This may come as a little bit of a shock to a few of you, however Jujutsu Kaisen is the preferred anime on this planet. I am not being hyperbolic, I am not simply being biassed and pulling out of my ass: the precise Guinness World Data stated so. The organisation shared final week {that a} data-science agency discovered that the sequence has a “international demand ranking 71.2 occasions better than that of the common TV present.” This demand is predicated on issues like “how a lot consideration, engagement, need, and viewership is expressed by shoppers for content material.”
Sure, which means it is extra well-liked than heavy hitters like Assault on Titan, and long-running sequence like One Piece. Actually, up till about July final yr, One Piece was the extra well-liked present – after all, that is simply earlier than season 2 kicked off with the immensely well-liked Hidden Stock arc. Since then, we noticed a whole season of impeccable animation, greater than one cosplay from Megan Thee Stallion, and a whole meme tradition born from intense weekly chapters on Twitter and TikTok. It has been a superb time for Jujutsu Kaisen, a sequence that’s near becoming a member of the likes of My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, and Assault on Titan on the 100 million+ manga volumes bought membership. And fairly truthfully? I can not consider a sequence extra deserving of its recognition.
I do perceive that Jujutsu Kaisen is not for the whole lot. It has a number of upsetting character deaths, it feels like all precise wins the characters have do not final lengthy, and a few do not even like Yuji Itadori as a protagonist, discovering him to be a bit plain. However for people who it clicks with, like myself, it actually hits. Specifically, I feel Yuji is likely one of the greatest shonen protagonists round, and possibly considered one of my favourites ever.
