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Welcome back to another episode of Jujutsu Kaisen! I hope you’re ready to boogie woogie till the sun goes down, because this week danced right back into my good graces. Toudou proves why he’s the best character in this entire arc, Gojo goes ham on a forest and Itadori sets a record. So without further ado lets dive in!

Right off the bat I think this episode worked much better than the last. Everything about the production, from the music to the animation to the sheer fun of it, is just better. It feels like there was a clear vision on how to present Toudou and his ability. Especially when compared to the inconsistencies in Hanami’s branches last week and my general dislike for Park’s style. This week definitely wasn’t perfect of course. Some of the early cuts, particularly the first Boogie Woogie, felt… slow and oddly paced. As if they were animated on 4’s instead of 2’s or 1’s. The composition of these shots worked but I don’t think the animation was able to keep up. After that though the episode just improved as it went. Things sped up, Toudou took control of the scenes and Jujutsu Kaisen just became a blast to watch. Gimme more of this.

Continue reading “Jujutsu Kaisen – 20 [Nonstandard]” →

It was inevitable folks. Jujutsu Kaisen has been consistently pretty good up until now, so it was bound to misstep eventually. And while its not terrible, there was still some good here, this episode was that episode. Curious? Well lets jump right into it then.

Starting off, the camera work in Kento and Mahito’s fight was… it was something. It seems as if director Seong-Hu Park is finally making himself known just like he did with last seasons God of High School. The camera has gained a mind of its own and begun to float and fly around the scene in ways that are… not necessarily the best. Don’t get me wrong, the animation in these scenes were fine to good. I’m not criticizing the animators work. More that the camera undercut a lot of it and made it either difficult or undesirable to follow. The constant heavy movement made it so much of the fight didn’t really stick, or lost weight in the movements. This wasn’t every shot of course, and Mahito still came out better for it and I will talk about him later. But overall it felt like to much.

Continue reading “Jujutsu Kaisen – 10 [Idle Transfiguration]” →

Welcome to another episode of Jujutsu Kaisen! I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving, what with all the madness going on in the world right now. It’s nice to be able to tune it out and focus on something fun. Considering the content of this weeks episode though, who knows if Jujutsu Kaisen qualifies for that. So without further ado, lets dive in and figure it out!

Now, as it turns out my commenters were right! Building up to this, I have often referenced the “next arc” as the tournament arc. The Kyoto vs Tokyo event that Jujutsu Kaisen has been building up to. Turns out, and you commenters pointed this out first, we have another arc happening first and that’s… kind of nice. In my build up, in my expectation of the tournament arc being the next arc, I often talked about how I thought that a weird fit. That transitioning from the prison and Itadori’s death to a standard tournament felt really weird. I wanted more time for Fushiguro to grieve, more time for all the characters to change as people before they met up again. And this Mahito arc Jujutsu Kaisen is giving us right now is exactly that. It’s dark, but it can ease us into the tournament.

Continue reading “Jujutsu Kaisen – 9 [Small Fry and Reverse Retribution]” →

Welcome all to another week of Jujutsu Kaisen! Apologies for the wait, it’s been a busy weekend and all things considered, not much happened this episode. Still, without further ado, lets jump right into it!

What do I mean by “not much happened”? Simply that this week was more of a transition episode than anything else. It transitioned us from Gojo’s fight into the next arc, setting up conflicts and introducing the new “antagonists”. I put that in quotes because its fairly obvious that Toudou at least will become an ally later on. For now though, he serves as the big obstacle Fushiguro must overcome. Beyond that brief skirmish though, Jujutsu Kaisen mostly dedicates this week to character time. Expanding on our side characters and Gojo’s own conflict with the Jujutsu Conservatives. This is a good thing of course, not every week can be a high octane sakuga fest. Turning things up to 11 loses its appeal if you are always at it. It does mean though that, outside one or two cuts, there wasn’t any big animation to gush over.

Continue reading “Jujutsu Kaisen – 8 [Boredom]” →