Jujutsu Kaisen is about to sideline its protagonist, and that's a good thing

Debopriyaa covers anime, movies, and TV at Polygon. She is a freelance film critic with a specialization in Southeast Asian cinema, sci-fi, and body horror. Her work has appeared at Inverse, Slash Film, Screen Rant, Fansided, and High on Films, among other outlets. Debopriyaa’s published chapbook, Frozen Sparks: A Rhapsodist's Tale, is available worldwide, and her poetry has also been published in literary journals like Gideon Poetry and White Noise Magazine. The Culling Game is about to get deadlier There are only three episodes to go before Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1 comes to an end. The ongoing third season is split into two cours, which will cover all 83 chapters of the Culling Game arc from Gege Akutami’s acclaimed manga. Part 1 is set to air its 12th and final episode on March 26, but it’s tricky to gauge which manga-adjacent chapter it’ll end with. MAPPA has switched up the pacing for the sake of a streamlined story, opting for a more artistic approach towards an already layered saga. Irrespective of which mini-arc part 1 concludes with, we’ll be seeing less and less of the franchise’s protagonist, Yuji Itadori. While Yuji’s return to the spotlight comes with a

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