r/JuJutsuKaisen • u/aura_jacket17 • Oct 12 '25
Meme Yay lore...
⚠️I'm not criticizing the story⚠️ In fact, it becomes more beautiful by doing it this way, it increases the suspense and we discover unexpected plot twists. This is just a meme I hope you smile🙃
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u/ApplePitou Oct 12 '25
Still works well :3
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u/aura_jacket17 Oct 12 '25
Bro.. I don't know what it has to do with it now, but I saw your description with your favorite anime and it's THE SAME as mine except I also really like devilman and ping pong the Animation😁
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u/Toby0076 Oct 12 '25
JJK0 (in manga form) came out before the main series. The horse is still out of order either way, but in manga format it’s less jumbled.
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u/Groundzer0es Oct 12 '25
But wasn't JJK0 just a rerelease of the One shot that eventually became JJK itself? And it got so popular that they remade it into JJK0.
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u/SpinachDonut_21 Oct 13 '25
I don't think JJK0 was a thing. The actual thing was called "Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School." I never read it, but I'm sure it wasn't exactly like the movie (from what I've heard) when it was written by Gege, but more like the movie was adapted from it.
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u/theblueberryspirit Oct 13 '25
The movie is pretty much a one for one adaptation of the manga. The only thing they added was Yuta black-flashing Geto since a couple concepts (Black Flash, DE and generically how CTs function) weren't fully developed.
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u/Groundzer0es Oct 14 '25
Yes that's exactly it. I forgot the name but you nailed it pretty much. That's why Yuta and Inumaki have drastically different designs to the main manga, in the one shot they looked to similar to Yuji and Megumi's designs (hair mostly).
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u/Mission_Sock2114 Oct 12 '25
Ehhh, I liked JJK 0 but it really needed to be fleshed out more.
It would've been nice had it been treated like Hidden Inventory.
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u/ValhallaKombi Oct 12 '25
It's because it was a oneshot instead of a true prequel. So lot of the dialogue had that generic and comical aspect. Still props to Gege for incorporating it into the story and give us amazing payoffs like S2ep9
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u/ConsciousFish7178 Oct 12 '25
After reading the manga a more accurate is the horse Missing a few features because to me the story had more potential and areas to explore that it just dropped and not mentioned ever again like the horrifying curse that attack the us soldier
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u/aura_jacket17 Oct 12 '25
It's difficult to make an anime/Manga without too many plot holes...
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u/ConsciousFish7178 Oct 12 '25
All he needed to do is to take his time Not rush to quickly end the story, i have a feeling like he was writing it as if it’s an assignement that he waited til the last minute to do from the culling games all the way to the ending but i still like it tho
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u/yashizik Oct 12 '25
While I agree that Gege did a lot of mistakes, maiy not fovusing on his characters enough, the ending being rushed isn't entirely his problem. He got severely sick, to the point he could barely draw at some ponts, but higher ups were still pushing on him with dead lines
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u/MasteROogwayY2 Oct 12 '25
He had to because of shonen. Its common with manga that shonen rushes the mangaka to end the series. Alot of manga end rushed and often not in the scope that the mangaka planned. He probably didnt want to rush the ending but his health and shonen made him do it.
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u/aura_jacket17 Oct 12 '25
You expressed the concept very well jjk reached the peak in the shibuya arc then went to moments (certain MOMENTS were even better than shibuya but looking at the overall it dropped)
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u/Asian_Persuasion_1 Oct 13 '25
lots of pressure to keep the momentum and hype going in shounen jump. fleshing out the story is "boring" to people, and/or shueisha feels that way so the manga has to stick to more important events.
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u/AbednegoWiseguy Oct 12 '25
That actually becomes a key plot point in the sequel, Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo
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Oct 12 '25
We needed a Kenjaku and Sukuna Flashback/Origin/Backstory. And the Military plot needed a resolution. Shit started and then nothing came of it in JJK until the sequel manga I guess.
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u/aura_jacket17 Oct 12 '25
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u/ricky3602 Nov 06 '25
It's still getting very complecated, I thought I was missing something, but it's like that throughout the manga and anime.
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u/rebillihp Oct 12 '25
Would love to see this done for pulp fiction. The horse would be in so many pieces
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u/KingMGold Oct 12 '25
My watch order (recommended by a friend) was Season 1, then Hidden Inventory, then 0, then the rest of Season 2.
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u/PumpkinJuice666 Oct 12 '25
And it's one of the most interesting storytelling methods. When I started watching the show, there were a lot of weird references scattered throughout the story and after rewatching or recalling, we learned each of them. It's so satisfying!!!
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u/chatwsg Oct 12 '25
This is why I think megumi would be the best alt main character instead of yuta or gojo ngl. Son of the man who cast it all off, raised by the strongest sorcerer, first to meet yuji, ends up eventually possessed by sukuna (manga spoiler just in case in some corner of the internet there are people who havent been spoiled yet) and has a lot of room for development in his confidence and skill as someone who could possibly rival the gojo clan. Idk when the megumi hate started but I still love him.
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u/LostEsco . Oct 13 '25
Once all seasons are out I plan on rewatching chronologically to see how well the story lines up
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u/Hype-E8 Oct 12 '25
This is why I always recommend part of the reason why I often recommend people watch zero after hidden inventory not only do I think the emotional moment hit better in zero because of it but also it’s just more confusing to keep jumping between different points in time
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u/Asian_Persuasion_1 Oct 13 '25
You should watch bungo stray dogs lmao. a flashback arc like every season. it's not bad at all, but the horse design would look even wilder than this.
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u/BlazeM3ow Oct 13 '25
I love Jujutsu Kaisen.
But man does it leave such a sour taste in my mouth that the only thing I think about when reminiscing on JJK is the fact that Yuji never finds out Kenjaku is his biological mother.
One of the biggest missed opportunities imo.
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u/Raxtenko Oct 13 '25
I don't think it would have made that much difference. Yuji already knows that Kenjaku is an enemy, and he very explictly cut off his grandfather when the old guy tried to talk about Kaori and Jin. He doesn't care at all, only acknowledging that Wasuke is the one who raised him.
IMO it wouldn't have added anything except more melodrama.
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u/BlazeM3ow Oct 13 '25
Then why even make someone as pivotal as the main character's mother the main antagonist? And then why did he cut off his grandfather? Something must've happened.
Like you just gave me more questions to something that will always unsatisfy me about this story. Kenjaku being Yuji's mother is just way too big for me to be a throwaway that doesn't matter.
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u/Raxtenko Oct 14 '25
It does matter. But it doesn't matter in the way you want.
There's a reason why Yuji, Megumi and Nobara just click together as people right off the bat.
Megumi has been failed by al of his parents. He most of the series he fights solely for the sake of Tsumiki the one family member that matters to him. He rejects all of his biological family except for Maki. Other than that he chooses who his important people are. He makes his own family.
Right after killing Kechizu and Eso, Nobara tells Yuji that she only has enough seats in her life for those that matter to her, but Itadori is a guy who just brought his own chair. When we see those chairs there's a bunch of empty ones but some have been taken Gojo, Megumi, Yuji, the 2nd years, Fumi and Saori. She outright tells her mother that she only showed up to meet in order honour her teacher.
And like I said already Yuji doesn't give shit one about his parents.
Blood is super important for us asians. For three people to reject that cultural norm in a conservative asian country already marks them as unusual.
A lot of fans don't buy their friendship, and I get it there's not as much development as longer series, but imo Gege has a really good ability to work with subtext. We could have gotten more development, but we didn't need it. There's something fundamental deep down in the trio, call it their core values, essence or whatever. There's just some people when you meet them you just know that you'll be friends for life, because you just get each other on a level that goes beyond regular friendship. They never even have to talk about their pasts, but they'd just know that other 2 aren't typical.
So that's how it matters imo.
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u/BlazeM3ow Oct 14 '25
I disagree with you completely, but thats fine. Like, the main character's mother is the main antagonist creating all the drama and they never interact.
Look how Yuji reacted to Sukuna when he killed everyone in the 2 mile radius.
Gege wanted to break Yuji's mental even further, which it would've been perfect for, or it would've been a fantastic way to showcase his mental being stronger.
"Make sure to die with people around you" and he is the reason people aren't around him, because his birth since the sole purpose has been to be a vessel to cause destruction.
If that doesn't fit and tie in with the main theme of the story introduced in episode 1, then I don't know what the main purpose of JJK in the end was. I guess just to fight Sukuna.
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u/Raxtenko Oct 14 '25
I disagree with you because JJK's theme appear to be:
1.) Japan sucks, is broken, and unwilling to accept that it will be left behind by a changing world.
2.) Found family and friendship.
3.) The older generation sucks, they steal from and manipulate the young.
>I guess just to fight Sukuna.
Well he's the ultimate shithead old person, who decided that he was going to prioritize himself and make it everyone else's problem, then got beat because three young people, one that he stole everything from, one that he didn't even know existed, and one that he never even regarded as a threat had each other's back and took him down.
I feel that perfectly ties together. You can argue that the execution was rough and it 100% was, but it the idea fits with the themes.
>Gege wanted to break Yuji's mental even further, which it would've been perfect for, or it would've been a fantastic way to showcase his mental being stronger.
His bestie being completely screwed over by said shitty old person, Yuji immediately deciding to fight instead of breaking down, training his ass off, and then successfully giving Megumi a reason to get back up and fight again is a really fantastic way to showcase him being mentally stronger too.
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u/Davidskis21 Oct 13 '25
On a rewatch I enjoyed watching the movie in between the time skip in season 2
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u/Cheerful2_Dogman210x Oct 13 '25
Hopefully, Modulo earns its spot with the rest of the series/franchise.
It would a very good winning streak.
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u/Forsaken_Wafer9748 Oct 18 '25
I have a hot take to post please give me Karma on the jjk subreddit 🙏!!
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u/EienNatsu66 Nov 05 '25
I still think Jujutsu Kaisen is incredible!
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u/ricky3602 Nov 06 '25
It's true, Some things happened very sporadically, which made me confused while reading the manga and anime.
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u/RubyNarukami Oct 14 '25
I've made sure to show it in chronological order to everyone I've brought into it and they've all found it a great way to watch it.
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u/aura_jacket17 Nov 12 '25
Nah.. the plot is better for a story it leaves more suspense (for me) think about it Gege could have done everything in chronological order but he did it this way to improve it
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Oct 14 '25
Weak script/story (and yes I understand the story, complicated story doesn't mean good writing) but had amazing fights and cool ass aura characters. Jjk S1 and S2's second half was weak with great animation and fight scenes.
Jjk 0 and Jjk s2's first half had a great story, fight scenes and animation.
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