It features an inbuilt sound system that allows each individual rider to pick from a selection of songs to ride to. Despite Gojo being identical to his regular persona, critics found the pilot helps to further explore his past as a result of his tragic relationship with Geto, which reveals a major twist in the main series. In the aftermath, the Jujutsu higher-ups sentence Yuji to death, with second-year student Yuta Okkotsu appointed as his executioner, but Yuta helps Yuji fake his death. The series placed nineteenth on the annual Twitter Japan's Trend Awards in 2021, based on the social network's top trending topics of the year.

In October 2020, Akutami stated that the story's ending and main stages are planned, but that the path between the two remains "fairly free. This is just me, but my definition of canon is strictly when it has been shown, preferably explicitly, in the manga. The series ranked 31st on the 2020 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine; [97] it ranked fourth on the 2021 list; [98] sixth on the 2022 list; [99] and fourteenth on the 2023 list. In the NPD Group, the manga was ranked as the fifth-best-selling manga between late November 2021 and early January 2022.They were also ranked on The New York Times ' Graphic Books and Manga bestseller monthly list since February 2021. Comic Book Resources stated the manga's artwork was well executed to portray the character's emotions and the story's dark elements. Annual Global TV Demand Awards from Parrot Analytics format and finalists revealed – Virtual Festival honoring Industry Revolutionaries to be held February 1-3, 2022". Read more about the condition Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. For the second season's first five episodes (covering the "Hidden Inventory / Premature Death" arc), Tatsuya Kitani performed the opening theme " Where Our Blue Is" ( 青のすみか, Ao no Sumika), while Soushi Sakiyama [ ja] performed the ending theme "Light" ( 燈, Akari ).

A 24-episode anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA, aired on MBS from October 2020 to March 2021; a second season aired from July to December 2023. Akutami was still motivated when remembering that Mikki Yuki became famous in Jump Giga for writing Ginata Shiki. As a result, they continually lose Cursed Energy, resulting in the birth of Curses ( 呪い, Noroi ), a race of spiritual beings whose primary desire is to bring harm to humanity. Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2022 Nominations Include '86 Eighty-Six,' 'Jujutsu Kaisen,' 'Oddtaxi' (EXCLUSIVE)".Hannah Collins of CBR found parallels between Yuji and Sukuna and Marvel Comics characters Eddie Brock and Venom. At the same time, a group of Cursed Spirits plot a multi-layered attack on the world of Jujutsu sorcery, including the Cursed Spirit Mahito and a corrupted sorcerer named Suguru Geto, who was executed by Gojo a year prior. Because I liked telling fibs since he was a child and had the habit of blaming my family’s pet dog for the food I sneakily ate and the objects I wrecked, when I got knocked down by a car on the way home, no one in my family believed I had an accident. My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan Rank on NYT Bestseller February List".

Silverman praised the series' use of Japanese folklore and yōkai elements, comparing this and Akutami's art style to Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitarō, but criticized the story for being "very generic".Viz Media Adds A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow Manga, Announces Rerelease of Kazuo Umezu's The Drifting Classroom Manga". Crunchyroll Announces English Dubs, Casts for Jujutsu Kaisen, I'm Standing on a Million Lives, TONIKAWA, Noblesse Anime". The official music video of the series' first opening, "Kaikai Kitan" by Eve, reached 100 million views on YouTube in April 2021, being one of the fastest anime openings to hit such number of views.