GoFushi

GoFushi is the slash ship between Satoru Gojo and Megumi Fushiguro from the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom.

Canon
Satoru Gojo and Megumi Fushiguro officially have a teacher/student relationship in Tokyo Jujutsu High and a subtle mentor/mentee relationship throughout the course of the manga. It is revealed bit by bit, notably in detail after delving into Satoru’s tragic past, that they go back a long way, with their history mired in unusual circumstances.

Introduction Arc
The series begins with Megumi on the phone with Satoru while he is searching for the cursed object i.e. the finger of Ryomen Sukuna at Sugisawa Municipal High School. Megumi and Satoru banter for some time about the finger being missing from the thermometer shed. Satoru comments playfully, “For real? That’s hilarious.” “No going home until it’s recovered, okay?” to which Megumi threatens to punch him. It is to be noted that Megumi tacks on ‘ましよ’ (rōmaji masiyo) at the end. In simple words, he uses keigo (formal speech) indicating his respectfulness, but reverts back to informal in his head while thinking, “This time, I’m gonna punch you for real.”

In the beginning of chapter 2, Megumi is about to exorcise Yuji as a curse after he swallowed Sukuna's finger, but Gojo appears right behind him. After Megumi asks Gojo why he was here, Gojo replies by telling him that he didn't plan on coming, but saw that Megumi was very roughed up. He proceeds to take out his phone and take pictures of Megumi to show to their second-year students. Here, we find out that Gojo sent Megumi on the mission to find the finger.

When Gojo tells Itadori that he would like to fight Sukuna, he throws a bag of Kikufuku at Megumi, telling him a bit about it. This gets Megumi a little upset, thinking “This guy actually went and bought souvenirs! When people were out here dying!”. Although he didn’t say it out loud, Gojo almost reads his mind, and replies with “It’s not a souvenir!”, and proceeds to tell him more about the souvenir.At this time, Sukuna tries to attack Gojo, and Megumi yells, “Behind you!”. While fighting Sukuna, Gojo says to him, “My student’s watching, so I’m going to show off a little.” After their fight, Gojo knocks out Itadori, then asks Megumi what they should do with him. Megumi tells Gojo that he doesn’t want to let Yuji die, and Gojo asks while smiling, “Personal feelings?”

Megumi tells him that these are his personal feelings, and that he’d like for Gojo to do something about this. Gojo giggles, then tells Megumi that since it’s a request from a precious student, he’ll have it done. Gojo specifically uses the word ‘かわいい’ (rōmaji  kawaii) meaning ‘cute’ or ‘adorable’ in the sentence, which the official viz translation interprets as ‘precious’.

Once Yuji had arrived at his dorm next door to Megumi’s, Megumi asked Gojo why he decided to put Yuji there, since there were multiple other empty rooms. Gojo explains that livelier is better, and that he thought it’d be a good idea. Megumi says that classes and missions are enough social interaction with Yuji for him, and that this was an unwelcome favour.

After the arrival of Nobara Kugisaki, Satoru sends Yuuji alongside her for a mission in an abandoned building In Roppongi, with Megumi waiting outside. While sitting next to each other on the curb, Megumi asks if he could go in too, but Satoru tells him that he still needs to heal. The two of them talk about Yuji and Nobara, and Satoru explains that the two of them are not as experienced with Tokyo curses, unlike Megumi. Once Nobara and Yuji are done fighting, Gojo and Megumi take the child that they found back to his house. Gojo asks them if they’d like to eat, with Nobara and Yuji getting excited saying what they want to eat. Gojo asks Megumi, and Megumi ignores him since he was on his phone. Gojo decides to leave him and walk away with Nobara and Yuji, capturing Megumi’s attention again.

In the anime adaptation when they’re all heading home, Satoru initially walking beside Yuuji noticeably slows down his pace to get closer to Megumi, who is a few steps behind. Megumi is seem to be a little moody, and Yuji asks what was bothering him. Megumi replies with “Nothing” to avoid speaking about it, but Satoru says that Megumi is pouting since he didn’t get to join in on the fight.

Cursed Womb Arc
In episode 4, Yuji asks where Gojo was, since he expected him to be there for their mission. Megumi, being the only one of the three aware of this, tells him that Gojo is out for a business trip, and isn’t someone who should be loafing around the school. There is also a short clip of Gojo saying to Megumi not to expect souvenirs when he's back. In the Jujutsu Stroll of episode 4, Yuji mentions that Megumi always seems annoyed when he’s on the phone. Megumi replies and says that it’s because of Gojo, not the phone, showing that Megumi and Gojo often speak on the phone.

Death Painting Arc
In episode 23 while Megumi is in the middle of a battle, we receive a flashback of him training with Gojo. Gojo kicks Megumi to the floor, and says “Okay, I win again”, then proceeds to talk about how unusual it is for Megumi to be training with him, as Megumi rarely asks him. Gojo easily sees through Megumi, and asks if this is because he fears Yuji surpassing him. Megumi gets up, and says that “beggars can’t be choosers”. Gojo asks him if relying on him really bothers Megumi that much. Gojo begins to tell Megumi that both Yuji and him have the same amount of potential, but the problem is Megumi’s mindset. He says to Megumi that he really doesn’t know how to bring out his best, getting Megumi a little irritated. Megumi asks if Gojo thinks he hasn’t been bringing out his best, but Gojo tells him that it’s not that he hasn’t, it’s that he can’t.

Gojo begins to speak about the baseball game, and how Megumi sacrificed himself to let Nobara pass, but Yuji would go for the home run. He talks about how baseball is a team sport, and that a bunt wouldn’t be bad in that situation, but Jujutsu Sorcery is more like an individual sport. Megumi mentions that coordinating with others is important, and Gojo agrees while walking closer to Megumi, but adds that when you die, you always die alone. He explains that with this mindset, Megumi could forget about Gojo, and that he’ll never even measure up to Nanami. He tells Megumi that dying to win and risking to win are two completely different things, and he flicks Megumi’s forehead. He adds on, “Give it your best. Be greedier.”

Megumi begins to have a flashback of his life, where he talks about a “suspicious white-haired man” who told him more about his father and the Zenin Clan. Gojo tells Young Megumi that his father was saving him as the ultimate card to use against the Zenin Clan. Gojo asks Megumi if all of this pisses him off, and once Megumi found out that he was sold to the Zenin Clan, he thought, “Yeah, it pisses me off. Especially your lack of tact about it”. Megumi adds that Gojo took care of all of his and Tsumiki’s funds, and that the “irritating man” stopped his sale to the Zenins when he was just a kid.

In the Jujutsu Stroll of Episode 23, Yuji runs to Nobara and Gojo to tell them that Megumi is being hit on. The two of them have an immediate response, and Gojo yells, “Formation B!”. After Yuji and Nobara bother Megumi a bit, Gojo shows up, looking his best, saying, “Can you not touch him so casually please, you homewreckers?!” He begins to say that “Megumi-Chan” has violin practice with him now, and asks Megumi to come home with him. He adds that he will have Megumi master “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” today. Megumi looks at Gojo angrily, telling him to stop, and that he was embarrassing him. Gojo begins pointing, in a very odd way, getting Megumi angry.

Fanon
GoFushi is a large ship in the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom, but it is more popular in the Eastern fandom spaces (Japanese, Korean, Chinese etc…) rather than the Western fandom. The Western fandom isn't very accepting of this ship due to Satoru and Megumi's age gap, preferring ships like SatoSugu and ItaFushi instead. The Eastern side of fandom is more accepting with this ship, and it is quite large there. Along with GoFushi, the said fandom is also a very big fan of GoYuu and SukuFushi. On another note, the side of the fandom who prefers this ship platonically, more notably as a friendship, like to think of the two of them as a father/son or brotherly bond, as they've known each other for very long time.

Fanart explores the idea of Gojo raising Megumi with his half sister, Tsumiki Fushiguro (when they were both children) or teasing him, due to the nature of their relationship using canon interpretation. The side that ships them romantically often enjoys writing fanfiction of Gojo raising him, but slowly developing feelings as time passes. Megumi is also written to be harbouring a secret crush on Satoru at the same time.

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