This final arc has been such a ride both in-universe and out of it
Seeing the fandom implode over shit has been pretty funny
To think in a few years... We're gonna get backlash from the anime onlys
The memes have been pretty glorious:
Tyra
2024-05-26T17:21:26.000Z
I’m just popcorning the thing from the outside.
Tyra
2024-05-26T17:21:58.000Z
People tried to sell this series as defying the usual shounen stuff only to be the most shounen of all
Tyranno: I'm still coping with the fact that this is really 'babby's first shounen' for a lot of younglings out there
This has been there DBZ/Naruto
Fandom double standards in a nutshell
Tyra
2024-05-26T17:23:32.000Z
Yeah. It just amuses me cuz everyone was “no this one is DIFFERENT”
"Be hot, unapologetically evil, do evil things and get away with it"
Fandom: "WE LOVE YOU"
"Be good, do one morally ambiguous thing for the greater good, will suffer massive tragic consequences because it"
Fandom: FUCK YOU
hiroc
2024-05-26T17:24:57.000Z
I've been seeing occasional comments from the sideliners
hiroc
2024-05-26T17:25:13.000Z
Me: hey, yall having fun over there?
Fandom?: /YELLING
Honestly, I think JJK has gotten so huge that it's impossible to avoid spoilers in one way or another
hiroc
2024-05-26T17:26:38.000Z
I don't even follow JJK accounts and Gojo's death was trending
you'd have to completely disengage from the internet and live out in the mountains to avoid any screaming at this point
hiroc
2024-05-26T17:26:44.000Z
and like
hiroc
2024-05-26T17:27:06.000Z
kinda hard to ignore JP fans putting up memorials and posting about it ON THE NEWS
Tyra
2024-05-26T17:27:22.000Z
Holy crap
IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER TOO
hiroc
2024-05-26T17:28:33.000Z
congrats to gege on your shitlord's fame /affectionate
Gojo is one of the most polarizing characters I've seen in recent years and it's not even anything he says or does... He's polarizing due to how the plot treats him
The final arc is less about "Sukuna vs. Everyone" and more "Gege vs. The Fans"
Sukuna is just Gege's avatar at this point
But he really is like Toriyama in plenty of ways where he likes to troll the fanbase
This series is going to end this year... unless Gege changes his mind
i remember the days of when the anime first started up and people were going "hey this is kinda cool"
S1 had a much quieter reception, but it still quite well-received
I started the manga after S1 ended and knew Shibuya Incident arc was going to blow things up (literally and metaphorically)
underestimated how BIG this would get tho'
…..well I guess I know what to expect
Even though the memes you can understand a bit what's going on
I don’t need to know the plot. Just seeing the memes is making me go
I don’t even know what’s going on anymore. I’m here for the ride lmao
We all are
This final arc has been 40 chapters long with no ending in sight
ONE FULL YEAR OF THIS
End Sukuna Kaisen, Gege... I know you love Sukuna but PLEASE
Now everyone is being compared to Goku
Toriyama raffing in heaven