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Thread: Storytelling of Shibuya Arc
IGN review opened the gates for mindless takes, so here's a thread with a simple narrowing structure:
• The role of Shibuya Arc in the story
• How Shibuya Arc establishes overarching themes
• Shibuya Arc as a characterisation catalyst
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Forget anime, which "Kung Fu Panda" villain is the best out of trilogy for you?
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Thread: Full Itadori development throughout
#JujutsuKaisen
series
In this thread I will explain Yuji's mental development, his reshape of 'proper death' philosophy, what is 'the curse' of Nanami, why Yuji and Mahito are the same and why Yuji is my favourite shounen MC.
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I can't lie, haven't watched third film, but when I was a kid, that peacock really got me trembling
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Is there more original way in anime to show character development than the way Silent Voice did?
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The black panel filling in JJK indicates a curse. The one who lives by the knife, dies by the knife - that was Naoya's curse.
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#JJK
Thread: The selfish giant 🧵
The unfolding dynamic between Yuji and Sukuna can be described as the battle between manifestations of the Nietzschean concept of the Will to Power, and Yuji is the first person to challenge Sukuna's established representation of this Will.
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Thread: Why Jujutsu Kaisen's Shibuya Arc is so good and why Itadori is my favourite shounen MC
"Shibuya Arc is overrated." - I see these tweets quite often, but those who say that usually see Shibuya Arc as a simple sequence of good fights. However, Shibuya Arc is much deeper.
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It's so cute and sad simultaneously. Frieren partially lives in her memories, always reminiscing times with Himmel and their group. Old Man Voll is the only one who can share her distant reality of memories, and Frieren spends every moment with him to relive this begone past 😭
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Thread:
#Frieren
and a gentle wind of meaning
While watching "Frieren", I could only describe my impressions as a "gentle wind": a gentle wind of emotions, of Life, of meaning. In this thread I'll explore how "Frieren" conjures this gentle wind with its Hemingway-esque approach.
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@Dynamic_Weeb
MCs? Bro you're terribly mistaken, there is only one goat and he doesn't wield katana
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1. The role of Shibuya Arc in the story
Shibuya Arc is the turning point of the JJK, for it serves as a point where all lines of story progression flock and intersect. Before that, it was just the groundwork: Yuji's "proper death" philosophy, curses stealing Sukuna fingers, etc.
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Man I love the visual creativity of this show. Watching magic in "Frieren" feels like watching night fireworks in your childhood
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All that is conveyed not between fights but through them - every fight moves the story forward. Sukuna's fascination with Mahoraga's adaptation sets up his plans; without the Choso-Yuji fight, there would be no Kenjaku reveal; without Gojo sealing, there would be no Shibuya.
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Honestly, the finale of Vinland Saga season 1 was one of the most beautiful ending scenes I've seen
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Please kind people stop reducing Maki to Toji. You are blinded with apparitions of the ungrounded idea that Gege hates women. Maki's story is one of the most beautiful in the JJK, and you reduce all of Gege's efforts to Toji somehow.
I hate that she's just "female toji" now. I hate it even more that probably one of the major reasons she's alive is because Gege wants her to be his Toji, cause otherwise we know what happens to characters in Gege's universe.
I get that it's a good parallel but god damn...
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Naturally, Shibuya Arc achieves objectives of cathartic resolution, and it is given to many conflicts. I'll remind people that story wise the S1 revolved around two events: preparations for Gojo's sealing and stealing of Sukuna's fingers during the school competition.
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@HyakuSupoko
Try to learn how to read comprehensively, brother. As for now, it looks like you've just got acquainted with the alphabet and never seen a line of fiction before
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Battles flesh out the Yuji-Mahito dynamic fully too, leading Yuji to his catharsis and shift in ideologies. Every fight guides him to this: the slaughterhouse by Sukuna, Nanami and Nobara's deaths. These are all achieved through fights, for fights align with the story's theme.
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Thread: Tokyo Ghoul is MUCH deeper than you think
"The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born must first destroy a world."
This is Herman Hesse's quote from "Demian", which Kaneki said in manga. But in book this quote has continuation
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Both these progression lines of the rising action reach the climax and resolution in Shibuya. However, Shibuya isn't confined to the sole purpose of resolution - it similarly serves as an exposition to many future story lines: Mahoraga, Choso's brotherhood, Kenjaku's plan, etc.
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It is a masterful interplay of story progression, themes, and characterisation. And Shibuya gave us numerous instances of storytelling like that - it's just not blatantly on the surface; one might apply mental effort.
Anyway, thank you for reading. Follow for more JJK threads 💐
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What is the greatest anime opening? "Blue Bird" is the best, for me
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2. How Shibuya Arc establishes the overarching themes
The answer is the same: through battles. Shibuya Arc is the vast blood bath, and this is a catalyst for the thematic progression. JJK has two major themes: death and purpose of life. One complements and fulfills another.
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These themes are both embodied in Yuji: the proper death philosophy is a soil for Yuji's way of living - his altruism. Yuji's perception of his own imminent execution only amplifies his samaritanism, for his life now is less valuable than the lives of others. "Just die already!"
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Shibuya Arc is mostly built around Yuji, for he is the MC and an epitome of this thematic interplay. Yuji's altruism is being directly challenged, his life philosophy is being shattered. Due to Shibuya Arc's violent nature, Yuji's inner conflict reaches its apogee.
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Tbh these "Gege is misogynist!" shouters are the ones who damage the female cast the most: they reduce Maki solely to Toji clone and ALWAYS compare them although the story left this parallel a long time ago. They reduce Nobara to typical feminist speeches, putting this tag on her
Akutami may be the weirdest being ever.
He is a man who self inserts as a lady, and who can make entire feminist speeches with Nobara and mock the mysogynist Naoya all day, and somehow, he also can't make 1 female character have a good record unless they look like Toji.
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So according to this panel, nobody can beat Sukuna unless they have the same level of aggression? Then, neither Gojo nor Yuta will overcome Sukuna's malignity even if they have the same amount of power. However, Gege loves dualism, so he might oppose something to this >
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@AriVonD
@KElGOAWAY
This phrase is Buddha's words, so ofc it would be used in the record of Ragnarok
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One of these new gens has to go. Which one do you pick (hard edition)
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In other words, Yuji's exhibition of Life through proper death philosophy was only grazed by Death (killing curses, Junpei), but never fully challenged. The Shibuya Arc, however, expands the blood bath before him, and that's where the thematic interplay gains all its power.
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Give me an anime and I'll name the biggest flaw this anime has
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This interconnection between Life and Death in Yuji shapes the thematic umbrella of JJK. However, before Shibuya, only one side of this dichotomy was strongly present: Life. Crumbs of Death here and there couldn't suffice in their narrative weight to rival Life's manifestation.
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People who had been calling Yuji not a real MC failed to realise that a strong character isn't the one who can solve everything with strength but the one who acquires this strength - whether mental or physical - by working through obstacles
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Shibuya's Death manifestation directly disregards Yuji's way of living - proper death. But Gege amplifies it with Sukuna's slaughterhouse, which leads Yuji to emotional breakdown and conviction that he is the murderer.
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Yuji's "I'm you" moment is the echo of Mahito's words but under a different light. "I'm you" and "cog mentality" suggest that Yuji will be mindlessly killing curses, like Mahito mindlessly killed humans. It is a shift in Yuji's philosophy from "saving" to "killing".
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Finally, Nanami's closure on the "Jujutsu sorcerer's curse". Not only does his death beautifully enclose his character with Malaysia notion, but it also moves the thematic progression of "no sorcerer dies without regrets" forward. Moreover, it feeds into Yuji's characterisation.
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3. Shibuya as a characterisation catalyst
There is no lack of characterisation in Shibuya, and most of it is achieved through fights: Jogo's interaction with Sukuna about strength and people, Nobara's closure on letting people in her life, Toji's closure with Megumi.
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@Wictor2501
Bro just has his own anime taste. Although I think 2/10 for Mob is a crime, nothing wrong with him having his own taste. He doesn't slander it in any way, he just says that didn't like it
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During the whole Shibuya Arc, Yuji wasn't "just watching his friends die like flies" - he was trying to restore his inner balance, actively making decisions, and in the end he reached the desired catharsis embodied by the cog mentality - the Life purpose in Death (killing curses)
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This conviction hits his life purpose: Yuji knows that he will not get proper death due to his execution, but when this proper death is taken from people because of him, it creates a vast worldview dissonance that demolishes Yuji's whole life meaning, leaving him only with Death.
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Yuji's fight with Mahito is built around a single dichotomy: saving humans and killing humans. Yuji is the ultimate human being - altruistic and kind; meanwhile, Mahito is the ultimate curse - bloodlusted and cruel. "It's a battle to determine who'll be standing in 100 years!"
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Todo's words about the meaning of life and death after Nobara's murder and Yuji's mental breakdown finally lead Yuji to the catharsis. Him accepting Nanami's curse and suffering, like he once accepted his grandfather's, signals his shift in philosophy to the "cog mentality".
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Nanami, however, gives Yuji the other curse - curse of the Jujutsu Sorcerer, curse of Death. Yuji is left grappling with two curses: curse of Life - saving people - and curse of Death - killing curses and dying alone. And only the fight with Mahito guides him to the solution.
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This is the climax of Shibuya, the point where all thematic and character lines of progression masterfully intersect: Life vs Death, altruism vs mindless murder, human vs curse. They are physical and mental nemeses for each other that fight for the ideologies, not merely for fun.
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Yuji suffered from the "proper death" curse (pic 1). This curse was bestowed on him by his grandpa, who died regretting about not saving his son from Kenjaku. His son didn't get the proper death, so the grandpa passed this curse to Yuji as if saying, "You've got it from here".
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Even Dagon's fight with Toji underscores the differences and similarities between him Maki. Toji overtaking the vessel's body similarly exposes the soul theme from the angle different to Mahito's. Hence, every fight results into character development or further theme exploration.
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This is the moment where themes intersect: what is the purpose of life if it brings only "improper" death? Why delay imminent improper death? Furthermore, it is the point when the thematic dome starts to echo the "cog mentality" - something that was brought up a long time ago.
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Thanks for reading. There's still lots of stuff I couldn't fit in this thread, because of thread limitations, but even so I'm satisfied with it.
Please, press like and retweet if you were satisfied with my work as well. I don't want to look how it flops hard..
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Stark is the goat. Gave us the first peak fight of the series
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To conclude, Yuji's mental development throughout the series was truly unique for shounen. He's been taking sins of others through his whole Jujutsu path - sins of his grandpa, who couldn't save his son; sins of Nanami and murdered people. But at the end, I hope, he'll break free
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I'm 100% sure now that this is Gege's main foreshadowing tool. Sensational.
black narration boxes are typically how “curses” are depicted in the jjk manga. i think there can be no clearer indication that Sukuna's mentality is a self-imposed curse.
Sukuna loves nothing but himself, and love is the most twisted of all curses 🗣️💯💯🔥‼️
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Yuji is arguably the best written JJK character in terms of development. His mental path can be divided on four parts:
1. Meaning
2. Death
3. Sins
4. Cog
Here I'll dissect the methamorphosis of Yuji's philosophy and gradual transformation of his life meaning.
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Mahito's role in Yuji's development is incredible. While Yuji is his natural enemy from physical point of view, Mahito is Yuji's natural enemy from mental perspective. He gradually destroys Yuji's philosophy, and in the end of season 1 we already can see seeds of doubt in Itadori
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This philosophy partially comes from grandpa's past. He couldn't save his son (Yuji's dad) from Kenjaku and he still feels guilty about it. Therefore, he passes his sins, his life philosophy to Yuji, like Nanami will pass burdens of Jujutsu world to him later.
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By saying "You've got it from here." Nanami passed this curse to Yuji. And Itadori, only after realising this, embraces not only his function and sins, but also a curse and suffering of Nanami - being a Jujutsu sorcerer. That's when we see a drastic shift in Yuji's motivation.
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With the thread reaching over 1000 likes, I expect an official letter from
@IGN
with a request for me to rewrite the review on Shibuya Arc. As I'm currently residing in the UK, the letter must be delivered by an owl. The payment for my invaluable time must be processed in beans.
Thread: Storytelling of Shibuya Arc
IGN review opened the gates for mindless takes, so here's a thread with a simple narrowing structure:
• The role of Shibuya Arc in the story
• How Shibuya Arc establishes overarching themes
• Shibuya Arc as a characterisation catalyst
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1. Meaning
Yuji enteres Jujutsu world with cheerful life philosophy - proper death. Proper death, as his dying grandpa told him, is being surrounded by family and friends when you die. This is the basement of Yuji's character. Later we'll see how he demolishes this foundation.
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Now Yuji's motivation and function is not to save people, but to kill curses - without any meaning or reason. Just like Mahito kills people without a back thought because he is a curse, Yuji kills curses because he is a sorcerer. At this point, he rejected proper death idea.
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The latest two chapters were some of the best in the entire series, I can't understand your gripes
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@TheYonahS2
I like this type of "silent" panels - where there are no words to say, only unbearable emotions to convey
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People who intentionally set up JJK just for the sake of cheap attention will forever amaze me
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"For once in my life, make me feel proud that I gave birth to you, Maki."
"I'm glad I gave birth to them."
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Caught up to Frieren. Such a cool two-staged drama. Himmel fell in love with Frieren, gave her numerous signs, which she didn't understand. Then she embarked on her errands, and Himmel waited for her for 50 years, not marrying anyone. He died at his happiest moment: close to her.
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Steadily Yuji realises that in order to save people, he must kill other people (transformised souls). This draws inner contradictions in Yuji's heart. Mahito was the one who pushed Yuji to this dissonance, the one who made Yuji a murderer and who gave him first impulse of chaos.
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3. Sins
At this point, Yuji is completely drowned in his mental flaws, his sins. He tries to find a way out of them, tries to break the surface... But Todo tells him to stay at the depth: "We are Jujutsu sorcerers... That is the punishment we must endure."
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Proper death is what Yuji strives for, and all his decisions he makes out of direct or indirect considerations of proper death. Thus, proper death is directly related to saving people (so in the end Yuji will be surrounded by those people).
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@sigmarshanks
Lmao bro is it meta irony? I see this tweet for 100th time, what's the meaning of such a blatant copying?
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He tries to save more people in order to atone for his sins, but there appears Mahito - Yuji's natural mental enemy. At first he kills Nanami right in front of Itadori's eyes. Nanami's last words were: "You've got it from here." But why it would end up becoming a curse for Yuji?
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There's always been an obvious clash between Yuji's selfless ideals and Sukuna's selfish beliefs. Both Yuji's "proper death" philosophy and "cog" mentality - although massively differing - still retain Yuji's selfless nature, and Yuji is an embodiment of these altruistic ideals.
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That's why Itadori says he'll kill Mahito anytime he comes back - because he is a curse. Now Yuji is just a cog in the Jujutsu death machine. Difference from the first time Yuji told Mahito "I'll kill you" (Junpei's death) is that this time he says it with his mind, not emotions.
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That's why as Itadori takes back under control his body after Sukuna rampage in Shibuya, he, seeing all people who died because of him, questions his life expediency: he would be executed anyway, but those innocent people had to live long lives. He's a murderer, not a saviour.
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Thus, Yuji's purpose is not to 'live and then die', like many people joke. Yes, Yuji knows that he will be executed, but before that he must save as many people as possible, so he and they will die properly, surrounded by those, who love them. But Jujutsu world tries his will.
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I'll elaborate on it a bit later, in "Sins" part. Anyway, then Mahito kills Nobara as well. Now Yuji fully realises his weakness. He gets beaten by Mahito and completely loses belief in his 'proper death' philosophy. "What I thought was my conviction, was just an excuse!"
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We see how the whole JJK focus shifted from Yuji to major Jujutsu world events as Itadori embraced his cog mentality, creating relation to a bare function on a narration level. The moment with a lawyer showed us that Yuji still carries his sins, but once he'll atone for them...
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Cog mentality occupied Yuji's mind and we see its manifestation in every Yuji's step. I believe Gege will give him a redemption arc, where Itadori will let go of his sins, free himself out of Jujutsu world curse and cog mentality. Anyway, Yuji's path is not over yet.
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2. Death
Here I define death metaphysically: death of Yuji's philosophy. The whole season one was a set up for Shibuya Arc - arc, where Itadori's life purpose drastically changed. Proper death of himself and other people (by saving them) was Yuji's meaning, the reason he lived.
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He admits that his life is meaningless as for now, his purpose of saving people is unattainable with him bringing around only death. He tried to save more people than he killed, but ended up being unable to "forgive himself". However, then Todo changes Yuji's life perspective.
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Who from Jujutsu Kaisen series would perfectly fit into the CSM world?
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About this also speaks Nanami's pre-death thoughts. Jujutsu sorcerer is only a function, which sorcerer needs to carry - it's his sin and curse. This function is just killing curses, without any vague reason or meaning - perpetual movement, unstoppable machine of death.
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Only after that Itadori embraces his sins, his punishment. Now a bit about what does it mean. Jujutsu world is ruthless and based solely on killing, not saving. Yuji's philosophy of proper death isn't possible in this world, and he made sure of it on Nanami and Nobara's example.
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4. Cog
After defeating Mahito, Yuji speaks aloud his new mentality, cog mentality. "You're right, Mahito... I'm you!"
Yuji and Mahito are the same, and they both pointed it out, but in different meanings. And they didn't imply solely their mass murderer status.
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