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So far, I'm completely sold on the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. The animation, sound, and attention to detail in every scene really make it easy to fall into the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. Technically its one of the most visually stunning anime I've come across in a long while, and if anything should be praised for the production it puts forth into the industry and looked at for shonen anime who want their combat scenes to feel impactful and dynamic.

Story so far leaves some to be desired sure, a lot of us have been spoiled with so called literary masterpieces that I'm personally always craving ... for a story to give me just a little more to hold onto. That being said, I think it's fine for 13 episodes in considering it's GENRE. It's a shonen, and all we need for a story to get started SOMEWHERE. Give a character a reason to fight, then force that character to care about what they're fighting for. And with the last few episodes I really believe they did that! With showing just how truly evil curses are, after trying to humanize them. I would have loved more time with a certain titular character and Yuuji, but if it was such a deal breaker I'd have read the manga first.

Characters can seem tropey at times, I'm overlooking that a little bit as someone who can enjoy a character who fits a certain mold from time to time. Despite them having similar feels to other characters from history, the world Jujutsu Kaisen creates is unique and interesting enough that they have their own feel apart from other media we might have seen those characters in.

All in all, while it seems like I'm giving a mediocre anime too much credit in the story and character departments, they do ENOUGH. It's a fun shonen anime, let it have fun shonen tropes, let it impress you with its monsters, let these characters be tropes for a while and let them break out of the mold by following a developing story. Many shonen protagonists began here, or in an even worse spot and in time we grew to love them. Jujutsu Kaisen is only starting give it a break and let's buckle up for the ride.

NOW FOR THE ANIMATION AND SOUND!?!?!?! I literally cannot stop talking about how great this anime is, and how it just decides to break what rules of animation we're used to for the sake of impact and atmosphere. Combat scenes are so well scripted and animated, and brings me back to a time before anime was here's my power clashing with your power sparks fly we both get beat up. Every little motion is carefully mapped out and shown even with quick camera changes and rotations, this anime wants you to KNOW these characters are physically able and can fight. Not to mention the detailed facial scenes from non human characters that just creep you out because its supposed to. The art direction for this show belongs on every single anime movie in my opinion.

I don't think it's the perfect anime by any means, but with the way this first wave of episodes went, even though i wanted it to slow down and take its time, it has amazing potential as a shonen. It gets my recommendation for the season, and something to keep an eye on during the final have of the first season.