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| ……Wow. That shit was incredible. After a surprise attack from Haruta, Megumi resorts to his last option, forcing Haruta into an exorcism ritual against the formidable shikigami, Mahoraga. Sukuna intervenes to ensure his plans, leading to a fierce battle where Sukuna initially dominates but faces Mahoraga's adaptive abilities. Sukuna, armed with ten fingers, ultimately defeats Mahoraga, saving Megumi. The aftermath leaves Yuji to witness the destruction wrought by Sukuna's rampage, prompting him to act for redemption. Meanwhile, Nanami survives but is severely injured and delirious. Sukuna being OP is precisely what makes him so fucking great. When he vowed to eliminate every human in Shibuya, he followed through on that threat. Additionally, the elaboration on the Malevolent Shrine was fantastic. Rather than forming a pocket dimension, Sukuna manifests his own territory in the physical world. Animators put their blood sweat and tears into this episode. Yuji and Nanami going through it right now. Animators, you guys truly are special(z). Generational episode. Edit: Had to rewatch it with my friends and trust me it hits 3x more on rewatch :p |
IzanaSolosJan 22, 4:17 AM
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| Another week... another incredible episode. Again, these are some of the most hyped chapters in Jujutsu Kaisen, and the staff and the people involved put their heart and soul into it. What an episode. Mahoraga's summoning was so well done. The build-up. The whole Sukuna vs Mahoraga fight was simply something out of this world. Another contender for episode of the year or should I already call it THE EPISODE OF THE YEAR? Yuji's breakdown was so sad and well done. T_T Everything was amazing about this episode. The voice acting, direction, and music choices were great. I can't express my gratitude enough towards the staff. Thank you very much for this amazing adaptation. One of the greatest things I witnessed on Television. I'm speechless. Glimpse of Nanami in the end. :( |
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| You know something terrible, horrible is about to go down when they decide to skip an opening. I mean at first sight, it might look like something along the lines of Megumi kicking the bucket, but it wasn’t that… somewhat, as he did lose consciousness, but it was because he summoned something which will quite literally become one of the most celebrated things in this series. Mahoraga finally made an appearance in the adaptation, and must say the summoning was as hype as it could’ve been. Megumi was ready to lose it all, and as we saw in the last cliffhanger, it quite happened with him too, until “THE STRONGEST” Sukuna appeared, and not only decided to cover for him but straight up went against Mahoraga. The fight was one of the highlights of this arc, and with every bit of honesty, the adaptation did justice to every every second of this fight… down to mini-seconds literally. I don’t quite remember it being this destructive and this long back in the manga, but the adaptation not only added extra scenes but made it look SUPREMELY overwhelming to every other thing we’ve seen so far in this series… take for example just the last episode. Malevolent Shrine did the trick, and it draws the conclusion to the most epic thing this series has seen thus far. And then what followed was Itadori’s depression…. utter despair, to what he actually did to the Shibuya. Goodness. Mappa knocked it out of the planet this time, by however means, but they literally did. Thought this would end with Nanami, not in a way we did tho, but fine I mean they EXTENDED the Sukuna, Mahoraga fight A LOT, so it's all good. |
Softhenic03Nov 16, 2023 9:31 AM
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| Malevolent Shrine is crazy. Bye Mahoraga-chan. Shigemo had it coming too. Another epic episode.  Definitely didn't expect to hear you're my special like that. |
FMmatronNov 16, 2023 2:28 PM
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| You could tell shit's gonna go down when they skip the opening So happy they addressed the problem I had last week regarding lack of civilians close to the fight We finally get an idea of why the curse school was so afraid of Sukuna getting loose. Up until this point, it was mostly because we were told about how dangerous he is. Now we finally understand. The art direction is top-class, what more can you say Only wish I got any clue what any of these powers do XD |
| THESE ANIMATORS DESERVE THE WORLD RN. MAPPA OWES THEM. I didn’t think they could top last week but holy they did. Mahoraga vs Sukuna delivered. The animation, music, fight… all of it was simply incredible. Especially with the current situation for the animators. RESPECT JJK TEAM 🫡   |
LeoDragoNov 17, 2023 12:16 AM
| OMG this episode is amazing!! I'm speechless... |
| Production issues is what it is. But whoever decided to put the OP song during Itadori's meltdown is a clown. Showing Nanami for the sake of having a cliffhanger every single episode just ruins the whole thing. By that point we already know he is going to not end well. Why cant it just end with Itadori? |
NycroNov 16, 2023 8:43 AM
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Production issues is what it is. But whoever decided to put the OP song during Itadori's meltdown is a clown. Showing Nanami for the sake of having a cliffhanger every single episode just ruins the whole thing. By that point we already know he is going to not end well. Why cant it just end with Itadori?
| @Nycro put the OP song during a worst moment isn't really a bad thing tho. Using a happy, motivational, or something that isn't related to a sad music to contrast with the violence of the scene is something that has been done before in countless movies. |
DrkSeid69Nov 16, 2023 8:45 AM
| its rough but still awesome fuck mappa for not giving enough time to this talented animators the anime made it more clear that cleave of sukuna is effective against cursed energy objects while dismantle is effective for none cursed energy objects |
| I was going to ask if it's the next episode where everything presumably turns to shit, but after seeing this... Look how they (MAPPA) massacred my boy (Jujutsu Kaisen). |
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| Damn, Sukuna's on another level. Itadori must be feeling a lot of guilt right now. |
| When they skip the OP in an action anime, you know some shit is about to get crazy. There's THE BOY, MAHORAGA!! The rumors that this episode would be even better than last weeks ended up holding true, what a fucking episode. They added A LOT, I mean A FUCKING LOT of anime original moments throughout the fight. I'll never complain about that, I love seeing all the things the staff decides to add in. Sukuna vs. Mahoraga lived up to the hype, what an animation masterclass. Just spectacular visuals that had me pausing, rewinding, and slowing down the playback speed multiple times 💀💀💀Sukuna is such a dope character and Mahoraga is a cool ass Shikigami. The Nanami cliffhanger....not the cliffhanger I expected the episode to end on, but man :( Hearing the news over the past few weeks of the atrocious production schedule makes me eternally appreciative of the staff that still, despite being done dirty in that regard, manage to deliver absolute peak like this. They deserve so much fucking better. Nycro said: Showing Nanami for the sake of having a cliffhanger every single episode just ruins the whole thing. Bruh how does this ruin anything, you just looking for anything to complain about? 💀💀 Edit after reading more comments in this thread: Even though I want this series to get the best adaptation possible, at this point I kind of want JJK after this season to follow the fate of Seven Deadly Sins after its 2nd season and end up in the hands of Studio Deen with the most atrocious animation imaginable, because holy shit, this fandom doesn't deserve this adaptation. Some of these complaints are legit the most nitpicky bullshit I've ever seen 💀💀💀 the OP playing during Yuji's breakdown actually makes perfect sense, particularly to the target audience, ya know, ACTUAL Japanese people. For us non-fluent foreigners, if you actually take 2 minutes to look up the English lyrics and read it from Sukuna's POV, it'll make more sense. Also, complaining about the Nanami cliffhanger is just....lol. He showed up for 15 seconds, stop acting like that ruined the whole fucking episode. That's just an unserious nitpick, let's be real, because I've yet to see anyone provide a legitimate reason for why that was such a problem. And even if this episode was unfinished and didn't meet the standard that the staff would have liked, you can't sit here and unironically say with a straight face that this was poorly animated. THIS was bad animation?!?!?! Because even unfinished, it looked better than a majority of other anime at the moment. I guarantee to the untrained eye, to the casual viewer, NO ONE will be like "oh well actually 🤓☝ the compositing during the sequence from the 14:27-14:33 mark was poorly done, and for a split second at the 16:42 mark you could see a slight dip in the animation quality if you pause at just the perfect nanosecond." I'm convinced that MAL people are just committed to searching for literally anything negative to say. |
thebrentinator24Nov 17, 2023 12:16 AM
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| This ep was really really great I kinda wish I didn't read the manga so I can be more shocked more The story board is AMAZING The direction is good enough, but maybe it's just me who got slightly annoyed during itadori's depression scene. The voice actor did an OUTSTANDING JOB, but his performance got overshadowed by the OP song. The animation has Jogo vs Sukuna level. Some drawings look sharp and solid as hidden inventory's art style, which I really really like. But some scenes looked rough, off model, and sketchy. If MAPPA wasn't being a greedy bitch, the anim could take to the another level. The animation in this ep was really great don't get me wrong I kinda wish they will fix everything in the BD version without RUSHING THE GODDAMN ANIMATORS. Thank you very very much for your hardwork JJK Team, fuck you Manabu |
HEBI_TANNov 16, 2023 9:12 AM
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| the staff is making fun of blowing up MAPPA office in one scene eh https://twitter.com/Hone_honeHONE/status/1725181406509469721 here is that animator tweeting that https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=209319 |
| The massacre finally ends but damn way too many deaths. They used simple artstyle again but well animated. Poor Itadori though. |
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Reply to deg
the staff is making fun of blowing up MAPPA office in one scene eh https://twitter.com/Hone_honeHONE/status/1725181406509469721
here is that animator tweeting that https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=209319
here is that animator tweeting that https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=209319
| @deg LMAOOOO WELL DESERVED |
We all have shit taste, especially in animes No one's right, no one's wrong |
| Of epic proportions. Where did the plane come from? |
LimiNov 16, 2023 9:42 AM
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| Let me quote the movie Team America after the apparent death toll in this episode: "Is 9/11 Times A Hundred." Megumi used the technique "Play dead, and let the rabid animal get your enemy.". A very realistic strategy. Thanks to Sukuna food review, now I know that there's a movie theatre or place that sell popcorn close to Shibuya 109 that doesn't sell tasty popcorn. Begin to play "SPECIALZ" feel kinda insulting, if you imagine Sukuna singing while Yuji is there crying and screaming. Anyways, great episode as always. |
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| Yep, it was an incident in Shibuya alright... the best arc so far in the series. The number of casualties, destruction, maimed characters, and character development is just astounding! The stakes have never been this high, and I love the high stakes in the plot; The episodes keep getting better and better, and with this, no doubt it far surpassed season 1 already... if anybody says this season is mid, y'all have bad taste for sure. |
Reply to deg
the staff is making fun of blowing up MAPPA office in one scene eh https://twitter.com/Hone_honeHONE/status/1725181406509469721
here is that animator tweeting that https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=209319
here is that animator tweeting that https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=209319
| @deg Lol. Everyone's already familiar with Japan's cutthroat work culture, in which the saying "the nail that sticks out is hammered down" also resides. So the fact that the staff are risking any and all future work by opening up about MAPPA's work environment and even mocking the studio should tell you how inhuman the conditions are. And all of this shows with the incoherent quality of this season ever since Shibuya and especially with this latest episode. I can only imagine how botched the next ones are going to be, which is a damn shame because I was looking forward to Mahito's fight more than anything else this season. The conclusion to that fight involving Yuji is the absolute peak of Jujutsu Kaisen. Edit: Also laughing at those comparing this to EP16. |
AntithesisNov 16, 2023 9:30 AM
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| CRAPPA SHIT THE BED |
| If anything you've got to hand it to Mappa, this is the embodiment of perfection. I can not stress enough how hype this arc is in the manga and to see it come to life and in such a manner, well um giving everyone involved in this arc their flowers this ish goated. |
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| This episode was crazy. Mahoraga’s summoning was so great the build up was crazy. Saying goodbye to Sukuna again is sad. But he will obviously return in future seasons. He is my second favourite JJk character. This episode had some really good animation and at points it had really weird animation. Props to mappa employees for being able to bring out such good animation with everything going on right now in there company. I’m worried for the last few episodes of jjk cause I feel like this episode showed a few signs that the workload is to much for mappa. JUSTICE FOR MAPPA EMPLOYEES |
| Itadori's granpa! What he didn't get to tell him on his deathbed must've been something really important related to this arc. It's the thing that Megumi tried to do 2 times but was always interrupted aaaaaaaa Reading the explanation for Shigemo's technique on the wiki made me understand it much better. Something as simple as seeing all the same digits on a clock would count as one of these little miracles apparently. 14:18 Yamata no Orochi is a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese dragon/serpent. Just how many innoced civillians died this episode. Pure epicness but also tragedy. I feel like Itadori's character just changed forever. NANAMI ISN'T DEAD SOMEHOW LET'S GOOOO But yeah, seeing all these tweets from the staff at Mappa... It's just so sad and heartbreaking |
EmbientNov 16, 2023 9:43 AM
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| That was absolutely insane like wtf im speechless i have no words for how awesome that episode was |
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| There's just no way people are calling this the episode of the year? Respect to the staff that worked on this episode (a lot of veteran animators), but the production issues are blatant and the direction keeps being a let-down in Shibuya. Sure there are well animated sequences, but again the compositing and the art are way too inconsistent. Also as others have said, using the OP song during Itadori's breakdown was a slap in the face. I get that the staff is overworked, but some of these decisions are downright terrible and have nothing to do with the production schedule. And then a Nanami cliffhanger, really? I have no hope for what's left of this season and these are the moments I was looking forward to the most. MAPPA has a hold of a massive audience with JJK and decides to treat it as if it was just some trash isekai that they could invest minimal resources into. A damn fucking shame. |
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| They keep upping the game in terms of the fight scenes |
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| Holy shit I'm speechless |
| What an episode it's insane to think that the animators have to work on these until the day before releasing them. They honestly deserve a break I'd be happy if the season ended on this episode. |
grab ur popcorn guys |
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Reply to KneelBeforeMe
There's just no way people are calling this the episode of the year?
Respect to the staff that worked on this episode (a lot of veteran animators), but the production issues are blatant and the direction keeps being a let-down in Shibuya. Sure there are well animated sequences, but again the compositing and the art are way too inconsistent. Also as others have said, using the OP song during Itadori's breakdown was a slap in the face. I get that the staff is overworked, but some of these decisions are downright terrible and have nothing to do with the production schedule. And then a Nanami cliffhanger, really? I have no hope for what's left of this season and these are the moments I was looking forward to the most.
MAPPA has a hold of a massive audience with JJK and decides to treat it as if it was just some trash isekai that they could invest minimal resources into. A damn fucking shame.
Respect to the staff that worked on this episode (a lot of veteran animators), but the production issues are blatant and the direction keeps being a let-down in Shibuya. Sure there are well animated sequences, but again the compositing and the art are way too inconsistent. Also as others have said, using the OP song during Itadori's breakdown was a slap in the face. I get that the staff is overworked, but some of these decisions are downright terrible and have nothing to do with the production schedule. And then a Nanami cliffhanger, really? I have no hope for what's left of this season and these are the moments I was looking forward to the most.
MAPPA has a hold of a massive audience with JJK and decides to treat it as if it was just some trash isekai that they could invest minimal resources into. A damn fucking shame.
| @KneelBeforeMe Half agree and disagree Not the episode of the year, that op ruins the moment, but I am fine with Nanami cliffhanger. The storyboard is amazing, but inconsistent art. I am not disappointed with this ep. This ep was great, but not the greatest of all time. I would still prefer the whole hidden inventory arc than shibuya arc |
We all have shit taste, especially in animes No one's right, no one's wrong |
Perrin4869 said: You could tell shit's gonna go down when they skip the opening So happy they addressed the problem I had last week regarding lack of civilians close to the fight We finally get an idea of why the curse school was so afraid of Sukuna getting loose. Up until this point, it was mostly because we were told about how dangerous he is. Now we finally understand. The art direction is top-class, what more can you say Only wish I got any clue what any of these powers do XD I didn't expect back-to-back high quality episodes. Even after the recent complaints on social media from the animators and more, it was unlikely we'd get this sort of episodes. But man, this was fucking amazing even though some frames were rough, it is overall a great episode. Maharoga showed his strength against Sukuna which was quite overwhelming, but Sukuna got the gist of it. But that ending.. Fucking shocking how cruel Sukuna is. well, actually it ain't that shocking. I'm so confused why people are calling this episode bad, it is by no means even close to whatever anyone is saying. People do not understand that detailed art is everything. People like Weiling Zhang, Miso, Daniel Kim, Vincent Chansard and the Hakuyu Go Team have worked on this episode. The latest two episodes have been my favorite out of the two seasons and the movie. Because it actually showcases fluid animation and non-stop action sequences and not some bullshit still frames without impact. This is it. Surely some people do not like it, but this is animation at it finest. Of course, some frames were less consistent as this episode was produced with a very tight schedule and overworked animators complaining and apologizing on twitter that they could have done better, but had to work till yesterday to finish their cuts. I'm at loss for words as one of the other threads for this type of animation. For animators to express themselves is everything when it comes to pure art/animation. eh not sure how I quoted someone or it's a bug on phone. |
SideCharacterKalNov 16, 2023 11:53 AM
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