Jujutsu Kaisen: Every Major Power Up In The Final Arc, Ranked

Jujutsu Kaisen’s Shinjuku Showdown arc was a phenomenal experience that officially concluded with Chapter 271 in 2024. Over its run, it delivered some of the very best battles that we have seen in the story, and it also saw the strongest of sorcerers gather in one place and showcase their true skill. Of course, the sheer volume of battles that took place in this arc means that there were also many incredible power-ups.

Gege Akutami, the creator of the series, showed quite a lot of amazing characters hit new heights in this arc, and while there were many new power-ups, only a handful can be considered to be the very best.

Hiromi Higuruma's RCT

Hiromi Higuruma was focused on quite a bit in the Shinjuku Showdown Arc. Having entered the raid vs the King of Curses, he had a mountain to climb, but he was able to impress Sukuna, which not many sorcerers have pulled off. When Higuruma was chopped up by Sukuna, he was able to recover by figuring out how to use RCT on the spot, and that's something that only a select few geniuses would manage to do. Gege Akutami officially labelled him a talent on the same level as Gojo immediately after.

Higuruma's Domain Amplification

Higuruma learned how to use Reverse Cursed Technique and earned the praise of Sukuna, but that wasn't all he did. He also managed to learn an anti-domain technique on the spot while fighting against Sukuna. This technique was none other than Domain Amplification. In fact, not only did he learn how to use Domain Amplification, but he was also able to switch between using Amplification and attacking Sukuna effortlessly.

Sukuna compared his usage of this switch to his very own, and that is praise of the highest order. This was an incredible power-up that, in hindsight, deserves more respect.

Gojo's Unique RCT Circuit

Gojo received a very intriguing power-up in the Shinjuku Showdown Arc. During his fight against Sukuna, he managed to hit multiple black flashes. In fact, Gojo landed four black flashes in a row, one of which dealt terrific damage to even the King of Curses. After his Black Flashes, Gojo was able to craft a unique reverse cursed technique circuit in his brain. This allowed him to regain his RCT, and essentially his burned-out cursed technique as well. While Gojo had technically lost his RCT at this point, hitting the black flashes allowed him to craft a different circuit to use it, making him even more adept at healing.

Sukuna's Upgrade To The Shrine

Sakuna ended up receiving a major power-up in the Shinjuku Showdown Arc as well. Here, Sukuna wanted the blueprint to bypass Gojo's Infinity. Thanks to Mahoraga, he was able to successfully do so. Essentially, Sukuna learned how to increase and switch the target of his technique from just an individual to the entire world.

This allowed Sukuna to slash about everything in the world, including infinity, and, with that, he was able to create a new technique that essentially kills in a single shot, called the World Splitting Dismantle.

Yuji's Reverse Cursed Technique

Yuji progressed greatly during the 1 month timeskip, and he managed to hit new levels of power, starting with gaining the ability to utilize Reverse Cursed Technique. In Shinjuku Showdown, when Yuji entered battle against Sukuna, he showcased the ability to heal from severe injuries.

Despite being hit by Sukuna's powerful Cleaves on multiple occasions, sometimes even at point-blank range, Yuji still got up and recovered using his RCT, which is very impressive. His heading was significantly aided by his Blood Manipulation Cursed Technique.

Yuji's Anti-Domain Technique

Not only did Yuji learn the ability to utilize reverse cursed technique, but he also managed to learn some anti-domain techniques. When Sukuna manifested his 99-second domain expansion, Yuji countered it by utilizing the power of New Shadow Style and pulled out a Simple Domain.

This allowed him to hold off Sukuna's slashes for quite a while. However, his domain did end up breaking in the end. Still, it did the job as it prevented him from dying and being inundated by slashes from all sides.

Yuji's Blood Manipulation

Yuji Itadori, the protagonist of the series, ended up receiving many powerful abilities in the Shinjuku Showdown Arc. There are some abilities that Yuji actually awakened before the Shinjuku Showdown, but, of course, we only saw them in this arc. One such ability is Blood Manipulation.

During the buildup to Shinjuku Showdown, Yuji ended up consuming Death Paintings 4 to 9, and this essentially gave him the Cursed Technique of Blood Manipulation. He utilized this power in the battle against Sukuna and although his control over it wasn't perfect at the time, he was still a good user of this technique.

Yuji's Shrine Awakening

Quite easily, the biggest power-up that Yuji gained during the Shinjuku Showdown Arc was the Shrine Cursed Technique. Essentially, after hitting a Black Flash against Sukuna, Yuji gained his biggest power-up by unlocking his latent potential and Awakening The Shrine. This cursed technique allows him to use powers such as Cleave and Dismantle, among many other techniques.

Yuta's Gojo Takeover

When it comes to Yuta Okkotsu, we saw a very unlikely power-up being granted that was also temporary in the grand scheme of things. Essentially, after Yuta fell in battle to Sukuna, Rika managed to keep him alive just enough until he switched bodies using Kenjaku's Cursed Technique, which he had copied previously.

Much to the surprise of the fans, Yuta took over Gojo's body using the Body Hopping Cursed Technique. With it, Yuta gained access to this incredible body, which essentially gave him Six Eyes, as well as the Limitless cursed technique, and even let him open Unlimited Void. What's more, due to the nature of Kenjaku's technique, Yuta's brain had Limitless engraved on it, which he most likely took with him when he left Gojo's body.

Yuji's Domain Expansion

Undoubtedly, the biggest power-up in Shinjuku Showdown came at the very end, when Yuji Itadori finally learned how to use a Domain Expansion. This technique was certainly not easy for him to use, but he pulled it off flawlessly. Inside his domain, Yuji was stronger than anyone else, and his soul-splitting attacks posed a significant threat to Sukuna.

Above all, Yuji Itadori could use a Soul Splitting Dismantle, which functioned as the Sure-Hit of the domain and it landed directly on Sukuna, causing significant damage and weakening his hold over Megumi. Yuji then ended the fight with another Black Flash which ended the King of Curses for good. This was the last power-up in the entirety of the original Jujutsu Kaisen manga, and it also ended the biggest of battles in the most satisfying way. While Yuji did get more power-ups after in the sequel series called Modulo, the original manga saw to it that his domain was the last skill he learned.

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