JUJUTSU KAISEN (2020)
呪術廻戦
Film details
Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · 24min
Synopsis
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Verdict
Intense supernatural action with graphic violence; maturity required for teenagers.
In-depth analysis
JUJUTSU KAISEN unfolds a philosophical and moral conflict on the Japanese supernatural plane, where the protagonist Yuji Itadori absorbs the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, a king of curses, embodying the tension between free will and inherent evil. The series explores the anthropology of power: curses are born from negative human emotions—fear, anger, despair—reminding us that sin is not a mere abstraction, but a destructive force that threatens the natural order. Itadori, with his common sense and affiliation towards good, chooses responsibility over selfishness, defending human dignity in the face of chaos. There is no ideological deconstruction; on the contrary, it affirms cardinal virtues such as fortitude and justice, with roots in cheerful realism: the hero grows by assuming burdens greater than himself. The graphic violence—dismemberments, abundant blood in combat—strains the nerves, but serves the moral arc without gratuitousness. Absent of eroticism or crude language, it prioritizes responsible heroism. For parents, it invites discernment: does this narrative help human flourishing, teaching that true freedom lies in mastering dark impulses for the common good? In a world of 'men without chests,' it offers a Chestertonian paradox: the monstrous exterior reflects interior battles, opening to astonishment at the grace of the righteous will.