Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 22: Sakurajima Colony: Rebirth

呪術廻戦 [Jujutsu Kaisen] #22

by Gege Akutami

A mysterious cursed spirit with a grudge against Maki flies into Sakurajima Colony. It evolves with incredible speed from cursed womb to adult form and threatens to overwhelm Maki and Noritoshi. Just then, two more combatants join the battle…

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Horror, Comics, Shonen, Graphic Novels, Fiction

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 3, 2023

About the author

Gege Akutami 芥見下々 is a Japanese manga author, known for their work Jujutsu Kaisen.

The author does not show their face in public, and their gender is not disclosed.
They previously worked as assistant to mangaka Yasuhiro Kanō.

List of works (including one-shots not published indipendently yet):
2014:
Kamishiro Sōsa (神代捜査) on Shōnen Jump NEXT!! vol. 2 [debut work]
2015:
No.9 on Weekly Shōnen Jump 46-2015
2016:
Nikai Bongai Barabarujura (二界梵骸バラバルジュラ) on Weekly Shōnen Jump 44-2016
2017:
Tōkyō toritsu jujutsu kōtō senmon gakkō (東京都立呪術高等専門学校) serialized on Jump GIGA (volume 1 to 4)
from 2018:
Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦) on Weekly Shōnen Jump

Reviews

[Han · Rating 4 out of 5]

This cover! That's it. That's the review.

Lol no but the cover alone gets 5 stars along with side by side panels with get with Toji and Maki added in this volume. However Gege - there better be a point with throwing in all of these crazy new characters. I miss the gang! 😞 Overall 4 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟!

[Umairah (Sereadipity) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I see a lot of people criticising the sakurajima colony arc but I personally loved it.

It was really important for Maki to have the second phase of her 'transformation' understanding the capabilities of her new body and the fact that the heavenly restriction doesn't put her on par with other jujutsu sorcerers, she's in her own league and there are things only she can do.

A lot of people say things like 'This is just repetition Maki already got her power up' but that is NOT the point of this arc.

The perfect preparation arc was the physical part of the transformation (and it was a very traumatic experience for her) and this arc was more about giving her the space to understand her new body and have the shift in mindset that she needed to unlock her full potential.

This manga often emphasises how power isn't just about raw strength and talent but about the mindset. Like in sendai colony arc when Yuta is told he will reach his limit because he's too sweet and the ones that reach great power have an overwhelming sense of self. It's almost like only thing hindering Maki was her own mind and now she's free.

It was nice seeing her have mentor figures for once even if it was the random sumo and katana dudes. That also shows a shift in her mindset because she has never accepted help from anyone before and she needed it.

Toji was the first person she'd ever seen that was like her, when she saw Toji in Shibuya she finally had a role model, a level to aspire to. She's reached that level now but I personally think she will surpass Toji.

Also, I have to say I was very happy to see her beat up Naoya again. And I liked the Maki and Kamo team up that was really cool.

I am so happy that Maki finally got a cover as well the pinky promise with Mai in the corner is a beautiful detail!

[hamdasbookshelf · Rating 5 out of 5]

nothing beats this stupid ass goofy manga series or the characters in it. i could go on forever and write the longest review but no amount of words can explain my love for it. crying and throwing up i miss nobara and nanami sm.

ALSO GEGE PLS STOP MAKING EVERYONE LOSE THEIR ARMS PLS PLEASEE

[bea ♡]

if maki has 1 million fans im one of them. if maki has 5 fans im one of them. if maki has 1 fan THAT'S ME. if maki has no fans then that means I'm dead.

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

The world is not ready post-Shibuya Maki to be animated but I cannot freaking WAIT 🔥

[Izabella 🪐 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gege has finally blessed us with a Maki cover 🙏🛐

[skylar ₊˚⊹♡ [busy]]

WELL GO OFF MAKI ?? I GUESS ?? ugh i actually can’t with this anymore there’s so much going on (i still love this series even if it has downgraded an absolutely insane amount)

[zaynah ☾ · Rating 5 out of 5]

gege akutami im in your walls.

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS IS SO FUCKING UNFAIR 😭

Megumi knew it right away when "everything" was going too well. And I fucking knew it when we suddenly transitioned back to Tokyo no.1 colony–I knew I had to prepare myself to something big about my two boys, Yuji and Megumi. God!! I'm so pissed off right now. This isn't how it should be Gege 😭 But, I'm just so fucking glad that no one died in this volume. I swear, I was sobbing earlier when Kamo got a flashback. I was so afraid he's going to die. Color me hysterical, but that's how Nanamin and Nobara died (although with Noba, it's still unofficial. RIGHT?!)

I swore I'd drop JJK right away if I saw Kamo fall cold and dead. But, let's thank Kappa and my old man Daido for helping and building ✨️Maki✨️ up in this volume. For real 😭 that was so satisfying even though my heart was crumbling for fear of losing either of them four.

I love it, Gege. Thank you 🥺

[myo ⋆｡˚ ❀ * · Rating 4 out of 5]

maki zen’in arc development is insane actually

[Alexandra Elend Wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars.

“There was no one Maki could call a teacher. It wasn’t that she refused one, or had grown too prideful to accept any. She had simply never considered growing stronger by relying upon someone else.”

Truly, Maki's volumes are the best.

Catching up with her after so long felt amazing and was really cool. The rapid evolution she has had is nothing but fascinating. Plus, the journey she undergoes here was well-deserved, interesting, if a bit convenient, and badass.

While other storylines feel a bit disconnected and convoluted at this point in the story, Maki's remains consistent and straightforward in a very refreshing way that I can't help but appreciate a lot. Time might have passed, but I feel like I always know where we stand when talking about her.

Getting Kamo as her companion in this arc was really cool. They make for surprisingly good contrast, aside from the fact that he is just one of my favorite characters.

Then we have the end of the volume, which is just as full of angst and twisted as I've come to expect from this manga. Dread is the one word that sums up my feelings about the whole thing, but that has been a constant for a long while now.

Without a doubt, this was one of my favorite recent volumes.

“From the moment you collide to the moment you get back in the Dohyo. It all flows into you. It’s as if you could smell the light, or as if you could see the sound. Everything about your opponent, everything about yourself. You can feel it all. And when that happens, the body right in front of your eyes no longer matters, and even winning or losing loses its meaning. That’s what the samurai meant. You could say it’s freedom. And all that is left is just to experience it with your own body.”

[Sima ✨ · Rating 2 out of 5]

It got better by the last chapters, hope it leads to more Sukuna scenes and the the original main characters.

[richa ⋆.˚★ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Don't waste your time

Someone please take away Gege Akutami's pen away. I had enough.🙏🏻 Need to heal from whatever that is happening.

[Ricarda · Rating 4 out of 5]

June 2023: Maki on the cover?! What a blessing.

January 2024: Every panel that compares Maki to Toji just goes so hard, I can't believe it.

[灰 · Rating 3 out of 5]

MY WIFE IS ON THE COVER?! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[library ghost (farheen) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 actually

i have a feeling it's going to keep getting better from here

[Arturia Pendragon📚 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Esa revelación no me la esperaba 😯, pero tampoco me sorprende 🙄. Un 3.5💫

[Bree · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have an unhealthy obsession with these delightfully bizarre characters 🖤

[Afifa Afreen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maki Zenin Supremacy 🛐🤲🏼✨

[Henny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Placeholder for the JJK manga up to chapter 251

So, I fell down the JJK rabbit hole once again after abandoning the manga for almost a year. I finally started watching season 2 last weekend after having no interest in it at all while it aired months ago, and I immediately got reminded of how much I liked the series up until the Culling Games arc started. Naturally, I binged the manga up to the current chapter. I still have no clue what's going on but I always liked JJK more for the vibes and characters than the plot anyways. I'm convinced though that Akutami hates every single of his characters (except for Sukuna) and by the end of the series, everyone will be dead or so miserable that it will come close to being dead.

[r ꨄ︎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

~post-read review~

may god bless the dinosaur that died to make the fossil fuel that was treated to become petrol in the car that took zen’in maki’s mom to the hospital to give birth to her


~pre-read review~

okay, i’ll say it. i miss old jjk.

[Nouran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Don’t you fucking dare gege
Update: he just dropped a bomb on our heads and it’s only going to get worse

[aleksandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5

Maki centered volume yayyyy

[saryn ⪩. .⪨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

i’ve been loving the comparisons between toji and maki, she’s such a cool character.

i wasn’t expecting to see naoya again, and definitely not looking like that…he came back just to be defeated by maki once again, like a loser.
also yuji “living it up” while megumi was knocked out? very funny, this was a fun read.

[Lucy Tonks (the invisible life of a reader) · Rating 4 out of 5]

its becoming really hard to keep track of everything

[jay · Rating 3 out of 5]

the Maki and Toji parallels saved this volume

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

MAKI!!!!

[Zahra Naderi · Rating 5 out of 5]

یه اکانت توییتر هست که روزای مهر و موم شدن گوجو رو می‌شماره. الان بالای ۹۰۰ روزه (یعنی حدود سه‌ ساله) که گوجو توی مانگا نیست، ولی توی مانگاه همه‌ش دو هفته‌ست. ⁦ʕ⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠ʔ⁩


# گوجو ساتورو را آزاد کنید :))
# یوجی ایتادوری کجاست؟

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Look, I’m a JJK fan, but I’m not enjoying the Culling Arc. It’s bland, a little cheesy, and convoluted at times. Hopefully, I’ll enjoy it more when it’s animated and I can watch the manga. The Angel character does seem fun though and they’ve got a cover coming up, so there’s some hope for my enjoyment.

Sumo man had spirit, I’ll give him that.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

El regreso de Naoya es hasta cómico, igual que ver a Itadori de postureo con una bata y una copa de vino. Sinceramente, solo apruebo el tomo por la aparición del final de Sukuna.