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Warning : This Article Contains Spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen
InJujutsu Kaisen , one fictional character ’s manifest death is , for some reason , kept absurdly vague . Nobara Kugisakimet her so-called end in the Shibuya Incident , after Mahito used Idle Transfiguration to mutilate her face and rip an centre out . However , there ’s never been an explicit affirmation that Nobara is in fact beat . She is almost certainly dead , throw how much of the manga there is leave for her to look in , but Gege Akutami just refuses to give closure to her .
It ’s become one of the most thwarting game points of the series , especially as it heads towards a finale . Despite starting the series as one of the ' independent trio ' alongside main supporter Yuji Itadori and their fellow thaumaturge in training Megumi Fushiguro , her unclear death seems to be all blow out off after the fight that immediately ensues afterward . She does get some abbreviated honorable mention , but is largely brushed off .
Why Gege Akutami would do this is unclear . Perhaps they had intended for her to return at some peak , but prison term is go out for Nobara to do such a thing . Even if she were to return now , it may be a case of too niggling too recently .
Evidence that Nobara Is Not Actually Dead
Some Fans Cling to Hope Yet
As mentioned , Nobara was never really said to be dead . directly before Yuji and Todo go to crusade Mahito and avenge Nobara , another training sorcerer name Arata Nitta is there too . Arata has a weak kind of inverse bane technique that does n’t patch wounds , but stops them from get worse . He explicitly tells Yuji that she might not be bushed , but to not get his hopes up . To a reader , this will read ninety - nine percent of the time that a reference is in fact not bushed and will belike recover .
Nobara wasthe 2nd victim of Mahito in the Shibuya Incident- the first being Kento Nanami , who was completely destroyed by the curse . In comparison , her injuries are not really too tremendous . Characters lose eye is also a pretty common occurrent in all kinds of medium , so thinking she ’d still hark back was not as overly hopeful as one would mean . However , when Yuji meet up with Megumi survey the Shibuya Incident , he asks about Kugisaki , only to get a sad glance downwards from his friend in response . Nobara does n’t ever appear again . She is also barely ever mentioned again .
Kugisaki Goes Forgotten in the Rest of Jujutsu Kaisen
Bizarrely , Nobara is almost wholly ignore to be as much as cite after Yuji ask about her . Now this may seem obvious - if a character is utter , after all , characters are n’t go to sit around mope around over it , especially in a manga as fast - paced asJujutsu Kaisen . However , the character who should be discussing her end just do n’t mouth about it . The most egregious shell of all is when Satoru Gojo is finally freed from the Prison Realm .
Gojo had been Nobara ’s teacher , and while they did n’t have a cryptic relationship , it ’d be gestate that Gojo would say something about her death . Gojo does speak of the decease of Nanami . But Nobara goes unmentioned . Given Nanami had a fairly loose kinship with Gojo , being friends but not really interact at length , it’soutright bizarre that his pupil ’s demise is brushed off in lieu of Nanami . Unless , of course , Nobara is n’t dead , but for all intents and purposes , she may as well be .
The One Time Nobara Is Actually Mentioned
Kugisaki Gets a Single Reference
To Gege Akutami ’s credit , they did give one mention to Nobara later in to the manga . It ’s in comparison to another character , Hana Kurusu , who is the host of the ' Angel ' the protagonists had been looking for since the Culling Games began . Yuji mention he wasworried that she would replace Nobarain their ' three . ' This is thus far the last book of facts to Nobara inJujutsu Kaisen . Perhaps Hana ’s deficiency of relevance following the Culling Games is what Yuji was refer to , as both she and Nobara are contributing about the same to the secret plan right now .
Hana does n’t even really get a chance to interchange Nobara . She ’s introduced alongside a tidy sum of other sorcerers whipped up into the Culling Games , and does n’t get much development otherwise . Megumi help her when they were both younger , but that aside , there ’s very little give about her or the ' Angel . ' While it unfortunately makes sense that Hana is specify to replace Nobara in the triad , this is never built on . The plot of ground quickly removes Megumi from the picture afterward , scare off any hope of a new trio forming properly .
Nanami Gets a Legacy, Nobara Does Not
Nanami’s Death Was More Consequential than Nobara’s
Nanami ’s death , however , is follow up on . As advert , Gojo pays his respects to the Sorcerer , but more crucial is the fact his curse technique and dick were mix . The iconic textile - envelop blade wasimbued with his ' weak smear ' technique , and was entrusted to Nanami ’s near associate Takuma Ino . This is a hearty follow - up and delivery to his death , so even though he had been obliterated by Mahito , Nanami was still help out in some way from beyond the tomb .
Nobara , as the header above State , did not have such an honour . Despite her Straw Doll technique being unique and interesting in its own right , the hammer - wielding sorcerer goes forgotten . Given Itadori receive a number of other baron ups prior to the ongoing final conflict , such as ancestry use , Yuji getting a Straw Doll that replicate Nobara ’s technique could ’ve been a perfect agency to show how he will conduct on her legacy . But no such putz was given to Yuji , adding another question grade to her status .
Another Sorcerer’s Reappearance Could Implicate an Imminent Return
Nobara Could Still Come Back
Nobara only showed hope comparatively , so for her to keep up she ’d have to grow stronger offscreen . That ’d be a very dissatisfactory way to make her relevant again .
While a tenacious shot , Jujutsu Kaisendid very recently bring back one character who had been go almost as long as Nobara , Aoi Todo . Todo had been grievously wounded in his combat with Yuji against Mahito , recede a mitt and scorching his stay on one . As Todo ask to clap to activate his proficiency , his career as a sorcerer should ’ve been over . But he returned with a new way to trigger his technique in Chapter 260,mentioning " vibrancy " , which is also the name of Nobara ’s doomed proficiency . Todo ’s return could then be a teasing of Nobara ’s surprise comeback .
However , Jujutsu Kaisenis coming very close to its conclusion . With so little left to go , buff might see her reappearance being contrived . Todo had already establish to be an expert sorcerer , butNobara only showed promise comparatively , so for her to keep up she ’d have to grow stronger offscreen . That ’d be a very unsatisfying way to make her relevant again . As it stand , Nobara ’s death and the utter equivocalness and the coherent refusal to follow up on it from Gege Akutami have culminate into a frustrative plot point that will peradventure never be resolve gratifyingly beforeJujutsu Kaisenends .
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Jujutsu Kaisen is a supernatural action anime that follows mellow schooling student Yuuji Itadori as he combat against magical curses . After Yuji altruistically saves a classmate by taking a curse into his own body , he is discovered and trained by a muscular sorcerer diagnose Satoru Gojo . Gojo , who also happen to be a module member at a high school , enrolls Yuji there to serve him and other students train themselves against the supernatural force out that plague humanity .
Jujutsu Kaisen is a supernatural action anime that follows high school student Yuuji Itadori as he battles against magical curses. After Yuji selflessly saves a classmate by taking a curse into his own body, he is discovered and trained by a powerful sorcerer named Satoru Gojo. Gojo, who also happens to be a faculty member at a high school, enrolls Yuji there to help him and other students prepare themselves against the supernatural forces that plague humanity.
Jujutsu Kaisen is a supernatural action anime that follows high school student Yuuji Itadori as he battles against magical curses. After Yuji selflessly saves a classmate by taking a curse into his own body, he is discovered and trained by a powerful sorcerer named Satoru Gojo. Gojo, who also happens to be a faculty member at a high school, enrolls Yuji there to help him and other students prepare themselves against the supernatural forces that plague humanity.
