Your analysis seems to identify a theme and try to apply it to the story by pointing out scenes that align with the theme. However, I believe this approach is not the best. each scene can carrie a meaning and a story is a sequence of scenes, each one can communicate something different. Even a small change in actions or details within a scene can alter the message it conveys. In your case, it seems that you’re generalizing too much by applying Jung’s concepts of "persona," "ego," and "shadow" to a scene and attributing meanings that the scene doesn’t communicate. It’s the individual scenes themselves that convey the messages, and the sum of these scenes contributes to the overall theme of the story. It’s not the other way around, as you seem to be doing in your analysis of jjk . The first key moment is where you "assume" Yuji thinks "he can do whatever he want bicause he is strong",what scene does exaclty or properly convey this?infact in the first scene it was THE TEACHER that made him go outside and throw the ball and if he WINS he gets to chose his club ,it wasn't yuji's decision ,so why did you assume thats what yuji actually thinks? Regarding your point about Yuji being overly competitive: In the panel you referenced,Yuji has just defeated a curse and saved a girl, and Megumi calmly says, “Normally I’d be pissed, but good job.” That’s the end of the scene,so Megumi does indeed show a somewhat high-handed attitude, as Yuji pointed out,and thats it.. Where’s the competition? Where’s the "overly competitive" side of Yuji? This leads to another scene where Yuji appears upset when Megumi tells him he has no cursed energy. But what can a small, seemingly inconsequential reaction like that communicate? What if he was just upset because he couldn’t save the girl? What if he was upset because he knows Megumi is right? There are many possible interpretations even the one about not being strong enough like you said , but regarding the "complex activation" inside him that you mentioned-I’m not sure I see it in that scene.at least rationallly. This pattern appears in several of the scenes you cite, where you start with a theme that could be reasonably attributed to a scene, but then you add interpretations that aren’t necessarily present in the scene itself, except through your application of various psychological concepts or themes Now, about the concept of "accepting that he embodies a curse" as the starting point for Yuji’s path to improvement: It's important to note that Yuji’s actions aren’t actually irredeemable. He feels guilty about what happened in Shibuya, but he didn’t actually commit those acts-it was Sukuna. The lawyer he meets during the Culling Game clearly Says so . The story focuses more on his guilt over Sukuna’s rampage, but it was never clear that it was his fault. Also during shibuya , he was called to be there ,he was facing someone stronger than him, someone he didn’t even know would be there. If he ended up in that situation, it was largely due to the failure of the adults who mishandled the Shibuya incident. Yuji doesn’t bear concrete responsibility-he did the best he could. So, concretely, what does he really need to accept? The fact that he becomes a curse like Mahito? In reality, he never really came close to becoming morally corrupted like Mahito, except for when he killed those brothers, as you mentioned. In fact, right when he said, 'I AM YOU ', that’s when he stopped heading down a morally dark or grey path. Concretely, he fought during the Culling Game,without killing anyone. He even almost stopped killing curses, which before had some moral significance. Overall, he stopped doing morally questionable things, unlike in Season 1, where he didn’t want to kill but had to kill cursed people and kids and the immorality escalated when he actually killed two fully conscious and loving brothers.his personality didn't change much and remained consistent with S1 so where's the journey after shibuya that you are talking about? I’m not saying your analysis is wrong-in fact i don't think there's any way for me to say its wrong . I just wanted to say that you can apply any psychological theme to any scene, but by doing that, you risk applying any theme to any story, even when there isn’t one, or when it's different. This could lead you to miss what the author was actually trying to communicate. I hope I’ve made my point clear and don't take this as a hate comment bicause i couldn't help but feel this way ,even if you don't agree with what i said just know that's the impression i got from this video,nothing more.
Well... The scenes are not meant to represent the "persona" , "The. ego" and the "shadow" This is something that is pretty clear simply by how Yuji is written. It can't be altered because I am doing my Analysis based on me reading the entire story. What I was pointing out was that I found it fascinating how the building blocks were all there in the first couple of chapters. Yes and no. Each scene has a message. But Characters (Which is what I am talking about) Does not change scene by scene. I gave examples that I considered being painfully obvious and compare it to those who have gone through the same thing. That's why I even went ahead and said that this is JUST ABOOUT YUJIKUNA. and MEGUKUNA is another ballpark. In the explanation of thematic storytelling, it was explained that each character has a stance on the theme and that each interaction and confrontation is basically a battle of ideologies. This was also showcased in the panel while running, yuji is in front. And then down the line, and the teach me how to be the strongest. As well as the Hiarchy based on strenght which is basically competition. And since this is something that comes out while Yuji has control of the body and based on how we know the Ego works (Like a traffic light) we can assume that this is something he is somewhat aware of. What I said about the comment was that it broke the camel's back. Not about the competitiveness. This was more of an "I am sort of a curse too" and he ate the curse object (Which is why I followed with the definition of the complex). It was about carelessness of others when he said "I am you". Because he was at the end of the day killing transfigured humans. That's why when people want to say that Gojo is not like Geto I remind them that those curses he killed were people too. And at that point Jujutsu high is literally sending people to exorcise curse. I think I explained things better on my second video. But I left this one up because apparently youtube doesn't like reposts and I also added a bunch of stuff. You might find my second video more fitting. I really like your point of view on :And you are super knowledgeable on stuff. D And it would be helpful for me to see if any of this points are clearer in the next video. If not, that is completely fine. ^.^ Thank you!
Theme writing is ok. Good. But if ur theme writing doesnt make the narrative smooth and feels the world less alive and more just chess pawns to simply dish out a theme it does not make for a very satisfying narrative. (No hate)
There is a difference between theme writing and thematically driven stories (none taken). Theme driven stories are not as common in the west. The last movie I remember being thematic was everything everywhere all at once. It has its pros and cons narration wise. Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea.
Wow. I love this break down
I am glad you did! Thank you!
Amazing video 👍🔥 could you do a video about the religious influence in jjk
That’d be really fun! I sure will.
Awesome job! I love it.
Thank you! 😂
Your analysis seems to identify a theme and try to apply it to the story by pointing out scenes that align with the theme. However, I believe this approach is not the best. each scene can carrie a meaning and a story is a sequence of scenes, each one can communicate something different. Even a small change in actions or details within a scene can alter the message it conveys.
In your case, it seems that you’re generalizing too much by applying Jung’s concepts of "persona," "ego," and "shadow" to a scene and attributing meanings that the scene doesn’t communicate.
It’s the individual scenes themselves that convey the messages, and the sum of these scenes contributes to the overall theme of the story. It’s not the other way around, as you seem to be doing in your analysis of jjk .
The first key moment is where you "assume" Yuji thinks "he can do whatever he want bicause he is strong",what scene does exaclty or properly convey this?infact in the first scene it was THE TEACHER that made him go outside and throw the ball and if he WINS he gets to chose his club ,it wasn't yuji's decision ,so why did you assume thats what yuji actually thinks?
Regarding your point about Yuji being overly competitive: In the panel you referenced,Yuji has just defeated a curse and saved a girl, and Megumi calmly says, “Normally I’d be pissed, but good job.” That’s the end of the scene,so Megumi does indeed show a somewhat high-handed attitude, as Yuji pointed out,and thats it.. Where’s the competition? Where’s the "overly competitive" side of Yuji? This leads to another scene where Yuji appears upset when Megumi tells him he has no cursed energy. But what can a small, seemingly inconsequential reaction like that communicate? What if he was just upset because he couldn’t save the girl? What if he was upset because he knows Megumi is right? There are many possible interpretations even the one about not being strong enough like you said , but regarding the "complex activation" inside him that you mentioned-I’m not sure I see it in that scene.at least rationallly.
This pattern appears in several of the scenes you cite, where you start with a theme that could be reasonably attributed to a scene, but then you add interpretations that aren’t necessarily present in the scene itself, except through your application of various psychological concepts or themes
Now, about the concept of "accepting that he embodies a curse" as the starting point for Yuji’s path to improvement: It's important to note that Yuji’s actions aren’t actually irredeemable. He feels guilty about what happened in Shibuya, but he didn’t actually commit those acts-it was Sukuna. The lawyer he meets during the Culling Game clearly Says so . The story focuses more on his guilt over Sukuna’s rampage, but it was never clear that it was his fault. Also during shibuya , he was called to be there ,he was facing someone stronger than him, someone he didn’t even know would be there. If he ended up in that situation, it was largely due to the failure of the adults who mishandled the Shibuya incident. Yuji doesn’t bear concrete responsibility-he did the best he could. So, concretely, what does he really need to accept?
The fact that he becomes a curse like Mahito? In reality, he never really came close to becoming morally corrupted like Mahito, except for when he killed those brothers, as you mentioned. In fact, right when he said, 'I AM YOU ', that’s when he stopped heading down a morally dark or grey path. Concretely, he fought during the Culling Game,without killing anyone. He even almost stopped killing curses, which before had some moral significance. Overall, he stopped doing morally questionable things, unlike in Season 1, where he didn’t want to kill but had to kill cursed people and kids and the immorality escalated when he actually killed two fully conscious and loving brothers.his personality didn't change much and remained consistent with S1 so where's the journey after shibuya that you are talking about?
I’m not saying your analysis is wrong-in fact i don't think there's any way for me to say its wrong .
I just wanted to say that you can apply any psychological theme to any scene, but by doing that, you risk applying any theme to any story, even when there isn’t one, or when it's different. This could lead you to miss what the author was actually trying to communicate.
I hope I’ve made my point clear and don't take this as a hate comment bicause i couldn't help but feel this way ,even if you don't agree with what i said just know that's the impression i got from this video,nothing more.
Well... The scenes are not meant to represent the "persona" , "The. ego" and the "shadow" This is something that is pretty clear simply by how Yuji is written. It can't be altered because I am doing my Analysis based on me reading the entire story. What I was pointing out was that I found it fascinating how the building blocks were all there in the first couple of chapters. Yes and no. Each scene has a message. But Characters (Which is what I am talking about) Does not change scene by scene. I gave examples that I considered being painfully obvious and compare it to those who have gone through the same thing. That's why I even went ahead and said that this is JUST ABOOUT YUJIKUNA. and MEGUKUNA is another ballpark. In the explanation of thematic storytelling, it was explained that each character has a stance on the theme and that each interaction and confrontation is basically a battle of ideologies.
This was also showcased in the panel while running, yuji is in front. And then down the line, and the teach me how to be the strongest. As well as the Hiarchy based on strenght which is basically competition. And since this is something that comes out while Yuji has control of the body and based on how we know the Ego works (Like a traffic light) we can assume that this is something he is somewhat aware of. What I said about the comment was that it broke the camel's back. Not about the competitiveness. This was more of an "I am sort of a curse too" and he ate the curse object (Which is why I followed with the definition of the complex).
It was about carelessness of others when he said "I am you". Because he was at the end of the day killing transfigured humans. That's why when people want to say that Gojo is not like Geto I remind them that those curses he killed were people too. And at that point Jujutsu high is literally sending people to exorcise curse. I think I explained things better on my second video. But I left this one up because apparently youtube doesn't like reposts and I also added a bunch of stuff. You might find my second video more fitting. I really like your point of view on :And you are super knowledgeable on stuff. D And it would be helpful for me to see if any of this points are clearer in the next video. If not, that is completely fine. ^.^ Thank you!
Theme writing is ok. Good.
But if ur theme writing doesnt make the narrative smooth and feels the world less alive and more just chess pawns to simply dish out a theme it does not make for a very satisfying narrative.
(No hate)
There is a difference between theme writing and thematically driven stories (none taken). Theme driven stories are not as common in the west. The last movie I remember being thematic was everything everywhere all at once. It has its pros and cons narration wise. Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea.