Who is the villain in Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo? The sequel's antagonist explained

Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo has officially entered the scene, and fans are already losing their minds over the new antagonist. The sequel introduces a fascinating, eerie premise: Earth is no longer just haunted by curses; it’s being visited by beings from another world.

These invaders, called the Simurians, have arrived on Earth under the guise of diplomacy, but their presence carries the weight of something much darker. And at the center of this interstellar tension stands the King of the Simurians, a being so powerful that he’s already being compared to Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses himself.

The first few chapters of Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo make one thing immediately clear: these aren’t your typical villains. The Simurians aren’t cursed spirits, failed experiments, or deranged humans; they’re an alien race whose mastery of cursed energy rivals, if not surpasses, that of humanity.

When Simurian envoys Jabaloma and Cross arrive on Earth to meet Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the tone shifts completely. While the series has only begun scratching the surface of its story, fans and analysts agree that the King of the Simurians is the main villain, or at least the overarching threat of Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo.

Maru, one of the main Simurian characters introduced early on, may not seem antagonistic, but his older brother, Cross, and their unseen monarch are something else entirely.

The King represents the pinnacle of Simurian power and ideology, a being whose strength, intelligence, and control over cursed energy make him a force of nature. Unlike Sukuna, who was born from human evil, the Simurian King comes from an alien civilization that has studied and perfected cursed energy as a science.

It’s heavily implied that the King of the Simurians will serve as the series’ final antagonist. He is believed to be the one orchestrating the alien “diplomatic” mission to Earth, testing humanity’s defenses, and pushing the limits of both sorcerer and curse.

Even in the first arc, the Simurians’ manipulation of barriers, their superior combat abilities, and their cold understanding of human emotion suggest that they view Earth not as a potential ally, but as a laboratory or perhaps, a conquest.

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Why the Simurians are unlike any other villain group

The brilliance of Gege Akutami’s writing lies in his ability to blur moral lines, and Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo takes that even further. The Simurians aren’t portrayed as mindless invaders. Through Cross and Maru’s conversations, readers learn that their race is divided, some believe in coexistence with humanity, while others favor domination.

Cross, who acts as both a soldier and philosopher, openly dismisses human morality. To him, human ethics are irrelevant unless they align with Simurian principles. Maru, on the other hand, believes that humans and Simurians are more alike than either side is willing to admit.

This ideological rift hints that Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo’s villainy isn’t black and white, it’s a clash of civilizations, values, and existential perspectives. In that sense, the Simurian King may not even see himself as evil. Like Sukuna, he operates by his own logic. But his logic might lead to humanity’s extinction.

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Power level: Beyond special grade

If Sukuna was the ultimate cursed being, then the Simurian King is shaping up to be the ultimate cursed life form. The story explicitly compares the Simurians’ arrival to a “Special Grade” disaster, placing their threat level on par with Sukuna’s rampage during the Shibuya Incident.

But here’s where things get more terrifying: the Simurians are not just one being, they are an entire species capable of using cursed energy. That means Earth isn’t facing a single villain; it’s facing an army of Sukuna-level entities, each potentially harboring unique abilities or techniques.

Even the first battle in Modulo, featuring Tsurugi Okkotsu and Yuka Okkotsu against a cursed user allied with the Simurians, hints that the balance of power has shifted dramatically. The alien influence is already corrupting sorcery, merging technology and cursed energy in ways humanity can’t fully comprehend.

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Why Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo needed a new kind of villain

Sukuna was the perfect villain for Jujutsu Kaisen’s original run because he represented human evil taken to divine extremes. For Modulo, however, Akutami needed a threat that felt bigger, something that could challenge the very foundation of jujutsu itself.

The Simurians do exactly that. They embody evolution, arrogance, and an otherworldly intelligence. Their existence forces sorcerers to question the nature of cursed energy: is it truly a human phenomenon, or just one manifestation of a universal force? This philosophical weight gives Modulo its identity. It’s not just about fighting aliens, it’s about humanity confronting a mirror image of its own cursed existence on a cosmic scale.