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koipalm · 2 years ago

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Yay! A fellow Mai Zenin Fan!

And I wholeheartedly agree! She was done so dirty with the whole death thing.

Not only did it basically says that Mai’s way of coping of not wanting to be strong and just wanting a normal life is wrong!

Like Hello?! Why is the narrative blaming Mai for how she copes?!

Not only that but they literally have her turned into a sword! The narrative literally Objectifies her!!!!!

GAHHHH..... AHHH..... H........ HHHH...... .H........ IT LITERALLY FUCKING OBJECTIFIESIT LITERALLY FUCJING OBJECTIFIESR HER I IDDNT EVEN FUCJING THINK OF THAN ANON I DIDN.T. I DODNT EVEN THINK OF THAT..... OHHHHHWW MAN....... OH MAN.... OH MAN

HHHH OKAY BUT IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT A LOT RIGHT LIKE. ive been debating with myself if the narrative condemns mai for her desire to not be a sorcerer right. because on one hand, her death is treated as an intense turning point and she's made out to be a martyr (reminding me of haibara) and in the end shes able to let go and encourage maki to keep moving forward in her own ideals.

HOWEVER. despite (im assuming here) maki wanting to change the jujutsu world like gojo so that sorcerers who dont want to fight can still live, and despite a great deal of blame being placed on the current jujutsu system.... it is still baked into the foundation of the world itself that mai would have to die in order for maki to reach her full potential. IT JUST FEELS.... redundant in a way, i guess? although this doesnt necessarily demean mai or her position, it still requires her sacrifice to the jujutsu world and the narrative. like in the end, if she left to be a normal human, by natural order of the world of jujutsu kaisen it would mean that she would be inhibiting her sisters progress.... and to be honest, im not sure that kind of mechanic helps the case. maybe if the whole 'twins' dynamic didn't exist the way it does in jjk it would be different, but at the moment, it feels like there is a lot piled up against her.... and im not saying it might be completely true, but it FEELS LIKE that since mai could not/didn't want to fight like the other sorcerers, she had to die to help them

#breathing. so so heavily rn #YOU DONT UNDERSTAND I HAD TO TAKE A SECOND WHEN I READ THAT #HOW DID I NOT NOTICE....#and there arent a lot of characters to compare her too either. geto went off the deep end with his ideology #of saving sorcerers from the hell of their world and their system #and nanami goes back and ultimately dies fighting a curse #NO. 1 MAI LIKER HERE BTW. I REALLY NEED TO DRAW HER #i have only drawn mai for that one chapter cover redraw #jujutsu kaisen #mai zenin #but ultimately. i think that gege really didnt do the best by her story #i might be biased i know but god it really feels like that #i wish she could have been able to challenge her fate instead #it would have been really interesting to me #i had this whole idea of her going to gojo and basically asking him to get her out #because of all people he had the money and the power to help her disappear #god and considering his past arc i think it would have been so impactful #because it meant that at the very least he saved that ONE sorcerer #from their fate #asks

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