Nobara’s flashback felt a bit strange for some fans.
The meaning behind it was to show that Nobara has no regrets.
The choice to show the flashback from her friends’ perspective was an interesting choice.
Nobara’s face was not the only thing Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Episode 19 broke. Along with it, the hearts of so many fans were completely destroyed. Nobara was one of the best female characters of the series (and some would even say THE best), and losing her feels like a cruel and unfair thing that we don’t even want to get started on. But we will.
Nobara’s flashback
Before the most terrible part happens, we see some memories about Nobara’s previous life. And this is the moment we realized that Mahito’s strike worked: anime tend to give you random flashbacks before getting rid of a character, sometimes it feels like our favorite series just like to see us suffer.
The first part of the flashback is told from Nobara’s school friend’s perspective. The girl had been lonely and bullied before Nobara happened in her life. The girls became best friends and spent a lot of time together. Nobara used to be a boyish girl and was always eager to fight and tried to be strong. The girls had to say goodbye to each other when Nobara decided to leave the town, and let’s be honest, that scene broke your heart a little.
The second part was from an older woman's perspective, who used to welcome Nobara and her friend in her house. She tells her colleague a story of two girls who used to come and hang out with her, and she tried to play a strange mother role for them.
The meaning behind the flashback
The entire flashback might feel like a random sequence of events, and you may ask a fair question of why it was even shown in the series.
Nobara was always about the life she hated in her town and how she aspired to move to a bigger city and start a new life. She hated how small the town was and that everyone knew each other. But right before her death she realizes that there are bad and good people everywhere, and it’s not just her town thing. She makes peace with that part of her life and realizes that it wasn’t that bad.
She then sees all of her new friends that she’s made in Tokyo and understands that she doesn’t regret moving, either. So the entire flashback was to show us that her life is not full of regrets, and everything was worth it.
It’s also interesting to note that the flashback wasn’t told from Nobara’s perspective, it was from her friends’. The point was to show how the perception of the same events may vary from person to person and emphasize the effect Nobara had on the ones close to her.
Nobara’s flashback felt a bit strange for some fans.
The meaning behind it was to show that Nobara has no regrets.
The choice to show the flashback from her friends’ perspective was an interesting choice.
Nobara’s face was not the only thing Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Episode 19 broke. Along with it, the hearts of so many fans were completely destroyed. Nobara was one of the best female characters of the series (and some would even say THE best), and losing her feels like a cruel and unfair thing that we don’t even want to get started on. But we will.
Nobara’s flashback
Before the most terrible part happens, we see some memories about Nobara’s previous life. And this is the moment we realized that Mahito’s strike worked: anime tend to give you random flashbacks before getting rid of a character, sometimes it feels like our favorite series just like to see us suffer.
The first part of the flashback is told from Nobara’s school friend’s perspective. The girl had been lonely and bullied before Nobara happened in her life. The girls became best friends and spent a lot of time together. Nobara used to be a boyish girl and was always eager to fight and tried to be strong. The girls had to say goodbye to each other when Nobara decided to leave the town, and let’s be honest, that scene broke your heart a little.
The second part was from an older woman's perspective, who used to welcome Nobara and her friend in her house. She tells her colleague a story of two girls who used to come and hang out with her, and she tried to play a strange mother role for them.
The meaning behind the flashback
The entire flashback might feel like a random sequence of events, and you may ask a fair question of why it was even shown in the series.
Nobara was always about the life she hated in her town and how she aspired to move to a bigger city and start a new life. She hated how small the town was and that everyone knew each other. But right before her death she realizes that there are bad and good people everywhere, and it’s not just her town thing. She makes peace with that part of her life and realizes that it wasn’t that bad.
She then sees all of her new friends that she’s made in Tokyo and understands that she doesn’t regret moving, either. So the entire flashback was to show us that her life is not full of regrets, and everything was worth it.
It’s also interesting to note that the flashback wasn’t told from Nobara’s perspective, it was from her friends’. The point was to show how the perception of the same events may vary from person to person and emphasize the effect Nobara had on the ones close to her.
