Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 216 Spoilers
In this chapter, Uraume makes the long journey to the Zenin Clan while dressed in a ceremonial robe for Sukuna’s bath. But, he is not alone as Kenjaku accompanies him. Kenjaku informs Uraume that he is more concerned with this “bath” than with finishing the Culling Game since he intends to ultimately include Tengen in it. Okay, this needs to be dealt with because he seems to have everything under control; however, we are still missing a lot of information because a lot of things kind of happen off-panel and a lot of time passed without us seeing exactly what was going on; I believe we are missing at least a full 24 hours or possibly even 48 hours here; however, the soldiers who had participated in the Culling Game were used successfully and t Tengen ended up crawling up in a ball or something after the enormous black hole battle, and I assume Kenjaku has power over him.
Kenjaku doesn’t necessarily require 10 different Tengeble forms, though, since Tengen has said that they are more of an abstraction now and only exist in the atmosphere. He intends to use the Culling Game’s Barrier, as he promised, to combine that portion of Tengen and every Japanese person in order to forge a terrible curse. Simply told, if Kenjaku did that right now, it would bring the series to an end, thus it seems sensible that he would want to spend his time thinking about it. The ritual’s original intent, according to the “bath” rules, was to give life to vessels that had been passed down through the generations. To do this, the vessel must soak for 10 months and 10 days in a special solution made by curse energy; the solution is obtained by crushing and training carefully selected creatures with an inhuman poison. I don’t think Kenjaku necessarily invented this whole process of reincarnating sorcerers’ recursive objects into the bodies of others, but it seems like this was way more common than we’ve been led to believe. To incarnate vessels that had been prized as family heirlooms suggests that this is something that had been going on for a while.
The gang is doing this ritual to get closer to the “devil,” according to Uraume, who also reveals to Kenjaku later in the chapter that they are also trying to push Megumi Fushiguro’s soul farther into the abyss in order to overcome his resistance. It’s an odd turn of events since, contrary to what would ordinarily be the case, Kenjaku now seems to have more questions than answers. Kenjaku also seems not to have been completely informed of Uraume and Sukuna’s plans, but I assume he had little option but to make a compromise in order to accomplish his objectives; after all, he needed someone as strong as Sukuna. This is due to the fact that Angel said in a previous chapter that they knew Sukuna and that he was the “disgrace one” or “the fallen one,” making it obvious that all of this Demon stuff is related to him. It’s possible that there is a higher level of sorcerers, where individuals who have acquired a certain level of strength and wisdom start to resemble the “Angels” and “Demons” of popular culture.
I agree that Maki would cut Sukuna with her sword, but it seems too easy for him to die as a result. Thus, I believe that altering your soul may have something to do with these Angel of Demon things, similar to what Makito was doing. Sukuna takes part in the aforementioned “bath” ceremony later on in the chapter. The next scene takes place in the Sendai Colony, where Uro and Rye decide to explore after sensing a sinister presence approaching from a distance. Now that Uro’s fear was at an all-time high, he shouted, “Here he comes, THE KING OF CURSES!! The fact that Sukuna has already arrived in Sendai to meet with him and that Uro is probably aware of Sukuna’s identity is an unexpected and exciting turn of events. Sukuna sliced Ryu before he had a chance to answer, laughing and yelling, “What are you, I’m going to cut you in more than one piece but I can’t do it!” In a split second, Sukuna appeared in front of Ry and requested if he wouldn’t run. Sukuna did mantle Ryu and looks to be attempting to cleave him, but Ryu is surprisingly holding his own. Although it may be slicing him, it is not tearing him apart. We shall learn why Ryu is obviously bothered by Sukuna.
Ryu then steps back and tries to use Granite Blast when Sukuna tells him he underestimated him and that he should be prepared for the next attack, but Sukuna slices his face before he can complete the hit! Rest in peace, Ryu who has gone away. Unfortunately, he is basically slicing through Ryu’s head in this scene, which means that Ryu is already pretty much dead. It’s too bad because I really liked Ryu; he had a lot of potentials, and I was eager to see where his character arc would go. However, it turns out that his character arc was ultimately for nought because he was only ever meant to be a jobber to Sukuna. Jujutsu Kaisen’s chapter 216 concludes with Sukuna and Yorozu’s collision! Yorozu has a one-sided crush on Sukuna, or possibly an unrequited love, which is made all the more interesting by the fact that Sukuna is the sorcerer who overthrew Tsumiki and hails from the Heian Era. Before returning for our complete analysis and thoughts on the next narrative, hop on over to the “manga” section to catch up on spoilers for all the most popular ongoing manga.