There's been a lot of support and requests for a full domain expansions analysis video in the comments, so if this video gets 5K likes, I'll make the full, in depth, Domain Expansions Explained video. Thank you all so much for the support!
@@ginnogianni1980 well it's called conceptual not a about color Bc Gojo couldn't evolve anymore without toji Like mahito to nanami and yuji He was completely grateful and felt love toward toji
People be hatin on the ending involving some rando case. But the point is the final panel about (before it transition) Yuji _guides this rando to enlightenment_ (more pedantically, "stays in this mortal realm full of suffering to guide others", which is also referenced in his domain expansion). That is the point of the last chapter mini arc--it's Yuji's character arc resolution. And that's beautiful.
@@LukewarmTakesYTeven if you aren't remotely familiar with Buddhism, it's plainly Yuji, Nobara and Megumi all shouldering Gojo's philosophy of mentoring the younger generation (and flexing unnecessarily, got damn Nobara)
@@Chessheromusic they are mad because he didn’t get a traditional on page funeral and it’s sad that people can change their mind on a series they used to love because the UNOFFICIAL LEAKED release of the manga me personally as a gojo fan I couldn’t care less if we see gojo ever again I’m happy he is happy.
@the_h0undstanevil52 Jujutsu sorcerer's don't do funerals lol Nanami and Todo tell yuji that death Is just a part of the job. They don't dwell on the fallen ones. They just got to keep moving forward. People just don't read.
Thanks for this man this definitely helped me appreciate the ending more. Yuji gojo and sukuna represent different kinds of 'love' and looking back I do think their character arcs did come full circle with the last chapter
I hope more people take the ending for what it is and don't hate on Gege too much. He is writing the story that he wants and we don't have to like it, but if you look at it from a Buddhist lens, it just makes sense.
Yuji really is a perfect representation of bodhisattva in jjk in my opinion. He will always guide every single person that needs guidance even in suffering and pain, yuji perfectly understands how everyone does not develop in the same way, so no matter what a person may have done, who they are, or where they come from he will still guide. He is not there to care about petty labels and roles like that, he only cares about guiding and aiding others on their path. The true essence of people is love, every single action that a person does is out of love, love is even found in hate, jealousy and other 'negative' actions and emotions not just the 'positive'. This makes love universal to everyone and Yuji perfectly understands that, which is why he attempts to guide Sukuna no matter what he has done. The thing that really also makes me really understand and relate to yuji is just how natural this is to him, to yuji helping others is literally nothing to him, it will never bother him to help or anything of the sort, he just does it, fluidly and efficiently, Yuji's compassion is boundless and infinite and extends to every single being. This is why yuji is a beautiful character, coming from someone that considers themself as bodhisattva :). I hope you enjoyed perspective of yuji.
This video actually cooking good As some who been learning Buddhist in the past your point is quite accurate and the hypothesis you serve in the end is make sense
Thanks! My knowledge of Buddhism was very surface level, but this video was a great learning experience and really shed some light on this extremely complex series.
This is the most non lukewarm take ive ever heard Bro lying, he says lukewarm but makes one of the most fire and neatly done videos and takes ive seen on jjk so far
It's interesting that you mention this idea of the second, world-transcending enlightenment, because applying these ideas to Sukuna's path provides some fascinating ideas. Sukuna is almost like another form of anti-bodhisattva a la Geto where he has detached himself from the endless suffering of the world, but in all the wrong ways. In a sense, he too delivers teachings to his opponents like how Gojo does to his students. He just does it by murdering them, and the lesson he delivers won't bring his opponents enlightenment but will instead further trap them in the cycle. And for all his strength and "enlightenment," upon his death, he does not achieve the second transformation that Gojo does, instead realizing the errors he made in this life and resolving to set out into reincarnation and doing it "right" this time. However much the story declares Sukuna to be a divine being and "the honored one," he, too, was unenlightened, only being lifted from his sins by the one he despised all along, and the bodhisattva of the new age, Yuji Itadori
@@LukewarmTakesYT totally Gojo represents the first Buddha in Siddartha guamtama Yuji represents a botshiva who is a cog and sacrifices himself to suffering to guide others
My favorite buddhist concept in jjk as a whole are the mudras used as the hand sign for a domain expansion, and my personal favorite is Yujis hand sign. His hand sign is the Mudra of the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha. A bodhisattva in general is one who's found enlightenment but for various reasons denies buddhahood and does not transcend into nirvana past the cycle of suffering and rebirth. Ksitigarbha in particular is a guardian of children, particularly those who die too young, and is mainly known for being the patron of the damned, and making a vow that he would not ascend until every hell has been cleared out. That inspiration makes so much sense for Yuji, especially since we also see more subtle references to it as well there's at least one panel we see statues representing that bodhisattva and both yuji and the statues have the same red hood. It's been a deep inspiration for his characterization within the setting since very early on, and it fits very well. Yujis drive to save others and almost compulsive need to give others a good death set the stage and his final philosophy embodies Ksitigarbha greatly, best Shown in his offer of mercy and humanity to Sukuna. If the hells themselves are being emptied, who'd be among the last to leave, to be saved? The king of hell, ofc. The mudra for that is Enmaten, one of the 2 main signs sukuna uses, primarily for his domain expansion. I could go on but I haven't watched past 2 mins yet bc I wanted to answer the question in the comments before knowing if you mentioned it, so this could be no new info but I still think it's dope
One of my favorite parts of fiction (specially foreign fiction) is to learn about religion and its symbolism. I alredy knew some of these but the majority still were new to me, great video.
Please do a dedicated video just about Domain Expansions and their respective Buhudist symbolisms (and also about Sukuna going back to the cycle at the end, while Mahito remains in a sort of Buhudist hell)
I think people were definitely waaaaaay too harsh on jujutsu kaisen ending. Could things have been better yes,we could have spent more time with the characters outside of fights, but i think people get too mad at what jjk didn’t do rather than the good stuff thats actually their. I have seen so many people pissed at gojo not getting a funeral on reddit it's madness,putting too much focus on the merger,or suggesting people quitting the series after Yuki died or once Shibuya ended. Ok their are certain things that probably needed better execution but i think the Fandom put so much focus on what They personally wanted they forget that's not how you judge a story. For my money, jujutsu kaisen was a good 7 out of 10 series. Not perfect but far from the trash call out to be. Also people cut Gege some slack he managed to keep a mostly consistent manga for years despite the stress of Jump he's only human after all. Jjk always tryed to be what it was a shounen story about our characters fighting curses and theirs nothing wrong with that.
Akutami must believe in that branch of Buddhism that came up with the phrase "if you meet the Buddha, kill him." (joking aside, this analysis is awesome, would love to see a domain expansion video)
“Brother, you're a man amongst men. Don't limit yourself to such narrow-mindness. We are jujutsu sorcerers. You and I! Kugisaki! Mr. Nanami! All of our allies. Together, we are jujutsu sorcerers!! As long as we live, our friends who have passed away will not truly have been defeated! It's not about sin or punishment. The moment we become jujutsu sorcerers, our lives cannot be limited to such misfortunes. Looking for meaning or logic in death can at times defile the memories of those we've lost! Even so! What have you been entrusted with? You don't need to answer right now. However, until you find your answer, never stop moving. For those of us who live as jujutsu sorcerers, that is the punishment we must endure.” Todo told all you guys this.
Good vid But you need to learn a lot whole more The Gojo scene where he claims enlightenment is not widely accepted by pure buddhist As Siddartha would never be so arrogant and not humble The legend suggests godlike understanding with being the his first 7 steps which is completely symbolic The true Siddartha didn't depart to seek enlightenment till he was 28 dying at 29 Which gojo completely does You cover it correctly but it's a lil shaky whether you understand his first proclamation was still very egotistical From here he has godlike understanding and power which isolates him Gojo does die at 29 as and his birthday was 12 years earlier on the 25th of December He does become humble And moves north to become something more Which is why he won't come back
There is a lot Every piece of Gojo and Sukuna Suggests that they are showing love to the world in others Gojo through teaching Sukuna through fighting Sukuna makes yuji stronger more so then Gojo But Gojo is never misplaced
Hey man love the video genuinely. Nice to see someone being a bit more thoughtful and trying to understand from Gege's perspective why he did things a certain way. I was wondering if you plan to cover the idea of the impermanence of things speech by Todo and what that means in JJK. Specifically how Todo redacts the ending part of the original verse to help motivate Yuji by claiming that despite everything being impermanent that is not the case for Yuji and Todo right now because they're going to win.
As soon as I thought about "ending the cycle of curses" in the same way of ending the cycle of suffering inherent to life the final chapter truly made sense to me (as did Yuji's domain)
UGH! Hahaha whenever a content creator says “such topic has gone on too long so I’ll speed it up or bounce to the next” always kills me as someone who enjoys longer form content 😩 but still great video, would love mire in depth videos if interested in being made
I want to see this same analysis with demon slayer. DS I argue has a lot of buddhist references that just go over the heads of the audience. PS: tbh this analysis is a stretch, I'd argue that Gege just does what he feels he does. The number of opened and unresolved plot points points to this.
Bro I took 1 look at jjk when I started watching it a couple weeks ago and immediately saw the Buddhism to be fair I just went to Japan and visited a ton of shrines and temples so the imagery was fresh in my mind but it’s fairly obvious to anyone with significant exposure I’d assume
Most people must suffer a crisis of penultimate irony and hit rock bottom, with no hope of returning to their previous state of ignorance before they can start on a path of enlightenment
I appreciate this diagnosis on JJK post ending. I think from a writing/story perspective, it doesn’t fix the ending but makes it a little worse. But from a person perspective it kinda helps put elements of it in place to be easier taken in. The Buddhist elements in the series were always there and sometimes easier to see than others but articulation of it all is the real issue. This does a good job setting a lot of it up.
I love your breakdown of the correlation between JJK and Buddhism. This dove into what I've been wondering for a while, but couldn't research it due to time constraints. Thank you!
@@LukewarmTakesYT your video definitely helped! I was really sad that no one remembered Gojo, but after this video, i felt like he got what he wanted in the end, so all in all, it felt better!
Nah man. You can have solid inspo and themes but still have poor execution. A story having great ideas isn’t an excuse for that story to fumble. Avatar the Last Airbender also has a very thematic story and ending that manages to express Aangs character growth eventual understanding that nonviolence and pacifism aren’t mutually exclusive. It’s ending and story parallel Taoism and guess what? It’s still a great story with a really good ending. If it just ended with Aang fucking off before the final fight and Ozai tripping over a rock and going into a coma and people were like “nah the ending was good actually because Taoism” I’d call that what it is. Cope.
