The popularity that Jujutsu Kaisen has gained in recent years has only increased over time. The way in which Gege Akutami, its creator, has handled the events in the story, has kept fans of this franchise hooked every week waiting for a new chapter. However, in a recent interview, Akutami-sensei gave several statements that surprised fans, among them that the story is already at its peak and that could mean that the end would also be near.
Shinjuku Showdown Arc could be the last arc of Jujutsu Kaisen manga
Currently, the “Jujutsu Kaisen 2024 exhibit” is being held in Shibuya, Japan, where fans who attend will be able to see valuable information such as the story behind the manga creation process using digital methods in conjunction with commentary by Gege Akutami. It will also show how stories, characters and illustrations are created and refined, as well as storyboards and drafts before they are processed as final manuscripts.
Precisely for this important event, a “Q&A” was held, that is, a series of questions related to the story to Gege Akutami, who talked about different interesting points and gave us some information about Jujutsu Kaisen. One of them is that he confirmed that the current arc of the manga, which is “Shinjuku Showdown Arc“, is the climax of the story, he also mentioned something about this being the final arc or the end of the saga. Upon reading the Jujutsu Kaisen creator’s statements, a lot of conversation began to be generated about whether this meant that the story was already approaching its conclusion.
Something that made fans doubt that the end of Jujutusu Kaisen is near, is that relevant events that have been mentioned earlier in the story, such as “The Merger“, which is the name given to the event where Tengen mixes with all of humanity, a plan that Kenjaku wanted to carry out, have not yet happened. Other users even speculated whether a second part of the manga would be possible in the future. However, it is very likely that the denouement of this manga is very close, but we don’t have any confirmed date for this yet.
The “Shinjuku Showdown Arc” has been full of intense fights between many characters and Sukuna, the king of curses, in an attempt to defeat him, so it has kept readers on the edge of their seats, waiting every week for a new chapter to be published and to be able to follow this fight, as well as to know if there will finally be a character who will be able to defeat this great villain. So we will have to continue reading the story until the end to find out how Gege Akutami decides to conclude this exciting manga and to know what the future holds for the characters, especially for our protagonist Yuji Itadori.
Jujutsu Kaisen is a manga written and illustrated by Gege Akutami that has been published weekly in the famous Shonen Jump magazine since March 2018 and currently has 27 volumes published. This story is the continuation of Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, a story created by the same mangaka that was published in Jump GIGA magazine and was later published as a physical volume titled Jujutsu Kaisen 0.
The popularity of Jujutsu Kaisen has been so great that by 2021, that is, 3 years after starting its publication, the manga had already reached 55 million volumes sold, including digital versions and volume 0, which made this franchise one of the best-selling of all time.
