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i'm not even a gojo fan, but wtf happened to his character this chapter? in the airport he was waffling about how lonely it is at the top, coz it seems that's all his character (suddenly) ever cared about. like, the gojo from the earlier chapters who had a dream and ambition vanished into thin air and was replaced by this gojo who cared more about how lonely/sad it must be for sukuna (since he didn't get to go all out) than the entire state of the world he left. i get that maybe gojo has always been this way and im just a dumbass, that maybe he never cared about anything but fighting - but if he was going to be just this shallow character, who only ever wanted to fight a stronger opponent, then why bother making him explain to ijichi the reason why he chose to be a teacher, despite knowing how shit he would be as one? why tell us that gojo wanted to change the rotten system of jujutsu by fostering strong and intelligent allies through education? where was the gojo who was mad because 3 of his students was sent on a suicide mission behind his back? why go out of his way to ensure that the kid of the guy he killed gets taken care of? what was the point of him fighting the higher ups to extend yuuji's life just because a student asked him to do something about it? are you telling me that he did all that just so he can have the chance to fight a full power sukuna someday? all the stuff we saw from the earlier-gojo was just him acting then? the reason why he recruited all those students with potential was because he gets off on fighting a stronger opponent?
i understand he was never a good 'teacher' - but does he have to be such a shit character as well? its not even about how much he sucked sukuna's dick in the afterlife, its that 'saving' sukuna from the loneliness of being the strongest seemed to matter to him more than achieving his own (supposed) goals. sukuna's satisfaction is more important than his students' safety it seems. who the hell was that gojo at the airport? i dont even know him.
the man implies he died with no regrets when he didnt even achieve a single goal, never won the battles in his life that mattered the most, never kept any of his promises, none of his students are ready to challenge him let alone the guy who beat his ass. what did his character achieve in this damn manga man.. i dont even know. i know gojo was only ever a teacher in name but never really acted like one, he was a recruiter - a good one at that since he can see a person's potential at a glance, but even so i still thought that he gave a damn about the students. my bad, i guess.
turns out the man was just an arrogant, selfish prick who is so self centered he died with no regrets just because he went out satiating his battle-lust - even though his death achieved nothing. what about the students that he left behind to deal with the threat that he could do nothing about, you say? fuck them i guess, who cares? at least he is satisfied with the fight. he only wished that sukuna was as satisfied as him. what in the world happened to gojo satoru, man.. who is this guy. i think they opened the wrong box because its not gojo that came out but someone else entirely. a sukuna fanboy came out of the damn box. maybe yorozu possessed him because who the hell was that guy. also, why in the world was he thinking about yorozu's quote? was he there when she said that? wtf
this wouldnt feel as bad if gojo died at the expense of pushing sukuna to throw all his cards on the table. but no, sukuna kept his secrets while gojo all but danced naked in front of sukuna showing him ALL his tricks.
i knew gojo would die (or at least be incapacitated) in this fight, i did not care if he lives or dies - i was even looking forward to see how it would happen - but i did not expect that along with his life his character would also be assassinated like this. THE gojo satoru, devolved into a little kid who is just happy that big brother sukuna acknowledged him. there's no coming back from this.
im not mad at gojo (he's a damn fictional character), im infuriated at the person who led us to believe that there's more to gojo than being a brainless battlefreak. if gege gives this death an actual meaning in the next chapters then it'll be too damn late because the damage has been done - gojo's last thoughts is dedicated mostly to how sad he is that sukuna was not able to go all out. he wants his feelings to reach sukuna-senpai through the fight so much, he gave it his all! lmao! amazing. brilliant even. wonderful! FANTASTIC! (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
damn, cant believe i wrote an essay for a character not even on my top 5 faves, look what you made me do gege!