Review of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

The only reason to watch Jujutsu Kaisen season 1 is to get to season 2 eventually. The second season completely blows the first one out of the water. Season 1 felt like a very average shounen. Season 2 was jampacked with action, fighting and story. While season 1 felt like it was progressing at a snail's pace, season 2 went nuts. The first arc was a prequel with a great story, action and villain. The second arc goes back to the current timeline and is very bloody and action packed. Every episode had something fun happening. It's just like the saying, "There are years wherenothing happens and there are days where years happen."

First of all, this is the best animation I have seen yet. PERIOD. That alone makes this deserving of a 10. It's like watching more than a dozen fights with the quality level of Naruto vs Sasuke. A complaint is when the fights are shitting lasers out the wazoo, it's hard to keep track of what is going on. The prettiest fights in this show are the ones where the power is limited and you can see what is going on. If you want your eyes to tear up, watch the Yuji vs Choso episode. It is the best animation I have seen.

Sadly, some flaws leak over from the first season. A lot of the side characters are very uninteresting and they remain uninteresting in this season. In fact, the Kyoto students except Todo are all still annoying and irrelevant.

The power system is still very convoluted just like in the first season and you don't understand what the hell is happening. Sometimes I do understand it, such as Achilles and the turtle and Choso's blood undergoing osmosis in a hypotonic solution. However, there is no enjoyment gained from understanding that. I still have no fucking clue what the basis is for Gojo's powers, it feels like a bunch of semi-relevant but completely separate powers. Then they start throwing terms like Reverse Cursed Technique without explaining them and it gets even more confusing. All of these complications..... for no benefit to the viewer.