Mangakas of the 90s and 2000s were heavily inspired by works like Jojo and Dragon Ball, but of course times have changed. The new generation is inspired by works like Naruto, ONE PIECE, Bleach and Hunter x Hunter as well as the author of Jujutsu Kaisen He’s just one of the new generation.
The mangaka has successfully serialized Jujutsu Kaisen in Weekly Shonen Jump for nearly three years, and the anime has helped the work’s popularity continue to explode. To this end, Gege Akutami was invited on television to speak about his manga and the influences of other stories on the making of the characters.
After Gege Akutami announced that Jujutsu Kaisen will end around 2023, he also announced that he was heavily inspired by Bleach and Yu of the Specters. Aoi Todo, for example, takes up the brutality and straightforwardness of Kenpachi Zaraki from Bleach, while the enemy Suguru Geto is based on Shinobu Sensui, known enemy of Yu the Spirits.
The mangaka confirms once again that it has been influenced by Tite Kubo and Yoshihiro Togashi. In the same interview, he then commented on the status of a protagonist of Jujutsu Kaisen that fans are dying to discover.
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