Hey, so I was reading up on the compatibility of Essentialism or Existentialism with Buddhism the other day and it got me thinking about this scene/theme in Jujutsu.
Toji and now Geto suggest that the body has some sort of power over the soul (existentialism) but Mahito sees it the other way around being an Essentialist but Nihilist. What I found curious was with a cursory reading of Buddhism, its suggested neither approach is accurate. Buddhists seemingly don't believe soul or body precedes or necessitates the other. I'm aware I'm probably oversimplifying concepts that are both complicated and nuanced by school of Buddhism subscribed to, but I was curious what the implications of this would be given Buddhisms prevalent themes across the series.
I'm guessing a lot. Toji when resurrected seemed to have the same powers, personality, and memories. Sukuna's mummified fingers may be a different process but suggests a constancy of soul even when split into multiple parts (which feels very buddhist). Plus when Gojo sees Getwo he says his eyes perceiving everything as Geto at every level so presumably most of him seems to be present in some form or another, he just may not be driving the ship, similar to how Yuji can see and experience what Sukuna is doing.
Jeremiah Parker
Enough to immediately want to help Gojo, which is sad. I wonder when he'll find out about Nanako and Mimiko.
I know nothing about Juju but just wanted to stop by to say fuck your Yuichi Nakamura voiced generic cool mentor character, I hope he dies soon. Overnight all the Japanese artists I follow started spamming him and they won't fucking stop.
Didn't really want this to turn into a general but alas here we are
That being said I think Sukuna and Gojo represent the Buddha concept which to an extent explains why Sukuna keeps knocking people for not understanding the true nature of curses. They're all focused on level 1 questions like soul v. body when he's already on the next level painting on the skies n shit.
