This might come as a bit of a surprise to some of you, but Jujutsu Kaisen is the most popular anime in the world. I’m not being hyperbolic, I’m not just being biassed and pulling out of my ass: the actual Guinness World Records said so. The organisation shared last week that a data-science firm found that the series has a “global demand rating 71.2 times greater than that of the average TV show.” This demand is based on things like “how much attention, engagement, desire, and viewership is expressed by consumers for content.”
Yes, that means it’s more popular than heavy hitters like Attack on Titan, and long-running series like One Piece. In fact, up until about July last year, One Piece was the more popular show – of course, that’s just before season 2 kicked off with the immensely popular Hidden Inventory arc. Since then, we saw an entire season of impeccable animation, more than one cosplay from Megan Thee Stallion, and an entire meme culture born from intense weekly chapters on Twitter and TikTok. It’s been a good time for Jujutsu Kaisen, a series that is close to joining the likes of My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, and Attack on Titan on the 100 million+ manga volumes sold club. And quite honestly? I can’t think of a series more deserving of its popularity.
I do understand that Jujutsu Kaisen isn’t for everything. It has several upsetting character deaths, it feels like any actual wins the characters have don’t last long, and some don’t even like Yuji Itadori as a protagonist, finding him to be a bit plain. But for those that it clicks with, like myself, it really hits. In particular, I think Yuji is one of the best shonen protagonists around, and maybe one of my favourites ever.
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