Recently, I made a thread where I broke down the amount of whitu cocku worship that's present in anime, not only by foids, but also by Japanese males. If the idea interests you, you can find that post
here, with a complimentary tl;dr at the bottom. In this post, the prime example for foid worship of whitu cocku was a fairly popular character, Gojo Satoru from JJK also known as the
strongest moggest. In this thread I had also mentioned the now infamous Gojo Satoru tampon blood incident (more on this later) and it naturally caught a few peoples' eye.
So, I have written up this post in which I break down why and how Gojo Satoru is the physical incarnation of the blackpill itself and how crazy foids go over this fairly shallow character. I will also go into detail on how Gojo's existent characterization is sabotaged by his attractiveness in and out of universe, and how his character arc would be significantly more impactful and well written if he was a sub5 incel (I'm not joking) (
@Left4DeadDarkie asked me to tag him, so here's that.)
This will be a long one, so there's a tl;dr at the bottom of this one as well.
Now, why is Gojo such a popular anime character, especially among women? Well, to start off he has very striking, glowing blue eyes as a result of having the six eyes ability, we'll go more in depth on this ability later, but for now just know that it's a very rare inherited ability unique to Gojo's clan, and that it's the main reason why he's the strongest character in the series. The anime makes it a point to show off his eyes as much as possible, and includes many closeups, despite the fact that Gojo is known for wearing a blindfold, he drops this very early on in the series, likely because Gege Akutami (the author of JJK) realized that it would attract more female fans if he had Gojo instead wear glasses that still show his eyes, or just wear nothing at all.
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Gojo is also canonically 6'3, and the anime makes a point to show this as often as possible. In his first appearance, Gojo touches another character, Jogo's hand, in order to show off his infinity ability (more on this later) but the scene is mostly remembered for the contrast between Jogo's more average sized hands, and Gojo's. Foids really went crazy over how this scene showed Gojo's massive height.
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(Gojo mogging at a train station.)
Although Gojo is canonically Japanese, his striking blue eyes, colored hair, massive height, pale skin and white looking facial structure once again prove JBW, and it's funny how the most popular (allegedly Japanese) character in a Japanese work of media once again reinforce Japan's obsession with whitu cocku.
Now, as for Gojo's popularity, Gojo is extremely attractive to women, both in and out of universe. Canonically he is an extremely attractive character, how could he not be, being 6'3 and having blue eyes in Japan. In the real world, he frequently tops lists of the most attractive characters ever since JJK's initial rise in popularity.
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Not only did he top animecorner's most attractive man of 2023 list, but he also won a
Crunchyroll biggest anime crush of 2023 survey, getting almost
twice as many votes as the leading female character, Yor Forger.
If you want to see more evidence for yourself, you can simply go on TikTok and search for Gojo Satoru edits. The majority of these edits primarily highlight his height, eyes, attractiveness, or his strength, and you can find countless foids gushing over him in the comments. However, all of these Tiktoks will pale in comparison to the next example.
Finally, there is the infamous Gojo Satoru tampon blood incident which was mentioned earlier. This is exactly what it sounds like, and there's not much I can say other than that foids really are gross. the video is linked below, it really just needs to be seen. Keep in mind that this figure is probably a few hundred dollars by the way, this isn't some cheap my little pony toy.
Now, as for Gojo's attractiveness in universe. In JJk, there's a scene where Gojo seduces an entire classroom of prime jailbait girls and their teacher mere seconds after meeting them, without even saying a word. The girls make multiple comments over his height and face, and all start fighting over him, despite having only just met him and knowing NOTHING about his personality
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pXEgqps4N4
And so, the obvious is confirmed, Gojo is naturally considered to be extremely attractive in universe. Keep this information in mind, as it will be relevant later when discussing his character arc and how his attractiveness sabotages it.
But Tacomonkey! I hear you cry out. I thought that foids valued a man's personality and kindness? What do you mean Gojo's only liked for his attractiveness?!?! Surely he just has a great pERsonality!!! Well, here comes the punchline, dear reader.
Gojo is canonically insufferable
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That's right, Gojo annoys and angers nearly every character he comes in contact with, and those who know him best find him incredibly annoying.
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Gojo is incredibly cocky, arrogant, annoying, and is constantly wisecracking, leading to pretty much everyone who knows him, from Utahime to the principal of Jujutsu high, to Nanami, to his own students finding him a pain to be around.
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The only people who Gojo really gets along with are Yuji Itadori, the main character, and his best friend Geto Suguru, who's essentially Jujutsu Hitler. That part isn't really important, but I found it funny.
Gojo, through his attractiveness in and out of universe clearly proves that physical attractiveness is far more important than your pERsonality or other such copes.
Next, we will discuss Gojo's abilities, his character arc, and how his conflict with Toji Fushiguro is a good metaphorical representative of the blackpill.
First, we will break down Gojo's abilities and basic backstory. Gojo is a member of the Gojo clan, one of the big 3 and most powerful sorcerer clans within Jujutsu Kaisen. Most or all (it's not clearly explained) members of the Gojo clan have the limitless ability, which has 6 primary uses.
Blue, a projectile with functions as a sort of black hole, attracting everything around it and tearing it apart by blending it together. Gojo can also infuse his physical attacks (such as punches and kicks) with blue in order to strengthen them.
Red, the reversal of Blue. Instead of attracting matter, it instead repels it, allowing Gojo to create distance between him and enemies very quickly, and also allowing him to launch back anyone who's hit by it.
Hollow Purple, the fusion of Red and Blue. Hollow purple is said to attract and repel matter, functionally, this means that it doesn't have a range of effect and thus doesn't attract anything around it, and it doesn't repel anything it touches, but instead essentially atomizes anything that the projectile itself comes in contact with.
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This is one of the strongest abilities in the series, functioning as a sort of nuke. Gojo of course, makes sure to show off his mogger blue eys whenever he uses it. Hollow Purple will be important later in Gojo's fight with Toji, so keep it in mind
Gojo can also teleport. I think that this is technically an application of Blue, but it's powerful enough that it's worth mentioning separately.
Unlimited Void is Gojo's domain expansion, which means that he essentially creates a spherical barrier that traps everything in a certain radius within its effects.
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Unlimited Void is one of if not the strongest domain expansion in the series, as it causes severe brain damage to anyone caught within it who isn't touching Gojo. Weaker opponents suffer severe brain damage, and are left brain dead, but stronger opponents or those exposed to it for shorter periods of time are "merely" immobilized, which still ends most fights with very little effort.
Finally, Gojo's strongest ability is passive infinity, which works by exponentially slowing down anything that approaches him before it can reach him. This renders Gojo essentially untouchable under most circumstances, and it is one of the strongest abilities in the series.
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Now, although most members of the Gojo clan have the limitless ability, Gojo himself is unique in that he was also born with the six eyes. The six eyes are an extremely rare inherited ability that a single Gojo clan member is born with approximately once every 500 years. The six eyes are the source of Gojo's most powerful ability, his glowing mogger blue eyes, but they also allow him to use his passive infinity 24/7, whereas other limitless users would run out of cursed energy (called CE from now on, basically just mana) within seconds. The six eyes also allow Gojo to see the flow of CE at a literal atomic level, allowing him to see most attacks coming, instantly discern most others' techniques and how they work, and even identify people by their CE signatures.
The reason why all of this is important is that none of Gojo's abilities are earned. He didn't work hard or train for any of these incredibly overpowered abilities. He didn't fight for them, and he didn't learn them, he was just born with them. Gojo got limitless because he was born into the right clan and had the right genes, and he got six eyes because he was born into the right clan, had the right genes, and also got extremely lucky. Gojo is the strongest character in JJK, not because of his hard work or because of any unique knowledge he possesses, but simply because he was born with the right genes. Gojo himself says that 80% of a sorcerer's potential comes down to their genetics.
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(This is a bit of a weird scanlation, calling sorcerers shamans, and shortening cursed techniques to "technique" but other than weird naming choices, it is accurate)
In fact, Gojo is so powerful, that his birth was outright stated to have changed the balance of the universe as a whole, and curses adapted to become stronger solely because of him being born.
Now, onto Gojo's character and his arc. Gojo's character is fairly simple, the vast majority of people see him only as a weapon and a tool to be used. To the majority of the sorcerer world, Gojo is only his title of "the strongest" and nothing more, and no one stops to value him as a person. Additionally, Gojo struggles with the question that Jujutsu Hitler asked him a long time ago "are you the strongest because you're Gojo Satoru, or are you Gojo Satoru because you're the strongest?" Which is to say, Geto is asking Gojo whether his strength is a result of his own hard work and personality, or whether he was just born with it, and his personality was shaped by being the strongest.
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The problems with his arc are clear. For starters, the series' writing is unfortunately pretty weak, and the majority of characters in JJK are underdeveloped, Gojo is no exception, Geto's question isn't dwelled on as much as it should be, and we never really get a clear conclusion to it before his death. Sure, Yuta taking over Gojo's body so that he can become a 6'3 mogger Chad, only to immediately get folded by Sukuna would seem to answer this question, but the natural counter would be that Yuta had been in Gojo's body for literally mere seconds before fighting one of the strongest sorcerers in history, having to literally figure out everything on the spot without a moment to get used to things. Just because Yuta didn't immediately do as well as Gojo doesn't really answer this question, because as the age old saying goes, "hard work beats talent"... and the part that most people forget is "when talent doesn't work hard". Now, disregarding the fact that the manga itself hardly dwells on such a major part of Gojo's character, the answer should be clear to any reader with a brain. Gojo is Gojo Satoru because he's the strongest. Without the genetic six eyes and without the genetic limitless Gojo would just be any other shmuck, no sorcerer could achieve what Gojo has just by working hard, or ever hope to measure up to him through effort and training, because they wouldn't have the six eyes or limitless. Gojo's strength, just like with his attractiveness, is the sole result of his looks. With Gojo's abrasive and cocky personality, and without his incredible genetic gifts, he would never have amounted to anything.
Next, Gojo's desire to be seen as more than just a weapon.
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This actually is a very interesting premise, but it's unfortunately fumbled by having Gojo be so attractive, both in and out of universe. If Gojo ever didn't want to be the strongest, he could just *stop* being a sorcerer, and find great success as a male model, or even just living a normal Chad's life. As a 6'3, blue eyed man in Japan, Gojo could just go out to clubs and party, fucking a different prime jailbait every day. This is literally proven in universe, Gojo could just stop being a sorcerer at any moment and start slaying like crazy, with no effort at all. If Gojo had instead been an unattractive 5'3 Japanese male, whose only talent and ability is being the strongest, then he actually could have had a fairly interesting arc. If Gojo was an ugly man who everyone secretly hated, but tolerated because of his strength, and him being the only one who could fight stronger curses, then we could have scenes of him working to protect normies from existential threats, only to then be neglected and ignored by them once the danger was up. People would put up with sub5jo and be nice to him to his face when he was needed, only to exclude him from parties, private events and the like, where his presence isn't strictly necessary. sub5jo would be valued only for his strength and what it provides, and he would have an incentive to remain a sorcerer because it's the only time in which he feels valued, and the only thing that he's good at, whereas when he's just existing and living his normal life, he's treated like any other sub5. Gojo's fear of only being valued only for his strength fails because he's canonically very attractive, and we see that he's valued for that as well. Gojo canonically could have just retired and slayed pussy all day for the rest of his life, and made a bunch of normie friends thanks to his extreme prettyboy halo, and his whole existential conflict is gone. Gojo's character fails because he's stated to only be valued for his strength, when we see very clearly that it isn't true. Had the narrative pointed this out, it would be a different story, Gojo would be treated as an entitled, delusional Chad with a victim complex, but the story never acknowledges the contradiction, and thus it falls apart.
Of course, the reason the contradiction exists is obvious, if Gojo was an ugly, but better written character, no foids would want to fuck him and JJK would have made a lot less money. Once again, muh pERsonality is brutally disproven. looks>>>>>>good writing for foids.
And, for the closing chapter of this now pages long breakdown, we have Gojo's battle with Toji Fushiguro. Now, a lot of people make the mistake of thinking that Toji is essentially a normal human who just works very hard, this is untrue. Toji does have genetic abilities, but his ability, called a Heavenly Restriction (HR from now on) is seen as incredibly weak by the majority of sorcerers, and it resulted in him being the black sheep of his clan, the Zen'in. don't worry, Toji's HR is much simpler than Gojo's limitless, basically, he's just incredibly physically strong and fast, but at the cost of having no CE, meaning he can't fire magical projectiles, use a domain expansion, etc. Compared to a normal human, Toji is a supreme mogger, but in the context of the sorcerer world, Toji is among the weakest, and he was treated as such by his clan. His whole life, Toji was ignored and tossed aside, seen as weak due to not being able to do the majority of things that any other sorcerer could do. Toji might be a sexhaver, but in the context of sorcery and inherited powers, Toji is the genetic equivalent of a sub5.
Toji visited Gojo as a child one time, and was immediately mogged by him
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Out of all the more experienced sorcerers Toji had met, the only one who was able to sense his presence was child Gojo, thanks to his inherited abilities.
Now, because of Toji's mistreatment and hatred of sorcerers, he decides to go ER and become a sorcerer killer, taking contracts to murder sorcerers whenever possible to earn a living, one of these contracts leads him to kill a girl named Riko, who Gojo happens to be tasked with protecting. Toji first sends other hitmen and assassins over the course of days in order to wear Gojo down and psych him out with the constant threat of attack. Then, he gets the jump of Gojo when he finally thinks he's safe, surprising him with the inverted spear of heaven, a weapon which can bypass infinity. It's never really explained, but because of how powerful it is, we can assume that Toji had to earn this weapon, track it down and fight for it, or the like as the Zen'in wouldn't have just handed it over to him, because of how much they hated him. Toji executes a sneak attack on Gojo, stabbing him through the chest then uses a grenade filled with a swarm of cursed insects, allowing him to blind and disorient Gojo and take him down. Toji was stated to have been planning this assassination for weeks, and he's been training his whole life to do this (he's like 40 at this point, Gojo is like 17) meanwhile, Gojo has always just relied on his genetic gifts. After taking Gojo down, Toji kills Riko and beats Geto. Getting beat by a sub5 pisses Geto off so much that he decides to become Hitler. After this, Toji is going to go home, only for Gojo to catch him by surprise.
That's right, Gojo survived getting stabbed in the head somehow, and his near death experience "awoke" his six eyes and granted him a deeper understanding of Jujutsu, and allowed him to fully unlock his genetic potential. Toji tries to fight back briefly, only for Gojo to confidently declare himself "the honored one" and immediately killing Toji with Hollow Purple, which he can now use thanks to his awakened six eyes, hardly letting Toji put up a fight.
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Despite training his whole life, gathering powerful weapons and carefully organizing an ambush, wearing Gojo down over days so that he's tired when they fight, and using a swarm of insects to counter his incredible vision, Toji just immediately loses to a single projectile once Gojo unlocks his true genetic mogger. Toji had to plan this attack for weeks, and use his intelligence to carefully bypass Gojo's genetic gifts and take him down. All Gojo had to do was just blindly fire a single Purple, which he can do thanks to his superior genetics.
Despite him being a sexhaver, I hereby declare Toji Fushiguro to be an honorary sorcerercel saint, who gave his life in trying to take down the most genetically gifted Chad in anime history.
Tl;dr below
In conclusion, Gojo is extremely attractive both in and out of universe thanks to his superior genetics, this is despite being canonically very cocky and insufferable, and generally having a bad pERsonality. He looks very white despite allegedly being Japanese, and his most attractive traits, his 6'3 height and his blue eyes are both white traits, thus proving JBW once more. His immense strength is also canonically solely a result of his genes, and he wins fights against much more skilled, experienced and hard working opponents solely thanks to his genetics. Gojo's character arc and writing also suffers as a result of his in universe attractiveness, as his greatest conflict is wanting to be seen as more than just a weapon/"the strongest" and yet we know that he's seen as more than just a weapon because a bunch of prime jailbaits canonically want to fuck him mere seconds after meeting him.
Gojo Satoru is the moggest anime character and the most blatant evidence of the blackpill put to paper.
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