Summary
Just because Jujutsu Kaisen is an action-packedanimebursting with fight scenes doesn’t mean its characters don’t have some insightful things to say. In fact, the characters have more than a few philosophical discussions while throwing punches. And that’s not even mentioning the lines that define relationships and characters.
While every fan is going to have their own favorite quotes, there are some that stand out above the rest. After staying a while in the world of Jujutsu sorcerers and curses, here are the quotes we can’t stop thinking about.
Updated on Jul 16, 2025, by Asad Kashif:Gege Akutami’s highly successful manga Jujutsu Kaisen ended a while ago, but with a new season already in the works by Mappa, fans still have much more to look forward to. The last few chapters gave us plenty of words to write home about, and a rewatch of the anime adaptation has brought forth many more quotes that make us cry, rejoice, or get goosebumps from the sheer hype they possess. We’ve added these new quotes in and also updated some of the older ones to compile a complete and updated list of the best quotes in Jujutsu Kaisen.
19"Turn Up The Volume!!! Because This Is A Funeral For The Living!!!"
Kashimo, Chapter 187
If you’ve only watched the anime, you might not know Kashimo. He’s one of the reincarnated sorcerers who later joins the cast in fighting Sukuna out of his own personal desire. While his fight with the King of Curses was a spectacle in its own right, his first battle with the resident gambler, Hakari, isn’t one to be overlooked either.
While there is no deep meaning to be found behind the quote, it’s still memorable as one of the coldest quotes in Jujutsu Kaisen, said by Kashimo when he saw that Hakari was not your normal, weakling sorcerer. Instead, he was someone who might actually defeat Kashimo, something Hakari did end up doing later on.
18"Love Is The Most Twisted Curse Of All."
Satoru Gojo, Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Themes of love and connection flow through the relationships in Jujutsu Kaisen alongside the tragedies the characters face. When Gojo initially says this to Yuta, we’re left wondering whatthe most powerful sorcerer in the showknows about love. The more we learn about how his closest relationship ended, however, the more we understand his outlook.
In a world where not everyone can be saved, and where love is a stronger motivator than any cursed technique (both Gojo and Toji’s fights end in defeat not because of strength but because of love), love represents painful inevitability. And all curses come from human nature, after all. Love, too.
17"I Want To Have A Connection With Someone. I Want To Be Needed By Someone. I Want The Confidence To Feel Like It’s Okay To Live."
Yuta Okkutsu, Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Said by one of the most powerful characters in the series, this open need for human connection represents the flip side of the pain inevitable in loving someone. Another theme that runs through the story, the confidence and joy that relationships inspire, set the sorcerers fighting to protect their loved ones apart from the curses that exist and die only for selfish ends.
For Yuta especially, this quote shows us how far he’s come, to so plainly state his needs instead of shying away from them out of fear.
Yuji Itadori, Season 1, Episode 2
The beating heart of Yuji Itadori, this quote represents his view on taking on the dangerous, and possibly deadly life of a Jujutsu Sorcerer. He’s willing to die if it means he’ll have stayed true to his principles and acted in a way he doesn’t regret. To him, the cost of living with regret is higher than the price of dying for what he believes in.
Yuji acts on this philosophy throughout the series, guided by his heart. After all, dying in battle isn’t a guarantee, but making choices you have to live with moment to moment is an unavoidable reality.
15"Domain Expansion."
Yuji Itadori, Chapter 264
The words Domain Expansion are usedquite a number of timesthroughout Jujutsu Kaisen’s run. Each time it happened, we got to see the pinnacle of Jujutsu sorcery and the peak of power represented only by the strongest characters in JJK.
One of the most memorable and shocking use of this technique and in turn these words came near the end of the story, at the end of chapter 264 of the manga. In the previous chapters, we got to see Yuji become stronger and stronger, from not even knowing sorcery just a couple months back to making use of multiple techniques at once, including Choso’s Blood Mnaipulation and Sukuna’s Cleave and Dismantle, even using advanced applications such as Reverse Cursed Technique. With only a couple chapters to go before the series eventually ends, fans were eager to see just how far Yuji Itadori can reach, and he didn’t disappoint, almost.
The Domain Expansion itself was quite lackluster in terms of effects, but the idea of Yuji knowing how to cast one and him using it against Sukuna was one of the most memorable moments in Jujutsu Kaisen, and is something we look forward to being animated.
14"The Only Thing Granted Equally To All Is Unfair Reality."
Megumi Fushiguro, Season 1, Episode 5
Our favorite cynic, Megumi can be almost completely summed up as a character by this one quote. Basically, he’s saying that life is unfair and that anyone who says there’s any sort of inherent or natural equality is either just projecting the ideals they’re enforcing themselves or is wrong.
Because he’s personally very aware of how unfair things happen to good people, Megumi is determined to use his skills to try and correct this inequality based on his convictions and not any of the other systems of belief, like karma, that have failed him. While more cut-throat than the world Yuji believes in, it’s hard to argue with his logic.
13"My Six Eyes Tell Me You’re Geto, But My Soul Rejects That."
Satoru Gojo, Season 2, Episode 10
Jujutsu Kaisen isn’t afraid to delve into the grotesque, and there are few things crueler than watching the person you once loved return as someone else years after their demise, only to attack you. Such was the dilemma faced by Satoru Gojo when he saw Geto’s body being used for Kenjaku’s own plans. Unfortunately for Gojo, due to the Prison Realm, this was one of the only times Gojo was powerless to do anything.
Instead, he could only see the situation for what it was. His Six Eyes, the single strongest sensory-type ability in the JJK verse, still recognized the body as Geto, but Gojo knew somewhere deep inside that that wasn’t the truth. We soon realized that Gojo was right, with Geto’s body acting against Kenjaku in an attempt to strangle him, showing that even cursed techniques aren’t infallible, and that some things can’t be explained through normal means.
Kento Nanami, Season 1, Episode 9
Within the context of the story, Nanami certainly feels like the authority on what it means to be an adult, so we trust his assessment. In this quote, he’s explaining to Yuji that one near-death experience doesn’t make an adult. He’s saying, instead, that it takes time and experience, that what it means to be an adult is to learn to cope with change.
He’s telling Yuji not to grow up too quickly, or to take himself too seriously, as there will be many things in his life that wear him down over time. He’s also telling Yuji that it’s moving on from despair both big and small that makes us adults. It goes hand in hand with Gojo’s quote in Jujutsu Kaisen 0 about not taking youth from the young.
11"There Are Only So Many Seats Open In My Life, And I Don’t Want To Let My Heart Be Swayed By Anyone Who’s Not Sitting In One Of Them… Of Course, There Are Also People Like You Who Bring Their Own Seat And Sit Down."
Nobara Kugisaki, Season 1, Episode 24
In a vulnerable moment, Nobara says this to Yuji. She admits that she didn’t expect him to be someone important to her, but that he ‘brought his own chair’ into her life, becoming someone that she trusted enough to sway her heart. In an anime that’s almost non-stop action, it’s little human moments like these that make us care about where that action takes these characters.
This quote is especially touching in light of the events of Season 2, and the callback to it when we see Nobara surrounded by empty chairs, her friends all having brought their own.
10"Kill Me If You Want To. Even That Would Have A Reason."
Suguru Geto, Season 2, Episode 5
The weight of killing, the morality behind what sacrifices Jujutsu Sorcers make to protect people, and the responsibility of having power are all core ideas that the main characters of Jujutsu Kaisen are contending with. This quote is a lynch pin in those themes. We see them here in Geto’s betrayal, and we see them throughout the fighting that Mahito and Yuji do.
What makes this moment so interesting, in fact, is the weight that it gives Yuji’s conclusion in that fight. He decides that he doesn’t have a reason, unlike Geto, who placed so much importance on the reasoning behind what he was doing.
