Why Luji is NOT top 10
Stop overrating Yuji's stats
First thing most people don't understand is how Soul Nerfing works and when Sukuna's nerfed and when he's not. The soul nerf works temporarily, for a very short time at that, we can prove that easily:
\"Yuji was outboxing Sukuna at 257!!\"
It's very clear that Yuji wasn't buffed but Sukuna was nerfed. SO even after 7 Black Flashes, Sukuna needed only a few minutes to regain most of his stats. The important part is that this leaves no evidence to "Awakened Yuji" having superior stats.
Second thing. Yuta's stats are inferior to both Maki and Jackpot Hakari. And Yuji's stats are implied to be relative to Yuta's. So post awakening Yuji does NOT have top 3 stats in the verse. Still losing (except maybe in speed) to Ryu, who's inferior to a bunch of characters like Kashimo, Maki/Toji, Jackpot Hakari, Yorozu, Yuki and Kenjaku.
\"Yuji was keeping up with Maki and 16F Sukuna!!!\"
Domain Expansion/Other stuff
Yuji's domain has no feats and he obtained it recently. Against the average domain user without feats who had a DE for longer, Luji should be at a disadvantage. You can disagree, but you're wrong.
Yuji's CTs are also not that useful. He can only use Blood Manipulation to reattach lost limbs or burst his blood. No piercing-blood, supernova nor FRS. His Shrine Output is sub-par, according to Sukuna. No reason to believe it does any more damage than his punches.
SOUL PUNCHES/DISMANTLES DO NOT WORK ON ANYONE OTHER THAN INCARNATED TYPES.
Without his (fake) stats...
Yuji can't do that much. So who beats him and why IMO
- Gojo/Sukuna/Kenjaku: Not that much debate here
- The heavy hitters: They're said to be the strongest outside of Gojo at the start of Shinjuku. If Yuji didn't get a buff in stats, and has a domain inferior to Yuta and Hakari, he's not beating any of them.
- Uraume/Yuki/Kashimo/Yorozu/Geto/Toji/: Are all implied to be at the same level or above the heavy hitters. If Yuji can't beat the others, he probably can't beat them.
- Dhruv/Ryu/Uro: Especially Ryu, who has better stats and Domain, and Uro, who counters Yuji pretty hard. If he can land some punches/dismantles, he might win. But he might never get the chance.
- Disaster Curses: Could go either way but I still see the curses winning especially Jogo. Yuji is not immune to Idle Transfiguration anymore. He doesn't have AOE to deal with fish shikigami, Cursed Buds could be dangerous, and Jogo should still be faster than Yuji. Mostly 50/50