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Jjk 271 - Blog Posts
Those poor MAPPA animators aren't gonna see their family for weeks once they get to this last arc. Ik those mfs are gonna want that Hakari vs Uraume shit in full Disney movie ass animation level quality.
This truly was our Jujutsu Kaisen
I keep wondering why so many fans (including myself) were bitter about the jjk ending.
Best I can think of is that it's because of the collectivist nature of the narrative -
defeating Sukuna was a collective struggle.
Jjk narrative seeks to dismantle the extreme individualism/hero-cult.
For us - a society built on the logic of hiarchy, that's a hard pill to swallow.
Gojo "winning" by having played his part in the collective struggle and having no regrets and Sukuna "losing" and thus regretting his choices that were proven wrong, choosing for the first time ever to reincarnate open to love -
... means there are no simple solutions, people can change, love, and work together no matter their personal differences.
There is no solitary evil mogul that we can pin all the evil on, and no solitary hero that we can push our own responsibility for saving the collapsing society on. No, it's our own responsibility to carry on as the new generation.
Also, there is a point of how mundane were the last two chapters before this. As if to remind us that life goes on and that there must come a time when students fly out of the nest and pick up their role as the next responsible ones.
Ah.
...
(( But i still miss Gojo, man. ))
Gege acting towards Gojo like he was his own "unwanted child"
You're telling me that Yuji didn't make sure that Gojo (and Choso... and what about Nanami?) get proper burials?
We didn't get to see it?
Gojo Satoru you will always be remembered 😭
And his dreams ⭐️
You deserved so much more, Gojo
‘But you know, one day everyone will grow up and leave me behind’ Gojo who was taken from his parents at a young age to train to be the strongest, Gojo who’s best friend left him and chose to fight directly against him, Gojo who lost the two juniors he was close with, Gojo who was always ‘the strongest’ first and foremost and never just a human being, Gojo who lost his son to the king of curses. All he has even known is loneliness, and despite this all he still reached out for someone to be there for him, he still had love and dreams, he still put his all into protecting his students and wouldn’t even let his body rest in peace because he wanted to help those he cared about even after he was gone. He was doomed to this fate from the start and in the end he made sure no one was left to doom his students in the same way.
I’ll keep on dickridding jjk till my last breath. I acknowledge its flaws but through it all there were still so many beautiful moments and for that I will love it.
-JJK CHAPTER 271 SPOILERS-
RANT INCOMING
I’m honestly so disappointed with how ts ended 😭 - it just felt so lazy… like pretty much since Choso’s death (Not an exact timeframe, this is just how I remember it) I feel like the whole thing has gone down hill.
It feels like Gege has completely lost interest in having a coherent story, not only writing wise, but you can also see a drop in the panel quality art-wise (IMO)
We know little to nothing about SO many characters.
-Yuji’s Domain Name
-Megumi’s Complete Domain
-NO SUKUNA BACKSTORY, like WHAT?!??
And even though Gojo isn’t in my top 5 characters, the fact he was just FORGOTTEN??
No funeral, no mourning, in 270 they were ragging on him for what he didn’t do during the fight w/ Sukuna 😭
Like not even a LITTLE sympathy? Nothing from Megumi - Gojo pretty much RAISED him.
Idk… I’ve seen arguments like ‘Gege is put on such a tight schedule! He needs to figure it all out in a week!’
While I agree that being a Mangaka is HARD - as a writer myself I understand writers block and everything, then having to draw on top of that… it’s tough.
…But did Gege not plan out his story before writing…?
As I said, JJK had such a strong start and middle. I LOVE the culling games arc and I am beyond excited for that to be animated… but I can’t help but feel the ending was lazy.
And to reiterate again, Gege left out a shit ton of stuff… and then him trying to make up for it with 270 which was just a history lesson that no one asked for - a history lesson about 200 chapters too late at that… and with Mei Mei??? Cool ig?
I love JJK with all my heart, don’t get me wrong… but the story is ass 😭
And I can’t help but to compare it to shows like BSD (which, in fairness, is Seinen not Shonen, though I feel like the early seasons of BSD and the current seasons of JJK are pretty comparable… and this is strictly comparing the BSD anime, not manga…. Also, I’ve not finished BSD - halfway through s4 - but my sister LOVES IT, so I feel like I’m somewhat qualified to bring this up… maybe??)
The characters in BSD are so complex - their relationships, their personalities and their actions… we know a good chunk about most characters on the show - and it’s not like it’s ending anytime soon (AS FAR AS I KNOW - could be wrong) so what we don’t know we’ll find out, right??
The power system is decently understandable - to me at least - and the writing does a good job of telling the watcher this, without having to just explain it - like in 270.
My point is- BSD took time in crafting its story, its a monthly manga and there’s 40 or so pages per chapter… and I’d much prefer waiting and getting an in-depth story than whatever the hell this recent chapter was.
Anyway… Honestly I’m still just sad abt Sukuna getting turned into a FUCKING BLOB.
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Kugisaki saying ‘Rolling out!’ was my final straw.
I didn’t proof read this so if I said something completely wrong or off topic… ehhh, wouldn’t be the first time.
Thanks for listening to my TedTalk… and idk maybe read my ao3 I have some pretty okay stuff on there.
Look, it was a good endingIt could have been worse but well it was better than others and I like that. I love you so much jujutsu kaisen and thanks for not having a shitty ending