What does Sukuna's finger taste like?

Important points

• Jujutsu Kaisen follows Yuji, who work together to collect the cursed fingers and banish Sukuna.
• Sukuna's fingers had a disgusting taste. It was like a stick of feces and vomit that had been doused with waxy soap.
• Detailed descriptions from the characters suggest that eating cursed objects is repulsive.

Jujutsu Kaisen It follows the story of Yuji Itadori, a teenager who becomes the vessel of a powerful sorcerer named Ryomen Sukuna by eating the finger of a dark sorcerer. To avoid execution, Itadori teams up with the students and faculty of Jujutsu High to collect Sukuna's remaining fingers and banish the spirit once and for all. Let's review: Jujutsu Kaisen It's an anime about a boy who eats a cursed finger.

When it comes to eating cursed fingers What will the Cursed Finger taste like? And it wasn't the cursed finger, the finger of the “King of Curses” no less! Unfortunately (or maybe. good luck) We will never eat it in real life. Therefore, the only tool available is speculation combined with knowledge gathered from the JJK legend.

Ryomen Sukuna is one of JJK's most depraved characters.

His fingers reflected his dark soul.

The first clue to understanding the flavor of meat is where it comes from. Consider beef. There are many factors that affect the taste of beef. Including what cows eat The amount of time spent traveling from farm to farm over a lifetime. and the part of the cow that was killed The same logic applies to Sukuna's fingers.

So who is Ryomen Sukuna? In short, he was the most dangerous jujutsu shaman of the Heian period (794 CE to 1185 CE). Sukuna used his advanced ability to wield cursed energy to feed his gluttony for bloodshed. No wizard was powerful enough to defeat Sukuna. This caused the Japanese authorities to comply with his will and hold a celebration in his honor.

When Sukuna died His body had become a cursed object. And his soul split into twenty fingers (yes, Sukuna had four arms) for the next thousand years. These fingers have been rotated to different places. sensitive to curses Act as a guardian to eliminate cursed spirits.

Another fun fact about Sukuna: he's a cannibal. His taste for human flesh is best described by one of his quotes from the manga:

All humans have unique and fleeting tastes…which makes devouring them the perfect way to pass the time until death.

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Jujutsu Kaisen
Chapter 238

As Sukuna's origin story and lifestyle indicate, his fingers have no pleasant taste. These were the fingers of a gruesome cannibal who had wrinkled into dry, sticky fingers over a thousand years. The word 'game' was an understatement.

JJK's character suggests that the cursed object tastes terrible.

The series creator compared Sukuna's fingers to soap.

Another source of information we can refer to about Sukuna's finger tastes is the character who eats cursed objects and spirits. Considering he had eaten Sukuna's finger before. Yuji talks about how it tastes in Season 1, Episode 2, “For Himself” after swallowing his second Sukuna finger. Yuji then exclaims, “Blach, that's terrible. I mean, it's terrible. It's funny.” isn't the most specific description. But it's reasonable.

Suguru Geto, a sorcerer with the power to dispel and absorb curses. Giving significantly more detail, in Season 2, Episode 1, “Hidden Inventory,” Geto mentions a cursed soul. “It tastes like swallowing a dirty rag used to clean up poop and vomit.” That sounded consistent with Yuuji's description.

Finally Jujutsu Kaisen mangaka Gege Akutami gave a clear answer about the taste of Sukuna's fingers in the official fanbook published in 2021. Akutami claimed that grave wax covered Sukuna's fingers.

Wait. What is grave wax? The answer is very unsettling. Grave wax is a naturally occurring substance that coats decaying corpses. As the human body decays The fat breaks down into an orange waxy substance that helps preserve it. According to Akutami, the taste is similar to soap.

Stories from Itadori, Geto, and Akutami suggest that Sukuna's fingers taste like sticks of hardened excrement and vomit doused in waxy soap. They are bitter, sour, acidic, putrid, and spicy in a bad way. the most This flavor breakdown makes sense because these fingers are toxic to the average human. Even though the taste buds are dead But one still needs extreme resilience to cursed energy to consume it.