Mar 29, 2021
To be blunt, Jujutsu Kaisen S1 is a good looking mess of ideas.
I did not start this show as a seasonal watcher, but as someone who heard it's praises and comparisons to it's predecessors, so to expect at least a decent cast of characters isn't too much to ask. Unfortunately, early Jujutsu Kaisen doesn't even try to make the characters likeable despite how hard the openings and endings try to convince you.
Not to blame the studio for this issue, but the structure of the story is completely disorganised - not giving any of the characters apart from a select few any time to
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breathe. The ending result is characterisation at best being poor.
Animation is good but nothing to write home about. There is an extra coat of paint seen here that seems to be popular these days but the raw animation underneath lacks the finesse of what can be considered top tier. The best we see and what CAN be considered top tier is actually the openings and endings, but I don't include those when scoring a series.
As for dialogue, it has some of what you can expect from shonen but at times it can come off as overbearing - taking over some decent moments with a bunch of meaningless fluff. The comedy is a hit or miss, I actually liked the moments after the endings which had the characters disjointed from current episodic events.
Overall Jujutsu Kaisen S1 is average. It's good to look at but doesn't know how to portray it's story in a way that makes it's characters likeable.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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