I keep convincing myself that there’s no way we don’t get a part 2

they are seasoned lol

i cant see how lol

megumi ended up being the most useless out of the 3, couldnt even tame all his pets

This finna be a divisive ass ending lmao

I can see immense glaze coming and immense feelings of meh/ anti climax

Not sure where I stand, gonna try to reserve judgement to the end

My guess is ending will be fine and also that gege planned it like that but he rushed the way to get to that conclusion.

Sure people never shutting up about kenjaku after he was killed, the desire for sukuna backstory, heian area flashback, what does yuji’s domain do every week (it applies his curse technique to a barrier like Gojo explained forever ago), “we still don’t know what the merger does” (it is a plot device we are trying to avoid, why would we see what it does)

Mind you I’m not seeing one person state all these things I’m just saying across the comments online people parrot these wishlist items for the author to explore and then act like the plot has suffered when none of that s*** was important to begin with

Let’s be real here

Who read the manga because they got spoiled by leaks

See above, also I don’t think this viewpoint takes into account the story telling constraints and stylings of a series that’s produced weekly. And again I don’t think the series is perfect but I just don’t agree that the story needed any other kind of ending, it’s just commonplace to nitpick towards the end. We also have 3 whole chapters left and while I’m not expecting drastic changes there’s still room to wrap things up in a clearer thematic sense

raising the question about what the merging of the tengen with the world actually looks like and then never showing is is quite unfortunate writing. Also the entire context provided by Yuki and Kenjaku about the state of the world and cursed energy. Why Tengen took on the toll to control the flow of cursed energy in Japan and sacrifice a a star plasma vessel to continue this cycle for 1500 years. That being said Megumi still has access to the merging and 3 chapters are left. Gege has to do something with it even if it is just reviving Tengen. Ill be looking forward to that because the entire Tengen plotline is very underdeveloped

Fam this is exactly what I’m talking about, gege doesn’t have to do any of that to wrap this up lmao. The megumi merger thing I can see being a discussion at most. Tengen was a fossilized d\*\*\*head stuck in harmful tradition, the story has moved on

An entire Heian flashback arc always seemed to me like it would do more harm than good. Part of the mystery is what makes it seem all the more sinister that these sorcerers take on the form of reincarnated sorcerers. Like did you know that this Dhruv guy live in 200AD. That means Kenjaku and Tengen are 1800 years old

But when gege dropped this I was almost sure we would get some much needed clarification because Tengens decision to control the flow of cursed energy seems crazy important given that it is the background for the entire Hidden Inventory and Culling Games saga

yeah I know that Tengen is a d\*\*\*head but that doesnt change the fact that her story has to be atleast be resolved in some way lol. And I dont mean an entire arc btw. but something still gotta happen or will Fetus Tengen just be inside Megumi?!

Remember, the “worst ending” is whatever shounen manga is ending

This isn't headcannon lmfaoo this is ppl just wanting more from under-developed plot points which i think ppl have every right to complain about.

Headcanon means already made ideas of what would a plot point be. Nothing here is a Headcanon. It's people wanting to see plot points be explained or expanded on. The points hinted at and never brought up again by Gege.

Now I agree with you on the notion that not everything in the universe has to be explained lore.

However, a heinen era back story would really flesh out a lot of the irrelevant curses and characters brought by the culling games.

I will not be ready for when they drop this banger in the anime when Nobara returns

What you find underdeveloped I find genuinely unnecessary for the plot (and I use the word necessary in the strictest sense of the word, not saying it wouldn’t be nice to explore more but it’s just not needed)

I’m not sure I understand the difference in your definition of headcanon. I don’t want to mischaracterize your words but I think where we differ is that I don’t think the “plot points” you’re referring to were ever crucial plot points to begin with. The overinflation of their importance to the narrative is what I’m referring to as headcanon.

Canon is

Gojo wears glasses and blindfolds to hide his blue eyes.

Headcanon is

Gojo wears a blindfold because less exposure is made compared to his glasses thus saving him energy and power to use six eyes.

Reality

Gege finds it easier to draw a blindfold vs a google set.

It's little tidbits of in universe explanations or story deets filled in by the fandom.

But I'm cool to agree to disagree on how important those subject points are in the first place.

Hot take but Sukuna is better of without a backstory.

It would either make him comically evil like All for one or it would humanize him like Obito. Both would make him how he is in the story very one dimensional.

His entire dynamic with Yuji would fall apart.

Like when Megumi and Yuji in vol 1 was out here trying to save that criminal inside the prison and Megumi goes like "no he probably a bad guy" but yuji still wants to take his corpse to the guys mom even tho megumi and gojo just saved yuji purely of a gut feeling like a chapter earlier.

Thats like the entire dilemma of jjk and megumi, yuji and Sukunas relationship summarized. I dunno why people have forgotten all about what jjk really about and everybody instead gojo brained.

Is he not already comically evil? bro has literally done nothing but evil things since he's shown up