Do I watch this before or after JJK

Aug 10, 2023 9:40 AM

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You can technically watch it before season 1, but without knowing the world or characters, you won't appreciate it as much.

Aug 10, 2023 9:41 AM

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Watch JJK season 1 then the movie and lastly the airing season 2. Enjoy fellow MAL user.

Aug 10, 2023 9:44 AM

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Just watch release order; you won’t appreciate the movie as much if you start with it. S1 -> 0 -> S2.

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Aug 10, 2023 9:48 AM

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The chronology is: 5 eps of s2 - > jjk0 - > s1
- > the rest of s2, but to understand the world you should watch it in release order

Aug 10, 2023 9:49 AM

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1st. JJK S1
2nd. JJK 0
3rd. JKK S2 Currently airing
cuz they explained jujutsu world in S1 better and they introduced some characters which will be important in movie and the movie's events takes place before S1 so don't be confused enjoy my fellow weeb🫂

Aug 10, 2023 10:00 AM

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ThisAaugh said:
I'm thinking about starting JJK but I don't know whether to watch this first or JJK. Can you guys help?

IMO, you can start with the first 5 episodes of S2, then movie 0 and then S1. You have time till S2 Ep 6 (on august 31) continues from where S1 left off.
Though I agree that S1 could help you familiarize with the world and characters, it wouldn't affect your watching too much if you start how I advised. If you don't understand some things in S2 and movie, they will be explained in S1 and such you don't lose anything👍

Aug 10, 2023 10:03 AM

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MaxAkumax said:

ThisAaugh said:
I'm thinking about starting JJK but I don't know whether to watch this first or JJK. Can you guys help?

IMO, you can start with the first 5 episodes of S2, then movie 0 and then S1. You have time till S2 Ep 6 (on august 31) continues from where S1 left off.
Though I agree that S1 could help you familiarize with the world and characters, it wouldn't affect your watching too much if you start how I advised. If you don't understand some things in S2 and movie, they will be explained in S1 and such you don't lose anything👍

Dumb and nonsensical way to watch.

Aug 10, 2023 10:08 AM

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Watch JJK0 and then S1, it's the original manga release order

Aug 10, 2023 10:21 AM

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Watch season 1 and then watch jjk0. Experience it as how everyone did, according to the release order.

Aug 10, 2023 10:22 AM

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The movie takes place before Season 1 but was released after. You can watch season 1 and then the movie, as it might actually be better for you to understand that world.

Aug 10, 2023 10:31 AM

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ThisAaugh said:
I'm thinking about starting JJK but I don't know whether to watch this first or JJK. Can you guys help?

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 was basically just a short story made by the Author years ago.
It was not even titled Jujutsu Kaisen yet , at that time.

But with the success it had , he continued the story , using those chapters as a Prologue of the Prologue.
It was made as a Prequel Movie for the Anime , to give more impact to it tho.

So you can either watch it before the 1st Season (as it was originally "intented" by the Author) , or after it (as intented by the Anime' staff).

"Genius lives only one storey above madness."
– Arthur Schopenhauer.

"Stupidity is a talent for misconception."
– Edgar Allan Poe.

"I'm tired... and hungry."
– Alexioos95.

Aug 10, 2023 10:36 AM

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The best order is S1 —> Movie —> S2

Aug 10, 2023 10:38 AM

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I watched it after the first season
The correct order for me would then be:

1: S1
2: The Movie
3: S2

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Aug 10, 2023 10:40 AM

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aru4l said:
The chronology is: 5 eps of s2 - > jjk0 - > s1
- > the rest of s2, but to understand the world you should watch it in release order

he already said it
what I was gonna say

Aug 10, 2023 10:53 AM

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Ripperdoc said:

MaxAkumax said:

IMO, you can start with the first 5 episodes of S2, then movie 0 and then S1. You have time till S2 Ep 6 (on august 31) continues from where S1 left off.
Though I agree that S1 could help you familiarize with the world and characters, it wouldn't affect your watching too much if you start how I advised. If you don't understand some things in S2 and movie, they will be explained in S1 and such you don't lose anything👍

Dumb and nonsensical way to watch.

Actually… if you love a good action-packaged, fantastical mystery…they might be on to something here IF our flashback period from S2 is truly over.

If originally watched this way, it’s gonna require some rewatching or good memory as you get into the plot of S1, but it might make the relationship with characters like Gojo and Geto have more depth and connection and hype later on. Same way that seeing S1 then watching Inumaki, etc haul major you know what I means for release order watchers. If season one came out chronologically in watch order, I think the character relationships would’ve been all the more exciting. Stakes higher. Big questions finally answered about the world that left you hanging and clinging for the next. Etc spiel.

All that said, watch them in release order, haha. But I know what I’m about to binge through now that we’re paused on S2…

Aug 10, 2023 11:02 AM

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IMO, the best way to watch it is season 1, 5 episodes of season 2, the JJK0 movie, then the rest of season 2. you'll get more of an emotional impact/ background for the movie that way, and it also sets up the context for the next arc

Aug 10, 2023 11:33 AM

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you could watch it before season 1 because it’s set prior to it but without knowing the characters before hand, it’s not a enthralling so i’d watch it between season 1 and 2.

Aug 10, 2023 11:53 AM

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just watch it in release order. it's so complicated?

Aug 10, 2023 12:01 PM

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just watch according to release

Aug 10, 2023 12:09 PM

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If you want to have more of a surprise, and a better flow, I’d say watching Jujutsu Kaisen in this order
Season 1 -> Season 2 episodes 1-5 -> Movie 0 -> rest of season 2

However if you want release date order, to watch it how is currently intended (despite how redundant if feels to watch it this way), then watch 0 in between the two seasons.

It’s true that 0 came out before Jujutsu Kaisen itself, but at that time it was just a one shot that skyrocketed to popularity, which in turn created the series as it is today. If you watch 0 first, you’ll ruin the element of surprise for your own viewing experience, and the main characters won’t even be the main character if you watch that first, instead a secondary main character would be the main character himself.

Aug 10, 2023 12:09 PM

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Watch it after season 2 ep 5 (the most recent episode). You could theoretically watch it whenever you want, but that's where it fits in perfectly. Definitely better than watching it in release order.

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Aug 10, 2023 12:15 PM

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official_brown said:
Just watch release order; you won’t appreciate the movie as much if you start with it. S1 -> 0 -> S2.

tbh I feel like you would appreciate the movie more after seeing the first 5 eps of season 2. Definitely more context too.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓾𝓮.
𝓘𝓷 𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵,
𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰.

Aug 10, 2023 12:17 PM

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DeFa- said:

official_brown said:
Just watch release order; you won’t appreciate the movie as much if you start with it. S1 -> 0 -> S2.

tbh I feel like you would appreciate the movie more after seeing the first 5 eps of season 2. Definitely more context too.

True, but it just depends. I don’t think watch orders matter to that extent. Usually release order is ideal. I don’t really know of an anime that is better chronologically rather than release.

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Aug 10, 2023 12:30 PM

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official_brown said:

DeFa- said:

tbh I feel like you would appreciate the movie more after seeing the first 5 eps of season 2. Definitely more context too.

True, but it just depends. I don’t think watch orders matter to that extent. Usually release order is ideal. I don’t really know of an anime that is better chronologically rather than release.

yeah I don't think there is any series to watch fully chronologically other than how it was released, but I do think slightly different watch orders can benefit some series like monogatari watching the anime with novel order. As a manga reader I am glad I read it in that order and felt it elevated the experience massively, 0 fit perfectly in after gojos past. 0 was written first and because of the success the author made a series out of it but went with the direction of slightly in the future with yuji then wrote gojos past to contextualize 0.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓾𝓮.
𝓘𝓷 𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓹𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵,
𝓲𝓽𝓼 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰.

Aug 10, 2023 12:31 PM

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official_brown said:

DeFa- said:

tbh I feel like you would appreciate the movie more after seeing the first 5 eps of season 2. Definitely more context too.

True, but it just depends. I don’t think watch orders matter to that extent. Usually release order is ideal. I don’t really know of an anime that is better chronologically rather than release.

IT’S A GUNDAM!!!

Aug 10, 2023 12:35 PM

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Truzzle said:

official_brown said:

True, but it just depends. I don’t think watch orders matter to that extent. Usually release order is ideal. I don’t really know of an anime that is better chronologically rather than release.

IT’S A GUNDAM!!!

I could never do Gundam with its billion seasons.

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Aug 10, 2023 12:37 PM

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official_brown said:

Truzzle said:

IT’S A GUNDAM!!!

I could never do Gundam with its billion seasons.

Me with One Piece 🥲
At least it has more continuity than Gundam, tho, lol

Aug 10, 2023 12:52 PM

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As an anime-only, I’d say watch the seasons as they came out, so S1 -> S0 / movie -> S2. That makes the most sense to me worldbuilding-wise.

Aug 10, 2023 1:02 PM

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watch it before season 1

Aug 10, 2023 1:45 PM

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watch s2 first 5 episodes

Aug 10, 2023 2:07 PM

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Start with season 1 then the first 5 episodes of season 2 then 0 then the rest of season 2

Aug 10, 2023 2:21 PM

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You’re lucky you can watch this after episode 5 of season 2 so it’s in chronological order

Aug 10, 2023 3:57 PM

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watch it right now

Aug 10, 2023 9:13 PM

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Since the hidden inventory arc has ended, I'd recommend the chronological order;

1 - Season 2 (Episodes 1-5)
2 - JJK 0 Movie
3 - Season 1
4 - Continue S2

Or the Airing order;

1 - Season 1
2 - JJK 0 Movie
3 - Season 2

Aug 10, 2023 9:54 PM

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I would say watch this at some point before seeing the Shibuya Incident arc

Aug 10, 2023 10:17 PM

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Watch in this order imo:-

1) first 5 episodes of S2
2) JJK 0
3) S1

Or you can simply go along with the release order if you want.

Aug 10, 2023 10:22 PM

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Anemone96 said:
IMO, the best way to watch it is season 1, 5 episodes of season 2, the JJK0 movie, then the rest of season 2. you'll get more of an emotional impact/ background for the movie that way, and it also sets up the context for the next arc

yeah I agree, it's what I would have done if i hadn't finished watching all of these.

Aug 10, 2023 10:43 PM

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I’d recommend you start with the first 5 ep of s2 then watch the movie jjk 0, all of s1, then the rest of s2. This is the chronological order of the series based on the order of the events taking place

Aug 10, 2023 10:55 PM

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I recommend you to follow the release order. That way you’ll be able to place all the pieces of the story puzzle. You'll be able to understand which story took place in when. So, don’t sweat it. Watch this movie after watching Season 1 till 24eps. In the end, all is matters is what you want. So, follow your heart. Stay Blazed!

Aug 11, 2023 12:15 AM

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although in terms of timeline, this movie take place before the season 1, but it doesn't give you introduction to the series, so it's better to watch the season 1 first

Aug 11, 2023 12:23 AM

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MaxAkumax said:

ThisAaugh said:
I'm thinking about starting JJK but I don't know whether to watch this first or JJK. Can you guys help?

IMO, you can start with the first 5 episodes of S2, then movie 0 and then S1. You have time till S2 Ep 6 (on august 31) continues from where S1 left off.
Though I agree that S1 could help you familiarize with the world and characters, it wouldn't affect your watching too much if you start how I advised. If you don't understand some things in S2 and movie, they will be explained in S1 and such you don't lose anything👍

I'm going to take a wild guess and say you're a fan of the Steins;Gate chronological order.

If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that.

Aug 11, 2023 1:02 AM

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LostSpectre said:

MaxAkumax said:

IMO, you can start with the first 5 episodes of S2, then movie 0 and then S1. You have time till S2 Ep 6 (on august 31) continues from where S1 left off.
Though I agree that S1 could help you familiarize with the world and characters, it wouldn't affect your watching too much if you start how I advised. If you don't understand some things in S2 and movie, they will be explained in S1 and such you don't lose anything👍

I'm going to take a wild guess and say you're a fan of the Steins;Gate chronological order.

I watched Steins;Gate one time in ep release order. But I do like to watch some anime in chronological order and not in episode order

Aug 11, 2023 1:03 AM

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ThisAaugh said:
I'm thinking about starting JJK but I don't know whether to watch this first or JJK. Can you guys help?

You can do both but you won't like the movie much if you watch it before season 1, so I would recommend to watch it after season 1

Aug 11, 2023 3:39 AM

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Watch it after. but I didn't like this movie

Aug 11, 2023 5:31 AM

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The best watch order, in my opinion, is: S1 > S2 (ep 1~5) > JJK0 > S2 (ep 6~23)

I think you will appreciate 0 more if you watch it after the events that start S2.

Chronologically, the order is: S2 (ep 1~5) > JJK0 > S1 > S2 (ep 6~23) but I don’t really recommend it.

Aug 11, 2023 7:37 AM

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Ik it’s a prequel but it doesn’t matter after all, this came out after jjk.

Aug 11, 2023 10:04 AM

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learn to read the release date dumb

Aug 11, 2023 3:52 PM

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Kampos said:
Watch JJK0 and then S1, it's the original manga release order

Might be the canonical one but:

Timeline wise: S2 eps 1 - 5; jjk 0; S1; S2 after ep 5

Release order:
- Manga: jjk 0; jjk S1; jjk S2 ep 1 - 5; rest of S2
- Anime: Same but switch 0 with S1

Enjoyability I think:
S1 - 0 - S2 (Anime release order basically)
S1 - S2 (1-5) - 0 - S2 (5<)

Aug 11, 2023 4:39 PM

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Side note, what about watching jjk s2, then the movie then s1? I was just curious about how it would be to watch it in chronological order

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