Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 is now drawing to a close with each passing episode, and it's clear to see that it's incredibly successful. But while its success is indeed huge, it failed to reach the level of Solo Leveling Season 2, which to this day is the undisputed highest rated anime on Crunchyroll. Despite the enormous popularity of Jujutsu Kaisen, Solo Leveling remains undefeated, and it is clear that will continue to be the case for years to come.
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Dissecting the Global Reception of the Culling Game Arc
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 featured the incredible Culling Game arc, and it goes without saying that this is one of the most exciting parts of the story. It also cannot be denied that this arc is incredibly rich when it comes to lore and complex combat mechanics, which some fans find boring. Also, Jujutsu Kaisen's Culling Game is quite long, and the first episodes only serve as a build-up. As such, the season finale is where the real battles lie, and the second part of the Culling Game arc will be much more exciting.
These are a few factors that have held back Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 significantly, and while it's still been very well received, it hasn't exactly broken records worldwide, which is one of its downsides, and a major reason why Solo Leveling remains undefeated to this day.
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How Sung Jinwoo's story got higher ratings
Solo Leveling and Jujutsu Kaisen would always be compared after the release of Season 3 for the latter. Now, considering that the vast majority of the season is already over, it's safe to say that Solo Leveling is still undefeated. Sung Jinwoo's Story is the highest rated anime on Crunchyrollwith the most reviews at this time. It has a score of 4.9 stars and a total of 955.2k ratings, which is incredibly high. In fact, it has only managed to achieve this with 25 episodes, and that makes it all the more impressive.
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Fans of Solo Leveling should check out these other action-packed animes, which share similar themes and characters.
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Meanwhile, despite JJK getting another season, starting with the Culling Game, its overall rating remains at 4.9 stars, with only 725.4k ratings, which is still lower. Despite having fewer episodes, Solo Leveling has had a much bigger impact.
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Why Solo Leveling's fights and pacing cement it as the best new anime
The reason Solo Leveling is as successful as it is is simply due to its fighting and pacing. Solo Leveling features exciting battles in almost every episode, and these fights are written very well for what they offer. The story is pretty simple, and there's nothing too complicated about the world.
As a Japanese person living in Japan, the anime is not at the level of Dragon Ball, One Piece or Naruto. But if season three happens, that's when I really want to break that line. — Atsushi Kaneko, Solo Leveling Producer
Jujutsu Kaisen is a much more complex story and does not offer elaborate battles in each episode. While seasons usually end with massive battles, there's a lot of world-building and exposition in the middle that some fans don't find as interesting, which is extremely unfortunate. Solo Leveling's straightforward approach rewards it highly on Crunchyroll, establishing it as a phenomenal action series, but Jujutsu Kaisen does more than just Solo Leveling, and that's one of the big reasons why it isn't rated that high.
The upcoming anime that can compete with A-1 Pictures' masterpiece
A-1 Pictures Solo Leveling is truly a masterpiece, even though the story is quite simple. It will surely be very difficult for any series to match it, but if there is a series that can do it, it is most likely Jujutsu Kaisen because the best part of this story is yet to come.
The second part of the Culling Game will take the story to a whole new level, and what comes after, with the final arc, is sure to blow everything else out of the water. Once Jujutsu Kaisen completes its run, it is highly likely that it will become the highest rated anime on Crunchyroll and probably the only one that can compete with it, but until then, Solo Leveling remains undefeated and sits atop the most popular modern anime on Crunchyroll.
Both Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 and Solo Leveling are available to stream on Crunchyroll.
Jujutsu Kaisen
- Release date
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October 3, 2020
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TBS, MBS, CBC, Tulip Television, BSN, tys, NBC, HBC, RKK, i-Television, SBS, IBC, BSS, MRO, OBS, TUF, RSK, TUY, tbc, RKB, SBC, KUTV, RBC, UTY, RCC, MRT, atv, MBC
- Directors
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Ryohei Takeshita, Masataka Akai, Chie Nishizawa, Daisuke Tsukushi, Tomomi Kamiya, Kakushi Ifuku, Ken Takahashi
- Author
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Hiroshi Seko
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Yuichi Nakamura
Satoru Gojo
