Jujutsu Kaisen

**Jujutsu Kaisen** (呪 (じゅ) 術 (じゅつ) 廻 (かい) 戦 (せん) , *Jujutsu Kaisen*?) is a manga written and illustrated by Gege Akutami and is published in *Weekly Shonen Jump*. The first chapter was published on March 5, 2018, in issue 14 of *Weekly Shonen Jump.*

## Author

*Main Article: Gege Akutami*
**Gege Akutami** (芥 (あくた) 見 (み) 下 (げ) 々 (げ) , *Akutami Gege*?) is a Japanese manga artist and the author of Jujutsu Kaisen.

In 2018, Gege Akutami started their first full serialization with Jujutsu Kaisen in issue 14 of *Weekly Shonen Jump*. Jujutsu Kaisen serves as the follow-up series to Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Jujutsu High.

Gege Akutami
## History

A prequel series titled **Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Jujutsu High** started on April 28th, 2017, in the **Jump GIGA** 2017 vol.1 issue. The series was meant to be a short series and continued for four chapters and concluded in the 2017 vol.4 issue.

On March 5th, 2018, in the 2018-14 issue of **Weekly Shonen Jump**, the serialization of **Jujutsu Kaisen** started, acting as an sequel to the previous short series, featuring new main characters. In December 2018, along with the release of the series 3rd volume, an additional volume was released labelled as 0th volume and containing the 4-chapter prequel series.

## Plot

*Main article: Story Arcs*
Yuji Itadori is an expert at track and field. But he has zero interest running around in circles, he's happy as a clam in the Occult Research Club. Although he's only in the club for kicks, things get serious when a real spirit shows up at school!

When his grandfather is on his deathbed, Yuji makes a promise to him; that he will do kind deeds so that he dies surrounded by loved ones, unlike his grandfather.

However, Yuji's life takes a sudden turn as he meets Megumi Fushiguro; a jujutsu sorcerer who tries to retrieve a cursed object. When Yuji's friends open the cursed object that they found, things go south as the cursed spirits that it spawned start roaming in school. As Fushiguro and Yuji are almost defeated by one of the spirits, Yuji then swallows the cursed object and gains its power. As a result, Yuji becomes cursed by the object and gets dragged into Fushiguro's thrilling world of jujutsu sorcerers and cursed spirits.

## Characters

*Main Article: List of Characters*
Yuji ItadoriMegumi FushiguroNobara KugisakiSatoru GojoSukuna
## Volumes

*Main article: Volumes & Chapters*

* JP Covers
* NA Covers
* Full Covers

Vol. 1: *Ryomen Sukuna*Vol. 2: *Fearsome Womb*Vol. 3: *Young Fish and Reverse Punishment*Vol. 4: *I'm Gonna Kill You!*Vol. 5: *Kyoto Sister School Kyoto Goodwill Event*Vol. 6: *Black Flash*Vol. 7: *The Origin of Obedience*Vol. 8: *Hidden Inventory*Vol. 9: *Premature Death*Vol. 10: *Evening Festival*Vol. 11: *The Shibuya Incident
ーGate Openー*Vol. 12: *The Shibuya Incident
ーSummonー*Vol. 13: *The Shibuya Incident
ーThunderclapー*Vol. 14: *The Shibuya Incident
ーRight and Wrongー*Vol. 15: *The Shibuya Incident
ーTransformationー*Vol. 16: *The Shibuya Incident
ーGate Closedー*Vol. 17: *Perfect Preparation*Vol. 18: *Fever*Vol. 19: *Tokyo No. 1 Colony
ーAngry Manー*Vol. 20: *Sendai Colony
ーThe Height of the Feastー*Vol. 21: *Tokyo No. 2 Colony
ーIncredible Luckー*Vol. 22: *Sakurajima Colony
ーResurrectionー*Vol. 23: *Stars and Oil*Vol. 24: *Fearsome Womb
ーRecurrenceー*Vol. 25: *Inhuman Makyo Shinjuku Showdown*

Vol. 1: *Ryomen Sukuna*Vol. 2: *Fearsome Womb*Vol. 3: *Young Fish and Reverse Punishment*Vol. 4: *I'm Gonna Kill You!*Vol. 5: *Kyoto Sister School Kyoto Goodwill Event*Vol. 6: *Black Flash*Vol. 7: *The Origin of Obedience*Vol. 8: *Hidden Inventory*Vol. 9: *Premature Death*Vol. 10: *Evening Festival*Vol. 11: *The Shibuya Incident
ーGate Openー*Vol. 12: *The Shibuya Incident
ーSummonー*Vol. 13: *The Shibuya Incident
ーThunderclapー*Vol. 14: *The Shibuya Incident
ーRight and Wrongー*Vol. 15: *The Shibuya Incident
ーTransformationー*Vol. 16: *The Shibuya Incident
ーGate Closedー*Vol. 17: *Perfect Preparation*Vol. 18: *Fever*Vol. 19: *Tokyo No. 1 Colony
ーAngry Manー*Vol. 20: *Sendai Colony
ーThe Height of the Feastー*Vol. 21: *Tokyo No. 2 Colony
ーIncredible Luckー*Vol. 22: *Sakurajima Colony
ーResurrectionー*

Vol. 1 Full CoverVol. 2 Full CoverVol. 3 Full CoverVol. 4 Full CoverVol. 5 Full CoverVol. 6 Full CoverVol. 7 Full CoverVol. 8 Full CoverVol. 9 Full CoverVol. 10 Full CoverVol. 11 Full CoverVol. 12 Full Cover
## Reception

By November 2019, the series had over 2.5 million copies in print worldwide. As of May 20th, 2020, the series has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. As of May 2021, *Jujutsu Kaisen* manga had over 50 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.

## Promotional Videos

*Main Article: Promotional Videos*
Jujutsu Kaisen released short special commercial promoting videos which were made to promote the manga series. They were narrated by Satoru Gojo's voice actor Yuichi Nakamura.

## Anime Adaptation

*Main Article: Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)*
The Jujutsu Kaisen anime adaptation was announced in the 52nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, on November 25th, 2019. It has been animated by Studio MAPPA and officially began airing on October 3, 2020.

It had been announced that the second season will premiere in the summer of 2023.

## External Links

* Special Shonen Jump Official Site (JP)
* Shonen Jump Serialization Official Site (JP)
* Manga Plus Simulcast (EN)
* Official Twitter Account (JP)

## References

1. ↑ https://eiga.com/news/20191126/12/
2. ↑ https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1589943958