Why do you watch/read jujutsu kaisen?

Angglio_1 said:
If you want passionate JJK fans go to Twitter and maybe TikTok. MAL would make you think Jujutsu Kaisen is bad.

Angglio_1 said:
If you want passionate JJK fans go to Twitter and maybe TikTok. MAL would make you think Jujutsu Kaisen is bad.

sssmaraaa said:

I get what you’re saying but I didn’t want passionate fans, I kinda just wanted the masses hahaha like a general crowd opinion. And I stay away from Twitter so figured MAL was a decent option to get a broad look at things

Angglio_1 said:

Nahhh...MAL is not the general consensus. They definitely have some bias, as you read the replies here. They'll make you think JJK is some show, when in fact its the most watched show and best selling manga of the year.

Gildesh said:
This will be off the main topic but to answer that:

A real "Did I just assume their gender?" moment. Based on Jujutsu Kaisen's characters and their designs plus the mangaka's image on MAL (which is a self portrait) I though they were female.
Now after a quick search on google, I see that you're technically right. The official data is that their gender is unkown/unconfirmed/secret.
There seems to be much speculation about it.
Based on what I've seen so far, I'll keep assuming that they are female.
Kindly ignore that part in my previous comment though as I was mistaken and not factual.

J_Sutaringu said:
I know this is a lot and many of you are probably not going to read everything but I didn't realize I have a lot to say about this series until now. I started reading Jujutsu Kaisen because the premise sounded pretty cool to me. I also love how Itadori's goal is not to "become the strongest" Jujutsu Sorcerer, it's just to live by his grandfather's last words and live his life surrounded by friends and die as such. The different morals behind Jujutsu Kaisen increased my love for it as I read it. My most favorite one being "you can't save everyone." This is played in a lot of series but I really like how Gege tackled it in JJK because I see it as two types of "can't be saved." MANGA SPOILERS INCOMING -------------> One is saving those from death. Itadori couldn't save Junpei or Nanami, Gojo had to risk the citizens's lives in Shibuya to handle Jogo and Hanami, and Geto couldn't save Riko from dying. You see how it affects each character and drives the plot. I also like how you can't save people from falling down to another path. Geto questioning his own ideology and deciding to change how he saw the relationship between Jujutsu Sorcerers and the world. Then Gojo realizing that he could not save his best friend from being the villain he became. On the other hand, you have people like Sukuna, Kenjaku, and Mahito that want nothing but to watch the world burn to ash (I know Sukuna and Mahito are cursed spirits but my point still stands) Besides the deep and meaningful aspects I love, I really like how Gege brings Jujutsu down to earth and weaves in science and mathematics into the techniques used. Last thing are his captions. I personally enjoy Gege's captions letting us in on who did what and how. They are truly iconic in my eyes and one of the primary reasons why I prefer the manga over the anime. I love both regardless though. It is truly a great series and is one of my top favorite animanga.

sssmaraaa said:
I had an interesting discussion with a friend today so I wanted to do a little scouting for information. I know this is not gonna be accurate scientific inquiry, but I'd love to hear why you watch (or read) jjk. Don't know if I need to say this but please be as honest as you can! Also, if you dropped the show or don't like jjk for any reason there is no need to vote, here I am curious about those who enjoy the anime/manga in some capacity. I  am also interested in hearing your expectations or predictions about the results of the poll, I too have my own, so I find this an interesting topic. 

sssmaraaa said:

Honestly it was such a joy to read this. I feel similarly to you about jjk, particularly about the part regarding not being able to save everyone, and both aspects you mentioned. One of my favorite things about jjk is reflected in yuuji’s character arc as well, (SPOILER) mainly his development from being a kid with somewhat of a hero complex to him actually understanding the world he lives in and that he is not some virtuous savior but rather ‘a cog in the machine of retribution’. I am referring mainly to his development because for a lot of the other sorcerers we see them after having that realization themselves - nanami, gojo, geto, megumi - and choosing their respective paths after having had this realization - nanami initially drowns in a meaningless life but then realizes the little good he can bring to others matters to him, gojo wants to change the system that causes all this pain by raising strong comrades, geto wants to have sorcerers live in a world where they don’t have to sacrifice their lives for non-sorcerers, and megumi realizes it’s enough to save those he deems good by his own moral compass. The story of jjk at times feels to me like a story about how people make peace with the ugliness of their world, and that one of the things I love most about it. That’s why 2 of my favorite lines are delivered by gojo and geto respectively at the end of the premature death arc, when gojo realizes that dispite being the strongest, he can’t save everyone as he couldn’t save his best friend, and when geto wonder “if life as a jujutsu sorcerer is like running a marathon, what if all that awaits at the end of that road is a mountain of our fellow sorcerers’ corpses” (or smth like that). (/SPOILER)
Anyways this turned out longer than I expected and it might be beyond what you yourself find appealing about jjk but I wanted to share! There’s also plenty of other stuff to say, but what you shared inspired me to add this :)))