Bobobo continues to be a work well remembered by its fans, and the cover of the new volume of Jujutsu Kaisen proves it.
Jujutsu Kaisen is on everyone's lips due to the unexpected script twists that occurred in the most recent chapters of the manga, many of which have not been exempt from controversy due to the decisions made by some of the most beloved characters in the work. Many of them will have serious consequences in the plot and have already generated very divided opinions among fans.
Several days ago Jujutsu Kaisen revealed to the world the cover of volume 27which drew special attention on various social networks for having a pleasant reference to a manga as beloved as Bobobo.
This is how Gege Akutami referred to the Bobobo manga
This unexpected tribute to the work created by Yoshio Sawai is carried out by the character of Fumihiko Takaba, an unsuccessful comedian turned sorcerer who made his debut in the ending of Jujutsu Kaisen chapter 146. The reference has to do with the pose that Takaba strikes on the cover, since it is the same one that Bobobo has in the first volume of his manga.
A curious reference to Bobobo by Gege Akutami
Fumihiko Takaba's pose is not the only thing he has in common with the Bobobo character. This sorcerer, who has reached measure their forces against villains as important as Kenjaku, has been responsible for giving Gege Akutami's work several scenes of absurd humor, something that we could frequently see in the plot of Bobobo's manga. The choice of prioritize yellow as a background color on the cover, as also happens with the first volume of Bobobo.
For those who do not know Bobobo, it is a shonen genre manga that had 21 volumes published between 2001 and 2005. His story, full of action and comic moments, narrated the conflicts between Bobobo and his allies against the Margarita Empire, having to face the motley servants of Billiard Ball IV using their own nose hairs as powerful whips. Despite its many peculiarities, Bobobo got an anime adaptation that today is synonymous with nostalgia for a good number of people.
In Gege Akutami's successful manga we can find many more references to video games, movies and other anime. Thanks to Satoru Gojo we know that Digimon is canon in the world of Jujutsu Kaisenand the work also revealed to us on occasion that Yuji Itadori feels a deep admiration for the actress Jennifer Lawrence, famous for give life to Mystique in some X-Men movies.
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