Jan 6, 2021
If you like Jujutsu Kaisen, for any reason at all, you will like No.9.
Gege Akutami effectively presents all of their strengths as an author in No.9. What I particularly enjoyed was their incredible early art style shown through amazing world building and magic system creations, moderately odd characters, and even more bizarre non-human entities.
I loved to see Gege write something that started off as dim as critically acclaimed Jujutsu Kaisen, almost leaning towards the grimy Chainsaw Man and Jagaaaaaan. If this is how the story 'starts,' I would only imagine it getting as dark as a seinen if it progressed (however is still quite lighthearted,
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as I smiled quite a bit at the cheeky jokes.) The only thing holding it back would've been the high school aspect in it's characters.
Going in, I knew it was a one-shot, but was still thoroughly surprised there was nothing past that. Gege Akutami is able to create a story worth reading in only one chapter. Even after wrapping up a story so seamlessly, I was still left wanting more.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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