#for season 2 and jjk0

[bumi-writes]

Actually, you guys are sleeping on this one. I cooked 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

How Long?

- Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen

- Category: Angst, scene rewrite

- Words: 620-ish

- tags: angst, canonical death, canonical universe, grief, possibly OOC (still getting the feel for these guys), anger, grave, flashback, Gojo has migraines/headaches when he’s too tired (this is almost canon to me), probably WAY too many commas (love those little things)

- pairings: SatoSugu (heavily implied), ItaFushi (lightly implied)

- thank you @feralsteddieshipper for the idea, and for reading it to make sure it’s okay :) <3333

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“How. Long.” Satoru’s voice came out choked, shoved through his teeth as if they didn’t want to let it out.

The self-gratifying smirk never left Kenjaku’s, Suguru’s, face as he stepped closer, leaning over Gojo. “How long what?”

“How long have you been using his body?” Satoru’s blood rushed through his ears, drowning out the laugh he was sure echoed around the space as Kenjaku threw his head back. “How. Long. Have you been using him?”

How long have I been talking to an empty grave?

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Satoru’s head was pounding as he made his way up the familiar steps, not needing to use his Six Eyes to see the path burned into his memory. His body moved slower today, exhausted by the onslaught of missions and lack of sleep. He sighed when he felt the gravel change to grass and tree roots under his sneakers.

Pulling off his blindfold, he squinted in the low light offered by the full moon. He waited for his environment to focus, as he stopped before a small stone under the large Katsura tree.

Geto Suguru

1990|02|03 - 2017|12|24

Don’t lose your way.

Taking a deep breath, Gojo sat cross-legged in front of the stone, and he felt the pressure in his head lessen as he removed his infinity. For a while he sat silently, breathing in the warm summer air as he listened to the Cicadas call out into the darkness.

He spoke quietly, almost afraid to startle the man resting below him, “Tired today; more curses are still popping up because of Itadori and Sukuna. Pretending they’re gone doesn’t work on them, Sugu. The higher-ups are still buying it though. Oh, poor Megs hasn’t gotten out of bed since it happened. You’d think he’d be better adjusted, since he only knew the kid a couple of weeks.”

He could imagine the response, “Sure, but then again he’s got you for a guardian, ‘Toru. Even after everything, you’re still here.”

“Thats different,” he scoffed, pulling a blade of grass from the ground and twirling it between his fingers as he continued, “I think, anyway. He’ll be okay, though. He’s tough. It’s just always rough when it’s someone you know.”

His mind drifted as he trailed off. He thought about another teen boy that smiled like he was sunshine incarnate, lying cold, dim, and much too young on the all too familiar metal slab in the basement of the school.

Shaking his head, determined to make this visit less sad, he continued, “Nanamin is coming back, to help with Itadori while I’m teaching. He’ll do well under him. The kid’s bright. He’s already gotten that dumb doll to stop punching him. God, I hate that thing. You know he called it cute?” He laughed, and he could almost hear someone else joining in as the breeze ruffled his hair.

He basked in the moonlight awhile longer, speaking gently as he rested under the tree. When it was time to leave, he stood and pressed a soft kiss to his fingers before running them over the top of the headstone, as he’d done every day since it was erected.

“Same place tomorrow, Sugu?”

“I’ll be here.”

——————

Kenjaku’s stolen fingers were cool as he pulled Satoru’s face up by the chin, malice glinting behind the plum colored irises he’d known so well, once.

That same malice oozed from every word, sharpened into daggers that pierced Satoru’s chest when spoken, “He was never there. All those nights, all those tears shed, all those words spoken. All to an empty grave.” He gave a mocking tsk as he continued, “It seems even the Six Eyes can be willfully blind.”

Kenjaku stepped back, and the last thing Satoru saw was a small wave, a wiggling of familiar fingers, as his rageful cry was cut off with the closing of the Prison Realm.

[hermitw]

(anime-only friendly post)

Evidence in defense of Suguru Geto - the real villain was Toji's worm.

Banana Fish inspired Jujutsu Kaisen - these parallels aren't important, I'm just making connections bc AFAIK this isn't confirmed, but other sad BL mangas are.

Jessica & Yuki Tsukumo

Dress the same, act the same, do their own thing and come back.

Ash / Eiji & Megumi / Yuuji

Ash & Megumi share a voice actor. They have been thrust into a world that exploits youth from a young age, and this dynamic is normalized by the adults around them. They don't hesitate or fear risking their lives for their friends or their own sense of morality.

They grew up without a mother, having a complicated yet absent father, prone to violence, who in the end made a sacrifice for them. Also their older siblings' similarities.

Eiji & Yuuji are new to this world, innocent, loyal, optimistic compared to those around them.

Yuuji's uniform is a copy of Ash's outfit. Black jacket, red hoodie, red converse (nicer shoes when his uniform came in but still).

Banana Fish (the drug) & Toji's worm

I swear that this worm acts as the drug in Banana Fish, it preys on people's minds making them vulnerable to suggestions, and over time they lose themselves, becoming violent toward others and themselves.

Toji had sliced Geto open with a weapon that was inside of the worm, laced with it, you could say. Geto was unconscious when Toji said "but you, with all your blessed talents, lost to a monkey like me who can't even use jujutsu." that seeped into Geto.

We can tell from JJK0 that Geto took the worm after it crawled up to him. It had already submitted itself, so he would have no reason it absorb the curse. This means that he was spending time with it - the worm could have been crushed and put into his pocket, or even swallowed the way Toji had (no orb, just oroborous worm).

Then there was the conversation with Yuki (which is one reason why I felt like she was planted by Kenjaku, influenced in some way-- and recent interview revealed that Gege was considering Yuki as fake Geto's true identity. I told u all her vibes were off 😤) where she told Geto that he could kill all non-sorcerers. That it could be the easiest solution.

Actually, let's check out the manga page. He looks horrified and shocked that something he said as an off-hand morbid joke to cope with the loss of Haibara and Riko was validated as a real option.

I think that the worm ate away at their minds/souls - from Mahito's antics, it seemed like there was some connection between the soul and the brain. Anyway, I believe that Kenjaku used this curse to lure sorcerers. He would leave it in their path, let it be impressionable to their training, and the worm would eat away at them. This may have assisted in Kenjaku's transfer to a new body, made the process faster, or just caused his victims to devolve so that he could become them.

The worm is a cursed spirit, so naturally it would have fed off of cursed energy, right?

But Toji has no cursed energy. So the spirit could be forced to adapt, though I think that the fear Toji struck into everyone around him could suffice. It seems like Toji fed the worm, and idk the details but Gege has said that Toji found the worm and trained it.

It also seems that Toji lost himself quickly, while Geto held onto himself for much longer.

Toji did not remember his own son's name, which seems like more than just a result of grief over his wife. I know that trauma brain is real, and Toji had been through abuse from the Zenin clan as a child. But it still feels like something more to me. Shiu, who was his friend for 10 years, broke that off. To see Toji only for work, or in hell. Which could imply that's all that Toji was good for. Impossible to connect with as a friend.

Geto had a lot of mental strength, due to raising his family or the rituals he held with affirmations, etc. This might also be due to having cursed energy for the worm to feed off of - though by this time, I'm not sure how much that applied.

I think that Kenjaku was feeding suggestions to Geto by some means (Kenjaku is a master of games and manipulation, planning ahead, etc) in order to break him down, all because he wants the Curse Manipulation technique.

It seems like Geto's true motive was to get Gojo to curse him the way that Yuta had cursed Rika. But by the time that Gojo arrived, Geto already had critical damage by cursed energy, and Gojo cannot heal others with RCT. This is why Geto said you're late.

Geto has spoken about monkeys, about killing, but his actions say otherwise. Even when he does say those things, the way he carries himself changes. It reminds me of Buffy (the vampire slayer)'s mom saying random things due to a brain tumor. She isn't in control, and she doesn't mean it, even though she might insist on something during an episode.

He runs a cult, but it's more like he took over a cult. The same as the village - they were scapegoating young kids, using violence and killing them and gloating in it. He could see that even by removing the victims from there, the cycle would continue, more scapegoats would be found. And they were killing off those who would grow up to be strong, to protect the weak, to guard over them.

Geto's cult was, I think, demonized by Jujutsu Society because it was a powerful group outside of themselves. Mei Mei worked independently from graduating, but she isn't on Geto's level. He lessened their workload, though, by seeking out curses and by letting non-sorcerer victims seek him out for help, even though they had no idea what was going on, they were able to find relief. And he did this without asking for money or anything else in return.

He did break the rule of laying hands on non-sorcerers. (he had to, in order to end the cycle of abuse with Mimiko and Nanako's village, with the cult that killed Riko. They would find another scapegoat if he'd just removed the girls from there). What about that guy he killed?

(sanitizing thoughts here, btw)

This dude is drawn just like the corrupt, greedy capitalist in political cartoons. We don't get details, but we can gather his general character and actions, that he chooses to live in a selfish way that causes harm to many people in a position beneath him.

In JJK0, Geto's people are constantly reminded to not go too far, to just hold them back. I think the exception to this rule was likely to be conservative higher-ups, that Geto was still being protective. Nanako and Mimiko hanged them, I think they were explicitly given permission to. Ijichi was threatened because of the ignorant way he spoke down to them. Obv Ijichi is fine.

What about all of the people Shoko had to heal? She seemed pretty overwhelmed.

They were sorcerers who got hurt by the curses.

Non-sorcerers had already evacuated. If Geto truly hated non-sorcerers and was actually trying to build a world without them - I can't see it. His actions repeatedly protect non-sorcerers (sometimes from oppressive non-sorcerers, which is forbidden, but he still protects them from curses as well).

Gojo said that he can't believe that Geto would start a war he couldn't win, and that it worries him. That it seemed like Geto was bluffing with his number and strength of curses. He even knew exactly how Principal Yaga would react

Calling for help from the clans, from the Ainu Jujutsu Society, who we never hear of again. Geto was getting them to prepare as much as possible.

Why? Why unleash his curses?

And why divide them between Tokyo and Kyoto? He would have won, if his forces were not divided.

Geto was preparing for his own death. He wanted Gojo to curse him the way that Yuuta had cursed Rika, but that meant Geto had to die. And when he dies, the curses he's swallowed would be unleashed (idk if he knew for certain this would happen, or if Toji's caution to not kill Geto for that reason stayed with him. Either way, Geto wasn't going to let that hurt anyone - so the curses that he's absorbed had the best chances at being exorcised with the least amount of casualties, when they were divided between several locations. When the sorcerers had all the time to evacuate the cities, and have a set date to prepare for.

If Geto wanted to hurt anyone, it would have been a surprise attack.

Why was Geto preparing for his own death? We see his mental health break ten years earlier. Despite everything, he held himself together, he had a purpose and a family to care for. Mimiko and Nanako weren't dependent on him- they loved Geto, but they recovered really well. They were so comfortable with themselves, to speak up, to complain, to lounge on the couch with Larue and Miguel. The strain of the worm had enough leverage to drive his actions to drastic places. And he had a story behind them that his family would believe - Geto absorbs Rika, and they can rid the world of curses.

So I think that the worm spirit was used to make Geto more vulnerable. He was distraught, overworked, isolated, but that wasn't enough. He had a strong sense of ethics, I think he had routines that were strong self-care (he spoke with Yuuta about affirmations), and he was not breakable enough for Kenjaku to use.

Also, Utahime said that one of the moles (other than mechamaru) would be a higher-up well above the principal. I wouldn't be surprised if Kenjaku had that connection for decades.

I also think JJK was inspired by Elfen Lied, Kagewani, and maybe Vampire Princess Miyu.

Edit to add: more analysis (and Geto defense), looking at the KFC breakup here - he was misunderstood and did nothing wrong.

[kawaiigothcrypt]

Mimiko's doll: design 2 progress report

Feat. The tooth and a fresno nightcrawler I made this week (bc I think I'll use the same fabric for its eyes)

[wildlyfreemoon]

just wanted to pop on and say i support the jjk animators and im all for them not working on new episodes until their working conditions get better.

[warauhodo]

guys nothing bad happened on the 24th :)

shoko is the photographer ofc

[gaytoru]

reading satosugu / barbiegloria fics is my girl breakfast lunch and dinner

[willowser]

READY FOR GOJO TO EVACUATE MY BRAIN LIKE LEAVE MY SPACE HA HA :) READ THE ROOM YOU'RE NOT WANTED HERE :)

[galaxynajma]

Something I noticed when re watching yesterday

The curse that Geto used in jjk0 is the same one he used in episode 4 of season 2

[transexuality]

demon slayer has fucked up anime forever because why is everyone and their mother adapting arcs into movies instead of just doing another season. what happened.

[keiiseu]

I haven't been active since I have lots of papers due 😭 I said im gonna reupload some of my works here but i keep forgetting.

Anw, this is when I got me a single charcoal pencil to try. I drew Suguru Geto. U can say i like him a lot

>also his eng va liked this art in my twt 😭🫶<

[imaginesoutofahat]

Imagine leaving Jujutsu High with Geto. Not because you agree with his ideals or believe in his mission but but because you’re so in love with him that that you’re willing to do whatever it takes to make him happy.

[zaddyazula]

thinking about geto

[hermitsdump]

Yuuta vs Yuuji's reactions to their execution sentences is so funny...

[kawaiigothcrypt]

Mimiko's doll doesn't have eyes yet but I love it, look at this thing. (Better pictures of the first version here)

[bunnyyyuu]

yuji likes ass, megumi likes thighs, n inumaki likes tits but what about my boy yuta?? he needs love too 😞 tho i can def see yuta as like a switch guy who likes everything but he gives off strong awkward virgin vibes who would froth at the mouth at anything u show him

includes: f! reader, aged up! yuuta, pussy drunk, probably ooc

yuuta does not have a preference is what he says. but, much to his dismay, he definitely likes one specific part of you the most.

your pussy.

it makes him sadder than it should. he’s your boyfriend! he’s supposed to love all of you equally! which he did before the first time you had sex. he worshipped the ground you, all of you, walked on.

he felt so guilty, but he couldn't the way he fell in love with your pussy just as hard as he fell for you.

whenever he can see the mound of your pussy through your underwear when you intentionally wear a skirt too short and bend over in front of him, he’s a mess. whenever you two go swimming together and your bathing suit is just a little too skimpy, the fat of your cunt spilling around the flimsy fabric, he suddenly needs to leave right then and there. whenever he’s on top of you while you're making out with your legs wrapped around his waist, he pulls back to cup your pussy through your pants with an almost too loud moan. he adores your pussy.

he has your thighs wrapped around his face in record time. he’s blabbing muffled praises against your weeping cunny, tongue lapping at you like he’s starved. his eyes are glazed over and wide in pure love.

he ends up between your legs until tears are streaking from your cheeks and you're sniffling from overstimulation. he moves away after pulling… three? maybe four? intense orgasms from you, your pour cunt aching.

“i’m sorry,” he says as he sits back on his knees between your shaking legs, big hands still holding them open, “i’m so sorry…” he plants little kisses against your knees and thighs.

“just a few more minutes, okay?”

[3dchoujinbag]

How valid are my issues with the jjk s2 anime if many of my annoyances are just additions to the manga? Most (not all) of the extended fight sequences just felt weightless to me. At its best the additions were fun fanservice, which is fine. New moments or character beats in a fight are fun when they don't halt the pace. At its worst it feels like empty spectacle, sticking out like a sore thumb. Whenever a character shot out a thousand tiny energy attacks that honed in on their target, for example, I sort of zoned out. Why does Geto have so many squids?

But I'm torn, because this was such a well-animated, gorgeous-looking adaptation, but it hurt when the flow of a 2-3 chapter (or sometimes 2-3 page) fight was stretched way too long. but also I could just read the manga instead so maybe who cares

ALSO: they need to make Kenjaku creepier or sillier or both in the CG adaptation. He needs to be enjoying himself more, his 1000-year plan is finally happening and he wants to teach people about it.