Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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Jujutsu Kaisen is a weird show.

It hits this sweet spot between between familiarity and novelty, and as easy as it is to trace its inspirations, the way it goes about exploring its world with this horror movie tone and the whiplash of its casts’ teenage angst and childlike joy makes even its most played out ideas feel fresh for me, if for nothing else then leaning into that adolescent perspective. So today, I want to talk about all the weird details of Jujutsu Kaisen, and why I think they make it work so well.

00:00 - Introduction
00:51 - Part I: The Curse of Ambition
08:31 - Part II: The Things That Go Bump In The Night
16:08 - Part III: The Old Guard
24:31 - Part IV: The Fear of Failure
30:15 - Conclusion

LINKZ!
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♣| Come Fly With Me! |♣
- On This Channel: bit.ly/2n4xEJi
- On Twitter: bit.ly/322Uq77
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♣| MUSIC USED |♣
- Wehrmut - Godmode
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- 19th Floor - Bobby Richards
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- Lost In Paradise - ALI ft. AKLO
Part of Jujutsu Kaisen's soundtrack

- Broken Drum Machine - Godmode
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- Dark Alley - Doug Maxwell / Jimmy Fontanez
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- Stealer - Density & Time
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- Awful - Josh Pan
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- Generations Away - Unicorn Heads
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- June - Bobby Richards
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- Creeping Up On You - Godmode
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- Eighty Three - Text Me Records / Hii.de
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- Something Is Going On - Godmode
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- Alley Cat - Geographer
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♣| FOOTAGE / MEDIA USED |♣
- Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime - 2020)
- The God of Highschool (Anime - 2020)
- Naruto (Anime - 2002)
- Bleach (Anime - 2004)
- Kids on the Slope (Anime - 2012)
- Zombie Land SAGA (Anime - 2018)
- Dorohedoro (Anime - 2020)
- Yuri!! On Ice (Anime - 2016)
- BANANA FISH (Anime - 2018)
- Attack on Titan / Shingeki no Kyojin (Anime - 2013)
- Resident Evil 4 (Game - 2005)
- The Promised Neverland (Anime - 2018)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime - 2019)
- Chainsaw Man (Manga - 2018)

♣| OTHER MEDIA REFERENCED |♣
- Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga - 2018)
- The Two Sides of Studio MAPPA | Anime Studio Spotlight | TheCanipaEffect - bit.ly/3z3uA1w
- Resident Evil Village (Game - 2021)

♣| SOURCES / FURTHER READING / ETC |♣
Articles
- What’s Up With MAPPA? - Sakugablog - bit.ly/3uYPMCl
- AOT & Studio MAPPA: Fated To End Together - Sakugablog - bit.ly/3pwe5Xu

Former MAPPA Animator Describes Working Conditions Like Factory - ANN - bit.ly/3z38w76

- Interviews
w/ Masao Maruyama - bit.ly/3uOd2De
w/ Manabu Otsuka - bit.ly/34RdzJW
w/ Sunghoo Park - bit.ly/3ikElma
w/ Nobuhiro Takenaka - bit.ly/3cmgq1H
w/ Hiroko Utsumi & Akemi Hiyashi - bit.ly/3fQidOO

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