What happened to Sukuna's last finger in Jujutsu Kaisen?

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen chapters #266-#267.Before the final battle against Sukuna in Jujutsu KaisenUraume reveals that they couldn't find Sukuna's last finger, with Sukuna assuming that Gojo hid it somewhere to delay Yuji's execution indefinitely. Although the mystery of ​​the missing finger was never directly addressed, it was later implied that Rika ate it so Yuta could copy Sukuna's shrine technique, and this seemed to put the plot thread to rest.

At first, it seemed like Jujutsu Kaisen Happened to deal with Sukuna's finger, but all of that changed with chapter #266. When Yuji and Sukuna's last fight in Yuji's domain was underway, Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter #266 ended with the revelation of Sukuna's last finger sealed in a mysterious placeThis means that both Sukhona and the crowd were deceived, that Rika ate Sukhona's last finger.

This all led to even more major developments in the final battle with Sukuna, and it was great to see all that play out in Jujutsu Kaisens final five chapters.

Sukona's twenty fingers

The cursed things that kickstart the plot of Jujutsu Kaisen

Sukuna's fingers are a major part of Jujutsu Kaisens plot. The story, in fact, begins with the appearance of one of them in Yuji's high school and the protagonist ingesting one to save Megumi is what really kicks off the story of Gege Akutami. These twenty fingers belong to the legendary renegade sorcerer of the Heian era, Sukuna, who used them to overcome old age and death.

Over a thousand years before the beginning of Jujutsu KaisenSukuna accepted Kenjaku's offer to participate in his plot with the cooling game. They formed a contract, and Kenjaku split Sukuna's soul into his twenty fingers, turning them into cursed objects, allowing Sukuna to reincarnate after his deathWhat happened when Yuji swallowed one of his fingers and Tsukune's soul took up residence in his body. This happened because Kenjaku had already sealed one of the fingers into Yuji's body at birth.

These things were incredibly dangerous. As the seals placed on them by jujutsu wizards weakened, they began to attract curses. At the beginning of the story, Tokyo Jujutsu high recovered six of the fingers, but finally Nineteen of them are revealedAll ingested by Yuji first and then Megumi (after Sukuna takes over his body), leading to the king of curses reincarnating in almost full strength, with only one finger missing.

How Utah gained the technique of Temple Sukhona

Yuta & Gojo's Final Gambit Against Sukuna

This last finger was supposedly fed by Yuta to Rika to obtain Sukuna's shrine technique. Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter #266 revealed that the mysterious gauntlet that Yuuji was wearing in the final arc was to hide that he was missing a second finger in addition to the one Tsukona ripped off to take over Megumi's body. It was a major cliffhanger for chapter #266, and luckily, Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter #267 quickly revealed that Rika ate one of Yuuji's fingers to give Yuta a copy of the Shrine Technique.

How it played out, in a flashback of everyone's month of training, Yuta asks Gojo to let Rika eat Tsukona's last finger, which only he knew the location of, but Gojo rejects the idea because it's more Advantageous to keep something with a direct link to Sukuna. The only way for Yuta to gain the Shrine Technique without sacrificing Sukuna's finger was for Rika to eat one of Yuuji's fingers, as while Yuuji had yet to develop his version of the Shrine, Gojo had already confirmed that it existed in Him with his six eyes.

Sukuna's final finger finally redeemed Jujutsu Kaisen's most wasted character

Nobara returns to Jujutsu Kaisen with incredible style

The revelation of Sukuna's last finger was a great twist, but there was much more to it than that. Since Gojo insisted that it might be useful to maintain a connection to Sukuna, that meant he had to have a plan for it, but it didn't affect his fight or any other fighting with Sukuna. Half way through Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter #267, however, Gojo's true plan for Sukuna's finger is revealed: Awakened from her apparent coma, Nobara used her cursed technique to strike Sukuna's soul through his fingers and prevent him from opening his field again.

Naturally, Nobara being living conflict with Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter #265 all but confirms her death, but an earlier chapter established that people keep things from Yuji in case Sukuna still has a mental connection with him. therefore, Yuji was deliberately led to believe that Nobara was dead So Sukona would have no way of knowing she was alive. Nobara is the only other person who can directly attack Sukuna's soul, so it makes sense that Gojo and other characters keep her hidden as another possible trump card.

Nobara's return is somewhat of a mixed bag, however. On the one hand, Nobara's lack of development and plot relevance has always been a sticking point with people, especially when things have progressed to the point that Nobara has spent more of the manga possibly dead than she has spent it alive. how so Nobara being one of the key players in Sukuna's defeat can be seen as a bit of redemption for how much she was wasted in Jujutsu KaisenEven if it was only in the last five chapters of the manga.

Conversely, it is the lack of screen time that makes Nobara's return to criticism. That doesn't change how little development and screen time she's had, even from before she was put into a coma, and how great it was to see her return, happening in the last five chapters of Jujutsu Kaisen Only Emphasizes how much the series wasted her character. The last chapter could do something to give you more development, but with how much ground there is left to cover, that's not likely.

Has the battle against Sukuna finally ended?

Has the ultimate villain of Jujutsu Kaisen finally been beaten?

In no small part to Nobara using her cursed technique on Sukuna's finger, Yuji lands one big hit on Sukuna after another, including hitting him with the effect of his field, and Chapter #267 ends with Yuji hitting Sukuna with a black bottle so Devastating. That it rolled its eyes back into its head. In one previous panel, Sukona can also be seen spitting one of his fingers. The last few chapters have made it clear that as strong as Tsukuna is, he's been on his last legs for a while now, so Yuji's final blow to Tsukuna in Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter #267 may be Which finally puts an end to the king of curses.

That could easily not be the case, of course. Sukuna was a notoriously difficult opponent to deal with for the past year of fighting, and even with how much damage he was dealt, he still outsmarted the heroes at almost every turn thanks to his constant use of Binding Vows and just his Far above everyone in power. With that in mind, The combination of Nobara's Resonance and Yuji's Black Flash may not be enough to defeat TsukunaAnd more of the final stretch of chapters could be spent on more fighting until Sukuna finally goes down.

Even without the announcement that Jujutsu KaisenWith the final arc only having five chapters left, the series was clearly in its endgame. Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter #267 Bring in Sukuna's last finger Defeating him is a perfect bookend to like this Jujutsu Kaisen The story started, so it wouldn't make sense for it to continue for much longer.