I do not understand the unnecessary critcism the anime is getting however i do agree that "i am the only honoured one" felt a bit lacking it wasn't as bad as people say it to be but they need to understand that there weren't only angles the anime offered the build up to that scene was captivating , everyone anticipated it to be a fight but it was rather treated as an event ,according to my outlook anime truimps over manga
@@marcioamaral7511exactly how does the hate the anime is getting makes any sense then, why do people still tend to say Toji and gojo's scene hadn't been added on wasn't it always supposed to be a one sided battle while highlighting gojo's awakening
It's the missed opportunities, for example a great name in the industry like Tam lu participated in making this episode and instead of giving him important scenes or fights to animate they made him animate a scene of a drop of water for seconds !! This is incredible stupidity, Imai does not deserve to be a director after this episode, he did not animate even a single scene
Nah I think the criticism is really necessary, that was the chapter everyone was waiting for and it had 2 of the best panels in the manga. They really destroyed their impact with some weird direction choices. People who say it was the greatest episode or whatever are the ones who need to stop because they are just lowering the bar for the anime industry even more and cheering for mediocre stuff.
Red's output wasn't so extravagant because it landed on the weapon that cancels out cursed techniques. In the manga, Toji says he can deal with Red without sustaining much damage thanks to the Inverted Spear of Heaven. That's probably why they didn't make it so flashy.
The problem I have with that cut is the lack of background animation or rather, that you can barely see the background move, due to the compositing. On the first watch I didn't really realize how fast and far Toji was actually moving.
The way they animated it doesn't really make sense cuz red is literally TOUCHING the inverted spear yet it still is working? Inverted spear should auto negate any CT so wtf?! Edit: nah like, it doesn't turn off the red. The red is still in existence and continues to exert a force on Toji. Its not being deactivated on contact like neutral infinity
@@whirlwind872I mean even if the technique is negated as soon as it hits the weapon he would still be thrown back from the impact if I understand how physics work
@@whirlwind872 Inertia: a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force
@@juansebastianraadmeza9405 I edited my comment, I dont mean the inertia. I mean the fact the red orb is literally contacting the inverted spear without being negged like neutral infinity
@@frizen9328 If this shit actually happens you should play 1 game of lottery cuz who knows you might just win it. Only people I'm comfortable enough and willing to bet something from it that they'll work on JJK is Spike and Curie lu. I'm sure Seshimo or Gosso could make them work in JJK.
You put it perfectly. The Action Animation this episode is slightly worst than last episode which is unfortunate but the direction was immaculate. Some JJK fans are legitimately insufferable and illiterate to understand this. A perfect example is some ppl on TikTok and Twitter had this weird idea that the tone of Gojo's honored one moment was supposed to be a triumphant/hype inducing scene. When really its supposed to be melancholic due to Gojo becoming enlightened. Like you said, it was almost biblical. The Sun Rays, the flowers/birds, and the slow piano were wonderful additions to the scene!
Dude this is Arifumi Imai directing this episode, we can't help but to have high expectations, it doesn't make sense to attack the JJK fsns who criticized this episode, it doesn't make sense at all
@@DarkKing-z6b Notice how I said SOME JJK fans. I'm well aware not everyone is doing this but there's enough of them causing a commotion that I have to speak my mind about their warped expectations
You could say the same for any shounen/action fanbase. If the scene doesn’t look like the one in their heads it’s “disappointing” or “mid”, remember when AoT fans got huffy when YouSeeBigGirl didn’t play during a dialogue scene? It never fails.
This episode was breathtaking, man. I’ll admit the lack of animation for Red despite its buildup was a bit of a let down, but the way they handled everything else easily make up for it. Beautiful work.
Really loved this episode, I recognise its flaws but the direction was just so so strong. I've seen many complaints about the Honoured One shot not being accurate to the manga, and although I understand those complaints, I think the Honoured One shot in the anime is just as raw and awesome to be honest. The heavenly yellow glow is truly gorgeous. Also, great video as always!
I loved the gold. As you say it gave it a heavenly feel. But i did prefer the angle in the manga. It doesnt help that the angle makes it look like a dancing pose lol
It's crazy how manga readers get so bent. I usually watch the anime with an open mind to directing. As a manga reader I know that anime and manga are inherintely different mediums so expecting them to be a 1to1 adaptation seems delusional to me. I know that anime only's enjoyed the hell out of this moment
I love Seshimo's reach. Though people like Imai take on projects out of pure interest at times and I imagine after JJK 1 he could've become interested, but who's to say. I just hope that the participation list grows to even greater heights on JJK. Hoping for the Nakayama and Tanaka episodes later on as well as other A and S Tier animators.
Manga readers (without any info about the production) : "Next ep will be PERFECTION anime-onlys will lose their minds." Ep not perfect, still all anime-onlys lose their minds. Manga readers : "Mappa Trash"
@@DarkKing-z6b"shocked that it was better" so earlier they thought anime version couldn't have been better. So basically for them it wa perfect. So basically they did feel the impact of the scene. So basically the anime accomplished what it was supposed to do....
the art direction in this season reminds me alot of bungo stray dogs, a very underrated anime visually, its fifth sean is airing and the quality doesnt seem to dip. you should check it out
Personally I think if they did tracking shots on Gojo's "Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one" scene it would've sold what the scene was going for better.
I'm surprised you still had so much to complain about in this episode. As far as I'm concerned, JJK has never looked better than this episode right here. The action in the Toji vs Geto fight was especially impressive with beautiful animations and incredibly strong drawings all around. Of course the hollow purple sequence was breathtaking as well and animated to perfection. I can't think of anything to complain about in this episode to be honest.
Usually minor anime accounts like him or MankoMan tend to look at what major sakuga accounts on Twitter say like they are religious cultist. If that bozo Kvin or others like him say that something look bad, they'll follow his way of thinking (especially regarding Mappa, since is not unknown that Kvin is a big Mappa hater), and on the contrary if they say that something is good, well you know. Also i can't get the fact that, especially Pretentious, whenever he says that something looks weak he never elaborates, completely invalidating his take since he can't explain it. Mostly because most of the time there wasn't anything weak or because he was just his impression(about the later, it's a thing that SHOULDN'T happen if you aim to be a reviewer)
Very interesting, the second part of your comment, that is. If I look at this video, I mentioned how the second half of q Kawa's bit looked weak, and I explained that it's because the dragon's movement is lingered on for too long and looks unintentionally comical, and because the background movement wasn't particularly interesting. I mentioned that the shot where geto jumps lacks execution, and I elaborated on why (because the warp of the BG was easily recognizable and one wall being warped while the other wasn't looked off putting) I also mentioned how it could be fixed. How else should I go about elaborating on my critiques?
@@ProbablyPretentious All good man, you're free to criticize the show however much you want. I'm just saying that I didn't expect you to find so many flaws because I thought the episode was nigh perfect. But "different strokes for different folks" as they say. In any case, I'm looking forward to see more of your breakdowns for future episodes. Keep up the good work!
@@catlike9444 yeah i can't deal with some or these ''manga Readers'' anymore. It's eren freedom Scene all over Again (ignoring the Scene Completely and just compare a frame of the anime to The manga) like bruhhhh 💀. Imagine having top Notch compositing, storyboards, Animation and Strong Presentation for your Favorite animes, then complain about why didn't it looked better than it already is? This probably beats all of season 1's episodes overall
This may be a silly/dumb question but, from where do you get the gengas that are in the thumbnails (and gengas in general), also the footage at 2:03 and 3:30.
Also I’m glad you pointed out that bit with Gojo’s Red technique. The clip of him activating it was so fluid and detailed, but then there’s just this jarring cut to Toji flying away that looks so stiff. Considering it was Gojo’s first time ever using Red successfully it should’ve had a bit more impact to it
This episode was top tier. I agree with your point that the action animation wasn’t the best but the direction made up for it. At the end of the day that’s personally the most important aspect for me in anime because sakuga action moments will only make up a small percentage of the entire episode. It’s the difference between wanting to come back to a single clip versus coming back to an entire episode and so far these new JJK episodes are already way more memorable and rewatchable than season 1 for me.
Hey, if you don't mind could you tell me where you get the information from. I mean which animator worked on which part of the episode and the key animation frame for the thumbnail. I know it sounds like a Google search away but I wasn't able to get it when i tried and i am keen to know.
I agree with pretty much everything you said. Unfortunately, even though the episode had such a stacked staff I still prefer the previous one, at least in terms of action animation. As always, great video! Keep up the good work!
I'm still surprised how much teppei ito improved from jjk s1 to csm and now jjk s2 7:05 i think yumika ito (PA of this ep) bring tam lu in the team since seshimo also entrust her csm op but he got imai on his contact list now Everything was great about the ep though i still prefer the honoured panel from manga and hopefully we will see imai's KA on Shibuya if possible
His compositing skills in reality are at the same (surprisingly good despite being a new gen Dop, that are much weaker than the old ones). The difference is just that he doesn't use light duff filter anymore.
@@lorenzorizzi864 not only that he is doing much better than what he did with whole mahito vs nanami fight in sewer and Yuji & todo vs hanami...pure shit
@@userK894that was mostly because of the abundance of light diffusion filter. Some time ago I asked to Dop Waki on Twitter and he told me that sadly photography schools in Japan know teach the usage of that filter as a fundamental to use (infact around 50% of modern Animes are full of it), making a lot of a look like they are in 480p. He really hates it, but he knows how to use it in the right way. Even to look thing looks ugly because it's needed. For example, remember that pv for that Gundam mobile game in wichh he served as Dop and everyone praised him for making the colors look like hand palm like in the past? But... Do you also rent thdd the PV looked like it was extremely dusty and in a lot resolution? Well, that was "thanks" to light diffusion filter, that if not used on huge sources of light (basically for what it was created for more than 50 years ago) will crea that effect on screen. In the case of that pv it was intentional, because his intent was making it look like it was an animated commercial of the 70s, but seen in a TV from the 70s Sorry for the long ass thread
@@lorenzorizzi864 hmm ok now I get it so I hope ito improve more with upcoming sequels of both jjk and csm And as someone said there is a huge gap between terao,kohei,waki etc and rest of the DoPs so don't know when we will see someone on those lvl
@@userK894 there will not be any improvement for the compositing in Anime in the following years, because even veterans are starting to heavily using light diffusion filter in order to make their work similar to the new Dops. Or the are cases where a young Dop perfectly emulates a style of a veteran, but completely covers it with a lot of light diffusion filter (like Shota Kodera, the Dop of Gundam : Witch from Mercury)
Most manga readers (from illegal sites) don't even understand wtf animation is or just thought animation is just you draw frame by frame,2D / realism better and think cgi is lazy like some Hell's paradise,aot and csm anime fans
I still prefer the previous episode (especially with the fakeout ending) but the expressions on geto throughout this one were really good. I wish we could have gotten something creative for hollow purple like the manga but maybe the scene in the anime is less impactful for me coz I already knew it was gonna hit Toji. Regardless a really good episode
@@itsjustvin7630 it's the simplicity that makes it so good. The circle is used as a speech bubble but also it's placed exactly where gojo shot hollow purple. Don't think I've seen any other mangaka use speech bubbles like that
0:25 last episodes animation was alright compared to this weeks. This weeks just blew it away even further and we’re only in the past arc one more episode to go ! Then for even more action.
Might be in the minority here but I liked the Honored One scene a lot better in the anime than the manga. I mean the manga panel is sick and iconic for sure. But the entire scene was done so well done, the music, the art, the animation, everything was awesome. Personally I’m glad they didn’t just copy paste the manga
@@pcvl9637 I think that Gosso doesn't care much and gives complete freedom to the director of the episode to do what he wants, if he cares enough, he won't allow Imai to ruin the Gojo fight like that
@@DarthDookieMan I don't know for sure sure, but i would bet on it yes. If not then one more episode max though i find even that unlikely. It doesn't make sense for them to go on break before finishing this arc when it is just about to end.
It’s just my opinion but the art was beyond incredible this episode and I feel like because of that the animation especially for the action may have taken a bit of a back seat this episode. I guess they wanted to go for a more detailed episode to sell Gojo’s awakening more and what we did get action wise is still better than the manga especially that Geto vs Toji fight is a massive departure from the manga while keeping the actions roughly the same. Amazing SB and directing made that short fight godlike imo. But while the animation was still great it could’ve been much better if they kept the more simpler artstyle of previous episodes. It shows what the show could be like with a more detailed artstyle whereas episode 3 shows what happens when they tone down the artstyle even more for more fluidity. I hope they can play around and find a good balance for the Shibuya arc. HI to me seems like they were messing around experimenting with different styles and ideas and Shibuya is where they finally take everything they’ve learned and go full throttle.
Hopefully they don't go full fluidity Kinda ruin the intensity with cartoonish artstyle I feel like Shibuya fits more with the artstyle when they make it fully detailed(which is jjk s1 ) Since it was the Peak
@@abhrajeet841The only I time I remember him working outside of Bones was for Cowboy Bebop and OnePunchMan unfortunately. For Opm I think he needed to be credited under a different name incognito without letting Bones know he worked with another studio.😂
Wished the angle of your right was the same as manga, red was more crazy and the enlightenment scene angle was more accurate but the ep was still amazing. See Season 1 had amazing still shots, like when a character was just standing in one place talking. Thats what made Season 1 so great, but when people were moving around it was roo rigid. So in Season 2 its like they did the total opposite. The still shots arent as nice to look at but very fluid when the characters are moving. If they somehow combined the two it would be basically perfect. You can tell the directors of season 1 and season 2 have veey different visions of the how they want the anime to look. Season 1 had amazing art and shading while Season 2 has incredible compositing and fluid animation but the art while isnt as in depth and the shading isnt as deep. Still 10/10 season so far.
Agreed I'm gonna miss the artstyle of jjk s1 It feels unique and special Even the fight is more intense and i could feel the weight of it Here in s2 Kinda feels like I'm watching CSM and with the simpler artstyle, the intensity kinda got reduced whenever they fight Nevertheless glad Mappa still animate JJK though
ngl I hear you say the smear work is top notch pretty much every time you mention any smears What would be an example of bad smear work? Couldn't find anything on smears in japanese animation so aside from the fact that they exist I don't know what would make one "good"
Oh there are a lot of examples of bad smears, you need to look harder lmao, so many shows try to hide their lack of movement by using a smear to bridge very different key frames. Also the amount of liberty taken by the animator also comes into play, Kosuke Kato's scene from the last episode was a great example of incredibly aggressive smears which looked great. Also the presence of smears automatically indicates a presence of movement, which in and of itself is a good thing
To me everything is good except the ghost layers. Hated it in naruto. Hated it in 2000s anime. Hated it now. But we have seen that BD versions get rid of the ghost layers just like how the got rid of the dimmed lighting in MHA
people perfer gojo vs toji manga more than anime. But if we look at detail in manga it one side fight gojo do not thing untill he use murasaki. alot of talk in blank panel. and GEGR is work close to mappa so if gojo and toji moment turn out like this im ok with it bc that what he want to be like. //I like the directing on this Ep it look creative more deep more camera.
Though maybe the animation looks good, but I think the scene required some sakuga, which is a real let down for me. And as a manga reader, the way I pictured this fight in my mind was way too different and better. So that's one let down for me
The only problem I had with the Honoured One scene is that I had imagined Gojo exclaiming that out loud. Instead he talks quietly to himself. In the manga he looked way more vivid and deranged when he said that. And a thing I realized as well is that Gege tends to draw baggy clothes a lot. Gojo actually had really baggy clothing in the manga, that gave his silhouette more movement. In the anime his clothes are very form fitting so he looks stiffer. Not really much of a complaint, just an observation. But I do like the direction of the entire episode all in all.
well some saw it as an enlightenment of himself, that's why he said the Honoured One line to himself. Cuz he's realising his own CE and everything else
@@tater8960 obviously But that's not his only comment In another comment he said imai doesn't deserve to be a director after this episode he has multiple comments
When Toji gets hit by red, the animation is anything but limited. The background is all hand drawn, the pillars as well as the massive temple drawn frame by frame.
I really loved this episode but I must say that the messy design of crazy Gojo in the manga clicked with me a bit more and added to the crazy high-like state that the gojo was in. This is the only moment when clean anime artstyle didn't work for me in this season, which is a bit sad because I really was anticipating the buddha line. I think the rest was amazing tho, love this season
@stu6338 Ignore the Mappa meatrider. It’s just a kid who can only respond with emojis to any opinion that doesn’t align with their own, no matter how thought out or respectful. They usually get a lot of likes on Tiktok, where their hivemind is strongest.
@@KNM_Piashthere's going to be 23 episodes. I have no doubt he's gonna be more active in Shibuya. Imai too. We need that guy for some of the parkour Sequences.
I was a bit disappointed, I thought we we're about to get a crazy fight because of people hyping Gojo vs Toji in the manga (I haven't read it), but he just instant KOs him, still good animation nonetheless, just not what I was expecting and definitely not as good as the previous episode.
Might be in the minority, be the Gojo awakening scene was Mid. Wish they didn’t try so hard to make him look like a sparkling pretty boy, Peter Pan. Don’t get me wrong this episode was great I just expected more from such a epic scene from the manga
gojo vs toji round 2 definitely doesn't meet my expectation, honestly i expect gojo to like be a high badass mf throughout the fight, the convo and the starting combat kind of lacks like music or something
The fuck did you expect? Did you expect him to start rampaging like a madman and screaming and shit, like a crack head? This was the moment Satoru Gojo reached enlightenment, not go on some fucking maddened rampage
"Throughout heaven and earth, i alone am the honored one" Is a reference to the Buddha. It is used to showcase Gojo acheiving enlightenment that marked him as THE strongest. And it was so underwhelming... 😓 the choices were just plain weird... I feel that Avatar:The Last Airbender and Mob Psycho 100 are the only shows that made moments of awakening like these feel more than impactful... Like an event that should not be missed. Riko getting shot, on the other hand, was beautifully melancholic despite how short it was. Poor girl, killed and tossed aside like that
The entire scene had a strong presence of golden lighting that made the entire scene feel heavenly, and the entire point of both that quote and the Buddhism following as a whole is the lack of attachment from existance, which is literally what Gojo is experiencing. This is not a "hype" or "crazy" scene, Gojo is feeling completely dettached from what's happening. He feels no danger, no excitement, he's simply admiring. It's weird how you people will complain about "poor direction" but talk as if you genuinely do not understand at all the thing you're complaining about.
@@carloscauan7967 i didn't feel it as heavenly. I felt it like an Instagram filter. I guess it boils down to personal preference. A lot of people liked it. I didn't. Also, when the heck did I complain about poor direction? Geez, I found it underwhelming. You go celebrate whatever you want to celebrate and let me have my opinions.
@@MahiMahi-yu5jo nah most people disliked it for some reason. im scratching my head at these takes but, to each theyre own i suppose. can i at least ask what you think they could have done to elevate it? if you can answer.
@@abhrajeet841Well, first, the lighting felt like an Instagram filter. Second, Gojo is supposed to see the "world" for what it is. The choice for that was random scenes put together? There was a shitty anime from the 2000s called Arjuna. And even that handled the characters awakening with a lot more nuance. And then, I wished they had slowed down and lingered a bit. Because clearly there was supposed to be something different for Gojo. Maybe it's me being spoilt because of series like FMA, Mob Psycho 100, and ATLA that handled enlightenment in their own unique way and made it feel like the event of a lifetime...
I personally wasn’t a big fan of Imai’s direction and storyboard ngl. This isn’t even about it not being 1:1 with the manga, that criticism is stupid. But I feel like the way the scenes flowed in Gojo vs Toji especially was very unnatural and that was accentuated by the OST choices which were pretty poor imo. I’m not saying the episode was bad before anyone gets mad lol.
I see everyone saying imai should stick to storyboarding action but imo action was the weakest part of this episode I saw weakest like it's not good but you know what I mean
I think there is a real problem in Mappa's priorities in this season of JJK, Geto vs Togi wasn't supposed to be better sakuga wise than Gojo vs Togi, even the Abilities, the goat Watanabi animated Gojo's ability blue, but not red or even purple ! which is the most powerful ! And what happened to Tam Lu ? This guy is a talent that participated in making episode 4 and we didn't see any of his touch or work ? I don't know what's going on with Gosso and Mappa in general, but these seems to be a messed up priorities and lost opportunities
Tam Lu can definitely do much better. I guess the schedule was so tight that didn't allow him to maximize his potential. You can clearly see what he is actually capable of animating in Castlevania
Brother Gojo vs Toji R1 was def one of the best fights in the series. And Geto vs Toji had more sakuga becoz it was an actual fight. Gojo vs Toji R2 didn't wasn't even a "fight" (even in the manga). Now Red did lack actual impact (still gr8 buildup) but if you think Purple was not good for what was the moment then you are never going to be satisfied with anime.
Your videos start to feel repetitive and kinda same. Doing "breakdown" on next day is good for views and algorithms, but on the other hand, the content of the video itself is lame.
Then...don't watch? Also yea ik, but the the thing is, these are very easy to edit, and I have exams ongoing rn so I cannot spend too long making vids, these are every easy to make videos for me, I'll make more stuff when the exams are over
For me this season is better than the first season in everything but this episode was a disappointment specifically the second half of it, Imai did not succeed in making this episode iconic and the best compared to the rest of the episodes, he used the strong names in his team wrongly like making Tam lu animating a drop of water instead of a fighting scene, Imai did not even animate anything himself, Imai is great but I hope that he does not direct any future JJK episodes, this is not his place
That's not just a (drop) of water. The amount of effects was Unreal and also very Creative. It's an important Scene btw, it's the fucking (purple) Scene bro.
it was a very good episode although I feel like the direction was a bit weak in comparison to last week's. The perfect comparison is the re-animated shot of riko's death, it was not impactful at all and the timing was terrible, plus the "I killed Gojo Satoru" line wasn't nearly as good.
yeah but they re-animate it not to show "wow we are the best watch this is a different animation for this scene" they did that to summarize in a creative way
Personally I was desappointed from this episode. I mean this was the chapter everyone was waiting for for years, they needed to give their best of the best. Yet we got scenes with limited animation !! on an episode this big?! Also they butchered two of the most iconic frames in the whole manga, they chose weird angles for both of them which destroyed their perspective. And I didn't like the whole yellowish color grading for the Gojo Toji scene as well as the light rays on Gojo, the saturation was so high for a scene that is supposedly gloomy. Yes there were some good scenes like the effect animation for the blue red water drop, yet this episode deserved much more. I think Gosso himself should've directed the episode, he would've been more creative with the angles and he would deliver sth as grand as episode 1 of this season or episode 8 of CSM in terms of direction, because this chapter deserved it.
A gold filter isn't enlightment. In Mob Psycho 100, when Teruki was tossed into thr stratosphere, he has the stupid knocked out of him... That was enlightenment. This was lazy and underwhelming
The episode was good , the gojo vs toji fight was underwhelming, the red and purple animation , i wasnt a big fan if it , and they did change the honoured one panel quite alot Tbh im worried for shibuya especially since the schedule is so bad
Hey there mate- You might not see this comment since the video is older, but this is my third time binging your stuff and I feel the need to point it out somehow. I love the little bits of humor you sometimes put into your videos. It isn't the focal point of these breakdowns (obviously) but they add so sO much to what would otherwise be considered a somewhat 'stale' video. For example, the bit where you said 'Hear me out' at 3:18 and immediately cut right after legitimately made me pause and take a second to stop laughing. In my opinion, your videos have a charm to them, and the little pieces of humor really do add to that. Consider adding more of your personality to these videos- I feel as though it might take you even further, and solidify your identity in this space. Thank you for all that you've made for us so far :)
I do not understand the unnecessary critcism the anime is getting however i do agree that "i am the only honoured one" felt a bit lacking it wasn't as bad as people say it to be but they need to understand that there weren't only angles the anime offered the build up to that scene was captivating , everyone anticipated it to be a fight but it was rather treated as an event ,according to my outlook anime truimps over manga
even in the manga it's treated as an event
felt like the Eren Freedom scene all over again.
@@marcioamaral7511exactly how does the hate the anime is getting makes any sense then, why do people still tend to say Toji and gojo's scene hadn't been added on wasn't it always supposed to be a one sided battle while highlighting gojo's awakening
It's the missed opportunities, for example a great name in the industry like Tam lu participated in making this episode and instead of giving him important scenes or fights to animate they made him animate a scene of a drop of water for seconds !! This is incredible stupidity, Imai does not deserve to be a director after this episode, he did not animate even a single scene
Nah I think the criticism is really necessary, that was the chapter everyone was waiting for and it had 2 of the best panels in the manga. They really destroyed their impact with some weird direction choices. People who say it was the greatest episode or whatever are the ones who need to stop because they are just lowering the bar for the anime industry even more and cheering for mediocre stuff.
Red's output wasn't so extravagant because it landed on the weapon that cancels out cursed techniques. In the manga, Toji says he can deal with Red without sustaining much damage thanks to the Inverted Spear of Heaven. That's probably why they didn't make it so flashy.
The problem I have with that cut is the lack of background animation or rather, that you can barely see the background move, due to the compositing. On the first watch I didn't really realize how fast and far Toji was actually moving.
The way they animated it doesn't really make sense cuz red is literally TOUCHING the inverted spear yet it still is working?
Inverted spear should auto negate any CT so wtf?!
Edit: nah like, it doesn't turn off the red. The red is still in existence and continues to exert a force on Toji. Its not being deactivated on contact like neutral infinity
@@whirlwind872I mean even if the technique is negated as soon as it hits the weapon he would still be thrown back from the impact if I understand how physics work
@@whirlwind872 Inertia: a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force
@@juansebastianraadmeza9405 I edited my comment, I dont mean the inertia. I mean the fact the red orb is literally contacting the inverted spear without being negged like neutral infinity
”I don’t have the words…to describe it”
**video ends**
I need to do that at some point, although I won't get any midroll ads that way...
@@ProbablyPretentious 😂😂
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This episode made Toji look absolutely ripped in every shot
motivated to become like him
I wouldn't be surprised if Seshimo can make someone from the dead work on a show. Dude's contact's are fucking insane.
My completely unhinged prediction based on nothing but pure hopium. Spencer Wan and Norio Matsumoto, just want to put that idea out into the universe.
@@frizen9328
If this shit actually happens you should play 1 game of lottery cuz who knows you might just win it.
Only people I'm comfortable enough and willing to bet something from it that they'll work on JJK is Spike and Curie lu. I'm sure Seshimo or Gosso could make them work in JJK.
You put it perfectly. The Action Animation this episode is slightly worst than last episode which is unfortunate but the direction was immaculate. Some JJK fans are legitimately insufferable and illiterate to understand this. A perfect example is some ppl on TikTok and Twitter had this weird idea that the tone of Gojo's honored one moment was supposed to be a triumphant/hype inducing scene. When really its supposed to be melancholic due to Gojo becoming enlightened. Like you said, it was almost biblical. The Sun Rays, the flowers/birds, and the slow piano were wonderful additions to the scene!
Dude this is Arifumi Imai directing this episode, we can't help but to have high expectations, it doesn't make sense to attack the JJK fsns who criticized this episode, it doesn't make sense at all
@@DarkKing-z6b Notice how I said SOME JJK fans. I'm well aware not everyone is doing this but there's enough of them causing a commotion that I have to speak my mind about their warped expectations
@@atpr3241Let's hope that this tragedy doesn't happen again in Shibuya
The anime adaptation of Gojo’s awakening was hella boring so bad I hope they realize and re-do it
You could say the same for any shounen/action fanbase. If the scene doesn’t look like the one in their heads it’s “disappointing” or “mid”, remember when AoT fans got huffy when YouSeeBigGirl didn’t play during a dialogue scene?
It never fails.
This episode was breathtaking, man. I’ll admit the lack of animation for Red despite its buildup was a bit of a let down, but the way they handled everything else easily make up for it. Beautiful work.
No
The way they did Purple was beautiful. And that added content for Geto's fight was amazing. They elevated the manga for majority of the episode
Really loved this episode, I recognise its flaws but the direction was just so so strong. I've seen many complaints about the Honoured One shot not being accurate to the manga, and although I understand those complaints, I think the Honoured One shot in the anime is just as raw and awesome to be honest. The heavenly yellow glow is truly gorgeous. Also, great video as always!
I loved the gold. As you say it gave it a heavenly feel. But i did prefer the angle in the manga. It doesnt help that the angle makes it look like a dancing pose lol
It's crazy how manga readers get so bent. I usually watch the anime with an open mind to directing. As a manga reader I know that anime and manga are inherintely different mediums so expecting them to be a 1to1 adaptation seems delusional to me. I know that anime only's enjoyed the hell out of this moment
I love Seshimo's reach. Though people like Imai take on projects out of pure interest at times and I imagine after JJK 1 he could've become interested, but who's to say. I just hope that the participation list grows to even greater heights on JJK.
Hoping for the Nakayama and Tanaka episodes later on as well as other A and S Tier animators.
I totally agree, I just hope that Imai remains a key animator
Thank you for your thorough animation breakdowns,! it helps me to improve my animation and directing skills.
I’m assuming when the blu ray comes out the ghosting will be fixed in the blu ray, so for now I’m not to worry about it.
Manga readers (without any info about the production) : "Next ep will be PERFECTION anime-onlys will lose their minds."
Ep not perfect, still all anime-onlys lose their minds.
Manga readers : "Mappa Trash"
I saw a lot of anime onlys watched the manga and were shocked that it was better
@@DarkKing-z6b"shocked that it was better" so earlier they thought anime version couldn't have been better. So basically for them it wa perfect. So basically they did feel the impact of the scene. So basically the anime accomplished what it was supposed to do....
@@yatharthrai4658 capp lol
@@yatharthrai4658exactly. People are always arguing with themselves
@@yatharthrai4658the person meant the other way🤦♂️
Great breakdown as usual. Also fantastic episode. I hope you make a video about undead girl murder farce (at least when it ended)
the art direction in this season reminds me alot of bungo stray dogs, a very underrated anime visually, its fifth sean is airing and the quality doesnt seem to dip. you should check it out
Bones being bones lmao. It's not that great Animation Wise but it's very consistent and delivering
Personally I think if they did tracking shots on Gojo's "Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one" scene it would've sold what the scene was going for better.
I really like it when you make suggestions as to how a cut could have been done better. Awesome episodes but I find your input great at the same time
I'm surprised you still had so much to complain about in this episode. As far as I'm concerned, JJK has never looked better than this episode right here. The action in the Toji vs Geto fight was especially impressive with beautiful animations and incredibly strong drawings all around. Of course the hollow purple sequence was breathtaking as well and animated to perfection.
I can't think of anything to complain about in this episode to be honest.
Usually minor anime accounts like him or MankoMan tend to look at what major sakuga accounts on Twitter say like they are religious cultist.
If that bozo Kvin or others like him say that something look bad, they'll follow his way of thinking (especially regarding Mappa, since is not unknown that Kvin is a big Mappa hater), and on the contrary if they say that something is good, well you know.
Also i can't get the fact that, especially Pretentious, whenever he says that something looks weak he never elaborates, completely invalidating his take since he can't explain it. Mostly because most of the time there wasn't anything weak or because he was just his impression(about the later, it's a thing that SHOULDN'T happen if you aim to be a reviewer)
Very interesting, the second part of your comment, that is. If I look at this video, I mentioned how the second half of q Kawa's bit looked weak, and I explained that it's because the dragon's movement is lingered on for too long and looks unintentionally comical, and because the background movement wasn't particularly interesting. I mentioned that the shot where geto jumps lacks execution, and I elaborated on why (because the warp of the BG was easily recognizable and one wall being warped while the other wasn't looked off putting) I also mentioned how it could be fixed. How else should I go about elaborating on my critiques?
@@lorenzorizzi864I have literally not a single "big" sakuga account on Twitter mention the same things he did on this video.
@@lorenzorizzi864what are you even talking about?
@@ProbablyPretentious All good man, you're free to criticize the show however much you want. I'm just saying that I didn't expect you to find so many flaws because I thought the episode was nigh perfect. But "different strokes for different folks" as they say.
In any case, I'm looking forward to see more of your breakdowns for future episodes. Keep up the good work!
This really goes to show you what a great storyboarder and series director with the right talent and creative can do even in a rough schedule
I think the schedule will get rough in 2nd cour than in here
@user-og6pb6dd5p yeah good point but so far the storyboarding and direction has been amazing with jjk
@@catlike9444 yeah i can't deal with some or these ''manga Readers'' anymore. It's eren freedom Scene all over Again (ignoring the Scene Completely and just compare a frame of the anime to The manga) like bruhhhh 💀. Imagine having top Notch compositing, storyboards, Animation and Strong Presentation for your Favorite animes, then complain about why didn't it looked better than it already is? This probably beats all of season 1's episodes overall
@@A1000-b9shuman beings are both hard and easy to please.
@@A1000-b9s to be fair through eren jacket scene was the least of aot s4 part 1 problems.
I refreshing my u tube continuously to see your video and finally i can see it now
This may be a silly/dumb question but, from where do you get the gengas that are in the thumbnails (and gengas in general), also the footage at 2:03 and 3:30.
Sakugabooru site
7:42 i think it works well with so many effects because of ost, it worked really well together.
Also I’m glad you pointed out that bit with Gojo’s Red technique. The clip of him activating it was so fluid and detailed, but then there’s just this jarring cut to Toji flying away that looks so stiff. Considering it was Gojo’s first time ever using Red successfully it should’ve had a bit more impact to it
I think a majority of the people criticizing this episode have literally only ever seen that panel from the manga
This episode was top tier. I agree with your point that the action animation wasn’t the best but the direction made up for it. At the end of the day that’s personally the most important aspect for me in anime because sakuga action moments will only make up a small percentage of the entire episode. It’s the difference between wanting to come back to a single clip versus coming back to an entire episode and so far these new JJK episodes are already way more memorable and rewatchable than season 1 for me.
Hey, if you don't mind could you tell me where you get the information from. I mean which animator worked on which part of the episode and the key animation frame for the thumbnail. I know it sounds like a Google search away but I wasn't able to get it when i tried and i am keen to know.
Sakugabooru
@@carloscauan7967 Thank you, I didn't know that this website existed
I agree with pretty much everything you said. Unfortunately, even though the episode had such a stacked staff I still prefer the previous one, at least in terms of action animation. As always, great video! Keep up the good work!
I'm still surprised how much teppei ito improved from jjk s1 to csm and now jjk s2
7:05 i think yumika ito (PA of this ep) bring tam lu in the team since seshimo also entrust her csm op but he got imai on his contact list now
Everything was great about the ep though i still prefer the honoured panel from manga and hopefully we will see imai's KA on Shibuya if possible
His compositing skills in reality are at the same (surprisingly good despite being a new gen Dop, that are much weaker than the old ones). The difference is just that he doesn't use light duff filter anymore.
@@lorenzorizzi864 not only that he is doing much better than what he did with whole mahito vs nanami fight in sewer and Yuji & todo vs hanami...pure shit
@@userK894that was mostly because of the abundance of light diffusion filter. Some time ago I asked to Dop Waki on Twitter and he told me that sadly photography schools in Japan know teach the usage of that filter as a fundamental to use (infact around 50% of modern Animes are full of it), making a lot of a look like they are in 480p.
He really hates it, but he knows how to use it in the right way. Even to look thing looks ugly because it's needed.
For example, remember that pv for that Gundam mobile game in wichh he served as Dop and everyone praised him for making the colors look like hand palm like in the past?
But... Do you also rent thdd the PV looked like it was extremely dusty and in a lot resolution? Well, that was "thanks" to light diffusion filter, that if not used on huge sources of light (basically for what it was created for more than 50 years ago) will crea that effect on screen.
In the case of that pv it was intentional, because his intent was making it look like it was an animated commercial of the 70s, but seen in a TV from the 70s
Sorry for the long ass thread
@@lorenzorizzi864 hmm ok now I get it so I hope ito improve more with upcoming sequels of both jjk and csm
And as someone said there is a huge gap between terao,kohei,waki etc and rest of the DoPs so don't know when we will see someone on those lvl
@@userK894 there will not be any improvement for the compositing in Anime in the following years, because even veterans are starting to heavily using light diffusion filter in order to make their work similar to the new Dops.
Or the are cases where a young Dop perfectly emulates a style of a veteran, but completely covers it with a lot of light diffusion filter (like Shota Kodera, the Dop of Gundam : Witch from Mercury)
that was ...amazing episode
just amazing work from the team of mappa and imai direction
Most manga readers (from illegal sites) don't even understand wtf animation is or just thought animation is just you draw frame by frame,2D / realism better and think cgi is lazy like some Hell's paradise,aot and csm anime fans
I still prefer the previous episode (especially with the fakeout ending) but the expressions on geto throughout this one were really good. I wish we could have gotten something creative for hollow purple like the manga but maybe the scene in the anime is less impactful for me coz I already knew it was gonna hit Toji. Regardless a really good episode
What are you talking about? Manga purple was just a text bubble
@@itsjustvin7630 it's the simplicity that makes it so good. The circle is used as a speech bubble but also it's placed exactly where gojo shot hollow purple. Don't think I've seen any other mangaka use speech bubbles like that
@Dogflamingo U wanted a speech bubble in the anime too then?
0:25 last episodes animation was alright compared to this weeks. This weeks just blew it away even further and we’re only in the past arc one more episode to go ! Then for even more action.
Nah it was nearly as good. K1RO animating the blue was enough for itself
Above snd below, only I dominate
-gojo satoru(Amazon prime)
Might be in the minority here but I liked the Honored One scene a lot better in the anime than the manga.
I mean the manga panel is sick and iconic for sure.
But the entire scene was done so well done, the music, the art, the animation, everything was awesome.
Personally I’m glad they didn’t just copy paste the manga
everyone except the picky "jjk fans" (obviously the mappa haters with multiple accs) like the scene more in the anime
Great breakdown as always, Thanks for the amazing video ss usual
How different is effects animation from 2 D animation?
Effects animation can be 2d ,digital or a mixture. 2d looks the best tho
Hey man will you breakdown the castlevania nocturne trailer 😊
Yes please. I second that request. That trailer looked amazing
@@MahiMahi-yu5jo amazing is an understatement, it was god tier
The usual great stuff having an actual great schedule. Also having low count episodes also helps
Although I wanted goshazono to work on that episode but arifumui imai did a great job too
Where's Goso when we need him ?
shibuya@@DarkKing-z6b
@@DarkKing-z6bgone reduced to atom
He is literally everywhere he is the chief director lol
@@pcvl9637 I think that Gosso doesn't care much and gives complete freedom to the director of the episode to do what he wants, if he cares enough, he won't allow Imai to ruin the Gojo fight like that
Once shibuya arcs starts youll have great content to analyse every weak. Unfortunetely after the next episode theres a break for three weeks😭
Why? Is next episode the end of this flashback arc?
@@DarthDookieMan I don't know for sure sure, but i would bet on it yes. If not then one more episode max though i find even that unlikely. It doesn't make sense for them to go on break before finishing this arc when it is just about to end.
@@DarthDookieManyeah it is
where does he get the behind the scenes footage of anime??
It was GOATED
Can someone please explain the lowered brightness of fast paced shots .
It’s just my opinion but the art was beyond incredible this episode and I feel like because of that the animation especially for the action may have taken a bit of a back seat this episode. I guess they wanted to go for a more detailed episode to sell Gojo’s awakening more and what we did get action wise is still better than the manga especially that Geto vs Toji fight is a massive departure from the manga while keeping the actions roughly the same. Amazing SB and directing made that short fight godlike imo.
But while the animation was still great it could’ve been much better if they kept the more simpler artstyle of previous episodes. It shows what the show could be like with a more detailed artstyle whereas episode 3 shows what happens when they tone down the artstyle even more for more fluidity. I hope they can play around and find a good balance for the Shibuya arc. HI to me seems like they were messing around experimenting with different styles and ideas and Shibuya is where they finally take everything they’ve learned and go full throttle.
Hopefully they don't go full fluidity
Kinda ruin the intensity with cartoonish artstyle
I feel like Shibuya fits more with the artstyle when they make it fully detailed(which is jjk s1 )
Since it was the Peak
I wonder if they can bring yutaka nakamura for an shibuya incident arc episode,...... although it's only wishful thinking.
Why would he work for mappa? He's part of studio Bones. Same way Hiroto Nagata is for shaft
@@simplyrohith2163just for fun maybe (inhales unhealthy amounts of copium)
@@abhrajeet841The only I
time I remember him working outside of Bones was for Cowboy Bebop and OnePunchMan unfortunately. For Opm I think he needed to be credited under a different name incognito without letting Bones know he worked with another studio.😂
We have the goat Watanabi
@@arvox1417 dang he could go incognito again is all I'm saying (copium)
Wished the angle of your right was the same as manga, red was more crazy and the enlightenment scene angle was more accurate but the ep was still amazing. See Season 1 had amazing still shots, like when a character was just standing in one place talking. Thats what made Season 1 so great, but when people were moving around it was roo rigid. So in Season 2 its like they did the total opposite. The still shots arent as nice to look at but very fluid when the characters are moving. If they somehow combined the two it would be basically perfect. You can tell the directors of season 1 and season 2 have veey different visions of the how they want the anime to look. Season 1 had amazing art and shading while Season 2 has incredible compositing and fluid animation but the art while isnt as in depth and the shading isnt as deep. Still 10/10 season so far.
Give example of a great still shoot in season 1
Agreed
I'm gonna miss the artstyle of jjk s1
It feels unique and special
Even the fight is more intense and i could feel the weight of it
Here in s2
Kinda feels like I'm watching CSM and with the simpler artstyle, the intensity kinda got reduced whenever they fight
Nevertheless glad Mappa still animate JJK though
can u do mushoku tensei season 2 ep 4, the dragon fight was so good
Please make a video on bleach Thousand year blood war
ngl I hear you say the smear work is top notch pretty much every time you mention any smears
What would be an example of bad smear work?
Couldn't find anything on smears in japanese animation so aside from the fact that they exist I don't know what would make one "good"
Oh there are a lot of examples of bad smears, you need to look harder lmao, so many shows try to hide their lack of movement by using a smear to bridge very different key frames. Also the amount of liberty taken by the animator also comes into play, Kosuke Kato's scene from the last episode was a great example of incredibly aggressive smears which looked great. Also the presence of smears automatically indicates a presence of movement, which in and of itself is a good thing
getting ads on your vids now. Great video ❤
To me everything is good except the ghost layers. Hated it in naruto. Hated it in 2000s anime. Hated it now. But we have seen that BD versions get rid of the ghost layers just like how the got rid of the dimmed lighting in MHA
people perfer gojo vs toji manga more than anime. But if we look at detail in manga it one side fight gojo do not thing untill he use murasaki. alot of talk in blank panel.
and GEGR is work close to mappa so if gojo and toji moment turn out like this im ok with it bc that what he want to be like.
//I like the directing on this Ep it look creative more deep more camera.
Bro , you should try to make the videos a bit longer , like around 15 minutes.
3:18 Ayo 🤨
Isn't goshazono the director but where is he?
He's the series director, it's not uncommon for series directors to only direct 2-3 episodes, especially in these high profile shows
@@ProbablyPretentiousI loved his work in episode 1 and I thought he worked on that too but turns out I was wrong 🙃
bruv
Ngl I prefer this episode’s action to the action in the previous episode. It felt more clean and easy to read
Geto vs Toji was the best
@@zenitsuthunder3946 true
Stunning😊
amazing
Though maybe the animation looks good, but I think the scene required some sakuga, which is a real let down for me.
And as a manga reader, the way I pictured this fight in my mind was way too different and better.
So that's one let down for me
Ep 4 is Better than Ep 3
3 > 4
@@DarkKing-z6b 3 < 4
The only problem I had with the Honoured One scene is that I had imagined Gojo exclaiming that out loud. Instead he talks quietly to himself. In the manga he looked way more vivid and deranged when he said that.
And a thing I realized as well is that Gege tends to draw baggy clothes a lot. Gojo actually had really baggy clothing in the manga, that gave his silhouette more movement. In the anime his clothes are very form fitting so he looks stiffer. Not really much of a complaint, just an observation.
But I do like the direction of the entire episode all in all.
well some saw it as an enlightenment of himself, that's why he said the Honoured One line to himself. Cuz he's realising his own CE and everything else
The red cut in the dark is not really unique. Is very common in animes from the 90s. Yu yu Hakusho have some.
Did Imai do anything in this episode ?
@@DarkKing-z6bwhy are you so mad at imai like omg
@@holy_water dude hes asking if imai animated a cut
@@tater8960 obviously
But that's not his only comment
In another comment he said imai doesn't deserve to be a director after this episode he has multiple comments
When Toji gets hit by red, the animation is anything but limited. The background is all hand drawn, the pillars as well as the massive temple drawn frame by frame.
I just wish they kept that angles
Anime fans when the adaptation adapts instead of tracing and colouring in the manga panels
@@themightyjagrafess8596😂
@@themightyjagrafess8596it was bad
@@DarkKing-z6bkeep telling yourself that, might just manifest it
@@abhrajeet841it's a fact
If only Goshozono directed this episode... It had potential to be one of the best in anime history
yeah Imai shoulda started at shibuya arc
Okey I have to give it to you, you live up to your channels name; Definitely Pretentious.
I really loved this episode but I must say that the messy design of crazy Gojo in the manga clicked with me a bit more and added to the crazy high-like state that the gojo was in. This is the only moment when clean anime artstyle didn't work for me in this season, which is a bit sad because I really was anticipating the buddha line. I think the rest was amazing tho, love this season
🤡
@@AJ-ry8qd ???
@stu6338 Ignore the Mappa meatrider. It’s just a kid who can only respond with emojis to any opinion that doesn’t align with their own, no matter how thought out or respectful. They usually get a lot of likes on Tiktok, where their hivemind is strongest.
This is the only level headed criticism I have seen for this ep.
@@kingkocoa4467
Typical mappa hater spotted
Is goshazono is still working or he is in vacation or something
He still supervises everything
@@carloscauan7967 🤔 but when is he gonna do some DIRECTIONS?
@@KNM_Piashthere's going to be 23 episodes. I have no doubt he's gonna be more active in Shibuya.
Imai too. We need that guy for some of the parkour Sequences.
gosso fraud
@@aniphoenix9474 ayo parkour, I haven't read the manga but shiduya arc sounds promising
I was a bit disappointed, I thought we we're about to get a crazy fight because of people hyping Gojo vs Toji in the manga (I haven't read it), but he just instant KOs him, still good animation nonetheless, just not what I was expecting and definitely not as good as the previous episode.
watched some clips of jjk s2 animation looks terrible should I watch it or is it a waste of time
Something is seriously wrong with you if you think that 🤡
I heard you out
Might be in the minority, be the Gojo awakening scene was Mid. Wish they didn’t try so hard to make him look like a sparkling pretty boy, Peter Pan. Don’t get me wrong this episode was great I just expected more from such a epic scene from the manga
????
Ffs I despise manga readers like you who can't appreciate anything an anime adaption does
??????
Damn
gojo vs toji round 2 definitely doesn't meet my expectation, honestly i expect gojo to like be a high badass mf throughout the fight, the convo and the starting combat kind of lacks like music or something
That's not how it's supposed to be. He is enlightened, not juiced up 😹
The fuck did you expect? Did you expect him to start rampaging like a madman and screaming and shit, like a crack head? This was the moment Satoru Gojo reached enlightenment, not go on some fucking maddened rampage
"Throughout heaven and earth, i alone am the honored one" Is a reference to the Buddha. It is used to showcase Gojo acheiving enlightenment that marked him as THE strongest.
And it was so underwhelming... 😓 the choices were just plain weird...
I feel that Avatar:The Last Airbender and Mob Psycho 100 are the only shows that made moments of awakening like these feel more than impactful... Like an event that should not be missed.
Riko getting shot, on the other hand, was beautifully melancholic despite how short it was. Poor girl, killed and tossed aside like that
Why was it underwhelming to you? Genuinely asking
The entire scene had a strong presence of golden lighting that made the entire scene feel heavenly, and the entire point of both that quote and the Buddhism following as a whole is the lack of attachment from existance, which is literally what Gojo is experiencing. This is not a "hype" or "crazy" scene, Gojo is feeling completely dettached from what's happening. He feels no danger, no excitement, he's simply admiring.
It's weird how you people will complain about "poor direction" but talk as if you genuinely do not understand at all the thing you're complaining about.
@@carloscauan7967 i didn't feel it as heavenly. I felt it like an Instagram filter. I guess it boils down to personal preference. A lot of people liked it. I didn't.
Also, when the heck did I complain about poor direction? Geez, I found it underwhelming. You go celebrate whatever you want to celebrate and let me have my opinions.
@@MahiMahi-yu5jo nah most people disliked it for some reason. im scratching my head at these takes but, to each theyre own i suppose. can i at least ask what you think they could have done to elevate it? if you can answer.
@@abhrajeet841Well, first, the lighting felt like an Instagram filter. Second, Gojo is supposed to see the "world" for what it is. The choice for that was random scenes put together? There was a shitty anime from the 2000s called Arjuna. And even that handled the characters awakening with a lot more nuance.
And then, I wished they had slowed down and lingered a bit. Because clearly there was supposed to be something different for Gojo.
Maybe it's me being spoilt because of series like FMA, Mob Psycho 100, and ATLA that handled enlightenment in their own unique way and made it feel like the event of a lifetime...
Not concerning the animation, but I have to ask, am I the only one who dislikes Gojo?
Gege too😂
Ah I don't really care about him either
I personally wasn’t a big fan of Imai’s direction and storyboard ngl. This isn’t even about it not being 1:1 with the manga, that criticism is stupid. But I feel like the way the scenes flowed in Gojo vs Toji especially was very unnatural and that was accentuated by the OST choices which were pretty poor imo. I’m not saying the episode was bad before anyone gets mad lol.
I see everyone saying imai should stick to storyboarding action but imo action was the weakest part of this episode I saw weakest like it's not good but you know what I mean
Agree
I still prefer Imai's works as key animation
I think there is a real problem in Mappa's priorities in this season of JJK, Geto vs Togi wasn't supposed to be better sakuga wise than Gojo vs Togi, even the Abilities, the goat Watanabi animated Gojo's ability blue, but not red or even purple ! which is the most powerful ! And what happened to Tam Lu ? This guy is a talent that participated in making episode 4 and we didn't see any of his touch or work ? I don't know what's going on with Gosso and Mappa in general, but these seems to be a messed up priorities and lost opportunities
Tam Lu animated the bit just before Purple was launched. The bit where you see the red and blue connect
Literally facts man... Tam Lu is one of the very best in the industry. Kinda disappointed
Tam Lu can definitely do much better. I guess the schedule was so tight that didn't allow him to maximize his potential. You can clearly see what he is actually capable of animating in Castlevania
Brother Gojo vs Toji R1 was def one of the best fights in the series. And Geto vs Toji had more sakuga becoz it was an actual fight. Gojo vs Toji R2 didn't wasn't even a "fight" (even in the manga). Now Red did lack actual impact (still gr8 buildup) but if you think Purple was not good for what was the moment then you are never going to be satisfied with anime.
"Togi" lmao
Your videos start to feel repetitive and kinda same. Doing "breakdown" on next day is good for views and algorithms, but on the other hand, the content of the video itself is lame.
Then...don't watch? Also yea ik, but the the thing is, these are very easy to edit, and I have exams ongoing rn so I cannot spend too long making vids, these are every easy to make videos for me, I'll make more stuff when the exams are over
@@ProbablyPretentious Didn't knew that. Sorry for too aggressive comment. Hope when exams ends you will make better videos
@@ProbablyPretentiousChad spotted
@@Mefriusyou weren't aggressive at all you simply spoke the Truth
402th liker
For me this season is better than the first season in everything but this episode was a disappointment specifically the second half of it, Imai did not succeed in making this episode iconic and the best compared to the rest of the episodes, he used the strong names in his team wrongly like making Tam lu animating a drop of water instead of a fighting scene, Imai did not even animate anything himself, Imai is great but I hope that he does not direct any future JJK episodes, this is not his place
That's not just a (drop) of water. The amount of effects was Unreal and also very Creative. It's an important Scene btw, it's the fucking (purple) Scene bro.
it was a very good episode although I feel like the direction was a bit weak in comparison to last week's. The perfect comparison is the re-animated shot of riko's death, it was not impactful at all and the timing was terrible, plus the "I killed Gojo Satoru" line wasn't nearly as good.
yeah but they re-animate it not to show "wow we are the best watch this is a different animation for this scene" they did that to summarize in a creative way
Personally I was desappointed from this episode. I mean this was the chapter everyone was waiting for for years, they needed to give their best of the best. Yet we got scenes with limited animation !! on an episode this big?! Also they butchered two of the most iconic frames in the whole manga, they chose weird angles for both of them which destroyed their perspective. And I didn't like the whole yellowish color grading for the Gojo Toji scene as well as the light rays on Gojo, the saturation was so high for a scene that is supposedly gloomy. Yes there were some good scenes like the effect animation for the blue red water drop, yet this episode deserved much more. I think Gosso himself should've directed the episode, he would've been more creative with the angles and he would deliver sth as grand as episode 1 of this season or episode 8 of CSM in terms of direction, because this chapter deserved it.
Nitpicking is already shitty.
Your opinion is garbage 🤡
Gojo gains ENLIGHTENMENT.
"scene is supposedly gloomy"
A gold filter isn't enlightment.
In Mob Psycho 100, when Teruki was tossed into thr stratosphere, he has the stupid knocked out of him... That was enlightenment. This was lazy and underwhelming
An enlightenment scene isn't supposed to be gloomy...
Gojo vs Toji was pure horsesh*t compared to the manga
No, it wasn't.
The episode was good , the gojo vs toji fight was underwhelming, the red and purple animation , i wasnt a big fan if it , and they did change the honoured one panel quite alot
Tbh im worried for shibuya especially since the schedule is so bad
The schedule is bad like 90 percent of the animes
Jezz people like you are so damn difficult to please
Hey there mate- You might not see this comment since the video is older, but this is my third time binging your stuff and I feel the need to point it out somehow. I love the little bits of humor you sometimes put into your videos. It isn't the focal point of these breakdowns (obviously) but they add so sO much to what would otherwise be considered a somewhat 'stale' video. For example, the bit where you said 'Hear me out' at 3:18 and immediately cut right after legitimately made me pause and take a second to stop laughing. In my opinion, your videos have a charm to them, and the little pieces of humor really do add to that.
Consider adding more of your personality to these videos- I feel as though it might take you even further, and solidify your identity in this space. Thank you for all that you've made for us so far :)