Jujutsu Kaisen (TV) Episode 4 Discussion

AcbSnakeDemon said:
Is this shonen or seinen? Not that I have a problem with it, this is great.
Kugisaki is waifu material
Domain Expansion was crazy, that’s what real Jujutsu is? Epic

_CoveredSKY said:

RayReynolds said:
this is just kind of boring me, despite it was ostensibly one long action scene, but it's not being particularly impressive on the directorial/choreography aspect

There's no story for the monster of the week, not even to the level of Garo or Dororo. (even this cheap plot is too much effort for the writers) It literally begins with them being told "Hey, here's a random encounter. Go, uh, fight it." And then they kind of fight it, I guess. That's the whole story and all the dramatic elements of the entire episode.


Even then, it blows its stakes pretty early by ripping an arm off. Since we know that's not going to actual be serious, everything after that isn't much higher than torture porn. And then he re-taps into The Darkness Within, in the same way that we already saw before, but I guess this monster is somewhat different? It just feels like I've already seen this episode, not just in a countless other Jump shows, but from this very show itself, only a couple weeks ago.

Ventus_S said:
Honestly speaking, the pacing and atmosphere of this anime is done quite well (a little too fast paced tbh), but having mc accessing to free deus ex machina whenever he calls for it is a bit much, especially at this early on into the serie. All the "struggling" feels artificial afterward. (Especially the missing body able to heal when he pleases too)

So mc is able to freely control the curse king that's so strong with 1/10 of his power is able to annihilate another special grade curse, but then mc is no match to the lowly curse monster even though he is able to control something this strong?

Also this mission makes 0 sense. If they already knew there's a special grade curse in it, what's the point of sending a bunch of students in? What are they trying to achieve? They end up escaping immediately anyway. They enter the domain just to check "hey, I'm just here to confirm if there's really a special grade curse monster in it, so let's send in 3 juvillene who has 0 chance of winning?"
Is the association really this dumb? They already knew there's a special grade monster in it isn't it?

_CoveredSKY said:


It publishes in Weekly Shounen Jump, it's Shounen but comparatively darker than others.

Might sound nitpicking by a manga reader but Domain Expansion was much better in the manga, it's still great here but compared to the same in manga, it feels watered down

sKyBlazer08 said:
Damn, that episode was wild. Itadori is definitely a great MC, and he finally learned how to use cursed energy sadly it wasn't enough. Do I smell training arc someday.

Sukuna is fucking awesome, he's one of those likeable pieces of shit. If there was something higher than a special grade then Sukuna is definitely it. That special grade didn't even hold a candle to him. Does, Gojou have a domain expansion too? That'd be dope as fuck.

Welp, looks like Itadori is lights out right now. Sukuna is gonna go wild let's go.

StrawHatTitan said:
That last Sukuna smile was a perfect ending for the episode. Impress me MAPPA.

St_Dantry said:
It was lame. I'm giving it one more episode. The comedy moments are just stupid, totally ruins any tension.

What the fuck was the author thinking...honestly.

liam0207 said:
Best episode so far. I loved that ending; I hope Sukuna stays as a 'powerup with dire consequences', and, more or less, retains his identity as an individual character and not just Itadori's double.

badabass said:
Oh right, no way they finished these nice arc at one episode only, right?

I am still curious about Nobara, how could she ended up like that? I didn't even believed when she was supposed in the frog mouth but ended up with that bad conditions. Well, maybe in the last of the arc everything must be explained precisely. Here they were, 4 episodes in, already fighting against a highest level of curse. Its not even just a rescue mission, its a suicide mission! Itadori even couldn't even had a power to came back again after changing his positions with Sukuna. Ah, then Fushigiro must battling against Sukuna. No way he could defeat him! But i don't want him to death! Damn, its went to another cliffhanger, ofc, its need to post-poned a bit before its get fast. But why Kakash--err, i mean, Gojou sensei left them like that? He really such a dedicated and respected sensei, really had a nice type of heart that left his student with that kind of situation. Oh, man, why Gojou sensei ....

ProofByColor said:
Pretty deece but there's one thing that bugged me. I feel like it doesn't make sense that there are no other Sorcerers (or w/e) available to help out in this very serious (I mean you heard how that one suit described it) situation. This sorcerer organization or whatever tf is so big that they have a university, but their logistics are in such a mess that all they can managed are a bunch of recruits? I don't buy it. It breaks my immersion. I get the author wanted to have MC fight a rly strong curse so that he would have to let Sukuna out, but it would have a lot more believable for me if they had unexpectedly been attacked/stumbled into this special grade curse. This is pretty nitpicky but it's the kind of world building decisions that I pay attention to.

Pre_Yum said:
Really good episode. Itadori's second side is pretty funny. Lol

ttcchen said:
what do you mean Itadori's double? Sukuna's his own person, not just like a split personality version of Yuji. He's also the main antagonist of the series, if you can't tell already, so he's not just your cliche "powerup with dire consequences". He shouldn't be treated like a powerup at all. You should see him as a villain hiding in the protagonist's body and eavesdropping on all the conversations so he can gain the upperhand later. Yuji will learn and develop powers of his own and will never rely on Sukuna, not even in a dire situation, because he will soon learn that Sukuna is pure evil and shall not be trusted with control of his body. Srsly, , so yeah, no He's not a powerup

AbiSa said:


Yeah lol, surprisingly this show has the same Director too from GOH.
I guess he left his smarts for this show alone.

This was an amazing episode.

ttcchen said:

i think ur main criticism with this anime is due to your misinterpretation of Sukuna as simply a power instead of an actual villain/antagonist. "But the power is ridiculously stronger than most enemies, which makes the tension be considerably lower than what it should be." Sukuna isn't a powerup or a plot device or a deus ex machina for Yuji to tame and learn to take control of. He's his own person and frankly speaking after his performance in this episode you should've known that he's pure evil and is the main antagonist of this series, so he'll never be tamed or persuaded to join the good side and help Yuji, cause he IS the bad side. he is the big bad boss of this anime. all the villains see him as their boss.

so what you're worried about (him becoming simply a power and lowering the tension) will NEVER happen. Plus, what had happened recently in the manga pretty much established the fact that Sukuna is unredeemable and there's absolutely 0% chance he'll become good, EVER.

that 5 minute you mentioned is to show us how much damage sukuna can do if he's allowed control of Yuji's body (more will be shown next episode). it's not to show us that "oh sukuna is this strong so once yuji controls him he can gain this power and become this strong too!" it's to show us the power difference between Yuji and him, the final boss.

LOUPNHRSZ said:
ANOTHER NOTE: Jujutsu Kaisen anime adaptation just released 4, I mean FOUR fucking episodes in its first season, and MAL users are already publishing huge reviews with good scores about the series that's still far way to be completed??? These people suffers from anxiety or something?? Really. Jujutsu anime is doing pretty well this far, and I'm enjoying a lot! But we don't know how this season is gonna end... I think people here like to make very hasty evaluations. Some are saying that JJK is already a masterpiece........ I mean: what???? There is just FOUR EPISODES RELEASED. Everything, including the manga narrative progress, is still in the beginning!
During this course it can be perceived that Jujutsu Kaisen has many possibilities to be one of highlights in shounen genre and in this anime generation. But still.

ttcchen said:

Nobara didn't get injured AFTER getting inside the frog, she was injured BEFORE getting inside the frog. We saw her almost get eaten. U thought she would have just let the curses grab her without a fight? She must have fought desperately but lost cause there're so many of them, and got beaten down before she was finally caught.

St_Dantry said:
It was lame. I'm giving it one more episode. The comedy moments are just stupid, totally ruins any tension.

What the fuck was the author thinking...honestly.

kaiki_fan_boy said:
I don't like the comedy in this anime either but is it really that big of a problem ? If the comedy was the main focus I would understand but here it's really not. And the comedy isn't even that bad most of the times.

Nycro said:
Good episode but that stupid slapstick humour almost ruined the mood of this episode. Does anyone find it funny?

ReegrezSNK said:


You are 100% right but the funny thing you can say exact the same thing about Kimetsu No yaiba which you have in favorites so I found it funny XD.