
a review by Krynn

a review by Krynn
[[Warning: untagged spoilers]]
The movie centers around Yuuta Okkotsu, who as @Horsie said in their review, is a protagonist perhaps more investing than Itadori Yuuji-san. His story's darker, too, in my opinion. He's also haunted by Rika-chan, an extremely powerful curse monster.
We are given the nostalgic questioning room early on. The movie gives wonderful atmosphere all throughout. The art was great (although a bit extreme on some face close-ups), and the 'vibe' is done really well, overall and with the veils.
During the first veil, the show centers on Toge Inumaki and Yuuta. You get to learn a little more about the Cursed-Speech user, and watch them work together. Yuuta then gets a sort of flash back thing, which is okay I guess. He basically started understanding Inumaki better.
Then there's Maki Zen'in, the second of the three main-side-characters. She's given similar progression, with Yuuta. I personally don't like her or her motives, but they're fully necessary to the movie, kinda similar to how I think of Darkness from Konosuba.
Then there's Panda. I expected there to be similar progression with him and Yuuta, but there's none, and nothing explained for his past. That makes his fighting more impressive in my opinion, as his Cores aren't explained.
The antagonist, Suguru Getou-sama, is okay. He's strong, evil, and you can see he's always a move ahead of the others, like Panda in the fights, and also Satoru Gojou. Getou is completely evil (voicing disgust at one point at a human, and not at the way he killed him), but he's also doing everything to create a purer world.
When the fighting scenes started, I was like Oh, flip, I forgot how good JJK fight scenes are. I was not disappointed at all by the quality of the fights.
I did have some problems with them, but that was with what I didn't get to see.
Lots of characters from the original show appeared too. You get to see a few seconds of Miwa being epic :D
There was also a short, zoomed out hospital scene.
I can't describe the ending as moving, but it was quite touching. It was the sweetest thing I've seen in Jujutsu, after Junpei. :')
As I was seeing it in an American movie theater, I expected it to be a little bit more like an American movie, and less like the anime itself. But no, it was just like the anime.
The movie's opening was not much, and after the 2 ending songs, there is an after-credit scene, preparing for more Jujutsu.
That's all. As a final note, I'd like to say how awesome Gojou is.
I'd already thought he was great, but after watching this movie, I tell you that you'll like him even better.
[[Edit: If you like JJK, watch this. ^^ I don't suggest watching this before JJK, as you wouldn't appreciate it much.]]
Movie is maybe a little less than 9/10 for sweetness and for being the perfect prequel. :'>
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