Two years after the season one finale, and its wonderful prequel movie, Jujutsu Kaisen is lastly again to deliver you extra thrilling battles between curses and sorcerers. This immensely fashionable shonen, based mostly on the top-selling manga by Gege Akutami, is ready in a world the place destructive feelings can manifest as Curses – a race of demonic entities bent on harming humanity.

Jujutsu Sorcerers are capable of manipulate the Cursed Power of their our bodies, utilizing them to carry out magical or supernatural feats known as Cursed Methods. The story primarily follows highschool pupil Yuji Itadori, who has been possessed by a strong Curse named Ryomen Sukuna. In an effort to defeat Sukuna, he’s recruited as a pupil in a secret organisation of Sorcerers.

Curiously, primary protagonist Yuji takes a again seat within the present’s return, with season two’s first arc, flashing again to 2006, set even earlier than the occasions of Jujutsu Kaisen 0. The premiere begins with the youthful variations of Utahime Iori and Mei Mei on a mission to exorcise a haunted mansion. When the pair go lacking for a few days, trapped inside a time-space loop, fan-favourite Satoru Gojo and future villain Suguru Geto are despatched to rescue them. At this level, the eventual enemies are nonetheless greatest pals and second-year college students at Jujutsu Excessive. This perception into the pair’s intertwined backstories varieties the crux of the “Hidden Stock” arc, which explores Gojo and Geto’s fraught relationship.

The 2 immensely {powerful} Sorcerers are then assigned to a particular operation – they need to escort a lady named Riko Amanai, the Star Plasma Vessel, safely to Grasp Tengen. Why is that this vital? As Masamichi Yaga explains, Tengen’s Cursed Approach grants him immortality. But when the Cursed Power inside him isn’t merged into a brand new physique (the Star Plasma Vessel) each 500 years, Tengen will evolve right into a conscienceless increased being. Tengen shedding his humanity will spell catastrophe for the Jujutsu world, however two factions are eager to see that occur. Firstly, a bunch of Curse customers known as Q search to kill Riko and disrupt the ritual. Secondly, a spiritual cult that worships Tengen, dubbed the Time-Vessel Affiliation, needs to stop the switch with a view to protect Tengen’s purity.

This high-stakes project for Gojo and Geto isn’t merely to see how these two gifted teenagers develop into godlike Sorcerers – it’s an important take a look at each characters’ shared historical past and duelling ideologies that may significantly inform their impending showdown. A revealing dialog between them already upends our understanding of their dynamic on this first episode. Gojo, the prodigious protector we’ve come to know and love, has a moderately callous view of the world. His studying is similar as educating – boastful, reckless and unsympathetic. It’s completely in step with his older self’s persona, however it’s nonetheless startling to listen to our hero articulate how a lot he values power above all else. In distinction, Geto argues that Sorcerers ought to defend people, no matter how weak they’re, and that no one ought to grow to be omnipotent.

Clearly the sort and idealistic Geto doesn’t begin out as a foul man. In truth, it’s Gojo who comes off as a impolite blowhard right here. So will probably be fascinating to see how Geto turns into disillusioned and corrupted over time. Whereas some could also be impatient for Yuji’s story to proceed, this exploration of Gojo and Geto’s previous is already proving to be completely engrossing as a twin character examine. After all, Jujutsu Kaisen is significantly aided by the exceptional animation on show right here by MAPPA (Assault on Titan, Vinland Saga, Chainsaw Man), a studio that has repeatedly confirmed its potential to craft dazzling motion sequences, attractive imagery and grotesque monsters. General, it is a spellbinding begin to what guarantees to be a sorcerous sophomore season.