5 Reasons Why Kagurabachi Is the Next Jujutsu Kaisen

Let’s start simple: Kagurabachi will be the next big thing when it releases in 2027. As the days approach, the upcoming anime adaptation looks awfully close to one of the massive hits in anime as well: Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen; both share a very similar pattern.

With that being said, let’s jump into the explanation of why we called Kagurabachi the next Jujutsu Kaisen – and how it became one of the most anticipated anime of 2027.

1 Kagurabachi Was Already a Meme Before the First Chapter Even Landed

A still from the Kagurabachi trailer | Credits: Cypic

Kagurabachi went viral before anyone had actually read a single page of it. Fans on X and TikTok started calling it the “savior of Shonen Jump,” spamming edits of Chihiro drawing his katana with the caption “enough time has passed.”

It sounds like a bit, but that same chaotic, meme-first energy is what turned Jujutsu Kaisen into a genuine cultural moment years back. Kagurabachi walked in with a built-in audience already chanting its name, and that kind of pre-release buzz just doesn’t happen to most debut manga.

2 Chihiro’s Revenge Story Hits Just as Hard as Yuji’s Journey

Chihiro Rokuhira from Kagurabachi | Credits: Cypic

Chihiro Rokuhira grew up training under his father Kunishige, a swordsmith working toward something legendary, until a brutal attack tears that life apart and steals six of the seven Enchanted Blades. What’s left is a quiet, focused kid carrying real grief instead of easy anger.

It’s the same trick Gege Akutami‘s JJK pulled off with Yuji Itadori, grounding wild supernatural action in a loss that actually stings. Readers aren’t just watching cool sword fights; they’re watching someone rebuild himself one blade at a time.

3 The Sword Fights Genuinely Look Like They Belong in a Feature Film

Kagurabachi | Credits: Cypic

Hokazono draws fight scenes that genuinely stop you mid-scroll. The panel work leans cinematic, full of sharp angles and blade-trail motion that makes each duel feel choreographed rather than just drawn. Even the small glimpse from the Kagurabachi teaser trailer is enough to give a grasp of the depth of the fight scenes.

That’s exactly the kind of visual craft that made JJK‘s action sequences so shareable and screenshot-ready long before the anime even existed. The series has that same quality where a single page gets ripped out of context and passed around online, purely because it looks that good on its own.

4 Two Legendary Mangaka Are Already Publicly Vouching for This Series

It’s not just fans hyping this one up. Kohei Horikoshi, the mind behind My Hero Academia, and Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto himself, have both publicly praised the original manga series (via Livedoor News).

Add in a Next Manga Award win back in 2024 and a nomination at the Shogakukan Manga Awards, and you’ve got a series earning respect from the exact people whose opinions carry weight in the industry. JJK built that same kind of credibility early, and the series is following the same trajectory.

5 Fans Are Already Calling the Preview Screening Anime of the Year

The first twenty minutes of episode one already screened at the Anime Expo on July 3, 2026, and the reaction was loud, with attendees cheering through the panel and calling it an early frontrunner for 2027’s anime of the year.

Critics pointed to fluid one-take camera work and slashing, Kill Bill-style (via ANN) violence that feels closer to film than a normal TV episode. Crunchyroll picked up the global stream, and if word of mouth from Paris keeps matching Los Angeles, this rollout is following JJK‘s exact anime blueprint.

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