So, I decided to really dive deep into the whole Riko and Gojo thing recently. It wasn’t planned, just kinda happened after rewatching some old clips. I remembered their first meeting being kinda rough, you know?
I started by pulling up those specific episodes, the ones covering their mission. It’s funny at first. Gojo barges into Riko’s school, totally over the top, yelling her name. I remember her classmate jumping straight to ‘boyfriend’, and Riko quickly shutting that down with the ‘cousin’ excuse. Classic awkward teenager moment, trying to play it cool.
Watching them together during that bodyguard mission, it felt like a weird mix. Gojo, still young, super cocky, thinking he’s invincible. And Riko, just trying to live a normal life for a bit longer before merging with Tengen. There’s this strange, brief connection they form.
Digging into the heavy stuff
But then, yeah, the mission goes south. Fast. Seeing it play out again, focusing just on their part… it hits harder. Riko’s final moments, and Gojo’s reaction, or maybe lack of immediate reaction initially? It felt different this time. I spent some time just thinking about that scene, how sudden it was.
It made me think about what the creators apparently said, how this was a big wake-up call for Gojo. You really see it. It’s like:
- The realization that his power wasn’t enough.
- The shock.
- The shift in his eyes, maybe?
It felt like a real turning point. Before that, he’s powerful but kinda reckless. After, something changes deep down.
That whole experience seemed to crack something open in him. It wasn’t just about losing Riko, but maybe about understanding loss, failure, and the limits of his own strength for the first time. You see the immediate fallout with Geto, too. Their paths just split right there. It felt like Riko’s death was the catalyst that pushed them apart, exposing the different ways they handled the darkness of the jujutsu world.
Then I started thinking about how this might connect to later stuff. Like with Megumi. Gojo steps in, becomes this father figure, almost. Maybe what happened with Riko, that failure to protect, drove him to ensure Megumi wouldn’t suffer a similar fate? He saw potential, yeah, but maybe also a chance to do things right this time. It just adds another layer to Gojo, makes him less of a god-tier fighter and more of a person shaped by some really harsh lessons. Anyway, that’s just what I got from digging into it myself.
