The following article contains spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, Episode 19.
Enthusiastic fans have discovered an important and perhaps surprising detail from the ongoing showdown between Yuji and Mahito in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, Episode 19.
Titled “True and Wrong, Part 2,” the episode sees Yuji and Mahito face off in a fierce battle following last week’s events, including Nanami’s death at Mahito’s hands. In Episode 19, the battle goes in Yuji’s favor when he fights Mahito. In the wild chaos, a fan spotted Yuji seemingly sticking his middle finger out of his curled fist, jabbing Mahito’s neck for maximum damage. Although there are no rules in fighting to the death, it is definitely a dirty and inappropriate move for Yuji, although fans on social media do not hold it against him, especially when Consider the ending of the episode.
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The animator of this scene, Kosuke Kato (JJK, Mob Psycho), posted rough cuts on X (formerly Twitter), leaving little doubt as to whether Yuji intended to do it or not. . This is one of the few cases where Yuji’s fingers can be seen in detail. The entire fight scene was inspired by the Ip Man martial arts series, as another fan also pointed out.
Ultimately, this was not enough to take down Mahito. As fans later discovered in the episode, Mahito was able to pull through and Nobara’s death was almost confirmed. While this was another hit with fans, with some saying they’re now ready to write off the entire series, Mahito’s takedown was certainly iconic while it lasted.
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Crunchyroll aired both seasons of Jujutsu Kaisen, described: “Yuji Itadori is a boy with immense physical strength, although he lives a completely normal high school life. One day, to save a classmate who was attacked by curses, he ate Ryomen Sukuna’s finger, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shared a body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the strongest sorcerer, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is accepted into Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the forces of curses… and thus begins the heroic story of a boy who becomes a curse to lift a curse, a life you can never return to.”
Source: X (formerly Twitter)