Introduction: Spoiler Alert and Chapter 260 Recap
Before starting, a big spoiler alert: Gojo is Back. At the end of Chapter 260, we were all guessing whether Gojo has returned or if it’s just an illusion. Some people were also saying that this work is Kinjaku’s. Well, we’ve been proven somewhat wrong because actually, this work is Yuta’s. Yes, leaks of Chapter 261 have come out, and we’re going to talk about those leaks.
Chapter 261 Synopsis
Chapter 261 starts right where Yuji had thrust his hand into Sukuna’s body as part of his plan to crush Sukuna’s heart. That’s when Sukuna appears, and indeed, it was Gojo. Except, there are stitches on his head. Don’t worry; this isn’t the work of someone else; I’ll explain. As soon as Sukuna sees this, he says, “I’m sorry, I underestimated this for Yuta Ootsu.” Yes, using Yuta’s cursed technique, he has taken over Gojo’s body. And the story goes straight into flashbacks from there. Yuta had given Rika’s body to Kazuki to play his cards using the cursed technique against this, but Hakari says, “No, we’ll also do this when needed. Just remember to do this at the very end, when there’s no one left.”
Discussion on Yuta’s Ability
Now, Kusakabe asks Yuta, “Why didn’t you directly copy Limitless?” Shockingly, she says, “Without the Six Eyes’ Limitless, how would copying work?” Kusakabe says to copy Six Eyes as well, and Shocko explains that Six Eyes is a physical property, not a cursed technique. I mentioned this befor ; if you remember, yes, Six Eyes cannot be copied. I argue with it and you don’t have it.
Uncertainty about Yuta’s Future
Now the question was whether Yuta can only copy a technique for 5 minutes. So what will happen to Yuta after 5 minutes? Yuta himself had no idea what would happen if he took over Gojo’s body. And in such a situation, Memen tells us about pros and cons. So if Kinjaku’s technique is constant, meaning Yuta can’t go back to his old body, then in that scenario, Yuta will be dead after 5 minutes because Yuta can only maintain his technique for 5 minutes.
Now let’s assume that Kinjaku’s technique is intermittent, then too, Yuta will die, but not immediately. After some time. Now, if Kurs’ technique is singular, then even after 5 minutes, Yuta will be able to use Limitless, and there’s also a chance that Yuta will stay in Gojo’s body forever, discarding his cursed technique. In short, anything can happen in these short situations, and no one has any idea. It’s just like this answer will be A, B, or C, and someone could even say E.
Yuta’s Plan and Its Implications
Now Yuta says, “I’ll use Edge as the last resort,” meaning that first, I’ll fight and then open my domain and so on. But if I lose, I’m dead, then I’ll take over Gojo’s body. The plan is pretty good, but it’s a bit human, this plan is.
Yuta’s Resolve
Yuta says that while fighting Sukuna, they will have to forget humanity. Otherwise, they won’t be able to win. Everyone was concerned about Yuta, but Yuta says that when Gojo is no longer in this world, someone has to become a monster like Sukuna to fight against such monsters.
Promise with Gojo
He says this even when Gojo is alive, telling him that if he dies by chance, he will take his body. Yuta and Gojo also discuss how they are descendants of Fujiwara and Sugawara clans and have distant relatives.
Importance of Cursed Energy
Some conversations are not as important, so I’ll skip them. Gojo tells Yuta that he was born with better circumstances than himself, and if not, he should take advantage of the opportunity; otherwise, he’s a fool. Then Gojo adds that Yuta should first focus on his cursed energy, which is very sloppy, and I have told him this many times.
Bloody Revelations
After this, Gojo tells all the students to go, as what they were about to do was quite bloody and brutal. In fact, he says, it’s not even fair to share what they were going to do. According to Gojo, if he were to be killed, many old sorcerers would also be killed by then. And at that time, Buddha Gaku Gaku would be sitting at the top. And if that happened, there would be no incident like the Shibuya incident.
Yuta’s Transformation
Gojo tells his students to go back, but they don’t. Yuta tells Gojo not to become a monster alone, but Gojo says that he has to catch up because he’s left behind. Now, the scene switches back to the flashback, where we see Yuji’s friend Amai in the medical room. Amai explains his cursed technique, where he amplifies the sugar inside his body to produce some kind of output. In this way, Shoko keeps Amai and Ranta Nita in her medical team so that they can understand the brain by putting a little sugar in it and make it function properly.
Yuta’s Injury
Now, the scene switches again, and we see Yuta inside the medical room, where Yuta has become Kite Kat, meaning that while fighting Sukuna, he was cut in half. He was immediately brought to the medical room, where Ranta Nita stops him from becoming more serious using his cursed technique. It means he stops him right where he is, not letting him get worse. Yuta was saying that he’s conscious because of Rika; otherwise, he would have reached his limit. Shoko tells that she has stitched Gojo’s dead body.
Yuta’s Plan
When Yuta switches his body once, he will have to use his complete power with full force to use his curse technique and take Gojo’s body and become Gojo all at once. Basically, to complete the body change, this was necessary. So now you understand how Yuta came into Gojo’s body.
Return to the Fight
From here, we come back to the fight. In the present, Yuta and Sukuna are facing each other, and both have opened their domains. And remember, friends, Gojo had already shown everyone how to counter Sukuna’s barrier-less domain. Yuta knows how to counter it. We’ll know how the counter will be done in the next chapter.
The Editor’s Comment
Now, on one side, Mel Vein’s chain opens, and on the other side, Unlimited Void’s hand seal is being formed. Because both are using this now. The editor’s comment was that “The revenge match begins.”
Conclusion and Future
So, friends, you can see that there was a lot of discussion in this chapter, which is not easy to understand, and it’s not even that important. When the official translation comes, it will be understood properly. But what was important in the chapter is that Yuta has come into Gojo’s body using Kinjaku’s cursed technique, and now he will use all of Gojo’s powers. But we don’t know what effect this will have on Yuta. Whether he can sustain it for more than 5 minutes or not, we’ll find out later. But not next week because next week is a break.
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