Selfishness was protraid by society to be a horrendous behavior to have . It actually the opposite every human based behavior is goal based y may think ur doin it for kindness or for someone else but in the end u yourself don't understand what u want because 90% of our conscious is subconscious and hidden away .every action u preform is for self preservation and it is natural and important that we all priorities our self over anyone else and to even think of our goals and objectives not that of others
@@pbsuite if that was true then sukuna would've died quite long time ago .. This just shows your perception of shounen is quite bland 😂 . Must be due to our very own "power of freindship " bullshit animes that is currently being meatrided by dumb fans 😂
I feel like selfishness is the traditional way to achieve top of the verse power, but the new gen seems to be changing that. Yuta is a good example, hes kind of selfless but his selflessness is bringing out his best self. So in the end is more about being who you really are with no restrictions than being SELFISH, if you are genuinelly selfless, then that selflessness is part of your true self. Good Video Jaded
It’s crazy how inspiring jjk is. At the end of the day, your greatest ally will always be yourself. No matter what selfish or selfless goal you want to achieve. No matter how many people you have backing you up on your goal(which is still of course a good thing still), if you yourself aren’t putting your 100% into it, or doubting yourself, then that goal/dream won’t be a reality. This series has taught me that and I’m definitely still working on trying to be my true self. And on not doubting myself.
I have to say this is a more 'realistic' portrayal of success in a shonen manga series. When you succeed, people start to envy you and try to bring you down to their level (just like how the sorcery world is trying to bring down Gojo), this is why you should always know yourself and know what you want so that no matter what people say, they'll never get in your head.
You're correct, everyone on surface level trash talks Gojo. The higher ups hating Gojo, Nanami not having the respect for Gojo (They acknowledge his strength and honored persona, but not respect it but rather envy it). I feel like right now, the one person that understands and respects Gojo right now the most is Sukuna himself because Sukuna only respects true strength (how ironic) only two strongest entities can truly understand each other
Honestly, I think the narrative shits too much on Satoru's personality, and same goes for Todo. I guess that's Akutami's way of reinforcing his idea of selfishness. Still, it kinda falls flat IMO because success is almost never determined by merit, so in that case, selfishness is absolutely unearned and delusional.
@@sakaizen I'm talking more IRL, unfortunately. A person like Gojo is exceedingly rare, often not rewarded for their success, and their success is limited to one area. IRL "successful" people are usually lucky, or fail upwards thanks to wealth.
@@MrGksarathy Still, you need to be selfish and you need to have a level of hunger that no one else has. I think to succeed in life you need to have a combination of hunger, skill and luck. You need to get noticed by the right people in order for your skill to have value to someone, but you need the passion and hunger to surpass everyone. Best example would be a musician or an athlete.
I like how this fight proved that not only Sukuna is a genius when it cones to jujutsu but Gojo too. Some of the stuff he pulled off in this fight can’t be done by simply being blessed with the Six Eyes,even without it he would still be a monster of a sorcerer with his strategies,quick thinking and knowledge of what he can do in the “sandbox” of jujutsu.
This is what most people seem to forget when it comes down to this fight, it is that Sukuna had a plan to fight gojo and get rid of his top cards so they said Sukuna is smarter but gojo in this chapter proved even at that point without his ability to use his cards freely he can still turn the table proving again what Jogo’s conclusion about gojo was: “is there something you don’t have, SATURO GOJO”
@@1sosukeaizen1He did the same thing against Toji. In the most dire situations he kept his cool and throttled through everything Sukuna had. I honestly feel like he got that intensity because of Toji. The same look he gave Toji once he awakened is the same face that made Sukuna nervous for the first time in a thousand years. He was in a flow state this entire chapter it was literally INSANE.
@@landendrake true, it just felt like if he was playing puzzles, he wasn’t nervous and kept calm during the entire fight, while Sukuna was the one nervous and talking trash until he lost 😂 which is funny
But we literally have no other example of six eyes/limitless users? Since there can only be one at one time. We have nothing to compare gojo's "genius" to, Kenjaku, however, was bested by a six eyes, or maybe it was a limitless user and in reality Gojo is allowed to be 10x more reckless, so this idea that "no other six eyes or limitless can do this" is a no Brainer, they've never had the ability to be him, and we have no way to compare how smart he is compared to previous users outside of limitless and 10 shadows canceled each other out and killed both users which we still don't know if Gojo played "smarter" he has more to fuck with, a nearly infinite supply of just throwing out attack after attack
To compare and contrast the Villians and Heroes of the story: The heroes sense of self was meant to overcome imposter syndrome, whereas the villains sense of self is rooted in stamping out another beings potential. Both sides embrace some form of selfishness, just in a different way. This is perfectly exemplified by Gojo who aims to empower others, while Sekuna aims to crush others. One side is out of love, the other is out pure spite. Jjk show us thats it's possible to have a strong sense of self while harbouring love for other people.
Gojo was always a sociopath with Superman complex. He wasn't aiming to "empower others", he was enjoying being the strongest in an Era where most sorcerers are weak and everything is relatively peaceful. He never truly cared about "people", if he did, he would have killed Geto before JJK 0. Sukuna humbled him.
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE Gojo himself stated that he wanted to help foster the next generation of sorcerers so that they wouldn't suffer from the same loneliness he has. And you are partially correct, he still loves being the strongest, I mean... who wouldn't?
@@Byeebyeebyeee Yeah he only cares about strong/talented sorcerers just like Geto, probably even more than Geto . Because his immense strength/talent + 6 eyes make him understand how silly the idea of protecting and caring about non sorcerers is. That's the one thing I like about Gojo. He would have been better as a villain or antihero (he kinda was)
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE that's funny, because he works like a villain yet is on the hero side. (He has no weakness, has a smile on his face as he fights his enemies, and derives joy from mocking those who are weaker than him.) But your statement is still incorrect. During hidden inventory, Gojo learned to have a care for those who are weaker than him through riko amanai, a teenaged girl who lacked the ability to use CE (a weakling really). After her death, even though he seemingly brushed it off like nothing ever happened, he learned to optimize his infinity so that it may run 24/7 for the sole purpose of not letting something like that happen ever again. And he doesn't only 'care' for Geto because of his talents. He cared because he was someone who he could relate to, someone who could oppose his beliefs (as we saw during the basketball game). And if you think he only cares for people based on talents then what about principle yaga? Gojo switches off his infinity almost every time when near him, a man who is hundreds of times weaker than him. Take Mei Mei: a women whose ability centres around crows. (This barely makes her grade 1) Pretty weak if you ask me. Yeah, I haven't seen Gojo show as much respect to any women such as he does to her. You could also take maki and how he paid for her grade 1 status, going behind the higher ups' back. So before you spout crap about 'he only cares for the strong', contemplate it.
@@Byeebyeebyeee bruh what are these random ass examples lmao??? Maki literally became Toji 2 in terms of rawness and strength and she always had mad potential + you still talking about people who are talented sorcerers/do relatively what they want without caring about what people are gonna say, which is why Gojo he like them. Why didn't you talk about Hakari, Aoi, Itadori, Yuta, Megumi... All sorcerers with crazy potential and that's what Gojo care about the most. "Gojo only cares for the strong" will always be true: he took Megumi with him because he experienced Toji's strength..., he "saved" Itadori because he has superhuman/mental strength + MC energy ... Everytime Gojo had to interact with someone who's weak af/non sorcerer you can clearly see that he does not care at all You talking like Gojo would have be friend with Geto if Geto was a bum or a shitty sorcerer hahahahahaha I'm not even a fan of Gojo and I understand him better than many of his fanbase do
This is the key message that Blue Lock teaches us as well. Someone can only reach their highest potential by tapping into their true self. Living and growing deep into this ego or sense of self in an unrestrained fashion.
I love this, and I like how Gojo said it's a "sport" and in sports you hella gotta have that mentality, the sense of self to be at the pinnacle of any sport. Yeah there's a team aspect but the best players have the guts to throw themselves in all out win or lose no matter the consequences that's where the divide is.
R-etarded mindset. It stops being a sport when you have to kill your enemy in order to win/achieve your goal. A guy like Aoi Todo knows this. I guess Gojo is just too arrogant to team up. Gojo wasn't ready to face a real warrior, the true honored one, the King of curses, Ryomen Sukuna.
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE even outside of sports you can see this exact mentality from special forces units in militaries around the world- id say its even more important to have that ego and self worth when your life is on the line
it's more clear When you note that after losing Domain battle to Gojo , Jogo lost his confidence so much that he didn't bother to open it against Sukuna. Meanwhile Gojo asks Sukuna to increase the range of his Domain and output right after losing the 1st Domain clash . This shows the clear difference in mindset between them . Even inside Sukuna's Domain Gojo be like ,` Ah great , My limitless is far more superior 🗿
Well Yeah Gojo was always OP like crazy and he was born in an era with many mediocre sorcerers and few enemies to challenge him, who wouldn't be overconfident if he was born like Gojo? duh
I didn't even think about that! Shit! Imagine being so confident that after barely surviving an attack, you ask your opponent to go harder. Beautiful example.
@@Kidrobot016 do you remember the conversation between sukuna and jogo in jogos afterlife .. Sukuna lietrally explained how today's curses or sorcerer lack that mindset or urge to become the strongest like gojo ..
The themes of JJK really do remind me of this quote: “His origins are become remote as is his destiny and not again in all the world’s turnings will there be terrains so wild and barbarous to try whether the stuff of creation may be shaped to man’s will or whether his own heart is not another kind of clay.” - Blood Meridian
This chapter shows what most people seem to forget when it comes down to this fight, it is that Sukuna had a plan to fight gojo and get rid of his top cards so they said Sukuna is smarter but gojo in this chapter proved even at that point without his ability to use his cards freely he can still turn the table proving again what Jogo’s conclusion about gojo was: “is there something you don’t have,SATURO GOJO”. My point is that don’t underestimate gojo’s IQ and always let him cook.
@@1sosukeaizen1pretty sad you think that yet gege was riding Gojo hard as hell and limiting sukuna whole time especially since he couldn’t go all out bc he has to fight the students next and then megumi’s body is weaker so it’s not like they are on par on h2h combat we don’t even know how strong sukuna is with his full ct shown and his weapons in his normal body ppl assume sukuna can’t get through Gojos infinity with his ct when we rlly don’t know that when gege could pull bullshit that it would work and on top didn’t the Gojo your dick riding need the prison realm to even make it that far into the fight saying he would kill sukuna 2 times and still failed?
@@1sosukeaizen1you completely forgot what they just said in the video?? The reason sukuna is able to be the best and even take others ct and fight is because of his sense of self which is extremely strong, without it he wouldn't have been capable of learning anything that quickly but does so anyway because of his sense of self so calling him a fraud for envisioning himself to be the best is counter intuitive to the story of jjk so take that L little fool
In JJK, I think it’s less about “selfishness” and more about “ego”. The strongest characters are those who gain an uncompromising view of their nature and place in the world. It’s not that they place themselves above others (although the villains certainly do) but rather that they’re able to root themselves and become unshakable. They are them, and nothing can change that. Yuta Okkotsu is a big example of that. He remains a moral, selfless and honorable person, but gained the ego to confidently affirm that he is allowed to exist.
I feel like sukuna being in megumi's body might have ultimately also influenced the way he fought mentally, he lost because just like megumi he put everything in mahoraga, thinking that once limitless was gone mahoraga would just beat him, you can even see him get kinda frustrated once mahoraga isn't performing the way he thought he would with the whole "You're not megumi's shadow". You can even see a huge difference in the way 15 finger sukuna's demeanor was in Yuji's body , compared to how he acts in megumi's body despite having the power of his full 20 fingers; they were both malicious, but the yuji-sukuna was just waaaay more brutal and overwhelming. Although sukuna was able to become the dominant soul in megumi's body, at the end of the day the body is still the soul, and things I might be different if we see sukuna in his own body.
@@soc7967I'm honestly praying he does. He's sucked too much oxygen out of the narrative and crowded out good characters. Let him at least die and milk the tragedy of it for Itadori and Gojo.
Even if 20 f Sukuna fought the same way he did in Shibuya would it have made much of difference? He can’t do what he did then to Gojo simply because Gojo and is really strong even if he’s gotten significantly stronger since then.
This is part of why I love Yuta so much. He is humble, and he is somewhere between the 3rd and 5th strongest in the verse, depending on your interpretation of a few things. Yuta is a subversion of his own verse and I love it.
Love how JJK fans are gassing up this boring ass character just because he's OP like Gojo. He's not a subversion of JJK, he's a boring OP character that Gege use rarely because he's not compelling. He's like the walmart version of Megumi Fushiguro but OP
@@nishalsairamgaming7892 Bro I literally said "Walmart version of Megumi" which implies that Megumi is a better version of Yuta even tho they share something in common that I dislike (being boring) 🤡
This sounds the same as when flight attendants instruct you to put on your mask before you help your neighbor. If you aren't strong enough to have excess to spare, you can never truly be selfless. Yuji dedicates himself fully, selfishly, to becoming his best self and as a byproduct he becomes strong enough to protect those around him. If you can't actualize your best self, you'll never be able to help those around you do the same. How can you instruct others on how to reach a pinnacle you, yourself, have never reached?
When Gojo told Megumi he needed to be greedier, i understood this as: "you have to believe you can achieve more than this." Megumi was always trying to resort to Mahoraga to solve his problems, as he believed he wasn't capable of much with his technique. He never pursued his true limits, and because of that, believed he wasn't capable of much, which in turn only discouraged this pursuit. It looks like a vicious cycle where you're brought down by a warped perception of your own capabilities. And finally, to connect with this vídeo, having an assured, unapologetic belief about your own capabilities will often be mistaken by arrogance and narcissism.
Winning by dying: Allowing death to be the price of victory Winning even if you die: Winning and hoping for continued life despite the possibility of death
I'm going to very slightly disagree and say that JJK isn't advocating for selfishness. I'd say (as many others have said) that JJK is advocating for knowing yourself intimately and not letting others trample on that identity. As pointed out by another commenter, Yuta is an excellent example of this. He brings out his strongest self when he wants to protect his friends from Geto. His "true self" is someone who would put everything on the line to save the people he cares about. Other than that, wonderful vid!
JJK is advocating for being beyond good and evil and doing everything you can to be the strongest and also humbling people who think they're the strongest even though they're frauds (Gojo). I know this because Sukuna is one of the favorite character of Gege Akutami.
Jujutsu kaisen storyline centers on how characters make their own choices while adhering to their own belief/ideologies and to keep moving forward despite the outcome of those choices.
The scene from S2ep10 that reinforces this is Geto and Mahito's discussion about the soul and the introduction of the idea of "CTs are our own world view" and it makes so much sense as Domain expansions are essentially reality marbles, bending space to your own will, your own world view. Only people with strong sense of self can do it, can impose their world view into the world. Mahito calls his domain expansion "Self embodiment of perfection" as well. These micro details and dialogues are why I really love JJK
Plenty of Shonin and anime in general have echoed the idea of surpassing your limits for one reason or another, however the difference between them and jjk is that jjk doesn't reward emotion allowing you to win because you love your family enough or you friends enough or you're just angry enough, if you're weak you die regardless of how you feel about it, and so the strongest are the ones which are most selfish
I think that jjk does a good job at teaching people that it's okay to be selfish. yuji for example, wants to die with his friends around him but his friends seem to be killed or taken from him too fast because of his own weakness (at times). I think Yuji will come to understand that in order for his friends to be protected and in order for him to be the one that is strong enough to do so, he needs to be selfish enough to grow to get to that point. He needs to become selfish for selfless reasons.
As a person originally aware of myself I was pushed into a "fake humble" state by my classmates during my highschool. I was not a kindless person and never aimed actions that would hurt other people. I just believed in myself sufficiently to do great things that my classmates were unable to do and they started to pursue my confidence's destruction. I was called a narcissist and I was blamed of being "too good" at tests. In their conception, I was a selfish person that didn't care about how my classmates feel when they couldn't accomplish the same results. I just realize that was hipocrisy when the highschool was over and my prior classmates didn't care about me even after I've downgraded myself to the sake of them. I cared about them, they didn't care about me. Who is the f*cking narcissist at the end? That's the lesson.
It's not really being selfish tho in JJK your strength and power comes from knowing yourself, knowing your nature, and having the imagination to use your power this and that way instead of the standard way. It's like being more in tuned to one's self
@@-gj3nu knowing yourself and nature and being in tuned doesn't make you selfish. It's a fact Sukuna and Gojo are the honored onesit's not really a selfish thing to say if it's true
@@-gj3nu I mean. Its very possible you can just have a strong sense of self...and be arrogant. A sense of self leads to confidence which can easily become arrogance. Gojo strikes me as both.
Yes. the translation for that part is actually not accurate/wrong, but for the sake of easy to understand for English readers. "もっと欲張れ" by words means "be more greedy", the actual meaning is "it is ok to want/ask/aim for more/higher" in Japanese cultural context. Unfortunately, translated into "It is okay to be selfish" and now many believes that is the message Gojo wanted to tell Megumi. If you think about it even without considering the actual correct meaning, "give all your best" dont link with "okay to be selfish" just by logic sense.
I like how these new gen anime are straying away from “power of friendship” and exploring ideas like selfishness or ego to become the best. It actually feels a bit more realistic and even inspiring when done correctly.
@@-gj3nu Doesn't Bleach have this mindset explored? Ichigo in Hueco Mundo. And the "good guys" have characters like Mayuri and Kenpachi who are selfish and grow because of selfishness. Isn't Luffy selfish also? (from what I remember). Saint Seiya also have some saints with this mindset. Even in Kuroko no Basket, this is explored (when Kuroko and kagami separate and do their individual training). And I don't believe series like Jjk and Blue Lock tells us to be selfish all the times. In Blue lock after 50 or so chapters, teamwork becomes necessary and important part. Jjk takes inspiration from Buddhist philosophies which tells us that the key to individual growth is not denying your innate desires and not bound by yours or other people's pre conceived notions. I do agree that these 2 series put a bit more emphasis on this idea but it has always been present since the 80s/90s.
It’s not more realistic, people don’t magically become stronger because they’re selfless. Both are valid ways to tell your story. Some people get stronger for their friends, others for duty of selflessness.
cursed energy requires you to be selfish to be efficient black flash is the peak of this you cant even feel empathy to hit a black flash hence yuji going for one in “accomplices.” In the anime though he had just hit one, yuji was going for the final blow on kechizu and you see a spark of black , yet they just now find out that they are fighting humans so it dissapears and yuji finishes him with a normal punch. Yuji is antithetical to this selfishness thats why his journey is so nice to watch
@@noneofyourbusiness4133 you need to waive away all outside thoughts similar to why todo slapped yuji when yuji was fighting hanami but holding all the anger at the damage its caused his friends and told him he couldnt fight like that bc its was affecting his cursed energy output
@@noneofyourbusiness4133Todo says that anger is a good source of cursed energy, but it also can be erratic: it divides your focus. “This anger, it’s too much for you.”Black flash requires perfect timing, and a high enough mastery of jujutsu sorcery. its easier to hit when you aren’t divided.
These 2 MFs be putting a whole new meaning to "its not Arrogance if you're stating FACTS" An overwhelming sense of self/confidence like a walking calamity
Apply this to Yuji Itadori who is figuring himself out, what he wants, and so on and this is why we are kinda anxious to see what happens. Yuji is cooking in a way that could end up being anything. Maybe he really wont be something. But considering that even without Sukuna in him now he was tanking 15 fingers Sukuna's attacks (who had some restraints made by his host) and even landing some good hits that really started to confuse and worry Sukuna, it isnt hard to believe something is happening.
@@dotsdot5608 not quite but it's still a gojo that inherits them at the end of the day and infinity is hereditary and even without 6 eyes it's pretty damn strong in a straight fight
While gojo is clearly gifted, he still needed to be a genius and work hard to be THIS gojo. Otherwise hes just a gojo clan with six eyes that occasiobally throw limitless barier for defense and offense, and shooting red and blue. He managed to make limitless an aura that active anytime. Also, we dont know sukuna background. He really could be just a talent that works hard
So basically it is Maslow's Hierarchy's esteem needs. Before self-actualization, where you strive for your true potential, you must first gain self- confidence and esteem. In JJK it's having this strong sense of self.
The events make it seem like selfishness is the key to strength. But i have a different interpretation. I think it's self-actualization - knowing yourself, knowing your potential, knowing your limits and being confident in yourself to break those limits to surpass your potential. Understanding oneself is a very important spiritual journey in Bhuddism
Great job with this video! you’ve perfectly encapsulated some of the wonderful lessons JJK teaches its audience. The attention to detail and provided examples are great! Happy to see other JJK heads digesting the deeper meaning of becoming strong.
I mean, this is something I have come to realize that has made my life happier compared to what I see on the internet lately, just, be yourself *unapologetically* no matter what they say (for more reference, listen to Englishman in NY lol). Thats the real source of power, "bwah cringe", "weirdo", etc...Fuck the noise, we are here for a good time, find your purpose and fill it relentlessly and viscerally, and then you will notice shit going up and up nonstop.
Sukuna absorbes Gojo and has 4 arms 10 shadows 6 eyes and Limitless Sakuna Gojo fusion Sukuna's Cursed Technique seamlessly separates things into pieces. So it stands to reason, that his Cursed technique reversal would do the exact opposite - seamlessly merge things together. But how would it let him use fire? I think the secret to that lies in a topic this series has referenced multiples times before -that explains Sukuna's appearance lends it further credence. In particular, the two extra arms and two extra eyes represent four stolen techniques in total. Or maybe it's two pairs of additional body parts representing two stolen techniques.
Honestly, I find that as I was younger, I needed to learn more about others and the world around me, I learned about why people are the way they are, how important kindness is in a world that's largely indifferent to us, I learned to love, and care for people, and put them before myself...but I realized something. I let myself be weak because I was so focused on taking care of others, I didn't take care of myself, and the people around me suffered for my lack of self. It's ironic how life will surround you with things at just the right time that it hits you on a deeper level. Newer series like JJK and Blue Lock, and other series about the concept of self go to show, it takes more than good intentions to get what you want. I'm a fairly kind-hearted guy all things considered, and want nothing more than to have a nice steady family and spend the rest of my days in peace, not that I don't wanna be active, but I want that stability in my life where people can grow without feeling they're standing in quicksand. But I buried a lot of my emotions, my anger, my drive, a lot of the things people would call selfish. I'm embracing that now, since I've learned a lot about people and the world in a fairly short period of time, but the one thing I haven't learned much about, is me. I gotta push past what I thought were my limits on a regular basis now to get what I truly want. Because like it or not, it's true to life, you can, and probably should be a good and caring person who wants to genuinely make people happy, hell that's basically me, I'm not too complicated. But you gotta do it because it's what you wanna do, even if it's technically for others. Doubt is poison. And speaking from experience, if you don't embrace that sense of self, that healthy ego where you're so unashamedly you, and you're only getting to be more you by the day, there will be others who do, and they may not be the Gojos, it could be the Sukunas, the Mahitos, the people who let true selfishness guide them, and gain power from that. Even if you have a good heart, if you fail to foster your own self, it's easy to get steamrolled by people who are less generous, and who do so in a way that's destructive for anyone around them. A good person, cannot afford to be a weak person. When life gets hard, and everyone around you is giving up, and saying you should too, the only way to get what you truly want is to go all in on yourself, and try to do all the things you never thought you could do before, maybe it won't always play your way, but as Gojo said- There's a difference between winning through dying and winning even if you die. It may not be life or death, but in some ways, giving up is a small form of death for your desires. If you give up so you can succeed in something in life, that's called compromise, if you do that enough on truly important things, you may get where you wanna be but not be happy when you get there. But if you give it your all, even if it doesn't work out, the act of putting in 110% and beyond of what you were originally capable of is, in of itself, a victory, because if you shoot for the stars, and land in the clouds, you're at least still higher than you were before, and if you end up back at ground level? Well, you're back to where you started, so you didn't really lose anything in the process of trying, might as well try again. Full disclosure, this year has been probably the most challenging and painful year of my short life, but also the most enlightening. I've done things I never thought I could before, at a rate I've never managed before, and I'm still going despite being at one gigantic road block. Family has been a mess, friends have been a mess, love has been an absolute disaster, and I think I've made more people worried for me in this one year than the past 20 combined. But I'm still standing, and still moving forward. And in a few rare moments. Throughout the heavens and the earth. I too am the honored one.
I've not seen much of Jujutsu Kaisen, though everything I'm hearing here are things ive been working to understand and develop for my whole life. As a result, I've been in a position where my sense of self is strong and I'm able to love myself without needing external validation. Teaching others to do this, especially if they are emotional or trapped in their own limited self perception, is very difficult. Symbolism and working with the unconscious to eventually gain a clear and insightful bond with it is a very freeing feeling. To have your shadow as a part of you, instead of as a constantly opposing force that seems to want to hurt you at any opportunity. Those who feel lost in their own mind, or who feel as though they are at war with themselves constantly, are suffering from a lack of cooperation and understanding of the subtle self. Very interesting stuff, and I didn't expect to see Jujutsu Kaisen tackling ideas like that.
This is literally the Rurouni Kenshin mindset. When Kenshin was a manslayer, he powerful ofcourse but didnt value his life, his future. He didnt fear death. But when he fought to stay ALIVE, believing in himself to live another day to be with his friends, to protect people and forgive himself did he truly become the best user he could be with his way with the sword. This also goes back to DBZ( I am NOT including Super in this). With Goku no matter the challenge stepping up to the plate, pushing himself which in turn made him reach higher levels of power, showing no fear or doubt in himself. Gohan who had great power but didnt have the drive and faith in himself to bring it out or that he even could. This goes back to Yuji, who needs to see the value in himself. He puts in his 100% by diving into the fray with hyper focus and intent, Hell its not WONDER he landed the Black Flash he needed on Mahito when he needed to. He had no doubt in his mind as well as the want to do it. But right now, its the "Winning by dying" which is clearly showed with the "Cog in the wheel" mindset. He doesnt truly believe in himself or thinks VERY little of himself so that others may live. But he needs to change that.
Great interpretation. I had not thought as deeply about it, but it combines with the material really well. You didn't mention it, but when Gojo loses to Toji, it's in the moment he was worried about someone else.
I think this is what Sukuna meant when he told Jogo “you’re strong”. Yes, he meant the literal meaning, but I think he also meant that Jogo could only EVER BE strong, and didn’t have it in him to move past that. I also think Yuta is a great example of subversion of this. He knows who he is, a guy trying to help people, and prove his existence is not only acceptable, but necessary. And by accepting that he gained the power to beat Geto. Although I think he still has one more awakening to go.
I see a trend with anyone who gains a very powerful amp or moement of power they display an overwhelming amount of Something not always selfshesness Like toji when he was a puppet of carnage wheter you think so or not he definitly was displaying more of his power than he did in hidden inventory By product of His OVERWHELMING INTINSITY Sukuna does it by OVERWHELING AGRESSION (his domain literally just cuts you up until you die) Gojo By thinking Only OF himself Gaining That boost in Power ANd last in yuta by putting Everything and everyone Before himself Showing the ultimate amount oF selflessness
I feel like its important to note the for alot of the chracters that are indeed strong have a perverse sense of self confidence, to the point of multiple people delclaring themselves strong in some context of another, un willing to belive in their own weakness, or at the very least their confidence in themselves to utterly break them down. However there are expectations to this in the Main Chracters. Yuji and Yuta have 0 self confidence, yet they are both selfish in many many ways. Yuji acting selfishly to kill Sukuna as an example even saying "he would eat anything", not to mention his declaration to Mahito to kill, throwing aside all his preconceived notions for his selfish desire to kill him. Yuta selfishly clung to Rika which brought out this power in him and the very Queen of Cursed Spirits, which is the backbone of his power.
takako uro, a curse from heian era, who speaks about true strength and sukuna: "Sorcerers, cursed spirits, it doesn't matter. The only ones who are being able to transcend above being merely strong, are those with an overwhelming sense of self and a complete disregard for others. Natural calamities."
Amazing video and fascinating interpretation. I also think this illustrates that the manga is able to have more thematic resonance becuse it has the narrarator whereas the anime doesn't. Both are good, but theme is stronger in the manga. So, with Gojo, he had a strong sense of self as the Strongest, which is why he is able to beat the Disaster Curses and domain expand, but his sense of self as Satoru Gojo is weaker, so when he sees what he think is Geto (the person that understood Gojo the most, hence his comment in Hidden Inventory, and also gave him his purpose to change Jujutsu society so others wouldn't end up like Geto), he gets sealed. Satoru, in that moment, was not "a being that disregards all else" becuase he could not disregard his past with Geto.
I like how the first thing i remembered was the Toaru light novel, where while the MC was suffering about everything happening, he just got 1 advice:"Its okay to be selfish" He at that point wasnt fighting for what he desires or so, and didnt wanted to end that false world where everyone he met is happy, but without him, then after that he begin his last fight with the one who put him in that hell to begin with, only to die an last time and be selfish again willing to save the goddess who made him suffer
I feel like being selfish in life as well has many benefits. If you want to be the best in something you have to see yourself as the best. You have to play for yourself and make sure everything benfits you in the end.
Maybe selfish isn’t the appropriate word. Because selfish implies that nothing matters other than you and your needs (which is what drives the main villain of JJK). Maybe self assured is more accurate to the description. The opposite of selfishness is assumed to be servile because folks rely too much on others as a result of that. But being self assured is both a practice and a journey to reaching your full potential. Being self assured isn’t the answer, but a very important question: why not? Why shouldn’t I want more for myself? Why shouldn’t i complete this workout or work more on this assignment. Selfishness is an answer, but when you remember that there are no definitive answers to life, that way of thinking falls apart. Language is important, and how we phrase things is also important.
I see a lot of similarity between the 'strong sense of self' hypothesis and real world people such as David Goggins. The strong sense of self can seem off at first, especially given it goes against what most shonen preach (power of friendship etc), but in the real life context of someone like Goggins who pretty much says the same thing it makes sense.
"Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one" This refers to Buddha's words. Buddha supposedly is an normal guy and as an individual who sat under a tree and thought about life he reached ultimate enlightenment. And thats when he said those words. Though im an atheist so as far as im concerned this is fairy tales, its still an intresting mythical legend to know about.
I dont think its over. Sukunq could lose the first time ever and die. Whqt if, Sukuna gets awakened through the recent actions that happened. Just like Gojo awakened back then againat Toji on edge of deatj, the same can happen for Sukuna. Also, Kusakabe sayibg Gojo won and NOT the Narrator seems very suspicious. We'll see next chapter.
Obviously somethings going to happen but i think all this was to show no matter what happens next Gojo is the strongest, he said he could beat him at full power And he has several times
The thing i'd like to point at is that yes ofcourse belief in yourself and your own competence is important, but not falling in to the trap of overconfidence is vital. Completely eliminating doubt is a good step forward but the prerequisite should be that you know your limits. Knowing what you can or cannot do also takes a certain type of wisdom. Believing in yourself, pushing your limits, visualising your best self, but also having the wisdom of not biting more than you can chew. It all comes down to trust. Trust yourself that you can do it and see through that it does. What's the most important step a man could take? The next one, always the next one.
I would say that being "selfish" isn't ment in a purely negative way here. It has aspects of loving and believing in oneself. Basically, if you aren't being "selfish" at the expense of others, there's nothing wrong with it
pretty much, or at least the stronger you get till you reach your ceiling. The power system is all about understanding yourself the more you fight or the longer you're a sorcerer until you learn intricacies about your power you never did before. The concept of a domain expansion is literally realizing what your innate domain is, and bringing it into reality, which is a very tough concept to wrap your head around and apply it, that's why not everyone can do a domain
The fact that these days in society it’s often seen as bad or “selfish” to have a strong sense of self, truly shows how society has fallen into idiocy. I’m glad JJK can actually state the fact that this sense of self is a good thing.
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Selfishness was protraid by society to be a horrendous behavior to have . It actually the opposite every human based behavior is goal based y may think ur doin it for kindness or for someone else but in the end u yourself don't understand what u want because 90% of our conscious is subconscious and hidden away .every action u preform is for self preservation and it is natural and important that we all priorities our self over anyone else and to even think of our goals and objectives not that of others
They're just copying blue lock
Selfish wow than why is Gojo the strongest.
Is it safe to watch this video if you're anime-only
@@UnknownCartoonEditor I would not
What I've learned from JJK is that it doesn't matter if the opponent is stronger...get your boys and jump his ass
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Jump kaisen
Pretty much. I mean do be working unless they name Gojo.
It's in shonen jump for a reason
JJK is literally the Shounen Jump, because it teaches us to have our homies on standby and jump on our enemies.
Yep gojo could agree
If only yuta was there to jump his ass
Shounen get jumped
@@pbsuite if that was true then sukuna would've died quite long time ago .. This just shows your perception of shounen is quite bland 😂 . Must be due to our very own "power of freindship " bullshit animes that is currently being meatrided by dumb fans 😂
I feel like selfishness is the traditional way to achieve top of the verse power, but the new gen seems to be changing that. Yuta is a good example, hes kind of selfless but his selflessness is bringing out his best self. So in the end is more about being who you really are with no restrictions than being SELFISH, if you are genuinelly selfless, then that selflessness is part of your true self. Good Video Jaded
Thank-you I appreciate the support, I’m happy u enjoyed
I hear you but Yuta got called out for it tho by Ryu
@@BlaxkSunand he still won
@@coolcebolla that’s not the point 😒
@@BlaxkSunthe call out that ryu ended up taking back? Ok
It’s crazy how inspiring jjk is. At the end of the day, your greatest ally will always be yourself. No matter what selfish or selfless goal you want to achieve. No matter how many people you have backing you up on your goal(which is still of course a good thing still), if you yourself aren’t putting your 100% into it, or doubting yourself, then that goal/dream won’t be a reality. This series has taught me that and I’m definitely still working on trying to be my true self. And on not doubting myself.
Me too mate. I wish you luck on the path. May we both find our sense of self and stick to them until the end.
I have to say this is a more 'realistic' portrayal of success in a shonen manga series. When you succeed, people start to envy you and try to bring you down to their level (just like how the sorcery world is trying to bring down Gojo), this is why you should always know yourself and know what you want so that no matter what people say, they'll never get in your head.
You're correct, everyone on surface level trash talks Gojo. The higher ups hating Gojo, Nanami not having the respect for Gojo (They acknowledge his strength and honored persona, but not respect it but rather envy it). I feel like right now, the one person that understands and respects Gojo right now the most is Sukuna himself because Sukuna only respects true strength (how ironic)
only two strongest entities can truly understand each other
Honestly, I think the narrative shits too much on Satoru's personality, and same goes for Todo. I guess that's Akutami's way of reinforcing his idea of selfishness.
Still, it kinda falls flat IMO because success is almost never determined by merit, so in that case, selfishness is absolutely unearned and delusional.
@@MrGksarathysometimes u gotta be delusional, kinda like gojo
@@sakaizen I'm talking more IRL, unfortunately. A person like Gojo is exceedingly rare, often not rewarded for their success, and their success is limited to one area.
IRL "successful" people are usually lucky, or fail upwards thanks to wealth.
@@MrGksarathy Still, you need to be selfish and you need to have a level of hunger that no one else has. I think to succeed in life you need to have a combination of hunger, skill and luck. You need to get noticed by the right people in order for your skill to have value to someone, but you need the passion and hunger to surpass everyone. Best example would be a musician or an athlete.
I like how this fight proved that not only Sukuna is a genius when it cones to jujutsu but Gojo too. Some of the stuff he pulled off in this fight can’t be done by simply being blessed with the Six Eyes,even without it he would still be a monster of a sorcerer with his strategies,quick thinking and knowledge of what he can do in the “sandbox” of jujutsu.
This is what most people seem to forget when it comes down to this fight, it is that Sukuna had a plan to fight gojo and get rid of his top cards so they said Sukuna is smarter but gojo in this chapter proved even at that point without his ability to use his cards freely he can still turn the table proving again what Jogo’s conclusion about gojo was: “is there something you don’t have, SATURO GOJO”
@@1sosukeaizen1He did the same thing against Toji. In the most dire situations he kept his cool and throttled through everything Sukuna had.
I honestly feel like he got that intensity because of Toji. The same look he gave Toji once he awakened is the same face that made Sukuna nervous for the first time in a thousand years.
He was in a flow state this entire chapter it was literally INSANE.
@@landendrake true, it just felt like if he was playing puzzles, he wasn’t nervous and kept calm during the entire fight, while Sukuna was the one nervous and talking trash until he lost 😂 which is funny
People under estimate gojo's IQ because he was fighting his perfect counter and still won
But we literally have no other example of six eyes/limitless users? Since there can only be one at one time. We have nothing to compare gojo's "genius" to, Kenjaku, however, was bested by a six eyes, or maybe it was a limitless user and in reality Gojo is allowed to be 10x more reckless, so this idea that "no other six eyes or limitless can do this" is a no Brainer, they've never had the ability to be him, and we have no way to compare how smart he is compared to previous users outside of limitless and 10 shadows canceled each other out and killed both users which we still don't know if Gojo played "smarter" he has more to fuck with, a nearly infinite supply of just throwing out attack after attack
To compare and contrast the Villians and Heroes of the story: The heroes sense of self was meant to overcome imposter syndrome, whereas the villains sense of self is rooted in stamping out another beings potential. Both sides embrace some form of selfishness, just in a different way. This is perfectly exemplified by Gojo who aims to empower others, while Sekuna aims to crush others. One side is out of love, the other is out pure spite. Jjk show us thats it's possible to have a strong sense of self while harbouring love for other people.
Gojo was always a sociopath with Superman complex. He wasn't aiming to "empower others", he was enjoying being the strongest in an Era where most sorcerers are weak and everything is relatively peaceful. He never truly cared about "people", if he did, he would have killed Geto before JJK 0.
Sukuna humbled him.
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE Gojo himself stated that he wanted to help foster the next generation of sorcerers so that they wouldn't suffer from the same loneliness he has. And you are partially correct, he still loves being the strongest, I mean... who wouldn't?
@@Byeebyeebyeee Yeah he only cares about strong/talented sorcerers just like Geto, probably even more than Geto . Because his immense strength/talent + 6 eyes make him understand how silly the idea of protecting and caring about non sorcerers is. That's the one thing I like about Gojo.
He would have been better as a villain or antihero (he kinda was)
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE that's funny, because he works like a villain yet is on the hero side. (He has no weakness, has a smile on his face as he fights his enemies, and derives joy from mocking those who are weaker than him.)
But your statement is still incorrect. During hidden inventory, Gojo learned to have a care for those who are weaker than him through riko amanai, a teenaged girl who lacked the ability to use CE (a weakling really). After her death, even though he seemingly brushed it off like nothing ever happened, he learned to optimize his infinity so that it may run 24/7 for the sole purpose of not letting something like that happen ever again.
And he doesn't only 'care' for Geto because of his talents. He cared because he was someone who he could relate to, someone who could oppose his beliefs (as we saw during the basketball game).
And if you think he only cares for people based on talents then what about principle yaga? Gojo switches off his infinity almost every time when near him, a man who is hundreds of times weaker than him. Take Mei Mei: a women whose ability centres around crows. (This barely makes her grade 1) Pretty weak if you ask me. Yeah, I haven't seen Gojo show as much respect to any women such as he does to her.
You could also take maki and how he paid for her grade 1 status, going behind the higher ups' back. So before you spout crap about 'he only cares for the strong', contemplate it.
@@Byeebyeebyeee bruh what are these random ass examples lmao??? Maki literally became Toji 2 in terms of rawness and strength and she always had mad potential + you still talking about people who are talented sorcerers/do relatively what they want without caring about what people are gonna say, which is why Gojo he like them. Why didn't you talk about Hakari, Aoi, Itadori, Yuta, Megumi... All sorcerers with crazy potential and that's what Gojo care about the most.
"Gojo only cares for the strong" will always be true: he took Megumi with him because he experienced Toji's strength..., he "saved" Itadori because he has superhuman/mental strength + MC energy ...
Everytime Gojo had to interact with someone who's weak af/non sorcerer you can clearly see that he does not care at all
You talking like Gojo would have be friend with Geto if Geto was a bum or a shitty sorcerer hahahahahaha
I'm not even a fan of Gojo and I understand him better than many of his fanbase do
This is the key message that Blue Lock teaches us as well. Someone can only reach their highest potential by tapping into their true self. Living and growing deep into this ego or sense of self in an unrestrained fashion.
I love this, and I like how Gojo said it's a "sport" and in sports you hella gotta have that mentality, the sense of self to be at the pinnacle of any sport. Yeah there's a team aspect but the best players have the guts to throw themselves in all out win or lose no matter the consequences that's where the divide is.
R-etarded mindset. It stops being a sport when you have to kill your enemy in order to win/achieve your goal. A guy like Aoi Todo knows this. I guess Gojo is just too arrogant to team up. Gojo wasn't ready to face a real warrior, the true honored one, the King of curses, Ryomen Sukuna.
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE even outside of sports you can see this exact mentality from special forces units in militaries around the world- id say its even more important to have that ego and self worth when your life is on the line
it's more clear When you note that after losing Domain battle to Gojo , Jogo lost his confidence so much that he didn't bother to open it against Sukuna.
Meanwhile Gojo asks Sukuna to increase the range of his Domain and output right after losing the 1st Domain clash .
This shows the clear difference in mindset between them . Even inside Sukuna's Domain Gojo be like ,` Ah great , My limitless is far more superior 🗿
Well Yeah Gojo was always OP like crazy and he was born in an era with many mediocre sorcerers and few enemies to challenge him, who wouldn't be overconfident if he was born like Gojo? duh
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE well but still died like his ancestors so 😂
I didn't even think about that! Shit! Imagine being so confident that after barely surviving an attack, you ask your opponent to go harder. Beautiful example.
@@Kidrobot016 do you remember the conversation between sukuna and jogo in jogos afterlife .. Sukuna lietrally explained how today's curses or sorcerer lack that mindset or urge to become the strongest like gojo ..
@shounakdolase I remember. This series embodies the element of selfishness and confidence like no other. Todo is another great character example.
The themes of JJK really do remind me of this quote:
“His origins are become remote as is his destiny and not again in all the world’s turnings will there be terrains so wild and barbarous to try whether the stuff of creation may be shaped to man’s will or whether his own heart is not another kind of clay.”
- Blood Meridian
Holy based.
This chapter shows what most people seem to forget when it comes down to this fight, it is that Sukuna had a plan to fight gojo and get rid of his top cards so they said Sukuna is smarter but gojo in this chapter proved even at that point without his ability to use his cards freely he can still turn the table proving again what Jogo’s conclusion about gojo was: “is there something you don’t have,SATURO GOJO”. My point is that don’t underestimate gojo’s IQ and always let him cook.
Get the meat outta your chops, gojo is a terrible character.
@@oneautumnleaff2119 terrible because he did a massacre on the king of frauds 😂. Cry harder, I still cannot hear you 😛
@@1sosukeaizen1pretty sad you think that yet gege was riding Gojo hard as hell and limiting sukuna whole time especially since he couldn’t go all out bc he has to fight the students next and then megumi’s body is weaker so it’s not like they are on par on h2h combat we don’t even know how strong sukuna is with his full ct shown and his weapons in his normal body ppl assume sukuna can’t get through Gojos infinity with his ct when we rlly don’t know that when gege could pull bullshit that it would work and on top didn’t the Gojo your dick riding need the prison realm to even make it that far into the fight saying he would kill sukuna 2 times and still failed?
@@1sosukeaizen1you completely forgot what they just said in the video??
The reason sukuna is able to be the best and even take others ct and fight is because of his sense of self which is extremely strong, without it he wouldn't have been capable of learning anything that quickly but does so anyway because of his sense of self so calling him a fraud for envisioning himself to be the best is counter intuitive to the story of jjk so take that L little fool
@@1sosukeaizen1you little toxic simps are the reason people don't like jjk as a whole
In JJK, I think it’s less about “selfishness” and more about “ego”. The strongest characters are those who gain an uncompromising view of their nature and place in the world. It’s not that they place themselves above others (although the villains certainly do) but rather that they’re able to root themselves and become unshakable. They are them, and nothing can change that.
Yuta Okkotsu is a big example of that. He remains a moral, selfless and honorable person, but gained the ego to confidently affirm that he is allowed to exist.
Sukuna really teaches us to bring out our inner fraud.
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I feel like sukuna being in megumi's body might have ultimately also influenced the way he fought mentally, he lost because just like megumi he put everything in mahoraga, thinking that once limitless was gone mahoraga would just beat him, you can even see him get kinda frustrated once mahoraga isn't performing the way he thought he would with the whole "You're not megumi's shadow". You can even see a huge difference in the way 15 finger sukuna's demeanor was in Yuji's body , compared to how he acts in megumi's body despite having the power of his full 20 fingers; they were both malicious, but the yuji-sukuna was just waaaay more brutal and overwhelming. Although sukuna was able to become the dominant soul in megumi's body, at the end of the day the body is still the soul, and things I might be different if we see sukuna in his own body.
this is actually a really cool theory
I pray Megumi doesn’t die a clown’s death here
@@semicolon2599At this point this isn't even looking like a theory more like reality of story.
@@soc7967I'm honestly praying he does. He's sucked too much oxygen out of the narrative and crowded out good characters. Let him at least die and milk the tragedy of it for Itadori and Gojo.
Even if 20 f Sukuna fought the same way he did in Shibuya would it have made much of difference? He can’t do what he did then to Gojo simply because Gojo and is really strong even if he’s gotten significantly stronger since then.
This is part of why I love Yuta so much. He is humble, and he is somewhere between the 3rd and 5th strongest in the verse, depending on your interpretation of a few things. Yuta is a subversion of his own verse and I love it.
Love how JJK fans are gassing up this boring ass character just because he's OP like Gojo. He's not a subversion of JJK, he's a boring OP character that Gege use rarely because he's not compelling. He's like the walmart version of Megumi Fushiguro but OP
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE Keep hatin 🥱
@@elibomba6158 keep glazing 💋
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONEnah the disrespect to Megumi is wild
@@nishalsairamgaming7892 Bro I literally said "Walmart version of Megumi" which implies that Megumi is a better version of Yuta even tho they share something in common that I dislike (being boring)
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This sounds the same as when flight attendants instruct you to put on your mask before you help your neighbor. If you aren't strong enough to have excess to spare, you can never truly be selfless. Yuji dedicates himself fully, selfishly, to becoming his best self and as a byproduct he becomes strong enough to protect those around him. If you can't actualize your best self, you'll never be able to help those around you do the same. How can you instruct others on how to reach a pinnacle you, yourself, have never reached?
When Gojo told Megumi he needed to be greedier, i understood this as: "you have to believe you can achieve more than this."
Megumi was always trying to resort to Mahoraga to solve his problems, as he believed he wasn't capable of much with his technique.
He never pursued his true limits, and because of that, believed he wasn't capable of much, which in turn only discouraged this pursuit.
It looks like a vicious cycle where you're brought down by a warped perception of your own capabilities.
And finally, to connect with this vídeo, having an assured, unapologetic belief about your own capabilities will often be mistaken by arrogance and narcissism.
Winning by dying:
Allowing death to be the price of victory
Winning even if you die:
Winning and hoping for continued life despite the possibility of death
I'm going to very slightly disagree and say that JJK isn't advocating for selfishness. I'd say (as many others have said) that JJK is advocating for knowing yourself intimately and not letting others trample on that identity. As pointed out by another commenter, Yuta is an excellent example of this. He brings out his strongest self when he wants to protect his friends from Geto. His "true self" is someone who would put everything on the line to save the people he cares about. Other than that, wonderful vid!
JJK is advocating for being beyond good and evil and doing everything you can to be the strongest and also humbling people who think they're the strongest even though they're frauds (Gojo). I know this because Sukuna is one of the favorite character of Gege Akutami.
Jujutsu kaisen storyline centers on how characters make their own choices while adhering to their own belief/ideologies and to keep moving forward despite the outcome of those choices.
Like literally every shounen.
The scene from S2ep10 that reinforces this is Geto and Mahito's discussion about the soul and the introduction of the idea of "CTs are our own world view" and it makes so much sense as Domain expansions are essentially reality marbles, bending space to your own will, your own world view. Only people with strong sense of self can do it, can impose their world view into the world. Mahito calls his domain expansion "Self embodiment of perfection" as well. These micro details and dialogues are why I really love JJK
Are you Your own world view because you are domain expansion or are you Ryoiki Tenkai because you are Nah, I'd win?
@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE How do i achieve 120 percent of lobotomy kaisen ?
Plenty of Shonin and anime in general have echoed the idea of surpassing your limits for one reason or another, however the difference between them and jjk is that jjk doesn't reward emotion allowing you to win because you love your family enough or you friends enough or you're just angry enough, if you're weak you die regardless of how you feel about it, and so the strongest are the ones which are most selfish
I think that jjk does a good job at teaching people that it's okay to be selfish. yuji for example, wants to die with his friends around him but his friends seem to be killed or taken from him too fast because of his own weakness (at times). I think Yuji will come to understand that in order for his friends to be protected and in order for him to be the one that is strong enough to do so, he needs to be selfish enough to grow to get to that point. He needs to become selfish for selfless reasons.
Love the way you worded your last sentence. Ty
sheesh that last sentence is art!
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That last sentence was jjst beauty
I’m 14 and this is deep
As a person originally aware of myself I was pushed into a "fake humble" state by my classmates during my highschool. I was not a kindless person and never aimed actions that would hurt other people. I just believed in myself sufficiently to do great things that my classmates were unable to do and they started to pursue my confidence's destruction.
I was called a narcissist and I was blamed of being "too good" at tests. In their conception, I was a selfish person that didn't care about how my classmates feel when they couldn't accomplish the same results.
I just realize that was hipocrisy when the highschool was over and my prior classmates didn't care about me even after I've downgraded myself to the sake of them.
I cared about them, they didn't care about me. Who is the f*cking narcissist at the end? That's the lesson.
never seen people refer to other students as colleagues before. Is that an american thing?
@@Pendragon_gg nah, I'm not a native english speaker. Thank you for the tip! I've fixed it up to "classmates".
Never change your self in a bad way for people they act like "friends" but they don't care, always truly do what you want to do
It's not really being selfish tho in JJK your strength and power comes from knowing yourself, knowing your nature, and having the imagination to use your power this and that way instead of the standard way. It's like being more in tuned to one's self
Being more in tuned to one's self makes you appear selfish/arrogant/"I alone am the honored one" to people who are not looking at it the way you do.
Isn't it like that in real life too?
@@-gj3nu knowing yourself and nature and being in tuned doesn't make you selfish. It's a fact Sukuna and Gojo are the honored onesit's not really a selfish thing to say if it's true
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I mean. Its very possible you can just have a strong sense of self...and be arrogant.
A sense of self leads to confidence which can easily become arrogance.
Gojo strikes me as both.
Yes.
the translation for that part is actually not accurate/wrong, but for the sake of easy to understand for English readers.
"もっと欲張れ" by words means "be more greedy", the actual meaning is "it is ok to want/ask/aim for more/higher" in Japanese cultural context.
Unfortunately, translated into "It is okay to be selfish" and now many believes that is the message Gojo wanted to tell Megumi.
If you think about it even without considering the actual correct meaning,
"give all your best" dont link with "okay to be selfish" just by logic sense.
I love this kind of philosophy content it also made me question a lot of things in my life too. Great work!
I like how these new gen anime are straying away from “power of friendship” and exploring ideas like selfishness or ego to become the best.
It actually feels a bit more realistic and even inspiring when done correctly.
Old shounen have all these things too
@@chasinghaze0962 can't really think of any examples. mostly the evil characters had the mind set
@@-gj3nu Doesn't Bleach have this mindset explored? Ichigo in Hueco Mundo. And the "good guys" have characters like Mayuri and Kenpachi who are selfish and grow because of selfishness. Isn't Luffy selfish also? (from what I remember). Saint Seiya also have some saints with this mindset. Even in Kuroko no Basket, this is explored (when Kuroko and kagami separate and do their individual training).
And I don't believe series like Jjk and Blue Lock tells us to be selfish all the times. In Blue lock after 50 or so chapters, teamwork becomes necessary and important part. Jjk takes inspiration from Buddhist philosophies which tells us that the key to individual growth is not denying your innate desires and not bound by yours or other people's pre conceived notions.
I do agree that these 2 series put a bit more emphasis on this idea but it has always been present since the 80s/90s.
@@-gj3nuyou can just tell you're a normie along with 99% of this comment section
It’s not more realistic, people don’t magically become stronger because they’re selfless. Both are valid ways to tell your story. Some people get stronger for their friends, others for duty of selflessness.
cursed energy requires you to be selfish to be efficient black flash is the peak of this you cant even feel empathy to hit a black flash hence yuji going for one in “accomplices.” In the anime though he had just hit one, yuji was going for the final blow on kechizu and you see a spark of black , yet they just now find out that they are fighting humans so it dissapears and yuji finishes him with a normal punch. Yuji is antithetical to this selfishness thats why his journey is so nice to watch
Genuinely why does the black flash need you to feel no empathy?
@@noneofyourbusiness4133 you need to waive away all outside thoughts similar to why todo slapped yuji when yuji was fighting hanami but holding all the anger at the damage its caused his friends and told him he couldnt fight like that bc its was affecting his cursed energy output
@@TFD.aep2 you’d think since anger is a negative emtion that it’d drive cursed energy power.
@@noneofyourbusiness4133Todo says that anger is a good source of cursed energy, but it also can be erratic: it divides your focus. “This anger, it’s too much for you.”Black flash requires perfect timing, and a high enough mastery of jujutsu sorcery. its easier to hit when you aren’t divided.
These 2 MFs be putting a whole new meaning to
"its not Arrogance if you're stating FACTS"
An overwhelming sense of self/confidence like a walking calamity
Apply this to Yuji Itadori who is figuring himself out, what he wants, and so on and this is why we are kinda anxious to see what happens. Yuji is cooking in a way that could end up being anything. Maybe he really wont be something. But considering that even without Sukuna in him now he was tanking 15 fingers Sukuna's attacks (who had some restraints made by his host) and even landing some good hits that really started to confuse and worry Sukuna, it isnt hard to believe something is happening.
So basically, if u Yu-Gi-Oh player :
"Throw your pride and your fouth rate deck then play Meta"
The edit is just getting better and dont even get me started on thumbnail
Also genetics🗿
the 6 eyes isnt hereditary
@@dotsdot5608 not quite but it's still a gojo that inherits them at the end of the day and infinity is hereditary and even without 6 eyes it's pretty damn strong in a straight fight
While gojo is clearly gifted, he still needed to be a genius and work hard to be THIS gojo. Otherwise hes just a gojo clan with six eyes that occasiobally throw limitless barier for defense and offense, and shooting red and blue. He managed to make limitless an aura that active anytime.
Also, we dont know sukuna background. He really could be just a talent that works hard
It's over bois 😭
JJK blackpill
So basically it is Maslow's Hierarchy's esteem needs. Before self-actualization, where you strive for your true potential, you must first gain self- confidence and esteem. In JJK it's having this strong sense of self.
The events make it seem like selfishness is the key to strength. But i have a different interpretation.
I think it's self-actualization - knowing yourself, knowing your potential, knowing your limits and being confident in yourself to break those limits to surpass your potential. Understanding oneself is a very important spiritual journey in Bhuddism
Before I start the video I would like to say yes selfishness and freedom are two major theme of JJK so I can't wait to see what you came up with.
that analysis was amazing, even profoundly philosophical
this video is perfection, thank you
Indeed.
Yo this video was really good and delved deep into some concepts that I really like in the manga. Definitely subbed.
Achieve a sense of self by living by your own desires, not by your expectations.
Great review, thank you
Very welcome
Great job with this video! you’ve perfectly encapsulated some of the wonderful lessons JJK teaches its audience. The attention to detail and provided examples are great! Happy to see other JJK heads digesting the deeper meaning of becoming strong.
I mean, this is something I have come to realize that has made my life happier compared to what I see on the internet lately, just, be yourself *unapologetically* no matter what they say (for more reference, listen to Englishman in NY lol).
Thats the real source of power, "bwah cringe", "weirdo", etc...Fuck the noise, we are here for a good time, find your purpose and fill it relentlessly and viscerally, and then you will notice shit going up and up nonstop.
jujutsu kaisen: be selfish
blue lock: thats my boy
Sukuna absorbes Gojo and has 4 arms 10 shadows 6 eyes and Limitless
Sakuna Gojo fusion
Sukuna's Cursed Technique seamlessly separates things into pieces. So it stands to reason, that his Cursed technique reversal would do the exact opposite - seamlessly merge things together.
But how would it let him use fire? I think the secret to that lies in a topic this series has referenced multiples times before -that explains Sukuna's appearance lends it further credence.
In particular, the two extra arms and two extra eyes represent four stolen techniques in total. Or maybe it's two pairs of additional body parts representing two stolen techniques.
Nuclear Fusion maybe? Then his slashing would be Nuclear Fission, Idk just a theory.
That was a great analysis
It's a new perspective on jjk i seen so far. Thanks man I'm looking forward to more 😁
To put it simply: be selfish in taking up challenges, but he selfless in caring for the aftermath.
Honestly, I find that as I was younger, I needed to learn more about others and the world around me, I learned about why people are the way they are, how important kindness is in a world that's largely indifferent to us, I learned to love, and care for people, and put them before myself...but I realized something.
I let myself be weak because I was so focused on taking care of others, I didn't take care of myself, and the people around me suffered for my lack of self.
It's ironic how life will surround you with things at just the right time that it hits you on a deeper level.
Newer series like JJK and Blue Lock, and other series about the concept of self go to show, it takes more than good intentions to get what you want.
I'm a fairly kind-hearted guy all things considered, and want nothing more than to have a nice steady family and spend the rest of my days in peace, not that I don't wanna be active, but I want that stability in my life where people can grow without feeling they're standing in quicksand.
But I buried a lot of my emotions, my anger, my drive, a lot of the things people would call selfish.
I'm embracing that now, since I've learned a lot about people and the world in a fairly short period of time, but the one thing I haven't learned much about, is me. I gotta push past what I thought were my limits on a regular basis now to get what I truly want.
Because like it or not, it's true to life, you can, and probably should be a good and caring person who wants to genuinely make people happy, hell that's basically me, I'm not too complicated.
But you gotta do it because it's what you wanna do, even if it's technically for others. Doubt is poison.
And speaking from experience, if you don't embrace that sense of self, that healthy ego where you're so unashamedly you, and you're only getting to be more you by the day, there will be others who do, and they may not be the Gojos, it could be the Sukunas, the Mahitos, the people who let true selfishness guide them, and gain power from that.
Even if you have a good heart, if you fail to foster your own self, it's easy to get steamrolled by people who are less generous, and who do so in a way that's destructive for anyone around them.
A good person, cannot afford to be a weak person. When life gets hard, and everyone around you is giving up, and saying you should too, the only way to get what you truly want is to go all in on yourself, and try to do all the things you never thought you could do before, maybe it won't always play your way, but as Gojo said-
There's a difference between winning through dying and winning even if you die.
It may not be life or death, but in some ways, giving up is a small form of death for your desires. If you give up so you can succeed in something in life, that's called compromise, if you do that enough on truly important things, you may get where you wanna be but not be happy when you get there. But if you give it your all, even if it doesn't work out, the act of putting in 110% and beyond of what you were originally capable of is, in of itself, a victory, because if you shoot for the stars, and land in the clouds, you're at least still higher than you were before, and if you end up back at ground level? Well, you're back to where you started, so you didn't really lose anything in the process of trying, might as well try again.
Full disclosure, this year has been probably the most challenging and painful year of my short life, but also the most enlightening. I've done things I never thought I could before, at a rate I've never managed before, and I'm still going despite being at one gigantic road block. Family has been a mess, friends have been a mess, love has been an absolute disaster, and I think I've made more people worried for me in this one year than the past 20 combined. But I'm still standing, and still moving forward.
And in a few rare moments.
Throughout the heavens and the earth.
I too am the honored one.
I'm replying so I can get reminded to find this again and respond.
@@toji1312 Okay this'll be interesting now I'm curious what you gotta say.
I think there is a great life lesson here. Something to copy and paste into our own lives.
here after 236 💔
I've not seen much of Jujutsu Kaisen, though everything I'm hearing here are things ive been working to understand and develop for my whole life. As a result, I've been in a position where my sense of self is strong and I'm able to love myself without needing external validation. Teaching others to do this, especially if they are emotional or trapped in their own limited self perception, is very difficult. Symbolism and working with the unconscious to eventually gain a clear and insightful bond with it is a very freeing feeling. To have your shadow as a part of you, instead of as a constantly opposing force that seems to want to hurt you at any opportunity. Those who feel lost in their own mind, or who feel as though they are at war with themselves constantly, are suffering from a lack of cooperation and understanding of the subtle self. Very interesting stuff, and I didn't expect to see Jujutsu Kaisen tackling ideas like that.
Great VDO and analysis. I think the big message here is to be true to one's self and live according to one's greatest value not just pleasing others.
This is literally the Rurouni Kenshin mindset. When Kenshin was a manslayer, he powerful ofcourse but didnt value his life, his future. He didnt fear death. But when he fought to stay ALIVE, believing in himself to live another day to be with his friends, to protect people and forgive himself did he truly become the best user he could be with his way with the sword.
This also goes back to DBZ( I am NOT including Super in this). With Goku no matter the challenge stepping up to the plate, pushing himself which in turn made him reach higher levels of power, showing no fear or doubt in himself. Gohan who had great power but didnt have the drive and faith in himself to bring it out or that he even could.
This goes back to Yuji, who needs to see the value in himself. He puts in his 100% by diving into the fray with hyper focus and intent, Hell its not WONDER he landed the Black Flash he needed on Mahito when he needed to. He had no doubt in his mind as well as the want to do it. But right now, its the "Winning by dying" which is clearly showed with the "Cog in the wheel" mindset. He doesnt truly believe in himself or thinks VERY little of himself so that others may live. But he needs to change that.
Are you selfish because you are the strongest,
or are you strongest because you are selfish.
Great interpretation. I had not thought as deeply about it, but it combines with the material really well. You didn't mention it, but when Gojo loses to Toji, it's in the moment he was worried about someone else.
I think this is what Sukuna meant when he told Jogo “you’re strong”. Yes, he meant the literal meaning, but I think he also meant that Jogo could only EVER BE strong, and didn’t have it in him to move past that.
I also think Yuta is a great example of subversion of this. He knows who he is, a guy trying to help people, and prove his existence is not only acceptable, but necessary. And by accepting that he gained the power to beat Geto. Although I think he still has one more awakening to go.
to be completely selfless is selfish in it's own way
R.I.P Gojo
I see a trend with anyone who gains a very powerful amp or moement of power they display an overwhelming amount of Something not always selfshesness
Like toji when he was a puppet of carnage wheter you think so or not he definitly was displaying more of his power than he did in hidden inventory By product of His OVERWHELMING INTINSITY
Sukuna does it by OVERWHELING AGRESSION (his domain literally just cuts you up until you die)
Gojo By thinking Only OF himself Gaining That boost in Power
ANd last in yuta by putting Everything and everyone Before himself Showing the ultimate amount oF selflessness
I feel like its important to note the for alot of the chracters that are indeed strong have a perverse sense of self confidence, to the point of multiple people delclaring themselves strong in some context of another, un willing to belive in their own weakness, or at the very least their confidence in themselves to utterly break them down. However there are expectations to this in the Main Chracters. Yuji and Yuta have 0 self confidence, yet they are both selfish in many many ways. Yuji acting selfishly to kill Sukuna as an example even saying "he would eat anything", not to mention his declaration to Mahito to kill, throwing aside all his preconceived notions for his selfish desire to kill him. Yuta selfishly clung to Rika which brought out this power in him and the very Queen of Cursed Spirits, which is the backbone of his power.
Selfishness seems to more accurately describe self-assuredness and a lack of envy, which does match with many of the Buddhist themes of the series.
“That’s the whole point of joining a gang, so you never have to handle shit like a man” - Lethal Interjection
Jjk and blue lock : fuck teamwork, I gonna solo your squad alone.
As the Father of anime once said :
"Power comes in response to need, not desire"
The most selfish people are also the most successful people in real life.
Let that sink in…
The strongest are selfish yet selfless because you have to be somewhat “selfish” to become strong enough to be selfless.
It’s funny hearing the “you die alone” quote after 236
2:05 I think I have a little bit of a stronger sense of self not to touch any mobile trash hurled my way
takako uro, a curse from heian era, who speaks about true strength and sukuna:
"Sorcerers, cursed spirits, it doesn't matter. The only ones who are being able to transcend above being merely strong, are those with an overwhelming sense of self and a complete disregard for others. Natural calamities."
Wow this is an excellent video on the verge of motivational 🔥🔥🔥
That’s literally what blue lock teaches you as well.
The king is back
Here is your crown 👑
You cooked on this one, now I understand why sukuna kept relying on mahoraga, the soul is the body and the body the soul.
Amazing video and fascinating interpretation. I also think this illustrates that the manga is able to have more thematic resonance becuse it has the narrarator whereas the anime doesn't. Both are good, but theme is stronger in the manga.
So, with Gojo, he had a strong sense of self as the Strongest, which is why he is able to beat the Disaster Curses and domain expand, but his sense of self as Satoru Gojo is weaker, so when he sees what he think is Geto (the person that understood Gojo the most, hence his comment in Hidden Inventory, and also gave him his purpose to change Jujutsu society so others wouldn't end up like Geto), he gets sealed. Satoru, in that moment, was not "a being that disregards all else" becuase he could not disregard his past with Geto.
thank you for making this
I like how the first thing i remembered was the Toaru light novel, where while the MC was suffering about everything happening, he just got 1 advice:"Its okay to be selfish"
He at that point wasnt fighting for what he desires or so, and didnt wanted to end that false world where everyone he met is happy, but without him, then after that he begin his last fight with the one who put him in that hell to begin with, only to die an last time and be selfish again willing to save the goddess who made him suffer
Thank you for high quality, in vid subtitles
This shonen is perfect in almost everything and it is sad that so few people do not see the motives of this work
Alan Watts once said, "what the first two noble truths teach is to love everyone to the point of being selfish." That is my concept of infinity
this video is beautifully made wow .
Fighting is a team sport but Jujutsu sorcery is a personal solo development skill
I feel like being selfish in life as well has many benefits. If you want to be the best in something you have to see yourself as the best. You have to play for yourself and make sure everything benfits you in the end.
Maybe selfish isn’t the appropriate word. Because selfish implies that nothing matters other than you and your needs (which is what drives the main villain of JJK). Maybe self assured is more accurate to the description. The opposite of selfishness is assumed to be servile because folks rely too much on others as a result of that. But being self assured is both a practice and a journey to reaching your full potential. Being self assured isn’t the answer, but a very important question: why not? Why shouldn’t I want more for myself? Why shouldn’t i complete this workout or work more on this assignment. Selfishness is an answer, but when you remember that there are no definitive answers to life, that way of thinking falls apart.
Language is important, and how we phrase things is also important.
I see a lot of similarity between the 'strong sense of self' hypothesis and real world people such as David Goggins.
The strong sense of self can seem off at first, especially given it goes against what most shonen preach (power of friendship etc), but in the real life context of someone like Goggins who pretty much says the same thing it makes sense.
"Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one"
This refers to Buddha's words. Buddha supposedly is an normal guy and as an individual who sat under a tree and thought about life he reached ultimate enlightenment. And thats when he said those words. Though im an atheist so as far as im concerned this is fairy tales, its still an intresting mythical legend to know about.
Watch them become friends and that's the final villain both of them.
The Ad Begins At 1:29, And Ends At 2:26.
This is the best jjk video I have seen in a while.
I dont think its over. Sukunq could lose the first time ever and die. Whqt if, Sukuna gets awakened through the recent actions that happened. Just like Gojo awakened back then againat Toji on edge of deatj, the same can happen for Sukuna. Also, Kusakabe sayibg Gojo won and NOT the Narrator seems very suspicious. We'll see next chapter.
Obviously somethings going to happen but i think all this was to show no matter what happens next Gojo is the strongest, he said he could beat him at full power And he has several times
@@90sprinceofcrime67yeah, gojo is fairly the strongest
That last angle on Gojo...
Man, I'm really trying to change my mindset. I've been watching this to see if something will click in my mind. It's about applying a growth mindset.
Todo: Mai, let's go. It's Takada-chan's national handshake 🤝 day.
Mai: You're so selfish!
Make sense..
8:47 lmao he said "gojo (Tyler durden)
The thing i'd like to point at is that yes ofcourse belief in yourself and your own competence is important, but not falling in to the trap of overconfidence is vital. Completely eliminating doubt is a good step forward but the prerequisite should be that you know your limits. Knowing what you can or cannot do also takes a certain type of wisdom. Believing in yourself, pushing your limits, visualising your best self, but also having the wisdom of not biting more than you can chew.
It all comes down to trust. Trust yourself that you can do it and see through that it does. What's the most important step a man could take? The next one, always the next one.
Gojo would be him in bluelock… unless bro reincarnated as Nagi. 😵💫
I would say that being "selfish" isn't ment in a purely negative way here. It has aspects of loving and believing in oneself. Basically, if you aren't being "selfish" at the expense of others, there's nothing wrong with it
So in JJK, the more Intrapersonal intelligence you have, the stronger you are?
pretty much, or at least the stronger you get till you reach your ceiling. The power system is all about understanding yourself the more you fight or the longer you're a sorcerer until you learn intricacies about your power you never did before. The concept of a domain expansion is literally realizing what your innate domain is, and bringing it into reality, which is a very tough concept to wrap your head around and apply it, that's why not everyone can do a domain
Hope you continue what you sad at end about gojo not knowing his true self great video
Next video.
@@JadedSatoru kl
The fact that these days in society it’s often seen as bad or “selfish” to have a strong sense of self, truly shows how society has fallen into idiocy. I’m glad JJK can actually state the fact that this sense of self is a good thing.
9:00 “Why are you selfish?” seems like the real question.