I love the symbolism of how jellyfish only sting other fish when they get bumped into, much like how Junpei starts off only wanting to kill those that hate him, not those he hates
The moment I saw Junpei die. That's when I realize that OP has tricked me into believing that there's was a happy ending. But an foreshadowing of something that could never happen.
That part of the opening actually is a clue to something very important about Yuuji. . . But I won't tell because spoiler. In this next arc another clue will be dropped.
The most shocking moment for me throughout the arc is when Yuuji realized that both Sukuna and Mahito are just curses. This further cemented that these fuckers are never good in the 1st place. These aren't your typical Kyuubi from Naruto, there will be no happy ending with these curses. There's no typical "evil guys redeemed themself" with them. They are just pure evil through and tgrough
With Mahito development further down in the story that becomes point becomes more complex. Yes curse spirits are unredeemable... To humans. You see Mahito and his comrades act way different toward each other then toward humans, they're willing to be selfless for a cause and for their allies, it puts curses more as entities with moral compass so different then ours. But that alienation is felt on both sides of the conflict, one where coexistence is impossible
@@brandonfelix8116 i thought the only one that somewhat "selfless" are Jugo, Hanami (the plant curse) and that squid cthulhu curse. And that mostly because how they are curses born out of human's negative emotions towards nature, which probably contribute to their arrogance towards human life as a whole.
@Emanuel Castillo i have high hope that they won't tho. At best, he'll agree to "have some fun" like in Shibuya. At worst, Yuuji dies and Sukuna completed all his fingers collections, thus fully revived him
I swear I loved the scene where Yuuji was trying to comfort Junpei, both on their knees with Yuuji holding his hands in his. It felt amazing because you really can feel Junpei's pain and Yuuji trying to help him.
I haven't watched a lot of anime or even read manga. but is it just me or the show displayed a very good bond between male characters.. The friendship pf yuji and junpei was so natural... Unlike the real world male friendships, where every male is trying to tear each other down to show how powerful they are in tearing down and making others feel inferior? Is this rarity? I haven't watched the big 3 anime or any shounen before JJK. But this was just mind-blowing 🥲
@@jatinchanchlani8982 What kinda "friends" do you have mate? That relationship is way closer to my real life relationships with my closest friends than whatever you are describing is...
@@deathshop2172 FUCK no. He deserves to be top 3. He can absolutely go repeatedly attempt to headbutt an oncoming train, but he's way too good of a character not to be top 3.
@@CaffeineDeprivation no meeting yuji seems like it was going to be his lucky breaks however in reality meeting yuji is the reason he and his mom died the way they did .Mahito plan was to force sukuna to make pact when yuji begs for his help on saving junpei not knowing that sukuna had already made a pact with yuji. So in fact his one seemingly lucky break was his unluckiest moment.
@@Nopi9 yeah exactly. Life would've eventually gotten better for Junpei once he graduated. As long as he got through high school. But we all wish he could've went to Jujutsu Tech :(
I think he was really lucky, he would have been an overpowered character and a great friend for Yuuji, but his naivitation betrayed him. You can't just live with only luck, if you don't use your brain then you will be a failure. In the first place, making friends with a literal creature that born from the sins of humanity was a really stupid choice. They have no emphaty, so they will never understand what you feel when they betray you
His arc was a lesson to all of us viewers. A lesson that not everyone gets a chance to experience the good in life before their life abruptly ends, or before the pent up misery they have experienced finally takes them away for good. People keep thinking that *everyone* has a bright side to their life or " good moments " as per their blind optimism, but that's just plain wrong.
On one hand Junpei was SUCH a good character but on the other, it shows JJK is taking a route not a whole lot of Shonen take, and showing how real death is, and characters WILL die. Nothing can bring them back, which honestly, deaths make the characters plot impactful. This is my personal theory on why AoT is so good. Bc of the layers the characters have, and how any moment that character can be snatched away and written off, never to be seen in the series again.
I don't know if it was in the manga, but I did like how the school responded after the attack in the anime. Since Yoshino called out his tormentor and teacher in the process of his misguided revenge, the teacher and other students owned up to how they failed him and let the bullying happen. Only thing that would have made it better was that psycho bully going to jail for, let's be honest, some pretty gruesome assaults.
@@miguelcuriel1987 one was not with them in the theater his name is Shot Into you can see him in episode 11,he was the one who said he can barely move his arm in episode 12! I also think the girl who made the other boys beat him is alive too!
I feel like the jellyfish is also homage to what his mom told him after she found out he doesn't want to go to school anymore, "Kids you age tend to take everything too seriously. School is just a tiny aquarium. There's a whole ocean out there, and other aquariums, too."
The fact that they did so much with a disposable character on such a short amount of time is impressive. Really reminds me of S1 AoT where they introduce seemingly really important people only for them to get fucking eaten within 6 episodes. I really thought Junpei was gonna be a secondary antagonist with a redemption arc or an addition to the first years at JJTT. Truly an artistic representation.
I would say he’s more similar to characters like Kamima (Gurren Lagann), Shigechi (Diamond is Unbreakable), or even Kite (HxH), mainly the former (Kamina) though.
Junpei's arc is honestly one of my favorite arcs (my favorite being the Hidden Inventory arc) because of how it once again gives a familiar scenario we've seen in Shounen before. An insecure and reserved new side character suffering from abuse that will eventually meet our main character and will gain the confidence to stand up for themselves (example being Luffy and Coby in One Piece) but the twist is that the main villain meets the side character first and he doesn't abuse him, but he "befriends" him. This lead to Junpei getting introduced to the greater world and his powers not through his friendship with Yuji, but through Mahito's manipulations. Yuji was simply too late to figuring out Junpei's problems. As a result, he was too late to stopping Mahito from killing Junpei and his mother. In the end, Yuji isn't even strong enough to make Mahito pay and avenge Junpei and he gets away, leaving Yuji with nothing but the feelings of anger and grief over his failure.
The plot twist of junpei was so well executed you knew it was coming but it still didn't take the sting away and it still wrenches my heart just thinking about it
@@wildin1170 yeah as an anime only that shit hit hard as fuck, I was literally waiting for two episodes after Yoshino's death to see if he came back to life because he is in the op. That shit hurt bro.
I really wanted to believe Mahito truly sympathized with Junpei, and Junpei would escape, go to Jujutsu high and have a happy life... The realism really made me realize how the appearances of the curses tricked us into believing they still had some other emotions rather than just being pure evil. QAQ RIP Junpei and mama
It’s more sad when you can actually relate to his life with bullying and wanting to have your revenge in some way on those who hurt you. He was such a bean, and didn’t deserve to go out the way he did along with his mom 😕
Because it's a representation or a projection failed of our own will to be redeemed and to live beyond the pain. It's sad to see us reflected in that character but instead of being the hero, being a secondary character with a tragic death because of a misguided way. Only for give a lesson to the protagonist. Very sad and painful to watch. I understand you. 😔
And he refugees in movies. I related a bit to him and I wanted him to live, go to Jujutsu High School and befriend with Itadori and the others. Maybe that's why I liked this arc. And also made me love Itadori cause he cared for Junpei and wanted to help him, he even wanted to make a contract with Sukuna😭
Big facts, I though he was going go over the rails, and Itadori would bring him back to the good and see the light in life. BUT NOPE, man had to die for the plot :(((
God i was hopping he would join the team, he was cool and i could relate with his mega introverty personality and just his all deppy personality. Whenever i saw him smile together with Itadori... i miss him
Yes! This title is everything! There are so many stories where a character is unceremoniously killed off or is fridged for the development of another character (Like Sienna Kahn from RWBY) in an effort to gain unearned shock value for the audience. Many times it's clear that the story would have been better had the tragic character not been killed off and instead be properly utilized to their fullest, or at the very least written off instead of killed off. But Junpei is different, Junpei is exactly how you should write a tragic character who doesn't achieve their full potential. The issue with many of these "shock value/purposeful potential wasting" deaths is that many of them are ultimately pointless and don't serve any sort of narrative purpose aside from shock value. However what makes Junpei work immaculately is how his tragedy is it's own short story with a message, theme, and as the title of this video says... a purpose. Junpei on his own is a kid who had been dealt a shit hand in life, and while normally these tragic individuals should become heroes in the stories we consume, Junpei had become a cyncial; pessimistic individual with a complete indifference, revealing to be hatred, for humanity and life. And it is this pessimism that not only leads to Junpei's death and failure to catch the red flags from Mahito, but in fact reveals that Junpei himself is just as much of a fool, if not more so of a fool than the optimist and average people he called fools. And I love this story, cause not only is it tragic and has actual meaning to pitting Yuji and Mahito's ideologies against each other, but there is a strong message about the dangers of pessimistic and cynical worldviews. Junpei's fate is essentially the consequence of having such world views, you either end up dooming yourself, or you become part of the problems that you speak out against. This right here, is tragedy with purpose.
I put Junpei in the same category as Maes Hughes and Nina from FMA. Their fates were awful and was a punch in the gut to the characters, forcing the Elrics to face their limitations and fears.
@@makimaliebert9571 no tf she wasn't hello??? She was literally something that showed the Elrics that although you're the "good guys" you have done something similar; using alchemy where you're not supposed to and hurting a loved one in the process It's a prime example of using that one trope everyone hates (You and I are not so different) and actually giving it narrative weight this time. So no, Nina isn't just shock factor
I probably shoulda seen Junpei's death coming but it was an honest shock when he died in the anime, I guess the first red flag shoulda been that he was only in one part of the OP and not even in the ED.
Junpei is one of theirs characters in anime that was genuine and good natured, pure if you will that had seen a death and was given trauma. Then he was “mentored” by someone who he thought he could trust and was in fact used by them. Like an Obito (early stages).
there was something so profoundly melancholic about junpei dying at the hands of something/someone he believed to be his only escape from everything else that was tragic in his life
I find that a lot of modern Shonen are taking this darker route these days. I feel as though the trend started from the basement reveal in AOT, and it's just getting more common every day. JJK's doing it, BNHA's looks like it's doing it and Boruto's definitely headed in that direction too. Overall, I feel like more people are starting to see more relatability in the tragedy of characters, because these tragic lives are an allegory for the pain that we see in the world today. That's just my opinion tho.
@@Ciaudius it doesn't really matter now isn't it? Zeppeli seems to always followed by tragedy itself, be it William that sacrifice himself for Jonathan Joestar, Caesar that also sacrifice himself for Joseph Joestar, hell even Gyro gets the same fate during the final fight against Jesus-imbued Valentine
Seeing the moment Yuji begging Sukuna to help Junpei: sooo Junpei’s gonna be rescued this way, and we will have a new great friendship between Junpei and Yuji like the OP, and he’ll go through the sadness of losing his mom as long as there’re his friends always be there for him... Junpei: *died* Me: no he’s gonna be alive, the OP spoils it. The more I believed he’d be alive, the more I got hurt to know I got tricked.
This poor kid's made me sad more than any in recent memory. It's clear from his quiet, gentle demeanor that being obsessed with hatred, nihilism and pessimism is unlike him, but Mahito manipulated him by appealing to his negativity and discarded him for shits and giggles. The whole "VS Mahito" arc, aside from its criticism of harassment and bullying, has a clear message: be careful who you engage with, and don't take the bait when someone appeals to your weaknesses. Mahito made Junpei double down on his negativity under the guise of helping him, so he could destroy him in the end, whereas Yuji was genuinely kind and wanted to enrich Junpei's life with purpose and meaning.
the first time in 4 years where i actually cried of watching a fictional piece. Junpei whole story as a whole broke me unlike any other story ive seen in 15 years. f titanic, this is truly what a sad scene looks like.
What I love is that while Yuuji might be Mahito's worst physical match up, mentally Mahito is Yuuji's counter. With the current arc we've seen how Mahito has broken Yuuji mentally by forcing him to realize that he's still powerless to protect others.
I genuinely cried when Yoshino Junpei died. I saw myself in him. When I would watch the intro and see his face, throughout the entire anime I was so excited to meet him and when we did I wasn’t disappointed. He was more then I could have ever wished for. He quickly became my favourite, I hoped that he and itadori would become closer, it seemed like they had both finally found a friend that could understand each other's pain and loneliness, but I was wrong. When he died I was devastated and confused, “why put him in the intro if he was only going to be around for 2-3 episodes” Then it hit me. That’s the entire point of his character. To give a human feeling to a picture, to mimic exactly what Itadori felt and god did it work.
When junpei died, I was literally in denial. I actually couldn't understand that he was dead. I really thought that they were going to do some kind of ass pull to bring him back. Looking back, I definitely didn't appreciate the quality of this show when I first watched it
I literally cried when Junpei died 😢 he had such a sad life and when he finally found a friend in Yuji. I believe he could have been a very powerful sorcery in time... cause his was pretty dang powerful with out any uears of experience or teaching of any kind.
it’s depressing as fuck to think that his curse technique was basically a manifestation of his abuse and his mentality before and after meeting Mahito, jellyfish are actually passive in the wild especially when schooling and only attack when provoked ; the same with junpei refusing to physically get involved unless he’s provoked . But the nature of this ability changes after meeting mahito, it becomes a literal manifesto on of a barrier and a companion ; two things he lacked before meeting mahito and the nature of his shikigami becomes more about offense then defense , just as his nature turns from taking the abuse to giving the abuse in the exact same fashion it was done to him. The fact moondregs poison uniquely acts and looks like cigarette burns push that change in nature further
New fan here- uh… this scene in the anime? Utterly SHATTERED me. So much to the point that even sitting through the episodes after his death left a gut wrenching feeling in my stomach. That said, I plan to take a step back from the episodes for a bit.. it was way too much 😭😭
i was telling myself when junpei was transformed and died that he didn't really die he's in the opening with yuuji... until now I'm still hoping he'd be alive. seriously.
I think the story of jujustu is tragedy steeped from the start, people forget that yuji is 95% definitely gonna die by the end of the story with the deal he made with gojo
Junpei really hit a different note. He was by far the most “real” character. His struggles are very relatable for many as is his transformation to someone hurting others. He almost became the “quiet kid in the back” and the fact that his end is horrifying and brutal and the opposite of dignifying really speaks to how poorly treated many bullied children are in school in real life. I would have liked to have seen more of him but I suppose what little we did see was enough to cement him as a very solid character
I think the over the top bullying made him less relatable. I have never seen bullying that severe and the fact that he didn't report his literal cig burn scars to the teacher is weird and it takes me out of the show
@@yoloswaggins7121 I can assure bullying to this extent really exists. Just because you've never experienced it with your limited experience doesn't make it any less real.
@@ilovecody7514 You think schoolchildren will use another child as an ashtray, severely scarring his face while the entire student body just laughs and also bullies the child severely and the teachers don't even notice? Maybe it happens, but I have never seen anything like and it seems like an inaccurate portrayal of actual bullying to me.
@@yoloswaggins7121 I have seen kids have box cutters and knives pulled on them, bring drugs to school and get arrested, smoke and fuck in the bathrooms, and lots of other shit. Of course this doesn't surprise me. Plus bullying in Asian countries has been notoriously been reported as being on another level, and from some of my experience being there they aren't wrong. If you don't have that experience good for you. I'm glad you've never had to experience opposition of that magnitude in your life, but obviously things aren't going to be the same for others, and people won't always lend a helping hand when they feel it is way less of a hassle to either watch or ignore its happening. People can be just kind as they are cruel. Just be happy you believe others wouldn't cross the lines that you've never experienced.
@@ilovecody7514 Nothing you said in the first paragraph is an example of bullying. And yeah I understand that many people would rather ignore bullying and not get involved, but I feel like that can only happen if people can justify their actions to themselves. If the bullying is so severe that someone is getting burned on their face, I feel like very few people would ignore it
I dodged this anime for so long but when I saw the bold choices they took with this character I realized how wrong I was about this just being a typical shonen. Junpei was relatable, pitiable, but not pathetic. His situation wasn't an overly exaggerated sob story, it was pretty realistic. Most characters written in this light are given no parents, no friends and made into sniveling whelps in front of their tormentors. What tears you in half about Junpei's death is that all of this stuff didn't break him down, it just wore on him. His unattentive single mother, his loser friends not standing up for him, his asshole bullies. It didn't destroy him, but it left him the perfect target for Mahito, who openly tells him that he wants to see how much punishment a human being can take before they break. Junpei even understands the right and wrong of the matter when it's all too late. He's presented in a way that makes him look like the perfect candidate for a redemption arc. His outlook and choices are callous and wrong, but deep down he knows it, and someone like Yuji was able to bring the better part of him out. He pays for his anti human sentiment in the most ironic way possible, by being placed next to someone who takes his belief system to its logical conclusion. His actions are understandable, but not exactly forgivable, which just makes his death so much more realistic and painful to watch because everything was in order such that he could've turned his life around with just a little bit of a mindset change and some help from a friend.
I've been watching your content for a few years now and I just wanna say I really appreciate your dedication to the shimoneta bit. Shine on you crazy diamond
When i saw they included Shinpei in the opening i was actually kinda interested in the reaction of non-manga fans... I don't know, it was a very interesting decision
I thought it was genius. It builds up the expectation that Junpei will be saved, making it hurt more when Mahito kills him. It's a tragedy that brings you to hate Mahito for prematurely ending his journey with Yuji.
Even just reading the manga, I didn't believe Junpei was actually dead even when he died on-panel. He was just so set-up to be important that I immediately jumped to wondering how his survival would be explained Mahito said he was dead. I can't even imagine how it must feel for an anime watcher, since the OP would reinforce the idea of him surviving even harder.
Right? I felt pain whenever I saw it, knowing what was coming. When we entered the arc, every episode was kinda hard to watch. I think including Junpei in the opening like that was a spectacular move, and enforces how good the series is. The whole arc was impactful in the manga, but the opening of the anime and the anime itself elevated it.
I will never, and I mean NEVER shut up about how sad and unfair Junpei’s fate was. They really showed us how much he got bullied, how he almost became a monster himself but fought against it and saw a chance to be actually happy for the first time, only to be killed off like that. Not to mention that trick in the OP of him smiling with Itadori which a lot of us held on to. When he died, I could not even believe it since I held on to the fact that he was in the OP, I was sure that somehow, Itadori would find a way to bring him back and they could be happy together just like in the OP. His death is truly one of the most heartbreaking scenes in anime. *manga spoilers* Currently I don’t know if Mahito is still alive since he was “absorbed” by Geto but to be honest it would really be satisfying to see Itadori finally kill and end the one who took Junpei’s life away.
The only time I agreed with Geto was when he finally killed Mahito Still wished it was Sukana doing it lol the fear he gave him was enough of a warning
Junpei *doesn't know how everything came to this* Also Junpei *runs to the demon who hadn't even noticed him, tells him his weakness, tells him where he lives* ummmmmmmmmmmmm
Junpei suffered the sickness knows as "I thought I was an important character" syndrome and he became one by dying end serving his fate by being absorbed by Yuji literally...
Junpei is my favorite Jujutsu Kaisen character, because his introduction marks the point where my opinion went from "this is the most mid, derivative anime I've ever seen" to "holy shit, I'm glad I forced myself to keep going for just one more episode."
What's sadder is those ppl at his school would never know what really happened.. like " we gotta bear the crimes of killing yoshino's heart for the rest of our lives " is good but I just felt that it didn't serve him justice... no one knows what happened to the boy with a heart of gold who needed help or how he suffered till the last moment of his life,,, it's truly heartbreaking. But his and yuuji anguish got to be a great push for the story I love it.
Sees Junpei in the OP: This guy seems like a pretty important character. I wonder how he'll join Jujutsu Tech. .....Episode 12 finishes. Me: USOTSUKI!!!!!!!!!!!!
i really didnt want junpei to die but important characters need to die for emotional highs and lows to give PLEASURE!!! Jogos death also hurt he was such a character...
I hope that lots of people hear about this and know about the dangers of bullying and truly speak up. I myself have been bullied before and the main reason I didn't really fight back or act on the violent thoughts I had in my head was because of my family specifically my mom. I thought she would look at me differently if she saw what I would have done to my bullies. (Everything worked out and I'm a hundred percent better now, but still this really hit home for me.)
I love listening to your in-depth explanation while doing chores. I'm not sure if this was common knowledge but when you commented about "horror movie fans having a "psychological comfort of walking away from the horror movie that helps give power to people to walk away from the horrors of their real life". Bish, I had to stop midway doing the dishes, sit down and contemplate because that explanation had me SHOOK!
This really helped me understanding the series better! I hadn't realized Junpei passed away since I watched a lot of series where they just come back. I'm very sad now.
Who else was surprised that he had burn scars from the cig butts? Thought they wouldn't leave any cause ya know anime logic. A welcomed surprise though
Great video as always, Meti. Also, I like how every now and then, you throw a yugioh reference into your videos. As a veteran player who's been around since Legend of Blue-Eyes dropped in America, they bring me a healthy dose of nostalgia.
when i first saw junpei i genienuely thought he would be a relevant character i don't know hwat i expected tbh, either mahito's "sidekick"/servant or a jujutsu high support unit or something like that, i really liked his development too then mahito did a little trolling
I love the symbolism of how jellyfish only sting other fish when they get bumped into, much like how Junpei starts off only wanting to kill those that hate him, not those he hates
Dang didn't realize that :o
Wow thanks!
Ur a smart hooman have a cookie
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The saddest part is that they made it seem like he survived in the opening.
Agreed
Still dont believe hes dead 😕
True I really thought that he would survive because of that opening
@@Diamond-vu8sb get over it....the manga just gets sadder and sadder
@@FernzRamiz NO
The moment I saw Junpei die. That's when I realize that OP has tricked me into believing that there's was a happy ending. But an foreshadowing of something that could never happen.
You’re not optimistic enough I thought he was gonna get revived....until sukuna started laughing
@@auglybluething1995 i thought they were gonna revive him too and even after the recent episode until i watched this video T.T
That part of the opening actually is a clue to something very important about Yuuji. . . But I won't tell because spoiler. In this next arc another clue will be dropped.
@@MrTigracho I almost forgot about that and it makes more sense considering Todo is in the opening next to nanami after episode 9
@@Arkdragonman yeah. Remember, not a word, let the animu onlys to figure it out.
we've been deceived, betrayed and quite possibly bamboozled.
We've been tricked, backstabbed and, quite possibly, bamboozled
Perhaps schmeckledorfed?
@@lord_boneman that's not even a word and i agree with you!
@@lord_boneman what does that even mean?
Ah yes… fellow scholars
The most shocking moment for me throughout the arc is when Yuuji realized that both Sukuna and Mahito are just curses. This further cemented that these fuckers are never good in the 1st place. These aren't your typical Kyuubi from Naruto, there will be no happy ending with these curses. There's no typical "evil guys redeemed themself" with them. They are just pure evil through and tgrough
YES YES YES YESS THIS RIGHT HERE
I’m kinda worried that the series will follow through with having yuji die once he eats all of sukuna’s fingers...
With Mahito development further down in the story that becomes point becomes more complex. Yes curse spirits are unredeemable... To humans. You see Mahito and his comrades act way different toward each other then toward humans, they're willing to be selfless for a cause and for their allies, it puts curses more as entities with moral compass so different then ours. But that alienation is felt on both sides of the conflict, one where coexistence is impossible
@@brandonfelix8116 i thought the only one that somewhat "selfless" are Jugo, Hanami (the plant curse) and that squid cthulhu curse. And that mostly because how they are curses born out of human's negative emotions towards nature, which probably contribute to their arrogance towards human life as a whole.
@Emanuel Castillo i have high hope that they won't tho. At best, he'll agree to "have some fun" like in Shibuya. At worst, Yuuji dies and Sukuna completed all his fingers collections, thus fully revived him
When you watch the anime, or the opening rather, you really feel as though he would be a secondary protagonist, sadge.
Same, I thought they were building up a romance between him and Yuuji
No wonder the manga chapter in which Junpei die is called "What if?"
Haf Junpei survived, things after would have been very diferent.
@@yemmohater2796 Woah definitely not that far, but still, I thought they were gonna be close.
@@yemmohater2796 lolol romance. But fr I though him, yuji, and the rest were all gonna become buddy buddy :(
In the end of the anime episode they sure him with yuujis school uniform and what could have been
That hit me in the feels
I swear I loved the scene where Yuuji was trying to comfort Junpei, both on their knees with Yuuji holding his hands in his. It felt amazing because you really can feel Junpei's pain and Yuuji trying to help him.
Yeah fr he doesn’t try force his ideals on Junpei, he sits down and listens to him
I cried during this scene
I haven't watched a lot of anime or even read manga. but is it just me or the show displayed a very good bond between male characters.. The friendship pf yuji and junpei was so natural... Unlike the real world male friendships, where every male is trying to tear each other down to show how powerful they are in tearing down and making others feel inferior? Is this rarity? I haven't watched the big 3 anime or any shounen before JJK. But this was just mind-blowing 🥲
@@jatinchanchlani8982 What kinda "friends" do you have mate? That relationship is way closer to my real life relationships with my closest friends than whatever you are describing is...
The OP and Chapter cover pages was one of the hardest punches to the Gut.
The op lied and now there laughing at us.
@@timothytosser288 yeah
I read the manga first and it *hurt*
They did us SO dirty
Yeah
I felt so bad for Junpei in the manga. His death made me hate Mahito for killing him.
by the way, mahito is 25th in the popularity polls.
as he should be.
fuck that guy.
@@deathshop2172 there better only be 25 characters 😤😤
@@deathshop2172 FUCK no. He deserves to be top 3. He can absolutely go repeatedly attempt to headbutt an oncoming train, but he's way too good of a character not to be top 3.
Was his death more gruesome in the manga?
Manga/Anime been making me sad Fr rn. The latest chapters of AoT always leave me a bit fucked up for a bit too long, and Junpeis death hit hard too.
Since Junpei's death, I can't stop imaging Junpei's ghost being by Yuji's side during the whole anime, cheering him proudly from the other side.
Thank you for this comment, I'm slightly less sad now :)
Thanks, its a headcanon for me now
Watching Yuji beat the living shit out of Mahito must have felt good.
Why must you do this to me.
The only comfort i have 😭🥹
I’d say the “lucky” in Junpeis family name is more ironic because nothing about his character arc was lucky.
Idk... I'd like to think that, even if it ultimately didn't chance his fate, him and Yuuji meeting and having that one day of friendship *was* lucky
@@CaffeineDeprivation no meeting yuji seems like it was going to be his lucky breaks however in reality meeting yuji is the reason he and his mom died the way they did .Mahito plan was to force sukuna to make pact when yuji begs for his help on saving junpei not knowing that sukuna had already made a pact with yuji. So in fact his one seemingly lucky break was his unluckiest moment.
@@Nopi9 yeah exactly. Life would've eventually gotten better for Junpei once he graduated. As long as he got through high school. But we all wish he could've went to Jujutsu Tech :(
I think he was really lucky, he would have been an overpowered character and a great friend for Yuuji, but his naivitation betrayed him. You can't just live with only luck, if you don't use your brain then you will be a failure. In the first place, making friends with a literal creature that born from the sins of humanity was a really stupid choice. They have no emphaty, so they will never understand what you feel when they betray you
@@pista695 I disagree he only got those powers as a result of his naivety also, getting bullied etc lead him down his unlucky path
me: junpei can’t die, he’s in the op
junpei: *dies*
me: 👁👄👁
They tricked us
@@7aemr I thought the same I couldn't believe that i was so disappointed i hate them 😭
lol read the manga
@@mpdrago1730 wut don't tell me he is alive 😳
@@mistawhite2899 nah he dead like straight up
His arc was a lesson to all of us viewers. A lesson that not everyone gets a chance to experience the good in life before their life abruptly ends, or before the pent up misery they have experienced finally takes them away for good. People keep thinking that *everyone* has a bright side to their life or " good moments " as per their blind optimism, but that's just plain wrong.
On one hand Junpei was SUCH a good character but on the other, it shows JJK is taking a route not a whole lot of Shonen take, and showing how real death is, and characters WILL die. Nothing can bring them back, which honestly, deaths make the characters plot impactful. This is my personal theory on why AoT is so good. Bc of the layers the characters have, and how any moment that character can be snatched away and written off, never to be seen in the series again.
At least he tried to get out with a bang by jujutsu shooting up his school good on em what a guy
At the very least, he had an evening of good moments when he became friends with Yuji before his mother died. I'd like to think that counts a little.
I dident understand any of that tbh
@@bunsbuns9072 Everyone has specks of relief, but it very much dosent overtake any of the darkness Junpei and many like him are subject to.
I don't know if it was in the manga, but I did like how the school responded after the attack in the anime. Since Yoshino called out his tormentor and teacher in the process of his misguided revenge, the teacher and other students owned up to how they failed him and let the bullying happen. Only thing that would have made it better was that psycho bully going to jail for, let's be honest, some pretty gruesome assaults.
All the bullied died in the theater remember
@@miguelcuriel1987 one was not with them in the theater his name is Shot Into you can see him in episode 11,he was the one who said he can barely move his arm in episode 12!
I also think the girl who made the other boys beat him is alive too!
yeah it was in the manga too and the anime handled that extremely well
I feel like the jellyfish is also homage to what his mom told him after she found out he doesn't want to go to school anymore, "Kids you age tend to take everything too seriously. School is just a tiny aquarium. There's a whole ocean out there, and other aquariums, too."
The fact that they did so much with a disposable character on such a short amount of time is impressive. Really reminds me of S1 AoT where they introduce seemingly really important people only for them to get fucking eaten within 6 episodes. I really thought Junpei was gonna be a secondary antagonist with a redemption arc or an addition to the first years at JJTT. Truly an artistic representation.
Yeah Thomas, and Marco especially
They really could’ve done so much more with Junpei
I would say he’s more similar to characters like Kamima (Gurren Lagann), Shigechi (Diamond is Unbreakable), or even Kite (HxH), mainly the former (Kamina) though.
@@BakaStryx2 Shigechi sticks out like a sore thumb...
Ahh... I miss old Levi squad
Junpei's arc is honestly one of my favorite arcs (my favorite being the Hidden Inventory arc) because of how it once again gives a familiar scenario we've seen in Shounen before. An insecure and reserved new side character suffering from abuse that will eventually meet our main character and will gain the confidence to stand up for themselves (example being Luffy and Coby in One Piece) but the twist is that the main villain meets the side character first and he doesn't abuse him, but he "befriends" him. This lead to Junpei getting introduced to the greater world and his powers not through his friendship with Yuji, but through Mahito's manipulations. Yuji was simply too late to figuring out Junpei's problems. As a result, he was too late to stopping Mahito from killing Junpei and his mother. In the end, Yuji isn't even strong enough to make Mahito pay and avenge Junpei and he gets away, leaving Yuji with nothing but the feelings of anger and grief over his failure.
The front page of chapter 27 broke me when i first read it, then MAPPA baiting newcommers with the opening....
I just saw the cover and honestly. i cried
The plot twist of junpei was so well executed you knew it was coming but it still didn't take the sting away and it still wrenches my heart just thinking about it
I mean I didn’t know it was coming I thought he was going to live
@@TheGamingTeam101Tgt101 The opening deceived the anime-onlys
@@wildin1170 yeah as an anime only that shit hit hard as fuck, I was literally waiting for two episodes after Yoshino's death to see if he came back to life because he is in the op. That shit hurt bro.
PAIN.I CAN ONLY FEEL PAIN.
junpain
Mah hawt.....it hurts.....
How much pain have you handled so far? you have a omori pfp and you've been through the junpain arc
I really wanted to believe Mahito truly sympathized with Junpei, and Junpei would escape, go to Jujutsu high and have a happy life... The realism really made me realize how the appearances of the curses tricked us into believing they still had some other emotions rather than just being pure evil. QAQ RIP Junpei and mama
I think Mahito did sympathize with Junpei's philosophies but only saw him as a tool/plaything and killed him off when he served his purpose.
@@crownedoasis2923 what was his purpose tho? To lure out Sukuna?
Only Jogo had something human inside him because he is representation of fire and it's never only death. While Mahito IS ONLY death
@@crownedoasis2923he didn't sympathize junpei at all. Mahito is the worst humanity has to offer and merely used junpei as a test subject
It’s more sad when you can actually relate to his life with bullying and wanting to have your revenge in some way on those who hurt you. He was such a bean, and didn’t deserve to go out the way he did along with his mom 😕
Because it's a representation or a projection failed of our own will to be redeemed and to live beyond the pain. It's sad to see us reflected in that character but instead of being the hero, being a secondary character with a tragic death because of a misguided way. Only for give a lesson to the protagonist. Very sad and painful to watch. I understand you. 😔
And he refugees in movies.
I related a bit to him and I wanted him to live, go to Jujutsu High School and befriend with Itadori and the others.
Maybe that's why I liked this arc. And also made me love Itadori cause he cared for Junpei and wanted to help him, he even wanted to make a contract with Sukuna😭
Get good noob
@@Thecoldest-y7l *Git Gud.
FFS, if you're gonna shit on the kid at least do it properly.
cry about it
RIP Junpei's hot mom
amen to that
His mom was where it’s at
Damm
Yessir
We gather here brothers
Went into this series believing Junpei and Itadori would have a very long friendship with each other.
I was wrong.
I know but for some reason i was hoping for that anime cliche that he would be ok by some power of a new character but i was wrong . T^T
Big facts, I though he was going go over the rails, and Itadori would bring him back to the good and see the light in life. BUT NOPE, man had to die for the plot :(((
I wouldn’t have minded that cliche honestly but no we got bamboozled! 😭
I would have loved to see him apart of the main group. It's so sad he had to die, it broke my heart... :'(
We are deceived by the opening
I related to him, saw him die, realized that I wouldn’t find a character like this again and sobbed.. that is what a good character can do.
God i was hopping he would join the team, he was cool and i could relate with his mega introverty personality and just his all deppy personality. Whenever i saw him smile together with Itadori... i miss him
Same
Yes! This title is everything!
There are so many stories where a character is unceremoniously killed off or is fridged for the development of another character (Like Sienna Kahn from RWBY) in an effort to gain unearned shock value for the audience. Many times it's clear that the story would have been better had the tragic character not been killed off and instead be properly utilized to their fullest, or at the very least written off instead of killed off.
But Junpei is different, Junpei is exactly how you should write a tragic character who doesn't achieve their full potential. The issue with many of these "shock value/purposeful potential wasting" deaths is that many of them are ultimately pointless and don't serve any sort of narrative purpose aside from shock value.
However what makes Junpei work immaculately is how his tragedy is it's own short story with a message, theme, and as the title of this video says... a purpose. Junpei on his own is a kid who had been dealt a shit hand in life, and while normally these tragic individuals should become heroes in the stories we consume, Junpei had become a cyncial; pessimistic individual with a complete indifference, revealing to be hatred, for humanity and life. And it is this pessimism that not only leads to Junpei's death and failure to catch the red flags from Mahito, but in fact reveals that Junpei himself is just as much of a fool, if not more so of a fool than the optimist and average people he called fools.
And I love this story, cause not only is it tragic and has actual meaning to pitting Yuji and Mahito's ideologies against each other, but there is a strong message about the dangers of pessimistic and cynical worldviews. Junpei's fate is essentially the consequence of having such world views, you either end up dooming yourself, or you become part of the problems that you speak out against.
This right here, is tragedy with purpose.
I put Junpei in the same category as Maes Hughes and Nina from FMA. Their fates were awful and was a punch in the gut to the characters, forcing the Elrics to face their limitations and fears.
@@jameswest6232 Facts
-spends entire post unjustly dissing a tortured soul-
" but yeah this is tragedy with purpose "
@@jameswest6232 Nina was just shock factor
@@makimaliebert9571 no tf she wasn't hello??? She was literally something that showed the Elrics that although you're the "good guys" you have done something similar; using alchemy where you're not supposed to and hurting a loved one in the process
It's a prime example of using that one trope everyone hates (You and I are not so different) and actually giving it narrative weight this time.
So no, Nina isn't just shock factor
If you wouldn't sell your soul for Junpei's happiness don't even talk to me.
It's a bit hard to sell my soul for every Jujutsu Kaisen character's happiness, don't you think?
Ok
@@mahogania5536 do it
Hope you sell yours then, brave man(or chick) who look downs on others for not sacrifing their soul.
Hard to sell my soul for a school shooter’s happiness lmao
I probably shoulda seen Junpei's death coming but it was an honest shock when he died in the anime, I guess the first red flag shoulda been that he was only in one part of the OP and not even in the ED.
I just thought he would become more of a major character in the second season (or second half of this season)
Three parts of the OP. The first two were in the bus and by the river. th-cam.com/video/h8DJwFib0iY/w-d-xo.html
Junpei is one of theirs characters in anime that was genuine and good natured, pure if you will that had seen a death and was given trauma. Then he was “mentored” by someone who he thought he could trust and was in fact used by them. Like an Obito (early stages).
I cant remember the last time ive felt genuine rage toward a fictional character like i felt when i saw that scene.
there was something so profoundly melancholic about junpei dying at the hands of something/someone he believed to be his only escape from everything else that was tragic in his life
I was incredibly pissed when he died in the manga and have hated Mahito ever since.
Junpei Iori the best character of Jujutsu no Persona 3 with her Hermes
#acedefective
#acedefective
ACE DETECTIVE
#acedefective
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I'm bouta die because of that
This is one of the examples that JJK carries more dark themes and not afraid to do killing even its a relatable side character or a main one
I find that a lot of modern Shonen are taking this darker route these days. I feel as though the trend started from the basement reveal in AOT, and it's just getting more common every day. JJK's doing it, BNHA's looks like it's doing it and Boruto's definitely headed in that direction too. Overall, I feel like more people are starting to see more relatability in the tragedy of characters, because these tragic lives are an allegory for the pain that we see in the world today. That's just my opinion tho.
The saddest part was Yuji imagining what it would've been like to have Junpei in their crew.
..They were created by tragedy *shows a picture of anthonio zeppeli*
*William Zeppeli
@@pie6029 I use his father name
@@Ciaudius it doesn't really matter now isn't it? Zeppeli seems to always followed by tragedy itself, be it William that sacrifice himself for Jonathan Joestar, Caesar that also sacrifice himself for Joseph Joestar, hell even Gyro gets the same fate during the final fight against Jesus-imbued Valentine
@@ShatteredGlass916 it's the fate of any zeppeli just like it's that fate of any joestar (or anyone related like kujo) to have a bizarre adventure
Seeing the moment Yuji begging Sukuna to help Junpei: sooo Junpei’s gonna be rescued this way, and we will have a new great friendship between Junpei and Yuji like the OP, and he’ll go through the sadness of losing his mom as long as there’re his friends always be there for him...
Junpei: *died*
Me: no he’s gonna be alive, the OP spoils it.
The more I believed he’d be alive, the more I got hurt to know I got tricked.
This manga is much more darker than expected
And this is just the start
It will get worse. Much worse.
it's expected to get much MUCH MUCH MORE DARKER, i heard neon genasis was a direct inspiration for gege apparently.....
@@maymay5600 "Eat this finger,Yuji!"
Shibuya arc.....
I swear this Shōnen is Gurren Lagann levels of treachery.
Kamina...
Bruh I just started watching that...
Pain
Agony even
This poor kid's made me sad more than any in recent memory. It's clear from his quiet, gentle demeanor that being obsessed with hatred, nihilism and pessimism is unlike him, but Mahito manipulated him by appealing to his negativity and discarded him for shits and giggles.
The whole "VS Mahito" arc, aside from its criticism of harassment and bullying, has a clear message: be careful who you engage with, and don't take the bait when someone appeals to your weaknesses. Mahito made Junpei double down on his negativity under the guise of helping him, so he could destroy him in the end, whereas Yuji was genuinely kind and wanted to enrich Junpei's life with purpose and meaning.
That op was so misleading I did not expect his death like that
OMG ME TO THEY MADE IT LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD BE LONG AND GOOD FRIENDS AND HIM JOINING JUJUTSU ACADEMY HE EVEN HAD THE BUTTON AND THE CLOTHING.
the first time in 4 years where i actually cried of watching a fictional piece. Junpei whole story as a whole broke me unlike any other story ive seen in 15 years.
f titanic, this is truly what a sad scene looks like.
They hurt my boy :(
What I love is that while Yuuji might be Mahito's worst physical match up, mentally Mahito is Yuuji's counter. With the current arc we've seen how Mahito has broken Yuuji mentally by forcing him to realize that he's still powerless to protect others.
He pushed him too far and turned him into a school shooter for Curses.
Seems like every banger anime has a tragic character that dies right away, FMA: Hughes, AOT: Marco, and now JuJu: Junpei.
Exept hughes and Marco died because they discovered the truth too soon :v
I genuinely cried when Yoshino Junpei died.
I saw myself in him.
When I would watch the intro and see his face, throughout the entire anime I was so excited to meet him and when we did I wasn’t disappointed. He was more then I could have ever wished for. He quickly became my favourite, I hoped that he and itadori would become closer, it seemed like they had both finally found a friend that could understand each other's pain and loneliness, but I was wrong. When he died I was devastated and confused, “why put him in the intro if he was only going to be around for 2-3 episodes”
Then it hit me. That’s the entire point of his character. To give a human feeling to a picture, to mimic exactly what Itadori felt and god did it work.
I’m starting to think meti might be the bad guy
Mhmmmm that’s a possibility but i mean it says not the bad guy so their not the bad guy
When junpei died, I was literally in denial. I actually couldn't understand that he was dead. I really thought that they were going to do some kind of ass pull to bring him back. Looking back, I definitely didn't appreciate the quality of this show when I first watched it
man i thought he was the third protagonist and was going to last till the end of the series, fuck my life
This quite honestly hits uncomfortably home on several levels/perspectives
If Junpei had lived he’d have the potential to become a master poisons with his shikigami. 😢
I literally cried when Junpei died 😢 he had such a sad life and when he finally found a friend in Yuji. I believe he could have been a very powerful sorcery in time... cause his was pretty dang powerful with out any uears of experience or teaching of any kind.
it’s depressing as fuck to think that his curse technique was basically a manifestation of his abuse and his mentality before and after meeting Mahito, jellyfish are actually passive in the wild especially when schooling and only attack when provoked ; the same with junpei refusing to physically get involved unless he’s provoked . But the nature of this ability changes after meeting mahito, it becomes a literal manifesto on of a barrier and a companion ; two things he lacked before meeting mahito and the nature of his shikigami becomes more about offense then defense , just as his nature turns from taking the abuse to giving the abuse in the exact same fashion it was done to him. The fact moondregs poison uniquely acts and looks like cigarette burns push that change in nature further
New fan here- uh… this scene in the anime? Utterly SHATTERED me. So much to the point that even sitting through the episodes after his death left a gut wrenching feeling in my stomach. That said, I plan to take a step back from the episodes for a bit.. it was way too much 😭😭
He had such good character development they could have done so much more with him omg
His death will serve a greater purpose in future episodes
i was telling myself when junpei was transformed and died that he didn't really die he's in the opening with yuuji... until now I'm still hoping he'd be alive. seriously.
He’s not coming back
I think the story of jujustu is tragedy steeped from the start, people forget that yuji is 95% definitely gonna die by the end of the story with the deal he made with gojo
Junpei's death allowed me to realize the actual nature of this show
Makes you think huh? Life dealt Junpei the shittiest hand you could have ever gotten straight up till the end
And just as there was hope... he was killed.
I dead ass thought he was gonna be a part of the trio. I have never been more robbed.
Read the manga
I was fine
Watched the scene in the show
*sheet done hit me like a truck*
Junpei being in the OP only to be killed later on is the equivalent of being kicked in the balls
Junpei really hit a different note. He was by far the most “real” character. His struggles are very relatable for many as is his transformation to someone hurting others. He almost became the “quiet kid in the back” and the fact that his end is horrifying and brutal and the opposite of dignifying really speaks to how poorly treated many bullied children are in school in real life.
I would have liked to have seen more of him but I suppose what little we did see was enough to cement him as a very solid character
I think the over the top bullying made him less relatable. I have never seen bullying that severe and the fact that he didn't report his literal cig burn scars to the teacher is weird and it takes me out of the show
@@yoloswaggins7121 I can assure bullying to this extent really exists. Just because you've never experienced it with your limited experience doesn't make it any less real.
@@ilovecody7514 You think schoolchildren will use another child as an ashtray, severely scarring his face while the entire student body just laughs and also bullies the child severely and the teachers don't even notice?
Maybe it happens, but I have never seen anything like and it seems like an inaccurate portrayal of actual bullying to me.
@@yoloswaggins7121 I have seen kids have box cutters and knives pulled on them, bring drugs to school and get arrested, smoke and fuck in the bathrooms, and lots of other shit. Of course this doesn't surprise me. Plus bullying in Asian countries has been notoriously been reported as being on another level, and from some of my experience being there they aren't wrong.
If you don't have that experience good for you. I'm glad you've never had to experience opposition of that magnitude in your life, but obviously things aren't going to be the same for others, and people won't always lend a helping hand when they feel it is way less of a hassle to either watch or ignore its happening.
People can be just kind as they are cruel. Just be happy you believe others wouldn't cross the lines that you've never experienced.
@@ilovecody7514 Nothing you said in the first paragraph is an example of bullying.
And yeah I understand that many people would rather ignore bullying and not get involved, but I feel like that can only happen if people can justify their actions to themselves. If the bullying is so severe that someone is getting burned on their face, I feel like very few people would ignore it
Poor guy, you will be missed Junpei
My heart still hurts for Junpei. Just when I thought he might see the light, he was yeeted from existence. T_T
I dodged this anime for so long but when I saw the bold choices they took with this character I realized how wrong I was about this just being a typical shonen. Junpei was relatable, pitiable, but not pathetic. His situation wasn't an overly exaggerated sob story, it was pretty realistic. Most characters written in this light are given no parents, no friends and made into sniveling whelps in front of their tormentors. What tears you in half about Junpei's death is that all of this stuff didn't break him down, it just wore on him. His unattentive single mother, his loser friends not standing up for him, his asshole bullies. It didn't destroy him, but it left him the perfect target for Mahito, who openly tells him that he wants to see how much punishment a human being can take before they break. Junpei even understands the right and wrong of the matter when it's all too late.
He's presented in a way that makes him look like the perfect candidate for a redemption arc. His outlook and choices are callous and wrong, but deep down he knows it, and someone like Yuji was able to bring the better part of him out. He pays for his anti human sentiment in the most ironic way possible, by being placed next to someone who takes his belief system to its logical conclusion. His actions are understandable, but not exactly forgivable, which just makes his death so much more realistic and painful to watch because everything was in order such that he could've turned his life around with just a little bit of a mindset change and some help from a friend.
I've been watching your content for a few years now and I just wanna say I really appreciate your dedication to the shimoneta bit. Shine on you crazy diamond
When i saw they included Shinpei in the opening i was actually kinda interested in the reaction of non-manga fans...
I don't know, it was a very interesting decision
I thought it was genius. It builds up the expectation that Junpei will be saved, making it hurt more when Mahito kills him. It's a tragedy that brings you to hate Mahito for prematurely ending his journey with Yuji.
Even just reading the manga, I didn't believe Junpei was actually dead even when he died on-panel. He was just so set-up to be important that I immediately jumped to wondering how his survival would be explained Mahito said he was dead.
I can't even imagine how it must feel for an anime watcher, since the OP would reinforce the idea of him surviving even harder.
Right? I felt pain whenever I saw it, knowing what was coming. When we entered the arc, every episode was kinda hard to watch. I think including Junpei in the opening like that was a spectacular move, and enforces how good the series is. The whole arc was impactful in the manga, but the opening of the anime and the anime itself elevated it.
I will never, and I mean NEVER shut up about how sad and unfair Junpei’s fate was. They really showed us how much he got bullied, how he almost became a monster himself but fought against it and saw a chance to be actually happy for the first time, only to be killed off like that. Not to mention that trick in the OP of him smiling with Itadori which a lot of us held on to. When he died, I could not even believe it since I held on to the fact that he was in the OP, I was sure that somehow, Itadori would find a way to bring him back and they could be happy together just like in the OP. His death is truly one of the most heartbreaking scenes in anime.
*manga spoilers*
Currently I don’t know if Mahito is still alive since he was “absorbed” by Geto but to be honest it would really be satisfying to see Itadori finally kill and end the one who took Junpei’s life away.
I’m happy with mahito dying the way he did, fast, useless, scared and betrayed. The exact same fate he gave to junepi.
The only time I agreed with Geto was when he finally killed Mahito
Still wished it was Sukana doing it lol the fear he gave him was enough of a warning
Mahito was extracted via Maximum Uzumaki like worthless juice. He's GONE. Good riddance.
Junpei *doesn't know how everything came to this*
Also Junpei *runs to the demon who hadn't even noticed him, tells him his weakness, tells him where he lives*
ummmmmmmmmmmmm
Junpei suffered the sickness knows as "I thought I was an important character" syndrome and he became one by dying end serving his fate by being absorbed by Yuji literally...
Watching the anime and seeing him made me excited since I thought his power looked cool
Then the episode came.
Junpei is my favorite Jujutsu Kaisen character, because his introduction marks the point where my opinion went from "this is the most mid, derivative anime I've ever seen" to "holy shit, I'm glad I forced myself to keep going for just one more episode."
What's sadder is those ppl at his school would never know what really happened.. like " we gotta bear the crimes of killing yoshino's heart for the rest of our lives " is good but I just felt that it didn't serve him justice... no one knows what happened to the boy with a heart of gold who needed help or how he suffered till the last moment of his life,,, it's truly heartbreaking. But his and yuuji anguish got to be a great push for the story I love it.
Sees Junpei in the OP: This guy seems like a pretty important character. I wonder how he'll join Jujutsu Tech.
.....Episode 12 finishes.
Me: USOTSUKI!!!!!!!!!!!!
i really didnt want junpei to die but important characters need to die for emotional highs and lows to give PLEASURE!!! Jogos death also hurt he was such a character...
All I wanted to see was his happy ending
my heart just breaks for him
He didn't deserve that
I'm pretty sure I've already made this comment but i absolutely love your intros!!
When he died I was ready to walk to Japan and fight the mangaka
Junpei is basically that one quite kid from class.
"They got us in the first half, not gonna lie"
Great video! 👍 Junpei is one of my favorite characters!!! ❤️
I cried in his last chapter ;(
His life was such a tragic life
I always believed that Junpei has potential in becoming a Jujutsu Sorcerer alongside the trio, but Mahito really fucked it all up!
Woulda been so badass if Junpei actually joined Jujutsu high
THEY DID MY DOG JUNPEI WRONG BRUH, AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA BE OKAY BECAUSE OF THE OP THEY TRICKED US, JUNPEI DESERVES BETTER 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I hope that lots of people hear about this and know about the dangers of bullying and truly speak up. I myself have been bullied before and the main reason I didn't really fight back or act on the violent thoughts I had in my head was because of my family specifically my mom. I thought she would look at me differently if she saw what I would have done to my bullies. (Everything worked out and I'm a hundred percent better now, but still this really hit home for me.)
I love listening to your in-depth explanation while doing chores. I'm not sure if this was common knowledge but when you commented about "horror movie fans having a "psychological comfort of walking away from the horror movie that helps give power to people to walk away from the horrors of their real life".
Bish, I had to stop midway doing the dishes, sit down and contemplate because that explanation had me SHOOK!
"Have you heard the tragedy of Darth Junpei the unlucky?"
"No."
"I thought not. It's not a story the sorcerers would tell you."
Dude. DUDE.
SUBBED FOR THE SICKASS ALLITERATION AT 0:38!
This really helped me understanding the series better! I hadn't realized Junpei passed away since I watched a lot of series where they just come back. I'm very sad now.
Who else was surprised that he had burn scars from the cig butts? Thought they wouldn't leave any cause ya know anime logic. A welcomed surprise though
This was so sad... I still cant believe it happened.
Great video as always, Meti. Also, I like how every now and then, you throw a yugioh reference into your videos. As a veteran player who's been around since Legend of Blue-Eyes dropped in America, they bring me a healthy dose of nostalgia.
hey meti i love your videos about jujutsu kaisen please make more of these
Junpei Yoshino is a genderswapped Carrie White with a good mom. Change my mind.
Hey, thats what I was thinking too
when i first saw junpei i genienuely thought he would be a relevant character
i don't know hwat i expected tbh, either mahito's "sidekick"/servant or a jujutsu high support unit or something like that, i really liked his development too
then mahito did a little trolling
Took me three episodes to realize he wasn’t coming back and I get really sad now thinking bout it he deserved better
I guess you can say Junpei being in the intro was a......
False Memory