JJK Episode 42 or Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 Episode 18 is now delayed by one day for Japanese Streaming Platforms. The upcoming episode will be released on 24th November 2023 at 6:00 PM (JST). The news was confirmed by the most prominent leaker of JJK on Twitter. It will air on Crunchyroll according to the official time on Thursday 23rd November, 2023.
The most awaited battle in the series finally happened “Sukuna vs Mahoraga“. Now are we ready for the most emotional episode of the entire series? A lot has been going on at MAPPA. The exploitation done by the committee is now in front of everyone. Animators are overwhelmed by the workload. MAPPA mistreatment led to many animators leaving their job.
Where To Watch JJK Episode 42
In Japan, fans can watch it on the NBS/TBS channel. Crunchyroll will stream the episode with English subtitles approximately two hours after its Japanese TV broadcast has concluded. Moreover, the series is also available on the Netflix SEA.
JJK Episode 42 Release Date
The release date for the JJK Episode 42 is set for Thursday, November 24, 2023, with a new scheduled release time at 6:00 PM. JST in Japan. It will air at the same time everywhere else. The delay is for Japanese streaming platforms.
I deeply apologize for posting about misinfo of "episode delayed" news🙏
— JJK (Mya) (@JJK_Mya) November 22, 2023
Episode will air on TV as usual Thursday timings which has been followed so far. The 'delay' will be for Japanese streaming platforms.
NO DELAY IN JJK EPISODE AIRING!!
What happened in Jujutsu Kaisen Episode 41
The episode “Thunderclap, Part 2” started with Megumi summoning Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga.
After Megumi’s fight with Toji, he was badly hurt and exhausted and then suddenly Haruto comes and slashes his back.
Megumi then reveals his trump card by summoning the Mahoraga. However, he knew that he could not tame Mahoraga so he hoped that he would die along with Haruto.
Sukuna had other plans for Megumi, so he saved Megumi using the Reverse Curse Technique and started fighting Mahoraga.
In a flashback, Gojo tells Megumi that their ancestors fought and Megumi can one day be an equal to Gojo because of his technique Ten Shadows Technique.
In the manga it has been finally revealed why Sukuna saved Megumi, it was because of his technique. Recently, JJK Chapter 243 was leaked and we have covered that too.
Sukuna started to fight Divine General Mahoraga. At the start, they were equally matched.
However, Sukuna was trying to figure out how Mahoraga was able to predict his moves. Sukuna kept slashing Mahoraga and he kept healing again and again.
He was a formidable enemy even for Sukuna. Their fight ended up slashing the remaining Shibuya.
Sukuna then realizes that Mahoraga is adapting to his attacks. He then uses domain expansion to finish Mahoraga.
After the battle, Yuji gets the control back and he sees all the chaos and havoc done by Sukuna in a flashback. Episode 41 ends with Nanami being in the spotlight half burnt and barely hanging.
JJK Episode 42: Yuji vs Mahito What To Expect
As manga readers already know what is going to happen. Nanami will keep on killing the transformed humans.
However, Mahito appears out of nowhere and Nanami realizes that he is going to die. Meanwhile, Yuji appears too.
However, he was too late. Mahito blows the upper half of Nanami in front of Yuji and this angers Yuji so much that he charges towards Mahito and thus the fight begins.
Yuji vs Mahito is also one of the most awaited battles in the Shibuya Arc. However, the upcoming episode is going to be the most emotional episode in the entire series. Nanami is going to die.
Why was JJK Episode 42 Delayed?
The employees of MAPPA underwent a meltdown. Animators complained about the overwhelming workload and unhealthy work environment. Some of the employees left the job because of this. So, the upcoming episodes won’t be produced by the same animators.
We will see a huge change in the animations. Most likely the episode was not finished. The preview of the upcoming episode was released a while ago. From this, we can assume that the episode is not completed.
JJK Episode 42 Preview
Final Words
MAPPA is currently in a lot of trouble because of animators leaving while season 2 is still airing. However, they will still come up with the episodes but they won’t be visually pleasing as the original animators won’t be working on it anymore. It’s highly unlikely that MAPPA will change the working environment. JJK Episode 42 is now scheduled to be released on 24th November, on Friday in Japan.
