Toji Fushiguro's Love

In the plot of Jujutsu Kaisen, Megumi Fushiguro once said something like this:

"That bastard father of mine named me Megumi without even checking whether I was a boy or a girl."

Megumi's dissatisfaction was easy enough to understand, because Megumi was a name usually given to girls.

Megumi Fushiguro was a boy, and a cool, handsome one at that—the kind who could take down half the Middle School Division's delinquents by himself.

Anyone who learned that someone so strong and cold—especially rebellious in middle school—had a little girl's name would look at Megumi Fushiguro strangely.

The odd looks from his classmates naturally made Megumi Fushiguro uncomfortable all over, and even more rebellious.

What Megumi Fushiguro did not know was that whether he had been a boy or a girl, Toji Fushiguro would have given him only one name.

Megumi.

It meant a blessing bestowed upon Toji Fushiguro by heaven.

Before leaving the Zenin Family, Toji Fushiguro did not know what love was, because there had been no love in his childhood.

Toji Fushiguro had been born without Cursed Energy, which made his life in the curse-centric Zenin Family utterly miserable.

Although Toji Fushiguro's parents came from a good background, neither possessed the talent to become Jujutsu Sorcerers, so the two of them lived poorly within the Zenin Family.

It was only after Jinichi Zenin grew up that their lives improved somewhat. Later, they placed their hopes of advancing further on Toji Fushiguro.

Unfortunately, Toji Fushiguro had not inherited the Zenin Family's Technique as they wished. He did not even possess the slightest trace of Cursed Energy.

By Zenin standards, Toji Fushiguro was inferior even to ordinary people with only a trace of Cursed Energy.

This left Toji Fushiguro's parents furious and disappointed.

Later, for the sake of one final hope, they threw Toji Fushiguro into a horde of Cursed Spirits when he was six.

They threw their child into a mass of man-eating Cursed Spirits.

Outside, such an act would have been unimaginably cruel, condemned by everyone.

But in the Zenin Family, it was nothing difficult to understand.

This alone showed how twisted the Zenin Family's values were.

Toji Fushiguro did not awaken a Technique as his parents had hoped. When the battered Toji Fushiguro crawled out from underground, he still did not possess a trace of Cursed Energy.

The scar at the corner of Toji Fushiguro's mouth had also been left by that incident.

Toji Fushiguro's parents gave up on him completely.

The Zenin Family was not surprised by this either. They placed Toji Fushiguro together with several others who lacked talent for Cursed Energy and raised them together.

As a child, before his Heavenly Restriction had fully developed, Toji Fushiguro was constantly bullied by the others.

A child with no parents, no children of his own, and no Cursed Energy—who else were they supposed to bully if not him?

This also planted the seed of violence deep in Toji Fushiguro's heart.

Later, when Toji Fushiguro reached his teens and his body developed, the strength brought by his Heavenly Restriction had become powerful enough.

At that point, Toji Fushiguro began using violence, just as they had, to resist every injustice.

At first, two fists could not defeat four hands.

But as the combat instincts hidden within Toji Fushiguro's perfect body were gradually awakened, the Heavenly Tyrant was born.

That was also why Naoya Zenin later both feared and revered Toji Fushiguro.

At first, he had merely gone to take a look out of curiosity, but after meeting him for the first time, he fell for him at first sight.

Later, Naoya Zenin tested Toji Fushiguro to determine whether he was truly strong or merely putting on a show. As a result, he fell completely and became one of Toji's greatest admirers.

Naoya Zenin was someone who thought highly of himself yet bullied the weak and feared the strong. Many people in the Zenin Family were like that.

They thought themselves extraordinary because of their status, yet because of that same status, they did not dare resist those above them.

Eventually, the Zenin Family became boring to Toji Fushiguro.

Everyone feared him and dreaded him. Those who had once bullied Toji Fushiguro would detour around him the moment they saw him.

Very few people still spoke to Toji Fushiguro, and Naobito Zenin was one of them.

Naobito Zenin was known as the most open-minded of the Zenin Family's twenty-six heads.

Naobito Zenin noticed Toji Fushiguro's situation and understood what Toji Fushiguro was thinking.

So when Toji Fushiguro fought his way out of the Zenin Family, Naobito Zenin did not stop him.

Because it was not worth it.

Letting Toji Fushiguro leave would preserve a measure of goodwill between them while also preventing the family from suffering too many losses.

After all, Toji Fushiguro had merely injured members of the Kukuru Squad and several Hei members stationed at the estate before leaving with a few handy Cursed Tools.

Fortunately, Toji Fushiguro had not yet tamed the Inventory Curse Worm at that time. Otherwise, there would not have been much left in the Zenin Family's Jiku, and Naobito Zenin would probably have had to fight Toji Fushiguro to the death.

Toji Fushiguro was the kind of Heavenly Restriction who grew stronger step by step. He was not like Maki Zenin, who accumulated strength over time, awakened in a single moment, and immediately reached the top.

Therefore, if Naobito Zenin had led Hei against Toji Fushiguro in a fight to the death, the outcome truly would have been hard to predict.

After leaving the Zenin Family, Toji Fushiguro experienced what love was for the first time.

At first, it was merely physical love with Erika Fushiguro.

Slowly, Erika Fushiguro's care and her anticipation for their new life made even Toji Fushiguro, this grown boy, realize what love was.

"Toji, what name are you planning to give the child?"

Erika Fushiguro stroked her ever-growing belly and looked at Toji Fushiguro.

"Megumi."

"What if it's a boy?"

"Megumi too."

Erika Fushiguro found that somewhat strange.

"This is a blessing bestowed upon me by heaven."

Hearing that, Erika Fushiguro's face bloomed with a happy smile.

"Zenin Megumi? That's a good name."

"Not Zenin. Fushiguro."

"Huh?"

Erika Fushiguro's face was full of surprise.

"I hate the Zenin Family."

So he did not want to leave that name to his child.

"I married into your family, so it's Fushiguro."

"Okay."

Having vaguely guessed something, Erika Fushiguro agreed to Toji Fushiguro's decision.

After spending so much time together, she also knew that Toji Fushiguro's past had not been a happy one. When they first met, Toji Fushiguro had been like a homeless big dog, pitiful and helpless.

Unfortunately, fate did not spare Toji Fushiguro.

Erika Fushiguro died, but fortunately, there was still someone to care for Megumi Fushiguro.

Minako Fushiguro could not bear to see Megumi Fushiguro cared for so clumsily by Toji Fushiguro, so she kept Megumi Fushiguro by her side and cared for him together with Tsumiki Fushiguro.

Toji Fushiguro loved Megumi Fushiguro deeply. He simply did not know how to express that love, because his parents had not loved him, so he did not know how to show his love to Megumi Fushiguro.

Later, before accepting the mission to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel, Toji Fushiguro met with Naobito Zenin.

During that meeting, Toji Fushiguro and Naobito Zenin reached a deal.

If Megumi Fushiguro awakened a Technique, Megumi Fushiguro would be sold to the Zenin Family.

Did Toji Fushiguro lack that little bit of money?

No.

This was merely a means for Toji Fushiguro to exert pressure. No one treasured cheap burlap clothes, but expensive silk garments made people tread carefully even when walking.

Therefore, Megumi Fushiguro could not simply be handed over to the Zenin Family.

Toji Fushiguro understood this. It was also the only way he could think of to ensure Megumi Fushiguro lived a good life.

And there was another condition attached to this deal.

If Satoru Gojo died or lost consciousness for some reason, then their agreement with Toji Fushiguro would be carried out, and Megumi Fushiguro would be made the head of the Zenin Family.

Yes, before carrying out the mission to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel, Toji Fushiguro had already decided to stake everything on securing a future for the child he loved most.

In Toji Fushiguro's eyes, the head of the Zenin Family held the most noble status in the world.

Toji Fushiguro wanted to give that status to the son he loved most.

Even if standing in his way was the pinnacle of the Jujutsu World, the legendary Six Eyes.

Naobito Zenin had no objections to this. If Megumi Fushiguro truly awakened the Ten Shadows Technique, then he naturally had the qualifications to become head of the Zenin Family. Naobito Zenin only needed to take Megumi Fushiguro as his adopted son and raise him properly.

A member of the Zenin bloodline, possessing the Ten Shadows Technique, and the adopted son of the previous family head.

It would not be difficult to push Megumi Fushiguro into the position of family head.

Besides, if the Sorcerer Killer Toji Fushiguro truly managed to kill the Six Eyes, he would be helping the Zenin Family eliminate a grave threat.

Unfortunately, fate did not favor Toji Fushiguro.

Before Tengen completed her assimilation, the karmic connection between Tengen, the Six Eyes, and the Star Plasma Vessel could not be severed.

Just as another Star Plasma Vessel appeared before Tengen soon after Riko Amanai's death, the Six Eyes, serving as a safeguard, would not disappear before Tengen completed her assimilation.

Kenjaku had once attempted to kill both the Six Eyes and the Star Plasma Vessel five hundred years ago, but afterward, the Six Eyes and the Star Plasma Vessel still appeared, and Tengen once again completed her assimilation with the Star Plasma Vessel.

Faced with such an unreasonable, cheat-like existence, Toji Fushiguro could only suffer an unwilling defeat.

But he still had one lingering concern: Megumi Fushiguro. Without him outside exerting pressure on the Zenin Family, would Megumi Fushiguro be bullied just as he had been?

With that final worry, Toji Fushiguro tried to entrust Megumi Fushiguro to the Six Eyes.

Toji Fushiguro was fortunate, because in the end, he won that gamble-like act of entrustment.

When he was summoned to Shinjuku, Toji Fushiguro took his own life in satisfaction.

Toji Fushiguro was also unfortunate, because Megumi Fushiguro was later possessed by Ryomen Sukuna. Sukuna used Megumi Fushiguro's Technique to personally kill his sister, and from that point on, Megumi Fushiguro was better off dead.