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Rating: 8.6/10 | Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Seasons: 1 | Episodes: 59 | Status: Returning Series
Okay, so I finally watched Jujutsu Kaisen and I get why everyone won’t shut up about it. This show is legitimately great. It’s one of those anime that actually lives up to the hype, which is rare enough that it deserves mentioning right away. If you like action shows with real stakes and characters you actually care about, this is worth your time. Period.
The premise sounds simple enough: high school kid eats a cursed finger, accidentally becomes the host for one of the most powerful demons in existence, and now he has to learn sorcery to not die. But the show does so much more with that setup than you’d expect. It takes what could have been a generic shounen plot and makes it feel fresh somehow.
Season 1
Season 1 is 24 episodes of pure entertainment. The first few episodes do a good job introducing Yuji Itadori and making you understand why he’d make such a stupid decision as to eat a cursed finger. His relationship with his grandfather is genuinely sweet, and when stuff goes down, you feel it.
Then he gets pulled into Jujutsu High School, meets his teacher Satoru Gojo, and things escalate. Gojo is immediately the coolest character on screen. He’s absurdly overpowered, but instead of being annoying about it, the show leans into the comedy. He’s just so confident and laid back about everything that he’s funny without trying too hard.
Yuji’s classmates are great too. Nobara shows up as the tough girl character but she’s got actual personality beyond that. Megumi is the stoic pretty boy type, but he gets real character moments where you see why he cares. Their dynamic feels natural, like friends who actually mesh instead of just being thrown together.
The mid-season arc involving the Kyoto school is where things get really good. The tournament-style battles are exciting without feeling like they drag on forever. The show knows when to let action breathe and when to cut away. That’s not always obvious in anime, but Jujutsu Kaisen gets it.
The later episodes introduce Ryomen Sukuna more as a character instead of just a threat. He’s a demon, sure, but he’s got personality and history. The way he and Yuji interact becomes one of the best parts of the show. Yuji is trying to use Sukuna’s power while Sukuna is just around causing problems and being interested in how humans work. Their dynamic is genuinely funny and messed up at the same time.
The animation is absolutely solid throughout. MAPPA really put in work here. Action sequences actually look like money was spent on them. Fights are choreographed so you can follow what’s happening, but they still have style and impact. It never feels like they cut corners, which you notice because a lot of anime do.
My only real complaint with Season 1 is that some of the filler episodes in the middle feel a little unnecessary. They’re not bad, but they don’t add much. It’s a minor thing though because the good episodes are really good and carry the whole thing forward.
The season ends on a note that makes you want to immediately start the next one. I’m not going to spoil what happens, but it changes the status quo in a way that feels earned and makes you nervous about what’s coming next. That’s good storytelling.
If you haven’t watched this yet and you like anime at all, just go watch it. It’s got great action, fun characters, and enough personality that it stands out from the crowded anime space. Have you seen it yet, or are you one of the people on my timeline who keeps telling me I need to get to the Shibuya arc?
Episode Guide
Season 1 (59 Episodes)
Episode 1: Ryomen Sukuna (8.1/10)
After visiting his beloved grandfather in the hospital, Yuji Itadori encounters an apprentice sorcerer who demands that Yuji hand over a cursed relic.
Episode 2: For Myself (8.1/10)
Yuji manages to control the curse of Ryomen Sukuna. Later, he awakens in a room with Jujutsu High teacher Satoru Gojo, who offers him a deadly choice.
Episode 3: Girl of Steel (7.5/10)
Nobara Kugisaki joins the class on a trip to Roppongi where Gojo gives her and Yuji their first test: dispel a curse from an abandoned building.
Episode 4: Curse Womb Must Die (8.2/10)
When a curse womb attacks a juvenile detention center, Yuji's group is called upon to rescue any remaining survivors — but combat isn’t an option.
Episode 5: Curse Womb Must Die -II- (7.9/10)
As Sukuna gruesomely holds Yuji's body hostage, Fushiguro struggles against the sheer strength of Sukuna's curse to buy time until Yuji can awaken.
Episode 6: After Rain (7.8/10)
Sukuna tells Yuji that he will bring him back to life on two conditions. Meanwhile, Suguru Geto and a cursed spirit discuss their plans for Gojo.
Episode 7: Assault (8.7/10)
The cursed spirit Jogo attacks Gojo, who has such little trouble fighting back that he leaves and brings back a student to observe the battle.
Episode 8: Boredom (7.6/10)
As Kugisaki and Fushiguro train for the exchange event, two older students from the Kyoto Jujutsu school arrive in Tokyo and pick a fight with them.
Episode 9: Small Fry and Reverse Retribution (8/10)
High schooler Junpei Yoshino finds his bullies horrifically killed in a movie theater. Sorcerer Kento Nanami and Yuji investigate the crime scene.
Episode 10: Idle Transfiguration (8.2/10)
Junpei gets some startling advice from Mahito. Later, Ijichi and Yuji track down Junpei and formulate a plan to set up a chance encounter with him.
Episode 11: Narrow-minded (8.1/10)
Annoyed at having to work off the clock, Nanami shows Mahito the true potential of his sorcery. Meanwhile, Yuji and Junpei bond over movies.
Episode 12: To You, Someday (8.6/10)
Ignoring Nanami's warning, Yuji dashes into the school and tries to reason with Junpei, but Mahito soon interrupts. Yuji appeals to Sukuna for help.
Episode 13: Tomorrow (8.4/10)
Yuji and Nanami coordinate their attacks on Mahito, wearing him down. But as the cursed spirit approaches death, he finds a new power within himself.
Episode 14: Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event – Group Battle 0 – (7.4/10)
With the exchange event between the Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu schools set to begin, Gojo arranges for Yuji to make a surprise appearance.
Episode 15: Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event – Group Battle 1 – (8.1/10)
Shortly after the exchange event team battle begins, Todo ambushes the Tokyo students. Yuji moves to stop him but soon finds himself surrounded.
Episode 16: Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event – Group Battle 2 – (8.3/10)
Todo gives Yuji advice on how to better tap into his curse powers. After Kugisaki taunts Nishimiya, Panda fights the remote-controlled Mechamaru.
Episode 17: Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event – Group Battle 3 – (8.2/10)
While Miwa struggles to stand her ground against Maki's attacks, Kugisaki chases down a flying Nishimiya, who lectures her about Mai's hardships.
Episode 18: Sage (8.3/10)
Fushiguro dodges Kamo's barrage of arrows but his opponent proves just as formidable in close combat. Meanwhile, Inumaki senses a foreboding presence.
Episode 19: Black Flash (8.8/10)
Inumaki, Fushiguro and Kamo struggle to hold their own against special grade cursed spirit Hanami, but Maki arrives to provide much-needed backup.
Episode 20: Nonstandard (8.9/10)
After analyzing Hanami's assortment of skills with his self-proclaimed intellect, Todo uses his disorienting technique to attack in tandem with Yuji.
Episode 21: Jujutsu Koshien (7.4/10)
After the event's interruption, the school tournament continues with a baseball match.
Episode 22: The Origin of Blind Obedience (7.7/10)
An investigation into a string of curse-related killings leads Yuji, Fushiguro and Kugisaki to the victims' – and Fushiguro's – former middle school.
Episode 23: The Origin of Blind Obedience -II- (7.9/10)
Fushiguro, Kugisaki and Itadori fight the cursed spirits on two fronts. When Fushiguro faces his enemy alone, he recalls his recent training with Gojo. He knows that he has to be able to surpass himself…
Episode 24: Accomplices (8.3/10)
Yuji and Nobara's battle against the Death Painting Wombs Kechizu and Eso reaches its conclusion! However, even in victory there is a cost in killing, something the Jujutsu High students had never considered before. Meanwhile, Choso, Geto and Mahito gain wind of this event.
Episode 25: Hidden Inventory (8.6/10)
The jujutsu sorcerers Iori Utahime and Mei Mei are dispatched to an ominous manor where several people have gone missing. They infiltrate the manor and attempt to destroy the cursed spirit's barrier, but suddenly the building starts to crumble.
Episode 26: Hidden Inventory 2 (8/10)
Gojo and Geto are assigned to the mission of escorting and erasing the young girl compatible with the Tengen – the Star Plasma Vessel. Amanai Riko is being targeted by the Curse User Group Q, and the religious cult the Star Religious Group.
Episode 27: Hidden Inventory 3 (8.7/10)
Gojo and Geto beat back the curse users after the bounty placed on Amanai's head when her cell phone rings. A captured Kuroi is displayed on her phone. Gojo tries to bring Amanai back to Jujutsu High, but she insists on going to the negotiations herself.
Episode 28: Hidden Inventory 4 (8.7/10)
"Let's go home, Riko-chan." The moment Geto extends a hand to Amanai, the worst that could possibly happen does. Geto is left dumbstruck as Toji Fushiguro makes his appearance. Toji then declares that he killed Satoru Gojo.
Episode 29: Premature Death (8.4/10)
August 2007. Gojo starts to handle missions on his own, causing Geto to, as well. One day a certain individual appears before Geto. What's the conclusion that led to Gojo becoming the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, and Geto becoming the most evil curse user?
Episode 30: It's Like That (7.7/10)
2018. After finishing a mission one day, Itadori decides to go to the movies, Kugisaki decides to go shopping, and Fushiguro tells them he's going home. After parting ways Kugisaki is approached by a woman who suddenly asks if she was with Itadori-kun.
Episode 31: Evening Festival (8.4/10)
The battle between Muta and Mahito continues and reaches its conclusion. Later, on October 31st, a veil is lowered over Shibuya and various jujutsu sorcerer teams assemble around the area.
Episode 32: Shibuya Incident (8.5/10)
Team Mei Mei are reassigned to a veil that has been lowered over Meiji Shrine Station. The team splits up and Yuji encounters a grasshopper curse assigned to protecting the veil. Elsewhere Satoru Gojo encounters Jogo, Hanami, and Choso.
Episode 33: Shibuya Incident – Gate, Open (9.1/10)
The battle between Satoru Gojo, Jogo, Hanami and Choso begins. Gojo informs Hanami that they will die first. Yuji encounters a woman who tells him that everyone was turned into monsters and boarded a train. As Gojo's battle continues, the train arrives.
Episode 34: Pandemonium (8/10)
Now that Satoru Gojo has been sealed, Mechamaru works with Team Mei Mei to inform them about what is going on and has them work on enacting his plan on what to do now.
Episode 35: Seance (8.7/10)
Nanami, Fushiguro, and Ino meet up with Itadori, then Nanami issues new orders for the others to work together to lift the veil keeping sorcerers out.
Episode 36: Dull Knife (8.8/10)
Yuji and Megumi lift the veil that was keeping sorcerers from entering Shibuya. Nobara and Nitta encounter Shigemo and a battle ensues. Shigemo has the upperhand, but then Nanami arrives with the deaths of the assistant supervisors in mind.
Episode 37: Red Scale (9/10)
Yuji makes his way to Shibuya Station where he's confronted by Choso. Choso unleashes his Convergence and the battle between him and Yuji commences.
Episode 38: Fluctuations (8.6/10)
Mei Mei and Ui Ui fight the Special-Grade Disease Curse summoned by whatever is pretending to be Suguru Geto. Meanwhile, Nanami joins up with Maki and Naobito, but they encounter a cursed spirit with unknown powers.
Episode 39: Fluctuations (2) (8.9/10)
Nanami, Maki, and Naobito are driven to the edge after the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit, Dagon, activates his Domain Expansion, Horizon of the Captivating Skandha. Fushiguro gives them a glimpse of a way to escape death, then Toji intrudes upon the fight.
Episode 40: Thunderclap (9.3/10)
Sukuna refuses to heed Jogo's advice after waking up, instead displaying his overwhelming strength against the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit, Jogo. Meanwhile, Fushiguro faces off against the rampant Toji with neither being aware of the other's identity.
Episode 41: Thunderclap (2) (9.3/10)
After being severely injured in his fight against Toji, Fushiguro suffers a surprise attack from Shigemo. On the verge of death, Fushiguro desperately heads toward Dougenzaka crossing and summons a certain Shikigami with his Ten Shadows Technique.
Episode 42: Right and Wrong (9.1/10)
Itadori reawakens with grievous resolve as he bears witness to the aftermath Sukuna has wrought upon Shibuya. Meanwhile, Nanami continues to fight through packs of transfigured humans in an exhausted haze until Mahito appears before him.
Episode 43: Right and Wrong (2) (8.9/10)
Itadori launches into a back-and-forth battle against Mahito, but he struggles against Mahito's ploy of using average people against him. Meanwhile, Kugisaki encounters one of Mahito's separated bodies as she returns to the battlefield.
Episode 44: Right and Wrong (3) (8.9/10)
Itadori stands in a daze at the disaster before his eyes, his mind already well past its limit. As a curse, Mahito is elated at seeing his ideal sequence of events play out before him, and he prepares to further finish off Itadori.
Episode 45: Metamorphosis (9.3/10)
After rescuing Itadori from his predicament, Todo bolsters his morale and encourages him to stand back up. As Mahito kicks things into higher gear, he begins using Soul Multiplicity and Body Repel to unleash omnidirectional attacks.
Episode 46: Metamorphosis (2) (8.8/10)
The moment it appeared Itadori and Mahito's battle to the death was resolved, the being wearing Geto's body asked, "Shall I save you, Mahito?" Itadori immediately recognizes the man before him as the very same one who sealed away Gojo and leaps to attack.
Episode 47: Shibuya Incident – Gate, Close (8.4/10)
Choso begins to realize the identity of the mastermind parasitizing Geto's corpse as sorcerers gather for the final moments of the Shibuya Incident. The special-grade sorcerer, Yuki Tsukumo, comes to the rescue when they're on the verge of death.
Episode 48: Execution (8.4/10)
While Yuji grapples with the weight of his sins, Naoya Zen'in and Yuta Okkotsu set out to execute him.
Episode 49: One More Time (8.7/10)
After fighting Yuta, Yuji learns his real objective. Megumi asks for Yuji's help to save his sister.
Episode 50: About the Culling Game (7/10)
Itadori and his friends speak with Tengen about Kenjaku's objectives and their plans for the Culling Game.
Episode 51: Perfect Preparation (8.7/10)
After going to collect their Cursed Tools, Maki awakens her true potential & slaughters the whole Zen'in Clan.
Episode 52: Passion (8.3/10)
Yaga is executed. Yuji and Fushiguro go to Hakari's fight club hoping to meet him and recruit him.
Episode 53: Cog (7.8/10)
Fushiguro and Panda fight Kirara to try and persuade them while Yuji attempts to convince Hakari.
Episode 54: Tokyo Colony No. 1 (8.2/10)
Yuji's group enters two of the colonies and fight the Culling Game's newbie hunters.
Episode 55: Tokyo Colony No. 1 (2) (6.7/10)
Yuji meets Higuruma and tries to persuade him, while Fushiguro is falsely led to Reggie.
Episode 56: Tokyo Colony No. 1 (3) (8.4/10)
Yuji Itadori fights Hiromi Higuruma.
Episode 57: Tokyo Colony No. 1 (4) (7.9/10)
Takaba handles the minions while Fushiguro has his showdown with Reggie.
Episode 58: Tokyo Colony No. 1 (5) (8.2/10)
Fushiguro deploys his Domain Expansion in his climatic fight against Reggie.
Episode 59: Sendai Colony (6.9/10)
Okkotsu fights three powerful sorcerers in Sendai Colony.
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