This also means that the person to ultimately teach sukuna love was wasuke, his twin brother. By molding yuji into the person he was, and "cursing" yuji with this task, wasuke is what ultimately "purifies" sukuna and allows him to change in the afterlife. Wasuke being the first "connection" that sukuna discarded by consuming him in the womb, only to then be the final connection tethering sukuna to humanity 1000 years later is so incredible.
Sukuna already knew, he was just in denial and relying on violence to shut those thoughts down until "fighting makes the thoughts go away, i'm the strongest so no one can ever make me think about it" was proven wrong when he lost
i know it's not the point of the video, but one thing i noticed about this correction is that with the whole twin = nerf thingy in jjkverse the moment yuji's gramps died, then entered sukuna also truly marked the start of sukuna's rampage so to speak
@@RafaelBondoc as soon as Yuji’s grandpa died, the cursed object became active or so to say. It was always meant to be foreshadowed but it was too hard for most of us to see it. I’ve actually seen a channel kind of predict that the grandpa and Sukuna are connected.
@justasinglesummon3912 okay but Yuji's dad had Yashiro's soul not Yuji's grandpa And it literally says in the series that the seal on the finger in the school had been weakening so Megumi was sent out to grab it before someone unleashed it but he was too late lel IIRC Sukuna's brother was named Yashiro but i could be wrong kek
I just heard the detail and this completely makes the “It’s about your parents line” hit way harder for me So Wasuke and Sukuna serve as the two sides of the coin, Wasuke primarily guiding Yuji as a person, and Sukuna guiding Yuji as a sorcerer. Both give him curses (shrine and the whole “be surrounded by good people thing”)
@@muntu1221 dude the Mahoraga fight episode starts and ends with a curse to Yuji “Yuji. Help others” “Savor this, brat” And the next episode has Yuji thinking about said curses and how they’ve shaped him
It’s actually depressing how people will never get that jjk is a theme based story and that it carries a great amount of symbolism unseen by most eyes.
the amount of people that disrespect gojos death pissed me him dying gave him everything he had ever wished for by dying and passing on his will of fire and teaching. them that thru each other they will be stronger then himself and sukuna ever was
Its completely okay to praise Gege. This was his first large manga and he handled it as well as he could. But it is also okay to acknowledge his many, many flaws and mistakes as an author. That doesn't take away from his success at all, imho, but its not healthy to blindly congratulate him
@@yessirde Thank you for saying it. This manga and the characters in it have to be some of my favorite of all time. However, as fun of a read as it was, it has a lot of flaws and a lot of missed potential. Doesn't make it terrible, but to blindly defend the story and say that it was near perfect is pretty shortsighted
I agree wholeheartedly. I read the whole story and think it was fun and had many amazing moments but it also had a lot of flaws and there were several portions and things that I found to be either mishandled, underwhelming, rushed or in certain cases outright bad. It’s not terrible at all but to start acting as though it’s this perfect piece of media which we all were clueless to understand is just the wrong way to go about it.
Yes not every series is perfect but saying people blindly praise it is something that literally never happen, why would you praise something without knowing anything about it? If they like something you don't then that's just their opinion
Honestly, it wasn’t so bad until the Shibuya incident just gave us very weakly written deaths like the supposed death of nobara and nanami. I was hyped up again for the final arc hoping kenjaku would take over as the main antagonist to reveal his plans the whole time, but that was just completely wasted in favour of sukuna
I always thought that jjk was never going to be as big as people believed it was gonna be. I always likened jjk to the gon and killua storyline of hxh. A small and contained story with a set theme and some characters that get more development than others. Maybe with the knowledge and experienced gege has obtained he can go on to create a larger story with bigger elements. Jjk is still an amazing story. But i can still absolutely see gege's next work to be far grander and greater
bigger does not mean better, at all. That’s why all long anime get drawn out, become boring long, and usually end up having so many inconsistencies that they just stop caring. A larged scale anime will never be able to be better than a small contained story that was mostly already thought out to the end.
@ponchosavage5207 while you're right that doesn't necessarily mean gege can't do it. There were certainly elements of world building in jjk. It just couldn't be larger than the story he was trying to tell. Im also not expecting gege to make a 3 to 4 hundred chapter series. Bigger doesnt also always mean longer. I just think gege with his talent, editorial staff, and now newfound experience could tackle a "bigger" story better than he could before all that. It's what happens to anyone in any given craft
The speech yuji gave sukuna after beating him about trying again this time not by cursing one another but by living together always hits hard and I believe that was gege's main message for the story.
I kinda disagree with one point which is sukunas motivations was out of a distaste for the world labeling him. I think the only reason he considered the other path is because he lost. In a “if compassion helps me be the strongest” kinda way. I assume his pursuit will always be absolute strength by any means necessary and the only way someone could prove that his way was incorrect is by beating him. It’s why gojo was so important because he fought sukuna at his own game and almost win so the battle with gojo essentially reaffirms his belief that he has pursued strength in the correct way which is the real reason he said he’ll never forget him. He bested someone as “magnificent” as gojo but lost to someone he saw as insignificant as yuji and the others which caused a retrospective on his behalf
It’s crazy how this is the first time I’ve ever heard that DE’s are performed by people who self-actualized in their life. Which really brings things together that the moment these characters learn to do a DE is when they understand themselves the most and then go through life with that understand. While people around them might not understand them fully, but know what that person is all about. Now it brings into context to rewards that Jello Moth video with symbolism and things another watch and keep an open eye to what went down in the story.
One thing I like about JJK is the approach to the term "strongest" Many mangas and stories has many characters who the strongest in their series and also many MC's who want to become the strongest, No.1 in the world... But what's it is like being the strongest? You can never go all out in any fights This may sound not that bad, but in JJK, the enlightenment is that you forget everything and everyone and care only about you, pure selfishness, that's how you become the strongest and once you become the strongest, the only feeling you would feel is the feeling of bliss in fighting to your heart's content, giving your all But that's not possible, cause your stronger than anyone... That's why Gojo and Kashimo had this questions of how to interact with those weaker than them in a way that they feel something, and the person they asked, Sukuna The strongest in the History, yet Sukuna himself doesn't call him as the strongest, like Kashimo or Gojo Why?? Sukuna doesn't care about being the strongest, he doesn't care about humans nor curses, he finds pleasure in nothing... He doesn't need to feel the feeling of giving his all in a fight, it doesn't matter to him Unlike Gojo or Kashimo, he doesn't need someone to SATISFY him, but rather he sees evryone as but an ENTERTAINMENT See, when you become the strongest, you would be in a state of loneliness and depair of not being able to fight to death cause others are weak, Whilst, the one stronger than the strongest is the one that doesn't care of loneliness, nor others or anyone He doesn't give a shit This is the answer to Getos 's infamous question to Gojo Gojo is Gojo because he is the strongest (his identity) Sukuna is the strongest because he is Sukuna (one who ranks above the strongest). He doesn't call himself as the strongest, he doesn't care what others say If others cannot measure or understand Sukuna, that's their problem, he'll not go around being in loneliness, to put in simple terms "The one who truly doesn't care" best part... He was defeated by 'The one who truly cares about others' Sukuna defeated himself (twins killing each other) The real question is, Who the hell is Sukuna's Father?? How strong is that for his genes to give raise to the two extremes of JJK world itself and create the strongest sorcerers that have ever existed....
That is also completely recontrxtualized by the last incteractions of sukuna we see. Sukuna was born into something beyond just loneliness: a complete rejection of his existance. He was cursed by his own mother the moment he was born, and every other person(exept uraume, and yorozu) also cursed him, wanted to kill him, thought he was a monster. Thus it makes perfect sense why he couldnt care less about anyone else. The world never cared about him, why should he care?
It's realizations like this that makes a story stand the test of time. There is definitely a cooler and more flashy ending that we could've gotten, but yuji's story was finally closing So many anime get lost in it's own power system, and while jjk isn't without fault, the focus on cursed energy feeling like an extention of the characters rather than a way to sell merchandise is very apparent
😂😂😂😂😂 because sukuna is no way strongest not mentioned by author it was always gojo strongest even in fight gege try to show sukuna in incapable of fighting gojo gojo is by far strongest character in jjk
I mean, Megumi and so many others he built up and focused on he just didn't do anything with. he even said himself it was all a bit to much to handle at the they want him to do it at
One thing that I has been discussed about JJK but not fully explored is Yuji's changing morals and Ideology. with other New gen like Kimetsu and Mha. the Characters Goal as well as ideology is almost static and unchanging. and although there is Eren Yeager. Yuji changes multiple times ( I don't watch AOT so Idk If this applies to even as well) but Yuji changes from trying to give people proper death to accepting the hardships of live and view himself as a cog and then finally one last change at the end of the manga. it feels less like a transitions but more like a fluid evolution which makes Yuji feel more human as we operate very similar and the outside world affects our ideals so much
Speaking of his changing ideals, I think it’s cool that he was able to look his two greatest enemies in the eyes and verbalize how his mindset changed after all of his encounters.
Eren is weird. In one way, he was always like that, and in another, he wasn't. He's definitely a product of his environment, but he was never one to be tested. He didn't change. He caught bodies as a literal child to save his friend. If I was to put the difference into a metaphor. Yuji is a tree we watched grow into a great oak. Eren is a well that was revealed to be deeper than we ever imagined.
0:50 i didn't think sukuna was wrong in that scenario. Probably kenjaku first tasted wasuke then his Son Jin 😅 considering wasuke warned Jin about kenjaku isn't that mean he knew??
it's important to note that sukuna never confirmed anything, the panel shown in the video clearly shows that he's just guessing, since for the time he appeared, both of them were long gone.
Not everyone simply read incorrectly and failed to comprehend everything. It’s okay to enjoy it as a battle manga with cool powers and fights, or a thematic story with lots of tie-ins. Some people just don’t care for thematic storytelling as much. That’s why I’ve always said Gege’s a short story specialist. He knows how to make long stories short, the problem is that he doesn’t seem to know how to make short stories long. He’s great at concise and condensed writing, but that ALWAYS specifically sacrifices character and world-building as a general rule. It’s why I don’t like short stories very much even if I can somewhat appreciate them. They are supposed to be meaningful and thematic, but the characters are a means to an end. I’m sure it’s enjoyed by plenty who loved those aspects, but other people didn’t simply “not get it or they would’ve thought better of it.” It’s cool, but the sheer potential for the characters and world being brushed to the wayside was just too painful for what I saw as something that could surpass HxH as a successor. Glad people enjoyed it so much, but it’s undeniable that there are many unfortunate flaws to the most promising manga I’ve seen of late. Maybe it’ll influence more down the line though, there’s some great stuff for reference.
I read JJK at the insistence of a friend because she kept telling me how good it was. I never watched the anime, didn't look at any analysis online about any characters, just read the manga and talked with my friend about what we thought was happening. I really liked the story and the world Gege had built, but I wasn't a fan of the ending itself with Sukuna and didn't understand why he did what he did. So I went looking online finally for insight into the series. Now that I'm looking at character breakdowns and the themes themselves and the subtext being discussed, I'm seeing so much that I missed. It made me realize that there's so much more going on with JJK than I thought. It also made me realize that it's probably not a manga for me. I'm not the smartest person, and will admit to that. There's so much meaning put into every character and their techniques and what they say. I had no idea about the Buddhist themes and how they tie into the characters either. It's interesting learning about it all and recontextualizes a lot of the story for me, but the fact that I wouldn't have been able to figure that out all without outside analysis does make me a little sad. JJK is a wonderful series that I really liked with its ups and downs like everything else. It's just going to be one of those things I don't think I could ever talk about because I couldn't understand all of it. Thank you for the video breaking all of this down and making it digestable. Keep up the good work
dont know why you're comparing yourself to people who analyse stories and the characters within them as a job. They're good at what they do, and for the most part share their views on stories such as jjk because they're passionate about it and want others to understand how deep the writing can really go. Properly understanding the art you engage with is a skill you'll get better at the more books you read, movies you watch and so on (so really you just tend to get better at it as you grow up)
The day yuji lost his grandfather, he gained Sukuna is great uncle. Honestly if Wasuke was alive sukuna would likley be weakened due to their twin souls.
Wasuke's soul would have went to the finger Yuji was carrying with him, and later ate. When yuji 'awakened', he was awakening to what wasuke could have been.
Wasn't it Yuji's dad that had the brother's soul not Yuji's grandpa? Also the thing about twins isn't that being twins weaken each other just by existing, its that two children have to share resources and are always used to having their twin around so they're more likely to be less individual than someone who was an only child or not a twin There's also an old Japanese idea that Koi fish won't grow to their full potential if they share space with another one
This additional context doesn't materially change the fact that Gege fumbled the bag, he shoulda made this theme/story thread more obvious within the story. You wanna know why he didn't do that? Because that wasn't and isn't the original point of JJK. Otherwise, Sukuna would've gotten his backstory correct in the first place 😅. We all wanna think of these authors as deites that understand every fascet of their stories. But they are just human beings who make shit up 🫡
Do you want him to write a children's book version of JJK specifically for you? What's the point of giving a message directly, when you can intertwine it with an enticing narrative? Gege wanted to write a battle shonen. Through that battle shonen, he sent a message. If you want the message, go read Buddhist texts lol
@TheWizard1408 The guy's take was literally *thinking and reading are too hard so it's clearly made up on the spot instead of being thought out* Although Gege himself admits he fumbled a fair bit there's definitely still a lot of planning 😂
@@justyouraveragehumanbeing7411 tf u getting you mad at me for you, and Gege himself admitted that he fumbled JJK. It's not my fault that he left out this one tiny detail that coulda retroactively changed the story of JJk. Just call a spade a spade. Gege was tired of writing and drawing his series and left a lot of elements under baked and unfulfilled. You getting all upity in my replies is a waste of time and energy 😅
I feel JJK, while good and a flawed story. I think the fans pretty much built up JJK to be a series it wasn't. People cared so much about the fights and darker story and how that can expand to a longer much cooler action story. And while the fights are good at times, it was never purely about that. I feel as great success the series got, it itself was cursed with a base of people that never truly understood what the series was about or for. I do somewhat feel bad for those that now can't like the series because it's not as dark or subversive as they thought it was going to be. Hating something you loved because it was no longer what you thought it was and not just accepting what it truly is makes me think that maybe they weren't really there for the series as much as they were the hype surrounding it
It makes the last chapters even better, as Yuji is trying to imprat the lesson his grandfather teached him to value connections, becouse he knows Sukuna will regret the way he lived at the end of his life, just like Wasuke. And the memories with his grandfather that Yuji is recountinf are literally Sukuna learning about his twin brother he never got to meet, in a way cleansing Sukuna of his first sin, one he never had control over really. If Sukuna was born with two faces and four arms and a godly amount of cursed power then it just makes sense the world would reject him, and he would learn to take everything by strength. At the end the 2 paths he had where the only 2 people who ever showed him love in his original life.
2024 was a very interesting year for manga to end. 👋🏻 Jujutsu Kaisen gave us more excitement than we thought. It was fun discussing on the anime and manga.
I know that there is people that like the JJK ending but please stop pretending that Gege totally retconned Jin being Sukunas twin so he could try to save face. A half asses drawing with some words is a very awful way of trying to fix a bad ending.
The beauty of art and its interpolation from person to person really gives a Grand canyon size amount of value to how much art is subjective. Personally, people really riding on the side of themes and implied references of symbolism to carry the story are creating ways to like things that were very disappointing. With a lot of the great writing that Gege gave us, he gave us an equal of shit writing. The fan base will always be divided and that's just something that in a weird way is the most enjoyable part about this series. Great vid as always yo! Side note" the chapter extras are cool but for me they did nothing and gave nothing I didn't already figure out. Also Gege lowkey kinda took Ayllons idea of how Sukuma & Uraume met and remixes it a tad bit lol.
@faith4657 we'll never know if he knew who he was because we don't even know who Gege is. Even saying that title to represent the person that authored this manga isn't even his or her real name. To assume a non presented theme after the fact when someone and others have been creating aspects of a story that the author hadn't even come up with yet, to then have it conveniently line up with what the fans were already doing doesn't mean it was lining up to be that thing. He could have saw his video or someone around him could have saw the video, but that's beside the point. Another example of this is all of the specific kind of fake leaked art of specific chapters around the final five chapter mark conveniently mirrored certain iterations of what people have put out prior. One of the most notable ones was nobara's return which was almost a one-to-one comparison. Gege put out a statement that he was definitely chronically online and saw a lot of stuff so it's not impossible for him to see certain things to inspire him or her to use in his work. Jjk is in amalgamation of influences and inspirations from different mediums and anime and culture. Hell the author was literally influenced from the animators of the show with their presentation of sukhna and his slashes they literally Incorporated that same style in the latter part of the ark.
@ShadeThaArtist I get that. That might be the case, but I think it's best not to jump to conclusions cause there might also be other factors we don't know, maybe even some coincidences.
I'm glad there are others in the community who actually listened to the story Gege was telling. I'm genuinely excited for his next manga whatever that might be. But I'm also always down for more JJK world building content, whatever form that takes.
Jjk was exactly what I thought it was gonna be from the very moment I picked it up, that’s what drew me so much to the series. This dark underground world built upon evil and darkness all from normal peoples bad energy. Everything that was gonna happen being hinted at from the very beginning before the main series was even made, since the volume 0.The fights are also imo the best we will get for a while no other anime at the time compared in the unique usage of powers mixed with elite choreography is hard to top. It was a beautiful ride from start to end and if you didn’t catch these things from the start than this type of series will never be for you and you should go watch something more straightforward and simple. It’s important to pay attention and digest what is given to you not make up your own theories in your head and place those above the real story. Hope you all have a fantastic new year
A lot of the issues come with the people not engaging with what Gege wanting for JJK. After all is said and done JJK wasnt about the world, about Gojo, no, it was about Yuji, and his arc is perfectly setup from the start "what it means to have a good death" Yeah, Gege made some mistakes along the way and I understand people wanting more but the story is all there. Got a lot of tokyo Ghoul vibes from it.Yes, I wanted more Eto, more Amon, personally I never liked Furuta as the main antagonist (I think he would have worked better as a third party maybe with the pierrot or just by his own), and the ending felt a little too abrupt, but when it comes the central narrative and the emotional arc of the manga its all there.
@murderman8578 i mean yeah, you are free to interpret the work of an author as you want but which direction to follow and what themes to explore is still the author's prerogative and it is a bad faith to criticize a work for not going in the direction you wanted. You can dislike the direction it took, of course, but thats different subject. Its like criticize Baki for not exploring CTE. I wanted more, of course, but again, the story that Gege wanted to write, Yuji's, its all there.
@diegorojas8959 the direction and themes are not the problem It's what gege finds interesting isn't what his target audience finds interesting and overall execution to get where we are and the amount of narrative set up and threads having unsatisfying conclusions
@@murderman8578 i mean, Gege its a selfish writer. After killing Gojo the cat just went to Takaba. Knowing your audience its fine but at the end of day writer write for themselves. And again, though i think the final stretch has problems, the core narrative, Yuji's arc, feels perfect for the story Gege wanted to tell "what it means to have a good death?"
After yuji brought sukuna into his domain, I feel like that gave more of a actual reason for sukuna's Hatred for yuji. I don't think it's ever because he saw him as weak but there was nothing there to justify his strength by jujutsu standards. Getting to see yuji's life and how peaceful and normal it was growing up for him really sets it apart from any of the other sorecer's and I'd assume sukuna saw all this prior to the audience because of how possession works. I think yuji moreso made sukuna insecure about misery making you stronger than simple might makes right type mentality even if we learned that wasn't what truly motivated him by the end of it all. Makes me love there dynamic more and I wish sukuna accepted yuji's offer.
I had discussions on a lot of platforms talking to people who felt the story of JJK was rushed, unfinished, unpolished and potentially unrealized. I completely disagreed for the very reasons you stated in this video, from what I experienced, he realized every character, small or large in the story for most part because each character had their own curse, their own arc and lack there of for a reason. Megumi being potential man is a meme and it's true, he does have potential, he does get crippled throughout the story, but that's part of his journey, he got constantly slighted by everything around him regardless to show what the world will still do to those in that position. It showed how desperate talent can still get pressed by the world and it's unjustiable unfairness, even Yuji understood this at the end, seeing all the torment he'd been through, had experienced himself, he wouldn't blame someone for tapping out of that life, which is why when he didn't make a plea but told him, "Regardless, I'll miss you if you're gone, it won't be the same.", he understood as painful as life is, as much as it's taken from him, to throw it away when there's someone he CAN live for and have moments of joy throughout all the pain was still worth fighting for even if he lost the meaning of it. I feel like a lot of people missed the point of JJK not being a world driven story, a vast expanse of different grand events happening, which were there, but more of a character analysis and expression of meanings throughout each character, Megumis was suffering despite it all, Yujis was finding meaning in the words left by his grandfather, before coming to his actualization of life itself being the meaning, the small moments, the empty moments, even just the worst moments, it's the entire scope and the people that encompass it that you can live for and help, Nobara somewhat felt like she knew this with what was assumed to be her last words, "Tell everyone it was fun", she wanted to leave them with that impression, Gojo, learning the meaning of what his best friend said before he lost his mind, "Are you gojo because you're strong, or are you strong because you're Gojo?", finding his meaning in the students he chose to make his family, taking people that would be executed on the spot unjustly and protecting them with an unjustly amount of strength without equal, selfishly saving people he deemed would do good, could do good and should be given a chance, finding solace in them where he lost someone who he needed by his side the entire time, Getou, genuinely become strong because he was who he was even if that wasn't the case beforehand, he found the meaning in his unparralled strength in which he felt solitude, managing to feel some level of comfort in those around him he chose to foster/bring in to his fold. There's so many lessons you can take away from JJK that if you actually pay attention, are expressed beautifully and shown, not said, shown and presented in a format that's hard to express, did Gege do it perfectly? No. Was it fantastic imo? Absolutely.
Well, I discovered you later in jujutsu Kaisen one of the things I appreciate the most about your channel is how you transcended simple reviews with reflections and analytical mind states. You’re scratching the surface of the deeper philosophical ideas found in the stories we love. I appreciate that I will remain subscribed and hope to hear more of this from you in the future
The thing is that people want world building from heian era not just because they want to see more of the world or to see more battles, but world building like that give you context of the system and how that system influenced someone from the past like sukuna which give you more insight on how his character work and all the challenges and people he meet throughout his life which would be a very different experience if we see it happening in the story rather than just hearing it from sukuna perspective, also one more criticism is that others character like megumi feel lacking because the story focus on yuji making megumi feel lacking in term of character because he didn’t do much after getting saved at all.
Jujutsu Kaisen is a story about finding your own reason to continue going through life within a cruel, unfair world. And most importantly sticking to that no matter how much you break. Hence the title “Jujutsu” (curses techniques, sorcery, oneself) “Kaisen” (never ending battle/war)
The reveal with Yuji’s grandpa reflect the greater issue with JJK as a whole. Much of the story post Shibuya feels like it was either omitted or included as an afterthought.
I think it is fine to point out the series flaws but what I think people are trying to do is to looks past its flaws and show what is great about the series instead of just saying everything about it is bad.
I never really payed attention to jjk because I thought It would be confusing to understand.... But personally the symbolisms actually made this extremely amazing in my opinions, after reading the manga it practically outranked most of my favorite animes.
Kenny may have taken backshots from Sukuna's nephew, but he sure returned those back to Sukuna big time because that level of setup is fucking diabolical😭🤣🤣 Kenjaku was n°1 contributor to Sukuna's defeat: created Yuji and Choso; gave Gojo the ability to counter an open-barrier domain by sealing him in Prison Realm; saved Yuji two times (plus Yuta and Todo) through his copied cursed technique and Choso's sacrifice, and I think there's more but I can't recall
It takes a special kind of stupidity to assume that the author, someone who has spent tens of thousands of hours planning, drafting, writing, revising and polishing their story, would somehow accidently include this kind of depth.
People should really comprehend jjk... Especially the haters, same goes for csm... The haters of jjk and CSM are so annoying especially jjk ones now a days, idk why people can't comprehend the Mangas...
they're both pretty crap. I liked when csm wasn't really talked about anywhere as much and calling it a masterpiece these new fans are annoying over hyping anything and lying about it. you can absolutely enjoy a trashy anime but geez lets not lie and say something that is shit is great.
Ive been following this story with you and all other RUclipsrs since beginning and my response is simply this, “Bullshit.” Most of yall just trying to justify his crazy writings( i still liked this video btw) love love
He gave us... intentionally wrong exposition about the main character that was never clarified until outside material? That has got to be the funniest thing.
I mean, he probably though that the readers would get that Sukuna's guess was incorrect given that the grandpa is the one with Sukuna's hairstyle and made more sense to be a direct parallel. Really it's the editors fault for not recognizing that that's easy to misinterpret
GEGE wrote a lesson on HOW human emotions detoeriate and change the behavior of the "strong" we see how it affects SUKUNA turning him into a selfish monster that only desired itself, completely rejected human emotions. GOJO on the other hand wove human emotions into his students, he himself hide his emotions to fullfill his role of "strongest" opposite order to Sukuna's actions. BUT, Yuji, on the other hand wove both sides, understood Sukuna and Gojo, understanding that at the end of the day, "the strong" isn't what you should aim for.
I think people just completely missed the whole point of the story by only looking at very specific parts of said story. They would overfocus on the smaller details while the bigger narrative flies right over their head. In my opinion, the ending was a perfect culmination of the themes portrayed throughout the story, mainly the memories formed becoming key parts of who somebody is, and Yuji's path to enlightenment and saving the others around him.
Now I wish his grandfather's curse was made more explicit. I genuinely think the series would have been given such a great dimension. That even Yuji's best characteristic is itself is tied to a curse. And that Yuji is functionally killing his grandfather.
I really really liked the ending I mean I didn’t really get all the hate. Yes there are some loose ends but in the end that’s not really what the story was about. I still remember the whiplash I got from yugis domain expansion. Turning page to see him a what is basically a day with his uncle. I really appreciated the switch from Fortnite battle royal to a deeper philosophical battle. The Crawfish may be my favorite scene in the whole series.
Why does it NEED a name? Plus he made it on the spot for Sukuna, and infused Shrine in it so he could specifically use Soul Dismantles on him. I don't think its something he'd use in a standard fight anyways
I really do wonder how a conversation between Wasuke and Sukuna would go. Would Sukuna have some respect for him as what made him what he became? Would he try to eat him for more power? Or would Wasuke call him a bum and tell him to get a job?
Awesome video, it makes so much more sense to the story that Wasuke is the twin, I think Gege thought he put in enough hints, like their appearance, having Yuji explain he didn't care about his paren't, Wasuke being at least somewhat present in the story and a major influence to Yuji, while Jin has none of those things. This story was always going to be done with Sukuna's soul moving on.
I'm sorry but Gege made a mess of it, that's why everyone is confused. I really hope the anime will be able clean things up and make it make more sense for the viewers.
My personal theory with JJK is after Gege killed Gojo, Gege realised he had written himself into a wall because he effectively made Sukuna the new Gojo in the story, how do you then kill Sukuna? The Sukuna Gojo fight was perfect, if my goat had to die, that is how I would have wanted him to die. The sukuna gauntlet was Gege realising he didn't have anything left in the tank and it was time to just end the series.
@@Kongongongg Wdym? The issue is that this guy Things Gege messed Up with gojos death, which He didn't. Well the death itself was bs in my opinion, but thats Not the Point rn. Just Imagine contrary: Gege doesnt "mess Up" and gojos lives. What now? Should He win against sukuna? Ofc Not. It needs to be yuji. If gojo doesnt die, Nobody gets their time to Shine. Maki. Nobara. Yuji. Choso. Todo. All of them would be useless If gojo didnt die, or atleast was taken out. Problem IS, you can't take gojo out temporarily, because He and Schoko can perform RCT, so He would be right Back.
I think it’s more so the execution of the gauntlet than the actual writing that made it feel stale. If you reread the entire Shinjuku showdown alongside the anti Sukuna squad fight, it’s not as dry and boring as waiting week by week with the expectation of Sukuna wiping the next group of fighters. As a whole, the entire fight is done decently well. The issue really came that a week by week release didn’t fit well with reading it
My God well said well written articulated video. Of course there will be those dissatisfied that their other fav side characters didnt get the proper conclusion they wanted. But im satisfied because Yuji did. Although I still have a few gripes with the epilogue and time skips I won’t ever say Jujutsu Kaisen had a bad ending
Jujutsu Kaisen is the second most overrated manga of this generation. It’s not bad, but man do people act like it’s way better and deeper than it is. It’s a Frankenstein mash up of Naruto and Bleach with a cool power system. The storytelling isn’t great, the character designs kinda suck, and the characters aren’t great. It’s pretty decent at best.
This also means that the person to ultimately teach sukuna love was wasuke, his twin brother. By molding yuji into the person he was, and "cursing" yuji with this task, wasuke is what ultimately "purifies" sukuna and allows him to change in the afterlife. Wasuke being the first "connection" that sukuna discarded by consuming him in the womb, only to then be the final connection tethering sukuna to humanity 1000 years later is so incredible.
Amazing theme. Gege I KNEEL
Sukuna already knew, he was just in denial and relying on violence to shut those thoughts down until "fighting makes the thoughts go away, i'm the strongest so no one can ever make me think about it" was proven wrong when he lost
i know it's not the point of the video, but one thing i noticed about this correction is that with the whole twin = nerf thingy in jjkverse the moment yuji's gramps died, then entered sukuna also truly marked the start of sukuna's rampage so to speak
That's actually a good point. Never noticed it. Mai died and maki went on a rampage. Same with sukuna and yuji's gramps.
that's actually a really good point...
@@RafaelBondoc as soon as Yuji’s grandpa died, the cursed object became active or so to say. It was always meant to be foreshadowed but it was too hard for most of us to see it. I’ve actually seen a channel kind of predict that the grandpa and Sukuna are connected.
@justasinglesummon3912 okay but Yuji's dad had Yashiro's soul not Yuji's grandpa
And it literally says in the series that the seal on the finger in the school had been weakening so Megumi was sent out to grab it before someone unleashed it but he was too late lel
IIRC Sukuna's brother was named Yashiro but i could be wrong kek
@@Pokemaster-wg9gx wrong, gege said so in an authors note in the extra chapters
I just heard the detail and this completely makes the “It’s about your parents line” hit way harder for me
So Wasuke and Sukuna serve as the two sides of the coin, Wasuke primarily guiding Yuji as a person, and Sukuna guiding Yuji as a sorcerer. Both give him curses (shrine and the whole “be surrounded by good people thing”)
Sukuna gave him a curse in the same way his grandpa did. "Take a good look" was a curse on Yuji that followed him until the end of the last battle.
I just realized that in chapter 265, Yuji was asking Sukuna to save both Uraume and Mahito. It was revealed in chapter 271.
@@muntu1221 dude the Mahoraga fight episode starts and ends with a curse to Yuji
“Yuji. Help others”
“Savor this, brat”
And the next episode has Yuji thinking about said curses and how they’ve shaped him
@@muntu1221 he was guiding his own reincarnation to become full fledged sorcerer.
It’s actually depressing how people will never get that jjk is a theme based story and that it carries a great amount of symbolism unseen by most eyes.
the amount of people that disrespect gojos death pissed me him dying gave him everything he had ever wished for by dying and passing on his will of fire and teaching. them that thru each other they will be stronger then himself and sukuna ever was
The writing is amazing
An argument made by pretentious people trying to act smarter than they actually are
That's not an excuse for things that Gege couldn't show due to his lack of experience as a mangaka. Show, don't just tell.
@@JamesSchulteikr
Its completely okay to praise Gege. This was his first large manga and he handled it as well as he could. But it is also okay to acknowledge his many, many flaws and mistakes as an author. That doesn't take away from his success at all, imho, but its not healthy to blindly congratulate him
@@yessirde Thank you for saying it. This manga and the characters in it have to be some of my favorite of all time. However, as fun of a read as it was, it has a lot of flaws and a lot of missed potential. Doesn't make it terrible, but to blindly defend the story and say that it was near perfect is pretty shortsighted
I agree wholeheartedly. I read the whole story and think it was fun and had many amazing moments but it also had a lot of flaws and there were several portions and things that I found to be either mishandled, underwhelming, rushed or in certain cases outright bad. It’s not terrible at all but to start acting as though it’s this perfect piece of media which we all were clueless to understand is just the wrong way to go about it.
Yes not every series is perfect but saying people blindly praise it is something that literally never happen, why would you praise something without knowing anything about it? If they like something you don't then that's just their opinion
Honestly, it wasn’t so bad until the Shibuya incident just gave us very weakly written deaths like the supposed death of nobara and nanami. I was hyped up again for the final arc hoping kenjaku would take over as the main antagonist to reveal his plans the whole time, but that was just completely wasted in favour of sukuna
I feel it's still nearly perfect. The only one I'd want is a continuation @@umtrain1730
I always thought that jjk was never going to be as big as people believed it was gonna be. I always likened jjk to the gon and killua storyline of hxh. A small and contained story with a set theme and some characters that get more development than others. Maybe with the knowledge and experienced gege has obtained he can go on to create a larger story with bigger elements. Jjk is still an amazing story. But i can still absolutely see gege's next work to be far grander and greater
bigger does not mean better, at all. That’s why all long anime get drawn out, become boring long, and usually end up having so many inconsistencies that they just stop caring. A larged scale anime will never be able to be better than a small contained story that was mostly already thought out to the end.
@ponchosavage5207 while you're right that doesn't necessarily mean gege can't do it. There were certainly elements of world building in jjk. It just couldn't be larger than the story he was trying to tell. Im also not expecting gege to make a 3 to 4 hundred chapter series. Bigger doesnt also always mean longer. I just think gege with his talent, editorial staff, and now newfound experience could tackle a "bigger" story better than he could before all that. It's what happens to anyone in any given craft
JJK? An amazing Story? LMAO NAW BRO YOURE FUNNY!
@@Reesemike What do you view as a great story? (Respectfully)
@@Plasma-j2l leave them bro😂 every thing has to be twists, romantic and etc , they will never acknowledge a good story but cling to the ending.
The speech yuji gave sukuna after beating him about trying again this time not by cursing one another but by living together always hits hard and I believe that was gege's main message for the story.
I kinda disagree with one point which is sukunas motivations was out of a distaste for the world labeling him. I think the only reason he considered the other path is because he lost. In a “if compassion helps me be the strongest” kinda way. I assume his pursuit will always be absolute strength by any means necessary and the only way someone could prove that his way was incorrect is by beating him. It’s why gojo was so important because he fought sukuna at his own game and almost win so the battle with gojo essentially reaffirms his belief that he has pursued strength in the correct way which is the real reason he said he’ll never forget him. He bested someone as “magnificent” as gojo but lost to someone he saw as insignificant as yuji and the others which caused a retrospective on his behalf
It’s crazy how this is the first time I’ve ever heard that DE’s are performed by people who self-actualized in their life. Which really brings things together that the moment these characters learn to do a DE is when they understand themselves the most and then go through life with that understand. While people around them might not understand them fully, but know what that person is all about.
Now it brings into context to rewards that Jello Moth video with symbolism and things another watch and keep an open eye to what went down in the story.
One thing I like about JJK is the approach to the term "strongest"
Many mangas and stories has many characters who the strongest in their series and also many MC's who want to become the strongest, No.1 in the world...
But what's it is like being the strongest?
You can never go all out in any fights
This may sound not that bad, but in JJK, the enlightenment is that you forget everything and everyone and care only about you, pure selfishness, that's how you become the strongest and once you become the strongest, the only feeling you would feel is the feeling of bliss in fighting to your heart's content, giving your all
But that's not possible, cause your stronger than anyone...
That's why Gojo and Kashimo had this questions of how to interact with those weaker than them in a way that they feel something, and the person they asked, Sukuna
The strongest in the History, yet Sukuna himself doesn't call him as the strongest, like Kashimo or Gojo
Why??
Sukuna doesn't care about being the strongest, he doesn't care about humans nor curses, he finds pleasure in nothing... He doesn't need to feel the feeling of giving his all in a fight, it doesn't matter to him
Unlike Gojo or Kashimo, he doesn't need someone to SATISFY him, but rather he sees evryone as but an ENTERTAINMENT
See, when you become the strongest, you would be in a state of loneliness and depair of not being able to fight to death cause others are weak,
Whilst, the one stronger than the strongest is the one that doesn't care of loneliness, nor others or anyone
He doesn't give a shit
This is the answer to Getos
's infamous question to Gojo
Gojo is Gojo because he is the strongest (his identity)
Sukuna is the strongest because he is Sukuna (one who ranks above the strongest). He doesn't call himself as the strongest, he doesn't care what others say
If others cannot measure or understand Sukuna, that's their problem, he'll not go around being in loneliness, to put in simple terms
"The one who truly doesn't care"
best part...
He was defeated by 'The one who truly cares about others'
Sukuna defeated himself (twins killing each other)
The real question is,
Who the hell is Sukuna's Father??
How strong is that for his genes to give raise to the two extremes of JJK world itself and create the strongest sorcerers that have ever existed....
Well said!!
That is also completely recontrxtualized by the last incteractions of sukuna we see. Sukuna was born into something beyond just loneliness: a complete rejection of his existance. He was cursed by his own mother the moment he was born, and every other person(exept uraume, and yorozu) also cursed him, wanted to kill him, thought he was a monster. Thus it makes perfect sense why he couldnt care less about anyone else. The world never cared about him, why should he care?
It's realizations like this that makes a story stand the test of time.
There is definitely a cooler and more flashy ending that we could've gotten, but yuji's story was finally closing
So many anime get lost in it's own power system, and while jjk isn't without fault, the focus on cursed energy feeling like an extention of the characters rather than a way to sell merchandise is very apparent
About that ending. They aren’t physical twins. Spiritual twins from the past, the previous/original parents never interacted with them.
😂😂😂😂😂 because sukuna is no way strongest not mentioned by author it was always gojo strongest even in fight gege try to show sukuna in incapable of fighting gojo gojo is by far strongest character in jjk
Doesn't this make Sukuna not having a backstory worse in retrospect?
@@thunder_2124 wdym? sukuna backstory didn’t change. just the relation his soul has to yuujis soul did
as much as gege may have made a few fumbles here and there in JJK, one thing that'll always be so great about it is the depth it has
I mean, Megumi and so many others he built up and focused on he just didn't do anything with. he even said himself it was all a bit to much to handle at the they want him to do it at
The depth of a puddle
One thing that I has been discussed about JJK but not fully explored is Yuji's changing morals and Ideology. with other New gen like Kimetsu and Mha. the Characters Goal as well as ideology is almost static and unchanging. and although there is Eren Yeager. Yuji changes multiple times ( I don't watch AOT so Idk If this applies to even as well) but Yuji changes from trying to give people proper death to accepting the hardships of live and view himself as a cog and then finally one last change at the end of the manga. it feels less like a transitions but more like a fluid evolution which makes Yuji feel more human as we operate very similar and the outside world affects our ideals so much
Speaking of his changing ideals, I think it’s cool that he was able to look his two greatest enemies in the eyes and verbalize how his mindset changed after all of his encounters.
Eren is weird. In one way, he was always like that, and in another, he wasn't. He's definitely a product of his environment, but he was never one to be tested. He didn't change. He caught bodies as a literal child to save his friend.
If I was to put the difference into a metaphor.
Yuji is a tree we watched grow into a great oak.
Eren is a well that was revealed to be deeper than we ever imagined.
I don't think you read Kimetsu 😅
@@natalimoina tell me one time then when Tanjiro changes his view on demons
0:50 i didn't think sukuna was wrong in that scenario. Probably kenjaku first tasted wasuke then his Son Jin 😅 considering wasuke warned Jin about kenjaku isn't that mean he knew??
this could be right too!!! but tasted is crazy though 😭
@@Animeplanet25 I hope you mean tested
@@francisvincentmingao8118 nah kenjaku is zesty so he def had a taste of grandpa or had a test run
Wasuke knew Kaori was dead and obviously knew something was wrong. But Jin was too delusional to listen to him.
it's important to note that sukuna never confirmed anything, the panel shown in the video clearly shows that he's just guessing, since for the time he appeared, both of them were long gone.
Yuji truly embodied becoming “A blessing and a curse”
Not everyone simply read incorrectly and failed to comprehend everything. It’s okay to enjoy it as a battle manga with cool powers and fights, or a thematic story with lots of tie-ins. Some people just don’t care for thematic storytelling as much.
That’s why I’ve always said Gege’s a short story specialist. He knows how to make long stories short, the problem is that he doesn’t seem to know how to make short stories long. He’s great at concise and condensed writing, but that ALWAYS specifically sacrifices character and world-building as a general rule. It’s why I don’t like short stories very much even if I can somewhat appreciate them. They are supposed to be meaningful and thematic, but the characters are a means to an end.
I’m sure it’s enjoyed by plenty who loved those aspects, but other people didn’t simply “not get it or they would’ve thought better of it.” It’s cool, but the sheer potential for the characters and world being brushed to the wayside was just too painful for what I saw as something that could surpass HxH as a successor.
Glad people enjoyed it so much, but it’s undeniable that there are many unfortunate flaws to the most promising manga I’ve seen of late. Maybe it’ll influence more down the line though, there’s some great stuff for reference.
I read JJK at the insistence of a friend because she kept telling me how good it was. I never watched the anime, didn't look at any analysis online about any characters, just read the manga and talked with my friend about what we thought was happening. I really liked the story and the world Gege had built, but I wasn't a fan of the ending itself with Sukuna and didn't understand why he did what he did. So I went looking online finally for insight into the series.
Now that I'm looking at character breakdowns and the themes themselves and the subtext being discussed, I'm seeing so much that I missed. It made me realize that there's so much more going on with JJK than I thought. It also made me realize that it's probably not a manga for me.
I'm not the smartest person, and will admit to that. There's so much meaning put into every character and their techniques and what they say. I had no idea about the Buddhist themes and how they tie into the characters either. It's interesting learning about it all and recontextualizes a lot of the story for me, but the fact that I wouldn't have been able to figure that out all without outside analysis does make me a little sad.
JJK is a wonderful series that I really liked with its ups and downs like everything else. It's just going to be one of those things I don't think I could ever talk about because I couldn't understand all of it.
Thank you for the video breaking all of this down and making it digestable. Keep up the good work
dont know why you're comparing yourself to people who analyse stories and the characters within them as a job. They're good at what they do, and for the most part share their views on stories such as jjk because they're passionate about it and want others to understand how deep the writing can really go. Properly understanding the art you engage with is a skill you'll get better at the more books you read, movies you watch and so on (so really you just tend to get better at it as you grow up)
The day yuji lost his grandfather, he gained Sukuna is great uncle. Honestly if Wasuke was alive sukuna would likley be weakened due to their twin souls.
Wasuke's soul would have went to the finger Yuji was carrying with him, and later ate.
When yuji 'awakened', he was awakening to what wasuke could have been.
Wasn't it Yuji's dad that had the brother's soul not Yuji's grandpa?
Also the thing about twins isn't that being twins weaken each other just by existing, its that two children have to share resources and are always used to having their twin around so they're more likely to be less individual than someone who was an only child or not a twin
There's also an old Japanese idea that Koi fish won't grow to their full potential if they share space with another one
@Pokemaster-wg9gx that was Sukuna's guess.
the amount people who cant read between the lines is honesty baffling
Sukuna cursing himself.
Yujis grandfather cursing his most loved one.
This additional context doesn't materially change the fact that Gege fumbled the bag, he shoulda made this theme/story thread more obvious within the story. You wanna know why he didn't do that? Because that wasn't and isn't the original point of JJK. Otherwise, Sukuna would've gotten his backstory correct in the first place 😅. We all wanna think of these authors as deites that understand every fascet of their stories. But they are just human beings who make shit up 🫡
Do you want him to write a children's book version of JJK specifically for you?
What's the point of giving a message directly, when you can intertwine it with an enticing narrative? Gege wanted to write a battle shonen. Through that battle shonen, he sent a message. If you want the message, go read Buddhist texts lol
@@justyouraveragehumanbeing7411 terrible take didn't add shit against his take
@TheWizard1408 The guy's take was literally *thinking and reading are too hard so it's clearly made up on the spot instead of being thought out*
Although Gege himself admits he fumbled a fair bit there's definitely still a lot of planning 😂
@@Pokemaster-wg9gx yeah i forgot to mention that: gege literally admitted to messing up. But that doesnt take away from how good this manga is
@@justyouraveragehumanbeing7411 tf u getting you mad at me for you, and Gege himself admitted that he fumbled JJK. It's not my fault that he left out this one tiny detail that coulda retroactively changed the story of JJk.
Just call a spade a spade. Gege was tired of writing and drawing his series and left a lot of elements under baked and unfulfilled. You getting all upity in my replies is a waste of time and energy 😅
I feel JJK, while good and a flawed story. I think the fans pretty much built up JJK to be a series it wasn't. People cared so much about the fights and darker story and how that can expand to a longer much cooler action story. And while the fights are good at times, it was never purely about that. I feel as great success the series got, it itself was cursed with a base of people that never truly understood what the series was about or for.
I do somewhat feel bad for those that now can't like the series because it's not as dark or subversive as they thought it was going to be. Hating something you loved because it was no longer what you thought it was and not just accepting what it truly is makes me think that maybe they weren't really there for the series as much as they were the hype surrounding it
It makes the last chapters even better, as Yuji is trying to imprat the lesson his grandfather teached him to value connections, becouse he knows Sukuna will regret the way he lived at the end of his life, just like Wasuke. And the memories with his grandfather that Yuji is recountinf are literally Sukuna learning about his twin brother he never got to meet, in a way cleansing Sukuna of his first sin, one he never had control over really. If Sukuna was born with two faces and four arms and a godly amount of cursed power then it just makes sense the world would reject him, and he would learn to take everything by strength. At the end the 2 paths he had where the only 2 people who ever showed him love in his original life.
2024 was a very interesting year for manga to end. 👋🏻 Jujutsu Kaisen gave us more excitement than we thought. It was fun discussing on the anime and manga.
Bro just recooked the Story to a hole nother dish wow 😮 im absolutly Mindblown
I know that there is people that like the JJK ending but please stop pretending that Gege totally retconned Jin being Sukunas twin so he could try to save face. A half asses drawing with some words is a very awful way of trying to fix a bad ending.
The beauty of art and its interpolation from person to person really gives a Grand canyon size amount of value to how much art is subjective.
Personally, people really riding on the side of themes and implied references of symbolism to carry the story are creating ways to like things that were very disappointing. With a lot of the great writing that Gege gave us, he gave us an equal of shit writing. The fan base will always be divided and that's just something that in a weird way is the most enjoyable part about this series. Great vid as always yo!
Side note" the chapter extras are cool but for me they did nothing and gave nothing I didn't already figure out. Also Gege lowkey kinda took Ayllons idea of how Sukuma & Uraume met and remixes it a tad bit lol.
Does gege even know who ayllons is? The very fact that ppl that point to themes means it was pointing to thing he wanted us to know.
@faith4657 we'll never know if he knew who he was because we don't even know who Gege is. Even saying that title to represent the person that authored this manga isn't even his or her real name.
To assume a non presented theme after the fact when someone and others have been creating aspects of a story that the author hadn't even come up with yet, to then have it conveniently line up with what the fans were already doing doesn't mean it was lining up to be that thing. He could have saw his video or someone around him could have saw the video, but that's beside the point. Another example of this is all of the specific kind of fake leaked art of specific chapters around the final five chapter mark conveniently mirrored certain iterations of what people have put out prior. One of the most notable ones was nobara's return which was almost a one-to-one comparison.
Gege put out a statement that he was definitely chronically online and saw a lot of stuff so it's not impossible for him to see certain things to inspire him or her to use in his work. Jjk is in amalgamation of influences and inspirations from different mediums and anime and culture. Hell the author was literally influenced from the animators of the show with their presentation of sukhna and his slashes they literally Incorporated that same style in the latter part of the ark.
@ShadeThaArtist I get that. That might be the case, but I think it's best not to jump to conclusions cause there might also be other factors we don't know, maybe even some coincidences.
I'm glad there are others in the community who actually listened to the story Gege was telling. I'm genuinely excited for his next manga whatever that might be. But I'm also always down for more JJK world building content, whatever form that takes.
We did listen
We still had problems
Jjk was exactly what I thought it was gonna be from the very moment I picked it up, that’s what drew me so much to the series. This dark underground world built upon evil and darkness all from normal peoples bad energy. Everything that was gonna happen being hinted at from the very beginning before the main series was even made, since the volume 0.The fights are also imo the best we will get for a while no other anime at the time compared in the unique usage of powers mixed with elite choreography is hard to top. It was a beautiful ride from start to end and if you didn’t catch these things from the start than this type of series will never be for you and you should go watch something more straightforward and simple. It’s important to pay attention and digest what is given to you not make up your own theories in your head and place those above the real story. Hope you all have a fantastic new year
@ponchosavage5207 I would say that what makes the ending so underwhelming is specifically that it is too simple
A lot of the issues come with the people not engaging with what Gege wanting for JJK.
After all is said and done JJK wasnt about the world, about Gojo, no, it was about Yuji, and his arc is perfectly setup from the start "what it means to have a good death"
Yeah, Gege made some mistakes along the way and I understand people wanting more but the story is all there.
Got a lot of tokyo Ghoul vibes from it.Yes, I wanted more Eto, more Amon, personally I never liked Furuta as the main antagonist (I think he would have worked better as a third party maybe with the pierrot or just by his own), and the ending felt a little too abrupt, but when it comes the central narrative and the emotional arc of the manga its all there.
In reality
Authorial intent doesn't matter to a casual audience when consuming art
@murderman8578 i mean yeah, you are free to interpret the work of an author as you want but which direction to follow and what themes to explore is still the author's prerogative and it is a bad faith to criticize a work for not going in the direction you wanted. You can dislike the direction it took, of course, but thats different subject.
Its like criticize Baki for not exploring CTE. I wanted more, of course, but again, the story that Gege wanted to write, Yuji's, its all there.
@diegorojas8959 the direction and themes are not the problem
It's what gege finds interesting isn't what his target audience finds interesting and overall execution to get where we are and the amount of narrative set up and threads having unsatisfying conclusions
@@murderman8578 i mean, Gege its a selfish writer. After killing Gojo the cat just went to Takaba. Knowing your audience its fine but at the end of day writer write for themselves. And again, though i think the final stretch has problems, the core narrative, Yuji's arc, feels perfect for the story Gege wanted to tell "what it means to have a good death?"
After yuji brought sukuna into his domain, I feel like that gave more of a actual reason for sukuna's Hatred for yuji. I don't think it's ever because he saw him as weak but there was nothing there to justify his strength by jujutsu standards. Getting to see yuji's life and how peaceful and normal it was growing up for him really sets it apart from any of the other sorecer's and I'd assume sukuna saw all this prior to the audience because of how possession works. I think yuji moreso made sukuna insecure about misery making you stronger than simple might makes right type mentality even if we learned that wasn't what truly motivated him by the end of it all. Makes me love there dynamic more and I wish sukuna accepted yuji's offer.
I had discussions on a lot of platforms talking to people who felt the story of JJK was rushed, unfinished, unpolished and potentially unrealized. I completely disagreed for the very reasons you stated in this video, from what I experienced, he realized every character, small or large in the story for most part because each character had their own curse, their own arc and lack there of for a reason.
Megumi being potential man is a meme and it's true, he does have potential, he does get crippled throughout the story, but that's part of his journey, he got constantly slighted by everything around him regardless to show what the world will still do to those in that position. It showed how desperate talent can still get pressed by the world and it's unjustiable unfairness, even Yuji understood this at the end, seeing all the torment he'd been through, had experienced himself, he wouldn't blame someone for tapping out of that life, which is why when he didn't make a plea but told him, "Regardless, I'll miss you if you're gone, it won't be the same.", he understood as painful as life is, as much as it's taken from him, to throw it away when there's someone he CAN live for and have moments of joy throughout all the pain was still worth fighting for even if he lost the meaning of it.
I feel like a lot of people missed the point of JJK not being a world driven story, a vast expanse of different grand events happening, which were there, but more of a character analysis and expression of meanings throughout each character, Megumis was suffering despite it all, Yujis was finding meaning in the words left by his grandfather, before coming to his actualization of life itself being the meaning, the small moments, the empty moments, even just the worst moments, it's the entire scope and the people that encompass it that you can live for and help, Nobara somewhat felt like she knew this with what was assumed to be her last words, "Tell everyone it was fun", she wanted to leave them with that impression, Gojo, learning the meaning of what his best friend said before he lost his mind, "Are you gojo because you're strong, or are you strong because you're Gojo?", finding his meaning in the students he chose to make his family, taking people that would be executed on the spot unjustly and protecting them with an unjustly amount of strength without equal, selfishly saving people he deemed would do good, could do good and should be given a chance, finding solace in them where he lost someone who he needed by his side the entire time, Getou, genuinely become strong because he was who he was even if that wasn't the case beforehand, he found the meaning in his unparralled strength in which he felt solitude, managing to feel some level of comfort in those around him he chose to foster/bring in to his fold.
There's so many lessons you can take away from JJK that if you actually pay attention, are expressed beautifully and shown, not said, shown and presented in a format that's hard to express, did Gege do it perfectly? No. Was it fantastic imo? Absolutely.
Well, I discovered you later in jujutsu Kaisen one of the things I appreciate the most about your channel is how you transcended simple reviews with reflections and analytical mind states. You’re scratching the surface of the deeper philosophical ideas found in the stories we love. I appreciate that I will remain subscribed and hope to hear more of this from you in the future
This was a great video; TY
We understood it as it was presented to us. Not as it wasn't shown or told.
The thing is that people want world building from heian era not just because they want to see more of the world or to see more battles, but world building like that give you context of the system and how that system influenced someone from the past like sukuna which give you more insight on how his character work and all the challenges and people he meet throughout his life which would be a very different experience if we see it happening in the story rather than just hearing it from sukuna perspective, also one more criticism is that others character like megumi feel lacking because the story focus on yuji making megumi feel lacking in term of character because he didn’t do much after getting saved at all.
Jujutsu Kaisen is a story about finding your own reason to continue going through life within a cruel, unfair world. And most importantly sticking to that no matter how much you break. Hence the title “Jujutsu” (curses techniques, sorcery, oneself) “Kaisen” (never ending battle/war)
I went straight to the comments & ppl are defending the ending but there are CRITICAL misses in the final arc that dilute the story as a whole.
I personally thought the hate was just forced because people were unable to see the manga as a whole and only saw the surface level story going on.
The reveal with Yuji’s grandpa reflect the greater issue with JJK as a whole. Much of the story post Shibuya feels like it was either omitted or included as an afterthought.
I think it is fine to point out the series flaws but what I think people are trying to do is to looks past its flaws and show what is great about the series instead of just saying everything about it is bad.
I never really payed attention to jjk because I thought It would be confusing to understand.... But personally the symbolisms actually made this extremely amazing in my opinions, after reading the manga it practically outranked most of my favorite animes.
I think we invested too much on the fight and failed to look at the story as a whole. We failed u gege
Kenny may have taken backshots from Sukuna's nephew, but he sure returned those back to Sukuna big time because that level of setup is fucking diabolical😭🤣🤣 Kenjaku was n°1 contributor to Sukuna's defeat: created Yuji and Choso; gave Gojo the ability to counter an open-barrier domain by sealing him in Prison Realm; saved Yuji two times (plus Yuta and Todo) through his copied cursed technique and Choso's sacrifice, and I think there's more but I can't recall
Damn u have grown so much since I watched your weekly leek videos
This is all the more reason we shouldve gotten more background on Yujis/his families past.
If only this was properly fleshed out by the writer!
It takes a special kind of stupidity to assume that the author, someone who has spent tens of thousands of hours planning, drafting, writing, revising and polishing their story, would somehow accidently include this kind of depth.
Complete the colors team series
People should really comprehend jjk... Especially the haters, same goes for csm... The haters of jjk and CSM are so annoying especially jjk ones now a days, idk why people can't comprehend the Mangas...
they're both pretty crap. I liked when csm wasn't really talked about anywhere as much and calling it a masterpiece these new fans are annoying over hyping anything and lying about it. you can absolutely enjoy a trashy anime but geez lets not lie and say something that is shit is great.
Ive been following this story with you and all other RUclipsrs since beginning and my response is simply this, “Bullshit.” Most of yall just trying to justify his crazy writings( i still liked this video btw) love love
He gave us... intentionally wrong exposition about the main character that was never clarified until outside material?
That has got to be the funniest thing.
I mean, he probably though that the readers would get that Sukuna's guess was incorrect given that the grandpa is the one with Sukuna's hairstyle and made more sense to be a direct parallel. Really it's the editors fault for not recognizing that that's easy to misinterpret
GEGE wrote a lesson on HOW human emotions detoeriate and change the behavior of the "strong" we see how it affects SUKUNA turning him into a selfish monster that only desired itself, completely rejected human emotions. GOJO on the other hand wove human emotions into his students, he himself hide his emotions to fullfill his role of "strongest" opposite order to Sukuna's actions. BUT, Yuji, on the other hand wove both sides, understood Sukuna and Gojo, understanding that at the end of the day, "the strong" isn't what you should aim for.
Using Roxas' theme just makes this more emotional
Some jjk content on new years? You love your fans fr
your use of music was well done, great vid!
Q. So any chance of Yuji’s gramps returning as a curse spirit as strong as Sukuna as he didn’t die from JJ?
4:19 😳 you know what else is MASSIVE?
I think people just completely missed the whole point of the story by only looking at very specific parts of said story. They would overfocus on the smaller details while the bigger narrative flies right over their head. In my opinion, the ending was a perfect culmination of the themes portrayed throughout the story, mainly the memories formed becoming key parts of who somebody is, and Yuji's path to enlightenment and saving the others around him.
For some the themes are clear. It's the execution, that leaves Alot to be desired. The destination is clear, the journey, rocky as hell.
Haven't even watched yet and I know this will be a BANGER!
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How is sukuna yuji’s grandpa and uncle at the same time💀💀💀
Now I wish his grandfather's curse was made more explicit. I genuinely think the series would have been given such a great dimension. That even Yuji's best characteristic is itself is tied to a curse. And that Yuji is functionally killing his grandfather.
Another small note is that sukuna and gramps both were cool at death. But we see sukuna at the crossroads change paths.
I believe he chose the same path. Otherwise he'd have gone with the other girl.
Did anyone notice a Santa on a sleigh in the left top corner of the thumbnail?
Now I am wondering what if yuji and roland fought could yuji save him during his darkest times
Wishing a prosperous new year Hundred🎉🎊
@@RakKrD likewise brother
In a way I feel like this lessen Kenjaku's part in the story. Maybe lessen isn't the correct word. Maybe more ambiguous.
Ya know we still don’t know the MC’s domain name, js
Well said
Is Uraume x Sukuna illegal now, I think it might be
I never really shipped it. Sukuna and Yorozu was better in my opinion.
I really really liked the ending I mean I didn’t really get all the hate. Yes there are some loose ends but in the end that’s not really what the story was about. I still remember the whiplash I got from yugis domain expansion. Turning page to see him a what is basically a day with his uncle. I really appreciated the switch from Fortnite battle royal to a deeper philosophical battle. The Crawfish may be my favorite scene in the whole series.
Gege is the writer and shouldn't have established those loose ends
Maybe JJK was the friends we made along the way 🤯
People said that Sukuna worked hard to become the strongest and that Gojo was only strong because he was born with the six eyes. Lmao
Is it not ridiculous that we still don’t have a name for Yujis domain?
Why does it NEED a name? Plus he made it on the spot for Sukuna, and infused Shrine in it so he could specifically use Soul Dismantles on him. I don't think its something he'd use in a standard fight anyways
I still think you can have a theme bases story thats in a coherent world.
what a beautiful video and explanation.
Truly...The UNCliest sorcerer in history.
One of the best series ever made
I understand it now
DOes this mean Yuji was never good but just did was he was cursed to do
"no need to go deep, Gege is just a massive troll."
I really do wonder how a conversation between Wasuke and Sukuna would go. Would Sukuna have some respect for him as what made him what he became? Would he try to eat him for more power? Or would Wasuke call him a bum and tell him to get a job?
anybody know what pieces are playing in the back? they sound familiar but I can’t remember where from
I'm sorry but is that song of saya music at the beginning
Yay jjk content
I get it. Themes and such.
Why do people keep saying that cannibalism = more arms that’s not how it works 😂 that’s genetic. In sukunas case he did it with cursed energy somehow
Awesome video, it makes so much more sense to the story that Wasuke is the twin, I think Gege thought he put in enough hints, like their appearance, having Yuji explain he didn't care about his paren't, Wasuke being at least somewhat present in the story and a major influence to Yuji, while Jin has none of those things. This story was always going to be done with Sukuna's soul moving on.
I'm sorry but Gege made a mess of it, that's why everyone is confused. I really hope the anime will be able clean things up and make it make more sense for the viewers.
I told this to a friend a long time ago.!!
Isn't that saya music?? Based
Great video
My personal theory with JJK is after Gege killed Gojo, Gege realised he had written himself into a wall because he effectively made Sukuna the new Gojo in the story, how do you then kill Sukuna? The Sukuna Gojo fight was perfect, if my goat had to die, that is how I would have wanted him to die. The sukuna gauntlet was Gege realising he didn't have anything left in the tank and it was time to just end the series.
Reading comprehension of a literal brick is actually crazy.
@@steinkoloss7320holy moly Jjjk defenders are mean.
@@Kongongongg Wdym? The issue is that this guy Things Gege messed Up with gojos death, which He didn't. Well the death itself was bs in my opinion, but thats Not the Point rn. Just Imagine contrary: Gege doesnt "mess Up" and gojos lives. What now? Should He win against sukuna? Ofc Not. It needs to be yuji. If gojo doesnt die, Nobody gets their time to Shine. Maki. Nobara. Yuji. Choso. Todo. All of them would be useless If gojo didnt die, or atleast was taken out. Problem IS, you can't take gojo out temporarily, because He and Schoko can perform RCT, so He would be right Back.
I think it’s more so the execution of the gauntlet than the actual writing that made it feel stale. If you reread the entire Shinjuku showdown alongside the anti Sukuna squad fight, it’s not as dry and boring as waiting week by week with the expectation of Sukuna wiping the next group of fighters. As a whole, the entire fight is done decently well. The issue really came that a week by week release didn’t fit well with reading it
@@steinkoloss7320 ah I forgot how condescending the jjk fandom is.
Jjks plot so deep people can't even see it and call it plotless
Do i hear KH music?
I always say to every jjk hater read 265 and 266 again then you will realize this is story of yuji not about world building etc
tbf i never read jjk for the story. most of it makes no coherent sense, powers are all over the place, but it looked cool.
No other jjk youtuber does it like you🙏🏾🙏🏾
My God well said well written articulated video. Of course there will be those dissatisfied that their other fav side characters didnt get the proper conclusion they wanted. But im satisfied because Yuji did. Although I still have a few gripes with the epilogue and time skips I won’t ever say Jujutsu Kaisen had a bad ending
i've been waitinggg
Jujutsu Kaisen is the second most overrated manga of this generation. It’s not bad, but man do people act like it’s way better and deeper than it is. It’s a Frankenstein mash up of Naruto and Bleach with a cool power system. The storytelling isn’t great, the character designs kinda suck, and the characters aren’t great. It’s pretty decent at best.
6:25 Fullmetal ost w mans
1:24 music name?
"The Other Promise" there's also an orchestral version
It's Either The Other Promise or Roxas
The parallels are insane