HANAMI IS HERE! | Jujutsu Kaisen Newlyweds Reaction | Ep 1x18, "SAGE”

[@LettsReact]

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[@piak000]

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[@nimbusws2566]

The end credit scene is actually jogo burning hanami's plants to put more nutrients into the soil since the soil was initially too poor in nutrients to support anything growing on it for long. Similar to how environments wrecked by volcanic eruptions tend to regrow plants quickly.

[@saltyk9869]

It's also a parody of high school stories about the bad boy and gentle girl.

[@TacticalDimples]

Same with forest fires too I believe. It’s crazy when you realize that natural destruction via fire is actually good for Mother Nature in the long run.

[@Triattt]

Wildfires cause can increase fertility through the decomposition of nutrient layers that accumulate over time on the forest ground but were not easily decomposed, remaining inaccessible to plants. Volcanic eruptions also increase fertility through the addition of minerals present in the expelled materials. The burning of the plants itself does provide some nutrients back but more importantly, it allows for a cycling of different species/healthier individuals in that ecosystem through fire resistance or fire-activated seeds.

[@jasmine9581]

What comes to mind (bc it was in AP Human Geography) is specifically the term 'slash-and-burn agriculture' Somehow that's the concept that shows up most frequently in real life :)

[@Triattt]

Montana sees a bird shooting electricity out of its wings - *doesn't bat an eye* Montana sees an elephant spitting water out of its trunk - "Where does the water come from!?"

[@mkazaa]

To be fair she probably didn't realise that the elephants ability is literally to conjure water and assumed Megumi had the Elephant stock up and fill itself with water before hand.

[@Triattt]

@@mkazaa Now I'm picturing Megumi parking Nue in an EV charging station.

[@MrRusty103]

In regards to the dog hanging out with Inumaki. You can see it's mechamaru that is calling Miwa, Panda took Mechamaru's phone, gave it to the dog, who then brought it to Inumaki. Presumably the "bring someone's phone to Inumaki for a speech sneak attack" was a plan they had in their pocket the whole time. Leave the dog with someone other than megumi, he can always dismiss and reaummon if he finds a phone.

[@Marta-uv4id]

And here's why the story demonstrating how powerful Gojo is in the first part of the season paid off tremendously. Without the demonstration, it would've just been a lot of telling instead of showing, which isn't good in stories most of the time. Knowing how powerful he is and what he's capable of means that we also know that the villains will do everything in their power to keep Gojo busy and away from the battle, so the other characters don't have an immediate trump card, just a big advantage. Instead of the story just repeatedly telling us how powerful Gojo is but not actually showing it, we saw Gojo basically bullying some of the most powerful characters in the verse, so we *know* that the situation will be basically resolved once Gojo arrives. Which means, we also know why he's such a problem to the villains and why one of the conditions for the villains' success was to render Gojo incapable of fighting.

[@Agent-57]

The reverse works too actually. Up until the final episode of Season 1, we don't really get to see All Might show his heroics or his power. We are told he is the greatest hero who makes everyone feel safe with his ridiculous strength (we do see a little in Ep2 where he changes the weather but not much) When he pulls up in USJ, you feel like "Yes we are saved" but even then Odds are stacked against All Might, and him overcoming those odds while not even letting a single student get hurt is what makes All Might so awesome. It's interesting how both Gojo and All Might are the strongest, teachers of the mc and the pillar or peace and security in the world. The moment they are gone (AM's retirement and you know what in Shibuya) the world gets a whole lot darker.

[@Marta-uv4id]

@@Agent-57 It's a case of different takes on a trope that work if done well. Showing Gojo's power right away worked for this story, while saving the demonstration of All Might's real strength worked for MHA.

[@returneefromthemoon]

That is such a long way to say “show, don't tell”. To be fair, that technique only applies effectively on written works while in comic and animation you saw everything unfolded simultaneously. Heck, it could only be applied on novel, Gojo being showed powerful here is different to “show, don't tell”.

[@AzarathMetreon]

The weapons Megumi is using are originally called tonfa. Police use the name side-handled batons iirc.

[@saltyk9869]

Yeah, Tonfa are pretty uncommon in fiction so I'm not surprised they wouldn't know what they are. Generally used to reinforce strikes and provide some protection. They're really more tools that can be used as weapons, similar to scythes.

[@distortionistxx]

2:09 Tonfas! i train in kobudo so i have a pair of those. handy little fellas

[@flingkong24]

Translation for the reversed speech of the special grade: "Oh my. All by yourself?"

[@josuevargas1952]

"OH MY GOD IT'S MEGUMI" Refering to Hanami killed me

[@jimjimcherie]

that one is one of my favorite juju sampos. To explain, volcanic soil is incredibly fertile as it is really rich in nutrients, Jogo was trying to help Hanami grow better crops. Volcanic lava and ash enrich soil with important nutrients like iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, sulfur, potassium, silicon, phosphorous, and more.

[@joshuanowlin443]

Old dude pulling out the guitar might be the best scene in the show lol.

[@lorenox]

Technically he was using tonfas 🤓

[@In-The-Zone]

Volcanic soil is very fertile, so Jogo as the volcano spirit burned the flowerbed making the soil suitable for Hanami's flowers.

[@DontStealMyFish]

Fertile?

[@In-The-Zone]

@@DontStealMyFish yes

[@brunomoura7719]

Megumi was using a chinese weapon (later famous in japan as a shinobi weapon) called "tonfas" (wooden tonfas) . It's useful because in theory they are both, defensive and offensive. In the defense, it blocks like a shield stick to your arm and avoid a katana attack for example or even a punch . When it comes to attack, tonfas are normaly used alongside with you fist during a punch, grabbing the perpendicular handle wich is one third of the length. The bottom of the wood hits the opponent as well. Tonfas are not as "famous" as katanas or nunchakus for example, but still, if the user is skilled, they may come in handy during a short range combat.

[@itzmehDevi]

7:56 😂😂😂 "it's Megumi"

[@Gwen1001]

at this point I'm just convinced the jiujutsu scroll is just the crew getting high and coming up with whatever ideas they can, and then sorting them based on which ones fit the episode the most

[@LibbyisMid]

If true, I'm totally here for it and absolutely would do the same thing lol

[@gustavo7074]

Some gege drew, he put a lot of random stuff in the end of the chapters when he started the manga.

[@swooshnaldo]

All hail lord Kenny our glorious king

[@KyamaKira]

AND QUEEN MONTANA 😺

[@swooshnaldo]

​@@KyamaKira especially queen Montana our

[@KingAizen1]

For a moment I thought you meant THE kenny... #iykyk

[@bel410la]

Yeah I think its a common thing that it takes burning of a rotten forest to regrow a new healthy one. So the symbolism that Fire and plants are enemies isn't true, They need each other to keep going.

[@jasmine9581]

part of slash and burn agriculture - somehow that APHG concept shows up the most in real life

[@gib4569]

The proper term for the weapon megumi is using are tonfa

[@Samgreen90]

(At 2:12) No, these are called "Tonfas", and they're mostly used for blocking and/or defense! You're thinking about Batons, night sticks, or Billy clubs.

[@LettsReact]

They have pretty similar structure I’d say haha

[@RukilEngetsu]

@TheRedDon They do make side handle riot batons, thats likely what they googled

[@johndinner4418]

@TheRedDon they are

[@ErisianRomantic]

15:10 It sorta seemed like ya'll forgot what "veils" are as soon as the episode changed. Ya'll mislabeled it or had no idea at first each time, and it is glorious.

[@haku8135]

Spoiler free explanations. Nue was not destroyed, Megumi released it, probably so it DOESN'T get destroyed. Nue's pretty awesome and a flying Shikigami is too useful to risk it being lost, so Megumi's being tactical. Speaking of Megumi, the weapons he's using are called Tonfa. You're bound to find a character or two who wields them if you watch enough Shonen anime. They're pretty good for smacking people. Megumi's technique is Ten Shadows. He has 10 types of Shikigami, basically magic puppets, that he can summon. The condition is, he needs to summon each puppet (except the dogs, those you get for free) then fight it and subjugate it. What EXACTLY subjugate it means, is unclear. Whether it's defeat or simply impress or something in between, not specified so far. But he needs to tame them, and he has to tame them ALONE, so if he summons one to tame and just has Gojo slap it down, it doesn't count. Megumi Fushiguro is of the Zenin clan. His last name isn't Zenin because reasons. But he's of the same clan as Mai and Maki are, except he inherited their big time amazing technique. There are 3 BIG top dog clans in Jujutsu. Kami, Zenin, and Gojo. The Gojo clan's inherited technique is Satoru's techniques, the Six Eyes and Limitless. You already know why those are so valued. The Zenin clan's is Ten Shadows. Again, you can see why it's so strong, and you've seen literally an amateur using the ability so far. This gets crazy. Lastly is the Kamo clan, their technique is blood manipulation, and I'm gonna shut up here for reasons. Oh, the close eyed guy's first name is Noritoshi, by the way. Oh, I will say, Noritoshi uses a move called Flowing Red Scale, that's basically turning into a Demon Slayer. In Demon Slayer their total concentration breathing is basically oxygenating their blood to supercharge their bodies. Noritoshi can do that with his cursed technique. Technically he doesn't need to breath to do it either. They are NOT planning to get Gojo alone, if you get Gojo alone, you've LOST. Their plan is to keep Gojo OUT of that Veil. Now WHY they wanna keep him outta that area specifically, the area where all the students are, not clear. Could be a bunch of things. The point is though, Jogo already learned that challenging Gojo 1v1 in an empty location is suicide. Things are about to go OFF, so stay tuned.

[@GerblerM]

Wait why would he not need to breathe?

[@haku8135]

@@GerblerM In Demon Slayer they bolster their bodies by basically super saturating their blood with oxygen, letting them pull off superhuman feats. Noritoshi is controlling his blood directly to enhance his body, so hypothetically he could enhance himself even if he for some reason couldn't breath, like if he's underwater or something. Like he still needs to breath to live, but unlike with Demon Slayers, cutting off his oxygen supply doesn't stop his body enhancement. Certainly would put a time limit on how long he could fight though.

[@GerblerM]

@@haku8135 Ah I misread your last sentence in that paragraph to mean he wouldn't need to breathe while he was controlling his blood. I'll be honest, I don't think that the demon slayer comparison makes much sense here because like you said, his enhancement is not related to blood oxygenation at all

[@D1S50lv3dG1Rl]

They are keeping Gojo out as a diversion so they can basically rob the school of items while they focus on getting Gojo inside the veil to find out what they are up to inside.

[@JT-bu3ui]

20:08 Shoot, Poison Ivy became a curse user!!!!

[@colt1903]

Nue didn't get vaporized, Megumi just dismissed it off screen after it was bound.

[@liuthv]

UUUH, THE NEXT CHAPTER IS GAS, probably one of my favorites in all season 1

[@Zenith_269]

2:35 “with his eyes closed” 💀

[@Yewtewba]

The blood user Noritoshi's name has a hell of a history

[@DramaticCrossroad]

Note: They are fighting as a part of a tournament, it's not supposed a life-or-death survival battle between the students (well aside the fact some being ordered to kill Yuji).

[@crimiusXIII]

Kamo, Zenin, and Gojo clans. Satoru pretty much IS the Gojo clan.

[@depressedcarrot6196]

hanami my beloved

[@theonlykoh4631]

*Montana halfway through an insane fight* "what are these monsters?"

[@NexusDarkworld338]

They are called tonfas, those weapons.

[@ErisianRomantic]

2:10 Tonfas. Handy little sticks.

[@jasmine9581]

3:34 oh okay I guess the Megumi -> Zen'in thing was acknowledged mentally in ep 14 8:17 I mean, Inumaki can _Feel_ the issue 12:03 my favorite 12:40 Run. A.way. 3 syllables and 3 syllables 13:55 lol it doesn't land as well 15:05 Lol Yuuta Okkotsu and the Veil never get remembered hehh Mahito, and before that was Ijichi (used it first, then Megumi explained) 19:15 and that's what Jogo was saying- and he agrees 20:30 oH NO (YES YES YES) IT'S THISO NE 20:50 Cut speculation about who this boyfriend and senpai could be? 21:07 SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE THANKS AP HUMAN GEO 24:00 More like "we're gonna heckin' die" - I doubt there's any thinking through it, and it's not so deep that grudges would supercedes I mean - if you see that much, it's distracting, and then Inumaki said _run.a.way_ 25:34 not even super-super, just specific

[@RayGunga13]

sage

[@nachiketrazdan7537]

I am just waiting for you guys to start with season 2

[@Samgreen90]

(At 11:45) pink elephant on patrol.

[@ErisianRomantic]

5:32 Lolz. Riceball Guy, if you must. Good laugh there, though!

[@buenoloco4455]

Batons having no side handle? WTF!! in movie Terminator 2 you can see that... also It's almost a common sense that these Batons have a handle, for more tactical use.

[@hi00118]

“Useless Miwa here!”

[@artkonina]

where did Kenny get that all-might shirt it's awesome

[@Samgreen90]

(At 17:27) o.o What the hell?

[@Keniel-tm1xf]

They should watch Gurren Lagann

[@donq4483]

This episode is where JJK made its name known worldwide 🥹

[@claytaylor1064]

Are they going to watch the movie with yuta?

[@katchkartoons]

They've watched it, yes.

[@sambuujargalsaihan6101]

Did you forget anything in demon slayer

[@ajayrathod7438]

Third clan is gojo clan.

[@nico-v113]

Thankfully they got rid of Jujutsu Scroll for season 2 because it would have ruined the tone of it

[@gijuchoi6751]

Owo

[@sumitgujjar1292]

Please reaction demon slayer season 4

[@narenchemehurtado3931]

why dub?

[@LettsReact]

We have auditory processing issues making watching sub impossible for us while reacting or really watching on our own :)

[@saltyk9869]

@@LettsReact You don't owe anyone an explanation for why you watch dubs. Dubs are absolutely valid for anyone to watch and enjoy and the quality of modern dubs especially is pretty good.