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Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo just dropped its most intense chapter yet, and fans are finally starting to understand something they have been wrong about for years. When Yuka summoned Mahoraga in Chapter 15 and immediately dipped into the shadows to save herself, the community had a collective lightbulb moment. Why didn't Megumi Fushiguro do that back in Shibuya?
The answer is simpler than anyone wants to admit. He literally couldn't.
Why couldn't Megumi Fushiguro just hide in his shadows?
Here's the thing about Megumi Fushiguro in Shibuya that people seem to forget. The guy was already half-dead when he summoned Mahoraga. Toji had just beaten him within an inch of his life, and then Haruta slashed him from behind with a cursed tool.
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo fans watching Yuka's situation need to remember that she made a calculated decision while still conscious and mobile. Megumi was bleeding out on the pavement. The shadow technique requires cursed energy to maintain. Even if Megumi Fushiguro had thought about hiding in his shadows, he had basically nothing left in the tank after his domain battle with Dagon.
That fight alone drained him significantly because he had to protect Nanami, Naobito, and Maki the entire time. Then, fighting Toji pushed him past his limits. By the time Haruta attacked, survival wasn't even on the table anymore.
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo shows us what happens when someone summons Mahoraga with a plan versus summoning it as a last resort. Yuka still had options. She could move, think clearly, and execute a strategy. Her cancer is progressing rapidly, sure, but in that moment, she wasn't suffering from massive blood loss and fatal injuries like Megumi Fushiguro was. The circumstances are completely different.
The Culling Game made everyone forget the basics
Social media is having a field day comparing the two situations, but most of the discourse reveals how complicated Jujutsu Kaisen got during the Culling Game arc.
Fans got so caught up in the complex domain expansions, binding vows, and constant power scaling debates that they forgot basic story context. When Megumi Fushiguro summoned Mahoraga, it was genuinely his only option left. He couldn't run, couldn't fight, and couldn't hide.
The translations from Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Chapter 15 make this even clearer. Yuka's internal monologue shows she's making a conscious choice to use Mahoraga as her champion while she escapes. That is tactical thinking. Megumi Fushiguro was barely conscious when he started the ritual. Mahoraga knocked him out with a single backhand. He was in a state of suspended animation throughout the entire fight with Sukuna.
And let's talk about what happened after. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo confirmed that Mahoraga isn't tamed in Yuka's case either. The shikigami tried to attack her before she dove into the shadows, which mirrors exactly what happened with Megumi Fushiguro. The difference is that Yuka had the energy and awareness to escape. Megumi didn't even have time to process what was happening before he got knocked into a building.
Why did fans get it twisted from Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo?
The real issue is that Jujutsu Kaisen presented the Culling Game fights with so much technical jargon that casual readers couldn't follow the basic logic anymore. Every battle became about who had the better cursed technique or domain expansion. People forgot that Megumi Fushiguro was just a high school student who got pushed way too far, way too fast.
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo, bringing back the Ten Shadows Technique through Yuka, gives us a clean comparison. She is strategic, prepared, and has support from people like Mino. Meanwhile, Megumi Fushiguro was alone, dying, and out of options. The summoning of Mahoraga wasn't some tactical masterstroke for him. It was a suicide move that only "worked" because Sukuna decided to intervene.
Chapter 15 of Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo also highlights how brutal Mahoraga actually is. Even with Yuka's planning, the shikigami nearly killed her before she could escape. That's the same Mahoraga that immediately incapacitated Megumi Fushiguro with zero effort. The idea that he could have just "hidden in his shadows" ignores the sheer physical impossibility of doing so while unconscious and bleeding out.
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Conclusion
The beauty of Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo revisiting these concepts is that it forces fans to reexamine what actually happened in the original series. Megumi Fushiguro wasn't being stupid or suicidal for no reason. He was dying and used the only weapon he had left. Understanding that context makes both his character and the entire Shibuya arc hit so much harder.
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