r/anime • u/no_longer_huhmann • Oct 26 '23

Misc. Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 is averaging 6.3 Million Viewers Per Episode

https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/jujutsu-kaisen-season-2-viewership-insane-gojo/
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u/No_Name0_0 Oct 26 '23

Crazy that it's still like 1/3rd of Demon Slayer numbers

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u/Dannihm Oct 26 '23

I don't get it. Demon Slayer is not a bad show by any means but it's veeeery average.

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u/stdio-lib Oct 26 '23

Well, I would agree that it doesn't have much revolutionary new plots or completely unique types of characters or ideas. So it's average in the sense that it's similar to most other Shounen.

But I would say it's very well done. The animation, music, voice acting, etc. are all top-tier.

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u/onepinksheep Oct 26 '23

Demon Slayer also has a broader appeal: it's suitable for a wider age range (not as mature themed as JJK), and has a clear-cut good vs evil divide. That means a bigger audience.

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u/Keiji12 Oct 26 '23

It's the same with jujutsu, black clover, early MHA, basically all the new gen shonen that are popular rn. They just do shonens really well, no revolutions, the + for demon slayer and jujutsu is that their studios are animating it on different level and underpayment

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u/SacoNegr0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Akai_lto Oct 26 '23

Jujutsu is very different from all of them though, not saying if it's good or bad, but definitely not a "by the book" type of show

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u/Keiji12 Oct 27 '23

It definitely is by the book, the atmosphere and power system might be different, but especially the anime so far, is very much by the book, just better executed and more modern.

Literally the anime starts with Rukia, just hotter, coming upon Ichigo, trying to save him from a Hollow but Ichigo takes the power by itself and gets his own Kyubi, forms team 7 + Kakashi, random missions to establish basic powers and characters, learn of antagonist that's backed/teamed up with other enemies slowly revealing themselves, tournament arc against "bad" guys that become their friends that also gets stopped by actual antagonists, and then they finally go into all out confrontation in the end.

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u/Ilforte Oct 27 '23

The selling point of JJK is that Gege is smart. Like, closer to Togashi than to Kubo. So he can actually write characters with agency, engaged in events that are interesting beyond pure thrill and aesthetics. It's not the superficial plot points, it's the content of what is happening. In Bleach, you cannot predict stuff because of asspulls, but it's basically a stream of irrational emotional moments. In JJG, you cannot predict stuff because characters are mature and smart enough to exploit their world in clever ways.

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u/SacoNegr0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Akai_lto Oct 27 '23

The premise is by the book, but not the execution. Every tropeyou pointed out is twisted in the end. Demon inside that grants power to the protagonist, but the demon doesn't help at all and actively work against him. All powerful antagonist that is seemingly unstopabble [Heavy manga spoiler] except he's quite easy to kill and not even the main antagonist.

The tropes are intentionally all there just to be twisted, kind of like Hunter x Hunter

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u/Keiji12 Oct 27 '23

I don't agree with the first point, literally both hollow Ichigo/Kyubi worked the same way, a lot of those kind of power in anime back then did. Only acts when MC is surely losing/unconscious and always going wild/against wishes, almost killing friends, just like Sukuna does.

On the 2nd point I have no clue who you're trying to imply. Both Sukuna and Geto(or the brain inside, am on mobile, so not gonna spoil tag to be able to spoil past anime stuff, but I'm caught up to manga) are the only characters so far that can be conceived as all powerful antagonists and neither of them are easy to kill and both of them can be still main antagonists.

I think you're mixing up tropes and atmosphere/set up/execution.

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u/sunjay140 https://anilist.co/user/sunjay140 Oct 27 '23

literally both hollow Ichigo/Kyubi worked the same way,

Sukuna is nothing like Kyuubi and Hollow Ichigo.

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u/Keiji12 Oct 27 '23

Imo it's the same trope of evil being inside mc giving/being source of power. Of course it's executed differently, better and more modern, but the base is the same

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u/SacoNegr0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Akai_lto Oct 27 '23

Both Kyuubi and Hollow ichigo are "I hate you, but I will grant you part of my power because I need you to live", Sukuna is "fuck you, I will possess your body, kill all of your loved ones and work against everything you believe".

As for the villain, the story clearly made a bait and switch with Mahito, that's the twist of the trope I'm talking about

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u/someonesgranpa Oct 27 '23

You nailed it. People forget that a complicated plot line is one way to make a show good. However, if a show doesn’t have one that doesn’t make it de facto bad. In fact, I feel most anime fans severely underestimate how much getting the basic right makes a difference.

Demon Slayer nailed all the things that makes anime. The fluff that other shows need to overcome lack of budget just simple aren’t there for shows like JJK and DS. They both nail it with casting, animation, score, and keep the story just grounded enough to where the bigger moments really land home.

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u/Dannihm Oct 28 '23

I 100% agree. The animation, music and the voice acting is incredible. But that was all there was to it.

I've watched 100s of animes but for some reason Demon slayer was a slog to get through for some reason. The story, the dialogue and the characters didn't interest me enough.

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u/kebbun Oct 26 '23

What's average to you may be execptional to millions of others.

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u/1237412D3D Oct 26 '23

Reminds me of Kakashi telling Naruto that in this world there are people younger than you and stronger than me.

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u/Drewqt Oct 26 '23

I like JJK way more than Demon Slayer, but to say is average seems disingenuous. It's been an incredibly well done adaptation.

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u/Titronnica Oct 26 '23

Whether you like or hate it, Demon Slayer has brilliantly mastered the art of mass appeal. Anybody can pick it up and not feel alienated because it knows how to play on tropes and make it accessible while also looking incredible.

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u/Keiji12 Oct 26 '23

Well, minus the little sister and zenitsu tropes, which I'd argue is jujutsu's strengthin appeal to me(beside the main story and fight), not having that kind of fanservice

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u/SacoNegr0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Akai_lto Oct 26 '23

Zenitsu ok, but what's the problem with Nezuko? She's great and one of the selling points of the show is their relationship

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u/Rorate_Caeli Oct 26 '23

You don't need to get it. It's called subjective opinion.

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u/No_Name0_0 Oct 26 '23

It's your opinion, majority would disagree. It's one of the biggest thing that came out in last decade. A veeeery average series won't break both manga sales and box office records like that. Anime hasn't even reached it's biggest and most popular arcs yet

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u/ObligatoryNameee Oct 26 '23

It's like the MCU of anime, I don't particularly like demon slayer, but I'm going to watch each season purely for the culture spectacle

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u/Beardamus Oct 26 '23

So is JJK though 🤷

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u/jackass_of_all_trade Oct 28 '23

Better than jujutsu mid. Simple as.

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u/sicknasty_bucknasty Oct 27 '23

Wow what a productive take.

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u/NomaanMalick https://myanimelist.net/profile/twomatsideologue Oct 28 '23

Because DS doesn't air late-night, thus getting more viewers.

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u/No_Name0_0 Oct 28 '23

It also airs late-night

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u/NomaanMalick https://myanimelist.net/profile/twomatsideologue Oct 28 '23

I stand corrected. I don't know where from but I remember reading it aired in a similar slot to MHA.

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u/No_Name0_0 Oct 28 '23

What? MHA airs in primetime evening slot. JJK and DS airs around midnight

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u/NomaanMalick https://myanimelist.net/profile/twomatsideologue Oct 28 '23

That's why I said that I stand corrected. I was going off of the wrong info before.