What the Jujutsu Kaisen Ending Explained: Yuji’s Fate in the Series Finale and What Happens to Sukuna
Yuji takes on Sukuna
The Shinjuku Showdown Arc brings the six-year saga to its climax. After Gojo’s fight with Sukuna, a succession of sorcerers joins the battle, but Yuji eventually becomes the only one still able to damage the King of Curses.
Yuji’s version of Cleave can strike the boundary between Sukuna’s soul and Megumi’s. He uses his Domain Expansion to take them into a version of his hometown, where he shares his thoughts on the value of life and urges Sukuna to release Megumi.
Megumi and Nobara intervene
Yuji reaches Megumi’s soul and tells him he understands if Megumi wants to die, while also admitting he would be lonely without him. Megumi responds by fighting back with Ten Shadows, creating an opening for Yuji to land more blows.
Sukuna begins to recover his Cursed Technique, but realizes Yuta’s Copy of Shrine came from one of Yuji’s fingers, not Sukuna’s last one. Gojo had kept that final finger for a plan involving Nobara, who uses Resonance to attack Sukuna’s soul and disrupt his Domain. Yuji seizes the opening and lands a Black Flash.
Sukuna’s final refusal
Sukuna is forced out of Megumi’s body and reduced to a weak form. Yuji makes one last attempt to persuade him to start over by living inside Yuji again.
Sukuna rejects the offer, identifies himself as a curse, and dies. With Sukuna and Kenjaku defeated, Uraume kills themself in the aftermath.
The survivors return to school
Yuji and his friends return to Jujutsu High to recover. Yuji gives Nobara and Megumi letters Gojo wrote before the final battle; Nobara’s letter tells her where her mother is, while Megumi learns Gojo killed his father and laughs.
Yuta is revealed to have returned to his original body. Chapter 269 ends with the group considering whether they could have acted differently during the fight, and chapter 270 turns to tying up various matters.
Key points
- Yuji becomes the last fighter able to damage Sukuna.
- Megumi’s resistance and Nobara’s Resonance help Yuji turn the fight.
- Yuji offers Sukuna another chance, but Sukuna refuses and dies.
- The survivors return to Jujutsu High, and Yuta is back in his original body.