Tears When Considering the Subsequent Tragedy… The Importance of Heartwarming Everyday Life in "Jujutsu Kaisen" is Clear in the First-Year Students' Family Restaurant Episode

The anime "Jujutsu Kaisen" features many gruesome scenes, especially in the "Shibuya Incident" arc. In its first episode, a heartwarming everyday episode of the first-year students, including Yuji Itadori (voiced by Junya Enoki), is depicted. While the scenes of Nobara Kugisaki (voiced by Asami Seto) and others engaging in love talk are soothing, the gap with the large-scale battles that will unfold later becomes painfully apparent.

In episode 30, which marks the beginning of the "Shibuya Incident," the daily lives of the first-year students—Itadori, Kugisaki, and Megumi Fushiguro (voiced by Yuma Uchida)—are portrayed. Kugisaki spends her time shopping, and Itadori watches a movie, each enjoying their time in their own way. During this time, a girl named Yuko Ozawa (voiced by Aimi), a junior high school classmate of Itadori, approaches Kugisaki.

Ozawa has always remembered the words Itadori said to her and still has feelings for him. After hearing the story, Kugisaki calls Fushiguro, who knows Itadori better than she does, to a family restaurant for Ozawa's sake. Fushiguro shares information like, "He even has gravure posters in his room. Doesn't having a girlfriend mean you wouldn't put those up? Wouldn't that bother the other person?" indicating that Itadori likely doesn't have a girlfriend, and "He said he likes tall girls." Convinced that "there's a chance," Kugisaki also calls Itadori to the restaurant. When Itadori sees Ozawa for the first time in a while, his words to her are absolutely perfect...