As some may have gathered by a lot of the anime I review on this site, I like a good action Shonen show, dramatic bloody fights of good versus evil often (but not always) based around the idea of overcoming the odds through will power and the want to do good. Classic popcorn entertainment. What Jujutsu Kaisen’s Shibuya Incident Arc has shown me though is you can indeed have too much of a good thing, because by the end of it I was actually kind of fed up of large-scale and well animated fight scenes and for the first time I can remember I was “wondering where the plot was”, which is not something that normally bothers me when watching a show like this (see: my love of the Dragon Ball franchise). Well, with that initial thought out of the way, let’s take a deeper look!

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It’s time to squeeze in a quick modern anime review as the new season of Jujutsu Kaisen is nicely split into two arcs and as this one is only five episodes it’s already ended (in fact it ended a couple of weeks ago, actually…) then it made sense to do it now rather than wait for the official end of the season. That being said it’s despite its short length it’s certainly no less important for it, so let’s take a look!

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I was once again given the honour of watching a movie “screener” of an up-coming cinema release of a popular Shonen anime film, in this case Jujutsu Kaisen 0! It was a great watch and I bet it looks amazing on the big screen, if you want my full more detailed thoughts you can click HERE to read the review on Anime UK News itself.

Jujutsu Kaisen’s second half (of what is clearly now just its “first season”) is heavy on action, as all tournament arcs are, but manages to pull away from the genre traps and do something a bit less predictable. Then we get a little mini-arc at the end which was good fun. Basically Jujutsu Kaisen has earned its popularity in my eyes… Let’s take a look!

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Jujutsu Kaisen is the latest Shonen Jump! anime to hit airwaves across Japan (and … internet waves elsewhere?) and while it does fall victim to the clichés of its genre, it does also break free from some of them as well. That being said, sometimes it doesn’t matter is something isn’t entirely original so long as it’s good, and is this the case for Jujutsu Kaisen? Let’s find out!

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