Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Is Already Facing the Culling Game’s Biggest Problem

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I’m so excited – Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 is finally here! It started airing as part of the Winter 2026 anime lineup (and honestly, it almost broke Crunchyroll with all the viewers!). The anime is now tackling the Culling Game arc from the manga, which feels like the beginning of the end for the whole story. This arc is packed with new characters and throws our heroes into a seriously dangerous tournament where they’re facing off against new, powerful enemies constantly. It’s a wild ride!

The first two episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1 premiered this winter, launching Yuji Itadori into his next challenge. Sukuna has a mysterious plan involving Megumi Fushiguro, so Yuji must join the Culling Game tournament created by Kenjaku to rescue Megumi’s sister, Tsumiki. However, the anime quickly reveals the biggest issue with this new tournament: the complicated and confusing rules of the game itself.

What’s Wrong With the Culling Game?

Towards the end of the first two episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3, Megumi explains a new tournament created by Kenjaku. This tournament, called the Culling Game, brings together people whose powers emerged from the events of the Shibuya Incident. While fans get a quick look at the rules, they’re quite complex and ultimately seem like a convoluted way to force characters into random battles in different locations – which is essentially all they are.

Viewers only get a brief glimpse of the competition’s rules during each episode, largely because they aren’t very important. While the Culling Game involves sorcerers fighting to earn points, these rules don’t play a significant role and are eventually overshadowed by even more unpredictable events as the story heads towards its conclusion. The whole thing feels rather chaotic and disorganized as it unfolds.

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Faces an Uphill Battle

The Culling Game arc is a very ambitious storyline in Gege Akutami’s manga, but it doesn’t quite live up to its potential. The rules are overly complicated, and the arc ultimately feels pointless in the larger story – it’s mostly just a way to introduce a lot of new characters after many were killed off in the Shibuya Incident. These new characters aren’t necessarily as compelling or powerful as the ones we’ve seen before.

I have to admit, the fights in The Culling Game are pretty exciting, and that’s where the anime really stands out. While the tournament isn’t the most complex I’ve seen from Shonen Jump, there’s potential for some truly great battles. The storyline itself is a bit chaotic, honestly, but I’m hoping the anime adaptation can smooth things out and avoid some of the problems that plagued the manga version as it airs this season.

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2026-01-11 23:12