T5W#539-Top 5 Questions that Need to be Answered in Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game (Part 1)

This past weekend, fans of Jujutsu Kaisen’s long awaited third season got a special sneak peak when Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution dropped in theaters.  Acting in the same vein as what Demon Slayer has done in the past Execution is a Compilation Preview film featuring the last episode of The Shibuya Incident (aka Season 2) followed by the first two episodes of The Culling Game (Part 1) (aka Season 3).  It’s been a little over two years since the battle that left an Akira sized hole where Shinjuku used to be and the entire status quo of JJK has been changed forever. A lot of character fates and plot threads have been hanging for fans (who haven’t read the Manga) to mull over and on todays Top 5 Wednesday, I’m sharing my own set of questions I’d like to see answered when Jujutsu Kaisen returns in January 2026.  These are my Top 5 Questions that Need to be Answered in Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game (Part 1). 

 
BTW Spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen: The Shibuya Incident and Execution will be discussed.
 
#5-Yuji Itadori the Fugitive

There’s no beating about the bush, much of the destruction of Shibuya can be laid at Yuji Itadori’s feet, or rather the super powerful Demon Lord taking up residence in his body.  Yuji’s already had a death marker on his head because of Sukuna and now it’s been reinstated by the Jujutsu Sorcerer Higher ups.  They’ve even appointed a familiar face to carry out Yuji’s execution: our Jujutsu Kaisen 0 protagonist Yuta Okotsu.  Now: based on what Execution showed us, Yuta is on Yuji’s side but that doesn’t mean Yuji’s safe from the rest of the world.  What other official Jujutsu forces might come bearing down on him and how will Yuji handle life on the run?
 

#4-Is Mahito done for good?

The sinister and overpowered curse Mahito caused plenty of mayhem in Shibuya and even took down one or two fan favorite characters right before Yuji’s eyes.  It was only with the help of my boy Todo that Yuji was able to give Mahito the righteous ass kicking he’d been begging for since he first appeared.  It certainly put the fear of God into Mahito but then he was suddenly reabsorbed by whatever entity is controlling the corpse of Suguru Geto.  It feels like kind of anticlimactic fate for such a heavy hitter.  So I cant really get behind Mahito being out of the game for good.  Will he reappear in Season 3 to partake in the titular Culling Game and take his revenge on Yuji?

 
#3-Will Gojo get loose?

Alright, I’m just gonna say it: I’m not a Gojo fan.  Could list a bunch of reasons why whether it’s his holier than thou attitude or near invincibility but that’s for another time if I wanna deal with the backlash.  Anyway, Gojo ended up in a surprisingly bad spot early into the Shibuya Incident.  Distracted by the reappearance of Geto, Gojo was captured and sealed away by the enemy, eliminated the Jujutsu Sorcerer’s most powerful  asset.  Gojo’s still Gojo.  Whether by popular fan demand or his own grab bag of unstoppable skills, he’s bound to break free eventually.  He does seem content just chilling out while everyone picks up the slack on the outside though. 

 
#2-The Fate of Nobara

This one still stings.  Remember when I said Mahito took down some major players right in front of Yuji, well one of those appeared to be one of my own personal favs: the beautiful and bad ass Nobara Kugisaki.  I remember wanting to riot when I saw this happen (and then Todo showed up and I felt hope return).  However, unlike Nanami, whose upper torso is all over the place now unfortunately, I’m still holding out hope that Nobara is missing an eye (at least) and has a chance to recover and return to the fray.  Look, if Maki could survive nearly getting burned to death by Jogo, I’m holding out hope Nobara’s gonna reunite with Yuji and Megumi to put the hammer down once more.
 

#1-Just What the Heck is “The Culling Game”?

I know I wasn’t the only one in the theater when Execution quickly flashed a ten second rule book on the newly announced “Culling Game” and went “Wait can you run all that by me again?”  From what I gathered, it looks like some kind of deathmatch amongst various Jujutsu Sorcerers with an end goal of…well I don’t know.  It interesting this event would come into effect so soon after Shinjuku’s destruction and the whole of Tokyo on alert for Curses and Monsters running around the streets.  Whatever this Culling Game really is, it doesn’t sound good and Yuji and his remaining allies will no doubt be caught in the middle of it as they try to rescue Gojo and stop Not Geto’s master plans.