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It's really not. Sukuna at any point during this fight has had a way out if he ever needed it, and we have a literal statement confirming he's suppressing his cursed energy flow throughout the body (the thing which determines reinforcement output and cursed technique output), and we have feats to suggest that suppression is to a significant extent such as him perception blitzing Maki, Choso, and Yuji at moments. Not to mention Sukuna literally told Kashimo that his fulfilment in life is to taste the various flavours of humanity, and we've been told Sukuna was simply tasting the jujutsu of the fighters thusfar, meaning Sukuna wanted to push them to their limit so he can see what their full potential is - that's his literal purpose for living. Him doing so at his own expense makes perfect sense given it's the only reason he choses to keep on living to begin with.It's like the Sukuna vs Gojo agenda but worse here, because he's getting beat up and nearly died like 3 times, surviving through ******* luck basically
He can't use black flash at will so I don't see why him using a black flash implies he's not holding back. Not to mention a black flash has no implications on one's suppression level, it's literally just a striking strength amp applied to however much cursed energy you're applying at the point of contact.Would using black flash be him holding back? Maki tanked two btw.
You're both also ignoring the other factors at play. Sukuna's brain damage nerf was so substantial his CE efficiency can no longer allow him to perform RCT (something 2F Sukuna can do - though I'm not saying this necessarily makes current Sukuna 2F level, just outlining the massive drop in efficiency), his reserves have more than halved to Yuta's level, his control over Megumi has dropped substantially and undone the progress he made through the bath (suggesting his control is at around 10%), he's lost several limbs and been impaled through the heart which reduced his ability to fight at full power, and has had a chunk of his cursed energy erased via Angel's cursed technique. There's a reason why Sukuna punched through Choso with base punches initially only for Choso to later survive a black flash punch, suppression isn't the only factor here.