Protagonist Yuji Itadori faced off against a variety of insidious and deadly opponents all throughout the first two seasons of Jujutsu Kaisen, most of them being vicious curses who love nothing more than butchering and tormenting their human victims. Some curses felt like mere minions for the real supervillains, such as Hanami and Dagon, while the curse known as Mahito was another matter entirely. Mahito appeared early in the anime and quickly drew the ire of Yuji Itadori, who could never forgive Mahito for all that humanoid curse has done.

Mahito was presented as a curse with more than a killer instinct. He also had lofty idealism about what the world should be like, rejecting the deceitful humanity and envisioning a world where curses like him can freely rule the Earth as authentic beings for all time. To accomplish that goal, Mahito set out killing his sorcerer enemies and experimenting on various test subjects,...