18, mostly a lurker, but I’m slowly getting better at talking on here
I like Deltarune and JJK and Risk of Rain 2. And I sometimes follow artists I really like
@Mech_Maru_Ver1 To be fair, like other people said, he had other issues to deal with. Like getting to Shoko, finding Maki, Nanami, and Naobito again, and unsealing gojo (but he got. Well. Interrupted)
Also omg I didn’t know…good job dude
Firstly, this isn't "stupid". While I think it's something that one can very easily counterargue, I do not think the way people have been saying this take is "stupid" is valid. However, that does not mean it's true.
Prior to landing the Black Flash, Yuji cracks his finger and then produces positive energy, using the exact same SFX (second image) for Satoru Gojo's positive energy production against Sukuna (third image). To prove this is not cursed energy, I also have shown the image of Satoru and Sukuna igniting their cursed energy in preparation to attack each other. While both are meant to portray a similar "vwoom", cursed energy's is more of a "gas stove turning on" sound whereas positive energy is more like a fire extinguisher.
Consistent with this is Yuji's following Black Flash, meaning that what Yuji Itadori OBJECTIVELY performed, ignoring intonation, is:
- Crack his finger
- Utilise positive energy to manifest the vapour in conjunction with his cursed energy (showing that he, like Satoru, can now utilise both positive energy and cursed energy seamlessly)
- Perform a Black Flash
Given Satoru Gojo's statements about Black Flash (which will be a separate two images threaded to this one), he specifies that factors like air humidity (vapour present in the air) and temperature are relevant to what can make a Black Flash occur. Thus, given that Yuji pre-empts this Black Flash with confidence, the reading of "you won't die" as fear is inaccurate, given he constantly retains a monotone the entire time. Yuji's specific words in Japanese (which will be posted below, with Gojo's Black Flash comments) are "死にはしない", which does not entail a prediction, but a committed stance. 死に is in its conjunctive に form, making it emphatic. He is not saying "I hope you won't end up dying", he is saying "dying is not what you're going to do". It's a conclusion he makes coldly with emphasis on the fact it WON'T happen via the negative construction of ない, which moreso translates to "do not" than "will not". "You do not die from this" is more what he MEANS, even when he says "you won't die".
So, to conclude, it is almost impossible to argue that Yuji Itadori cannot land a Black Flash "at will". While I do not believe it's something you can just activate, and that's what it means by "at will", Yuji is capable of optimising the chance for Black Flash to 100% via a unique preparation which leaves spatial setting perfect for it, leaving the only skill factor for timing, which Yuji otherwise perfected back in 2018.
Imperatively, if he could not, you would have to argue that him cracking his finger and producing positive energy and cursed energy seamlessly was so he could flex on the simurian, which is counterintuitive to the archetype of character he is by this stage of Modulo.
@MaliFid8@5_centt@10Shrinez Basically every definition of a Prodigy is along the lines of “Someone with very high talent OR ABILITY for their age”. It deadass doesn’t even matter where his abilities or potential came from. With the power he holds by the end of the series, he is a prodigy by definition.
@kashatesaglg4@5_centt@BruhMoment_1@MaliFid8@10Shrinez YES ???? Yuki alone is objectively the hardest hitting character in the series given how her ct works. She can make her fists have tonnes of mass on top of CE reinforcement. EOS Yuji could never dream of hitting a punch like this on Kenjaku
@5_centt@BruhMoment_1@MaliFid8@10Shrinez Yuji tanked Hana’s lower output Jacob’s ladder. And just because he could tank it doesn’t mean his techniques don’t get extinguished, too.
The fact that Yuta has more barrier mastery and experience using his domain compared to Yuji who has opened his domain one (1) single time
@5_centt@BruhMoment_1@MaliFid8@10Shrinez Clairvoyance?? Jacob’s ladder???? A better domain than Yuji’s?? Even without it, genuinely what the FUCK is Yuji going to do against sky manipulation?
And he does physically outstat Yuji (with CE reinforcement, I should specify)
@MaliFid8@5_centt@10Shrinez Still just making stuff up, and this would normally make sense, but I can tell you’re clearly wording it to purposefully exclude Yuji since his techniques aren’t “innate” ones he was born with. Whatever dude. I
@MaliFid8@5_centt@10Shrinez How the fucking hell is a prodigy in JJK different than a prodigy in real life. Someone in JJK that has outstanding talent or ability is considered a prodigy, you’re just making shit up