Jujutsu Kaisen (
Author
- Main Article: Gege Akutami
Gege Akutami (
In 2018, Gege Akutami started their first full serialization with Jujutsu Kaisen in issue 14 of Weekly Shonen Jump. Jujutsu Kaisen serves as the follow-up series to Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Jujutsu High.
History
A prequel series titled Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Jujutsu High started on April 28th, 2017, in the Jump GIGA 2017 vol.1 issue. The series was meant to be a short series and continued for four chapters and concluded in the 2017 vol.4 issue.
On March 5th, 2018, in the 2018-14 issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, the serialization of Jujutsu Kaisen started, acting as an sequel to the previous short series, featuring new main characters. In December 2018, along with the release of the series 3rd volume, an additional volume was released labelled as 0th volume and containing the 4-chapter prequel series.
On August 19, 2024, JUMP PRESS news segment revealed the series will end in 5 chapters with Chapter 271, released on September 30, 2024, in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 2024-44.[1]
Plot
- Main article: Story Arcs
Yuji Itadori is an expert at track and field. But he has zero interest running around in circles, he's happy as a clam in the Occult Research Club. Although he's only in the club for kicks, things get serious when a real spirit shows up at school!
When his grandfather is on his deathbed, Yuji makes a promise to him; that he will do kind deeds so that he dies surrounded by loved ones, unlike his grandfather.
However, Yuji's life takes a sudden turn as he meets Megumi Fushiguro; a jujutsu sorcerer who tries to retrieve a cursed object. When Yuji's friends open the cursed object that they found, things go south as the cursed spirits that it spawned start roaming in school. As Fushiguro and Yuji are almost defeated by one of the spirits, Yuji then swallows the cursed object and gains its power. As a result, Yuji becomes cursed by the object and gets dragged into Fushiguro's thrilling world of jujutsu sorcerers and cursed spirits.
Characters
- Main Article: List of Characters
Volumes
Main article: Volumes & Chapters
Reception
By November 2019, the series had over 2.5 million copies in print worldwide.[2] As of May 20th, 2020, the series has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide.[3] As of May 2021, Jujutsu Kaisen manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.
Promotional Videos
- Main Article: Promotional Videos
Jujutsu Kaisen released short special commercial promoting videos which were made to promote the manga series. They were narrated by Satoru Gojo's voice actor Yuichi Nakamura.
Anime Adaptation
- Main Article: Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime adaptation was announced in the 52nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, on November 25th, 2019. It has been animated by Studio MAPPA and officially began airing on October 3, 2020.
A second season was announced February of 2022, and later aired from July 6 to December 28, 2023.
External Links
- Special Shonen Jump Official Site (JP)
- Shonen Jump Serialization Official Site (JP)
- Manga Plus Simulcast (EN)
- Official Twitter Account (JP)
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