In a recent announcement surrounding Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 248, editor Junya Fukuda pointed towards a ‘Gojo Satoru’ return to the story as part of a ‘shocking revelation’. With fans worrying about the death of Gojo Satoru over the past few weeks, the recent chapters have been pointing towards a shocking twist as the plot prepares to uncover a set of well-kept secrets.
In this article, we will look at Gojo Satoru’s return to Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 248 and Junya Fukuda’s recent commentary on the same.
Is there a possibility of Gojo Satoru’s return to Jujutsu Kaisen 248?
Junya Fukuda, the editor of Jujutsu Kaisen, recently outlined in an interview that the next chapter of Jujutsu Kaisen will be filled with unexpected and shocking twists. In an interview on the Japanese TV channel ‘One Piece Variety: Become the Pirate King TV’, Fukuda was seen sitting in front of a computer screen with an outline of Gojo Satoru in glasses.
This suggests that even if Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 248 shows the return of Gojo Satoru, it will be in a different form and setting. There are two major possibilities that we can hold dear at this moment:
- Firstly, Gojo Satoru might return as a younger self in the manga as the panel suggests that he was wearing glasses and looked much younger than the time he was killed by Sukuna.
- Secondly, it is also suggestive of the fact that Gojo Satoru’s panel in the manga might show him as a part of a memory of someone else, or a nostalgic rethinking of his character as a part of some monologue.
But whatever the case, it is highly unlikely that Gojo Satoru’s return will be shown in JJK 248. It might be a panel for a future chapter or a panel that would be a part of the manga’s end, but it certainly is not going to be a part of the upcoming chapter as per Junya Fukuda himself.
Will Gojo Satoru return with a cause in the story of Jujutsu Kaisen?
The return of Gojo Satoru can be seen as part of a narrative that facilitates reliving his memory and not his actual self. As suggested, it is teen Gojo who might make an appearance in the manga in the coming chapters, and it might be a part of Shoko or Megumi’s nostalgic revisit.
Moreover, if Satoru were to actually make an appearance in JJK 248, it would seriously hamper the storyline and disrupt the flow of the ongoing battle, further undermining the fact that Jujutsu Kaisen sorcerers hold the ability to prove to be stronger than Satoru.
It can be suggested that the Gojo Satoru return narrative is only part of an extended imagination and not to actually bring the original person back from the dead. It will be a play of memory and it will primarily deal with the nostalgia associated with death, loss, and pain. Moreover, Gojo Satoru will primarily be a part of the story that has been told and not be an active member of the story that remains.
Should Gojo Satoru return to the Jujutsu Kaisen manga?
- The purpose behind Gojo’s life was to prepare his students for the worst and for Sukuna. He trained himself hard with blood and sweat to be able to prepare his succeeding generations in combat.
- Moreover, he has always inspired certain students of his like Yuta, Megumi, and Yuji to surpass him in the long run.
- The death of Satoru was therefore a realization of the fact that his students now have to carry their master’s burden.
If Gojo Satoru were to return to the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, it would invalidate all of the efforts that the students have put together in forming their strategies against Sukuna. Moreover, it would further invalidate all of Satoru’s visions and aspirations and negate everything the Jujutsu High stands for. For his students to surpass him and for the society to be restructured, Gojo Satoru must remain dead and away from this battle, if not for himself then at least for his pupils.
Conclusion
The Gojo Satoru return theory has been circulating among the fandom like wildfire. It has to be understood that he is not returning in the same form that he went away. He is also not possibly returning to stay, or else all of the character developments that we have seen so far would be worthless and insignificant.
With that in mind, let’s hope for Gojo Satoru’s reappearance as part of a beautiful memory, whether in Jujutsu Kaisen 248 or sometime later in the near future. To get a proper spin around the Jujutsu Kaisen universe, subscribe to our newsletter at Spiel Anime!