Out of all the most beloved characters in shounen, Gojo Satoru is certainly a top choice. When Jujutsu Kaisen first aired back in the Fall 2020 season, fans quickly fell in love with Gojo’s character, making him a poster child of the show. What makes him so appealing is his incredible strength as the strongest sorcerer in the Jujutsu Kaisen universe. Here we will take a look at what exactly makes Gojo so powerful, and if he might be a little too overpowered.
Jujutsu Kaisen follows Itadori Yuuji who enrolls in a Tokyo Jujutsu High after becoming Sukuna’s vessel. There, he trains to become a sorcerer along with his classmates, Megumi and Nobara. To become a sorcerer as a profession, one typically needs the ability to see cursed spirits and possess high levels of cursed energy to use special techniques. The job consists of finding and eliminating curses that threaten the lives of everyday humans. So what exactly makes Gojo the best sorcerer?
Gojo’s Powers Explained
Gojo Satoru is blessed with incredibly rare and unique powers, but it can be confusing how it all works. Thankfully, Gojo’s powers can be explained based on how he utilizes his inherited technique, Limitless. On the fundamental level, Limitless grants the user absolute control over space using cursed energy. Gojo’s ability to slow down anything that comes near him is Infinity, the neutral and most basic form of Limitless. However, this ability can be modified, resulting in different techniques.
The first technique, Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue is an enhanced version of Limitless. Blue is the result of Gojo adding negative cursed energy to amplify Limitless. The result is the ability to create negative space, causing matter to be pulled inward, filling the empty space. Cursed Technique Reversal: Red is Gojo’s next technique and is the inverse of Blue. Red is made from Gojo applying a reversal technique to the cursed energy used for Blue, producing an opposite effect. Instead, Red creates excess space, forcing matter to repel. Gojo’s secret technique, Hollow Technique: Purple is an unknown combination between Red and Blue. The creation of positive and negative space together creates a singularity forming ‘imaginary mass’. The result is an unstoppable orb that erases everything in its path.
Why is Gojo the Strongest Sorcerer?
Gojo is the first sorcerer of the Gojo family to be born with both Limitless and Six Eyes in 400 years. While Limitless basis for Gojo’s techniques, Six Eyes enhances his abilities ten-fold, reducing the amount of cursed energy for his techniques to almost nothing. It’s the astronomically rare combination that makes him the perfect storm for killing curses. However, with Limitless and Six Eyes alone, Gojo would only be capable of performing Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue. At most, the technique could only create massive gravitational pulls, similar to a black hole. To repel matter, Gojo learned the incredibly difficult technique of reversing cursed energy. By default, cursed energy is negative, since it is born from negative emotions, and only has the power to hurt. However, by multiplying the negative energy, positive cursed energy can be created and used to heal. This is an incredibly rare technique and is used by Gojo to create Cursed Technique Reversal: Red by inverting Blue.
Gojo can keep a permanent barrier of Infinity around him through the negligible amount of energy it costs due to Six Eyes. Simultaneously, Gojo heals himself with positive energy to alleviate the physical strain from using Infinity constantly. Not only does Gojo possess multiple rare talents, but he also has a massive amount of cursed energy. Coupled with tremendous physical strength, intelligence and agility, it is no wonder why he is the strongest jujutsu sorcerer.
Is Gojo Too Overpowered?
The jaw-dropping strength behind Gojo Satoru makes for some exciting moments by blowing away enemies with ease. However, it can also make fights incredibly predictable, removing a lot of the tension and stakes that make shounen battles so exciting.
The Jujutsu Kaisen universe seems to be aware of the fact that Gojo is extremely overpowered. Similar to All Might in My Hero Academia, Gojo’s presence alone has put many curses into hiding, afraid of being exorcised. Even the most powerful cursed spirits are completely helpless in the face of Satoru Gojo. Jogo, a special grade cursed spirit got completely demolished in episode 5 of Jujutsu Kaisen. However, it seems that Jogo and his alliance are collaborating to take Gojo down. It is not known what exactly the plan is, but if they are successful then it would spell massive danger for all Jujutsu sorcerers.