Hidden Details in Jujutsu Kaisen You Completely Missed (Season 1)

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Did you realize that we know who these people  were prior to being transformed? The first one is the lady from the movie kiosk who went on  a lunch break, hence her saying “lunchbox” and the second is the maintenance person, which is  confirmed by an unattended cleaning cart outside the auditorium and them saying “good detergent”.  After watching the whole season at 0.25 speed, I noticed a lot of things ranging from just neat  and funny to downright spine chilling, like when Junpei inadvertently gave Mahito the idea to end  his mom. Hello comrade, my name is Mahis. Come, get yourself a beverage and sit down with me,  we got many many frames to go over. Doing this in a chronological order, we start with sound  effects from the first minute of Episode 1.

[00:00:50]That is a Parry sound effect from Dark  Souls 3 and Bloodborne respectively.

[00:01:06]Half way through, we see the nurse's hand for  a split second - someone's elevated temperature in proper measurements and blood pressure. Very  fitting for a hospital worker. At 17:46 Fushiguro uses a Cursed Energy projectile, a basic  application of Jujutsu as explained by Gojo, who also used it in episode 2, thus slowly  introducing the viewer to simple attacks before getting into complicated Cursed Techniques. Back  to this fight, if we go frame by frame, we see Demon Dogs saving Yuji’s friend from the falling  debris. Funny enough, they too use the most stock standard wolf noises that I’ve been hearing for  20 years plus. At the end of the episode Megumi was about to summon Mahoraga, which he does 3 more  times in episode 4, 19 and 23, until he learns the lesson of not giving up and fighting balls blazing  instead - great character development.Next we jump to the conclusion of the second episode, which has  a mild example of a "Chekhov's Gun” - a poster of someone resembling Jenifer Lawrence which comes  up several times throughout the series - during the meeting with Masamichi Yaga, the Todo  shenanigans and even during Nobara and Fushiguro’s conversation in the cafe. Also, Sasaki, the girl  who unsealed Sukuna’s finger, is wearing different glasses because the other ones were destroyed.  When it comes to watching an anime frame by frame, the crowds are my personal favourite. In this  show, nothing too interesting before Shibuya, yet it’s nice to see people looking authentic with  Asian haircuts, occasional masks and then there is 2010s Justin Bieber just chilling there. If that  one is debatable, you can’t convince me this is not Bizeff from Hunter Hunter, their appearance is  almost identical and he is even on a look out for pretty women for objectifying purposes. It’s not  the only “inspiration” I noticed in this episode, Mike and Sulley's secret relationship aside,  the Roppongi Curse uses the boy as a shield in a manner I definitely saw somewhere. Can’t quite  put my finger on it… hehe, it’s not exactly the Hound from RWBY which is close, so if you can  think of any, help me out, cause I’m losing my sh*t over it. There is an error in this scene  actually, Nobara says “this curse isn’t even all that strong, Grade 4, maybe even lower, like  a low Grade 3” Which is backwards, as grade 4 is supposed to be weaker than grade 3. At 16:19 she  also describes Saori with “she was as cute as a doll”, which is probably why we see a doll's  head later, symbolizing her “destruction” by the locals. The next episode has another reference  or just an animation decision that I’ve seen in a different show, when Yuji hits the Finger Bearer  he is drawn similarly to Zenitsu. Then there is Todo doing the same thing in episode 8, so it must  be a way to showcase power or speed or something.

[00:03:49]Although Yuji does copy Gon’s Jajanken Pose, so  who knows? At 18:06 there is a slight animation error - watch the right arm, no way he  regenerated it that fast. Onto our first bit of serious foreshadowing - Kenjaku claiming that  Yuji didn't die. He sounds too confident, and that smile at the end clearly indicates that he knows  something that neither we nor other characters can even imagine at this point in time. Episode 6  opens up with yet another Bloodborne sound effect.

[00:04:22]Can’t find the exact one but I know it’s there  since I finished this game like a dozen times.

[00:04:27]And completely random observation, how does  nobody find it weird that a monk is just sitting there talking to himself. He is obviously being  watched by the staff cause he hasn’t ordered, so why is nobody saying anything? He looks too  out of place and people around would certainly give him a glance or two, potentially exposing  him. Like, the dude who ran away would have been questioned by the police 100% and he could  have said something along the lines of “guys, there was a religious man sitting there muttering  to himself right before the place went up in flames, here is his description”. Why not use  a Bluetooth Mono Headset for a better disguise?

[00:05:02]It was a thing already and anyone dealing  with curses should have been wearing it to seem less suspicious. At 18:41 we get another  piece of foreshadowing or set-up - Panda says that some sorcerers use cursed spirits to store  weapons, which is exactly what Geto and Toji were shown to do later in the story. Episode  7 starts off with one more funny sound effect.

[00:05:30]Which to me sounds like a slightly edited generic  car alarm sound. Later during the fight with Jogo, there is an animation continuity error -  Gojo moves his blindfold down, then it's back where it was and here it is pulled down  again. Another mistake is just a minute later, look at his hand - a pinky can’t extend that far,  which makes it look like he has 6 fingers. The next episode is where we start having a very  specific animation issue - Maki’s revolver, which is actually a Smith & Wesson Model 629,  and not Python as stated on the wiki. It’s almost never drawn properly - here the cartridges  are too visible, then it’s a wrong drum position, which is fixed 10 seconds later and goes back  to being wrong again. Hell, I’ll just rapid fire these because it's a continuous mistake throughout  the season - episode 15, it doesn’t revolve while firing, but at least she shot it exactly 6 times.  Episode 17. Revolver drum is in a proper position surprisingly and even has a hit mark on the bullet  casing from the hammer igniting the gunpowder inside… next frame it’s all f@#$ed up again and  a minute later, we even get some gravity defying single cartridge ejection. If this was a real  revolver, all cartridges would have fallen out simultaneously. Wrong position again, loading  the cartridge she just removed, nice, but they are already hammered for some reason, the new ones  should not have a mark in the middle. Then a wrong position again, the drum doesn't rotate while  shooting, wrong position again and again. This is good though - Mai throws away a quick reload drum,  same as this from before. Wrong position again, she actually hits the stick Maki threw, CORRECT  position for once, wrong again and again, and lastly, a correct drum position. Interestingly  enough, no such issue in the manga, Gege did really well drawing her gun properly. In episode  9 we get introduced to one of JJK's most tragic characters - Junpei and if you pay attention, even  the lighting here does some neat storytelling. His eyes do that too, bangs always obscure the right  one until he gets a talk-no-jutsu form Itadori, symbolizing him opening up and getting ready  to change. We also see the bullies holding a cigarette which was likely used to scar him,  although the grip doesn't make much sense, neither for smoking nor for burning. And while  we are on the topic of smoking - look at this extra bit of animation. Totally unnecessary but  adds just a little bit more realism. At 10:22 I was checking where the hell did they get the  umbrellas from, as they weren't carrying any before and I learned that there are free umbrellas  in most Japanese public buildings in case of a rainy day. However, I’m not sure if they will be  located at the roof exit, so the question still stands - whose ass did they pull these umbrellas  from? Also, is this a Haikyu reference? Number 10 and all? Just a few minutes later Yuji literally  hits a homerun, not sure if that means anything, just a funny consistency with his character. Next  I want to point out something very unsettling. In Episode 10, Junpei unknowingly gave Mahito the  idea to kill his mom. He said - “If this was my mothers corpse, I might lose control and end  up hating you”, which is exactly what happened, only to his school bully who got framed for the  murder, resulting in our boy Yoshino crossing to the dark side. In case you are wondering  how strong Nanami is, this relatively casual punch caused a magnitude 2 earthquake as per shows  admission. Mahito still brushed it off, no biggie, yet he did suffer damage to his outfit, which  made him ask Geto for spares. Not getting any and having some standards of not wanting to swing  his schlong around, he changes his own design to have a built in censorship for future encounters.  Back to doom and gloom, Junpei tells the teacher to stand there and watch, likely as an insult  since that’s all he ever did instead of helping him with the bullies. Itadori also said something  interesting - I will kill you. Not exercise you, kill you, because his beef with Mahito just got  personal. Very subtle character development, as he starts to doubt his own ideals and  morals. Skipping a few episodes for lack of anything interesting, we get to number 16. It  has some majestic water and another foreshadowing.

[00:09:37]Mechamaru outright says it - if I could trade  my cursed techniques to have a normal body, I’d gladly do so. No other student has this  exploitable weakness that will make them a traitor, so looking back, it should have been  fairly obvious considering that's Mahito's bread and butter. At 14:35 we get Panda showcasing  his Drumming Beat, and if you know little about gorillas this looks pretty cool, but once you  hear what it truly sound like, you can’t go back.

[00:10:12]You’re welcome. Further into the fight  Mechamaru palms a roof tile to use as a distraction and you can actually see him carrying  it around for a few seconds before launching it at his monochromatic adversary. Just before  the episode wraps up, during a Juju stroll, we get a minor spoiler - Noritoshi has his  eye open with a weird marking, telling us that there is some hidden power we haven’t seen yet.  Another cool animation sequence includes two of the story's best girls - Maki disarming Miwa. If  slowed down, you can see every step of the process quite clearly. At 5:02 we see the talismans that  track which team exorcised which curse. One is already burned, because Todo punched this spirit  during his scramble with Yuji. Following that we get the backstory of the Zenin Twins. It’s a  bit vague, so let me clarify why Mai called Maki a liar and has this animosity towards  her. Maki promised to stay together with her forever and some years after broke this promise,  hurting her sister mentally and subjecting her to even worse treatment within the clan. BUTT,  there is a different question I have. How, in the name of Miwa’s smiling cheeks, does a  family with such a wide stick up their ass allow cursed spirits anywhere near their home? Sure,  they have a basement where they are contained, but to let curses exist next to their kids is  not just stupid, it’s a disgrace because you guys can’t even keep your front yard clean from the  very forces you are fighting. Episode 18 opens up with an action scene that has me conflicted  about their attention to detail. On one hand, Kamo initially shoots 3 arrows at once, cause that's  the maximum you can reasonably hold and quickly follows up with another one off screen, making it  4 total. No complaints here, yet if you look at his quiver, he clearly has 3 more arrows, which  can’t be right, since after deflecting 4, Megumi notices that Noritoshi is on his last one. A few  minutes later, we see Toge putting Miwa to sleep by calling her from Mechamarus' phone. How did he  get it? Did the demon dog bring it along with the puppet’s arm, or was it Panda, who specifically  asked Kokichi for his phone before he left him on the roof tops? Why did he grab the arm then? I  honestly have no clue, so I’m open to suggestions.

[00:12:24]Episode 19 continues the fight against Hanami  where Maki says “it feels disgusting to use this weapon” referring to Playful Cloud. Totally  understandable considering what its previous holder did last year, although Geto didn’t use it  against her directly. It is also quite expensive, 5 billion yen is about 30 million USD. During the  showdown in the river, there are 2 cool pieces of animation - using the “answer the phone” defense  against a choking attempt and Todo being shown to rescue Maki if we slow it down a bit. At 18:21  I thought they were reusing water assets from episode 16, nope, it’s similar but not the same.  And yes, in case you are wondering I do have a thing for water and particles. For example this  scene from Demon Slayer pleased my eyes to no end.

[00:13:10]Next we have another topic I’m somewhat interested  in - electric guitars, Principal Gakuganji is rocking a Gibson Custom 1967 Mahogany Flying V and  the issue here is the animation continuity - watch the frets and fret markers, they change mid  scenes and are wrong sometimes. Then we see Gojo using his torsion skill he demonstrated  to Yuji while explaining Cursed Techniques.

[00:13:38]When Mahito leaves with the spoils, there are two  dead guards Kenny mentioned and a Sukuna’s finger, which was the one used in Junpei's apartment. This  piece of cloth or seal is what helped curses to locate it, as Mr Big Brain placed Mahito’s cursed  energy on it so that he can use it as a quest marker. Another mystery I’m yet to understand is  what the hell is a “natural spirit”. Patchface makes a clear distinction between them and  Cursed Spirits, so there must be something here.

[00:14:05]This conversation between Yuji and Kamo made me  chuckle a bit, especially after watching later seasons. His mom gave this whole spiel about  saving others and being good, but she is the one who named him after the most vile sorcerer to  ever live, setting his life difficulty level to at least a “hard”. On a lighter note, Itadori asked  if he needed a helmet, which was a valid concern, since Todo got his entire face caved in by a  stray and totally unintentional serve. At 20:02 we see past Geto without the scar, which is a soft  foreshadowing of something being wrong with the current one. Episode 22 officially introduces  the Tsumiki plotline. At first I was confused with what exactly was going on here and to put it  simply, she had two curses on her. First is the one from the bridge where the angry Diglet resides  and the second is from Kenjaku preparing her for the Culling Games. Two completely independent  curses… what an unlucky girl. By the way, I like how Fushiguro made a face while reading  the victims files, mentally preparing to endure whatever these guys will say after learning about  his school days. Which honestly should have landed him in prison, as half of these guys would have  been crushed or suffocated to death. Back to the horrendous sh*t JJK pulls off every once in a  while, the dude who was about to be Death Painted, kept looking at Kenjaku standing in the  doorway and not Mahito. He couldn’t see him, so one can only imagine the absolute terror he  experienced of not only being strung up like this, but also having something invisible  forcing its way into him xenomorph-style.

[00:15:38]Aha! They are reusing assets a little bit. The  pummeling Yuji unleashed on Kechizu is almost identical to his assault on Mahito, minus  facial expressions. They still reanimated the whole scene but it’s clear that the template  used was the same. In the aftermath of this fight, we have a pair of interesting dialogues that  are very important for character development.

[00:15:58]Both Yuji and Fushiguro know that it was  eating the finger in the first episode that jump-started all these events and both don’t  want the other to come to this conclusion, because it will make them regret their  actions and feel responsible for so much death. Before the season wraps up, we get  the last juicy piece of foreshadowing. The OG Noritoshi’s face is not fully shown to obscure  the forehead and listen to who provides his lore: Not Eso who brought it up, but Geto for  some reason. This guy knew about our MC being alive and now he is narrating a story of  a disgraced sorcerer from two centuries ago, sus AF. It was I, Mahis, having too much  free-time into the microphone, have a great… whatever time of the day you have. Until  next time, cheers. Poster of someone resembling Jennifer Ro. Resembling Jennifer. Resembling  Jennifer Rollins. Jennifer Rollins. Yan road.