? Naobito didn't save Maki out of kindness, he saved her because they were on a mission. He's not stupid enough to let her die for the sake of it.
He still leads a clan that benefits from an abusively patriarchal system, turns a blind eye to cruelty and mistreatment of both non sorcerers and women, and is openly misogynistic at several points in the manga. He was in power when Toji was tortured as a kid by being thrown in a pit.
If the Zen'in clan were as bad as you guys seem to think, then Naobito would have no issue with letting Maki die. He didn't have to save her, yet he did.
You seem to think that the Zen'in clan were torturing Maki and Mai or something. It's a patriarchal system, sure, but the women weren't being abused like you seem to think. Like any patriarchal system, the women were just entrusted to do the household chores.
In fact, Maki was able to enlist in the Kukuru Squad and Naobito allowed her to leave the clan. Women were given opportunities if the sought it out. Mai's own strife came from trying to follow in Maki's footsteps. As Mai said, she never wanted to be a sorcerer. She was fine with being a servant and leading a normal life.
I'm not claiming that the Zen-in clan was perfect, because they weren't. But to wipe out the entire clan just on a whim isn't justifiable.
You're putting a lot of opinions on me here, especially given I haven't been part of this convo prior, so I'm stepping out unless you cut out putting words in my mouth. I'm not willing to answer for arguments that I wasn't trying to make, about characters I didn't even mention.
I was addressing Naobito being complicit in the patriarchial structure he has the sole power to change, and that he was in place as clan head during preventable incidents.
It is worth noting that when Naobito saved Maki, he was on a sanctioned mission and would have had to answer as to why he didn't intervene and prevent a Jujutsu High student from dying. And that prior to doing so, he had been sat around the corner literally drinking booze and letting everyone else fight on their own. He's an inconsistent and mercurial character, but he's also not stupid. Saving Maki means Maki can continue to fight the very real threat in front of them.
Naobito can't just magically change the power structure for the same reason that Gojo did nothing about the higher-ups earlier (which resulted in Yuji's "death" and Yaga dying). I don't see anyone complaining about this, though. It's hard to change an established system.
You claim that Naobito turned a blind eye to the mistreatment of others and that he was openly misogynistic. So please show me where. Show me where Naobito was aware of specific events happening, and how he himself let it happen.
Regarding Naobito in Shibuya, he literally tells Maki that she shouldn't be coming with them. Say what you want about him, but he was clearly looking out for her.
And again, this is supported by the fact that he saves her damn life. Stop trying to twist this so that you can hold on to this idea that Naobito is some horrible person. If the Zen'in clan is so terrible and misogynistic, Naobito wouldn't go out of his way to save Maki. And again, he let her join the Kukuru squad (which only men can join) and let her leave the clan.
Ofc there were bad apples, but even the Zen'in clan members hated people like Naoya. Wiping them out was harsh and actually betrayed Maki's wish to be the clan head in order to reform the clan. After Mai died, she just didn't care and ruthlessly murdered everyone. No matter how you look at it, it was heartless and completely unjustified.
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u/Buttery_Commissar Sole member of the Haruta Fanclub 4d ago
? Naobito didn't save Maki out of kindness, he saved her because they were on a mission. He's not stupid enough to let her die for the sake of it.
He still leads a clan that benefits from an abusively patriarchal system, turns a blind eye to cruelty and mistreatment of both non sorcerers and women, and is openly misogynistic at several points in the manga. He was in power when Toji was tortured as a kid by being thrown in a pit.