r/MahiBros

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They're doing acrobatics :3

Mahito has so much goon potential because of his curse technique

He can literally become a goth mommy

Or a femboy

Why gaygay why?!!!

Mahito returning after Shibuya had real potential. Not because fans needed another Yuji vs Mahito rematch, but because Mahito was one of the most thematically important villains in Jujutsu Kaisen. He was not just a powerful curse. He was Yuji’s opposite. Yuji protected the value of life, while Mahito treated the soul like clay. Their conflict mattered because they represented two completely different views of existence.
That is exactly why bringing Mahito back just to repeat the same grudge from Shibuya feels weak. If Mahito returns only thinking about his defeat, only wanting revenge, and only existing so Yuji can defeat him again, then the story is not expanding his character. It is recycling his old role.
Mahito already lost in Shibuya in the way that mattered most. Yuji broke his confidence. Mahito ran from him like prey. He was no longer the predator laughing at human suffering. He became the one crawling away in fear. Then Kenjaku absorbed him, robbing Yuji of a clean finish. That ending was frustrating, but that frustration was part of the point. Yuji did not get simple revenge. Mahito did not get a glorious villain death. He was used and discarded.
So if a sequel brings him back, the important question should not be, “Can Yuji beat Mahito again?” That question has already been answered emotionally. The better question is, “What did that defeat and everything after it do to Mahito?”
That is where the missed opportunity is.
If Mahito spent around seventy years trapped between life and death, isolated from everyone, that should have changed him. Not necessarily into a good person. Mahito should not suddenly become a hero or apologize for what he did to Junpei, Nanami, Nobara, or Yuji. That would feel fake. But he should not be exactly the same childish curse either.
Seventy years of silence should create reflection. Mahito was young compared to the other Disaster Curses. He was still growing, still discovering himself, still forming his identity. In the original story, he was constantly evolving through conflict. That was one of his defining traits. So keeping him emotionally frozen after decades feels like simple writing.
A stronger direction would have been to make Mahito’s return about loss, not revenge.
Mahito lost Jogo.
He lost Hanami.
He lost Dagon.
He lost the only beings who could truly be called his kin.
People may say, “But Mahito is a curse.” That does not debunk anything. Jogo was a curse too, and Jogo clearly grieved Dagon’s death. The Disaster Curses were evil, but they were not emotionless machines. They had pride, attachment, loyalty, and a shared dream. Jogo wanted curses to replace humans as the true form of life. Hanami fought for the earth. Dagon was treated like part of their group. Their bond was twisted, but it was still real.
So Mahito missing them would not be redemption. It would be development.
That distinction matters. Mahito does not need to care about humans. He does not need to regret killing. He does not need to become morally better. But he can become lonelier. He can realize that the Disaster Curses were the closest thing he had to family. He can still be selfish, cruel, and dangerous while also wanting to return to his own kind.
This would also strengthen the parallel between Mahito and Yuji. Yuji also suffered deep loneliness. He lost people again and again. He carried guilt, grief, and the weight of surviving when others died. If Gege gave Mahito a similar kind of suffering, being alone for decades between life and death, then that would not make their rivalry meaningless. It would make it matter even more.
Because the point would not be “Yuji suffered, Mahito suffered, so they are the same.” They are not the same. The point would be that both were forced to confront loneliness, loss, and the consequences of Shibuya, but they responded differently.
Yuji’s suffering pushed him toward carrying others’ wills.
Mahito’s suffering could push him toward wanting to return to his own kin.
That is a much stronger rivalry than simply making Mahito obsessed with revenge. Their contrast would evolve. In Shibuya, the rivalry was about life versus the soul, humanity versus curse, and Yuji rejecting Mahito’s ideology. After seventy years, it could become about what loneliness does to both of them.
Yuji became someone who lives for others.
Mahito could become someone who realizes he lost the only “others” he had.
That would make their rivalry deeper, not weaker.
If Mahito repels Maru only because he still hates Yuji, that is basic. It reduces him to a grudge machine. But if he repels Maru because he does not care about someone else’s mission, does not want to be used again, and only wants to find his kin, then his character gains weight.
It would connect perfectly to his character. Mahito was born from human hatred, but his identity revolved around the soul. After being trapped between life and death, it would make sense for him to obsess over where souls go, whether curses can reunite, and whether Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon still exist somewhere beyond death.
This would also make his relationship with Yuji more layered. Yuji would expect the old Mahito: cruel, mocking, obsessed with breaking him. But instead, he would meet a Mahito who is still evil, still dangerous, but no longer centered entirely around Yuji. That would disturb Yuji in a different way. It would force him to face the fact that even monsters can change without becoming innocent.
And for Mahito, it would be humiliating in a new way. His old identity was built on being free, playful, and superior to humans. But after Shibuya, that image was destroyed. Kenjaku used him. Yuji broke him. His friends died. His “game” ended with him abandoned.
That is much stronger than another simple rematch.
A second Yuji vs Mahito fight can still happen, but it should not be the entire point. The fight should reveal what changed. Mahito should not just scream about Shibuya again. He should carry Shibuya differently. His defeat should not only be a grudge; it should be a scar. His loneliness should show. His desire to return to the Disaster Curses should show. His hatred for Yuji can still exist, but it should no longer be the only thing defining him.
That is why using Mahito as a basic revenge plot device is disappointing. The setup had potential for a deeper exploration of curse identity, grief, isolation, and the meaning of kinship among monsters. Instead of asking whether Mahito could be beaten again, the story could have asked what seventy years of deathlike isolation would do to a curse who was still growing when he died.
Mahito should not have returned as a redeemed villain.
He should have returned as a changed curse.
Still cruel.
Still selfish.
Still Mahito.
But lonelier. More haunted. Less playful. More desperate to find the only beings who ever stood beside him.
That would have honored his character instead of reducing him to fanservice. It would also prove that Yuji and Mahito’s rivalry still matters, because both of them were shaped by suffering after Shibuya. The difference is that Yuji carried his suffering toward life, while Mahito could have carried his toward the dead.

This is especially frustrating because Modulo’s entire story is already built around conflict between races, loneliness, coexistence, and inherited wills. Mahito was the perfect character to tie those themes together. He is not human, not Simurian, and not a normal cursed spirit in the emotional sense; he was one of the Disaster Curses, a group that genuinely treated each other as kin. If Yuji’s loneliness came from surviving the people he loved, Mahito’s loneliness could have come from losing the only curses who ever stood beside him. That would not erase their rivalry. It would deepen it. Yuji carries the wills of the dead toward life, while Mahito could have carried the absence of his dead kin toward death. Instead of using him as a fanservice rematch, the story could have used him to question whether even curses have their own form of grief, identity, and belonging.

I know it’s bad I’m not the best at editing

Using idle transfiguration, he was able to give junpei a cursed technique, right (it’s been a while since I’ve watched the vs. mahito arc)? So, could he remove them from someone? Or replicate one and use it somehow?

Basically, how strong do you think Mahito would have been if he had reached his maximum innate talent? How strong would he be in stats? How powerful would idle transfiguration be, and how much would it have grown? What new applications of it could he use?

Since inanimate objects have souls in jjk, if I’m not mistaken, why can’t Mahito transfigure them? Unless I’m missing something, if this is the case, shouldn’t be able to transfigure most things? Please correct me if I’m wrong.

I still think he got probably one of the worst fate compared to any of the of the other villains of the story