Japanese Fans Are Divided Over One of the Most Anticipated Jujutsu Kaisen Episodes
One of the most anticipated episodes for Jujutsu Kaisen manga fans aired today, and here are the reactions from Japanese viewers. On Twitter and online forums, many Japanese fans were divided, feeling that the anime did not surpass the manga version in this particular part.
Many felt that the anime adaptation fell short, while others criticized the music used. Below, you can see several comments:
“Why did she suddenly become so strong?”
“This part worked better in the manga.”
“Because expectations were high, the manga was better.”
“Jujutsu Kaisen is still better in the manga.”
“It doesn’t give the same feeling as the original.”
“I can’t explain it well, but this part doesn’t sit right.”
“Jujutsu was always something personal, but here it felt kind of religious.”
“I thought I was watching Chainsaw Man.”
“The visuals don’t match what I had in mind.”
“When you see this mediocre animation, you realize how impactful Akutami’s fight scenes were.”
“They really love using ‘artsy’ background music in important scenes.”
“Honestly, I didn’t really understand the use of pauses.”
“Don’t you have a heart?”
“The legendary line finally appeared.”
“This is the scene lol.”
“It’s polished on a movie-level.”
“I’ve seen this line and this face about 100 times on the internet lol.”
The scene above became a meme in Japan.
“Weak direction.”
“The pacing is way too fast, I can’t understand anything.”
“It turned into a complete mess…”
“Wasn’t the mother a sorcerer?”
“Man… we just witnessed something absurd.”
“The direction was weak this time.”
“Legendary episode, I laughed my ass off.”
“This episode will definitely divide opinions.”
“All of this just to fit into one episode?”
“They rushed it way too much.”
“It should have been split into two episodes.”
“The direction failed.”
“Almost identical to the manga, I was satisfied.”
“The manga also had this strange pacing.”
“I don’t understand Jujutsu that well, but were the people in that family really so bad that everyone deserved to die?”
“They cut a lot to fit everything into one episode.”
“It would’ve been better to add filler and make it two episodes.”
“The animation fails in some parts, but season 3 is still good.”
“If they killed the entire clan, shouldn’t Megumi have died too?”
“Was it really necessary to kill the mother as well?”
“Without understanding the clan, it just looks like Maki snapped for no reason.”
“American otaku won’t understand this whole clan and family thing.”
What did you think of the episode?