Jujutsu Kaisen: Japanese Fans React to Baby Naoya — "Is There No Boob Here or What?!"
呪術廻戦 赤ちゃん直哉に日本のファン大爆笑 —「おちちとかないんか」
“That baby Naoya face at the very start, though. lol”
最初の赤ちゃん直哉の顔よw
Jujutsu Kaisen fans in Japan were handed a serious fan-theory video — "the reason Naoya Zenin was born is that Gojo did X" — and promptly ignored the theory to roast baby Naoya instead. The comment section fixated on how his infant face already looks exactly like his smug adult self, joked that he was a breast-obsessed misogynist straight out of the womb ("Is there no boob here or what?!"), ran with the "Baby-in Naoya" pun (Zen'in → Baby-in), and seized on his October 22 birthday as proof he "came out at maximum speed" to match Toji's date. A few sincere takes about Naobito's age and inheriting the cursed technique snuck in too — before the thread quietly agreed you still can't bring yourself to hate him.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 249)
- @人参-u1e👍 106
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
- @yoru_enomoto👍 5
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
- @かとはる-o2p👍 163
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😂
- @こーきちぃ👍 45
This baby's already got way too much personality.
クセが強すぎる
- @純白の北極熊ワホー👍 181
Does he not even have a sense of the world yet...?
物心とかないんかぁ？
- @からあげ将軍-s7i👍 623
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
- @電荷結合素子👍 1,530
"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
- @Ninopa-s8d👍 90
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
- @abcdefghi-jklmno👍 72
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
- @うる-v8z👍 154
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
- @user-myoooon👍 14
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
- @サンズ-d7q2👍 710
"Baby-in Naoya" — swapping Zen'in for Baby-in — I'm seriously dying lol
ベイビ院直哉マジ草
- @meroron2790👍 7
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
- @fullthrottle-belt👍 469
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！！！
- @ワラいもん👍 9
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
- @いんくーー-j6g👍 71
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
- @PapillonChannel-b9r👍 14
Premature birth.
早産
- @konayuki-CEHC👍 113
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
- @noa-j7b3o👍 17
That's exactly one day before my birthday lol
俺の誕生日の1日前で草
- @このコストは払いません👍 6
So what you're telling me is, I'm gutter trash.
俺はドブカスってことか
- @Halluci-s8i👍 166
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
- @アイフォンあかね👍 222
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
- @メロンパン-h8o👍 34
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
- @物書きの論です👍 57
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...
- @ベルツリー-x6b👍 35
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…
- @ああ-d7b3v👍 83
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。
- @あいうえお-k4p6k👍 1
You just can't bring yourself to hate Naoya, can you.
嫌いになれないよなあ直哉
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