Highlights
- Jujutsu Kaisen’s second season brings heartbreaking moments as beloved characters are killed, adding significance to their stories and leaving fans tearful.
- Sukuna’s Domain Expansion, Malevolent Shrine, devastates Tokyo, leveling out a portion of the city and killing innocent people, adding to the heartbreak.
- The deaths of characters like Jogo, Mechamaru, Toji, and Kugisaki are tragic and unexpected, leaving fans devastated and longing for redemption.
Jujutsu Kaisen‘s second season is one of the most heartbreaking in anime, especially because the show is mostly action-oriented. Creator Gege Akutami does a wonderful job of making viewers fall in love with a character, adding significance to their story and then ripping them right out of it.
There are a ton of characters that died in Season 2 that most fans never would have seen coming. But Jujutsu Kaisen isn’t just heart-rending when a character dies; there are a wide range of events that took place during Season 2’s Shibuya Incident that could leave any fan tearful.
10 Sukuna’s Domain Expansion
Brutality On A Massive Scale
- The whole of Jujutsu Society was trying to protect the civilians in Shibuya.
- They had been doing a decent job thus far.
- Sukuna’s Domain Expansion, Malevelont Shrine, slices and dices everything it touches, including the people JJK sorcerers were trying to protect.
Sukuna’s Domain Expansion, Malevelont Shrine, is one of the strongest in the series. Where other characters need a smaller, more defined Domain, Sukuna can let his go wild in an up to 200-meter radius, a feat unprecedented by other sorcerers. While this normally wouldn’t be heartbreaking in the slightest (normally it would probably be jaw-dropping), Jujutsu Kaisen does a great job of contextualizing his ability, showing all the innocent people it kills.
Sukuna unleashes his Domain to devastating effect, essentially leveling out a decent portion of Tokyo. There are rivers of blood that run beneath him as the ashes of innocents fall from the sky, a truly heartbreaking way to end a battle.
9 Jogo Reunited With His Fellow Cursed Spirits
Even Villains Can Have Heartbreaking Moments
- Jogo was a Special Grade Cursed Spirit with more human traits than fans would like to admit.
- He was responsible for a lot of destruction, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t loyal to his friends.
- When Sukuna killed him, fans got to see a brief moment of his sympathy towards his fellow Cursed Spirits.
Jogo is one of the strongest Cursed Spirits in Jujutsu Kaisen. He made his first appearance during the first season and even went hand-to-hand with Satoru Gojo, a feat not many Cursed Spirits can walk away from. Jogo’s primary goal was to change the places of Curses and humans in society, elevating his fellow Cursed Spirits.
When he gave Sukuna 10 of his own powerful fingers, he thought he had an ally. Ultimately, however, he just ended up being responsible for his own demise, dying at the hands of the King of Curses. Watching Jogo apologize to his friends in the afterlife was truly heartbreaking and was a surprising moment coming from such a prominent villain.
8 Yuji’s Execution is Reinstated
Can Yuji Catch A Break?
- After the Shibuya Incident, the heads of Jujutsu Society ended the postponement of Itadori Yuji’s execution, reinstating it.
- Yuji had already been through hell fighting Mahito and losing his friends.
- Even worse, Yuta Okkotsu was sent to be his executioner, one of the strongest Jujutsu Sorcerers in the world.
The story of Jujutsu Kaisen starts like any other; a boy finds a powerful cursed finger, eats it, and begins to harbor the soul and power of one of the most powerful and evil Curse Users in history, leading to his execution. Joking aside, that is actually how the story played out here.
Luckily Gojo paused his initial execution, but he’s gone now, and nobody’s around to save Itadori. Even worse, the heads of the Jujutsu world sent Yuta Okkotsu to execute Yuji, a foe so powerful that Itadori might actually die this time.
7 Todo Loses An Arm
Boogie-Woogie Is Over
- Todo is one of the most fun characters in the series, and his ability, Boogie Woogie, perfectly matches his personality.
- It has been used many times to save Yuji and defeat powerful opponents.
- With Mahito forcing Todo to sever his own arm, however, Boogie Woogie is officially dead.
Most Sorcerers in Jujutsu Kaisen have their own special ability, and there might not be any more special than Aoi Todo’s Boogie Woogie. It’s a simple ability in which Todo can clap his hands and swap positions with anything he’s touched or imbued with his own cursed energy.
Mahito’s Domain Expansion, Self Embodiment of Perfection, reaches Todo and causes the genius fighter to cut off his own hand. While watching Todo lose Boogie Woogie in real time was devastating, fans did get a small redemption when they saw Todo imitate using Boogie Woogie, allowing Yuji to get a Black Flash in.
6 Mechamaru’s Sacrifice
A Tragic End To A Hero’s Attempt to Save His Friends
- Mechamaru betrayed the protagonists of JJK only to betray the villains and reassert his loyalty.
- If he succeeded, the events of the Shibuya Incident probably wouldn’t have taken place.
- His death was even more heartbreaking after he admitted his feelings to Kasumi.
Mechamaru was a tragic character from the beginning and found no respite from it in Jujutsu Kaisen. He tricked Mahito and Pseudo-Geto into giving him a healthy body after giving out information as to his friend’s whereabouts but then attacked the pair shortly after.
It was revealed that Mechamaru, real name Kokichi Muta, really was on the protaganists’ side the whole time. Unfortunately, it was too late as Mahito killed him in battle, leaving Kasumi and the rest of his friends with residual cursed energy that stuck around just long enough to say goodbye.
5 Toji’s Initial Death
Could He Have Been Redeemed?
- Toji was objectively a villain when he hunted the Star Plasma Vessel and even brought Gojo to the brink of death.
- His backstory is tragic, giving fans a reason to want to see Toji redeemed.
- He thought of his son Megumi in his dying moments, proving there was still some heart inside the monster that is Toji Fushiguro.
Toji Fushiguro is probably the most powerful character in Jujutsu Kaisen to never use Curses. While he was technically an antagonist sent to hunt the protagonists, there’s something about Toji that makes fans want to see him win.
Spoiler alert: He doesn’t. He dies at the hands of Gojo Satoru, but before he does, he has a revelation. He sees his son Megumi in flashbacks and tells Gojo where to find him, saving his son from the brutality of the clan that once abandoned him.
4 The Assassination Of The Star Plasma Vessel
Curses Might Be Strong, But So Are Guns
- Riko Amanai, the Star Plasma Vessel, had been protected for days by the two most powerful sorcerers in Jujutsu Society.
- When she decided she wanted to go home, fans were relieved they didn’t have to see her die.
- Toji popped up out of nowhere and shot her in the head, assassinating her right as she found her freedom.
The first episodes of Season 2 deal with the Star Plasma Vessel, a girl named Riko Amanai. She’s perfectly compatible with Tengen, the protector of the Jujutsu world, as a sort of sacrifice, giving her life to extend his. When Geto finally takes her to Tengen, she changes her mind and doesn’t want to go through with the merger.
Fans were thrilled to see Riko take her life into her own hands. Right as Riko turns to leave, a bullet crashes into her skull, killing her instantly. It’s one of the most jaw-dropping and heartbreaking moments in the series.
3 Yuji Waking Up To Devastation
The Cons Of The King Of Curses Inhabiting Your Body
- Sukuna took over Yuji’s body, leading to massive devastation.
- Sukuna used his Domain Expansion, Malevolent Shrine, and killed everyone near him.
- Yuji reemerges and sees the horror in front of him, blaming himself.
Throughout the series, there have been brief moments where Sukuna has taken over Yuji’s body. While these moments have all been very bad for the protagonists, none could have been worse than the Shibuya Incident. Sukuna ingested a whopping 10 fingers at once, giving him the time to wreak havoc on Tokyo.
Sukuna used his Domain Expansion to kill Mahoraga and didn’t care about the collateral it would cause. If anything, he was happy to kill innocent people just to make Yuji’s day that much worse. Yuji then woke up to a devastation unlike any other, brought upon by his own two hands.
2 Nanami’s Death
No More Overtime, Nanami
- Kento Nanami was a fan favorite in Jujutsu Kaisen, making his death even more painful.
- Not only did fans watch Nanami die, but so did Yuji.
- Mahito brutally executed an already half-dead Nanami in front of Yuji.
Kento Nanami was an incredibly unique character in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. He’s a salaryman just doing his job, and he hates working overtime. He took Itadori under his wing and helped him a lot in incredibly key moments, making him a fan favorite.
Saying his death was heartbreaking is quite an understatement. He should’ve died when Jogo incinerated him, but Nanami kept going. He pushed and fought until he found himself surrounded by Cursed Spirits with Mahito behind him. With one last look, he passed the proverbial torch onto Yuji and was executed by Mahito.
1 Kugisaki’s Death
One After Another For Yuji
- Kugisaki was one of Itadori’s closest friends, making her death even more painful.
- She was holding her own against Mahito’s clone and died by a cheap trick.
- Even worse, Yuji got to watch her die just like he did Nanami mere moments earlier.
Nobara Kugisaki is one of the best-written females in all of anime. She’s strong, brave, and smart, giving her an independence Sakura from Naruto could learn from. While she does have a long list of amazing qualities, immortality isn’t one of them.
Kugisaki’s death late in Season 2 felt like one of the cheapest and cruelest. She was beating Mahito and even figured out the clone she was facing couldn’t use his all-powerful Idle Transfiguration technique when he quickly fled, swapped places with the other, and dealt a lethal blow to fans’ favorite heroine.
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