A brand new standalone Jujutsu Kaisen manga targeted on Yuta Okkotsu can be launched to coincide with Jujutsu Kaisen 0’s Japanese premiere.
Yuta Okkotsu will take the highlight as soon as once more in a brand new Jujutsu Kaisen one-shot manga.
As reported by Weekly Shonen Soar Information – Unofficial, sequence creator Gege Akutami has crafted a brand new standalone story targeted on Yuta Okkotsu, the sword-wielding Curse person who can also be the protagonist of the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 prequel manga and film. The brand new one-shot chapter can be launched in Weekly Shonen Soar, and it’ll additionally reportedly be included in a particular booklet given out to Japanese theater-goers who see the brand new prequel film. The booklet will even embrace commentary from Akutami and the employees of the movie.
This one-shot’s a part of Jujutsu Kaisen Quantity 0.5, a booklet current that individuals will be capable of acquire by attending Jujutsu Kaisen Film 0.
This reward will even have feedback from Akutami Gege and film employees. https://t.co/ArrxFXYhdg
— Shonen Soar Information – Unofficial (@WSJ_manga) December 1, 2021
Yuta was the protagonist in Jujutsu Kaisen 0, a manga that was created by Akutami and initially printed below the title “Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical Faculty.” Set earlier than Yuji Itadori is launched to the world of Curses and sorcerers, the story as an alternative focuses on Yuta, a younger man who’s haunted by the spirit of his departed childhood sweetheart, Rika. The quick miniseries was printed a couple of 12 months earlier than the primary Jujutsu Kaisen manga sequence made its debut, and launched lots of the characters, equivalent to Satoru Gojo and the villainous Suguru Geto, that may additionally seem in Akutami’s later sequence. After JJK proved to be a success, the prequel story was retroactively renamed to mirror its place within the sequence’ timeline.
The film adaptation of the prequel can be launched in Japan on Dec. 24. The movie can be directed by Sunghoo Park, who directed the primary season of the sequence’ anime adaptation. Park just lately revealed that he initially wished to start the anime sequence with Yuta’s origins, however in the end determined that it could be higher to start with Yuji’s story. Particulars concerning the film’s worldwide launch have but to be introduced.
Jujutsu Kaisen is Weekly Shonen Soar‘s newest smash hit. The sequence premiered in 2018 and just lately introduced that it’s going to have 60 million copies in circulation by the tip of the 12 months, already surpassing the gross sales numbers of older sequence equivalent to Inuyasha, Haikyuu!! and My Hero Academia. Regardless of taking a two-month hiatus over the summer time, the sequence was additionally Japan’s best-selling manga sequence of the 12 months, shifting over 30 million models within the area. Akutami’s creation is effectively on its option to turning into solely the nineteenth manga sequence ever to surpass a circulation of 100 million copies, becoming a member of the ranks of fellow Shonen Soar hits equivalent to One Piece, Dragon Ball, and Naruto.
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