FushiKugi

FushiKugi is the het ship between Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki from the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom.

Canon
Nobara and Megumi are often seen together, considering they are both first years. Nobara is often seen teasing Megumi—pinching his cheeks, playfully clinging onto him, scolding or making jokes at him—showing their close friendship.

While they often exchange banter with one another, both also seem to have a good relationship during important situations, such as fighting curses, and can get a task done together.

In episode 4 "Curse Womb Must Die" during their encounter with the special grade curse at the local prison (Megumi, Nobara, and Itadori's first big squad mission together), a curse split up the trio by taking Nobara away. Itadori ordered Megumi to go after her, while he took on the special grade curse left to the two of them. Megumi showed up just in time to save Nobara from being devoured, using one of his frog-like shikigami to pull her away from the curse.

Later in Episode 8 "Boredom," the two encounter Aoi Todo and Mai Zenin for the first time, two Jujutsu students from their sister-school in Kyoto. Unaware of what kind of threat they might pose, Megumi's first thought jumps to concern for Nobara's safety, thinking to himself about how she is unarmed.

In that same episode, Megumi mentions that his preferred type of woman is someone with "unshakable character" and that he wouldn't ask for anything more of her—many fans of the FushiKugi ship would argue that Nobara fits this description perfectly. Nobara also delightfully tells him that his response was a "good answer."

Both too were sad about Itadori's supposed death near the middle of the first season, as both tried to hide how they really felt about his "passing" (though Nobara was shown a bit more obvious rather than Megumi himself).

When both Megumi and Nobara could finally reunite with Itadori, they didn't seem too surprised about him being alive, both having a somewhat dismissive reaction, though it's implied they are grateful to have him back.

Both also have a big respect towards Maki Zenin, as both consider her as someone powerful. They also are friends with the upperclassmen, which they got to know while they were mourning over Itadori's "death". Finally, they both also promised on winning the Kyoto vs. Tokyo competition for him.

Later in episode 23 "The Origin of Blind Obedience (part 2)" Megumi and Nobara work together to take down the curse at Yasohachi Bridge. This is the first time the two are shown fighting an enemy together, and the scene highlights how skilled, precise, and strong-willed both Megumi and Nobara are with their combat and usage of cursed techniques. The scene also shows how much trust both have for one another in defeating the enemy.

However towards the end of the battle, Nobara is pulled away again by an unknown curse user. Megumi desperately tries to save her, not making it in time.





While Megumi is shown with a remorseful look on his face as Nobara disappears into the shadows, Nobara remains calm and unafraid. Her last words to Megumi before the two are split up are, "I'll be fine! Focus on finishing the job." Realizing that the danger of the situation has escalated and uncertain of the power of the curse battling with Nobara, Megumi calls for Itadori to go after her, specifically asking him to "prioritize" her. Referencing their mission to the prison at the beginning of the series, Megumi frustratingly asks himself "why does she have to get sucked away so often?"

In the anime's second outro they are often seen together throughout the sequence, along with the upperclassmen.

Fanon
The ship doesn't appear to be as popular on many fanbase websites, with the majority preferring NobaMaki and ItaFushi. This makes FushiKugi a "rare-pair" to the fandom.

On AO3 the ship has 36 works on the gen side and 13 on the romantic one.

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Trivia

 * Nobara and Megumi are often placed together in official art.
 * When Megumi rescues Nobara from the curse in episode 4 "Curse Womb Must Die" with his frog-like shikigami, Nobara mentions how she doesn't like frogs.
 * During the baseball game at the school exchange event, Satoru Gojo points out that Megumi purposefully hit a "bunt strike," allowing Nobara to advance to the next base even though it meant he wouldn't make it. Megumi does not deny this, so it is implied that he did indeed hit the bunt strike specifically to ensure Nobara could advance the team.
 * When questioned by Todo about Megumi's taste in women, he exclaims, "I don't have a particular preference. As long as she has unshakable character, I won't ask for more." Many fans of the FushiKugi ship would argue that Nobara fits this description well.
 * Screen Shot 2021-03-20 at 2.19.34 AM.png response to Megumi's preferred type of woman, Nobara delightfully adds "Good answer! If you had said something like 'big boobs' I would have killed you!" To which Megumi replies somewhat embarrassingly, "shut up."
 * According to information revealed during the "Jujutsu Stroll" clips at the end of each episode, Megumi is more of a dog person while Nobara prefers cats. Megumi also prefers rice over bread, while Nobara prefers bread over rice.