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5 Jujutsu Kaisen Facts You Probably Didn't Know
Cursed energy and the prequel that came first.
呪術廻戦 · Since 2020 · MAPPA · Gege Akutami
The prequel came first
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 began as Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, a 2017 series in Jump GIGA, a year before the main manga started.
It ended in 2024
Jujutsu Kaisen ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from March 2018 to September 2024.
Bleach and Hunter x Hunter shaped it
Gege Akutami has named Tite Kubo's Bleach and Yoshihiro Togashi's work as major influences.
Gojo's voice is a shonen veteran
Satoru Gojo is voiced in Japanese by Yuichi Nakamura, who has also voiced Gray in Fairy Tail and Tomoya in Clannad.
The title roughly means "Sorcery Fight"
Jujutsu means sorcery or curse techniques, and kaisen means battle. Early English listings called it "Sorcery Fight."
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