Sukuna’s fingers are the cornerstone of Jujutsu Kaisen. Every of them holds a fraction of the immense energy of the King of Curses.
Over the course of the sequence, the consumption of those fingers by Yuji Itadori has been a vital plot level, driving the story ahead but in addition inflicting chaos and destruction.
Nonetheless, confusion arises over the standing of Sukuna’s fingers, particularly the final one.
In Jujutsu Kaisen chapter 266, the confusion solely will increase when one in every of Sukuna’s final fingers is revealed, tied up in an unknown location.
To resolve this thriller, we’ll examine what occurred to Sukuna’s final finger and the place it’s now.
What occurred to Sukuna’s final finger?
Earlier than we delve into the thriller of the final finger, you will need to perceive the present standing of Sukuna’s different fingers. Yuji Itadori has used a complete of 15 fingers in the entire sequence:
- First finger: Itadori ate this finger in Chapter 1 when he unintentionally swallowed it, marking the start of his reference to Sukuna.
- Second finger: This finger was given to Itadori by Gojo Satoru and was eaten shortly after the primary.
- Third finger: Eaten by Sukuna himself through the incident on the juvenile detention heart.
- Fourth finger: Consumed through the Origin of Obedience arc when Megumi Fushiguro gave Itadori the finger. Sukuna’s mouth on Itadori’s hand swallowed it.
- Fifth to fifteenth fingers: Through the Shibuya Incident, Itadori was force-fed 10 fingers in a brief time period. Simply earlier than that, Mimiko and Nanako gave Itadori one other finger, bringing the overall to fifteen fingers.
Throughout Sukuna’s switch from Itadori to Megumi, Sukuna turned Itadori’s pinky right into a cursed object, permitting him to modify vessels.
This brings us to the present state of affairs, the place Sukuna, who had Megumi’s physique in his possession, consumed three extra fingers delivered by Uraume simply earlier than his struggle with Gojo. This brings the overall to eighteen fingers.
This left two fingers lacking: one finger was mentioned to have been hidden by Gojo and one other was mentioned to have been sealed in Itadori, as instructed in Chapter 257. This led to the belief that Yuji himself was Sukuna’s final finger.
This begs the query: What’s the that means of the finger we see in chapter 266?
What’s the that means of Sukuna’s finger in JJK 266?
The reply to this query could also be intently associated to Itadori’s lacking fingers, which have been additionally revealed in the identical chapter.
One attainable rationalization is that Yuta Okkotsu ate one in every of Itadori’s fingers so he might use Sukuna’s Cleave approach as an alternative of Sukuna’s final finger, which was hidden by Gojo.
The issue is that Yuta by no means explicitly mentioned that he ate Sukuna’s final finger. As a substitute, Sukuna instructed it himself.
This has led the fandom to take a position that Yuta made Rika swallow one in every of Itadori’s fingers, as he too is revealed to own the Cleaving Approach.
But it surely additionally has disadvantages.
One other believable concept is that the finger revealed in Chapter 266 isn’t one in every of Sukuna’s unique fingers, however a cursed object created by Itadori himself.
This situation bears similarities to what Sukuna did to Itadori’s pinky in Chapter 212, as defined within the article I wrote earlier about Itadori’s lacking fingers.
The third and weakest risk is that the finger that was trapped inside Itadori in some way turned indifferent.
Nonetheless, this assumption is far-fetched for quite a few causes. First, Kenjaku, who sealed the finger in Itadori, is a grasp at sealing, making it extremely unlikely that the seal might be undone so simply.
Secondly, the exact nature of Sukuna’s assertion about his finger being locked up in Itadori stays unclear, casting doubt on this concept.
For now, the primary two prospects appear the most certainly.
Whether or not the finger we see in Chapter 266 is a brand new cursed object of Itadori’s, or Sukuna’s final finger, we are going to solely verify within the coming chapter.
The principle query stays, nevertheless: what that means does the finger have right here?
What might occur to the finger?
Whether it is certainly Sukuna’s finger, does Itadori plan to devour it in order that Sukuna can change barrels once more?
I do not know if such a situation will work, as a result of Sukuna has already incarnated and it could be troublesome to eat only one finger and have him change again to Itadori.
But when the finger we see is Itadori’s, then I’ve an attention-grabbing thought. aluminum foil concept established. Everybody, please put in your tinfoil hats.
What if Itadori plans to take Sukuna along with his finger? In the event that they perform the identical approach as Sukuna’s fingers, then part of Itadori might be inside Megumi’s physique.
From right here, he might presumably attempt to weaken the maintain of Sukuna’s soul on Megumi’s physique. I believe this may be a certain approach to management Sukuna, since Itadori’s indomitable soul has achieved the identical factor prior to now!
However for this concept to work, I consider Itadori has to die first. In any other case, the reincarnation half will not work. There’s additionally the query of the place the finger is saved and the way Itadori plans to make Sukuna swallow it.
If this assumption seems to be true (which it in all probability will not), then we’ll see Megumi housing Itadori’s soul. Each dwelling in a single physique? Haha.
However there may be additionally one other parallel copium concept that arises after the revelation of this finger: the attainable return of Nobara.
Because the revelation that Gojo has hidden one in every of Sukuna’s fingers, readers have speculated that Nobara will use her resonance on the finger to trigger critical harm to Sukuna and weaken him.
A precedent for this case was set throughout her struggle with Mahito’s doppelganger. Whereas the Resonance Principle itself is stable, it’s Nobara’s standing that’s extra ambiguous.
Primarily based on Akutami’s statements and hints from current chapters, Nobara’s probabilities of returning appear slim. Nonetheless, now that there is a last finger within the image, the idea mills have been working additional time!! Let the copium unfold!
What do you consider the ultimate finger in JJK chapter 266? Let me know within the feedback under!
