The one that truly understood Toji was Gojo, not Naoya.
I didn't even realize that Toji is in front, because Gojo is looking at him while Toji is looking at nothing.
This is Naoya acknowledging Gojo understanding Toji. Not him respecting or glazing Gojo alongside Toji. He's solely glazing Toji here.
Nobody was ignorant of Gojo's power. Everyone knew about it since his birth. But people was ignorant of Toji's strength hence making them insignificant unlike Gojo who realized it after he met him, just like Naoya.
I have a theory that Naoya met Gojo when he went there to make deals for Megumi and Gojo talked about Toji there and definitely said something about him that pissed off the Zenin members except Naoya cause in his mind Toji is strong and Gojo acknowledging it made him realize he was not alone in that thought and put him alongside Gojo in club of people who truly understood Toji.
But he was so close to the point yet missed it. He only saw Toji's strength but not the loneliness that was caused because of it. The damage it brought upon him. Gojo did and Gojo understood. That's why he wanted to change the younger generation. That's why many of his students are misfits and outcasts (Maki, Yuta etc). He wanted to give them a chance that Toji was denied as a child. Gojo is usually very mocking and cocky to those whom he beats up (even badmouthed Sukuna over and over again while he was dragging his ass across the buildings) but when Toji died, his face was serious, somber. No mocking, cruel words because he finally understood why Toji is the way he is. Probably why he agreed to take in Megumi upon Toji's subtle suggestions. When he awkward he too realized the loneliness and isolation that he failed to notice before as he had equals (Geto), but after awakening he was alone just like Toji. And didn't want anyone to bear that burden.
This is where Naoya failed.
Naoya thought Toji was a rare gem that he and someone like Gojo understood. It was his pride and achievement. In that regard he felt he was familiar with them, in league with them: league of real strength.
Naoya saw the light of Toji's strength but failed to see the darkness beneath (unlike Gojo). If he did, he'd not have treated Maki so cruelly. He'd have tried to change the world like Gojo did upon seeing Toji. But he derailed himself because of his superficial understanding. He became just like those "insignificant people" who he looked down upon.
Gojo Satoru understood Fushiguro Toji/Zenin Toji. He is the one who truly gets him. Not Naoya. Ironically Gojo is once again truly alone in that club of understanding Toji, just like he was alone in everything else.
How I wish Mamagumi was alive and Toji met him in much stable mind. I feel like Gojo wouldn't have been so burdened and lonely, despite being two end of the opposite poles they shared something common that nobody at that time did.
The sin of insignificant isn't just ignorance of strength but also failure to understand what that strength cost the wielder.
I'm going go ahead and say it: Gege should have gone with his original plan and Make Megumi the MC. This way we could have learnt about the six eyes, ten shadow, heavenly restrictions more which played main role in the current story. It should have been about them.
Even in modulo, the current ten shadow weilder has a heavenly restricted father who ironically also left his children behind despite having loving parents. Lmao.
I feel like in order to have a ten shadow, one of the parents need to be heavenly restricted. So far, my theory seems to coinside. But who knows. Gege sucks at details like this. Leaving too many unanswered questions.
