I assumed it was a binding vow, he can normally only speak in rice ball ingredients and in return all his actual commands get stronger. I could definitely be wrong though

He can say words like hello, but if he’s speaking to someone and accidentally says the wrong word or phrase they might just fucking die. He doesn’t want to risk it, so he only speaks in rice ball ingredients. Why rice ball ingredients? Because it’s funny. He could just choose not to talk, he usually doesn’t, but Gege wanted to add a bit of humor so he speaks in ingredients. Really ain’t anything deeper than that, Yuta even admired him for this dedication to speaking in nonsense for the safety of others.

Yuta mentions in JJK0 that cursed speech is hard to control and scatters about easily. Yeah, he could probably say “hello”, but imagine if he said “let me go pee” or “dude, fuck that”.

Big oopsies.

We assume that he holds himself back because he doesn’t want to accidentally slip up. Also, it could be that some words have interpretations ,despite not being verbs, and damage his throat

"Have a great day!"

*coughs up blood

Basically this.

>Like can he say "don't die" a person who's about to die and they suddenly stop dying

i dont think thats possible..

unless he can command damaged/infected tissues to repair itself. heal

i dont think he could. it's like commanding someone to 'speak italian' with no 0 knwledge of the langguage.

I could be making this up but I swear I remember them asking what’s the most he could make someone do and whether not he could make them die or explode maybe . I think the response was if he tries to much of a command on too strong of a target it backfires on him instead

I’m on mobile so this is a prequel/manga spoiler:

It’s interesting to think how far this will go with Yuta. He copies Inumaki in the prequel, and Yuta is obviously much stronger than him. It’d be interesting to see if they keep going with this. Honestly Yuta just has the potential to be so broken, Gojo says his potential is higher than his own and Yuta can literally copy any CT

He probably could do that but the cost might be his own life.

The more demanding the command, the more of a toll it pays on his body. Weaker curses can be exorcised with powerful commands without backlash, but even less powerful words will consume more energy and stamina when used against opponents with more cursed energy than Inumaki. So I don't think he can tell someone to not die and he'll instantly heal.

I mean yeah, that's the trick for binding vows. You sacrifice something that isn't much of a problem and deem it a "disadvantage" to gain the benefit of said binding vow.

Normally Inumaki's CT is quicker to use on its own but with a binding vow it makes it a slower to use in the process which counts as a disadvantage. It acts as a window for the enemy to counterattack, so I wouldn't say it's not a "real loss"

It's kinda funny how despite Binding Vows apparently being an important part of Jujutsu, none of the good guys took advantage of it much.

Except fucking Miwa lmao. And it didn't even work

Every clan has a technique that's guarded like simple domain, infinity etc They showed ntg related to inumaki clan Like after the exchange event he prepared for instances like that,like an upgrade No story on them was given by gege According to him inumaki clan members are just big moaners

Heck another binding vow is to just not speak at all in exchange for more power. Speaking in ingredients is all well and good but most people won't even understand so why not just go all the way

I wouldn't call his power wasted. He just doesn't have the high CE for most OP characters. And it's not a bad thing. Good hypothetical, but you can't just trash gege for not thinking of what you thought that's just weird. How his powers work is what it is. But BVs, just like how easy it is to apply, it's also easy to fk up.

Well yeah but like, if it's just a word he has to say to turn it on, it's not like he'll ever actually need it outside of fight, that's basically saying guns having safeties is a disadvantage, if anything it would be a benefit to him seeing as he's pretty much the only one who can't control it, giving him the ability to control it is not in anyway a disadvantage to him

Given that Inumaki has to use sushi ingredients because he can injure others and himself accidentally, I genuinely don't think that would be considered a drawback. We don't really know what or who determines what is "fair" for a binding vow in-universe, but not accidentally causing self-harm and friendly-fire is absolutely a benefit.

Also, technically he already is using a binding vow to limit his CT. In exchange for not accidentally using cursed speech, he can never fully express himself and can only say a specific subset of words that vaguely indicates his mood. That is functionally a self-made Binding Vow.

Well for starters even the manga readers like me didn't got further information how exactly "Cursed Speech" works, so all information is just speculation.

For the phone thingy. I understand Cursed Speech like this: The Seal on Inumakis tongue and mouth corners automatically puts curse energy into this speech, hence why he speaks in safe words to not accidentally hurt others. Alas his voice itself is very powerful and has the intended effects. When he uses a phone, not the cursed energy traverses but his empowered voice, a medium so to speak, which than has the same effects as Inumaki were standing right next to his target.

He moves closer to Hanami because of two reasons in my opinion. First he stood behind Fushiguro. Yelling Blast Off right away would have effected him too. Second Inumaki was already overusing Cursed Speech. I think he was getting as close as possible without endangering himself to make sure Hanami definitely heard him and get affected by it.

As for the recording, I don't think it would work because the Empowered state of his voice should be stored somehow since its depending on existing cursed energy. Face-to-Face conversations and phones traverses the energy in real-time, it doesn't get lost. Maybe some cursed tools have the ability to store the energy, idk. I think, we need to wait for the Manga and see if Gege adresses this question, but for now this is just speculation.

It is your old "if you hear it, you hear it" thing

Hi, one of, like, 10 Inumaki fans out there speaking

I like this! It adds more to Toge's kit and makes it so he doesn't immediately get cucked by any competent opponent, and gives him some nice support abilities to boot

Also, imagining Toge putting some poor sod into a stunlock with a "Don't Move" command in his domain just to troll them is a pretty funny image, you gotta admit

Binding Vow is such a clever way to keep him in the convo without breaking him

>Lastly, get rid of the concept of "protecting your brain/ears with CE". Domain Amp is enough. No one else's technique gets 100% screwed by basic CE reinforcement. 

Despite it being a method to block cs, it seems impossible to pull off because literally no one has ever been able to block it via this method despite it being viable. Sukuna couldn't, Uro couldn't, Geto couldn't. I don't think it existing lessens cursed speech at all. I think a defence against it is needed, otherwise it would be beyond op.

>3) CTR – “Soul Command” An evolved form of Cursed Speech that targets CE directly:

"Rise" – Temporarily boost a target’s CE pool.

"Bloom" – Buff output.

"Flow" – Improve efficiency.

"Heal" – Support ability; forces the target to subconsciously use RCT for a one-time heal.

Shave – Removes a chunk of CE from the target's remaining reserves, creating temporary gaps in their reinforcement allowing for critical hits.

Wilt – Debuff output.

Burn – Debuff efficiency.

This is all pretty cool tbh. it works well within universe as well. I hadn't ever considered a ctr for cursed speech. Instead of the physical matter, it affects the soul.

>Inumaki speaks one command, and it echoes infinitely with increasing frequency, and exponentially greater effect.

So though it may take some time, it eventually overcomes any level of durability.

He only takes backlash from the first utterance, not the echoes.

The mechanism of domain expansion already grants overcoming of durability though. There is no durability defence against a sure hit attack. The attack already would bypass any and all defence, apart from an anti domain technique.

And I don't think he should take any feedback, because again it is sure hit. The difference in cursed energy won't matter for there to be any backlash.

Even if that wasn't the case, the caster of a domain always gets a significant buff and the opponent gets debuffed. I'm not sure Toge would have to worry any feedback or surpassing the opponents durability in his own domain.

Give him RCT and he will be op :3

https://www.reddit.com/r/CTsandbox/s/3CtJx2tCMY

I raise to you my word vomit on cursed speech.

It is kind of weird, since you can protect yourself from it by shielding your ears with CE, but it can't be all about controling the movement center of the brain, since you can't just blast yourself away

The reason he only speaks in sushi is (if i recall) because some words don't work and get reflected back on him. So things like run away may just alter his mind or cause him damage.

He can use it as a command or an attack. He's compelled Divine Dog to "return" and Miwa to "sleep". He also uses "don't move" a lot. But "get twisted" isn't telling you to do something, it's telling you to have something done to you. That's probably by "get crushed" is really effective, but "die" and "crumble away" (or whatever he said to Geto) is hard to control. It is explain why he was so serious when he said "blast away". I think commanding someone to hurt themselves is more deadly, but more risky for him. But telling you to have something done to you is more controlled.

Pretty interesting stuff frm the 2nd light novel.

The Inumaki clan isnt the only group of ppl who can use cursed speech. They just reign on top of that category.

Theres a guy who uses cursed speech. An inferior version . But cursed speech nonetheless.

See. this inferior version manipulates the emotional and mindful aspects of their target. Using words like 'believe in me' or 'please trust me' making the target drop their urgency to fight or escape and gives in into the effect.

So thats a thing.. cursed speech can do those stuff.

As for Toge... Perhaps it's both? Id imagine the target would move zombie/robot like or puppets with strings being tugged around without their own controls.

I think what hurts his throat is the power of whatever he says, so even if he said positive things, his throat would still get hurt. As per trying to buff his allies, maybe he could, but I think the effect would be temporary / for too short a time to make much of a difference

Ehh in order to force them to heal he'd very likely need to know RCT and how to emit it onto others like Yuuta, and even then they would probably have to know how to use it too since it's a command to do something rather than him just touching them. For them to 'get stronger' they would likely have to be able to actually get stronger in that very moment; a better command would probably be like 'don't give up' or 'try harder' since they can actually do those things without an instant change to their CE or physicality

He's nerfed and put into potato mode for a reason

Or just ends up buffing his enemies

inumaki has the most deadliest but at the same time the most weak curse technique to me

>!Gege hasnt reveal anything important.. changes or addition into his ability. he amplified his cursed speech using a megaphone.. thats kinda it.!<

Not that we've seen no

And he's semi grade 1 which means he defeats anything below no problem anyway. Sending a semi grade 1 up against a special grade is basically a death sentence lol

He has very high physical capabilities and speed, it just gets overshadowed by Maki with her heavenly restriction and whatever Yuji is

I see. Tho if he was near geto and would say "caseoh teleports over you" would that work?

Counter point, in JJK0 Inumaki commands Geto to "Fall down" or "Get crushed" or something like that and it shoots him down into the ground.

But if you look, it's a huge circle around Geto, if he could only affect the target, then it would have just been a looney-tunes style cut out of Geto shooting into the ground.

Also Hanami, commanding them to "blast away"; where does the force that propels them come from?

I mean obviously it wasn't thought out to that degree by greg, but I find those two situations curious when taken into the context of Inumaki's stated powers.

Caseoh wasn't summoned here, Inumaki just made Geto think about Caseoh and the sheer weight on his mind just crushes Geto

"UNSEAL SATORU GOJO"

Here. Shibuya incident is over. (And inumaki suffers from his throat being turned inside out)

Too many words. That’s too complicated of a command. If he could do that He would not be saying things like blast away he would say something like teleport to the sun