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Bellow is the so called COMPLETE MANUAL TO CURSES that was in the JJk Fanbook, which I believe came out just after the Shibuya incident finished in the Manga as the page about Hakari talks as if he was yet to be introduced.
A lot of interesting stuff tbh, all that could be useful for use in a Fic I think, (To find this look up JJK Fanbook and look around for what works for you, don't commit crime tho, would be uncool of u (you wouldn't download a car, would you?)). But what I wanted to focus on before we got into it is just the Zenin Clan and their position in society.
While all of this is probably obvious, it is still noteworthy imo. All this to say that the Zenin rose to power due to the past and have power now due to the fact that they kick down those that may oppose them and the clan techniques that pass down the family as well as their stock of curse tools. Its because of this that Megumi holds the importance that he does, that being that the [Ten Shadows] technique holds great importance. As I said, obvious, yet its a good primer before we get elbow deep in ts.
I went through the rest of the fanbook as well, I find that there wasn't a lot of things I can talk about here before I reach the speculation portions in the chapters on [Wells Unknown Abyss] and [Totality], however there are some things I found interesting in the rest of the book, I'll go through some of them here, however, as said before, not really necessary for the [Ten Shadows].
This was part of the Q&A section on Megumi and could be quite interesting to use for a fic I think, however we don't know how young he was and how long the visit was, however I would assume he probably wasn't that long after he was first taken in by Gojo due to what Gege was saying here.
[Just so you know, this diagram needs very little editing to fully encompasses JJK's power system, furthermore the only issues I have with it isn't anything on a technical level but on a narrative level. Like them putting [Cursed Womb Death Paintings] alongside [Cursed Objects] like [Sukuna's Fingers]]
Furthermore, I think there should be a line from [CE Manipulation] to [RCT] and that [RCT] shouldn't be in [Cursed Techniques] (If you check some of the Chapter extra's, Gege explains that despite its name, [RCT] isn't a [CT], damn cat). I think there should be a box from [RCT] to a new one that says [Reverse Cursed Energy] and then from THAT box to [CT Reversal].
Also there should be a link from the [CT] group to the [Barrier Techniques] box to show that [Barriers] are a form of [CT]. There should also be a box in [CT] called [Non-Innate Technique's] which are weaker [CT] that anyone can learn (Think the cuts and fire Gojo does against Hanami's [Shikigami] in the anime).
Again, not important, this diagram is super useful and should be used more.
JJK SEASON 3! LETS FUCKING GOOOOO!
Guess what, we got some new visualse from the JJK S3 OP that include some things for the Ten Shadows. I do believe that Gege is involved with the art direction in a major way, so the several uses of Megumi doing Shikigami shit will be good fodder for our lil hamster teeth to nibble through.
Mostly though, we get the symbols of all the treasures that Megumi has tamed (And Raga, bro does not have Raga but blud shows up anyway).