Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution - A Frankenstein of Anime Film Format
The latest theatrical compilation/season 3 preview spectacular for Jujutsu Kaisen, titled "Execution," promises an emotionally charged experience. However, upon witnessing 16-year-old Yuji Itadori curled up in anguish over the thousands of lives lost at the hands of the ancient demon that possessed him, it becomes clear that this is a hero on the brink of collapse.
Yuji's emotional turmoil sets the tone for the film, but unfortunately, the execution (pun intended) falls short. The compilation reduces the series' strengths - its relentless and varnished fight scenes - to a supercut, stripping away context, buildup, and spatial awareness. The result feels vapid: forty minutes of condensed highlights without the narrative backbone to support them.
The first half plays like a recap, framing Itadori's guilt and suffering but only gestures at emotion without real weight. The second half shifts into preview mode for Season 3, emphasizing more fights and exposition. Yet after so many battles, the spectacle becomes exhausting, while the dense explanations often delivered in exhaustive internal and external monologues fail to onboard viewers or clarify the convoluted power system at the heart of Jujutsu Kaisen.
The fight scene between Yuji and Yuta Okkotsu, the protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen 0, is a highlight. Typically stunning with aura farming, hype moments, and flashy choreography, it feels less like grand drama and more like watching a kid do a flip on a trampoline due to the exhaustion from tracking nonstop action.
The introduction of The Culling Game arc is hilariously presented with paragraphs of text plastered across the sky explaining rules at a speed no human eye could read. By then, viewers' eyes have already been exhausted from tracking the compressed action to even parse what they're supposed to be hyped about. The result is a vapid spectacle: undeniably pretty but ultimately a mess.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution feels like a last straw for this kind of anime release, suggesting that studios should move away from bringing stitched-together compilations with new content to entice fans to theaters and instead focus on full arcs presented as complete films. While visually impressive, it is narratively hollow, pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle that never quite fits.
Ultimately, Execution is not worth the time, even for die-hard Jujutsu Kaisen fans.
The latest theatrical compilation/season 3 preview spectacular for Jujutsu Kaisen, titled "Execution," promises an emotionally charged experience. However, upon witnessing 16-year-old Yuji Itadori curled up in anguish over the thousands of lives lost at the hands of the ancient demon that possessed him, it becomes clear that this is a hero on the brink of collapse.
Yuji's emotional turmoil sets the tone for the film, but unfortunately, the execution (pun intended) falls short. The compilation reduces the series' strengths - its relentless and varnished fight scenes - to a supercut, stripping away context, buildup, and spatial awareness. The result feels vapid: forty minutes of condensed highlights without the narrative backbone to support them.
The first half plays like a recap, framing Itadori's guilt and suffering but only gestures at emotion without real weight. The second half shifts into preview mode for Season 3, emphasizing more fights and exposition. Yet after so many battles, the spectacle becomes exhausting, while the dense explanations often delivered in exhaustive internal and external monologues fail to onboard viewers or clarify the convoluted power system at the heart of Jujutsu Kaisen.
The fight scene between Yuji and Yuta Okkotsu, the protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen 0, is a highlight. Typically stunning with aura farming, hype moments, and flashy choreography, it feels less like grand drama and more like watching a kid do a flip on a trampoline due to the exhaustion from tracking nonstop action.
The introduction of The Culling Game arc is hilariously presented with paragraphs of text plastered across the sky explaining rules at a speed no human eye could read. By then, viewers' eyes have already been exhausted from tracking the compressed action to even parse what they're supposed to be hyped about. The result is a vapid spectacle: undeniably pretty but ultimately a mess.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution feels like a last straw for this kind of anime release, suggesting that studios should move away from bringing stitched-together compilations with new content to entice fans to theaters and instead focus on full arcs presented as complete films. While visually impressive, it is narratively hollow, pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle that never quite fits.
Ultimately, Execution is not worth the time, even for die-hard Jujutsu Kaisen fans.
. I mean, who thought it was a good idea to take 16 episodes of a great show like Jujutsu Kaisen and condense them into one messy film? It's like they took all the best parts (the fights) and mashed them together with some weak emotional beats and a whole lot of exposition. I swear, it feels like they're just trying to get fans into theaters so they can make more money... meanwhile, we're left with this hollow, vapid experience that doesn't even scratch the surface of what made Jujutsu Kaisen great in the first place 
. The Culling Game arc is literally presented on screen like a video game tutorial - it's ridiculous. And don't even get me started on the fight scene between Yuji and Yuta... yeah, it's pretty to look at, but there's no substance behind it. Overall, I'm so underwhelmed by Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution.
. I mean, it looks like they're trying to cram in as many epic fight scenes as possible but honestly, it feels like a highlight reel that's missing the emotional depth and context that made the show so compelling in the first place 
. They're really playing up Yuji's angst without giving us anything substantial to sink our teeth into 
. And don't even get me started on the pacing – it's like they're trying to cram a whole season's worth of story into one 40-minute clip 
️. It just feels like a mess, you know? A Frankenstein of an anime film format that's missing its vital organs 
. I'd rather wait for Season 3 to come out proper, you feel me? 
. I mean, 40 minutes of supercut fight scenes without any context or buildup is just lazy. And don't even get me started on the second half - it feels like a Season 3 preview, not an execution 
. The Culling Game arc was basically explained in paragraphs plastered across the sky... are you kidding me? 
It's like they wanted to bore us into submission with all that exposition. And can we talk about how exhausting it is to watch Yuji go through his emotional turmoil without any real resolution or depth? 
just watched Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution and I'm so underwhelmed 
it feels like they took all the good parts of the series, mashed them together into a mess, and then served it up with a side of emotional whiplash 
yuji's trauma is supposed to be the highlight but instead it just feels like a cheap attempt at drama 
the action scenes are still pretty cool I guess 
. The emotional impact of Yuji Itadori's character is wasted in this condensed, action-packed spectacle that fails to deliver a satisfying narrative experience 
. Even the usually thrilling fight scenes feel exhausting and the explanations are overwhelming