#jujutsu kaisen ch 187

[cinderella-ish]

JuJutsu Kaisen Story Structure: Prologue

To get ready for my series on JuJutsu Kaisen's story structure, I want to establish some basics.

First of all, I'll be using three-act structure as the primary basis of my analysis, but I might also look at some other formats, like Blake Snyder's Save the Cat, Dan Harmon's Story Circle, Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, Freytag's Pyramid, Kishotenketsu, and some others.

Second, it's important to know that the three acts of three-act structure are not of equal length. The first and third acts are 25% each, and the second act is the middle 50% of the story. For this reason, I'll be breaking the story down into quarters like so:

Act I

Act IIa

Act IIb

Act III

Last, timing obviously plays a big role in three-act structure! I don't want to talk about certain plot points until I've established where they fall in three-act structure, and what's *actually* there in JuJutsu Kaisen. To that end, here's a list of story arcs in JJK, and the chapters where they fall:

Fearsome Womb arc: chapters 1-18

vs. Mahito arc: chapters 19-31

Kyoto Goodwill Event arc: chapters 32-54

Death Painting arc: chapters 55-64

Gojo's Past arc: chapters 65-79

Shibuya Incident arc: chapters 79-136

Itadori's Extermination arc: chapters 137-143

Perfect Preparation arc: chapters 144-158

Culling Game arc: chapters 159-221

Shinjuku Showdown arc: chapters 222-271

Now, here is a list of major plot beats in three-act structure, and the point at which they typically fall in a story:

Hook: at the very beginning

Inciting event: 12%

First plot point: 25%

First pinch point: 37%

Midpoint: 50%

Second pinch point: 62%

Third plot point: 75%

Beginning of climax: 88%

Resolution: 98%

Note: because the midpoint is the second plot point, the next one is called the third plot point.

With all that in mind, here's approximately where each of these plot points should happen in the chapter count:

Hook: chapter 1 (beginning of Fearsome Womb arc)

Inciting event: chapter 34 (near beginning of Kyoto Goodwill Event arc)

First plot point: chapter 68 (near beginning of Gojo's Past arc)

First pinch point: chapter 102 (mid-Shibuya Incident arc)

Midpoint: chapter 136 (end of Shibuya Incident arc)

Second pinch point: chapter 170 (early in Culling Game arc)

Third plot point: chapter 204 (about two-thirds of the way through the Culling Game arc)

Beginning of climax: chapter 238 (early-ish in Shinjuku Showdown arc)

Resolution: not more than the last 5 or so chapters (end of Shinjuku Showdown arc)

I think this is fairly accurate, though there are some points that I think are slightly off; for example, I think it's more likely that the first plot point occurs before Gojo's Past arc, and that Gojo's Past begins the second act.

So, for the purpose of this series, I'll be analyzing the four quarters as follows:

Act I: Fearsome Womb, vs. Mahito, Kyoto Goodwill, and Death Painting arcs

Act IIa: Gojo's Past and Shibuya Incident arcs

Act IIb: Itadori's Extermination and Perfect Preparation arcs plus part of the Culling Game arc

Act III: remainder of the Culling Game arc and Shinjuku Showdown arc

Read below the cut for the approximate timings for the other plot structures I mentioned:

Save the Cat

Opening image: ch 1

Theme stated: ch 12

Set up: ch 4-27

Catalyst: ch 29

Debate: ch 32-59

Break into 2: ch 61

B story: ch 73

Fun and games: ch 64-133

Midpoint: ch 135

Bad guys close in: ch 137-182

All is lost: ch 184

Dark night of the soul: ch 187-206

Break into 3: ch 209

Finale: ch 211-268

Final image: ch 271

Harmon Story Circle

You: the protagonist is in a zone of comfort (ch 1-34)

Need: the protagonist wants something (ch 41)

Go: the protagonist enters an unfamiliar setting (ch 68)

Search: the protagonist must adapt to the unfamiliar world (ch. 82)

Find: the protagonist finds what they wanted (ch 136)

Take: the protagonist must pay the price for what they found (ch 176-203)

Return: the protagonist returns to where they started (ch 204)

Change: the character is able to shift the world around them (ch 230-236)

The Hero's Journey

Ordinary World (ch 1)

Call to Adventure

Refusal of the Call

Meeting the Mentor

Crossing the First Threshold (ch 68)

Tests, Allies, Enemies

Approach to the Inmost Cave

Ordeal (ch 136)

Seizing the Sword

The Road Back (ch 204)

Resurrection

Return with the Elixir

Kishotenketsu

Ki: Introduction (ch 1-41)

Sho: Development (ch 42-170)

Ten: Twist (ch 171-243)

Ketsu: Conclusion (ch 244-271)

Freytag's Pyramid (will be using specifically to analyze Gojo's Past arc)

Introduction (ch 65)

Rising Action

Climax (ch 72)

Falling Action

Catastrophe (ch 78)

All Structures Plotted Together:

Hook, Opening Image, You, Ordinary World, Ki begins (ch 1)

Set up begins (ch 4)

Theme stated (12)

Catalyst, Call to Adventure (ch 29)

Debate, Refusal of the Call (ch 32)

Inciting Event (ch 34)

Need, Meeting the Mentor (ch 41)

Sho begins (ch 42)

Break into 2 (ch 61)

Fun and Games (ch 64)

First Plot Point, Crossing the First Threshold, Go (ch 68)

B story (ch 73)

Search, Tests, Allies, Enemies (ch 82)

First Pinch Point, Approach to the Inmost Cave (ch 102)

Midpoint, Find, Ordeal (ch 135-136)

Bad guys close in (ch 137)

Second Pinch Point (ch 170)

Ten begins (ch 171)

Take, Seizing the Sword (ch 176)

All is Lost (ch 184)

Dark Night of the Soul (ch 187)

Third Plot Point, Return, The Road Back (ch 204)

Break into 3 (ch 209)

Finale (ch 211)

Change (ch 230)

Climax, Resurrection (ch 238)

Ketsu begins (ch 244)

Resolution, Return with Elixir (ch 266)

Final image (ch 271)

Note that these timings are all approximate! Upon analysis, they may shift but only slightly.

[somegirlsnerdywords2]

Updated Manga List: March 2024

Men of the Harem: Season 2, Ep. 142-146 added since March 1st

For My Derelict Favorite: Season 2, Ep. 62-66 added since March 1st

The Remarried Empress: Season 3, Ep. 164-168 added since March 2nd

I'm the Queen in This Life: Ep. 71-74 added since March 3rd

Tower of God: Season 3, Ep. 184-187 added since March 3rd

Jujutsu Kaisen: Ch. 252-255 added since March 3rd

Morgana and Oz: Season 2, Ep. 64-66 added since March 3rd

The Last Bloodline: Ep. 66 (Season 1 Finale) added March 4th

Akatsuki no Yona: Ch. 255 added March 4th

Bread & Butter: Ch. 20 added March 7th

Boku no Hero Academia: Ch. 416-418 added since March 10th

Hotaru no Yomeiri: Ch. 33 & 34 added since March 14th

19 Days: Ch. 439 & 440 added since March 15th

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun: Ch. 112 added March 18th

[littleholmes]

Yuji’s grandpa and this man who was talking to Kenjaku and says he can fight Sukuna…Normally I’d do a long analysis/theory post, but it’s been a long week so I’m just going to leave this here and say this:

Back in the middle of the Shibuya arc, we got a flashback of Kenjaku holding baby Yuji and a moment when KJ thanked Yuji’s old friends. Then way back at the beginning of this series Yuji’s grandpa tried to tell him something about his parents on his deathbed. Yuji happens to be a decent vessel for Sukuna, this man says he can take out Sukuna, and Kenjaku is chatting with this man and they appear to be on friendly terms. Idk, take all of this and do with it as you will, but the moment I saw this old man I thought he either is, or at least could be, part of Yuji’s lineage.

I’m looking forward to the next chapter and hopefully getting more backstory because Kenjaku and those they keep company with keep getting more interesting

[blog-of-hubris]

Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 187 - The Battle Junkie Collision

“One of those chapters that remind you why Gege is so awesome..”

Legitimately I am always floored when Gege decides to go all in on a fight and not because of the typical “meathead” - for lack of better term- reasoning. This chapter was Gege showing off his ability to complicate his power system , within the battle without it feeling a forced moment of complexity to the power scaling (i.e Kashimo’s cursed energy having electrical properties). Don’t get me wrong, I hate power scaling - with a burning passion, like Jogo’s meteor burning. 

However, this is a battle shonen and a top tier battle shonen will always have power scaling at its core. The very fundamental of it derives from a character (usually) trying to attain a goal that requires them be powerful, the strongest even. Jujutsu Kaisen is no exception- if anything it is an example of how the power scaling leads to such intriguing discussion, which sometimes cannot be fully explored without involving (accurate) lore; void of headcanon or bias. I say all that to say that the culling game has taken jujutsu kaisen to the core of this concept, making the fights we see become a form of character development, (the real meaning of development, as in learning about a character and how they tick - not character growth which is the evolution of a character’s mental disposition, actions etc) - while also entertaining the reader, even causing some to miss those little details that make jjk characters so good, but more on that in later sections.

Basically this chapter, without a doubt was one of those chapters that remind you why gege is so awesome, the sheer amount of raw action with meaningful nuance fuels this manga. The narration that Kashimo received the information for Hakari’s domain faster than he could activate Hollow Wicker basket, as well as the information that his activation is even faster than Mahito’s in Shibuya - it puts a lot of things into perspective. First - the fact that this version of simple domain was confirmed to be able to be used by Reggie and Kashimo has me wondering what exactly caused the creation of simple domain. Since Hollow Wicker Basket is a prototype or original form of simple domain, it really makes me want to see how Simple Domain’s founder (forgot his name too lazy to look up) created it and why he felt it had to be kept within his own clan. 

See? I’m talking about an entirely different lore piece and that all came from Gege simply adding that narration - and not to mention the confirmation of Hakari’s activation speed.. absolutely insane on top of his other buffs.. I get why Yuta said what he said! 

“To Kill an Immortal is to be...”

I love Kashimo for the simple fact that he reminds me of a story about a man who wants to become God. It sounds like I’m making a Black Star reference now that I think about it, but really thats the exact vibe I get from Kashimo. He’s talented, ruthless and clearly gifted with his cursed energy property - however what really grips me about Kashimo is his ruthless fighting style combined with his confidence. He's a scary guy, in a way that I think even Gojo would appreciate (even though he’d get obliterated by Gojo and would do so happily). I think thats what makes post gojo sealing such a phenomenal “era” for this manga, it makes characters like Kashimo feel more like a threat because we know Gojo can’t just come and show him up or guide the students to win.

It was perfect to use Charles as a means to introduce Hakari’s technique/domain then transitioning to the action packed fight - skipping out on the needed explanation for a complex ability like Hakari’s. Its really fucking cool how Gege does that so seamlessly.. I know some people hate to hear it but Gege really took Togashi’s writing style and ran with it. I love it though, he gave it his own modern and more meathead spin while keeping the core of the writing there and thats impressive. 

Back to Kashimo, he really was a warrior in his day and we didn’t need to see the scene at the end of the chapter to know that. The fact he is completely unphased by this powered up Hakari is WILD. He is going toe to toe with him no problem, and in my opinion has the upper hand. The only thing (it looks like) Hakari has going for him is the immortality - but apparently that doesn't mean anything to our lightning man cause he wants to kill an immortal. To me, to kill an immortal is to be a God, thats why I get the vibe that Kashimo is really chasing God-hood. Do I mean that in a literal sense.. sure(?), but really I mean it in the spiritual sense. We know that back in the day jujutsu sorcerers were a lot more connected to the spiritual aspects of cursed energy. Just the idea of them accepting their souls being brought back hundreds of years later requires a level of spiritual awareness that I think modern sorcerers lack a bit - but to me that means Kashimo is fighting so hard because is in his spirit, he has the soul of a warrior so he consistently stayed in battle, always fighting until his body couldn’t keep up anymore. I’m head canon ranting I know, but seeing old man Kashimo really honed in to me that these sorcerers who come back are (probably) chasing after a spiritual fulfillment. I may do a different Meta on that entirely but to me Kashimo is chasing Godhood, as Ryu was chasing “fulfillment “ and Uro chasing “Recognition”. Not to mention chasing after the “King of Curses” to fight and prove who is stronger just sounds like a story out of a folk tale or mythological story of a man chasing “God”. Could be just me though-

The only thing that can confirm my head canon would be more insight on Kashimo as he is fighting Hakari, or a small flashback at the end of the battle, maybe even both. I will say, I am nervous for Hakari a bit!! (but then again not really).

“Hakari is a violent manga fan..” 

All of Gojo’s students are crazy. Inumkai might be the only sane one. Maki committed genocide (in self defense, thats important), Panda is a comical Panda with multiple souls, Yuji is Yuji (need we say more?), Megumi is a psycho- the best kind of psycho, Yuta is a psychotic romantic, and Hakari is a violent manga-head. I love every single one of them and I just need one arc with them all together under Gojo.. please Gege.. I'm begging.. pleading.. I’ll pay--!!!

I mean really though, Hakari’s whole approach to fighting being based around using his luck in a skillful manner, then getting on a jackpot roll then becoming immortal while a song plays for 4 minutes and 11 seconds is hilarious. However, what it is more than hilarious is intriguing. One thing I feel like I haven’t seen anyone talk about is the core to jujutsu kaisen and thats the soul, body and cursed techniques. That has been the key things that have kept this series so interesting and adding twists and turns to what we know about the world. What I mean by saying this is that I feel like people haven’t discussed how insane it is that Hakari’s technique is a romcom manga that exists in real life combined with a pachinko game. His technique revolves around his domain activation just like Higaruma (also, notice how gege introduced the concept of rule-type domain expansions, then introduces higaruma, then shows us hakari’s domain - a character who could do it before the culling game unlike higaruma) and as explained with Higaruma he learned the concept of domain expansion and how it works due to his technique. It wouldn’t be far fetched to assume Hakari was the same! 

Lets take it one step further - we know that Higaruma’s technique revolved around the motif of a suspect, judge, lawyer and executioner. This was obviously to play on his personality and occupation as a lawyer so what does it say about Hakari whose domain is a pachinko game using a romance manga as the motif? I’ll let you come up with your own personal conclusions on that but I will say, to me it makes him fucking awesome. He’s a cultured dude bro. Hakari is a warrior, he loves battle but also he’s a softy for love and romance to a large enough degree that its engrained in his body & soul, and I say that because of what Mahito and Kenjaku showed us about the body, soul and cursed techniques. Hakari is really special.. he’s a gambling addicted manga fan who likes violence at his core. I love him and seeing him confidently go at Kashimo gave me CHILLS. I hope he shows out in the next chapter , but who knows how long Gege wants this fight to last. I do hope we get to see a lot more of the action break down in the paneling like we did for this chapter, it was really cool and seeing the shirtless Hakari panel breaks were the best part. Dude is just Todo x5. 

“Kenny is the cockiest bastard..”

I aspire to be the level of confident Kenjaku is. I mean truly Kenny is the cockiest bastard on earth, I think he rivals Sukuna in that regard honestly. Having the confidence to jump multiple eras and change bodies, tap into different souls and personalities, Kenjaku really is doing his absolute to accomplish his goal. He casually approached Kashimo who had just finished slaughtering people, and calmly shrugs off a taunt from Kashimo. He really is confident in himself, what if Kashimo just attacked? Kenjaku claimed the body he had wasn’t built for fighting, so what does that mean?? He is clearly a powerful barrier user, so why pick a body he couldn’t utilize his strength? A lot of questions I have for him and his motives. 

 What also stood out to me is the similarity with all the people Kenjaku has taken over. I might be over analyzing (per usual) but hasn't all of Kenjaku’s bodies shared the same features? Aside from just the black hair, its something about all of them that seem very very similar, kind of like victimology in profiling. What is it about the victims that caused the suspect to attack them? I feel like there is a profile to be dissected through Kenjaku’s choices for hosts as well has his movements throughout the series - can you tell I been binging Criminal Minds? Seriously though, Kenjaku seems to be showing his true nature through the scenes Gege has been choosing to show us since Shibuya ended, and I love every second of it. Give me more Gege, expose the crevices of Kenny’s mind bit by bit until his real backstory comes to life. 

Random thought i had while typing - since Kenjaku has been around so long its like he is the direct foil to Tengen who was hiding and living “immortal” while Kenjaku was on the other side of the fence living for years “immortal” by jumping bodies and searching for his “truth” - the “potential” of cursed energy. Kenjaku is for sure a very very interesting character and I can’t wait to see more.

“A true Jujutsu Sorcerer ..”

I just want to point out that Kenjaku said Ryu had the most output of cursed energy during Kashimo’s era and we just seen Yuta take him head on.. with two other enemies at once and defeating someone they couldn't beat prior.. he’s a menace. A true jujutsu sorcerer.. and so is Kashimo, but maybe even more so because he has no care for others, only what he is interested in. He only cares about getting stronger and facing off against the strongest - im assuming because he simply loves the thrill of battle. This to me exemplifies what Uro was talking about to Yuta in regards to the strongest sorcerers being like calamities. That was what Uro witnessed, and Kashimo fits that perfectly. And honestly.. so does Hakari! Thats what makes this such an amazing match up because we are seeing true jujutsu sorcery! These battle junkies are going all out to wipe each other out and its that wild battle style that makes jujutsu Kaisen my favorite battle manga to follow fight wise (aside from hxh), 

We’ll see how this battle unfolds but no matter what happens you can tell it will take both them to go all out and have no regrets to come out on top! 

FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB FIGHT CLUB!

[madarathediva]

jjk ch187 :

[milaghoul]

[psychewritesbs]

Chapter 187: Tokyo No. 2 Colony, pt. 6 - The first rule of Fight Club is...

I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God dammit, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables. Slaves with white collars.

Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes. Working jobs we hate so that we can buy shit we don’t need. 

We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War, no Great Depression.

Our Great War is a spiritual war.

Our Great Depression is our lives.

We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we will be millionaires and movie Gods and rockstars. 

But we won’t. We’re slowly learning that fact. 

And we’re very, very pissed off.

First rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.

- Tyler Durden

Happy JJK Sunday!

So much adulting to do but like... fck yeah Tyler Durden Kin-chan!

Also, I don’t know if that quote has anything to do with what Gege is trying to convey but... what a great quote bahaha.

Let’s just say that I love that Gege is still writing about existentialism in this battle. 

But, above all, I love that he’s using Chuck Palahniuk’s brand of testosterone-driven existentialism. The kind that can only be experienced when you are fully in your body, feeling so alive that you can’t possibly keep your shirt on.

But like... why would you when you look this good?

And while I am loving the fan service mostly because I find it amusing that Gege looks like he’s enjoying himself drawing Hakari...

Above all, I can’t ignore that Hakari is carnal af.

He feels to me like someone that feels alive most when he’s turned on--and I don’t necessarily mean sexually (although there is something to be said of it). But rather, the rawness of being an emotional being and feeling alive in the moment.

And like... Ohlala, so much masculinity on display! 

Unlike Fight Club’s unreliable narrator and just like Tyler Durden, Hakari does not need the Ikea catalog to feel alive not me regretting buying all of that Ikea furniture that owns me and is sitting in a storage unit collecting dust. He’s turned his back on the established order and it’s rigid rules. 

Also, I am going to laugh if Hakari has been funding his Fight Club by selling soap to the shop where Panda, Maki, Inumaki and Yuta got part time jobs from that one bonus chapter.

As for Kashimo?

Pshhhh!

Another nut who validates and invigorates his existence through high stakes battles.

Why are they so cool tho?!

I don’t know about all y’all but I’m excited because they’re excited.

Kenny and Kashimo

So we get to see everyone’s favorite intergenerational body-hopping brain again. And to me, the most outstanding part about this exchange was the fact that Kashimo wishes he would have fought Kenny. 

It makes me wonder whether Kenny is strong no matter the body? Like how does this work? Does his soul’s information override the body’s? Or does he merge his soul with the body’s information?

Whatever the case, we get to see a bit of Kashimo who is on the verge of death. His only regret was not having had the opportunity to fight the strongest.

And so, they get a new chance at life. 

Another shot to get it right... whatever it is these ancient sorcerers are trying to get right.

Fighting for the sake of fighting.

Fighting for honor.

Fighting for vengeance.

Fighting to feel alive.

Ladies, gentleman and everyone in between who does not wish to be limited by the status quo’s limited definitions of “normalcy”...

The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.

Happy JJK-Sunday!

Time to go back to my Marketing gig so that I can sell stuff that people do need to do their jobs that they hate so that they can buy stuff they don’t need so that I can pay for the storage unit where my Ikea furniture is stored.

[emoyuuta]

the twink was a gilf and the gilf is a twink. you'd think it's a cryptic verse from the bible but it's actually about jjk

[idyllicbby]

someone headcanon him as a musical theater nerd & now i’m even more obsessed

i’m obsessed with him bye

[origami10]

Current:

Book (English, print): concurrently reading Ascendance of a Bookworm with the Japanese; The Color of Magic (had to return to the library in the middle); Green Rider

eBook (English): Fifty Shades of Grey (picking up where I left off). None right now

Book (Japanese, print): RPG; SAO Progressive #1; No.6 vol. 1 [on hold]

eBook (Japanese) (on hold) Average Abilities, vol. 1, ch. 6; Ascendance of a Bookworm, finished ch. 2?

Audiobook (English): White Fragility (on hold)

Audiobook (Japanese): やっぱり俺の青春ラブコメは間違っている 2/8 Need to figure out if my Audible trial period ended on its own

Podcast: TMA ep. 187 (on hold)

TV Show (English): Umbrella Academy (on hold)

Avatar the Last Airbender, finally finished S1!

The Indian Doctor (it's on TV) finished S3/caught up! sometimes Death in Paradise (on hold)

Just finished Ted Lasso (both seasons), it was so good!!!

Oh Squid Game lol: ep 6

Anime: (I have discovered I am unable to watch things sequentially, thus the mess this is now)

To Your Eternity, finished ep. 9

(on hold) Mononoke: finished ep. 5

(on hold) Jujutsu Kaisen: ep. 13...?

Something something Daisuke Balance Unlimited, ep. 6

Ms. Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, finished S1 & OVA

Gakuen Babysitters, finished ep. 6 (on hold)

Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba, finished ep. 12

Asobi Asobase, ep. 6

various first episodes (Asobi Asobase, Brand New Animal, K-On, Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun, Seven Deadly Sins, Gokushufudou, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, Danganronpa, Legend of Korra, Miraculous Ladybug, Nichijou, Tokyo Ghoul, Flowering Heart, PreCure, Kaichou wa Maid-sama, Attack on Titan, Free!, Sailor Moon+) continuing episodes (Squid Girl), Stein’s Gate, Takt op.Destiny, Blue Period, Kakegurui, FMA, Parasyte, Bleach, Jojo Stone Ocean, High Rise Invasion, Evangelion, Jujutsu Kaisen

Manga:

(English, print) Akatsuki no Yona: vol. 23 [on hold]

(Japanese, digital) 悪の教典 ch. 3

HOW HAVE I NOT HAD (JAPANESE, PRINT) ON HERE, IT’S LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT CATEGORY: uhh either Karneval or Ouran or Deadman Wonderland hmm help

(Viz app, phone) i tell c completed ;o; ; Undead Unluck ch. 23?; Blue Exorcist (a few chapters behind); Kaiju No. 8 ch. 42?; Tegami Bachi (ch. 8), Spy X Family uh accidentally caught up; Sho wa Shoten ch. 3; Doron doron?

(Viz app, tablet) BnHA, ch. 2XX (on hold)

(English, digital) Dorohedoro (to start); accessed

Turkish: Kocan Kadar Konuş (on hold)

Mandarin (on hold): Meteor Garden (ep. ...?)

(re)read: Ajin vol. 1 (Japanese) (on hold T-T) [note to self: you owe it to YOURSELF to reread!!]

Projects:

ANNOUNCED! Preorders open!

Definitely not Gargantia: 15/180

Blue Exorcist Big Bang: partner matched! Plot identified. Way overdue ><

Set up LLC: email about incubator periods; contact law clinic

Ajin Secret Santa: Waiting on one more!

[littleholmes]

start

THE MUSIC

I’m screaming! Hakari is too much and his domain is unhinged fun

[littleholmes]

WHAT?! Gege really said “we interrupt this crucial moment in the fight now that Kashimo found a hole in Hakari’s domain to bring you old school Kenjaku backstory”

[littleholmes]

I’m glad gege gave this refresher because it’s been a couple of weeks and I legit forgot Kin was in unkillable mode

[littleholmes]

These scenarios in private pure love train are WILD, Hakari’s domain really is made to just throw you off and overwhelm you while he keeps getting a jackpot riichi

[somegirlsnerdywords2]

Updated Manga: June 2022

19 Days: Ch. 392, 393 & 394 added since June 1st

Owari no Seraph: Ch. 115 added June 2nd

Akatsuki no Yona: Ch. 226 added June 4th

Tower of God: Season 3, Ep. 122, 123, 124 & 125 added since June 5th

Boku no Hero Academia: Ch. 355, 356 & 357 added since June 5th

Noragami: Ch. 100 added June 5th

Mahou Tsukai no Yome: Ch. 87 added June 8th

Chihayafuru: Ch. 245 added June 10th

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: Ch. 134 added June 11th

Jujutsu Kaisen: Ch. 187, 188 & 189 added since June 12th

Sasaki to Miyano: Ch. 43 added June 13th

Jiabku Shounen Hanako-kun: Ch. 91 added June 16th

Otonari Complex: Ch. 39 added June 28th

[littleholmes]

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🌸my Jujutsu Kaisen analysis posts: thoughts + analysis about Yuji, Megumi, Toji, Nanamin, Gojo, the Shibuya incident, the manga, & more (newest!-> 12 June/ Ch 187) 🌸my Bungou Stray Dogs analysis posts: thoughts + analysis including Chuuya's corruption, Dazai, the aftermath of Odasaku, Akutagawa's health, the current manga arcs, & more (new-> 2 June/ Ch 102)

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🌸my DCST analysis posts: Get excited! Thoughts + analysis posts about Dr. Stone including manga arcs, Stan & Xeno, Senku, Byakuya, and thoughts on the final chapter. (new/final ch-> 6 March 2022)

🌸my Sk8 the Infinity posts: *does the opening dance & ollies* thoughts + analysis posts on Reki, Langa, and the whole Sk8 fam

🌸Yuri on Ice analysis: Victor’s potential past injury

🌸Other series thoughts: Uramichi Oniisan || Food Wars || Tokyo Revengers || Link Click/Time Agents/Shiguang Daili Ren

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