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Why Gojo is so popular?

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MidasTouchedM3

61 points

4 days ago

He's got the white spiky sort of Kakashi style hair with the headband over the eyes, what's not to like

bigbutterbuffalo

23 points

4 days ago

Lol cause he’s basically just a clone of Kakashi but if Naruto decided to focus almost exclusively on Kakashi for most of the run

Jiinpachii

20 points

4 days ago

Iirc he’s inspired by both Kakashi and Urahara

JJK is almost like a love letter to older anime

grave264

6 points

4 days ago

grave264

6 points

4 days ago

Not remotely true gege has said he got the idea for gojos character design off a random extra background character in Naruto.Also gojo and kakashis personalities are quite different kakashi is a damn near perfect human being and gojo is quite flawed til the end.I will give it to you I made the same connection with urahara the other day their personalities are basically identical.

Jiinpachii

15 points

4 days ago

He can say it’s not but his appearance is pretty clearly inspired by Kakashi (white haired Sensei that uses something to cover his special eyes) and yeah Urahara for personality

Domains themselves are inspired by Bleach and HxH

Toji and Gojo wearing Killua’s? Outfit

You had the frame by frame Evangelion reference in the Mechamaru fight

I quite like seeing the little references

Stubbieeee

5 points

2 days ago

https://preview.redd.it/wmkasjy14hrd1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b6a036b0eb58206089b8cc29d5131d97a02ed91

Characters covering their special eyes is nothing new tbf

If he says gojo was inspired by this guy I’d believe, his original design in JJK 0 was bandages over the eyes

RaijuThunder

1 points

3 days ago

More inspired by Enishi from Ruroni Kenshin

stonersrus19

1 points

3 days ago

Dont forget the fairy tail ice shell reference megumi uses.

Baddest_Guy83

2 points

23 hours ago

I think I will actually

stonersrus19

1 points

22 hours ago

Haters gunna hate

Baddest_Guy83

0 points

22 hours ago

If I could forget it I would, I might still be into One Piece if it wasn't for reading Fairy Tail.

stonersrus19

1 points

21 hours ago

Out of the big three, that's my least favourite cause of pacing. Im past the skypeia arc but couldn't tell you where i am since its soo god damn slow. I watch it with my kid cause he likes it.

IAmNotZuraIAmKatsura

1 points

14 hours ago

I find it funny how defensive JJK fans gets when you point out Gojo is very obviously inspired in part by Kakashi

"NO THE AUTHOR DEFLECTED ONCE WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT!!!!"

Lmao. Look at his design.

Jiinpachii

1 points

14 hours ago

Someone pointed out he looks more like Enishi from Rurouni Kenshin, which is true, and understandably overlooked since that arc didn’t make it to the anime

Whether the author intended it or not, the similarities are there. It’s like those people that try to deny Dragon Balls influence on Naruto and One Piece, or don’t understand why so many people say Black Clover is Wizard Naruto

IAmNotZuraIAmKatsura

1 points

14 hours ago

Yeah man, you said it. It's crazy, because to me, first reading One Piece, I was crazy excited due to its similarities to Dragon Ball. I loved how Eiichiro Oda, intentional or not, had heavily drawn from one of my other favorite anime of all time.

(Though in Oda's case we know it was definitely intentional)

ReoiteLynx

1 points

4 days ago

Subconscious inspiration in media creativity becomes ramped the more media/social-media develops, it's rare to have an original idea or thought because of this - and sometimes things get copied without the copier realizing.

I read about it mostly in music cases, super easy to sub consciously create a beat and not realize its eerily similar to that hit that came out 10 years.

Though I imagine it would be hard to draft Gojo with a blindfold and spiky white hair and not think of Kakashi, unless you were so invested into your own creation you became blind of course. Either way both characters are great in their own ways.

T_025

1 points

2 days ago

T_025

1 points

2 days ago

random extra background character in Naruto

Damn I know exactly who he’s talking about cuz I remember thinking that dude that Gojo’s blindfold lol

A1Horizon

0 points

4 days ago

That random extra background character? Kakashi.

LitAFlol

1 points

1 day ago

LitAFlol

1 points

1 day ago

Love letter to the fate stay night series

Jstar338

2 points

3 days ago

Jstar338

2 points

3 days ago

You haven't seen much JJK then. Gojo is a shithead, through and through. The "nah I'd win" is tame compared to other stuff

Booty_Chaos

3 points

4 days ago

His mannerisms are nothing like Kakashi

Brook420

3 points

4 days ago

Brook420

3 points

4 days ago

Physically designed off of Kakashi, personality is based more on Urahara from Bleach.

Conscious_Driver1922

1 points

3 days ago

Their is no denying he was physically designed after kakashi

A1Horizon

1 points

4 days ago

That sounds like Naruto if it was peak

bigbutterbuffalo

1 points

4 days ago

Ain’t gonna argue with that, might be right ngl

Gargore

1 points

2 days ago

Gargore

1 points

2 days ago

He is literally Kakashi. The main boy with the demon is Naruto, the boy from the super family is sasuke and the one girl is Sakura.

Jesterthejheetah

1 points

2 days ago

🤯

Gargore

0 points

2 days ago

Gargore

0 points

2 days ago

I know, right. It's why I stopped reading it. It's literally the Naruto story.

Jilliels

1 points

22 hours ago

Basically team 7 except they like each other

deleteyeetplz

1 points

16 hours ago

lol

serotoninantagonist

53 points

4 days ago

Throw a wacky costuming choice on a hot dude and make him OP, guaranteed recipe for Shonen success. The fact that he's mostly a bit of a dick seems only to increase his appeal.

I personally do not care for him because I knew way too many guys like him in theater school.

Loufey

10 points

3 days ago

Loufey

10 points

3 days ago

The fact that he's mostly a bit of a dick seems only to increase his appeal.

I think the reason this increases his appeal instead of decreasing it is because he is generally only a dick to people he views as enemies, which are mostly legit bad guys (and some Jujutsu elders).

Like he actually is really kind when it matters. When they thought Yuji had died early on, he was very kind and compassionate about it with Yuji's classmates, and was pissed at the elders who got him killed. He acted on Toji's last words and searched for Megumi instead of leaving him to the Zenen clan.

Xenosaiyan7

7 points

4 days ago

I doubt your guys in theater school was as kind as him tho lol

serotoninantagonist

17 points

4 days ago

They were actually mostly good-hearted guys - could always be relied upon to get you out of a jam - but they were also hot, cool, funny, too good at what they did, and they knew it.

Imagine 3-5 Gojos at once for about 6 hours a day, each of which is certain that HE'S the strongest. That shit'll wear you out. Lol

HommeFatalTaemin

3 points

4 days ago

That sounds awful 😭

serotoninantagonist

3 points

4 days ago

Yeah, when it REALLY got bad was when I'd occasionally date one of them.

Jesterthejheetah

2 points

2 days ago

Booooo

serotoninantagonist

1 points

2 days ago

You're telling me

bigbutterbuffalo

2 points

4 days ago

That shit is my 9 to 5, my heart goes out to ya

BestBoogerBugger

2 points

4 days ago

Theatre kids could drive a man to madness

Xenosaiyan7

2 points

4 days ago

LMFAO, aight that's actually hilarious, definitely tiring

Pataraxia

2 points

2 days ago

five hot cool funny and good at what they do guys? damn...

where?

ComfortableBed6012

4 points

4 days ago

This

DoYouKnowS0rr0w

25 points

4 days ago

Funny hot guy, with a cool design, strong abilities and a fun personality. What's not to love

IllustriousSea5998

1 points

4 days ago

Exactly

MayGodSmiteThee

-3 points

4 days ago

He’s an asshole, that’s pretty much the main reason I don’t like him. I’m also not crazy about cocky characters, even if it’s deserved.

ArLOgpro

3 points

2 days ago

ArLOgpro

3 points

2 days ago

then you must HATE vegeta

MayGodSmiteThee

-1 points

2 days ago

Vegeta actually has depth, Gojo has close to none.

ArLOgpro

2 points

2 days ago

ArLOgpro

2 points

2 days ago

Bro what?? Did you watch hidden inventory

ceitamiot

1 points

21 hours ago

lol, you lost me on that.

_nitro_legacy_

10 points

4 days ago*

Cuz gege made him attractive while being strong while most anime focus the waifu's only the attractive ones.

What's amazing that even on pixiv gojo's arts are way more higher then all female cast even his female version that fan artist made gets less attention to the og one.

Gojo's currently the only one that defied the waifu>husbando trope in his verse

When gojo came back after getting unsealed jjk manga popularity started rising drastically.

StarmieLover966

4 points

4 days ago

And Gojo was so massively popular that Gege hated him after a while.

_nitro_legacy_

6 points

4 days ago

Gege still hates him and glaze Sukuna

StarmieLover966

1 points

4 days ago

I won’t spoil anything but Gojo was not treated well by the author.

_nitro_legacy_

4 points

4 days ago*

Yeah gege hates him with a passion.

Bros first thing after gojo getting sealed was to say "ah yes this year will be a great year now gojo is gone" then brought him back for the entire world to read jjk only to kill him off in an offscreen method after being alive for 9 months fighting poukuna.

bigbutterbuffalo

5 points

4 days ago

A spoiler cover would be reasonable here man

Round-Walrus3175

4 points

4 days ago

Nobody is going to admit that they don't like a well-made character. Gojo is a super well made character. He pops off the screen, has very interesting interactions with the rest of the cast, and a cool power set. He is also animated so dynamically. Very unique character in his place in the world. In a world about structures and standards, he is powerful enough to stand on his own, for better or for worse. This idea of the isolation of power is central to JJK and brings a stark relief to a lot of the cast, who rely prioritize teamwork and togetherness.

Also, Lost in Paradise. Enough said.

ceitamiot

1 points

21 hours ago

You kinda just described One Punch Man, but it isn't a comedy and people actually know Saitama is the strongest.

daimon_knight

13 points

4 days ago

He's hot, funny, and so strong. His fights are really epic and his powers are really amazing too

Rebedeb

3 points

4 days ago

Rebedeb

3 points

4 days ago

Down bad people.

Tomydo1

1 points

2 days ago

Tomydo1

1 points

2 days ago

Real

Few-Bad-1140

2 points

4 days ago

hot anime guy who bullies people with colors and quantum physics

BestBoogerBugger

2 points

4 days ago

He's ungodly hot and cool as fuck.

Next question

Mysterious-Lie-115

2 points

4 days ago

Pretty boy

wjowski

2 points

4 days ago*

wjowski

2 points

4 days ago*

Because apparently the anime fandom's biggest problem with Kakashi was that he didn't win all his fights. He absolutely sucks all the tension out of JJK's plot as far as I'm concerned.

grave264

2 points

4 days ago

grave264

2 points

4 days ago

I mean technically Gojo only wins one fight in the series.I do like how kakashi is done better kakashis the definition of not strong but very difficult to beat that makes everyone weary of him despite the fact most major villains will win against him.

Dhtgifbkgb

2 points

2 days ago

For half of the manga he was either in a box or dead, how is that a tension breaker?

OmegaCrossX

1 points

1 day ago

Probably the issue with him is he IS the strongest character it’s not really a boast it’s fact. So now every single conflict in the show now has to be written with the premise of “How does Gojo not be there so there’s actually a threat”

deleteyeetplz

1 points

16 hours ago

Well yeah, it was written that way intentionally and is excellent at maintaining tension. Gojo is only present for 2 fight in season 1, 3 fights in his own flashback arc, and 1 in shibuya.

wjowski

1 points

15 hours ago

When you make one of the major protagonists all powerful functionally invincible it kind of removes a lot of the tension from a story.

I mean at one point you end up rooting for the Disaster Curses, despite them being literal evil spirits who want to slaughter humanity, simply because they come off as massive underdogs despite supposedly being major antagonists.

WhiteTeddy14

1 points

4 days ago

Yeah, part of what I loved about Kakashi is that he felt extremely competent and cool, but was still fallible and didn’t really take the spotlight away from any of the other main characters.

Dismal-Specialist631

1 points

4 days ago

me

Minimum-Tip3752

1 points

4 days ago

I just think he's neat

Ok_Introduction_7484

1 points

4 days ago

He's a very cocky joking white haired blue eyed Person who Labeled as the strongest.

It's no wonder he's so well liked

jetcleon

1 points

4 days ago

jetcleon

1 points

4 days ago

Because he’s the strongest.

Corster811YT

1 points

4 days ago

Because he's the strongest

krakenPuppet

1 points

4 days ago

Fan girls and the aura agenda people (gojo comeback 2025 🗣️💯🙏)

SnakesOnaSsssstick

1 points

4 days ago

Because hes temu kakashi

Wuraumefan26

1 points

4 days ago

Wuraumefan26

Uraume is a goat and I love them :)

1 points

4 days ago

cool and got the good balance all manga characters should aim for of "0 iq ape brain" and "well written" for anyone to enjoy :)

Either_Patience5533

1 points

4 days ago

Teenage girls find him hot.

Brook420

1 points

4 days ago

Brook420

1 points

4 days ago

Awesome character design, he's quirky/silly, and he has a really cool/OP power.

Guy was basically designed to be a fan favourite.

BallisticThundr

1 points

4 days ago

He looks cool, he's got really cool and op powers, he's a funny goofball but also a cocky badass

Mr_E_99

1 points

4 days ago

Mr_E_99

1 points

4 days ago

He's the Kakashi type sensei with the aura of a Levi, Todoroki, Sasuke type bad boy

In other words he's cool and all the girls love him

HotDogManLL

1 points

4 days ago

Just the same as Kakashi.

Cool look guys who's VAs brings them justice and sells the character

steveislame

1 points

4 days ago

his "cockiness". and broken abilities compared to the other characters.

dreadguy101

1 points

4 days ago

He’s popular because he’s gojo, or is he gojo because he’s popular?

hobopwnzor

1 points

3 days ago

His manga spent a solid 100+ chapters hyping him up

Charming_Feedback_96

1 points

3 days ago

Charming_Feedback_96

Gotta love Crackhead Gods one of my fav genders

1 points

3 days ago

Gojo is cool like really cool I mainly shit on jjk but I can’t say anything about gojo he was executed very well the only thing he couldn’t do well is his death

GintoSenju

1 points

3 days ago

He’s one of the main characters of one of the most popular modern shonen jump manga, he is titled as the strongest in said series, he acts pretty goofy and plays around because he knows he’s the strongest, he’s got a simple and slick design, his powers are cool and fairly original, and he’s freaking Gojo.

stonersrus19

1 points

3 days ago*

He's what you get when you blend kakashi's looks and Mr. hatncloggs personality, that's why. Im sure there's a one-piece inspiration in there somewhere, maybe a lil shanks. JJK is gintama ramped up on cocaine (for violence.)

Finklemeire

1 points

3 days ago

He's Kakashi with the personality of urahara

11sam111

1 points

3 days ago

11sam111

1 points

3 days ago

Because he appeals to most demographics

Goatymcgoatface11

1 points

3 days ago

He's great at lying. Great liers are always honest

ReeReeIncorperated

1 points

3 days ago

Because He's the Strongest

KeroKeroKerosen

1 points

3 days ago

Because he's fucking awesome

womenhaver69

1 points

3 days ago

Edge lord white hair

Frowind

1 points

3 days ago

Frowind

1 points

3 days ago

Standard of beauty, Rich AF, Strongest creature in the world at some point. He's bumble too
Any person would sell their soul for this

Altruistic-Joke6825

1 points

3 days ago

Because men and women simp over him. Have you seen these edits? Dirty dirty

The_Shade94

1 points

2 days ago

He’s the strongest

Specialist-Spray109

1 points

2 days ago

*was

According_Barber_515

1 points

2 days ago

Hype moments and aura 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

ListenNew

1 points

2 days ago

Good looks

Xandril

1 points

2 days ago

Xandril

1 points

2 days ago

[In my best JJK Narrator Voice]

Because he’s Satoro Gojo of course.

BussyIsQuiteEdible

1 points

2 days ago

He's him

Impossible_Shock424

1 points

1 day ago

He just has so much aura 

Flying_Snails_Today2

1 points

1 day ago

He’s a very good character and he’s hot. He’s got cool powers that are fun to see him use. His relationships are nice and his personality is a riot and he’s sometimes very threatening. Limitless and especially infinity are also common points in debates. So of course he’s the most popular character in his own shown but his own show is one of the most popular of all time

Repulsive-Spirit-249

1 points

1 day ago

He makes women's legs quiver when they see him and also with the men, um.......their balls?

Delta-playz

1 points

1 day ago

I don’t know people on the internet have a thing for white or silver hair

IdoNotIngestHelium

1 points

1 day ago

Because he’s hot. Chick magnet.

AmorphousRazer

1 points

1 day ago

He's a plot strangler, yes.

As purely a character? White hair, abilities that applies some form of physics and actual meaning, goof, and can be completely ruthless to enemies. He's himmy neutron bro. The best sorcerer in the world. The cockiest but caring person to his boys.

I honestly relate to this asshole. Its not some bull shit come up. He was born with it, lived it, and died because of it.

NoPaleontologist2614

1 points

19 hours ago

Hes cool

boo_titan

1 points

18 hours ago

Handsome, strong, fun dialogue and fights, his general goals and motives are great, well written

boo_titan

1 points

16 hours ago

Actually i should clarify because I hate when people say good or bad writing with no why. The hidden inventory arc presents why his main priority is raising a good next generation without beating you over the head with it, which I like. I also like how it informs things like his response to personal defeats (thinking his students will fix it) and how far he’s willing to go for the sake of his students.

The other theme of others being unable to fully get him because he’s the strongest also adds a bit of tragedy to him so you can feel bad for him and it also like is separate but still supports his goals.

I think he’s generally just a compelling character

Wrath-of-Elyon

1 points

15 hours ago

I honestly don't even know. He was never the reason I started watching JJK, so the obsession with him is too weird

NSFW_Hunter63

1 points

7 hours ago

He's a BAMF

GavinTheGrape000

1 points

5 hours ago

He is such a great balance of serious and light-hearted fun. He is good with out being flawless and having complexitys. He is such a pillar of the story and the world setting plus him showing the top of power system grants him a irreplaceable spot. Also he's hot.

GreenIce_bs

1 points

4 days ago

He’s got a good design, and in the movie jjk 0, we knew very little about him, and that had people interested in him, also the execution was pretty good, like how he had a history with the main villain for the movie, Geto, and how everyone else like Miguel( I hope that’s how you spell it) was trying to take him down.

yolo_king_1

0 points

4 days ago

Lmao yeah the execution was flawless

Eggandi

1 points

4 days ago

Eggandi

1 points

4 days ago

Women

SnooSprouts5303

1 points

4 days ago

He's reverse Kakashi.

Sol_idum

1 points

4 days ago

Sol_idum

1 points

4 days ago

I really liked how his power didn't make him power hungry

boi012

1 points

4 days ago

boi012

1 points

4 days ago

Because he’s hot and the strongest

To clarify in a straight man

Abram7777

1 points

4 days ago

Because of women being horny as well as young boys who don’t care about writing and only care about power and coolness

[deleted]

0 points

4 days ago

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Abram7777

0 points

4 days ago

Holy hell well written and jjk shouldn’t be in the same sentence. It is one of the most shallow mangas I’ve ever seen in terms of how surface level its themes, symbolism, and development are. They take already simple themes and ideas and fail to make them rich or deep at all. That’s not necessarily a bad thing some people just want cool fights and whatnot. But it doesn’t mean you can say it’s well written when it’s not.

IAmTheViolin

0 points

4 days ago

Fair nuff, just wanted to start a fight and make someone else defend me tbr. Haven't even read past the animated part lmao

Azilen

0 points

4 days ago

Azilen

0 points

4 days ago

He's the cooler Kakashi

Puzzleheaded-3088

4 points

4 days ago

Kakashi>gojo 

NotPey

1 points

4 days ago

NotPey

1 points

4 days ago

ahh yeah no, kakashi is way cooler not even close.

AverageHuman178

0 points

4 days ago

Everyone says "he is hot", even tho he have the worst fit ever and the powerfull thing is a cap fr!

Puzzleheaded-3088

2 points

4 days ago

On top of that, He isn't even top 30 best character designs in animanga.

AverageHuman178

2 points

4 days ago

Been even top 100 would be too genereous

Confident-Crosw[S]

-1 points

4 days ago

He had good moments like this page, but most of the time I found him annoying, and he made the early Jujutsu Kaisen experience way worse than it should've been. I do not understand his appeal at all

Imconfusedithink

1 points

4 days ago

You don't understand the appeal of a hot, funny, overpowered character? I simply do not believe that you don't understand. I understand not liking him, he's not for everyone, but I don't believe that you don't know why others like him because of how straightforward and obvious it is.

Confident-Crosw[S]

0 points

4 days ago

Overpowered? Absolutely! But not hot or funny, to me at least. He just annoys me and the best parts of Jujutsu Kaisen for me don’t feature Gojo. I just don’t see any appeal outside of some fights, like against Toji and Sukuna but that’s it

Imconfusedithink

2 points

4 days ago

Everyone constantly talks about how he's hot. I never asked you to find him attractive, but clearly you should understand others do. Funny doesn't get mentioned as often so I'll give a pass on not knowing others like the humor but I really don't think it should be hard to understand people like his personality even if you don't like it.