WEBVTT 00:00:04.650 --> 00:00:08.029 You're listening to the After Hours Arc, your 00:00:08.029 --> 00:00:12.390 new anime podcast. My name is Antai, and I'll 00:00:12.390 --> 00:00:17.250 be your host. Join me as I review, recap, and 00:00:17.250 --> 00:00:21.070 relive anime, one arc at a time. And as always, 00:00:21.370 --> 00:00:24.030 these are all from a manga -free point of view. 00:00:24.750 --> 00:00:28.850 Welcome back to another Jujutsu Kaisen Season 00:00:28.850 --> 00:00:33.229 3 Recap. Today is going to be about Episode 11. 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:38.700 Tokyo Colony number one, part five. This episode 00:00:38.700 --> 00:00:43.979 wasted absolutely no time jumping straight into 00:00:43.979 --> 00:00:47.159 the action. From the first moments of the episode, 00:00:47.219 --> 00:00:51.799 we are immediately thrown back into the Fushiguro 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:56.320 and Reggie fight inside of Fushiguro's chimera 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.979 shadow garden. The overall tone of this episode 00:01:00.979 --> 00:01:06.939 is very... action heavy, but it is also extremely 00:01:06.939 --> 00:01:12.540 tactical. There are a lot of explanations about 00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:17.040 how domains, counter techniques, and guaranteed 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:21.060 hit mechanics work. One thing that stood out 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:25.180 right away is that parts of the episode felt 00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:28.200 a little confusing for me. The dialogue kept 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.189 referencing these guaranteed hit or guaranteed 00:01:32.189 --> 00:01:36.349 kill mechanics that normally exist inside of 00:01:36.349 --> 00:01:40.090 a domain. But at the same time, the episode is 00:01:40.090 --> 00:01:43.450 constantly reminding us that Fushiguro's domain 00:01:43.450 --> 00:01:46.329 is incomplete. Because of that contradiction, 00:01:46.489 --> 00:01:49.489 it did take me a little bit to understand what 00:01:49.489 --> 00:01:52.049 they were talking about, but I don't think it 00:01:52.049 --> 00:01:55.950 was a deal breaker for me in this episode. The 00:01:55.950 --> 00:02:01.409 previous episode was the strange but very entertaining 00:02:01.409 --> 00:02:05.069 fight that was going to be between Takaba and 00:02:05.069 --> 00:02:09.569 Hazanoki. The second, which is the major moment 00:02:09.569 --> 00:02:13.590 we're in, is the Fushiguro and Reggie fight. 00:02:13.789 --> 00:02:17.509 The fight takes place inside that gymnasium. 00:02:18.669 --> 00:02:21.370 Fushiguro's Chimera Shadow Garden is already 00:02:21.370 --> 00:02:24.729 active as soon as the episode starts. We have 00:02:24.729 --> 00:02:27.969 Reggie immediately countering by activating a 00:02:27.969 --> 00:02:32.409 technique called hollow wicker basket. This technique 00:02:32.409 --> 00:02:36.770 is designed to counter domains by neutralizing 00:02:36.770 --> 00:02:40.770 that guaranteed hit factor that usually comes 00:02:40.770 --> 00:02:45.430 with them. During the explanation, we get references 00:02:45.430 --> 00:02:49.449 to the Shibuya incident and how during that arc, 00:02:49.530 --> 00:02:53.939 characters like Jogo and Hanami use something 00:02:53.939 --> 00:02:59.240 called domain amplification. That technique allowed 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:02.460 them to neutralize Gojo's limitless by allowing 00:03:02.460 --> 00:03:06.400 his curse technique to flow into their domain 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:10.139 space instead. Reggie's hollow wicker basket 00:03:10.139 --> 00:03:14.900 definitely works differently. It does not directly 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:18.780 neutralize curse techniques themselves. Instead, 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:23.620 it neutralizes the domain barrier. that carries 00:03:23.620 --> 00:03:26.580 the curse technique. That is what removes the 00:03:26.580 --> 00:03:31.439 guaranteed hit effect. At first, Reggie becomes 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:35.680 so confident because he believes this countermeasure 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:39.560 should completely protect him inside of this 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:42.300 shadow garden. But Reggie realizes something 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:46.659 is wrong. Despite using the hollow wicker basket, 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:51.460 he is still getting hit. Fushiguro ends up trapping 00:03:51.460 --> 00:03:55.020 him briefly using his frog Shikigami, which leaves 00:03:55.020 --> 00:03:58.500 Reggie confused about how Fushiguro's attacks 00:03:58.500 --> 00:04:02.479 are still connecting. The explanation does come 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:06.099 shortly after. Fushiguro's domain is incomplete. 00:04:06.500 --> 00:04:10.979 Because of that, it does not possess the typical 00:04:10.979 --> 00:04:16.439 guaranteed hit mechanic that most domain expansions 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:21.899 have. Instead, Chimera Shadowgarden amplifies 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:25.579 Fushiguro's Ten Shadows technique and allows 00:04:25.579 --> 00:04:30.759 him to use it at like 120 % of its normal potential. 00:04:30.980 --> 00:04:35.939 It is insane. Instead of fighting a guaranteed 00:04:35.939 --> 00:04:40.279 hit domain, Regi is essentially fighting Fushiguro 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:45.319 at his absolute peak inside an environment designed 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:49.899 entirely around his abilities. Reggie does manage 00:04:49.899 --> 00:04:52.920 to free himself. He spits something out that 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:55.860 ended up being sharp and it cut the frog's tongue. 00:04:56.319 --> 00:05:00.500 The fight becomes extremely tactical at this 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:04.139 point. At one point, Reggie even sees what appears 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:08.920 to be two fushiguros. He's reflecting that dealing 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:12.480 with this situation might actually be harder 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:15.779 than dealing with a normal guaranteed hit domain 00:05:15.779 --> 00:05:20.199 because he constantly has to analyze what is 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:24.240 real. Eventually, Reggie figures out something 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.379 very important. The floor of the domain is actually 00:05:28.379 --> 00:05:33.259 Fushiguro's shadow. Once he realizes that, Reggie 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:36.180 begins exploiting it. He starts dropping cars 00:05:36.180 --> 00:05:40.379 and other objects into the shadow, forcing Fushiguro 00:05:40.379 --> 00:05:43.360 to carry the weight of all those items stored 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:47.060 inside. At one point, Reggie added like two and 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:52.399 a half tons of cars to Fushiguro's shadow. And 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:54.939 he is clearly beginning to struggle under that 00:05:54.939 --> 00:05:59.339 pressure. Reggie's plan is to continue stacking 00:05:59.339 --> 00:06:02.240 weight until Fushiguro eventually collapses. 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.540 Fushiguro ends up summoning Max Elephant above 00:06:06.540 --> 00:06:10.040 Reggie. And now Reggie is forced to physically 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:13.810 hold up the massive Shikigami. To keep it from 00:06:13.810 --> 00:06:18.870 crushing him. The fight suddenly turns into this 00:06:18.870 --> 00:06:24.569 brutal battle of endurance. Where both fighters 00:06:24.569 --> 00:06:28.189 are essentially trying to outlast the other. 00:06:29.170 --> 00:06:33.149 Reggie still has a trump card at his disposal 00:06:33.149 --> 00:06:36.170 though. Even though his receipts are soaked. 00:06:36.709 --> 00:06:39.689 He activates his technique again. We hear this 00:06:39.689 --> 00:06:42.959 crack. and suddenly Reggie begins sinking into 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:48.079 the shadow. Fushiguro is pushing himself to the 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:51.879 absolute limit, and he's waiting to make sure 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:55.160 that Reggie is completely dead before releasing 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:59.279 his domain. But Reggie's not finished yet. He 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.319 uses one of the cars that he previously dropped 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:05.779 into the shadow to launch himself out of the 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:09.379 shadow. Then he activates his technique again, 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:14.100 and drops an entire two -story building directly 00:07:14.100 --> 00:07:18.500 on top of Fushiguro. It was falling in such slow 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:22.740 motion, and it made it feel really intense. I 00:07:22.740 --> 00:07:26.980 enjoyed watching it so much. But the scene suddenly 00:07:26.980 --> 00:07:32.180 shifts to the gymnasium pool area. Reggie is 00:07:32.180 --> 00:07:35.439 starting to sink, and he initially thinks that 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:38.449 he is inside of the shadow again. But then we 00:07:38.449 --> 00:07:41.350 have Fushiguro suddenly appearing behind him 00:07:41.350 --> 00:07:45.790 and has him in a chokehold. After a long pause, 00:07:46.170 --> 00:07:49.889 it becomes clear that Fushiguro has released 00:07:49.889 --> 00:07:53.350 his domain. So both of them get out of the pool 00:07:53.350 --> 00:07:56.769 and they're standing on opposite sides. They 00:07:56.769 --> 00:08:00.029 slowly start walking towards each other before 00:08:00.029 --> 00:08:04.250 beginning their fight. And I have to say, The 00:08:04.250 --> 00:08:08.009 animation during this was so entertaining to 00:08:08.009 --> 00:08:12.110 watch, especially when his divine dog appears 00:08:12.110 --> 00:08:15.990 and slashes through Reggie's shoulder. Reggie 00:08:15.990 --> 00:08:20.310 realizes something very important. Fushiguro 00:08:20.310 --> 00:08:23.689 wasn't running away from him earlier in the fight 00:08:23.689 --> 00:08:27.209 when he ran to the gymnasium. He had been actually 00:08:27.209 --> 00:08:32.789 luring Reggie the whole time. The scene is just 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:38.639 visually stunning. We have reflections of water 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:41.659 that are just going all across the screen and 00:08:41.659 --> 00:08:44.559 we had this violin music playing in the background. 00:08:45.580 --> 00:08:49.440 As he's dying, Reggie transfers his points to 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:53.419 Fushiguro. Fushiguro receives 41 points from 00:08:53.419 --> 00:08:56.480 Reggie plus the five additional points he'll 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:00.139 get for killing him. When Fushiguro asked him 00:09:00.139 --> 00:09:03.490 what he was playing at, Reggie just says that 00:09:03.490 --> 00:09:06.769 it is his good deed before dying, and that he 00:09:06.769 --> 00:09:08.929 thinks it'll make the game more interesting. 00:09:09.649 --> 00:09:14.049 The story then cuts back to Hazanoki and Takaba, 00:09:14.250 --> 00:09:18.049 and we have Takaba just casually drinking tea. 00:09:19.309 --> 00:09:22.110 Hazanoki blows up the building that he's inside, 00:09:22.389 --> 00:09:26.809 but somehow, Takaba remains completely unharmed. 00:09:27.820 --> 00:09:31.720 At this point, he has survived multiple explosions 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.759 that realistically should have killed him at 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:39.980 least five times. Also learn that Takaba's curse 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:44.740 technique is called Comedian. And this technique 00:09:44.740 --> 00:09:49.460 allows whatever Takaba genuinely believes to 00:09:49.460 --> 00:09:55.860 be funny, it makes that a reality. The twist 00:09:55.860 --> 00:09:59.830 though, is that Takaba himself does not understand 00:09:59.830 --> 00:10:05.950 his own ability. That Shikigami Kagone, he appears 00:10:05.950 --> 00:10:10.409 and tells Hazenoki that Reggie's dead. So Hazenoki 00:10:10.409 --> 00:10:14.169 starts walking away. He is so over it. He's ready 00:10:14.169 --> 00:10:19.590 to just go home. And Takaba is so funny. He's 00:10:19.590 --> 00:10:21.669 just like, all right, well, make sure you take 00:10:21.669 --> 00:10:25.149 a bath and brush your teeth. But he realizes. 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:29.960 He still needs his points. Before that all goes 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:33.779 down, we bump into Remy again, who I was wondering 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:37.960 where she went. But Remy is running away, while 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:42.580 Fushiguro is slowly approaching her. The colors 00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:51.500 in this scene are just so amazing visually. Remy 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:55.980 ends up getting cornered by his divine dog. And 00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:59.559 Fushiguro has a sword. It looks like he was about 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.620 to kill her. But then he hears his sister's voice 00:11:02.620 --> 00:11:07.720 telling him to stop. So he ends up sparing Remy, 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:11.440 starts walking away, but ends up collapsing. 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:17.379 The colors in this scene stand out so much. They 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:22.940 are extremely vibrant and dark. And they really 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:27.100 set the tone for me. I really enjoyed the contrast 00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:33.299 of her run versus Fushiguro's walk. The difference 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:37.639 in pacing really did it for me. And this next 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:43.980 part I was so excited for because as soon as 00:11:43.980 --> 00:11:48.039 he collapses, we just have a glowing light and 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:51.639 a couple of feathers falling onto him. And we 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:55.570 are now introduced to Angel. who is just hovering 00:11:55.570 --> 00:12:01.330 above him and i have been dying to finally meet 00:12:01.330 --> 00:12:07.190 this sorcerer they seem so interesting and they 00:12:07.190 --> 00:12:11.330 are crucial for this plan so i was so excited 00:12:11.330 --> 00:12:15.210 to finally get some sort of introduction and 00:12:15.210 --> 00:12:18.730 i think that entrance was perfect the episode 00:12:18.730 --> 00:12:22.049 then shifts into explaining a different colony 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:28.000 the Sendai colony. Several powerful sorcerers 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:34.120 are introduced. We have Daruv, who has 91 points, 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:38.379 and he is this ancient sorcerer. This is his 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:42.720 second reincarnation, and he once conquered a 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:46.980 civil war all by himself. So he is obviously 00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:53.000 a beast. Then we got introduced to Ryu Ishigori, 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:59.740 and he has 77 points. And it's said that he possesses 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:04.039 the highest cursed energy output among all the 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:08.659 players. Next, they introduced us to Uro, who 00:13:08.659 --> 00:13:12.740 has 70 points, and she used to lead an assassin 00:13:12.740 --> 00:13:17.299 group known as the Sun, Moon, and Stars. Her 00:13:17.299 --> 00:13:19.620 curse technique allows her to manipulate the 00:13:19.620 --> 00:13:24.480 sky. And that is just ridiculous. It is going 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:29.879 to be so overpowered. I cannot wait to see whatever 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:32.960 is going to go down with that. And we also get 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:38.600 introduced to this Kuroushi character. They're 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:43.009 actually a special grade curse spirit. that Kenjaku 00:13:43.009 --> 00:13:47.889 released from cursed spirit manipulation. They're 00:13:47.889 --> 00:13:50.529 laying dormant until certain conditions are met. 00:13:50.789 --> 00:13:55.649 So obviously, I am assuming that is the bomb 00:13:55.649 --> 00:13:59.730 that Reggie was talking about, I think in like 00:13:59.730 --> 00:14:02.809 episode eight or nine, when he first started 00:14:02.809 --> 00:14:06.889 talking to Fushiguro about the goal of the game 00:14:06.889 --> 00:14:10.450 being a front. I believe this might be the bomb 00:14:10.450 --> 00:14:13.529 that he was talking about. Again, I'm not entirely 00:14:13.529 --> 00:14:19.169 sure. The fighters in Sendai appear to be in 00:14:19.169 --> 00:14:24.509 a stalemate. However, the episode reveals that 00:14:24.509 --> 00:14:27.970 one of them has already been killed. And the 00:14:27.970 --> 00:14:33.669 killer is our goat, Yuta. I am a huge Yuta fan. 00:14:33.970 --> 00:14:39.039 I love that boy. I was so... excited. And it's 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:43.320 amazing to see him take out the sorcerer with 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.980 the most amount of points, like right away. That 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:50.720 was amazing. I love his signature cold stare. 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:56.240 It gave me everything I was looking for in the 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.799 end of this episode. So three things that I really 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:05.200 enjoyed. Obviously, I think the Fushiguro and 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:08.639 Reggie fight was incredible. I thought they did 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:12.919 a great job animating it and keeping the stakes 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:17.100 and the tension high. I couldn't take my eyes 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:20.940 off the screen. It was so good. My second favorite 00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:23.860 part of this episode would definitely have to 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:27.330 be Angel's introduction. Again, I have been waiting 00:15:27.330 --> 00:15:30.690 so long to meet them. I can't wait to find out 00:15:30.690 --> 00:15:34.389 more of their backstory, see their curse technique, 00:15:34.590 --> 00:15:37.950 and hopefully we'll be able to get Gojo out of 00:15:37.950 --> 00:15:42.889 the prison seal. And my third favorite part of 00:15:42.889 --> 00:15:46.789 this episode has to be Yuta showing up. I keep 00:15:46.789 --> 00:15:49.710 forgetting that he was in the colonies, so I 00:15:49.710 --> 00:15:52.559 forgot. And I'm really happy that I know where 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:55.100 he is. Of course, he's in one of the most powerful 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:58.600 and dangerous colonies. But our boys got this. 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:04.840 I am so excited for episode 12 next week. I believe 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:09.139 this is the end of Arkoa. So I plan to do my 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:13.639 recap, but I will also give my take on how I 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:18.740 feel the last 12 episodes have went. and maybe 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:22.580 kind of my prediction of where I think they're 00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:26.799 going. But all in all, this episode was fantastic. 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:30.159 I have a couple other reviews that I'm working 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:34.700 on, and after Jujutsu Kaisen is over, we will 00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:38.080 be starting the Witch Hat Atelier. So I'm looking 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:41.179 forward to that still. 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