Read about Jujutsu Kaisen Manga

In 2018, a new dark action work was born in the boys’ bible “Weekly Shonen Jump”. The story of a “curse” created from the negative emotions that humans have and a “magician” who fights to exterminate it-the manga “Jujutsu Kaisen”.

Not to mention the battle action that seems to be a royal road jump, the heavy theme, the created story, and the powerful depiction of the horror taste are high degree of perfection that makes you feel a blockbuster. If the negative emotions that everyone has had become a “curse” and attack people … If you read while imagining that, wouldn’t your spine be chilling?

This time, I would like to thoroughly explain the charm of the manga “Jujutsu Kaisen”!

About Jujutsu Kaisen

“Jujutsu Kaisen” has attracted attention from the beginning of the series and has rapidly climbed into a popular jumping work. We will explore the secret of its popularity, which once you read it, you will be obsessed with its charm.

Basic information on Jujutsu Kaisen

“Jujutsu Kaisen” was serialized in March 2018 in the magazine “Weekly Shonen Jump” published by Shueisha. Currently, up to 10 volumes already published are on sale. (As of March 2020)

The genre of the work is “dark fantasy x action” manga. It is said that the main character, Yuji Toradori, who is an ordinary high school student, becomes a “magician” who fights against an evil “magician” in the wake of a certain event, and fights against the spirit while helping each other with his friends. It’s a story.

Except for the strong horror-colored keywords such as “Spirit” and “Jujutsu Kaisen”, I feel that it is the royal road boy manga, but this work does not end with a mysterious “wow feeling” “Is floating. The secret of its popularity must be this horrifying feeling. Let’s find out the reason for this by unraveling the information on “Jujutsu Kaisen”.

Author, Gege Akutami

The author of this work is Gege Akutami, who will be serializing this work for the first time!
“Jujutsu GIGA” will announce the one-shot works such as “Kamidai Investigative” and “No.9 (* 1) “, and the newcomer award project “Gold Future Cup” will be held in “Weekly Shonen Jump” magazine. Was nominated for a work called “Nikaijou Bunka Barabarjura”, and the subsequent “Jump GIGA” serialized work “Tokyo Metropolitan College of Arts and Sciences” gained popularity, leading to the serialization of this work “Jujutsu Kaisen”. All of the published works are outstandingly readable, and their unique talents are attracting attention.
* 1. Also published in “Weekly Shonen Jump” No. 46, 2015

Cumulative circulation exceeds 4 million!

As of March 2020, when the 10th volume of the book was released, the cumulative circulation of the entire series has exceeded 4 million! An exceptionally big hit as the first serialized work. It’s a hot topic!
The story is entering an increasingly tense development … Ugh, what’s going to happen in the future !?

Received manga awards one after another!

In the “Reader Participation Type” Manga Award “Next Comic Manga Award 2018” created by Da Vinci and niconico, “Jujutsu Kaisen” immediately after the serialization started was ranked 6th. After that, he won the 1st place in “Recommended comics 2019 selected by nationwide bookstore staff”, the “TSUTAYA comic award 2019 selected by everyone” grand prize, and the fierce battle manga award one after another! It is highly evaluated for its fun that exceeds expectations. I’m looking forward to further progress in the future …!

story

A world where mysterious deaths are occurring all over Japan due to the damage of the negative emotion “curse” that has flowed out of humans.

A stronger “curse” was installed as an amulet to keep the “curse” away from the damaged areas.

The main character of this story, Yuji Itadori, was an ordinary high school boy, but as part of the activities of the Occult Study Group, he unintentionally took away the amulet curse.

Megumi Fushiguro of the Magic College, who sensed the danger, appears and asks the tiger cane where the amulet curse is, but it’s too late. The seniors of the occult study group were peeling off the bills on the curse brought by the tiger cane at the school building at night.

As soon as the bill is peeled off, the seniors are attacked by the “curse” released from the seal. The tiger cane and Fushiguro, who rushed in with a short hair, rescued the seniors from the “curse”, but were chased by the “curse” aimed at the amulet curse. Knowing that the “curse” can only be extinguished by the “curse”, the tiger cane swallows the amulet spell because it possesses the power of the curse “curse”.

By taking the “curse” into his body, he escaped from the pinch, and although he was temporarily dominated by the “curse”, he soon returned to his sanity. I thought it was calm, but what a curse this tiger cane swallowed, a curse called “double-sided inn” that sprinkles a curse that is incomparable to the usual one. Due to the high degree of danger, we come to the conclusion that the magic college will erase the entire tiger cane.

The tiger cane is about to be executed unreasonably, but the final sentence was “death penalty with suspended sentence” by the efforts of Fushiguro and his teacher, Gojo Satoru.

The reason for the suspended sentence is that I found the merit of having the tiger cane take in all the spells left by the double-sided inn. The double-sided camp spell is too powerful to destroy. However, if the tiger cane dies while the double-sided camp is taken in, the double-sided camp inside the tiger cane will also die.

Desperate two choices. However, when he learned that he could help as many victims of the “curse” as possible if he took in all the “curses”, he remembered his late grandfather’s words, “You are strong, so help others.” I am determined to live as a “magician”.
…… The synopsis so far is just the beginning, but you can still see that the story and world view are carefully crafted!

Animated decision

This dark and charming “Jujutsu Kaisen” has finally been decided to be animated in 2020.
Junya Enoki is the voice actor for the role of Yuji Torakane, Yuma Uchida is the role of Megumi Fushiguro, Asami Seto is the role of Rose Kugisaki, and Satoru Gojo (Satoru Gojo). Yuichi Nakamura has been decided to play the role of Gojo / Satoru), and I’m looking forward to seeing the members of Jujutsu College moving around the screen!

Character of Jujutsu Kaisen

One of the charms of “Jujutsu Kaisen” is the quirky characters. Regardless of the enemy or ally, each way of life is cool.

Yuji Tiger Cane

hero. First grader at Sugisawa Third High School. Although he has motor nerves that are far from ordinary people, he belongs to the “Psychological Phenomenon (Occult) Study Group” where he is free to work, not the athletic club because of his grandfather’s sympathy during hospitalization. He has a straightforward and cheerful personality and is loved by the seniors of the study group.

However, in order to help his seniors, he ate the curse of double-sided inn, and in a situation where it would be safe for an ordinary person to die instantly, he suppressed his consciousness of inn and kept his ego. You will be found and will fight the curse. I am particular about the “correct death” that I think, and the actions that follow that belief stand out.

Megumi Fushiguro

A first-year student at the Metropolitan College of Magic. Combining calmness and judgment, he is a brain-like presence in the first grade team with Torakan and Nagisaki. I wondered if I could oppose the execution of the tiger cane without reason, or I would stretch my body for my friends and challenge the superior opponent, and I have a passion inside.

What I want to do as a magician is “to allow as many good people as possible to enjoy equality in an unequal world where good people are exploited.” Fight by using “shikigami” who have various characteristics such as “ball dog” and “nue”.

Nailzaki wild rose (Kugisaki rose)

Like the tiger cane, Fushiguro, he is a first-year student at the Metropolitan Magic College. Despite being one point, he is always courageous and bullish against both human and spiritual opponents. There is no fear of dying as a magician. More manly than anyone else in the first grade team …

The reason I became a magician was “I wanted to live in Tokyo.” However, the strength of the core that says “that is me” is wonderful. Weapons are “nails” and mallets that destroy the opponent by pouring in their own magical power.

Gojo Satoru

A teacher at the College of Magic, “the strongest man”. Even during battle, he always smiles and makes fun of students and other teachers, but his abilities are beyond the reach of humans, and ordinary spirits do not make any teeth.

A user of “infinite limit magic” that attacks the opponent by manipulating “infinity” and converging and diverging the infinity.

Masamichi Yaga

President of Jujutsu College. We are educating our students by manipulating a doll called a “curse” with a curse. In the examination when the tiger cane enters the magic college, you can get a glimpse of the size of the vessel as an educator, such as drawing out the true intention by daringly throwing a harsh word that “the magician has no regrettable death”. The dolls I make are so cute for my strength.

Kiyoshi Ijichi

Auxiliary director of Jiu-Jitsu College. It does not participate in battles basically, but plays the role of creating a barrier to isolate the battlefield from the outside and backing up the surgeon. A sad middle manager who often suffers from being caught between the upper management of Jujutsu College and the free-spirited Gojo.

Ieiri Glass

A doctor at the College of Magic. Cool beauty that handles the dissection of corpses in sync with Gojo. It is one of the few human resources who can treat with magic, and it is at a glance on campus. He seems to love alcohol.

Maki Ryoin

Second grader of Jiu-Jitsu College. She has a bad mouth, but she takes good care of her and has a reliable skin. Born in a family renowned as a magician, he has no magical power by nature, so he uses his excellent fighting sense to fight spirits with spells. The twin sisters of Mayi Ryoin of Kyoto Prefectural College of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Panda

Second grader of Jiu-Jitsu College. It’s a panda. Although it stands out, it may be the most common sense person among the members of the eccentric magic college. It is a panda that is kind to friends.

Dog roll thorns

Second grader of Jiu-Jitsu College. Manipulate the opponent and fight with the spirit of the words that you speak, called the spellcaster. Normally, the vocabulary is limited to rice balls so that the power will not be activated carelessly (?), And it cannot be deciphered by anyone other than close friends. It seems that his favorite ingredient is Tuna Mayo.

Yoshinobu Rakuganji

President of Jujutsu College Kyoto School. According to Gojo, he is the leading “conservative” who opposes the protection of tiger canes with double-sided lodging. An inedible grandpa who is trying to kill a dangerous tiger cane on a mission to maintain his position and tradition.

Iori Utahime

A teacher at the Kyoto School of Magic College and a quasi-first-class surgeon. Although he is a kind teacher, he hates Gojo very much. Isn’t the serious personality accepting the frivolity of Gojo? For the time being, it seems that Diva has a longer history as a surgeon than Gojo.

Aoi Todo

A third-year student at Jujutsu College Kyoto School. Although he is a student, he already has a track record of enshrining many high-level spirits, and is definitely the number one in Kyoto school in terms of combat power alone. However, there is something stupid, and other members of the Kyoto school treat it as a problem child. A type of woman with a large height and buttocks. Other than that, I don’t accept it!

Noriyuki Kamo

A third-year student at Jujutsu College Kyoto School. Although he is in a position like a leader of Kyoto school, he tends to judge people by his bloodline and case, probably because he has a prestigious family as a magician and a high talent. There are people like this. However, the fighting power is truly. Play with the enemy with a technique that uses your own blood.

Nishimiya Momo

A third-year student at Jujutsu College Kyoto School. A girl who seems to be easygoing, but is actually a friend of mine. In particular, he seems to have respect for the lower class student, Mayi, as the same magician and as a woman. Those who seem to suit the line “I like to fly quietly”.

Mayi Ryoin

A second-year student at Jujutsu College Kyoto School. Maki Sadain’s twin sister at Tokyo school. He has a high pride and likes words and deeds that upset people’s nerves, and he shows an unusual attachment and contempt for his sister Maki. There are complicated circumstances unique to twin sisters, but in reality, it may simply not be possible to be honest.

Ultimate Mechamaru (Ultimate Mechamaru)

A second-year student at Jujutsu College Kyoto School. By nature, he has no sense of his right arm and lower back, and has a serious obstacle that his skin is burned even with a little light. I will. Although it has a name and appearance, its ability is first-class!

Miwa Kasumi

A second-year student at Jujutsu College Kyoto School. He is a fairly common sense person among the people of the Kyoto school who tend to run out of control, and therefore he is constantly struggling. A user of “Shinkage-ryu” who fights with a combination of Japanese sword sword technique and curse power. It should have a high fighting ability, but it is not very active in combat due to its meek personality.

Kento Nanami

First-class surgeon. After graduating from Jujutsu College, he once experienced a salaryman, and probably because of that, he has a strict and serious personality. The wording is also honorific and soft, but what I say is quite difficult. Fight using techniques that can force any opponent to create weaknesses. I will clear up the spirits and go home by the appointed time today.

Summer oil master

A former student of the College of Magic, he was in sync with Gojo, but in a certain incident he was desperate for the existence of a magician and separated. The curse is the true human being, and he is plotting a war with the sorcerer in collusion with the spells who want to erase it. At first glance, he has a gentle personality and is good at communicating. It is a guardian who successfully organizes the spiritual members of the musicians.

Double-sided lodging (Ryomensukuna)

A four-armed demon with two faces. Although he was a real person more than a thousand years ago, he has such a powerful magical power even after his death that he has 20 fingers separated and is sealed in various places as a “special grade curse”. After the tiger cane took in one of them, he was fleshed, and while sharing the body of the tiger cane, he was looking for an opportunity to come out.

Mahito

One of the members who works with Natsuyu and others. It is a special-grade spirit born from “a common consciousness that people hate and fear people”, and exercises a terrifying technique of touching the shape of the other person’s soul and changing its shape. He has a childish side, such as enjoying fighting and shining his eyes on new knowledge, and he cannot hate the gap with the horrifying technique.

Leakage (funnel)

A special-grade spirit that manipulates fire, acting with summer oils. In the summer oil family, where emotional aspects are conspicuous, such as going ahead to challenge Gojo despite being stopped by summer oil, and ruthless people gather, that is, on the contrary, human and cute. I will feel. Are you really strong? Really?

Hanami

A plant-manipulating spirit that acts with summer oils. It looks scary, but it shows a gentle side, such as challenging Gojo and helping the defeated leak. During the battle of Hanago, flowers bloom all around, so it is a strategy or not for the magician to get rid of the poison.

The charm of Jujutsu Kaisen

I think that the charm of the character alone will be conveyed, but here I would like to introduce more highlights of the work “Jujutsu Kaisen”!

Human VS spiritual world view

The story basically depicts the battle between the magicians and the spirits. Spells often have a negative effect on people and can lead to death. To protect the people, the sorcerer is fighting by throwing himself.

However, some magicians, like Natsuyu, despair of humans and aim to revive double-sided lodging. Humans and spirits are not monoliths, they are fighting with their own beliefs and conflicts, and the episodes that approach the inside of each character are enough to read.
In many cases, the story progresses with the main character not appearing and the spots hitting other characters. In one frame of human vs. spiritual warfare, the feeling that the actions of many characters converge toward one end point is irresistible.

Is the future that the protagonists are heading for ruin or salvation?

Isn’t the theme a little heavy for a shounen manga whose motto is effort, friendship, and victory !? But that’s good!

Think with the tiger cane! The depth of the lines!

While leaving the story that was created, it is the depth of the line that cannot be excluded when telling the charm of this work. In particular, unanswered questions emerge from the lines of the main character, the tiger cane, and the characters that appear, and give us the weight and depth of the readers.

I want you to die correctly

The main character, Torakan, who stood up to save the victim of the “curse”, witnesses the “death” of many humans. Even before that, for the tiger cane who witnessed the moment his dear grandfather died, he became familiar with “death” next to every day he took for granted. His line, “Did you know? People really die,” tells that. The tiger cane thinks about the difference between the “death” of his grandfather who died on the bed and the “death” brought about by the curse, while fighting fear. Thinking with the tiger cane, what kind of end will be “correctly dying”, what is “correct”, and if the person who helped kills someone, it will be “correct”. It is a work that can be made to.

Do you blame your grandfather when you are killed by a curse?

A tiger cane who aims to save people as a magician with the words of his deceased grandfather in his chest, but when he offered to enroll in a school / magic college to become a magician, the principal of the school said, “I am a curse. Do you blame your grandfather when you are killed by him? ” It’s great to be impressed by someone’s words and live on that mission, but on the other hand, when things go wrong (in the case of a tiger cane, when you’re about to die), that person You may blame it. This line tells us that we need to have a belief that springs from ourselves so that we can decide that we are responsible for whatever happens. Like the tiger cane, we, the readers, feel like we are struck by ourselves.

I hate the opposite of what I like

In the line of Junpei Yoshino, a boy who is lonely and refracted, he denies the phrase “the opposite of love is indifference.” He decides that it is worse to interact with others maliciously, and conversely thinks that “indifference”, which does not expect anything from others and has no emotions, is a virtue. Is that really the case? If so, it feels like a lonely world. And I’m very worried about how the tiger cane will return to this boy’s underlying idea …!

There are other words that make you surprised, a word that stains your heart, and a line that seems to be asked by us as readers. It may be interesting to immerse yourself in the theme presented by this work while searching for the answer with the tiger cane.

The harmony between the real world and the “curse” is real!

In this work, the places where we actually live our daily lives, such as school buildings, hospitals, coffee shops, and movie theaters, become the stage where the “curse” eats, and ordinary people who do not know anything are involved, so it is as if we were. You can feel the reality as if it were really happening in the living real world.

This feeling of continuity with reality makes you feel closer to the existence of a “curse” and makes you feel more scared.

Also, the way of drawing the moment when a person is attacked by a “curse” is a shocking scene.

Behind you who are reading this now, there is a ghost …!? The production of reality that freezes your spine is one of the great attractions of this work.

Good tempo development

Currently, up to 10 volumes (as of March 2020) have been published in “Jujutsu Kaisen”, but the story so far is so dense that I think “Well, only 10 volumes have been released yet?” !!
“Encounter with double-sided lodging,” “Enrollment in magic college,” “First battle with special-grade spirits,” “Competitive battle with Kyoto school,” etc.
The good tempo of this story development is not too dark despite such a heavy story, and it is summarized in pop.

Incandescent battle scene using magical power

And, after all, don’t forget the coolness of the battle scene.
When you first hear “magician”, you may think “Is it fighting with bills?”, But magicians, basically super-martial arts! (Lol)

A powerful battle is unfolded in a bold frame division. It’s flashy, but does the fight against the spirits always live or die? Only battles that convey such tension behind the scenes.

In addition, each character uses various techniques depending on his or her own curse type, so the battle style is ten people and ten colors.
It is also fun to change the quality and gorgeousness of the battle depending on the combination. The scene of the joint battle that makes the best use of each other’s abilities should definitely be the first act that will raise the tension!

The coolness of the special move “Region Expansion”

And and! Indispensable for battle manga boys … Yes! It’s a special move!

One of the elements that makes the battle scene of “Jujutsu Kaisen” so powerful is this special move, “Area Expansion”.

It is a technique to create a space with a technique and confine the opponent in it, and the technique activated in this area “must” hit the target person, which is a genuine special move. (Although there is a workaround)

This “area development” has only the name “area”, and it seems that it swallows the space and activates in a different dimension, but anyway, the production is flashy!
Not to mention allies, the enemy’s “area development” is especially noteworthy. The horror of the curse has been further expanded, and it looks divine anymore …

Moreover, since “area expansion” is almost a deadly technique, the tension in the field suddenly becomes a climax as soon as “area expansion” is activated. Really a pin! And the air changes. This production, which seems to have stopped for a moment, can only be said to be true.
A cool production without complaint and a feeling of tension in a life-and-death battle. Everyone can’t help but get into this world view!

Impressions of Jujutsu Kaisen

Deployment is the best. The setting is also the best. I like all the characters too! Area expansion and magic are cool! The theme song of each member introduced by the teacher in Volume 3 is also cool! I fell in love with Natsuko Nisshoku. You know this well.


The content and direction are quite interesting, but anyway, Mr. Gojo was so cool that I fell in love with the anime characters.
To be honest, I want to see the teacher, so I will purchase the next issue.

This is funny.
It's a setting that seems to be a good point of the jump work of the past battle thing, but it is reasonably incorporated into the world view.
Above all, the tempo of the story is good and you won't get bored.
It's a character with a good feeling that the hero also wants to support, and I'm looking forward to the future development.

A dark fantasy where excitement and elephant coexist!

Unique characters, good tempo and lean composition, cool battle scenes. I think “Jujutsu Kaisen” is a high-level work no matter which one you take. But don’t you think that most popular comics meet this requirement?
I think the most attractive thing about “Jujutsu Kaisen” is the “chilling feeling” that always floats in the work. It is death next to everyday life, unreasonable death, the beauty and danger of life against it.
The protagonists who fight while giving answers hard in such a danger also feel that there is some distortion. Readers may be thrilled, anxious, and particularly attracted to them.
Keep an eye on the dark fantasy where various thoughts are mixed!