Starlight · 9mo
if we ever get a heian era flashback, what are your predictions about the relationships between tengen/sukuna/kenjaku? for me, i think that tengen is the oldest and she was kenjaku's mentor to friend, and sukuna was the youngest. and how did kenjaku finally meet sukuna and get someone like sukuna to trust him enough to agree to divide his soul into his 20 fingers to bring him back a millennium later? was it trust or a binding vow? if a vow, then what vow could it have been? protection? or does sukuna actually just like kenjaku as a person because he is entertaining? these relationships are so full of questions i hope we get answers to! or maybe is it better if we never get these answers so it's left to imagination.
I always just thought Kenjaku was Tengen's student and that they had a mother/son relationship that gradually developed into a more "equal" friendship (barring Tengen always condescending to Kenjaku)
Tengen is the eldest, then Kenjaku, then Sukuna.
Because I think Kenjaku was a Fujiwara, and it seems like the Fujiwara threw festivals (not quite sure if that's the right word for it) in Sukuna's honor, I imagine that is how they first met.
Considering Tengen's reputation, Sukuna likely knew about her and since Sukuna is so strong, it wouldn't be a stretch to say they all naturally learned about each other.
Kenjaku's not as strong as Sukuna, but he's ambitious and well-spoken. Sukuna is willing to listen to people if he deems them worth his time.
If Kenjaku knew that, he'd lean into it. What he was offering and how exactly he set up his plan, I'm not sure.
I don't imagine Kenjaku all the way back in the Heian era knew every step of his plan for the Culling Games or when they'd take place, it probably developed overtime.
I'd love to see how Gege writes the early stages of Kenjaku's plan and how he even sold it to people, not just Sukuna.
I think Sukuna at least likes Kenjaku enough to tolerate him and he probably respects his intellect and special skillset, but I doubt they're best friends or anything 💀
