Jujutsu Kaisen: Baby Naoya Already Looks Exactly Like His Smug Adult Self — Japan Reacts

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 249)

• It's gotta be a photoshop, but that thumbnail — giving him the exact same face he's had since the day he was born — got me ww

  コラやろうけど生まれた時からそのままの顔のサムネで笑ったわww

  — @人参-u1e106 likes

• Baby Nao's face was too funny, I ended up clicking the video just for it.

  ベビ直の顔おもろすぎて動画開いてしまた

  — @yoru_enomoto5 likes

• The gutter trash was gutter trash from the moment he was born lol 😂

  ドブカス生まれたときからドブカスで草😂

  — @かとはる-o2p163 likes

• This baby's already got way too much personality.

  クセが強すぎる

  — @こーきちぃ45 likes

• Does he not even have a sense of the world yet...?

  物心とかないんかぁ？

  — @純白の北極熊ワホー181 likes

• I s t h e r e n o b o o b o r w h a t

  お　ち　ち　と　か　な　い　ん　か

  — @からあげ将軍-s7i623 likes

• "Is there no boob or what" completely broke me w

  おちちとかないんかで笑ってもうたw

  — @電荷結合素子1,530 likes

• He looks exactly like the kind of baby who'd bite down on the boob mid-feed.

  おちちとか噛んでそう

  — @Ninopa-s8d90 likes

• Well, that finally explains why grown-up Naoya never shuts up about breasts.

  直哉が胸の話ばっかりする理由判明したな

  — @abcdefghi-jklmno72 likes

• Keep it between us, yeah? Honestly... I think it's kinda lame. Getting my diaper changed for me.

  内緒やで？ ぶっちゃけダサいと思ってんねん おしめ変えてもらうの

  — @うる-v8z154 likes

• So getting your shoelaces tied for you is totally fine, huh?

  靴紐結んでもらうんはええんか

  — @user-myoooon14 likes

• "Baby-in Naoya" — swapping Zen'in for Baby-in — I'm seriously dying lol

  ベイビ院直哉マジ草

  — @サンズ-d7q2710 likes

• Baby Naoya really reminds me of the Annoying Orange w

  ベビ直哉、うざいオレンジを思い出すw

  — @meroron27907 likes

• October 22! Say the numbers out loud — tō(10)-ji(2)... that's TOJI! I'm bursting out into the world at maximum speed!!!

  10月22日！とうじくんやないか！最高速度で産まれてきたるｯ！！！

  — @fullthrottle-belt469 likes

• Ahh, I get it now… 10 (tō) 2 (ji) 2 (tsū)… so that's how the date spells out "Toji."

  なるほど…10(とお)2(じ)2(ツー)ってわけだ

  — @ワラいもん9 likes

• The fact that he already recognized Toji-kun from inside the womb — the love is way too strong lol

  腹の中でもとうじ君のこと認識してるの愛強すぎて草

  — @いんくーー-j6g71 likes

• Premature birth.

  早産

  — @PapillonChannel-b9r14 likes

• In any case, my condolences to everyone who was born on October 22.

  とりあえず10月22日に生まれた人ドンマイ

  — @konayuki-CEHC113 likes

• That's exactly one day before my birthday lol

  俺の誕生日の1日前で草

  — @noa-j7b3o17 likes

• So what you're telling me is, I'm gutter trash.

  俺はドブカスってことか

  — @このコストは払いません6 likes

• Naobito frantically rolling the inherited-technique gacha over and over, while right beside him Toji pulls the Ten Shadows on a single draw lol

  直毘人が相伝ガチャ回しまくってる横で甚爾が単発で十種当ててるの草

  — @Halluci-s8i166 likes

• Naobito was already pretty far along in age and Naoya looks like the youngest kid, so maybe right around when Gojo burst onto the scene, he put everything into one last round of having children and got lucky enough to draw the inherited technique.

  直毘人はだいぶ歳だし直哉は末っ子っぽいから五条爆誕のタイミングで最後の子作りに励んで運良く相伝術式を引いたって感じかもね

  — @アイフォンあかね222 likes

• They actually explained that the overall average shot up after Gojo was born, so maybe it wasn't luck — it was inevitable.

  五条爆誕後は平均も爆上がりしてるって説明あったから運良くというより必然だったのかもしれん

  — @メロンパン-h8o34 likes

• It feels like a stretch, but when you factor in the age gap and timing between Naobito and Naoya, it actually seems plausible... and above all, these are the Zenin we're talking about...

  深読み感はあるけど、直毘人と直哉の年齢差とか時期とか考えると有り得そうなんだよな...何より禪院だし...

  — @物書きの論です57 likes

• Well, the moment Gojo Satoru was born, the balance of the entire world shifted…

  五条悟が生まれて世界の均衡が変わったからな…

  — @ベルツリー-x6b35 likes

• Naobito genuinely doted on Naoya, and yet when Naobito died, Naoya just stood there with a faint smirk. That's honestly kind of incredible.

  直毘人は直哉を可愛がっていた一方、直哉は直毘人が死んで薄ら笑いを浮かべていた。 これは本当に凄いことやと思うよ。

  — @ああ-d7b3v83 likes

• You just can't bring yourself to hate Naoya, can you.

  嫌いになれないよなあ直哉

  — @あいうえお-k4p6k1 likes

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