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Jujutsu Kaisen
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Going to see Jujutsu Kaisen 0 this Sunday!
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I liked that it hyped the domain battle and in the end went against the grain by actually returning to a standard battle.
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I liked that too. Also that way we avoid a "this doesn't really make sense" sensation while at the same time avoiding the readers go "why didn't any of them use domain expansion?"
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It also makes it that Okkotsu still has a card up his sleeve for a future battle.
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Right. Didn't even think about that.
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I’ve got 3 episodes left on the anime
Does anyone know when the movie will come to streaming?
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On the net? After the Blu-ray release.
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Just finished season 1
Can’t wait for season 2 and the movie to be released
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HOW COME LUFFY NEVER KILLS AN ENEMY?
ODA:ITS BECAUSE IN THAT ERA EVERYONE USES THEIR LIVES TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DREAMS. FOR AN ENEMY WHEN THEIR DREAM HAS BEEN SHATTERED,IT IS AS PAINFUL AS DEATH,I BELIEVE FOR A PIRATE NOT TO KILL AN ENEMY , IT'S GIVING THEM A SECOND CHANCE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DREAMS.
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Read the manga.
If you are a one piece fan, then you will enjoy the artwork for its Uniqueness.
The guy has a really fascinating way of panelling his fight scenes.
Also the story is orgasmically good
I just started reading last night, I’m loving it, can’t wait to see this shit get animated, but I’m definitely not waiting for 2023
I’ll be caught up soon
It was that picture of three characters using domain expansion at the same time that revitalized my interest to read it again
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Wait a minute he should have 187 points, why does he sudenly have more? unless either Uro or Ishigori killed some civilians in this last fight it doesnt make sense :wassat:
Also this new guy introduction wasnt as good as the others players, lets hope he does put a decent fight.
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@FKM:
Wait a minute he should have 187 points, why does he sudenly have more? unless either Uro or Ishigori killed some civilians in this last fight it doesnt make sense :wassat:
Also this new guy introduction wasnt as good as the others players, lets hope he does put a decent fight.
Okkotsu had 35, Uro had 70 and Ryu had 77. Killing Dhruv and Kurourushi gave him 20 points so that makes over 200 points.
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Enter Rohan
https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1012872Who's this Rohan thing that get's referenced everywhere?
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Okkotsu had 35, Uro had 70 and Ryu had 77. Killing Dhruv and Kurourushi gave him 20 points so that makes over 200 points.
He got to 35 after killing Dhruv as the chapter shows:
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[/hide]So after Killing Kurourushi it will be like this: 40+77+70:187
But seems like Akutami admited he messed up and it should show 190, so those 3 extra points will need some explaining later ( most likely from civilians killed)
https://twitter.com/soukatsu_/status/1515707571948199938?cxt=HHwWhIC9lbKA8IgqAAAA
Who's this Rohan thing that get's referenced everywhere?
It's a characther from Jojo's whos also a mangaka
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I like how the fights have been getting more and more creative, like the stand battles in JJBA or the nen battles in HxH, since we started introducing more sorcerers. The fights against cursed spirits seem to be lacking in this regard, IMO.
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Me after reading chapter 183:
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I have even less clues on how a pachinko machine works now.
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Man, the dude freaking oit at the lenghty ability explenation being thrown at him gave a damn good laugh. This series is so when it's taking a jab at typical shonen tropes the series itself us using. Good stuff.
I have even less clues on how a pachinko machine works now.
Don't worry. Nobody knows how they work. Even their makers are clueless.
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I can see now why the higher ups don't like the third year's techniques and want them banned.
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When a Pandaman cries
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I don't understand what the big sister is, a triceratops? a really weird rhyno?
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Is Gege giving their characters the Sato Treatment now?
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What's a Sato Treatment?
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Named after Yasutura "Chad" Sado from Bleach. (Missed the d with a t, my bad.)
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Ah Chad. I surely hope Gege doesn't go down that route.
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Things were going too well for the heroes. Something like this needed to happen to reintroduce some tension.
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the two characters by the end are new, right? Man, I really need to re-read this whole thing
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Not a fan of the new guys interfering in the fight at the end. Would be happier if it just remained maki & nori vs naoya.
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S2 info on September 18th
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@pariston_hill said in Jujutsu Kaisen:
S2 info on September 18th
https://twitter.com/JUJUTSUKAISENPV/status/1561276920142102528?s=20&t=iIvztvr27ll5U-gOCuTa9gShibuya shibuya shibuya shibuya!!!!!
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Maki's Training Arc
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Question: has anyone really cared about any of the Culling Games characters that have been introduced?
Like, I think their designs and powers have been neat, but I have no sense of attachment to any of them, and it's not just bc we know a good chunk of these characters will end up (or have already ended up) dead. Outside of Higuruma I've had zero interest in these people. I don't even know if we're really supposed to care about any of these new characters tbh.
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I can spread this sense of non-atachment to most of the cast, unfortunatelly. From the newbies, I liked the NotAFetish!Woman who could break space.
Training arcs can't be subtle, but godammit this one was a slap to the face
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I was really jamming with JJK even when the author went berserk during that arc and killed 90% of the villains and...a good chunk of the good guys too while he was at it. Like, it was bordering on edgelord everyone dies territory, but some interesting stuff was going on for sure. At some point I was even like "c'mon, stop killing people you asshole! I like these characters!".
Then the post-arc happened and some characters started to die in ways I didn't particularly vibe with, a bit...gratuitously? But, also, Maki became the best character in the series, so yeah, ok, I'll go with it.
But now the culling games are, sadly, not really keeping me at the edge of my seat. The whole setup kinda just...happened. It feels Togashi-ish at parts, but Togashi is usually more thorough with the whys and hows and all that (to a fault one might say), this felt a bit like the author wanted to do a pseudo survival arc with rules that can be toyed around with and all that and yeah, it can be creative still (like the judge guy, that was neat), but it can also be a gigantic chore, like the Megumi fight that lasted for what felt like an eternity. And then we had that 4 way fight where one of the participants is the guy from the prequel (forgot his name) who's supposed to be like, second only to Gojo or something? So, chances of him dying were slim but, even then, that fight lasted quite a long time. I don't know, it's kind of weird, and right now I can't say I'm uber hyped.
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I on the other hand like those culling games. It's true that it introduces a lot of new characters but I feel it makes sense considering the setting. Unlike the capture Gojo setting, where the bad guys tried to keep many exorcists out, here everyone is invited to join. So it makes sense that people who are not connected to the schools also join.
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I think all the culling games "reincarnated" characters would have worked well if the Jujutsu world was more established and we actually gave a shit about clans as we did about pirate crews in One Piece.
I like the culling games because they are pretty interesting. Reggie Star (Registar) was a pretty cool dude with interesting powers. The comedian guy brought in some needed humor, the defense lawyer had such great characterization and then there's Hakari and Kashimo who are great characters that the audience didn't want either to lose (die). And now we get time with Kamo who was out of the story for so long.
But I do agree that the problem is a none stop bullet train of fights which can become exhausting. This is the same with Hunter's current arc where dialogue is way, way heavier than action, and has been going nonstop with too many characters (princes, bodyguards).
I do enjoy the new characters but the stakes never felt right because there's little to no build-up to them. It would be a lot more interesting if they were established villains introduced earlier that would then be fleshed out. Shibuya works because of the amount of deaths and that consequentially carries over to this arc. Even I have to agree that Naoya was reintroduced back too soon. It feels a little like "monster of the week" but you are led to think that it isn't but with how the author did the Shibuya arc and how great it was, you are now cautious that if any of this investment is worth anything.
I think this is really a Gege problem with how fast he kills off his side characters and villains, leaving him having to design and write new ones. Ultimately the story revolves around the main trio, Gojo, Sukuna and Geto(Kamo) and Yuta. So expectations that side characters, even a figure like Hakari, are ultimately pieces that serve to further the main cast is reasonable to have. Which feels less organic and brings in lesser investment as compared to a series like One Piece. Still, it is leagues above series like MHA with the bullshit it pulled expecting an emotional payoff with a non-character this week.
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@kouch_lee said in Jujutsu Kaisen:
But now the culling games are, sadly, not really keeping me at the edge of my seat. The whole setup kinda just...happened. It feels Togashi-ish at parts, but Togashi is usually more thorough with the whys and hows and all that (to a fault one might say), this felt a bit like the author wanted to do a pseudo survival arc with rules that can be toyed around with and all that and yeah, it can be creative still (like the judge guy, that was neat), but it can also be a gigantic chore, like the Megumi fight that lasted for what felt like an eternity. And then we had that 4 way fight where one of the participants is the guy from the prequel (forgot his name) who's supposed to be like, second only to Gojo or something? So, chances of him dying were slim but, even then, that fight lasted quite a long time. I don't know, it's kind of weird, and right now I can't say I'm uber hyped.
Ok I partially understand where youre coming from, but this current arc, didn't just happen.
Basically, the entire culling game are the Big Bad's centuries old plan coming to fruition.
He wanted to turn the biggest pillar of the Jujuitsu world, Tengen, into a curse, essentially proving that curses are basically the next evolutionary step for humans.
However, he was always stopped by a user of the six eyes. He tried killing them as children but couldn't
So he resorted to forming a seal that could contain him instead.
Therefore the shibuya incident happened. and Gojo, the six eye user was sealed.
So know he is going onto his next step, the culling games.
In this step, we can assume Kenjaku(The big bad) is trying to create an environment that forces evolution, survival of the fittest.
We still don't quite know what his end game is.
But that is pretty much what the games are.The stakes come from our protagonist having to modify the rules of the game to ensure know one not willing to participate dies.
HOW COME LUFFY NEVER KILLS AN ENEMY?
ODA:ITS BECAUSE IN THAT ERA EVERYONE USES THEIR LIVES TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DREAMS. FOR AN ENEMY WHEN THEIR DREAM HAS BEEN SHATTERED,IT IS AS PAINFUL AS DEATH,I BELIEVE FOR A PIRATE NOT TO KILL AN ENEMY , IT'S GIVING THEM A SECOND CHANCE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR DREAMS.
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@kevo_koma Oh, it most definitely has reason for happening, I didn't want to imply that the author completely took all of that out of his ass, Kubo style.
But the way it was framed did kinda come out of left field, at least for me. The protagonist is literally told "hey, this is happening right now in the world", and that's how we find out too.
Again, I'm not saying this arc is worhless or anything, but I do thing, to me, this Battle Royale in Greed Island setup did kind of come out of the blue, regardless of the bad guys motivations being sound or not, and it has indeed become a series of fights that are pretty dang long. Quality stuff, yes, but overly long. I think the current one is already in its fourth chapter? Or fifth? And this is coming from someone that wishes non-Luffy One Piece fights could go on a bit longer, and be less formulaic and have some surprise twists or comebacks (looking at you, Sasaki vs Franky), but I swear the Megumi vs Reggie Star fight drove the whole "we're not done yet!" shtick to the ground, and I wasn't even reading weakly back then...
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I think I get where you're coming from with the Battle Royale happening without having a setup that battle royales are a thing. To me it's not that much of a bother because I was more in the "what's the next step in the big bads plan".
The story is framed in a way that the antagonist has been build up from the beginning to have a plan layed out that consists of several big steps. So I always took the next step to be something that might surprise me in how it looks like.
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Isn't the whole point of this arc Kenjaku trying to widdle down opposition by culling weaker sorcerers and the end goal for him is to have the winner of each bock join him, so that he has a team of competent sorcerers to go and attack Tengen and make him become a curse? That was my understanding of Kenjaku's main plan for this, but Kenjaku is also testing his theory of evolution by having sorcerers from the past who who were naturally gifted with it go up against people from the present who had jujutsu forced into them, like Megumi's sister (who rescuing is the main goal of this arc).
I do agree that this current fight definitely feels like a Maki training arc. The other fights all contributed to their plan of raising enough points to change the rules so Megumi's sister can be saved, all while looking for Angel. But Maki can't contribute to that because she's not technically a player. She's just fighting to take down sorcerrers.
I think some of these villains definitely exist just to show us what the main charaters can do and be obstacles but some of them feel like they'll play much bigger roles. Kashimo, Higuruma, Remi, Takaba and Bernard all feel like they'll end up doing something, even if its just being upgraded to the main secondary cast.
Speaking of the main cast, do we know where Todo is? He's the only one of the main cast that's unaccounted for right now. I guess he's probably just in one of the other 6 barriers but I wonder if he'll even have a role to play in this arc or if we will just cut to him after this fight just because.
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Hey, I'm all in for him coming back. He's my favorite character in the series anyways. Miss seeing him.
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