An anime season arrives like a scheduled eclipse. Anticipation hums across calendars, and alarms glow with purpose. Jujutsu Kaisen returns carrying mythology, ambition, and the promise of controlled chaos.

Schedules matter because devotion runs on precision. Screens become altars and weeks become rituals. Somewhere between impatience and obsession lies the real question. Timing decides everything, and patience becomes the final cursed technique for modern anime culture built on collective waiting.

While release clocks promise order and discipline, the real thrill hides in how long anticipation stretches before answers finally arrive.

Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 episode 3 releases Thursday, January 15, 2026. The episode runs roughly twenty-three to twenty-four minutes. Episodes one and two premiered on January 8 as a combined forty-eight-minute opener.

New installments now arrive weekly. Crunchyroll carries the first global drop at set hours. Netflix follows about one day later in Asian regions. The season unfolds as a split cour with planned pacing intact.

Part one runs on an almost stubbornly orderly calendar. Episode four arrives January 22, followed by episode five on January 29. The rollout continues weekly with episode six on February 5 and episode seven on February 12. Episode eight lands February 19, episode nine follows February 26, and episode ten arrives March 5.

The final stretch brings episode eleven on March 12, episode twelve on March 19. Simulcast timings remain consistent worldwide each week across major time zones.

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As calendars lock into rhythm, speculation shifts forward while today's precision fuels tomorrow's questions about how long this story plans to breathe.

Part one covers only the opening stretch of the Culling Game arc, with the manga extending far beyond what this cour can adapt. MAPPA has not announced a season 4, but the story direction makes one increasingly likely.

Both courses of season 3 are expected to move toward chapter 24. After that, the manga shifts into a sharper, more concentrated phase with higher stakes and tighter conflicts. Adapting that material would almost certainly require another season, depending on production timelines, budgets, and sustained audience demand.

Analysts expect more seasons because momentum remains fierce. Past gaps averaged roughly two years. Following the Culling Game, the story enters the Shinjuku Showdown arc. That saga centers on Gojo Satoru versus Sukuna with a resolution weight.

Such material demands generous screen time. A dive into season 4 or the extended split could emerge around 2028 or later. Until MAPPA speaks, timelines remain rumor-shaped by patience and long-term franchise planning logic prevailing.

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