Just a year after the Jujutsu Kaisen manga ended serialization in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, creator Gege Akutami returned with a sequel series titled Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo. Illustrated by Yuji Iwasaki, the series takes us 68 years in the future in the year 2086, when 50,000 Simurians, an alien race with the same powers as Jujutsu sorcerers, have invaded Japan. The Jujutsu society has gone through major changes over the decades, but the threat of the curses and curse users is still lingering in the shadows. The story begins with the deaths of Yuta Okkotsu, who lost all his energy after the death of his wife, Maki Zenin.
Their grandchildren, Yuka and Tsurugi Okkotsu, who were briefly introduced in the epilogue, are teenagers now and working as Jujutsu sorcerers. They team up to investigate the case of missing children and meet Maru, short for Marulu Val Vol Yelvori, a Simurian, who is working incognito with the sorcerers as an inspector. The debut chapter immediately went viral after its release, but the problems with the translation also came to the surface.
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo’s English Translation Is Somewhat Confusing
A former JJK translator, who stepped up to work on the series’ most controversial Chapter 236, @lightningclare on X clarified some of the confusing parts in the official chapter. For example, the official version states that the Culling Game 68 years ago was resolved thanks to Satoru Gojo and Yuji Itadori. The statement completely undermines the efforts of Yuta Okkotsu, Maki Zenin, and basically every other sorcerer who played key roles in defeating Kenjaku and Sukuna. Gojo was the only one who fought Sukuna alone, but Yuji had help from everyone around him.
He wouldn’t have been able to so much as be a challenge to Sukuna at the level he was in during the Shinjuku Showdown Arc. However, the original version implies that the Culling Game was resolved thanks to “people like” Satory Gojo and Yuji Itadori. The two words completely change the intention behind the statement and make a lot more sense than simply giving all the credit to just two sorcerers.
Additionally, there were inconsistencies in explaining Tsurugi’s powers since it mentioned that he has no cursed energy and then claimed that only his output his low. While Tsurugi simply has a Heavenly Restricted body, it doesn’t mean he has zero cursed energy. It’s just that it’s not enough for him to fight battles. Tsurugi is a sorcerer who doesn’t have inherited Cursed Techniques, but he has no problem using New Shadow Style.
He is Maki’s parallel, so the similarities between them will often show up as he grows in power. For now, he is a lot like when Maki was introduced, but the more he loses, the more powerful he will become.
Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Has a Different Translator than the Original, But the Same Problem
Jujutsu Kaisen changed translators after the previous one, Stefan Koza, was arrested in 2020 following his arrest because of possessing child pornography. John Werry immediately took the helm, and his work has been controversial, to say the least. Fans were dissatisfied with the translation errors and inconsistencies that kept happening way too often. VIZ never heeded fans’ demands except for making minor changes in the digital version, especially the scene in Chapter 221 when Gojo says, “Nah, I’d win.”
This is only one example, but several errors were never corrected in the manga, and fans won’t know the real meaning behind a certain scene unless they are animated. Even the upcoming volumes face the same problem, so much so that fans even signed a petition for Viz to retranslate the chapters, but of course, it led to nothing. Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo will be serializing weekly in WSJ for the next six months. Akutami doesn’t plan on creating a longer manga for now, but with the anime season and a spin-off novel coming up, fans have a lot more to look forward to.
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