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Mar 20 โ€ข 19 tweets โ€ข 9 min read
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A thread on the characterisation and mirror of Yuta Okkotsu and Yuji Itadori.

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So thereโ€™s quite often a lot of discourse around Yutaโ€™s existence, you see a lot of people say he would have been a better MC than Yuji, that heโ€™s more interesting, that sort of thing.

But today Iโ€™m gonna talk about the value that Yuta adds to Yujiโ€™s character.
Gege has been quite specific in his handling of his prequel and current main characters and their positions in the Jujutsu world and in portraying them as almost complete opposites bound by one common theme: the care they have for others. ImageImage
Even Yuji himself states it that he and Yuta are โ€œthe exact oppositeโ€ and this carries through not only their fighting styles but their whole personalities.

Yuta is bonded with Rika, the Queen of Curses & Yuji contains Sukuna, the King of Curses. Image
Vol 0 follows Yutaโ€™s introduction to Jujutsu sorcery, we are introduced to him as a young man condemned to die and happy to accept his sentence, even having tried to kill himself but prevented to do so by Rika. Yuta Okkotsuโ€™s journey is one of self justification. Image
As he bonds with those around him Yuta justifies his own existence, he seeks reason to live and his reason becomes to protect others - particularly his friends. He becomes a sorcerer as his reason to live and we see him grow more confident and happy. ImageImage
Yuta cursed Rika on her death bed and the two are bound together. Symbolically at the end of Vol 0 Rika tells him not to die too soon, showing that Yutaโ€™s last reason to die is released. ImageImage
Yutaโ€™s story is one of self acceptance and shows us the power of love as a curse.

He is a prodigal child with unlimited cursed energy and a loving bond with the Queen of Curses. ImageImage
While Rika herself is supporting through her love of Yuta, Yuji does not have the same luck.

Sukuna constantly berates and taunts Yuji, the King of Curses takes pleasure in his torment of Yuji and outsmarting this kid with no knowledge of the world heโ€™s in. ImageImage
Even in Shibuya, Sukuna uses the time he has in Yujiโ€™s body to break him. Thoroughly.

Sukuna has no reason to relinquish control of their body other than to show Yuji the immense damage that has been done. Image
Because unlike Yuta who is looking for reason to live, Yuji is looking for reason to die.

Knowing full well he cannot exist in the world anymore, Yuji strives to do as much good as he humanly can before his execution. Image
Because above all else Yuji is driven by the curse left to him by his grandpa - help people.

He eats the finger to help people, he stays alive to help people. Where Yuta wants to die because of the curse he placed on another, Yuji continues to live for the curse given to him. ImageImageImage
By the time Yuji and Yuta finally meet during Perfect Preparation they could not be further apart and Yuta himself acknowledges this.

Yuji no longer acts of his own free will and his questioning of his own autonomy has been frequently questioned as the series goes on. ImageImage
While Yuta is living freely, free of his burden to Rika but still bound to her in love, living for his friends and no longer lonely. Yuji on the other hand feels separated from society by the weight of what Sukuna did at Shibuya. ImageImage
While not even the deuteragonist Yuta Okkotsu is the perfect complementary piece to Yuji as a character and shows us how different things could be for Yuji.

Possessed by the King & Queen of curses, the curser vs the cursed, learning to live vs living to die. Image
Even in their natural abilities, Yuji is athletic and outgoing - loved by people. Yuta is acknowledged repeatedly to be weak and berated by Maki for his outlook on life. Image
This has mostly just been a ramble because I watched the movie yesterday and forgot how much I love Yutaโ€™s characterisation, itโ€™s not even really an analysis I just wanted to talk about shit.

I hope Yutaโ€™s domain gives us even more character for him. Image
As always thanks for reading.
Also go see JJK Movie 0 itโ€™s a fantastic adaptation of the manga and also adds some bits using the current manga, really fleshed out the Night Parade as an event.

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