Unleashing the Power: The Ultimate Guide to Jujutsu Kaisen's Anti-Domain Techniques
Learn about the essential Anti-Domain Techniques in Jujutsu Kaisen! These powerful techniques are specifically designed to counter Domain Expansions, making them invaluable for Jujutsu Sorcerers Discover the Esoteric Technique, New Shadow Style, Secret Art, and Domain Amplification Don't miss out on this fascinating guide!
Highlights
Anti-Domain Techniques are used to counteract the sure hit function of a Domain Expansion, prolonging the fight until the user runs out of cursed energy.
Domain Expansions can be effectively countered by techniques such as Hollow Wicker Basket, Simple Domain, and Falling Blossom Emotion. Each Anti-Domain Technique possesses unique advantages and disadvantages, and some can be tailored through Binding Vows or combined with specific sword techniques.
In the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, deploying Domain Expansions in combat is a skill reserved for only the most skilled Jujutsu Sorcerers and Curse Users. As a result, they are a minority. However, the majority of individuals who can perceive, interact with, and manipulate cursed energy are unable to use this technique. This is problematic as Domain Expansions are considered the pinnacle of jujutsu sorcery. In the worst-case scenario, these individuals require a countermeasure to deal with Domain Expansions.
When trapped in a completed Domain Expansion, particularly one with a guaranteed hit ability, most Curse Users, cursed spirits, and Jujutsu Sorcerers struggle to resist. This is because their cursed techniques become significantly less effective in this environment. To combat this, a set of techniques known as Anti-Domain Techniques has been developed. Each technique serves a specific purpose and comes with its own risks. Only the most skilled users in Jujutsu Kaisen are able to fully harness these techniques.
What Are The Different Kinds Of Anti-Domain Techniques?
Most techniques that are designed to counter a Domain Expansion focus on disabling its offensive capabilities, aiming to minimize the harm it can cause. The deployment of these techniques is aimed at prolonging the battle until the user of the Domain Expansion runs out of cursed energy, resulting in the exhaustion of their cursed technique.
The specific process by which this occurs varies depending on the type of Anti-Domain Technique being used. Additionally, the Big Three Sorcerer Families have developed their own Anti-Domain Techniques, known as Secret Arts. With their centuries-long existence, it is not surprising to see the range of countermeasures they possess for dealing with cursed spirits, Curse Users, and Jujutsu Sorcerers of different levels of expertise.
Esoteric Technique: Hollow Wicker Basket
The Hollow Wicker Basket technique was used in the past as a countermeasure against Domain Expansions. It involved creating a protective woven basket-like structure around the user's body. To activate the technique, the user would interlock their fingers and extend their arms.
Similar to other Anti-Domain Techniques, Hollow Wicker Basket negates the guaranteed hit effect by neutralizing the barrier infused with the user's inherent cursed technique. However, it does not affect the cursed technique itself, causing it to fail against incomplete or non-lethal Domain Expansions. This was demonstrated in the fight between Reggie Star and Megumi Fushiguro, where Reggie was unaware that Megumi's Chimera Shadow Garden was an incomplete Domain Expansion.
New Shadow Style: Simple Domain
Developed by Sadatsuna Ashiya during the Heian Era, Simple Domain is a highly effective method for countering Domain Expansions. It was originally created to protect followers of the Heian Era Sorcerer from dangerous Special Grade curses, referred to as a "Domain for the weak." To prevent the spread of this technique to other Curse Users, Binding Vows were established. However, this did not prevent some Sorcerers and Curse Users from witnessing the technique and reverse engineering it.
A user of Simple Domain counters the imbued cursed technique of a Domain Expansion by creating a barrier around themselves, which neutralizes the sure hit function. While this is effective against weaker to moderately powerful Domains, it proves to be ineffective against stronger and more refined ones, as they can quickly destroy the Simple Domain within seconds.
In either case, Simple Domain merely serves as a temporary measure to delay the dissipation of the cursed energy within the Domain Expansion. The Simple Domain can be customized using different Binding Vows, and it can also be used offensively when combined with specific sword techniques from the New Shadow Style. Notably, Kasumi Miwa and Atsuya Kusakabe are two prominent characters in the series known for their mastery of these sword techniques.
Secret Art: Falling Blossom Emotion
In contrast to Simple Domain's use of a barrier to counter the certain hit effect of Doman Expansion, Secret Art: Falling Blossom Emotion utilizes cursed energy to neutralize attacks. Developed by the Zenin Family, this technique is among their Secret Arts specifically designed to combat Domain Expansions. By surrounding the user with cursed energy, it allows for an immediate counter-attack when struck by a certain hit attack from a Domain Expansion.
Domain Amplification
Falling Blossom Emotion offers a superior defense mechanism against a Domain Expansion by countering the incoming attack with an equivalent amount of cursed energy. This technique not only provides a reactive means of self-defense but also presents offensive capabilities when paired with swordplay. The cursed energy enveloping the blade ensures that any object touched by it is automatically struck, greatly enhancing the efficiency and precision of attacks.
Domain Amplification is a technique that allows the user to envelop themselves in their innate Domain, effectively nullifying any cursed technique they come into contact with or the guaranteed accuracy of a Domain Expansion. The drawback of this technique is that it prevents the user from utilizing their own cursed technique, limiting them to close-quarters combat. However, it can be combined with the user's own Domain Expansion during a clash of Domains, as the user does not actively utilize their cursed technique but instead infuses it into their innate Domain.
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