Review of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

I have to admit, this season was definitely great, but also very overhyped that it sort of leaves a bad taste in my mouth. The series is evolving bit by bit as this season helped to bring things into perspective, as far as how the world of sorcerers and curses are interpreted in this version of Japan; but I still can't help but feel that the writing itself is severely lacking in terms of storytelling. It's just....fights. Let me break it down a bit: Hidden Inventory Arc - 9/10 This part of the season was easily the best, as it matched actual storytelling with the hype/conflict thatJJK fans love to talk about. It adapts the brief history of Gojo Satoru and a mission he goes on with his best friend Geto, and the conflict is told specifically through the story telling rather than just pitting randoms against each other....oh, speaking of which ->

Shibuya Incident - 7/10
This part of the season was easily the most hyped up, and the ratings on different platforms like IMDB illustrate that. Let me stress this first - I liked it. I enjoyed it. BUT... i expected a lot more. JJK manga readers have hyped up this arc for the past year, so of course I was going to expect a lot. The beginning of this arc gave me even more reason to believe it was going to be some epic tale of war and conflict between the opposing sides of the Jujutsu world, but it just didn't happen. It felt more like an epic amount of shock factors piled into parts where story telling could have been added. Almost like filling up your dish with spices but leaving out so much of the meat. This is also the reason why the 'skulls' didn't move me, it didn't feel like a reward to the characters for trying or a satisfying conclusion to character arcs, it just felt like the author wanted to catch his audience by surprise. It was constant fighting, over and over and over again, which I would have found more enjoyable if the shock factors themselves felt more epic or rewarding. I don't want to call it lazy writing because I don't think I have any right to say something like that to a globally achieved author like Gege Akutami, but I was just expecting...more.

I still think everyone should watch this season because JJK is a great animanga, this is just me wanting to express my slight disappoint for one of my favourite new gen animangas. Perhaps its more to do with having too great of expectations for this arc, especially since I'm a Shonen fanboy that loves fights just as much as the next man; but all in all, I still feel it was an enjjoyable season. I'm looking forward to the Culling games, and hopefully I can come back with a more satisfied feeling.