Jujutsu Kaisen

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Synonyms: Sorcery Fight, JJK

Japanese: 呪術廻戦

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Type: TV

Episodes: 24

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 3, 2020 to Mar 27, 2021

Premiered: Fall 2020

Broadcast: Saturdays at 01:25 (JST)

Producers: Mainichi Broadcasting System, TOHO animation, Shueisha, dugout, Sumzap

Licensors: VIZ Media

Studios: MAPPA

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Award Winning, Fantasy

Theme: School

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Popularity: #17

Members: 2,324,305

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Idly indulging in baseless paranormal activities with the Occult Club, high schooler Yuuji Itadori spends his days at either the clubroom or the hospital, where he visits his bedridden grandfather. However, this leisurely lifestyle soon takes a turn for the strange when he unknowingly encounters a cursed item. Triggering a chain of supernatural occurrences, Yuuji finds himself suddenly thrust into the world of Curses—dreadful beings formed from human malice and negativity—after swallowing the said item, revealed to be a finger belonging to the demon Sukuna Ryoumen, the "King of Curses."

Yuuji experiences first-hand the threat these Curses pose to society as he discovers his own newfound powers. Introduced to the Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School, he begins to walk down a path from which he cannot return—the path of a Jujutsu sorcerer.

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Winner of the Anime of the Year (TV Series) at the 2022 Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF).

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Adaptation:	Jujutsu Kaisen
Other:	Jujutsu Kaisen Official PV, Vivid Vice
Prequel:	Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie
Sequel:	Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season
Summary:	Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season Recap

Sakurai, Takahiro
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Seshimo, Keisuke

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Kimura, Makoto

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Maeda, Toshihiro

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Matsutani, Hiroaki

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Opening Theme

	1: "KAIKAIKITAN (廻廻奇譚)" by Eve (eps 1-13)
	2: "VIVID VICE" by Who-ya Extended (eps 14-)

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Ending Theme

	1: "LOST IN PARADISE" by ALI ft. AKLO (eps 2-13)
	2: "give it back" by Cö shu Nie (eps 14-)

Reviews

Mar 26, 2021

Twumi

Recommended

After the ridiculous success of Demon Slayer, the shounen industry is finally taking notes on how to make a successful adaption. There's so many things that can be said about JJK, that I'm confused where to start from.

Let me start by giving JJK's staff the appreciation they deserve. Being a huge AoT fan, I'm honestly a little bit salty. I'm not undermining AoT, it's just that my eyes have been spoiled from seeing a sakuga on every damn episode of JJK. It's honestly just so good.

So yes, I'm gonna first highlight the sector which totally carries JJK, the animation. JJK is a feast for your ... eyes. The animation is just so magnificent, starting from the beautiful landscapes to the sakuga on even the smallest fights. The fights are so well choreographed, the camera angles, the key frames. I don't have enough words to explain the greatness of the animation. You have to witness it for yourself. Just like how Demon Slayers impeccable animation by Ufotable carried it, in the same way JJK's animation by MAPPA definitely elevates the anime to another level. And without the elegant animation, I don't think JJK would be at where it's at right now. So MAPPA definitely needs credit where it's due, this is how you do a first season of an anime.

One other great thing about JJK is it's power system. If you're like me who absolutely loves a great power system, then you'll also fall in love with JJK's power system. JJK has a very concrete power system, which is cursed energy. Cursed energy kind of replicates Chakra from Naruto. Both needs a good amount of focus and training to achieve them. The only difference is that in Naruto, Chakra exists in all beings. However, in JJK, not everyone had cursed energy, like Maki, they use cursed tools instead which is also an interesting concept. The reason I love the power system is that it is not too complex neither is it too simple like, eat hair = I'm strong now. Yuuji imbues his hands with cursed energy, Nobara uses hammer and nails, Fushigoro summons cursed beasts, and Gojou can manipulate space at an atomic level. There's literally an old man who uses an electric guitar to fight, I fucking love this! This power system and the character's powers, all of them makes the anime even more amazing for me.

The characters are probably the second greatest part of the anime. Yuuji is such a good shounen protagonist, he isn't annoying and doesn't scream all the time, is quite care free. On the other hand, the other members of the MC trio are just so fun to watch, Fushigoro and Nobara both. I'd be lying if I said that it didn't remind me of Naruto a little bit. The fun little rivalry between Yuuji and Fushigoro, just like Naruto and Sasuke, except better. And isn't it a breath of fresh air, finally having a female MC that isn't annoying and absolutely useless. In episode 23, when Nobara was suddenly getting sucked into a gate, instead of screaming and crying for help, she just showed Fushigoro a thumbs up, saying that she'll be fine, like the badass she is! God I love the characters.
The character goals are really interesting, which also makes the characters, interesting. Yuuji isn't like other shounen nice guys who refuse to kill people like Deku, he has an actual reason to do that. He highly commends "the value of life". He also does good deeds because he wants to die peacefully and be remembered as a good person, quite a simple but respectable goal. Fushigoro is probably my second favourite character in JJK. He is very secretive and stoic, all while caring for his friends. In episode 23, we got to see a different side of him, and honestly he has so much depth to him. I normally hate female delinquent characters so much, I can't stand them as much as I can't stand Tsunderes. I hate how they go "Kimochi warui" after everything. But Nobara is different. She is very talkative during battles, verbally destroying the shit outta the opponent, all while being badass as fuck during all times. She also deeply cares about his friends, she is a great character. Not only this, but side characters like Panda, Maki, Inumaki. Every- again LITERALLY EVERY CHARACTER in this anime is so fucking good and interesting, even the antagonists like Sukuna and Mahito have a considerable amount of depth to them which everyone can comprehend, which makes them so good.
Let me tell you this, an entire paragraph isn't enough to explain how amazing and interesting the characters are.

The only part JJK is a bit lacking in is story. Since it's only season 1 and the story hasn't expanded much, but even still, the story is a bit generic. It feels like a typical monster of the week kind of story. Even the story is a bit average now, all other aspects carry this anime. And yes, the story switches tones really quick, it goes from a dark and gritty tone to a light hearted tone pretty fast. And the best part is that they perfectly execute it.
No one said that an anime must excel at all aspects. There was no boring moment in the entire anime, despite the story being typical, I always thoroughly enjoyed it.

The Juju Strolls are a perfect addition after the end of every episode, no matter how tense an episode is, the Juju Strolls are entertaining to watch.

Now about sound, it's amazing. The 2 opening sequences and ending sequences are all so amazing. Especially the amazing opening from Eve and the great ending from ALI. After that, there's the voice acting. Most people can't differentiate between good voice acting and bad voice acting, but I have noticed that a good amount of anime often fail at properly delivering dialogues. JJK's voice acting feels genuine and natural, so big props to the talented voice actors. Soundtrack is also quite lacking. It's not the best there is, but it works. Of course, I don't expect all anime to have Sawano level soundtracks.

Another thing that I need to separately mention are the eye catchers. If you don't know what eye catchers are, they are those intro type of clips that are often in the middle of an episode. JJK's eye catchers are so captivating, they have this horror-y feeling to it.

Now to sum it all up in one sentence: Jujutsu Kaisen is great.
JJK has to be one of the greatest new gen shounens. As for whether you should watch it or not- YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD. I don't always tell people so confidently to watch an anime. It is the start of a new era through Jujutsu Kaisen, and I'm damn interested to see where it's gonna go from here. See you all in the next season!

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Mar 26, 2021

HellLyter

Mixed Feelings

“It’s not about whether I can, I have to do it!” – Megumi Fushiguro...and also me steeling myself to post a critical review on this beloved anime.

Jujutsu Kaisen is the latest shounen to gain a surge of popularity and get invited to join the mainstream table of the true anime titans, probably taking a seat right next to Demon Slayer. And I can say with certainty that this is primarily because of Studio Mappa's admirable dedication to making this show, particularly the fight scenes, look breathtakingly good. But here's the age old question: Does fantastic animation trump average writing?

Yeah, no. Heh, sorry to be ...

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Mar 26, 2021

katsucats

Not Recommended

[Note: The mods have edited this review and now the opening paragraph no longer makes sense.] Have the shounen fans forgotten Yuyu Hakusho or even DBZ? Perhaps the real reason for the rants and raves lie in the annoying and inopportune character biopic digressions, extended flashbacks that set up every fight reversal -- in the middle of them happening -- as if the results of every power-up are predetermined by some childhood angst. Honestly, these would have worked in some key moments, but the card is overplayed -- and unoriginal since Haikyuu uses this extensively.

In reality, Jujutsu Kaisen is just like any other shounen that ... seeks to ruin jujitsu like Naruto ruined ninjas. The plot structure is actually extremely similar to My Hero Academia, in that a bunch of children inadvertently find themselves in a school that trains their fighting capability, complete with families where magic runs in their lineage. The biggest difference is that the jujutsu world is far more incompetent, with powerful figures fighting petty familial squabbles as if the world isn't in danger. In addition, we get the same familiar arcs: the first run-in with the enemy, a inter-high competition that goes wrong, and ending with a fight with some enemy head honchos that give our heroes the recognition they deserve. If that sounds like a prior season of My Hero Academia, or something from the first season of Naruto, then it probably is. These are all shounen fight staples, cliches that have been around so long that they're even emulated in Chinese donghua Quanzhi Fashi, which also has a tournament arc that goes wrong.

I will admit that I do enjoy the idea of domain expansions, a powerful technique that alters space and time within an area to the user's will. It seems to have a more cohesive explanation than Demon Slayer's blood demon art.

There are also things I don't enjoy. For example, the entire premise seems to be one huge plot hole that questions the integrity of the Jujutsu Organization. Itadori, the main protagonist, is able to synthesize with Sukuna, the King of Curses by eating decapitated parts of his rotten corpse (ew). But what follows is a debate within the organization about what should be done, with a camp saying Itadori should be killed, and others shrugging their shoulders, saying they should just wait to see what happens. I'll leave to your imagination on who is considered the "good guys", and also why that might be supremely irresponsible. The group that wants to kill Itadori passive aggressively tries to again and again, with no one recognizing to foil these obvious plots. Then we have Sukuna himself, who saves Itadori because he "wants to see something interesting", in a scene that might be one of the most desperate cliche asspulls of all time.

But overall the powers that be, both the Jujutsu Organization and the Curses seem supremely disorganized, petty, and full of bad ideas. If the world was in jeopardy, it seems these should be the last guys to be making decisions. Yet here we are, stuck with a bunch of armchair philosophers from Fate/Zero making perpetual moral posturing. I lost it when a character went on a long rant about "proper deaths", killing people's hearts as opposed to their souls, saying nonsense such as "the human heart is a delusion" or "the heart is just the metabolism of a soul". One character keeps obsessing over people's favorite "type" (of women), until the anti-climactic reveal that he was once saved by a woman. Another character goes on an edgy rant about being handicapped, to another character that insensitively says he would rather be handicapped.

These characters are all quirky, but not in the natural way. It's almost like they were designed with these quirks in mind, as a sort of gimmick to create angst and arguments from nothing. None of the characters have any likeable qualities. It almost seems that if they weren't all forced together by circumstance, they would all be loners with no friends. They all say stupid things just to be unique as a part of character design. Kind of like Rika saying "nipaa" or Kuriyama's "fuyukai desu", except it's not cute when a grown ass man says it, and it's borderline disturbing when someone who's being trained to become a savior of the world displays tsundere tendencies, or someone who's so immature that she thinks confidence amounts to talking shit.

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