.
It also wields a blade called Sword of Extermination, filled with positive energy making it extremely effective against cursed spirits. What makes it invincible is the combination of its physical powers and cursed abilities such as:
- Its cursed technique can adapt to every condition or situation.
- In case an attack successfully lands on General Mahoraga, the wheel on its body activates, allowing it to counter it immediately.
- If General Mahoraga is attacked with the same technique again, it will be able to counter it precisely.
- Since it can always adapt and counter any technique, its opponent’s defense would be useless.
Who is Sukuna?
Ryomen Sukuna is the ultimate antagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen. He is a 1000 years old invincible sorcerer with two arms and two pairs of eyes and was considered an “Imaginary Demon.” He has also been titled the “King of Curses.” An army of Jujutsu sorcerers had an extremely hard time taking him down, causing countless casualties.
Even after Sukuna’s defeat, his curse was so powerful that his 20 indestructible fingers were split and sealed with powerful sorcery. Despite being sealed, his curse kept growing stronger over time, weakening the seal.
Each of his fingers was classified as a special grade cursed object that could choose its host if left unsealed. As a result, Sukuna can always reincarnate under the right circumstances.
Cursed Power and Abilities:
Sukuna has claimed multiple times that the modern-day Jujutsu Sorcerers don’t even know the true essence and full potential of Jujutsu Sorcery. His claim is indeed backed up because he always won every time he fought in the series.
He defeated Fushiguro Megumi, Jogo, Mahito, Finger bearers, General Mahoraga, etc. He has proven to be the strongest sorcerer in the series with ancient and incredible knowledge of Jujutsu sorcery.
Sukuna’s inescapable Domain Expansion, Malevolent Shrine, remains the most powerful and unbeatable throughout the series. Once he traps someone in his domain, only he can decide to let them go but at the cost of establishing a set of Binding Vows that are always in his favor.
His hand-to-hand combat skills are refined. The level of his cursed energy is by far the most powerful.
He uses flame-based attacks whose full potential or working is not yet revealed. We’ve seen that he slashes his opponents into pieces without even them realizing when it happens. It proves his incredible speed, agility, and strength.
He uses a variety of cursed techniques like:
- Reverse Cursed Technique– where he can heal himself and others or create lost body parts.
- Dismantle-his signature slashing attack that eyes can’t even follow.
- Cleave– an attack guaranteed to cut through anyone regardless of their cursed energy or toughness.
- Fire attack ability– as mentioned earlier, not much is revealed about this ability. However, we see him overpower Jogo, a special grade cursed spirit specializing in pyrokinesis.
- Metamorphosis– an ability where he can create multiple eyes or mouths of himself on his host.
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Mahoraga vs Sukuna: Fight Explained
The incredible battle Mahoraga and Sukuna happened during Shibuya Incident Arc in Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 118. In the battle, Sukuna overwhelmingly crushed Mahoraga in his domain, Malevolent Shrine. Sukuna saved Megumi’s life by defeating Divine General Mahoraga and breaking the ritual. Now, let’s discuss the overview of this fight.
