Jujutsu Kaisen hinted at Yuta and Inumaki team-up long ago, and nobody realized

Modified Jul 04, 2024 23:10 GMT

Jujutsu Kaisen has already hinted at the Yuta and Inumaki team up (Image via MAPPA). — Jujutsu Kaisen has already hinted at the Yuta and Inumaki team up (Image via MAPPA)

Jujutsu Kaisen chapter 263 was recently leaked, and one of the most standout moments was the team-up between Yuta and Inumaki against Ryomen Sukuna, which shocked many fans. However, it is worth pointing out that this moment was probably hinted at by author Gege Akutami before the beginning of this arc, and a lot of people didn't realize it until now.

Yuta and Inumaki have been friends since the beginning of volume 0 of the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, so this moment was a nice callback to their connection from earlier in the series. However, this recent event was probably set up prior to the current Shinjuku arc, which shows how Akutami had already planned some major plot points in this storyline before it began.

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for the series. Any opinion expressed here belongs to the author and not Sportskeeda.

Explaining how Jujutsu Kaisen probably teased the team-up between Yuta and Inumaki, and no one realized

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There was a moment prior to the Shinjuku arc, during the time that the higher-ups of the Jujutsu world were killed by Satoru Gojo, when Yuta and Inumaki shared a moment talking. At the time, Yuta told Inumaki that he was counting on him. While that may have seemed like a nice character moment between two friends, the recently leaked chapter 263 of the manga confirmed they planned to strike Sukuna together.

For people who have been fans of Toge Inumaki, this moment feels like a very satisfying scene, as his relevance in the story was diminished after volume 0. There is a strong argument that he didn't even have a lot of prominence in that aforementioned volume, thus making this moment to stop Sukuna feel like the character's peak, for better or worse.

However, there is also no denying that this moment further cemented the friendship between Yuta and Inumaki, perhaps one of the most underrated in the entire series. Inumaki was there for Yuta from the moment the latter became a sorcerer, and it is nice to see Akutami remembering the connection these two characters have.

What could happen in the coming chapters?

Yuta and Sukuna as seen in the anime (Image via MAPPA)

The most recent Jujutsu Kaisen chapter ended with the cliffhanger of Inumaki stopping Sukuna and Yuta Okkotsu, now in Satoru Gojo's body, about to fire a Hollow Purple. Therefore, it seems that the most obvious outcome is that Yuta is going to hit Sukuna with this attack, although Gege Akutami has proven to subvert a lot of people's expectations in that regard.

Sukuna is likely going to take the attack and still be able to attack, or something happens that keeps Yuta from using Hollow Purple. There is a good chance it could be the latter, thus making Yuta die of the consequences of using Kenjaku's Cursed Technique to take over Gojo's body.

Final thoughts

It was probably foreshadowed by author Gege Akutami that Yuta and Inumaki's moment prior to the Shinjuku arc was a reference to what happened in chapter 263 of Jujutsu Kaisen. That would explain what Yuta said to Inumaki while also giving them a nice character moment prior to the final battle.

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Edited by Ivanna Lalsangzuali