In an interview with Crunchyroll, screenwriter Hiroshi Seko spoke about the creative process for both the movie and the television series. According to Seko, his approach toward the different mediums remains mostly the same, but notes that a 24-episode season requires consistent build-up and payoff to keep viewers engaged every week:
“It’s about the same. In a feature film, you have to create undulation in the story so that’s one difficulty we faced. In television, there are 24 episodes, so you always have to pay attention to the purpose that each episode serves in the series. I always think about the theme for each episode. Of course, since it’s a series, you try to create a crescendo at the end of each episode so people want to watch the next episode. I love watching overseas dramas like Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, two shows I drew inspiration from.“
Like “Breaking Bad” or “The Walking Dead,” “Jujutsu Kaisen” has the innate ability to draw audiences into its narrative through deliberate pacing and perfectly-timed story beats. As an action-heavy series, it has no problem arriving at climactic battles and setting up more to come when the credits roll each episode. In “Jujutsu Kaisen 0,” the up and down nature of the feature-length film differs from an episode of television, but it borrows the formula to fill out the narrative.