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| Looks like it is time for the weekly Jujutsu Pain Train. This time the train stopped at Nobara's station. Nothing but sad things going on in this show. I remember shedding tears while reading this in the manga and the anime was no exception. Little Nobara was so damn adorable and it was very cute to see her little backstory. Very emotional indeed. I'll forever miss such a charming yet badass and chaotic gremlin-energy female character in this show. Rest in Peace, Kugisaki Nobara. T-T Mahito is such a great villain. Itadori will have to stop this guy at any cost. Btw, Itadori's at his breaking point. This boy will keep on taking more and more suffering. The episode was beautiful. Amazing direction, action, and storyboards. It was amazing. I will miss you, Kugisaki. "It wasn't that bad" |
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| Will not pretend and say, Nobara’s some hell of an interesting character you’d love to see many minutes of on screen… a very rare trait for said female characters in these kinda series, but she does have a few things to speak of as well. I mean you see, the same Mahito who Itadori couldn’t do much of on many occasions, was quite literally forced to retreat when battling against Nobara. Her resonance did the trick, which not only did hurt the clone she was fighting against, but even the original’s soul Itadori was going up against. Mahito did what one could expect of him… he ran away in an attempt to lead both Itadori and Nobara to one place and then doing… the unthinkable. This motherfucker placed his hand on Nobara’s face, and we know what it means. And if by some chance someone didn’t… that sudden backstory of Nobara is more than enough to indicate. “LIFE FLASHING BEFORE ONE’S EYES = WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS”, sigh. Not some over-sentimental flashback, but knowing what was about to come, it hurts:( Being Itadori ain't easy. Gojo’s gone, Nanami’s gone and now Nobara, as well. Blame this arc. |
| Nobara's signature move, RESONANCE! God I just love the sequence of Itadori beating the fuck out of Mahito, get that fraud, and oh there’s still more to come between them I JUST HOPE THEY DON’T SCREW UP THE FINAL SHIBUYA PARTS. Mahito is constantly playing tricks on Itadori and Nobara. Going back, there’s a backstory when Nobara was still a little gamer girl playing Super Smash Bros + a total menace for bullying kids and befriending Fumi :), their friendship is sweet while it may not stay as close as it should be now. Tbh Nobara is one of the characters I wouldn’t say is a wasted potential but somewhat, I never feel like I gave her that much attention, compared to the other characters here but I do feel bad for her fans, though her death, thus far, hasn’t been really confirmed by Gege himself. |
| What a great chapter, with incredible animation and brilliant direction. Everything was perfect, from the soundtrack to the whole team. Thanks to everyone involved. |
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| The pain just never ends man. It was a back-and-forth battle for Itadori against Mahito, who employed a scheme involving ordinary people, causing Itadori to struggle. Meanwhile, Nobara returned to the battlefield and encountered Mahito's surrogate body. Faced with Mahito's plot to kill Nobara and break Itadori's spirit, Kugisaki engaged in combat while remaining wary of Mahito's techniques. Despite Mahito being immune to attacks, Nobara confronted him. Nobara has become one of my favorites partly because her fighting style is incredibly unique, requiring her to put in extra effort, often setting up her attacks well in advance. It's disheartening that we won't get to witness it again. However, the chapter itself was well-executed, with a surprising display of brutality from Nobara's shot at the end. I appreciate that characters like Mahito aren't soul-warping them as with Junpei, but rather causing explosions, which somehow feels more respectful. I wouldn't want to see Nanami or Nobara go through that. The scene with Nobara and those empty chairs is a powerful callback to her speech to Itadori at the end of the Death Paintings arc. She spoke about having limited seats in her life, and now seeing those people who once filled those seats and realizing they're empty, it's undeniably impactful imagery. Her eye is literally soaring through the air, man. We started with our squad of sorcerers. Now it's just Yuji and Megumi(?). |
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| This arc is absolutely insane. And now that it actually happened we can post without a spoiler tag that the opening foreshadowed it all along  This felt a lot more devastating than in the manga. You can't stress it enough how much the right seiyuu and OST sqeeze your heart. |
FMmatronNov 30, 2023 11:29 AM
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Last week was Nanami's time and now its turn for RIP Nobara. We will miss you. I hope you come back some day, but if not, rest in peace. You were also a good counter to Mahito and helped Itadori beat the shit out of Mahito. Too bad Mahito likes to run away and do sneak attacks. I can't really believe the author killed#? one of the main trio, risky move and one of a hell way to subvert the shonen tropes. Awesome episode. |
| Imagine if every time someone died they removed them in the last shot of the OP. Would've been cool. No way... Please no... We just lost Nanami last episode... Oh, Saori! I remember Nobara talking about her in season 1. Finally we get more info about her. The backstory and Saori's words hit me like a truck. Nobara's death gotta be one of the most hard-hitting I've seen in anime... maaaaaaaaaaaan what the hell Absolutely amazing episode +1 thing that was in the OP this whole time but now we finally know the context |
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| Jujutsu Kaisan is slowly turning out to be like Attack on Titan. Nobody is safe in this anime. RIP Nobara 💔 |
| More Yuji fighting, and Nobara fighting. Great! How could someone bully Fumi? Then you see what the adults did to Saori's family house. Kids learning from example. Nobara life flashed before her eyes. Eye? Eyes? One more JJK episode, one more death(...). |
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| Woah, is Kugisaki actually dead? It feels too sudden. I wanna see Yuuji go full psycho now |
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| I was really hoping this episode would end with a cliffhanger which would have happened pretty shortly after nobara’s death. But I guess I can wait until next week to see the dream team again. |
| No way. Nobara. I can't believe it. This arc is just too heartbreaking. |
| First thing that I want to point out is how well-animated this episode was. I was prepared for this episode to look terrible because of the people shouting doom and gloom, saying they should delay the rest of the season, and claiming that the staff hadn't even started working on the remaining episodes beyond episode 18. But the opposite was true, this looked better than last weeks episode. Also, the claim about them not having started production came from random shit I saw on Twitter, so in hindsight, it's probably safe to assume those had zero merit or credibility to begin with lol. But damn, the fighting that took place in the episodes first half looked incredible, especially when Yuji was going all in on whooping Mahito's ass. Regardless of what the truth is about this episodes production, the staff is pulling some crazy magic out of their asses so props to them. Last week was Nanami, now it's Nobara's turn on the chopping block. Hopefully that shot of her in the OP surrounded by chairs while she covers her left eye makes a lot more sense now. Spoilers in plain sight 💀 Gotta also have the emotional backstory before sending her off. Yuji is 15 years old experiencing insane levels of trauma in just a matter of a few hours. Poor kid lol. RIP Nobara, for all we know. I only say "for all we know" because her status is currently listed as "unknown," and even to this day in the manga we still aren't 100% certain of her fate. Still, if you're a Nobara fan I wouldn't hold out hope lol, it's safe to assume she's more than likely gone for real. |
thebrentinator24Nov 30, 2023 9:16 AM
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords. |
| I thought Nobara would have a little bit thicker plot armour because she is a female character and part of a main cast. |
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| Damn, I wanted to see how Yuji vs Mahito ends, Nobara's past took up too much of the episode, I skipped half of it. Well, at least now I'm sure the next episode is the conclusion to the Yuji vs Mahito fight. |
| I knew what was about to happen and it still hurt like hell. Rip Nobara, honestly what a waste of a character |
| I can't believe people are skipping the best part of the episode I felt that it was a beautiful way to show how Nobara as a character is as a person. The whole sequence was great and really a highlight of the season and just adds to the depth of the writing of the story. |
| Wtf happend. Last episode was complete ass, but this one is amazing. JJK S2 is truly hit or miss. |
| noooooooo alala sad episode the animation was great and sometimes basic alala |
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| Yuji VS Mahito had some crazy choreography and fluid animation this episode. Even the background arts felt better than usual. A very polished episode. It is also another tragic episode where Mahito takes away a character off our screen with his cursed hand. I'll never forget how much of a psychopath this guy is. He isn't really, but feels like one to me. Yuji at this point is on the verge of fucking falling apart. I can't wait for THE episode. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| The fight animation is amazing Thank you jjk team for giving Nobara's last fight a very fluid animation Thank you JJK team, this episode is amazing RIP Nobara (Manga kit kat spoiler) |
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Reply to manelist1
Last week was Nanami's time and now its turn for RIP Nobara. We will miss you. I hope you come back some day, but if not, rest in peace. You were also a good counter to Mahito and helped Itadori beat the shit out of Mahito. Too bad Mahito likes to run away and do sneak attacks. I can't really believe the author killed#? one of the main trio, risky move and one of a hell way to subvert the shonen tropes. Awesome episode.
| @manelist1 this is why I love JJK. Even tho jjk was started with a very high level shounen troupes, Gege doesn't hesistate to rip em one by one |
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Reply to thebrentinator24
First thing that I want to point out is how well-animated this episode was. I was prepared for this episode to look terrible because of the people shouting doom and gloom, saying they should delay the rest of the season, and claiming that the staff hadn't even started working on the remaining episodes beyond episode 18. But the opposite was true, this looked better than last weeks episode. Also, the claim about them not having started production came from random shit I saw on Twitter, so in hindsight, it's probably safe to assume those had zero merit or credibility to begin with lol.
But damn, the fighting that took place in the episodes first half looked incredible, especially when Yuji was going all in on whooping Mahito's ass. Regardless of what the truth is about this episodes production, the staff is pulling some crazy magic out of their asses so props to them.
Last week was Nanami, now it's Nobara's turn on the chopping block. Hopefully that shot of her in the OP surrounded by chairs while she covers her left eye makes a lot more sense now. Spoilers in plain sight 💀 Gotta also have the emotional backstory before sending her off. Yuji is 15 years old experiencing insane levels of trauma in just a matter of a few hours. Poor kid lol.
RIP Nobara, for all we know. I only say "for all we know" because her status is currently listed as "unknown," and even to this day in the manga we still aren't 100% certain of her fate. Still, if you're a Nobara fan I wouldn't hold out hope lol, it's safe to assume she's more than likely gone for real.
But damn, the fighting that took place in the episodes first half looked incredible, especially when Yuji was going all in on whooping Mahito's ass. Regardless of what the truth is about this episodes production, the staff is pulling some crazy magic out of their asses so props to them.
Last week was Nanami, now it's Nobara's turn on the chopping block. Hopefully that shot of her in the OP surrounded by chairs while she covers her left eye makes a lot more sense now. Spoilers in plain sight 💀 Gotta also have the emotional backstory before sending her off. Yuji is 15 years old experiencing insane levels of trauma in just a matter of a few hours. Poor kid lol.
RIP Nobara, for all we know. I only say "for all we know" because her status is currently listed as "unknown," and even to this day in the manga we still aren't 100% certain of her fate. Still, if you're a Nobara fan I wouldn't hold out hope lol, it's safe to assume she's more than likely gone for real.
| @thebrentinator24 agreed, the smears and the fluidness is a total eyegasm. I rewatched it soo many times |
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Reply to SamerBanner
nishant0 said:
Damn, I wanted to see how Yuji vs Mahito ends, Nobara's past took up too much of the episode, I skipped half of it. Well, at least now I'm sure the next episode is the conclusion to the Yuji vs Mahito fight.
Damn, I wanted to see how Yuji vs Mahito ends, Nobara's past took up too much of the episode, I skipped half of it. Well, at least now I'm sure the next episode is the conclusion to the Yuji vs Mahito fight.
What's the point of even watching something if youre gonna skip it? Average fried brainrotting tiktok user
| @SamerBanner I didn't skip the whole episode just some part coz I wasn't much interested in it, as i said i was more interested in yuji vs mahito, it's not that i dislike Nobara's part of episode. I hope your fanboy mind can comprehend it, and jfyi I never used tiktok, it's ban in my country. |
| Females are bad written and not needed because they are NPCs in the Jujutsu Kaisen. People got illusion over "Nobara or Maki" is good female characters, No. Good female characters does not exist in shounen, stop chasing a dream. This episode already shows it. |
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| First Nanami, and now Nobara. Mahito needs to go. Poor Yuji. He's not going to take this well. |
| What a waste of time and a hot character, she did nothing, she accomplished nothing and just died. |
| Damn this fight is well animated. Its actually quite enjoyable for me again. |
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