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Critical reception

Micah Peters of The Ringer stated that while the series' focused execution of shōnen tropes rendered it infinitely watchable, its specificity, personality, and ultra-slick stylishness were what made it exceptional. He noted that, similar to director Sunghoo Park's previous work on The God of High School, the anime featured a sumptuous amount of splashy, expensive animation enabled by motion capture, which delivered on the action promised by the source material. Paul Thomas Chapman of Otaku USA described the series as a prime example of average material elevated by excellent execution, drawing comparisons to Bleach and YuYu Hakusho. Chapman praised director Park's ability to seamlessly segue from goofy comedy to chilling horror and noted that the crew at MAPPA made this narrative mutability seem effortless. Ana Diaz of Polygon highlighted the seventeenth episode, praising the series' treatment of its female characters as a departure from other shōnen series. Diaz wrote that the show presented a variety of female perspectives, allowing its young women to disagree and fight for their viewpoints. She concluded that its widespread success signaled that audiences were actively craving such change, giving other creators a green light to write diverse women into their shows.

Reviewing the second season's Shibuya Incident Arc, Rafael Motamayor of IGN praised its animation but criticized its narrative as meandering. He described the relentless fight sequences as a slog, characterizing the arc as a series of nonsensical battles lacking emotional depth in the storytelling. In a separate review, Beckett criticized the series for its handling of Nobara Kugisaki's apparent death, noting that the lack of known details about her character made the accompanying flashback ineffective. This was contrasted with the better-executed death of Kento Nanami. Beckett compared Nobara's fate to the "women in refrigerators" trope, arguing it served primarily to shock protagonist Yuji Itadori. The shock surrounding Nobara's fate was echoed by The Television, which highlighted the dissonance created by her continued appearance in the ending sequence alongside the surviving characters. In a general assessment of the season, Bolts of Anime News Network praised the backstory of Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto but found the Shibuya arc mishandled its protagonist, Yuji Itadori, by portraying him more as a victim than an active participant.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution

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