Published On Sep 17, 2023
I intially wanted to get this review out on Friday, but ended up being away from home so I didn't get the chance to work on it until today. I'll try to get the rest of the reviews out either day of or day after the episode dropping from now on.
Overall I think we were bound to get a "dud" episode. Jujutsu Kaisen's second season doesn't have the best of production schedules so for us to get such good quality every episode for the entire cour would've been a miracle. I don't think episode 8 was "bad", just limited. It had strong drawings throughout and no "bad" cuts of animation, it's just that the ghosting and dimming really REALLY didn't help. Sucks that Yuji's first fight since season 1 doesn't get the same polish as Mechamaru's, but it wasn't that important in the manga and I can't imagine most animators being thrilled to animate the grasshopper curse, given how intricate his design is.
A good thing, though, is that next week's episode will be Gojo's, and we know how Mappa treats their golden child so we can look forward to some really good stuff.
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