

When facing Mahito Kento who is a 1st grade professional sorcerer tells Yuji
he can't hurt Mahito, but Yuji who is a first year student can. Why is this
so? Is it because Yuji has Sukuna inside, or is it because he has something
special that makes him able among other things retain Sukuna inside and hurt a
close to impossible to hurt cursed spirit?


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Why Yuji can hurt Mahito but Kento can't?


mahito explains that himself. it is because itadori is a vessel and can
contain soul and can reach souls of someone else's too and also he says that
itadori is has more understanding of soul and connection than anyone else


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[Aditya Sahu](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/60927/aditya-sahu) is
[right](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/64022/60264): this is explained by
Mahito himself in Episode 10 _Idle Transfiguration_ (Japanese: 無為転変;
Transcription: "Mui Tenpen") and Episode 12 _To You, Someday_ (Japanese:
いつかの君へ; Transcription: "Itsuka no Kimi e").

In episode 10, when Mahito is fighting Nanami, he explains that the soul
exists before the body, and that the shape of the body is determined by the
shape of the soul. Thus, after his body is damaged by Nanami's attack, he is
able to restore it just by strongly maintaining the shape of his soul, rather
than using cursed energy to heal. Later, Mahito goes on to explain that while
jujutsu sorcerers protect their bodies with cursed energy, they do not protect
their souls, because at minimum one needs to be aware of one's own soul in
order to protect it with cursed energy. Thus, jujutsu sorcerers are vulnerable
to Mahito's _idle transfiguration_ attack.

In episode 12, when Yuuji lands a solid punch on Mahito's laughing face,
causing the latter to bleed from his nose, Mahito is initially shocked that
Yuuji managed to strike the shape of Mahito's soul. Then, he deduces that this
is because Yuuji is acting as a vessel for Ryomen Sukuna—he is constantly
housing in his body a soul other than his own—so he is strongly aware of the
outline of his own soul.

It is clear from the context of the information given in these episodes that a
jujutsu sorcerer will be able to strike and damage the shape of Mahito's soul
if and only if they are aware of the shape of their own soul. This is why
Yuuji is able to deal damage to Mahito, whereas Nanami is unable to do.


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