Gege is such an a$$hole
he just elevated Higuruma out of nowhere (with Kenny and now Sukuna) just so he could make a "simple" sacrifice be as tragic as possible.
If the whole point was to have him be a decoy so Yuji could get an opening, we didn't need to elevate Higuruma like this. You can do the exact same panels/drawings and dial down a couple of dialogues from Sukuna and you get the same result
no need to add extra tragedy so the reader can feel like shyt thinking
"what could've been" with Higuruma if he didn't decide to fulfill "his role" on the fight instead of reaching for his "true potential".
That flashback to Nanamin was
though.
Now watch Yuji fail to get the job done anyways