#懐玉・玉折

[gabbyp09]

[fushiglow]

mini soundtrack review!!

i was so worried about the music for season 2 of jjk after alisa okehazama and hiroaki tsutsumi left the team, but yoshimasa terui has really come into his own with the freedom to create a score that suits his style, rather than working around other people.

i feel like the music for season 2 brings us a lot closer to having a recognisable “sound” for jjk thanks to the unique instrumentation and strong use of motifs. i think yoshimasa terui’s energetic style really suits the modern setting with its “cool” characters, but he’s also great at switching it up when the scene calls for it — like the piano piece in hidden inventory, or the opening to the mechamaru fight which is a tip of the hat to 90s anime.

apart from megumi’s theme and nanami’s theme from the kyoto fight in jjk 0, i didn’t really like any of yoshimasa terui’s tracks before season 2, so i’m honestly shocked by how much i’m loving the music this season. i think he’ll probably become my favourite jjk composer overall by the end of season 2 — so wow, you showed me i guess!!

if you haven’t listened to the whole hidden inventory soundtrack, please do!! there are so many brilliant tracks that didn’t feature in the anime and it’s such a shame. the album really picks up from ‘searching for riko’ so start there if the tracks at the beginning put you off. my favourites in soundtrack order:

limitless cursed technique - such a dreamy track which sets the stage for gojo’s leitmotif to come round again and again throughout the soundtrack, representing all his highs and lows

prepare yourself - i adore the tasty rhythms and the polyphony and the delicious strings towards the end!!

if i am with you - no need to say anything at all 😭

no hesitation - this might be the best track on the whole soundtrack and it wasn’t used?! incredible guitar work and super satisfying syncopation

physical prowess - we only hear a tiny bit in the anime, but the beauty of this track is in hearing how all its different parts fit together as a whole. it’s a journey of rich textures!!

with rage - super atmospheric track that feels to me like the musical representation of the point “the strongest duo” fractures

delirious - use a good pair of headphones to get your world rocked!! so much to say about this track, but i’ll limit myself to gushing about how the distorted version of gojo’s leitmotif representing his mental state after his rebirth reminds me of how terui distorted megumi’s theme for “an unfair reality” in season 1 - simple but so effective!!

decision - seems like this was composed for the moment suguru decides his “true feelings��� so whyyyy wasn’t it used for that??? this piece literally sounds like suguru losing his grip on his sanity before the chaos in his mind is replaced by calm and quiet when he finally lands on his decision. the build up to the stuttering percussion that becomes his signature sound is so so good!!

anyway, that’s what was rattling around my brain this rainy tuesday morning. i wish there was more analysis of the jjk music online because there are tons of little clues woven into it, like how suguru’s leitmotif slowly warps into something unrecognisable over the course of the soundtrack. i’m from a musical background, but it’s not my day job so i’m not confident enough to do it myself.

i hope with the increase in popularity of the anime and the more cohesive soundtrack for season 2, someone will dig into it!!

[katamu63]

[shiina0417]

歌姫、泣いてる？

[anime-cafeteria]

呪術廻戦 懐玉・玉折 op

[maomaojinshi]

he way this scene singlehandedly caused a butterfly effect and is the sole reason why Everything is the way it is in the timeline is actually insane

#JujutsuKaisen    #jjks2 #呪術廻戦   

[attic07]

「呪術廻戦 懐玉・玉折」より五条悟と夏油傑のTENITOL 完成品フィギュアが登場します！　#shorts

[princemaru]

【呪術廻戦】 懐玉・玉折 Jujutsu Kaisen

五条悟 Gojo Satoru @princemaru

夏油傑 Geto Suguru @arisatounox

Photo @nanarijuice

[animepopheart]

★ 【aneunyeoja】 「 懐玉・玉折 」 ☆ ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me on twitter

[tempenensis]

Designs for other characters in season 2: 懐玉・玉折

[gabbyp09]

[arisatounox]

【呪術廻戦】 懐玉・玉折 Jujutsu Kaisen

Before my good will breaks down I should have told you everything 僕の善意が壊れてゆく前に 君に全部告げるべきだった

五条悟 Gojo Satoru @princemaru

夏油傑 Geto Suguru @arisatounox

[katamu63]

[jjkdaily]

「懐玉・玉折 2」

Blu-ray & DVD | key visual

[anime-cafeteria]

呪術廻戦 懐玉・玉折 ed

[akwertyy]

Why I like Satosugu [Part 3]

part 1

part 2

I like satosugu as a pair because of all of the juxtapositions, like Gojo's association with fiery yang energy compared to Geto's association with cool yin energy. They have a lot of of contrasting traits, from their cursed techniques to their demeanors (here's a twitter thread that talks about this more as part of a larger analysis of Geto's association with femininity).

Gojo came from one of the main three jujutsu sorcerer families, whereas Geto came from a mundane background. As Akutami was choosing their names, he wanted there to be a duo-like feel, even as he was creating a nuance of the former as a natural born genius and the second as a genius through effort.

When they were teenagers, their philosophies couldn't have been more different. Yet they spent their youth together. Played basketball, went to the arcade and got fast food after school. Fought back to back and walked side by side.

And then everything collapsed. Gojo unintentionally left Geto behind, who stewed in his own misery.

But even in this, they were a pair.

The Hidden Inventory • Premature Death Arc name comes from one interpretation of 懐玉•玉折 (the original JP name of the arc). Another interpretation, which is more accurate in my opinion, references two separate idioms about jades. 懐玉 (harbouring jade) comes from the full phrase "harbouring jade in hemp cloth" (likely where the hidden inventory name came from). This idiom can refer to a great talent concealed by a low-quality exterior.

玉折 (the jade breaks) is about how  "reaching beyond your means invites disaster," or the premature death of a brilliant individual. The first phrase is obviously about Gojo, while the second phrase describes Geto. (I referenced this reddit comment, which has further discussion on the nuances of 懐玉•玉折).

Another phrase involving jades that comes to mind: 双璧, which literally means twin jades, but can refer to a matchless pair, as in a pair of people who have no match except for each other. Before Gojo became enlightened, and before Geto crumbled, they were the strongest duo.