Gege Akutami may have done Jujutsu Kaisen in 2018, but it doesn't experience huge success until 2020. Though it takes two years for the manga to gain traction, the wait is all worth it with its incredible popularity boom, but things will soon come to an end.
Akutami revealed in an interview that he's planning to end the series in a couple of years. Does this mean fans will soon see the end of Yuji Itadori and his eccentric story?
The mangaka graced the TV show, called Mangado Kobayashi Manga Taisho 2020 Grand Prix Akutami Gege Jujutsu Kaisen -Akai-. He had a special interview to specifically discuss the franchise's popularity and his newfound success.
He also talked about his masterpiece's future, saying the manga would probably end within two years. However, according to Epic Dope, he's not yet sure about it.
Talking about the manga's progress, Akutami likened Jujutsu Kaisen to Mt. Fuji train stops. So far, the story had already reached the sixth or seventh stop out of nine, so there are only two left.
The artist revealed he had already decided how things would end in his head, though he's not sure yet how to conclude Sukuna's story. The manga is now on its 142nd chapter, while the anime is on its 23rd episode, so there are several stories still left to tell.
So, how popular has the franchise become? IGN noted a Crunchyroll representative revealed the "series was trending on Twitter across four countries."
Jujutsu Kaisen is also "one of the most popular series on Crunchyroll and has remained as one of the top titles over the last two anime seasons." The infographics the network released in North America in January showed the anime was the number one series in the said continent in 2020, along with My Hero Academia Season 4.
It's also part of the "frequently favorite anime" list in 71 countries and territories. Akutami started serializing the manga series in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in March 2018.
Viz Media then published its first three chapters in English at the same time as Japan as part of its Jump Start initiative, per Anime News Network. It also published the manga digitally after it switched to its new Shonen Jump model in December 2018, while Shueisha published it on the Manga Plus website.
MAPPA then adapted Jujutsu Kaisen into an anime, launching on October 2, 2020. Crunchyroll is streaming the series outside of Asia simultaneously in Japan with English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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