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Gojo actually shyly kisses Utahime at first, being the type of guy who can flirt so well yet when it comes to making a move he gets awkward vs Utahime being very cold in public but in private is very much a great and confident kisser

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More neighbors college student!Gojo x office worker!Utahime shenanigans

Bro's about to be son-zoned

(He still wants those lunches tho) Commissions Open! $15 Ko-fi sketches open!

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I need them happy!

Gege's Jjk is just suffering 😭

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Gojohime but it's them trying not to admit they like each other cuz Utahime would rather die than believe she too is immune to Gojo's charm and Gojo us perplexed that a strong guy like him folds so quick for a "weak" girl like Utahime

And their friends just have to tolerate gojohime poorly pretend to be nonchalant about each other when it's obvious Gojo and Hime are prolonging the inevitable

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I just love how grown gojohime is. Most straight ships in shonen revolve around the teens. Reading fics about adults is refreshing bc we get more complex dynamics like Gojo and Utahime trying to stay professional while messing around, mentoring and defending the kiddos while sneaking around corrupted higher ups, clan politics where even though they're independent adults they still have to play by the rules of jjk society

And when I mean ships, I'm down for them being romantic or simply work colleagues that put aside differences to better the future youth or slow burn besties

Yeah we don't get that much of Utahime but she has a lingering presence a woman in shonen who is respected by her students despite not being the strongest like Gojo and its still interesting that Gojo calls Utahime weak but needs her curse technique for a man used to having zero help. It's fun to explore in fics and hcs

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Drunk Utahime is actually really messy and Gojo is one of the few people that can handle her cuz when Uta's had too much liquor she becomes a party girl that can't be tamed

She is dancing atop the bar. She is aggressively flirting and scaring the men with her no bs eye contact (only Gojo can stand the intensity of her)

Utahime pukes and it's fine cuz Gojo's infinity keeps him clean. It's expected of him to take her home and he dutifully does cuz seeing Utahime at her worst is a privilege in his eyes, especially when she gets embarrassed at how out of control she became

She always wakes up with extra migraine medicine beside her bed and water cuz Gojo always places it there for her to reach

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Gojohime as teachers headcanon goes like...

Utahime's theme song should be Big Ole Freak from Megan thee Stallion just off the lyrics of Gojo being addicted to her and throwing a fit when Uta just gets the dick and leaves right after

She's using Gojo solely for her pleasure cuz anything more would give her an aneurysm of annoyance while Gojo is bratty and thinks he just needs to go harder to get Uta dickmatized (opposite though cuz clearly pussy power is winning here lol)

Like the lyrics are so perfectly gojohime coded "it"s driving him crazy/I think I gotta run from him/nobody know I fuck with him on the low/we never show up together but I text him when I'm ready to go"

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Love fics where Gojo is down bad for Utahime and gets so jealous/possesive when she happily looks at the other kouhai over him. Everyone can see he's acting like a spoiled brat cuz Utahime chose to compliment Nanami, hug Shoko, give Haibara a snack, even gift Geto some mints or a drink to wash the taste of a cursed spirit off his tongue

Utahime is either totally oblivious or she is hoping Gojo's stupid crush on her passes, but the colder she is to him the more determined he is to get her to praise him. Whenever Gojo is particularly annoying and arrogant, Utahime's kouhai tell her to jokingly stroke Gojo's inflated ego and bc Utahime trusts Shoko or Nanami's judgment she does.

"Gojo, you really are a genius" Utahime says sarcastically and Gojo all but freezes in shock, skin completely flushed and mouth for once snapped shut

Utahime still doesn't get that sometimes her kouhai use her as the ultimate weapon to humble insufferable Gojo and Gojo let's himself get played by his friends cuz at least Utahime is paying him attention. Truly a dog desperate for a "good boy" and pat on the head

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Gojohime where Utahime knows Gojo's feeling particularly fond of her when he drags out the nickname "Himeeeee~" vs Gojo knowing Utahime's being serious cuz she calls him "Satoru"

Gojohime where Utahime has mixed feelings about getting invited to esteemed sorcerer spaces bc they know Gojo will show up if she's there, so it makes her also wonder if she'd ever be invited for her own accomplishments or work ethic. Meanwhile Gojo only shows up bc he doesn't like how the Higher Ups dangle Utahime around due to her curse technique and her influence over Gojo, so he's making it a point that he's only here so they treat Utahime well especially in his presence (kinda like look, don't touch)

Gojohime where Gojo thinks Utahime is pretending to hate his guts so the Higher Ups won't see her as a threat/traitor for being one of the few that knew Gojo and Geto pre Geto's betrayal. He's clueless that he actually bothers her bc he truly thinks she's uses her smarts to throw off the corrupted leaders since she's too "weak" to do whatever she wants like how Gojo lives

Gojohime progression where Utahime slow burns from hatred to tolerance toward Gojo and Gojo practically thinks they're a married long distance work couple cuz of it. She doesn't scowl immediately upon seeing him? Gojo gets giddy over it

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Literally thinking about meet cute Gojohime where Utahime is forced to babysit Gojo even tho it's only a 3 yr age gap just cuz the clans see she's A) very serious/responsible about following duty and honor bound compared to out of control untameable Gojo, B) Gojo actually tolerates her in his presence even if she's "weak" and finds her entertaining and C) she isn't trying to kill him, isn't afraid of him, and isn't trying to marry him for status/groom him into a weapon so she can be trusted as a non blood relative to be around

That's how Hime becomes a constant in Gojo's life as someone who doesn't view him as simply the best cuz of his lineage and cursed technique and good looks. And it drives Gojo wild that he has a crush on someone who refuses to see him as more than the cocky kid that has no respect for authority and order when he literally followed Hime into the teaching career just to annoy her

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I wonder how much of gojohime's miscommunication trope is based on him thinking Uta has resting bitch face. Like does Gojo believe Uta grimaces 90% of the time or that her irritated face is solely directed to him 🤔

It'd be so funny if that was the case an that's why he thinks they have a gimmick going on when nah, he is hated by her

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My hc for gojohime is that Gojo love Utahime being mean to him. He likes pissing her off, gets her to laser focus on him even if she chewing him out cuz that's the attention he wants from her. He's used to the praise and the admiration, but Utahime is a challenge (especially since he don't know she actually don't fw him for real lol)

It's not just a classic shoujo trope, but an irl thing where the dude tries hard in anyway to not be ignored by a girl that stays scowling at him

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Aaaaah I just saw this official JJK Phantom Parade game vid where Gojo is trying to figure out what sport the students should play during the goodwill event. He convinces Utahime to go to the batting cages with him, offers to pay for her, and says "exercising is best when you're irritated" after getting on Utahime's nerves lol

The banter was exquisite cuz they're both roasting each other as teachers. It's here Gojo gets the idea of baseball for the chosen sport after watching Uta hit homeruns. The crumbs given about their dynamic is so cute

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Thinking about how Gojo would be so peeved if anyone else could get on Utahime's nerves besides him

Gojo is possessive of his title as Utahime's biggest headache

And Utahime accidentally reassures him that he can't be replaced (cuz who can surpass Gojo)

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Feel like Gojo's so used to being the one that flirts so when Utahime matches his energy as like a "two can play that game" he becomes very shy and stutters and gets quiet and Utahime is glad she can shut him up but she's also shocked at her own flirty actions

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I like the dynamic of oblivious no-nonsense Utahime x seriously pining yet super jokester Gojo in fanfics

They're both awkward, with Utahime unable to recognize flirting (especially since its coming from Gojo) and Gojo being so flirty its never seen as genuine (unless he drops the smile and reveals his eyes)

What's that one internet tweet? Gojo was born to shoujo but forced to shonen. He is the classic shoujo love interest MC to Utahime's goal oriented shoujo heroine. That so 90s/early 2000s coded which is funny since gojohime would be kids growing up in that era as canon 80s babies. And it's also refreshing to see older woman x younger man pairing especially since Utahime is in her 30s which is the decade lots of media see as terrible fate for women to age into

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The dynamic between Gojohime is so fun cuz it doesn't just have to be romance (tho I like seeing that part of fandom too). It can literally be a forming friendship kind of thing with their canon miscommunication trope (Utahime despising Gojo's teasing/Gojo thinking Uta and him have a routine shtick they do)

They're coworkers who have the potential of becoming close one day, with Gojo repping the "we go way back" guy vs Utahime's "talk to me during business hours only" guy

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I really don't get why people dislike gojohime to the point they have to rain on the shippers parade. I'm old school where anything and anybody got shipped like Elsa and Jack Frost or the Brawny paper towel man x Mr. Clean mascot shipping days

We shipped just bc and there was no rhyme or reason, it's just cuz we like shipping. And if we didn't like it, we simply didn't engage, not try to convert people into antis like it's the crusades

I'm a multishipper too and Gojo is a very shippable JJK character so I'm down for suguru/nanami/utahime etc as possibilities. I just think it's crazy unfair and unserious that shippers get put on the spot to defend why they like something. It's like defending why you prefer savory over sweet or spicy. It's just what we're in the mood for and it's harmless.