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over 2 years ago

Mei Mei and Ui Ui in CH 133 Since the chapter's release a couple years ago, there's been a lot of flak given about the scene between Mei Mei and Ui Ui in the Malaysian hotel room, and for good reason. The scenario is gross, framed to illicit disgust or at least discomfort, and is a trope all too common in the world of manga where it is treated as a gag. But I feel like one of the issues in the community and the world as a whole is this general knee-jerk reaction to uncomfortable things without taking the time to analyze the author's intent in including it, along with the proper context and nuance. It's one of the reason many people dismiss Chainsaw man for its "fan service" when all sexually charged scenes are cut with a realistic dive into the character's psychologies and their views on how relationships work. I decided to talk about the Mei Mei/Ui UI scene because, while the popular interpretation isn't objectively wrong and my personal interpretation involves just as much conjecture, a critical analysis will provide detail into both characters, the themes present through the series, and an acceptable reason for the scene's inclusion beyond "Gege thought it was funny." So, against my best interests, I will now defend a scene in which a grown, half-naked woman lies in bed and flirts with her underage brother. First, lets start with context. The scene starts out with Mei Mei in bed with Ui Ui, seemingly nude, but you can also see a cloth wrapped under her, which may or may not be the robe she is seen straightening out in a later panel (robes are notoriously hard to keep on while asleep). The most common thing brought up by fans of the series is "why is Mei Mei naked (or at least half naked) in bed with a child?" Well, if you look at Ui Ui, you'll notice he's also in different clothes than what he was wearing earlier that night. And what were they doing earlier that night? Fighting the physical manifestation of the smallpox virus, one of the deadliest and contagious diseases in human history. It only makes sense that after fleeing, they would check in last minute to one of the only rooms available on Halloween night in one of the busiest cities in Asia, dispose of their contaminated clothes, buy Ui Ui a t-shirt and shorts while Mei Mei wears one of the robes provided by the hotel, and take a nap after a tiring day. Its a logical conclusion to come to without assuming any molestation is going on. So, let's move on to the part that *should* have made you uncomfortable, the weird dialogue between them and the framing of the panels. It's very sensual and off-putting, given that one of the participant's is a minor and the other is their older sibling. And it's not uncommon in manga/anime/japanese media in general, the sis-con/bro-con/incest-con trope basically has it's own genre. But in this case, because it's Jujutsu Kaisen, we need to look further into it rather than just assume its just another example. Gege has consistently used and inverted common tropes to improve characterization and better integrate his power system into the world they created. The trope of explaining your power to the enemy has become a power itself, strengthening techniques and becoming a part of a strategy where falsehoods can be integrated into the explanation to throw off your opponent. The trope of major characters being larger than life personalities with deep issues is explained away by "Jujutsu Sorcerers need to be crazy to do their jobs" and creates a reason for why the main characters are the main characters. Jujutsu Sorcerers, or humans that use Cursed energy in general, are not very psychologically sound and generally have a huge source of trauma to pull their Cursed Energy and CT from. And it's this trope that I feel is being explored by Mei Mei and Ui Ui's relationship. #呪術廻戦 #JujutsuKaisen