Ironic that Mahito thinks life has no value, yet desperately runs from Yuji who was ready to kill him.

This guy walks outside barefooted and probably never bathes. That already confirms he's cursed

Mahito is a good embodiment of the old saying. “ Idle hands are the devil’s playthings.”

I love Mahito’s end He babbles about how life has no value yet runs away like a pathetic coward when he stared certain death in the face

One more thing about Mahito and his rivalry with Yuji. Out of all the disaster curses, he was the only one to see Yuji just as Yuji, and not just Sukuna's vessel. As much as Mahito wants to avoid an encounter with Sukuna, he's made it a point that he does not care much for him. He wants to kill Yuji. And he outright almost ruined the plan in the Shibuya Arc when makes it a game with Jogo on whether he kills Yuji first, or they get to him first.

Mahito is a villain I don’t love to hate, I don’t hate to hate. I hate him. He’s one of the most despicable and repulsive villains I’ve ever witnessed. And in that he is done perfectly. Glad I saw him get his comeuppance.

Funny how Mahito says life has no meaning, but is clearly scared of death

I’m not too deep into jujutsu Kaisen, but knowing how many people this guy has mutated just for the hell of it is sick and makes him a pretty good villain in my book

To add about Mahito, his stitched up and semi androgynous design is eerily similar to that of a Rebis; which is the alchemical embodiment of the perfection of a being. A self-embodiment of perfection as you will.

Another part of what made Mahito so despicable was that he was a freak even by Curse standards. Mahito only cared for himself. While Jogo and Dagon mourned Hanami after his death, Mahito wanted to keep on killing without a second thought for his fallen comrade. Edit: Thanks for taking my video idea!

Interesting how in many ways he is a parallel to humanity, always evolving and learning, shaping the world to his needs, yet closed minded to what he thinks its true, since if life has no inherent value, why is he alive ? If the condition of life for you is more favourable than death, so it must have an value. its just an example but he is pretty much like a newborn learning.

I really like the symbolism around Mahito's hands, as in comparison to all other creatures, humans are defined by their hands. Anything that our hands can reach will inevitably be changed and shaped to our liking, and this is due to both our endless curiosity and the dexterity that our hands afford us. Aside from balancing reasons, this is likely why Idle Transfiguration can only be activated through Mahito's hands in their base state. My favorite part is how Mahito twists this, using humanity's world-shaping hands to instead disfigure and maul other humans, just like how our own ideas and beliefs can twist the ideas and beliefs of others. He is so well written. Also, Mahito's cursed technique is very similar to Overhaul's quirk as well, though Mahito can only edit humans. Mahito might have had multiple hand-related inspirations from My Hero Academia, which is pretty impressive by my standards.

"do you know the quickest way to refute a moral nihilist?" was tuff as hell, incredible video as always meti

Great vid. Interesting thing about Mahito's design; he has red blood, unlike the other curses who have purple. Not sure if this change was solely for the anime or it was always intended, but it's likely another way for him to mirror humans/embody his origins.

yuji not being able to kill Mahito is not really a problem to me because he had the most ironic and terrible thing that could have happened to him happened to him his entire philosophy was freedom to do whatever you want despite the will and actions of others they don't matter because nothing matters so, in the end, he was used as a tool and ended up a slave

In the design his long hair could be to give him an androgynous look as he’s a representation of all humanity he resembles both a man and a woman .

I also like how (aside from Yuji) Mahito's biggest rival was Nanami, another sorcerer whose technique operates on a fundamental natural principle. Mahito's technique operates on souls, and Nanami's technique operates on the fundamental 'number' of nature, the golden ratio. Seeing as how Mahito's technique literally means "to change the natural by force," it makes sense that Nanami's Ratio technique still couldn't hurt him. Nanami is also the embodiment of 'being an adult,' which means to be an active participant in human society, for better or for worse. This directly contests with Mahito's 'Wu Wei' inspirations, as Mahito wants nothing to do with normal human affairs. Mahito eventually winning against Nanami proves that the concept of 'Wu Wei,' that being "not concering yourself with human affairs allows you to better control them," was correct. To be fair, though, Mahito only did this while Nanami (and by proxy 'human affairs') were on their last leg. He's quite the vulture. We can go down this technique interaction rabbit hole even further. The only two techniques shown to transcend Idle Manipulation were Limitless and Cursed Spirit Manipulation, two techniques wielded by separate interpretations of an enlightened one, Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto. The only difference between them and Mahito is that they actually have the power to back it up. The only person truly immune to Idle Transfiguration is Gojo, though. Yuji is a special case, as Mahito can still use Idle Transfiguration on him, but he would be killed by Sukuna in turn. He would be """""cursed""""" if you will. Geto isn't immune to Idle Transfiguration, but he was able to avoid it and eventually claim it as his own. Gojo, however, is truly immune to Idle Transfiguration. Mahito can try all the tricks he wants, but a human's creativity cannot overcome a god. While many different characters claim to be a Buddha, Gojo alone is the honored one. The other techniques that had meaningful interactions with Idle Transfiguration were the Straw Doll technique, the Boogie Woogie technique, and technically Simple Domain. Operating on the context that Mahito is an analog for a 'human,' the symbolism is juicy. Nobara's Straw Doll technique is the most common interpretation of a 'curse' in our world. Curses are closely tied to the human soul, and are vessel of humans pure hatred towards each other, so Nobara's Straw Doll technique is one of few things that actually damages Mahito. The other classic technique is Aoi Todo's Boogie Woogie technique. While a human does have a lot of control over their world, they can easily be stopped by another human who knows what they're doing. The Boogie Woogie technique embodies a human's ability to engage in strategy and tactics, and when humans strategize together (i.e. when Boogie Woogie is used with a partner), they are practically unstoppable. The only thing that has actually overcome a full throttle Boogie Woogie Todo and Yuji partnership was Mahito's perfected Self-Embodiment of Perfection, which is him temporarily gaining enlightenment, placing him above other humans. The final thing is Simple Domain, which I think embodies a human's resolve. Mechamaru was able to use it to completely negate Mahito's Idle Transfiguration, proving him to be immune to Mahito's attempts to manipulate him, unlike Junpei. Mechamaru was also being used by Mahito, but he was fully aware of it, and used Mahito for his own gain as well. However, Mechamaru was a flawed human, and while he could withstand Mahito's assault for an admirable amount of time, he eventually crumbled. Todo also used Simple Domain to shield himself from Mahito's Domain, but not even human resolve was enough to counter enlightenment. Todo had to go even further, cutting off his own hand, sacrificing his ability to change the world, to escape the effects of the Domain. This is definitely rambly, but just looking at how Mahito interacts with the cast and the symbolism of the other characters is just insanely interesting.

In all my years of viewing and reading pieces of fiction, I have never met a villain more hateable than the human curse, Mahito.

"Geto gimme a stocks card" has to be the funniest shit ever

My favourite part of Mahito is how obviously self pretentious he is, he acts and claims so many self righteous things but when chips are down he's just an immature brat selfishly doing whatever he wants

Never read it, but if what I understand about the character's values is true then he's a hypocrite. He believes all life and existence has no value or meaning, and yet when he knew for sure he was going to die during that last battle he fled. So he simultaneously holds that life has no meaning while also believing he himself has more meaning then anyone else.

It's not everyday that I hear the manga series "World Trigger" be mentioned. Truly an interesting power system.

Mahito is one of the view shonen villains who genuinely creeped me out. His ability to manipulate the soul and deform his victims so casually is truly terrifying.

In a way mahito is like a twisted version of gojo. Like mahito gojo has several Buddhist themes he draws from. They also both gave disregard for established traditions. The only difference between the two is the fact that gojo is actively trying to improve his society via having students who could surpass him in theory while mahito is just an asshole who likes putting down others. There are other ways they are similar to each other and themes they have in common but that'd be too much to put here in this single comment.

Ayo why Mahito rockin that school girl uniform so well

*despite what he did mahito is still a greatly written character and definitely a favorite of alot of the people in the community*

Interesting thing, the fact that the soul isn't special between lifeforms means that Mahito could have used his technique on many other species than just humans, and simply chose not to. Not surprising and perfectly in-character, but worth noting.

Mahito was easily one of the best villains in the series, it's a shame we never got to see his full potential

I don't know why but I love Mahito as a character. He has the childlike goofiness and psychoticness that balances out into a devilish and despicable character that I somehow love. His growth and powers, Oh lordy lord. Idle transfiguration is one of my personal favourite abilities of a character in everything I've seen

This sounds weird but Mahito is genuinely one of my favorite characters because every single fight he’s in you can really see how he keep learning new tricks and bullshit abilities from past encounters Edit: also completely forgot to mention and something I realized, in your Geto analysis you mentioned Yu Yu Hakusho’s Sensui, and that reminds me of Elder Toguro who had a similar ability to Mahito, and the parallels of Sensui saving Toguro and Kenjaku “saving” Mahito.

Holy crap, I just realized how Mahito is basically how Frankenstein's monster was supposed to look like.

I wonder if we can even really consider Mahito a bastard since he was effectively born from all the worst emotions of humanity, so effectively he's just acting how he's supposed to as opposed to characters like Doma who chose to be assholes. Being a dick is basically something built into Mahito's body.

Meti's meticulously managed alliterations are always amazingly amusing.

"Like I said, kids are cruel, Itadori. And I'm very in touch with my inner child." ―Mahito to Raid.. i mean Itadori. which is funny cause he is more of a Monsoon philosophy wise.

The hability to change the world by changing people souls is really how humans work. We need to convince people to work for us, so we can mold the world to what we want or need.

I love Mahito so much dude he's by far my favorite character next to Kenjaku

You know the tiger and dragon thing might explain why Rengoku lost to Akaza on a symbolic level as both are tigers who mainly use brute force to attack. Problem is Akaza is the bigger tiger of the two and his brute force overwhelmed Rengoku yet Tanjiro whose techniques look like dragons won in the end Thanks to his intelligence and mew techniques

Ok, the Self Embodiment of Perfection part with Brahman's theme playing in the background was just chilling, in a good way. Well played.

“Do you know the quickest way to refute a moral Nihilist?” Are you implying its to punch them in the face?

Mahito is like a Weasel. Always sneaking around, waiting for the right opportunity to strike

In smiling friends, when Grim is faced with death, he reacts the same way as Mahito does despite pretty similar nihilistic beliefs before

One day after talking about jjk with a coworker i just thought to myself about the Disaster Curses and how the order of how they went When the Forests are dead The Oceans Dry And the Fires Fade All that'll be left is the twisted form of Humanity

I read Mario at first and thought tf did the red plumber do!?

basically Mahito is the living embodiment of prejudice which some consider to be a uniquely human of personality traits....which would makes sense why he looks the most human of cursed Spirits

That bit at the end was the perfect opportunity for a smiling friends reference

THAT ENDING YOOOOOOOOO that was a godtier analysis and ending and never expected to get a reference for that in a JJK video

Great video, I'd love to see a "Building a Bastard: Kisaki Tetta"

Jesus Christ, this video was phenomenal, the analysis was beautiful, the parallels that you mentioned and the script itself, wonderful, I've had goosebumps with the final monologue about Itadori, excellent video man, I've been following you for years, and in my opinion, this is your best video so far, great job. And yes, the best way to refute a nihilist is to black flash him into oblivion, agreed.

Jujutsu Kaisen: where everyone is the protag of their own story

Can’t wait for you to cover Sukuna, dude makes Mahito look well adjusted

One of the great things that I haven't seen talked about in the Shibuya Arc is how all of the people that Mahito harmed in this arc were people that Yuji had teamed up with before this arc. Yuji had teamed up with Nanami, Nobara, and Todou before the Shhibuya arc and those fights while intense were fights that Yuji and co. came out on top. But in the Shibuya Arc Mahito takes each one of Yuji's allies out of commission in quick succession. Seeing Mahito defeat people Yuji once teamed up and had good synergy with right before Yuji's eyes made Mahito's role in this arc so much more devastating than it had been in prior arcs.

The two psychopath and best girl killers in new gen Mahito and Doma.

What I love most about Mahito is how "metal" he can look sometimes, he strikes a balance between being the most batshit crazy madlad and funny bad man out of any villain character I have ever seen.

I don't think yuji actually overcame mahito's nihilism just yet. He still has a fragile ideology and only sees himself as a cog to justify his actions since he had to give up his initial reason of doing the morally right thing. This mainly manifested itself because of the sukuna incident though, mahito was just the one to verbalize it and push him over the edge. What he needs, is to get a stronger motivation by the end of the series. Interestingly the motivations of the strongest people in jjk are always mentioned in the series and are always of selfish nature. Even yuta's motivation which seems entirely selfless is still kind of selfish because he wants to save everyone by himself. Imo yuji will develop a more selfish reason as to why he chose to take on such a heavy burden and i hope gege will focus on it.

I fucking love Mahito so much, my favorite JJK character

Oh this guy! Trust me when I say that when Yuji got to punch this smug spirit right in his face, I almost jumped out of my seat to give him a round of applause! There's an art to making you hate a character like that and Mahito is exactly that kind of hateable being!

I want schoolgirl Mahito-chan to dominate the shit outta me, to scar me to the core, to destroy me physically, mentally and emotionally

Mahito is so underrated, dude is a top tier villain

When I saw Mahito running away from Yuji, all I could think of was the scene from Smiling Friends where Grim begs Boss for his life to be spared.

I love the alliteration that you do at the start of every video when you introduce the subject of the video. So satisfying!

Dude I'm so glad I found this channel so entertaining and the love for shimoneta a man after my own heart

The very existence of Mahito os infuriating and exciting for me cause he is undoubtedly the best villain in modern jump. His gleeful destruction of anything and everything one could love, his whimsical childlike nature and ourstanding design allow him to stand above and over any other villain or antagonist in publication right now. I can't wait for him to undoubtedly comeback. Just like Kugisaki AND FUCK ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE. SHE'S COMING HOME GOD DAMN IT!

He’s a bit like Douma from Demon Slayer You’ve simply just gotta hate the bastard and the author did a very good job making sure we did

Thank you for analysing Mahito. I knew it would be a great villain to analyse and you deliverd it passing my expectations, keep it up :)

I'm so in love with this thing Thank you, Meti

ever since i saw this series on your channel i knew mahito would be perfect for it

31:00 once it hit me I let out the ugliest gut laugh imagineable 11/10 video forreal man

Mahito is a character I hate and respect a lot as an antagonist. I hate and love how he just kills notable characters, and his dynamic with Yuji is amazing, and his OST was sick. I kinda miss the bastard because on how threatening he was, or just to hypothesize how fast Yuta can pulverize him in a style similar to Roy Mustang (because of positive energy)

Mahito-chan is the greatest thing ever created. They/them Mahito supremacy 🛐

So, Mahito is a Magikarp!?

Mahito claims life has no meaning but by reminding people of this through traumatic experience, this gave Mahito’s life meaning. So when Yugi was about to pack him up finally, he ran clinging onto his life with meaning. It was at this point his ideology shatters.

This was a very well made video. I enjoyed listening to it.

mahitos my favorite character, hes such a good villain and so despicable even compared to other curses

I feel as though I understand humanity and myself more after watching this video. I can relate to this character, and I'm sad that they just become a killing machine. They have so much more potential

In addition, that monster that Mahito creates, called "Polymorphic Soul Isomer" and that only dies with a single strong and forceful blow, alludes to the phrase that "the weakest thugs can only attack in groups", as it said Maki Zenin to Yuta Okkotsu on their first mission when multiple curses attacked at once towards them... only weak cowards are strong or pretend to be strong when they work in a herd to literally lash out at a single person to gain in numbers. That's why it's so easy to destroy in one hit, because they're not really strong and all that stupid confidence goes away when you take away their number advantage and realize that when they fight separately they're very fragile.

Shigaraki ain’t got shit on my son Mahito.

YEEEESSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO THANK YOU

Been waiting for this one Great video

I have been waiting for this video. God, in all my life, and in all the media I’ve experienced, I can probably count on one hand the number of characters that have brought as much hatred out of me as Mahito did in the tail end of the Shibuya Incident, and I’m someone who has always loved great antagonists. He is most certainly a well written, truly despicable villain.

Something I appreciate is that Mahito considers himself and Yuji to be the same, one taking lives, and the other saving lives, because it's simply in their nature. But Yuji has had moments of bloodlust, whereas Mahito never experiences the desire to save a life - other than perhaps his own. Despite his ability to transform into anything, he still remains an incomplete person.

He’s the best villain in the series. Unfortunately

Oh how long I've waited for this!! 😃

Of course this video pops up after the latest episode

Love the Toji love there, keep up the awesome vids 👏🏻

Love how you have the Brahman theme from DDS2 playing in the background.

The video I've been waiting for.

Mahito is one of my favourite villains

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT.

Love your work!

The dragon and tiger analysis is extremely nice, though, to nitpick a little bit, it is a little weird that you didn’t just directly point out Yuji have the word tiger(虎) in his family name (虎杖)

Really well made, props!

Mahito is an actual villan, you don't want him to win.

Meti keeps flashing me with school girl mahito and I'm like one second hating their gutts and the next second thinking:"Damn they're fine as hell!"

I believe mahito is not the fear of hatred but the fear of indifference. Cause in some cases hate can spout love but indifference is straight ignorence.

Not even 10 seconds in this video, I see that one panel of the manga, and I am already in love. What is it with those expressions? Why are they so good?

Mahito is in my opinion one of the best well written villians in recent manga at least, everything about him fits him perfectly.

LET'S GOOOO METI MADE A MAHITO VIDEO

I was waiting for this, really wanted to know what makes Mahito so hateable as a villain, compared to Sukuna (which many people like).

Can’t believe there’s a yakuza joke in here somewhere. (10 YEARS IN THE JOIN MADE YOU A-)

Considering that his domain only has a "sure hit" property and doesn't have a "sure kill" one (cause he doesn't need it), it's probably easier and cheaper to use than those domains that require both "sure hit" and "sure kill" properties.