Every technique Yuji awakened in Shinjuku Showdown

Reflexes

• Yuji Itadori received powerful upgrades in Shinjuku Showdown, showing notable growth and potential.

• Power-ups were expected given Yuji’s talent and progression, and fans were not surprised by his abilities.

• From the Reverse Cursed Technique to the Shrine Cursed Technique, Yuji displayed impressive new abilities.

Yuji Itadori received a series of power-ups in the Shinjuku Showdown arc. This is the final arc of the series, so the protagonists are expected to get a big boost in terms of skills as well as experience as a sorcerer. This is not something that will surprise fans at all.

Yuji was marked for receiving these incredible power-ups from the beginning of the story, and it was especially noted that he had a special talent for mastering techniques quickly, making him something of a genius. His true power was demonstrated in the final battle of J.K. against the King of Curses, Sukuna, where he showed one power after another.

Note: Yuji did not awaken all of these techniques in the heat of battle against Sukuna. Some of them he learned during the timeskip and unleashed them for the first time against Sukuna.

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Reverse Cursed Technique

Yuji harnessed the power of healing in Shinjuku

The Reverse Cursed Technique is an incredible skill in the world of JJK that allows you to heal injuries. In Yuji Itadori’s case, he learned this technique sometime during the timeskip prior to the Shinjuku Showdown Arc. This ability was due to him consuming Death Paintings number 4 to 9.

After Yuji consumed them, he gained access to Blood Manipulation, and using this new power helped him use the Reverse Cursed Technique with less use of cursed energy. Yuji is an exceptionally good RCT user, and can even take point-blank hits from Sukuna and heal the damage immediately.

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Simple domain

Yuji gained the power of barrier techniques

Another technique that Yuji learned during the timeskip and first unleashed in the battle against Sukuna is a Simple Mastery. Yuji swapped bodies with Kusakabe during the timeskip, and during this time, he mastered the basics of barrier techniques. This New Shadow Style was unleashed by Yuji for the first time against Sukuna, when the King of Curses returned his dominion over him.

Sukuna unleashed a 99-second dominance, whose power had not diminished one bit. This 99-second domain unleashed indiscriminate attacks throughout the battlefield, and Yuji was able to defeat most of them using a simple domain. Of course, his grip cracked towards the end, but he was still able to withstand most of the blows efficiently.

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Blood manipulation

Yuji can manipulate his blood in battle

Yuji learned Blood Manipulation during the timeskip, when he consumed Death Paintings number 4 to 9. Doing so gave him access to the cursed Blood Manipulation technique, but his control over this technique is very crude.

Yuji mainly uses it for the reverse curse technique, but at the same time, he also has access to other abilities, such as Convergence, with which he can make use of Piercing Blood. He still needs help using advanced techniques like this, but, over time, his control over this ability will only increase.

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Cursed Shrine Technique

Yuji can use cut and dismantle

By far the biggest upgrade Yuji got in the Shinjuku Showdown Arc is the Cursed Shrine Technique. The precedent of Yuji awakening this technique was set long ago in history. When Sukuna made Yuji his vessel, Gojo mentioned that, over time, his body would be infused with Sukuna’s cursed energy and it would be almost as if Yuji was a cursed object. Basically, this would give Yuji access to Sukuna’s technique; if they were related, it would only further increase the chances of Yuji manifesting a similar technique.

In the Shinjuku Showdown arc, Yuji was able to cast a powerful Black Flash on the King of Curses, and this allowed him to awaken his true potential. Yuji was able to harness an incredible ability called the Cursed Sanctuary Technique. Fans know that this cursed technique also belongs to the King of Curses, Sukuna. However, his version differs from Sukuna’s in that it is not indiscriminate and only cuts what Yuji wants it to cut with scissor-like marks.

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Dismantling of the soul

A power that points to the soul

One of the strongest abilities of the Yuji Shrine cursed technique is Soul Dismantling. As the name suggests, this is a Dismantle launched directly at the target’s soul. This is a deadly technique that even the King of Curses fears. Of course, it’s not easy to hit, as Yuji needs to make physical contact with his target in order to land this blow.

However, once it lands, it can even deal fatal damage to Sukuna. Yuji is so skilled with this technique that he can target the barrier between Sukuna and Megumi’s souls.

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Domain expansion

Yuji can use the pinnacle of sorcery

Eventually, Yuji managed to further advance his cursed Sanctuary technique by reaching the Pinnacle of Jujutsu Sorcery in the battle against the King of Curses. By infusing his domain with his Innate Sanctuary Technique, Yuji was able to manifest a domain expansion.

As for how exactly this domain expansion works, fans don’t know. However, very soon you will see this mastery in action and what exactly it is capable of doing against the King of Curses.