The Artistic Evolution Of Jujutsu Kaisen
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Jujutsu Kaisen manga has changed a lot in the last few chapters. Rather that be designs, backgrounds, everything about the art changed. In this art analysis video, we are going to explain the change in Jujutsu Kaisen mangas art, how it effected characters like Gojo, and the mangaka, Gege Akutami.
His new artstyle reminds me of how much the cast has actually grown and matured and the pressure they are going through everyday whereas his old artstyle is more carefree and kind off cheerful.
I feel you. Everything is rugged and dark. In my high opinion it is a welcome change-it always makes the earlier arcs more nostalgic; you can look back on the ‘good’/‘early’ days the same way the characters do.
@@3headedsnake388 Indeed
@ashura3830 yea.
@ashura3830fr
@@3headedsnake388this comment is the best take I've ever laid eyes on
i really like gege's newer artstyle, its messy and chaotic in a beautiful way and conveys what s happening in the scene well. i've taken a lot of inspiration from him
i want to have art like gege’s but i can’t even draw somewhat decently yet
Yeah the messy part is sadly due to a one week schedule
The few new extra/re-drawn pages from Vol 24 had clean lines & still retained the chaotic feel.
It’s not good but understandable due to one week schedule.
@@ChupaLmfao we do not know that for sure. I like his new artstyle. A clean artstyle does not mean "finished". Likewise, a messy artstyle does not mean "unfinished".I like both. I find his new artstyle the more interesting one. I do wish sometimes that he clean it up. Some of it are sometimes difficult to understand what is happening.
Though I tend to lean towards the older art style, one thing that benefits from Akutami’s scratchy style are the fights, which became more impactful with the use of speedlines and shading, adding to Akutami’s great use of figure posing and backgrounds, and you can see why people really like JJK’s fights.
Also, I too am waiting for the eventual Yuji x Gojo x Megumi scene.
aha....
rip
yea, hits and attacks feel like they have a lot more weight to it thats for sure.
And also, the way he uses the perspectives is really great, like a lot of fish eye lenses panels we had in Shibuya.
@Lahmbard If this is a way of saying that the anime is not doing it... It is worth remembering that chapter 9 turned 2 double pages (4 panels in total), in almost 3 minutes of Gojo killing transfigured humans.
Even in anime and the movie, gojo is different everytime and it feels like they don’t know what he is suppose to look like
I like Gege's new artstyle because i think his new style fits the tone of the story jjk is a dark and disturbing story and his "messy" style fits the tone
fr bro. in the beginning i just watched it for fun because it was also chill but now it’s fr craazy, and it’s a w
personally I really liked Akutami's art at the very beginning of JJK
I agree!! and S1 of the anime adapted that style so well
Agree
Yeah newer Gojo looks like a lizard
@@sukumuieywang8058now i cant unsee it
@@XerTaaL I know dude. Idk what happened in the prison realm but he’s reptilian now
I really like this type of videos where people analyze the natural evolution of an artist through their work. I must say that I really appreciate Gege's later sketchier artstyle, it really conveys certain scenes really well.
Also yes, Gege is a master in drawing destroyed city landscapes lol.
Im glad tou enjoyed it!
Bruh the only difference is that the heads are more square
@@mr_dumbgogles4281 no
Mangaka barely touch backgrounds, so his assistants are the master of those.
I don't know why Jjk early's artstyle really used to remind of Hxh's artstyle. I'm a big fan of rough & gritty art. But the growth of his style has been just amazing to see.
OOO CRAPP youre right! It did look like HxH, how did i miss that! I also like gritty and rough art, kinda gives things more life and individuality in my eyes at least.
I agree with you 100% percent
I peeped the similarities between the art styles of HxH and JJK start to change whenever the story calls upon more gritter and darker tones. 1:21
He was inspired by HxH I think
@@incognito7940Oh that's true.
@@LeoArmadait looks way way more like hunter x hunter and Yu Yu hakasho. Which was the inspiration ultimately.
Personally I think Akutami’s peak in art was during his transition from his old style to his current style, during the Hidden Inventory and Shibuya Incident. It just had the right amount of messiness where it conveys all the grit that matches the tone of his series without getting occasionally lost in the sauce that his current style sometimes leaves you. It’s also just clean enough where it doesn’t look as generic as it does at the beginning of the series and still soft enough opposed to currently where everyone looks a bit patchy and squared off. It’s weird because I’ve never seen an artists transition period be better than the original or final product before.
I think Gege works too fast. His drawings can be very inconsistent but overall the style is fine imo
Yea he did say a while back how he didnt want to take breaks and wanted to end a series in a time period. This was back in the Shibuya arc days, but IDK which date he said. So yea he def is working too fast and too hard.
I will say, as someone who draws and went to college for art- sometimes you can lose a LOT of expression and feeling in drawings when you clean it up, or don’t work gestural. A gestural drawing is more focused on motion, and flow of a figure. When you clean it up, pretty up your lines, and give it more form: you can miss out on the raw and chaotic feeling. You lose some imagination of the piece.
I like pretty manga when I want to relax and enjoy quieter moments but with JJK I am absorbed in the action- the instinct of the fight- the surprise in every kick and trick.
Gege is a master of quickness and feeling. He has to get on the page what punch lands next- making the fight seem organic and primal.
Sounds weird but my heart flutters with adrenaline just thinking of the impact of the sketchy and Intense fighting- it really feels like they’re fighting for their lives. I can only imagine what the fights are like in Gege’s mind as he races to put on paper that he’s envisioning.
Peak JJK art was Shibuya ngl.
THIS IS MY DAAAAWG!
some fights were way too chaotic and hard to read
Honestly, I cant agree more. Its VERY good.
that mahito vs itadori art was so good🙏
@@JoJoboiWav I did not understand a single thing from itadori vs choso because of the disgusting art
ngl I CLEARLY prefer the "chaotic"' art style by FAR
i love messy and sketchy looking drawings compared to the "cleaner" artstyle of other anime and manga. it shows how ugly the world of JJK can actually be.
Shibuya was my favorite artstyle. Messy but detailed at the right moments. I think that's when jjk looked the most dynamic.
Sometimes I believe that people don’t realize that drawing is somewhat similar to writing. Like yes at the start you are careful, drawing everything with caution but somewhere down the line it becomes like cursive and you form your style and go with it without looking back or checking again because you know it by heart. I think Gege just improved and formed his style and you can see how it is drawn with much more ease and flow. At least that’s how I see it.
I 100% agree with u
I feel like Gege’s art reflects the story and the state of the characters. The cleaner, more cheerful vibe at the start, vs the scratchy and chaotic vibe later on. It fits.
I personally prefer the current artstyle over anything else
gege’s new artstyle is very good, the way he draws gojo or megumi or itadori has changed alot but I like how they look, they look 10 times better and I also took alot of inspirations from him
I prefer the new style by a wide margin. It has a lot more personality and I think it fits the story much better while taking full advantage of Gege's masterful battle coreography. Everything looks darker and more brutal.
That's what I'm saying! I saw some comments yapping abt how his old artstyle was so much better than the new one and it upsets me so much!😭 Like it was so generic, so "meh". I absolutely love his new art style, it's so unique and different! (I want the same artstyle tbh I freaking love it😭)
God, I love Akutami-San’s artwork so much. Old or new style, it’s clear they have a gift for this medium. Paneling, linework, shading, double page spreads, they’re all incredible. It all works and it’s all gorgeous. I love it to death.
Love your art analysis, feels like you go into proper depth of what is going on on the page and that is rare on this site
Thanks a lot! I try to make these vids as entertaining and informative as possible and im glad its paying off! I have one more as of now in the works, should be out in the next few days. Some new stuff is coming soon too.
The art gets way better in the culling games and onward I don’t get why so many people think it looks worse
Yea its good just different
because its very inconsistent
Agreed, and I think he did a really good job of not having same face syndrome while still making everyone in the CG look really good. It was really funny seeing him try to draw Gojo for the first couple weeks after being 4 years out of practice tho lol
Rather than worse or inconsistent. Sometimes it just gets hard to figure out what's going on. Especially during fight scenes
@@sm91411actually the fight scenes have always been soo difficult to watch
It genuinely shocks me whenever people say his artstyle got worse
I actually like the new art. I think it looks much better
I will say as an artist i've always been a fan of his artwork whether it be 2018 or 2023. The thing about his 2018 artwork is that its hard to mimic though, and at least for me, and I think that's because its harder to make perspective and dynamic figures for your drawings when you always draw with sharp lines instead of using curves every now and then. What I picked up from watching him is that he still has his old art style but hes made it more versatile with curves and dynamic poses for the characters fights and overall just any panel. So now they no longer look stiff or too static
Personally I am extreme fanatic for JJK’s newer artstyle, the roughness of it scratches my brain in a way no other art has done in manga
I dont know how to describe this artsyle but it reminds me Fujimotos style (cretaor of chainsaw man) with the way the hair has slightly messy scribbles
It's really evident in the hands as well. Maybe I'm just reading too deep into this but it really makes the art stand out compared to other manga.
Kinda like how togashi draw hands with slightly pointed ends or how he draw the folds in clothing for the characters.
I think my favorite iteration of geges artstyle is midpoint of shibuya to the early culling games. Also with the new art style it can look unfinished or to rough at times but when it’s good it’s good
It's truly mind blowing to me how a single person can make such an incredible work weekly. Even one of those pages would take me a week
i think the art is fine now, my biggest complaint is that it can be too cluttered at some points, although i definitely think i prefer this new one to the one at the start of the series.
although i definitely think it peaked during the hidden inventory / early shibuya . every single page looked amazing, those thick ink lines do something to me man
Literally spot on
As someone who religiously studies the JJK artstyle and the changes that defined it, the thumbnail is actually genius
I just don't think the faces look similar later on, I feel like this is one of the better series when it comes to avoiding same face syndrome.
Honestly, the art is less of my concern as long as the story delivers which jjk is so good at. Also, panelling is really good. Even if it's non-stop action sequence, it's easy to follow.
Greg has been a huge influence in my own art progression, I am trying very hard to develope my own unique style but when I sketch it resembles his a lot👁
i like all of jjk's artstyles, but i feel it peaked the most in shibuya. it felt like a perfect mix of the old and the current
I've always been a fan of 'messy' linework
It also seems to fit the story and his style much more than keeping it clean
I can tell where people are coming from with the same face syndrome thing, especially now in the Manga with sukuna yuji and sukuna fushigiruo, but at the same time the way gege draws faces now is definitely my favorite part about this new art style. It really shines through in characters like yuta, kashimo, hakari, and ofc sukuna’s new forms
the panel where Mahito is running away from Yuuji goes so hard
Had to subscribe because of how well informed this video was; as well as compliment the great editing
I really love Gege's artstyle, but sometimes I couldn't understand some of his arts, like, I needed too stares and look at some certain panels for a minute to understand what's he drew. Because it looks so messy I couldn't understand. But still love it.
i like his newer style alot more. Gojo actually looks like hes 30 unlike the old art style which makes him barely look 18.
This explains why gojo looks different every arc gege just improves his style each time
man i love this linework with the visible ink dots
It is goated
dawg imma be your friend here and tell you this, when talking about art, don't move the images around too fast like you did at 0:55. it makes it harder to get a clear picture
The linework and sketchiness of the art is was heavily inspired by HxH art. Gege himself stated that hes inspired by Togashi. You could see it even in the lines with the dots on their ends :D and random lines through clothes. I am talking about the more sketchy and new school Yoshihiro TOGASHI.
togashi and shaman king hiroyuki tekei
0:13
me when I notice the art style and no one talks about it💀
BTW I also noticed some changes although I am a newbie in jjk
4:55 nobara became more of an emo girl💀
Fits the evolution of any mangaka of any series getting more expansive
I think the art in JJK0 is just so great compared to now
That kind of video would be so cool to see for D.Gray-man, the artstyle evolved so much for this manga like I’ve never seen for any other one. Katsura Hoshino artstyle nowadays is mesmerizing and beautiful but I’ve seen people regret the more gothic style of her early chapters too
Hey man I heard that Nujabes in the background. Good taste man, love it.
My favourite art style is the Shibuya era and early culling game era
Throughout My Desk and Art school, I alone am the Manga Artist one.
the newer artstyle makes me think a lot of togashi, which is one of gege's biggest inspirations.
idk bout yall but dat late/post shibuya to early cg style scratches an itch in my brain i aint kno i had. one of my biggest inspirations for art
I see a trend of people loving this era of JJKs art, like the perfect harmony of early clearity and the later chaos.
Gege’s new line work can help the fluidity of abstract and chaotic panels, but it offend impacts the clarity and readability of his work as well. Like to the point where some scenes don’t make sense, and this is coming from someone who has read manga for decades. That said, I think this was a great workaround to his rushed schedule, but it is definitely a double edged sword
Now that i think about it, the backgrounds are probably the reason why the characters sometimes look unfinished(reminder that these are weekly chapters)
Personally I like his new style, it shows the darkness of the SHIBUYA arc, it’s well done but some panels are a little weird, but overall it looks really good.
In recent manga everyone looks like froggssssssss
I think both stiles are great the only nitpick i have is that the newer design faces look kinda uncanny and alien like
There are loads of dissatisfaction about Gege's new art style... Personally I find that amazing and so pleasing to read. It is simplified and sure, some pages look weird since Gege hasn't drawn certain characters since a long time + loads of time pressure. Still, I offer every ounce of appreciation...
I like both about equally as much. I do slightly prefer the way he drew the faces earlier, but thats a small nitpick. I don't think I've seen people mention the background art, so good on you for mentioning it. while not the flashiest aspect of a manga, bad bg art really sticks out
if he doesn’t rush so much then his new art style would arguably feel a lot more flowy and smooth when it comes to fights compared to his old art style which looks great but a little stiff
fr bro, the manga has had a huge change. I noticed a lot of stuff once i saw the newer chapters. 💀
the early art style kinda reminds me of shojo or doujinshi... both styles definitely have their charms but I think the latest (although bombards my eyes at times) is distinct and has a certain appeal that I am drawn to. i feel like gege is more comfortable now in a way
i think his artwork peaked during the hidden inventory arc but i also like the beginning of the series artwork cuz it give me a combination of hxh and bleach like if it’s smooth while the present arc artwork it’s messy but the facial expressions and emotions are better
I liked how it was drawn during shibuya and the culling games
my favorite jjk artstyle time is during shibuya and thatll never change ever
I like pretty much all the changes .... except for the character designs. They look alien reptilian now, especially Gojo. In fight scenes you could mistake the almost fish-eyed lens effect on the faces as just being characters in motion, but the odd distortion effect is still in place when they're just standing still.
I definitely like the vibe with the new art, the old art looked so clean that I couldn't tell you difference between some random 2015 anime and early JJK
might need to take a trip to the optometrist
“Look at his face 30 chapters later!”
*shows an image nearly 130 chapters later*
“Now let’s look at one from nearly 100 chapters later!”
*shows an image from chapter 160 or so*
Nice
I thought that was weird too
Gojo looked too young in the beginning of the manga like a tall highschooler he didn't look 28
The change in Geges art style was more like of a change in Gojos sharp chin and jawline😂
I always prefer chaotic and messy art lol. Especially for series like JJK that have very chatic storylines.
immediately subscribed because of the clean greenscreen
Kinda wished you explored more about how gege actions scenes became more dynamics because of his looser, shorter line work and how while it is resemblant of early bleach, as transitioned into more of togashi style of drawing, but becomes gege’s own style by the way he draws inspiration from films and other movies, good video tho
GOJO WENT MEWING IN THE LITTLE BOX GIGA CHAD 🗣️🔥🔥🔥
After the 1st season i feel like he upped the notch in the fights, he tried to make them more anime-like. I think that's specally true in the Maki fight where things were turning into cubes and such
6:58 that comparison is not 40 chapters later, the 120% yuuji panel was in chapter 128
The more he draws the more i love his art gege really been cookin
Wrong the older style was much much better
I love messy sketches more than clean art
I like his old style way more
I find that a lot of the new artwork in the manga has made some of the mouths of the characters really wide & big like a puppet's mouth 😅 Gojo's mouth is a good example.
Gege be like: I don't really care about my art style cuz Mappa will make it 10x better.
most of the time when you referred to cross-hatching, it was just hatching. it's only cross-hatching if lines of different directions cross over each other.
Gege's latest art reminds me a lot of Togashi's in his most recent Chapters of HxH, which I really like because both of them are great at drawing fight scenes with real speed, power and weight to them.
I like the style of jujutsu Kaisen cause it's just like a normal anime drawings without oddities
he really love hxh and bleach, even down to the art style, the later style is almost like togashi's infamous sketch art episodes
using kira's theme as background music was cool lol
I like the new style 100000x times better ngl. It just looks way more dynamic, unique and skilled.
the older art style was definitely much better, the art style after shibuya becomes more inconsistent and low effort and less detailed
It's a weekly manga + being a mangaka is horrible. Jjk is a battle manga we don't need superb detail on the faces down to the pores. Gege focuses more on action the sketchy lines are way better to portray that. There's a reason 90% of jjks best and iconic panels aren't from the beginning js.
@@Insouciant_Lyfê it would probably be better for the author if the series became monthly, he'd probably have more time to focus on the art or atleast be able to pay attention to his health.
I honestly prefer the newer style, the chaos just speaks to me much more
@@Insouciant_Lyfêanother excuse from Gege's meat rider, lol. Chainsaw Man? Dandadan? Sakamoto Days? Those manga are also weekly/biweekly series, yet still maintain the quality of its art and details
@@rfnugi gege had a wrist injury
The art style just matured (and looks better imo)
7/10 art for a 7/10 series seems pretty good
Gojo’s art style changed so much 💀
This is Yuji in chapter 1… and this is Yuji 40 chapters later (shows panel from chapter 128)
I really like his new art style it's a breath of fresh air from these other tupes that are so similar its nixe to see change :)
im not sure about character development but Gojo built an fire jawline
shonen jump reminds me of a sweatshop with how unforgiving it is
Yea, but then on the other hand you have Kagurabachi, whos success makes 0 sense, not that its bad, but it being as popular as it is, second only to one piece, IS INSANE!
@@LeoArmada it's peak
Great analysis
his current artstyle is cleaner but i like hidden inventory and shibuya art more, its sketchy, rough and mess, more like dirty tbh....but in a good way, love it! and gege changed his pen from chapter 147, guess that also make a big difference of his lineart.
i personally love the new artstyle so much more, i like the new rough looking stuff it makes it feel powerful, there are certain panels from his early artstyle which i love but i overall enjoy the newer artstyle more, it feels dirtier and rougher, the only real complaint is that they msssacred shoko and turned her into female yuta, i loved her design before but idk why they changed it to be so much simpler
You're so underrated bro
Reminds me of how Tite Kubo's art changed midway through Bleach