Exactlyyyy And It Goes A Step Further: The Clothing Shift Represents A Shift In Mentality. Traditional

exactlyyyy and it goes a step further: the clothing shift represents a shift in mentality. traditional clothing = traditional idea of people as a 'cog in a machine', individual suffering is justified for the sake of social harmony. this is the main evil in the jjk society, the same reason they keep sending kids to fight the vilest curses of humanity, the same reason the wheel keeps turning regardless of who dies (haibara, amanai etc.) the same thing that pushed geto into finding a way out, the same mentality that yuuji starts with.

modern (daresay western) clothing = rejection of this traditional idea. the people who've broken off with tradition now live for themselves, be that maki or toji after they left the zenins, kamo after the he was ousted, gojo etc. this isn't a selfish idea, its more like self-prioritisation and self love.

that's the point of the series, that each individual is worthy and exists beyond their traditionally thought of "value"

idk if anyone's ever mentioned this, but it's interesting how clothing is used in jjk, especially the clans.

roughly, you can divide clan members as traditional if they wear only traditional outfits and radical if they wear casuals.

take the zenins, for example. naobito, naoya and the rest of the household are never seen not wearing traditional. on the other hand, you have toji, maki and megumi - people who rejected the zenins - wearing casuals. mai is more complicated in that she sees herself more as bound in servitude to the zenins than as part of the family.

noritoshi kamo wears traditional, probably because he sees himself as a member and wants his mother to be accepted as a member.

for me, gojo is the most remarkable here. we only see him once wearing traditional: as a toddler in his household.

around the age of 12, he has already switched to casuals. he understood pretty early that the jujutsu society's traditions are pretty fucked up.

from there on, we have never seen the man in traditionals. he knows well that jujutsu society needs an upheaval, and it starts with the youth.

they've become tired of themselves.

little sketch of yuji meeting geto /basement au/

bonus:

oughhhh mechamiwa <3

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side note: I'm gonna miss them.

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I forgot gege gave us another amazing quote right after kashimo’s infamous turn up the music line