Jujutsu kaisen: In defense of Megumi Fushiguro

Dec 7, 2:34 PM

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In Defense of Megumi Fushiguro

⚠️First of all, this post contains spoilers. If you haven't read the entire series, I recommend you stop reading now.⚠️

I've always been a defender of Fushiguro. I think many people who read the series don't want to, or can't, see beyond the surface. This is understandable, in a way, since it's a fighting shonen manga, where if a character has the potential to be a top fighter, they absolutely must take advantage of their power and use their potential. But what happens if a character deviates from that mold and doesn't use their talent?

Megumi is the deuteragonist of the series and one of the characters with the most potential and talent. This has been made clear on more than one occasion, whether through Sukuna's words, Gojo's, or hints the series itself leaves to show what Megumi can be. But of course, if that's the case, why didn't she advance?

First of all, it's important to clarify that Megumi didn't want to be a sorcerer; he simply wanted to live a normal life. Unfortunately, circumstances led him to a place he didn't want. If it were up to him, he would have lived a peaceful life with his sister. Besides all that, the main reason he followed this path was because his sister was in danger, something he didn't want, and this led him to shoulder a responsibility he didn't want to bear.

Once inside this world, he would obviously seek to become stronger since he was already there, but there's a difference between seeking to become stronger and seeking to be the strongest. An example of this is when he asks Gojo for help training, and Gojo says it's strange that Megumi would ask him for that (implying that Megumi rarely asked Gojo for training).

His entire reason for being a sorcerer vanished in a breath when Meguna (Sukuna in Megumi's body) killed his sister. Being in his body, poor Megumi felt as if he had killed his own sister with his own hands and fell into a deep depression. His reason for living had been taken from him. This was the main reason why, even though Yuji, Yuta, and Rika managed to make the plan work and enter Megumi's soul, he didn't cooperate, and that led to Yuta being cut in two.

Remember this: "There are people who are where they want to be, not where you want them to be." Did he have potential? Yes. Talent? Yes. Power? Yes. But despite all that, that wasn't what he wanted.

So, since Megumi deviated from that prototype of a character with potential who actually uses her power, she's still criticized by some in the fandom because she's not like Yuta or Itadori, for example. But remember, they're different characters, and each one handles their own situation differently.

It's true that her character could have been developed better, but that's a different topic.

Dec 7, 3:17 PM

babajeeds

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Nuff said. The same can be said for almost everyone in this series bar Yuji, Gojo, Toji, Nanami, Maki, Yuta, and Geto. Also Todo cuz he's cool and funny. Tbh we didn't even need anyone else sadly

Maki/Nobara and Yuta/Megumi should have been the same character for the sake of flushing them out. How did these side characters get more love than 2 of the main 3? You could argue Yuta is a main character though.

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Dec 7, 4:14 PM

Paharo05

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El traductor te puso todos los pronombres de Megumi en femenino lmao

Dec 7, 6:20 PM

Chrisc_15

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I agree with u I feel like yeah we never got to see his full potential which alot of people did want but the constant hate on him while just overlooking his entire character annoys me so much.

Dec 7, 9:07 PM

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Gng hes a main character and he was barely developed. The potential man hate is valid asl because Gege promised and teased so much about Megumi and js decided to rush shi and not deliver—like he did with some other characters I suppose. But its especially disappointing with Megumi because he's one of the main characters. He literally introduced a character just to give an undeserved power up to Maki yet he really didnt do anything with Megumi. Make it make sense yk.

He barely even has a character to add to that. His arc is js really simple and its nothing special. So unlike u just like Megumi for his personality or design, what is ur defense for okay characterization? Js being a simple character isnt even fair as well because Toji and Geto are some of the best written characters in JJK and they only get a character arc in a single arc of JJK. Todo, Maki, Higurama, Yuki, Choso etc. Almost every character gets more effort put into their development than Megumi. And some of em are also wasted potential in my opinion(Todo and Yuki). Again, thats incredibly disappointing.

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Dec 7, 9:50 PM

DaSAVAGE42456

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I feel like something more would have happened but Gege I think just wanted to finish the story because I feel that while megumi isn’t as bad as people are saying more could have been done

Dec 7, 10:10 PM

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The way you’re describing sounds similar
to Gohan. Megumi is not Gohan. It’s established at the end of S1 that Megumi is holding himself back not because he doesn’t wanna be a sorcerer, but due to insecurity and wanting to be a “team player” (Gojo mentions this after the baseball game). Once Megumj stops holding back and uses his incomplete domain, he’s taking a step toward conquering his self made obstacles. I don’t know where this idea of Megumi not wanting to be a sorcerer came from. Maybe it’s mentioned and I forgot. All I remember is that he wanted to be different by choosing who he saves unequally, and a large part of his work is to save his sister. But either way, Megumi is established as breaking his own set limits early on, so to say he’s holding back intentionally past S1 is crazy to me. His utter depression when Sukuna possesses him is completely rational until the moment Yuji appears, yk the guy who KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE’S FEELING! So overall, the Megumi slander is warranted, he was hyped up as a character who was ready to break his own limits but instead gave up when his only family died, and neglected his friend Yuji who just took a walk in his shoes not too long ago.

Dec 8, 6:03 AM

Fusion8707

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buying manga even buying a anime streaming service is the biggest Otaku move man no wonder their is a option of cope in incel website in which anime and gaming are involved kinda loner thing to do
please dont report me i am just saying i also watch anime sometimes

Dec 8, 2:57 PM

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El traductor te puso todos los pronombres de Megumi en femenino lmao

@Paharo05 I just noticed, hahaha, it's because I don't speak English.

Dec 9, 7:40 AM

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omana

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it was just a bad part on the writer for rushing everything and not giving every character the right amount of attention

Dec 9, 7:14 PM

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Hitori_Samishiku

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I think you have a point. Megumi basically went through what Yuji went through in Shibuya but he didn’t have a Todo to pick him up before he became depressed (Sukuna even took the bath to further ensure control). Megumi also didn’t have the promise/“curse” to save people and keep going either.

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