Jujutsu Kaisen

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 Prefectural Jujutsu High School, he begins to walk down a path from which he cannot return—the path of a Jujutsu sorcerer.

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Gojou, Satoru Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Itadori, Yuuji Main

Enoki, Junya Japanese

Fushiguro, Megumi Main

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Kugisaki, Nobara Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Nanami, Kento Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Ryoumen, Sukuna Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Zenin, Maki Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Inumaki, Toge Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Getou, Suguru Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Toudou, Aoi Supporting

Kimura, Subaru Japanese

Seshimo, Keisuke Producer, Production Coordination

Maeda, Toshihiro Producer

Kimura, Makoto Producer

Murai, Yuriha Producer

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Jun 12, 2024

LankyHanky

Recommended

Jujutsu Kaisen is most notable for how it manages to avoid practically every pitfall that makes most Shonen difficult to watch. The power scaling isn't perfect, but its not obnoxious. Contrivances are relatively minimal, characters are quirky and entertaining, fight scenes are often exciting and varied, and the worldbuilding is consistent and engrossing.
The main character is likeable, and not quite as cliche as most shonen protagonists. The side characters are all a bit trope-y, but they're almost all likeable and entertaining enough that they fill the space between fight scenes effectively. The animation is mostly average, with a few moments of very pleasing animation ... in specific fight scenes.
Also, I just really love the trope of monstrously cocky overpowered characters.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Mar 22, 2024

bentleys

Mixed Feelings

It was quite enjoyable to watch. The animations are enough to make me want to appreciate these action-packed moments; it's undeniably cool to watch. The universe is nice, albeit somewhat cliché, although that's not really a problem...

...Except when it's way too much, to the extent that you truly feel a lack of personality during certain episodes. The four main characters are exactly the same as Naruto. Speaking of characters, few are endearing; giving us 2 minutes of background (which are also clichéd to the extreme) isn't enough for me to appreciate their stories. Sukuna is probably the only slightly interesting one; otherwise, they're very flat. ... As for the story, it's overly simplistic and stops evolving halfway through the season. The subsequent episodes fall into a loop of endless and uninteresting fights.

The comedic moments are enjoyable even if they're not always funny. The openings and endings are very well done.

If you're a fanatic of this type of shonen anime, go for it. I'd still place it above your average shonen. Otherwise, move along; you won't miss much.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 21, 2024

AwokenStroken

Not Recommended

puputsu gaisen
Just another uninspired, cookie cutter, dime a dozen battle shonen.

The dialogue is terrible and the characters never shut up... Characters are constantly explaining what they're doing, how they're feeling and what they're thinking, rather than actually letting the audience have a chance to interpret anything for themselves. Hardly anything is left up to interpretation and characters are constantly spoon-feeding simple and rudimentary information to the audience. Nothing in the series ever warrants constant explanation, it's literally just needless fluff.

The "comedy" is absolutely atrocious and literally ruins the show. I understand it's like a kids show or whatever, but why bother setting up atmosphere and ... a dark tone in a scene when you completely ruin it with some kookily ass cornball humor? These jokes persist throughout the entirety of the show too, every 2 minutes some goofy chibi shot or some other kookily malarkey which has literally never been funny shows up on screen... Do people see those chibi shots and genuinely think it's funny?


The character designs leave much to be desired. Almost all characters wear the exact same black outfit with little to no differences from each other. I understand it's supposed to be the uniform that they have to wear, but I feel like that's just a cop out to have some lazy designs. Monster designs are shit too, most enemies in the show are usually just like a blob monster with eyes or that one guy with like a volcano for a head...
Talk about some uly ahh characters bruh...

The animation is inconsistent, the visuals were almost only ever noticeably good during action sequences, and even then they can be hit or miss. Fight scenes are tantamount to the characters just mindlessly hitting each other really quickly with no ounce of actually interesting battle strategy or interesting choreography. Good choreography isn't a guy punching another guy really quickly, and he flies into a wall and explodes or some shit. I'm not exactly expecting Johnny wick tier combat and martial arts, but give me something beyond just guy hitting other guy real hard and then he 'splodes

Had some some pretty alright music, I can appreciate the kind of funky hip-hop vibe it had at times. On one occasion the music would sync up with visuals which was interesting.

I really wish I could like this, I don't enjoy not enjoying things, but perhaps my brain is too large to like this pile of dukey.
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Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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