#jcvtu theory

[nicolekart]

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld – Kit theory 

Okay, so I recently finished watching “Jentry Chau vs the Underworld” and got a little hyperfixation about it, but I see that not many people are talking about this cartoon.

And since I don't have a chance to do any fan art for the time being, I'll at least do a little bit of writing.

A small disclaimer: This is not a super specific theory, but more of a loose thinking and musing about additional storylines, because I think these characters and the story had much more potential than was tapped, or they were given to tap. I know I'm probably reading too much into things, but let's just be delusional for 5 minutes. You know… for fun.

I guess I don't need to say there are spoilers?

So, what if the plan for Kit's character was a bit different beforehand, or if we have some hint of what will happen to him next?

It's just that, I admit, I feel that his plot could have been handled better, more deeply (like many things in general), and I can't shake the feeling that there is a certain inconsistency that scratches at the back of my head - which is the bird motif.

1. The theme of a bird with 1 wing from another post

Link to the post.

When I saw this post, some way into the early episodes, I began to pay more attention.

It is about a mythical Chinese creature in the form of a bird with one eye and one wing, which has to unite with another bird in order to fly. The author of the post draws attention to this sense of incompleteness, of lacking something, which Kit has in regard to the lack of a soul.

The creature's other name is Jian, and it is also described as a good omen, a symbol of protection, a messenger between the divine and mortal realms.

2. His design

Link to the post on IG

 One of the character designers shared concept art of Kit, in which he has a medallion signed as using this very creature's theme. In the end, Kit appears to have a plain pink necklace.

However, the wing motif remains on his shirt.

In the shirtless art, we see a scar (which didn't make it into the series either), but it's on the same side as the missing wing would have been. Also, the design on the shirt. 

Maybe the plan was to rewrite the Jian myth, where he didn't just have one wing, but lost it?

2 Kit's character in the intro

And while the design thing can be explained by the fact that it was an old concept that didn't make it into the final version, why were some of the wing motifs left, like his shirt (but about that in a moment).

The main question is, why was it left in the intro in such a literal way? Just for aesthetic reasons? Didn't they want to show what kind of demon he is right away? Why are his eyes purple when he has white ones in the show? On the other hand, Michael's eyes when he has visions are identical to those in the episodes?

In the post, the artist mentions that the theme of the one-winged bird is a tragic story, and yet Kit is a tragic character in a way, and that he looks so dramatic in the intro... But doesn't it seem a little off to you? I mean, as much as possible... it might have been the only reason to use such a motif, but all in all, why would one demon have the attributes of another demon/mythical creature?

4. The feather theme of the woman in the vision

 As I mentioned, there are still the feather/wing motifs.

In episode 6, in the visions that Cheng haunts Kit with, there is a woman who first turns into dark feathers, and then has a medallion that might resemble a stylized wing. 

They say everything in animation is intentional, so why?

5. Torn pages from the bestiary

This is probably the least solid guess, nevertheless....

It seems that most demons in the bestiary have 2 pages dedicated to them. (Even probably Ed considering that the one on the page next to him is his picture).

However, the Painted skin demon only has one page, and the next pages are torn out. I know that this could just be a hint as to the further plot of the episode, and the whole scene was just to show Jentry the missing pages. But if I remember correctly, they weren't addressed anymore in the plot (like a lot of things in general but well).

The point is that why would the pages torn out of BESTIARIUS contain anything about Jentry's powers if they originated from the Yellow Emperor and, as Gugu suggested, are worthy of a god. I would assume that the power that some mythical emperor might have possessed would rather have come from the Gods, which is why the demons fear it so much, or the Mogui who crave it so deeply, since such power is not available to Diju beings.

So what if these pages are a continuation of the Painted Skin Demon chapter. What if he wasn't always like this? Maybe there is a further (earlier) part of the legend? What if they combined two of the myths together? Like the Fallen Good Omen, for example, that's why he loves people so much and wants to be among them again.

Although in the scene at the end of the episode his chapter is already on another page, not next to the torn out pages....

6. Potential rebirth/return to the former form/getting his soul back from Diju

What if Jentry was right and the soul is not a uniquely human thing. I'm not saying that all demons have a typical soul, because they would probably have already figured it out. But maybe they can develop/ grow one? Or something similar to it. Gugu says they'll give them a funeral... all of them. That means Kit, as well. What if, thanks to this ritual, his soul could pass to the afterlife, or to Diju given that he did however kill some people and generally has things to repent for?

Maybe in a later storyline they could get his soul back, he could be reborn. Or, theorizing about bird motifs, he could return to favor as a good omen.

From other stories, like Journey to the West, we know how often Heaven liked to punish celestial beings (and that's how the one-winged bird is described – a celestial being, not a demon) by turning them into demons, or how often animal-like creatures escaped into the human world and took the forms of demons.

That's pretty much it. I just wanted to point out a few things that I found interesting.

What do you guys think? I haven't written anything like this for years and I feel a bit weird 😅

And please, if you haven't already, watch JCVTU. We need season 2. 💗

[alchemisticramblings]

idk what to caption this bye

i like the melting flesh tendrils

process under the cut because it's actually kind of coherent and i like it

pencil sketch on math homework that got me a detention in english class (incoherent)

straight up tracing into ibis paint because im lazy

flat colors + radiation sickness lighting

getting my ass kicked at coloring

hastily half-assing a background

[luckyshinyhunter]

🔥🎬2024 has been giving us some amazing animated shows!🎬🔥

[kittycatdraws29]

I have an idea for season 2

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So we saw Diyu and The Great Beyond (briefly) on season 1, it is a chinese afterlife belief. What if they will show other other afterlife beliefs of Brazil, Japan, Korea or any other country? That would be so cool. Like ''Japanese souls go there, Korean souls got that way'' kinda way. Like, are you seeing my vision?

[blogginbogg]

Watching S1 Chaos Theory recently… but I have a legitimate question- Does anyone else actually tweak (positively) whenever they see an animated Filipino character on their screen??

Finding a character that actually resembles me in animation used to be so few and far in between, but nowadays there’s a resurgence of mentioning Filipino culture and race. (No I do not resemble Mateo/are the same age as him.) I make this certain idea present because of his voice actor, Eugene Cordero being Filipino, and I may be wrong about him in the first place.

I LOVE animation, but it really makes me wonder why it took so damn long for other cultures to have their stories be told. JCvtU was INCREDIBLE in this regard; they took the Chinese culture that was already explained in many pieces of media, and expanded upon it. Again, I could be embarrassingly wrong, but mainstream animation is really missing out on showcasing that nuance.

[sonar009]

Hey, it's me. Ya boi. Still brainrotting about Jentry Chau.

Today's ramble: the use of Maniacal during the sequence where Jentry escapes from Diyu is amazing and really stands out to me as an example of how the soundtrack for JCVTU is so good.

To set the scene: Jentry is in the deepest pits of hell. She has the personal, focused attention of its most attentive guardians. Her only way out is to make a deal to fuse with the mogui (who, let us not forget, has been attempting to hunt her down and eat her soul for the entire length of the show's run up to this point) which she does, with fairly little hesitation. (And a fair bit of body horror.) Let it never be said that Jentry isn't decisive.

The song starts off with a heavy beat and Alice Gao's vocals. It's slow. Steady. Driving. There are brief bits where the audio backs off to let the mogui whisper in Jentry's ear as it digs into her qi. Meanwhile, she tears a swath through a bunch of low ranking demons.

She runs into some higher up that gives her pause; the music cuts out completely, the mogui keeps talking to her, and as it feeds on her strength and powers her up further, visibly overtaking her body, the music kicks back in at an abruptly much higher tempo. She falls as violins sketch frantic, panicky notes and the mogui's essence overtakes more and more of her, overlapping her voice with its own as it tries to get further into her head. She lands as she is completely transformed, and the violins go from sounding like they're afraid of something to sounding like they're in pain. Jentry screams.

The tempo continues accelerating. All of the instrumentation rises steadily in pitch as she throws herself back up to where she fell from. The vocals return, much faster; they're no longer steady, they're frantic, almost rushed.

She reaches the top of the pit and tears a hole in reality to return to her home, bringing Gugu and Ed with her, who've mostly been stuck looking on in horror at Jentry as they try to keep up.

The song is just about to reach its full crescendo, but gets cut off mid-line as the portal opens in Gugu's lair. Gugu and Ed come flying out, followed at a more leisurely pace by the mogui-fused Jentry. But she doesn't give in to the urge to be maniacal; she breaks free of the mogui and removes it from herself, before it can finish what it's doing. Before the song can finish.

Someone who understands musical construction and theory could probably do a better job of breaking all this down, but I just thought it was neat and wanted to babble about it. Love the music in this show so much.

[paintedskinenthusiast]

A very long intro post

Hi! Call me Liam/Alder! I'm a white, 23 y/o transmasc guy. Jcvtu has consumed my brain so I felt the need to make a sideblog about it so I can yell. My main is @/liamins, but it's fairly political so I don't recommend looking into it/following if that doesn't appeal to you. Please don't interact if you're proship or bigoted in any way, if you do you will be blocked immediately.

As the blog name suggests, I'm a big fan of Kit, But I do not believe all of his actions were right and I don't agree with diminishing the feelings of the other characters affected by him (I don't want to solely focus on him either, I love the rest of the cast a lot too, but that's easier said than done with my brain). I also am NOT going to make/reblog any romantic/shipping content involving Kit. Even though I personally interpret him as being the same age as the other teens on an abstract level, I also feel uncomfortable posting that content without clear canon confirmation of that theory and I don't want to invite arguments about it, so for my own sanity I'm avoiding it altogether. If you have a problem with that for some reason, please just block me. You can follow/interact if you make that content in a not-weird way, just know I most likely won't reciprocate.

Most of my original content is going to center around my vague future au, 'Balance's Emissary'. It is still a big work in progress and many details are likely to change as I work it all out logistically, but the core idea centers around Kit becoming human and coming back to help in the living world as a lancer-esque kinda character for the main cast (think like Kevin from Ben 10, or better examples I can't think of rn). Basically, I'm trying to shove him back in the story in a somewhat organic way that doesn't change the events of canon, while also playing with the many other questions left behind. I do my best with my research into any mythology and history, but I am always looking for more accurate resources, so feel free to send anything that has good information or provide information if you have more personal experience!

If you're still interested in following after reading all that, welcome! Thank you for following!

[nicolekart]

Oh! That's interesting! 😮 I haven't noticed that before.

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld – Kit theory 

Okay, so I recently finished watching “Jentry Chau vs the Underworld” and got a little hyperfixation about it, but I see that not many people are talking about this cartoon.

And since I don't have a chance to do any fan art for the time being, I'll at least do a little bit of writing.

A small disclaimer: This is not a super specific theory, but more of a loose thinking and musing about additional storylines, because I think these characters and the story had much more potential than was tapped, or they were given to tap. I know I'm probably reading too much into things, but let's just be delusional for 5 minutes. You know… for fun.

I guess I don't need to say there are spoilers?

So, what if the plan for Kit's character was a bit different beforehand, or if we have some hint of what will happen to him next?

It's just that, I admit, I feel that his plot could have been handled better, more deeply (like many things in general), and I can't shake the feeling that there is a certain inconsistency that scratches at the back of my head - which is the bird motif.

1. The theme of a bird with 1 wing from another post

Link to the post.

When I saw this post, some way into the early episodes, I began to pay more attention.

It is about a mythical Chinese creature in the form of a bird with one eye and one wing, which has to unite with another bird in order to fly. The author of the post draws attention to this sense of incompleteness, of lacking something, which Kit has in regard to the lack of a soul.

The creature's other name is Jian, and it is also described as a good omen, a symbol of protection, a messenger between the divine and mortal realms.

2. His design

Link to the post on IG

 One of the character designers shared concept art of Kit, in which he has a medallion signed as using this very creature's theme. In the end, Kit appears to have a plain pink necklace.

However, the wing motif remains on his shirt.

In the shirtless art, we see a scar (which didn't make it into the series either), but it's on the same side as the missing wing would have been. Also, the design on the shirt. 

Maybe the plan was to rewrite the Jian myth, where he didn't just have one wing, but lost it?

2 Kit's character in the intro

And while the design thing can be explained by the fact that it was an old concept that didn't make it into the final version, why were some of the wing motifs left, like his shirt (but about that in a moment).

The main question is, why was it left in the intro in such a literal way? Just for aesthetic reasons? Didn't they want to show what kind of demon he is right away? Why are his eyes purple when he has white ones in the show? On the other hand, Michael's eyes when he has visions are identical to those in the episodes?

In the post, the artist mentions that the theme of the one-winged bird is a tragic story, and yet Kit is a tragic character in a way, and that he looks so dramatic in the intro... But doesn't it seem a little off to you? I mean, as much as possible... it might have been the only reason to use such a motif, but all in all, why would one demon have the attributes of another demon/mythical creature?

4. The feather theme of the woman in the vision

 As I mentioned, there are still the feather/wing motifs.

In episode 6, in the visions that Cheng haunts Kit with, there is a woman who first turns into dark feathers, and then has a medallion that might resemble a stylized wing. 

They say everything in animation is intentional, so why?

5. Torn pages from the bestiary

This is probably the least solid guess, nevertheless....

It seems that most demons in the bestiary have 2 pages dedicated to them. (Even probably Ed considering that the one on the page next to him is his picture).

However, the Painted skin demon only has one page, and the next pages are torn out. I know that this could just be a hint as to the further plot of the episode, and the whole scene was just to show Jentry the missing pages. But if I remember correctly, they weren't addressed anymore in the plot (like a lot of things in general but well).

The point is that why would the pages torn out of BESTIARIUS contain anything about Jentry's powers if they originated from the Yellow Emperor and, as Gugu suggested, are worthy of a god. I would assume that the power that some mythical emperor might have possessed would rather have come from the Gods, which is why the demons fear it so much, or the Mogui who crave it so deeply, since such power is not available to Diju beings.

So what if these pages are a continuation of the Painted Skin Demon chapter. What if he wasn't always like this? Maybe there is a further (earlier) part of the legend? What if they combined two of the myths together? Like the Fallen Good Omen, for example, that's why he loves people so much and wants to be among them again.

Although in the scene at the end of the episode his chapter is already on another page, not next to the torn out pages....

6. Potential rebirth/return to the former form/getting his soul back from Diju

What if Jentry was right and the soul is not a uniquely human thing. I'm not saying that all demons have a typical soul, because they would probably have already figured it out. But maybe they can develop/ grow one? Or something similar to it. Gugu says they'll give them a funeral... all of them. That means Kit, as well. What if, thanks to this ritual, his soul could pass to the afterlife, or to Diju given that he did however kill some people and generally has things to repent for?

Maybe in a later storyline they could get his soul back, he could be reborn. Or, theorizing about bird motifs, he could return to favor as a good omen.

From other stories, like Journey to the West, we know how often Heaven liked to punish celestial beings (and that's how the one-winged bird is described – a celestial being, not a demon) by turning them into demons, or how often animal-like creatures escaped into the human world and took the forms of demons.

That's pretty much it. I just wanted to point out a few things that I found interesting.

What do you guys think? I haven't written anything like this for years and I feel a bit weird 😅

And please, if you haven't already, watch JCVTU. We need season 2. 💗