Summary

Black Flash in Jujutsu Kaisen is a game-changer but unreliable – even the best wizards can't use it at will. Successive flashes of black lightning can cause the user to recover their Reverse Cursed Technique, adding a beneficial side effect. In Chapter #256, Black Lightning gains new importance, leading to a duel between Sukuna and Yuji for its own sake.

inside Jujutsu Kaisen The universe is filled with powerful possibilities, Black flash considered an extremely powerful technique but unreliable and susceptible to counterattacks. At least that was the prevailing thought until Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter #256, where creator Gege Akutami upgraded Black Flash to the most broken ability a wizard could hope to have in his bag of tricks. their magic.

After defeating Satoru Gojo and several other powerful sorcerers, a few chapters ago, it seems that the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna, has finally met his match in the combined efforts of Yuta, Yuji , Maki and the others were too much for the ancient witch to overcome.

But just when the end seemed near in Chapter #255 with three hands severed or beyond repair, a heart severely injured and unable to heal itself with reverse curse energy, Sukuna shocked all the warriors with a second Black Flash attack just minutes after his first attack. – a move that is rarely performed even when a sorcerer is at full health.

Jujutsu Kaisen removes Black Flash's limitations

This powerful ability has become a staple of the series

Black lightning is defined as a distortion in space when cursed energy strikes a target a fraction of a second after a physical attack, causing the cursed energy to “capture.” Although often confused with a cursed technique, Black Flash is actually a power-enhancing or power-multiplying technique. When activated, Black Flash increases attack damage to 2.5 times normal power.

The black flash occurs when cursed energy attaches to a physical attack 0.000001 seconds, or microseconds, before the attack lands.

To gain such a powerful ability, almost any witch can use the Black Flash attack if the conditions are right. Typically, this occurs when circumstances are so stressful or stressful that the user is pushed to their limits. Additionally, Black Flash only occurs with physical attacks, so it is experienced more often by witches who prefer close combat.

Black Flash is an unreliable ability

Even the most skilled witches cannot use it at will

If those conditions are met then the Black Lightning attack can be performed. Naturally, the stronger and more skilled the user, the more damage Black Flash's attacks will cause. Indeed, a Black Lightning attack by a pure warrior like Yuji or Maki would be significantly more punishing than Megumi's.

However, the main problem with Black Flash is that users never really know whether it can be activated when they need it. Even supreme sorcerers with exceptional control over their cursed energy, like Gojo, cannot use Black Flash on demand, to the point that the number of consecutive Black Flash hits is a badge of honor. participate in the jujutsu community.

So while Black Flash has the potential to be a game-changer in a fight, it's certainly not an ability that users can rely on. Indeed, doing so would be very dangerous. Only a few practitioners of jujutsu magic have access to this ability, and those who do can count the number of times they succeed in using it in an attack. Accordingly, most Jujutsu Kaisen fans consider this a great but limited ability.

The side effects of Black Flash can be more damaging than its main uses

Successive flashes of black lightning can cause the user to restore their reverse cursed technique

So, for many fans, it was a surprise when in Chapter #255, they found out Black Flash helped Gojo regain the ability to use the Reverse Cursed Technique. That is, Black Flash possesses a secondary ability that has a positive effect on the user, while also causing damage to the target.

Satoru Gojo regains his Reverse Curse Technique after two consecutive Black Lightnings.

Up until that point, all but the most dedicated Jujutsu Kaisen fans believed that Black Flash was just an attack/fighting technique. However, this comment confirms the Black Flash retcon that was first revealed during Gojo's fight with Sukuna. On the contrary, that retcon is derived from two previous situations and has no connection to each other in the story.

The first situation occurs in Chapter #50 when senior Jujutsu wizard Kento Nanami describes what users encounter when they use Black Flash continuously:

When successfully using Black Flash, the Jujutsu user will be in a zone similar to what athletes experience.

That is, they enter a state of optimal performance that combines undistracted focus, exuberant confidence, and complete mastery of all the skills and abilities they were born with. have or have learned during practice. Nanami captures the essence of the feeling perfectly: performing jujutsu magic becomes as natural as breathing.

The second situation occurs during the fight between Yuji, Todo and Mahito in Chapter #128, right after Todo uses Black Flash against Mahito, which the manga's narration suggests Using Black Flash once allows users to unlock 120 percent of their potential.

Black Lightning could be the ability to decide the fate of the world

Yuji and Sukuna will exchange black lightning

Of course, based on the understanding of Black Flash before Gojo's fight with Sukuna, the application of these other ability elements only adds to the idea that it improves the overall performance of the afflicted power user. curse. Indeed, to take Nanami's analogy – when the athletes are in the zone – everyone is impressed by how much they can't miss a shot. No one – other than Akutami – thought it could have restorative abilities that would benefit the user.

But that's actually what happened to Gojo with his second Black Flash attack in his fight against Sukuna. Specifically, while the attack deals massive damage to the target, it also allows him to regain another high-level jujutsu magic technique in Reverse Cursed Energy. Indeed, while dealing a devastating blow to an opponent in battle is a desirable outcome, being able to restore survivability seems much more useful.

Chapter #256 begins with Gojo explaining why he cannot use Black Flash at will, despite having Six Eyes. This proves that the technique will once again play an important role in the story, and it helps highlight Yuji's potential as someone “chosen by the black sparks.” However, the question remains whether Sukuna's Black Lightning will help him recover his Domain technique, which would spell doom for the heroes.

Jujutsu Kaisen reframed the already devastating devastation Black flash the possibility of achieving even higher status – and now it will be a battle between Sukuna and Yuji to see who can benefit the most from it.

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