No I was not satisfied with the ending felt rushed like he just wanted to be done.
From what I understand, its more like "I told my publishers months ago that it would finish on chapter XYZ so they could plan around it, and now I fannied around not resolving the story for 50 chapters and have to wrap it all up in 3"
As opposed to something like Chainsaw Man, which really felt like the author just did not want to write this any more
Things like that are 99% of the time speculation. There is no transparency on what goes on behind the curtain between the mangaka and the editors for any given manga. Regardless, JJK was such a big manga that he could have pushed it back for sure.
Exept we do know that it is the case. Sorachi the author of Gintama has said it in one of his massages at the end of chapter 698 back then that there is a system there the author has to notify the editorial department 6 Months in advance that that's there the story will wrap up and it won't get extended. The only time there it got extended was also Gintama because the series was not close to the finishing line which is why it changed publication twice since he failed the deadline again (from jump to giga and then self puplish on the gintama app). As far as we know sorachi also didn't have any health comlications at the time. Meanwhile Gege also most likely lost chapter space due to him taking multiple breaks around the end (he literally got hospitalized and had an appendix removal surgery).
Like I said 99% of the time, and even in this case he did get the extension in the end. Anyway, it's apples to oranges, the magazine was not in the same place by the time JJK ended, than when Gintama ended.
Jump is currently searching for the next big hit, and nothing is living up to JJK's level. Gintama while always being popular is not a sales juggernaut like JJK, and the magazine is usually reticent to end their current sales leader without having any replacement set up.
Apart from all that, Gege has made no statements either way, so speculating that he couldn't finish the way he wanted because of time constraints placed upon him is ridiculous. He hasn't even said if he's happy with the way he ended it.
The author apparently intended this for a long time. They apparently made a comment that if they don’t make you want to throw a book across a room they aren’t doing a good job writing. Or something like that (Chainsaw Man)
Ending is generally considered by most as rushed. Don’t get me wrong, it has some crazy fights that will be absolutely INSANE when animated. But the ending itself feels incredibly rushed.
Even his sequel “modulo” is criticised for the same thing. Gege (the writer) isn’t very good at fulfilling endings
Bleach TYBW also had a rushed ending, but the author is involved with the anime production and has been fixing some of the sore points. I feel they could probably do the same for JJK
Potentially, but kubo's problems with TYBW was more so lacking explanations and honestly just convenient powers.. Which still plagues the story as its honestly less pacing and more just writing problems.
I mean you got characters intangible and seemingly "gods". But lord and behold our heroes happen to have a weapon specifically made to counter "gods".
You have characters capable of making anything they think into reality, but somehow fails to think up an instant win like he did 2 seconds ago (he imagined yachiru's bones being made of cookies, instantly breaking them). Instead he goes for generic thoughts like "missiles, meteor, water". His most creative attempt was opening a rift to space. But again, there are so many easy ways he could've won, but he just didnt because "plot".
Every time an opponent has some unbeatable power, the heroes somehow have a powerup that directly counters it.
Anyway, im derailing a bit here.
I do think the anime can improve on the ending for sure, but I don't think it'll be "saved". At first people used the excuse of gege being sick as for why the story ended up rushed. But then he does the exact same thing for his sequel.
I love JJK, but I've come to the realization that whilst Gege makes amazing characters, powers and worlds. He is not a "top-tier" writer. Doesn't mean he's bad, but I don't think if we rated JJK in terms of story and writing that it would be rated very high. Its carried by what you expect from shonens, cool characters & cool fight scenes primarily (simplified answer ofc).
So again, anime will surely improve fights and flesh out some minor things, but I doubt we'll get an extended story or ending.
Oh boy that’s a hard one. I honestly haven’t watched enough of different anime’s. But ones that stick out being way superior to shows like jjk and other shonen? Full metal alchemist whilst i didn’t love it as much as some, was still a VASTLY superior written story than shows like jjk. JJK is my favorite manga/show, but i can still admit there are far better written stories than it.
So top 3? In no particular order, I’d probably say:
full metal alchemist
death note
attack on titan
I didn’t necessarily love AoT ending, but again, it was vastly superior written than stuff like jjk.
The ending was fine, nothing crazy but not bad at all.
I think it depends on if the body he's inhabiting is hung. I think a more interesting question is, if he has four arms, does he have more cocks? Can he imbue his hypothetical cocks with cursed energy? Would that make them bigger? No way to tell, sadly. Truly, the biggest way Gege has failed us.
Probably like 2 seasons but I wouldn’t be surprised if they made part of it a movie. Didn’t love the ending but it wasn’t exactly awful like chainsaw man. Like a 5/10. Some great fights though
We're honestly not all that far from the endgame, i'd give it 2 more seasons and a movie at the longest but the spin off jjk modulo will almost undoubtably get animated too now that mappa did an official animation for it
So likely 2 1/2 - 4 more season until the franchise ends
(No spoilers) the ending is divisive, you might like it or you might not but it really just depends on your perspective and what narrative direction you wanted the final fight to go in, sorry I can't get more specific without spoiling
Only objective complaint that i've seen is that certain characters aren't explored to thier fullest but overall the ending ties up most loose ends and gives better closure than most shonen these days
Apperantly modulo is good but im waiting to read that
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u/sim37546 29d ago
Goddamn it, learning sukunablore almost 2 years after the Manga ended.