Jujutsu Kaisen isn’t just about sorcery and cursed energy—it’s a relentless war zone where emotions, ideologies, and lives are constantly torn apart. The series doesn’t pull punches. Its most devastating battles are brutal, emotional, and often end with lasting consequences. Characters we love fall. Morality gets twisted. And the cost of victory can be as painful as defeat. These aren’t just fights—they’re game-changers that shake the foundation of the jujutsu world.
#10: Nanami vs. Haruta Shigemo
Nanami Kento’s final battle against Haruta Shigemo during the Shibuya Incident arc is haunting. Already injured and emotionally spent after seeing his comrades fall, Nanami keeps pushing forward. He’s burned, broken, and barely standing. Yet he fights like a man possessed—not to win, but to buy time. His one good eye stares with grim determination as he obliterates curses in his path. Then Haruta appears, laughing, erratic—and stabs him through the chest. Nanami’s end comes not with glory, but a brutal, senseless death. His final vision of a peaceful beach, and the echo of Gojo telling him he can rest, hits like a punch to the soul. It’s a moment that made fans weep—and curse the cruelty of the Shibuya arc.
#9: Maki and Mai vs. The Zenin Clan
This battle wasn’t a traditional fight—it was a massacre and a statement. After surviving betrayal and exile by their own family, Maki and Mai return to confront the corrupt Zenin clan. Mai sacrifices her life to give Maki power, and what follows is devastation incarnate. Maki, now stronger than ever, kills every single member of the clan with brutal precision. No hesitation. No mercy. She slaughters them to break the cycle of abuse, tearing down generations of elitism and cruelty. The emotional weight of Mai’s sacrifice combined with the raw violence of Maki’s revenge makes this one of the most cathartic—and emotionally charged—battles in the series.
#8: Mahito vs. Nobara Kugisaki
In what might be the most shocking moment of the Shibuya Incident arc, Mahito delivers a fatal blow to Nobara’s face using Idle Transfiguration. One second, she’s battling like a confident queen; the next, blood bursts from her skull. The brutality of it is amplified by how fast it happens. There’s no epic buildup—just a sudden, irreversible strike. Fans were left in disbelief as Itadori screams her name, unable to do anything but watch her collapse. The battle leaves her fate ambiguous for a long time, and while she isn’t confirmed dead in the anime yet, the emotional trauma it leaves on Yuji—and viewers—is immense.
#7: Sukuna vs. Mahoraga (Within Yuji’s Body)
When Megumi summons Mahoraga, the most powerful Shikigami, inside Shibuya, things go off the rails. Yuji, temporarily possessed by Sukuna, takes over—and what follows is an earth-shattering fight between titanic cursed forces. Sukuna toys with Mahoraga, but even he admits the danger. Buildings crumble, the city shatters, and Yuji’s body suffers horrific damage as Sukuna uses him as a vessel of destruction. Sukuna ultimately wins, but the cost is brutal—not to him, but to Yuji, who wakes up to find innocent lives wiped out by his own body. It’s a horrifying realization, and the emotional devastation lingers far longer than the battle itself.
#6: Yuji and Todo vs. Hanami
During the Kyoto Goodwill Event, Yuji and Aoi Todo team up to face Hanami, a powerful curse aligned with Mahito’s faction. What starts as a spectacle of flashy attacks becomes a desperate struggle for survival. Hanami’s nature-based powers are incredibly hard to counter, but Yuji and Todo’s bromance-fueled teamwork pushes the limits. The final blows, including the debut of Black Flash, are explosive and satisfying—but it’s the sheer damage done to the battleground, and the physical toll on Yuji, that make the fight devastating. This battle proves that curses aren’t just monsters—they’re disasters in spiritual form.
#5: Toji Fushiguro vs. Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto
This legendary battle in the Hidden Inventory arc is both brutal and tragic. Toji, the “Sorcerer Killer,” ambushes Gojo and Geto with terrifying precision. Armed with heavenly restriction—zero cursed energy but superhuman physical power—Toji slices through Gojo with a heavenly blade, stabbing him through the neck and gut before disappearing into the shadows. The sheer ruthlessness of this ambush left fans stunned. Then, in round two, Toji utterly decimates Geto, tearing through cursed spirits and gutting him with a mocking smile. Gojo’s eventual resurrection and vengeance are satisfying, but the damage is already done. It’s a wake-up call for both Gojo and Geto—and the first sign of the emotional fracture that would lead to Geto’s fall from grace.
#4: Sukuna vs. Jogo
What makes this fight devastating isn’t just the scale—it’s the disrespect. Jogo, a powerful curse who truly believes in the cause, challenges Sukuna. And Sukuna, in return, obliterates him. Not just physically, but emotionally. Sukuna toys with Jogo, allowing him to attack just for amusement, before reducing him to ash with ease. The fight is intense—mountains are leveled, entire city blocks reduced to rubble—but the emotional gut-punch comes when, in his dying moments, Jogo shows genuine sorrow and devotion to his fellow curses. Sukuna, in a rare moment, gives him a slight nod of respect. It’s brutal not just for its action, but for the death of Jogo’s ideals—crushed under Sukuna’s absolute supremacy.
#3: Satoru Gojo vs. Kenjaku (Brain Geto)
In one of the most anticipated battles of the series, Gojo finally faces Kenjaku, the mastermind behind everything. This battle is heavy with history, betrayal, and cosmic power. While not yet fully animated, in the manga this clash tears through dimensions—literally. It’s a battle of domain expansions, of Limitless vs. Cursed Womb techniques, with Gojo fighting not just for victory, but to prove he can protect what he couldn’t in the past. The stakes are apocalyptic. The damage done to both the real world and the emotional core of the series is enormous. The outcome shifts the balance of power and leaves fans questioning whether the strongest sorcerer can ever truly win.
#2: Satoru Gojo vs. Sukuna
This battle is the clash of gods. Gojo, the pride of Jujutsu High and strongest sorcerer alive, vs. Sukuna, the King of Curses in his true vessel. The manga delivers this in full glory—domain expansions, hand-to-hand brutality, spatial warping, and layered counters that redefine what battle even means in this world. But the true devastation comes when Sukuna wins. Gojo is killed, cleaved nearly in half. The invincible has fallen. His death shatters the hopes of the sorcerer world, leaves his students broken, and lets Sukuna continue his path of annihilation. It’s not just a defeat—it’s the death of a dream, and the moment many fans still haven’t recovered from.
#1: Shibuya Incident Massacre
The entire Shibuya Incident arc is one long, devastating war—and it’s impossible to separate one battle from the other. It’s the event that changed everything. Gojo is sealed. Nanami dies. Nobara falls. Yuji is broken. Mahito evolves. Cities crumble. Civilians die by the hundreds. Even victory feels hollow. The sheer weight of death, betrayal, and despair in this arc is unmatched. It’s not a single battle—it’s an emotional landslide. And it permanently alters the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. There’s a before-Shibuya and after-Shibuya for every character, and fans still reel from the trauma. It is, without question, the most devastating series of battles in the franchise.
The battles in Jujutsu Kaisen are not just visually stunning—they’re emotionally punishing. Every clash leaves something broken: bodies, spirits, or belief systems. Whether it’s a mentor’s death, a student’s fall, or the collapse of the sorcerer world’s foundations, these devastating fights prove that victory comes at a steep price. The cost of power, the weight of legacy, and the cruelty of fate collide in ways that few series dare to explore.
