Jujutsu Kaisen is rearing for a return with its recent season 4 announcement trailer, and it confirms that one of the franchise’s best fights is only going to get better. The shōnen is renowned for its battles being explosive emotional roller-coasters—something MAPPA’s exceptional adaptation has shown an uncanny ability to elevate.
This has never been truer than during the Culling Game arc, which is brimming with dynamic and emotionally hefty battles. The arc was partly covered by Jujutsu Kaisen season 3, and season 4’s trailer is a perfect anticipation builder full of rapidly flashing events from its latter half.
There are some tantalizing tidbits in there, like the long-awaited return of Gojo, but some moments are easier to miss. Sandwiched in are a few brief sequences from one of Jujutsu Kaisen‘s most gripping fights ever: Yuki and Choso pairing off in an effort to take down Kenjaku. The fight was set up as early as season 3, episode 3 (“About the Culling Game”), and it promises to be an absolute highlight of Jujutsu Kaisen‘s fourth season.
How One Of Jujutsu Kaisen’s Best Fights Became Its Most Divisive
Despite some controversy over its ending, Yuki and Choso’s faceoff with Kenjaku is one of the series’ best battles in terms of art, stakes, and choreography. While practically every fight in Jujutsu Kaisen is emotionally loaded, the specific dynamic at play here is particularly notable.
Fans will recall that Yuki and Choso volunteered to stay behind within Tengen’s barrier in order to protect her against Kenjaku’s attempt to seize and consume her. Choso’s stakes in the fight are massive: he’s provided not just the opportunity to face his mortifyingly abusive father, but to save the remaining Cursed Wombs.
Cursed Energy Assessment · Grade Evaluation Jujutsu Kaisen Trivia Challenge “Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one.”
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The series begins when Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed object — the finger of a legendary curse known as the King of Curses, the most powerful cursed spirit in history. Who is this ancient being?
✓ Correct! Ryomen Sukuna is the King of Curses — an ancient, immensely powerful sorcerer from over a thousand years ago whose cursed essence was split into twenty indestructible fingers. When Yuji swallows one, Sukuna is reborn inside him, setting the entire story in motion.
✗ Cursed failure! The answer is Ryomen Sukuna. Mahito is a cursed spirit who manipulates souls, Jogo is a volcano-type curse, and Rika is the Queen of Curses from Jujutsu Kaisen 0. Only Sukuna holds the title of King of Curses.
02
The strongest jujutsu sorcerer alive is a blindfolded teacher at Tokyo Jujutsu High who possesses the legendary Six Eyes and the Limitless cursed technique. His birth alone shifted the balance of the jujutsu world. Who is he?
✓ Correct! Satoru Gojo is the strongest sorcerer in the modern era, wielding the Six Eyes and Limitless technique that grants him Infinity — an ability that makes him virtually untouchable. His confident declaration “Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the honored one” became iconic.
✗ Cursed failure! The answer is Satoru Gojo. Suguru Geto is his former best friend turned enemy, Yuta Okkotsu is a Special Grade sorcerer from JJK 0, and Kento Nanami is a Grade 1 sorcerer and former salaryman. Only Gojo holds the title of the strongest.
03
The pinnacle of jujutsu sorcery is a technique that creates a separate space with a guaranteed hit against anyone trapped inside. This ultimate ability is declared by name before activation. What is it called?
✓ Correct! Domain Expansion is the supreme technique in jujutsu — a sorcerer manifests their innate domain as a physical space where their attacks cannot miss. Gojo’s Unlimited Void, Sukuna’s Malevolent Shrine, and Mahito’s Self-Embodiment of Perfection are among the most devastating.
✗ Cursed failure! The answer is Domain Expansion. A Binding Vow is a contract that trades conditions for power, Reverse Cursed Technique converts cursed energy into healing, and Black Flash is a critical hit that applies cursed energy within 0.000001 seconds of a physical hit.
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Early in the series, Yuji Itadori develops an unintentional fighting style where his cursed energy arrives a moment after his physical punch, creating a devastating double impact. What is this technique called?
✓ Correct! Divergent Fist occurs because Yuji’s cursed energy is delayed behind his physical blow, creating two impacts in quick succession. While initially seen as a unique technique, it’s actually a sign of Yuji’s inexperience with cursed energy flow — he eventually learns to unify them properly.
✗ Cursed failure! The answer is Divergent Fist. Black Flash is a separate technique where cursed energy is applied within a fraction of a second of impact, creating a spatial distortion. Divergent Fist is Yuji’s signature early-series move caused by his lagging cursed energy.
05
A second-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High possesses a hereditary cursed speech technique that imbues his words with cursed energy, forcing anyone who hears them to obey. To avoid accidentally cursing people, he only speaks using rice ball ingredients. Who is he?
✓ Correct! Toge Inumaki is the Inumaki clan descendant who wields Cursed Speech — his words become commands that others are forced to obey. He limits his vocabulary to onigiri ingredients like “salmon,” “tuna mayo,” and “kelp” to prevent accidentally harming people with his power.
✗ Cursed failure! The answer is Toge Inumaki. Maki Zenin has incredible physical prowess but limited cursed energy, Panda is a cursed corpse created by Principal Yaga, and Noritoshi Kamo uses Blood Manipulation. Only Inumaki speaks in rice ball ingredients to control his Cursed Speech.
06
Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara are first-year students at a school that trains jujutsu sorcerers to fight cursed spirits. This institution, where Gojo serves as a teacher, is located in Tokyo. What is it called?
✓ Correct! Tokyo Jujutsu High (Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College) is where sorcerers train to exorcise cursed spirits. It’s one of two jujutsu schools in Japan — the other being Kyoto Jujutsu High, led by Principal Gakuganji. Their annual Exchange Event is a major arc in the series.
✗ Cursed failure! The answer is Tokyo Jujutsu High. The Zenin clan is one of the three great sorcerer families but not a school. Tokyo Jujutsu High is the institution hidden behind a barrier where Gojo, Nanami, and other sorcerers guide the next generation.
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Sukuna’s Domain Expansion is unique — instead of creating an enclosed barrier, it manifests as an open shrine with a guaranteed hit range of up to 200 meters. This makes it one of the most powerful domains ever seen. What is it called?
✓ Correct! Malevolent Shrine is Sukuna’s Domain Expansion — a Buddhist shrine adorned with skulls that delivers relentless slashing attacks. Unlike other domains, it has no barrier, which is considered a Binding Vow that massively increases its effective range and power.
✗ Cursed failure! The answer is Malevolent Shrine. Unlimited Void is Gojo’s domain that overwhelms targets with infinite information, Chimera Shadow Garden is Megumi’s domain, and Coffin of the Iron Mountain is Jogo’s volcanic domain. Sukuna’s barrierless Malevolent Shrine is considered the pinnacle.
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Jujutsu Kaisen became one of the best-selling manga series in history and a massive anime hit animated by Studio MAPPA. The manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. Who is the mangaka (creator) behind Jujutsu Kaisen?
✓ Correct! Gege Akutami is the creator of Jujutsu Kaisen, which began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2018. Akutami’s dark, complex storytelling and intricate power system have made JJK one of the defining manga and anime of its generation.
✗ Cursed failure! The answer is Gege Akutami. Tatsuki Fujimoto created Chainsaw Man, Koyoharu Gotouge created Demon Slayer, and Yuji Kaku created Hell’s Paradise. Only Gege Akutami is the mind behind the world of cursed energy, Sukuna, and Jujutsu Kaisen.
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Meanwhile, Yuki stands at an interesting crossroads, having always served as a foil to Jujutsu society’s prevailing ideology—this is her first chance to really show off her technique and what she’s capable of. Finally, for Kenjaku, acquiring Tengen is a crucial step in his plan to merge and evolve humanity; afterward, he would only have to wait until the Culling Game ends to finally execute it.
All of this sets up an incredible climax to the arc, and mangaka Gege Akutami delivers on every front. It’s one of Gege’s peak achievements in battle writing: fluid, clearly drawn, excellently paneled, and well-written. Not to mention, it’s loaded with suspense and misdirection that makes it an incredibly hype read. Everyone is pushed to their absolute limits, and Yuki and Kenjaku in particular have a deeply visceral throwdown.
Avoiding spoilers, the main reason this fight isn’t remembered so fondly is because of its divisive conclusion (and debatable mishandling of certain characters). Were it not for those factors, it would be remembered as one of Jujutsu Kaisen‘s best fights.
How Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4 Will Elevate A Legendary Battle
However, Jujutsu Kaisen season 4 is going to elevate this fight even further, and the evidence is right there in the trailer, even in the handful of seconds viewers are shown. For example, the fight kicks off with Choso trying to surprise Kenjaku with Piercing Blood, which Kenjaku emotionlessly dodges. The same plays out in the manga panel-for-panel, but there’s a chilling quality to seeing it actually animated: it provides weight, trajectory, and urgency—and Kenjaku just evades it with dead eyes.
The combat in general will be incredible. Choso’s mastery of Blood Manipulation has already been expertly animated in previous seasons; Yuki’s Cursed Technique is notoriously abstract, and the screen will provide it with the motion and exaggeration it demands; meanwhile, Kenjaku’s techniques are rich, varied, and strangely elegant in their own respect.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 4 Is Going To Introduce Sukuna’s God-Tier Opposite
Jujutsu Kaisen season 4 is set to introduce a lot of new characters, and one of them will be Sukuna’s perfect rival in almost every way.
As all three go harder than ever, everyone is pushed to the brink of death. Combine that with the aforementioned stakes for every fighter (and the world at large), and it becomes clear how pivotal voice acting (and sound design in general) is for adequately portraying the desperation of the situation—something very clear in the few voice clips from the trailer.
That desperation is the motor of the fight, and it’s vital to the fight’s context: whatever choices its combatants make, it’s all against the backdrop of desperation that underlies what will arguably be the anime’s most consequential fight yet. MAPPA is a master of emotional intensity, and a fight with such high stakes demands their unique touch.
Fortunately, the trailer for Jujutsu Kaisen season 4 shows they already know what makes this fight so special, and an anime adaptation will be all this fight needs to go from good to god-tier.
