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Welcome back to another Jujutsu Kaisen Season
3 Recap. Today is going to be about Episode 11.
Tokyo Colony number one, part five. This episode
wasted absolutely no time jumping straight into
the action. From the first moments of the episode,
we are immediately thrown back into the Fushiguro
and Reggie fight inside of Fushiguro's chimera
shadow garden. The overall tone of this episode
is very... action heavy, but it is also extremely
tactical. There are a lot of explanations about
how domains, counter techniques, and guaranteed
hit mechanics work. One thing that stood out
right away is that parts of the episode felt
a little confusing for me. The dialogue kept
referencing these guaranteed hit or guaranteed
kill mechanics that normally exist inside of
a domain. But at the same time, the episode is
constantly reminding us that Fushiguro's domain
is incomplete. Because of that contradiction,
it did take me a little bit to understand what
they were talking about, but I don't think it
was a deal breaker for me in this episode. The
previous episode was the strange but very entertaining
fight that was going to be between Takaba and
Hazanoki. The second, which is the major moment
we're in, is the Fushiguro and Reggie fight.
The fight takes place inside that gymnasium.
Fushiguro's Chimera Shadow Garden is already
active as soon as the episode starts. We have
Reggie immediately countering by activating a
technique called hollow wicker basket. This technique
is designed to counter domains by neutralizing
that guaranteed hit factor that usually comes
with them. During the explanation, we get references
to the Shibuya incident and how during that arc,
characters like Jogo and Hanami use something
called domain amplification. That technique allowed
them to neutralize Gojo's limitless by allowing
his curse technique to flow into their domain
space instead. Reggie's hollow wicker basket
definitely works differently. It does not directly
neutralize curse techniques themselves. Instead,
it neutralizes the domain barrier. that carries
the curse technique. That is what removes the
guaranteed hit effect. At first, Reggie becomes
so confident because he believes this countermeasure
should completely protect him inside of this
shadow garden. But Reggie realizes something
is wrong. Despite using the hollow wicker basket,
he is still getting hit. Fushiguro ends up trapping
him briefly using his frog Shikigami, which leaves
Reggie confused about how Fushiguro's attacks
are still connecting. The explanation does come
shortly after. Fushiguro's domain is incomplete.
Because of that, it does not possess the typical
guaranteed hit mechanic that most domain expansions
have. Instead, Chimera Shadowgarden amplifies
Fushiguro's Ten Shadows technique and allows
him to use it at like 120 % of its normal potential.
It is insane. Instead of fighting a guaranteed
hit domain, Regi is essentially fighting Fushiguro
at his absolute peak inside an environment designed
entirely around his abilities. Reggie does manage
to free himself. He spits something out that
ended up being sharp and it cut the frog's tongue.
The fight becomes extremely tactical at this
point. At one point, Reggie even sees what appears
to be two fushiguros. He's reflecting that dealing
with this situation might actually be harder
than dealing with a normal guaranteed hit domain
because he constantly has to analyze what is
real. Eventually, Reggie figures out something
very important. The floor of the domain is actually
Fushiguro's shadow. Once he realizes that, Reggie
begins exploiting it. He starts dropping cars
and other objects into the shadow, forcing Fushiguro
to carry the weight of all those items stored
inside. At one point, Reggie added like two and
a half tons of cars to Fushiguro's shadow. And
he is clearly beginning to struggle under that
pressure. Reggie's plan is to continue stacking
weight until Fushiguro eventually collapses.
Fushiguro ends up summoning Max Elephant above
Reggie. And now Reggie is forced to physically
hold up the massive Shikigami. To keep it from
crushing him. The fight suddenly turns into this
brutal battle of endurance. Where both fighters
are essentially trying to outlast the other.
Reggie still has a trump card at his disposal
though. Even though his receipts are soaked.
He activates his technique again. We hear this
crack. and suddenly Reggie begins sinking into
the shadow. Fushiguro is pushing himself to the
absolute limit, and he's waiting to make sure
that Reggie is completely dead before releasing
his domain. But Reggie's not finished yet. He
uses one of the cars that he previously dropped
into the shadow to launch himself out of the
shadow. Then he activates his technique again,
and drops an entire two -story building directly
on top of Fushiguro. It was falling in such slow
motion, and it made it feel really intense. I
enjoyed watching it so much. But the scene suddenly
shifts to the gymnasium pool area. Reggie is
starting to sink, and he initially thinks that
he is inside of the shadow again. But then we
have Fushiguro suddenly appearing behind him
and has him in a chokehold. After a long pause,
it becomes clear that Fushiguro has released
his domain. So both of them get out of the pool
and they're standing on opposite sides. They
slowly start walking towards each other before
beginning their fight. And I have to say, The
animation during this was so entertaining to
watch, especially when his divine dog appears
and slashes through Reggie's shoulder. Reggie
realizes something very important. Fushiguro
wasn't running away from him earlier in the fight
when he ran to the gymnasium. He had been actually
luring Reggie the whole time. The scene is just
visually stunning. We have reflections of water
that are just going all across the screen and
we had this violin music playing in the background.
As he's dying, Reggie transfers his points to
Fushiguro. Fushiguro receives 41 points from
Reggie plus the five additional points he'll
get for killing him. When Fushiguro asked him
what he was playing at, Reggie just says that
it is his good deed before dying, and that he
thinks it'll make the game more interesting.
The story then cuts back to Hazanoki and Takaba,
and we have Takaba just casually drinking tea.
Hazanoki blows up the building that he's inside,
but somehow, Takaba remains completely unharmed.
At this point, he has survived multiple explosions
that realistically should have killed him at
least five times. Also learn that Takaba's curse
technique is called Comedian. And this technique
allows whatever Takaba genuinely believes to
be funny, it makes that a reality. The twist
though, is that Takaba himself does not understand
his own ability. That Shikigami Kagone, he appears
and tells Hazenoki that Reggie's dead. So Hazenoki
starts walking away. He is so over it. He's ready
to just go home. And Takaba is so funny. He's
just like, all right, well, make sure you take
a bath and brush your teeth. But he realizes.
He still needs his points. Before that all goes
down, we bump into Remy again, who I was wondering
where she went. But Remy is running away, while
Fushiguro is slowly approaching her. The colors
in this scene are just so amazing visually. Remy
ends up getting cornered by his divine dog. And
Fushiguro has a sword. It looks like he was about
to kill her. But then he hears his sister's voice
telling him to stop. So he ends up sparing Remy,
starts walking away, but ends up collapsing.
The colors in this scene stand out so much. They
are extremely vibrant and dark. And they really
set the tone for me. I really enjoyed the contrast
of her run versus Fushiguro's walk. The difference
in pacing really did it for me. And this next
part I was so excited for because as soon as
he collapses, we just have a glowing light and
a couple of feathers falling onto him. And we
are now introduced to Angel. who is just hovering
above him and i have been dying to finally meet
this sorcerer they seem so interesting and they
are crucial for this plan so i was so excited
to finally get some sort of introduction and
i think that entrance was perfect the episode
then shifts into explaining a different colony
the Sendai colony. Several powerful sorcerers
are introduced. We have Daruv, who has 91 points,
and he is this ancient sorcerer. This is his
second reincarnation, and he once conquered a
civil war all by himself. So he is obviously
a beast. Then we got introduced to Ryu Ishigori,
and he has 77 points. And it's said that he possesses
the highest cursed energy output among all the
players. Next, they introduced us to Uro, who
has 70 points, and she used to lead an assassin
group known as the Sun, Moon, and Stars. Her
curse technique allows her to manipulate the
sky. And that is just ridiculous. It is going
to be so overpowered. I cannot wait to see whatever
is going to go down with that. And we also get
introduced to this Kuroushi character. They're
actually a special grade curse spirit. that Kenjaku
released from cursed spirit manipulation. They're
laying dormant until certain conditions are met.
So obviously, I am assuming that is the bomb
that Reggie was talking about, I think in like
episode eight or nine, when he first started
talking to Fushiguro about the goal of the game
being a front. I believe this might be the bomb
that he was talking about. Again, I'm not entirely
sure. The fighters in Sendai appear to be in
a stalemate. However, the episode reveals that
one of them has already been killed. And the
killer is our goat, Yuta. I am a huge Yuta fan.
I love that boy. I was so... excited. And it's
amazing to see him take out the sorcerer with
the most amount of points, like right away. That
was amazing. I love his signature cold stare.
It gave me everything I was looking for in the
end of this episode. So three things that I really
enjoyed. Obviously, I think the Fushiguro and
Reggie fight was incredible. I thought they did
a great job animating it and keeping the stakes
and the tension high. I couldn't take my eyes
off the screen. It was so good. My second favorite
part of this episode would definitely have to
be Angel's introduction. Again, I have been waiting
so long to meet them. I can't wait to find out
more of their backstory, see their curse technique,
and hopefully we'll be able to get Gojo out of
the prison seal. And my third favorite part of
this episode has to be Yuta showing up. I keep
forgetting that he was in the colonies, so I
forgot. And I'm really happy that I know where
he is. Of course, he's in one of the most powerful
and dangerous colonies. But our boys got this.
I am so excited for episode 12 next week. I believe
this is the end of Arkoa. So I plan to do my
recap, but I will also give my take on how I
feel the last 12 episodes have went. and maybe
kind of my prediction of where I think they're
going. But all in all, this episode was fantastic.
I have a couple other reviews that I'm working
on, and after Jujutsu Kaisen is over, we will
be starting the Witch Hat Atelier. So I'm looking
forward to that still. If you enjoyed this show,
or you are currently watching Jujutsu Kaisen
Season 3, Leave a comment or rating. Let's build
community. Let's have a conversation. Tell me
your favorite parts. Well, until next time, I
will see you then.