5 Classic Anime That Shaped Jujutsu Kaisen & The Dark Shonen Trio

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Shonen's Dark Trio is agreed among anime fans to be Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man and Hell's Paradise. These three series, first airing in the early 2020s, have brought on a wave of complex, bleak, and often morbid storytelling in shonen, in contrast to the optimism and hopefulness the genre exhibited in the past. Dark shonen appeals to modern anime fans for its explorations of morality that reflect society today, along with much more gruesome battle scenes that feel more realistic than the classic Big Three shonen anime.