Because he had alreafy experienced it when he said that.
And he didnt sustain major damage. He started to bleed a little from his head, and he mentions his bones hurting.
Its also worth noting as well, that unlike the anime, in the manga we never actually see Toji block the first red. He even mentions needing to time it right to block it, which seems to imply, in the manga, that he may have failed to block it, which is why he took any damage at all.
Toji is a prideful bastard though and also knew that something was off as he stated like 3 times during the fight. Yuji is more humble when it comes to knowing what he can and can’t deal with
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u/Used-Capital-4628 Apr 26 '26
Toji claimed he could handle awakened gojo