i write sometimes

Attack on Titan / Tokyo Ghoul / Jujutsu Kaisen / Chainsaw Man

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I hope when Mappa animates Gojo v Sukuna, that they will incorporate a few scenes of Megumi’s time with Gojo. For example when the strongest are throwing punches at each other, we see a quick shot of Gojo teaching Megumi how to fight. Or when Sukuna is about summon Mahoraga or Agito, we get a shot of Gojo and kid Megumi practicing hand signs for summoning shikigamis. Or just them spending some time off in general. It would add more emotional depth into the battle, as we never actually saw them interact in the past when Megumi was a kid and Gojo a young adult, except for two moments, which didn’t really show their relationship.

The Gojo v Sukuna battle looks like this for everyone

But for Gojo it’s something like this

Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the arts. The rights go to the artists.

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Being a parent in JJK must’ve been an awful experience. Especially for women. I can even feel sorry for Maki’s mother. Imagine getting married to a Zenin Clan member who has prospects of becoming their leader, but you end up pregnant with twins, which is a bad omen for sorcerers, so your family automatically falls lower in the clan ranking. Not only that, but one of your daughters turns out to have no CE and the other has a weak Technique. I imagine she was hated by her husband for giving birth to twins and not being able to have another child (they probably tried, but couldn’t conceive, so she was most likely blamed for it) and tormented or belittled by other clan members to the point she started hating her own daughters! And at the end you get killed by your child because of it. I guess even Naoya’s mother must’ve felt like nothing at times. Like, she got pregnant so many times just so one of her children inherits the Projection Sorcery Technique and when it happened the baby grew up to be a total piece of shit, who looks down on people and hates women. I’m sure that whenever she tried to put Naoya in his place and told him to act more mature, she heard something like “How dare you speak to me? Back to the kitchen woman!”. I even feel bad for Gojo’s mother. The moment she saw those blue eyes after giving birth, she probably knew she and the baby were screwed. Because as soon as he started walking and was off the tit, they would just take Gojo away to train him like crazy. So the best way for her would be to distance herself emotionally from Gojo, so she wouldn’t be too attached to him or even love him. Haw awful is that?! Being a parent outside of a Clan or Jujutsu society in general isn’t better either. Try to imagine playing with your baby, when suddenly they clap their hands and switch places with a toy. Or one night they tell you, like the boy from the Sixth Sense movie, “I can see cursed spirits”. At that point I would’ve thought that my baby is possessed. But then someone comes and tells you your baby is actually gifted, has a unique ability and belongs to a world where they can protect non sorcerers from cursed spirits. They offer to train them at a prestigious school, which pays for their education. You agree to send them away, they make some friends and meet people who finally understand them. So you’re happy for your child. Only to one day receive a call that your child died in a gruesome way on a mission. Or one time they come back completely changed, blame you for everything and then kill you.

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Comparing Yuji from JJK Modulo and Gojo from regular story or Sukuna for that matter and arguing who’d be stronger is impossible. We just saw Yuji using Dismantle, Cleave and Blood Manipulation with almost no effort and to a crazy extent. We just can’t compare him to other characters. The key is perspective. Current Yuji doesn’t age physically, he had 68 years to master his abilities, has two different CT, is genetically related to half cursed spirits AND he gained his abilities thanks to the Sukuna finger placed inside of him at birth. And then you see people comparing him to a 28 yo Gojo, whose real competition up until his fight with Sukuna was Toji when Gojo was 16. I’m not saying that if Gojo was in the same condition as Yuji, he’d be stronger, but the point is we have no way of measuring it. Yet, people are arguing, coming up with scenarios like “If Gojo had 68 years to train, he’d be casting multiple Hollow Purples in his sleep”. Maybe? But that’s all. It’s only a “maybe” or “if”. Those are only assumptions and speculations. There’s no point in trying to put them side by side, figuring who would win against who, or coming up with those supposed Top 4 strongest sorcerers, because how are we to measure their power levels, when they belong to different realities. It’s better to just admit that Yuji is currently the strongest and has been for 68 years, Gojo was the strongest of his era and Sukuna was the strongest in history. Full stop.

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With JJK S3 Mappa really be saying Domain Expansion: Infinite Animation Budget

CUZ LOOK AT THIS

Gosso you are the GOAT!

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I see a lot of people making fun of Megumi for summoning Mahoraga against Haruta in Shibuya. Or just in general using Mahoraga as a trump card that would off him as well as his opponent. But if we think about it, that’s all he can do with it. The only way to defeat Mahoraga is to one shot it with a single move. Like Gojo’s Holllow Purple or Sukuna’s Divine Flame. If we look at Ten Shadows there is absolutely nothing in this bag that can defeat Mahoraga. Not even Agito. That’s why no user of Ten Shadows ever tamed it. Not because it’s so strong, but simply because it’s not possible to do it with this technique.

But it’s not like the concept of Ten Shadows is bad. You have to get smart to utilize it against strong opponents. Summoning Mahoraga as a suicide attempt is easy. He appears, kills you then fights with your opponent. And that’s it. I get Megumi. He thinks ‘If I summon Mahoraga I’ll die, but at least win the fight this way’. That’s why he tried summoning it every time. But then Gojo told Megumi there is a difference between winning even when he dies and winning by dying. So in Shibuya he left it as the last resort in his fight against Toji. When Haruta attacked Megumi, he was already half dead, so he figured ‘I’m not making it, so it is time for Mahoraga to box’. And that was the only move he could’ve made.

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How to make everone lose their shit?

Just put some art or movie references in anime

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This should be illegal

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Hot men are born in December

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Fighting alongside him would be so distracting

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He is beauty, he is grace

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To see a world in a grain of sand

And heaven in a wild flower

To hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in an hour

7/12/1989

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Whoever at WIT worked on drawing Levi’s side profile has my respect cause LOOK AT HIM!!

Also why didn’t Mappa hire them??

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Thinking back I come to appreciate Attack on Titan even more. Current running manga series or the ones that came out a few years ago don't give off that sense of grandiosity. That's a personal opinion. Don't get me wrong, they're all very good and cool, but it's almost all they are. None of them are such profound stories like Attack on Titan. Sure they explore some meaningfull themes and touch on philosophical or psychological concepts, but I guess when reading them I don't get that feeling of illumination like I had when reading Attack on Titan. It was like staring at the masterpiece painting in a gallery. Or observing nature in its glory. Just something illuminating that makes you think about your place in the world. When Attack on Titan ended, I think at that time I didn’t fully realize what a grand experience it was to read this work of art. Thank you Isayama!

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Four Horsemen Devils in Chainsaw Man

Has anyone ever wondered why the Four Horsemen Devils in Chainsaw Man are female? I've read some articles and posts saying that it's because Fujimoto likes "strong female characters", but that is such a shallow explanation. Actually it's much deeper in meaning.

To start let's look at who/or what the Four Horsemen Devils are. In chapter 84 it is revealed that there are four extremely powerfull devils in the world: Death, Hunger, War and Control.

They take the form of females and call themselves "sisters". Death being the eldest and most powerfull, Famine the second-eldest and War and Control being the youngest. So far in the manga we've seen three of them: Makima/Nayuta (Control), Yoru (War) and Fami (Famine). So the question is: why female?

Death, hunger and war are essentially chaotic in nature - something that ordinary humans have no control over. Death and hunger are natural occurences. War as in conflict is also a natural trait among species. So the three devils Death, Famine, War connect to the chaotic nature of the world. Control is no exeption. If we take the definition of Control, it means to order, limit or rule something or someone. It means putting order on chaos. But if someone controls us, it then means we have no power to determine our lives. Simply put: we descend into chaos. It's a paradox.

But why is chaos represented as feminine then? Chaos is the birthplace of things, so it is often shown as feminine, because feminine is the birthplace of things. It is archetypally associated with birth and creation in the world. With all things that arise out of nature - the most chaotic force. Nature is unpredictable, untamebale in a way. But it is also life. It allows things to be born, to exist in a world.

What's interesting here is the hierarchy of the Four Horsemen Devils in Chainsaw Man. Why is Death the oldest? Why are War and Control the youngest? They appear in the manga in the order of seniority. First the youngest Makima as the Control Devil was introduced in the plot. Then the War Devil in the form of Yoru/Asa Mitaka. Later Famine and we have yet to see Death, the oldest of the four. Well in my understanding of things Control is the youngest because as a concept it is the youngest one. Let's start with Death. The first thing that happens to all living things is birth which automatically means death. It's a natural opposite. The yin and yang. Later to exist we need to feed ourselves. So hunger as a fear comes second. Now that we're fed in order to survive we often must fight for it. War or conflict as a fear is next. Once we win in this battle of survival we so desperetaly want to control it. Control all the aspects of our life. The fear of losing that control or being under control by someone/something is last.

The Four Horsemen Devils in Chainsaw Man represent the cycle of existance and our constant fear of it.

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Levi & Gojo

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am i the only person turned on by this

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Levi Ackerman’s slender hands appreciation post

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Chainsaw Man is to Jujutsu Kaisen what Tokyo Ghoul was to Attack on Titan.