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Jujutsu Kaisen

Yuji Itadori is pulled into the world of curses after swallowing a dangerous object. At Tokyo Jujutsu High, he trains with Megumi and Nobara under Gojo. Schoolwork soon means dealing with creatures and techniques that turn a small mistake into a serious cost.

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What to notice

Learn a cursed technique alongside its user. A Domain Expansion, a cursed tool and a character's name can sound equally familiar while answering different questions. The named encounter matters too; don't turn one battle result into a ranking of the whole cast.

In this guide
  1. School ties narrow a clue without finishing it
  2. A technique, a tool and a domain are different answers
  3. Later information changes how an early scene reads
  4. Review the clue that excluded your first pick
  5. Names worth keeping apart
  6. Try the questions

School ties narrow a clue without finishing it

Yuji, Megumi and Nobara train together, with Gojo as a teacher. That shared setting explains why several names may fit a broad clue about a student. A specific technique, relationship or early-story circumstance has to do the final work.

Put teachers and students on separate lines in a review note. Then add the unusual detail that distinguishes each person. A question about a mentor's ability shouldn't be answered with a student simply because both appear in the same scene.

A technique, a tool and a domain are different answers

Jujutsu Kaisen has several overlapping kinds of power-related vocabulary. A cursed tool is an object; a technique belongs to a user's abilities; a Domain Expansion is another specific concept. Familiarity with a phrase isn't enough if the prompt asks for a different kind of thing.

For each missed power question, write its user and one plain-language description of the effect. Add a restriction when the question depends on it. This creates a useful distinction rather than a list of dramatic names with no connections.

Later information changes how an early scene reads

Viewers can know more than the characters at a particular point. In a question tied to an early encounter, use the information and abilities available then. A later revelation can explain the scene without belonging to everyone's knowledge inside it.

This also makes spoilers unusually easy to introduce in a short answer. The overview stays near the premise, while the folded question examples may go further. Open them when you want the explanation rather than assuming every answer below is safe for a new viewer.

Review the clue that excluded your first pick

After choosing the wrong student or technique, return to the narrowest phrase in the prompt. Ask which of the two options it actually describes. If both seem to fit, check whether the question specifies an arc, a user or a victory condition.

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Names worth keeping apart

Name or conceptUseful clueWatch for
Yuji ItadoriStudent drawn into curses through a dangerous objectSchool membership alone also fits other students.
Satoru GojoTeacher at Tokyo Jujutsu HighA student's connection to a teacher doesn't identify their ability.
Cursed toolAn object used in the settingA tool isn't the same category as its user.
Domain ExpansionA specific power-related conceptRead whether the prompt asks for a domain, technique or character.

Keep these straight

Test yourself

There are 37 related questions in the current game. The examples below may contain story spoilers. Try an answer before expanding its explanation.

Student who swallowed a cursed finger and became Sukuna's vessel. Jujutsu Kaisen

ANSWER

Yuji Itadori

The cursed-finger incident identifies Yuji as Sukuna's vessel. Sukuna is the entity involved, rather than the student the prompt describes. Gojo's teacher role and Megumi's shadow summons are separate clues.

First-year who summons shikigami through hand shadows. Jujutsu Kaisen

ANSWER

Megumi Fushiguro

Shadow-based shikigami summons point to Megumi. Yuji is associated with the vessel incident, and Nobara with hammer-and-nail attacks. All are students, so the fighting method does the useful work here.

Which studio animates Jujutsu Kaisen? Jujutsu Kaisen

ANSWER

MAPPA

MAPPA is the animation-production answer for the version named here. A studio credit identifies the animation team, not the source author or the streaming service. Check the season or year before applying that credit to another adaptation.

Merges Blue and Red into a mass that erases whatever it hits. Jujutsu Kaisen

ANSWER

Hollow Purple

Hollow Purple is the name that matches the ability described in the prompt. Link a technique to its user and defining effect; a character, a transformation and an organization can appear together without being the same kind of answer.

Sources & corrections

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