Hey Boldcast, I dont know if you read comments due to a spoiler mayber showing up, but some things i thought you should be aware of. Hope this helps with theories 1. When i watched this episode and saw nobara i quickly checked throughout the episode cause i got nervous. But the fight with nobara is happening at the same time as the one with yuji according to the time stamps after the halfway point cut and the start of the nobara scene. 2. The only part that I can recall yuji being younger than he has been in the show is s2 ep6 on yujis date with the tall woman and they show him in middle school. 3. As far as reinforcements go, not counting general groups like the whole zenin clan, the characters we know about that arent in shibuya are kyoto second and third years, utahime and old man principal, yuta okkotsu, yuki tsukumo, and the tokyo third years (gojo mentioned one of them by name as one of the few who could become as strong as him in s1). As far as kyoto students go, i think the only ones who can actually put up a fight are todo and the kamo clan heir, i forget his name.
he literally wasn't thinking about that, though. he thought zero times about Ino this episode. he was pure of heart, of course, but your general statement before that point has no grounding.
@@Green-3c34y65vrbuHe did think of his companions from the fight with Dagon, I think the reason he didn’t think of ino was because fushiguro told him he was safe already
@@hassanjh55 but that's unrelated to what Blindness said. they referred to his students, and of which, none of the companions from the Dagon fight are.
@@Green-3c34y65vrbu He literally talked about needing to save Megumi and Maki when he was fighting the corpses, two of his students. On top of that, he thought of how Yuji would handle his last words and how they could terrorize him if he uttered them. That's why he said "I can't say that Haibara".
Mahito’s growth is madness. The fact that he’s learned domain expansion and he’s no older then 6-8 months is insane. Everyday he lives he gets way stronger. It’s why he’s such a threat. Also his ability makes him almost untouchable and an Insta kill for others.
"This marathon of being a Jujutsu Sorcerer... If the only thing at the end of this path is a mountain of our comrades corpses then..." Now I understand how Geto really felt.
The anime perfectly adapted the scene with Nanami, the background music, the animation as well as additional scenes where he was imagining himself being by the beachside gave a good closure to his character
I know Mahito is evil and all, but he is also so genuinely funny. The way he fights is so unpredictable and hilarious. The noises he makes on top of that are just perfect. His abilities are creative and fucked up too, such a good combination.
Mahito's such a playful little shit I love it. He's always having fun and lives according to his desires which makes him very likeable though he's the worst at the same time 😂😭
yuji is the living embodiment of " when it rains, it pours" bc theres no way he just went from having a mental breakdown to watching his sensei die like 2 minutes later.
20:51 Carson it's amazing that you mention that Yuji going for a "home run" costs them all. You are on the point, Gege writes in way that incorporates actions and consequences. Characters don't just do things and nothing happens, there is always ramifications whether good or bad. We see this so many times, Toji's involvement in Hidden Inventory caused Geto to go down a darker path and lead to him going rogue and eventually Umbrella Man taking over which lead to the Shibuya arc. Yuji losing to Choso leads to Sukuna being released and causing the deaths of so many. There will always be consequences to actions, and Yuji's, lead to so many deaths
exactly, although I would argue that Yuji's actions, thinking of himself as a "cog in a machine," that "HE doesn't need to be the one to save Gojo, he just has to clear a path" is more of a "bunt" than a "home run" in Gojo's analogy. And just as Gojo pointed out to Megumi during that very "bunt vs home run" lecture: selfless actions are a mistake for sorcerers. Megumi's tendency to bunt rather than hit for a home run was a /team player/ move. He was thinking of himself as a cog in a machine, acting for the sake of helping Maki round the bases more than for himself to. It's also why he was constantly ready to pull out Makora and kamikaze whatever was in his path to prevent it from becoming anyone else's problem. Just like Yuji. And between Megumi AND Yuji doing essentially the same selfless act, Sukuna had the opportunity to wipe a huge chunk of Shibuya off the map while fighting Makora. Had Yuji gone for a "home run" by believing in his ability to defeat Choso without throwing his life away, he wouldn't have been reckless enough to fall for Choso's trap opening, and may have managed to remain conscious and less injured at the very least. As Gojo said, it's the difference between "winning by dying" and "winning even if you die." It's a mentality of self-sacrifice vs self-actualization, an arguably more "selfish," or at least "self-centered" frame of mind. And this lesson is hammered into us and even the characters throughout the series. Nanami, who is about as selfless as they come in this show, is perpetually miserable both in and outside of the jujutsu world, and despite his desire to lead a quiet, peaceful life on a beach, he dies because he got up and went looking to help Megumi despite his injuries. He wasn't even fully conscious in that decision, it was simply his nature to ignore himself. He fought Haibara on whether or not to give Yuji last words of encouragement for fear that they would "curse" him, because I'm sure what he would rather have said was "run and save yourself" while holding back Mahito. Meanwhile, we see even Gojo with his far more flexible morality still get caught up in an attempt to minimize casualties, leading to him being exhausted and distracted enough to miss both the Prison Cube and Geto's approach. Toji's refusal to keep fighting his son took him out of a whole mess of fights he would have been most useful in, or at the very least available to scare off what's-his-face from attacking Megumi and pushing him to unleash Makora (not to mention how in the past, he'd been able to fight circles around Gojo only when he'd been totally detached from himself and his past, but once his pride, and the reasons for that pride as "Sorcerer Killer" kicked in, he stood no chance). Mimiko and Nanako threw their lives away pointlessly in their desperation to free Geto's body from Umbrella Brain. Even Jogo, as Sukuna himself points out to him, was unable to reach his full potential because he was ultimately doing everything for the sake of all cursed spirits, rather than for himself alone. And as for Sukuna.. he is, as he stated, the polar opposite of this "team-playing," "cog in the machine," and "selflessness." He cares only for himself, his gain, his benefit. He's a one-man war machine, and /everything has a way of going in his favor./ It's his very philosophy, and it honestly seems like he's onto something with it. Like, just looking at how the cards have fallen up to this point, with the sole exception being him getting stuck inside Yuji, the.. not the "narrative," but the like.. natural laws of the jujutsu universe seem to almost regard Sukuna as /the protagonist,/ with plot armor and everything. And I just think that's so damn fascinating. I'm dying to see where Gege takes this dynamic.
Yeah, although it's always good to point out (which you sort of already did but I'm just clarifying) That at the end of the day, being a Jujutsu Sorcerer is a selfless profession. The self centered approach is all for the purpose of winning so that others can be safe. The only difference, like you said, is that you have to believe you can win in order to win. Selfishness usually implies not caring for those around you, but they are almost practicing altruistic selfishness. The issue can be when you fall out of that mindset, even for the right reason. It's not a bad to bunt from an emotional standpoint, but if you actually want to do your job and help others, that's where it becomes harmful. Sukuna fights for himself, that's what makes him so strong, because he believes in his abilities. The heroes need to learn to think the same way, but for the sake of others. If they don't believe that they can win, and that their efforts are futile, that what they are doing is a sacrifice, then they simply won't win. I like this idea because it both explains why the main villains are so strong, while still allowing us to root for our heroes because they aren't giving up their morals, just focusing on winning. Ironically, despite always trying to subvert shonen, Akutami's message is quite literally "believe in yourself and you can make it." It's just delivered in a special way.@@elleofmusic
It's tho bcs there is no way sorcerer (except special grade) to beat unregistered special grade curses by 1v1. For me that what make jjk is my fav anime.
The anime adaptation gave the lead up to Nanami's death so much more *emotional impact* - the atmosphere overlaying his imagination on the beach of Malaysia with piano music, along with the cruel reality of the situation he was facing as a jujutsu sorcerer fighting until death.
Lol, they made it too sliy and goofy. Everything happend so fast in the manga, and in the anime? 😂 Even anime onlys are asking why Itdori isn't jumping in,.... bro in the manga Itadori just arrived then.. boom
@@natashaMoumi ikr. The anime makes Nanami walk past Mahito. Did he not sense him? Doesn't make any sense. And the fact that they had Mahito place his palm on his back instead of his chest just made the final dialogue animation look goofy
The director of season 2 is savage asf, bro really showed nanami in an end credit scene in the last episode giving us hope that nanami is alive, just to kill him off for good on the next episode 😂😂
When I saw people excited that Nanami was still alive last episode, I knew this week was going to be rough. After their first fight, Nanami figured not finishing off Mahito was going to be a major problem later. And he was right. Mahito learned Domain Expansion in a very short amount of time and has now taken him out right in front of Yuji. Because of Sukuna not liking his soul being touched, Mahito can't use a lot of his more powerful moves on Yuji. He's fighting with a handicap. So he uses psychological warfare on Yuji by hurting the people closest to him. Unlike Jogo, he isn't interested in Sukuna. He even tried to give Yuji the kiss of death in this episode. Anything and everything to physically and emotionally damage him. Just when you think this arc is slowing down, it keeps ramping back up. And now, Mahito has his gaze set on Nobara.
I would argue that Yuji's actions, thinking of himself as a "cog in a machine," that "HE doesn't need to be the one to save Gojo, he just has to clear a path" is more of a "bunt" than a "home run" in Gojo's analogy. And just as Gojo pointed out to Megumi during that very "bunt vs home run" lecture: selfless actions are a mistake for sorcerers. Megumi's tendency to bunt rather than hit for a home run was a /team player/ move. He was thinking of himself as a cog in a machine, acting for the sake of helping Maki round the bases more than for himself to. It's also why he was constantly ready to pull out Makora and kamikaze whatever was in his path to prevent it from becoming anyone else's problem. Just like Yuji. And between Megumi AND Yuji doing essentially the same selfless act, Sukuna had the opportunity to wipe a huge chunk of Shibuya off the map while fighting Makora. Had Yuji gone for a "home run" by believing in his ability to defeat Choso without throwing his life away, he wouldn't have been reckless enough to fall for Choso's trap opening, and may have managed to remain conscious and less injured at the very least. As Gojo said, it's the difference between "winning by dying" and "winning even if you die." It's a mentality of self-sacrifice vs self-actualization, an arguably more "selfish," or at least "self-centered" frame of mind. And this lesson is hammered into us and even the characters throughout the series. Nanami, who is about as selfless as they come in this show, is perpetually miserable both in and outside of the jujutsu world, and despite his desire to lead a quiet, peaceful life on a beach, he dies because he got up and went looking to help Megumi despite his injuries. He wasn't even fully conscious in that decision, it was simply his nature to ignore himself. He fought Haibara on whether or not to give Yuji last words of encouragement for fear that they would "curse" him, because I'm sure what he would rather have said was "run and save yourself" while holding back Mahito. Meanwhile, we see even Gojo with his far more flexible morality still get caught up in an attempt to minimize casualties, leading to him being exhausted and distracted enough to miss both the Prison Cube and Geto's approach. Toji's refusal to keep fighting his son took him out of a whole mess of fights he would have been most useful in, or at the very least available to scare off what's-his-face from attacking Megumi and pushing him to unleash Makora (not to mention how in the past, he'd been able to fight circles around Gojo only when he'd been totally detached from himself and his past, but once his pride, and the reasons for that pride as "Sorcerer Killer" kicked in, he stood no chance). Mimiko and Nanako threw their lives away pointlessly in their desperation to free Geto's body from Umbrella Brain. Even Jogo, as Sukuna himself points out to him, was unable to reach his full potential because he was ultimately doing everything for the sake of all cursed spirits, rather than for himself alone. And as for Sukuna.. he is, as he stated, the polar opposite of this "team-playing," "cog in the machine," and "selflessness." He cares only for himself, his gain, his benefit. He's a one-man war machine, and / everything has a way of going in his favor./ It's his very philosophy, and it honestly seems like he's onto something with it. Like, just looking at how the cards have fallen up to this point, with the sole exception being him getting stuck inside Yuji, the.. not the "narrative," but the like.. natural laws of the jujutsu universe seem to almost regard Sukuna as /the protagonist,/ with plot armor and everything. And I just think that's so damn fascinating. I'm dying to see where Gege takes this dynamic. This is not my comment. This is somebody else's comment that I copied, but I think it's really interesting and insightful.
haha hey thanks! I considered making a regular comment of that, but then thought it might seem pretentious 😅 I'm glad you liked it enough to do it yourself!
Happened a couple times in the show now. Gojo v toji and using rct for first time, nobara in the season finale when she did black flash for first time, megumi doing domain for first time, and like you said mahito with his domain first time
You can exorcise Mahito by exhausting his cursed energy, Nanami said so in season 1. Also, Yuji does real damage to Mahito, remember? His body houses two souls, so he is able to automatically perceive souls
By the way, if you remember (not a spoiler, but if you wanna figure it out yourself don’t read this: Yuji and Nobara both attack the soul directly. Nobara is aware of the soul because her ability is resonance, which uses the soul to resonate the attacks between curses or people. And Yuji has Sukuna in him, meaning he has 2 souls and is also aware of the soul. Both of them are massive counters to Mahito, in fact, Nobara is a counter to almost every villain we have. Whoever is in Geto’s body could be hit without hitting Geto himself. Same with Sukuna. She can also hit Choso and his brothers due to their blood connection, etc etc. She has insane potential.
@@Oakland510 She literally took one of his lives. If Nitta wasnt there she wouldnt have gotten distracted and wouldnt have been knocked down either. Also, that doesnt change the fact she’s got one of the strongest abilities
26:45 reminder that Yuuji can hit mahitos soul. He is the only one who can cuz he is aware of the shape of soul cuz he has one more soul inside him (sukuna)
This episode was heartbreaking man but had some of the best choreography I've seen in any anime in awhile. Back in S1 when they touched on Nanami never being able to reach the level of sorcery that is "domain expansion" I had hope he might've been able to finally reach it. Nobara had a much higher showing in thiss fight than in her previous. I'm really invested in her character now. I hope Mahito haven't killed her already. Let the death of the two goats Toji and Nanami be enough.
People who are saying this arc is overrated are just down right trolling or salty cuz their favorite show doesn’t come close to this, it’s absolutely wild the amount of stuff packed up in this arc, the fights developments deaths hype moments reveals, I have watched every major shonen from 90s upward and I don’t remember an arc who has this level of insanity in this amount of chapters, maybe only “that CSM arc”
the part of Yuji saying he is ok dying as long as he takes Choso he said that as he knew he was near death, if he had to die either way he chose to die killing his opponent rather than give in to his fear of dying in a useless way.
• NON SPOILERS • * Yes we did see yuji as a kid in junpei arc ( episode 11) * Junpei also asking yuji how yuji mom look like and he say he never meet her but he have a few memories of his father
I think that beach-real life dichotomy was so perfect of an idea and execution. It’s the “what could have been” aspect that sells it for me. We get to see what could have been, while also seeing the grim resolve Nanami has. Makes his death sting all the more sweetly.
Glad you guys can be honest about the previous episode… Like it was really cool, but I hate how no one wants to acknowledge that there were issues with it… like you can be intentional with the way you view animation, and still support animators
You don’t need to shout I can hear you Yuji Itadori is my favorite line this episode Mahito is an amazing villain with zero remorse so refreshing to see
@badlyplanned9259 gege said it on a interview for mando kobayashi in 2021 and it's been a recurring joke on jjk spaces specially since this episode was coming lol
With regard to 48:40 it is Megumi who said it to Yuji at the detention centre where yuji got killed by Sukuna. It also kind of refers to Fushiguro who saved Yuji but now Yuji has killed lots of people, so Yuji feels that Fushiguro should regret having saved his life.
Carson you were right it was in the first episode you looked, but the scene is very fast so you didn't see it in the miniature, but yeah there's Yuuji in elementary school when he is joking with junpeis mom
I’m that exact person who likes Mahito🗿I like Nanami as well, I love them both, just in a different ways since they’re such a different characters. But honestly, I enjoying interactions with Mahito more. He is such a fun character to watch. His crazy-childish nature is so appealing. And I hate it how Nanami went and I was crying in both manga and anime, but I still don’t hate Mahito. Because I do get why he is like that - he is a curse, and not just any curse, he is a human curse who was born from fear and hatred of humans towards themselves. He doesn’t need any excuses to do what he’s doing. He is great and I love him. But yeah, Nanami was also great and I love him too and the way he went was just devastating. Anyway, yeah, pain…
I'm currently babysitting a 3 year old and I swear, Mahito's antics reminded me of her so so much, it's insane. But of course, dark and twisted. Gege nailed his characterization.
Man what a heartbreaking but beautiful send-off for my goat Nanami. I love how they portrayed his bliss of being on vacation as he was fighting. Dude deserved so much more 😢
No one has mentioned it that I can see so: we DO see little Yuji very briefly in a flashback scene when he's with Junpei and his mom. I don't remember it being in the manga, but it was of him telling a silly little anecdote about a noodle lmfao. As soon as you started talking about it, I knew I had to go find it because I couldn't remember the context, either. 😂
He's probably alive because Jogo tried to finish the job by doing a second attack but stopped when he felt Sukuna's presence. It's a weird detail that feels like it implies that Jogo didn't believe that he was actually gone for good. He might be dead, but the scene didn't make it look that way.
yuji didnt go for homerun tho the whole thing in season one is that gojo tells megumi that megumi always goes to summoning mahoraga aka sacrificing his life to win and thats bad in yuji vs choso yuji did the same thing as megumi, decided to sacrifice his life to win and THAT was the reason why sukuna got out, yuji wasnt just risking injury and giving his ll, he was fully deciding "Ill die for this because i dont matter as an individual" on the other side we had megumi vs dagon where megumi specifies that he's not gonna sacrifice his life to win, and then, said fight goes well for them
@@Oakland510no mahito said himself that he’s a curse born from the hatred and ill feelings towards other humans. Fake geto or real geto can’t create curses at will, only absorb pre existing curses
@@farsous10 say word ? Why did he conveniently come into play only when fake Geto and the other curses were around ? It’s also weird why he wasn’t always here, like Hanami and Jogo, humans have always had these negative emotions
Guys don’t forget there’s timestamps during the episodes of what time and what place things are taking place. Like with Nobara and Mahito, their fight is not done because the timestamp is roughly the same.
Guys, I tell you 2 fun facts for you 1 gege LOVE to put real-life events and his writing as well as pop culture stuff. When nanami was first introduced in the anime, he was killed in the manga. And even today there is a national holiday in japan dedicated to hard workers, and on this day, we lose the most herad worker man in this manga 2 nanami was gege's favourite character (toki took that spot), and at first, he was supposed to lose a hand, but gege get a little "overboard"
let me tell you something nanami is gege's fav character, along with geto and toji. well this man has the dog in him to do "that" to his favs. so why would we trust with other characters? especially ones that openly hate and dgf about?
We do see Yuuji as a child during dinner when he tells stories and jokes to make Junpei's mom laugh. You were on the right episode, but accidentally skipped the scene. Love hearing you both discuss all of this.
A lot of people dont know that the lyrics of this season's opening song can be interpreted as if it's speaking from a Curse's perspective. So them playing the opening during Yuji's breakdown was meant to symbolize Sukuna himself mocking Yuji after using his body to destroy Shibuya
Yeah I agree. The arc is not overrated at all. Buuuut I still wish it wasn't so hyped up. It always dampens the experience for me because expectations are naturally way too high.
I think a good way to combat the death flags for nanami wouldve been to give him a powerup. Make it so as he's fighting off the transfigured humans he gets overwhelmed and BAM, Domain Expansion. Let him use that, finish off the crowd, and then introduce Mahito
I think you’re underestimating how difficult domain expansion is to do, you gotta be gifted in power and have great battle instincts or understanding for you to do.
Sukuna can't take over on will unless he gets forced to come out like feeding yuji 10+ fingers at once...and yuji dying would've killed sukuna too so yeah yuji's plan was on point but the girls just ruined it
Mild correction. It's not really a spoiler. The people Gojo saved in B5 are alive. The curses left the station after he was sealed, and the statiom wasn't in Sukuna's range
Another character that achieved new strength when they almost died is, ironically or funny enough, Mahito! He first learned domain expansion when he was about to die versus Nanami and Yuji in season 1.
20:25 This theory of yours doesn't really stand up if you actually think about it, because the outcome that enabled all of those fingers to be fed into Itadori only happened because of whatever caused Choso's weird dream sequence. If he actually finishes off Itadori then the four or five fingers worth of Sukuna that currently existed inside him at the time would die with him. It was an extremely unlikely happenstance that no one could have predicted that gave Sukuna his play time.
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Hey Boldcast, I dont know if you read comments due to a spoiler mayber showing up, but some things i thought you should be aware of. Hope this helps with theories
1. When i watched this episode and saw nobara i quickly checked throughout the episode cause i got nervous. But the fight with nobara is happening at the same time as the one with yuji according to the time stamps after the halfway point cut and the start of the nobara scene.
2. The only part that I can recall yuji being younger than he has been in the show is s2 ep6 on yujis date with the tall woman and they show him in middle school.
3. As far as reinforcements go, not counting general groups like the whole zenin clan, the characters we know about that arent in shibuya are kyoto second and third years, utahime and old man principal, yuta okkotsu, yuki tsukumo, and the tokyo third years (gojo mentioned one of them by name as one of the few who could become as strong as him in s1). As far as kyoto students go, i think the only ones who can actually put up a fight are todo and the kamo clan heir, i forget his name.
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When Mahito transfigures someone it doesn’t always necessarily work out, sometimes they just explode
@@anthonylee5541 who is you talking to?
Shoutout to Jujutsu Kaisen for getting me through a bad time in my life by making it worse.
well said
Is that you Yuji? 😂
You are my specialz 🎶🎶
Why do you copy and paste someone else's comment so you actually get dopamine from some RUclips likes ?
dude there are billon of people commenting, it always gonna be copy or someone said the same thing like it a copy @@varees707
The fact that even in his final moments nanami was thinking about saving his students, shows how pure hearted he was :(
nanami was not a teacher. He was helper in tokyo jjk high.
You can say he was trying to save his juniors.
he literally wasn't thinking about that, though. he thought zero times about Ino this episode. he was pure of heart, of course, but your general statement before that point has no grounding.
@@Green-3c34y65vrbuHe did think of his companions from the fight with Dagon, I think the reason he didn’t think of ino was because fushiguro told him he was safe already
@@hassanjh55 but that's unrelated to what Blindness said. they referred to his students, and of which, none of the companions from the Dagon fight are.
@@Green-3c34y65vrbu He literally talked about needing to save Megumi and Maki when he was fighting the corpses, two of his students. On top of that, he thought of how Yuji would handle his last words and how they could terrorize him if he uttered them. That's why he said "I can't say that Haibara".
Mahito’s growth is madness. The fact that he’s learned domain expansion and he’s no older then 6-8 months is insane. Everyday he lives he gets way stronger. It’s why he’s such a threat. Also his ability makes him almost untouchable and an Insta kill for others.
he just a baby learning life 🥹
@@hdbz4590he is just like ai 💀
Mahito is the Sukuna of modern times
11:16 Yuji unknowingly knows the shape of the soul, because he has a second soul in him (Sukuna) we are told this in S1 by Mahito
And It……
Keeps getting worse for Yuji!
"This marathon of being a Jujutsu Sorcerer... If the only thing at the end of this path is a mountain of our comrades corpses then..."
Now I understand how Geto really felt.
The anime perfectly adapted the scene with Nanami, the background music, the animation as well as additional scenes where he was imagining himself being by the beachside gave a good closure to his character
Trash adaptation mappa hates getting angles right it can’t be that hard
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@@tdoodle1796Lmao you're delusional. There's nothin wrong with the angles lol, they just change it.
@tdoodle1796 nah I agree with you. Hope you aren't trolling but this adaptation definitely sucks
@@lolz3895Don’t entertain them lol, him and his buddy are definitely trolls.
I know Mahito is evil and all, but he is also so genuinely funny. The way he fights is so unpredictable and hilarious. The noises he makes on top of that are just perfect. His abilities are creative and fucked up too, such a good combination.
Mahito's such a playful little shit I love it. He's always having fun and lives according to his desires which makes him very likeable though he's the worst at the same time 😂😭
Right he's the only one fighting with a lot of noises lol
Mahito makes you love to hate him 😂absolutely entertaining character.
@@Xemnas283stfu bro he is pure evil villain bro what else u can expect from him😭💀
i love this character man i can’t help
yuji is the living embodiment of " when it rains, it pours" bc theres no way he just went from having a mental breakdown to watching his sensei die like 2 minutes later.
Yuji is called the 007
0 power ups
0 plot armor
7 traumatic events
@@zukumacro5632Manga spoilers
*1 power up*
@@zukumacro5632 but Megumi is also called 007!
0 feats
0 relevance
7 kamikaze attempts
20:51 Carson it's amazing that you mention that Yuji going for a "home run" costs them all. You are on the point, Gege writes in way that incorporates actions and consequences. Characters don't just do things and nothing happens, there is always ramifications whether good or bad. We see this so many times, Toji's involvement in Hidden Inventory caused Geto to go down a darker path and lead to him going rogue and eventually Umbrella Man taking over which lead to the Shibuya arc. Yuji losing to Choso leads to Sukuna being released and causing the deaths of so many. There will always be consequences to actions, and Yuji's, lead to so many deaths
exactly, although I would argue that Yuji's actions, thinking of himself as a "cog in a machine," that "HE doesn't need to be the one to save Gojo, he just has to clear a path" is more of a "bunt" than a "home run" in Gojo's analogy. And just as Gojo pointed out to Megumi during that very "bunt vs home run" lecture: selfless actions are a mistake for sorcerers. Megumi's tendency to bunt rather than hit for a home run was a /team player/ move. He was thinking of himself as a cog in a machine, acting for the sake of helping Maki round the bases more than for himself to. It's also why he was constantly ready to pull out Makora and kamikaze whatever was in his path to prevent it from becoming anyone else's problem. Just like Yuji. And between Megumi AND Yuji doing essentially the same selfless act, Sukuna had the opportunity to wipe a huge chunk of Shibuya off the map while fighting Makora.
Had Yuji gone for a "home run" by believing in his ability to defeat Choso without throwing his life away, he wouldn't have been reckless enough to fall for Choso's trap opening, and may have managed to remain conscious and less injured at the very least. As Gojo said, it's the difference between "winning by dying" and "winning even if you die." It's a mentality of self-sacrifice vs self-actualization, an arguably more "selfish," or at least "self-centered" frame of mind.
And this lesson is hammered into us and even the characters throughout the series. Nanami, who is about as selfless as they come in this show, is perpetually miserable both in and outside of the jujutsu world, and despite his desire to lead a quiet, peaceful life on a beach, he dies because he got up and went looking to help Megumi despite his injuries. He wasn't even fully conscious in that decision, it was simply his nature to ignore himself. He fought Haibara on whether or not to give Yuji last words of encouragement for fear that they would "curse" him, because I'm sure what he would rather have said was "run and save yourself" while holding back Mahito.
Meanwhile, we see even Gojo with his far more flexible morality still get caught up in an attempt to minimize casualties, leading to him being exhausted and distracted enough to miss both the Prison Cube and Geto's approach. Toji's refusal to keep fighting his son took him out of a whole mess of fights he would have been most useful in, or at the very least available to scare off what's-his-face from attacking Megumi and pushing him to unleash Makora (not to mention how in the past, he'd been able to fight circles around Gojo only when he'd been totally detached from himself and his past, but once his pride, and the reasons for that pride as "Sorcerer Killer" kicked in, he stood no chance). Mimiko and Nanako threw their lives away pointlessly in their desperation to free Geto's body from Umbrella Brain. Even Jogo, as Sukuna himself points out to him, was unable to reach his full potential because he was ultimately doing everything for the sake of all cursed spirits, rather than for himself alone.
And as for Sukuna.. he is, as he stated, the polar opposite of this "team-playing," "cog in the machine," and "selflessness." He cares only for himself, his gain, his benefit. He's a one-man war machine, and /everything has a way of going in his favor./ It's his very philosophy, and it honestly seems like he's onto something with it. Like, just looking at how the cards have fallen up to this point, with the sole exception being him getting stuck inside Yuji, the.. not the "narrative," but the like.. natural laws of the jujutsu universe seem to almost regard Sukuna as /the protagonist,/ with plot armor and everything. And I just think that's so damn fascinating. I'm dying to see where Gege takes this dynamic.
Yeah, although it's always good to point out (which you sort of already did but I'm just clarifying) That at the end of the day, being a Jujutsu Sorcerer is a selfless profession. The self centered approach is all for the purpose of winning so that others can be safe. The only difference, like you said, is that you have to believe you can win in order to win. Selfishness usually implies not caring for those around you, but they are almost practicing altruistic selfishness. The issue can be when you fall out of that mindset, even for the right reason. It's not a bad to bunt from an emotional standpoint, but if you actually want to do your job and help others, that's where it becomes harmful. Sukuna fights for himself, that's what makes him so strong, because he believes in his abilities. The heroes need to learn to think the same way, but for the sake of others. If they don't believe that they can win, and that their efforts are futile, that what they are doing is a sacrifice, then they simply won't win. I like this idea because it both explains why the main villains are so strong, while still allowing us to root for our heroes because they aren't giving up their morals, just focusing on winning. Ironically, despite always trying to subvert shonen, Akutami's message is quite literally "believe in yourself and you can make it." It's just delivered in a special way.@@elleofmusic
"When it's one 1V1 it goes bad for the good guys" cracked me up
Its so true though haha
accurate though
It's tho bcs there is no way sorcerer (except special grade) to beat unregistered special grade curses by 1v1. For me that what make jjk is my fav anime.
With one exception
The anime adaptation gave the lead up to Nanami's death so much more *emotional impact* - the atmosphere overlaying his imagination on the beach of Malaysia with piano music, along with the cruel reality of the situation he was facing as a jujutsu sorcerer fighting until death.
If you lack imagination , just say so
Lol, they made it too sliy and goofy. Everything happend so fast in the manga, and in the anime? 😂 Even anime onlys are asking why Itdori isn't jumping in,.... bro in the manga Itadori just arrived then.. boom
@@natashaMoumi ikr. The anime makes Nanami walk past Mahito. Did he not sense him? Doesn't make any sense. And the fact that they had Mahito place his palm on his back instead of his chest just made the final dialogue animation look goofy
@@skychieftain?
@@expomkr7506 what?
The director of season 2 is savage asf, bro really showed nanami in an end credit scene in the last episode giving us hope that nanami is alive, just to kill him off for good on the next episode 😂😂
It's still all on Gege 😢
big spoiler ahead I repeat HUGE F***** spoiler ahead
they're doing it again this week with nobara
@@sqfzerzefsdfdelete this bruh
@@sqfzerzefsdfbro whats the point of even commenting this😭😭
@@Yoran_wAt least there's a spoiler warning
When I saw people excited that Nanami was still alive last episode, I knew this week was going to be rough. After their first fight, Nanami figured not finishing off Mahito was going to be a major problem later. And he was right. Mahito learned Domain Expansion in a very short amount of time and has now taken him out right in front of Yuji. Because of Sukuna not liking his soul being touched, Mahito can't use a lot of his more powerful moves on Yuji. He's fighting with a handicap. So he uses psychological warfare on Yuji by hurting the people closest to him. Unlike Jogo, he isn't interested in Sukuna. He even tried to give Yuji the kiss of death in this episode. Anything and everything to physically and emotionally damage him. Just when you think this arc is slowing down, it keeps ramping back up. And now, Mahito has his gaze set on Nobara.
dude is copy and pasting the same paragraph on every jjk video 😐
@@BhroChizzyHey, at least it's a good paragraph and not a brainless spoilerfest.
I would argue that Yuji's actions, thinking of himself as a "cog in a machine," that "HE doesn't need to be the one to save Gojo, he just has to clear a path" is more of a "bunt" than a "home run" in Gojo's analogy. And just as Gojo pointed out to Megumi during that very "bunt vs home run" lecture: selfless actions are a mistake for sorcerers. Megumi's tendency to bunt rather than hit for a home run was a /team player/ move. He was thinking of himself as a cog in a machine, acting for the sake of helping Maki round the bases more than for himself to. It's also why he was constantly ready to pull out Makora and kamikaze whatever was in his path to prevent it from becoming anyone else's problem. Just like Yuji. And between Megumi AND Yuji doing essentially the same selfless act, Sukuna had the opportunity to wipe a huge chunk of Shibuya off the map while fighting Makora.
Had Yuji gone for a "home run" by believing in his ability to defeat Choso without throwing his life away, he wouldn't have been reckless enough to fall for Choso's trap opening, and may have managed to remain conscious and less injured at the very least. As Gojo said, it's the difference between "winning by dying" and "winning even if you die." It's a mentality of self-sacrifice vs self-actualization, an arguably more "selfish," or at least "self-centered" frame of mind.
And this lesson is hammered into us and even the characters throughout the series. Nanami, who is about as selfless as they come in this show, is perpetually miserable both in and outside of the jujutsu world, and despite his desire to lead a quiet, peaceful life on a beach, he dies because he got up and went looking to help Megumi despite his injuries. He wasn't even fully conscious in that decision, it was simply his nature to ignore himself. He fought Haibara on whether or not to give Yuji last words of encouragement for fear that they would "curse" him, because I'm sure what he would rather have said was "run and save yourself" while holding back Mahito.
Meanwhile, we see even Gojo with his far more flexible morality still get caught up in an attempt to minimize casualties, leading to him being exhausted and distracted enough to miss both the Prison Cube and Geto's approach. Toji's refusal to keep fighting his son took him out of a whole mess of fights he would have been most useful in, or at the very least available to scare off what's-his-face from attacking Megumi and pushing him to unleash Makora (not to mention how in the past, he'd been able to fight circles around Gojo only when he'd been totally detached from himself and his past, but once his pride, and the reasons for that pride as "Sorcerer Killer" kicked in, he stood no chance). Mimiko and Nanako threw their lives away pointlessly in their desperation to free Geto's body from Umbrella Brain. Even Jogo, as Sukuna himself points out to him, was unable to reach his full potential because he was ultimately doing everything for the sake of all cursed spirits, rather than for himself alone.
And as for Sukuna.. he is, as he stated, the polar opposite of this "team-playing," "cog in the machine," and "selflessness." He cares only for himself, his gain, his benefit. He's a one-man war machine, and / everything has a way of going in his favor./ It's his very philosophy, and it honestly seems like he's onto something with it. Like, just looking at how the cards have fallen up to this point, with the sole exception being him getting stuck inside Yuji, the.. not the "narrative," but the like.. natural laws of the jujutsu universe seem to almost regard Sukuna as /the protagonist,/ with plot armor and everything. And I just think that's so damn fascinating. I'm dying to see where Gege takes this dynamic.
This is not my comment. This is somebody else's comment that I copied, but I think it's really interesting and insightful.
haha hey thanks! I considered making a regular comment of that, but then thought it might seem pretentious 😅 I'm glad you liked it enough to do it yourself!
That almost death power up also happened with Mahito when he was nearly killed by Yuji and Nanami and he unlocked his domain.
Happened a couple times in the show now. Gojo v toji and using rct for first time, nobara in the season finale when she did black flash for first time, megumi doing domain for first time, and like you said mahito with his domain first time
bruh Mahito is trying to be on that griffith trip in tormenting the mc. Using Junpei to troll Yuji was savage
You can exorcise Mahito by exhausting his cursed energy, Nanami said so in season 1. Also, Yuji does real damage to Mahito, remember? His body houses two souls, so he is able to automatically perceive souls
By the way, if you remember (not a spoiler, but if you wanna figure it out yourself don’t read this:
Yuji and Nobara both attack the soul directly. Nobara is aware of the soul because her ability is resonance, which uses the soul to resonate the attacks between curses or people. And Yuji has Sukuna in him, meaning he has 2 souls and is also aware of the soul.
Both of them are massive counters to Mahito, in fact, Nobara is a counter to almost every villain we have.
Whoever is in Geto’s body could be hit without hitting Geto himself. Same with Sukuna. She can also hit Choso and his brothers due to their blood connection, etc etc. She has insane potential.
“Nobara is a counter to every villain” she got whooped by that blonde whack villain please calm down
Only in theory
@@GreyAsura-r2eits not theory. Its the truth.
@@Oakland510 She literally took one of his lives. If Nitta wasnt there she wouldnt have gotten distracted and wouldnt have been knocked down either.
Also, that doesnt change the fact she’s got one of the strongest abilities
@@GreyAsura-r2e No, also in practice.
26:45 reminder that Yuuji can hit mahitos soul. He is the only one who can cuz he is aware of the shape of soul cuz he has one more soul inside him (sukuna)
This episode was heartbreaking man but had some of the best choreography I've seen in any anime in awhile. Back in S1 when they touched on Nanami never being able to reach the level of sorcery that is "domain expansion" I had hope he might've been able to finally reach it. Nobara had a much higher showing in thiss fight than in her previous. I'm really invested in her character now. I hope Mahito haven't killed her already. Let the death of the two goats Toji and Nanami be enough.
People who are saying this arc is overrated are just down right trolling or salty cuz their favorite show doesn’t come close to this, it’s absolutely wild the amount of stuff packed up in this arc, the fights developments deaths hype moments reveals, I have watched every major shonen from 90s upward and I don’t remember an arc who has this level of insanity in this amount of chapters, maybe only “that CSM arc”
Not nearly as consistent as Shibuya tho. Had the same level of highs but Shibuya has them in a tray of 50 earl greys
16:38 No way Gege is crazy enough to do it.
Gege : HOHO YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY RUTHLESSNESS IN STORYTELLING.
26:38 - Welcome to JJK where the protagonists struggle and antagonists are usual one step ahead. lol
the part of Yuji saying he is ok dying as long as he takes Choso he said that as he knew he was near death, if he had to die either way he chose to die killing his opponent rather than give in to his fear of dying in a useless way.
It had a flashback on young yuji, when yuji make a joke about konjac noodles before he make joke about Wilson "cast away".
• NON SPOILERS •
* Yes we did see yuji as a kid in junpei arc ( episode 11)
* Junpei also asking yuji how yuji mom look like and he say he never meet her but he have a few memories of his father
Mahito's VA is Yuki from Fruits Baskets.The contrast killed me when I found out.
I think that beach-real life dichotomy was so perfect of an idea and execution. It’s the “what could have been” aspect that sells it for me.
We get to see what could have been, while also seeing the grim resolve Nanami has.
Makes his death sting all the more sweetly.
This arc def not overrated. The peak of this arc is not even happening rn.
Glad you guys can be honest about the previous episode… Like it was really cool, but I hate how no one wants to acknowledge that there were issues with it… like you can be intentional with the way you view animation, and still support animators
You don’t need to shout I can hear you Yuji Itadori is my favorite line this episode Mahito is an amazing villain with zero remorse so refreshing to see
Incidentally, this story was aired on a Japanese national holiday called Labor Thanksgiving Day.
actually, nanami was only supposed to lose one of his arms but gege got carried away and then was like how did this happen 😭😭😭
Me when I spread lies on the internet
gege gave that fate to inumaki and todo instead lmao
source : trust me bro
@badlyplanned9259 gege said it on a interview for mando kobayashi in 2021 and it's been a recurring joke on jjk spaces specially since this episode was coming lol
Mahito is such an amazing villain, and his VA is AMAZING! Mahigoat. Rest in peace Nanami,another goat. My man did not deserve that hellish pain.. 😭
1:13:07 they often made characters say what Narrator said in manga before.
i hate when they change deliberate narrative choices in anime adaptations, but oh well.
don't mind me i'm just in my silly little corner bawling my eyes out
Fun fact: Gege's favourite character is Kento Nanami
With regard to 48:40 it is Megumi who said it to Yuji at the detention centre where yuji got killed by Sukuna. It also kind of refers to Fushiguro who saved Yuji but now Yuji has killed lots of people, so Yuji feels that Fushiguro should regret having saved his life.
Carson you were right it was in the first episode you looked, but the scene is very fast so you didn't see it in the miniature, but yeah there's Yuuji in elementary school when he is joking with junpeis mom
I’m that exact person who likes Mahito🗿I like Nanami as well, I love them both, just in a different ways since they’re such a different characters. But honestly, I enjoying interactions with Mahito more. He is such a fun character to watch. His crazy-childish nature is so appealing. And I hate it how Nanami went and I was crying in both manga and anime, but I still don’t hate Mahito. Because I do get why he is like that - he is a curse, and not just any curse, he is a human curse who was born from fear and hatred of humans towards themselves. He doesn’t need any excuses to do what he’s doing. He is great and I love him. But yeah, Nanami was also great and I love him too and the way he went was just devastating. Anyway, yeah, pain…
I'm currently babysitting a 3 year old and I swear, Mahito's antics reminded me of her so so much, it's insane. But of course, dark and twisted. Gege nailed his characterization.
Mahito yelling back "YOU DON'T NEED TO YELL, I CAN HEAR YOU", was so surprisingly great...
Nobara looks amazing this episode man, my favorite part visually for sure
Best girl deserved best treatment
Yuji knowing the shape of his soul thing is because of him being the vessel of Sukuna, they talked about it in Season 1
bro's peak senses are on diffrent Level . he almost fully predicted the shibya ark
Good insights but I am looking at Carson sideways since he correctly called out Mei Mei brother in the trailer, when this wasn’t revealed in S1
27:14 Everyone wasn't ready for this.
Man what a heartbreaking but beautiful send-off for my goat Nanami. I love how they portrayed his bliss of being on vacation as he was fighting. Dude deserved so much more 😢
No one has mentioned it that I can see so: we DO see little Yuji very briefly in a flashback scene when he's with Junpei and his mom. I don't remember it being in the manga, but it was of him telling a silly little anecdote about a noodle lmfao. As soon as you started talking about it, I knew I had to go find it because I couldn't remember the context, either. 😂
Why does every reactor forget we SAW NAOBITO FRIED TF UP??? He’s the only one in that scene we for sure knew was dead
He's probably alive because Jogo tried to finish the job by doing a second attack but stopped when he felt Sukuna's presence. It's a weird detail that feels like it implies that Jogo didn't believe that he was actually gone for good. He might be dead, but the scene didn't make it look that way.
No he isn't
It's the opposite he's the only one we knew was alive and Jogo didn't finish him
Mahito be like.." But wait...There's more!"
Choso is still there walking around tripping as well.
Anime only as well.
I’m most interested in that.
Wow I just got my food at the perfect time. Happy Thanksgiving y’all! RIP Nanamin!
yuji didnt go for homerun tho
the whole thing in season one is that gojo tells megumi that megumi always goes to summoning mahoraga aka sacrificing his life to win and thats bad
in yuji vs choso yuji did the same thing as megumi, decided to sacrifice his life to win and THAT was the reason why sukuna got out, yuji wasnt just risking injury and giving his ll, he was fully deciding "Ill die for this because i dont matter as an individual"
on the other side we had megumi vs dagon where megumi specifies that he's not gonna sacrifice his life to win, and then, said fight goes well for them
Mahito isn't a death painting. There are only 3 death paintings. Mahito was born from the hate humans have for each other.
9 curse womb: death painting
True but only 3 were actually brought to life.
Wasn’t he brought to physical manifestation by fake Geto in s1?
@@Oakland510no mahito said himself that he’s a curse born from the hatred and ill feelings towards other humans. Fake geto or real geto can’t create curses at will, only absorb pre existing curses
@@farsous10 say word ? Why did he conveniently come into play only when fake Geto and the other curses were around ? It’s also weird why he wasn’t always here, like Hanami and Jogo, humans have always had these negative emotions
Guys don’t forget there’s timestamps during the episodes of what time and what place things are taking place. Like with Nobara and Mahito, their fight is not done because the timestamp is roughly the same.
Yes we do see a young Yuji Itadori as a child in a classroom poking a bug or something.
R.I.P Nanami
Actually Nobara's technique is the most effective against Mahito.
but she is no match for mahito
Adios for her ... She's like Rem from Re:zero in Jujutsu Kaisen 🤣
seeing them speculate not only on whats gonna happen next episode but also the series after this is so funny cause they're not ready AT ALL
Guys, I tell you 2 fun facts for you
1 gege LOVE to put real-life events and his writing as well as pop culture stuff. When nanami was first introduced in the anime, he was killed in the manga. And even today there is a national holiday in japan dedicated to hard workers, and on this day, we lose the most herad worker man in this manga
2 nanami was gege's favourite character (toki took that spot), and at first, he was supposed to lose a hand, but gege get a little "overboard"
R.I.P Nanamin o7😭💔
18:58 nanami is gege’s favorite character that’s prolly why it was probably to much for gege to do it
Carsons jjk theory are crazy good man
this is why jjk is the best, no crap dumb plot, no dumb fake deaths,
Yuji fake died like 4 times already though
@@obungagaming6312 we all know he will not die,
@@obungagaming6312 and the way he died and comes back is not dumb, thats why i said no dumb plot
@@obungagaming6312hes the mc so we let that slide 😂
I think the manga show it different as if he was fighting instintivly while thinking of going to malysia
let me tell you something nanami is gege's fav character, along with geto and toji. well this man has the dog in him to do "that" to his favs. so why would we trust with other characters? especially ones that openly hate and dgf about?
We do see Yuuji as a child during dinner when he tells stories and jokes to make Junpei's mom laugh. You were on the right episode, but accidentally skipped the scene. Love hearing you both discuss all of this.
A lot of people dont know that the lyrics of this season's opening song can be interpreted as if it's speaking from a Curse's perspective. So them playing the opening during Yuji's breakdown was meant to symbolize Sukuna himself mocking Yuji after using his body to destroy Shibuya
Yeah I agree. The arc is not overrated at all. Buuuut I still wish it wasn't so hyped up. It always dampens the experience for me because expectations are naturally way too high.
I think a good way to combat the death flags for nanami wouldve been to give him a powerup. Make it so as he's fighting off the transfigured humans he gets overwhelmed and BAM, Domain Expansion. Let him use that, finish off the crowd, and then introduce Mahito
I think you’re underestimating how difficult domain expansion is to do, you gotta be gifted in power and have great battle instincts or understanding for you to do.
6:53 nope there's no hope in this show 🥲
Sukuna can't take over on will unless he gets forced to come out like feeding yuji 10+ fingers at once...and yuji dying would've killed sukuna too so yeah yuji's plan was on point but the girls just ruined it
8:50
Well done Gege...u made the viewers speechless once more....the most important rule of JJK is dont hav a fav character in the first place. 😎
They potrayed the mahito and nanami scene almost perfectly in the anime
But in the manga mahito touches nanami's chest
That bull was attacked by 3 special grade curses rest in peace nanami
Nanami's last dance 😢😢
RIP Nanamin!
That Beach montage was absolutely beautiful.
Best Salaryman in Shonen!
He's in too deep in the rabbit whole he mistook baby gojo as yuji 😂
I don't think Yuji have heavily restriction. Because in first episode he was able to see curse spirit before eating Sukunas finger.
bro divergent fist of yuji is made of curse energy.
Its just common sense that yuji not heavenly pact person.
Not having reaction to episodes 16 and 17 here feels like a crime man
i'm so glad Mahito is finally back, he's been gone for so many episodes!! he's as cute and sexy as ever.
U r sick, get well soon
😕😕
@@rf7182😂
he’s in such a silly goofy mood! :-)
@@rf7182relax man, they're just simping for a drawing.
Mild correction. It's not really a spoiler.
The people Gojo saved in B5 are alive.
The curses left the station after he was sealed, and the statiom wasn't in Sukuna's range
Nanami really represent the animators of this anime fr
You saw Yuji as a kid in season 1 when he was with Junpei and his mom he was telling a story about some other kid
How can i watch the next few episodes,, im thinking
mahito could put more cursed energy into it when touching panda so his ct works more efficiently and goes to all the cores soul
Not me being sad over Nanami and then you give him the roblox edit 4:44 😂
Another character that achieved new strength when they almost died is, ironically or funny enough, Mahito! He first learned domain expansion when he was about to die versus Nanami and Yuji in season 1.
where is episode 17?
Come to Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Penang also a good option.quite a community there from jpn :)
I think Yuji may have had some cursed energy, given he could see the curse in he highschool
20:25 This theory of yours doesn't really stand up if you actually think about it, because the outcome that enabled all of those fingers to be fed into Itadori only happened because of whatever caused Choso's weird dream sequence. If he actually finishes off Itadori then the four or five fingers worth of Sukuna that currently existed inside him at the time would die with him. It was an extremely unlikely happenstance that no one could have predicted that gave Sukuna his play time.
the "I'm you" moment is gonna go crazy
Where is ep 16/17 ????
You guys are forgetting the sister school we haven't seen todo yet
« Hope ? » with jjk ??! 😂
I hope the woman who sells bread is often visited by Nanami. She doesn't fall in love
I mean I feel like the final scene of last episode was as death flag as death flag gets.
What makes it more sad is that nanami was fighting on pure instinct as he was going in n out of consciousness 😢
Rip nanami, nobara, panda, gojo satoru, megumi, todo, etc...😭