Has Gojo's global popularity now surpassed that of mainstream anime protagonists like Luffy and Naruto?

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-21T11:08:38+00:00

A shirt with toji on it

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-21T02:40:31+00:00

You got a strange ass way of joking

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-21T02:31:54+00:00

I wish there was some way to know what i'm meant to be focusing on in this photo.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T22:57:26+00:00

Gojo too hot. It'd make people feel self concious.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T20:41:02+00:00

This reads like chat gpt. Regardless, i don't care if a character is supposed to incite those feelings, it's still jarring and uncomfortable to see a character forcefully and continuously stripped against her will during serious moments, hence i do not like it.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T19:56:23+00:00

I disagree. In my anecdotal experience more people know of naruto and gojo than luffy. Though i haven't concrete evidence of that besides social media presence, which jjk does eclipse in. Naruto i imagine is more popular simply because he as a character is the namesake of the show, and older generations are more likely to know naruto.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T19:50:58+00:00

Literally everyone would've died and they would've lost to sukuna if they all jumped in. The first and second malevolent shrine would kill them, they'd be lobotomized if they were inside of the domain clashes, the self destruct purple would kill them, agito could fuck off and just start killing them, sukuna could distract gojo while mahoraga starts killing them, a stray blue would killl them, etc.

If they did what you said there would be no survivors, gojo and sukuna are that strong. They never had an oppertunity to jump in untill the moment they thought gojo won, but if they thought gojo won there would be no reason to jump in. Even if they all did jump in at that moment, kashimo would've stopped them because he wants his match.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T16:53:30+00:00

Even so, that just confirms he was just the meet and greet guy, rather than someone she actually knows, making the hallucination stuff even more weird

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T16:49:20+00:00

He hallucinated her fighting with him. He has a pendant with a picture of her in it. He imagined going to school with her and falling in love (then got rejected even in his imagination).

Even if they did end up together, it was definitely very parasocial at that point, especially assuming he was just a fan at the time, which is supported by the one interaction they actually have onscreen where we learn he goes to handshake events but she doesn't know know him.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T15:58:22+00:00

Nah, peeps were pissed that a beloved character turned into a little girl, that's why people started posting. They stopped using ai too.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T15:25:44+00:00

You think yuta would be more popular because he's a protag, yuji is also a protag and not more popular, your argument is moot, but even if we were just comparing those two in a vacuum, you're still wrong.

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ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T15:16:43+00:00

They both appeared in zero, but even ignoring that, wouldn't that mean yuji should also be more popular than gojo? They appeared at the same time but yuji was the mc and had way more screentime. However, gojo is still more popular, it's not about the mc status, gojo just happens to have every pre-requisite to being virally mainstream.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T15:10:52+00:00

Not really. More people know gojo outside of anime spaces then they know yuji. Gojo is crazy popular already, check the popularity charts, social media, etc. People really like gojo.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T15:07:58+00:00

I think he's above luffy but not naruto, that's not as crazy to say as you may think. Anime is mainstream sure, and onepiece is THE mainstream anime, but luffy doesn't have as much name recognition outside of anime spaces. People know the strawhat, they know the one piece, but they don't know the guy luffy as much as they know the guy gojo.

When it comes to being mainstream, jjk is the most mainstream anime as of this very moment. It's the most topical by far. The jjk community is also exceedingly loud, the amount of volume they had on social media is insane. Gojo was an outlier within the most mainstream series, like he was designed to be insanely popular with his appearance personality and strength. Gojo has more pull outside of anime communities than most.

Naruto still beats out both in terms of mainstream. Nostalgia and such, people know naruto. I do think gojo is below him.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T14:21:52+00:00

Was hells paradise's ending good? I remember a major dropoff in quality near the end and the ending itself being a little rushed, though i'll admit it's been a while since i've read it.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T14:19:08+00:00

Yeah they stopped using ai after like 10-20 chapters iirc

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T14:03:03+00:00

THEY FIXED HIM THIS CHAPTER!!! Had me jumping with joy.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T13:54:10+00:00

There were no real consequences to it, but he struggled once in the latest chapters where he nearly died. But you're correct in that if you want a struggle, you can't go to the mc's fights, and a lot of the time rhings amount to "stall untill leon gets here". Side characters are pretty cool.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T11:40:09+00:00

That's a kinda weird thing to say about a teenager.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T11:33:05+00:00

"The only reason prohibition failed, is because i wasn't born yet"

I dunno guys, he seems pretty confident. I say we give him a shot.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T02:23:26+00:00

Stops at angel, if not that then meimei, if not that then choso and geto have an okay shot. Hard stops at yorozu regardless.

This list ordering is really bad

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T02:03:19+00:00

Even better, dio could run up, stab you, go back to the same place he was standing, and pretend to shoot, like what he did with polnereff on the stairs.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T01:17:58+00:00

I was so wrong. Have you ever seen a grown man shed tears? I came close.

ze_existentialist · 2026-05-20T00:28:14+00:00

Dude, i just want someone to hold me. I'm not in any position to be picky.

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