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  • Endmaker@ani.socialEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Past Seasons

    I completed Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 last week, and I’m glad that it’s as good as season 1.

    As with similar shows, JJK’s story got darker / more brutal in later seasons; I actually like it better this way. The twists are also really something.

    I still have complaints about the show though:

    • the second half of the season - especially episodes 13 to 15 - involves more exposition, which is really just poor scriptwriting / directing / whatever you call it. “Show, don’t tell”.
    • there’s no more Juju Stroll. These small segments at the end of each episode in season 1 are so cute and funny. I understand that they don’t fit the darker and more serious mood of season 2, but I miss them.
    • it became too predictable. I know that the writer is capable of introducing plot twists; I wish that they would do so more liberally. Otherwise,
    JJK season 2 spoiler

    whenever a character has a long flashback, it became way too obvious that they are about to die. Or if a character doesn’t get killed immediately - despite becoming severely weakened / disarmed - after a drawn-out fight, I knew that they are going to survive.

    It still deserves a 9 / 10 like before though, so it is entering my Peak Shounen list.