on the case of "it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd fall in love with either one of you."
( Translations differ, unofficial source for photo. Same premise of, I would never love either one of you. )
This line, in the context of the chapter, comes completely out of the blue. It's said by Shoko, the chapter before Gojo is released, the first thing we read Shoko say this chapter. I myself felt this HAD to be a mistranslation, because it came so out of left field for me that Shoko was suddenly talking about loving Gojo and Geto.
Some i've seen claim she's talking about platonic love here, but I find that very hard to believe when in the next panel she is claiming that she was there for him, and is with the group of monsters waiting his return.
The next page gives context to why she would be thinking this- she can't even start to understand how Gojo felt alone. Not when she has been there the whole time for him, not when he has students all around waiting for his return. Here we can see what in reality she lacked over romantic love, a deeper understanding of Gojo.
She could not understand the loneliness of being strong like Geto could. ( Though, I hate when people say this is the only difference. Sukuna too understood that lonely feeling, that didn't mean he could satisfy Gojo. )
Put simply, she was trying to figure out what she was lacking to make Gojo feel alone. And her answer seems to be that she lacked the love that Gojo ( And perhaps even Geto ) needed to be able to feel not alone in this world. How right or wrong she is doesn't exactly matter, but we know how important Geto is to Gojo. We know that what everyone else lacked for Gojo, Geto had. Perhaps outside of the ability to understand each other when it mattered.
( I honestly doubt that Shoko even realizes that Gojo doesn't see her as much more then an acquaintance. The relationship between these two is rather sad, with little communication outside of probably work. I think this is just because Gojo's only understanding of friend is Geto and their relationship alone. )
But, why is that brought up now, exactly? In the context of the chapter, on the edge of our seats for the return of Gojo- isn't it a little odd to be thinking on something like "I could have never loved you", to someone she clearly cares about??
I would think it is, if not for the fact that it's setting up for the next chapter and some vibes about Gojo& Geto's relationship.
The next chapter sets up the idea that Gojo's state after the unsealing is possibly unstable, they set up for a whole big thing. It's a little anticlimatic, IMO, when it turns out that Gojo just...teleports away?
That's what I thought at first, anyways, until I realized that Gojo had the full intentions of killing Kenjaku as soon as possible all for the possibility of mourning his body...Again.
You'd assume he's past that phase, but you know, we all handle grief differently, whatever. But in the context of the past two chapters, the idea of Satoru's loneliness that could only be cured by love, not platonic love, he seeks out the body of his best friend, just to mourn him all over again...
That's not all either. As it turns out..If Gojo can't have the body right now, he'll want it on December 24th. A notoriously romantic holiday, to the point that even Kenjaku points it out as gross.
And before I hear "Kenjaku is just trying to get on Gojo's nerves!"
...Yes, obviously. The guy with all of Geto's memories, who we know has seen enough with how he had all his faith in just saying "Hi Satoru" would be able to trap Gojo. I really do doubt that Kenjaku was just randomly making insults.
Especially when you consider the fact that Geto is the one who originally made these plans on December 24th. Kenjaku would not only have all the memories of Geto and Gojo's time together, but also would know the exact mindset that Geto had when planning this on Christmas Eve.
I have a hard time believing this guy who has all the access to everything he could to make a cutting jab at Gojo would just pick this barely an insult "Isn't that gross cuz it's romantic?"
And the other defense I often hear comes from Gojo himself.
And like...Yeah. Sure. This works as an excuse. But it's not exactly like Gojo cared up until the moment that he knew he couldn't have the body then and there. Who would this second death anniversary even matter to?
Of course Gojo doesn't give a genuine defense to Kenjaku, why would he? Giving a genuine response to something that simply leaches off of every genuine emotion you give him is a poor idea.
I still kind of think that Shoko just thinking about this was kind of weird in the moment, even if it kind of led into the next chapter being about Gojo the Romantic when he's Emotional
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