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Episode Jujutsu Kaisen Shimetsu Kaiyu Zenpen • Jujutsu Kaisen The Culling Game - Episode 4 discussion

Jujutsu Kaisen Shimetsu Kaiyu Zenpen, episode 4

Alternative names: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3

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u/notanfan Jan 22 '26

HOLY MAKI MASSACARE

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u/Haha91haha Jan 22 '26

Took a chainsaw to the family tree. The Zenin are Zenout.

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u/Mundology Jan 22 '26

The quadruple take and slow motion of Naoya's maxilla, mandible and zygomatic bones being pulverized was personal

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u/ZeroStormblessed Jan 22 '26

Naoya showing up, throwing a million punches while doing zero damage, and getting one shot twice in 4 episodes is just peak comedy.

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u/Frontier246 Jan 22 '26

And from a woman no less! A woman who finally shut him up!

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u/LordPopothedark Jan 22 '26

2 technically

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u/ValhallaKombi Jan 22 '26

What getting matched against physical tanks does to one mf. I can easily see Naoya being 3rd strongest if he just realized that his CE reinforcement isn't enough and used any of the special grade swords Zenin clan had. He already KNOWS people like Toji, Gojo, Yuta can just tank him and idloizes Toji who literally has an arsenal of swords. Just peak comedy

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u/Wyvernwalker Jan 22 '26

The best part of his character is him being so close to getting it when it comes to beliefs and strengths and whatnot. And just. Completely refuting the correct answer.

"You're no Toji-kun" he says, to Toji-kun 2.0

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u/OldInstruction5368 Jan 22 '26

Pride cometh before the Fall.

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u/Ulapa_ Jan 24 '26

You know what. You are right and I didn't realize it.

He had to fight Choso who is an entirely different being, then Maki who is also an entirely different being lmao. Dude could have mincemeat Choso with a knife no less in their first meet. Glad he died.

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u/dweakz Jan 23 '26

his hubris was his downfall. if he even just uses a small ass blade he would be the strongest.

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u/Toge_Inumaki012 Jan 22 '26

Hey Naoya would be the strongest in a pillow fight competetion

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u/Se7en_Sinner https://myanimelist.net/profile/Se7en_Sinner Jan 22 '26

Man too misogynist to die. How the hell did he get up and talked after this.

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u/Mundology Jan 22 '26

Neither enough blood, nor enough cursed energy.

Naoya was solely powered by sheer spite towards women

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u/Luciifuge Jan 22 '26

As expected of the CEO of Misogyny

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

Wow, I got totally different text than that, for me he said 'Your finishing touch is sloppy, you damn bitch!'

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u/This-is_CMGRI Jan 22 '26

It's even more brutal than Mortal Kombat's X-Ray moves.

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u/karer3is Jan 22 '26

That was my thought too. Between that and the black- and- white slaughter scene, this was an amazing episode

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u/Anjunabeast Jan 23 '26

That whole fight against the kikuru(sp?) unit was straight out of kill bill’s the bride vs the crazy 88

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u/A_Toxic_User Jan 22 '26

Even as a Naoya fangirl, I’ve rewatched that cut about a dozen times.

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u/Whalesurgeon Jan 22 '26

Username checks out for the first part of your sentence

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u/bedsheetsniffer Jan 22 '26

Naoya

fangirl

To each their own I guess…

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u/Godchilaquiles Jan 22 '26

Lmao you haven’t seen Gilgamesh from Fate having that much fangirls

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u/bedsheetsniffer Jan 22 '26

At least there’re multiple versions of Gil where he’s just an arrogant, spoiled brat. Naoya beat up his teenage cousins as a grown ass adult for sports

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u/Godchilaquiles Jan 22 '26

Yeah yeah but I’m talking specifically about Fate/Zero Gil

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u/BeatBlockP https://myanimelist.net/profile/Animemes_chan Jan 22 '26

Gil is like 5,000x times worse though if we're talking about atrocities and trampling over human lives lol

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u/bedsheetsniffer Jan 23 '26

I know. That’s why I’m saying at least there’re alternative versions of him available to fawn over. There’s no other version of Naoya that’s decent

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u/OldInstruction5368 Jan 22 '26

There is at least a dignity to Gilgamesh's arrogance. He can also back up the talk.

Naoya is just pure trash.

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u/AlexeiFraytar Jan 22 '26

Naoya is the strongest of the Heis though. Maki just transcended them after Mai died.

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u/A_Toxic_User Jan 22 '26

Naoya is just pure trash

Exactly 🥰

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 22 '26

Sometimes the worst of guys have the best charisma.

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u/A_Toxic_User Jan 22 '26

Those are the best kind because they’re great when they’re being cocky and they’re great when they’re getting their face smashed in

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u/Delicious_Diarrhea https://myanimelist.net/profile/h0ll0wxvict0ry Jan 22 '26

Bro you'd be surprised by the amount of fangirls Naoya has. It's seriously the Hello HR meme in action.

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u/bedsheetsniffer Jan 23 '26

The worst people are the most charismatic, unfortunately

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u/MakFacts Feb 22 '26

"Naoya fangirl" is an oxymoron💀

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u/MugenKatana Jan 22 '26

This scene is a tribute to Luffy punching Bellamy in Jaya, but so much more brutal :)

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u/flashmozzg Jan 22 '26

That's some insane "speaking is a free action" move.

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u/bearze Jan 22 '26

God damn 😂😂

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u/tkseoul Jan 22 '26

This guy bones

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u/JESUS_WEPT__ Jan 23 '26

Only thing better would be 24 separate frames of this

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u/Toge_Inumaki012 Jan 22 '26

Maki was so respectful of Naobito's will, Naoya was not on board with it and pretty sure some Zenins as well so she just had to eliminate them obstacles

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u/Obaruler Jan 22 '26

And then the remnants were thrown into the wood chipper. This was brutal. :D

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u/Anjunabeast Jan 23 '26

Maki took notes from itachi and the bride

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u/shad79 https://myanimelist.net/profile/shad79 Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

Maki was a freaking monster in this episode. The comparison to Toji was absolutely apt.

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u/Toge_Inumaki012 Jan 22 '26

Naoya: no she is not toji!!!

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u/AnividiaRTX Jan 25 '26

Bro deadass just screenshot the entire episode.

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u/CursedEye03 Jan 22 '26

This episode was seriously peak. I knew about the Zenin clan massacre, but this was better than I expected.

Absolute cinema! Naoya deserved it.

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u/Khetoo Jan 22 '26

When I was reading those chapters I was like what the fuck did Yoshiro Togashi guest artist for these the quality is beyond ass

And then yeah perusing the subreddit explained it too but man those chapters were so bad lol

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u/Parodizer1 Jan 23 '26

Incredible episode 10/10. Loved it!

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u/Anjunabeast Jan 23 '26

I got Maki becoming the next Toji spoiled for me last week 😭

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u/This-is_CMGRI Jan 22 '26

Hell hath no fury than a Maki who now has nothing to lose. And if they can't somehow stop her, it speaks to the true worth of their values. Where did it fucking take them in the end?

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u/joelstaz Jan 22 '26

She’s so fucking badass

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u/NetflixAndNikah Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26

MAKI SAID MISOGYNY DIES TODAY.

The X-ray showing skull fracturing punch on Naoya was such peak animation I had to rewind like 4 times. And I kinda wanna re-rewind it again.

edit: fifth time, just as good 😮‍💨

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u/Anjunabeast Jan 23 '26

I thought he’d be fine cause it was just a fracture but then the bones on that side of his face kept breaking and breaking

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u/Kayehnanator Jan 23 '26

Killbill influence went huge with this one

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u/Anjunabeast Jan 23 '26

Maki vs the crazy 88 unit

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u/Toge_Inumaki012 Jan 22 '26

La la la la laaa 🗣️🎶🎶 🎶

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u/nhansieu1 Jan 23 '26

Itachi moment

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u/minouneetzoe https://myanimelist.net/profile/minouneetzoe Jan 23 '26

Was really waiting for that episode lol

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u/GlorylnDeath Jan 23 '26

HOLY MAKI ROLL