UM SO YEAH HI THIS WON’T BE CALM NOR COHERENT PROBABLY BUT i’m sitting here bawling my eyes out because we got an ending i’m personally incredibly satisfied with and here’s why
first of all i’m so glad to see sukuna still smiling and peacefully coming to terms with his own situation despite everything, it’s so comforting to see him leave wearing the same smirk he wore and we saw & loved from the very start. i’m so incredibly glad we got a final insight into his mind and how it indeed tracks back to yuuji’s words.
yuuji did manage to reach sukuna and make him reconsider everything for the very first time. and if the peaceful expression he’s wearing is anything to go by, i think yuuji knows it too in his heart, even if sukuna ultimately left. let’s not forget their souls having lived side by side means they are bonded for good; he would have preferred to succeed in saving sukuna now, but i feel like he knows he went peacefully at least. sukuna might have declined yuuji’s offer, but it wasn’t out of pride nor a rational decision but a rooted insecurity and him thinking it was too late for it in this life and wether it was a personal reflection or an altruistic decision it’s still so bittersweet. but! he did listen and internalized those words because if there’s a next time he’ll consider it: a different, gentler path.
and the way it closes, oh my god. yuuji looking down at his hand and then up, smiling, sukuna’s hiding spot opening and the sunlight filtering in. someone give me a thousand tissues and a bottle of something strong
sukuna, yuuji, i love you forever
