Megumi Fushiguro does not believe that all lives are equal. This is stated plainly in Jujutsu Kaisen and it is the most uncomfortable thing about him. He will save the people he considers good. He will let the people he considers bad die. He has made this calculation in real time, during combat, and acted on it without hesitation. In a genre where protagonists are defined by their refusal to make these choices — where the hero saves everyone or dies trying — Megumi saves selectively, and the series treats this not as a flaw to be corrected but as a philosophy to be tested.

His Father Sold Him and His Sister to a Sorcerer Clan

Megumi's father, Toji Fushiguro, was the Sorcerer Killer — a man born without cursed energy into the Zenin clan, who was abused, expelled, and survived by becoming the deadliest assassin in the jujutsu world. Toji sold Megumi and his sister to the Zenin clan in exchange for money. Gojo intercepted the deal and raised Megumi instead. Developmental psychologists at the University of Amsterdam studying children of criminal parents have documented how awareness of parental transactional behavior — a parent treating the child as a commodity — produces a specific form of moral rigidity in which the child develops an intense, compensatory sense of justice. Megumi's selectivity about who deserves saving is a direct response to a father who treated people as things with price tags.

The Ten Shadows Technique Is a Taming Metaphor

Megumi summons shikigami — shadow creatures that he must defeat in order to use. Each shadow must be conquered through dominance before it becomes a tool. This is a mirror of Megumi's internal process: every emotion, every instinct, every inherited trait from his father must be confronted and mastered before it can be integrated into who he chooses to be. Psychotherapists at the Zurich Institute studying shadow integration in Jungian terms have documented how individuals who suppress inherited traits from a feared parent often experience those traits erupting during stress — the shadow returns when control slips. Megumi's entire fighting style is about controlling shadows. His entire character arc is about the same thing.

Sukuna Chose His Body for a Reason

The King of Curses selected Megumi as his vessel — not Yuji, who actually carries Sukuna's fingers, but Megumi, whose Ten Shadows technique includes Mahoraga, the only shikigami that has never been tamed. Sukuna wanted the power that Megumi has not yet accessed because even Sukuna recognized that Megumi's potential exceeds what the boy himself understands. Being chosen by the most evil being in the series as a worthy vessel is the darkest compliment in Jujutsu Kaisen. It confirms that Megumi's power is extraordinary. It also confirms that extraordinary power attracts extraordinary predators. Megumi Fushiguro is on HoloDream. He will not save everyone. He will save you if he decides you are worth it. That is either reassuring or terrifying, depending on how you feel about being judged.