Jujutsu Kaisen wrapped up earlier this week after a protracted and pretty grim season. You received’t be shocked to be taught that it’s obtained one other season within the works, as soon as once more courtesy of MAPPA.
Following the finale for season two, MAPPA put out a teaser video teasing a showdown between sereis lead Yuji Itadori and Yuta Okkotsu, who longtime followers will recall because the lead of final 12 months’s fairly candy film, Jujutsu Kaisen 0. It’d assist to rewatch that to refamiliarize your self with Yuta, however mainly, he’s a distant relative of Gojo and might copy the methods of different Sorcerers, which has earned him a popularity as a reasonably highly effective Sorcerer in his personal proper.
Season three will choose up mainly proper the place the earlier season left off, with Yuta—who’s returning to Japan after being overseas for therefore lengthy—being tasked with killing Yuji following Sukuna’s rampage through the Shibuya Incident. But it surely’s not lengthy earlier than the duo and different surviving characters from the final season are pulled into the Culling Sport, a battle royale the place all gamers earn factors by killing different gamers utilizing jujutsu sorcery. It’s the sequence’ stab at a event arc, and like all spins on that shonen staple, it means quite a lot of new characters are going to be launched with their very own odd set of powers. The Culling Sport stands because the longest manga to date at 63 chapters, and it’s probably season three will probably be embody that and fold within the previous arcs for Itadori’s extermination and preparation for the Culling Sport to start with.
At time of writing, a launch window for Jujutsu Kaisen’s third season hasn’t been revealed. The primary two seasons and Kaisen 0 can be found in full over on Crunchryoll.
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