Jujutsu Kaisen · Season 1 · Netflix / Crunchyroll
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.7/10. 24 episodes on Netflix / Crunchyroll from 3 October 2020.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Season 1 of Jujutsu Kaisen hits its marks with the confidence of a show that knows exactly what it is: a MAPPA production with a generous animation budget, a charismatic ensemble, and a genre toolkit deployed without embarrassment. The Yuji-Gojo dynamic is the show's spine - a mentorship that is also a study in how power can afford to be casual. Nobara and Megumi are defined quickly and clearly. The Cursed Spirits design is inventive enough that each encounter feels visually distinct. Critics pointed to the tonal agility - scenes of deadpan comedy followed immediately by action that takes its injury economy seriously. Gojo's Domain Expansion is the season's marquee spectacle; the execution is controlled enough that the show has something to do with it dramatically rather than deploying it as pure fan service.
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The Room
“Jujutsu Kaisen combines visceral action with a surprising emotional intelligence that distinguishes it from its genre peers.”
Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)
Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about — premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1Ryomen Sukuna8.6
The pilot establishes Yuji with economy and warmth - a teenager with absurd physical gifts and straightforward moral clarity - then detonates his life in the episode's final minutes. MAPPA's production quality is announced immediately: the character animation is restrained where the action is expansive, which is exactly the right ratio.
The moment: Yuji's first Cursed Energy activation - the show's declaration that it intends to operate at a different physical scale than its peers.
“A pilot that earns its chaos by first establishing what is at stake and who we are watching.” — Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)
- E20Nonstandard9.1
The episode that closed the Kyoto Goodwill Event arc and transitioned into the Vs. Mahito arc - widely marked as the moment the show graduated from very good shonen to something operating with real dramatic ambition. Itadori's confrontation with Mahito introduces the season's actual philosophical stakes and is unsettling in a way the show's first half was not designed to be.
The moment: Mahito's Idle Transfiguration used on someone Yuji cares about - the show's first choice that has permanent consequences.
“The transition that reveals Jujutsu Kaisen is not content to be a tournament show.” — Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)