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JJK 3 x 4 (Patreon)

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NAH I'M DONE - GEGE WTF MAN

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Damn, I guess I’m doing this at work then….

^^

YAYYYY

Jackson

it MIGHT be just a little bit of recency bias, who can truly say, but this is one of my favorite episodes of anime i’ve ever seen!!

baileygobrr

probably my favourite part of this entire series, including the manga

Guru_Rick_

I'm not sure if you noticed ?? 27:04 This scene is a reference to Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Anthony Flenniken

I shouldn't have laughed when I saw the thumbnail and read the description.

Unholy

This was such a good episode. Had a small break from crying feels but JJK said it was long enough

Zarroc

PEAK

baileygobrr

"this whole family needs fucking wiping out" ahahahaha yes i think this is exactly how gege makes some of his fights feel so euphoric. he paints a perfect picture of how fucked and just downright unlikable the enemy is before letting the good guy beat the ever living shit out of them

MP5Enthusiast

15:11 LMAO wish granted! Yeah this episode made me want to wipe out the Zen'in clan MYSELF Pictured above is fanart of this episode made by Wanderjegson on twitter!

Junior

we saw john zenin at 28:07

Pye

This is my favorite episode in the show and one of my favorite anime episodes ever. Genuinely such a masterpiece from start to finish

Dot

Mr. Pillow Punches stood no chance against the Queen

rinnie

realizing that mai left maki with the weapon that would destroy the clan using the last of her cursed energy is so cathartic to me, the jump-cut from the wheat in her hand to the katana is so good—such a great episode 😭

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2026-10-09 11:00 great reaction and insight as always. one of my favorite episodes in the entire series. aside from even the fighting choreography, animation and music, the Mai scene is beautiful as well. also you're absolutely right in that the Maki vs Zen'in clan scene is an homage to Kill Bill, it was like that in the manga too. this comment turned out longer than expected, so don't click Show More if you don't wanna sit through a mini-essay on one aspect of Naoya's character I find interesting from the standpoint of Japanese language, which can be lost on us SUB watchers. please don't take this as me saying I like Naoya, I hate him 😭 he's just an effective heel to Maki and I think he's written really well. one thing that can get lost in translation is how Naoya refers to Gojo and Toji. for one, he calls them by their first names (Satoru and Toji). in Japan, you'd normally use someone's last name if you aren't very close on a personal level, it's considered crossing a boundary otherwise. but Gojo and Toji don't even know Naoya. they probably know that he exists or that he's Naobito's son, but they don't know him personally or care about him. the flashback specifically shows that Toji doesn't even look at him as he walks past while Naoya is in awe at Toji's aura (literally). however, Toji's case is a bit more nuanced, so more on that later. but more importantly, Naoya uses the honorific "-kun" when referring to both of them. "-kun" is an honorific used either for people of lower status, such as subordinates or youth, or for your close peers, specifically male peers of your age. it can be informal, friendly or derogatory depending on the context. but Naoya is younger than both Gojo and Toji. his use of "-kun" towards elders he has no personal familiarity with is audacious to say the least. even though the age diff with Gojo is very small, Gojo is head of the Gojo clan and the strongest sorcerer alive, while Naoya doesn't share that kind of position in the jujutsu world. he should either be using "-san" (a polite/formal honorific, kinda like Mr. or Mrs. in English) or "-sama" (denoting extremely high reverence due to one's status, kind of overboard). for Satoru, it'd be "Gojo-san" or "Gojo-sama." for Toji, the honorific would be "-san" but the name used depends. it'd either be "Fushiguro-san" if Naoya was aware that Toji had changed his last name after marriage, or "Toji-san" if he wasn't (more likely). even though it's his first name, using "Zen'in-san" for literally everyone in the clan would be confusing, so first names are used by everyone for necessary clarity (with appropriate honorifics). most Zen'in clan members would either use "Toji-kun" or drop the honorific entirely. in both cases, it would be a sign of disrespect and condescension because they view Toji as a subhuman failure (excluding cases where "-kun" would be entirely appropriate, such as when Naobito says it in s2 when he sees Toji). Naoya's use of "Toji-kun" is fundamentally different. he doesn't use it in a condescending way, he uses it to project a degree of familiarity and kinship with Toji. but the paradox is that it is still inherently condescending and disrespectful, even if it comes from a place of admiration (same for how he refers to Gojo). Naoya should be using "Toji-san" to contrast his clan, in order to showcase his respectful view of Toji. but Naoya equates himself with the pinnacle of strength, so he creates an illusion of being closer to Gojo and Toji than he really is. Naoya uses "casual" honorifics for everyone as far as I understand (partly due to his dialect), but in this case, it's specifically in a parasocial, delusional way. he refers to Gojo and Toji not as his idols or elders, but rather as if they were peers or friends. despite idolizing Gojo and Toji, he refuses to view himself as "below" them, so he instead puts himself in a position of standing alongside them. it showcases Naoya's warped sense of respect paired with his delusional narcissism. fun fact, in this part of the manga, when Naoya says "the one to stand among them is me," there's a visual of Gojo and Toji explicitly drawn with their backs towards him. Gege likes his dramatic irony. especially considering the fact that Maki, who is essentially Naoya's arch-nemesis, is more similar to Toji than Naoya could ever be (Heavenly Restriction, Zen'in outcast, etc). not to mention she's a woman, someone who Naoya sees as inherently inferior and weak. someone who knows Japanese better can probably correct me on some stuff I might've gotten wrong, this is just from my very limited understanding of the language I've acquired specifically because of JJK haha
2026-10-08 19:36

Brandon

The way they do things visually in the this episode is really good, the color swap during the fight scene, the Maki and Mai laying the way they would be positioned in the womb, the two geese off by themselves in the sky to represent Maki and Mai. Also when Maki and Mai are talking it keeps shows Maki off to the side and a bunch of negative space to show that something is missing from her, the waves going back and forth to show the back and forth they usually have, and the song playing is about loneliness, sorrow, and loss. All of the symbolism in this episode alone is amazing. Naoya in episode 3 “Any women who can’t walk behind her back deserves to be stabbed in the back and killed” and he gets stabbed in the back by a woman who isn’t a sorcerer.. poetic really.

fuwafuwari~

Welcome to the "GEGE-WTF-MAN-CLUB"!

Paul Atkins

Worth noting that Mai used her last Creation to recreate the Soul Split Katana which cuts through all physical defenses and was the sword Toji used during Hidden Inventory. Also yes, it was confirmed that Toji was part of the Kukuru Unit before he left.

Gyt

Nagoya - "Women who can’t walk humbly behind her man deserves to be stabbed in the back and killed " . Welp .

Marcos Roberto

For me, this is the best episode of JJK, S3 has a lot of bangers and other yet to come from next ones. But until them, for me this is the pinnacle of what JJK is about, both the animation, symbolism and narrative are like nothing eles.

Beefz

Yeah the way I see the mom is that as a woman, she's also a victim of the clan. She's a survivor that adapted and stayed alive but deep inside she probably wanted to burn it all down too. God knows what abuse she has suffered through at the hands of the men of the clan. So there are the end I can see it both as she's glad she gave birth to them, that her daughters were the lights in the darkness, and that she's glad that Maki was the one to truly burn it all down and put an end to it all. There is also the complex psychology of some women from abusive relationships or in religious, conservative and abusive cultures/countries in turn becoming an active part of that abuse to her children or other fellow women of such countries. The whole story of Maki, Mai, their mother and the Zen'in clan is a complex tragedy.

Amy

Mai is my favourite character (very closely followed by Maki) so this episode destroys me every time, I've been dreading this all week and as soon as you pressed play that dread settled itself in the pit of my stomach even though I've seen this episode at least 20 times by now. It's such a cruel piece of writing from Gege, these two sisters who love each other deeply but because of their shitty family they're never able to truly express that and have a normal relationship. In the beginning we see Mai heartbroken and resentful because of Maki, feeling abandoned and left behind by her sister who always had the strength to push forward where she didn't. Here she decides to sacrifice herself to give Maki the strength she's always been chasing after, but doesn't realise that Maki has really been doing all of this for her, she is the price Maki would never be willing to pay, hence Maki thinking back on Mai's words about staying at the bottom together and thinking it was probably their best choice. And it leads us to the opposite situation of their introduction, with Mai leaving Maki and Maki begging her not to go, but she can't reach her, the rift between them has become too great. It's also cruel in the sense that really they had no good options. Mai wanted them to stay together under the clan's oppression, but Maki refused to be kept down like that. So she strived to take over the clan to save her twin, but that twin she loved so much was her curse, she would never be strong enough to achieve her goal while Mai lived and held her back. As Gojo said, love is the most twisted curse of them all. There is heavy imagery in this episode of a Japanese saying about geese holding a reed in their mouth as they set off on a long migration, using the reed as they rest their wings when stopping half way. A dead bird is said to have left their reed behind. This is why the sword is shown as a reed during the beach scene, Mai's last gift to Maki as she sets off on the new chapter of her life without her sister. You can see the migrating geese overhead, with two geese flying out of formation to represent the twins. This is also where the name "Perfect Preparation" comes from. This was very long and depressing, so if you've read all of this, a little fun fact about Mai you might not know. She shares a voice actress with Armin in Attack on Titan! I've been rewatching AoT through your reactions recently, and whenever he speaks I'm always listening for Mai, but she's very talented and the two characters sound nothing alike (although when Mai is on the floor asking Maki why she came, you can kind hear Armin in there). Her name is Marina Inoue and she's known for her young boy voices, she also voices the younger Denji in Chainsaw Man.

Leah Henderson

I agree with you about Toji! Deadbeat dad who loved his son regardless - people can be more than one thing! Ugh what a heartbreaker of an episode. Definitely cried a second time watching it with you. T_T

Amy

I could genuinely go on about these two forever, I've never felt this connected to a pair of fictional characters before, but I fear I yapped enough for one comment, apologies for the text wall :D

NextDoorAzn

Man just when you thought GeGe was done taking lovable characters away from us he takes away one more. RIP Naoya we only had you for a few episodes (for legal reasons this is a joke).

Leah Henderson

Knew I forgot something! I meant to add that I felt somewhat sorry for the mother. Imagine having twin daughters that you instantly love when they're born, and then the men in charge of you say they're worthless and you have to keep them at arm's length... Like you said, a victim herself, though she could have done a lot more to keep her daughters safe.

agmnii

I was really looking forward to this one

Sonja Seren

Yaaaass. Say her name! Murda Maki!!! Not Toji.

DrSophieDarlingReacts

I actually discuss a lot of this including the geese in my outro! :) I didn't know she was the voice of Armin. She really is talented!

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2026-10-09 11:00 I don't discuss it in terms of language but I do delve into that in my outro in relation to Naoya and his admiration of Toji :)
2026-10-08 20:25 I don't discuss it in terms of language but I do delve into that in my outro in relation to Naoya and his admiration of Toji :) Edit: No you didn't need to delete the comment! It was really interesting!!!

I don't discuss it in terms of language but I do delve into that in my outro in relation to Naoya and his admiration of Toji :) Edit: No you didn't need to delete the comment! It was really interesting!!!

Amy

That's my fault really for typing this all out at the mid-point of the episode, I struggle to hold it in with these two, plus I needed an emotional break for a minute much like yourself :) And I've never seen anyone actually go out of their way to look up this specific bit of symbolism, this is why we subscribe :D I'm really happy to see you go into such impassioned detail and analysis when it comes to Maki and especially Mai as she's often a bit of an underappreciated character. It's also nice to see someone take such a nuanced view with their mother, it's obviously a very intentional writing choice from Gege to paint her in such a way and it's a shame people kind of miss the point with her a lot of the time. You're the first reactor I've seen question her intentions behind asking Maki to come back immediately as she's doing it, and a lot of people also don't really seem to get what Maki was asking her at the end.

DrSophieDarlingReacts

She definitely was trying to defy to protect her daughters :( she's very much a victim to this system too but she could and should have done more to protect her daughters from the fate she knew would befall them as girls growing up in this clan. Transgenerational trauma clearly runs deep in this clan for women which makes it all the more heart-breaking that the only way they can be free from it is either in death or burning it all down. The fact that their mother can ONLY ADMIT that she was happy to give birth to them in the moments before she dies is heart wrenching because it's only now the structure has been destroyed can she say it safely without fear! Yeah I was fascinated by the reed and its transformation into the sword and the imagery of the geese so was like "cool I have no clue what this means but it has to mean something" haha!

DrSophieDarlingReacts

It's just a heart-breaking situation all round. She can only admit she was happy to be their mum when the whole structure has been destroyed and she's on the brink of dying anyway :( But at least she got some revenge in having a final blow against one of the perpetrators against Mai and Maki!

Jim Nasium

FYI in Japan they didn't like the creative direction that MAPPA took with this episode in terms of changing it up a bit and using Kill Billto reference the fight it seems but the rest of the world loved it(I know I did). I wanted to say a few weeks ago that it's a crazy coincidence that you reacted to kill bill and I knew you would see this episode eventually as if someone recommended in purpose lol. This episode had ever element of what I like about your reactions. The themes and symbolism. Knew you would wish to have the whole clan wiped out after you saw how misogynistic they were in the early EP in this season. And of course the cherry on top but not one but 2 guys you find hot which of course will piss YouTube viewers off 😂😂😂

Hauxley Kernick

And just like jujutsu the clan treated them as the same person :(

TheRubyMinecat

Man i love this episode so much but personally theres 2 more that outdo it this season. The reason for that is the pacing of this episode, as amazing as it was, i do wish we didn't go past mai's death so quickly and was hoping we got more before it went to all the continuous action. Regardless though, it's an amazing episode and great analysis as always!

Kapriece Kroeger

YAYYYY my husband and I have been waiting for this reaction, especially because you watched Kill Bill and this episode played homage to it, specifically when the Bride fights the Crazy 88. Beautiful reaction Dr. Sophie, I can't watch this episode without bawling despite already knowing what happens lol

Lu

I love this episode a lot. I think it was a really brave choice by Gege, tho obviously I cried a lot watching it. In a way, this was the best way to fulfil Maki's story. It is deeply tragic but it has been reiterated over and over how that is the fate within Jujutsu society. I think Maki on some level did realise that what held her "true potential" from being fulfilled was the existence of Mai, but she resented the idea of that being something holding her back - instead Mai was her determination. Japan is a very patriarchal society, so I will continue to applaud Gege (no matter how much pain he puts me through) for continuously bringing up how it is a battle against conservatives, and how that mindset is holding society back. And this episode is such a huge showcase of that message.

Jay Fischetti

Sometimes there is no reforming a rotten system and it's up to the next generation not to conform to it's comfortable lower rungs but tear it apart bit by bit.

The_Venomous_Viper

Hah yeah the whole Maki fight was definitely a Kill Bill reference which is why it was the first movie reacts I requested! Sorry people not-so-subtlety gave that away in some of the comments, but luckily the scene/ep is so good it doesn't matter haha Not only is the fighting a bunch of dudes with a sword a reference to the O-Ren fight, but there are lots of mini references to KB throughout too! Maki cuts the top of her father's head off (like what happens to O-Ren), Maki does the "Three inch punch" that Beatrix uses to escape the coffin, she pop's a couple eyes out like what happens to Elle, and I believe even the wacky music is in reference to the kind during KB!

Coqnbauz

What I love about the ending of this fight is that Naoya is so dishonorable and such a massive coward that he tries to run BEHIND Maki and punch her, something someone at the level of Gojo or Toji would never do in that situation. Maki was literally ALLOWING him to run into her headfirst but he was too scared to even risk it.

Lucy 🏳️‍⚧️

Such a good episode! There was one part that I didn’t think was done as well as the manga, which was the first fight between Maki and her dad. The animation for it was great but they cut out a lot of the explanations the techniques being used, and the speed that it happened at makes it difficult to pick up on the finer details. If you’re interested I could comment images of those pages for you to glance at. It’s not super long of a fight, I think 3-4 screenshots worth of manga panels.

Ebraheem

imagine being naoya, dying to not only a woman but a woman with no cursed energy WHILE being stabbed in the back, exactly as he said should happen to women who don't walk humbly behind men

Henrik Mortensen

This episode always gets me... The setup of Maki and Mai from season one pays off so well here. Also I think they pulled off the Kill Bill homage so well. Also works on the level that The Bride from Kill Bill and Maki has very similar emotional rationale for killing a room full of katana wielding goons xD

Vinícius Oliveira

i think toji also sold megumi back because he expected to kill gojo and the the pact of turning him into head of the zenin would be fulfilled

Kayla Unknown

Truly the best reactions to JJK, period. I was scrolling down to type a post about the reed symbolism right as you looked it up for yourself in the outro. This part of the manga cemented Maki as my favorite character for a long time, and while now years later I think Kenjaku is my favorite character, Maki and Choso are tied for #2.

Orion

This episode was a little strange for me because in the manga (no spoilers) we see a lot of this happening through the perspective of the Zen'in clan members, with Maki being this indestructible, terrifying predator. There's no tongue-in-cheek music or Kill Bill references, just pure terror, which I think suits the theme of the retribution for them taking Mai away a lot better than the anime did. But, as a stand alone, it's pretty visually spectacular, so...trade offs.

Torje Amundsen

Oh my god this is ART. I'm so excited for you see the rest of the anime

DuckCuckem

Something that took me a few watches to recognize is that if you go back to season 3 episode 1, specifically the scenes introducing Naoya and the other Zenins, I'm 99% sure the attendant following Naoya around and tying his damn shoes is Maki and Mai's mother. If that's like a recognized/established piece of lore then I may be the most oblivious person alive and I apologize. I had to double check the voice actors credited for both episodes and it checks out. She's also wearing identical clothes in both episodes. And if that's actually her in ep 1, that's GUT WRENCHING. Having to hear that blonde little shit talk about your kids like that, having to follow him around, and having to tie his fucking shoes for him... I bet that final back stab felt so much more cathartic than I originally thought.

Serralinda Creates Fun Things!

Imagine being hopeful that your child might be the next heir, which would not only make the child protected and cherished, but also raise your own status above that of a pathetic, useless woman/servant. And then it's not just a daughter, but twins, neither of them with a "decent" technique. Knowing what you know about this clan, her daughters were doomed to a terrible life. Regretting that they were born likely refers to her thinking it would be better not to have been born at all than to be stuck in their position. Watching them suffer would have made the mother's life a misery, especially if she had to play her allotted role as the creator of such useless, embarrassing children. She couldn't show them any affection or stand up for them. That would have gotten her tossed out, and the girls punished even more. I'm betting she did her best to redirect/deflect any attention from them. That doesn't mean she isn't going to be terrified of the levelled-up Maki, who isn't aware of any of that (though she seems to wonder about it at the last minute). Have you seen Kill Bill? If not, then forget I asked. If so, then you know.

Dylan Pisani

The hei having their own theme song just to be turned off in 15 seconds kills me lmao.

Noel Lemon

Ngl as a straight girl, Maki also became as hot as Toji

fatdabbyeet

It is what me watch the show. I have been on an anime "break" since 2016 (with exceptions) because I feel that most anime shows, while flashy, often lack both writing and cinematographic direction. The way most of JJK is animated is on an completely different scale than most anime, where direction is much more akin to movie cinematography than most anime. JJK often pretends it has a camera, uses stereoscoping and is in general very experimental artistically. Take Attack on Titan as an example, the animation is great and no one disputes this, but its cinematography is extremely anime. Controversially I also think that JJK is better written, but that has more to do with what the shows are trying to achieve. After watching this episode I binged the whole series, and thought I had misjudged anime, but I tried to watch a few other shows (Vinland, Demon Slayer and Fire Force) and was shown that I did not misjudge anime, only JJK. For reference the only other anime I have seen that matches JJK artistically is the later JoJo mangas, but the anime is not nearly as bold nor really ever brings it justice. I have not read JJK manga, so I do not know if credit is due to Gege or the studio.

fatdabbyeet

Nah, this season has arguably the two best serialized episodes of anime ever produced direction and artistically speaking.

Bowsber

The Zenin are a pretty incredible and nuanced representation of how evil and self destructive an overtly patriarchal, conversative and misogynistic clan be, and the different ways in which the members of such a society can be complicit with its structure. I actually think each member of the Hei represents different aspects in how one can internalise and contribute to such a setting, and Gege actually uses their techniques as symbolism for each one. My favourite example of this is with Ranta, who's noticeably younger than the rest of the Hei. We actually got a TINY bit of info on him in a volume extra, where we learn that the Kukuru unit quite like him, as he's humble enough to clean up the dojo for them despite ranking higher than them all. Everything SUGGESTS that he's a relatively decent kid, yet he nonetheless partakes and benefits from the misogyny in the clan. There's nothing to necessarily suggest that he's someone who believes its misogynistic structure is CORRECT, but he does nothing to prove that he's someone who sees it as incorrect either, and that manifests SO perfectly in his technique, where he literally uses his gaze to paralyze Maki from a distance, while asking someone more outwardly shameless to do the deed of directly killing her (while he can hide behind the fact that he hasn't directly caused any harm himself). I think Ranta is the most topical and relevant example of the kind of man we see so often today, hell, he even says 'Maki's lost her mind!' as though he has no other understanding of why Maki would kill her father like that. It's SUCH an interesting character study despite so little to actually go off of. I think I'll mention my reads of the other Hei members another time in discord or something to avoid literally writing an essay in here, but I just wanted to nerd out about the subtext of techniques and how Gege uses them to convey character and personalities, especially in this episode.

Anna Kyruin

Just going to leave this here: ----- JJK Season 3 #4 Full Staff: Storyboards: Shouta Goshozono Episode Director: Shouta Goshozono, Risa Suzuki, Yuusuke Sunouchi Chief Animation Director: Yousuke Yajima, Hiromi Niwa, Takako Shimizu, Souta Yamazaki Animation Director: Shinya Itou, Yuuko Ebara, Nozomi Nagatomo, Xuanjing Wang Assistant Animation Director: Reimi Eda, Masayuki Tachibana, Mentarou Key Animator: Tadashi Hiramatsu, Itsuki Tsuchigami, Shoutarou Ban, mokmok, Shouta Goshozono, Risa Suzuki, Hiromi Sakamoto, Mari Oda, Aya Suzuki, Eekee, Takako Shimizu, Fuyuko Iwata, Yoshikazu Tomita, Hayato Kurosaki, Reina Igawa, Isuta, Kouhei Hirota, saucelot, Julian Bentley, Proro, Obrian Bennie, Souta Shigetsugu, Yuuto Kajino, Shinsaku Kouzuma, Sou Miyazaki (studio chromato), Mise (studio chromato), Nakaya Onsen, Hakuyu Go, Sijin Xu, Daniel Kim, Mitsuko Baba, China fyi, Hakuyu Go is credited as Shinjirou Egawa ----- Huge legendary teams MAPPA hired this season, it's insanity.

domi

Damn thats a great analysis, I would love to hear ur thoughts on the other hei dudes

DrSophieDarlingReacts

Well not really so much in this episode if the information about Ranta has to be learned elsewhere haha! But even still it definitely wouldn't be gleamed from a first watch :( It'll be interesting to go back and see at some point when I have the time for a more deeper analysis.

Aldryx_Thetahart

God, this episode hurt my soul in ways I couldn’t have imagined. And I read the manga! This chapter made me teary eyed reading it, but watching it? I couldn’t stop crying. Edit to add: It’s also no coincidence to me that Jinichi’s technique involves multiple striking blows while Ranta’s technique revolves around standing by and watching. The ENTIRE CLAN’S TECHNIQUES revolve around abuse, suicide, and simply watching it and doing nothing.

Mickael Landry

I'm sharing just like everyone else, your tears Sophie. 💔🧻 It breaks my heart to even think about it, but what happened to Mai and Maki is just devastating. They were born into a family that was supposed to protect them, yet their father, Ougi, never saw them as his daughters; to him, they weren't human beings deserving of love or warmth, just worthless embarrassments beneath his dignity and ambition. The cruelty of him leaving his own flesh and blood to be torn apart in that pit is sickening. And Mai... she carried so much pain, but her love for Maki was absolute. She knew that as long as she lived, her own cursed energy would keep Maki chained. So she chose to give up everything; her life, her future, her very breath, just to break those chains for her sister. Standing on that quiet shoreline in her final moments, she took all that burden onto herself, leaving Maki with a weapon forged from her soul and a final, heartbreaking wish to tear down the house that destroyed them. Mai shouldn't have had to die for Maki to be free. It’s just so incredibly sad, and it leaves you with this heavy, aching feeling for two sisters who deserved so much better from the world. 👭🏻🌏✨️

Mickael Landry

There is something deeply moving and almost mystical about stories featuring twins. You feel it profoundly in works like Jujutsu Kaisen with Mai and Maki, or in Demon Slayer with Muichiro and Yuichiro. I can't quite put my finger on why, but this dynamic touches a particularly intimate chord in me🥹. Two souls born from the same breath 👥️, sharing the same cradle and the same blood, yet so often torn apart by fate or doomed to sacrifice themselves for one another. It's this tragic contrast between an unconditional, primal connection and the sheer brutality of destiny that breaks my heart every single time.

DrSophieDarlingReacts

I think as well it's because they've never known what it means to be apart. They're conceived together, grow together in the womb, born together, grow up together that the only permanent division they face is death. So the idea of having this half of you, this heart that you've never been apart from since the moment you were conceived, taken away in such a manner feels cruel and all the more brutal because you now have to go on without them. It's hard to lose a sibling but to lose a twin? It's grieving the loss of not only your identity but also this void of emptiness that takes the place of the presence you've never been without.

DrSophieDarlingReacts

Yeah there's so much you can discuss on a re-watch / deeper look and engagement into the fan discussions which you can't really catch on a first time watch but maybe one day I can delve further into aspects like that but it would require more time than I can offer haha! :')

Charlie

The kill bill vibes werent for me throughout the massacre, this wasn't a triumph for maki. It was her losing everything she was working towards with her sisters death and destroying her clan

Charlie

You just haven't watched much anime boss The fact you came out of vinland thinking anime still lacks in writing but prop up jjk underscores this. Jjk is fun but writing wise its nothing extraordinary especially inside of anime. Its a battle shonen with cool twists

Isac

PEAK!!!

Violet

JJK is so tragically poetic, yet hopeful at the same time 🥹 Maki deserves a million hugs

Violet

I'm sorry babe 😔 Losing a fave is gut-wrenching

Violet

When I actually look past my hate towards him, Naoya is an interesting character. He truly admired Toji, yet his prejudiced upbringing "forces" him to see Toji as inferior, even though he also believes the man to be brilliant in his own right. I want to say he would appreciate Maki's strength if she were a man, but also wonder if he would still be jealous in a way. This situation makes her abilities worse in his eyes because she is a woman, but I feel like Naoya would still hate Maki as a man b/c he should be the only kin of Toji who lives up to the Sorcerer Killers notoriety/fame. It's very obsessive and childish

Fennec

Megumi gonna start underlining FUSHIGURO from now on.

Anonlou

This 100% was a Kill Bill reference. And I was amazed they did it. Great episode. Though I hope you are emotionally ok! Gege definitely be wildin'