5 Things Jujutsu Kaisen Does BETTER Than Other Shonen!
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- Hello comrades! Jujutsu Kaisen does MANY things better than other shonen, because it's simply a direct improvement on the genre as a whole. We have a wide array of actually interesting characters, a straightforward but interesting plot and stellar action. However, I want to dive a bit deeper and talk about categories where JJK passes with flying colours. Hope you find these 5 reasons why Jujutsu Kaizen is better than other shonens fun and informative.
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0:00 Intro
0:45 Everyone is Smart
2:21 Unique Snowflakes
4:08 Character Development
6:05 "Hidden Power" Trope
8:49 Villains 
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What do you think JJK does better than other shonens?
Deaths and fights
action choreography and badass characters.
What’s your thoughts on jjk kenjaku
the woman ain't useless
Science within the verse.
You have the nomus in my hero academia or the technology in bleach that are never explained.
Here the binding vows and domains and techniques are all explained. Restricting yourself at 80% to go to 120% later on, multiplying negative with negative to get positive energy Gojo's space manipulation through limitless being based on mathematics etc
I love how much of a wild card Sukuna is. Like, just letting him walk down the street is akin to playing Russian Roulette.
Yep, that's exactly why I prefer him over other sources of power.
It's more like playing five finger fillet with a washing machine
Except you have 5 bullets in the chamber...
@@BozmundOs Funny given now all those who liked jjk for being subvertive want it to be like fairy tail and the main villian to lose fast. I think many arent used to series that do subvert expactations (see star wars 8, jjk, etc) and really want the same old. Sukuna has not become friendly and saved the hero and people cried, the fights take out main heroes and there is no melodrama or chance to morne, people cry...we are on the edge of our seats and people cry...people cry if jjk is the most popular series, they just cry
@nichescenes idk. I think because its a shonen... people forget to read in between of all that's going on, they're spoiled with quick pacing and to the point action that they don't know how to appreciate what's going on, one chapter they praise Gege and the next one they despise him back and forth, fkn ridiculous... but i hope by the end people catch up.
I love that the kids aren't out performing the adults. You know, ppl with actual battle experience. What was the point of the Anbu Black Ops? The trainees in JJK are exactly that, TRAINEES! Nobody is relying on them to save the day. They want Gojo. They aren't calling out their attacks either. Assassins and ninja are supposed to take their opponents by surprise NOT give themselves away with the announcement of their attacks.
And even when they call out their attacks ITS A RULE IN THEIR WORLD THEY GET BONUSES FOR TELLING THE ENEMY HOW THEIR ABILITY WORKS
@@soomitsunami5936yeah that is really fucking clever of the author to take the stereotypical "explain your power to the enemy so the audience understands wtf is going on" and make it into the power system
You know, nanami at this best was probably quite high up there in grade 1, so when he punches a whole wall down, we can expect that power from him. And if you want to find a feat among the kids that showed of power like this, Yuji jumping off a building is really thr closest you might get. It always shows the distance between him and that, her and this and them and those. And the closest thing to a dumb power up is when Megum pulls out something new of when Yuji goes rage mode.
@@acasualquagsire8192no its not its literally stolen from hxh
@@user-pg9rg2hh1d I'd say the closest thing to a power up is the Black Flash. Which is a very convenient plot device for when you need your characters to punch Above their weightclasses
So agree on people beimg smart. In other shows it feels like there are only special "smart" characters that are able to strategies like 2 side characters, villains and sometimes mc while in JJK everybody analyses and thinks while fighting instead of just spamming their powers
Man, I hate when common sense is treated like rocket science in shows...
@@mahistv Common sense in anime is thinking about 4d chess while you're trying to knock someone head off though lol
Wow... Just like every other show.
In most Shonens , there are only 2/3 people in the main group and some villains are strategizing , the rest are like dumb af ... The writer's really underestimate regular people's iq . But I get it , those are supposed to be wish-fulfillment for readers . They're supposed to imagine themselves in the place of those ' cool ' characters, see themselves as smart people in a world where everyone else is running on 1 braincell .
i think that jujutsu jumping is making up for the fact that the mc doesnt have any crazy powerup that they basically always have access to so they actually work with their teammates
I didn't even think about it like that!
JJK jumping is the best element in this animanga storytelling, don't change my mind 😂
Jujump Kaisen is peak fr
Whats jujustu jumping?
@@123alexkong💀
7:20
Two things,i love that you mention this because Sukuna at first wasn't even going to help,he was actively inviting the curse to follow him and kill others
Plus something I like about jjk is how as someone mentioned in a Gojo vid,they don't let characters have their "endings". [Spoilers]
Nanami wants to retire,Gojo wanting to end kenjaku,Mechamaru and miwa,they weren't able to get their endings because the world isn't a happy place in jjk.
Thank you! And for the spoiler tag too
JJK has by far the most creative fights I've ever seen in Shonen, period. Bleach for me had the potential with the Zanpakuto spirits but at some point it gets so tiring to see for example Ichigo's Getsuga tensho for the 10000 time...With JJK even Yuji who's supposed to be that upbeat but also dense Main character actually THINKS before he attacks most of the time. And the idea of black flash is just, wow. Honestly genius. People like Nanami is terribly outmatched against high tier opponents but Gege still gave him the record for most consecutive black flashes (before another one broke it...). The last fight between the strongest was genuinely the first and for me the only time where I actually enjoyed reading it week after week compared to for example Luffys fight against, Kaido, Doffy or Katakuri which, for me, got boring pretty quickly. Even the current fight in the manga is nothing anyone could've anticipated and while I do think Gege lacks storytelling abilities, like I said, especially in the New Gen Generation his power system and JJK fights are by far the most creative and interesting ones.
You should check Hunter Hunter out, fight over there are anything but normal.
I agree with everything youve said, but id be hard pressed to say gege lacks skill in story telling. The plot of the manga may not be the most original and the way events play out may not be very different from his contemporaries, but he more than makes up for with his subtle character writing. All of his characters are layered and fit into the world and story beautifully, and while the story isnt very original like i mentioned, it is character driven. The complex and interesting characters of the show and their thoughts and emotions (the basis of the cursed energy power system) move the plot forward in believable ways that build up to one another. Theres an overall narrative on the internet that jjk isnt deep or well-written and thats a shame, cuz if you look past the surface of what the story explicitly shows you, you’ll find that jjk is a very solidly written show with great characters and great action in my opinion.
Name one time Ichigo didn’t think strategically in a fight?
I also find it funny you’re talking about spamming getsuga tensho when all yuji does is punch and kick.
@@Karma-pq9fi I love how mfs are saying "JJK IS SO CREATIVE" and then use Yuji as an example, whose fights are literally the exact same every single time, he uses the same moves, and the same "power" Black Flash, comparing the fights with Bleach to JJK is an insult considering Bleach has far more creative powers and abilities, and better ways that they were utilized than JJK ever has, the JJK glazing in this comment section, and in general, is just horrendous
@@orderofscribes Gege literally cannot write though, like that's been the biggest issue, he doesn't know how to actually write and is just getting by off of cool concepts and halfway decent fight scenes, that's the only reason why JJK is popping off, it's not because he's a good writer LOL, because hes not
I just love the characters. None of them fill like stereotypes just for the sake of stereotypes and you’re never bored when switching between the different fights and characters. I’m excited to see your thoughts on season 2! It’s really crazy right now
I think so too! Yes we can draw parallels like Megumi/Sasuke, Noritoshi/Neji and so on, but these guys are their own unique and interesting characters
Bro said gege is lacking in story telling 😂
@@mohammedfouzan8890They dont understand his storytelling that's why
@@mahistv Saukra is better than nobrara
@@francisconavarrete3031 cursed speech: shit yourself
Just, despite these tropes, the anime’s that use theme are still considered good. It’s just refreshing to see an anime like jjk put a twist on those tropes.
Agreed, they basically elevated the shonen formula
I have read the manga there is going to be a lot of things you are going to really like and things are going to not like that much but I will say the favorite things I like in the Series is when sukan acknowledged His opponent This will forever be his Best moment Stand proud you are strong
thats ep16 in jjk s2
Jogo vs Sukuna
Thank you, we shall see as they come out in anime form
Jumpings i love watching one guy being stronger than one person but still getting his shit rocked its like teaming in video games
Wait what?
I like nobera becuz she is badass,smart, useful and likeable
She wasn't very likeable right away though, glad they improved it
man u will love next 2-3 ep
@@radonradium847you didn't have to make him so dirty 💀
@@xD-ou7bv I don't get it is it a spoiler?
@@siamahamed2354don't read the comments
Nobara is literally done the next time she pops up in Shibuya and loses to the lucky guy and was physically compared to Mai who is the weakest among Kyoto school
SPOILERS)
Spoilers (read at your own will)
N then she fights decently against Mahito but unfortunately dies
@@aiapihud4344jjk sucks lol
Tbf Mai had reasons since birth to why she's weak while nobara doesn't
@@aiapihud4344 that was a clone of mahito that yuji one shot
i love what akame ga kill did with the jaegers, even with such a fast paced story, they gave us insight into their goals reasons and personalities, jjk has this on a whole other level
The contrast they did with them was great. Big mean flamethrower guy was pretty nice actually, but the little cute girl was the most twisted of them all.
A lot of people complain Gege kills too many characters but for me this is a breath of fresh air as I think only attack on titan did the same thing to such a degree. It shows how dangerous the job they do is and adds high stakes for every fight. It really keeps me guessing and on edge and he's not afraid to kill off big characters too. Compare that to MHA where I dropped it cos it feels like there are no stakes on top of like 100 characters who don't even matter cos you can count on 1 hand the characters important to the plot. Maybe I'm just morbid to not be bothered by the deaths though as it's a thing a lot of jjk fans dislike. I also like that the villains are unapologetically evil there's no tragic past stuff or evil cos trauma etc. Demon slayer trying to gain fake sympathy with every villain near enough having a tragic past as a human was pretty irritating. Additional bonus there's no horny/simp/woman obsessed comic relief character. That trope needs to die.
*Small Manga spoiler*
That last additional part you said about the horny woman or man simp not there in jjk won't last long. But the character is funny and the interactions they have.
@@Lionlove13Wait Im caught up on the Manga and I dont get who ur talking about.
@antagonisticalex401 Yorozu?
Mei mei
Sorry, not reading cause spoilers. But, YES. We need to have lives at stake.
People think Sakura is useless but she isn’t , if it wasn’t for her naruto would have died, naruto and sasuke would have died at the final valley
I agree, I just like to make fun of her cause she WAS during the OG series.
@@mahistvnah she has the naruto summoning jutsu😂
I just hate her personality, she's simply not a girls' girl and so damn superficial in the way she treats people (the way she treats ppl she finds attractive eg Sasuke vs the ppl she don't find attractive eg Naruto, Rock Lee etc)
@@redok5857Naruto Heart had already stopped meaning he was already dead and nothing Sakuta was doing was going to bring Naruto back. It’s made clearly that Naruto revival was thanks to Sage of Sixth Path.
@@mahistv I just finished reading the Naruto manga and in truth Naruto was already dead and nothing Sakura was doing was going to bring him back to life.
2 things JJK does that creates problems, in my opinion. Gojo: create a OP character from the start creates the problem of “only him can deal with the strongest monsters” which is very clear when jogo/mahito kills half of the cast like nothing. Anime pacing: the characters don’t have time to develop or get stronger, we have like 5 scenes with Nanami and he gets killed, similar for Nobara, we don’t even have time to create connections with the characters. It’s like if Luffy meets zoro and then they fight Kaido and Zoro dies. The death is not as impactful because we barely get to know Zoro
Agreed, and funny your brought it up because I have a video planned on Gojo and the pacing topic too. I think you'll find them interesting
Bro they don’t do women in jjk any better than in other animes. They get thrown away like they’re trash and the only one that sticks around is only there because the author wants an excuse to have a Toji in the story.
I dunno dude, Nanami was his favorite character and he died, Jogo, Hanami, Mahito all died, Zen'in leader died, Geto, Toji. Inumaki is barely alive, Todo is the same. The only girl who died was Nobara. If anything, Geto is the one who was thrown away like trash, cause he had a way better story so far.
@@mahistvif you’re anime only I can’t really talk about much, but I’m not just talking about characters dying. I’m talking about things like miwa making a binding vow to never swing a sword again and it basically being pointless. All of them just become completely irrelevant.
@@revolution2762Honestly atp who even is relevant aside from Sukuna?
@@lachucholayil no one and the manga is boring as hell now because of it. At this point I think they are just trying to stretch out the final fight until they can think of a way to actually have sukuna be defeated.
Yeah idk about Nobara being useful after Shibuya arc
Haven't seen it so you might be right. But Nobara was more useful in the first 24 episodes than Sakura in the first 130 canon ones...
@@mahistvhow old are you? You dont sound very smart
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@@mahistv She barely did anything brah. I won't pretend like Sakura did anything in OG Naruto, but she gets overwhelmed by stronger opponents just like Nobara did. Sakura also had a really good fight against Sasori and she's a medic.
@@zxcvb3772what are you talking about, she always put in the effort to scream Sasuke Kun, SAVE ME.
geto being considered a master-baiter is crazy
He is been doing well so far (Season 1)
Idk man, Sakura didn't die, outperformed Naruto in early part 2, literally kept the series going by saving Naruto's life, and actually hurt Kaguya. Plus, she had the best kid in Boruto. Even though she ended up with my literal last choice for dudes. Sasuke is an irredeemable douchebag, imo, and the ONLY character who didn't deserve Sakura. I would've taken any other pairings. I even like Naruto X Hinata more, and I bash the Hell out of that.
Though, tbf, my complaint about Naruto X Hinata is he suddenly marries her despite NOT REALIZING SHE EXISTED AS A WOMAN BEFORE SHE DIED. She literally goes, "Naruto, I love you!" And DIES, and then he's like, "Oh damn! She's not just a friend in Konoha. I'll marry her!" Like, there was NO buildup to him having any feelings for her. Imo, the should've tweaked The Last movie to happen BEFORE the wedding, because at least they have a really sweet moment in that. It would've been something more than Naruto finally realizing there's another woman in Konoha. It would've shown building feelings towards that woman.
Basically, if it had any buildup, it's a perfectly acceptable pairing or even a really good one... like any other pairing with buildup could've been. Sorry, but I can't bring it up and not rant about it.
Sakura isn't useless. In fact, given the entirety of the series, she's the 2nd best written female, right after Temari, the only one who doesn't suck lol. She has the most moments and feats. She has character progression. Hinata doesn't. Tsunade has her introduction and her arc immediately and then doesn't. She barely even has feats after that arc. And she's 3rd best written in the series. Anko? Awesome buildup, zero payoff. Wasted. Probably 4th best written. Kurenai? Nothing. Mei? Nothing. Tenten, Ino, anyone? Garbage. Nothing.
I'll put Nobara over just about any woman in Naruto, but Sakura is at least competition with all her moments and feats and stuff. Though ultimately, as much as I clearly like Sakura, I do think I'd place her below Nobara. Even if just barely.
Well. How many episode did it take for Sakura to do anything? 70 to kinda save our dudes in the chunin forest? Nobara was useful right after she got humbled in ep 3. She was able to solo Nishimiya, who is her senior, she helped with the investigation, with killing 2 special grades, wingmanned Yuji's highs cool friend, damaged Mahito (who is pretty much invincible for most characters) which resulted in him eventually losing to Yuji. All of that in 40 and change episodes. Yes she died (like a hero btw, fighting an enemy she had no chance of defeating), but such is life, everyone dies and that doesn't diminish their accomplishments.
I don't agree with jjk being gold standard. I mean basically no characters apart from mc have any subplot to make you care for them, junpei was like the only death that had any emotion everything else is just dejected for me.
the main character is just a boring regular shonen archetype for me "happy go lucky and very naturally strong yet gets angry sometimes" who also has no cool abilities to compensate for a basic character I mean his abilities are literally just "punches... but with cursed energy".
going back to my first point as to why I don't like any fights, well the animation is incredible but it's just utterly boring for me because I'm not invested in any character because I'm given no reason to I'll give two analogies to describe it, its like when you dangle car keys in front of a baby, sure the baby loves watching them jingle but there's no investment or any actual stakes it feels like. the other analogy is like, if you take a tribesman from a peru rainforest then place him in front of a tv to watch a ufc match, no matter how good that fight may be he wont really care since he's not invested into the people actually fighting. i was so dejected from what happened that I just dropped jjk after watching a little of the yuji vs mahito fight as I just was past caring
deaths have the same issue, when nanami died I was just stonefaced. like this man is given nothing to care about, what are his goals or his subplot "he wants to go on holiday" that's it? it couldn't have been that he wanted to get enough money to stop being a sorcerer or something that refers back to his previous backstory. it is such an inane thing to me. apart from junpei no death actually felt meaningful in the slightest to me.
these are some of my thoughts on jjk, I have more but I think I'll write for way to long if I keep going. obviously this is all opinion so don't take it too seriously lol
I don't know what to say, because I feel complete opposite, as to me, almost every character makes care about them. Yuji is your happy go lucky type, but calling him "sometimes angry" is a bit strange, because unlike Naruto getting the fox out for the first time, Yuji has changed after that. It no longer all sunshine and rainbows (even if it appeard like that sometimes), he made a decision to go against his own beliefs and kill someone. Then it was him realizing that HE is the source of many peoples death, witch goes against what Megumi told him, who doesn't want to regret saving someone who proceeds to "kill" people. Ands that's just first season.
As for Nanami, it wasn't about going on a holiday, it's finding a peaceful end, because as we were told, most die full of regrets, blaming others. That's why he told Yuji you've got this, so that he encourages him, instead of weighing him down.
@@mahistv I actually don't agree that yuji has actually had any meaningful change to his character or to his personality. he's just in situations which evoke him to feel that way (edginess or like "not sunshine and rainbows" as you put it). I'll cite episode 21, when he talks with megumi and nobara on the bed he's literally the same as episode 1, I don't think he has had any development that results from his ideologies or morals directly challenged in a harsh way. he gets reminded about LITERALLY DYING and he's just sitting there smiling not even thinking about it, if he wasn't like this happy go lucky basic shonen mc he'd have at least some negative reaction to being reminded of it even if it was a subtle tone shift, instead he just sits there like they're just discussing a basketball game or something. I don't believe that shows any intrinsic change to him at all. (im only referring to season 1 here as that's what you referred to)
I think it's useless for me to try and debunk what you said about nanami (not debunk in the sense you're wrong but in the sense that I don't believe that makes his death all that meaningful), instead I'll explain a death that I thought was really well done and compare the two. jiraiya, jiraiya had a really meaningful death for me because he got a lot of sublot about nagato and how he's the "child of prophecy" and when he dies to nagato its ironic that the one who he trained kills him, in his death you see him reminisce on regrets adding meaning to the death "unable to protect minato or the 3rd hokage" "unable to be with tsunade" and when he finally dies he symbolically finishes the book and says the sequel should be "the tale of naruto uzumaki". this death provides emotion by tying up loose ends, leaving you with a bitter taste with how he could never be together with tsunade and passing on the torch to naruto. i now ask, what meaningful previous story points got tied up with nanamis death? none, absolutely none. did we get any introspection from nanami? regrets? no. you could say wanting to live in malaysia could be a regret but its just "i want" he honestly throughout the whole show he just whines and moans about everything but people think its cool because he watched a "how to be a stoic sigma male" video. granted the show is fairly short but there was like 40 episodes previous that he could have had development leading to this death meaning something, but in the end like most jjk deaths it means nothing.
Idk man Nobara was useful like exactly twice. Maki was ok sometimes and the Kyoto sorcerers are notorious for being useless (Miwa cough cough)
I think people are disingenuous when it comes to this topic. By this logic - Inosuke is useless (he only killed 1 no name demon solo), Sasuke is useless (lost to Haku, Orochimaru, Gaara and Naruto had to bail him out) and so on. We need to consider the context. Nobara went against curses that would have crushed MOST other characters, brothers were very strong, Haruta survived angry Nanami and Mahito would have killed even Todo. She is just an average girl by JJK standards and she still went above and beyond.
@@mahistv fair point, I retract my previous statement about Nobara. But tbf the kyoto team are side characters
@@Z.O.M.G thats kinda the point
why do men hate pretty girls so much like lol sakura literally kept the ENTIRETY of their side (AND NARUTO aka the title character) alive during the war while nobara couldn’t even save herself at the end never disrespect the queen again like that
Sakura was only relevant in Shippuden onwards. In OG Naruto she hasn't done anything worth noting, other than protecting our dudes in the forest.
just one little fact. sakura IS NOT useless
In Shippuden yes, in OG Naruto, a bit on a useless side
@@mahistv it makes sense. but I think even in the first season of Naruto, there were moments where she showed herself well
Im sorry the fucking what? 8:02 have u even seen black clover? Asta was not doing more dmg than the whole team combined. He was getting help from multiple people and didn’t even finish the fight. Yami did. This whole video is a narrative pusher.
He scrolled right past this smh
noelle also blasted off like half his torso lmao, whole vid is meaningless to me now
He absolutely did more damage than the whole team combined, minus Yami who actually killed him. Yes his teammates helped a lot but Vetto shrugged off everyone's attacks, including Noelle's. Magna/Luck had no effect, dancing siblins didn' land a scratch, Noelle took his arm but he regenerated it, Gouch, Gray and Charmy mostly distracted, Finral and Vanessa boosted Asta, who was the main DPS in that fight.
HOWEVER! even if in this case MC did need some help, my point is - Asta usually solves every problem they face and barely ever fails. Stakes are just too low, because good guys always win.
@@mahistv that is blatantly incorrect. Noelle bit a huge chunk out of vetto. And no it was even stated that asta’s attacks were shallow and doing no damage. His only major damage was his final hit. Verbatim almost everyone did equal work.
@@mahistv that is also wrong. Rage asta lost, asta required help for almost every fight. He lost the first half of the lucifero fight. He almost lost against lilith and namah. He almost lost against zagred. Most of the time he loses then gets either an amp or massive help before actually continuing. And in the current manga people are dying left and right. There are most definitely stakes. This is also definitely a narrative pusher.
This did not age well Sakura at least saved the MC multiple times and lived to the potential of her master Nobara got boxed by the worst villain in the series saved by Nanami and got off by the second best villain in the show like that female character double standard struggling and she got no training we didn't even get flashbacks of that
I loved the drawbacks being real, likr not any of this getting stabbed in the heart but then exploding them or some shit, they take real damage. Best example is when toge overuses his voice and passes out. He has pills for it, but it doesnt just make it go away, it feels more real that way.
Exactly, can't just mindlessly spam it
@@mahistv I probably couldn't imagine Gojo shouting "Red! Red!" over and over again shooting reds everywhere without seeing this.
@@everesthines2228megumi spamming his sacred treasure and drawing mahoraga into the taming ritual with a 2nd mahoraga:
Yeah skip over the fact almost all the “built” characters in terms of development die to move the plot on.
What's wrong with characters dying?
@@mahistv its when they die and have a lack of any development and is forced to die to push a narrative or plot point. Megumi & nobara for the best example.
Noelle is a lot better female lead than nobara and stays relavent all the time.
OK, I've only seen 50 episodes of this mess and Noelle did nothing but whine, get confused with her feelings and her power up didn't accomplish anything.
@@mahistvat least finish it then you have the right to criticize.
Her whole arcs are up ahead even in the manga as we speak now she is facing her demons which is something I can’t say for nobara if you know what I mean😂 since the only time she was that much relevant is in season1.
@@Weeb-Knight Who cares about Noelle fighting strong opponents? I know it's Shonen and all but there's more that goes into a character than how hard can they hit.
@@MachinaOwl if you really think that’s all noelle does or she doesn’t have any emotional attachment(revenge, hatred) to the opponents she fought or she doesn’t grow as a character during or after the fight then arguing with you is pointless.
Black Clover deserves more recognition frfr.
I respectfully disagree with some of your points. I stopped reading jjk after the zenin clan massacre so correct me if any of my criticism gets addressed in the future. I'll use 1 older shonen and 1 newer shonen to compare
1. About the stupidity, there are/were other shonens where everyone were intelligent in a broader spectrum. Straw hats develop their moves through knowledge about their own can/cant's. Black bulls despite having a lot of hax, uses their brain to apply strategies, fights in groups to win. And everyone makes each other feel good in every shonen to spare feelings lol😂 its not something praiseworthy.
2. Konoha 11 and kyoto students were both introduced early on and yes konoha 11 lost their relevance later, but as far as I can remember, do we even see kyoto students from the culling games on except for todo? And of course, I dont have to talk about straw hats and black bulls here who are not tied up to the MC and stand on their own as characters. Rip MHA tho
3. Regarding the quality of progression, of course yuji will have a lot, he went with a immature goal in the beginning and then learned about the reality of the world. Naruto literally changed after the bridge arc and found his motto. Asta learned the way of the world brutally all his life to the point where he even lectures ppl about life(patry and dante). Rip deku tho, still wants to save shiggy. Also, too much nobara praising lol.
4. YES!!! You are 100% right, it's satisfying to see Sukuna to torment yuji unlike others. However it makes sense for others to help MC's narratively. If naruto dies, kurama dies. If asta dies, liebe wont be able to possess others and be trapped forever. If yuji becomes miserable, sukuna can tighten his grip so of course sukuna torments him.
5. Isn't burning everyone in the cafe to a crisp for no apparent reason edgy? Really? Also, if they did bring the age of curses and wipe out every human, then how will they be able to increase their numbers later on? Aren't they born from a human's negative emotions? If they dont want to increase their numbers ever then their desired world will become the same as the devil world from black clover i.e. boring. Jugo's whole dream is stupid unless I missed something. Akatsuki and elves atleast had respectable goals that some ppl can root for them. Of course, this was the strongest point of MHA till AFO suddenly decided to take over shiggy's body(but hey, MHA is still great at its villans)
Conclusion:- this comment is not made to downplay jjk but to politely conclude that other shonens in the past had done these elements too and its not jjk that debuted these elements. I mean, these are just essential elements that any show would need to achieve success, so it makes sense that others have it too.
Villain doing things like hang out in cafe, playing while talking about their plan, or doing cute and idiot things is more compelling than villain with Ten chapters of his/her boo-hoo past
1. I see your point, but in JJK people have intelligence outside battles. I'm not calling the other shonen groups dumb, but sometimes they are hella dense.
2. Haven't seen past S1 yet, so can't tell, but the set up so far looks better already. RiP half of 1A indeed. Half of them have little to no development.
3. I said it in the video, we shouldn't really compare this to the big shonens because the QUANTITY is vastly different. My point was that Yuji has to develop his own motivation by constantly questioning it. Naruto never even thought of what kind of difficult decisions Hokage might need make for example, sometimes they have to pick between peace and Uchiha's, sometimes between work and their daughters birthday. Yuji's first and second "motivations" were destroyed within month of doing his job, because they were to idealistic. Other characters also grow very quickly on a screen time/progress ratio. Of course most characters wont do a 720 degrees change, because we only had a few episodes with them. As for Nobara, she went through 300 episodes of Sakura's development in 21. Noelle took 100 to do something impactful (the fight against the despair dude was ZERO IMPACT for example, because he just regenerated like nothing happened). Kugisaki trumps almost every shonen female with her character development within 24 episodes of the show's start.
4. I agree.
5. I didn't say they weren't edgy at all, I said that they show a variety of qualities depending on the situation. Also, they want curses to run rampant, not restricted by Jujutsu Sorcerers. Does that mean a complete wipe of humans? Maybe, Jogo himself said: "I sure don't intend to be the one left laughing like a lunatic in a wasteland a century from now". Which implies that they fancy destroying the humanity but not living after, which is in line to what a CURSE is supposed to do. Don't forget, all those other organizations are still human-ish, while these guys are literally programmed to kill people.
First Sakura isn't useless and anyone saying otherwise has not really seen the entire series and is just repeating what he heard.
Second jujutsu kaisen female characters are terrible just read the manga and you Will see their terrible treatment post season 1 smoke and Mirrors.
Want to see good female characters in shounen?watch JoJo part 6.
Sakura is only useless for about half the show, then she starts being relevant, with the first signs of usefulness sprouting when she saved Kankuro, and then it's on and off
Yeah uhhh, this is how I felt up until the end of the Shibuya Incident arc on…
Haven't seen it yet, so I might change my opinion
The power system is one of the best i can't think of a better one other then nen and the characters are great side characters get a ton of action and development gojo is basically the mc so ye BTW i love all your stuff your great hope for your continued success ❤😊
Thank you bro. I'm not sure if I like their system that much, cause it ultimately comes down to whatever you were born with. Yes, you can have a creative use of an ability (Ex. Todo) but if you got shit on your birth certificate, you are not going nowhere near top level. We need to talk about this more, maybe in a separate video.
@@mahistv that's how real life work if dad/mom wasn't famous you will not go that far
@@Planetdestroyer.138not really
@@orpheemulemo8053 so you're telling me that I can be a prime minister or the president if I tried ?
@@Planetdestroyer.138 if you went to school became involved in politics debates had good grades and school activities and went to a political university yes there are alot of people who came from nothing and became something even rich people have in one time been pour until one member of there family became a goat and the rest followed suit
Comparing JJK with the likes of the big 3 or even demon slayer is not fair. JJK is a more modern and dark Shonen while demon slayer is the peak of classic Shonen JJK is great but it's a completely different approach and as for smart villains I don't think that kaigaku straight up outclasses aizen the likes of madara and aizen
I agree that it's not fair and even said it in the video, but we CAN'T not compare them, because they are such big examples. Also, Aizen is one of the very few exceptions.
i got a different take, JJK is mid in terms of shonen and story building,
1) except few characters , the rest are irrelevant .
2) No fcking remarkable character development for any of the protagonist and his trio. Yuji is weak as shit and now that its coming to an end, he is suddenly gonna get op from literally zero to hero in the last few chapters, the fck? Megumi is still potential man and well nobara...
3) All that talk for future generation surpassing and shit and it all amount to nothing.
4) Gojo literally carries half of this show.
5) Kenjaku motives are as vague as it gets, dude is just racist with an agenda.
6) The fck is domain amplification? another way to counter gojo which literally pops out of nowhere lol.
7) excuse me but where the fck are the militaries?
8) why is kyoto high so fcking useless?
9) whats this loneliness at the top bs? So we suddenly gonna get philosophical now?
10) WHats the stake except from stopping sakuna here, whats sakuna motive? He is literally a 1 dimensional character which the illustrator made him look badass and now they are trying to fix this by whole loneliness at top bs and giving some background in the last arc lmao.
11) the story lacks depth, literal 1 dimensional characters except some whose motives are as vague as they come ( except for racism ). The whole show is carried by gojo and hype
12) I enjoyed it tho but u gave it too much credit then it deserves, i mean most of the hype is thanks to the animation style
Half of these have a merit, but I'd wait till the show is over to really draw conclusions on the big topics. I've only dived into what's immediately apparent, at least to me.
1. Can be said about MOST shows
2. I disagree. Yuji went though quite a bit, especially with "kill/exorcise" struggle. Nobara went from being an abnoxios teenage girl to going down like a hero (listen to what she says to Nita ns he inner monologue). Megumi is to be seen
3. Too early to say anything
4. Gojo is cool but that about it. Villains carry the show for me way more.
5. You are confusing Geto and Kenchan, latter has nothing to do with race. As for motives, too early to say
6. Just a technique we didn't know about, same as reincarnation and a simple domain to protect from expansion
7. Can be said about MOST shows
8. It is what it is, Mekamaru played a part there
9. Where did that come from? And as for philosophy, we were doing it from day 1
10. Stakes? Everybody dies unlike in other shonen
11. Completely disagree. Villains have depth - they care about each other, they plan, they goof, they betray. Plot is thicc with several parties trying to achieve their goals. Good guys are def not one dimensional with their own struggles and goals (again, Mekamaru)
12. Hype is not from animation. Mange was very popular without anime, because it's so good. You are confusing cause and effect here.
@@mahistv my problem is that most of this things are popping out of nowhere especially during the ending arc, kinda like naruto sauske reincarnation bs. And no, i am talking about kenjaku because he was still racist when he was alive.
All of ur points like characters die unlike shonen proves u have never seen that much shonen. Compared any jjk villain to pain then u will see that are as 1 dimensional as they come. having a forced personality doesnt mean depth
You really say stupid thing because Sukuna litteraly said he doesn't feel this loneliness . Jjk readers can't read it is incredible . I would love to know your definition of One dimensional character because I have the feeling people think a villain needs to have a gray morality or good intentions to be good
And it is funny for a person saying Gojo carries the show but who doesn't know why the loneliness is here. Like if it wasn't clear than Gojo had this feeling of loneliness
Nobara is USELESS.... even more than sakura ironically.
Watched S1 so far and have to disagree
@@mahistv Don't worry, after season 2 you will agree 😂.
@@rachetmarvel931no he'll still disagree. Ya'll just think that Nobara who's been a sorcerer for a few months needs to wipe the floor with monsters like Mahito.
@@bulgslel Yuji and Megumi participate and provide assistance in more instances than Nobara. She has a power that depends heavily upon who's she's fighting.
@@MachinaOwl Mainly because one is physically gifted and with a lot of cursed energy and the other has one of the most powerful cursed techniques which was used to kill the strongest jujutsu sorcerer.
I love shonens that have/show training arcs. I love the start of demon slayer cause it showed tanjiro training to get stronger. Its ok learn and get stronger in the middle of a fight, but not by a ridiculous amount. Cause when u have so many abilities to train, the training arc can actually be very fun to watch as characters discover new ways or new combinations for their abilities.
I am 100% with you. Training arc is one of my favorite anime tropes.
I agree, if done right, it's not only a good watch, but also very motivational.
People still think nobara is useful ?
Season 1 makes me thing that she is
@@mahistv yeah by failling in everything when she's alone
@@Planetdestroyer.138sakura?
@@chad_yoriichisakura did more than Nobara
@@sircartier2723I think people hate on Sakura because of her character and how she didn't really do much throughout the whole show except contribute one punch to kaguya to me she was really annoying
The idea of the "COG" is just 🤯, now I believe every single character has their own role no matter how week they are, because we know Gege always killed "unusable" character, so the alive ones has to have their own role
I have no clue about this cause I'm only at S1, but thanks for the comment
@@mahistv oh sorry, I thought you were a manga reader😭, I won't spoil you
nobara is so useless what are you talking about
Well, by that logic so is Itadori, he let way more people die in from of him, her included. And if we are being serious, we can discuss her strength all you want, but the fact that she wingmanned Yugi and Yuko, already puts her above all female leads just as a superior person. Then she helped a lot during the last arc of S1, took down Nishimiya during the school event, she even damaged Mahito, which helped to defeat him, even a bit.
Plus, they give a reason for the characters to explain their abilities. It gives a boost to the power of the attack, at the cost of losing your chance of a surprise attack.
Yes, a way to justify using a trope
Black clover handles all of these with ease
Hehehe... lol
Not the villains 😂
@@MILDMONSTER1234Black Clover has much better villains than JJK
2 reasons why I stopped reading jjk. 2nd one is a spoiler for anime only so dont read it
1. Shibuya started by mentioning "curses becomes stronger on halloween". You mean to tell me that few theater folk kinda knows about jujutsu sorcerers(from junpei arc) but not law enforcement? The realistic approach should have been sorcerers contacting officers to limit ppl to go outside(like a small lockdown). Especially when this year has curse spirits that can talk + form teams + intelligent af on the loose. It kind of breaks realisim that they established up until that point
2. (Spoilers) Maki kills the entire zenin clan bcuz of how bigoted it is. Why tho? Just bcuz it was her sister's dying wish? Or bcuz she was fed up with that clan? Why kill the whole clan? Ok, let me mention few points why I hated this arc
(i) she went to get weapons(she gained a fantastic one) but she could have gained control over the zenin clan through sheer fear after killing a couple of them by showing overwhelming strength
(ii) she goes and kills EVERY single zenin clan member including the ones that were away from their homes bcuz of missions. You mean to tell me that EVERY zenin clan person agrees with the zenin clan viewpoints of bigotry and inhumane treatment? Are we going to pretend that zenin clan didnt produce good ppl like megumi and that 1 kyoto guy? Heck, even maki herself doesnt agree with the zenin clan. By that logic, she should have killed megumi too right? There was room for discussion and she didnt care at all and ppl pretend this is a heroic act
Sorry, won't read cause spoilers
Uh in Maki's case, while she certainly didn't mind doing it, was it a matter of pure survival or have you forgotten what her father did to her and her sister?
No,there was no room for negotiations.
@Trattato68 never said anything about sparing her father. But killing every single member? Even the ones that are out on missions? Common man, you can't tell me that there weren't atleast some good ones from that clan that hid their motive to oppose their clan's stereotyping like how megumi and the kyoto zenin(i forgot his name) are.
Besides, after killing a considerable chunk of them, just rule over them with sheer fear, no need to kill the rest, throw them in the culling games and let them suffer(hoping they might be useful in giving you the upperhand). Literally use them. Why the unnecessary killing instead of using those pawns to help ppl out from the culling games. Where is the sense of priorities? This is the shit that villans like shiggy do i.e. "I dont care and I'll go on a rampage" hence making me drop the series.
Edit:- i respect ppl who chose to keep reading tho. This was just my personal preference since I didnt like how their priorities seemed messed up.
@@theblip6950 With your method it meant that Maki had to spend her life without being able to let her guard down, running a clan that would like nothing more than to kill her to avenge their dead members. It's not life and Maki owes the clan nothing.
Furthermore, Maki immediately showed overwhelming strength, but the clan didn't stop anyway because the misogyny was so intrinsic that they took it as obvious that she had killed her father in the toilet.
@Trattato68 again, I'm not saying anything about her father, I'm only talking about her clan. No need to watch her back, be as ruthless as possible while ruling them like how sukuna does. Literally use them. Let them die in the battlefield as your pawn. Its feelings vs priorities. Are you willing to put your feelings aside for the greater good(in this case, using them for culling games) then its a heroic act(no matter the means), or you want to put your feelings first which is no different than evildoers do
I think I might be the only person that thinks jjk passing is almost too fast. Idk how it is in the anime but the manga doenst give a single chapter to breath it’s constants action, which is nice but after 250 chapters it’s like „can we chill out for a day please“
You are not alone and I'm planning to make a video addressing it, as this is a train of most "modern Shonen" out there.
Very very insightful great vid bruv! 💯💯🚀🚀🚀
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Maybe you're right, but the lack of world building infuriates me, JJK does it like Harry Potter, damn bad, and of course the ultimate secondary, it feels like the system of powers and so on was written by a neural network
The problem with worldbuilding is the problem of most "new style" shonen, because they are of MUCH faster pace
No way in hell dude just called sukuna decent. It's called sukuna kaisen for a reason
Say what?
This video should be named "how to know I'm an anime only".
Guilty as charged
@@mahistv it's all right , wait for like the emd of the season and we'll talk about it again.
I watch mahis videos for the “plot”
A man of culture I see...
Driding goes crazy ngl
He is talking about a show he likes whats wrong with that 🤷
What's driding?
It was good with its female characters... until it wasn't.
Yea after the first tornurment arc,it went down hill
Well, I haven't seen past S1, but Nobara was rocking in the last few episodes
@mahistv Let me just say that in the early days of MHA, it, too, was lauded for a new, non-Sakura-like approach to its female characters.
Only thing Jujutsu Kaisen did better than Other Shonen is Copying Naruto 🙌
Well, it did improve on a few things
It's funny that you say that because JJK is actually inspired from Bleach
@@mihaik130 You are Crazy if you think Jjk has not adapted things from Naruto.
Naruto has inspired jjk to the point where it can said as pure copying. Everyone who watches both shows can understand it.
The writer itself has said Naruto inspired him with many things in jjk
no because mangaka admitted he inspired other manga's read gege's comments@@mihaik130
Bro why didn’t you talk about the revealing the technic powerup. I always hated in other shounen when someone gives up their special techics and then gets surprised that they lost. In jjk, there’s actually a merit on revealing ur techic which i love about jjk so much.
Didn't get a chance to talk about it in this one. We definitely will
Wild how modern shonen get so much praise for doing stuff that was already done in some forgotten 00s shonen that not many remember. D.Gray Man and Soul Eater were already breaking the mold with these and they are forgotten it seems lol, maturing protag? Grounded villains? Inner demons that are a detriment to the hero and not power ups? Main characters that for the most part aren't completely braindead? Accounted for
That's what I'm saying I might. I grew up with that stuff in the 20s. And 90s What are these people talking about? Did someone king Crimson everyone's mind and internet make them forget.
This is a fair point to make, except that nobody really watches those shows anymore and all we've been seeing for the last decade and a half (almost 2), are those exact stereotypes that were created with the Big 3 and other shonen of the time. So it's worth praising the new good ones to encourage more of them
Agreed. Anyone that watched more than 8 shonen anime knows that JJK is breaking no mold lol.
blandest characters
I dunno, they don't seem like that to me
Toji > your fave
Alright I like jjk but when yall do shit like this I don't be surprised when other fans of different series have a weird hate for it cause yall mfs don't know how to coexist.
What did I do? Put a joke in a thumbnail? People need to relax and stop assuming that everyone is trying to make them angry
Sakura is a medic how is that useless?
It's a meme, she was useless though till Shippuden (which is about 130 canon episodes of doing pretty much nothing, except for the one episode in the woods)
ANOTHER GOATED video from mahis
Lets go!
spoilers:
kenjaku is so well written as a villain, his real name wasn't even shown until culling games arc, his real power/ability wasn't shown until shibuya. and his overall plan wasn't shown in the first season unlike most anime's, having kenjaku be lad back in s1 made it a decent season but shibuya arc was so good cause it shows how a villain plans out something, and its barely gojo's fault for getting sealed, kenjaku was just that smart. and even the explaining that they did in the start of shibuya arc was just amazing, i really understood kenjaku's plan and how good it really was, so yeah all that to say that the antagonist are good written. (also the side characters act like villians almost, which is rly unique, like how maki killed her clan in a devious way 💀or like how gojo killed hanami making those devious faces 💀)
Thanks for saving me from frustration from some too-outrageous takes I've read in the comments section. I really like how gege took care of his series and it's one of the shounen I didn't not stop looking for updates compared to other similar mangas except black clover.
yw, ye i check up on jjk a lot and pretty much watch every episode the hour it comes out@@_zacrome_ 😭
Sorry, not reading the spoilers, thank you for the tag
@@mahistv np yw
I feel bad for you because what happens in the future of this manga proves all of this wrong. “Development for Nobara and Megumi” “smart characters”😭
Please do tell do you mean the series gets bad
@@Latentheatfussion I wouldn't call it bad since there are outside variables that are spoilers too good that I'm not gonna give to you but I'll just say that it's just unfortunate for some characters because it's a modern take of Shounen that it's not that common from its previous generations.
We shall see. If that's the case, I'll stand corrected
Nobaras situation isn’t uselessness it’s just the fact that Gege did her dirty man like Fr
Haven't seen that yet, maybe my views will change when I see it
hows this guy not have over 100 mil subs? 😂 (get this guy to 100 mil or else 😅)
Lets get to 100k first)
Hot take
Sakura is unironically more useful than nobara or megumi
In the long run, 100%, but Nobara only had so much time in the story
stretches upon stretches upon stretches
I don’t even know what the “unique snowflake” point is even talking about.
What do you mean by that?
how to know someone is glazing over a anime
Not sure what you mean
@@mahistv I mean ur glazing over jujutsu kaisen
I really like the part where Yuji yells "WATER WHEEL" as takes control over his body to save Megumi.
Is this a reference to one of my older videos?
my smooth brain doesn't think of points like this but its very true. my brain just go "oo doom and gloom my new favorite show". amazing video and i cant wait for more jjk content
My brain think the same! Love me some doom and gloom
Funny how sakura is actually more useful than nobara...
not in the first 100 episodes she isn't
@@mahistv overall tho😅
@@mahistvShe's alive though
@@mahistv The first part of Naruto was basically Sakura growing up and realizing she's not as talented as Naruto or Sasuke, but want to do something to help her friends, and she found a way after she saw Tsunade.
And yes Sakura is more useful than Nobara, doesn't matter if it's the first 100 episodes or whatever, just because Kishimoto doesn't give you instant gratification in regards to Sakura's character development doesn't make his point invalid.
One catch with you including Ichigo's Zangetsu/White amongst other inner demons. First of all Zangetsu isn't a demon, he's a Zanpakuto spirit of Ichigo. Those spirits reason for existence is to aid their wielders. Not only Ichigo has that in the show, Renji with Zabimaru, Aizen with Kyoka Suigetsu, Kenpachi with Nozarashi etc
It's still a "hidden power" for all intents and purposes, yes it's WAY more complex than just a demon, but it serves a similar purpose for a good chunk pf the show
@@mahistv another one of the things that JJK does better than other Shounen is characters don't reveal their technique and power to their opponent only to get their ass whooped, this prevents non-stop yapping amidst the fight and gives better choreography. The only instance i can think of is Gojo revealing his Infinity to Jogo, he did that because Jogo was wasting his and Gojo's time by not landing a single attack
When describing the side charaters in other shounen I can just go "The daddy issues one" "The perv" "anger issues" "Love interest" "Crybaby" "Badass"
But when describing the side characters in jjk...I have to write atleast a para to describe them fully
I mean, you don't need a paragraph, but yes)
@@mahistv i sure can't describe them in two-three words tho
Keeping their characters alive lmao
Hehe) I love JJK for that
a warning from a manga reader (NOT SPOILING ANYTHING): the worst thing about JJK is the manga fans. not even just because they spoil things, although they are astonishingly bad about that too. it's just... everything. i don't know how such an awesome story attracted deadass one of the most insane, obnoxious, entitled, and toxic fanbases i've ever seen (and i've been in fandom for a LONG time and have truly seen some dire situations), but honestly steer the hell clear of that whenever possible. the anime-onlys have been mostly pretty good but dear god manga readers for this thing are special grade curses themselves, minus the fun and intelligence
I've been reading comments on a lot of shows over my little RUclips journey and I can confidently say - most fandoms are varying degrees of toxic. My Hero Aca is my top shonen and I can objectively state why it is that way, and people just ignore it saying - its bad. Regardless.
Def true
The last sentence is fire 🔥
adding to the last fact, Mahito talking to Yuji about how they are the same also reinforces this. He basically explained how humans exorcising curses was the same as curses killing humans so to the curses they're just liberating the land that they used to rule being the humans invaded them
I really liked that speech!
Your examples in the first point are ridiculous.
Todo IS philosophical, not simple minded.
And Panda hasn't shown a single reason for putting his intellect as high as the examples you gave. That part was honestly just dumb.
Otherwise it's a good video and I don't have any criticism.
Thank you, I like to exaggerate in my videos when making points.
I liked how jjk doesn't mind killing characters BUT now it's just useless killing to force some drama cuz plot just sucks now
he made jjk look so good WITHOUT mentioning how Yuji had a mental breakdown, same for Geto before being- ok that's too many spoilers
Wait. I was talking about Itadori's breakdown somewhere... Definitely in the upcoming video about him specifically! Oops, spoilers)
@@mahistv epic
The first good thing is no fillers
Well, if they were trying to keep up with the manga without breaks, that would have been unavoidable
@@mahistv true
@@mahistv Hopefully, the anime would just delve into deepening more character dynamics and enriching story plot holes from the story's past as its fillers. But rest assured that the author is not putting fillers in the source material so I guess that's a point of optimism.
bro disagrees that Todo has 500000 iq, AND THY PENALTY IS DEATH
The show itself said it though)
The point of yuji making relationships with people that quickly is bad for me because I like those relationsions to be done with time and slowly to feel realistic.
Also u said
Character development I couldn't find any development for gojo or major jjk characters they stayed the same as the first ep
Naruto in other hands almost all character develop and change personality
I agree with you that there is a lot of character interaction and time you have to infer. I believe it's like highschool where you just kinda become close faster than as an adult. Add to that people can't take slow pacing anymore so we sacrifice it.
But i think your argument on characters having no development is weak, given you're looking at it from a point where things need to be spelled out to you. It's why people think Luffy has no development when he does, or ichigo.
Yuji several times has his character development spelled out, especially by the villain. He's seen atrocities, told he's nothing, knows he is a cog in the wheel, tells himself that, all the while he's the last resort, best fighter, knows nothing of this world, and keeps getting up as Sukuna said, he can't break him after killing so many of his friends. He's gone from a kid who cries seeing his friend die to fighting on...sucking his tears up. He got changed by the jjk society like gon in hxh but also wont let it make him like sukuna...there is so much subtly to the writing and i get angry every time people say oh season 1 is overrated, s2 just fights. Fair enough but there is something called reading between the lines. I think most need to be spoon-fed and told that a scene is special and that's okay. I'm glad JJK is for me, and it's okay if most hate it so much. I think no shonen will satisfy people any more unless they aren't shonen honestly, aka they need to be just talking and psychological battles to be considered deep.
Now that was a good video
Thank you, I'm happy to hear that!
9:47-9:53 So please watch Mr. Villain's day off
Sounds fun, I should give it a watch
Great video as always
Thank you, glad you are watching!
Takeway 1 "the side characters have something going on of their own and have actual connections with each other rather than just winding with the MC "
Takeway 2 "everyone has undergone some development which makes it very enjoyable and engaging for the reader and immerse them in the story"
Takeway 3 " everyone has some sort of intelligence and isn't a hopeless Mary sue "
Takeway 4 "the villains are portrayed like normal human beings and not evil 24/7 this make them more likeable "
Spot on, except for the villains. They are evil 24/7, it's just that they behave more like regular humans and not cartoon characters.
Last time they let sukuna in, a whole city was massacred
Yep, didn't go so well
JJK is such an beautiful beautiful anime. It doesn't make every single character super overpowered and genuinely makes good stories.
I agree, like seeing that!
i am african and i enjoyed watching this video with my pet lion
I wish I can pet a lion...
@@mahistv don't worry i ship u one
Learn how to make proper arguments please
Learn to support your "arguments" with examples and proof
@@mahistv Ironic
@@natalimoina "ironic"🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@ghhbpolo you are a clown, glad you realize
Nobara is infinitely better than characters like Sakura but unfortunately ends up being kinda boring later on in comparison to women like Maki, Shoko, and Mei Mei.
It's like, yeah, she's a female shonen character who isn't fanservice, in-love with either of the two other protagonists (Yuji and Megumi), or, to put it simply, annoying as hell. Is there anything else to her?
Hot take, but if she were throwing hands like Maki or were morally ambigious like Mei Mei, she'd be more interesting.
(manga spoilers ahead continue at your own risk)
I think her whole point in the story was to be the anti sakura. Sakura was always crying about how she would never be able to catch up to Sasuke and Naruto even though she had the power to do so the whole time. The magic system in Jujutsu Kaisen is much different from Naruto in the sense that your abilities are predetermined at birth meaning no matter how much Nobara tried she could never catch up to Itadori but you never see her sulk or complain about it, she does what she can and fights even if it will kill her which ultimately does kill her in the end. I think that makes her just as interesting as a character like mei mei.
Thank you for the comment but I won't read cause spoilers)
Nobara isn't infinitley better than sakura at all. Sakura has saved the lives of both naruto & sasuke countless times yet the common misconception that she's "useless" is still spread about
@@mano8057 they mean character wise not strength wise.
@@mahistvohh, you're anime only?
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That's the principal of the all-girls school, in Prison School.
My favorite character
A man of culture)
@@mahistv Indeed.
Thanks for responding to my comment 😌
"Master baiter" is crazy.
Hehe)
I don’t care what you say, todo is a genius
Todo has certain smarts that's for sure
Ace D. Donut
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What I like about this is that “op power” come with a cost
There is no the main character draw some unhinged power from nowhere
Beat the shit out of the bad guy because he had special treatment from the writer like Tanjiro and his bs sun breathing that can be used by him only or Naruto turn the one and only nine tail into a pet or Goku continuously somehow get a new hair color and people think that’s character development
Calling upon Sukuna come with a great risk and the show/manga did about more than enough work to make sure we know that
Even Shibuya’s destruction was that very own same song to sing “Sukuna is op, but not a get out of jail free card. Also no, there is no change of heart anywhere later on, it is what it is”
And that became more proven as throughout the show Sukuna work is limited so much. Much more than those cliche I talked about
We as the audience actively wished he isn’t out
And the characters actively using their own powers to fight rather than rely on such gamble and only go for it as that last resort or even been forced into it unwillingly
And for manga reader. Yeah we already knew just how catastrophic Sukuna can be
Agreed, this definitely helps with the stakes in the show.
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GUGA RAHHHHHHh. SO LETS DO ITT RAHHHHHHH
haha, lol
It's great how JJK stays "real" while they are an obviously fictional series. I know there are lots of animes that stay true to the conditions they built in their universe, but in JJK's case they just seem....real? I think it's probably because the combination of reasons mentioned in this video: everyone is smart / rational, people develop and grow in a logical way, and portrayal of bad guys as characters with other dimensions than their evilness. The very interesting part in JJK that they don't shy away from showing that villains are very different: some have justifiable motivations, some don't, some are bad for because that's what the world is like, and others just happened to have their paths cross. This gives a realistic element to the show, since like in real life, not all bad guys have an origin sob story. It's life and you deal with it. They show that when JJK keep getting to the realizations that "oh shit, these are curses after all". AT THE SAME TIME, this show does let you question whether these curses have a 0.0001% chance of having some truth behind their motives, as they simply just want to exist. This duality is what makes this show amazing!
I once found an analysis for Mahito's belief and it's a really change my perspective on him. You gotta check it out, dude.
@@valhatan3907 very interesting. I will look for it, if you found it please share the link.
I totally agree on the "real" part. There is something about the newer shonen that does that (dark trio as an example)
@@az0075 I've been searching through my history from this past 2 weeks because I forgot what video was titled and my brain created fake memory. I remember:
1. The video actually was not talking about Mahito, interestingly, it was talked about Yuuji. So by that, from my history I got this: ruclips.net/video/A7rBvKx29OA/видео.htmlsi=d58r5nDSPzp9aYMe
2. The video above not containing what I remember in my mind when I wrote that previous comment, and I found another video in my history which is tittled "Mahito is Bastard" by Meti (Not The Bad Guy) channel. It's talked about Mahito, but I don't remember it being that long, beside in the video I remember, it's talked about Yuuji.
I'm really confuse.
@@valhatan3907 Thank you for trying to find the video. Mahito's character analysis is very interesting.
The only caveat to your last argument is within regards to geto/kenjaku. All the other disaster curse were pawns the way all for one uses shigaraki and the others. I mean, yes, geto does inevitably have a similar goal but he’s clearly using jogo, hanami, mahito and the death paintings along with all his other schemes to get to a certain point, and doesn’t really care who he sacrifices. And that’s shown when he ends mahito.
Yes, but other curses care about each other to an extent. Disasters and Mahito have a decent connection and you could see that in their interactions (Mahito and Hanami on the beach, in the cave after Gojo's Hallow, etc)
@@mahistv Oh yea, of course. I mean, the same could be said about twice, shigaraki, toge and the others. It’s specifically geto/kenjaku who is just using all of them, similar to all for one.
The side characters are too good and too important to the point where one could legit think they have a chance at beating a big bad.
Hmm. I smell sarcasm there
2:45 me , who read the manga :😅
lol
only gripe I have is that after the shibuya incident arc I feel like a lot of the villain stuff goes down as there's a ton of fights where the villain starts to be some rando
and ofc I am salty about what happened with gojo, someone correct me if I am wrong but is there any good foreshadowing that stands out on reread at least besides knowing how shounen works in general?
I haven't seen that yet, but if that's the case, I want to address it for sure
Definitely a cool fight nonetheless
It's still a really good show even if I personally think the earlier parts are cleaner storytelling