Jujutsu Kaisen creator Gege Akutami is never afraid to kill off popular characters, and he finally explains the reason he does that.
TheJujutsu Kaisenmanga follows Yuji Itadori, whose whole life turns upside down after swallowing a special-grade cursed object. After becoming a vessel for a legendary historical sorcerer, Yuji joins the Jujutsu Tech High School to learn more about curses and gather the remaining fingers ofRyomen Sukuna.
The story takes a drastic turn after the Shibuya Incident Arc, and a lot of characters have died so far. The manga is in its final stretch since Gege Akutami has confirmedShinjuku Showdownwill be the final arc of the series.
During the ongoing Jujutsu Kaisen Exhibition at Shibuya Hakarie, Gege Akiutami has answered several fan questions.One of themasked, “Why did Mei Mei exactly escape in Shibuya and something else (hinted at death) happened to her?”
Gege answers, “I don’t think a character should die if readers don’t feel any emotion for them like sadness.”
Mei Mei has a brief fight with Kenjaku before she is transported to Malaysia with Ui Ui. However, the fight in Shibuya continues as the manga loses popular characters such as Nanami and Nobara.
One fanwrote, “Gege just literally confirmed he kills characters to make us suffer this man is more evil than Sukuna.”
“Gege is a believer in building you up to tear you down at the very peak. That’s one of my favorite types of writers. ‘The world shall know pain’ type of anger lol,”anothercommented.
Another fanalso wrote, “Guess Hakari vs Uraume will continue until Gege gives Uraume a sad backstory of how they lived in the mountains and had to cook travelers to barely survive, but then they met Sukuna.”
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Here’s a quick guide if you want to know more about theJujutsu Kaisen manga ending. For more dark sorcery, check out our explanation of thelatest plot twistandall major character deathsin the manga so far.
Tulisha Srivastava is an Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She is an expert on Shonen series, particularly One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen. In the past, she has worked for Comic Book Resources. You can contact her at tulisha.srivastava@dexerto.com
