Reviews

For on the surface a show with insane animation and fight scenes with super cool characters, comes to face reality that it has literally 0 story or foundation. I'd like to describe JJK as a really fun roller coaster that has no breaks or a docking station at the end cause there isn't one, its fun while it lasts but once the fun's over (the fights) it'll crash and burn because there's no plot to rely on. Gege decided to put his manga on thin ice by substituting storytelling with fighting and pure action. Which by all means is fine, it just leaves much to be desired for anyone above the age of 12 who wants just an inch of complexity to a show. The only "story" you find in JJK is fight scenes, and if isn't a fight scene, it's a transition episode so the characters can move to a different setting to set up the next fight scene. This is done in an attempt to delay the inevitable, there's no end game for JJK.

Many characters are left one dimensional and underdeveloped because of this glaring issue of no story. This is blatantly present in Season 2 where many character deaths happen. I knew JJK was never going to be a good show after I felt nothing after every death that happened in JJK S2 like Nobara, Nanami, and Mahito. The development or characterization present in these characters was only apparent during action sequences, leaving their deaths or exits from the show feeling underwhelming and non-emotional. Which angers me, because the characters as so cool and likeable, yet I have no emotional attachment to them. It's my personal belief that this is because of JJK's basic problem, it has no foundation for a story.

A show works when the story and the characters are engraved into each other and develop in sync with one another. However, in JJK, it seems like the characters and the story move at 2 completely different paces. This depletes emotion and complexity in both of those aspects of the show and leaves me feeling nothing while given everything. JJK S2 has knocked it out of the park in terms of animation, but if there's no substance behind it, there's no enjoyment.

Overall, JJK, especially Season 2, was a hell of a fun ride, but with a show that has 0 foundation to its name, its only a matter of time before it catches up to itself and is seen as a stale mindless show devoid of any depth.