Why Jumping Is So Important In Jujutsu Kaisen 

As a Jujutsu sorcerer, you are NOT Satoru Gojo There is a solid 80% chance the curse you're fighting is going to be stronger than you It is paramount that you jump them with your homies to guarantee a successful ass whooping

"when the odds are against you, in your partners you shall call" -sun tzu The art of jumping

This is the real power of friendship

The thematic importance of jumping that I got was the separation of Humans and Curses. Curses, though they are born out of collective feelings of different people, are solitary in nature. They do not instinctively work together, they need to be somehow forced to. Humans are born from two people, and they are collective in nature. They instinctively work together. I feel like this can also serve as a way to analyze individual characters in a sense. Choso, though born as a Curse, asserts his Humanity by fighting alongside everyone during the Sukuna Gauntlet. Gojo, though he is born a Human, always fights alone, the pinnacle he has reached only has place for him, and that makes him more of a Monster than a Human.

Sukuna acknowledging Todo as "truly being a sorcerer to the core" just depicts how great of a jumper he is.😤

yuji: "Are you Sukuna because you get jumped, or are you getting jumped because you're Sukuna?" sukuna: "Are you jumping because you're Yuji, or are you Yuji because you're jumping?"

The true power of friendship is the extra hands they bring to fight the opps

Yesss let’s talk about the fact that Cursed Spirits are NOT people, a lesson Yuji learns the hard way. There is no honor or fairness in a fight with one, jujutsu sorcerers are basically exterminators.

12:41 I think Ronin made a editing mistake. When he was talking about weak characters in the story he accidentally put a Miwa scene

We need to see more jumpings in anime, it's the true potential of the power of friendship

I think why jjk doesnt have the considered power of friendship that other anime have is because instead of having a scene where the mc gives a speech about his friends then one shots the villian they have yuji and the others just straight comboing beating the main villian

I'm surprised you didn't mention Gojo more in how he fits into this. He specifically fights alone the vast majority of the time, and due to the nature of his techniques is generally considered to be at his strongest when he is alone, to such an extent that the disaster curses' plan to seal him revolved around surrounding him with a huge crowd of regular people to limit his movements and offense. Post-Toji fight & subsequent training he is consistently considered by every modern sorcerer to be "The Strongest", singular, all the way up to his fight with Sukuna, and that strength in solitude is reflected in his sense of isolation from his peers. He's lonely even when surrounded by friendly faces, most of his peers don't actually seem to like him, even his curse technique takes the form of an immeasurable distance that keeps him separated from everything else, a direct manifestation of his loneliness/ emotional distance. He struggles to even see himself as a distinct person because his identity gets lost in the all encompassing nature of his position as "the strongest" As memed on as it's been, Gojo losing to Sukuna makes sense from a thematic standpoint since Sukuna losing there wouldn't be a defeat of his mentality/ philosophy, they both stood alone at the top and both fought from those positions; It'd kill the guy but not what the guy represents. Sukuna can lose the fight physically but he doesn't lose in any way that matters, so narratively the only option is for Sukuna to win. It's from there we get the gauntlet where everyone else is working together in an attempt to bring him down, a way of losing that would actually dispute Sukuna's isolationist view. Gojo's existence does actually support the theme of the importance of togetherness and cooperation because for all his strength, he loses all the time; While exhausted he lost the 1v1 to Toji and failed the plasma star escort quest, seemingly the first time he actually lost a fight based on how he responded, and only came back and won against him after he was untethered and there fighting for nothing other than himself. Geto gets away because despite having the strength to kill him it'd cause collateral deaths and he's not willing to kill civilians (this gets used against him again at Shibuya). He handily defeats Jogo but leaves him alive specifically for the chance to get intel out of him, only for Jogo to get stolen out from under him by Hanami, winning the fight but failing the objective as he neither got information nor killed the special grade curse. The moment he breaks the curtain at the goodwill event Hanami's like "Aight, I'm out", and despite using hollow purple he doesn't kill the curse there either, and because they were distracted by that he didn't catch on to Mahito stealing Sukuna's fingers or the curse wombs. For as good at throwing hands as he is he consistently loses the parts of fights that isn't beating up the other guy, and usually that's because whomever he's fighting is coordinating with others and working as a group.

The latest chapter highlighted something very important to me. That the reason Sukuna hates Yuji so much is because he is a person satisfied with not being the strongest or number 1 in his universe because he has already selected the role he wants to fill of his own making. He permeates the concept that when working optimally, the many will always overcome the one. Standing in solitude is not a demonstration of honour, power and confidence but in fact is a rejection community, evolution and strength in unity.

First rule in jumping: SHOW NO FEAR‼️‼️‼️

Havent seen the full video, but my interpretation is that Heian era sorcerers threw everything away for individual power in a "survival of the fittest" mentality while modern sorcerers prioritize community and strength as a collective. This is why gojo could never win from a writing standpoint, they have to win together.

“todos speech was the spark that helped yuji land his” when did bro become a poet mid script 😭😭

so interesting that Todo is introduced as this individualistic solo powerhouse but them we come to know him as one of the best, bro-y-est support characters in shonen

I feel like gege actually found q way to deliver Naruto's intended message of collectivism, cooperation and bonds surpassing individual talent, because 80% of what yuji is as a sorcerer is because what other people gave him, kenjaku's disgusting body modifications, Sukuna's twisted existence inside him, Gojo's, nanami's, Todo's, kusakabe's, instruction and everyone else who has trained him, *BUT* , the crucial aspect missing from naruto is that yuji was only able to become what he is because of his unwavering determination, his rock solid mentality and all the sacrifices he had to make, including the people who gave their life for him. I love that Yuji's autonomy gets constantly taken away not only by monsters like sukuna and kenjaku, but by his own companions who put their lives on the line for his safety because they believe in the change itadori can bring, that's why higuruma's and choso's deaths are so unbelievably soul crushing while Neji's death only felt like a cheap trick for Kishimoto to have less loose threads to tie at the end. TL;DR: Gege is an incredible writer.

The way people were jumping each other from the jump in this show solidified the danger & the stakes of the fights.

Something I think about is how Gojo says “Jujutsu is an individual sport” and how I think Gege goes out of his way to prove that wrong on several occasions. I think maybe Gojo can only see jujutsu as an individual sport because he has been forced into an individualistic practice of jujutsu. But in reality the real jujutsu is the friends we made along the way

Danm this is one of the best analyses of JJK I've seen yet! I always love when small, seemingly insignificant parts of stories reveal something much greater

Old Nux Taku did this style of anime analyses, along with psychological and philosophical breakdowns of characters. It's what made me fall in love with anime and appreciate the work going into creating it. Biggest flexes got me hype, but then he switched up and I couldn't watch anymore. Thanks for bringing back such an important element of anime! 🔥

This was so good, thank you, subscribed. One of my favourite anime/manga tropes is the character who can mimic other people's abilities, but usually that character doesn't get to the top or is undone by an individual genius in some way. JJK features a lot of mimics now that I think about it, but especially Yuta and Yuji. Its refreshing to see them presented in a different more positive way within the manga and also for Yuji's borrowing or copying of others protrayed as a strength in the way you describe at the end, rather than a good but ultimately limited ability as is usually the case.

There's one thing in Jjk that hypes me up without fail, it's Yuji and Todo jumping someone.

I clicked on this video thinking that it was actual jumping and not jumping.

Let the 100 day Gauntlet begin.

Day 1 of 100 Goodluck br

The Show should have been Called jujump Kaisen because every fight scene with a Villain or good guy is always getting jumped by multiple people

* Comes into the vid wanting insights about jumping *leaves wanting to unionize work

"this truely was our jumpjutsu kaisen" - Yuji Jumpadori

One of the reasons why I like JJK so much is because Gege understands fight choreography and what makes interesting/fun fights. The matchups make sense, so when the time comes for a "jumping," it holds so much weight. My biggest complaint (which is rather small in the grand scheme of things) is that I wish we got to see other characters work together outside of Yuji. We did get Yuki/Choso, Everybody vs Dagon, and the whole verse vs Sukuna, but I would've loved to see Todo and Yuki, Gojo and Nanami etc.

Ngl u really cooked with this one. Perfectly expressed how the fights reflect the themes of the manga

In general I think relatively new shonen like MHA, BC, KNY and JJK tend to have more focus on group fights compared to the Big Three, Jojo, Toriko, Fairy Tail and the like. Of course those older series have group fights and the others also have 1v1, but as a trend I feel like it tends to hold true.

Honestly, I largely appreciate it just because it makes sense. There are faaar too many shows where the entire team just stands around watching their buddy get clapped instead of helping.

It’s the only way we can appreciate true bromance

Jjk jumping is just as good as JoJo jumping 😂

It also allows characters to have weaknesses but not falling into the classic shonen trope of the character constantly powering up to defeat whatever's infront of them. Having a squad of high intellect, high physical and high skill fighting on their strengths while having their weaknesses covered is dope.

"Nobara's departure" the newest chapter breaks it XD

Fuckin’ *phenemonal* video, this is my first time seeing your name pop up on RU-vid but you’ve got a new subscriber!! I absolutely love JJK, and have always felt the exact same way about the concept of multi-battles like this; it’s such a wonderful way to contrast with other shonen. Typically arcs would begin with two groups whittling down each others numbers until a big 1v1 at the end; whereas JJK is the opposite, a myriad of individuals goals and ideals converging on one spot into all out gang warfare. Noble fighters like Yuji and Megumi, mercenaries like Noabito and Mei Mei, and forces of nature like Yuta and Gojo all having very different reasons for getting involved in these climactic battles doesn’t just give us a variety of characters to play with at the end of an arc-- it’s the very reason why they’re not all on the same page at the beginning!! They’re all coming from different places (literally and metaphorically) as they’re drawn into the major conflicts, so they’ve all undergone some amount of conflict or growth by the time they reconvene too, meaning every time Yuji and Todo team up we’re looking at a different version of their team.

Me clicking on this video expecting to hear a 15+ minutes explanation about why jumping around in fights in Jujutsu Kaisen is so important: 🙂

Its hard to break a curse by yourself you need friends.

there's one more aspect about jumping that is not mentioned here: curses and sorcerers powers alike get to certain highs where a "fail" one on one fight would be a death sentence, a domain expansion can be an instakill move for example, so jumping your enemy and not letting them act or fight comfortably is key for victory, or at least survival. The Sukuna gauntlet or Yuuji and Nanamis's jumping Mahito are key examples of this. in the first case Sukuna would not have been defeated if he wasn't always having to deal with several people messing with him, stunlocking him or doing ambush damage, he would just open his domain and nuke his opponent, rest, rinse and repeat (he is a literal end-game raid boss). On Mahito's case, him being unable to even move by getting punch stunlocked denied him the ability to even make an offensive move until he developed his domain. Of course the tactical aspect of jumping is not the point of the video at all and i stongly agree with your take on the writing aspect of it, but i felt like i needed to point that out or else my autistic brain wouldn't be satisfied. great video ^^

I assume they always jumping because their opponent is much stronger than them. Most of the cast are grade 1s or lower fighting Special grades. So teaming up on them is a given and makes more sense than other show where someone clearly stronger than the mc's side somehow loses in a 1v1. The grading system is what grade curses they can take on and make it back alive. It would make no sense lore wise for them to be able to win in 1v1.

God, not only an even-handed power scaler but an accomplished analyzer of themes? Screw it, SUBSCRIBED!

I always saw Itadori as a vessel for Sukuna, but now I know he's much more than that. He's the vessel for the hopes and dreams of others through the many gifts they have given him.

It's honestly why I was always okay with the pacing and not having filler with JJK, while characters as a whole are not explicitly written out to the fullest/or having multiple side characters interacting with other side character, I felt that how they fight shows damn near just as much about them.

Bro you need to make a video on Inumaki and how broken he can be if he reached his full potential. Just imagine him killing characters via voice commands while also simultaneously using RCT to heal his throat so that he doesn't get any backflash. Genuinely the strongest power by far.

I completely thought this was about the genius of actual jumping to add more dimensions into a fight. There is the incredibly obvious benefit of jumping to dodge an attack but jumping's weakness has also been explored with the mid air attack by Hanami against Yuji and Todo as well as Yuji getting surprise attacked while jumping down stairs

Yo amazing video you put together here. Really makes me want to go back and re-read some of those amazing fights. No spoiler warning near the end of the video though. You threw out a lot of stuff I haven't read yet. Lots of others may not have as well my guy

Havent even watched this yet but i already know these are the types of videos we need

I feel like it’s the MOST realistic thing. It can get tired with every series doing the DBZ “take turns” type stuff.

Phenomenal video. The exact idea that you are pointing out is perfectly demonstrated in Haikyuu. If you are unaware it's a sports anime about volleyball. It's very good imo and the culmination of the second season is that the entire team is working together like cogs in clock to make it work. Anyways love the video man.

The art of the jump was a style many shoena manga had forgotten but it has returned thanks to jjk in my opinion

Jumping>Power of Friendship

when it comes to videos like this for JJK, you're truly sublime. It's like you're painting on thin air

With such a silly title, I didnt think I'd be getting a Ted Talk. One of the good ones, I mean.

Day 1, I’ll be keeping track brother man. a good video to start off with for sure 🤝🏽

JJK has been the most real and sincere study of the "All for one" vs "One for all" mindsets I've ever seen in a shonen, which is funny because that's honestly what most of them are about. I think this final battle between Yuji/Gang Vs Sukuna has been the ultimate version of that argument, with the protagonist and antagonist each truly epitomizing each way of life. The funny thing about that though, I think Sukuna lost that argument the moment he relied on the ten shadows technique to defeat Gojo.

My glorious king starting the 100 days 🔥

The frequent many-on-one fights in JJK also serves to elevate the stake of the battle between humans and curses while highlighting just how dangerous the opponents are. There's no room for playing fair; honoring the 1-v-1 is not a luxury the Jujutsu Sorcerers can afford when the fate of millions of people is at stake.

I mean to be honest they need to do that for some people all I got to say is that yuji had to work for his power and I feel bad cuz I'm telling you right now nobody would ever want to be in his position in life he has the top three worst lives next to guts, denji

A series worthy of being published in Shonen Jump.

I genuinely thought this video was going to be about the ways they do big jumps around the battlefield, and was confused but intrigued. Have to admit, this is probably both more interesting and accurate though!

What I love about jjk is there jumping in the same time not like other anime

1:18 Nobara look so happy 😭 😭 😭

I'm a bit sad that I got spoiled a few things, watching the video... But they're things I expected to happen so it won't ruin my surprise watching the next seasons. This was a great video though. I think one of the things that also makes jumping more important is that a lot of these sorcerers don't really wanna go through all this shit. They're going along with the requirements of being born into that world, but they're not so indoctrinated that they would act as serious about it as a shinigami or a ninja. If things don't have to be troublesome, let them not be troublesome. And then you have crazy (and strong) characters in the mix so of course they wanna band together Salmon roe

He says that itadori never becoming more important then the whole, which is true, but this also highlights a very large part of the story, there was someone who was more important then the whole, gojo, thats the reason why he was sealed during shibuya, thats the reason he gets killed by sukuna, its not because he was weak or unimportant to the story, he was killed and sealed for the simple fact that he was just too important

As someone who didn't speak English as a first language, I really thought this video would be about jumping off from the ground

Jjk was always about realistic fights and in real life jumping is common.

When you are not the main character jumping is the domain expansion

So very well presented, damn.

Kenjaku jumped on Yuji's dad.

It's ironic that they're quick to jump somebody normally but for some reason against the king of curses the strat is to go at him one by one😭

There’s a lot of people who should watch this video essay who are misunderstanding a lot of core themes in JJK imo. Say it louder for the people in the back 🗣️ 🔥💯

my normal brain thought 'jumping' as like... the act of springing into the air

"Strength in numbers" ahhh mentality

" if you met sukuna, would you run the ones? " " nah, I'd jump "

Fights in JJK highlights compatibility, strength, and finesse. You aren't beating someone just because you remember about the promise you made with a friend 10 years ago. If you're outmatched, you need to fill in the gaps with numbers and even then it might not still be enough to overcome experienced fighters. Example, Kenjaku manage to defeat yuki, choso, and tengen trio, but almost lose to takaba (basically a newbie with OP technique).

"1v1 is not an option in this world, we be teaming like the strongest battlegrounds" ahh the whole entire jjk story

Cant wait for the videos, love the content and always enjoy hearing your takes🙏thanks for your hard work

Bra what a good video man. So well put. Similar over arcing theme to my-hero but less direct and more palatable as far as relate-ability.

You’re a strong kid. Help others….

sooo jumping puts all the characters involved on a "table" of sorts which presents their unique flavors against the other unique flavors on the table, making the different character traits really feel like they are being properly emphasized.

The reason I love the jumping that the jujutsu sorcerers often do is because they do it against someone who is trying to "take" from others or is siding with people that do. It makes the jumping justified in my opinion.

took me a couple mins to realise this was not about feet leaving the ground

When you look at it, Todo helped out in defeating 3 of the big villains in jjk.

i rmb when everyone tried to clown sukuna for jumping when it’s an essential part of the story, it doesn’t show weakness but competence.

jjk is literally just SPAMMING “tHe pOWeR oF FRiendShIp” and that’s why I love it

Ok one thing about the Nobara caring less about other lives than Yuji. Yuji knew that they weren’t curses yes, but he would be happy to kill mahito for harming innocent lives so why would he care about the cursed wombs? Spoilers! The cursed wombs were his brothers, it’s showed that choso has a sort of telepathic attachment to his brothers and Yuji being a cursed womb felt a little bit of the telepathic death after killing the cursed womb brothers.

Lowkey I like to think of the character dynamics in these jumping to be like two mirrors. Each person skills, abilities, and personality is reflected off the other’s in a fight so we’re able to see characters in a more nuanced way in comparison to the others around them.

i deadass wasnt listening for like 10 seconds because i realized you were playing sabbath from devilman

The curses in the series are mostly spacial grade and above so jumping is justified. Same as Jogo and Hannami and choso jumping Gojo. It’s fair game

JJK Video idea: why Yuji is the real honored one

In other words teamwork = dreamwork

Day 1. Glad to be apart of this glorious road of Ronin.

Yeah man we all got to remember the reason the sorcerers and some times Curses go 2/3 vs 1 cause certain characters in the factions are city to calamity level of power or even have the skills and technique to take on multiple opponents which why i dont mind when Itadori teams up with others cause one he hand to hand focus character who is inexperienced in the sorcery of Jijitsu along with the Sukana take over problem also certain characters like Megumi and Maki versus Nature Curse Spirit forget their name & Yuji & Nobara vs Kezichu & ??? Perfectly represents these type of fights to survive and even have some remorses about killing sentient beings despite their origins

If you want to see real jjk jumping come to southeast high school the way they like jumping people, it scary sometimes

Okay from what I understand is that we weren't teaming we were doing lore accurate fights

In a genre where most of the fights are poor choreographed slobs with yapping sessions between the slobs, jumpsu kaisen shows in a clever way that honor doesn't matter when it comes to putting your life on the line. There's no honor in death and you get to stay alive for another day if you win in this series and the role of "jujutsu sorecerer" shows that in a phenomenal way because, like Gege said, "no sorcerer dies without regrets". On another note, jumping in this series shows amazing fights sequences and is really refreshing for us viewers.

Sukuna = King of Curses Yuji = King of Jumpings