呪術廻戦 23 [Jujutsu Kaisen 23]

呪術廻戦 [Jujutsu Kaisen] #23

by Gege Akutami, 芥見下々

自らが“天使”の標的、“堕天”だと明かす宿儺。その真意を虎杖達は掴めぬまま、各国に奸計を巡らす羂索によって死滅回游に更なる混乱が訪れる…!!　そしてついに、天元が隠遁する薨星宮に羂索が辿り着き――!?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Horror, Shonen, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 4, 2023

About the author

Gege Akutami 芥見下々 is a Japanese manga author, known for their work Jujutsu Kaisen.

The author does not show their face in public, and their gender is not disclosed.
They previously worked as assistant to mangaka Yasuhiro Kanō.

List of works (including one-shots not published indipendently yet):
2014:
Kamishiro Sōsa (神代捜査) on Shōnen Jump NEXT!! vol. 2 [debut work]
2015:
No.9 on Weekly Shōnen Jump 46-2015
2016:
Nikai Bongai Barabarujura (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) on Weekly Shōnen Jump 44-2016
2017:
Tōkyō toritsu jujutsu kōtō senmon gakkō (東京都立呪術高等専門学校) serialized on Jump GIGA (volume 1 to 4)
from 2018:
Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦) on Weekly Shōnen Jump

Reviews

[Camille · Rating 3 out of 5]

The constant state of confusion and cluelessness I’m in while reading these new chapters is not fun anymore and is starting to make me feel quite disengaged from the series overall, which upsets me a lot because I really love JJK

[Lucy Tonks (the invisible life of a reader) · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is starting to hurt my brain tbh
also, yuji and megumi need more screentime

[myo ⋆｡˚ ❀ * · Rating 4 out of 5]

i’m literally OBSESSED with choso so the fight with his hair down…. did everything for me 😍🤩🥰

[bana]

reading jjk ruined my life

[richa ⋆.˚★ · Rating 2 out of 5]

PRAYED FOR YEARS FOR THIS MIRACLE 😭😭 FINALLY

[Marureviere · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once topless and hair-down choso gets animated it's gonna be so over for me (one of my main motivations to read the manga was definitely not to reach this volume that contains the pinnacle of chosoism).

[siu · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 stars for shirtless choso
1/5 stars for all that confusing info dump

[˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚Hatool˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Someone give Stitch-Brain the father\mother\parent of the month award, he really keeps helping his kids get stronger no matter how weird his parenting technique is. He keeps his children together in their hearts and makes them love each other even more. He even cares about whether or not they have friends!! What a great dad. (I have tears in my eyes from laughing at this. This is so stupid. I'm sorry.)
As long as Choso doesn't die, I really don't care.


AMERICAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA * takes out a gun as a bald eagle shits on my hair or something *
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER???? * starts shooting random children aggressively *

[Dario Boen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tell me why I need a PhD in physics to understand what this man is on. Bro's power system is harder than any exam I've ever had and will have

[Ricarda · Rating 4 out of 5]

February 2023: I just love it when the JJK-girls are on the volume covers <3

April 2024: Gege Akutami back at it again wasting the most interesting characters I've ever seen in my life. I kinda liked the fight, though …

[skylar ₊˚⊹♡ [busy]]

LEAVE CHOSO ALONE HE JUST WANTS TO BE A GOOD BIG BROTHER CAN WE JUST NOT 🖕ugh and he’s fighting for his life and he still looks good (in a respectful way. i’m loyal).

i’m so scared cause vol 24 is not good for megumi! (haven’t read it yet but ik what happens ofc) LEAVE THE POOR BOY ALONEEE it’s just one thing after another omfg. watch out megumi haters…

[bea ♡]

gege when I catch you........

[r ꨄ︎ · Rating 2 out of 5]

as sick of a villain as kenjaku is and as cool as the action is, this series has seriously lost its like…heart (is that the right word?)

also the power-system info-dumping…gege im so serious when i ask you WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??

[Yeferzon Zapata · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jujutsu Kaisen 23

- Itadori por medio de señas logra trasmitirle a Megumi que Sakuna es el ángel caído. Lo cual complica la liberación de la hermana de él del juego de la extinción, sin embargo, él está dispuesto a morir con tal de que Hana y su simbionte liberen a Gojo.

- Paralelo a esto, Ángel advierte que están entrando muchas personas a la colonia donde se encuentran, y nos muestran un flashback donde se ve al Kenjaku hablando con el gobierno de USA antes de los sucesos de Shibuya, y los convence para que envíen soldados y maten a hechiceros para usar su energía maldita como una fuente de energía más poderosa que las energías alternas, y por esa razón hay varias personas entrando a la colonia, ya que los soldados han entrado en acción.

- Yuki habla con Tengen, donde nos enteramos de que ella era recipiente de plasma estelar al igual que Riko, pero por alguna razón ella no accedió a unirse con Tengen, además, Tengen no tiene género, pero parece que en el pasado fue mujer. Mientras hablan aparece Kenjaku y se encuentra de frente con Choso. La pelea comienza.

- Kenjaku le revela a Choso que lo que quiere es que los combates entre los soldados y los hechiceros, y es que estos se asimilen con Tengen, ya que eso le genera curiosidad de qué puede pasar.

- Kenjaku le da tremenda paliza a Choso, sin embargo, al pensar en sus hermanos, trata de hacer un último intento de derrotarlo, y libera unas alas similares a las de su hermano Eso, una flexibilidad como Kezhizu y una fuerza como la de Yuji Itadori. Con esto, puede hacer que Kenjaku use otra cosa que no sea la manipulación de maldiciones, y entra en acción Yuki, felicitando a Choso por tan sorprendente pelea.

- El otro conjuro del Kenjaku es la gravedad, y el conjunto de Yuki es la masa. Vaya combinación.
- El plan es simple, hacer que el Kenjaku expanda su territorio, para que Tengen en su territorio logre destruirlo, sin embargo, el territorio de el Kenjaku no tiene límite, por lo tanto, no se puede destruir desde fuera.
- Sin embargo el plan no funciona, el Kenjaku logra escapar y con un remolino logra atravesar a Yuki y luego la parte en dos. Lamentable.
- Como último intento, Yuki logra crear un agujero negro para absorber todo alrededor incluido a Kenjaku. Sin embargo, el Kenjaku logra sobrevivir, gracias a que Kaori (La mamá de Yuji Itadori) tenía un conjuro antigravedad y al convertir su propio cuerpo en un territorio, pudo hacerlo.

- Al final, Kenjaku se apodera de Tengen, y se revela que en el pasado fueron amigos.

[library ghost (farheen) · Rating 2 out of 5]

really cool fight but the result was kinda predictable

[Andrea · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yuki, qué personaje más desaprovechado.

[Jessica ❀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

wtf is even happening right now? 😅

[Alexandra Elend Wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars.

“You can hear them, right? Their voices inside me. I can’t hear them; or rather, there’s no way I can hear them. After all, once the merger completes, they become me.”

Only Gege could write such an intense, abrupt, and terrifying change in the story, in the balance of things, and not acknowledge it properly while immediately shifting the focus to other important, yet not as quite as earth-shaking developments.

Not that this was not an excellent, and quite devasting volume.

There was still so much packed into these eight short chapters that it's genuinely hurting my brain. In good ways, painful ways, and exciting ways but it still is a lot to process.

If I ever thought there was a glimmer of hope shining on the horizon, I'm starting to strongly reconsider those ideas now.

“Like Eso, I must fight with grace. Like Kechizu, I must fight freely. And like Yuuji, I must fight with power.”

______________

RTC.

[Sima ✨ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pure pain

[annie ❦ · Rating 5 out of 5]

NOOOO GEGE TOOK DOWN ANOTHER BADDIE.... shirtless choso and geto on the other hand...

[hil · Rating 3 out of 5]

it's all too complicated for my silly little brain but yay to tiny megumi

[Ki11grave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chapters 199-208

Chapter 199 finally shows Yuji, Megumi and Angel. We find out that Angel is just like Yuji and that she's looking for 'a fallen angel', who is Sukuna. One more mystery to the list. I would like to see a flashback arc about what happened 1000 year ago.

Turns out Kenjaku has been planning a foreign invasion even before Shibuya. He was visiting leaders of different countries and now we find him in the USA. Listen, I'm far from being American, but even I cringed after reading all these moronic stereotypes like 'America, f**k yeah!'. I hope I will never see a military guy ever again.

And it seems I don't need to, because the Culling Games has served their purpose and now Kenny is heading towards Tengen. What I like about this guy is that he had 1000 years to perfect his plan and it looks like no one can stop him. This dude is a menace. But what exactly does he want? He says he wants nothing, he's just curious 'what if...?'. That's dissapointing. And if he doesn't care about Yuji, why did he save his friends?

About Yuki. I feel clickbaited. Her only purpose was to show how strong the enemy is. I heard that Gege plans to end JJK soon. I have no idea how he is able to pull this off. There are so many forgotten plotlines and characters, I'm afraid it's gonna be a mess.

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

EVERYTHING IS CRUMBLING DOWN 😭

I suspect that volume 23 will contain #200 to #209.

Fair game? No. This one really had me in a grappling hook. I'm merely spectating, but I guess I became the bait attached to that sickening hook. I don't want to be hysterical again, so I'm trying to find words that will beautifully paint my review—BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANY. My chest is frozen. I was sobbing earlier because I thought Choso's going to die, and I swear if someone died, I'd drop it. But he didn't, and now I'm safe for yet another day. Long ago, I told you I wouldn't cry if Yuki died, because she fucked up Geto. And I hated her for that, but I don't know, Gege is just so good at his job that I was left grieving the death of someone I really despised. Now, I'm afraid to move to the next volume—because, I swear, I know. I heard about what happened to Megumi, and I'm just not ready to confirm it yet 😭

I mean, I literally need a year to completely heal the wounds I got because of this fricken series... and I just realized that one year recovery, one year no-JJK means nothing because everything's going to crumble down anyway. You left my heart trampled all over like Mufasa.

#211 - hmm, so many uncertainties. Yuki's death is not official yet.

[AB · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

whatever.
A lot of stuff just happens and everything is so convoluted and too complex in a stupid way to understand. The action is just annoying to read. But I am sure that as an anime this will all be far better to watch.

[Hella · Rating 4 out of 5]

گگه عزیز نیاز نیست همه رو بکشیا تو رو خدا دست از سرشون ور دار.
با این فرمونی که تو جلو میری تا مانگا تموم شه هیچ کس زنده نمیمونه. 💔😑😒

[Leila ✨ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Arco de The Culling Game = 1 estrella.

[Rodjanikov · Rating 5 out of 5]

*Incoherent screaming*

[—lex♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quiero decir que estoy obsesionada con Chouso casi al mismo nivel de lo que estoy obsesionada con Toge, jajaja. Y aprovechar para quejarme porque todos los fanfics que encuentro del vato lo ponen de psicópata obsesionado con Reader y el 98% son porno. Amigos, quiero fics dulces con Chouso, soy una soft stan, no puedo con el porno.
Ah, Yuki no me caía muy bien, pero creo que era un personaje con bastante potencial y no vimos mucho. Yo me pregunto, si quieren matar a todos los hechiceros de grado especial, ¿cómo van a hacer que un grupo de adolescentes de grado 2 máximo acabe con Kenjaku y Sukuna? Misterios que no me dejan dormir.
Aunque de nuevo no aparecen los protagonistas, creo que se entiende que lo dejo pasar por el bello de Chosou <3.

[₊˚ପ⊹ adaia &#x1fab7; (taylor’s version) ✧ ˖ -͙˚ · Rating 5 out of 5]

yuki likes the rough type huh? WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN ✍️✍️✍️
(why is it always the baddies that go out first? 😢)

[Arturia Pendragon&#x1f4da; · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5💫