Although manga readers of Jujutsu Kaisen are on an emotional rollercoaster with the latest installment in the series, but those just reading anime There have also been its fair share of pivotal moments in the recent series.
The Shibuya Incident arc was well underway, a story arc that marked a major shift in the story with events that completely derailed the series’ direction up to that point.
But ( spoiler alert ) with Gojo sealed away, one of the series’ most iconic characters will be gone for a while. However, it didn’t take long for Jujutsu Kaisen fans to take that sentiment and turn it straight towards Nanami in the latest episode.
Nanami left the JJK fandom suffocated (in a good way)
Hot anime guys getting a lot of attention is nothing new in the anime community, especially when it comes to shows like Free and Yuri on Ice that completely cater to that fandom. .
However, not everyone likes traditional affection, love, and care.
Enter a scene in the latest Jujutsu Kaisen episode that features a very angry Nanami throwing around Haruta. This scene, which was considered a brutal depiction of Nanami unleashing her rage on one of the minor villains of the arc, awakened something in the hearts of fans of the series.
One scene in particular resonated with fans, where Nanami grabs Haruta’s ponytail and throws him around.
The number of tweets from people unabashedly admitting to doing unspeakable things to Nanami (or asking Nanami to do unspeakable things to them) is a movement almost unrivaled by any other bad fandom in the anime community.
You know this is serious when we got the fancam just a few hours after the episode aired.
Tweets expressing their absolute desire for Nanami garnered millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes on Twitter, showing how moved the community was by the idea of spending some time with Nanami.
And, while JJK’s manga is extremely popular, this sudden movement from the fan community shows how much a series can benefit from an anime adaptation, especially one that is Made by a studio of the same caliber as MAPPA.
