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呪術廻戦 [Jujutsu Kaisen] #9
Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 9: Premature Death
Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto have been assigned a mission to escort the Star Plasma Vessel to Master Tengen. When they’re ambushed by Toji Fushiguro, a mercenary known as the Sorcerer Killer, will Gojo and Geto survive? And will this be the turning point where Gojo becomes the world's strongest exorcist while Geto embraces a life of ruin and rebellion?
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 4, 2020
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About the author
Gege Akutami
92 books3,635 followersGege 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
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
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August 1, 2023do u ever just look at gojo satoru and go GRRRRRRR WOOF WOOF BARK BARK BARK ARF ARF ARF RRRR SNARL WOOF WOOF GRRRRRRR RUFF RUFF ARF BARK BARK WOOF SNARL SNARL GRRRRRR GRRRR WOOF WOOF ARF RRRRRRR GRRRRR WOOF WOOF GROWL GROWL AWWOOOOOOOO AWOO AWOOOO ARRF GRRRR BARK GRRR
haha yea me neither
haha yea me neither
January 13, 2021
GOJO SATORU WORLD DOMINATION!
December 7, 2020
Whoa, this MIGHT be my favorite volume so far.
We get Gojo backstory here and holy shit is it sad/epic. Just when I thought the fight scenes couldn't be topped, the brutality of scenes, this volume tops it. Brutal deaths throughout as we also get the background to Toji and just how powerful he really is. We also get the background of Geto and what broke him to turn him into the person he is today. So many characters broken and breaking in this series is that when we DO get to present time it is even sadder.
I'm really loving this current last two volumes. Give me more, give me more, Jujutsu is some prime ass good SHIT!
We get Gojo backstory here and holy shit is it sad/epic. Just when I thought the fight scenes couldn't be topped, the brutality of scenes, this volume tops it. Brutal deaths throughout as we also get the background to Toji and just how powerful he really is. We also get the background of Geto and what broke him to turn him into the person he is today. So many characters broken and breaking in this series is that when we DO get to present time it is even sadder.
I'm really loving this current last two volumes. Give me more, give me more, Jujutsu is some prime ass good SHIT!
April 13, 2022
geto apologists assemble
December 14, 2023
do you guys think any of this would have happened if gojo and geto had kissed
May 24, 2021
“are you the strongest because you’re Gojou Satoru or are you Gojou Satoru because you’re the strongest?”
gege you fucking genius
gege you fucking genius
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April 1, 2022From "we are the strongest" to "i am the strongest" this doesn't hurt nope nope.
February 25, 2022
You see this dichotomy in fiction (as well as in real life) alot where two people emerge from same event but with differing perspectives, but never was I sadder to see this except in this one.
Geto was a sensible foil to Gojo, they both had same objectives, but watching Geto do complete 180° shift of methodology by the end of this volume was very tragic, if anything. Tables turned, I loved watching Gojo have a moment of god-complex, and I completely despised Toji. I know where he's coming from, but he's awful, both as a person and as a father.
Geto was a sensible foil to Gojo, they both had same objectives, but watching Geto do complete 180° shift of methodology by the end of this volume was very tragic, if anything. Tables turned, I loved watching Gojo have a moment of god-complex, and I completely despised Toji. I know where he's coming from, but he's awful, both as a person and as a father.
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April 30, 2021DADDY FUSHIGURO A LEGEND!!!!
this might be my most favorite volume so far. can't wait to see all these amazing action scenes animated.
this might be my most favorite volume so far. can't wait to see all these amazing action scenes animated.
September 4, 2021
All those flashbacks were so interesting and they made me appreciate Gojo's character even more.
August 18, 2024
Gojo has a sad and gay backstory.
July 19, 2024
high school arc geto and gojo are family ;(
April 16, 2025
second read
This volume is like psychological terrorism for anybody who even remotely cares about the characters in this arc. And I am those people. Ouch?? Every time I read anything to do with this arc I’m astounded at not only how brilliant Gege’s writing was within the first third of the series (not that he’s horrible later on! I just tend to prefer the earlier arcs, whether that’s nostalgia or something else) but also how differently the story could have gone at different points of tension. Toji or Geto or Gojo making a slightly different decision at any point during this could have changed the trajectory of the story spanning the next thirteen years. No spoilers for Shibuya, but you know what I’m talking about. It’s just insane, and I miss how Gege used to tie things together in a more believable way.
first-read
I’ve always loved that there wasn’t some ginormous Gojo vs Geto fight to end off the arc. As sick as that would have been, the fact that they actually talk about it (via a horrific excuse for communication skills, but alas) does a good job of communicating to the reader the causes for Geto’s choices toward the end of the volume.
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i just know gojo's shit was rocked when last kiss by taylor swift came out in 2010 like his ass was on the floor rocking back and forth and sobbing uncontrollably to that bridge
This volume is like psychological terrorism for anybody who even remotely cares about the characters in this arc. And I am those people. Ouch?? Every time I read anything to do with this arc I’m astounded at not only how brilliant Gege’s writing was within the first third of the series (not that he’s horrible later on! I just tend to prefer the earlier arcs, whether that’s nostalgia or something else) but also how differently the story could have gone at different points of tension. Toji or Geto or Gojo making a slightly different decision at any point during this could have changed the trajectory of the story spanning the next thirteen years. No spoilers for Shibuya, but you know what I’m talking about. It’s just insane, and I miss how Gege used to tie things together in a more believable way.
first-read
I’ve always loved that there wasn’t some ginormous Gojo vs Geto fight to end off the arc. As sick as that would have been, the fact that they actually talk about it (via a horrific excuse for communication skills, but alas) does a good job of communicating to the reader the causes for Geto’s choices toward the end of the volume.
pre-read
i just know gojo's shit was rocked when last kiss by taylor swift came out in 2010 like his ass was on the floor rocking back and forth and sobbing uncontrollably to that bridge
June 23, 2021
—4.5 ★
I didn't expect that this volume would hurt me so much than I anticipated. I bawled when I read the confrontation between Satoru and Suguru. I am a mess. This volume left me with a broken heart. I love the action scenes, the art style, the flash back. Everything. This has become my favorite volume.
Here, we get to see the other side of what it's like being a Jujutsu Sorcerer trying to protect humans that we don't even know if they deserve it. We've been following Yūji who wants to protect everyone which had buried deep in our mind that all Jujutsu Sorcerers is exactly the same as him. Which wasn't the case with Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru.
The battle scene between Gojo and Toji is amazing. Even the art style. It feels like I was watching an anime rather than reading a manga and that's what I really like about here in this volume. During the battle scene, Gojo created a technique that is beyond unimaginable and only he can make it happen. In that sequence we caught a glimpse of Geto Suguru's simming insecurities and hatred towards himself and towards the Jujutsu Sorcerers.
The feeling of not knowing what you are achieving and what are your goals haunted every Geto Suguru's step. We see him as someone who pulls Gojo's leash and always keep him in check. He is that kind of character that Gojo could depend on. Someone who could watch his back. Until that one event where it became Geto Suguru's unbecoming.
The event that made both of them contemplate whether what they are doing for the humanity is deserving. In the past volumes, we know that there is something dark just brewing inside Gojo and that we know he wanted to remove someone who's sitting in the throne and that he doesn't want to kill them but would rather teach students and raise them to be his allies to overthrow the one sitting at the top. We saw his hatred towards the chain and here, we unlocked another part of him that is untamed and boiling with cold ice anger.
The person they had to protect now perished. One saw how they died in front of their eyes without being able to do something and the other, carrying that person in their arms while the humans applaud for their death. I expected Gojo to snap during that scene and as I watch the scene unfold, I saw the realization in both of the characters eyes that those are humans they're trying to protect. The exact humans who found someone's death entertaining and that something to be happy about. Gojo contemplated and asked Geto if he should kill them. Geto Suguru said that there is no meaning to it if they killed those people. Yet, as we dive deeper into the volume, we saw how it had taken its toll on Geto.
Hatred, passion, internal struggle, morality and lastly, the ugliness of humanity followed each of Geto Suguru's step. The bitterness of devouring cursed spirits in order to protect the humans became an endless cycle for him. The humans that he had to protect now turning into a monster in his eyes and he struggled to fight against the thought. He was struggling and having a hard time for finding the true meaning of his purpose and break free of the cycle.
That is what I really liked about in this volume. It tackled a lot of dark themes and how all of those actions had made the characters drown into their despair and made them harder to breathe. Worse, succumb to the darkness and madness. Blinded by the negative emotions, they still tried to fight against it in order for them to not be consumed. I love how they showed the conflict between what is right or wrong, who deserve to die and who doesn't, who deserves to be protected and who deserves to be sacrificed. All of those shown in just 9 chapters in one volume. It took me by surprise for slowly showing me the ugliness of the humans and how it affected their "protector" and bend their mentality.
Like a flame doused by oxygen, an event finally triggered something deep inside Geto Suguru which resulted to him massacring an entire village while saving two children who are probably curse users and only committed a crime out of self defense. During that scene, we know Geto Suguru's hanging by a thread and just one step, he will snap. What the old man did to those kids and what he said is the reason why the thread snapped and set Suguru loose.
I cried during the confrontation between Geto and Gojo. How devastated Gojo was when he found out that Geto killed a lot of people. How the person who stopped him from killing, was the exact person who killed an entire village. I literally bawled when Gojo did not kill Geto. Their friendship finally broken. Yet, even if Geto committed those crimes, Gojo still spared him twice. Gojo couldn't seem to kill his friend. The person who's been with him during the hard times, the person who had kept him in check. The person who he could depend on. The very friend he could see his future with.
This broke me into tiny fragile pieces and now, with just two steps in the front, we will finally enter the huge event that I am for sure will tore me into more tiny pieces until I am nothing but dust in the wind. not looking forward for the next volumes.
I didn't expect that this volume would hurt me so much than I anticipated. I bawled when I read the confrontation between Satoru and Suguru. I am a mess. This volume left me with a broken heart. I love the action scenes, the art style, the flash back. Everything. This has become my favorite volume.
Here, we get to see the other side of what it's like being a Jujutsu Sorcerer trying to protect humans that we don't even know if they deserve it. We've been following Yūji who wants to protect everyone which had buried deep in our mind that all Jujutsu Sorcerers is exactly the same as him. Which wasn't the case with Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru.
The battle scene between Gojo and Toji is amazing. Even the art style. It feels like I was watching an anime rather than reading a manga and that's what I really like about here in this volume. During the battle scene, Gojo created a technique that is beyond unimaginable and only he can make it happen. In that sequence we caught a glimpse of Geto Suguru's simming insecurities and hatred towards himself and towards the Jujutsu Sorcerers.
The feeling of not knowing what you are achieving and what are your goals haunted every Geto Suguru's step. We see him as someone who pulls Gojo's leash and always keep him in check. He is that kind of character that Gojo could depend on. Someone who could watch his back. Until that one event where it became Geto Suguru's unbecoming.
The event that made both of them contemplate whether what they are doing for the humanity is deserving. In the past volumes, we know that there is something dark just brewing inside Gojo and that we know he wanted to remove someone who's sitting in the throne and that he doesn't want to kill them but would rather teach students and raise them to be his allies to overthrow the one sitting at the top. We saw his hatred towards the chain and here, we unlocked another part of him that is untamed and boiling with cold ice anger.
The person they had to protect now perished. One saw how they died in front of their eyes without being able to do something and the other, carrying that person in their arms while the humans applaud for their death. I expected Gojo to snap during that scene and as I watch the scene unfold, I saw the realization in both of the characters eyes that those are humans they're trying to protect. The exact humans who found someone's death entertaining and that something to be happy about. Gojo contemplated and asked Geto if he should kill them. Geto Suguru said that there is no meaning to it if they killed those people. Yet, as we dive deeper into the volume, we saw how it had taken its toll on Geto.
Hatred, passion, internal struggle, morality and lastly, the ugliness of humanity followed each of Geto Suguru's step. The bitterness of devouring cursed spirits in order to protect the humans became an endless cycle for him. The humans that he had to protect now turning into a monster in his eyes and he struggled to fight against the thought. He was struggling and having a hard time for finding the true meaning of his purpose and break free of the cycle.
That is what I really liked about in this volume. It tackled a lot of dark themes and how all of those actions had made the characters drown into their despair and made them harder to breathe. Worse, succumb to the darkness and madness. Blinded by the negative emotions, they still tried to fight against it in order for them to not be consumed. I love how they showed the conflict between what is right or wrong, who deserve to die and who doesn't, who deserves to be protected and who deserves to be sacrificed. All of those shown in just 9 chapters in one volume. It took me by surprise for slowly showing me the ugliness of the humans and how it affected their "protector" and bend their mentality.
Like a flame doused by oxygen, an event finally triggered something deep inside Geto Suguru which resulted to him massacring an entire village while saving two children who are probably curse users and only committed a crime out of self defense. During that scene, we know Geto Suguru's hanging by a thread and just one step, he will snap. What the old man did to those kids and what he said is the reason why the thread snapped and set Suguru loose.
I cried during the confrontation between Geto and Gojo. How devastated Gojo was when he found out that Geto killed a lot of people. How the person who stopped him from killing, was the exact person who killed an entire village. I literally bawled when Gojo did not kill Geto. Their friendship finally broken. Yet, even if Geto committed those crimes, Gojo still spared him twice. Gojo couldn't seem to kill his friend. The person who's been with him during the hard times, the person who had kept him in check. The person who he could depend on. The very friend he could see his future with.
This broke me into tiny fragile pieces and now, with just two steps in the front, we will finally enter the huge event that I am for sure will tore me into more tiny pieces until I am nothing but dust in the wind. not looking forward for the next volumes.
July 27, 2022
I loved the scenes where Fushiguro and Gojo were about to kill each other, but then Gojo didn't let that happiness last long. That backstory was really something and I loved it<3
Also, I want to know more about Megumi's past because that boy can do more than he can do!
Also, I want to know more about Megumi's past because that boy can do more than he can do!
June 13, 2021
[4.5]
OMG. The amount of information this volume gives is insane. I can't wait to keep reading this story. Gege's mind is so cool.
A bit of spoilers here.
For sure a great volume to start to end
OMG. The amount of information this volume gives is insane. I can't wait to keep reading this story. Gege's mind is so cool.
A bit of spoilers here.
For sure a great volume to start to end
August 3, 2021
“We hold no regrets in falling among the stars.”
Insurmountable sadness is exactly the way I would describe this volume. I knew something like this was bound to happen, it is impossible not to know it after all the things that we have seen in previous volumes and all the hints we have been provided with, but that doesn't mean that it hurt anything less.
Coming from the arguably lighter and funnier time we had last it was... a bit of a shock to find myself in this circumstance.
That, of course, doesn't mean that I love it anything less, because I still think it was brilliantly done and just perfect to explain and connect everything. Even do it hurts, I would not change a single thing.
“In order to reaffirm my identity I warped my usual self. I had already lost at that point. I thought I had discarded that pride…”
Seeing how everything is so perfectly connected and makes so much sense makes me really happy. Honestly, a lot of that was already there just lacking a bit of context to make it all fit in the puzzle.
I was really, really shocked when things started to take the turn they did.
Even through everything I had hope for things to turn out differently than what I knew was bound to happen, well, rather, I knew the outcome but was not prepare for the journey to get there, and that is not on anyone but on me.
One of the most impressive things is the way Gege managed to fit it all, the story that we had been waiting for a while, with all its changes and turns in so few chapters and still make it feel perfectly paced. I didn't doubt even for a second that there was enough time for it all.
I think, if anything, the timing and pacing just enhanced the way everything hit me and the hurt it all brought.
“The preciousness of the weak, the ugliness of the weak. I’ve been unable to separate them, or accept them.”
There's no doubt that this is one of my favorite, if not my favorite, volumes so far.
It also makes the story feel much more serious and like we are reaching a boiling point... which I supposed is true if the dates are anything to go by.
Honestly, I am quite scared to keep going but I am equally excited... not the most confidence-inducing combination of feelings. If there was ever a time to quit, this was definitely it.
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My God, my God, my God... this volume was sad.
I literally devoured it because it was so interesting but it also made me really sad.
RTC.
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Okay, okay, I'm sure everything will be alright and everyone will be happy, right? Right?
Well, all I know is that I am ready to have my heart destroyed a little because things are dicy right now, but also to be able to get to know these characters a little better and a little more.
Here we go!
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September 17, 2022the best volume so far, i’m so :”)
fushiguro toji is a dilf and satosugu is seriously the most compelling relationship in jjk by a landslide
fushiguro toji is a dilf and satosugu is seriously the most compelling relationship in jjk by a landslide
May 2, 2022
"are you the strongest because you're gojo satoru? or are you gojo satoru because you're the strongest?"
February 26, 2024
imagine breaking up in front of a kfc
February 28, 2024
Am I having a satosugu brainrot because I am insane or am I insane because I am having a satosugu brainrot
October 31, 2022
"Para aceptarme a mí mismo acabé desaviándome de lo que siempre fui. Y fue en ese momento cuando perdí. Me deshice de mi autoestima. No me valoraba a mí mismo ni a los demás, supongo que esa fue la forma de vida que elegí..."
- Toji vs Gojo, conocemos el Rikugan de Gojo sus limitantes y el increíble poder del jugu (herramienta mladita) de Toji, además de que no tiene poder mágico, sino un conjuro divino y una maldición que le da mucha ventaja. Cae el más fuerte. ¿o no?
- Conocemos la base de la barrera principal del país, el territorio de Tengen. Parte bastante triste. Te extrañaré Riko.
"Que, aunque tuviera que sufrir mucho... Algún día, dejaría de estar sola y triste."
- Conjuro de inversión de Gojo, muy útil en ciertos casos. Además, conocemos más los usos de rojo, azul y finalmente el púrpura. Vaya si es un tipo increíble.
- Entendemos por qué Gojo buscó a Megumi antes de ser vendido a la familia Zenin. Por cierto, el clan Zenin todos lo odian, necesito más información sobre este clan.
- Vemos la caída de Geto, como se plantea sus ideales como mago y duda seguir haciéndolo. Ya que para él deja de sentido proteger a los humanos.
"¿Son valiosos porque son débiles? ¿O son despreciables por eso mismo? ya no soy capaz de discernir entre mi "yo" que desprecia a los que no pueden usar madia y mi "yo" que lo niega"
- Conocemos a Yuki —La que siempre pregunta el tipo de chica que le gusta a los chicos, de ahí Todo aprendió hacer la misma pregunta— y como quiere un mundo sin maldiciones, pero sin las políticas de la escuela de magia, además se entiende por qué Toji no tenía poder mágico, ya que ella experimentó con él y le redujo el poder mágico a 0. Esto influye mucho en Geto, ya que lo que dice acerca de que pasaría si todos los humanos se convierten en magos, las maldiciones no podrían nacer, convence a Geto sobre sus objetivos de matar a los más débiles, los que no pueden usar poder mágico, y finalmente, su deserción de la escuela.
La conversación con Gojo fue muy triste, amigos divididos. Perdimos lo que pudo ser uno de los magos más importantes para lo que se viene.
- Quién será el traidor es la pregunta que se ha planteado desde hace varios volúmenes atrás, pues se ha revelado, Mahito le regeneró el cuerpo a Mecamaru por quitar un conjuro de restricción. Sin embargo, una vez eliminado este conjuro, no quieren que Mecamaru viva.
- Se viene Mecamaru vs Mahito. Interesante.
"La gente acaba pudriéndose por dentro cuando nadie los comprende"
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September 27, 2022
Two entire volumes of Geto and Gojo backstory??? We are being spoiled, truly. I swear I’ve said the last few volumes were my favourite, but I lied yet again because this one was damn near perfect. The fights were incredible (especially Gojo vs. Toji), and can we talk about Gojo taking care of young Megumi?? Lord, my heart is in shambles.
January 19, 2023
The sheer amount of gender envy Toji Fushiguro gives me could power America 😐
February 11, 2021
Love it!
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April 4, 2021Geto is a really interesting antagonist!
October 10, 2023
Finally passed the flashback chapters! Now catch up on the Chibya Incident so I stop seeing spoilers everywhere
December 16, 2025
I am not okay ( ；∀；) It feels like torture to relive all that gojo and geto go through in volume 8 and 9. But I will be honest, of all of the manga volumes, I'd most definitely buy these two. The storyline is just so good but also fucking heartbreaking. They broke up in front of KFC, guys 😭
September 4, 2024
Gojo is so real for obsessing over a situationship years later.
July 6, 2022
This was so fantastic and ahh, seeing Gojo and Geto at Jujutsu High was so pure (we also got little Nanami snippets too). It’s interesting to see how their paths diverged and the catalyst for the change. I’m obsessed with JJK!
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