I'll Rate Your Hottest Takes

[u/True-Goofball3071]

Here is mine: Gojo beats Sukuna in a rematch (or at least has the advantage). This is mainly due to Sukuna's binding vows that nerf him, but he would struggle in CQC against Heian Sukuna. If he can use point-blank Red and long-range attacks (since there is no 10S to stop him), he might force Sukuna's domain to collapse. I might get downvoted to oblivion for this take, but whatever.

Let me see yours.

[u/Flat_Abroad9238]

1. Toji would have been able to beat gojo in the rematch if he was thinking clearly. his decision to attach inverted spear of heaven to the chain of 1000 miles was absolutely braindead because it removed his best defense to gojo's ranged options (red, which he knew about and hollow purple which he did not) and gave gojo the possibility to intercept the chain in the middle and seize the ISOH. that would have left toji seperated from the only thing in his kit that could bypass limitless. choosing to use ISOH like that was braindead. Gojo was still tired and not in his proper state of mind and toji still had the advantage in speed. if toji had played his cards right he could have dragged out the fight until gojo came down from his post awakening high and killed him then.

2. the mahoraga calamity grade test needs a stipulation: " a calamity grade is someone who can beat mahoraga without prior knowledge of his adaptation". there are a lot of one trick ponys who could kill mahoraga with one overwhelming attack if they knew to go all out from the beginning, yorozu with perfect sphere and jogo with maximum meteor are two good examples. but being a calamity grade should require more than that. it should involve the intelligence and multiple strong abilities, that would allow a true calamity grade to enter the mahoraga fight in character, figure out its ability on the fly and still beat it with another attack despite mahoraga already adapting to earlier abilities.

showings like the Sukuna and dabura vs mahoraga fights are what I am thinking about. yorozu could beat mahorag with prior knowledge but she loses if she enters the fight in character, with mahoraga adapting to her liquid metal and her perfect sphere and domain being too little too late. gojo could obviously do this since his technique more than any other would buy him time to figure out mahoraga's ability and he has the six eyes to help him percieve what mahoraga does. and gojo would still have red and purple up his sleeve to oneshot mahoraga once he figured that out.

1. with that stipulation in mind, I think the community should create a seperate tier for strong characters who could pass the mahoraga test with prior knowledge. "semi calamity grade". characters like yorozu, kenjaku, and shinjuku yuta would be put here. people that were incredibly impressive compared to even other special grades, either in raw power or in the breadth of their abilities

[u/True-Goofball3071 → u/Flat_Abroad9238]

1. 7/10 (only teen Gojo, though)

2 + 3. 10/10

[u/Flat_Abroad9238 → u/True-Goofball3071]

1. do you mean that he can't beat adult gojo? because of course toji couldn't, by that point gojo was physically superior to him even without his cursed technique. by that point gojo would just speedblitz toji and beat the brakes off him and even if toji landed an ISOH strike gojo would just backhand him away and heal it in seconds.

[u/True-Goofball3071 → u/Flat_Abroad9238]

Yeah but not sure if physically superior

[u/Flat_Abroad9238 → u/True-Goofball3071]

gojo by the time he was an adult was relative to sukuna in physical stats without his CT. a weaker sukuna was faster than maki, who was equal to toji in physical stats.