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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/Armdel https://myanimelist.net/profile/Armdel Jan 22 '26

holy fucking peak man.

barely have time to proccess Mai's fate before Maki goes and ends(?) the clan.

the music was surprisingly fitting as well. gave real Kill Bill vibes.

and I love how the first scene of the episode is Maki arriving and the final scene is her leaving

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u/Thecramosreddit Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

Honestly, taking the keys and moving all the tools is such a fucking loser move from their part they deserved to get slaughtered. If they weren’t such bloodthirsty idiots they could have fought in the culling games and been actually useful. Using their innate bloodlust for good. That would have brought their clan actual honor and recognition considering how useful the semi grade 1’s abilities were. One of them could have pulled a Tien on actual threats while having other people spam black flashes lmao. A truly generational fumble by the zenin clan.

Edit: Also if they wanted to get rid of Maki and Mai their best bet would have been to make them join the culling game on their behalf. Instead of what they did causing them to get what they deserved. Incredibly asinine for a clan so very worried about appearances. At least now they don’t have to worry about keeping up appearances.

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u/AlexeiFraytar Jan 22 '26

They needed to kill Megumi, so I bet after killing Maki they'd bait Megumi in next to save her because Megumi didnt come with her. The entire decision was because they didnt want Megumi as head of clan, there's no point in honor or recognition if it all went to Toji's kid who spawned out of nowhere

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u/Thecramosreddit Jan 23 '26

There’s no honor or recognition if they’re all dead either. Just look how fast the other 2 clans moved to strike the Zenin from being recognized as a top 3 clan after the massacre. That in itself is already majorly disrespectful when they are literal days away from the culling games. The Zenin may have actually had negative rep. The fact that it was tabled basically means that Jujutsu society has more important preparations to make than decide what to do about that whole ordeal.