Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 121

   

 Summary:

The hatred-based rivalry between Yuji and Mahito has once again reached its peak. Yuji has someone else dear to him, he takes Mahito away. When the fight fails out of rage and anger like last time, Yuji realizes that he must stay calm like Nanami and prove that he is a true jujutsu wizard.

Plot:

Yuji rushes to Mahito, ready to avenge his fallen mentor. Mahito calmly flicks the small human morph onto Yuji, turning him into a human that can stick spikes out of his head. Yuji dodges the spike attacks, but Mahito uses a human shapeshifter to get behind Yuji and prepare his Soul Multiplicity technique.

Soul Multiplicity allows Mahito to merge two or more souls. This is followed by the release of Body Repel, a reaction caused by the rejection of the soul fusion. By using this effect for his own benefit and increasing his soul energy, Mahito can generate a stunning output of combined transfigured people.

Mahito unleashes a long transformed monster that attempts to bite Yuji with its giant mouth. Yuji successfully clenches his teeth and stops the attack, but Mahito appears from inside his mouth and lands a violent right straight that shatters his opponent's face. Yuji grins more than usual as his face was split open by the attack. Mahito transformed his hand to include a blunt, square-shaped weapon directly above his knuckles. Mahito claims that he would have cracked Yuji's skull if he put a little more into it.

Yuji questions how Mahito can play with people's lives so aimlessly and the cursed spirit just laughs at him. Mahito doesn't look for a reason and doesn't have the slightest remorse. The best answer Mahito can give him is a demonstration. He forms Junpei's face with one hand and stabs it with the other, claiming that Yuji and him are the same, shocking the student. Mahito believes that until Yuji accepts this fact, he will never win.

Yuji tells Mahita that he is talking too much and that he will make sure these are his words of death. She removes the blood from his face, stopping the bleeding and revealing a large scar. Nanami's voice reminds Yuji to stay calm like his teacher would. He takes his fighting stance and lets the cursed energy flow calmly from his hands as he is determined to prove that he is a jujutsu wizard!

Mahito counters Yuji by concentrating the cursed energy into his own fists while thinking of his strategy. Idle Transfiguration doesn't work on Yuji, so Mahito decides that keeping his body tough is probably what Yuji thinks is best for him. Instead, Mahito does not change his soul shape at all, while maintaining his maximum strength with a purely cursed energy boost. He plans to pierce Yuji's heart with one attack, but when his fist pierces the air, Yuji suddenly disappears from his sight.

Yuji is a master of hand-to-hand combat, especially Taido martial arts. The Knee Release is an ancient fighting technique that eliminates initial movement. Yuji not only releases his knees, but also his hips and shoulders to quickly guide him to his opponent's feet. Using the momentum from being in this lower position, Yuji hits Mahito in the face with a Manji Kick!

Yuji follows up with a front kick to Mahito back, but the curse quickly turns his arm into a spiky vine to force Yuji back. Impressed, Mahito admits that Yuji's technique wasn't bad and announces that it's time to move on to the second round.