Jujutsu Kaisen: Does Yuji Get Stronger With Each Sukuna’s Finger He Eats? Here Is the Truth!

Another day, another article about the relationship between Sukuna and Yuji Itadori. The two main characters of Jujutsu Kaisen – one the hero, the other the villain – Yuji and Sukuna have a very special bond, which has been a fact since the beginning of the series. Their direct connection has been broken recently because Sukuna possessed Megumi’s body, but Yuji and Sukuna are still an important topic of discussion here. In this article, we will go over a question that has been bothering fans for a while now, as we will explain whether Itadori gets stronger with each new finger he eats. Keep reading to find out!

There are two ways to approach this question

The issue of how Sukuna influences Itadori’s powers is something that has been discussed over and over, and we at Fiction Horizon have given our contribution to this topic as well. Now, what interests us here is how the consumption of Sukuna’s fingers influences Itadori’s power level, and before we give our honest opinion, we’d like to state that there are two approaches to this issue. One, as elaborated by Reddit user Professor-Memeyy, states the following:

This isn’t a stupid question, it’s one of the more common misconceptions about jjk. No, Yuji doesn’t get stronger from eating Sukuna’s fingers. Sukuna gets stronger because each finger contains his own cursed energy and adds it to his pool of CE, but Yuji can’t access that pool.

Not explicitly stated but heavily implied. You don’t see Yuji gaining any power boosts when he eats a finger, do you? But Sukuna outright states that he gets stronger (his comment about how if he were still at 3 fingers he might’ve lost to Mahoraga). Since Yuji’s nowhere near even 1 finger Sukuna the only conclusion to draw is he doesn’t gain power from the fingers while Sukuna does.

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And we can only agree that this is a solid argument for one side, but as user AnividiaRTX states, it is simply a theory, as the official canon never specified an answer:

It’s 100% headcanon. It’s not been confirmed or denied yet.

Personally I think Yuji does gain more CE with every finger. We’ve never seen our boi Yuji run out of CE. And I don’t even think Sukuna would need to have Yuta level cursed energy to be the strongest. Cursed Energy isn’t what makes Sukuna strong imo. It’s his CT. His atittude, and his Knowledge of the core of curse energy. But as I said, this is my headcanon. I’ll probably get downvoted for it too since most people refuse to think that Yuji and Sukuna share anything.

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And these are the two approaches to this issue. There are some theories in between, of course, but the gist of it is this: the fingers either help Yuji or not. We are now going to reveal our opinion on the issue.

The final answer is officially unknown at this time

As we have explained, there is no clear answer to this question, as Akutami hasn’t confirmed or denied any of the theories so far, which leaves us with interpreting the canon. In our opinion, the effect of Sukuna’s fingers on Yuji’s level of power is minimal, if it exists at all. Sure, the fingers have unlocked something in him, but they did not help him get stronger; on the other hand, they did help Sukuna get stronger – that is a fact.

Why do we think this? Well, his Cursed Energy output hasn’t really fluctuated in relation to the number of fingers consumed but rather about the gravity of the situation he was in. He was never classified as a Special Grade, which he would have been in case the fingers had some influence (like in Yuta’s case), and Gojo had to train him, as did the others, for him to learn how to use his abilities.

It cannot be denied that Yuji has been growing and that Sukuna’s fingers did initiate something, but based on what we’ve seen, we don’t think that they actually provided him with a boost. In that case, Yuji would probably be more enthusiastic about consuming more fingers, but he explicitly refused to do it every time, so as to not make Sukuna stronger (although Sukuna did trick him). And that is our two cents on the issue.

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