u/Common-Pattern3224

Yes i know this might seem like a bit of a crazy take to some (especially manga larpers) but give me a chance. I believe Kashimo is top 1 in the verse, meaning > Gojo > Sukuna > Yuji > Dabura. ill give you guys proof even and some points just to prove it, so im gonna try to convince you. bear with me for a moment here okay?

first of all, take a look at the first attached photo. You can clearly see a bit of Kashimo's arm sticking out, directly out of the lightning from Kamutoke. at this point, he was not even in MBA form yet, meaning he tanked a direct hit from Sukuna's kamutoke, which sukuna used to slaughter the clans in the heian era which Gojo was stated to be "Nothing compared to them" to Uraume by Sukuna before GojoVSukuna happened. this means Kashimo durability >> gojo, even blue infused, and could be interpreted as Kashimo > Gojo easily.

now you can take a look at the second photo. there are two red circlees, the one circling the quivering line is the one ill address first. this shows Sukuna visibly shaking while Kashimo is grinning ear to ear, and the second circle is the bold, shaky text. Sukuna was very nervous during this fight and was not seen shaking whilst fighting Gojo even once. This means Kashimo put a fear into Sukuna that even Gojo couldnt, thus we can infer that Kashimo is definitively > Gojo.

and if you couldnt tell, Sukuna defeated Gojo which also puts Sukuna > Gojo, which means that Kashimo is definitively > Sukuna > Gojo.

now for Yuji, a lot of people think he is the strongest now in modulo which isnt true. he has basically no feats over Sukuna. Sukuna easily could have done what Yuji did to Mahito and could have done the same huge dismantle Yuji did on the curses in tokyo. Yuji could easily be taken out by a few cant miss lightning strikes. Kashimo could easily dodge Yuji's dismantles with his xray vision and FTL movement too

And do we even need to talk about Dabura? Kashimo has already been seen moving FTL (specifically, FASTER, which, remember, puts his speed > dabura, who cant reach LS's speed) against Sukuna in Shinjuku, so he significantly outspeeds Dabura too who cant reach lightspeed yet. If we are being honest, even daburas CTR and domain wont help, Kashimo would easily speed blitz him before he could open his domain and even if he did, whos to say Kashimo has no domain? Kashimo is comfortably > Dabura also, which puts him at top 1 already.

Now for the elepahant in the room. Why did Kashimo "lose" to Sukuna? He didnt. Kashimo wanted a fair fight, so he didnt use his domain on Sukuna because he knew that Sukuna had no domain to counter with, and wasnt even in his true form. He wanted to push Sukuna to his true form, and was going to let him recover rct and domain before Sukuna began attacking early, which caught him off guard. He died to world cutting slash, which has instantaneous travel speed (which is why he couldnt evade it at FTL speeds), and died due to his pity and generousity for Sukuna. Sukuna simply got a cheap shot on him before he could end it and take him down in his true form.

And prime Kashimo was much more powerful likely, and this Kashimo we saw was also heavily limited by his vessel.

Anyways thanks for listening, please dont downvote me its just my take and id love to hear your replies!