Jujutsu Kaisen S2 Episode 16 (Shibuya Incident Arc) EARLY UNCUT ACCESS

I love your reactions! I would love for you to watch Classroom of the elite; or Black Clover. If you have questions just feel free to ask :)

Enrico F

Lowkey the Jogo scene at the end was amazing. I know Jogo was a horrible curse with terrible motives but it made me feel for him. Kaguya-Sama: Love is War is another peak anime but its a rom com so very different from JJK, DemonSlayer, etc.

Tacitus_Kilgore

Found the Toji scenes so good. Both times he died his last thoughts were about megumi and you can see his eyes turn white when he says "not zenin" meaning he got concious for just those few seconds to decide to end it there

Trigzbunneh

holy this might be the most incorrect comment ive ever read😭😭

Chilè

Idk if it's because the blu-ray version, if I'm more attached to these characters after rewatching/rereading numerous times, or what. But, Toji finding out the person he is fighting is Megumi got me teary eyed this time. To me, I see it as when Toji stepped on the rabbit and he sunk into the shadow a bit, he realized that the only person with that technique would be a Zenin and possibly his son. Once he finds out his name is Fushiguro, it must have been a proud father moment knowing that (1) Megumi doesn't claim being a Zenin and (2) His son has the crown jewel technique of the Zenin therefore making him incredibly powerful. In order to not cause his son anymore trouble, he decides to cut his return short. Not the most conventional way to show your son love, but nonetheless it's still a powerful display of love from a father [who thought he didn't care about anything in the world anymore and is just trying to make it] for his son <3

Jason

About the subtitles: Yes they are different, and a few lines don't hit exactly the same but the vast majority of them are better localized than crunchyroll's subtitles. There's also subtitles in the opening and ending, and the visual fidelity is far higher than the version Flexie was using before this (you won't notice it watching on Patreon though, probably only Flexie will be able to see it)

Gus N

Yay! Wild ride is here hahaha~ Glad you enjoyed! I'll hop on the other one soon, watching your discussion now. Btw, just wondering, did you find out that Kusakabe's VA is also Urahara? :3 Also, yeah it was touching and sad when Toji realized who he was fighting, then offing himself so he didn't murder his own child. Megumi not knowing anything about that too, was also depressing. Your face matched your shirt a few times! ^_^;

Melanie Lopez

Same here, and fourthing Frieren. It is both gorgeous and also has wonderful depth.

Melley Cat

Toji is my favorite character of season 2

KazumaSpitfire

you really think they started the episodes every week from 0? You really think during the 2+ years downtime between season 1 and 2 that they did 0 work on the episodes of season 2? You are incredibly mistaken and a little bit stupid my friend I'm sorry, if that is truly what you think happened you have been wildly misinformed.

Sam F

thaat is insanely false and misinformation lol.

Sam F

the subtitles were kinda bad for that ep dafak

Sam F

I will tolerate no FMA slander lol

Connor Hendrickson

Its a good thing Hanami was at the exchange event instead of Jogo because things would've ended differently. lol

Nishawn Peairs

Wow that makes more sense then for sure and does sound like better phrasing for Toji. The line in Lucy's reply is the one "The moonlights illumination makes it easier to see how pathetic you are". Idk why it's my favourite 😅

Gem

I’ll hop in for the commenter n answer, the manga panel (at least in the Shonen Jump apps translation) has Sukuna saying “the moonlights illumination makes it easier to see how pathetic you are” during that scene at the 24 minute mark

Lucy 🏳️‍⚧️

Blu-ray just removes the after effects that get put in by Japanese law like dimming and ghosting and in SOME cases they retouch small things like changing tojis facial expression during his drop kick, but mostly that’s it (except for the episode after this which got massively retouched/added to in blu ray (that was because of the time they were given tho mappa execs are dookie🫠)

Kale

That is somewhat true but it doesn’t actually apply to this and the mahoraga episode, the animation style change is in these eps is cause a specific “squad” of well known animators had extra time to utilize “full creative freedom” and go wild with em. But they still weren’t able to do their ENTIRE creative vision on the episode after this (still a masterpiece honestly) but in the bluray the next episode is fully finished just like this one. Just a dif style of animation which is unrelated to the production problems

Kale

Also, the change in animation style for episode 16 is due to the person who directed this episode, Itsuki Tshuchigami! They're very well known for their kagenashi-style, less shading and more manga accurate designs. Episode 16 was able to be given more time, whereas episode 17 wasn't, but the animators were still able to produce masterpieces, so we need to appreciate their hard work

Lucas Hubbard

It's blu-ray though, didn't they re-do things now?

Serg

Yea, thats the other translation I saw. Whatever these were I've never seen them and they didn't hit as much

Serg

Just know that, the next few episodes of the season, including episode 17, were barely finished on time by the animators working on them. They all deserve massive props for what they were able to accomplish in such a short amount of time

Lucas Hubbard

when there is action it's fantastic

YellowboyRickLee

Seconding Frieren, beautiful show and a good change of pace

Binglemeister

This episode is so peak its insane. This is when everything hit full gear and was 10/10

Rawdota

Yes but episode 16 actually had the best schedule of any episode this entire season. The lead director said so himself he said 16 is the most complete and polished episode

Chronicalbert

Brace yourself, the next episode is insane!

Mayor Augustus Maywho

The animation changes was because at this point in the season the animators at mappa were barely finishing the new episodes the day that they would air. These guys were literally starting and finishing an entire episode in 7 days

Marc Narvaez

thought it was cool that Sukuna called jogo strong and Gojo called him weak when they fought

Brent Bakewell

JOGOAT

Space

Forgot that Megumi Toji and Jogo/Sukuna were in the same episode. Some peak animation

Chris Jarrett

It may be an unpopular opinion since it's considered too mainstream or overrated by anime fans, but one of my favorite shows is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. I'm sure you would love it 😊

MKeehl

Do it!!

Zep Septer

Toji - " I’m glad " > " good for you "

Gyt

Your reactions are fantastic, Flexie! For the first time, I feel great about buying a Patreon membership. I always look forward to Tuesday and Friday. 😊 I am so excited about next episode to see your amazing reaction! Can't wait. 🤩🙌

Maartas63

YES!!! FINALLY! Been waiting on this episode lol!

Charles Edward Price III

Toji and Sukuna in the same episode the danger rises 📈 This season is peak in everything it's like watching an 8 hour movie. Congratulations to all the animators who worked on this season, if the next season has only half of this quality it will be even more legendary I swear!

Yuji

💃🏼🕺🕺 best reactor frfr

jacky j

This thing hasn't been explained in the anime yet so you know what to do

Yuji

You'll see more of this style in the next episode as well.

Jeff

Please grace us with a double drop 😔🙏🏻

Anuar Aktay

The "simpler" style was actually an artistic choice of the episode director! It was not a compromise due to production issues. In fact, the choice to do kagenashi was some of the reason for stress on the schedule for this episode.

Jeff

You thought the previous jjk episodes were hard to watch? From here… good luck 😂

CastSenpai

I would also add that in a season of an anime it is normal to see different animation styles between the episodes because the animators change from episode to episode, it's like this in every anime sometimes it is more noticeable other times less

Yuji

I'm ok with whatever!

Jeff

Idk much about why, but the animation style chosen for this episode is called "kagenashi" which roughly translates to "shadowless" in English. It's a much flatter style that, true to its name, does away with shadows in most aspects of the animation. It's generally used as a way to simplify high fidelity movement (no shadows = less detail needed in each frame), but when used everywhere like this it actually increases the skill required on behalf of the animators. Drawings such as close ups and facial animation become much more difficult because animators can't rely on shadows to create depth. It's truly an incredible display of skill on this episode. Specially all the close ups on faces and expressions. Absolutely incredible work on display here. Easily top of the industry level work.

Jeff

Toji father of the year 🙂

Jeff

Hahahaa I'm fast with that spacebar!!

Jessica McCann

Hmm I totally forgot about the heavenly restriction negating the sure-hit of Domain Expansion even if Jogo would be able to manually amplify his CT. In that sense yes it would be hard for Jogo since Toji probably speed blitz him. Thanks for noting that :)

Cation

i never really processed how good that sukuna talking to jogo scene was until now.

mal

Toji stepped on a bunny while attacking Megumi, therefore he sank lower and the attack was not fatal, Megumi thought he would die when Toji first launched, and then Toji was just too fast for Megumi to hit him with his strike. As a JJK fan here originally signed up for JJK, but pleasantly surprised you also react to other great shonens, would definitely like to see you react to Frieren.

YellowboyRickLee

You casually pausing on his face first try was insane 😭 took me like 4 attempts when I first watched the episode

Scrungle

Some people like the more consistent animation of s1 which i totally respect, also sunghoo park is not directing anymore this season and he is one of the best action animators in the industry imo, but the animation still rocks and even if the style got changed this shouldnt be confused with "bad animation"

Sebastian Alexandrescu

You forget the fact that Toji's heavenly restrictions negates domain expansion. The main reason of him defeating dagon is using the cursed tool playful cloud and if he had many cursed tools up his arsenal, then he sure would of beat him. It's funny because if Toji was standing there for more than minute after he defeated, he would have chose to fight Jogo and we wouldn't have this discussion.

Raunak Xrestha

This is the first time I've bought anything on patreon or on my phone in general, and I gotta say it was worth it 😂

Pulpo Cabeza grande

I know what “ よかったな” means in Japanese and I personally loved the translation “good for you” it felt like how Toji would phrase it, and it can also mean “I’m glad.” “Good”. I fking loved that scene so damn much 😭 Edit: I’m curious what the change in translation was for Sukuna in that moment with Jogo? ☺️

Jessica McCann

Just a game of "the Floor is Lava", end everybody but Sukuna lost. As far as Megumis Dad secret, Maki or the Old Man could tell him.... oh right... :)

Manuel Tenger

Weren't there reports of some production issues? I remember reading that animators weren't happy they couldn't give some of these episodes more polish because of time constraints, specifically w/ Thunderclap pt II

Skellyton3

Wow subtitles in the opening, SWEET!!

YellowboyRickLee

Probably my favorite episode of the Shibuya arc b/c of the Toji + Megumi interaction, even though there's so many bangers. I second your petition to take down Sukuna poster and also petition you replace it with a Gojo poster!

YellowboyRickLee

would love a double drop

inno#2732

Agreed!!

Chronicalbert

Just saying Mob Psycho warms my heart and they truly look very similar. I agree with you, this was S-tier and the Blu-ray is just even better <3

Cation

There’s a couple reasons they changed the animation style: 1. Artistic freedom. This season has a lot of elite talent in the anime industry and the season director allowed key animators/artists more artistic freedom that’s why some episodes look a little different than others. 2. There is simpler line work and shading on the episodes and moments that require A LOT of moving parts, debris, action sequences etc., because it’s easier to animate (and unfortunately this season didn’t have the best production schedule so they were in a constant time crunch). This lead animator/director of this episode animated and directed key episodes in Mob Psycho 100 and if you watch his episodes in that show you will see the similarities in the art style. Basically, if anyone mentions “budget” or a “drop in quality” they have zero idea what they are talking about. At the end of the day, some like this style, some don’t. :)

Chronicalbert

That's fine. We need episode 17 right now!!!

sparkerium

BTW You are by far the most entertaining reactor to JJK by far in my honest opinion. I believe Toji had to kill himself because he was like an unstoppable killing machine so he spared his son when he heard Fushiguro. That heart nipple blonde guy who was talking with the twins is the same voice actor as Sosuke Aizen Edit: They changed it because Mappa was stressing the hell out of them and word got out about how Mappa was mistreating them, I believe some key-animators went out on X (twitter) and complained, some even said they'll never come back working with Mappa again. Props to them because seriously without them we wouldn't be seeing any of this.

Cation

We gotta double dip this week.

Sebastian Alexandrescu

Maybe as in top five in this current arc with the people in it but I do believe Toji would get stomped by Jogo. The only way Toji would have a chance is if Jogo underestimated him and had a planned like he did with Gojo. All Jogo need to do is trap him with Domain Expansion and he has Reverse cursed Technique. We must not forget that when Megumi said he was faster than Sukuna was when Yuji had only 2 fingers inside of him. Still, I will always Simp for papito Toji Edit: And he defeated Dagon because his Domain was disrupted by Megumi and got some help at the end by Naobito

Cation

I love how shocked you are by seeing all this and that you can't even contain yourself lmao. Next episode you probably need to strap in with a seatbelt because SHIT IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN!!!! Thank you for this reaction, did not disappoint a bit! LETS GO FLEXIE

Cation

“I’m watching them back to back” homegirl bouta have most visually pleasing 50 mins of her life 😭😭

Kale

Do ittttt 🙏

Jerry Marin

Can we have a poll if possible about this 😭. I too don’t mind waiting a week if we get a double drop today, but it’s up to you, of course! Thankful for the reactions either way

Bambina

Toji and Megumi make me tear up so much! All the times I've watched Toji says "I'm glad" instead of "good for you" before stabbing himself and that hits so deep. Also my favourite Sukuna line is different here when the moonlight is shining down on Jogo. RIP JOGOAT 🧡

Gem

I believe the shift in animation was so that the animators would be able to accommodate all of the insane action that goes on. It’s a “simpler” style to animate extremely complicated scenes, because it would take way longer to maintain the normal style AND get the same level of action out of it. Some of the most insane sequencing in anime and there’s still more to come :)

Binglemeister

For these 2specific episodes, we don’t mind waiting til next week 😂😂

Killua Big Sister

Opening scene with Sukuna laughing reminds me in that scene in bleach where Zangetsu finally takes over Ichigo's body to battle byakuya for the first time.

🔥🌺 1515

Bruh out of all the episodes you really picked this one🤣? This episode in terms on animation is one of the best ever, I'm not gonna explain the staff behind it but if you look it up you'll see that they are legends of the industry. If we're talking about art style now that is subjective, I personally like it and allows them to animate more fluidly

Shady

Toji just disrespected the shit out of his son. I mean hitting him with only one hand. Stomping the ground and poking the small rocks to kill is bunnies. I think Toji is up there with Gojo and Sukuna as the Top 3 Strongest.

Raunak Xrestha

the scene with toji and gumi had me crying the first time i saw it 😢 and jjk only gets more upsetting from here

daisy! 🐱

What are you even saying? Big 2024 and people still cant differentiate between art and animation? The animation in this episode was impeccable, the less detailed art style is also intentional which is a trademark the episode director Miso who has directed some of the best anime episodes of all time, as it allows the staff to focus more on smoother animation while still looking great. IIRC this is episode was also finished 1 or 2 months before release so it had absolutely nothing to do with the working conditions. Arguably the most complete episode of the season

Fgts Editing

She was in a good mood at the beginning of the video... that felt... out of place. hahahahha

Levy Costa

That's fair! Thanks, Flexie.

Levy Costa

stand proud Jogoat you are strong. RIP my glorious king Jogo, at least Sukuna recognizes his strength, unlike the other white hair bully that made fun of Jogo and said he's weak.

AnNaNN

Vaxus335

Hey all 🤍🔥 since I’m out of town til Saturday - if I did a double drop today you wouldn’t get a JJK episode on Friday. 👀 next episode drop would be a week from now.

Jessica McCann

I can’t wait to see her reaction to the next episode it’s gonna blew her mind

Arnaud Leroux

I binged ep 6-17 of the arc with my pal who hadn't seen is he normally leaves after 3 hours which would've meant we missed out on 15-17 and I was like dude nah stay for one last hour u wouldn't regret it we had the lights off for ep 17 had chills🤣

Keeza

Flexie please drop ep 17.. these are 2 episodes where a double drop is needed honestly lol

Killua Big Sister

Oh wow guess I caught this right as it posted. Anyway I just wanted to say, feel free to talk more at the start of each episode. There's a lot to digest and get your thoughts out for and it's entertaining to hear so go for it.

Serg

This is the week for a double drop if ever there was one

Sean Morris

Finally, the time has come

Henry_Kiiroi

I opened your patreon and the video wasn't there yet and then like 2 seconds later it popped up. I was right on time

Adriano Regis

Omg finally, ive been waiting!

Touko Salminen