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#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #itadori yuuji #ryomen sukuna #mahito #jogo #me whenever yuuji unconsciously begins to mirror sukuna: HOOTING AND HOLLERING AND LOSING MY MIND

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Part of why I dragged my feet on ever checking out JJK was the reputation I heard was that it's a BRUTAL grimdark story where ANYONE can DIE in a snap and the author says FUCK you. And after finally catching up with the anime that just... Isn't the tone at all?? Like, Game of Thrones, Gantz, Attack on Titan, etc other cornerstone grimdark reference points, I think one of their defining hallmarks is not just that characters die suddenly and violently, but that human life is nasty, brutish, and meaningless, and it's your own fault for being stupid enough to get attached.

Jujutsu Kaisen on the other hand, I don't know how you can look at one of the most recent casualties circa S2Ep20 of the anime where that character gets a full entire episode reminiscing about their childhood, and the moments and people that meant most to them, and come away thinking the author's intent was to treat life as meaningless. The amount of screen time devoted to the following character who gets badly maimed, the audience gets enthusiastically shoved neck deep into their insane kaleidoscopic passion that is never once undercut or subverted. Both of these characters, far from being callously snuffed out and dumped in the trash, were shown immense love. What we got was not a statement of their life being disposable, but a celebration of life, a reminder of who they are, what they cared about, what made them special, who they loved and who loved them and will remember them in turn.

This is a story about curses born of misery, hatred, and malice. It is also a story deeply concerned with dualism, especially when it comes to attachment and desire. Misery stems from worldly attachments, but it is not weak or foolish to become attached to things in this world. To love something is to set yourself up for the pain or anger of losing it, or sadness of having it denied. But that love is what makes life worth living anyway, and what makes it worth it to keep fighting. We as the audience are sad because we are attached to these characters who have met terrible fates. We see enough of them to be able to clearly picture the whole rich life they could have lived surrounded by friends and feel the sting of that path cut short. It is a story about how it was worthwhile knowing them well enough to be attached anyway, even if it meant unavoidable heartbreak.

This is true of both the human protagonists as well as the curses! Volcano Man and Mahito are ruthless killers who cruelly take lives without a thought. They also have hopes and dreams that they earnestly try to protect and follow through on, and face heartbreaking despair upon defeat. They feel pain just like we do, but must nevertheless be killed. Humans face pain through the very act of living, but nevertheless must live.

In true grimdark fiction there is rarely anything good in life for characters to return to once the battle is over. In Jujutsu Kaisen, on the contrary, there is enough good in life that we see it even amidst the battle. I can see that no other way than an expression of genuine affection. Truly bleak fiction leaves me wondering why everyone involved doesn't just put a gun in their mouth and be done with it. JJK provides an answer--because you'll get to laugh about ruining an expensive shirt, because you'll meet an acquaintance's hot mom, because the next human earthworm movie is coming out, because your favorite idol is doing a meet and greet this weekend, because maybe someday you'll finally go to Malaysia. There are many answers, and none of them are stupid.

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #LIES DOWN #i like to think ppl kind of forget that the jujutsu world isnt a kind one #like we get told over and over in the story how being a sorcerer is setting yourself up for inevitable hurt and tragedy #bc ppl die. sorcerers die. no matter who they are. your friends or your family or strangers #they die and they wont come back and its been repeatedly said that this will happen when you are a sorcerer #and thats why yuuji's outlook on life becomes bleaker with every chapter #his story isnt heroic like even megumi alluded to this that he is no hero #like yuuji is LITERALLY preparing himself for his very own execution but in a way where he gets some kind of choice in it #JJK's story has always been about death and the tragedy of it #but also the happy memories that have been created. the bonds that have flourished #the story is tragic and sad but it is so worth telling these tales bc no matter what these ppl have loved and were loved in turn #they have lived until they didnt and that is worth telling

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Where You Go I Go

#jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #itadori yuuji #mahito #GET HIS ASS!!!!

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#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #man what is panda's problem JHJVHDJVDVHJFHJVG

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do we got it from here, y’all?

#jujutsu kaisen #jjk #nanami kento #i cannot do this anymore #seeing it all animated has made it 10 times worse like how tf am i supposed to recover #anyway. another phenomenal piece of art SJ thank you #im very normal about it #[proceeds to be very not normal about it and just lies on the floor] #i hope the earth reclaims me

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you already know the story.

-Emily Wilson [insp]

#jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #itadori yuuji #IM GONNA FUCKING [wails so loudly all the windows in the house shatters]

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it's a shame that sukuna wants megumi's body instead of gojo's, i think a hijacked version of satosugu would've been fun

#jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #gojo satoru #geto suguru #kenjaku #ryomen sukuna #i hate how fun that would be jhbdhjbfhbh #shitty toxic men in love <3 #sickeningly lovey dovey with each other while committing heinous war crimes #URAUME IN TEH BACK ZABSHJDBHHJB

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actually i am now actively rooting for jjk bad end. not necessarily a total loss, but like. pyrrhic victory. god can u imagine. yuuji and everyone else vs sukuna and megumi seizes control at the last moment before he dies in front of yuuji in a reflection of the cursed womb arc. curses still exist. yuuji winds up as one of the last surviving members of his generation, detested by the higher-ups but respected by his peers, and takes up a mentorship role. not as a teacher and not a complete loose cannon, but something between nanami and yuki. he exorcises curses and protects people—civilians and young sorcerers alike—where he can, but it’s like he said: he’s a cog. it’s his job. the cycles. The Cycles.

#jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #I KNOW i havent caught up in a hot sec #but! BUT! again i am firm believer that jjk isnt supposed to be a happy story that a lot of ppl are hoping for #and while it is devastating i kind of love it?? #something something insert that tumblr post about the tragedy genre #how its gut and heartwrenching watching a character trying SO HARD and yet its always been a little too late #the inevitable. the doomed from the start. #but it was a story worth telling. the stories of the people who died are still worth retelling #THE STORIES STILL MATTERED!! BC THEY WERE FILLED WITH SO MUCH EMOTION #i am hoping for an ending were it ends positively' as in the grand evil has been defeated #but what use is a 'good ending' when Yuuji might be the only one left? #the one who was supposed to die from teh very beginning? #the one who has been doomed at the start just kept surviving by the sheer determination and love of others #what an ending it would be to have yuuji surviving it all bc the others wanted him to #even at the cost of their own bc they thought him worth it #the sheer contrast it would bring to yuuji who thinks himself expendable #vs how teh people who died for him perceived him in their mind #im sorry this has gotten so long but im actually going crazy over this #like yay the bad guys are gone BUT WHAT GOOD DOES IT BRING #WHEN EVERYTHING YOU'VE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE HAS BEEN IRREVERSIBLY CHANGED #despite all the sacrifice the cycle continues #and you are left with the question “will you try again?”

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:(

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #tsukumo yuki #geto suguru #haibara yu #this is giving me so much whiplash bc for one #AWOOGA PRETTY LADY YUKI #and on the other. head in my hands #he likes rice...he likes people...

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love how all the jjk ladies are undeniably wlw

maki has a sword and the girlboss vibes

nishimiya? witches are gay, next.

miwa in her suit, her sword and asymmetrical hair. no straight person dyes their hair blue! undeniably bi.

kugisaki? anger issues, voodoo dolls and funky little hammer, we love a confident bisexual. also her puppy crushes on every female character in jjk

shouko cheated her way through med school and probably can't do math. gay.

utahime hates gojo, this alone makes her the og sapphic

yuki "what's your type of girl" tsukumo. what's YOUR type of girl, huh??

taka-chan, the closeted lesbian idol

and last but not least, the queen of sapphics, zenin "whenever she interacts with another female character, you might wonder if they're dating" mai. she shoots homophobes with her gun, gege said so themselves

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk covers so many flavors of wlw

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funniest part of this fandom is everyone saying "i wish mei mei wasn't like THAT" literally every time she shows up

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #mei mei #no for REAL #i was so excited about her #like ooo morally grey sexy lady who is 'good' but not actually a great person #again. they should've gone with the 'raising her brother as a human shield' angle #to really drive home her perecption of the world how everything is a business transaction #of how useful you as a person could be to her #BUT NO! THEY MAKE HER GROSS IN THAT WAY! #THAT TAKES EVERY ATTENTION AWAY FROM HER OTHER MORE INTERESTING FACETS #bc weirdos will now hone in on that and also this is all she's known for now #WASTED POTENTIAL

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Sometimes I think about Yuuji. Sometimes I think about him stepping away from the little girl that reached for his grandfather's flowers. Sometimes I think about him screaming Nanami's name from the rooftops after Gojo was sealed. Sometimes I think about him calling Yaga's dolls cute. Sometimes I think about him inviting Junpei to Jujutsu Tech so that he can be happy. Sometimes I think about his face after Sukuna's massacre in Shibuya, after Nobara, after Nanami. Sometimes I think about him petting Divine Dog. Sometimes I think about his breakdown in front of Todo. Sometimes I think about how happy he was in the Occult Club. Sometimes I think about him apologizing to Eso. Sometime I think about him calling Choso his brother. Sometimes I think about all the ways his smile has dimmed, all the scars that he's gained, all the grief and the heartache and the loss of innocence that he's endured. Sometimes I think about the Yuuji before Mahito, before Sukuna, before Megumi even. Sometimes I think of what life could've been like for him and what it became.

#jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #itadori yuuji #im just gonna lie down and let the earth reclaim me

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i was inspired

#well of course if u put it like that jjk just sounds insane #absolutely crying over this

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Special grade babysitter

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #tsukumo yuki #gojo satoru #BJSJBJDKJKFBJ I LOVE THAT #LOOK AT THAT KID SWITH THEM FUCKED UP FURBY LOOKING EYES

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Duality of little guy

#jjk spoilers #jujutsu kaisen spoilers #itadori yuuji #MY POOR BOY

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absolutely love it when people are like why do you like this fictional character so much look at all their bad qualities. my brothersister in christ their bad qualities are why i like them

#me w sukuna #'he's a mass murderer' yeah he's a fucking bitch thats what i like about him #i love him so much i hope he dies <3

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jjk fan artists are like “here’s yuji smiling!!!” as if yuji has anything to smile about

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #itadori yuuji #sTOP.