Hope you are here after Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 episode 11. Minor spoilers ahead.
A quick recap of the story so far: Satoru Gojo, the most powerful Jujutsu sorcerer, has been sealed at Shibuya as part of an elaborate conspiracy devised by a team of special grade cursed spirits and curse users. The fate of Japan hangs in the balance, and the remaining sorcerers must defeat the cursed spirits and users before they can harm more humans. But a special curtain cast over the region prevents sorcerers from getting anywhere close to Gojo.
Towards the end of Episode 11 Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro manage to wrest the cursed object holding up the curtain over Shibuya from Jiro Awasaka. So it’s time to shift focus to what the other Jujutsu sorcerers are up to. Episode 12 kicks off with an engaging scene as Mei Mei and Ui Ui confront a cursed user on the Toshin Metro line. Mei Mei confidently strides toward her adversary, accompanied by a dramatic piano piece in the background, explaining that while her powers may not be the strongest, she is certainly not an easy adversary.
Simultaneously, Nobara Kugisaki crosses paths with the bratty curse-user Haruta Shigemo, who has already brutally murdered several non-sorcerer staff members of the Jujutsu academy. Although a minor villain, Shigemo shares the same casually sadistic demeanor as Mahito, although he is not as intimidatingly insane. Kugisaki and Shigemo engage in a tense sequence of events, with each of them confident in their abilities. However, the former is ultimately outmaneuvered. The runtime is split with quick updates about all the major sorcerers, so it’s a tightly paced and engrossing episode.
The highlight of this episode was when a furious Kento Nanami came to Kugisaki’s rescue just in the nick of time. Usually recognized for his composure, Nanami unleashes his wrath against the cursed user as his patience wears thin amidst the chaos and death in Shibuya. “So this is a Grade 1 Sorcerer,” Kugisaki exclaims, her jaw dropping as she witnesses her senior, Nanami, in action. We get some intense close-ups of the angry Nanami and the visibly shaken Shigemo, whose arrogance quickly evaporates when faced with a formidable opponent. Studio MAPPA once again delivers an engagingly choreographed episode, dark, blood-soaked, and brimming with unexpected twists. The time-stamps throughout the runtime help create a sense of urgency, since the sorcerers are literally in a race against time to save Gojo and other innocent civilians.
In the final minute, the focus shifts back to Yuji, who rushes toward the Shibuya metro station in hopes of reaching Gojo but encounters an unexpected face. Remember the bet between Mahito and Jogo over Yuji Itadori’s fate in episode 10? It doesn’t matter if you don’t, but this episode ends with a cliffhanger that promises to reveal the outcome of that interaction.
You can stream Jujutsu Kaisen on Netflix or CrunchyRoll.
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