Thunderclap Part 2 | Jujutsu Kaisen S2 Ep 17 Reaction 

They let Sukuna cook

Funny fact: One of the animators couldn’t find a photo of the floor plan for one of the buildings that Sukuna destroyed, so they used the design of Mappa’s production floor for that building instead 😭😭

"It's not always about winning, sometimes it's making sure they lose." - Megumi Fushiguro probably

The fact he was going to summon it multiple occasions in season 1 is crazy

Let's not forget that Sakuna ate and drank human food, not because he wanted to but because he wanted Yuji to be able to vomit something up after he was done.

fun fact for those who didnt get it : sukuna basically cancelled the ritual by killing mahoraga as an outsider so mahoraga is just temporarily dead and can be summoned back to try to tame again

14:03 Sheera just vibing to the OP while Itadori is having a meltdown literally had me in tears

18:37 “explain that to a judge” They have no idea how hard this one line will hit them in the future

you can see how Mahoraga adapts when he is under water, he develops gills and sucks up the water. THE DETAILS 🔥🔥

11:35 “nah I think their fine” gets absolutely decimated

Key points for anyone who missed them: 1) Mahoraga is Megumi's "trump card" that Gojo alluded to in season 1. It was during Megumi's flashback while fighting the second finger bearer. Megumi was also planning to use it against Sukuna during their fight at the juvenile detention center. This is what Sukuna is referring to when he said that Mahoraga would've beaten him had Megumi summoned it at that time. 2) Because Mahoraga is untamed, Megumi can summon it as many times as he needs to until he is able to tame it. Sukuna simply cancelled the ritual. Mahoraga has not been permanently destroyed. 3) After adapting, Mahoraga isn't just able to see Sukuna's slashes. It's capable of deflecting them as well. This was made clearer in the manga. 4) Mahoraga didn't just adapt to Sukuna's slashes. It adapted to slashing attacks in general. Mahoraga couldn't be destroyed by Malevolent Shrine, which is why Sukuna had to finish it off with the fire arrow.

so much respect that every reactor mentions the hard overworked and underpaid animators

I hope these animators get treated like actual humans and get some rest cause this ep was near utter perfection

The fact that Enoki Junya fell onto his KNEES SOBBING during recording to voice Itadori’s breakdown scene like bro put his whole heart and soul into those lines and he DELIVERED. What an amazing performance 👏

I think even if Yuji knows Sakuna killed those people and not him; he remembers those actions like he did them himself. It’s not just a clipshow, he feels what it was like to mercilessly kill thousands of people as clearly as his own memories.

I never felt this bad for any MC ever. Yuji is just a kid. He was so goofy and such a sweetheart in S1, having to see how he will probably die inside more and more is gonna be tough for me. 😢

From Megumi point of view, he was in a tug of war domain expansion battle with Dagon so he was almost out of cursed energy, was yeeted out by some dude who had insane physical strength, used his body as bait allowing himself to be stabbed in order to try to finish that dude, was asked about his name and the dude stabbed himself and after all that, he got ambushed. So yeah, he was going to die against blondie almost guaranteed, pulling up Mahoraga and saying "Good luck, i'm going to die first" it's basically telling him "Yeah, i can't win, but you're coming with me"

Yuuji bawling his eyes out when he saw what Sukuna has done *The intro: You are my special

Sukuna is savage asf. Literally showing Yuji the aftermath of what "he" had done. He's definitely the definition of PURE EVIL.

I feel like at this point yuji is gonna need a good lawyer to convince the higher-ups not to kill him😂

JJK has had so many top notch episodes this season already, I for one wouldn’t be mad if they delayed the rest of the season a couple months. They deserve man

12:09 that “no I think they’re fine” was a top tier edit 😂

12:07 lmao roshi's echo of "no i think they're fine" was beautiful

Notice how for a very short moment you can see mahogara have wings during the plane crash scene and gills when in the pool medium which references his ability to adapt in all circumstances

Sukuna ran up the tab and dipped like a city girl 😂

11:35 "No I think they're fine." *OBLITERATED*

Lmao when the city was getting tore up and you hear faintly in the background “nah I think they’re fine” 😂😂😂

This is why Nanami said it's over for everyone in the country when Gojo was sealed

Malevolent Kitchen is a wild translation, Sukuna indeed cooked

What’s more insane than the downright stellar animation this episode, is that we’ve literally gotten basically 3 episodes back to back with animation of this quality. Please save these animators.

Big shts has been laid out on this episode alone. We learned why the Zenin Clan would pay literally tons of money for a kid who got a hereditary technique that is Ten Shadows to under their wing. Also BIG MAD PROPS to Gojo for bringing up Megumi in this world acting as his guardian and mentor despite being the son of the guy who tried to kill him while having the ability that can potentially defeat/kill Gojo.

I can't get over how observant Sheera is, to notice that Mahagora pushed Sukuna to use DE and she observed that passively. Sheera is what most Reactioners should be. Eyes focused, brain ready.

Seeing the utter spectacle of this episode’s fight…I wouldn’t be surprised if Yuji’s mental breakdown was rotoscoped from an actual MAPPA animator’s breakdown in the studio

Let us remember that Megumi has been trying to do that technique like three times in the first season

Fun fact: The movie they made was done in 4-5 months that’s how hectic it is working for Mappa.

11:30 "Nah I think they're fine." hahahahahaha straight killed me, the timing. 😂🤣😂🤣

I know it's a mistranslation, but Sukuna's DE being called "Malevolent Kitchen" instead of "Malevolent Shrine" makes TOO MUCH SENSE.😂

I didn't notice until another video brought it up. But Megumi explained his ability to make it even stronger. That's just so much overkill.

Imagine what the first person to summon mahoraga felt when he got snuffed😭

Best inner demon that actually has consequences for releasing it. In every other anime there’s no actual consequences to letting your inner demon out besides a power up

A lot of people are saying how fucked up it is that sukuna gives control back to yuji just to let him see the aftermath; but I think the pact they made back in s1 makes this moment that much more impactful. If you guys remember, sukuna tricked itadori into a pact basically saying he could take control at any moment and theres nothing he could do about it. Also made sure to wipe his memory that they ever made the pact when he wakes up. Show is crazy man

the fact that the animators finished this/a bunch of other episodes only hours before it aired is insane. Can't imagine the talent and quality we'd see if Mappa was a decent company with sane scheduling.

Pat attention to the hand sign to summon Makora, Megumi has tried bringing this man out during EVERY SINGLE FIGHT he was in through out the series before this.

18:35 "These are your crimes, you gotta explain them to a judge" The Sheerangan in action once again I see...

People always talk about how megumi always tried to summon it for no reason but NOBODY talks about how summoning it on Haruta was still one of the most petty "oh nah i can't let that shit slide" moments LIKE LMAOO HE LITERALLY GOT ONE SHOT BY NANAMI AND SAVED BY HIS CT JUST TO COME BACK AND FIGHT GOD

Roshi clapping for Nanami, I almost spat out my drink this is so 😭

Just for those who are curious that whole fight in the manga was only 2 short chapters, so real kudos to the animators for being able to bring this fight to an even more majestic level.

Keep in mind Sukuna was only awake for 23 MINUTES and did all that. He really the MJ of JJK🐐🔥

In the water scene, Makora grows gills, and in the sky, it becomes giant to crush the train. I rewatched this so many times to see how many adaptation easter eggs the animators dropped. Makora is so badass

They shouldve waited for the bluray, the animators werent kidding when they said it was 30% polished

TOJI MAY BE GONE, BUT STEP FATHER SUKUNA IS GONNA PROTECT MEGUMI FROM NOW ON 🗣️🔥🔥

We saw multiple times in S1 that Megumi was about to unleash something powerful and throw his life away. But it's so funny that when it FINALLY gets used, it's against Haruta of all people. Mahoraga. Sukuna shows up and has fun for a bit but unlike with Jogo, he realizes that having fun won't be enough for this thing. If it adapts to all of his moves, there won't be a path to victory. So he has to take it out in one blow. Then he demolishes most of the city, annihilates SO MANY PEOPLE(including Haruta who's luck had ran out) and then makes Yuji see and experience it all so he can laugh at his misery. Once again, Sukuna is not Yuji's friend. He is not on his side at all. Yuji's suffering and despair brings Sukuna entertainment. Just like how he laughed with Mahito when Junpei was killed in front of Yuji. He is diabolical. And now, Nanami is back. Nearly burnt to a crisp but still walking. Where does his path lead to, I wonder?

I could not imagine the first 10S user. Imagining thinking you're gonna tame your final shikigami like hell yeah I got this cool bird with electricity and frogs. Only to face Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga.

Haruta's demise is the greatest thing happened in this episode So Satisfying to watch

Your reaction to Sakuna bringing Yuji to witness the destruction he did @13:37 was my exact reaction, Sakuna is really the epitome of a asshole lol 😂

Yuji's breakdown really hits me (kudos to his VA, Junki Enoya)! I really feel bad for him. The realization and guilt that he felt..he literally blames himself because of the damage Sukuna caused. He doesn't deserve all of this. :( Fun fact: During Yuji's breakdown, Junya Enoki (Yuji's VA), was literally kneeling down the floor and crying during that scene. There are photos and videos (audioless) of him in Twitter doing this take.

Yuji: crying being traumatized after all that just happened Sheera: nodding her head to the opening

This is what Sukuna tells Yuji at the end of season 1: “People will die because _you_ live.” Sukuna did as promised. The worst night of Itadori Yuji’s life, the one thing he wanted to do was save people and give them a dignified death. He is the MC I’ve felt the most horrified for since Guts. He’s truly my favorite MC as well, when I read that last scene of Yuji crying asking to die in the manga, my eyes watered, but seeing it animated with the VA and everything and the fcking intro song? I was crying.

Episode was fire! One of the animators (RocciaNobili) tweeted that the animation that was shown on screen was only 30%. The animation staff wished they were given more time to animate it. This episode could have been more chaotic if the animators was given more time. He also stated that we should wait for the BluRay release of this episode 🔥

13:28 I want to think that Itadori was conscious throughout the whole thing and was helpless knowing that he couldn’t do anything. Correct me if I’m wrong.

That scene where Sukuna uses his domain expansion, the translation I got was “It's like not using a canvas, but rather painting directly in the sky.”, and that is the perfect description of his domain but also one of the hardest lines in the series

As a non-manga reader, because of the word "Shibuya INCIDENT" arc, I am expecting worst scenes but oh boy, I definitely didn't expect this level of CHAOS. Especially when Sukuna showed up and destroyed the city. I'm speechless..till now, I still can't process what just happened.

After seeing Itadori breakdown, the ED makes a lot of sense and it’s probably my favorite. The song is about feeling like life is out of control and that there’s nothing you can do to correct the mistakes of the past. But even with feeling helpless and falling into despair, you still have a small part in you that wants to believe in yourself, and that you can somehow make it right. Itadori feels responsible for all of the death Sukuna caused, yet he has to keep fighting, or all of those lives died for nothing. He has to make it right no matter what. And it’s not in the typical shounen protagonist way of getting motivated after defeat. That last shot of his hopeless, emotionless face says it all. He’s doing this out of desperation. It’s heartbreaking to see him go through this trauma.

Mahoraga is literally a suicide attempt for Megumi Unless someone else kills him when Megumi summons him which is what happened this episode. Plus for Megumi to tame Mahoraga he will have to be really strong and I think he needs time to get there, just imagine how STRONG Megumi would be with his technique if he can tame Mahoraga!!

My jaw was hanging down low that entire fight scene and the way it just esculates from 0 - 1000! I've never seen animation or a story like this in my life. Thank you animators for putting all your effort into these animes, especially MAPPA. I hope they get the credit and break they deserve!

Fun fact:In JJK season 1 megumi used the stance and hand sign to summon Mahoraga when he was about to fight Sukuna

No spoilers this is just clarification for the Subtitles this episode. Makora = Mahoraga the Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Malevolent Kitchen = Malevolent Shrine Dissect = Dismantle Fillet = Cleave It seems like they just used the literal Japanese translations for this episode and not the official translations provided by the manga. Makora might be intentional though the Kanji when it was revealed in chapter 117 the same chapter today's episode adapted translated to Makora but the manga called it Mahoraga instead which is the sanskrit translation. So the Anime might be keeping Makora to keep it accurate to the japanese translation from now on instead of the sanskrit translation. Malevolant Kitchen is actually the proper translation based off of the kanji that is used in the manga. The mizushi-dokoro (御厨子所, mizushi-dokoro?) is an archaic word referring to a section of the Emperor's residential compound in the Imperial Palace, where food from the kitchen compound, meant for the Emperor's meals, would be brought for more advanced stages of preparation. The second character zu/kuriya (厨, zu/kuriya?) means "kitchen". But in episode 4 of Season 1 and chapter 8 of the Manga Sukuna's domain is called Malevolent Shrine not Malevolent Kitchen so that's definitely not supposed to be in the episode but Sukuna was definitely cooking this episode 🔥

This episode literally went INSANE. Shoutout to EVERYONE that worked on this episode. 🔥👏🏼

For those wondering about the OP playing during itadori's breakdown. The song is meant to celebrate sukuna and the curses and mocking itadori. Also why he shows itadori all the shit he has done and why they pan out to show the destruction, bc sukuna wants to break itadori's spirit. If they had showed the subs for the lyrics alot of people would understand why it was played and why it fit so well for this moment.

Half of Nanami's body is burnt like overcooked steak and bro's still tryna turn in his reports for Monday. The difference between Nanami and our parents is that the story of him having to walk 10 miles to fill up a bucket of water and go through hell and back to get to school and work was probably true.

That OP theme is used MARVELOUSLY. Itadori was having the realization/recall and as he was about to crack, the OP comes in... "You are my special..." It's Sukuna mocking Itadori. You're my special tool of destruction, boy. Savor it. Damn this episode is perfection.

Prayers to all the animators who fought through, and put their heart and souls even when facing such horrible working conditions. This is a gorgeous episode that will be remembered as a staple for JJK 🙏🙏

9:59 "ARGH... HE'S LEARNING AS HE FIGHTS!"

11:43 the animation of this mf walking was so fucking fire bruh

XEMA!! you reusing the “no i think they’re fine” at 12:08 was TOP TIER 😂😂😂😂

All the time megumi threatened to use this monster it feels like he was bringing a nuke to a airsoft fight

Sukuna used all of shibuya as his canvas and just painted it red Literally insane

8:15 "Can you never summon this again?" Facts, please just don't touch that shadow, Megumi

@7:50 "The collateral damage is ridiculous" remember you said that at THIS point in the episode. This whole episode I was like "They must rewind or something once the ritual is over, there is so much damage" nope. that shit stuck.

I love Sukuna's character so much. He's fr the only one running around Shibuya right now without any consequences.

To clarify about Makora, Megumi does state that no one in history tamed it. This includes the Zenin ancestor that fought Gojo's ancestor, Megumi says Makora was likely used as a last resort sacrifice that killed both of them.

Seeing Yuji feeling destroyed emotionally after everything hits harder when you realize he’s only 15, which seems people forget. At this point I don’t think Sukuna even deserves death; don’t know what kind of ending Gege has for this guy 😬

16:25. These guys are really on to something

8:03 When the music kicks in, it turns into a whole Linkin Park anime AMV.

I don't understand how this show just keeps getting better, it's genuinely mind boggling

Never has an episode caused me emotional pain and amazed me with beauty to this degree both at the same time.

This officially marks when things go from bad to even more bad. Incoming pain Kaizen

16:15 bro get it right away 😳

Y’all need to see the blu ray… they went crazyyyy

Itadori's reaction at the end was just heartbreaking, it hit me harder than when I read the manga. And the next episodes are the ones I was dreading the most 😭 I hope the animators get to rest and recover! They have been doing an amazing job

Sukuna got hungry midfight while fighting the strongest shikigami and was like"wait,let me catch a popcorn and pepsi"💀

11:32 Roshi realizing that they’re NOT fine like 10 seconds later 😭😭

fun theory: there's a theory flying around in the jjk manga community RN regarding sukuna CT, this theory says that sukuna true CT is something that related to cooking, the proof including his dismantle and cleave technique is representing the knife and the fire technique that he used during this arc is representing the stove. another supporting evidence that sukuna also really likes to use cooking analogy when in a conversation. also quote:"His domain expansion is named ‘Fukuma Mizushi’ in Japanese. The ‘Mizushi’ part might refers to Mizushi-dokoro, which is a place to prepare food for the emperor. In addition, there’s a hotpot dish in Japan that’s called “Ryomen sukuna no nabe”."

16:07 oh boy i got something to tell you….

18:35 another absolutely insane prediction moment from Sheera.

Creating one amazingly animated episode is one thing, but going back to back!? Yeah, it’s time for Mappa to hand out the checks and plane tickets cause these animators deserve it!!

Man, the part where Sukuna said "Malevolent Kitchen" was so funny. Now i can't stop imagining sukuna with a chef's hat preparing some food 😂

Surprised no one mentioned how Sukuna said how he's not a curse.

7:02 The Nationwide edit almost took me out bro, their editor is crazy 😂

“No I think they’re fine” Proceeds to disintegrate