Epic Games’ biggest online video game, Fortnite, is reportedly collaborating with the popular prequel movie of Gege Akutami’s masterpiece, Jujutsu Kaisen 0. The series already collaborated with the game in 2023, but this time, the characters that will be introduced to have major roles in the movie.
Fortnite is known for collaborating with big media franchises, especially anime series like Naruto, Dragon Ball, One Piece, My Hero Academia, etc. However, this time, fans may not be happy with the alleged Jujutsu Kaisen collaboration. The reason for this is that, according to the reports, the character list that is announced does not include any villains from the series.
The previous collaboration, too, only focused on the protagonists of the Jujutsu Kaisen series. The antagonists of the series, which include Ryomen Sukuna, Toji Fushiguro, Geto Suguru, etc., are a big deal among anime fans. This has led to fans getting disappointed and sharing their disappointment on X (formerly Twitter).
Jujutsu Kaisen 0’s Characters That Will Reportedly Join Fortnite
A popular Fortnite leaker, @Wensoing on X, shared the news about Fortnite introducing new Jujutsu Kaisen skins in the game. The characters that have been focused on this time are Yuta Okkotsu, Maki Zenin, and Panda.
INSIDER: More Jujutsu Kaisen skins are coming soon!
The info I received that's from last year stated Maki Zenin and Panda will be in an upcoming wave.
With this I also assume Yuta Okkotsu will release alongside them. No info regarding Toge Inumaki.#Fortnite pic.twitter.com/DqB40jVE72
— Wenso (@Wensoing) May 2, 2024
Yuta Okkotsu was the protagonist of the movie Jujutsu Kaisen 0, which was released in 2021 and was one of the biggest releases of that year.
Jujutsu Kaisen already collaborated with Fortnite in 2023, as part of Chapter 4 Season 3, to help promote Season 2 of the anime series, which focused on the Shibuya Incident arc of the original manga series by Gege Akutami. The characters introduced at that time were Gojo Satoru, Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisaki, and the protagonist, Yuji Itadori.
The series also introduced multiple accessories along with the characters, like Yuji Itadori’s slaughter demon, Nobara’s straw doll and hammer, Megumi’s sword, and the shikigamis from Megumi’s ten shadows technique: Kon, Nue, and the Winged Toad. This was one of the biggest collaborations by Jujutsu Kaisen since its release in 2020.
Anime Fans Are Not Happy With Fortnite’s Collaboration With Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Although the alleged collaboration between Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and Fornite is a big deal, fans are still not happy with the news. The reason behind this is that Fornite has not included any villains from the entire series until now.
The antagonist characters from the series are quite popular among anime and manga fans, and some even have fanbases of their own. Fans hoped for the introduction of villains like Sukuna or Toji last year, too, but were disappointed after seeing the character list.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 had Geto Suguru as the antagonist, and his inclusion would have satisfied fans, but after looking at the alleged characters that are part of the collaboration, fans are not too keen on the news.
So disappointed it's not the villains. pic.twitter.com/LTJLChs5PV
— Coomette (@C00mette) May 2, 2024
They’ll do anything but add the villains pic.twitter.com/wNYfTbfeL6
— Joe (@hzjoe03) May 2, 2024
Where is my king and savior Suguru Geto pic.twitter.com/gkEIYDNgao
— JoaoDurand (@jotapedurand) May 2, 2024
WE NEED SUKUNA OMFG
— 𝐾𝐶 ZΞҜΞ 𖣂 (@Zeke_EU) May 2, 2024
— maven (@marleg545) May 2, 2024
not even sukuna or geto… pic.twitter.com/42oVvSHYCA
— zura (@zureska) May 2, 2024
As the news has not been officially confirmed by Fortnite or the creators of Jujutsu Kaisen, there is a chance that Epic Games might include other important characters from the movie or series and possibly the villains too.
You can watch Jujutsu Kaisen on Crunchyroll.
