Does Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Feature a Princess Mononoke Nod?

The Shibuya Incident Arc has seemingly slipped in a main nod from Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke.

Jujutsu Kaisen is giving anime followers an adaptation of one of many manga’s greatest storylines to this point by way of the Shibuya Incident Arc. Seeing Satoru Gojo locked away within the Prison Realm, the Jujutsu Tech instructor had the chance to share some phrases together with his former pal Seguru Geto. In a current scene the place Geto struggles with himself, one keen-eyed anime fan took the chance to identify an Easter Egg that appears as if it recreates a comparable story beat from certainly one of Studio Ghibli’s greatest movies, Princess Mononoke. 

As those that have been following the Shibuya Incident Arc in Jujutsu Kaisen’s anime know, “Seguru Geto” will not be all he seems to be. Following his defeat within the prequel movie, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, many anime followers questioned how he was in a position to survive the battle with Yuta Okkotsu, his classmates, and Gojo. As was shockingly revealed in current episodes, Geto did not survive, and is the truth is being “piloted” by a mysterious curse wielder who has overtaken Suguru’s physique. With Geto’s mind now absent from his bodily kind, there are lots of mysteries nonetheless surrounding this new “Geto” and the way, if in any respect, his plans differ from these of the previous Jujutsu Tech pupil.

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One anime followers performed Suguru Geto and Princess Mononoke’s Ashitaka facet by facet, as each characters struggled with a hand gone rogue. Luckily for each characters, they had been in a position to maintain their different self at bay and continued on their respective journeys that could not be extra completely different. With Jujutsu Kaisen nonetheless having fairly a few episodes earlier than the Shibuya Incident Arc ends, count on some stunning revelations as Yuji and his allies attempt to free Gojo from the Prison Realm. 

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“Suguru Geto” won’t be as sturdy because the King of Curses, however he stays one of many greatest threats to the world at massive in Gege Akutami’s supernatural shonen. While Jujutsu Kaisen’s anime has loads of episodes left in season two, it has but to verify if there might be a season three although there definitely is greater than sufficient materials from the manga to create quite a few anime seasons sooner or later.

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