#military invasion jjk

[demoonlady]

Chapter 209: Offering to the Unknown

// SPOILER WARNING!!! DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE CHAPTER YET. [Mind you, lengthy post!]

Opening words: “Going back in time to before Tsukumo's fight... the U.S. troops march into the colonies to hunt for jujutsu sorcerers!!”

[[OKAY WTHECK THEY’RE IN THE ZEN’IN ESTATE! Specifically the training & discipline room that’s filled with curses.]]

》 Kenjaku: "That random transfer/teleportation after entering a colony is not [disclosed] in the general rules of the Culling Game. Unless they respond to the Kogane's questions, that [random transfer/teleportation] won't happen."

I didn't like how the first sentence was translated in the officials, since the raws specifically mentioned that the transfer/teleportation wasn't [disclosed] in the Culling Game's general rules.

The kanji used in the second part of the sentence was 問いかけ (toikake), and it means interrogation, query, question, or inquiry. Not sure why the officials chose "call" instead.

》 Uraume: "This place would make a good “bath” that even Sukuna-sama [or Lord Sukuna] will be satisfied with."

The kanji used for bath, interestingly, is in quotation marks "浴" (yoku) so it *may* be referring to "ablution"/"bath" in Buddhism.

[[I'M LOSING MY MIND, IS THAT KIRARA ON THE RIGHT, IN THE TOP PANEL?!]]

》 Soldier Dude 1: "Well, that was easy. I don't know about this esper stuff or whatever, but.. what is the Lieutenant General so scared of?"

》 Soldier Dude 2: "He's a coward. Rumor has it that his wife's on his ass all the time."

Just wanna add that the kanji written was simply 小心者 (shoushin mono), which means a “coward” or “timid person". I'm not sure if "lily-livered" is actually a saying in Japanese, but if it isn't... why not just...

》 Soldier Lady: "Nah, there's more to it."

》 Soldier Lady: "At worst, we just gotta keep the brain unharmed... right?! Grenades weren't very effective and the taser gun couldn't even puncture him."

Not liking the official translations at all, so.

》 Soldier Dude: "Couldn't puncture him? You mean you missed your hit, right?"

Not that important, but I just wanted to point out that they excluded the first part of the dialogue which, imo, emphasized the comrade's disbelief. Before he goes to ask if she had possibly missed her mark.

》 Soldier Dude: "Or was he wearing a leather jacket?"

》 Soldier Lady: "Even a .50 caliber bullet couldn't go through. And I was hitting bare flesh."

Not that important again, but the dude was asking a question and not making a statement.

》 Soldier Dude: "Did that guy have an ID from Krypton or what?"

Written text: クリプトン星のID (ID from Planet Krypton).

》 Soldier Lady: "Moreover... He was a monster who could turn his head into a helicopter."

Officials forgot to include the fact that she labelled him 化物 (bakemono), which means "monster", along with how he was able to "turn his head into a helicopter". Plus, we only know of one dude with helicopter head thus far, so it should just be "he" instead of "their".

》 Soldier Dude: "...a helicopter?" 》 Soldier Lady: "It was a propeller. Propeller!! Like those on the Osprey and Chinook that we rode!"

》 Soldier Lady: "It means there are different kinds of these jyu-jyu-su-shi!! Some are like the weaklings you've kidnapped.. And some are monsters like those we've dealt with.."

The term for "jujutsushi" (jujutsu sorcerers) used here was written in katakana ジュジュツシ (jyujyusushi), which indicates a foreign accent, hence why I wrote it in that manner. Once again, she labelled the tough ones "monsters", but this time, the kanji is 怪物 (kaibutsu).

》 Uraume: "By pitting the Culling Game players against the armed non-sorcerers... in this case, soldiers." (...)

》 Kenjaku: "I'd give 60 points for that [guess]."

Kenjaku wasn't talking statistics, he was legit giving Uraume points for their guess/assumption.

》 Kenjaku: (...) "As insurance, I had the military from other countries sent into each colony. But I don't think the military VS sorcerers fight would be exciting."

Kenjaku mentioned "military VS sorcerers" in the raws, and that he didn't think it would be "exciting" [of a battle].

》 Kenjaku: "Incarnated players aside, it's the Awakened players that will probably have a hard time. To begin with, even if there are strong Awakened types, many of them are reluctant to kill."

As previously stated, I prefer the term "Incarnated" rather than "taken flesh".

》 Kenjaku: "If they suffer casualties to a certain degree, the military will retreat. And since non-sorcerers are worth fewer points, the players won't chase them without a good reason."

Nothing wrong with the official translations; I just wanted to share how the original sounds.

》 Uraume: "Even non-sorcerers release a large amount of cursed energy at the moment of death. Aren’t foreigners an exception?"

Uraume said "non-sorcerers", not soldiers. Also, instead of "non-Japanese", they used the term 海外の人間 (kaigai no ningen) which literally translates to "humans from overseas/abroad", or "foreigners".

》 Kenjaku: "Yes. Foreigners have no connection to cursed energy, but it's a different [scenario] when they die. “Death” inflicts enough stress to cause mutation in the [dying] brain."

"Death" was in quotation marks. Meanwhile, the kanji 変異 (hen'i) was used and it translates to (genetic) mutation so yes, this instead of "slight change".

》 Kenjaku: "So, from the beginning.. I had no intention to pit the sorcerers against the military. Even without such contest of power.. the "truth" is that the non-sorcerers cannot win, no matter how hard they try."

Should have said "from the start" instead of "at first", really. There was a mention of power comparison/struggle, so it should have been "contest of power". AND, I'm pretty sure this entire dialogue was spoken by Kenjaku, though some said the first half was by Uraume, then Kenjaku. Imo, it's more fitting if Kenjaku says it as it adds more weight to his already deranged character.

》 Megumi: "They're not Japan Self-Defense Forces!!"

》 Megumi: "What is their goal!? To protect the people inside the colonies?! But that was a stun—"

Closing words: “The jujutsu sorcerers' hunters close in!!”

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My thoughts:

I remember that time when Q (somebody out there) asked me about the “bomb” that Kenjaku was planning to drop – many of us believed it was Sukuna. I thought of that too but then I really wanted it to be something else ‘cause I always enjoy the unexpected. So Q and I came up with more ideas, and one of them being a military invasion and the other was a more literal take - the use of conventional weapons against Japan. Although we didn’t get it exactly right (bc it was revealed that Kenny went around the globe and held meetings with world leaders, whereas Q and I assumed that the foreign countries got wind of things on their own via the news & media), I’m just glad to see that our assumption wasn’t entirely too far-off.

Kenjaku simply tricked - or I should say, lured - these foreign countries into Japan in order to accomplish his true goal – the massacre of foreign non-sorcerers conducted by Culling Game players & cursed spirits. They're about to get rekt! A few people still consider this military invasion thing as Kenjaku’s "contingency plan" just so he has something to fall back on in case things don’t go as planned with the Culling Game – true enough, the CE wasn't sufficient in other colonies. But in my opinion, getting the Incarnated & Awakened players to battle in the Culling Game is a pre-requisite, and the military invasion is most likely THEE plan from the very start. Just like that someone said...

Yes, I’m talking about the man Reggie Star! Much respect to this man ‘cause he literally unraveled everything that’s sketchy about the Culling Game, although he had no exact idea what that "bomb" could be. As he stated before, if the Culling Game’s objective had been to collect CE generated from the battles, then why is it that there were only 1 or 2 strong players in every colony? And if the goal was to take advantage of the players’ CE, you’d want the sorcerers to have “long and drawn-out battles” but instead, the Game has already reached a deadlock by the time Gumi first reached Tokyo No. 1 colony. Reggie further theorized that "taking advantage of players’ CE in the Culling Game is the secondary or tertiary plan", whereas the primary plan is the bomb. In other words, the players participating in the Culling Game is a pre-requisite for the bomb that will eventually drop later when "only the strong players are left" in each colony. And the bomb are these foreign military forces.

Kenjaku already foresaw that the CE generated from the Culling Game wouldn’t be enough to fuel the barriers and, as such, planned to use non-sorcerers/humans from other countries as additional fuel source (read: sacrifice), and thus went out of his way *months before* to meet and negotiate with the world leaders, tricking them throughout the process. As Kenjaku said, these non-sorcerers never stood a chance of winning. They're only needed to break the Game's long deadlock, as well as to generate additional CE. Simply put, these non-sorcerers are being served as "offerings". Hence, the chapter title!

[jeonggukookies]

the crown's kingdom || jjk

– summary: after rejecting many suitors, your mother chooses a husband for you, and her choice is none other than your worst nightmare: Jungkook, the prince heir of Aurum. How will you survive an arranged marriage with Jungkook, the one you hate the most?

– genre: royalty!au, enemies to lovers!au, prince!jungkook, queen!reader, arranged marriage - fluff/angst

– note: this is rewritten and reposted as i changed and added some NEW details regarding both oc and jungkook & loosely based on the history of mary stuart !! (i am so sorry)

– word count: 1.2K

The two countries, Caelestia and Luxuria, have been in conflict with each other for many generations now, with constant ongoing invasion battles and military campaigns, shedding hundreds of thousands of blood on each landmass. Being two border countries surrounded by the sea, both countries were hungry for the power, land, and wealth for it to be one.  

Tensions escalated even further after your father, the king, had been assassinated by a Luxuria anarchist. Luxuria soldiers saw this opportunity to put the Caelestia castle under siege, seeing this as their chance to finally take the country as their own. 

But what they didn’t know is that your mother, the Queen Consort, had given birth to his heir. 

The throne of Caelestia, was inherited by the daughter of King Constantine of Caelestia and Queen Consort Nylah, you, two days after you were born. 

During your childhood, your mother has been acting Queen Regent, taking care of all the responsibilities on your behalf since you’ve been crowned Queen. She wasn’t like most mothers, letting you live a privileged life, not wanting you to suffer through the hardships of royalty until you were of age. 

Despite spending most of your time with your many governesses and trying to play hide and seek in the castle with other noble children, the People of Luxuria still saw you as a threat. And by your seventh birthday, they were finally brave enough to send a message, that they still wanted your throne by seasoning your porridge with poison, intentionally killing your royal taster.  

With a failed assassination attempt, your mother sent you to the country of Aurum for your protection away from the Luxurians, hidden away from your own people across the sea. 

Not only were you the Queen of Caelestia, but because of your mother’s side, you were related to the Queen of Luxuria, meaning you could claim the Luxuria throne as yours if the Queen of Luxuria dies without a heir and if the people accept you.

Before marrying your father, she had been an Aurum noblewoman with land in Luxuria, and the Aurum court allowed you to be there for your safety and as a part of a small, meaningless alliance. 

Living at Aurum Court was almost the same as your own courts. The only difference was being with other Aurum royals. As a child, the Prince of Aurum had been a constant troublemaker, a reigning terror for his own people. He was known for cheekiness and confidence, getting out of tough situations with his charms and good looks. 

“Jungkook.” You forced a smile, entering the throne room after being suddenly summoned in the middle of the night. “What are you doing here?” 

He pointed in the direction in front of him, and there was his parents, the King and Queen consort of Aurum on their respective thrones with your mother standing next to his mother.

Your jaw dropped, not expecting her to be standing in front of you. You couldn’t even remember the last time you had seen her in person. The last few years, you’ve only been corresponding with letters to her. “What are you doing here?” 

“That’s no way to greet your mother.” She came forward to give you a quick hug and then returned back to her original position. “The Luxuria troops are getting stronger at the border.”

“And I’m sorry, how does this matter revolve around me and my country?” Jungkook asked. 

You rolled your eyes at Jungkook’s comment. As children, your personality always clashed with Jungkook. The two of you always tried to avoid each other at all costs.

Although you and Jungkook were raised together in the castle, experiencing the same exact royal lessons of courtesy, ballroom dancing and diplomacy, you never once could get along with Jungkook, turning everything with him into an argument or competition whether it was for academic endeavors or favoring the people of

the court.

“I took a risk coming here as Luxuria has barely allowed travel between our two countries,” she said. “I came here to finalize the alliance, that the two of you would wed.” 

Jungkook sighed. “It happened, didn’t it?” 

“What happened?” You asked, not understanding the context. “Hasn’t Jungkook been engaged with Princess Comet of Cometes since they were six?”

“The King legitimized his first-born and mistress’s son,” his mother explained.

Your heart dropped upon hearing the news. “She is no longer the Princess of Cometes?”

“I am afraid not, but good news, Jungkook, you have a new bride,” your mother announced. 

“This can’t be,” you insisted. “Surely, there’s someone else.” 

“My child, you will marry our son and make him the king of two countries, and then later put your claim on Luxuria once the queen dies. There, you two will have three countries,” the King said. 

But you never once wanted to rule Luxuria.  

“We have given you protection and will continue to do so for this alliance.” 

“But we cannot be wed,” Jungkook argued. 

“You will especially since you’ve scared all the other suitors away,” your mother said. 

You were fiercely known for your independence and stubbornness, always speaking your mind. Your honesty and independency allowed you to earn your title as the Ice Queen, but that was all because of Jungkook. 

Through the game of telephone and writing secretive notes around the castle, the whole castle knew how you rejected possibly the best suitor for love, Kim Namjoon. He would have given up his country for you, and everyone knew it. 

At the time you were thirteen, still lacking tact, you met with Namjoon in the library and told him that giving up his own country for someone was foolish and idiotic. And Jungkook, hiding behind the curtains of that room, ran with it, spreading the word that you broke Namjoon’s heart, needing more than him and his country as a power hungry queen. 

Kim Namjoon’s heart wasn’t the only one you broke. Prominent and wealthy families from neighboring realms had sent their sons to court you, yet their efforts left you unimpressed and unmoved. 

As the years went on, there were less and less potential suitors. No one wanted their son to marry someone who was an intimidating person, and no one especially wanted a queen that could not be controlled. 

“It’s time for this childhood rivalry of yours to end.” 

“Mother, you know he’s the reason why suitors are afraid of me.”

“Get over it,” Jungkook gritted through his teeth. 

“How dare he disrespect me as a queen?”

“He was thirteen.” Your mother groaned. “You will marry Jungkook for your people, for your country.” 

You stepped forward, distancing yourself away so no one could hear what you were about to say. “And you and I know he will not love me.”

As fortunate as your life was, there was still a burden to bear, a burden even heavier as a royal. You still sought for an union to secure your financial and political status in society. Despite being a queen and having almost everything you want, the one thing you want the most is the one thing you knew you couldn't have: love.

She sighed. “And we both know love does not matter for people like us.” 

“But did thou not love my father and he thee?” Despite his death, the story of your father and his legacy lives on, including his love story with your mother. 

“Indeed, we loved each other truly,” she said. “But stories like his and mine happen once in a lifetime. Perhaps, the promise of love and the future of reconciliation can come.” 

Taking a look over your shoulder. You see Jungkook smirking. “Well Ice Queen looks like we need each other after all.”

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hello hello hello!

thank you for reading the prologue for this new series :) i am very excited! please let me know if you need more context or visuals of some things were confusing.

[runabout-river]

Do you believe that JJk part 2 would be made? The author seems to make it clear with the pacing, that the story is concluding in this series.

What other plot points could be addressed thoughtfully and with adequate pacing, if the trio's comeback, antagonist death, and main heros power escalation in the final arc, did not get the pacing it deserved?

It'll mostly likely wrap up in the next two chapters, with the last one serving as an Epilogue.

Thanks for this question! I'm going to cheat a little by copy/pasting a previous post of mine about everything that's still open ended in JJK, most likely will not get a proper conclusion in the last 3 chapters, and could serve as the groundwork for a potential JJK 2.

First, though, your questions seems a little misaligned. JJK is going to end in three chapters and there is no pacing issue there. Maybe it's a bad word choice or you've seen others talk about it like that, but chapter 271 is going to be a rounded end for the story that, in my opinion (08.09.2024), will lead into a JJK Part 2 because of these:

The Culling Games have not Ended

They still go on because players like Yuji and Hakari are still alive

We didn't even come close to the Merger

We have so much setup including pregnant Sukuna who left baby Tengen (probably) with Megumi now.

When as a writer you introduce world ending stakes, you better deliver on them even if only for the good guys to win against them.

Those stakes were never even reached though

The foreign invasion of Japan was introduced but then forgotten about

There are now militaries in Japan who abduct sorcerers for resources, giving Gege vast storytelling potential for the future

But Gojo could've dealt with them off screen and Yuta might continue to protect Japan in his stead now. This plot thread can be dealt with in the last 3 chapters but you would still ask: Why was it here at all?

Remy survived

Remy was the girl who tricked Megumi and who Megumi wanted to kill afterwards. Tsumiki's soul intervened on Remy's behalf and saved her, just for Remy to be abducted later. She's one of those characters Gege could've killed but instead we have a scenario where Megumi is poised to save her now while also getting into contact with Tsumiki's soul that hasn't happened yet

Tengen, the Star Plasma Vessel and the Six Eyes are connected by Fate

Multiple SPVs can exist simultaniously but not the 6E. After Gojo's death this minor detail mentioned by Tengen became obsolete for the story.

But then Yuta took over Gojo's body and now the 6E are back for this particular fate to happen again especially with Tengen's life in the strange state it is

Gege had come up with the story of the 3 Kugisaki women at the beginning of the manga

But instead of discarding it at the end of it, becasue it had no relevance or plot attention at all, Gege decided to open that thread and let it hang there, promising things to come like the bastard that he is with regards to the Kugisaki family.

Megumi's incomplete Domain

This is basic story telling especially in battle shonen: when you show the audience an incomplete ability, then by the end that ability has to be mastered barring a tragic end to the character.

Gege could throw us a curve ball about his domain with the last chapters but with Sukuna defeated now all tension of him accomplishing it is out.

But if this is Megumi's midpoint of his character arc and development, then everything regarding him, his domain and even his relationship with Sukuna can come to a proper end in JJK2

Sukuna's and Megumi's relationship and interactions were lacking in the end

But with Gege deliberately leaving behind 1 Finger, the option of Sukuna coming back as a curse, the remains of his first body most likely being permanent parts of Megumi, and not to forget the psycological and physical scars that Megumi has from him now, the potential for deep future interactions is there.

Sukuna's story has only been told to us from the perspectives of others

Sure, that does not have to change. Gege can leave it like that and he could or could not give us a Sukuna flashback in the last 3 chapters.

But he can go further than that and delve into that villain from more angles outside of mainly the narrator's and Yuji's.

He could eg go into the difference between Sukuna's relatiosnhip with Yuji and his relationship with Megumi to dive deeper into his personality

Kenjaku/Kaori, Jin and Yuji - none of that is resolved in any way

Just like how Kenjaku's true motives for creating the perfect vessel, who was in the end the perfect cage for Sukuna, was never explained.

So, yeah, I think JJK 2 is a real possibility with everything that hasn't been done and talked about, which was why I titled my original post with all of these points: "Gege kills off unneeded characters, why didn't he kill this?".

And I can see multiple reasons for why he would go the hard cut with the middle point of the series.

It's easier to structure narratively

he can make genre, theme and protagonist changes

he can get a break that can be longer than just a few weeks

it creates hype for the ending

keeping the story going makes him and his characters a cultural icon and him and SJ rich

also we would have a JJK 0, JJK 1 and now JJK 2, which would be funny

[bunneechan]

JJK rant because i'm sad it's ending so soon

i feel like shounen manga these days are too condensed, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but JJK just feels like one of those long-running mangas that covers a lot of characters and arcs in detail.

i love the worldbuilding of JJK, it's similar to Chainsaw Man (cursed energy and fear); the sorcerers and their history, this story was absolutely rich in potential. it had a lot of content to cover and a lot of characters that can easily have their own story arcs.

i'm sad to see its ending is rushed. lots of unanswered questions and not enough time. there are plotlines that are kinda just left out and characters who just faded from the picture. as much as i like Sukuna, the story focused on him for too long.

like you're telling me Megumi just recovered like that? not even a flashback to how Megumi was doing during the entire Shinjuku storyline? him seeing his sister get killed with his own hands, killing Gojo, fighting Yuji and everybody else dying by his hand. I kinda wanted to see him have his "all is lost" moment before he slowly gets back up again. i feel like Megumi deserved more screentime during this storyline.

Hakari and Uraume were in the background for so long that when things ended, they sounded like they were friends saying goodbye.

and what about the military invasion? that was honestly such a weird plot to me but i don't remember them actually doing something about it. as far as we know, they still have unrestricted access to take whatever resource they can.

does Yuji even know what exactly Sukuna was to him and his family? or does he even know about his weird family tree?? now even Nobara had some developing tidbit about her mom.

i know there are many more but this is all i can think for now.

sad to see it end but even sadder to see it so rushed.

[hxhhasmysoul]

Do you think that… if Gege had took more breaks if even put jjk on hiatus- similarly to how Togashi would take hiatus for hxh- do you think that Gege would have spend the much needed break and rest to give jjk the pacing and proper development that the story needed?

It's not impossible, but I think the issue is more complex than that.

From what I've gathered from one of Gege's recent interviews, their writing process is a bit like mine. The story is less planned and it more evolves. This means that the author is kinda screwed if they can't edit let's say something on page/in chapter/in episode 5 once they've written page/chapter/episode 30 where some concept already mentioned in chapter 5 gets clarified/changed/etc.

If you're writing something that will only be published once completely finished and edited, it doesn't matter what your writing process is. But if you publish stuff in increments, almost instantly after writing it, then well, it's out there.

I have rewritten parts of already published fic chapters and updated them on AO3 without a second thought, because the story I was writing evolved and I wanted something to be different/clearer/mentioned/better set up/etc in an earlier chapter.

Miura, the author of Berserk, rewrote and republished parts of it, because when he started writing Berserk, he didn't really have a proper idea of Guts' backstory and other crucial elements.

The whole thing with Nobara's mum, the New Shadow Style school, earlier the merger and the foreign military invasion or Yuki, and most importantly Yuuji’s family. All of that feels like ideas that clarified/appeared in Gege's mind too late to be properly developed, or like ideas that felt good at the time but then like stopped fitting the vision. Especially when Gege decided to quickly wind down JJK somewhere mid the Culling Games. 

If I remember correctly they also expressed dissatisfaction with how the Culling Games shaped out be. It may be that Gege’d started writing them in the shape they are now because it seemed to them they had a good idea of what to do with them, and then once writing them it turned out the idea was not what they wanted. 

This happens to me all the time, I’ll write myself into a corner. Even in things I’ve written in collaboration with a friend, where we kinda try to brainstorm ideas thoroughly. Until you write something, you really have very little idea what it will feel like to you once written. And what actual shape it will take. I sometimes write a scene and it takes such a fucking turn… And I rehearse scenes in my head several times before I even open the file. And in such a situation, once you read how the scene went, you see that your initial idea for it was lacking. It felt good in broad strokes but once all of it comes together in detail, when you actually have to write all the sentences, only then you actually see how this scene connects to everything. 

I think a few things came together. Health and time crunch is one thing. I’ve written about it before, but the fact that it seems Gege never planned to turn Zero into a full length series and actually pitched something else. Or that JJK was supposed to be cancelled early on and things from much further down the line were moved so that Yuuji’s death at the detention centre would serve as an ending. 

And this combined with the fact that this is Gege’s first long form story. I don’t think they realised how their writing style would affect it. They might have not even imagined what it would be like for them to write a long story like this. 

People often accuse Gege of asspulls, of making shit up as they go along… this is what fucking writing is… you make up shit as you go along. The fact that some long form stories seem very coherent and so on is usually a mix of experience, luck, and either a planning oriented writing style where the writer is actually good at sticking to their plans, and/or the ability to fucking edit to shape.

So like, I think that Gege really discovered a lot about themself with JJK. 

JJK has some really good ideas and characters and masterfully written moments. It has also disappointing moments, meh or underdeveloped ideas and underused or overused characters.

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PS. A bit of salt to make myself feel better.

Underused: 

Nobara, Yuki, Hana, Angel, Kenjaku, Uraume, Hakari, Noritoshi, Kaori, Jin, Sukuna, Eso, Kechizu, Chousou even, Toudou, Tengen, Uro, Yorozu, Tsumiki, Higuruma, Inumaki, Shoko, kinda Megumi even, and in the ending even Yuuji. (I’m sure I forgot some)

Overused:

Gojou as a motivator throughout the Culling Games, Gojou in Shinjuku, Yuuta in the Culling Games, Yuuta killing Mother, Yuuta wasting everyone’s time in the fight with Sukuna, Gojou’s carcass so Yuuta again… did I mention Gojou and Yuuta? Oh and Kusakabe… why is he not dead? I’d add here Naoya, but he at least got humiliated 4 times first by Touji, then by Chousou and Yuuta (the fucking only time Yuuta did anything borderline acceptable) and then by Maki twice. Oh and Sukuna, he was overused for fighting, and underused as a character with interesting potential (he ate no one! Unless it's in some unleaked pages.).

[actuallykyogai]

Jujutsu Kaisen's ending

I can't believe it's really over... JJK has been a huge part of my life for a good while now. I'm gonna try not get all sappy, and go into my thoughts on the ending straight away. I'm sorry if things make no sense!

A nice little summary before I go onto yapping about characters I like...To be honest, I don't mind the ending all that much. Sure, I'll admit there's flaws, almost everything has them. But this ending isn't exactly one that I hate. To me, it's perfectly mediocre. Seeing the main trio together again is fun. Sukuna's philosophy and everything regarding his character's ending was great, probably a highlight of that final chapter. That final cursed finger being in the exact same place where it should've been 271 chapters ago was nice. It doesn't seem like an AOT type thing to me, where it's a never-ending cycle. (albeit, I'm yet to finish AOT, I just saw this from other people's posts) It more so represents a new beginning, what's done is done, it's finished.

Woah, a bittersweet, nonsensical sentiment from me!! There's a huge chance I'm wrong with whatever I was yapping about in those final sentences. But hey, a lot of things are subjective, I don't mind if I'm reading into things wrong.

If there's one main complaint I have, it would be the lack of information regarding the Culling Games, the US military invasion, and that kinda stuff. I like what Maki was saying here because it shows the sub-plot hasn't been completely forgotten, even if it won't be expanded upon. (Also because Remi was an abducted player, and I liked her)

Glad to see a bunch of the Culling Games players again! Unfortunately we've heard nothing about Uro, but Amai and Takaba returned!

My personal favourite thing to happen in these final chapters is whatever was going on with Takaba and Kenjaku (?) Naturally, I was ecstatic to see my favourite comedy duo back. Even if that dude isn't actually Kenjaku, it still proves to be a sufficient conclusion for the two of them. They're happy doing what they love, and I love that for them!!

Takaba talking about no sex jokes, as if the first thing we see from him isn't a sex joke ^V^

With Sukuna, Uraume and Mahito, I don't have much to say yet, I'll make another, even more nonsensical post divulging into them. Hopefully I didn't confuse anyone with all of this. I barely talked about the ending itself...

[bibibbon]

You are so right with that words "wasted potential".... As much as I love BNHA & JJK, they really are similar with their wasted potentials. Now I still follow them because of the characters......

I may be biased because Izuku is my favourite character but I definitely think that MHA has a whole lot more wasted potential than jjk.

I agree with you both series have very similar problems like:

1) pacing. Jjk has some very fast pacing and the it was incredibly slowed down during the culling games and now it sped up again whereas MHAs is all over the place

2) tension and stakes. Jjk killed a whole lot of characters to the point the reader feels numb about it and the characters don't get time to fully develop whereas MHA does the opposite leaving characters that should of been dead alive and then sidelining them

3) female characters. Both had some very good female characters that were sidelined, killed or just aren't developed or talked about enough

4) the way they handle misogyny. Jjk gives it's misogyny arc to only one character aka maki when multiple characters have talked about it and I think all of them should of had their own insights and thoughts/actions incorporated into the idea. Gege uses noya as a symbol of all misogyny but killing him off didn't kill the idea. MHA introduces sexism and misogyny as early as the sports festival but then does nothing much with it.

5) when it comes to jjk too many characters are killed off when it's too early or they don't have enough development to give the audience a lasting impression which sucks because characters like tsumiki, Yuki, higumara, nobara and uro could of offered so much more to the plot yet they're just killed off for ultimately what used to be an effective way to raise tensions and show the point that the jjk world is harsh.

6) Both series have too many characters. Jjk didn't have this problem until the culling games arc and I think it could of easily dealt with this in a proper way but sadly that opportunity was wasted. MHA on the other hand just has too many characters point blank and too many characters of the same type we have no insight into characters that are from support, business courses or foreign heroes or characters who could simply offer more when it comes to worldbuiling like pony who is an international transfer student

7) MHA severely lacks worldbuiling and jjk lacks worldbuiling to a certain extent I feel like that problem would of been easily dealt with if jjk just focused more on the foreign military invasion plot and how that impacted Japan and Jujutsu society as a whole.

8) both lack academic or relaxing arcs in general. I kinda blame this on the people who made the whole concept of thinking that a non action packed arc is filler when those arcs basically develop characters and their dynamics and can even foreshadow suture events which just makes the writing so much more better. Jjk should of given us more of the Tokyo trio them just doing normal things before tragedy struck and for MHA we should of gotten more academic arcs

Ultimately I think jjk discusses it's themes a whole lot more better than MHA and doesn't face the problems of mixed signals and messages that MHA has. Jjks story and parallels are definitely more interesting and I feel like they just have better types of villains (still waiting for kenjaku to comeback if he doesn't then that sucks) sukuna is a way more interesting villain than AFO 🤷‍♀️(my opinion). I feel like both could of been good stories in their own right if they focused a whole lot more on the factors they lacked that I mentioned previously

[voxofthevoid]

jjk ending has been so disappointing that I am happy I am too tired to be genuinely upset. it's just so sad, seeing all the potential for a brilliant story go down the drain. and I am also really disappointed with the Gojo disrespect :) he really deserved better

I get it, and being too tired to have the energy to expend on how it all unraveled seems like a blessing in disguise, honestly. I'm still sorry; I know how much you liked this story.

It really is a lot of potential down the drain. The Culling Games just...ended, somehow. Hell, even Yuuji and Hana taking care of the incarnated sorcerers is likely to be nightmare fuel; Megumi survived, but he was a natural-born vessel and a very strong sorcerer to begin with. The separation process is highly likely to kill or mutilate the random people Kenjaku turned into vessels. The foreign military invasion is brushed off, as if rescuing the captured sorcerers will be the end of that. Because major world countries, including nuclear powers, knowing about the existence of superpowered individuals (and having tried to invade once already) is totally not going to turn into a hot fucking political mess.

Regarding Gojou, the finale reinforced rather than reshaped my perception of how most people in the story viewed him. His final appearance featuring him being happy and hopeful with Yuuji strikes me as fitting. He's with one of the few people who care about him, he looks pretty content, and Yuuji remembers him and his dream. It's better than the funeral I was hoping for. It's still sad that both the narrative and the characters just gloss over his role in the fight against Sukuna and the death of what was the strongest man in the world. But I'm treasuring that human moment.

[satorugojowidow]

Hi Adari! I'm a big fan of your metas, especially your jjk ones because you see things from an angle the rest of the fandom doesn't. I'm sad you're not enjoying the current arc. How do you think

Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it :) 

The part of plot that involves usa army show a poor understanding of geopolitics. Which is disappointing because Gege always managed very well to introduce political problems in the manga.

For Kenjaku’s plan it was necessary the introduction of non sorcerers combatant and it was solved with the usa army’s plan that is plain ridiculous. 

Why is it ridiculous? First, Kenjaku sells the curse energy like a new source of energy that will erase the dependence of oil and usa government is all willing to take that chance and that is stupid. Why? Because there are alternative sources of energy that are clean, easy to get and, more importantly, won’t involve declaring a third world war. We are talking about Japan, not Irak, I’m sorry to said this but the consequences of an invasion are bigger. Plus, sorcerers are a minority even in Japan, in Kenny’s powerpoint is not established how it is possible to switch to curse energy and how the resource won’t deplete in a short time. If the plan was to use sorcerers as weapons, like super soldiers will be more plausible. Yet, the open assault on Tokyo is still a problem. And let's never forget that oil dependence is only holded by the oil companies lobby. Nobody in usa government will put the country in such a crazy adventure only to start a problem with the oil industry, which is huge, and pay for their campaigns. 

Second, the idea that curse energy was a secret to governments. Curse energy is not important outside of Japan, yet some event involving curses and the existence of foreign sorcerers has happened. Considering this, it is not plausible that the government that had an espionage agency wouldn't know anything about it. In the 1970 usa government was very interested of mind powers and everything related to those researches, that is the perfect context to investigate this type of event. 

When Kenny was presented talking to representatives of China, I thought that foreign governments were interested in taking Japan’s monopoly on curse energy by solving whatever is making the curse energy to concentrate there (Tengen). But since sorcerers are plausible to be born outside of Japan and there are sorcerers like Mei Mei that will sell anything for a good price, it is not realistic to think that there are no sorcerers working for agencies outside Japan. 

How could it be done better, in my opinion. First, delete everything related to the use of curse energy to replace oil because is stupid. I believe that considering the major event that is culling the game and the huge consequences of it, a military intervention is plausible. Not to kidnap sorcerers but to destroy the sorcerers that are causing the problem and restore peace in Japan. The manga already established that curse energy existence and culling game was from public knowledge. In front of an event that puts in danger global security it is realistic to believe that OTAN will interfere. usa army intervention could be justify in this way, to protect global security and behind that there could be secret reason like taking material of research. 

Right now in the manga, usa army is invading and attacking the civilian population of Japan without a good reason, that could start a war. usa may be a powerful country but they can’t do whatever shit against a first world country.

About these past arcs, I’m not against the conclusion but the execution. The army intervention is good but is poorly justified and honestly, I feel second hand embarrassment reading that. I’m also not against Yuki’s death, but she gave us nothing, she left as she came. When she first showed up it seemed like she had a plan, but she had nothing in her hands, she just did what Tengen asked and the whole conversation didn’t even help us to understand what the hell was going on with Tengen. Noritoshi and Maki bonding was good but poorly executed because the whole arc of worn naoya was eclipsed for those random dudes.

[demoonlady]

Chapter 210: Offering to the Unknown, Part 2

// SPOILER WARNING!!! DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE CHAPTER YET. [WARNING: VERY LENGTHY!]

Opening words: “In a dark, abandoned house...”

》 Hana: "He's a local guide. In other words, he's a traitor."

》 Takaba, to Soldier/Guide: "You... YOU 'QUISLING'!!"

》 Hana: "You just wanted to say 'quisling', right? Kindly shut up."

Here, Takaba used 売国奴 (baikokudo) in quotation marks. Baikokudo means a traitor (to one's country), but since there's quotation marks, I figured it could refer to something or someone else. So I looked up some other possible meanings and, true enough, I came across "quisling". And interestingly, "quisling" happened to be the last name of a Norwegian WWII leader Vidkun Quisling, who sold out his own country (he urged Hitler to invade Norway in 1940), after which Quisling proclaimed himself head of the government. I'm certain Takaba was using this Quisling guy as his joke reference when he called the guide/soldier "baikokudo"!

“We should all be profoundly grateful to Major Quisling. He has added a new word to the English language … as a plain synonym for ‘traitor.’ … To journalists and other writers, weary of racking their brains or raking the well-thumbed pages of ROGET [sic] in search of alternatives, the word ‘Quisling’ is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for ‘traitor’ and given carte blanche with the alphabet, they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters.”

— “Quisling is as Quisling Does,” The Times (London), 19 April 1940, 7.

[More info here, if you're interested: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]

》 Megumi: "So they're researching on [how to become] energy self-sufficient in the future by making their own citizens generate their own [energy]..?" 》 Yuuji: "Hmm?" 》 Hana: "What's even stranger is that this never came up in Japan."

》 Soldier/Guide: "The Jujutsu Headquarters is at the top in this country. That prideful bunch will never take the initiative to promulgate cursed energy. There's no way that'd ever happen."

While not entirely wrong in the official translation, the sentence didn't have a nice ring to it in the latter half of the official version. In the raws, this dude said 「この国のトップはあくまで呪術総監部だ」 (kono kuni no toppu wa akumade jujutsu sōkan-buda). "At the top in this country" just basically means the one in control or hold the most power in the country, so Viz is not wrong. For the second half, I personally prefer what I have corrected. Also, they omitted "there's no way that'd ever happen." :/

》 Soldier/Guide: "Noblesse oblige. Such a concept won't thrive in this country which places great emphasis on self-responsibility."

Idk about others but I feel like the official translation changed the nuance. Anyways, "self-responsibility" is a Japanese phrase known as jiko sekinin (kanji: 自己責任). Meaning, the absolute accountability/responsibility for one's own actions or mistakes. It's more than just a mere expression - it's actually a dogma/ethos that you, and only you, are responsible for your own actions, behaviors, decisions, faults and struggles.

》 Megumi: "...So, Kenjaku used [the prospect of] a new energy source as bait in order to lure an army of non-sorcerers into the colony so they can be offered as sacrifice to the cursed spirits."

FYI, Megumi used both 贄 (nie) and 捧げる (sasageru) here, which means "sacrifice" and "to offer/give", respectively. It coincides with what I said in my last post; about the soldiers being given to the cursed spirits as "sacrifice" or "offerings". :')

》 Angel: "The deaths of a large number of people will manifest [adequate] cursed energy to fill each colony."

I think the focus being made here is how a large number of people's deaths will manifest [enough] cursed energy to fill the colonies, not simply "their deaths".

》 Megumi: "Bringing this many people into each colony? Is that even possible?"

An off translation by Viz.

》 Angel: "It's Kenjaku, after all. The beauty in eight directions who speaks with a forked tongue. It's likely that military forces from multiple countries are invading."

"Kenjaku is a double-dealer" is only one part of what Angel said, in summary. In fact, there were two proverbs (or idioms?) that Angel used in the first half of their statement.

The first phrase Angel used is actually a Japanese idiom 八方美人 (happoobijin). The translation that I offered is a literal one because 八方 (happo) means "eight directions", and 美人 (bijin) means "a beautiful woman". The phrase implies that a person is always putting on a good face by being too nice and too kind to everyone around them, although that may not necessarily be their true nature. In other words, it just means a two-faced person or people-pleaser. This phrase is used in negative context, so it's not a compliment. Also, while bijin is typically used to describe a beautiful or flawless woman, the term can be used for any gender when discussing their personality.

The other proverb that Angel used is 二枚舌 (nimaijita), which means "forked tongue." To break down the kanji, 二枚 (nimai) = two pieces, and 舌 (jita) = tongue. It simply means someone who is two-faced, tells lies or says contradicting stuff. A person who has a "forked tongue" constantly changes their words, so you can't trust them at all. FYI, there's a longer version of this phrase: 二枚舌を使う (nimaijita o tsukau), which means "to use two tongues." It implies that the person shades the meaning of their words in order to appeal to a particular person/group of people, while purposely giving a different impression to others. The closest English expression for this is "to speak with a forked tongue", hence why I think it's the better translation. Although "double-dealer" is not wrong too. Essentially, Angel's statement could also be translated to "(...) The two-tongued people-pleaser." Or in even simpler, commoner term – if you'd prefer – "(...) That lying, two-faced fake b*tch." HAHAH.

》 Takaba: "The soldiers? But these guys want to abduct us and toy with our bodies, right..?"

》 Takaba's thoughts: "They might also do perverted stuff to us!"

Ehhh, "experimentation" is vague, and not quite right. Takaba made it really clear; he said "toy/mess with our bodies". This would make just anybody pause to think of the horrors for a bit, as compared to "experimentation". [[I mean fr if someone says "toy with our bodies" in front of me, that'd make me shudder and imagine thousands of stuff in my mind.]]

》 Megumi: "But if we leave them be, the "preparation" will be completed and then Tengen-sama, along with everyone in this country, will mash up like dango."

》 Takaba: "Man, I still don't quite get it."

》 Angel: "No."

OK I'm appalled Viz got it wrong for Megumi's statement. He said 団子 (dango) which is rice dumpling, and not 肉団子 (niku-dango) which is meatball :')

As for Angel, it's just a clear "no" or "you mustn't". Not sure why they chose "don't bother".

》 Angel: (...) "There's already enough cursed energy here in Tokyo No. 1 colony."

Official translations made Angel's statement sound like one whole sentence when that's not it. It's as if they're implying that as a result of 50 sorcerers dying in Tokyo No. 1 and No. 2 colonies, the cursed energy inside No. 1 colony is filled up.

The first part of the dialogue was Angel explaining that Tokyo No. 1 and No. 2 already lost 50 sorcerers in battle and it's all "thanks to" (/s) Higuruma and Kashimo. While in the second part, they emphasized to the group that, currently, Tokyo No. 1 colony is already filled up with cursed energy.

》 Yuuji: "So what?"

》 Angel: "I'm telling you there's no point."

》 Angel: "Whether you try to save the soldiers from the cursed spirits or not.. the result won't change."

》 Yuuji: "So... what?"

"Which means?" is incorrect, and furthermore, it sounded as if Yuuji did not understand what Angel said and was asking for more clarification. Not the case here.

Yuuji said "so what?" in both instances. The second time he said it was more like it had an emphasis, as if telling Angel "Yeah, I know that so I'm asking you one more time... SO WHAT?" There's a hint of frustration or hostility, which is not like the usual Yuuji we know when he interacts with someone that's on the good side. This also tallies with what Megumi comments about him later, hence I believe this is the right translation.

》 Angel: (...) "Her risks are my risks."

Just FYI, Hana used リスク (risuku) = "risk".

》 Yuuji: "Don't order us around. I don't trust any of you."

This one got mistranslated, but Yuuji said, and with emphasis, オマエら (omae-ra) which, in this context, means "any of you". Omae-ra is a plural form of "you" so technically it just means "you guys".

Nothing wrong in this, but I just wanted to point out that Hana and Sukuna, interestingly, both used the same phrase here and that is 不愉快 (fuyukai). For Hana, she said 不愉快です (fuyukai desu) whereas, in chapter 10, Sukuna said 不愉快だ (fuyukai da) when Yuuji was inside his Innate Domain. Fuyukai generally means (to feel) uncomfortable, unpleasant, disgusted or annoyed.

》 Soldier: "I'm a soldier. I've always been prepared [to die]. Someday, I might fall to the bullets of terrorists. Someday, in a desert that I don't care about, I might step on a landmine. Someday, someday, someday..."

(...)

》 Yuuji: "Is that so?"

》 Megumi: ".....apart from what you said. When you said "any of you," you meant Angel and Sukuna, right?"

》 Caller: "AAAH, RIGHT!! There's a little girl out here all by herself!! I'd say she's around 5 or 6 years old?? She [seems] extremely worn-out!! So get the police here!!!"

Q told me that this was a village dialect, thank you! My translation might sound incorrect since I don't think I've captured the right 'accent', but I hope it's the better translation. At least, for the age part I know I'm right.

The caller used 年長 (nenchou) which literally means "senior". In Japan, nenchou refers to children between ages 5 to 6 and in senior year (kindergarten).

》 Soldier: "Jesus... You've finally come for me..."

OK, this was a bad translation, Viz. I'm disappointed, lol. Dude wasn't using "Jesus" as an expression, he straight up thought Hana was Jesus. Also, fun fact, this is definitely a reference to 'The Creation of Adam' painting by Michaelangelo (c. 1508–1512).

》 Hana: "It's all [because of] destiny. I believed that someday, I would cross paths with you again. Little by little... I will become someone worthy of standing by your side. I will help/save people."

It should have been "It's all [because of] destiny/fate" instead of what they wrote, like what kind of translation is "fate is all"..?

Hana says 「いつかアナタに巡り合うことを信じて」 (itsuka anata ni meguriau koto o shinjite). The word she used for "meet again" was 巡り合う (meguriau), which literally means "meet by chance" and not intentionally; so Viz was again off here. For someone who had spent quite a while living with a cursed spirit (and possibly a tough life growing up) it's amazing (/s) how Hana had solid faith that fate would so-called reunite her and Megumi one day. Even though it seems like they never actually interacted (unless off-screen -.-). On second thought, this obsession/fixation is pretty weird and a bit creepy, tbh.

》 Megumi: "Usually... you would be more considerate of Kurusu's feelings."

In the raws, Megumi was talking about how "the usual Itadori" would behave/act.

》 Yuuji: "Ever since I rejoined you, [the thought of] Kurusu... becoming a replacement for Kugisaki... scared me."

Kanji for "rejoin" here is 合流 (gōryū) which also means reunite. Nobara crumbs! Thank you, Akutamin!

Closing words: “Solidarity is born... Takaba is here too!!”

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Comments: Sorry for nitpicking a lot this week, but I just wanted to bring up stuff that's been "lost in translation" in the official version. I might still be wrong in some of my corrections, so please accept my apologies in advance!

The structure of the chapter this week was a little messy but it's not difficult to understand. Normally there'll be black background outside the panels to indicate flashback, which will then slowly fade to white to indicate a transition to the present. But we got none at all in this chapter. I wonder if Gege, his team and the editor had overlooked it or was this structure deemed fine? Nonetheless, I enjoyed the content this week! Takaba breaking the fourth wall in the last panel got me cackling gosh I love him so much hahah!

[runabout-river]

Gege famously kills off unneeded characters, so why didn't he kill off these plots?

This is going to be a list of plot points and threads that hang around in JJK without a proper ending and sometimes without a proper middle or explanation either. They're just there promising something but not delivering on it and with only 3 chapters left most of those won't be delivered on at all, not satisfyingly at least.

This list is not made to critizice Gege's story telling because the manga hasn't ended yet and many of these things wouldn't make sense to critizice villy-nilly. This list is made to show that Gege can and even might make Jujutsu Kaisen Part 2 with everything he's established, put into the story, and deliberately didn't cut out even though he has no problem doing so with characters.

Also, I'm sick right now, so there won't be much explanation on most things. If there are questions, I will elaborate later.

The Culling Games have not Ended

They still go on because players like Yuji and Hakari are still alive

We didn't even come close to the Merger

We have so much setup including pregnant Sukuna who left baby Tengen (probably) with Megumi now.

When as a writer you introduce world ending stakes, you better deliver on them even if only for the good guys to win against them.

Those stakes were never even reached though

The foreign invasion of Japan was introduced but then forgotten about

There are now militaries in Japan who abduct sorcerers for resources, giving Gege vast storytelling potential for the future

But Gojo could've dealt with them off screen and Yuta might continue to protect Japan in his stead now. This plot thread can be dealt with in the last 3 chapters but you would still ask: Why was it here at all?

Remy survived

Remy was the girl who tricked Megumi and who Megumi wanted to kill afterwards. Tsumiki's soul intervened on Remy's behalf and saved her, just for Remy to abducted later. She's one of those characters Gege could've killed but instead we have a scenario where Megumi is poised to save her now.

Tengen, the Star Plasma Vessel and the Six Eyes are connected by Fate

Multiple SPVs can exist simultaniously but not the 6E. After Gojo's death this minor detail mentioned by Tengen became obsolete for the story.

But then Yuta took over Gojo's body and now the 6E are back for this particular fate to happen again especially with Tengen's life in the strange state it is

Gege had come up with the story of the 3 Kugisaki women at the beginning of the manga

But instead of discarding it at the end of it, becasue it had no relevance or plot attention at all, Gege decided to open that thread and let it hang there, promising things to come like the bastard that he is with regards to the Kugisaki family.

Megumi's incomplete Domain

This is basic story telling especially in battle shonen: when you show the audience an incomplete ability, then by the end that ability has to be mastered barring a tragic end to the character.

Gege could throw us a curve ball about his domain with the last chapters but with Sukuna defeated now all tension of him accomplishing it is out.

But if this is Megumi's midpoint of his character arc and development, then everything regarding him, his domain and even his relationship with Sukuna can come to a proper end in JJK2

Sukuna's and Megumi's relationship and interactions were lacking in the end

But with Gege deliberately leaving behind 1 Finger, the option of Sukuna coming back as a curse, the remains of his first body most likely being permanent parts of Megumi, and not to forget the psycological and physical scars that Megumi has from him now, the potential for deep future interactions is there.

Sukuna's story has only been told to us from the perspectives of others

Sure, that does not have to change. Gege can leave it like that and he could or could not give us a Sukuna flashback in the last 3 chapters.

But he can go further than that and delve into that villain from more angles outside of mainly the narrator's and Yuji's.

He could eg go into the difference between Sukuna's relatiosnhip with Yuji and his relationship with Megumi to dive deeper into his personality

Kenjaku/Kaori, Jin and Yuji - none of that is resolved in any way

Just like how Kenjaku's true motives for creating the perfect vessel, who was in the end the perfect cage for Sukuna, was never explained.

Those are the most pressing things on my mind for why I believe that Jujutsu Kaisen will come back with a Part 2. Like, Gege is no stranger to tying up loose ends with an unforgiving cut, so why not with these things?

I've probably forgotten some things too but I'm also coughing my lungs out right now so I forgive myself.

[runabout-river]

Here's another ask!

It seems that this is less of a lore dump and sequel tease, and more just Gege tying up the out with the old outdated jujutsu society and in with the new gen storyline that he's been building too since the very beginning.

Tho I'd love if it turned out we're actually getting JJK2: cursed boogaloo

Old people out, new gen in! Most of it with murder!

That's a good interpretation but doesn't actually exclude the sequel tease 😁 Because Gege coupled this change in status quo for the Jujutsu Society with new information about inner power struggles a non-clan was engaged in.

We already know through Hidden Inventory how groups even outside of JJS make power plays from time to time, and now we have the knowledge of jujutsu being public, invasions by foreign militaries, the lower clans like the Inumaki that could make power grabs and suddenly getting the new Gen in isn't as easy and straightforward anymore.

(Reminder here that the Inumaki are an old clan that Uro had encountered before. Clan struggles would easily lend themselves to Heian lore drops.)

In a potential JJK 2, this could lead to varied conflicts including Toge being put into a bad place between his friends and his clan. Nobara's mother could play a role here as well maybe eg as a goverment asset.

Gege wrote the NSS part in the last chapter in such a way that it opens possibilities for more stories in the future... or it's unnecessarily convoluted for the third to last chapter of a manga series. IMO it's a bit too much to give the story a rounded and conclusive end like that but maybe the next chapter will change that impression.