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laindir · 2 years

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JJK0 movie musings

I finally watched the movie yesterday! So, cross-posting some brief thoughts/impressions I’ve keysmashed last night on twatter over here too.

But lol if I could sum up my entire feelings during the movie, it’d just be:

More tl;dr spoilery thoughts under cut

It’s a pretty faithful and decent adaptation of Volume 0 with a lot of extra battle scenes and character cameos during the Hyakki Yagyou, mostly for “padding” lol. Not that it’s a bad thing; we got to see some really cool action and battle sequences.

One of my favourite things about the OP is how much detail we got of the dorm life in Jujutech! It’s not a very long opening, but it still provided enough of a glimpse into the students’ daily lives outside of their studies/training/missions: they have basic sleepwear/loungewear (?) provided if needed, common bathrooms, meals provided (this we also know from the fanbook Q&A/Akutami’s interviews) in a very traditional dining hall/room, and the dorms/living quarters seem like a good walk away from the main school building itself - which isn’t really all that surprising, considering how Jujutech is fashioned after old Buddhist temples/Shinto shrines.

Megumi Ogata’s voice work as Yuuta is SO, SO GOOD… It’s not that I went to watch the movie without ever hearing her voice work in the trailers, but when I finally heard Yuuta speaking and listened to his first lines in the opening scene (like, really listened to it within the context of the movie, and just experiencing the scenes first-hand) and in his first interaction with Maki, Panda and Toge, it’s like you could really feel it, that sense of “Ah, yes, this is how Yuuta sounds like, just as I’d pictured in my mind…” Ogata really expresses his character well, all of his anxieties, fears, and later on, his anger and resolve.

HanaKana also plays Rika really well, perfectly capturing the duality of Rika’s sweet innocence in Yuuta’s memories and her dark possessiveness of Yuuta in her cursed form.

The humour is solid too, I enjoyed the interactions between second-years (well, they’re first-years in Vol 0) a lot! It made me miss the jjk anime and radio dramas/jujusanpos so much :__) The seiyuus all did a really great job with the characterisations overall!

Lol Maki’s “I’m going to destroy the Zenin from within” really brings back that same feeling of satisfaction whenever we spot the small references/callbacks that links the jjk anime to the current weekly chapters.

Watching the movie also reminded me how nice it is to see young male characters looking up to a female character as a role model, not just in terms of empathy and kindness but also in terms of strength and resolve. Even though there were some Yuuta/Maki shipteasing moments played up for the comedy (thanks to Panda lol), it didn’t overshadow how Yuuta respects Maki first for her character and determination, and cares for her as a person, friend and fellow sorcerer – instead of just because she was a possible new love interest. Much like how Megumi admires and looks up Tsumiki’s kindness and empathy for others, and thus subconsciously tries to emulate that in his own way. It’s something that JJK does well and it’s refreshing to see in shounen because this is usually a role we see played by an older male figure or an adult mentor, instead of a female character who is close to the male MC’s age.

Gojou is still obnoxiously annoying. LOL. I mean, I do enjoy him quite a bit here too, but if he was my teacher/co-worker, I would have the exact same thoughts as Yuuta’s “Isn’t it the teacher who’s causing the real problems here !!??”

Still, if Gojou is annoying, then I find the real Getou is even more OBNOXIOUS LMFAOOO… It’s nice to finally see him with all his haughtiness and condescending posturing as the zany, zealous cult leader, even though I really wanted to punch him too hhdbdkffkkdjs (I say this with mild affection too since I do like and appreciate all the characters, even those who aren’t a particular favourite of mine roflll). Sakurai plays him very effectively.

This again, makes me certain that, yes, I do actually like Gojou as a character a bit more than Getou (strange, I know, lol). Maybe it’s because Gojou reads like someone who is more true to himself, whereas Getou feels at times like he revels more in being misunderstood/wronged, and uses this as one (of many) “reason/excuse” to continue down his path of Esotericism…. I’m not articulating this well (it’s late lol), but for all of Gojou being the “strongest” and furthest away from normal humans, he has a similar sense of straightforward expression of his self and a humility of what he can/cannot do that is reminiscent of Megumi’s (to me at least). Getou was just emo and prejudiced lol…. yes, I’m oversimplifying things, but this is a late-night meta keysmash based on personal feelings, so please don’t take my interpretation too seriously lol.

Also, for some reason, even though he carries himself with poise and superiority, I feel like Getou doesn’t have same elegance and self-assurance that both Kenjaku and Sukuna seem to naturally possess, though that’s probably more because Kenjaku and Sukuna have existed since the golden age of jujutsu during the Heian period. I like seeing the contrast and this attention to detail in the visuals, though; it really hammers in the difference between Getou and Kenjaku, right down to the smallest body language.

The pacing leading up to the climax/ending (with the scene cuts alternating between the Yuuta and Getou’s fight in Jujutech and the other sorcerer battles with the curses running amok in Shinjuku and Kyoto) felt a bit rushed?? at some points… Or rather, the transition between scenes didn’t feel as seamless at times, though I’m not sure how they could have shown the parallel fights any other way. It wasn’t bad though and it was nice to see more of the battles that featured the other sorcerers, instead of just wholly focusing on Gojou being flashy on his own as he fought Miguel.

NANAMINNN THO AAAAAAAAA… The way he stepped in to save the younger sorcerers who were getting mowed down by curses too powerful for them ;___; I wish his Black Flash battle scenes had been longer, it felt too short afjdkgljvs

Kyoto kids had some battle cameos too. Toudou’s fight with the special-grade curse was hinted at but never actually shown in full… yeah lol.

The Pure Love scene and Yuuta’s lines leading up to him offering all of himself to Rika to break her cursed energy limits… SO MUCH FEELS AND TEARS… This was definitely the highlight of the movie and the soundtrack here was amazing.

Just… YUUTAAAAAAA … !!!! DARK-HAIRED SHOUNENS WHO ARE BLAND ON THE OUTSIDE BUT ACTUALLY BADASS BAMF ON THE INSIDE SUPREMACY….!!! LOL

I liked the flashbacks of Gojou and Getou’s past friendship too (the Hidden Inventory crumbs lol) and the hints of their gradual falling out. I’ve never really been emotionally invested in the ship though, so I guess their moments didn’t really hit me as much.

We still don’t get to hear what Gojou’s last words to Getou was, since his (Gojou) dialogue was silenced then, just like in the manga - you can only see his lips moving very briefly.

But if I were to hazard a guess, and if we look at Getou’s line of thought/words in his final moments and the flow of the scene: - “No matter what, I’ll always hate those monkeys” → “But I didn’t hate anyone in Jujutech” → “It’s just that in this world, I could never truly smile/be happy from the bottom of my heart.” - So, the reply Gojou could have countered with and offered then is probably → “Lies (You liar)… We were (happy) smiling (together) back then, right?” → “I know (this) because you’re my best friend.”

Also, Gojou’s lip movement really looked like he began the sentence with “ Uso / 嘘 ” (Lies/Liar). And I think Gojou understands Getou's true nature and his ideals intimately and well enough, however twisted they might have turned over the years, more so than Getou gives him credit for... so I do think Gojou could always tell when Getou was at his happiest and truly smiling from the bottom of his heart. That’s my guess to what he said, or something along those lines. Anyway, iirc Akutami also hinted in the fanbook (I think??) that whatever Gojou said to Getou was also mentioned elsewhere in Vol 0, so it couldn’t be anything too wildly different.

I forgot there was a post-credit scene just before I went for the movie, even though I’d seen brief spoilers for it on twitter lol. Yuuta enjoying Kenyan food with Miguel was super cute… Most of the other viewers in the cinema I was in were so confused by the scene though (I heard their puzzled noises/questions), I guess they must be anime-onlys and to be fair, I don’t think you could really understand the post-credits without any context on its own like that.

Ok this keysmashing got waaaay longer than I’d meant for lmfaooo. But yeah, JJK0 was good and entertaining enough !! I might go for another second viewing because I really enjoyed seeing Yuuta and Maki&co.'s interactions, so I don't mind rewatching those moments again… the Tokyo kids are always so cute, I lvoe them :__)

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk0 #jjk 0 movie #okkotsu yuuta #the FEELS i tell you.....#they needed to be released into the wild void lol #tldr keysmashing with feels #q

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