Kirara's "No Way!" Slips Out as Jujutsu Kaisen's Megumi Fushiguro Sees Through a Baffling Technique in a "Razor-Sharp" Mind Game

So a mind game means using not just knowledge, but even your opponent's expressions...! In episode 53 of the anime Jujutsu Kaisen, Megumi Fushiguro (voiced by Yuma Uchida) works out Kirara Hoshi's (voiced by Yuki Sakakihara) complicated technique. The way he deepens his certainty after Kirara reacts to a guess he deliberately voices aloud sparked reactions such as "the mind game is razor-sharp" and "Fushiguro is genuinely smart."

In episode 53, "Parts," Fushiguro and Panda (voiced by Tomokazu Seki) visit Kinji Hakari's (voiced by Kazuya Nakai) hideout to ask for his help. However, a technique cast by Hakari's ally Kirara stops them from getting near the hideout's door or Kirara herself.

Fushiguro notices that his own shikigami and Panda's body have been marked with star symbols and star names such as "Acrux" and "Imai." Realizing the technique must be tied to a constellation, he deliberately says aloud, "The motif constellation is... the Southern Cross."

Kirara can't help but let her shock show, blurting out "No way." Seeing her reaction, Fushiguro becomes certain his guess is correct. He also realizes that, since he and Panda can get close to each other, the technique isn't simply keeping targets a fixed distance apart.

Fushiguro theorizes that each target is assigned a star of the Southern Cross, and that they can only get close to each other by following a set order — essentially a stamp rally with a fixed route. Using limited information and Kirara's reactions as clues, he steadily unravels the complicated technique piece by piece.

Fushiguro's sharp observation and reasoning skills drew a stream of amazed reactions on social media, including comments such as "He's so good at this kind of bluffing," "I can't believe how well he figures this out," "The mind game is razor-sharp," and "Fushiguro is genuinely smart."