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| Also can we talk abt how much of a bum jinichi-kun was? he looked the most dangerous but was a complete fraud. |
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| Damn that bitch of Mai, she made me cry. This episode was so fucking epic. Everyone comparing Maki to Toji, but she isn’t there yet. FUCK THAT NAOYA, FUCK YOU. |
| Jujutsu Kaisen S3 Ep 4 had me hyped for Maki vs the Zenin Clan - a revenge-fueled showdown for her and her sister. But, tbh, the animation didn't quite live up to expectations. It felt a bit underwhelming for such a crucial fight. That said, I loved how Maki's revenge played out - she went full-on beast mode, taking down everyone in her path. She's lowkey one of the most powerful women in the anime, and this episode cemented that. She even crossed Toji-levels of intensity, which is wild. Her character growth and sheer determination make her a standout. Overall, despite the animation hiccup, the episode delivered on Maki's character arc and her badassery. I would rate this episode a 7/10 overall    |
| Jujutsu Kaisen S3 Ep 4 had me hyped for Maki vs the Zenin Clan - a revenge-fueled showdown for her and her sister. But, tbh, the animation didn't quite live up to expectations. It felt a bit underwhelming for such a crucial fight. That said, I loved how Maki's revenge played out - she went full-on beast mode, taking down everyone in her path. She's lowkey one of the most powerful women in the anime, and this episode cemented that. She even crossed Toji-levels of intensity, which is wild. Her character growth and sheer determination make her a standout. Overall, despite the animation hiccup, the episode delivered on Maki's character arc and her badassery. I would rate this episode a 7/10 overall.    |
| 「全部壊して、全部だからね、お姉ちゃん」MAIIII NOOOOOOOOOOOOO REST IN PIECE. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. To be completely honest, this is one of my top 3 favorite episodes in JJK. Even though I'll say that overall, the direction of this episode isn't the best for Mr. Gosso, there aren't many episodes with this level of direction. From the beginning to the end, it's pure cinema non-stop. The symbolism, cinematography, placement of monologues/dialogues, EVERYTHING is spot on. Even though I'll say that the pacing of this episode feels fast, that's only for the setup of Maki's awakening. As I said above, this isn't the best-directed episode or even the best JJK episode, as many people say that Gosso can't direct action anime (although I would say you're wrong). It's because he handled JJK S3 that it's clear that Gosso is starting to show his talent in action anime. Sure, you could say that the action direction isn't very easy to read, but what Gosso does, many others cannot. Hopefully, with the JJK anime, Gosso can learn a lot from JJK and be able to direct action anime that is more stunning than ever imagined. From what I saw in this episode, Gosso gave all the staff the freedom to do whatever they wanted for each scene, and the creativity really stood out, especially in this episode. Many people felt that the music placement was a bit off, and I agree with that, but again, music is subjective in the end. It would have been so much better if the music in that sequence was more serious and dark than LALALALA. (Maybe they really wanted to fully reference Kill Bill, huh?) I'm sure my goat Shouta Goshozono hasn't unleashed his full potential in these four episodes of Season 3. I'm afraid the upcoming episodes might surpass all limits. PRAISE THE GOSSO.  |
NezuSwallowtail_Jan 23, 1:51 AM
Reply to Solitude_Sohan
Jujutsu Kaisen S3 Ep 4 had me hyped for Maki vs the Zenin Clan - a revenge-fueled showdown for her and her sister. But, tbh, the animation didn't quite live up to expectations. It felt a bit underwhelming for such a crucial fight.
That said, I loved how Maki's revenge played out - she went full-on beast mode, taking down everyone in her path. She's lowkey one of the most powerful women in the anime, and this episode cemented that. She even crossed Toji-levels of intensity, which is wild. Her character growth and sheer determination make her a standout.
Overall, despite the animation hiccup, the episode delivered on Maki's character arc and her badassery. I would rate this episode a 7/10 overall
That said, I loved how Maki's revenge played out - she went full-on beast mode, taking down everyone in her path. She's lowkey one of the most powerful women in the anime, and this episode cemented that. She even crossed Toji-levels of intensity, which is wild. Her character growth and sheer determination make her a standout.
Overall, despite the animation hiccup, the episode delivered on Maki's character arc and her badassery. I would rate this episode a 7/10 overall
| @Solitude_Sohan animation hiccup?? |
| 死だけが確実 |
| Yo the way Maki was moving this episode absolute cinema when the lil dude from the zenin clan was holdong down Maki said somthing like you have to kill her now you know the main reson the Zenin clan still exists toay is because Toji chose not to kill us so you have to kill maki now !!!!!!!!!! I was like damn anyway fire ep |
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| Wow I....felt absolutely nothing watching that lol. Zero emotional investment into what was happening on screen, Maki slaughtering a bunch of no name fodder Zenin clan members (which included a straight up rip off of Kill Bill) had no weight to it, it just happens but you don't feel any of it. The song choice was also strange and felt out of place. Oh and Mai died.....alright lmao. Like was suppose to be sad about this nothing burger of a character dying? Like she serve no purpose other than to die and become a literal plot device for Maki. The Naoya fight was fine visually but again zero investment into the fight itself, they obviously want you to hate Naoya but I can't really hate him because he like most JJK characters are so shallow from a writing perspective I just don't care about them enough TO hate him. Like yeah I recognize he's a misogynist prick but when Maki beat him I felt nothing (common theme here) because they basically gave us nothing in terms of history between the two outside a quick glimpse of Naoya bulling her. Just not good enough for me to invested sorry. They also extended the length of this episode by a few minutes compared to a normal episode and yet the pacing still felt too quick which is impressive. Overall the only worthwhile thing that came out of it was Maki's stereotypical shonen powerboost she gets which turns her into Toji 2.0 basically out of nowhere, which was ridiculous and unearned if you ask me. She basically go from being hopelessly weak and getting low diffed by her dad to no-diffing him as soon as she unlocks her power. Just a very poor attempt by Gege to keep Maki relevant and not useless like every other female character in the story. Edit: Oh yeah they also butchered a couple of great panels from the manga including this one:   |
TrivialPawn96Jan 23, 9:20 AM
| The Kill Bill references were nice. |
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| Oh man, what an experience! Maki absolutely destroyed those bums. That's my goat. Naoya- a man who hated women and died at the hands of two women. How ironic. If I had to describe this episode in two words, I would say:  |
| This was definitely the best episode so far. This part of Makis story was always my favourite (and probably everyones fav). The delivery was good. And i got teary eyes for Mai, though i didn’t feel as bad as when i read the manga.( maybe because the pacing was too fast) The animation was good. Compared to previous episodes it was muuuchhhh better. 60% of the time i was like: woahhhhh dayuuuum insaneeeee 20% i was like: WTF is that shit? Why is she sliding like that, pfffffft ahahaha that looks stupid af And the rest of time i was like: WOAH too fast But the story and the delivery of these chapters was so good that i can ignore the animation flaws and give this episode 9/10 |
_Aphrodite_Jan 22, 11:04 AM
  🌸伊黒さん、お願い…もし生まれ変わってまた人間に戻れたら、…..🌸 |
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Also can we talk abt how much of a bum jinichi-kun was? he looked the most dangerous but was a complete fraud.
| @Headpatts He wished he was him  |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
Reply to Softhenic03
Tbh, this felt like the point in the series where it genuinely seemed like the only direction left was upward .. except that was a short lived hope. But yeah, will vent about that another day, as tbh, you know shit was about to hit the fan when they straight up skipped the opening and went to Maki solo-ing her entire clan. Never liked Mai, as I mean, this story intentionally wanted us to feel that way towards her, but yeah, when you see what she did for Maki here.. which helped in many ways in the long run, you just can’t hate her anymore.
Chef kiss to the OST and the superb direction this episode had. The choice to go black and white when Maki basically turned into a beyblade, and killed the NPCs as easily as it is to breathe, you just know this was a walk in the park for her. Knew they had plans with this episode but yeah, they really went a notch above. You could genuinely say that this episode barely felt like the same series anymore. When you look back at how action sequences have been handled up to this point, what we got here feels deliberately singular… like it was supposed to be for this moment and this moment alone.
Has to be the most monumental episode of this series, not just for what we witnessed from an animation standpoint, but for Maki as a character too. Hard to beat this part.
Chef kiss to the OST and the superb direction this episode had. The choice to go black and white when Maki basically turned into a beyblade, and killed the NPCs as easily as it is to breathe, you just know this was a walk in the park for her. Knew they had plans with this episode but yeah, they really went a notch above. You could genuinely say that this episode barely felt like the same series anymore. When you look back at how action sequences have been handled up to this point, what we got here feels deliberately singular… like it was supposed to be for this moment and this moment alone.
Has to be the most monumental episode of this series, not just for what we witnessed from an animation standpoint, but for Maki as a character too. Hard to beat this part.
| @Softhenic03 Why are you all haters always getting top comment in Jujutsu Kaisen. It's crazy |
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Absolute cinema direction, never thought gore could be so artistic |
| Mappa hard flexing, i'm glad this clan is no more especially blondy, for what Mai gave to her sister i'm guessing it's simply cursed energy vision which was the thing she lacked while having perfected physical strength, Anyhow arc has a lot of build up but i don't mind, i'm guessing part 2 will be where all the major plot shows up RIP Mai, i kinda forgot who you were for a sec but you were pretty cool in the end. |
| Deep dark fantasies |
Miserably sobbing after watching a perfect adaptation of my favorite arc holy fucking shit |
MrRantJan 22, 4:28 PM
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Reply to Kaneki402
That moment in the beginning when he mentions bullying her was just him with his foot on her in the manga panel, but it’s also implied in dialogue that he 🍇’d her, so maybe they were trying to imply that but I’m not sure.
| @Kaneki402 You're confusing the characters, and what fans are speculating is more likely a misunderstanding of what he said. Naoya is an asshole, but I think this scene is about something else. He's just teasing Maki about Mai's death. |
Reply to Bongoblaster
Banger ep, but I feel like this whole season is moving too fast, and skipping things, no? All connection to Mai is in season 1, and it feels like there should have been much more story and dialogue from her right before her death. The previous seasons were much more explanatory and had more cohesive stories. Is the manga also this fast paced in this arc?
| @Bongoblaster Nope the manga isn't this fast paced at all , I don't understand how everyone is praising this episode so much when it felt like they were skipping to scene after scene without any meaningful transition at all. If I didn't read the manga already I wouldn't know what was going on in this episode at all |
Reply to TrivialPawn96
Wow I....felt absolutely nothing watching that lol. Zero emotional investment into what was happening on screen, Maki slaughtering a bunch of no name fodder Zenin clan members (which included a straight up rip off of Kill Bill) had no weight to it, it just happens but you don't feel any of it. The song choice was also strange and felt out of place. Oh and Mai died.....alright lmao. Like was suppose to be sad about this nothing burger of a character dying? Like she serve no purpose other than to die and become a literal plot device for Maki. The Naoya fight was fine visually but again zero investment into the fight itself, they obviously want you to hate Naoya but I can't really hate him because he like most JJK characters are so shallow from a writing perspective I just don't care about them enough TO hate him. Like yeah I recognize he's a misogynist prick but when Maki beat him I felt nothing (common theme here) because they basically gave us nothing in terms of history between the two outside a quick glimpse of Naoya bulling her. Just not good enough for me to invested sorry. They also extended the length of this episode by a few minutes compared to a normal episode and yet the pacing still felt too quick which is impressive. Overall the only worthwhile thing that came out of it was Maki's stereotypical shonen powerboost she gets which turns her into Toji 2.0 basically out of nowhere, which was ridiculous and unearned if you ask me. She basically go from being hopelessly weak and getting low diffed by her dad to no-diffing him as soon as she unlocks her power. Just a very poor attempt by Gege to keep Maki relevant and not useless like every other female character in the story.
Edit: Oh yeah they also butchered a couple of great panels from the manga including this one:
Edit: Oh yeah they also butchered a couple of great panels from the manga including this one:
| @TrivialPawn96 I think the reasoning of Maki getting this insane of a powerup is explained better in the manga , as you said this episode felt way too fast paced which a viewer that has no knowledge about the source material wouldn't quite understand what was going on. Maki's powerup works like this : Maki , same as Toji , Has heavenly restriction which is a binding vow that happens at birth.Heavenly Restriction means that in exchange for having incredibly low or non existant cursed energy , you get inhuman phsyical abilities ( Like Toji's ). As explained in the episode twins in the Jujutsu world act as a single individual ; so because Mai is alive and has atleast a normal amount of cursed energy , The binding vow of heavenly restriction on Maki's body doesn't work since it needs a tradeoff ( no cursed energy ) When Mai dies , the "twins" cursed energy also becomes zero hence it activates the heavenly restriction . It's not an out of nowhere asspull power up it actually makes quite sense but it was TERRRIBLY explained in the episode. But every other point you made I completely agree , they butchered all of toji throwbacks and the scenes didn't seem to connect well with each other. |
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