#i will talk about my rage on gojos death and how its handled in canon but that will be a much less classy post

[bothwolvesandgirls]

So i actually wanted to wait before talking about how i feel about the JJK ending in case my thoughts changed because i tend to have emotional, knee-jerk reactions.

After waiting a few days; I still hate the ending

spoilers under the thing

Im gonna be nice and start with what i liked.

I love that the kids are (relatively) fine. Im glad theyre happy. Im glad theyre alive. They deserve the world. I love them.

I actually really, really loved Sukunas ending. Its easily the best writing we got in these last five chapters.

....and thats about it.

And, if im being completely honesty, Sukuna and Uraume having such a well written end kind of pisses me off because like... so it was possible for everyone else too? All these characters could have had meaningful endings? It was possible all along?

Because these last five chapters have been rushed as fuck and everyone can tell the pacing has been all over the place. There is a reason that the Dream Theory became popular, you can only explain inconsistincies with dreams/hallucinations.

These characters, these teenagers, just got out of the most traumatic fight of their lives... and they just carry on? Why aren't they given a moment to reflect? And I mean beyond their battle strategies and what they could have done better.

Why did no one talk about Gojo? Other than talking about how it was all his fault? Why was his death not acknowledged? His students love him, we know they do, why would they not talk about it? He was cut in half, he almost won, they bet on Gojo. He died.

And no, i didnt want a ten-page funeral or anything, but zero acknowledgement??? We get a blink and miss grave moment for tsukimi, also badly handled btw, but Gojo gets nothing?

Yuta fucking wore Gojo's corpse. Its not mentioned.

What is the point of having Yuta become a "monster", to have him not let gojo be the only one, if its not at the very least talked about. Yuta loves Gojo, this was a horrible thing to do, he said so, but we dont get a moment other than a quick (weak) explanation on how he survived when we last saw him it was in Gojo's failing body, on the floor.

Nobara just might be the only character thats brought back to life as a shock value and I love her more than anything but what was the point beyond shock?

Megumi gets the absolute worst ending in my opinion. He doesnt progress. We are told over and over again he has insane potential, he can be incredible, he can do so much... but the writing never allows him to progress as a character. He ends where he starts.

Characters were killed off as shock value and then we find out, randomly, they didnt die actually. We learn about new shadow style lore when it adds absolutely nothing to the story in the final five chapters.

And I will say it, Yujo was nothing more than a shock value moment. It cant be anything more than a shock value moment when its not acknowledge as one. It was shocking, it was there for a little bit, and then it ended randomly.

some ppl are acting like ppl are angry at the ending because Gojo didnt come back but the ending would be just as rushed and bad if he had come back.

(and my very personal thoughts on Gojo is that it would have been cool if he did come back. I dont see how his story can complete when gojo doesnt progress as a person either. He saw himself as a weapon and he died as a weapon and he was used as a weapon. Wouldn't it have been more powerful for him to learn beyond that? For him to learn how to make human connections? for him to finally stop chasings geto's shadow? It would have been powerful if the strongest sorcerer of modern age came back without his six eyes but whatever, i digress)

Im not even going to get into all the plot points that are just left in air because i dont think i have the time for it.

And no, an ending doesnt have to have every single little thing be explained in it to be meaningful, it doesnt have to have everything you want in it to mean something, but this is clearly rushed and it upsets me because i love this story.

I love jjk, i love the world, i love these characters, i think its super cool and it love it. But now all i can think about is the rushed five-chapter end.

It doesnt even end the way it pretends it does! The ending makes you believe the cycle of abusing sorcerers is over, that sorcerers arent cogs in the machine, that the shady HQ people are dealt with... but students finished a mission (easily, sure), higuruma isnt charged and he guesses because higher ups did something about it, and these kid-soldiers arent given time to reflect about what happened and carry on.

We have a whole arc called "premature death" like this. The cycle doesnt end, no matter what the ending wants you to believe. As far as the story is concerned, its going the same way.

Hell, the finger is placed in the same place it was originally stolen from. (Im not angry at that, its cheesy but thats it)

Look i dont hate gege. I think he's terribly burnt out and i sympathize with him because we know how the manga industry works. I just wish this could have been handled differently.

So... no, its not The Worst ending of all times. Gege isnt some demon.

Its just... disappointing, i guess, that this is the ending such an incredible story got.