
a review by Dilbaan

a review by Dilbaan
A high school kid sees a weird-looking kid playing with some giant monsters that are also proceeding to devour his classmates. He joins in the fight and ends up swallowing a finger. An eccentric guy with a bandana covering his eyes kidnaps him and forces him to enroll in his high school. He is trained to fight monsters and eat more fingers. It may sound weird at first but in my humble opinion Jujutsu Kaisen is a good watch.
#The Meat of It:
Overall, Jujutsu Kaisen follows a typical shounen progression. The protagonist has a somewhat depressing backstory, the main problem revolves around him, and the whole story takes place in a high school setting with his new friends. The show is not overly obsessed with fighting some typical shounen monsters with some typical shounen superpower. The character development of the main character, Itadori, is phenomenal. You start to see Itadori's mindset change. He starts off thinking that he is helping people, but he slowly begins to question the weight of his actions. It helps to add some drama to the overly comedic supporting characters.
#The Visuals:
In terms of animation, MAPPA does a great job, for the most part. MAPPA opted to use some 3D animation in a few of the larger fights. It is above the level of 2016 Berserk, but with 3D animation, the quality does go down. Besides the 3D animation, the rest is beautiful. Everything is clean and crisp, the color schemes match the mood of the scene, and the detail is impeccable. The 2D parts of the fight scenes pull the viewer in. The sudden change in colors combined with the tense atmosphere emphasizes what the producers wanted you to feel. The animators must have been worked to the bone, but the end product is the crème de la crème. Without this animation team, I sincerely doubt that I would have given this anime as high a rating as I did.
#The Music:
The soundtrack was not as ambitious compared to other recent anime; however, it gets the job done and it does it well. The first opening, "KaiKai Kaiten" by Eve, made you want to wait the extra minute and a half every episode, even if you were on a binge. The second opening, "Vivid Vice" by who-ya Extended, accomplishes the same thing. ~~The endings are both good, but not notable enough to put down~~. I would definitely add both endings. "Lost in Paradise" by Ali and "Give it back" by Cö shu Nie, to your anime playlist. Progressing into more of the sounds of the show, both the voice acting and sound effect are top-notch, immersing you in the show.
#In Short:
A great show with a great soundtrack, great animation, great voice acting, great sound effects, etc. Overall, a great watch.
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