I'm all caught up to the manga now! A few things have changed for me but right now I stand by two things: 1. Fuck Mahito and 2. This Shibuya arc is turning up to be pretty good.
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I always found Mahito to be annoying with his personality but killing Nanami, one of the best characters in this story, and Nobara(though I suspect that she's still alive, but still) has made me strongly dislike him. He's not a bad character. I think he serves his purpose well to piss off the readers with his actions as well as have a hand in Yuji's character development. Watching him get defeated and run away was uber satisfying to watch.
The number of deaths in this arc caught me so off-guard. From Hanami and Jogo to Nanami, Yaga, and Mai left me stunned.
I'm confused by the Choso/Yuji relationship. It seems like they might actually be brothers and it's not just a gag as opposed to Todo. I read a theory about how Yuji being a cursed womb would explain his superhuman stats and why he can be Sukuna's vessel which makes sense to me. I'm looking forward to the full revelation as to what's up with all that.
I did not enjoy the Gojo/Geto backstory. I was hopeful going into it that we'd get a more fleshing out of Gojo's character and find that there is a deeper aspect to him but unfortunately for me, there wasn't. I found young Gojo to be pretty annoying and it did drop Gojo a peg down for me in how much I like him now seeing how he's just gonna remain a surface-level character that isn't anything more than a troll who looks cool. Don't get me wrong, I do like his trolling and find him pretty funny and I like his cool fight scenes. But overall right now, he hasn't amounted much in my opinion. With Toji, I don't like him. I don't hate him either but his character right now seems to be that he's just insanely strong which is cool I guess but otherwise, there ain't anything else going for him that makes me want to like him.
Reading the manga, my overall impression of this series has dropped. I think that I got too caught up in its hype as I watched the anime and as a result, overrated the show. The fights are still great. Sukuna vs Jogo was a beaut, Yuji and Todo vs Mahito was some good stuff as well. Mappa animating this arc is gonna be spectacular to watch. However, the characters aren't all that great to me and while enjoyable, are mostly surface-level. The plot is starting to pick up and get good but prior to that it wasn't all that and the fights were carrying the story instead. I can see JJK becoming an amazing series in the future, but it's not there yet, not even close. Personally, JJK is good but it's not great, at least not yet.