*disgruntled Noises*

*disgruntled noises*

when Megumi in 266 says he wanted to create a world where Tsumiki wouldn’t suffer, it is implied that he isn’t just talking about Tsumiki as an individual but people like Tsumiki.

That being people who Megumi thinks are fundamentally kind.

His whole ideal is based on the unfairness of horrible things happening to good people, like his sister, like Yuuji,, and so he makes it his personal mission to save them.

Since very early on in the manga you should know Megumi is selfish in who he saves as a sorcerer. He is not a hero like Itadori, he only serves those that abide to his specific brand of goodness, which is why it’s so important that he saves Itadori too.

He knows that not killing Itadori instantly and giving him a chance to chose if he lives will result in people dying. Innocent, potentially good people. But he saves Itadori anyway because he has personally assessed Itadori is good (by his standards) and therefore should be saved by Megumi.

When Gojo asks “personal feelings?” he isn’t really asking if Megumi likes Yuuji, but wether Megumi understands the effect this action will have. He is asking whether Megumi realizes that his moral compass will be the driving force of potential disasters and whether he is okay with that.

And when Megumi asks Itadori to save him after Shibuya, he is going against his moral compass, to give Itadori a reason to live. He recognizes that he himself isn’t a good person but accepts that he could be saved, if only so that Itadori can find meaning in fighting again.

Yuuji in 266 saying “i can’t tell you to keep living” is the biggest character development he could be given. Megumi is the only person he has left, the only reason he is even alive till now, and Yuuji accepts that his reason for being doesn’t want to be.

If he saved Megumi as is, it wouldn’t be out of Megumi’s own volition and Yuuji makes peace with that. He makes peace with horrible things happening to good people that he loves, and understands that Megumi can’t do the same.

“But I’ll be lonely without you.”

—and he lets Megumi know that he is loved regardless of all that. And that’s what makes him fight back.