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Jujutsu Kaisen
Jujutsu Kaisen
Average Rating: 9 / 10

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Content Overview
Violence: 8 / 10
Nudity: 3 / 10
Theo Theme: 7 / 10
Neg Theme: 4 / 10

Brief Description:
Idly indulging in baseless paranormal activities with the Occult Club, high schooler Yuuji Itadori spends his days at either the clubroom or the hospital, where he visits his bedridden grandfather. However, this leisurely lifestyle soon takes a turn for the strange when he unknowingly encounters a cursed item. Triggering a chain of supernatural occurrences, Yuuji finds himself suddenly thrust into the world of Curses—dreadful beings formed from human malice and negativity—after swallowing the said item, revealed to be a finger belonging to the demon Sukuna Ryoumen, the "King of Curses."

Yuuji experiences first-hand the threat these Curses pose to society as he discovers his own newfound powers. Introduced to the Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School, he begins to walk down a path from which he cannot return—the path of a Jujutsu sorcerer. (Source: MAL)

https://myanimelist.net/anime/40748/Jujutsu_Kaisen_TV?q=Jujutsu&cat=anime

US Release Date: 2020
US Distributor: Viz Media
Rated: 16+

Jujutsu Kaisen is complete at 24 episodes.
User Reviews
02/23/2022: Rose Faerie [ Already Rated ]

Violence: Well, this is probably the most violent anime I've seen so far. There is a lot of blood and body horror. In general, the violence is pretty intense. People get burned to death inside a restaurant. Limbs get chopped off (sometimes they grow back). A character's heart is ripped out, and that was a bit graphic. You can sometimes catch glimpses of organs when the cursed spirits die, though it's pretty vague. I gave it an 8, to be safe.

Sex and Nudity: At different points we have two scenes that contain undetailed partial nudity. Another scene has some detailed nudity, though what needs to be obscured is obscured. At one point a character draws a picture of genitalia and gives it to his friend. It's really, really poorly drawn and undetailed, though.

A female character accuses a male character of looking at her chest (he wasn't). A male character tells a female character that the guys she hangs out with are only interested in her because she might be willing to have sex with them. There isn't really any fanservice, other than one scene where a guy imagines some girls in bikinis who are his type. The same character also states what he finds attractive in women a few times.

Theological Themes: Well, our main characters are out fighting cursed spirits by using cursed energy. Cursed objects also factor into the equation. Itadori has a cursed spirit that lives inside of him (this is not portrayed as positive, though). One character's power allows him to bring dolls he creates to life. Spoiler: The character Panda is revealed to be the result of his power. I think he was a normal panda who was given intelligence. I'm kind of confused about the details, especially about his siblings, but that's another story for another time. Nobara's power is based off voodoo and voodoo dolls.

Problematic Themes: We have some moderate swearing. It remains at the PG-13 level. The show also addresses serious topics like bullying and sexism. The bullying scenes can get a bit intense, so I would like to warn people about that.

Overall: I liked this show way more than I should have. I absolutely loved it. I don't care how generic it is in comparison to everything else. I thought it was a well-executed battle shonen.

I will say the plot is pretty generic shonen stuff. Collect all the fingers of Sukuna, so that he can fully reawaken and everyone can kill him once and for all. Meanwhile, everyone trains in magical fighting school in order to defeat curses and the like.

I'm going to be honest, the characters are what I liked the best. Itadori is a nice, relatable guy. I swear I've met people like him in real life. I could be best friends with him. Fushiguro is quieter, with a stronger sense of justice. Unlike Itadori, who aims to save everyone, Fusiguro only wants to save the good people of the world. However, the two get along quite well, despite their different views. Nobara, the third member of their team is loud, bold, and blunt. She does what she wants. The other characters are lively and fun. Everyone has a bit of an untold story. There are all kinds of hardships the Jujutsu sorcerers undergo, and everyone has different views in accordance with their variety of life experiences.

Other things I enjoyed include the comedy. The show made me laugh quite a bit. I also liked the way the show engaged with the topic of hardship. For example, the way Maki and Mai engaged with their difficult upbringing shaped them into very different people, granted they each had a different dimension to their struggles. In addition, the female characters are much more active and dynamic in Jujutsu Kaisen then they are in other shonen series.

The art is nice and the animation is very fluid. I adored the first opening and ending themes. The second set were nice, though they weren't as dynamic for me as the first set.

I know I gave this a higher rating than it probably deserves, but I like it, so too bad. It's probably one of my favorite battle shonen anime.

I will recommend this for older teens and up for R-rated violence and occasional suggestive content.

Added: January, 2022