Now that I've watched it... I really, really, can't give it a high score no matter how much I want to. I know MAPPA did a great job with the animation and everyone worked hard on it, and I appreciate them. However...
The reason I gave it a low score is because of the plot and the characters. Like someone mentioned before, I would also rather have a mediocre art with a good plot than amazing art with a mediocre storyline. After all, if the plot nearly makes me want to quit watching it all the time... what's the point?
There is something wrong with Jujutsu Kaisen. It's not the animation or the soundtrack. It's the overall experience with it. Like many others have said, yes, the plot is overused, the characters are nothing special nor are their interactions with one another. Even with 24 episodes, I feel like it's all just random scenes and fighting. I know... it's a shounen and shounen has a lot of fighting most of the time. However, every other shounen out there establishes the plot pretty well before or after 24 episodes. For me, the only good part so far has been Junpei's story, and even that felt rushed. One of the worst things about JK, for me, is that they do not explain the techniques, their functions, how they came to be, etc. well at all. They seem to just spit out ten thousand techniques and make the techniques work in their favor so they could win somehow.
I don't know. I can't call it "horrible" because that would be calling all the other shounen anime out there "horrible" since, for me, 95% of JK is borrowed from other shounen. I get it: it's hard to be 100% original. And no one is expecting that. However, the same flow, the plot and characters mixed together is very boring to see for the ten thousandth time without a spark in the story. I feel like Gojo, who looks like Kakashi and acts Dazai, is one of the biggest reason why people are obsessed with this show. I don't know why he's overhyped. I mean he's cool and all, but I'm pretty sure it's because he acts exactly like Dazai and has a pretty face. That is all.
I haven't read the manga. Maybe it gets better. Maybe it's super slow with development because they have much, much, much, more to cover. Idk. All I reviewed is season 1 and season 1 only. And that is my honest opinion.
