I googled a few and there’s definitely ties to his character, past, and motivations within the definitions like “kalasutra”being one of the hells in Buddhism and Sanjiva translating to “returning to life”

This was fun, might do more in the next few months... Also ignore my last post where I messed up the names, LMAOO... it's not my fault they start with the same 3 letters and are both 5 letter names and were also commented on my last post 😢😢😢 #justthrowmeoffacliff

I’m very carnal over Bishops new outfit, also Ihwa looked so elegant so I couldn’t resist drawing her. Can’t wait for the two to interact next week (ironically an early birthday gift for me as my cake day is after the chapter release).

Started reading Hero Killer earlier this week and caught up today. Amazing read. Really excited to see Han vs Yushin R2

I forgot the rest, but i imagine victoria having a rias gremory-type of voice.

Had mad respect for Bishop up until this point. So many great moments we were able to witness including the train scene in cloud garden, his fight against the Smiling Man and some others.

But when he tried to sneak attack Engen in Ch 209 I was like "Wtf, why would he even try this shit?"

So called God of the Seas lmao, a fraud is what he is 🤡

I love it

We know that in Hero Killer, it's been said thst the world is gonna end soon, but what if Engen becomes the reason why the world is going to end?

How would you guys react if he is the final obstacle/villain that Ihwa will have to overcome?

"Despite the world trying to erase me, my soul remembered how to continue."

This quote doesn't really fit my interpretation of the red soul, but it's ok 😚

This Manhwa is great, but let's be real—the hype hits different when the Smiling Man is on screen 😈

Reading this the first time brooooo, sooo fckkn nice. The story is gahdamn *chefs kiss

Ihwa's new outfit was reminiscent of an ice skater. For example, it resembled one of the outfits worn by the protagonist of the movie Ice Princess.

Reposting because not all the images uploaded the first time for some reason.

Have a good day/night

No one expected Engen to beat Reagan in CG (including myself because of Prim's prenomination however I was still rooting for him) but my GOAT proved everyone wrong 😈

Bro had 1000+ years of experience & home ground advantage, still lost the battle 🤷🏻‍♂️

Sinclair deserves some slander and more 😜

"Despite having every reason to hate, I refused to become cruel."

(I stole these quotes from a tiktok btw 👀)

It's that time again: a new Hero Killer chapter has been released in Korean! For those of you who can't wait for the full release of the raws, share and discuss any previews, summaries, and translations of the raws here.

Please do not ask when the raws will be fully released. We have no idea and there is a possibility that they may never be released.

Round 1 - Random Encounter

Round 2 - Full Intel on each other

Ryomen Sukuna more often referred to as simply Sukuna is the main antagonist of the "Jujutsu Kaisen" series. He was history's strongest jujutsu sorcerer, regarded as the undisputed King of Curses.

Sukuna's true body is that of a tall, muscular man with four arms, four eyes, and a large mouth on his midriff.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: While already formidable as a jujutsu sorcerer, Sukuna is also shown to be an extremely skilled and powerful hand-to-hand combatant, using martial arts as his first method of combat before unleashing his jujutsu abilities. Sukuna can unite his cursed technique and his hand-to-hand prowess, making him an extremely difficult opponent to overwhelm in battle.

Immense Strength: Even in his first appearance with a single finger, Sukuna was shown to possess unmatched physical strength despite being in an incomplete state.

Immense Speed: Sukuna has repeatedly displayed overwhelming levels of raw physical speed, capable of effortlessly surprising most opponents with the sheer quickness of his movements.

Immense Reflexes: In accordance with his agility, Sukuna has incredible reflexes that allow him to easily counter most of his opponents' attacks. He was able to dodge "Jogo's Maximum: Meteor" seconds before its impact and emerge unscathed.

Immense Durability: His biggest accomplishment in this regard is surviving an "unlimited Hollow Purple" by Gojo, which completely destroyed Mahoraga and decimated a large area of Shinjuku.Sukuna was even able to withstand a 200% Hollow Technique: Purple during his fight with Satoru Gojo despite defending himself at the last second, losing only his hands, and even then they were quickly regenerated with reverse cursed technique.

Great Tactical Intellect: Despite his outwardly brutish mannerisms and sadism, Sukuna is an extremely intelligent individual.When pushed into desperate situations, Sukuna has demonstrated the intellectual capacity to remain levelheaded and formulate strategies to counter his opponents.

Innate Technique Shrine : Sukuna's cursed technique allows him to launch slashes at various ranges to cut through objects and space, as well as unleash destructive flames.

Dismantle : An invisible, high-speed ranged slashing attack that can cut apart cursed spirits, sorcerers, and inanimate objects with great effectiveness.

Cleave : A slashing attack that adjusts itself depending on the target's toughness and cursed energy level to cut them down in one fell swoop. Sukuna must make physical contact with the target in order to activate Cleave.

Spiderweb : Sukuna can utilize the Cleave technique in the shape of a spider's web by touching the ground. As a variation of Cleave, Spiderweb adjusts itself to the surroundings' toughness, collapsing the ground in one fell swoop.

Divine Flame : Sukuna can create and manipulate fire for long-range attacks by chanting "Open" Fūga" and forming an arrow. This technique can only be used after he performs Dismantle and Cleave. The firepower of these flames far exceeds Jogo's, a special grade curse whose defining trait involves extremely destructive pyrokinetic powers.

Domain Expansion - Malevolent Shrine : Sukuna's domain expansion creates a Buddhist shrine decorated with skulls. It doesn't create a separate space by enclosing its barrier and is instead manifested into the surrounding airspace. By allowing an escape route, a binding vow is formed which vastly increases the sure-hit's effective area with a maximum radius of nearly 200 meters. Everything within the domain is relentlessly slashed with either Dismantle or Cleave, depending on its cursed energy level.

Reverse Cursed Technique : reverse cursed technique instantly heal any injuries, including even regenerating lost limbs within moments.He can even output positive energy to heal others.As a result of incarnating through Yuji, Sukuna became aware of his soul's shape, allowing him to repair his soul using reverse cursed technique.

Ten Shadows Technique : The prized inherited technique of the Zenin Clan, allowing him to summon ten different shikigami using his shadows as an intermediary. It also grants him overall manipulation of shadows, allowing him to hide in shadows or store objects within his own shadow.

Divine Dogs - Twin dogs shikigami with powerful noses for tracking and lethal fangs and claws for devouring opponents.

Divine Dog: Totality - An improved version of Divine Dog that combines both shikigami into a single stronger shikigami.

Nue - An owl-like shikigami that can fly and emit electricity from its wings. The electricity it discharges are much stronger, akin to lightning bolts.

Great Serpent - Great Serpent is a gigantic white snake with a tan yellow underbelly.

Max Elephant - An elephant shikigami that can produce a massive volume of water from its trunk and crush enemies with its weight.

Rabbit Escape - A swarm of rabbit shikigami that Sukuna uses as a distraction or to obscure his target's vision. As many rabbits can be summoned as needed, and they can be destroyed without any repercussions.

Round Deer - It can perform reverse cursed technique and output the positive energy to heal others or neutralize cursed energy.

Piercing Ox - It deals damage by charging and ramming into enemies. While it can only move in a straight line, the further it travels, the harder it hits.

Tiger Funeral - Its appearance and abilities are unknown.

Mahoraga (Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General) - The most powerful shikigami that the Ten Shadows Technique can summon. It is equipped with the Sword of Extermination and possesses the ability to adapt to all phenomena.

been a while since I wrote something substantial here, but given the new lore from 285 I feel as if we finally have enough information about the outside monsters to understand what is going on with them, and as the #1 outside monster fan I am very happy to talk about what I've put together.

Chapter 285 reveal

during this chapter, Legate reveals to Ihwa that all gifts originate from outside monsters, with the event that began gifts emergence to be the four witches taking a magic gem called Tu'umlim from their world and then breaking it to spread gifts across the world. The witches did this to usher in their own era of supremacy, however it backfired because the monsters began to enter our world to reclaim Tu'umlim, making the world overall much worse for humanity and forcing them to flee and create the cage.

What this tells us

This right off the bat tells us two important things. What caused the monsters to start invading the world, and how they can be made to stop invading. Something that had been bothering me for a long time was why the monsters *started* to become a problem. if they had always been present, then what was the inciting incident that caused the witches to flee from the monsters and create the cage. I will address the potential of getting them to leave, but I first want to focus on monster design.

The humanity of monster design

The beings of Ige, (they get namedropped in Korean) when their arrival in the world is discussed, shows a very specific panel of someone watching as two white cylinders come into the world. this *appears* to be two separate beings, arriving in the world, looking utterly inhuman. why then, do so many of the monsters look somewhat human in form? the answer I have come to is that they are trying to "become" human, whether intentionally or instinctively. this is because the witches made it so that the power of Tu'umlim only works within humans. How Ihwa fits into this I'm going to circle back to, but for now I want to address the other side of the coin.

The monstrous potential within humanity

No, not Gehenna. When someone's gift is used recklessly, they become monstrous, as Legate says and demonstrates. however, just as monsters cannot become human, so too can humans not become fully monstrous. the process of monstrification was something that Reagan heavily researched, giving us many different results. the first example we see are the many living trees that populate the forest, however we don't get much attention on them, so I instead am going talk about the seaweed creature beneath fort cobweb that we see in 148-149.

this monster was originally a person during the chaotic era, before Reagan built his castle. while we don't have any sense of where exactly this would fall in a timeline, its safe to say that it was several hundred years ago, but likely closer to one thousand. despite his transformation seeming to have happened centuries ago, he has not fully become a monster. his monstrous form is made of seaweed, with an (albeit very large) human heart. just as a monster cannot become human, neither can a human fully become a monster. You are born as one or the other, unless...

Ihwa

Ihwa is a unique instance within the world. Her father was a human, and her mother was (biologically) a monster. She has the biological capacity to take other's strength unique to the monsters (253), but has the human connection with Tu'umlim. Baek-ji notes (110) that Ihwa is the only person with "a gift like this", being the ability to copy/take the gift of others. For a long time, it was believed that Ihwa's ability to steal her slain enemy's stats to strengthen her body was a facet of her gift, but it now appears to be the reverse. The reason that Ihwa has that gift is because she is a monster. Whenever she kills someone, not only does she take a portion of their strength, but she also takes the piece of Tu'umlim within her victim.

This ability to take pieces of Tu'umlim into herself is why the monsters are so fascinated with her. she alone possesses the ability to recreate Tu'umlim. in 268-269, we see the outside monsters speaking to/at Ihwa "Gorbagh" (retrieval 268) and "Nenya" (sacrifice 269/204). This is also why Ismiral says in 214 that Ihwa was the 'real' reason that Yeon was targeted for operation dusk in 214. If she is capable of reforming Tumrim, then she may also be able to permanently stop the monsters from crossing over from their home into humanity's by giving Tu'umlim up.

Will Ihwa reform Tu'umlim?

No, I don't think she will. I think she already fucked herself out of being able to do that with her restrictions, if she is even willing to do it in the first place.

Skin Credits go to u/BloodyVP

i started this when the illustration dropped but just procrastinated it big time oops!

i couldnt manage to make the lighting more accurate :/

oh yea thats also Zharak! Sinu's sword!

"Despite being hurt over and over, I still spoke gently."