MrDollarBills wrote:WargamesX wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:Yeah so I ended getting getting spoiled for Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 261 and my god. This series is vile
Gege Akutami is creative, I'll say that much.
I really don't have much of an opinion until i actually read the official release but based on the reactions on reddit, the discourse surrounding this manga is going to be peak toxicity until it concludes.
I will say this, the closest thing I could remember to all of this was the Death of Superman.... However, JJK took that concept and said what is Doomsday killed Superman at the beginning of the fight and the rest of the league had to stop Doomsday without him. I can't remember a situation where the heroes were so desperate for so long. Even Demon Slayers last arc was more hopeful than this. Its frustrating, I feel like all the fans are justified a certain amount of justified hate right now, but all of this might be epic when its finally animated. There is a legit chance that there is a whole season dedicated to this fight, and it might be must watch TV depending on if Gege can stick the landing.
Also, I am not a academic but there are a lot of thematic similarities between JJK/Demonslayer/MHA and I sometime wonder what does it say about the viewers that the heroes in all three series that the heroes are in these downbad situation where there is no type of victory but a pyrrhic victory.
That's a really good comparison
I've been critical of the story because the hopelessness is honestly draining to read. The better chapters of this story arc in JJK (Inhuman Shinjuku Showdown) to me are when we actually see the protagonist fighting back and gaining ground.
Maybe this will read or be viewed better when the story is finished. But right now, it's brutal and I can understand why fans are dismayed. I love the series but I can only take so much despair, like you said, at least Demon Slayer gave you hope during the final arc because the sun was going to rise one way or another. This? I wouldn't be shocked if the ending was pure depression fuel.
I've been saying this for a while, but I think unintentionally this is the problem I have with JJK, where my expectations for it were that it'd be an evolution of the Shonen concept instead of just more of the same but with a fresh coat of paint
It's not the hopelessness or depression, quite honestly there've been fewer deaths than expected so far in the final arc, I think what it is is Gege hiding information from the audience and then pulling it out of seemingly nowhere just like traditional Shonen do, and that's a big peeve of mine with them is, when you do that constantly, it's not good twists, it just feels like asspulls for the sake of continuing the story. You need to set stuff up, even if some of the audience can guess it, it works. But Sukuna's ability to just say "no, f*ck you, the rules don't apply to me" is just kinda old at this point
It's not as bad, but it's kind of like GoT at this point where instead of feeling like a story naturally reaching a conclusion, the author is warping the story to get to the point he wants it to regardless of how it works. That's why instead of dread or hype when Sukuna pulls out another Binding Vow, it's just met with annoyance. It'll probably be better on a reread, but as a weekly series, it's missing the mark
With that said, it is one of two series I do read the scans for instead of waiting for the official release, so I can't say it's bad (like I completely stopped reading Boruto, that sh*t is so ass, there's no comparison), it's just not as great as it set itself up to be.
