Gojo does care
Party people, this is going to be a rant (I may or may not delete it), so buckle up.
Disclaimer: This is not a rant against Twitter user flobios, I agree with them very much but I saw this and I just know there are people who reduce Gojo to this. Manga spoilers after the cut.
First of all: Yeah, where do people even get this interpretation from? Are we reading/watching the same Jujutsu Kaisen? Apparently not.
Look, we all slander him for fun and shit and I get that (I do it myself). It’s totally fine to say something like “I bet he never showers”, “he has stinky armpits” or something like that.
But here’s what we’re not gonna do: Butchering or reducing his character that Akutami Gege-sensei worked hard on to develop during the story. As a writer I know how much time it takes to create something, so this is a no-no. Gege would laugh at the “stinky armpit” statement but probably not about the “Gojo doesn’t care about anything but himself” theory, even if he dislikes his own creation.
Plus, if you say he doesn’t care, then I can almost tell you didn’t even watch the anime properly (which only contains up till chapter 60 something from the manga btw).
So answer me. If Gojo only cares about himself, why would he...
...respect Megumi’s decision to save Yuji and help Megumi fulfilling this wish of his? Yes, this is a double-edged argument because you could simply say that Gojo saw potential as sorcerer within Yuji, it would benefit his plan to raise a new generation of strong and intelligent sorcerers. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT.
...try to even raise a new generation? He’s one of the strongest in the jjkverse, he could probably overthrow the higher-ups by himself. But he realizes that's not going to change anything. Consider this too: He's so strong that he can do whatever he wants - nobody would go against him anyway (who could?). So this is definitely for the sake of others.
...get so mad when Yuji died? He only met the student anyway and probably saw A LOT of people submit to despair or even die. It's bound to happen after spending 28 years of his life in the world of Jujutsu. Shouldn't he be desensitized by now?
...train Yuji in person for an entire month? We didn’t see it onscreen but he said so himself in the anime (episode 7). Bear in mind that this man is a special grade sorcerer with lots of different stuff to do and how Megumi said that Gojo is not someone who should be lurking at school, at all.
He doesn’t show iit openly but deep down, Gojo cares in so many ways, almost cares too much if you ask me.
Manga spoilers below:
