Like all the best shonen anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen is full of powerful combatants, intriguing settings, and interesting weapons. The weapons in shonen anime often get overlooked, but each item that is able to help a character succeed adds depth to both the character and the setting, making them effective assets in terms of storytelling.
Cursed weapons allow a jujutsu sorcerer to have a larger impact in a battle with cursed spirits but are looked down on by sorcerers as a crutch for the weak. Regardless of their canonical perception though, fans have to admit that cursed weapons are cool, and the stronger the weapon, the cooler it is.
10 Nanami’s Blunt Cleaver Relies On His Cursed Technique To Get The Job Done
It is hard to know just how powerful Nanami’s cleaver truly is. Due to the way Kento Nanami’s cursed technique creates vulnerabilities on his opponent’s body, any blade could fit the role that his weapon of choice fills. Even with a dull cleaver wrapped in a stained rag, Nanami is able to dismantle special grade cursed spirits in a single blow.
9 Shigemo’s Hand Sword Offers The Cowardly Sorcerer A Sneaky Way To Counter His Own Weaknesses
Shigemo is one of the most despicable characters in Jujutsu Kaisen. The sorcerer leans into his own cowardice by avoiding direct head to head battles and only attacking enemies whose backs are turned.
This is what makes Shigemo’s Hand Sword so powerful. The sword allows Shigemo to rely on the strength of the sword rather than his own. With a semi-conscious hand that functions as the weapons hilt, Shigemo’s sword is able to hold tight to its user’s weak grip and move on its own to create the sort of misdirection that Shigemo is all too happy to take advantage of.
8 Slaughter Demon Helps Introduce Cursed Weapons But Fails To Make It Past The Intro
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime introduces cursed weapons when Gojo hands Yuji Slaughter Demon before he begins his first mission with Nobara. The short blade gives Yuji the ability to combat cursed spirits despite lacking his own stores of cursed energy. Against the average cursed spirit, Slaughter Demon is a fine weapon, but the moment it comes up against the power of a special grade cursed spirit, it is rendered useless.
7 Toji’s Broadsword Slices Through Cursed Spirits Like Butter
Toji Fushiguro is so physically powerful that it is difficult to tell whether the broadsword he carries is strong or not. It would seem that any weapon that he chooses to wield could cut through diamonds, but weapon durability is a big part of a cursed weapon’s strength.
At the very least, Toji’s broadsword is capable of holding up against some massive cursed spirits in the JJK manga. Not only does the weapon withstand the cursed spirit, but it also rips them in half as if they were made of paper. Toji certainly is powerful, but his broadsword shouldn’t be overlooked just because he is the one wielding it.
6 Megumi’s Black Blade Is Powerful Enough To Cut Hanami
Megumi’s black blade not only matches his own dark aesthetic but also serves as a powerful weapon in the battle against Hanami. When wielded by Maki Zenin, the blade is able to hold back the most durable of all the special grade cursed spirits threatening Japan.
It has yet to be revealed why the blade is black, but if it has something to do with the Ten Shadows technique, the young sorcerer may one day learn to enhance his own weapons in a way that surpasses even the most powerful cursed tools.
5 Dragon Bone Absorbs Cursed Energy & Uses It To Enhance Itself
Juzo Kumiya may not be an incredible solo combatant, but his craftmanship is unmatched in the modern era of jujutsu sorcery. In the most recent chapters of the manga, Maki utilizes Kumiya’s finest weapon and the sword gifted to her by Mai, to dismantle the entirety of the Zenin clan.
Of course, Maki is assisted by her own massive muscles, but the ability to absorb cursed energy and enhance itself makes Dragon Bone an extraordinarily powerful cursed weapon. It is especially useful for those who are unable to enhance a weapon with their own cursed energy like Maki.
4 Playful Cloud Packs Enough Cursed Energy Behind It To Send A Special Grade Cursed Spirit Flying
Hanami is one of the most durable cursed spirits fans of JJK have been introduced to. The only way to explain how he managed to escape Gojo’s Hollow Purple Technique with a single arm missing is by crediting him with this durability.
Still, when Maki smacks Hanami with the Playful Cloud without any cursed energy backing her swing, the cursed spirit is sent careening through the forest. Considering Hanami’s durability, it is fair to say that this swing would have killed nearly any other cursed spirit it came in contact with.
3 The Sword Of Extermination Directly Counters Cursed Spirits By Channeling Positive Energy
The Divine General Mahoraga keeps the sword of extermination strapped to his wrists as a direct counter to cursed spirits. During the General’s battle with Sukuna in the Shibuya Incident Arc, the king of curses explains that if he were not protected by Yuji’s human body, the General’s attack could have been lethal.
2 Chain Of A Thousand Miles Is Endlessly Lethal In The Hands Of Toji Fushiguro
Toji Fushiguro collected an impressive store of weapons while serving under the name Sorcerer-Killer. Despite lacking cursed energy, Toji is able to keep up with even the most powerful sorcerers thanks to his supernatural physical abilities and weapons like the Chain of a Thousand Miles and The Inverted Spear of Heaven.
The Chain of A Thousand Miles is able to extend indefinitely as long as its wielder is able to keep the end of the chain out of sight. To do this, Toji keeps the chain moving at a pace that the human eye cannot track.
1 The Inverted Spear Of Heaven Nullifies Cursed Techniques
The Inverted Spear of Heaven has yet to make its anime debut, but when it does, viewers will have to hit the rewind button to make sure their eyes have not deceived them. During the Gojo’s Past Arc of the manga, Toji Fushiguro uses the Inverted Spear of Heaven to defeat Satoru Gojo.
The Inverted Spear offers Toji a direct counter to Satoru’s impressive cursed energy stores by nullifying cursed techniques. For this reason, Satoru made it a priority to seal the Inverted Spear away after recovering from his battle with Toji.
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