Why Jumping Is So Important In Jujutsu Kaisen

[@doryu1004]

As a Jujutsu sorcerer, you are NOT Satoru Gojo There is a solid 80% chance the curse you're fighting is going to be stronger than you It is paramount that you jump them with your homies to guarantee a successful ass whooping

[@thataintfalco7106]

I think the idea that there’s an 80% chance of the curse being stronger than you in general is pretty wrong. It’s been kinda skewed because every single fight we see is our heroes vs some god tier level curse but I’m pretty sure typically they’re not that insane

[@AA-tz2bm]

special grade curse pretty much = grade 1 sorcerers. The disaster cursed and Ganesha are just the highest end which is why they need to be jumped or solo'd by a special grade sorcerer.

[@thataintfalco7106]

@@AA-tz2bm yeah the disaster curses are insane, so much stronger than the usual special grades

[@Martyyri]

​@@thataintfalco7106 Yaga said no sorcerer dies withou regret. And no sorcerer has normal death. Seems to me that meeting someone stronger than you can be highly likely.

[@xenocross6597]

If you’re not literally built different (heavenly pact, technique), best case scenario is that the curse is mid grade

[@cyrus8886]

"when the odds are against you, in your partners you shall call" -sun tzu The art of jumping

[@theknightstemplar8418]

@cyrus8886 crazy how I just bought the art of War like 30 minutes ago

[@lordship1543]

​@@theknightstemplar8418You have angered Confucius.

[@WhyEveryHandleTaken]

@@lordship1543why

[@apollyon6855]

Jump Tzu*

[@IchigoShinagami]

The thematic importance of jumping that I got was the separation of Humans and Curses. Curses, though they are born out of collective feelings of different people, are solitary in nature. They do not instinctively work together, they need to be somehow forced to. Humans are born from two people, and they are collective in nature. They instinctively work together. I feel like this can also serve as a way to analyze individual characters in a sense. Choso, though born as a Curse, asserts his Humanity by fighting alongside everyone during the Sukuna Gauntlet. Gojo, though he is born a Human, always fights alone, the pinnacle he has reached only has place for him, and that makes him more of a Monster than a Human.

[@felixamay]

holy shit your right

[@octavianabarrydbrickfan6757]

Hahaha just made a similar comment but this is a much better way of saying what I meant

[@IchigoShinagami]

@@octavianabarrydbrickfan6757 Thamk u 🦊💜

[@YaniBro]

This is very well said

[@IchigoShinagami]

@@felixamay Thanks!

[@MadaraUchiha-sx8mn]

Sukuna acknowledging Todo as "truly being a sorcerer to the core" just depicts how great of a jumper he is.😤

[@the_honored_onee]

He's the goat, even Fraudkuna admits it

[@Flamingo48923]

@@the_honored_onee “Stand proud, Sukuna. You have good taste” -Aoi Todo after meeting Uraume

[@wontonschannel]

@@Flamingo48923 loyal asf, can cook, can store his food with her ice powers, can cryo-freeze herself for when he turned into a cursed object, flat chested. Don't even blame him. Sounds like the peak JJK waifu to me.

[@slippyfruit8538]

@@wontonschannel he’s a guy

[@wontonschannel]

@@slippyfruit8538 ah yes, my anti-femboy technique i haven't used since the heian era

[@ryew3558]

This is the real power of friendship

[@NaisanSama]

Truly shows bond and coordination lol

[@JH-lb6qf]

fairy tail be damned.

[@narrativeless404]

Real

[@rur8480]

and this is that type of trope that you can't really shit on cause it is heavily tied on what yuji and the story overall is trying to tell. This power of friendship actually fight for its relevance in an individualistic world of jujutsu sorcery.

[@lucaswon9751]

the power of friendship but good

[@mr_0n10n5]

The true power of friendship is the extra hands they bring to fight the opps

[@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard]

The true power of friendships is the extra hands your oponent will catch

[@BlackXSunlight]

Yesss let’s talk about the fact that Cursed Spirits are NOT people, a lesson Yuji learns the hard way. There is no honor or fairness in a fight with one, jujutsu sorcerers are basically exterminators.

[@bananabanana484]

Yeah; even Jogo, who so desperately wanted to be human, killed casually and was only a little hurt when Hanami died. That was the moment Jogo was proven wrong; he should have been on his knees crying, but he was just mildly suprised

[@ConstantinDOSSOU-vy1zo]

😮​​@@bananabanana484 jogo wasn't proven wrong at any moment . Jogo always said he thinks the curse are the true form of the humanity and the story never showed the opposite . In fact Gege always explained and wrote that nobody has the absolute truth . The latest chapter still shows this . The only fights where I can say he showed than an opponent is in the right are Geto vs Yuta , Maki vs Naoya

[@Virem8711]

@@bananabanana484 Curses are reborn every thousand years or so, thats why Jogo didnt consider Hanami dead.

[@zacharyfewins8087]

@@Virem8711even Jogo knows and says that they may reform, but they won’t ever be the same. They will be different curses. The Hanami he knew was already long gone.

[@MalkuthSephira]

saying that curses are not people is laughably wrong, but it's absolutely true that curses are fundamentally different from humans, which is the actual point

[@v_vexx]

yuji: "Are you Sukuna because you get jumped, or are you getting jumped because you're Sukuna?" sukuna: "Are you jumping because you're Yuji, or are you Yuji because you're jumping?"

[@jeremycurtis7298]

Yes

[@savonsanders8684]

@@v_vexx Nah this perfectly sums everything about these 2 guys aura lmao 🤣

[@SAINTxSZN]

Is he gojo because he is dead or is he dead because he is gojo

[@savonsanders8684]

@@SAINTxSZN Ahh not my glorious Gojo 😭

[@evereq8970]

@@savonsanders8684 language..

[@maninanikittycat4238]

We need to see more jumpings in anime, it's the true potential of the power of friendship

[@anuragdas4605]

You can read Sakamoto Days (Yuto Suzuki) then, although there are not so many jumping fights like JJK, but the Jumping fights in SD are crazy.

[@soep19]

​@@anuragdas4605There are mostly 1v1, but if they do need to jump people, it's definitely a tough mf. That old guy is the definition of aura

[@simplyeyeronic1443]

Go read or watch world trigger.

[@Zo-E_DSG]

@@simplyeyeronic1443 i was about to say world trigger. it has a few jumpings in it but its mainly team fights which are still really good. the first season is kinda slow in terms of pacing so you could read the manga for that but the second and third season are phenomenal in terms of writing and animation all around 10/10 anime and manga

[@xenocross6597]

Bungou Stray Dogs. I can’t think of a single significant fight scene that people aren’t getting jumped, even when goddamn Chuuya is involved

[@snowboundwhale6860]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Gojo more in how he fits into this. He specifically fights alone the vast majority of the time, and due to the nature of his techniques is generally considered to be at his strongest when he is alone, to such an extent that the disaster curses' plan to seal him revolved around surrounding him with a huge crowd of regular people to limit his movements and offense. Post-Toji fight & subsequent training he is consistently considered by every modern sorcerer to be "The Strongest", singular, all the way up to his fight with Sukuna, and that strength in solitude is reflected in his sense of isolation from his peers. He's lonely even when surrounded by friendly faces, most of his peers don't actually seem to like him, even his curse technique takes the form of an immeasurable distance that keeps him separated from everything else, a direct manifestation of his loneliness/ emotional distance. He struggles to even see himself as a distinct person because his identity gets lost in the all encompassing nature of his position as "the strongest" As memed on as it's been, Gojo losing to Sukuna makes sense from a thematic standpoint since Sukuna losing there wouldn't be a defeat of his mentality/ philosophy, they both stood alone at the top and both fought from those positions; It'd kill the guy but not what the guy represents. Sukuna can lose the fight physically but he doesn't lose in any way that matters, so narratively the only option is for Sukuna to win. It's from there we get the gauntlet where everyone else is working together in an attempt to bring him down, a way of losing that would actually dispute Sukuna's isolationist view. Gojo's existence does actually support the theme of the importance of togetherness and cooperation because for all his strength, he loses all the time; While exhausted he lost the 1v1 to Toji and failed the plasma star escort quest, seemingly the first time he actually lost a fight based on how he responded, and only came back and won against him after he was untethered and there fighting for nothing other than himself. Geto gets away because despite having the strength to kill him it'd cause collateral deaths and he's not willing to kill civilians (this gets used against him again at Shibuya). He handily defeats Jogo but leaves him alive specifically for the chance to get intel out of him, only for Jogo to get stolen out from under him by Hanami, winning the fight but failing the objective as he neither got information nor killed the special grade curse. The moment he breaks the curtain at the goodwill event Hanami's like "Aight, I'm out", and despite using hollow purple he doesn't kill the curse there either, and because they were distracted by that he didn't catch on to Mahito stealing Sukuna's fingers or the curse wombs. For as good at throwing hands as he is he consistently loses the parts of fights that isn't beating up the other guy, and usually that's because whomever he's fighting is coordinating with others and working as a group.

[@thebel-boy13]

This was a good read. Well done.

[@RyenPacino]

That point about sukuna HAVING to win is phenomenal, never looked at it like that.

[@4orty5ive]

I think why jjk doesnt have the considered power of friendship that other anime have is because instead of having a scene where the mc gives a speech about his friends then one shots the villian they have yuji and the others just straight comboing beating the main villian

[@letsreadtextbook1687]

Most shonen has the power of friendship Jjk has the power of homies got yo back

[@aritrasaha441]

Jjk has the hood version of power of friendship

[@anuragdas4605]

JJK fights in a nutshell :- jump on this nig....

[@MalkuthSephira]

JJK is basically a more grounded, realistic take on the power of friendship. it doesn't magically fix any problem or make you invincible, but goddamn, friends who've got your back in a crisis end up basically being the only reason you even survive that crisis

[@Neo-925]

12:41 I think Ronin made a editing mistake. When he was talking about weak characters in the story he accidentally put a Miwa scene

[@lexhowardtanque6751]

@@Neo-925 Bro was disrespecting "Peak-wa"

[@yohumanfrisk]

"You were magnificent, Sukuna! I shall never forget you for as long as I live!" -Miwa

[@benboothroyd1523]

Gege was cooking by having Miwa offscreen Uraume and use an open domain on Sukuna. So peak

[@corexxsoul7742]

“Stand Proud Sukuna, you are strong.” - Miwa

[@teddynihon]

@@lexhowardtanque6751 Peak-wa 🤣

[@joecroft4274]

The latest chapter highlighted something very important to me. That the reason Sukuna hates Yuji so much is because he is a person satisfied with not being the strongest or number 1 in his universe because he has already selected the role he wants to fill of his own making. He permeates the concept that when working optimally, the many will always overcome the one. Standing in solitude is not a demonstration of honour, power and confidence but in fact is a rejection community, evolution and strength in unity.

[@markd.9042]

Based comment.

[@rikusauske]

The strongest single human would lose to a small group of friends. We are stronger as a community. Survival of the fittest in humans refers to strongest cooperation.

[@markd.9042]

@@rikusauske Exactly, that's why social Darwinism always fails.

[@rikusauske]

@@markd.9042 social darwinism ironically is self defeating, as without a society promoting people based on THEIR strongest talents and instead focusing on a preconceived notion of excellence which cuts down on innovation and doesn't foster people who could be spectacular. If you want to be an elitist, then you should probably promote a more equitable society to actually elevate the elite.

[@markd.9042]

@@rikusauske Fantastic way to explain it.

[@rosardam]

“todos speech was the spark that helped yuji land his” when did bro become a poet mid script 😭😭

[@deandredukes95]

First rule in jumping: SHOW NO FEAR‼️‼️‼️

[@Fusion237]

Fr no fair fades in jjk

[@Arctic7985]

Havent seen the full video, but my interpretation is that Heian era sorcerers threw everything away for individual power in a "survival of the fittest" mentality while modern sorcerers prioritize community and strength as a collective. This is why gojo could never win from a writing standpoint, they have to win together.

[@Andrew12217]

@@Arctic7985 and which sorcerer does uraume likens to those in the heian era? Hakari, the individualist and gambler, the one that hasn't yet jumped sukuna

[@Flamingo48923]

I feel like the Heian era sorcerers were too busy perfecting their techniques and probably fighting Sukuna to get that title as strongest ngl

[@antonbrown17]

so interesting that Todo is introduced as this individualistic solo powerhouse but them we come to know him as one of the best, bro-y-est support characters in shonen

[@xx-demon-akitsuha-xx]

Danm this is one of the best analyses of JJK I've seen yet! I always love when small, seemingly insignificant parts of stories reveal something much greater

[@wumbojet]

I feel like gege actually found q way to deliver Naruto's intended message of collectivism, cooperation and bonds surpassing individual talent, because 80% of what yuji is as a sorcerer is because what other people gave him, kenjaku's disgusting body modifications, Sukuna's twisted existence inside him, Gojo's, nanami's, Todo's, kusakabe's, instruction and everyone else who has trained him, *BUT* , the crucial aspect missing from naruto is that yuji was only able to become what he is because of his unwavering determination, his rock solid mentality and all the sacrifices he had to make, including the people who gave their life for him. I love that Yuji's autonomy gets constantly taken away not only by monsters like sukuna and kenjaku, but by his own companions who put their lives on the line for his safety because they believe in the change itadori can bring, that's why higuruma's and choso's deaths are so unbelievably soul crushing while Neji's death only felt like a cheap trick for Kishimoto to have less loose threads to tie at the end. TL;DR: Gege is an incredible writer.

[@ConstantinDOSSOU-vy1zo]

" 80% " ? Correction it is 100% , he is the only character of all his power was decided by others

[@ConstantinDOSSOU-vy1zo]

In fact Yuji never sacrificed anything , people are just dead because he couldn't choose it is all

[@ConstantinDOSSOU-vy1zo]

Naruto in the other hand like every other characters in jjk really needed to want the power and needed to train with determination for everything except for Hagoroma's power

[@wumbojet]

@@ConstantinDOSSOU-vy1zo 1) No, not all of his power, only the opportunity for him to grasp it. He was given the door and the lock, he needed to create the key by himself to open said door. 2) Yuji decided to sacrifice his life to save multiple people by running into the school to save his friends and clubmates, by eating the finger to save Megumi, by deciding to give his life in a sacrifice to kill Sukuna for good, by jumping into mahito's domain to save Nanami without knowing he was immune, by deciding to become a cursed spirit killing machine only preoccupied on the obsession with exterminating all of them as he told mahito in Shibuya and countless other times. His life was sacrifice, sacrifices by the people he lost to help him and sacrifices by himself to help the people he cares for. 3) Naruto was gifted from birth with inhuman levels of chakra from a clan famous for their chakra pools and sealing jutsu, given a free infinite energy source in Kurama that even while not directly helping him, he could just use at will, he magically learned a jutsu that completely brakes the logic and mechanics of the world by conveniently giving him infinite training time in seconds. He didn't have to train to use multi shadow clone jutsu, he just magically could after being explicitly stated as being remarkably awful at cloning jutsu, but perfectly doing a massively more complicated one out of thin air. He was conveniently more adept at harnessing nature energy than the literal toad sage and was the first person in history to reach the true toad sage mode, while also not even coming close to any of the drawbacks or dangerous parts of using that energy aside from the brief moment in training. Kurama was conveniently rewritten from a merciless demon fox anxious to devour Naruto and everything he held dear to a goofy puppy that because best friends with someone just because he called him by his name. And if all of this wasn't egregious enough, he's then revealed to be the reincarnation of a moon god and given the power of said moon god. Every time people help each other in Naruto, Naruto becomes stronger, every time people help each other in JJK, society becomes stronger. That's the difference in messaging between both series and why jjk's message hits while Naruto's fails to deliver. Have nice day.

[@MalkuthSephira]

@@wumbojet fantastic thoughts, thank you. sorry about that 12 year old who's having a panic attack because someone noticed Naruto is awful at following its own themes and JJK is doing quite well at it *edit. i stand by this but actually let me clarify PLEASE keep liking Naruto, and DO keep seeing value in it, because there are great things in there and some great ideas even if the story eventually lets those ideas down. but you've gotta start accepting that the things you like may have huge flaws. you're not stupid for liking something with major flaws, what's stupid is thinking that something being imperfect means you can't like it anymore and thus creating bizarre lies in your own head about how it's secretly the perfect story and other similar stories are somehow worse for no reason

[@thebard20]

This was so good, thank you, subscribed. One of my favourite anime/manga tropes is the character who can mimic other people's abilities, but usually that character doesn't get to the top or is undone by an individual genius in some way. JJK features a lot of mimics now that I think about it, but especially Yuta and Yuji. Its refreshing to see them presented in a different more positive way within the manga and also for Yuji's borrowing or copying of others protrayed as a strength in the way you describe at the end, rather than a good but ultimately limited ability as is usually the case.

[@CyWySu123456]

Old Nux Taku did this style of anime analyses, along with psychological and philosophical breakdowns of characters. It's what made me fall in love with anime and appreciate the work going into creating it. Biggest flexes got me hype, but then he switched up and I couldn't watch anymore. Thanks for bringing back such an important element of anime! 🔥

[@tverculosis5022]

bro went from Philosopher to Goon King

[@NeoZero369]

Better than Nux Taku ever was… he trolled way too much

[@SaltedBonez]

@@NeoZero369 I'll give him some credit, his old videos though lightly comedic, definitely had some good insight. It's unfortunate seeing what he's come to now

[@MalkuthSephira]

RIP to the era when Nux made videos that were about something

[@CyWySu123456]

He always said he was struggling with depression and other things like that when he was breaking down a character, so him going to some other "exciting" distraction to avoid it makes sense.

[@HBpenman]

There's one thing in Jjk that hypes me up without fail, it's Yuji and Todo jumping someone.

[@khalilcollins65]

Something I think about is how Gojo says “Jujutsu is an individual sport” and how I think Gege goes out of his way to prove that wrong on several occasions. I think maybe Gojo can only see jujutsu as an individual sport because he has been forced into an individualistic practice of jujutsu. But in reality the real jujutsu is the friends we made along the way

[@badyoutuber1986]

😅

[@soep19]

In jjk 0, maki said that the weaker the curses, the more likely they will stick together. Most sorcerers are inherently weaker than the curses, and yet, through companionship and teamwork, they can bring down even the strongest of foes. It's something that Sukuna will probably never recognise, because he's only looking at the strong.

[@Chillspiracy]

The way people were jumping each other from the jump in this show solidified the danger & the stakes of the fights.

[@Cake92077]

I clicked on this video thinking that it was actual jumping and not jumping.

[@Dv03_best]

@@Cake92077 ur not the only one 😭

[@sirperybLakeney]

same

[@sobbinglunatic3095]

I’m not a native speaker, what does jumping in this context mean?

[@sirperybLakeney]

@sobbinglunatic3095 They mean it as ganging up on someone. Traditionally in slang 'jumping' someone means taking them by surprise (essentially an unfair fight). 'Getting the jump' on someone is derived from this. More recently in slang 'jump' seems to be being used to mean ganging up on someone (when taking someone by surprise it could often mean being ganged up on ie: I was walking down a dark alley when I got jumped by 3 guys').

[@25FLASHFIRE]

* Comes into the vid wanting insights about jumping *leaves wanting to unionize work

[@ethangnasher3848]

@@25FLASHFIRE same Bro, same.

[@zineprixmenu4373]

Day 1 of 100 Goodluck br

[@BrokenRonin]

Thank you, hope to get these updates everyday

[@The_Weekly_Infinite]

One of the reasons why I like JJK so much is because Gege understands fight choreography and what makes interesting/fun fights. The matchups make sense, so when the time comes for a "jumping," it holds so much weight. My biggest complaint (which is rather small in the grand scheme of things) is that I wish we got to see other characters work together outside of Yuji. We did get Yuki/Choso, Everybody vs Dagon, and the whole verse vs Sukuna, but I would've loved to see Todo and Yuki, Gojo and Nanami etc.

[@FlyyyGuy]

Ngl u really cooked with this one. Perfectly expressed how the fights reflect the themes of the manga

[@The_Atreides]

Let the 100 day Gauntlet begin.

[@jesulani9548]

@@The_Atreides so is he posting everyday for 100 days? I didn't understand the community post

[@The_Atreides]

@@jesulani9548 yes for the next 100 days he will be posting either a video, livestream or short.

[@jesulani9548]

@@The_Atreides wow every single day? I'm here for it

[@wontonschannel]

@@The_Atreides 7 videos, 2 streams, 91 shorts

[@loganwagner5558]

Fuckin’ *phenemonal* video, this is my first time seeing your name pop up on KZbin but you’ve got a new subscriber!! I absolutely love JJK, and have always felt the exact same way about the concept of multi-battles like this; it’s such a wonderful way to contrast with other shonen. Typically arcs would begin with two groups whittling down each others numbers until a big 1v1 at the end; whereas JJK is the opposite, a myriad of individuals goals and ideals converging on one spot into all out gang warfare. Noble fighters like Yuji and Megumi, mercenaries like Noabito and Mei Mei, and forces of nature like Yuta and Gojo all having very different reasons for getting involved in these climactic battles doesn’t just give us a variety of characters to play with at the end of an arc-- it’s the very reason why they’re not all on the same page at the beginning!! They’re all coming from different places (literally and metaphorically) as they’re drawn into the major conflicts, so they’ve all undergone some amount of conflict or growth by the time they reconvene too, meaning every time Yuji and Todo team up we’re looking at a different version of their team.

[@Tazer_BLACC]

I feel like it’s the MOST realistic thing. It can get tired with every series doing the DBZ “take turns” type stuff.

[@okvayno]

It's ironic that they're quick to jump somebody normally but for some reason against the king of curses the strat is to go at him one by one😭

[@HelenaSan425]

The Show should have been Called jujump Kaisen because every fight scene with a Villain or good guy is always getting jumped by multiple people

[@Imthose]

Thankfully

[@artemisfowl1862]

@@HelenaSan425 Comedic Genius

[@Benj3n]

Are your brain dead or is this ironic

[@Benj3n]

Satire ?

[@marcusdaloia2974]

"Jujumpyou Kaisen".

[@Adnovac]

It also allows characters to have weaknesses but not falling into the classic shonen trope of the character constantly powering up to defeat whatever's infront of them. Having a squad of high intellect, high physical and high skill fighting on their strengths while having their weaknesses covered is dope.

[@S-fp7uz]

In general I think relatively new shonen like MHA, BC, KNY and JJK tend to have more focus on group fights compared to the Big Three, Jojo, Toriko, Fairy Tail and the like. Of course those older series have group fights and the others also have 1v1, but as a trend I feel like it tends to hold true.

[@randomblackhole9933]

@@S-fp7uz what's KNY?

[@S-fp7uz]

@@randomblackhole9933 Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demonslayer

[@gigan3838]

JJK has been the most real and sincere study of the "All for one" vs "One for all" mindsets I've ever seen in a shonen, which is funny because that's honestly what most of them are about. I think this final battle between Yuji/Gang Vs Sukuna has been the ultimate version of that argument, with the protagonist and antagonist each truly epitomizing each way of life. The funny thing about that though, I think Sukuna lost that argument the moment he relied on the ten shadows technique to defeat Gojo.

[@simeonbain77]

"1v1 is not an option in this world, we be teaming like the strongest battlegrounds" ahh the whole entire jjk story

[@fabiopauli420]

"this truely was our jumpjutsu kaisen" - Yuji Jumpadori

[@Anomaly27]

Bro you need to make a video on Inumaki and how broken he can be if he reached his full potential. Just imagine him killing characters via voice commands while also simultaneously using RCT to heal his throat so that he doesn't get any backflash. Genuinely the strongest power by far.

[@VoidBringer_98]

Yo amazing video you put together here. Really makes me want to go back and re-read some of those amazing fights. No spoiler warning near the end of the video though. You threw out a lot of stuff I haven't read yet. Lots of others may not have as well my guy

[@ladybuzzkillington2072]

Phenomenal video. The exact idea that you are pointing out is perfectly demonstrated in Haikyuu. If you are unaware it's a sports anime about volleyball. It's very good imo and the culmination of the second season is that the entire team is working together like cogs in clock to make it work. Anyways love the video man.

[@ExodaCrown]

I assume they always jumping because their opponent is much stronger than them. Most of the cast are grade 1s or lower fighting Special grades. So teaming up on them is a given and makes more sense than other show where someone clearly stronger than the mc's side somehow loses in a 1v1. The grading system is what grade curses they can take on and make it back alive. It would make no sense lore wise for them to be able to win in 1v1.

[@nyft3352]

there's one more aspect about jumping that is not mentioned here: curses and sorcerers powers alike get to certain highs where a "fail" one on one fight would be a death sentence, a domain expansion can be an instakill move for example, so jumping your enemy and not letting them act or fight comfortably is key for victory, or at least survival. The Sukuna gauntlet or Yuuji and Nanamis's jumping Mahito are key examples of this. in the first case Sukuna would not have been defeated if he wasn't always having to deal with several people messing with him, stunlocking him or doing ambush damage, he would just open his domain and nuke his opponent, rest, rinse and repeat (he is a literal end-game raid boss). On Mahito's case, him being unable to even move by getting punch stunlocked denied him the ability to even make an offensive move until he developed his domain. Of course the tactical aspect of jumping is not the point of the video at all and i stongly agree with your take on the writing aspect of it, but i felt like i needed to point that out or else my autistic brain wouldn't be satisfied. great video ^^

[@omegalynx1750]

The frequent many-on-one fights in JJK also serves to elevate the stake of the battle between humans and curses while highlighting just how dangerous the opponents are. There's no room for playing fair; honoring the 1-v-1 is not a luxury the Jujutsu Sorcerers can afford when the fate of millions of people is at stake.

[@SatisfactoryBro]

It's honestly why I was always okay with the pacing and not having filler with JJK, while characters as a whole are not explicitly written out to the fullest/or having multiple side characters interacting with other side character, I felt that how they fight shows damn near just as much about them.

[@BeatrixBeatrixEverywhere]

As someone who didn't speak English as a first language, I really thought this video would be about jumping off from the ground

[@e2b265]

@@BeatrixBeatrixEverywhere trust me it’s not just an ESL thing lol, I only figured it out because I constantly hear people talk about jumping in JJK

[@friendlyanomaly6109]

I always saw Itadori as a vessel for Sukuna, but now I know he's much more than that. He's the vessel for the hopes and dreams of others through the many gifts they have given him.

[@Invisifly2]

Honestly, I largely appreciate it just because it makes sense. There are faaar too many shows where the entire team just stands around watching their buddy get clapped instead of helping.

[@lonejohnwolf]

Me clicking on this video expecting to hear a 15+ minutes explanation about why jumping around in fights in Jujutsu Kaisen is so important: 🙂

[@rebeccaliar9873]

God, not only an even-handed power scaler but an accomplished analyzer of themes? Screw it, SUBSCRIBED!

[@BlackingGameChannel]

Kenjaku jumped on Yuji's dad.

[@anuragdas4605]

In a Cowgirl (or boy) way 🌚

[@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard]

Or Yuji's dad jumped Kenjaku you dont knkw the kind of freaky guy he was

[@okipullup..]

Day 1, I’ll be keeping track brother man. a good video to start off with for sure 🤝🏽

[@Atticus-Catnipp]

It’s the only way we can appreciate true bromance

[@wannabeadonis69]

So very well presented, damn.

[@nellisswanepoel7014]

Jjk jumping is just as good as JoJo jumping 😂

[@saltstorm4189]

i just realized that JoJo really does have a lot of jumping. the og jump kaisen

[@saltstorm4189]

just realized that JoJo really does have a lot of jumping. the original jump kaisen

[@N0tsoIidsnake]

Mfs had the whole town on Kira 😭

[@Flamingo48923]

@@N0tsoIidsnakeAlessi being sent to the sky with 28 stab wounds: 💀

[@thegoldenphoenix3710]

That just remind me of pucci at the end of part 6, he is technically getting jumped

[@bforbiggy]

I completely thought this was about the genius of actual jumping to add more dimensions into a fight. There is the incredibly obvious benefit of jumping to dodge an attack but jumping's weakness has also been explored with the mid air attack by Hanami against Yuji and Todo as well as Yuji getting surprise attacked while jumping down stairs

[@Onlysimpforyou3]

If you want to see real jjk jumping come to southeast high school the way they like jumping people, it scary sometimes

[@tyranthrxus]

"Nobara's departure" the newest chapter breaks it XD

[@rylandercoleman2740]

Havent even watched this yet but i already know these are the types of videos we need

[@CrackyCreates]

" if you met sukuna, would you run the ones? " " nah, I'd jump "

[@Basteal]

With such a silly title, I didnt think I'd be getting a Ted Talk. One of the good ones, I mean.

[@SLTTPOH]

Its hard to break a curse by yourself you need friends.

[@thruwaycircus2532]

@@SLTTPOH BARS!

[@kabelosithole1188]

when it comes to videos like this for JJK, you're truly sublime. It's like you're painting on thin air

[@meekyman1]

took me a couple mins to realise this was not about feet leaving the ground

[@BlockyP]

The reason I love the jumping that the jujutsu sorcerers often do is because they do it against someone who is trying to "take" from others or is siding with people that do. It makes the jumping justified in my opinion.

[@raflyarafat4882]

Fights in JJK highlights compatibility, strength, and finesse. You aren't beating someone just because you remember about the promise you made with a friend 10 years ago. If you're outmatched, you need to fill in the gaps with numbers and even then it might not still be enough to overcome experienced fighters. Example, Kenjaku manage to defeat yuki, choso, and tengen trio, but almost lose to takaba (basically a newbie with OP technique).

[@cassiyahsmith9940]

There’s a lot of people who should watch this video essay who are misunderstanding a lot of core themes in JJK imo. Say it louder for the people in the back 🗣️ 🔥💯

[@jimmydjomo1767]

I'm a bit sad that I got spoiled a few things, watching the video... But they're things I expected to happen so it won't ruin my surprise watching the next seasons. This was a great video though. I think one of the things that also makes jumping more important is that a lot of these sorcerers don't really wanna go through all this shit. They're going along with the requirements of being born into that world, but they're not so indoctrinated that they would act as serious about it as a shinigami or a ninja. If things don't have to be troublesome, let them not be troublesome. And then you have crazy (and strong) characters in the mix so of course they wanna band together Salmon roe

[@luhkvon8117]

i rmb when everyone tried to clown sukuna for jumping when it’s an essential part of the story, it doesn’t show weakness but competence.

[@onelazynoob15]

I think the biggest thing is the paradigm shift for shonen battles from contemplative fights where opponents have very intricate inner monologues where they're playing 4D chess against each other and have their special moves that they overly explain as it's happening, basically the constantly narrated battles, to fights that really feel like they're just trying to kill each other full force without giving their opponent time to think. It's the former is definitely not bad, I quite like it in stuff like jojo or hunter x hunter, but the latter in jjk really does just feel like a life or death scrap where they have to just absolutely scramble to keep up and stay alive. Like, "no man, we're not just gonna watch you as you power up for your special attack, we gonna beat you down so hard you don't even have time to do anything." I mean, jjk still does have moments where characters explain their moves and how they work, but the in universe reason for it, that curse powers and curses are born from a society wide imagination essentially, and thus explaining your curse technique to your opponent makes it more effective on them because they are visualizing your powers with you, is a good excuse for exposition. And those moments of exposition are often brief or layered in with the fighting so it doesn't feel like characters are just stopping to info dump. It very much is them fighting tooth and nail without room for hesitation. Gives fights in the series a greater sense of desperation and stakes. They are trying to KILL each other, not have a fair dual.

[@AEWYU]

He says that itadori never becoming more important then the whole, which is true, but this also highlights a very large part of the story, there was someone who was more important then the whole, gojo, thats the reason why he was sealed during shibuya, thats the reason he gets killed by sukuna, its not because he was weak or unimportant to the story, he was killed and sealed for the simple fact that he was just too important

[@MadeForD]

my normal brain thought 'jumping' as like... the act of springing into the air

[@smolblondboi8038]

In a genre where most of the fights are poor choreographed slobs with yapping sessions between the slobs, jumpsu kaisen shows in a clever way that honor doesn't matter when it comes to putting your life on the line. There's no honor in death and you get to stay alive for another day if you win in this series and the role of "jujutsu sorecerer" shows that in a phenomenal way because, like Gege said, "no sorcerer dies without regrets". On another note, jumping in this series shows amazing fights sequences and is really refreshing for us viewers.

[@Marcusaurelius_a]

Bra what a good video man. So well put. Similar over arcing theme to my-hero but less direct and more palatable as far as relate-ability.

[@toddmichelic9938]

The art of the jump was a style many shoena manga had forgotten but it has returned thanks to jjk in my opinion

[@IchigoShinagami]

I wish Bleach had more jumping ngl.

[@saltstorm4189]

JoJo is fluent in jumping

[@anuragdas4605]

Although Sakamoto Days didn't have so many jumping like JJBA or JJK, it's still pretty good

[@ChromaticEagle]

@@IchigoShinagamiwe kinda got it in the war arc

[@huberthumphrey7499]

wonderful video!!

[@destroyerlog3261]

Ok one thing about the Nobara caring less about other lives than Yuji. Yuji knew that they weren’t curses yes, but he would be happy to kill mahito for harming innocent lives so why would he care about the cursed wombs? Spoilers! The cursed wombs were his brothers, it’s showed that choso has a sort of telepathic attachment to his brothers and Yuji being a cursed womb felt a little bit of the telepathic death after killing the cursed womb brothers.

[@Cat-uv7dy]

mahito is a curse, while the cursed wombs aren’t, and yeah, yuji could probably feel his brothers die like choso could

[@RandomYnontheinternet]

I mean to be honest they need to do that for some people all I got to say is that yuji had to work for his power and I feel bad cuz I'm telling you right now nobody would ever want to be in his position in life he has the top three worst lives next to guts, denji

[@baloongalot]

i deadass wasnt listening for like 10 seconds because i realized you were playing sabbath from devilman

[@Artist_ash-is5os]

Cant wait for the videos, love the content and always enjoy hearing your takes🙏thanks for your hard work

[@donutboi1979]

In all honesty I haven't watched the video yet, but, I believe they jump so much in this show because its a fact that the curses play dirty. They gotta do what they gotta do to not die. Hence the 3 teams and duo squads.

[@BaconVoid]

1:18 Nobara look so happy 😭 😭 😭

[@chaoticcar6231]

"Nah, we'd win." - Jumpjitsu Kaisen

[@kennyrichardson3842]

I genuinely thought this video was going to be about the ways they do big jumps around the battlefield, and was confused but intrigued. Have to admit, this is probably both more interesting and accurate though!

[@GhostboyEms420]

My glorious king starting the 100 days 🔥

[@NN-cc8uo]

Sukuna = King of Curses Yuji = King of Jumpings

[@Ubermunchies]

You’re a strong kid. Help others….

[@abcron3788]

This video makes me question if I know what the word "jumping" means

[@kiwi4356]

Great video!!!!

[@peach8043]

What I love about jjk is there jumping in the same time not like other anime

[@himanshurohewal1623]

Jjk was always about realistic fights and in real life jumping is common.

[@Chikara_Ketsugo]

Sukuna got jumped into blobkuna they really had him pull out of Megumi

[@cryamistellimek9184]

A series worthy of being published in Shonen Jump.

[@robsherrell1908]

Lowkey I like to think of the character dynamics in these jumping to be like two mirrors. Each person skills, abilities, and personality is reflected off the other’s in a fight so we’re able to see characters in a more nuanced way in comparison to the others around them.

[@michaelurmo7984]

"Strength in numbers" ahhh mentality

[@saltstorm4189]

"all for one and one for all" ahh characters

[@anuragdas4605]

​@@saltstorm4189 "Three musketeers" reference I see

[@saltstorm4189]

for sure

[@hilt999]

Amazing video

[@jorgelemus5020]

When you are not the main character jumping is the domain expansion

[@sagent9984]

I like the idea that jumping are common in new Gen anime because mangakas now, were kids mad at the Z-fighters and similar “fighting the incomprehensible strong monster 1-on-1” Like, there’s no Tien because of powerscaling, it’s just,, if you suck, them’s the brakes, but you can still contribute to a jumping 😂

[@Venom272X]

ping pong ost in the background, supreme taste