This one took an attitude adjustment from me, but once I stopped being a jealous hater and gave the show an honest chance, I got to really enjoy a next gen shonen that delivered most everything I love from this genre.

First let me say I am very impressed with the entire cast. Imma quickly point at the elephant in the room ofc Gojo is like Kakashi and Sukuna is an inner demon for our protag. It’s ok. It is not a big deal. And once you spend a season with them you will notice for yourself many differences between these characters and their predecessors. To me, Sukuna will never be like a Kurama or a Leibe or a Zangetsu; he is not Yuji’ buddy and they have opposing goals. I thought of Sukuna much more like a Raizen who never took his vow. And Sukuna is hella funny, when we get to see him it’s actually a really good time, even if it is a little scary. But the way all the characters play off each other gives the show a real charm all of its own. It's impossible for me to pick a fav or least fav character. But i'll go ahead and do it anyways, it's Todo and Yuji’ relationship, that's my fav character =) I don't want to go through everyone but Maki and Mai are notable excellent female characters I have to mention. Nobara is very funny, and I usually like the cool best friend character so Megumi was automatically really high for me. Todo and Panda are also hilarious yet because they are dense characters with a great backstory I do not want to call them comedic relief because they are fully developed characters and it feels disrespectful to label them..

The power system is very detailed and complicated but is not dumped on you all at once so you get to kinda pick it up as you go (along with Yuji). And honestly this more than anything makes me want to read the manga to get see where things go from here and to get more details. We kinda start with where cursed energy comes from, then how to channel it into jujustu techniques, Shikigami, Domain Expansion, Black Flash, reverse cursed energy being like a positive energy force, cursed items having grades, curse reversal techniques, cursed spirits, Cursed Spirit Manipulation, curse corpses, Heavenly Restrictions.. Imma stop here hopefully you get the point. I'm thirsty to learn more about this stuff, and I never felt like I was drowning in it.

The show has very fast pacing with basically an action scene every epi, all season. Music is something I usually don't notice but I was def groovin watchin jjk. And the general character designs of both guud and bad guys are a lot better than some of its contemporaries (like mha imo, just bein real). And let me say this, the show also has a lot of adult themes, especially themes surrounding death. It is mostly subtle and easy to miss but it's all over the show. And having these more adult themes inside a shonen setting was something I really vibed with. Sometimes the seinen settings can be overwhelming or distracting from the story whereas some shonen themes are just too kiddy, but for me this was a great mix of an adult show with engaging themes without presenting anything that might make me recoil.

But the last thing for me that really made jjk shine bright, and above all my other praise what I really enjoyed the most, was just how laugh out loud funny this show is. Especially at moments you do not expect. Sometimes it's the things the characters say, sometimes it's just them goofin off in the background, sometimes its the situations they get into, sometimes its just the jujustrolls. But if you say you watched this whole show and never laughed once, I would say you're a giant liar. Honestly I am excited to rewatch some day, just turn it on and let it play in the background, rewatching random scenes as they come on. Or even reactions of this show and see what other people thought about it. I know it got a great reception when it first came out but I also know of a vocal minority in my shonen community that really does not like it. I wanna go out now and see both perspectives.