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does ryoumen sukuna is simp??? (what got lost in translation in ch.9 and ch.118)
yes, yes he does (but here’s an overanalysis why:)
you see there was a callback to ch.9 in ch.118 that got lost in translation
when i first read the manga in english i missed it, so i thought i’d share just so everyone knows how highkey sukuna’s simping is (this is sukufushi btw)
this is from ch.9:
the context is that megumi is fighting sukuna; nothing too out of place here
but in japanese:
if we only look at what is pronounced what sukuna is saying is “show me (what you’ve got)!! fushiguro megumi!!” (hence the english translation “entertain me”)
normally when shounen manga says “show me (what you’ve got)” it is with the phrase “見せてみろ (misete miro)” , literally meaning “let me see”
but here sukuna replaces “見” with the kanji “魅”: the pronunciation is the same (mi), but whereas “見” means “see” and the phrase “show me (what you’ve got)” is very common, “魅” means to “bewitch”, “fascinate”, “enchant”, or “charm” (translation taken from wikitionary), and the phrase “魅せてみろ” (“bewitch me”) is virtually never used because why would it ever be used like bro you’re coming on way too strong tone it down a little
anyway so the dude is literally yelling “bewitch me!! fushiguro megumi!!” in megumi’s face (in fact the chinese translation is somewhere along the lines of “make me fall for you!! fushiguro megumi!!” which i think is neat but that’s beside the point)
but because it is pronounced like “let me see”, and “bewitch me” is a very rare phrase (it’s not in the dictionaries i think), megumi interprets it as “show me (what you’ve got)”; he never knows what sukuna really means and honestly someone should write a miscommunication fic about it
but then it gets even better:
this is from ch.118 (so SPOILER ALERT for the shibuya arc):
megumi has summoned his strongest shikigami (it’s basically self-destruct but with a more complicated procedure) and is currently out cold and dying; the only known way to save megumi is to defeat said strongest shikigami, which is precisely what sukuna is doing here
pause, rewind—some background info for this scene: in ch.9 (at the end of megumi’s fight with sukuna, when megumi is desperate) megumi tries to summon his strongest shikigami, i.e. he wants to self-destruct and take sukuna out with him—hence why he says the things about how he never once regretted saving yuuji—but yuuji comes back (and promptly fucking dies) so sukuna never learns in ch.9 that megumi wants to self-destruct to kill him
but here in ch.118, megumi has summoned that strongest shikigami, and sukuna approves of its strength, saying “if it was me from that time, it may have been able to defeat me”—if megumi had summoned the strongest shikigami in ch.9, sukuna might have lost
basically: sukuna is really fucking impressed (cf. ch.9, where he tells megumi to “show me (what you’ve got)!!” or “bewitch me!!”)
you see, in the second-to-last panel with the hands, sukuna says “you showed me the way… fushiguro megumi!” which is not necessarily an inaccurate translation, but the callback gets lost in translation
look at the raw scan:
in the panel with the hands, once again we have the very rare phrase of “魅せて” (“bewitch”) but this time with past/present perfect tense
if we only look at what is pronounced, in ch.9 we have “show me (what you’ve got)!!”—and here in ch.118 we have “you have shown me (what you’ve got)… fushiguro megumi!!” but looking at the rare phrase with the kanji “bewitch”, in ch.9 we have “bewitch me!! fushiguro megumi!!"—and here in ch.118, sukuna is saying “you have bewitched me… fushiguro megumi!!”
in ch.9, sukuna sees potential, and he demands that megumi exercises it to "bewitch him”, while in ch.118, sukuna sees that megumi has actualised his potential to the fullest, and sukuna is, as promised, “bewitched”; considering the role sukuna plays in megumi’s big breakthrough with domain expansion, sukuna’s line in ch.9 is both encouragement and prophecy, and given that this is only their second time meeting (if you could call it that, seeing as megumi’s unconscious) megumi and his powers are strangely significant to sukuna, so much so that he becomes “bewitched” over it and voluntarily fights the shikigami to save megumi
tbh however you look at sukuna’s dialogue it’s a nice little callback to ch.9, and it would be so interesting to see what akutami gege does with sukuna’s fascination with megumi moving forward; as of ch.138, yuuji has already noticed it, and is actively questioning sukuna’s motives
my personal take on this is that while sukuna’s interest in megumi is most likely incredibly selfish, it is by no means impersonal: the specific choice of the word “bewitch” demands that megumi impresses sukuna subjectively—it is not the general “get stronger”, but a personal “bewitch me”, with the focus being taken away from megumi’s powers to sukuna’s personal feeling (even though the two are definitely linked); if (when) sukuna uses or manipulates megumi in the future, his focus won’t be solely on megumi’s powers, simply because he is personally invested to some extent; and even though i’m sure this isn’t where the series is headed, i would love to see any potential conflicts between sukuna’s selfish interest in megumi’s powers and his personal investment in megumi
the entire plot with sukuna in shibuya is some really really—and i cannot stress this enough—really fucked-up shit, and i’m sure whatever he is planning to do with megumi it won’t be fluffy and wholesome either, but at the same time im endlessly entertained by the idea of sukuna being the megumi simp to end all megumi simps so there’s that
head empty, just thoughts about being naked with 2 fictional men who are secretly a bit gay for each other
The once pristine garden lies in ruin. Stones and statues disappear under fine pallid shrouds of snow, broken in half or buckling under the age of time. Dead ivy and more dried up dead carcasses of plants spread around, fallen soldiers, not removed from trenches. Pathways long gone, nothing but the snow fills the crevices of this forlorn piece of decadence. Beside the burrowed side of an old koi pond, the tall figure stands out. Everything else coats in white, and the tall figure spreads in the white like blood dripping from a wound. The ebon cloak flattens against the wind bracing, fluttering up to reveal the sheer red underside of the material, a strangely smooth and shining fabric, even from up by the window. The hair is a giveaway for a family resemblance, but the stature and the black lines raking like coal etchings over his cheeks and brow are the true dead giveaway. Sukuna doesn’t look up to where Megumi is standing, and why indeed would he? There is nothing to give his position away. He simply peers out one of the windows. And he seems exceptionally focused on the garden premise as he moves around now, shoes getting stuck in the avalanche of mountain winter. He leaves nothing but a visible trail of footsteps.
@mldust Created this amazing piece of fanart for the story I gifted her, thank you, I love you, bless you <3
@nymphenberger the things Uraume has to deal with
Sukuna : fellas is it gay to have your servant remind you 24/7 not to fall in love with a certain someone with emerald green eyes and spiky black hai–
Uraume : yes it is.
Sukuna :
Sukuna : but it’s only for him!!
Uraume : that’s even more gay. you have to be stopped.
found this on twitter
and my simple skfs brain could not stop thinking about the manga ending
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