Consider the Chimera Ant arc from Hunter x Hunter, which is nothing short of a rite of passage. It pushes the anime’s deconstruction of shonen conventions to its limits while sending Gon Freecss and Killua Zoldyck down starkly different paths. The Shibuya Incident arc from Jujutsu Kaisen is similarly transformative, shattering the established order of jujutsu society through its intersecting perspectives, major character deaths, and relentless succession of battles.