Summary
Jujutsu Kaisen’s anime gives Aoi Todo a much better start than the manga by making his final move bigger and more impactful. The anime expands on Todo’s final moments, giving more depth to his character and explaining why he can no longer fight. Todo’s hand is shown to be severely damaged in the anime, which gives a more plausible explanation for his inability to use his cursed technique.
Warning: spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen season 2, episode 21.Aoi Todo has long been considered one of the best characters in Jujutsu Kaisen, but only the anime gave him the send-off he deserved at the end of his greatest battle. The statement that he cannot use his cursed technique is not only not clearly explained in the manga, but Todo has not been mentioned much since the Shibuya Incident, all of which is taken as terrible treatment of such a person. beloved character.
Todo’s treatment was a major point of criticism in the manga, but the Jujutsu Kaisen anime gave him a much better send-off. Episode #21 of Season 2, “Metamorphosis”, covers the end of the ongoing war against Mahito, this is the last time Todo appears or is mentioned, and the sequence of events is largely the same as in the manga.
However, Jujutsu Kaisen’The anime adaptation of Todo expands on Todo’s final moments not only big enough to justify this being his last appearance, but also to better explain why Todo can’t fight anymore, and overall, it gives Todo a bit of a send-off Much better than how things played out in the manga.
Jujutsu Kaisen’s anime makes Todo’s final moments as big as possible
Created by MAPPA and based on the manga by Gege Akutami
The biggest way the Jujutsu Kaisen anime gives Todo a better send-off is by making his final move much bigger than in the manga. Like in the manga, Todo’s final move against Mahito is to slap Mahito’s hand with his hand to activate the Boogie Woogie, but the Jujutsu Kaisen anime adds to that by adding it. Let Todo imagine himself fighting Mahito with his idol, Takada, with one of her songs even playing in the background. It’s an incredibly silly scene that’s also perfectly characteristic of Todo, and seeing it play out with such great animation makes it a perfect send-off.
In addition there is a setup for the sequence. Just like in the manga, Todo uses Mahito to activate Boogie Woogie before his pendant falls to the ground and reveals Yuji’s photo next to Takada’s photo, meaning Todo loves Yuji as much as he loves Takada, who always love Yuji. is considered Todo’s favorite person in the world, so Yuji can be seen as equal motivation for Todo’s fantasy defeat of Mahito. That idea adds even more depth to such an incredible scene and it all comes together to give Todo a much better send-off than the manga gave him.
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Jujutsu Kaisen’s anime gives a better explanation for Todo’s absence
Another way the Jujutsu Kaisen anime improves Todo’s final moments is by better explaining why he can no longer fight. In the manga, Todo’s statement that he can’t use Boogie Woogie anymore doesn’t make much sense since he’s previously shown that he doesn’t necessarily need two arms to activate it, but the Jujutsu Kaisen The anime shows Todo’s hand to be more damaged and deformed than the manga, so Todo’s hand may be too injured to continue using Boogie Woogie. That’s a much better justification than what’s given in the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and when combined with the previous scene, it makes for a better send-off in every way All.
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