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Time for another Jujutsu Kaisen thread everybody 
Basically I was looking over Mahito’s profile and noticed his regeneration has been downgraded to At least High-Mid, Possibly Low-High now. I think however that this rating should be upgraded to At least Low-High, Possibly Low-Godly instead as I think the rating far better suits Mahito’s profile based on how he both describes how his ability to reform functions and of what we know about the relationship between the soul and the body in Jujutsu Kaisen.
As such, the way Mahito describes it, he’s not really “healing” at all. Instead he’s altering and changing the shape of his soul which in turn changes the configuration of the body. The body tightly conforms to the soul which is how Mahito is able to perform his Idle transfiguration technique.
The reason it’s not healing is because there’s nothing to “heal” from. Mahito at all times is consciously preserving the integrity of his soul. As such no attack can harm hit so long as it doesn’t hit his soul. It’s for that exact reason that he was so shocked that Yuji could harm him in the first place, why he called him his “natural enemy.” It’s because Yuji is actually capable of touching the shape of Mahito’s soul and thereby actually be able to harm him.
This explanation by Mahito is textbook Low-Godly regeneration because as specified on the page, it is “The ability to regenerate from the complete physical destruction of the user's body, instead restoring it from their disembodied consciousness, whether that be their soul, mind, some other non-physical aspect of themself, esoteric or metaphysical energy, or something else” which perfectly matches Mahito’s explanation about how “no attack can harm him so long as it doesn’t harm my soul” because his regeneration is entirely based off his soul. His body has no bearing to it as Mahito says many times over throughout the series.
This gets further reinforced by how characters such as Kokichi Muta, who can build giant mechas with incineration canons, had to resort to using techniques capable of destroying Mahito’s soul in order to damage him. Even with all the insane technology he had at his disposal the fact that he opted to find a way to harm Mahito’s soul validates his claim about it not mattering how much damage his body takes, his soul is what counts.
All that alongside his already really good feats of being able to reform himself even after doing things like blowing himself up I think is more than enough to validate the possibly low-godly regeneration upgrade I am proposing. However there is still one more thing I’d like to mention to further solidify the notion that Mahito does not need any part of his body to reform himself.
The soul is the body and the body is the soul. They are one and the same.
It was for this reason that Getou was able to momentarily resist Kenjaku’s control over his body despite his soul already having long since passed.
And even more notably, it was because of this unique relationship that Toji was able to take control of the body he inhabited. It’s even explicitly noted that none of Toji’s “soul information” was being summoned, only his “bodies information” was. However, because the body’s information inherently carries the soul and all its information alongside with it, Toji’s “body” was able to overcome the guy’s soul and thus, override and take over.
Because of these showings, Mahito’s soul should not need any part of his body to remain for him to reform himself after its destruction, no matter the severity. As his soul inherently already carries his “bodies information” within it, thereby meaning there’s no need for “his body” to remain since it’s always kept within “his soul.” Adding more credibility to the fact that Mahito’s life is solely dependent on his soul and the damage it suffers.
summary…Mahito stays winning.
Basically I was looking over Mahito’s profile and noticed his regeneration has been downgraded to At least High-Mid, Possibly Low-High now. I think however that this rating should be upgraded to At least Low-High, Possibly Low-Godly instead as I think the rating far better suits Mahito’s profile based on how he both describes how his ability to reform functions and of what we know about the relationship between the soul and the body in Jujutsu Kaisen.
Mahito’s explanation on how his regeneration works:
To first go over why I think this possibly rating should be upgraded, we need to look at Mahito’s explanation for how his “regeneration” works in the series.As such, the way Mahito describes it, he’s not really “healing” at all. Instead he’s altering and changing the shape of his soul which in turn changes the configuration of the body. The body tightly conforms to the soul which is how Mahito is able to perform his Idle transfiguration technique.
The reason it’s not healing is because there’s nothing to “heal” from. Mahito at all times is consciously preserving the integrity of his soul. As such no attack can harm hit so long as it doesn’t hit his soul. It’s for that exact reason that he was so shocked that Yuji could harm him in the first place, why he called him his “natural enemy.” It’s because Yuji is actually capable of touching the shape of Mahito’s soul and thereby actually be able to harm him.
This explanation by Mahito is textbook Low-Godly regeneration because as specified on the page, it is “The ability to regenerate from the complete physical destruction of the user's body, instead restoring it from their disembodied consciousness, whether that be their soul, mind, some other non-physical aspect of themself, esoteric or metaphysical energy, or something else” which perfectly matches Mahito’s explanation about how “no attack can harm him so long as it doesn’t harm my soul” because his regeneration is entirely based off his soul. His body has no bearing to it as Mahito says many times over throughout the series.
This gets further reinforced by how characters such as Kokichi Muta, who can build giant mechas with incineration canons, had to resort to using techniques capable of destroying Mahito’s soul in order to damage him. Even with all the insane technology he had at his disposal the fact that he opted to find a way to harm Mahito’s soul validates his claim about it not mattering how much damage his body takes, his soul is what counts.
All that alongside his already really good feats of being able to reform himself even after doing things like blowing himself up I think is more than enough to validate the possibly low-godly regeneration upgrade I am proposing. However there is still one more thing I’d like to mention to further solidify the notion that Mahito does not need any part of his body to reform himself.
The Relationship between the Soul and the Body:
The reason Mahito shouldn’t need any part of his body to still be able to reform himself is because the soul inherently carries the bodies information with it and the body inherently carries the soul’s information within it as well.The soul is the body and the body is the soul. They are one and the same.
It was for this reason that Getou was able to momentarily resist Kenjaku’s control over his body despite his soul already having long since passed.
And even more notably, it was because of this unique relationship that Toji was able to take control of the body he inhabited. It’s even explicitly noted that none of Toji’s “soul information” was being summoned, only his “bodies information” was. However, because the body’s information inherently carries the soul and all its information alongside with it, Toji’s “body” was able to overcome the guy’s soul and thus, override and take over.
Because of these showings, Mahito’s soul should not need any part of his body to remain for him to reform himself after its destruction, no matter the severity. As his soul inherently already carries his “bodies information” within it, thereby meaning there’s no need for “his body” to remain since it’s always kept within “his soul.” Adding more credibility to the fact that Mahito’s life is solely dependent on his soul and the damage it suffers.
summary…Mahito stays winning.
