yuji having an overpowered memory ability (potentially broken CT?) was a pretty cracked plot bunny imo.

most super popular anime protags have the Punch Hard and Everything is Well superpower, which is why i really liked the (temporary) plot bunny that was yuji having a busted memory ability. it was such an unknown variable that you could do so many things with.

Additionally, Choso is also explained in the manga very soon after the scene happens that he and Yuji are actually related, and this is some sort of familial connection like with the other 2 brothers.

Sukuna wouldn't mention it like how he didn't mention yuji's blood manipulation ability that was revealed in the latter half of the series. this literal canon instance is proof sukuna just wouldn't mention anything about yuji's latent abilities outside of his physical strength.

the "choso" confirmation was FAR after the todo scene that I referenced, you're deliberately jumping to different points in time that aren't applicable to the times i'm talking about regarding the info the fandom had at that point in time.

yuji having an overpowered memory ability (potentially broken CT?) was a pretty cracked plot bunny imo.

most super popular anime protags have the Punch Hard and Everything is Well superpower, which is why i really liked the (temporary) plot bunny that was yuji having a busted memory ability. it was such an unknown variable that you could do so many things with.

Often in shonen we have teens put in these life or death, literally fight to live and fight to save everyone, situations and we get moments when the characters react but something about Yuji having this moment mid-battle hits different. I mean look at this kid

(Also, how long was Yuji basically on his own while his grandpa was in the hospital because the way he’s clutching himself is similar to that of someone who has had to rely on themselves for comfort, particularly at a young age, but I digress.)

Yuji has fought so hard and then everything that happens before this happens and it’s beyond more than he can take. He couldn’t help his friends or senseis or senpais, he’s struggling to beat Mahito, and he just can’t anymore. All he can do is cry and hold himself and try to self-soothe because he can’t even forgive himself let alone fight more right now. It’s painful and cathartic because we’ve been running along with these characters in this Shibuya shitshow and to have a character break down about the events in the thick of it is like a breath, a moment of yeah, all of this really is a lot and it’s not okay.

Itadori Yuuji ✩ 虎杖悠仁 ✧ (March 20) ♡

The main idea of Infinity is distance, not mainly/solely space. We know this because Gege stated Gojo's Infinity is Achilles and the Tortoise being brought into reality, on top of basically being able to divide by zero (bringing paradoxes into reality).

But besides that.

Infinity is not sentient, therefore it cannot decifer whether an attack happening within gojo's space is specifically targeted at him or not. It is indiscriminate. It triggers anytime anything steps within it's space/range.

We can see the range isn't just wrapped around Gojo's physical body, it occupies a bigger space outside of his body too. Otherwise the rocks would've injured Megumi.

Now, bypassing Gojo's Infinity via "Force Displacement" (targeting an area around him to have the "shockwave" of the main attack harm him) would work if Infinity wasn't indiscriminate. But it is. ❌

Cleave could also easily bypass Gojo if it had a teleporting like ability, but by previous canon examples, it's shown to be a projectile (if it wasn't, it wouldn't be hitting the environment around the people nor operate as a flying force. Mahoraga could see and deflect it on time too, which he wouldn't have been able to do if it wasn't a projectile and just spawned in his body). ❌

Infinity functions as an infinitely divisible distance, not as gravity or a barrier. It slows things, operating as the infinite numbers that prevent the object in range (1) from reaching Gojo (0). Gege states in between the two numbers is a gazillion imaginary numbers capable of dividing by zero and applying it to reality, re: an "Undefined Infinity series". This protection is not solely wrapped around Gojo's body, it occupies the space around him too, therefore attacking the space he's in with a projectile is just as futile.

On top of that, Cleave is shown to be wholly physical. It's CE properties are only based on downing the target based on their CE. That's it. Based off of it's canonical definition, it would be incapable of "tearing" space. Space isn't something that can just be "torn", in a conventional physical sense. It can bend and move but not tear. To be capable of "tearing" space, you'd have to have spatial manipulation as part of your main kit, which obviously isn't in Sukuna's. Additionally, he himself stated he couldn't change CE properties, which would be Cleave operating as a tangible, physical projectile.

lol ur good + they do have parallels!

Polarity, electrons, electromagnetic force, and nuclear bonds are treated within quantum mechanics due to their inherent quantum behaviors (that classical physics cannot quite accurately describe, but quantum mechanics kinda can with their framework!), not necessarily because other forces operating within the quantum mechanical scale overpowers them.

(Also, density and mass may have macroscopic properties but possibly have quantum origins. For example, the mass of an atom arises from it's subatomic particles + the binding energy b/n them, which is quantum in nature!)

The main idea of Infinity is distance, not mainly/solely space. We know this because Gege stated Gojo's Infinity is Achilles and the Tortoise being brought into reality, on top of basically being able to divide by zero (bringing paradoxes into reality).

But besides that.

Infinity is not sentient, therefore it cannot decifer whether an attack happening within gojo's space is specifically targeted at him or not. It is indiscriminate. It triggers anytime anything steps within it's space/range.

We can see the range isn't just wrapped around Gojo's physical body, it occupies a bigger space outside of his body too. Otherwise the rocks would've injured Megumi.

Now, bypassing Gojo's Infinity via "Force Displacement" (targeting an area around him to have the "shockwave" of the main attack harm him) would work if Infinity wasn't indiscriminate. But it is. ❌

Cleave could also easily bypass Gojo if it had a teleporting like ability, but by previous canon examples, it's shown to be a projectile (if it wasn't, it wouldn't be hitting the environment around the people nor operate as a flying force. Mahoraga could see and deflect it on time too, which he wouldn't have been able to do if it wasn't a projectile and just spawned in his body). ❌

Infinity functions as an infinitely divisible distance, not as gravity or a barrier. It slows things, operating as the infinite numbers that prevent the object in range (1) from reaching Gojo (0). Gege states in between the two numbers is a gazillion imaginary numbers capable of dividing by zero and applying it to reality, re: an "Undefined Infinity series". This protection is not solely wrapped around Gojo's body, it occupies the space around him too, therefore attacking the space he's in with a projectile is just as futile.

On top of that, Cleave is shown to be wholly physical. It's CE properties are only based on downing the target based on their CE. That's it. Based off of it's canonical definition, it would be incapable of "tearing" space. Space isn't something that can just be "torn", in a conventional physical sense. It can bend and move but not tear. To be capable of "tearing" space, you'd have to have spatial manipulation as part of your main kit, which obviously isn't in Sukuna's. Additionally, he himself stated he couldn't change CE properties, which would be Cleave operating as a tangible, physical projectile.

no lol you're fine! I'll answer in a reblog because the answer is moderately long and wouldn't fit into a comment methinks.

1. Weak nuclear forces in general operate at very short, subatomic distances. Infinity is a neutral force, that activates with anything indirect or direct, so I think it's unlikely if we're talking about general nuclear bombs.

2. Black holes. Would definitely be on the heavier side and evoke a different reaction entirely.

At the core, space and time as we know them quickly break down. The gravitational points are so strong they create new singluarities. these points are where our current mathematical/physical understanding stop being reliable (similarly to Gojo's Infinity bringing that "Undefined" into reality. This aspect of a Black Hole is Impossible to comprehend, just like Gojo's Infinity).

Tbh, a clash between an Infinite-like power that Infinitely divides distance/space and a literal Infinite "Absolute" power harboring Infinite density is up to whatever gege feels (maybe an infinite "bomb" would spawn between them lol), but if we're to guess and speculate further...

If Gojo was near the "horizon" of a black hole (that is the Point of No Return. Not even Light, a thing capable of bypassing Infinity, can escape. Time itself is also heavily affected/disoriented, and the manipulation of it is capable of bypassing Infinity due to its properties operating on a different dimension from Infinity's), Infinity might fail, especially when we know that space and time start to be rendered useless the closer something gets to one.

I think in this specific case, Infinity would more than likely be overcome because I think a black hole (and the Absolutes it manipulates) represents a force greater than Infinity's force to repel. The effect in muddying Infinity wouldn't be fast though, it would be agonizingly slow.

Sure, the space Infinity operates in would continue to try to divide more and more space but a black hole is essentially applying a new Reality Effect, warping and basically rendering the space Infinity operates on, as useless. Infinity itself might eventually be more compelled to be pulled to that singularity over the space around Gojo.