Jujutsu Kaisen is a product of a thorough refinement of the shonen catalog. Down to the battle systems, characters, and world-building. By addressing the notable flaws of the shoren formula and in extension the series foundation. The series through the understanding of predecessors allowed the unprecedented success it's now following.
Throughout the first season I kept wondering if the show is self aware at multiple times. It took the genres most antiquated trope of the overly expositional dialogue in mid fight. Then turn it into a feature of the battle system. This and many more examples paints the creator as knowledgeable of the genre strength
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