#the humor these chapters reminds me of cheesy b horror movie comedy or dorohedoro

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JJK 241 Thoughts

More Takaba and Kenjaku! I don’t know if Takaba’s possible death is a stepping stone (distraction) until others fight Kenjaku or if he’ll survive a while longer. I hate saying this because I very much hated his character in every scene he was in (sometimes you just hate a character idk), but now that he’s with someone where his god awful jokes can bounce off of, I’m kind of coming around to him 🥴 All the overpowered adult characters have been dropping like flies so I don’t have high hopes or anything

Apart from Takaba’s flashback, more about Kenjaku’s character too. Genuine insight that we’ve seen with them talking to Tengen or to Yuuji’s friend. I love seeing the strange people that they end up making a connection with (Tengen, Jin, Takaba), although it does make me want a Heian era flashback more and more,,,,

I’m absolutely biased because I find Kenjaku’s character interesting, but idk I’m having a good time reading these chapters, especially after how Tsumiki was handled and the highly technical shonen fight between Gojo and Sukuna. Maybe my standards are atrocious, but the chapters have all been entertaining since then

Did my weekly quick glance through the tags—not on tumblr—but I saw a lot of people say the panel below was because of Geto??? I’m genuinely curious as to why people think this because there’s zero reason for it to not be kenjaku’s past and/or just takaba’s technique. The only times it seemed Geto’s influence was shining through was when Gojo “woke” him up and that small scene at the end of Shibuya.

These panels are great though. It’s interesting to see how Kenjaku’s mind is potentially influenced by Takaba when Kenjaku has been a constant force when it comes to manipulation and influencing the mind (thinking of the Kamo clan leaders in particular here but really everyone). It’s continuing my nonstop surprise at how much chemistry they have as a comedic duo—although, much like Jin or Tengen, I can’t see this ending well for Takaba.

I hope Takaba gets to at least make Kenjaku laugh before they die! 😔 I felt a lot for his story which has been the case for most of the regular people turned modern sorcerers imo. Like with Higuruma or Hana, there’s a lot of heart to their backstories and motivations. It’s not like the past sorcerers don’t, but a lot of them are more focused on power and fighting. Other than Uro and Angel, I was never as interested in any in-depth backstories (still hoping we get more with them!)