Jujutsu Kaisen returned stronger than ever with Season 3, and it’s already the most watched and highly rated anime of the year and fans couldn’t be happier they started off the year with such a banger. Season 3 comes in with an equally devastating fallout that creates an upside-down world that we have known so far. For viewers, witnessing the fallout is as exhilarating as it is gut-wrenching, as the stakes for Yuji and the surviving sorcerers have evolved into a desperate game of survival.
The first few episodes of the Culling Game Arc are merely a preview of the chaos that is about to come. We now have all the information about barriers, points, and ancient sorcerers, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. The following episodes will be even more epic when we explore the colonies further and face the ancient sorcerers. But right now, the main attention is on a man who has been a myth in two seasons; his entry will change the balance of power throughout the whole series.
The Time When Jujutsu Kaisen Pitted a Gambler against a God (And Why It Worked So Well)
A suspended gambler and a reincarnated "god" walk into a shipping yard. It's either the start of a joke or a Jujutsu Kaisen fight.
Suspended Third Year Finally Steps Into The Light
The Rebel Who Was Deemed Too Volatile For The Higher Ups
For a long time, Kinji Hakari had been a whisper behind the scenes at Tokyo Jujutsu High. He was initially introduced to us early on in the series when Satoru Gojo spoke of a handful of students who one day would be able to rival him. Though fans wondered why he was not present at the Goodwill Event and also in the tragedy of Shibuya, fans were left baffled by how a monstrous being as mighty as it was could be missing at the most desperate time in the world.
Though the reason is, Hakari is not an ordinary sorcerer who is guided by the rigid rules of the higher ups; he is a rebel who was suspended after he engaged in a physical fight with the higher ups. This confrontation was not just a mere argument but a denial of the ideology of the old ways of the Jujutsu world. Hakari represents a new, unpolished form of sorcery which the elders had considered too unstable to contain.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Why Season 3 Will Have The Biggest Fights Yet
How is Jujutsu Kaisen aiming to go bigger than the Shibuya Incident? Only a huge battle royale set across the country, of course.
The Special Grade Endorsement
Why Yuta Okkotsu Considers Hakari A True Superior On A Hot Streak
One of the most shocking moments in the early Culling Game arc is the fact that Yuta Okkotsu acknowledged Hakari being stronger than him. Being a Special Grade sorcerer that possesses almost unlimited energy and has a fearsome companion, Yuta becomes the standard of power that follows Gojo. However, talking to Yuji, Yuta carelessly remarks that when Hakari is on his hot streak he can outshine even Yuta. Such a remark was shocking to the fandom as how someone we never saw yet can be stronger than the prodigy.
Who’s That Character?
Identify the silhouettes before time runs out.
Identify the silhouettes before time runs out.
They’re all great. Especially third-year Hakari and second-year Okkotsu. They’ll be as good as me someday — Gojo Satoru
The comparison shows the distinction between steady power and high-variance potential. Yuta is a power of nature which is always constant and Hakari is a high variance powerhouse, the ceiling of which is literally unlimited. As long as he gets the right momentum and luck is on his side, he becomes a force that even the most elite sorcerers would find it hard to control, and with how the recent episode ended, we are in for a treat in the upcoming episodes, as fans learn more about Kirara and Kinji Hakari's cursed technique.
The Ultimate Wildcard In A Game Where Only The Strongest Survive
Why The Lawless Culling Game Is The Perfect Playground For A Gambler
The technique of Hakari is one of the key points of this season. His strength is deemed too modern and unreliable to the old-fashioned higher ups, suggesting it depends on notions not found during the golden age of sorcery. Hakari introduces the element of gambling and chance to his jujutsu, to make his system more like a game of low stakes than a traditional spiritual art.
The fighting club of Hakari, held in the underground, is the most suitable place to train his unpredictable method. While other sorcerers followed the school curriculum, Hakari was out in the real world, testing the limits of his luck. This experience made him combat pragmatic and this cannot be taught in a classroom. No one knows the psychology of gambling more than him and in a game where rules and points count, a man able to work the house has a giant upper hand over other people who always take orders.
- Release Date
- October 3, 2020
- Network
- TBS, MBS, CBC, Tulip Television, BSN, tys, NBC, HBC, RKK, i-Television, SBS, IBC, BSS, MRO, OBS, TUF, RSK, TUY, tbc, RKB, SBC, KUTV, RBC, UTY, RCC, MRT, atv, MBC
- Directors
- Ryohei Takeshita, Masataka Akai, Chie Nishizawa, Daisuke Tsukushi, Tomomi Kamiya, Kakushi Ifuku, Ken Takahashi
Cast
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Junya EnokiYuji Itadori -
Yuichi NakamuraSatoru Gojo
WHERE TO WATCH
Based on Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga, Mappa's battle shonen anime envisions a world where Jujutsu Sorcerers battle against entities born out of Cursed Energy. One day, a teenager named Yuji Itadori is dragged into this conflict when he eats a possessed finger.
- Writers
- Hiroshi Seko
- Franchise(s)
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Main Genre
- Animation
- Seasons
- 1
- Studio
- MAPPA
- Producers
- Makoto Kimura, Hiroaki Matsutani, Yuriha Murai, Toshihiro Maeda, Yoshiaki Takagaki, Tatsuya Omori, Hiroaki Yamazaki
- Based On
- Manga
- Creator
- Gege Akutami
- Number of Episodes
- 47
- Streaming Service(s)
- Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu
- MyAnimeList Score
- 8.57 (Season 1)
- Executive Producer(s)
- Hiroo Maruyama, Keiji Ota
