Mugen Monday - Seventh Edition

Emerging from the darkness is the news of Gojou Satoru, (or Gojo, but does it matter really?). As Jujutsu Kaisen, one of the most renowned new-age Shonen series has taken a shift from the commonality, we see a development that although is not a noble addition to the already long list of Anime Shonen tropes, is indeed quite an A-move by the maestro, Gege himself.

SPOILER ALERT FOR JUJUTSU KAISEN: This character’s death has had more impact than anyone ever imagined. With fans going literal kamikaze and threatening the author with life. (With death? or into death? whatever).

(Although one of our writers, Mayukh, did have some plausible theories on why Gojo still isn’t dead yet, and it’s quite an interesting read. I will definitely recommend you jump straight right into it.)

HAS SUCH A MOVE BEEN MADE BEFORE BY AN AUTHOR?

• It’s been seen before. It’s not the most conventional route, but strong characters (supporting) are usually killed.

• This serves as the route of ascension by which our relatively weak protagonist climbs the ladder of the power hierarchy.

Gojou Satoru on this hand, has been the apex epitome of the strongest. He’s been OP for the truest sense of it, deriving a substantial element of trouble from the heart of JJK Fans. Oh, the greatest curse threat to society? Welp we got Gojo. Our one-eye kills all man (one punch?).

The only route author Gege felt most plausible upon, for this story to have any relevance without having to make its supporting character Gojo into its main character, might have been the common ‘concealed into-thousand years-kinda’ trope'.

Which worked for him, for quite plenty of time. But the inevitable outcome of such shenanigans was that if a character is sealed, they must one day return.

DID GEGE TAKE HELP FROM HOW HISTORY HAS DONE A SIMILAR SETTING?

1. The last I remember this was perhaps when Netero fought against Meruem, or Third Hokage went against Orochimaru.

2. But both in these cases, the supporting good character always had a formidable foe. Gege did not stray from the usage of a similar technique.

Up until this point in the Manga, Gojo has always been undefeatable. But then he pops out of his sealed concealment, and boom you have the strongest villain character snap right into him - Curse King Ryomen Sukuna.

Akutami might not be the greatest Maestro of threading hearts and connecting dots in fiction, but he sure is one (a maestro). Yet receiving death threats from fans may have reminded our beloved author that the Anime fandom that once was, no longer is. Why is that? Why don’t you read on to our main piece for the Seventh Edition of Mugen Monday?

I wish you good luck. Signing off.

- FOR THOSE WHO DARE DREAM

- From the Editor’s Desk

Rhytham Das, Editor-in-Chief, Spiel Anime