Summary
Both Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man skip important story moments, missing opportunities for character and world development. Jujutsu Kaisen rushes into the final battle after skipping crucial time to prepare, affecting character interactions and story depth. Chainsaw Man replaces Denji with Asa for a significant amount of time, lacking exploration of her development and importance to the story.
In terms of shōnen, both Jujutsu Kaisen And Chainsaw man are fast-paced and intense manga, sometimes to their detriment. In fact, both series make the same mistake of skipping important stretches of time when there are important story beats that need to be built up. By skipping these story parts, both Gege Akutami and Tatsuki Fujimoto miss out on the opportunity to add more depth to their world and characters.
Unexpectedly, every moment in the story's timeline must be elaborated, and the plot must eventually develop. However, this time period is quite significant, spanning several months for Chainsaw Man and about a month of preparation for the final battle in Jujutsu Kaisen.These skips deprive readers of character development that could have fleshed out the cast of both manga.
Although both of these manga attempt to offer a solution to this problem, their effectiveness remains controversial. But before we get into that, it's important to point out what both series got away with during that time.
Jujutsu Kaisen skips the planning stage
Gojo wasted no time jumping into battle
The timeskip in Jujutsu Kaisen occurs after Satoru Gojo is freed from the Prison Kingdom. Upon his release, he found himself in a world that had changed a lot in the few weeks of his absence, from the presence of the Killing Game, to Sukuna taking Megumi as a vessel, and the deaths of several of his colleagues. his. Immediately surrounded by the villainous trio of Sukuna, Kenjaku, and Uraume, Gojo negotiated a specific date to fight the Cursed King himself, on December 24.
Given that, in-universe, the date is November 19, there's a lot of potential time to explain between those dates. From the preparations both sides will make, how will the world adapt to the return of the 'strongest', etc. But Gojo is released in chapter #221 and starts the fight with Sukuna in chapter #223, with there is only a single chapter about downtime and preparations between them.
Many of the events and developments that occurred during that month, including the strategy the heroes would adopt against Sukuna, were later revealed in flashback form, but it was still a strange choice to make. shows when Akutami tries to skip right past the final battle. .
Chainsaw Man was replaced in his own series
This omission missed the public rise of a new hero
Chainsaw Man has an almost severe time skip. Before leaving, Denji gave up his role as Chainsaw Man, wanting to focus on keeping his family happy and not wanting to sacrifice them to serve his own ego. Meanwhile, the villain, Asa Mitaka, takes on the position of famous protector of society.
Asa joined the 'Church of the Chainsaw Man', basically becoming a demon hunting celebrity. However, the manga spends very little time detailing her upbringing or her relationships with members of the Church at the time. The reader is primarily introduced to her newfound fame through several panels, which is quite confusing given the significance of such a development for Asa.
Why did Fujimoto and Akutami decide to leave out important parts of the story?
These mangaka masters certainly have their reasons
These timeskips can be confusing at first glance, but there are several reasons for both series. In the case of Jujutsu Kaisen, Akutami repeatedly gave readers glimpses into the planning stages carried out by the cast, along with important conversations Gojo had with his students. . This can be understood as Gege wants to keep fans of the series on their toes and jump right into the epic action scene as Gojo fights Sukuna.
Certainly, every time the heroes come up with a new trick to try to defeat Sukuna, it comes as a surprise to fans, which keeps the tension high. This also fits Jujutsu Kaisen's signature “compressed storytelling” style, which saturates the plot with quick and important developments, and is the main reason behind the series' success.
Chainsaw Man also has a reasonable explanation, which is that Denji was not playing the role of Chainsaw Man during that time, and thus had little to do with his story. Even though Asa is a main character in her own right, Denji is still the series' namesake and his development is just as important as Asa's. It's possible that Fujimoto didn't want Asa to be the sole focus of attention in some chapters while Denji has remained the same character, but that's more speculation than anything.
Both Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man made missteps
Missed opportunities are regrettable
These shōnen titans end up feeling a little emptier with the omission of these storylines. A common criticism leveled at the Shinjuku Showdown arc of Jujutsu Kaisen is the fact that it is a drawn out fight with less character interaction and has been going on since chapter #223. Fans were excited to see Gojo reunite with his students and allies and prepare for the final battle after nearly a hundred chapters without him, but were denied these moments by jumping in. battle two chapters later.
Chainsaw Man's skipping seems a bit awkward. Fans have to deduce that the skipping has been going on for months, with no real start or end date clearly provided to readers. Chapter #141 suggests that as the days are passing, Chainsaw Man is no longer popular, but nothing is outright announced to readers of the manga. Ultimately, it's more odd than obnoxious, but a questionable choice nonetheless.
How are Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man modified?
Both series try to bridge the differences they created
Yuta Okkotsa advises Satoru Gojo not to become a monster himself along with Maki Zenin and Toge Inumaki.
As mentioned before, Shinjuku Showdown is not exactly a fight against Sukuna alone. Almost every time a new character joins or implements a new strategy, Gege flashes back to that month of training to show how these strategies played out or the characters developed new powers How is this? For the most part these are good interactions between characters, although their presence only explains the latest developments that the battle takes.
Meanwhile, Chainsaw Man tries to find a more natural way to bridge that gap. Asa is more widely recognized than ever, and since the latest arc, the manga has slowed down to show the characters interacting again. Currently, The action has given way to the current cast just hanging around and trying to help Denji after some truly terrible things have happened to him, this is helping develop the existing characters like never before.
In any case, Jujutsu Kaisen And Chainsaw man made the mistake of ignoring moments that could have been polished and used to build upon both their cast and the world of the series. At the same time, both films attempt to alleviate the problems caused by this in their own ways.