#jjk chapter 198

[yazzydream]

I needed a list of all the times characters in jjk have lost a hand or arm. Pretty sure Gege has a thing for it.

Manga SPOILERS ahead.

Yuji - chapter 6. Starting alll the way back with our main hero. (+bonus fingertips of his other hand in chapter 7.) (temporary)

Geto - vol. 0, chapter 4. The OG of OGs. Can't believe I forgot. (temporary) (*edit 7/18/23: ty @mighty-meh)

Detention center Special Grade Curse - chapter 8. (temporary)

Mahito - chapter 22. ...Nearly. (temporary)

Hanami - chapter 52. Though we don't know it until chapter 53. (temporary)

Eso - chapter 61. (permanent)

Toji - chapter 75. (permanent)

Mahito - chapter 81. (temporary) (*edit 8/10/23)

Jogo - chapter 85. (temporary)

Jogo again - chapter 89. (temporary) (*edit 8/7/23)

Smallpox Hag - chapter 102. (temporary) (*edit 8/16/23)

Naobita - chapter 108. Though we don't know it until chapter 109. (permanent)

Jogo... again - chapter 112. (temporary) (*edit 8/9/23)

Jogo - chapter 115. (temporary) (*edit 8/9/23)

Nanami - chapter 120. Gege went through the trouble of adding his arm falling off for the tankobon release. (permanent) (*edit 8/19/23)

Todo - chapter 130. (permanent)

Inumaki - chapter 119. Though we don't find out until chapter 137. (permanent)

Kukuru Squad who led attack on Maki - chapter 150. (permanent)

Reggie Star - chapter 172. (permanent) (*edit 8/9/23)

Kurourushi - chapter 175. (temporary) (*edit 8/9/23)

Takako Uro - chapter 179. (permanent) (*edit 7/31/23: ty @mighty-meh)

Kurourushi - chapter 179. (permanent) (*edit 7/31/23: ty @mighty-meh)

Hakari - chapter 186. (temporary) (*edit 8/10/23)

Hakari - chapter 190. (temporary)

Hagane Daido - chapter 198. (unknown) (*edit 8/10/23)

Kenjaku - chapter 205. (temporary) (*edit 7/31/23)

Yuji - chapter 212. Just a pinky this time, but it's (permanent).

Hana - chapter 214. (permanent)

Sukuna - chapter 223. (temporary) (*edit 7/23/23)

Gojo - chapter 234. (temporary) (*edit 9/3/23)

Let me know if I've forgotten anyone else.

(Continued)

[aza-trash-can]

Hewooo!✨

I am still reading the jjk manga (i am like around chapter 160), but I wanted to ask you who your fav character and what your favorite ability is :]

*deep inhale*

GOJOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The way I saw this man and said "oh, problematic yet sympathetic person with serious trauma and mental issues? lemme make him my blorbo" is unreal

(Tied for second tho is Geto [i can't keep gojo from his bf even in my list of favourites], Yuuta, and Megumi, possibly also Shoko, Nanami, and Maki)

Favourite ability tho? God, idk, they're all really cool. I think Hakari's is by far the funniest and Gojo's is the coolest (I love the mixing of physics and magic systems). Honourable mentions go to Megumi for being able to basically have a pet dog whenever he wants, Todo for how surprisingly broken something called 'Boogie Woogie' is, and Yuji for 'haha get punched twice bitch'

I myself am on chapter 198, but I've had the entire thing spoiled for me (willingly, I need spoilers to get myself invested in something)(and leaks are tonight! I gotta fucking speed through the rest of this cause I want to at least read the last chapter when it officially releases on the site I read on, so I have only a couple weeks left)

[littledevilswaltz]

Just finished Chapter 198 and had to have someone else's opinion about Maki for the sake my sanity.

(Vague Spoilers)

Maki and Mai's resolution in chapter 149 and the immediate aftermath were MENTAL and after 198 really solidified Maki as my favourite character (rather passively I might add). Her development as a character and her twinship with Mai is really interesting to me because it reminds me of an inverse of the Red Oni, Blue Oni twinship of Dante & Vergil from Devil May Cry.

In Devil May Cry, Dante, our hero, is presented as the red oni, and Vergil our blue.

In JJK, Maki our hero, is the blue Oni (self motivated, cold/reserved, calculated), while Mai is the red (Driven by others, hot-headed). You can even swap out Mai for Toji and the dynamic still fits (even if Maki and Tojo never formally met).

I love simple foils like this because they have the potential for such layered characters and relationships. The pay off in 198 really snuck up on me, especially with how Maki carries Mai and Toji with her (metaphorically speaking) and so seeing someone else see stuff like that is always awesome. Thanks @linkspooky, just what I needed after reading 198.

Zenin Maki: Family or Strength

Zenin Maki is one of the most complex characters in the story of Jujutsu Kaisen, she’s also one whose motivations we know a great deal about already due to her being featured in the prequel, and her continued development in the main series. In her character she represents one of the main themes of the series, the conflict between defining yourself individually (by who you are and what standards you set) or by defining yourself by the people around you (conforming or going with the expectations of other people). Maki’s struggles to be an indivudual in a world that has already written her off as a failure is pretty central to the themes of the story. MORE UNDER THE CUT. 

Keep reading

[faenix-fire]

So with the new jujutsu Kaisen chapter 198. I'm realizing with Naoya's different forms his first wasn't a worm... He was sperm.

He was sperm and the big ass yarn ball that was exploded by Noritoshi was the egg.

Guys... We were calling him a worm when we could have been joking about this!

Please if I'm this stupid at not noticing something everyone else knew, clown me. If I'm not stupid, how did no one see this and why are we all this blind?

Why haven't I seen sperm memes!?

Make them. Now.

His full new life process is of being his own parent cells just to turn himself into a vagina with a womb for a physical soul expression. Please make these memes now 👏

[shipwreckd-0]

Maki being all badass and unhinged always makes me feel some type of way

[animebltches]

okay but the fact that toji died 12 years ago????? that’s fucking insane????? how has it been that long??? I have zero understanding of time in jjk :(

but maki is so fucking cool! I love her so much

[onebarofsoap]

congratulations to maki for winning everything in the world

[just-sp-in-inginthevoid]

Gojo fans:

Maki and/or Toji fans rn:

[psychewritesbs]

Chapter 198: Sakurajima Colony—JJK is about enlightened Buddhist Monks?; no JJK is about sexy shirtless men; Unpopular opinion: two wrongs don’t make a right; So is she going to kick Naoya’s ass after all?

Happy JJK-Sunday!

Am I the only one who had lost track of the chapter number?

Anyways... the art in this chapter was beautiful! My favorite panels below the cut.

JJK is about enlightened Buddhist Monks?

I’m really curious about the hand mudra Naoya is doing. I’m curious about its meaning... especially given the text in the panel:

Naoya’s persistence finally blooms

The actual name of his domain expansion sounds so symbolic too.

Also love the pupil behind Naoya. I’m not sure it means anything in the grander scheme of things, but, not only does it look artistically appealing, I also love the idea that there’s an all-seeing-eye in Naoya’s domain. There’s something so creepy and sinister about it.

Gege knows his cosmic horror!

Which kind of reminds me that when I first read this chapter the first thing that came to mind is that jjk feels like a story/metaphor about Buddhist Monks using their psychic powers to exorcise curses, and some of them achieve “enlightenment”--they transcend their ego minds.

Considering Heian saw the rise of two esoteric branches of Buddhism--Shingon and Tendai, I have to wonder which clans belonged to which school. I can’t help but wonder about the implications of men in positions of power utilizing their psychic abilities to control the masses.

No, JJK is about sexy shirtless men

Bahaha. 

Anyways. 

Beautiful panel! It was one of my favorites in the chapter. I love that Gege wants to drive home that Naoya is/was good-looking despite his rotten core. I also love that he morphed from that ugly cursed spirit shape into his human self at will. 

It goes back to the idea that he bloomed like a pretty little flower.

Which reminds me... is it possible to consider a problematic character to be interesting AND to know that he is, indeed, problematic?

Is it?

Ah, I hate the word problematic. It’s so short-sighted and it throws the baby out with the bathwater.

I’ll figure a better word to use next time.

Unpopular opinion: two wrongs don’t make a right

I get it.

I really do.

Mai and Maki had a fucked up upbringing. They were seen as nothing more than slaves.

Not to mention that the Zenin clan was the epitome of fucked-up-family-and-interpersonal-dynamics.com because of #the patriarchy.

But... unpopular opinion af: Two wrongs don’t make a right.

Maki destroying and murdering everyone in the Zenin clan was not a victory, it was a tragedy. 

I get the whole idea behind bringing down the patriarchy and it certainly makes a lot of sense but...

To me, the whole thing looks like it is a power up girl-boss moment, but in reality I have to wonder if it was more about Mai dragging Maki and the whole Zenin clan down with her.

Can I just say that the way I personally interpret the panel above is that Mai looked “evil” (for lack of a better word)?

That smug look on her face is so... self-affirming? Like she got exactly what she wanted from Maki.

And in order to understand why this panel felt “wrong” to me, I took a little trip down memory lane. More specifically chapters 42 and 149.

As per usual, Gege is able to deliver just the right amount of details to bring a character to life.

In Mai’s case, we learn that she’s weak-minded and has always resented Maki’s strength (more specifically her mental strength).

But I think the most important detail about Mai is that she is the kind of person who drags others down with her.

Since she is weak-minded, instead of seeking to grow to better herself (growth mindset), she seeks to bring others down to her level to feel better about herself.

Mai is truly the definition of a mean girl.

And I have to admit that I love Maki’s answer to Mai: 

In chapter 149 Mai tells Best Dad of the Year contender, Ougi (I think that’s her dad’s name), about her virtuous nature just as he is about to throw his daughters into a pit full of cursed spirits.

So yeah, this girl clearly isn’t interested in anyone’s well-being but her own.

Considering Maki’s personality is such a stark contrast to Mai’s, I wonder if this is part of the curse of being born a twin in the jjk-scheme of things. 

And that’s how we end up in that pit full of cursed spirits...

And how Mai, fully aware of the curse that it is to be born a twin, sacrifices herself “for Maki’s sake”. 

But is it really for Maki’s sake?

Or because she knows that the only way to drag everyone down with her is by having Maki avenge her since she’s weak and Maki is strong?

The problem is that in asking Maki to destroy everything, she’s also inadvertently dragging Maki down with her. 

Maki who only wanted to create a safe space for Mai in the Zenin clan went and destroyed everything because Mai left her with these last words--a curse?

And Maki obliges...

I know I am in the minority interpreting the events in this way, but this doesn’t make me happy for Maki and I have to wonder whether she feels the weight of the burden of what she did--she basically killed innocent women and children for Mai’s sake. 

EDIT: OK, after re-reading the appropriate panel, I am not sure that I can say with confidence that she killed “innocent” women and children. What I can say is that she killed upwards of 36 people that day. Gender and age are unconfirmed.

I know she wanted to create a safe space for Mai, but was this really the best way to go about it?

And all because Mai was a mean girl who couldn’t stand the thought of being left behind. Mai wanted nothing but to drag everyone down with her into the hell of her own creation.

Which is interesting given the innuendo about Naoya and Mai doing adult things together... like... you know... their taxes. 

I think it’s safe to assume that she was abused and that she was at a disadvantage in the dynamic with Naoya for multiple reasons, one of them being her gender and another her age. But Mai is such a toxic character that I would not be surprised to learn that she found some sort of twisted satisfaction in a toxic dynamic with a man like Naoya.

The parallels to Toji are also very interesting because even though Toji too was heartbroken and was abused by the Zenin, Toji chose not to destroy the clan even though he could have done it.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

Two wrongs don’t make a right is an interesting trope that is actually present as a theme in a lot of anime and manga. From Gundam to Attack on Titan, the trope usually finds a resolution somewhere in the middle, so I am curious to see how Gege will unravel this storyline.

So is she going to kick Naoya’s ass after all?

Another panel I loved!

Also, I know her hair is short because it was burned but... right now she has the same hairstyle as Mai. Symbolic much?

Ah! Anyways...

Credit where it’s due: @justafrenchlondoner​ is the one who’s been feeding me ideas about Maki’s tragedy. She’s also my voice of reason when I want to get annoyed because it feels predictable that Maki is going to defeat Naoya again. 

If anyone read this, thank you for reading and happy JJK-Sunday!

[fromyaritagua]

JJK chapter 198

[tempenensis]

About the "The only one I had" translation, I'm glad the translation for jjk0 movie is better than in the manga. Actually, the manga translation often make lots of mistakes like the scene with Maki and Mai in Chapter 198.

This is forgotten by now lol, but when the viz translation of jjk 0 came out, everyone was talking about how bad it is - it even reached the jpn side lol. I think they get better but sometimes, there's more to the context that also should be considered to make the translation better. But anyway this is a weekly release - so the translation must've been also a rush job since they release it at the same time as the jpn release

[unikittythings]

I'm back reading the jjk manga because everyone is screaming about chapter 199

But first chapter 198,because I haven't read it yet:

Ah yes, a new domain expansion and it's staring into your soul

I don't think that was a misfire 😬

So if you just copy him you're fine?

Surprise bitch 🔪

The Zen'ins were utter fools for casting out Toji and Maki

I love that Maki is so op in a lot of scenarios because she has no cursed energy and therefore that shit doesn't work on her

Chapter 199:

Don't whine around Noritoshi that bullshit didn't stop Maki so you can do it too

He has a BROTHER?!!

This is awkward (or it's just me reading the situation wrong)

Yuji are you pretending to be a rich man? 😆 🧖‍♂️

Interesting, they still have ice-cream. How nice

And Megumi is surrounded by airheads, but what's new?

Is this what I think it is?! 😮

Ok, it doesn't seem to be Sukuna but now we know that other curses can also be incarnated like this (or I'm just forgetful because it seems to be common knowledge)

I agree, that seems too easy

Ahhh, Sukuna, finally!!! (I knew he would show up this chapter, but it's been so long)

I guess chapter 200 is going to be interesting

[just-sp-in-inginthevoid]

[tempenensis]

Just a reminder that jjk is on break this week. Chapter 198 will be released next week