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呪術廻戦 0 東京都立呪術高等専門学校
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Apr 28, 2017 to Jul 28, 2017
6.8/10
Average Review Score
73%
Recommend It
11
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So as a prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen I think this works really well. Coming from someone who read the actual manga before this it was nice to see some more background for characters like Maki, Inumaki, Panda, and Gojo. I was a huge fan of Inumaki already because of his cursed speech but I really liked the characterization that we got in these few chapters. A character that usually only speaks in rice ball ingredients is obviously difficult but they do a great job of giving him depth despite that. I really like Yuuta's character and I think he could end up playing a bigrole in the Jujutsu Kaisen universe. I'm so excited for them to incorporate Yuuta into the manga whenever that may be.
Yuuta Okkotsu is haunted. Ever since his childhood friend Rika died in a traffic accident, her ghost has stuck with him. But her spirit does not appear as the sweet girl Yuuta once knew. Instead, she manifests as a monstrous and powerful entity who fiercely protects him. Unable to control Rika's violent behavior, Yuuta is helpless to stop the bloodshed that follows from her brutal vengeance. As a result, when apprehended by "Jujutsu" sorcerers—the secret guardians of the world, trained to combat forces like Rika—Yuuta wishes to be completely isolated so that no one else can get hurt. Yet his apprehender, the master sorcerer Satoru Gojou, has different plans for him: he will join Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School and learn to control Rika in order to help people. Now a first-year at this school, Yuuta starts to learn Jujutsu arts and combat malignant beings. Alongside his new classmates Maki Zenin, a Jujutsu weapons expert; Toge Inumaki, a spellcaster who uses his words as weapons; and Panda, a seemingly walking and talking panda bear, Yuuta begins to find his place in the world and, for once, to feel comfortable with his abilities. However, as his training progresses, Yuuta comes to learn that the dangers of the Jujutsu world go far beyond that of wicked spirits. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
As a prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen, this manga does everything it needs to and nothing really more. While not incredibly engaging it delivers a small mini-arc that is all together serviceable and enjoyable. The art is similar in quality to the main manga, that is to say not entirely impressive, but quirky in its own way. The characters within the piece are enjoyable enough, though the over powered teacher figure feels slightly bland compared to his decently diverse students. The manga follows pretty standard character archetypes from shonen manga of the past. What comes most to mind is Bleach in how the villain and themonsters are stylized as. Though I did get an odd feeling of Gantz on occasion that wasn't all together unwelcome. While the story wasn't the most engaging it could have been. I came out of it feeling satisfied I knew more knowledge that could be helpful when reading the main series.
Despite that fact that this prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen is only 4 chapters long I think that Akutami Gege was able to do just enough to both introduce the reader to the world of JJK and entice them into wanting to read more. Having already read a good few chapters of JJK I had already been introduced to Maki, Panda and Toge, but it was great to get to spend more time with them as actual main characters. I found Toge to be especially entertaining for me - though maybe that's because I absolutely love his curse words ability. But the stand-out from the cast forme was easily Yuta Okkotsu, a lonely, bullied boy who just wants to feel like he has the right to live.I'm not going to spoil it but seeing his development in the last chapter was so fun to read and I can't wait to see him again in the main JJK manga The story itself is mostly about yuta, as he must go to the Tokyo Jujutsu school because he is a Special Grade Cursed Human who's haunted by a powerful vengeful spirit.I found the story to be enjoyable but nothing to go crazy over. In fact there's not really much to even talk about when its comes tothe plot. The main appeal for me was Geges fantastic artwork, seeing the creative cursed techniques of the characters and of course getting to see more of the JJK world - as short as it was. So if that's what you're looking for you should defiantly give this short on-shot a read.
It's alright for a one shot. Maki and Inumaki aren't used the best as side characters. Yuuta is a meh protagonist and is sometimes he's annoyingly overpowered. There isn't much of a well constructed plot but what do you expect for a one shot? The art is fine but I much prefer Gege's new art style over his old one.The fights are meh, they aren't choreographed in any way. 4/10 I don't want to write a longer review but Mal won't let me submit it, so I'm writing this, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
For a prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen, it's very pleasant to read. There's nothing equal to the manga itself, but we had a lot of information that is totally important to understand the story between Gojou and Getou. The story remains simple but very fortunate in terms of storytelling and captivate the readers by the art and development of the characters. The characters, with the exception of Okkotsu Yuuta, are already known by the readers and watchers of Jujutsu. We still had a little difference between then in terms of personality, but nothing that would made a roundabout of the characters without explanation. I truly recommendthis before the chapter 74 from Jujutsu Kaisen, which is the start of a great arc and an important one.