Jujutsu Kaisen puts up an array of fight sequences between cursed spirits and jujutsu sorcerers, which can be ranked according to their choreography — the most important factor that makes a fight scene emotional and engaging. From the combinations of cursed powers to the development and parallels of characters as they learn how to fight against curse users, there are plenty of aspects to take into account while analyzing a fighting scene.
The anime’s blood-bumping sequences make you feel on the edge of your seat with the ideal usage of choreography, which can vary from one-on-one battles to group fights.
Nobara chases her opponent through a forest before Momo takes her turn to taunt the first-year student. Afterward, Momo lowers her broom and strikes Nobara’s face with its handle. This fight both has decent stakes while getting to be funny, with the two rookie sorcerers constantly talking about their personalities until the fight ends.
This intense clash ends up with Nobara obtaining a straw from Momo’s broom to attach it to her straw doll. Nobara wastes no time using her signature technique, taking the hammer down on the straw doll in an effort to force Momo to lose control of her broom.
Shortly after Yuji leaves to pursue Junpei to gather information, Nanami goes underground to take the battle to the opponent’s base, meeting with several ex-humans tortured by Mahito. He appears from the shadows and confronts the jujutsu teacher in the sewer.
The fight starts with Nanami knocking away Mahito’s left hand and activating the radio technique to aim his weak points. However, Mahito uses his Idle Transfiguration cursed technique to heal his broken arm and transform ex-humans into creatures. Nanami is able to avoid Mahito until 6:00 PM when he stops hunting for cursed users. Afterward, Nanami focuses all his strength on a single blow to create a weak point in the wall, unleashing the full might of the radio technique. It concludes with a large piece of debris crushing Mahito.
This is where we first meet the greatest sorcerer ever, Satoru Gojo. He appears to test the power of Sukuna after Yuji swallows one of the antagonist’s fingers to help Megumi. Sukuna can’t land a single punch in his new form, as Satoru toys with the father of Cursed Spirits to demonstrate his superiority.
However, it is safe to say that Yuji can’t seem to take over Sukuna’s powers yet. He should become stronger as Yuji eats more of his fingers. The next round between Satoru and Sukuna could be the best fight in the series.
Ultimate Mechamaru manages to shoot one of Panda’s cores and catches the mutated corpse off guard at the very beginning. However, Panda activates his gorilla mode to unleash his true power, gaining a huge boost in cursed energy to perform deadly attacks.
Mechamaru takes a defensive stance to keep himself alive until Panda returns to his original form. This strategic change in his combat style does not help Mechamaru take advantage again. However, Panda disguises his core location so as not to lose another core to the war machine. The fight results in Panda performing his punch combos to smash Mechamaru.
It is a fight that goes from exhilarating to existential due to the emotional relationship between Maki Zenin and Mai Zenin. Mai uses all of her cursed energy to create a bullet for a last shot, but Maki catches it in the air with her bare hand. She proves that she is a far more formidable fighter than her sister.
We also learn more about the conflict between Maki and Mai, which stems from their childhood. Despite the fact that Maki can’t use cursed energy like her sister, we realize the difference in strength between the two characters.
We are treated to how powerful Yuji and Nobara became together in the final part of the first season. Nobara takes a life for the first time, while Yuji faces the reality of what just happened and makes a tough decision to save his friend.
Nobara finds herself fighting against two special-grade cursed spirits alone, but Yuji gets into the action just in time to fend off their signature move: Root Technique Decay. It is too late when the brothers are aware that Yuji is resistant to poisons. Nobara uses her Straw Doll technique after getting hit by the Death Womb Paintings, transferring her pain straight to the enemies to put an end to the fight.
This is where we witness Mahito’s true potential to be a sorcerer killer, with the psycho-maniac going up against one of the strongest jujutsu teachers, Nanami, and Yuji Itadoru, alone. Despite Nanami’s signature move and intense effort, the duo can not find a way to slice Mahito into pieces, as he can transform his body into weapons like a sword, rotating blades, and drills.
Mahito manages to trap Nanami inside his domain expansion, but Yuji Itadoru breaks through the barrier to save his mentor. The fight concludes with Mahito admitting his failure and escaping into the sewers.
Megumi’s first encounter with this special grade cursed spirit ended with him running away to save Nobara from a dominant expansion. However, the first-year student is confident for the second round, whose sword is broken from the impact Finger Bearer creates with a single blast of cursed energy.
After pulverizing Megumi’s sword at the beginning of the round, Finger Bearer takes an offensive stance and starts changing angles quickly to hit Megumi with cursed energy. However, Megumi’s divine dog grabs his owner in time to keep him alive until he unleashes his own domain expansion. The character gains his mobility and circles Finger Bearer to catch it off guard, stabbing through its chest to come out victorious.
Jogo unleashes several explosive blasts to distract Satoru and catch him off guard, but the strongest sorcerer always has something to say. After his ineffective move against Satoru, Jogo feels disappointed and questions himself heading to the second round.
Interestingly, Satoru lets Yuji and his enemy hear the secret behind his signature technique to defeat cursed spirits on their domain expansions. After Jogo unleashes his domain expansion to change the course of combat, Satoru responds with his own domain expansion to cut Jogo’s enemies off by just having a glimpse. This fight undoubtedly has stakes, as it also has an emotional impact on Jogo.
The most fun fight in the Jujutsu Kaisen anime is starred by the Aoi Todo and Yuji Itadori duo, which begins with Aoi saving Maki from Hanami while Yuji attempts to punch the enemy. After failing to land a blow on Hanami, Aoi Todo slaps his friend to remind him to concentrate. This fight gets to be funnier, with Aoi Todo teaching Yuji how to use Black flash to break Hanami’s endurance.
The latter part of the fight sees Aoi unleashing his Boogie Woogie technique, which allows him to change his location with each clap. Besides, the characters’ strategy against Hanami’s elemental powers is on point, with their interactions and fast combinations making the fight sequence even more hilarious and satisfying.
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