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"At that point I had already lost, I thought I had set aside such petty pride. To be proud of neither myself or others, I chose that path didn’t I?"

- Toji’s last moments as he remembers his wife.

Fushiguro Couple is the het ship between Toji Fushiguro and Megumi’s mother from the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom.

Canon
Toji Fushiguro was a calm and confident non-curse user apart of the Zenin clan. He was very sarcastic and seemeed to enjoy conversations with others as long as it pertained to himself, he exchanged banter with his enemies and was very nonchalant. However, that was after Megumi’s mother passed away. While there is not much known about his wife and the relationship between her and Toji, so much that even her name is unknown, It was shown that Toji deeply cared for her and she may be the only one he has ever genuinely loved. Her death had greatly damaged Toji to the point that it made him very broken. Despite being with countless women and even getting together with Tsumiki’s mother and taking her name, Toji seemed to never truly loved anyone as much as he loved Megumi’s mother.

After the death of his wife, Toji became a widowed father, and eventually married another woman called Fushiguro. Taking her name, he eventually left her and his children. Becoming absent for years in his children’s life.

Whilst fighting Satoru Gojo in chapter 75, Toji has a flashback of his wife and son, Megumi. His wife looks happy as she holds her son in her arms, and this memory seems to be very dear to Toji, as it appeared during his final moments before death in Gojo's past arc.

Akutami Gege said on Toji’s introduction page that he (Toji) had gone unstable while with the Zenin family, however soon calmed down after meeting Megumi’s mother. Gege also said during a character popularity poll that Megumi’s mother was the person Toji gave himself wholly to.

Megumi Fushiguro


Their only son is a Jujutsu sorcerer who was taken under the care of the former’s enemy, Satoru Gojo. He took the young Megumi along with his step-sister Tsumiki.

Megumi has met Toji on several occasions both when he was young and old, however Megumi fails to recognize his father as he has been absent from his life for a long time. Megumi also said to Gojo that he does not care about where his father is, and later revealed during his fight with Ryoumen Sukuna that Toji had given him the name megumi (“blessing”) without even knowing his gender. As for his mother, it is unknown if Megumi remembers her since he was just a baby when she died.

Fanon
This ship does not have the biggest fanbase yet due to Megumi’s mother being a mystery, however it is greatly enjoyed and loved by many fans. It is also a background and a side-pairing in many ItaFushi and FushiKugi fanfiction. It is largely popular in the Japanese and Korean fandom as it has many fan arts dedicated to it. Despite not having a proper ship name yet, Toji and his wife are widely appreciated.

A song chosen for the couple is Call Your Name from Attack on Titan. Many fans think this is a song that suits Toji’s feelings about his wife and her death. The ship was later popularized by @_neimana on Twitter who drew fanart of the two cuddling together, and @DDub1618 who draws daily comics and illustrations of them together.

Since Gege has yet to reveal the wife’s name, there is not much fan-made stories written for the two. However, Akutami added that Toji and his wife would be brought up again in the manga, which gave fans hope that they will eventually see their backstory and how they met. Many fans like interpret Megumi’s mother being very happy-go-lucky while Toji is very quiet and mysterious. Fans also like to joke about Akutami making a separate shoujo manga series for Toji and his wife. A joke that runs in the fandom regarding Toji and his wife is the “I can fix him” meme. Since many fans find it hard to believe that Toji could ever truly love anyone, it was surprising for the fans to see that Megumi’s mother managed to make Toji truly fall in love with her.

A popular trope used in artworks is comparing the couple to Tatsu and Miku from the manga The Way of the House Husband. Fans like to occasionally mention the couple in Megumi-centric fanfiction. On some occasions, Megumi recalls his parents and talks to Yuji and Nobara about it. It is also hinted in many Gojo-centric fanfics, where Toji tells Gojo (before his death) about Megumi, and mentions his wife and her fate. Gojo later finds Megumi and Tsumiki, he then adopts them and takes care of them, sometimes along with one of his desifnated partners.

It is Toji’s fifth most written ship on Archive of Our Own and his wife’s first. On Pixiv, Toji and his wife currently have almost 80 artworks. However, this may not be an accurate quantity since most artworks featuring the two do not feature the 伏黒夫婦 (Fushiguro couple) ship tag.

Quotes
"Take care of Megumi, okay?"

- Megumi’s mother to Toji.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

PIXIV

LOFTER
 * Toji Couple tag on Lofter

WEIBO
 * Toji Couple tag on Weibo

Trivia

 * Gege refers to Toji as “PapaGuro” and his wife as “Megumi Mama”.
 * In a character poll, Gege commented “Megumi’s biological mother and the person Toji gave himself wholly to” on the poll for Megumi’s mother.
 * The translation of kokoro o kizasu can be interpreted as either “to trust” and “to relax one’s guard”.
 * On Toji's character introduction page in chapter 79, it was stated that he became unstable while with the Zenin family, but he calmed down thanks to Megumi’s mother. However, she died shortly after Megumi was born, causing Toji to return to that state.