With each new chapter, Gege Akutami is truly surprising fans, especially after the Culling Game Arc, when the main goals were liberating Gojo from Prison Realm and saving Tsumiki Fushiguro.
But a lot has happened since then, including Gojo’s death at the hands of the King of Curses and Sukuna assuming control of Megumi’s body. Fumihiko Takaba is the next narrative twist that was revealed in Chapter 242.
In the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, Fumihiko Takaba is a failing comedian who Kenjaku transformed into a sorcerer so he could compete in the Culling Game. In Chapter 242, Kenjaku postulated that Takaba possesses the capacity to deceive others, and considering how the manga suggested that his power is equivalent to Gojo Satoru’s, it’s plausible Takaba may grow more powerful than
Who Is Fumihiko Takaba?
Before the Culling Game storyline, Fumihiko Takaba was an ordinary guy who aspired to be a comedian but things didn’t turn out the way he had planned. Despite his extreme goofiness, his jokes are never hilarious.
Though they didn’t think much of him, one of his coworkers thought he would make a fantastic comedian if he persisted. He made his debut in the Perfect Preparation storyline.
Takaba’s management always discouraged him, even though they provided him an opportunity to perform stand-up comedy. Despite this, he never gave up, and once Kenjaku transformed him into a sorcerer, the humorous aspect became ingrained in his actions.
Jujutsu Kaisen manga fans have never taken Takaba seriously since he is a silly character who interprets his talks strangely.
However, Takaba was not as confident in his abilities as a sorcerer as he was in Chapter 173, when it was shown that his abilities may even equal those of Satoru Gojo.
However, Chapter 242 demonstrated that he might surpass Sukuna in strength by the conclusion of the narrative, particularly with his unusual curving style. In the battle with Kenjaku, the adversary cracks Takaba’s secret power.
He said that Takaba had the ability to bend people’s perceptions just as much as his own, so he could make his adversaries dance in his palms and subdue them gradually before they realise it.
Kenjaku was even forced to return by his Cursed Technique, and in order to stop Takaba from controlling him further, he had no choice but to disable his techniques. He decided to mentally assault him instead.
Takaba gets discouraged by Kenjaku, who calls him a bad comedian and challenges him to a joke-fighting contest. This will demonstrate to you that even the thousand-year-old sorcerer Kenjaku had his hands tied when it came to dealing with Takaba.
Fans speculated that Takaba might be more powerful than Sukuna in light of this scenario, particularly since Sukuna was not holding all twenty fingers. Is it true, then?
Even though we think Takaba has what it takes to become a threat to Sukuna, it is unrealistic because he has never engaged in combat and isn’t as strong as Sukuna right now—who even defeated Gojo Satoru.
If Takaba survives to the conclusion of the story, he could potentially surpass Sukuna in strength, but in Jujutsu Kaisen, that is not guaranteed. Therefore, there are two possible answers.
What are your opinions on this, then? Do you think Sukuna is weaker than Takaba?