Gege trapped himself.
Jujutsu Kaisen manga spoilers ahead!
Summary:
- Akutami Gege came up with one of the best-selling anime.
- Villains play a big role in Jujutsu Kaisen.
- This trap plays a bad joke — the plot becomes predictable and boring.
Akutami Gege (Jujutsu Kaisen's author) is considered to be a good writer. No wonder, since he came up with one of the best-selling anime that became popular all over the world. However, there are plenty of mangaka critics.
Of course, one should not take all the negativity seriously (any popular franchise has both fans and haters), but some comments make sense. A good example is that Gege made the mistake of leaving only Sukuna and Kenjaku as villains.
Where are all the bad guys?
Villains play quite a big role in the success of Jujutsu Kaisen. At some points, the group that gathered around Pseudo-Geto and played a key role in the Shibuya events looked even more interesting than the sorcerers from Tokyo Academy. The Cursed Spirits were separately interesting.
Many were attracted to Jogo's explosive character, which played out even more vividly when we learned his true motivation. However, the most memorable and impressive was Mahito — his development as a character is one of the most well-written in Jujutsu Kaisen, if not the most.
The Shibuya Incident Arc was packed with character deaths, and of course almost all villains suffered. Some deaths seemed quite logical (Jogo, Dagon), some were quite unexpected (Hanami), Mahito's death caused a lot of negativity — he was a promising character who Gege ruthlessly removed from the story.
As a result, by the end of the incident, there were only two full-fledged villains left in Shibuya.
Trapped author
Why is the decision to keep only two villains not a good one? It's pretty simple — Gege can't give them up easily, so they become unkillable and stay in the story for a long time. The mangaka even has to sacrifice strong characters like Gojo or Yuki.
While Gojo's death still caused a wave of confusion, the outcome of Yuki and Kenjaku's fight is quite predictable. Gege would hardly get rid of a character he worked so hard to bring into the narrative. If the outcome of these fights had been different, the story would have ended.
Many feel that having more villains would have been a good solution — it would have added variety to the story. Now all we see is another supporting character trying to defeat Sukuna, but failing simply because the time hasn't come yet.
There is no other entertainment in the Jujutsu Kaisen manga at the moment. This trap plays a bad joke on the plot — it just becomes predictable and boring.