#if akutami’s art has no fans i am dead

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

jjk ch. 262.5 spoilers under the cut !!

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!

not that much to say overall; i’m really hyped that inumaki is finally getting his chance to shine, and the final panel is just . so hype????

GORGEOUS . WHAT THE FUCK. akutami’s art my belovedest ever ever ever i do also want to shout out gojo’s undercut…. hi there king <3333

obviously i’m nervous about the aftermath of this. but i do genuinely think it’s about to be sukover very soon . i’m still hoping wishing praying that gojo will return but it’s starting to seem unlikely huh? i’ll still stay a believer until the last page but… at this rate i think it’s probably better to assume he’ll get one more airport scene where he properly says goodbye to everyone . (if he doesn’t i willlll have a bone to pick with my dearest mangaka because that’s a little unfulfilling imo and i’m saying that as someone who loved both 236 and 261)….

anyway . onto the most important matters!!!! gojo crumbs :3333 omnomnomnom……..

i love how you can TELL that it’s yuuta. i love it so much. akutami is so wonderful when it comes to drawing expressions and letting a character’s personality shine through their face so it’s like… almost kind of funny to see gojo with yuuta’s anxious face scrunches LMAO. i’m really grateful that we got to see a truly panicked “ohhh fuck” gojo because as far as i remember we really haven’t seen him make this kind of expression before 😭 also am i crazy or did yuuta give gojo the most dainty lashes he’s had yet because wtf….

ALSOOOOO . THIS. KILL ME

i have a lotttttt of yuuta/gojo thoughts that i’ve prepared for the 261 metapost that i’ll probably never finish but like . oughhh. he understands him and sympathizes with him more than anyone. i really adore this post-death exploration of gojo’s loneliness because it makes everything feel that much more tragic……. i also think you’re a little insane if you think akutami genuinely hates gojo because he writes him with more care than ANY other character in the story .

i really hope that we’ll get to see more of gojo’s memories through yuuta’s eyes (maybe hopefully something with geto wink wink nudge nudge)…..

BUT OK I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST . THIS PANEL :(((((((((((( OHHHHHH MY GOOD I’M GONNA WEEP???????

I’LL CRY . I’LL CRYYYY . I LOVE GRUMPY HOODIE WEARING GOJO!!!!! icl this is one of my favorite gojos yet…… grumpy ass man……. be nice to your students……… 🤨 i love his dynamic with the second years so much because they really are like rebellious kids while he’s the reluctant stepdad LMAO. and i loveee the protective huddling of yuuta they’re so CUTE……….. gojo sticking his tongue out…………. i love this more than words can express :’3 AND I LOVE HOW GOJO IS MORE STRICT WITH YUUTA . because he places so much faith in him and his abilities . he has such high expectations of him. i think that’s also part of why yuuta took the plunge with his corpse .

anyway anywayyy !!!! very good chap :3 i’m excited to see where this goes + still salty that kenny is dead 😔 sukuna mentioned them this chapter and my knees buckled like a widow hearing her beloved husband’s name for the first time in years

[shipforshippers]

Evening Festival: JJK : Silence before Strom!

Am I writing this little too late? Yes! Am I writing this because I find Muta hot? Yes! Am I writing this because I need to scream into the void? Yes! Am I writing this because I simp for Miwa? Yes! Yes! Yes! and Yes! So without further ado...

Gege Akutami does this thing where he will put a short few chapters' arcs in between mammoth arcs as a breather, which I appreciate! We will need this silence before the storm that is Shibuya Incident. Not to misunderstand, this silence comes with its own squall! Between Hidden Inventory and Shibuya Incident, there is this arc, the Evening Festival Arc!

We get to see Mechamaru shine bright in this arc. Kokichi Muta, that is the name of Ultimate Mechamaru's human(form?). And Muta actually gets to harm Mahito substantially. But he is a mole at the end of the day. However, he is more like a double agent (that will come to play a role in Shibuya Incident).

To his credit, Muta does try to contact Gojo, so Muta was not totally a villain. He was playing double agents, just like Snape. What is it with double agents, they always die for their love interest without confessing? Why? And they leave us with an unresolved storyline. Then, we fans have to go to create an alternate timeline for them, why? Why authors, you do that? Sorry for that small rant but I have to say that.

Evening Festival arc is small only of 3 chapters (Chapter 80 - 82). Because there are so few chapters in this arc there is not much for me to point out. However, there are important things that I want to point out.

And with Chapter 80 we kick into action, the reading of this chapter is quite fluent. I don't know how to put it into words. but to put it frankly, it was easy for me to read action scenes in this chapter. With Gege Akutami's art, it gets hard for me to read his action scenes but this beginning was early perfect!

And I find 'Tuna' Mahito funny! I don't know why don't ask me why I just find it funny! That's it!

So there is my favorite writer (Javed Akthar), he was talking about Mr. India (a great movie, you should check out), and he said that a writer has to be a cruel human. He basically said to serve the story a writer has to take harsh steps aka killing characters so it would move the storyline forward! And my dear god, does Gege do that so fucking well!!!!!

Gege killing Mechamaru in this arc has a direct impact on the "Shibuya Incident" arc and but also in the future "The Culling game" arc. And not just simple moving pawn in grand scheme things but they have a major impact on our main characters.

Giving a glimpse of hope and immediately taking that away, it is now has become the specialty of Gege Akutami! Miwa talking about the possibility of meeting Muta in human form (the way Muta wanted) and we cut to Muta dead and bloodied. Why? that was as heart-wrenching as Rika's death. That scene right there the remainder of 'writer has to be a cruel human.' things. Gege Akutami is absolutely a cruel writer. He does deliver something as sweet as Miwa, with her pure wish to meet her friend and in the next panel, we get to see that exact same Muta bloodied and dead. Tell me that is not a definition of cruelty.

If you have come this far then thank you!