Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 3 - Review

Tension are high as the Goodwill Event between the Tokyo and Kyoto campuses of Jujutsu High approaches. But before the competition can even begin, a couple of Kyoto students confront Fushiguro and Kugisaki. Meanwhile, Yuji's training gets interrupted by a mysterious crime involving grotesque bodily alterations caused by a cursed spirit...

I purchased the Japanese language edition of this volume during our trip to Japan last year. Why? I thought it might make for a nifty souvenir.

It did not take all that long for me to realize that, since I do not understand Japanese, purchasing the book was a rather impulsive and silly waste of cash. So it goes and lesson learned.

Another lesson I learned while reading this volume is that it would be best for me to not stress over details like keeping track of all the characters and plot lines, of which there appear to be a lot.

That being said, I really enjoyed the six parts of the Young Fish and Reverse Punishment start arc in this volume. It grabbed and held my interest enough that getting and reading the fourth volume, to learn what will happen with Junpei, is guaranteed. I also would like to know who the malevolent curses are and what it is they are up to.

Jujutsu Kaisen, Volume 2 - Review

The battle against a cursed womb residing in a detention facility takes a tragic turn when Yuji Itadori appears to loose control of Ryomen Sukuna. 

Volume 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen overflows with sorcery battles and expansive world-building. New characters and group dynamics are introduced while a variety of backsides get kicked, good and hard.

It turns out that the higher-ups of Jujutsu High are not too keen about a cursed object vessel attending the school. An opinion that seems to be shared by some of the second and third year students. Something that 'forces' Satoru Gojo to engage in some outside-the-box thinking and teaching.

But there is more going on than that. Powerful curses are also plotting and planning their own nefarious schemes for the Itadori-Sukuna one-two combo, which means all these fireworks are just the prelude for much bigger battles to come.

Any magic system that requires the binge watching of movies as a form of prep is one I can get behind. Add a trash-talking second-year student that just so happens to be a panda and my nabbing and reading the third volume of Jujutsu Kaisen is a sure thing.