Jujutsu Kaisen

What’s it about?

After a boy swallows the cursed finger of a demon, he enters a sorcerers school to learn how to locate the demon’s other body parts and remove his curse.

The facts

• Directed by Seong-Hu Park et al.
• Japanese and English languages
• 24 episodes, around 24 minutes each
• Based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Gege Akutami.

Why did it get this rating?

This series was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.

Violence

This series contains frequent violence. Characters use curse spells and weapons during battles with blood, injury, and death. Some of the characters are able to regenerate and the animated style may lessen the impact of violence. Some of the strongest instances include:

• A character head-butts someone until their head caves in, splattering blood. Their body regenerates afterwards but this scene is intense.
• There are occasional moments of dismemberment and dead bodies cut in half.

Horror scenes

The show contains numerous cursed, non-human spirit characters which may be scary and visually unsettling for some viewers, including:

• A character eats mummified fingers.
• A character takes over someone’s body, distorting it and giving it extra eyes and mouths.
• A character can turn humans into monsters, contorting their bodies and making them look like corpses.

Content that may disturb

There are a number of disturbing scenes, including:

• A character takes control of someone’s body, pulling its heart out with their own hand and throwing it on the ground, with blood spilling from the wound.
• People scream as a curse burns them alive.
• A young character is bullied by a group of teenage boys. In one instance, someone puts a cigarette out on the character’s arm and you later see the scars.

When content stays with you:

We all have our boundaries, and it’s completely okay if something you’ve watched is weighing on your mind. If certain content lingers with you, consider having a chat with friends or whānau to debrief about what you’ve just seen. But if you’re still feeling affected, please reach out to any of the following helplines for support.

• 1737
• Safe to talk
• Lifeline
• Youthline

Further information

• Why are ratings and content warnings important for me and my whānau?
• Brain development – how it works, why it matters