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Past Seasons
Link Click season 2
This is one of the biggest disappointment for me, given its high rating and how much I enjoyed season 1.
In hindsight, I should have seen it coming. I have noticed that whenever a mystery anime involves
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supernatural / scifi elements, especially when an antagonist has bullshit overpowered supernatural /scifi powers
I would dislike it. It was just like when I watched
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Death Note and Steins;Gate.
Perhaps it’s because it feels very unfair to the protagonist. Perhaps it’s because I suck at playing detective as I follow the show when supernatural elements are involved. Whatever the case, this trope - and by extension, any anime that employs this trope - pisses me off.
But that’s not all. It was so lame
Link Click S2 spoiler
that the villains here are just 3 losers / incels. And in the end, they nabbed one of them in the season finale by…
drumroll…
beating them in a fistfight.
W.T.F. So anticlimatic.
Now that I’ve recognised that this subgenre of supernatural-mystery is not for me, I’d probably just avoid them in the future - even the popular ones such as
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Tokyo Ghoul and Bungou Stray Dogs.
Jujutsu Kaisen
I enjoyed Jujutsu Kaisen way more than I expected.
I admit that I am biased against battle shounen (I know it’s unjust; sue me) and JJK seems like (is?) a typical battle shounen anime. I thought I would enjoy it as much as Chainsaw Man at best, so I was pleasantly surprised.
The story isn’t too different from other battle shounen, but I like the characters here.
Also, even though it isn’t listed with the comedy genre on AniList, it tickled my funny bone. The various comedic moments and Juju stroll segments always aligned with my sense of humour and made me laugh.
It still has your typical battle shounen tropes that annoy me though, like
The only shounen that does not follow this formula off the top of my head is
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Frieren - but can it really be considered a battle shounen though?
I hope that I would enjoy season 2 as much as season 1. 9 / 10
P.S. Almost forgot to mention: Todo Aoi is based.
Despite its flaws Jujutsu Kaisen will probably always be one of my favorite battle shounen. I love so much how
Season 1 Jujutsu Kaisen power system spoiler
Characters canonically power up by monologueing about what their powers do in the middle of battle, and there are even instances where characters hold back information while doing so to trick their opponent.
Don’t forget Fullmetal Alchemist!
I will get around to watching it… eventually