Review of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

❗This review ONLY covers the first 5 episodes of this season / the "Hidden Inventory Arc" since it's the highlight of this season❗ Jujutsu Kaisen was supposed to be your typical formulaic shounen and the next "big 3" legatee, luring in gung-ho teenagers. It was animation-carried, predictable, and dormantly told. Not to mention the unhinged audience the media had accumulated over the years (white girls). This arc delves into the background of Satoru Gojo and explores his mortality, along with the to-be antagonist Suguru Getou's frame of mind. Thanks to the combination of compelling narratives and well-crafted personas, contrary to the previous season with only one-dimensional archetypalones, the characters in this arc feel more grounded. The humor did not clash with the tone of this arc, which is a common trope in shounen. The words I would use to describe the adapted odyssey are maniacally unforeseeable, interesting all the way through, eeriely laid out, ever existential, and even poetic at some junctures. Even for people who could care less about frantics and character development being observed at its peak, it offers a lot.

Season 2 got a complete overhaul, beyond even the plotline. To touch on the animation briefly: it transitions from intricate opticals to more austere ones and its absolute eye candy. If I ever saw Shouta Goshozono on the street, I would rush over to him and shake his hand. In addition, the OST homogenizes math rock and jazz brilliantly too.

> Although the rest of this season was up to par as well and reformed inconvenient characters by sometimes even killing them off, it was not consistent in doing so; this arc was simply the highlight of this season, and I'm separately rating it a solid 10, deeming it a masterpiece.