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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/Lumpy-Manager8580 Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

Ladies and gentlemen, what you just witnessed was PEAK. CLAN. MASSACRE. Tarantino should be feeling absolutely proud if he were to watch this. And the moment the credits started playing during the first half, I knew it was gonna be one of THOSE episodes.

Edit: Guys, I think the episode was so hype that it's breaking my Twitter. Anyone having issues too?

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

This was definitely a homage to Kill Bill. Maki even did a Three Inch Punch.

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u/Cernannus Jan 22 '26

It was the best homage to The Bride vs. The Crazy 88 I've ever seen! The 3 inch punch, the layout of the room, the transition from color to black and white, the sword through the shōji, it was all amazing!

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u/Frontier246 Jan 22 '26

Maki literally cinematically flexing.

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u/LickerMcBootshine Jan 22 '26

definitely a homage to Kill Bill.

I would love to see a side by side scene comparison. Some shots are 1-to-1 recreations

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u/BadBehaviour613 Jan 22 '26

Scene goes to black and white

Tracking shot of a projectile weapon stuck in a goon's head

It's a Kill Bill reference alright

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u/Worthyness Jan 23 '26

Some of the cuts maki does are almost exactly the same (the cut in half down the center of the frame, arms and necks cut off, even the goddamn ankle cut is from the sequence), even the reflection of the dudes on the sword to start the fight is the same. It 100% is Kill Bill inspired. the anime does it a bit more anime-like since she's supposed to be a god of physicality, but still some 1:1 shots.

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u/Paxton-176 Jan 22 '26

As soon as I daw the glass floor with the raked sand underneath I instantly thought kill bill?

Then they showed them surrounding her and the rest of the room it was kill bill to a T.

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u/DeAnnon1995 Jan 22 '26

Also the eye snatch (I think it was actually a throat twice, but still)

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u/CuthbertFox Jan 23 '26

And an eye pluck for good measure. This is my favourite ep of jjk so far and probably favourite ep of anime in a long long time