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呪術廻戦 [Jujutsu Kaisen] #22
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 22
To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural!
In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna’s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural!
A mysterious cursed spirit suddenly flies into Sakurajima Colony. It’s someone who became a curse after death and bears a grudge against Maki! The cursed spirit evolves with incredible speed from cursed womb to adult form and threatens to overcome Maki and Noritoshi. Just then, two other combatants join the battle…
In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna’s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural!
A mysterious cursed spirit suddenly flies into Sakurajima Colony. It’s someone who became a curse after death and bears a grudge against Maki! The cursed spirit evolves with incredible speed from cursed womb to adult form and threatens to overcome Maki and Noritoshi. Just then, two other combatants join the battle…
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 3, 2023
About the author
Gege Akutami
79 books3,062 followersGege Akutami 芥見下々 is a Japanese manga author, known for their work Jujutsu Kaisen.
The author does not show their face in public, and their gender is not disclosed.
They previously worked as assistant to mangaka Yasuhiro Kanō.
List of works (including one-shots not published indipendently yet):
2014:
Kamishiro Sōsa (神代捜査) on Shōnen Jump NEXT!! vol. 2 [debut work]
2015:
No.9 on Weekly Shōnen Jump 46-2015
2016:
Nikai Bongai Barabarujura (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) on Weekly Shōnen Jump 44-2016
2017:
Tōkyō toritsu jujutsu kōtō senmon gakkō (東京都立呪術高等専門学校) serialized on Jump GIGA (volume 1 to 4)
from 2018:
Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦) on Weekly Shōnen Jump
The author does not show their face in public, and their gender is not disclosed.
They previously worked as assistant to mangaka Yasuhiro Kanō.
List of works (including one-shots not published indipendently yet):
2014:
Kamishiro Sōsa (神代捜査) on Shōnen Jump NEXT!! vol. 2 [debut work]
2015:
No.9 on Weekly Shōnen Jump 46-2015
2016:
Nikai Bongai Barabarujura (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) on Weekly Shōnen Jump 44-2016
2017:
Tōkyō toritsu jujutsu kōtō senmon gakkō (東京都立呪術高等専門学校) serialized on Jump GIGA (volume 1 to 4)
from 2018:
Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦) on Weekly Shōnen Jump
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February 7, 2023
This cover! That's it. That's the review.
Lol no but the cover alone gets 5 stars along with side by side panels with get with Toji and Maki added in this volume. However Gege - there better be a point with throwing in all of these crazy new characters. I miss the gang! 😞 Overall 4 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟!
Lol no but the cover alone gets 5 stars along with side by side panels with get with Toji and Maki added in this volume. However Gege - there better be a point with throwing in all of these crazy new characters. I miss the gang! 😞 Overall 4 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟!
February 3, 2023
I see a lot of people criticising the sakurajima colony arc but I personally loved it.
It was really important for Maki to have the second phase of her 'transformation' understanding the capabilities of her new body and the fact that the heavenly restriction doesn't put her on par with other jujutsu sorcerers, she's in her own league and there are things only she can do.
A lot of people say things like 'This is just repetition Maki already got her power up' but that is NOT the point of this arc.
The perfect preparation arc was the physical part of the transformation (and it was a very traumatic experience for her) and this arc was more about giving her the space to understand her new body and have the shift in mindset that she needed to unlock her full potential.
This manga often emphasises how power isn't just about raw strength and talent but about the mindset. Like in sendai colony arc when Yuta is told he will reach his limit because he's too sweet and the ones that reach great power have an overwhelming sense of self. It's almost like only thing hindering Maki was her own mind and now she's free.
It was nice seeing her have mentor figures for once even if it was the random sumo and katana dudes. That also shows a shift in her mindset because she has never accepted help from anyone before and she needed it.
Toji was the first person she'd ever seen that was like her, when she saw Toji in Shibuya she finally had a role model, a level to aspire to. She's reached that level now but I personally think she will surpass Toji.
Also, I have to say I was very happy to see her beat up Naoya again. And I liked the Maki and Kamo team up that was really cool.
I am so happy that Maki finally got a cover as well the pinky promise with Mai in the corner is a beautiful detail!
It was really important for Maki to have the second phase of her 'transformation' understanding the capabilities of her new body and the fact that the heavenly restriction doesn't put her on par with other jujutsu sorcerers, she's in her own league and there are things only she can do.
A lot of people say things like 'This is just repetition Maki already got her power up' but that is NOT the point of this arc.
The perfect preparation arc was the physical part of the transformation (and it was a very traumatic experience for her) and this arc was more about giving her the space to understand her new body and have the shift in mindset that she needed to unlock her full potential.
This manga often emphasises how power isn't just about raw strength and talent but about the mindset. Like in sendai colony arc when Yuta is told he will reach his limit because he's too sweet and the ones that reach great power have an overwhelming sense of self. It's almost like only thing hindering Maki was her own mind and now she's free.
It was nice seeing her have mentor figures for once even if it was the random sumo and katana dudes. That also shows a shift in her mindset because she has never accepted help from anyone before and she needed it.
Toji was the first person she'd ever seen that was like her, when she saw Toji in Shibuya she finally had a role model, a level to aspire to. She's reached that level now but I personally think she will surpass Toji.
Also, I have to say I was very happy to see her beat up Naoya again. And I liked the Maki and Kamo team up that was really cool.
I am so happy that Maki finally got a cover as well the pinky promise with Mai in the corner is a beautiful detail!
August 25, 2022
nothing beats this stupid ass goofy manga series or the characters in it. i could go on forever and write the longest review but no amount of words can explain my love for it. crying and throwing up i miss nobara and nanami sm.
ALSO GEGE PLS STOP MAKING EVERYONE LOSE THEIR ARMS PLS PLEASEE
ALSO GEGE PLS STOP MAKING EVERYONE LOSE THEIR ARMS PLS PLEASEE
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January 26, 2024if maki has 1 million fans im one of them. if maki has 5 fans im one of them. if maki has 1 fan THAT'S ME. if maki has no fans then that means I'm dead.
February 3, 2023
Gege has finally blessed us with a Maki cover 🙏🛐
November 24, 2022
gege akutami im in your walls.
March 26, 2023
THIS IS SO FUCKING UNFAIR 😭
Megumi knew it right away when "everything" was going too well. And I fucking knew it when we suddenly transitioned back to Tokyo no.1 colony–I knew I had to prepare myself to something big about my two boys, Yuji and Megumi. God!! I'm so pissed off right now. This isn't how it should be Gege 😭 But, I'm just so fucking glad that no one died in this volume. I swear, I was sobbing earlier when Kamo got a flashback. I was so afraid he's going to die. Color me hysterical, but that's how Nanamin and Nobara died (although with Noba, it's still unofficial. RIGHT?!)
I swore I'd drop JJK right away if I saw Kamo fall cold and dead. But, let's thank Kappa and my old man Daido for helping and building ✨️Maki✨️ up in this volume. For real 😭 that was so satisfying even though my heart was crumbling for fear of losing either of them four.
I love it, Gege. Thank you 🥺
Megumi knew it right away when "everything" was going too well. And I fucking knew it when we suddenly transitioned back to Tokyo no.1 colony–I knew I had to prepare myself to something big about my two boys, Yuji and Megumi. God!! I'm so pissed off right now. This isn't how it should be Gege 😭 But, I'm just so fucking glad that no one died in this volume. I swear, I was sobbing earlier when Kamo got a flashback. I was so afraid he's going to die. Color me hysterical, but that's how Nanamin and Nobara died (although with Noba, it's still unofficial. RIGHT?!)
I swore I'd drop JJK right away if I saw Kamo fall cold and dead. But, let's thank Kappa and my old man Daido for helping and building ✨️Maki✨️ up in this volume. For real 😭 that was so satisfying even though my heart was crumbling for fear of losing either of them four.
I love it, Gege. Thank you 🥺
July 21, 2024
maki zen’in arc development is insane actually
February 9, 2023
4.5 stars.
Truly, Maki's volumes are the best.
Catching up with her after so long felt amazing and was really cool. The rapid evolution she has had is nothing but fascinating. Plus, the journey she undergoes here was well-deserved, interesting, if a bit convenient, and badass.
While other storylines feel a bit disconnected and convoluted at this point in the story, Maki's remains consistent and straightforward in a very refreshing way that I can't help but appreciate a lot. Time might have passed, but I feel like I always know where we stand when talking about her.
Getting Kamo as her companion in this arc was really cool. They make for surprisingly good contrast, aside from the fact that he is just one of my favorite characters.
Then we have the end of the volume, which is just as full of angst and twisted as I've come to expect from this manga. Dread is the one word that sums up my feelings about the whole thing, but that has been a constant for a long while now.
Without a doubt, this was one of my favorite recent volumes.
“There was no one Maki could call a teacher. It wasn’t that she refused one, or had grown too prideful to accept any. She had simply never considered growing stronger by relying upon someone else.”
Truly, Maki's volumes are the best.
Catching up with her after so long felt amazing and was really cool. The rapid evolution she has had is nothing but fascinating. Plus, the journey she undergoes here was well-deserved, interesting, if a bit convenient, and badass.
While other storylines feel a bit disconnected and convoluted at this point in the story, Maki's remains consistent and straightforward in a very refreshing way that I can't help but appreciate a lot. Time might have passed, but I feel like I always know where we stand when talking about her.
Getting Kamo as her companion in this arc was really cool. They make for surprisingly good contrast, aside from the fact that he is just one of my favorite characters.
Then we have the end of the volume, which is just as full of angst and twisted as I've come to expect from this manga. Dread is the one word that sums up my feelings about the whole thing, but that has been a constant for a long while now.
Without a doubt, this was one of my favorite recent volumes.
“From the moment you collide to the moment you get back in the Dohyo. It all flows into you. It’s as if you could smell the light, or as if you could see the sound. Everything about your opponent, everything about yourself. You can feel it all. And when that happens, the body right in front of your eyes no longer matters, and even winning or losing loses its meaning. That’s what the samurai meant. You could say it’s freedom. And all that is left is just to experience it with your own body.”
March 22, 2023
It got better by the last chapters, hope it leads to more Sukuna scenes and the the original main characters.
January 12, 2024
Don't waste your time
Someone please take away Gege Akutami's pen away. I had enough.🙏🏻 Need to heal from whatever that is happening.
Someone please take away Gege Akutami's pen away. I had enough.🙏🏻 Need to heal from whatever that is happening.
June 12, 2023
3.5 actually
i have a feeling it's going to keep getting better from here
i have a feeling it's going to keep getting better from here
February 4, 2023
MY WIFE IS ON THE COVER?! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
January 16, 2024
June 2023: Maki on the cover?! What a blessing.
January 2024: Every panel that compares Maki to Toji just goes so hard, I can't believe it.
January 2024: Every panel that compares Maki to Toji just goes so hard, I can't believe it.
March 7, 2024
I have an unhealthy obsession with these delightfully bizarre characters 🖤
April 11, 2023
Maki Zenin Supremacy 🛐🤲🏼✨
August 11, 2024
~post-read review~
may god bless the dinosaur that died to make the fossil fuel that was treated to become petrol in the car that took zen’in maki’s mom to the hospital to give birth to her
~pre-read review~
okay, i’ll say it. i miss old jjk.
may god bless the dinosaur that died to make the fossil fuel that was treated to become petrol in the car that took zen’in maki’s mom to the hospital to give birth to her
~pre-read review~
okay, i’ll say it. i miss old jjk.
March 3, 2024
Placeholder for the JJK manga up to chapter 251
So, I fell down the JJK rabbit hole once again after abandoning the manga for almost a year. I finally started watching season 2 last weekend after having no interest in it at all while it aired months ago, and I immediately got reminded of how much I liked the series up until the Culling Games arc started. Naturally, I binged the manga up to the current chapter. I still have no clue what's going on but I always liked JJK more for the vibes and characters than the plot anyways. I'm convinced though that Akutami hates every single of his characters (except for Sukuna) and by the end of the series, everyone will be dead or so miserable that it will come close to being dead.
So, I fell down the JJK rabbit hole once again after abandoning the manga for almost a year. I finally started watching season 2 last weekend after having no interest in it at all while it aired months ago, and I immediately got reminded of how much I liked the series up until the Culling Games arc started. Naturally, I binged the manga up to the current chapter. I still have no clue what's going on but I always liked JJK more for the vibes and characters than the plot anyways. I'm convinced though that Akutami hates every single of his characters (except for Sukuna) and by the end of the series, everyone will be dead or so miserable that it will come close to being dead.
February 21, 2023
Don’t you fucking dare gege
Update: he just dropped a bomb on our heads and it’s only going to get worse
Update: he just dropped a bomb on our heads and it’s only going to get worse
July 22, 2024
MAKI!!!!
October 13, 2022
یه اکانت توییتر هست که روزای مهر و موم شدن گوجو رو میشماره. الان بالای ۹۰۰ روزه (یعنی حدود سه ساله) که گوجو توی مانگا نیست، ولی توی مانگاه همهش دو هفتهست. ʕಠ_ಠʔ
# گوجو ساتورو را آزاد کنید :))
# یوجی ایتادوری کجاست؟
# گوجو ساتورو را آزاد کنید :))
# یوجی ایتادوری کجاست؟
June 24, 2024
i’ve been loving the comparisons between toji and maki, she’s such a cool character.
i wasn’t expecting to see naoya again, and definitely not looking like that…he came back just to be defeated by maki once again, like a loser.
also yuji “living it up” while megumi was knocked out? very funny, this was a fun read.
i wasn’t expecting to see naoya again, and definitely not looking like that…he came back just to be defeated by maki once again, like a loser.
also yuji “living it up” while megumi was knocked out? very funny, this was a fun read.
January 7, 2023
its becoming really hard to keep track of everything
July 9, 2023
- Tenemos un Flashback donde nos muestra un encuentro entre Kenjaku y Noritoshi, el cual le confiesa que corrompió los altos mandos para hacer que Yuta ejecutara a Itadori, y eliminó la orden de aniquilar a Geto, portador del cuerpo actual del Kenjaku. Le perdona la vida a Noritoshi, pero lo expulsa del clan.
- Se revela la identidad de la maldición de cayó del cielo, es Naoya, y busca a Maki para vengarse. Inesperado
- Naoya se convierte en útero maldito y evoluciona, y puede usar el conjuro que tenía antes de ser maldición.
La pelea se complica, ya que Maki es prioridad para el viaje de la extinción, por lo que Kamo quiere mantener a raya a Naoya para que Maki salga de la barrera
- Cuando Kamo estaba en las últimas, dos jugadores interrumpen la pelea para salvarlo de una muerte segura.
Ambos son personajes peculiares, uno está obsesionado con las katanas, y a pesar de que no puede ver maldiciones, es muy buen espadachín y logra cortar a Naoya. Otro es un tipo obsesionado con el sumo, y reta a Maki a un duelo de sumo, ella accede para entender que es lo que no está viendo
- Maki le da frente a Naoya, pero él al verse acorralado, no ve otra salida que hacer expansión territorial, donde atrapa a katana y a sumo, pero no a Maki, ya que, al no tener energía maldita, no la detecta como objetivo, y con la espada que le dio Mai, logra vencer a Naoya por segunda vez.
- Pasamos ahora con Ángel (Hana), que está con el acróbata (Takaba), Itadori y Megumi en un cuarto de hotel. Hana tiene como simbionte a “el ángel”, y les dice que les ayudará a deshacer el sello de Gojo, si le ayudan a matar al “ángel caído”, en ese momento, Sakuna habla con Itadori, y le confiesa que él es el ángel caído. Tremenda revelación.
- Se revela la identidad de la maldición de cayó del cielo, es Naoya, y busca a Maki para vengarse. Inesperado
- Naoya se convierte en útero maldito y evoluciona, y puede usar el conjuro que tenía antes de ser maldición.
La pelea se complica, ya que Maki es prioridad para el viaje de la extinción, por lo que Kamo quiere mantener a raya a Naoya para que Maki salga de la barrera
- Cuando Kamo estaba en las últimas, dos jugadores interrumpen la pelea para salvarlo de una muerte segura.
Ambos son personajes peculiares, uno está obsesionado con las katanas, y a pesar de que no puede ver maldiciones, es muy buen espadachín y logra cortar a Naoya. Otro es un tipo obsesionado con el sumo, y reta a Maki a un duelo de sumo, ella accede para entender que es lo que no está viendo
- Maki le da frente a Naoya, pero él al verse acorralado, no ve otra salida que hacer expansión territorial, donde atrapa a katana y a sumo, pero no a Maki, ya que, al no tener energía maldita, no la detecta como objetivo, y con la espada que le dio Mai, logra vencer a Naoya por segunda vez.
- Pasamos ahora con Ángel (Hana), que está con el acróbata (Takaba), Itadori y Megumi en un cuarto de hotel. Hana tiene como simbionte a “el ángel”, y les dice que les ayudará a deshacer el sello de Gojo, si le ayudan a matar al “ángel caído”, en ese momento, Sakuna habla con Itadori, y le confiesa que él es el ángel caído. Tremenda revelación.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 30, 2024
Maki es super badass, aunque no estoy segura de que me encante lo que sucedió aquí. Aunque me gusta Maki, no la considero una de las protas. Noritoshi también me gusta, pero, de nuevo, no es uno de los protas. Luego dos viejos random que se hubieran podido ahorrar. Lo de Naoya es un poco anticlimático, pero funciona en pro de seguir dándole el power up a Maki.
Ahora, si hay algo que salva este tomo es saber que el ángel quiere acabar con el caído y esa es su condición para ayudarles. Sabiendo que Sukuna está en el cuerpo de Yuuji si lo hacen bien y no se van por las nubes, como suelen hacerlo (bostezo, bostezo) el próximo tomo podría ser bastante interesante.
¡MAKI EN LA PORTADA!
¡¿Y DÓNDE DEMONIOS SIGUE MI NOVIO INUMAKI TOGE?! Aparece todo el mundo menos él *sob, sob*
Ahora, si hay algo que salva este tomo es saber que el ángel quiere acabar con el caído y esa es su condición para ayudarles. Sabiendo que Sukuna está en el cuerpo de Yuuji si lo hacen bien y no se van por las nubes, como suelen hacerlo (bostezo, bostezo) el próximo tomo podría ser bastante interesante.
¡MAKI EN LA PORTADA!
¡¿Y DÓNDE DEMONIOS SIGUE MI NOVIO INUMAKI TOGE?! Aparece todo el mundo menos él *sob, sob*
May 25, 2024
imagine hating women so bad you become their reproductive organs lmaooo and the way maki ended him TWICE that's my goat right there
February 3, 2023
update: 03 Feb 2023
OMG FINALLY WE GOT MAKI COVER!!! AND MAI'S HAND TRYING TO PINKY PROMISE HER?!! 😭😭 exactly what i needed after seeing this week leaks 😮💨🤧
OMG FINALLY WE GOT MAKI COVER!!! AND MAI'S HAND TRYING TO PINKY PROMISE HER?!! 😭😭 exactly what i needed after seeing this week leaks 😮💨🤧
May 27, 2023
El regreso de Naoya es hasta cómico, igual que ver a Itadori de postureo con una bata y una copa de vino. Sinceramente, solo apruebo el tomo por la aparición del final de Sukuna.
July 20, 2024
Maki made this entire volume. I am loving her growth and new confidence. She is the epitome of feminine rage and I love her sm. I just want all of my faves back together. Could you imagine Maki with Yuji and Megumi rn? Please, iconic trio right there. 😍
February 4, 2023
i was gonna start committing crimes if i didnt see yuji and megumi soon but even choso was there for a sec (i think?) :'''
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