Review of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2
Let's just get to the point, no stalling arnd Hidden Inventory Arc = 9.7/10 Possibly the best adaptation from JJk so far. We got animation, music, direction, and all of them. If only the pacing was better, it would be better. Some scenes are way too fast so we cannot fully process and confused what the hell is going on. Some scenes like monologues and inner thoughts are way to long until we got bored and confused what the hell is going on. Other than pacing, everything else is perfect. The animation is very consistent. It's pretty stylish an exagerrated from jjk's previous season and movie. As an animator,I see this as an eye orgasm. The storyboard is very underrated in this season. A lot of shots that was boring from the manga was improved REALLY HARD in the anime version. Take example of Gojo and Geto talking abt their ideology in ep 1. They were talking and sitting in the manga,. But in the anime, they were playing basketball to make things more interesting. The storyboard also make an amazing cinematic shots every time there's an opportunity for it
The direction is overly well done. They actually know how to set the vibes and mood to the Hidden Inventory arc. It's happy, but it is slightly melancholy.
The music is without any doubt one of the best aspect from this arc. I literally save the Hidden Inventory OST in my spotify cuz all of them are bangers. The another best part of this season's music is the music direction. Their music choices in this arc is very fitting and awesome.
For the story is simple. I don't want to spoil but basically explains how Geto turns bad etc. The characters from this arc is well written especially Toji, Geto, and Gojo in this arc. I am not a fan of Gojo before and after this arc, but his character peaks in this arc.
Shibuya Incident = 9.3/10
The most hyped arc in JJk. It doesn't do as amazing as my expectations but at the same time they sometimes do way better than my expectations
The animation is very inconsistent in this arc. I don't want to hear excuses like "But this fight is not important, that's why the animation is bad". Some fights in Hidden Inventory arc was also not important but it has a very amazing animation. And the worse part is how they treated 1 of an important fight in this arc really decent. But other than that, the rest of the fights have an amazing eyes stunning orgasm animation. Some fights have a different style, so it would be a hit or miss for some people who don't like a sudden animation style and people who just like all animation styles in general. I won't complain abt the animation anymore because of how MAPPA treated their animators like shit and I don't respect MAPPA for that. I wish the animators got the justice they deserved.
The direction is also very inconsistent. They know how to set hypes, but on some episodes they hype wasn't there. The storyboard of this season is also very inconsistent. Some episodes have a very mediocre storyboard, but some of them have a very high quality cinematic shots.
The music in this season is lacking and some of them like "Searching for Riko", "With Rage", and "Delirious" were overused until we even recognize "Oh, they used this song 2 episodes ago". It's funny that they're acting like they are lacking of music but they didn't use "No Hesistation" until the season ends. o7 to all of my fellow "No Hesistation" enjoyers
Even tho this season is full of fights, the fights in this season are very necessary and important to the story, even tho around 5 of them are useless and forgettable. The way they set the duelists and the battlegrounds is also very nice. They sometimes use a very narrow space to fight, and even the whole city and the fighter's sandbox to fight. The story of this season is the one who turned JJk upside down. I can't believe they are brave to remove what makes JJk popular and slowly deleting almost every shounen tropes from JJk.
s2 of jjk for me is the peak of jjk, and I will give it a solid 9.7/10 + 9.3/10 = 9.5/10 -> 10/10