Why Does Satoru Gojo Put on Cowl His Eyes?

“Jujutsu Kaisen,” one of the crucial fashionable present shonen motion animes, is a part of a current development of motion reveals with heavy horror vibes and influences. Primarily based on the manga of the identical title by Gege Akutami, the sequence takes place in a world the place unfavourable feelings create “cursed power,” a robust power supply that births evil spirits referred to as Curses. Nevertheless, this universe can also be dwelling to Jujutsu Sorcerers, that are people who use the cursed power inside their very own our bodies to combat again towards these Curses.

The present itself follows Yuji Itadori (Junya Enoki and Adam McArthur within the Japanese and English-language variations of the sequence, respectively), a younger man who joins a secret college to study the methods of the Jujutsu Sorcerers after turning into the host of a robust Curse named Sukuna. “Jujutsu Kaisen,” which has already given rise a really profitable prequel film titled “Jujutsu Kaisen 0,” is filled with memorable characters (lots of which endure horrific deaths over the course of the story), ranging from the Jujutsu Sorcerers that Yuji befriends (after which get horribly killed), to the various Curses they face off towards. This helps to make the franchise’s setting really feel lived-in and fleshed-out.

For sure, although, the standout character (and by far the preferred character Akutami ever created) is Satoru Gojo (who’s voiced by completely different actors relying on his age), the charming and enigmatic mentor who all the time covers his eyes. However why, precisely, does he preserve his eyes coated?

We meet Satoru Gojo within the very first episode of “Jujutsu Kaisen” when he saves Yuji from an assault by a Curse and invitations him to hitch Tokyo Jujutsu Excessive. Gojo then goes on to change into a mentor to the younger Jujutsu Sorcerer hopeful, vouching for him and even coaching him again to well being after he will get briefly killed.

Gojo is each the Gandalf-style mentor and father determine to Yuji and the present’s different primary characters, but he additionally behaves a bit of like an older brother and continually jokes round with them. Nonetheless, as humorous and entertaining as Gojo is, it is made clear early on within the first season of the present that there is extra to him than simply attractiveness and being enjoyable.

Certainly, it seems Gojo is plagued by his darkish and haunting previous, which we get a glimpse of in each “Jujutsu Kaisen 0” and “Jujutsu Kaisen” Season 2. We additionally come to study extra about Gojo’s relationship with Suguru Geto, a fellow Jujutsu Sorcerer who was additionally Gojo’s finest good friend — that’s, till, he finally tried to take over Japan and kill all of the Jujutsu Sorcerer, finally forcing Gojo to execute him.

The only reply is that Gojo is sort of like Cyclops in “X-Males,” and protecting his eyes lets him focus his powers and keep away from exhaustion. The considerably longer reply is that Gege Akutami was closely impressed by “Naruto” and Gojo is a homage to Kakashi, Naruto’s personal mentor (who equally has white hair and covers half his face).

The canonical reply, nevertheless, has to do with Gojo’s particular powers. Each Jujutsu Sorcerer has a selected method or capacity that lets them channel their cursed power. In Gojo’s case, he inherited the particular Six Eyes method belonging to the Gojo clan. This system offers Gojo extraordinary notion and permits him to see the movement of cursed power. Via this, Gojo also can study the cursed methods utilized by these round him, which supplies him with an enormous benefit throughout fight.

As a result of Gojo has to course of a lot data along with his eyes when he makes use of the Six Eyes method, it leaves him (and anybody else able to truly utilizing the method) exhausted. Therefore, he elects to put on a headscarf or glasses to maintain his eyes coated. That being mentioned, not solely can he nonetheless see even when he is blindfolded, however Gojo also can sense the movement of cursed power round residing beings and even inanimate objects.

Gojo isn’t just sturdy, he is additionally well known on this planet of “Jujutsu Kaisen” because the strongest residing sorcerer. This is because of him having an especially uncommon mixture of skills — particularly, the Six Eyes method talked about earlier (which, once more, permits him to understand and management his cursed power), in addition to the Limitless method, which lets Gojo manipulate and deform area at will, making a void referred to as “infinity.” On prime of all that, Gojo is the primary particular person able to utilizing each methods to be born within the final 400 years.

Such a robust character can also be fairly troublesome to put in writing for in a compelling manner, as Gojo can simply defeat any enemy he faces off towards. For this reason creator Gege Akutami has repeatedly joked about hating Gojo and celebrating his misfortunes. At each alternative, “Jujutsu Kaisen” tries to discover a strategy to preserve the character trapped or away from an enormous battle. In any other case, he would defeat all of the villains round him with out even breaking a sweat.

“Jujutsu Kaisen” is at the moment streaming on Crunchyroll.