Anime 40748 Jujutsu Kaisen Reviews Filter Check 2

This show is as average as they come, personally, I was really disappointed with not only the show, but the hype it garnered for reasons I cannot fathom. If you want the most basic example of a shounen, this is it.

TL;DR: This show is borderline bad. There is NOTHING in here that's better than other shows, and there are plenty of things that are truly dreadful. I only completed this show believing in the hype and hoping it would improve eventually-- it never did.

Summary:
Cool guy Naru-- I mean Itadori with innate powers stronger than the universe itself beats everyone else by order of ... magnitude cause he's an orphan and gets bullied. Oh wait, wrong show (His grandfather did tell him to be useful though so good enough). With the help of the most legendary jujutsu master Kaka- I mean Gojou, they go around beating everything down to a pulp. Oh, there are also side characters that get increasingly stronger to try and match Itadori's unreasonable growth like his rival sasuk-- I mean Fushiguro and the and fan service "I'm a badass but also hot" waifu sakur-- I mean Kugisaki to fill in the trio squad. Obviously no one can actually harm any of them since it's a terribly written shounen, but at least they pretend to.

Art & Sound (9/10):
Let's get this out of the way: the only reason anyone cares for this show is because it looks good and jujustsu sounds like jujitsu and that's exciting. Art and sound are great as you would expect from a show that is literally nothing but art and sound quality. The fight scenes are great, but I would personally argue there is much better out there.

Everything else (2/10):
There are curses or something that need to be exorcised, so we have sorcerers that may or may not have randomly assigned curse powers that can kill these curses that may or may not actually be humans with half-assed backstories half the time.

DISCLAIMER: this all depends on what feels the coolest at the moment and can change whenever the show feels like it.

These curses interact with the real world, but conveying that through storytelling is too much of a hassle. Instead we just accept random moms dying and entire school student bodies being seriously injured out of nowhere as being the unquestioned norm. But that's alright, because a character will do something funny the next scene so we can haHAA and forget about it.

The curses dealing such immense damage to society are ranked from weak to mega strong, but in typical lazy shounen fashion, in our story they actually scale from mega strong to OMEGA STRONG AND BEYOND. In their very first mission, the trio could barely defeat a "weak" curse. *spoilers till next paragraph* By the end of the season they defeat THREE curses of the "strongest" category in one swoop. We know those curses to be nowhere near the strongest in reality, but the show built them up to be on par with the most elite of curses. Also everyone gets promoted to 2nd highest rank possible straight from the bottom to adjust for their power level spiking.

This is horrendous story telling. It's a Naruto clone with an even worse story. We have nine tails-- I mean Sukuna chilling the whole time doing whatever he wants, but only when convenient to the plot. At least Naruto had a reason for the big bad evil being sealed away beyond "CaUSE ItAdoRI Is SpeCIAL".

We have no reason to like any of the characters. At no point in the story did I give a crap about any of them, why should I? They all have two-dimensional personalities with one dimensional attitudes. The show even goes out of it's way to claim "Sorcerers need to be one dimensional to be powerful" & "A sorcerer's power curve isn't always gentle". The show is self aware of how terrible it's own plot is and attempts to excuse it with more lazy reasons; I have no idea why anyone would argue otherwise.

Bad characters, bad setting, bad story (even by shounen standards!), bad dialogue, and honestly even bad slapstick jokes which make up half of each episode. By the end of the show I skipped everything that involved a side character knowing it will amount to 0 impact on anything beyond that one scene. Actually, you could skip any scene in the show that isn't sakuga and not miss out on anything. I really hope this show doesn't get a 2nd season and people come to their senses of just how mediocre this show truly is.

Its just an anime with bad/average story and no depth with masterful animation.
And i would prefer anime with the other way round: bad animation but therefore amazing story.

Really average anime and doesnt deserve the hype at all. Only newbies to anime would rate this anime good.

Feels like Bleach/ Aoi no Exorcist /Fire Force 2.0 + one dimensional characters.

Its just like the Fate Anime series - best animation but therefore uninteresting plot.
I dont get why people hype it to the air. Its really nothing special, the motivation from the protagonist isnt deep. The characters at all have no message to us as watchers. ... Its just all average, why do anime studious always waste their best animation on the worst anime. I dont get it. Thats my Opinion.

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Many of you probably won't even listen to my words after having seen the score that I gave to this anime. Many of you probably think: "What a f**king retard, the anime he's been talking about is a god damn masterpiece! How dare he?!" And many of you probably haven't even read further than these first three sentences. But in case you'll give me a chance to explain my score, let me give you a closer look into my thoughts, and let's see, why I didn't like JJK as much as other ppl did.

Story – 6/10

First things first: The story starts off right away with ... our main character, hanging around at school, giving us the first insights of him and his personality. Also, with the death of grandpa, his motives of doing good things in this world and becoming some kind of a “hero” (that’s technically the false expression, but you can see it as a place holder) are revealed.

And here’s the first problem in my opinion, which isn’t the really the fast start of the anime itself, it’s actually that Yuuji’s personality, and more or less his only motivation to keep going on this whole journey, consists of his grandpa saying: “You’re strong, so help people”. To admit, this would’ve been completely fine if some of Yuuji’s past was revealed, and if the author decided to show how important his granddad was to him. Just Yuuji saying that he was the only person that was there for him isn’t enough, and in the end this simple motive, which honestly offered some potential to develop and to grow, just becomes a dull somewhat, which clearly can’t carry a whole personality.

Focusing on the storyline again, Yuuji’s not the only character that gets introduced in the first couple of episodes. Basically the whole main cast with Gojou, Megumi, Nobara, Sukuna and the aforementioned Yuuji shows up in a truly short period of time. Being honest with you, that in particular went a little to fast for me. The mc showing up in the first episode is a really common thing, but so many characters at once destroy the opportunity to explain their motives, and who they are supposed the be in this whole construct. And those vague glimpses of their pasts that I’ve seen don’t give the viewer a sufficient understanding of those characters. But if you understood what the motive was, again, it’s just the classic "I have to save people because person xy affected me back then" kind of thing. Using the same pattern over and over, and changing it a little bit isn’t really a creative way of constructing motives. But hey, we’ve gotta work with what we’ve got, don’t we?

So there they are, our team on an endless mission of fighting evil spirits to protect the world. Although this concept has been covered in many, many shonen anime (the most popular one would be Bleach), JJK did this quite alright. The ranking systems for the monsters, as well as for the jujutsu sorcerers make it easy to understand if a situation is dangerous or not, or if the character is likely to have a chance or not. Thanks to that, the viewer gets invested easily into the matter, which furthermore makes this show uncomplicated to watch. What I like indeed, is how the show progresses from those missions to a battle against a big enemy, which has a threatening plan to take over the world. Even though this might sound as cliched as possible, it’s in fact well-done. The characters themselves play a big part in this, but I would want to get into that later.

What the author did right in that regard was building the bridge between of the first and the second arc. In the first 6-7 episodes, everyone was just kinda playing around, and that phase was used, as I said, to let the viewers “find their way” into the show. 2 or 3 twists were built in, which had a surprising effect. The unexpected situations which it resulted in personally entertained me and gave the show a refreshing aspect. After that, Junpei, an intriguing and relatable character was presented to the audience, and he marked the beginning of the new arc. Through the newly formed cooperation between Junpei and the antagonist Mahito, there maintained a constant tension, because one does not know whether Junpei will give in to his anger or resentment, or whether he will decide to follow Itadori and turn to the good side. This situation only resolves when it comes to the showdown between Mahito and Nanami & Itadori. This actually created new tensions, because, if you’re willing to see it like that, Junpei’s suffering and hatred devolved to Itadori, and Itadori himself now holds a grudge against Mahito and his allies. Thus the author succeeded in a clever way to give Itadori a reason to hate the enemy from the bottom of his heart, with which a new enmity was born. In that regard: Chapeau!

But what could come next? Oh yes, there was something that shouldn’t be missing in any shonen anime: A tournament arc! Although it wasn’t a complete tournament, I assume that you can count it as one, at least it was originally planned out to be a tournament. Funny moments, tragic flashbacks, good fights, and my personal highlight, the friendship between Toudou and Itadori makes it all an enjoyable watch. The infiltration of Mahito and Hanami was pretty obvious to see coming, and that they also get away with it wasn’t surprising at all. In pretty much every other shonen anime that also had a tournament arc, the process was always the same after all: 1. Group A competes with Group B, 2. Enemy attacks, 3. Group A and Group B fight together to beat the enemy, 4. Enemy escapes, but actually reached his goal. THE END. Well, not exactly like that, but it’s often the case. I’m not saying that it’s a bad thing, it’s just kinda overused after hundreds of anime adapted tournament arcs in that way.

So, what have we got after all that? Intriguing characters? A refreshing story? I wouldn’t say that those aspects weren’t covered in the anime, it’s just like something inside me wants to tell me: “Hmmmm, haven’t we already seen this somewhere?” Maybe I’m just stupid, maybe I’m just not able to appreciate the “greatness” of this show, but in the end, I don’t see a reason to praise this as the next big thing. I’m one hundred percent sure that JJK gets big, I mean, it’s already massive now, but imo it doesn’t differ from the most shonen anime, of which some also have an equally interesting concept as this one. It’s done well quite in fact, that’s to say. Still, the idea it tries to develop already had a limited potential right from the beginning, and since it didn’t manage to pass that limit, the story’s sadly just slightly better than average.

Characters 7.5/10

Maybe I was pretty rubbish about the story, I’m sorry ‘bout that. In contrast, what I have to admit is that Jujutsu Kaisens’ characters really are something very special. Or at least some of them.

Let’s begin with our protagonist, Yuuji. You may be surprised, but along with Megumi, he’s probably one of the least intriguing characters, at least I see it that way. Yuuji is like vanilla ice; some kind of eatable, but nothing special in particular. His motive and goals are too simple in my opinion, especially the relation to his grandfather could’ve been extended to give his motive more importance (I mentioned that earlier). He’s kind of a funny guy, and isn’t cringe in any way, which makes it bearable to watch him. He also sometimes has his moments where he’s able to shine, and honestly, seeing that is quite entertaining. However, after all he’s like a typical shonen mc. You know, wanting to protect his friends, believes in the power of friendship, actually isn’t the smartest guy in the world, never gives up and believes in his goals and motives, etc. If you’re the author, ofc you can whatever you want with your characters, but I would’ve wanted to avoid any kinds of cliches, because nobody genuinely likes them. And if they suit the character well, they have to be executed in a really really unique way, which I haven’t seen often in anime. So yeah, he’s ok as a protagonist, develops like you would’ve expected it, and does the things you would’ve expected from him.

Jumping to Gojo now, what I like about him is the harmony that exists between him and Yuuji. They’re just a perfect match, because their personalities are very similar to each other. The bullshit I’ve heard that he’s just a bad copy of Kakashi from Naruto isn’t even close to reality. Gojo is a totally different character, and apart from his blindfold and his strength, he shares nothing with Kakashi. Kakashi is more the reserved kind of character, who calmly observes a situation and then makes some intelligent moves to defeat his opponent, whereas Gojo loves to fool his enemies. As seen in the fight with Jougo, he loves to play with them and teasing them, before revealing his real skills and finishing them off. His goofy personality fits perfectly in that regard and makes it understandable why so many people love him. He’s just the guy you have to like no matter what.

Nobara and Megumi do an alright job as serving as Yuuji’s companions, but nevertheless, they’re also good as standalone characters. Nobara has some typically girly traits, e.g. liking fashion a lot and caring about looks, but she can also get very serious, or sometimes even silly or funny. The same goes for Megumi, even though he’s more the quiet and thoughtful type of guy. But hey, that means more diversity, which serves to make this anime more than just a one dimensional show. Both of them also have their pasts, which shall create their reasons to keep on going, as same as it was for Yuuji. Sadly these “motives” are as boring (if that’s the right word) as Yuuji’s was, and that was clearly some wasted potential. On the other hand, I think they don’t have to be perfect, and perhaps everyone else says that the development they go through, which is directly connected with their background is perfectly done. I can’t judge about that, I only say what I think, just to make that clear.

Dicucssing the other guys from the school in Tokyo, at the beginning I thought it’s supposed to be a bad joke. A talking panda? A dude who permanently repeats the ingredients of a meal? I honestly thought that the author wanted to prank me. No, really. But what shall I say, even them I started to like. And one by the name of Maki impressed me much more than the others, she could even be a better character than Nobara. If you look at her strong and independent personality, you’ll notice that she’s really an exceptional person. In general, the female characters differ a lot from the standard weak and useless, often oversexualized girls in other shonen anime. Another compliment to the author at this point.

By the way, the same thing as for the characters from Tokyo also goes for the ones from Kyoto. But there’s one character, a certain man who stands above everybody else, in terms of likability as well as in terms of fighting skills. And who could be other than my boy: Toudou. My god, I haven’t seen such a cool dude in a fairly long time, and it was so invigorating to experience him in action. At first his well-known question seemed dumb to me. Why would you ask something like that? But in his craziness, he literally searched for his one and only brother. And when he found Itadori and both became like best friends, it was just so much fun watching them fighting together. And therefore I want to say: Toudou, actually you aren’t being hated, everybody f**king loves you!

So that this essay comes to an end soon, let's talk briefly about the antagonists, or rather the two most important ones: Sukuna and Mahito. Sukuna kinda reminds me of Gilgamesh (Fate) with his arrogance combined with his powers. His line: ”Know your place, fool” just fits perfectly to his character and makes him standing above all the other curses. It was mentioned that e.g. Jougo is technically stronger than him, but his presence makes the difference in the end. And that’s the thing: He’s the king. He rules all those other weaklings who think they’re strong, but only are small fishes compared to him. Sukuna also gives of a mysterious vibe, especially when he’s talking about Megumi, because we all know that he has some plans with him, which makes it even more interesting to watch. Mahito in comparison is more the likable kind of guy. He may have done cruel and bad things, but because of his often shown goofy and funny personality, I can’t take these actions even serious anymore. I think I actually sympathize with him, just because of his character. Now if that’s a good thing or not to sympathize with the villain who eventually wants to destroy the world is left to be seen, but I can't help admitting that he's a great character and that I hope for seeing even more of him in the future.

Art & Animation – 9/10

The fight scenes go hard. Because of each individual's diverse abilities, there’s relatively more tactics and strategy that go into them than your average action anime, which makes them a whole lot more interesting to watch as it’s not just punching each other, and winning through willpower. It’s a mostly consistent art style, and if you saw just the style you wouldn’t be able to differentiate it from any other anime, but the studio didn’t skimp out on the elaborate backgrounds and set design. As for the animation itself, it’s smoother than a baby’s bottom, with constant angle changes and fast paced movements the scenes come to life, but also aren’t so crazy as to prevent you from being able to focus on what’s happening and not be able to enjoy it. The animation of everything from Cursed Energy to rushing water was great to look at. I loved how parts of the animation style occasionally changed, such as water and the backgrounds when movement was increased. Personally, I quite like the character design, though some people have said it's alright compared to its predecessors. Both the people and the curses character’s looks are deliberately well suited for their personality and skills. Some of them just look cool too, nothing too deep or thought out, just, yeah, looks cool. That's honestly about all I have related to the animation. It's simply extremely good!

Sound – 8/10

The soundtracks of Jujutsu Kaisen are in-fact very well done. It’s not overbearing during scenes with heavy dialogue. Furthermore, some of the fight scenes in the anime are accompanied with incredible songs that just get you hyped. It's not a crazy good in a way to where it sticks out in the genre but it does do a great job fulfilling its role. Also the opening and ending songs are god damn sensational, I haven’t heard such great songs in a while. The voice acting is really good, too, and that’s no wonder, because many experienced voice actors and talented people worked on that show, so it had to be great.

Enjoyment – 5/10

Now it almost hurts to say that, but I honestly couldn’t force myself to like that show as much as I should have. You know, I’ve already watched quite an amount of shonen in my life, and while watching this anime, I only thought: “Bruh, that’s so boring, I’ve seen this millions of times”, even though it’s not the case. I wrote down why this show’s so great, and tried to convince myself to like it, but something inside rebelled against that. It doesn’t make any sense to me, and I really would’ve loved to like that show as a whole, but it didn’t work in the end. Btw, this doesn’t mean that I disliked everything of it, I certainly had moments, where I felt like: “Man, the shit’s about to get crazy!”, but in the next moment, the feeling was gone again. And that's how it went throughout the anime. Well what do you wanna do?

Overall – 6/10

All in all, from the objective perspective, it’s a must-watch for shonen fans, even though the story might be boring sometimes. I probably would’ve given it a higher score, but I couldn’t detach myself from my inner feelings about, so I’m really sorry. For everybody reading this review, I hope you had a great time while watching Jujutsu Kaisen, and I also pray to the gods for a seconds season, because maybe my feelings will change then.

Cheers🎶

MC is very bad... Yuji's entire personality is based around a grandpa we knew for 1 episode with a screen time of less than a minute. and said like 7 words. yet his 7 words will dictate how the main character will act for possibly the rest of this series. very unfortunate that the author thinks we should care about someone that had less screen time than a no name curse. For the other characters, I see a lot of potential and hope they carry the load. Villains are mediocre at best except for one who's extensive backstory and connections to current characters is pretty ... nice. overall, its a (worse) demon slayer that takes place in modern times, and instead of good smelling he strong.

Okay, i get the hype its pretty cool shonen and its been 8 episodes out now. But its add nothing new to the genre. You can see the series got influenced a LOT by other shonen anime. For example :
1. 1 teacher and 3 student, hell even the personality just kinda copy-paste from naruto even tho slightly different but u know what i mean.
2. Kinda about demons/monsters slaying??, well theres a lot anime that similar to that.
3. Spritual/magical/superpower school??, yea its not original either.

i know all of this doesnt mean the anime just ripoffing other series and bad in general and of course the series ... has its own originality. But so far nothing special for me.

The Story so far just starting to get into the worldbuilding part, i cant say much for now. But the main protagonist tho, its very GENERIC shonen protagonist and his goals is very Half-assed compare to other shonen series. Basically hes just a normal highschool student whos very gifted in physical ability, has a bright personality, and got nothing else to do. And then he got brought down to these sorcerers world and just kinda follow the riverflow. (remind you of something?? yes this is basically ichigo from bleach)

Animation is so Good, definitely the top tier of this season. Fight scene smooth, magical2 things so smooth too. Coloration and Artstyle got no problem with it, its good. But i got problem with how the studio directing some scenes in it, in some intense scenes the studio DIDN'T did a good job building it up (even tho this maybe because the story too). You got these super cool character introduced, emotional main protags resolution, intense super strong creepy monster coming out of nowhere and yet it feels so BLAND. They did these scenes with straight-forward pacing (kinda like they did with god of highschool) and the music adds nothing to the scenes, i know this sound mean but literally the musics in this anime sucks. But i do like the atmosphere they potraited for the series, i dont read the manga but i think its perfectly match for the series.

Well its only 8 episodes, and i dont think im gonna drop it and its too soon to generelize the series as a whole for now. But its still good, go watch and judge it yourself i guess

Story 3/10
Art 8/10
Sound and Music 4/10
Character 5/10
Enjoyment 6/10
Overall 6/10

Jujutsu Kaisen has a “simple” premise, but that seeks to appropriate some clichés of the shounen universe in an innovative and illustrious way, almost as a tribute to the genre, but that ends up over-calculating its own initial proposal, transforming anime into a forced bull with references of the genre.

The anime doesn't even try to differentiate itself very much from a standard shounen, and it doesn't even need to. Much of the anime's approach is to get as deep as possible in these clichés. From the way the characters speak, even the narrative structure of the anime follows this logic very well. For those who ... like it, anime is also a full plate for references that refer us to some famous titles, such as Satoru Gojou, which in addition to appearance, is also always late like Naruto's Kakashi Sensei. There are several other evident references such as this one, but that fit this homage to the genre.

The most amazing thing about the anime is how it supplies what it considers most important for the progress of the work. He skips the famous training arc; the way the characters get to know each other is quick and direct; the information is passed in a very verbose way, the anime explained and it is already done. It's all designed to be very dynamic and immediate, so the anime can make the most of its main theme. But in reality, these ideas do not seem to be perfectly reflected in the work, perhaps, not even close to that.

The problems start with the way director Seong-Hu Park chooses to stage the anime. Unfortunately, it transforms the whole creative approach of the work into a kind of methodical anime. In large part, everything is very calculated. The plans follow an ultra-organized and perfectionist logic. But then you should be asking: what's the problem with anime in over-calculating its plans? I say that it acquires a more contemplative relationship with emptiness. The viewer's gaze ends up focusing more on an aesthetic presence, than on its main theme. It turns out that the whole importance of the director with the genre becomes another way to aestheticize everything.

Most action scenes have the same pattern. It has a cool choreography, the camera moves dynamically, everything is very fluid and CALCULATED. There comes a point where it is practically possible to know how the fight scenes are going to happen.

The only thing really well developed during most of the episodes, was an association of the villains with the problems of the world. In my interpretation, it is as if these problems existed and the humans of this universe had to fight against this individual every day. The anime even exposes quite obviously in the episode where the Kento Nanami character takes Jujutsu off a clerk's shoulders, and she feels a relief from it. It is sad to have to talk about it, it's an idea that works practically in isolation.

I admit that in episode 5 I was already exhausted from watching the work. Until arriving in episode 17 to 18 (when the anime really gets really good) everything that happens in the course of the plot is directed in this same repeated logic. My surprise comes in the following episodes, when the villains interrupt the competition between the teams. He takes a more direct stance with his main theme and proposes a growing logic until episode 21. This logic is related to animation, which takes on an even more organic air than in previous episodes, and appropriates even more of its spaces.

Unfortunately, the final episodes suffer from it, put the heyday of the anime is there. Then another problem is forced to repeat again the same idea of ​​the initial episodes, but this time there is no longer a sense of danger so evident.

To end my review. Director Seong-Hu Park once again (as in The God of High School) tries to innovate and deconstruct the language in some way, but ends up not quite assimilating the way he wants to highlight this idea, doing yet another empty job with cute animation .

Jujutsu Kaisen is the best modern shounen anime... or is it?
Let's take a look.

The story is average. Nothing too much to say to it except that it's a speedrun of the usual Shounen Formula. Too much is happening in this season that I hardly remember anything that happened. It didn't have an impact whatsoever since the story's development is too fast. There wasn't any room to breathe in and take the current information, which makes me not care about the stakes since it is too fast and it happened so early in the series.

The characters are... decent. They aren't memorable or anything. Heck, I forgot ... some of the characters even existed because the story didn't give the viewers enough breathing room to appreciate and know their character. So I didn't care about the characters at all. There wasn't any emotional connection to any of the characters.
Also, mildly spoiler, personal connections between characters are so superficial level that I even wondered why tf are they risking their lives to someone they just met lmao
In other words, there isn't any believable relationship between the characters since their bonding time was too fast that it looks like they are together because plot.

The animation is the highlight of this anime. But while it is fluid and fast-paced, it has a drawback. Impacts here don't really have any impact. The impact of their strikes looks like they are just girls slapping their besties because of a silly joke. They look like tapping each other.
Heck, even Dragon Ball had a more believable impact in their strikes lmao
Overall, it's good animation. But it lacks the oomph in its impact.

The music is okay overall. The OST is good, but the openings and endings are just decent. Nothing to say here except, it could be better.

Enjoyment factor. The comedy here is hit-or-miss. There wasn't any scene that made me laugh, so it's a miss for me. But that's just due to poor timing on their part. The timing of their punchline is too fast due to the fast pacing of the anime, which in turn, comedy and emotional stuff aren't hitting as hard as it should be.

Overall, it's a decent shounen that could have been better if it was more slow-paced or at least normal-paced.

I'm really disappointed with this generation fans standard/criterion, animation isn't all in a Anime. I do think Mappa deserves this such a high score, but the plot of JK simply doesn't!

Very overrated. Completely Hyhiped.

Plot purely focused on
satisfaction of watching "cool" and "extraordinary" scenes.

Visual / aesthetic focused.

Has NO goals.
...
Appealing scenes.

Appealing characters.

Characters complemented by the story, not the inverse.

No motivation.

NO PLOT.

It seems pretentious history, with the sole intention of adapting to a Shounen.

Nonsense interactions:
Watch movies to practice?
Little Bears?
Hold hands?
Bring Yudji to battle out of nowhere?

The scenes seem to be filled with any meaningless interaction, such creativity that adds nothing.

Dude, for many times, I've just stopped the episode and asked myself "what's the point of this scene?", because I simply couldn't find it. There's no point in so many scenes! It's just a enjoyable and somehow "satisfacting" scenes, that doesn't add absolutely nothing to the plot. But the problem is, that kind of scenes oversaturated the main plot, so doesn't work!

The author tries to explain the environment and the reality around the characters but, ends up explaining NOTHING. And it doesn't even make sense.

To finish it, from my perception the Author of JK motivation be like: "Let's make a Shounen that has great characters, great powers, great scenes, the story will only complement the characters".

Purely pretentious.

I'm completely disappointed, and anything can change my mind.

This review may be a bit premature considering the first season is only halfway through airing, but I simply do not understand the hype around this show. Maybe it was overhyped, or maybe it's just genuinely mediocre. Maybe I'll go and binge the rest once it's done airing and see if my opinion changes. But for now, I don't get it.

It's quite a shame, considering I do actually find everything about Jujutsu Kaisen--at a glance--extremely appealing. The premise itself is very "anime" but has something very refreshing that I can't quite put my finger on. Likewise, the monster designs strike me as oddly western but ... in a good way. Their appeal is in their simplistic and somewhat uninspired nature, not unlike Titans in AoT (albeit not nearly as unsettling).

For a show like this, the first episode actually does a really great job of intriguing the viewer. Despite being insanely generic, the whole thing still felt good to watch and had me wanting to see where it could go. That said, the whole "protagonist discovers his courage" moment had to have been one of the most canned things I've seen in recent memory. It felt extremely forced, which is a shame considering the actual catalyst for said motivation--his grandfather's passing--is handled decently enough.

Post episode 1, it really seems like things start falling apart. Jujutsu Kaisen feels like it's trying to speed run its way through character development and "boring stuff" so that it can get to heavier plot points faster and hopefully before people start losing interest. But this inadvertently makes almost everything happening in the show have almost no meaning or weight. Why should I care about Kugisaki's motivation for being a sorcerer? She's been on screen for 5 minutes. I know nothing about her character other than that she's a temperamental seesaw, and her shoe-horned backstory doesn't even do anything to address that singular character trait. The same can be said for Megumi, although his is at least presented with better timing. But the problem still remains in that how it is presented is incredibly weak. These characters and their motivations feel extremely shallow and one-dimensional. Even if there is still more about their upbringing that will flesh them out later, the story feels as though it's telling you that these flashbacks are definitive character identifiers. As if you should just "get" the character now. Which is a shame because their personalities, despite being pretty run of the mill, are pretty likable and interact well with one another. But the attempts to make them seem much deeper so early in the narrative actually cheapens who they are, in my opinion. To put it bluntly, you are being given answers to questions that the story didn't even make you want to ask yet.

My primary gripes with JJK are with the overall writing and execution of an otherwise promising concept. However, I do take some issues with MAPPAs action directing and animation. This series has got to have some of the most uncomfortable action sequences I've ever seen in anime. What exactly do I mean by "uncomfortable?" It means that my eyes and brain find it very difficult to process what's happening on screen, and I actually find it relieving when things stop moving. The fight in episode 2 is a great example. While I find the animation itself to be a bit sloppy to watch, I can't actually find anything "technically" wrong with it on a frame-by-frame basis. Although I think the over-exaggeration of Sukuna's speed could have been toned down a bit to make him feel a bit more solid in the frame. But what really ruins this sequence for me (and almost all other fights later in the series) is the camera movement. My God, who ever decides some of these angles and movement decisions needs to be fired. These low to the ground shots and the incessant frame shakes are very cheap attempts to make the sequences appear more lively than they actually are. The problem is that in later episodes, there isn't any sakuga to at least match the hectic nature of the camera movements. What MAPPA seems to like doing is framing the shot from floor level, so that they don't have to animate the ground. They'll then just loop the backdrop and any foreground objects such as railing to give the illusion of fast-paced action (even though it doesn't make any sense), and then lazily animate the characters on screen and hope the background is enough to trick you into liking the scene. Apparently "MAPPA haters" are thing? I guess I'm one of those, even though this is the first MAPPA produced anime that I've watched, at least to my knowledge. The one thing I can give MAPPA props on is their art. It's never stellar, but I've yet to notice a bad drawing in the frame. None of that cross-eyed nonsense on background characters that you often see in other shows.

I guess if this is one of your first anime, you might find it to be pretty good. And there's nothing wrong with that. There are plenty of bad anime I used to like, and still kind of do now, even though I can objectively admit they're bad. But I do find it bizarre how much praise this series is getting from people who should have enough context see this as little more than another edgy shounen. The only reason I haven't completely written it off is because of my experience with My Hero Academia. A show I love today but almost didn't. The first season of MHA is extremely generic and uninspiring for me, and it wasn't until season 2 that it really clicked with me. Had the second season not been out and almost finished when I started the series, I probably would never have come back to it after season 1. So I'm hoping that Jujutsu Kaisen can achieve something similar, and lift itself up by the end of the season to change my impression.

INTRO

Jujutsu Kaisen belongs in the category that began with Demon Slayer: Anime series that are carried almost entirely by their movie-quality animation. Their plots and characters are nothing you haven’t seen before, but at least everything looks gorgeous. The Bleach fans of old in specific will rejoice, since it plays out in an almost identical way. It’s why I often jokingly call this show Bleblechu Bankaisen. By the way, Bleach will have a hard time making anyone care when its last arc gets finally adapted and it’s nowhere near the animation quality of this one. Oh, and the script is crap too.

CHARACTERS

The character chemistry will ... be the hardest thing for most to get into, since it feels phoney. Everyone meets and befriends each other in a matter of minutes, thus there is no gravity behind their friendship. It’s one thing to spend months with someone before you can call him an ally or a friend, and a whole other to bond in mere minutes. Every Jujutsu sorcerer in the show becomes part of the team super fast, so it never feels like these characters care deeply about each other.

Character motivations are another lame thing, since they are ridiculously simple. One wants to help people because his grandpa told him to do it, another wants to find her childhood friend, and a third wants to be kind like his sister. Holy smokes, it’s one thing to expect something less than trying to be the best sorcerer in the world, and a whole other to want close to nothing. There is nothing inspiring or grand in whatever they want. Naruto was instantly grabbing your attention because he was very sad on the swing, and Deku did the same by crying after being bullied and told he will never become a hero. There is no such thing here. And it doesn’t help how passive they are the whole time. They fool around waiting for orders until a mission happens and they go to the mission. Their motivations don’t matter one bit.

The only good thing I found in the characters is the protagonist who wants to eat a bunch of cursed fingers so he can turn into a super evil dude… and die, so that the curse of the fingers can stop hurting people. Quite noble. Also, his anguish while seeing he is unable to save every person he comes across or how he often has to kill in order to protect others is portrayed nicely.

A special mention must be made regarding the female characters in the show, which are often praised for not existing as fan service and for being strong and independent. It’s not much of a positive trait when they come off as unlikable feminists who are too busy bitching about first world problem and their role in society, while in battle they are still far weaker than the men. Especially Nobara, who fails at almost everything she does, has to be constantly saved by the men, and yet the audience is supposed to praise her as a strong and independent woman. She’s just there to be bitching, yelling, and being obnoxious.

ACTION

As I said the sole reason for anyone to watch this anime is the fighting, which is super duper well animated and choreographed. Just don’t expect it to be deep or something. Most supposed tactics are silly at best and come down to a character having broken juchubruchu powers and the other one not being able to defend against them.
-The characters will also have to explain their juchubruchu powers in the middle of the fight. On one hand it’s lame infodumping that stops the fights. On the other it’s a lame excuse for their juchubruchu abilities to work. That’s right, if their opponent doesn’t know what hit him, he won’t get affected by them.
-The ending of the fights is almost always left inconclusive, because a good guy will be butting in right before a conclusive strike, the bad guy will be running away, and nothing will be resolved. It happens so many times and it never feels satisfactory. It will be leaving you with blue balls.
-There is never any legit reason for how they cover up the destruction caused by the monsters. There is no gas explosion excuse like in Fate Stay Porn, or an invasion from the north excuse like in God of ten chapters per episode. The barrier they set up doesn’t prevent the victims from occasionally seeing the monsters, and buildings are blowing up during the fights. So why doesn’t the public know about the curses when they are not hidden?
-There is also a good guy who is so powerful, no bad guy stands a chance against. The only way a good guy will bother to fight is if there is a lame excuse for why Reverse Kakashi is not present for ending everything in a few seconds. Which is why he will be often mysteriously away on a trip, or a barrier specifically designed for him will be keeping him out of the fight.
-There is tournament arc at some point, because there can’t be a shonen without one, and it’s easily the most boring part of the show. There are zero stakes in the fights, since nobody can die and it’s all just an excuse for showing a bunch of flashbacks regarding the support cast. Too bad none of that matter since, as I said above, these people have no chemistry and never feel like a team. They are not even important, as stated by the very bad guys who openly said that the only two people that matter are the protagonist and the blindfold guy. What a way to fodderize your entire cast just a few episodes after the show began. Even when those nobodies try to kill the protagonist you never feel any tension, because you know he can casually return to life thanks to his inner demon.

DEATH

The show is full of permanent deaths, many of which are outright gruesome. They make it seem like anyone can die in horrible ways. Too bad it only happens to unimportant characters. There is also someone important who dies, but he was so stupid the whole time he almost deserved to die. That idiot thought some school bullies killed his mom, and not a mass murdering monster. Also, as I said above, the main character can resurrect whenever he feels like it, and then jokes about it when he presents himself alive and well to his friends (who have no chemistry and therefore are not much of friends). It takes away most of the tension regarding him surviving or not during the fights.

THE REST

The comedy is mostly miss for a shonen. I didn’t laugh once during the comedic moments, because they are all very weak in delivery and written for toddlers.

What’s the point in having a monster hierarchy? There are difficulty levels when it comes to the monsters and yet they can already defeat the strongest grade, effectively making the chart completely obsolete in the same episode it was introduced.

Training is a joke. Not-Sakura (Nobara) trains to get stronger by being thrown at the ground repeatedly. Itadori masters ki control by sitting down, eating chips and watching movies. I am sure this is far more relatable to the average modern viewer than the days when shonen characters were training in lethal martial arts over a pit of lava.

Everything is well animated and sounds great throughout the 24 episodes. The voice acting was also done well. However, other than that there isn't much to praise. Don't get me wrong, I don't think its bad (although what I'm gonna say next probably is going make it sound like I do), its entertaining enough, I just found it a bit shallow. Here are some of the problems that I had with it. I feel like Throughout the 24 episodes I keep waiting for the story to get "started" but then it never really gets anywhere: monsters appear, main characters fight monsters, repeat. The monster-of-the-week style ... isn't necessarily bad on it's own but there isn't really a through-line or a larger plot point to tie each part together with any sense of weight or urgency. Most characters also don't really have much of a development other than Fushiguro; even though I watched 24 episodes I don't really feel like I know the characters that much better than during the beginning.

To be blunt, Jujutsu Kaisen S1 is a good looking mess of ideas.

I did not start this show as a seasonal watcher, but as someone who heard it's praises and comparisons to it's predecessors, so to expect at least a decent cast of characters isn't too much to ask. Unfortunately, early Jujutsu Kaisen doesn't even try to make the characters likeable despite how hard the openings and endings try to convince you.

Not to blame the studio for this issue, but the structure of the story is completely disorganised - not giving any of the characters apart from a select few any time to ... breathe. The ending result is characterisation at best being poor.

Animation is good but nothing to write home about. There is an extra coat of paint seen here that seems to be popular these days but the raw animation underneath lacks the finesse of what can be considered top tier. The best we see and what CAN be considered top tier is actually the openings and endings, but I don't include those when scoring a series.

As for dialogue, it has some of what you can expect from shonen but at times it can come off as overbearing - taking over some decent moments with a bunch of meaningless fluff. The comedy is a hit or miss, I actually liked the moments after the endings which had the characters disjointed from current episodic events.

Overall Jujutsu Kaisen S1 is average. It's good to look at but doesn't know how to portray it's story in a way that makes it's characters likeable.

Note: very minor spoilers ahead.

Jujutsu Kaisen, for all the praise it has received as "the next big thing" in shounen, is remarkably average. Sure, the animation is great and deserving of praise, but what lies past that is another bang-average, cookie-cutter battle shounen concept that has been done many times over. Of course, there are some minor devations from the established norm, but there's nothing particularly innovative about it. It is simply a (for the most part) well-executed shounen story that we have seen so many times before.

To address the elephant in the room, Jujutsu Kaisen's animation is great. There is an extreme level ... of talent and effort on display. There is a distinct lack of CGI that immediately puts JJK in a league above most shounen anime. My only real gripes here are with the art of the series. The character designs in particular feel largely uninspired and dull. The monsters in particular are, for the most part, pretty ugly (and not in a good way). Most of its scenery feels rather familiar and indistinct as well. Practically everything negative I have to say about the animation is related to the art.

As for the story, it's typical shounen fare. Unassuming high school student gets tied up in something he shouldn't and has his life turned upside down; realizing he has some innate talent no other has, he is drafted into a special high school to train and grow stronger within a carefully explained power system so he can save others. Sound familiar? Add in a totally unemotional death of our main character's only family (his parents are *gasp* mysteriously uninvolved in his life) that shakily provides impetus for his goals and we're off. Other familiar shounen plotlines make up much of the rest of it. It's not particularly unique, but not offensively terrible either.

The characters follow a similar pattern, but not quite as bad. Of course, our protagonist is an overpowered high school student who isn't terribly smart but has an unwavering motivation to do good. A perfect self-insert for the audience, as is expected. To offer up some praise, having a demonic spirit literally inside him that acts as a foil of sorts is fairly interesting and a good deviation from the beaten path. His friends are similarly predictable, as are most of the characters. Most are little more than cardboard cut-outs, but they're largely inoffensive and sometimes likeable, which puts them ahead of many other similar series (*cough* Demon Slayer *cough*). Luckily they're not terribly boring, either.

The soundtrack, while not bad, is unremarkable. Nothing about it is particularly unique. It's varied enough and usually works in whatever scene it's in. The voice actors (Japanese, anyway) fit their characters fairly well, at least as far as I am able to tell (I don't actually speak Japanese so I can only judge so much). No character's voice really got on my nerves, which is pretty much an achievement for a shounen at this point.

Jujutsu Kaisen does have a darker tone than most shounen but not to any real emotional end. In fact, JJK is fairly unemotional, even as far as battle shounen go. Innocent people are constantly seen dying in gruesome ways, but any emotions generated from it aren't really followed up with in the writing. If it's to make the story seem more serious, it doesn't work, as it's still a goofy shounen deep down--it's pretty much just an example of poor stylization to no real narrative or thematic end. It almost seems to be an attempt to differentiate itself from the stagnant gray blob that is shounen, but a misguided one at that.

Overall, Jujustu Kaisen won't change your life. It's nothing you haven't seen before. Its deviations from shounen norm are largely superficial yet appreciated. It's simply a rather good version of something you've already seen countless times before but with excellent production values. It's fairly mindless shlock, but pretty good mindless shlock at that. If you like battle shounen, you will love Jujutsu Kaisen, but if you are not a fan it is unlikely to win you over. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

I do not get the hype, maybe I do something wrong?

This is isn't something I haven't already seen in other shounen anime. It's like I am trapped in a loop hole and I am watching something I have already seen in some other anime for 700 episodes. It's your usual shounen plot I guess? I am pretty much enjoying this because Itadori is a really good character and I am kinda curious how it will work out with Sukuna.

Some of the side characters are interesting as well, but I that's all. The animation is great and I had to say congrats to MAPPA ... one more time because I really love what they've done so far. Their animation makes it way better but if someone else had it I don't think I would enjoy it as much, I am kinda biased with this company animation.

I hope it will get better in the future.

After watching the first 15 episodes of this series I feel able to write a relatively well informed review. The animation style is undoubtedly crisp and the fight scenes are a joy to watch while they last. However, the pitfall of this anime is not the characters, art or even the story itself but the way in which the director of the series finds it necessary for there to be an incalculable number of flashbacks in every episode. I am a fan of a few well placed flashbacks to explain prior events, but a lot can be said for a simple chronologically ordered timeline that ... coherently conveys what is going on in the story. The haphazard and seamless insertion of these flashbacks, constantly, slows down the pace of the anime in the most boring fashion possible. Even though this anime does seem to have all the ingredients to make a good Shounen: good art, good music, good fights and good characters, the lacklustre direction undoubtedly dooms the series to mediocrity in the most frustrating way.

The beginning and the first half of Jujutsu Kaisen was very promising, emotionally attachable and exciting, the second half was predictable and boring. There was nothing special about the second half. They could have just cut the arc out of the storyline, but i also have doubts about the next arcs. There aren't any strong antagonist, no real competition. Good guys wins motto continues almost all the time.

The rest of this comment contains spoilers.

Yoshino was the only exception. I wasn't expecting him to die and it might have been a great character development to Itadori. But his death was wasted. Itadori almost never ever ... think about him again and we didn't get any emotional conflict whatsoever. After the end of the first season he was already forgotten.

The story lacks continuation. It changes like a bag flying in the wind. Sukuna is probably the only one who can really challenge them seriously but the story continues without him. He will probably be the final boss or something and until that point everything will be dull.

There are great character design and animation. Jujutsu still has great potential. But it needs so much more emotional depth. Also i should point out that some of the philosophical thoughts characters discuss about are something i really appreciate.

5 is not a bad rating from my evaluation. It is probably more than this story deserves. I am not a hater. I just don't want to see it waste it's potential.

Do I have to give an average rating to an anime that everyone treats as the Second Coming of Christ? I guess I have to.

Plot: a boy named Yuji is late to an after school club that his friends are attending. When he gets there, he notices as curse that killed his friends. He ends up eating the fingers of the curse, and his problems start there. Apparently, they belong to an evil and powerful cursed spirit named Sukuna. He meets with sorcerers, who are in charge of exorcizing cursed spirits, and they give him a proposition. They tell ... him that he must eat as many fingers as possible, and then they'll kill him in order to get rid of the cursed spirit, Sukuna.

Characters: most characters aren't really fleshed out. They're standard dense MC, edgy and cool rival, and the girl. You have the OP mentor guy that's annoying and obnoxious as hell. I do understand that this is the first season, so you're not going to go in depth for every single character around. Yet it's particularly telling that before I read the manga, I could barely be assed to remember most of the main characters. A lot of the characters were annoying, and some were just irrelevant and not memorable. Yet I do find some of the characters intriguing. Sukuna is one that excites me every time I see him. Maki pulls me because she's a sorcerer with no cursed energy.

One thing I can give props on is the action in this anime. The fight choreography is top tier, and the cast has great fighting chemistry. If only that had actual chemistry outside of the fights, but what will you do? The power system is great.

Another thing I like is the tone. It's a darker Shounen compared to others, and it doesn't shy away from blood or gore. A lot of dark content that deals with bullying, death, depression, sadness, hopelessness, etc.

Animation: the manga art leaves a lot to be desired, but the art for the anime and the animation is pleasant. The only criticism for the anime art is that while it's pretty to look at, it doesn't match the tone. Even if the manga art isn't the best, the rough art in the manga matches the dark tone of the overall manga.

Recommended? Mixed feelings. The first season is just not all that. It does have some entertainment value and great fights. Though for me, it's vastly overrated. Even Demon Slayer, who I also think is overrated, has better highs than this show.

What a disappointment.

Jujutsu Kaisen could've been such a fantastic show, but instead it's just your run-of-the-mill, although pretty enjoyable shonen. There's nothing about this show that we haven't seen millions of times before.

The characters are at first glance pretty interesting, but once they've been introduced (which is usually done by a lazily written memory that appears mid-fight out of nowhere and which fails to give them any meaningful depth) and once I've seen their fighting skills, I couldn't care less about them. In fact I wish for some of them to just fucking die already so that I don't have to bear their generic ... tropes any longer, the MC included. His pink hair doesn't stop him from being the most bare-bones shonen hero.

The plot is interesting at times, but the problem is that it's EXTREMELY rushed. There's just very little space for the characters to develop. It's all happening so unnaturally fast, which is part of why most of the characters are just not interesting. They don't have room to grow on you. They're just puppets meant to deliver a good looking fight.
There's a slight horror element to this show which could've been used brilliantly to make the world and the whole concept of curses scary and intimidating, but it seems like the director cares little about that. What a shame.

Speaking of fights, they are visually very appealing, and depending on the situation can make the atmosphere really intense. Part of the appeal is seeing what type of fighting abilities are out there too. The characters have very diverse strengths (which makes it so much more unfortunate that the MC has nothing more to offer than flashy kicks and fists) which is ultimately, besides the brilliant animation, what makes the fights enjoyable to watch.
However, the fights lose their intensity as the story progresses because you quickly realize just how little they matter. There's rarely any serious life-or-death situation, or generally just any situation where the characters risk something valuable, which makes the fights less meaningful. Those fights (which there's an abundance of) are not treated as a means for character growth. They're just there to show what the characters are capable of.


I sincerely hope that this is all just a necessary syndrome of wanting to impress investors and viewers with stunning fights and funny scenes (or anything that can be excused by finance and management), because I do think that the series has potential. Though if the show continues at this pace, it will quickly fall from a 7 to below 5 for me. I'm willing to give it the benefit of a doubt but for what it's worth, this show is by no means the great shonen that everyone seems to consider. But then again it's a shonen, so maybe I should just lower my expectations.

I usually don't write Reviews on this site but Jujutsu Kaisen is so damn overyhped i had to do it now.

Sword Art Online, Attack on Titan, the List goes on but every so often in a while a show gets released which maybe not be exactly Bad but is definitely super overrated. ( I mean Aot S3 Part 2 Ranked place 2 on MAL are u for real ? )
Jujutsu Kaisen is the most overrated show of 2020 and like one of the most overrated shows EVER ( score 33 on MAL xd ). Anyone who watched a couple of long ... running shounen anime ( like one piece, hxh, yu yu hakusho, bleach ... ) [or even shorter shounens like FMA B, my hero academia ] and still says this show is " sO uNiQuE aNd DiFfErEnt " is clearly not right in the head. Like legit only absolute newbies to anime could rate this anime a 8 or higher im not tryna hatin on those ppl for enjoying the show but please don't rate a show like this that high if you didn't even see other shounens- becuz you can't have a legit opinion if you dont have any other fighting-series to compare :D


Even tho i could end this review right here I'll go on and go into further detail now :



Story ( 3/ 10 )


Average Story at best, nothing special. Like legit the story does absolutely nothing different than other contenders in this genre.

The Powerscaling is actually half decent but still not good. (Very Good powerscalings in shows for example are : HxH and One Piece).

The Worldbuilding is also bad.



Art ( 8 / 10 )

The Art and Animation is actually very good, nothing to complain here.

Sound ( 7 / 10 )


The Soundtrack is also quite nice, not amazing but its definitely better then average ( the opening 2 is a banger )


Characters ( 4 / 10 )


boring , unoriginal , 1 dimensional characters. we have the typical shounen trio with 2 boys + 1 girl and their op sensei . If I only had to rate the Trio ( Yuuji, Nobara and Megumi ) It would be a 3/10 or maybe even 2/10 cuz they are boring af.

There are some interesting side characters however that are very cool and unique like for example the Panda or Toudou Aoi ( that guys amazin ) who carry the rating to a 4/10.


Enjoyment ( 3/ 10 )


Im not gonna lie watching Gojou stomp some Ppl with epic animation and Ost was kinda fun but thats about it. The show is super boring to watch especially after you see this high rating ( 33 ) and you expect to be blown away . If this anime wouldn't be so damn overrated i might have enjoyed it more but everyone kept telling me how good of a show it is and after like 2-3 episodes i could already tell that it isn't the case.




I've rated the anime a 6/10 . The only reason I didn't give it a 5 or maybe even 4 was the good animation , the soundtrack and some cool side characters.

Fair warning: I went into this anime with no interest and came out with ... well... still no interest.

Shounens don't particularly appeal to me and this certainly didn't appeal to me when I tried it when it first aired because I thought Gojo was hot and even after watching it it still doesn't do it for me. I only tried again recently because the second season looks PHENOMENAL (animation-wise) and as someone who's interested in that field I feel I need to have a least a bit of back story before I jump into the second season.

As I was "watching" (ie: doing other ... things while the dub played in the background ((also, the dub was ... not good...)), it seemed to have pretty standard character arcs and motivations. The only thing that made me actually watch two-ish episodes was around 11/12/13 - that was a great arc, made me VERY emotional. Then it went back to being boring by starting their school exchange arc.

A little bit on character design. I really did not like the design of the monsters/demons. I think the use of a different brush medium was great, but the actual designs are so ... tacky? Like that cyclops volcano dude. From what I understand he's supposed to be the main villain, but he just looks goofy as hell. Instead of feeling terrified I just wanted to laugh!

The only reason I can fathom why this became popular is because it has heavy starter anime vibes and the animation was superb. I asked one of my friends why she liked it and she explained it was one of her first anime and the animation was amazing, but admittedly it felt like a Naruto rip-off. To that I replied, well, there are tons of other anime out there that have better plots AND really good animation... so i suppose jjk is a starter anime for lots of people who don't know what else is out there.

I don't think it's bad though. I think it's very predictable and catered to people who have different tastes than me. There's no particular plot holes or logical discrepancies that make it "bad". So to that I say, if you're looking for a starter show, this is a good place to begin. If you're a seasoned veteran and like more outlandish shows, don't bother.