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KuroGFX Feb 6, 2024 8:10 PM

Most striking problem with Jujutsu Kaisen for me was how it introduces characters Nobara being the foremost example for how you shouldn't introduce a character in that you shove their entire backstory in the introductory episode and they do it in a moment where it looks like it's the end for her but it's obvious she isn't going to die in the first episode she's introduced so why bother with the backstory not to mention I have no reason to care about her backstory

Take Aki from Chainsawman who is what I would call a good example you get to know him from Denji's point of view seeing him as a "stick up the ass" kinda guy who looks at him with disdain as Aki see's Denji as slovenly and not taking the job seriously

they eventually come to an understanding and after breaking the ice with the character in terms of the reader he gets shoved into a Big Brother role mediating Power and Denji as a den mother and it's at that point afterward that you get to know Aki's backstory now that the audience has a reason to be interested in him as a character and is invested in what backstory he has and how that contextualizes his actions that the audience has inferred up until that point

So while Yuuji is split up from the trio the author decides to introduce 3 more characters when we've barely established the main trio and form a good understanding of each of them

and yeah the comedy is quite interfering with a lot of the tone and it is abrupt and impacts certain emotional moments or flat out destroys them the whole Yuuji jumping out in front of his friends who think he's dead is like where I felt crippled by the show's use of humor

I thought FMAB was oversaturated with gags but JJK takes the cake

The Nobara point is just one of many you can dissect with that show in intimate detail

meixu Jun 6, 2021 6:40 PM

finally, someone with taste. jjk is the most overhyped anime of 2020, brings nothing new or refreshing to shounen. what saved it was MAPPA and their extremely talented team of animators.

234Mannan Apr 23, 2021 9:19 AM

your jjk reveiew was pretty spot on ngl I almost caught up the manga and i still dont get how this is soo highly praised. still i would want a season 2 but i just hope the fans dont declare it the best of all time.

FurySlasher Apr 17, 2021 2:17 AM

Based review on jjk. For like a week now, I’ve been thinking if there was something wrong with me for not liking jjk, and I couldn’t pinpoint the reason why, but that review pretty much sums it all up very well. Overhyped and overrated

Eva1936 Apr 23, 2018 1:30 PM

You brought up some interesting points on your Madoka review but I find some of your arguments rather nitpicky and erroneous.

"This is especially true for Madoka. Madoka simply *does not* change. She sits in the background of the plot for its entirety (literally), and when its her turn for her 180, its unoriginal, uninspired, and contradictory to everything the show stood for. Its like everything she heard and saw went through one eye/ear and straight through the other. Her actions just don't make any sense, let alone her 'power' being complete BS dues ex machina and an undeserved one nonetheless."

I take big issue with this argument because it simply isn't true. Madoka did change, quite a bit over the course of the anime. She is initially a very passive character but overtime she begins to make more impactful decisions, such as when she tossed Sayaka's soul gem and breaking it to prevent her from fighting against Kyoko. While this was a foolish and reckless decision on her part, it revealed to the audience as well as the cast themselves that the bodies they use are essentially husks and that the soul gem literally contains their soul inside of them, as shown with Sayaka basically dying for a short amount of time. Not to mention Madoka working with Kyoko and finally her big sacrifice in the end in which she reconstructed the universe to ease the pain of magical girls. Madoka saw the demise of her friends and all of the rules of being a magical girl in order to make the perfect wish to get exactly what she wanted in the end. That last statement also goes along with one of the themes of the show, be careful what you wish for. All of her friends had their dreams crushed and ruined because they didn't think their wishes through hard enough, with them being extremely desperate as well as young teenagers who haven't experienced all that life has to offer. Madoka's actions make sense and are justified by the horrors the show puts her and the other magical girls under.

There's more I could say but I'll just settle with that for now on. Thank you.