In Jujutsu Kaisen, Gojo takes the same role but mentors the student Yuji Itadori who suffers a similar Curse, helping him become stronger while protecting other characters in the series.

Furthermore, his role in the prequel Jujutsu Kaisen 0 was appreciated by the media due to his hidden traits,[clarification needed] such as his relationship with the antagonist Suguru Geto.

Gege Akutami intended for Gojo to be one of the strongest characters in the entire series, but at the same time easy to understand to readers.

[5] In his debut in Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Akutami linked Gojo and Yuta Okkotsu to Michizane Sugawara, a famous figure in Japanese history, which he described as the source of both characters' supernatural powers.

Since the original scene was black-and-white, Park and his team consulted Akutami for guidance on color design from Gojo's Domain Expansion.

[2] For the anime's second season Nakamura claims he suffered struggles in properly portraying Gojo due to the two story arcs depicting the same character with different quirks and personality as a result of his age; While people do not change their voices too much over a decade, Nakamura aimed to make Gojo different in the two story arcs from season 2.

The voice actor was impressed by the animation studio of Mappa which allowed his character to have more facial expressions which resulted in more direction from his superiors.

He was also praised for how likeable he comes across, due to the kind nature he portrays in the series with a dark narrative while simultaneously showing interesting supernatural powers.

When he and Geto were both sophomores, they were assigned to escort the Star Plasma Vessel Riko Amanai, who was to merge with the immortal sorcerer, Tengen.

[23] He was ambushed by the Special Grade Cursed Spirits at Shibuya, and Kenjaku manages to seal him away in the Prison Realm, after he exorcised Hanami.

Towards the end of the Culling Games, his students successfully release him from the Prison Realm and he immediately challenges Megumi, Sukuna's current host, to a duel on Christmas Eve.

[24] At the 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, Gojo was a nominee for best male character, while his fight against Ryomen Sukuna was noted to be best of the year.

[26] In December 2021, Mappa and Shueisha also celebrated Gojo's birthday with PulpFiction Cine finding him as one of the most popular characters from the series while also promoting the movie.

[28] He was also third in the best male character award from Animage' 2021 Anime Grand Prix poll behind Yuta Okkotsu from Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and Tengen Uzui from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

[29] The character attained popularity in Chile when the second season of the anime aired, resulting in fans illustrating Gojo in Universidad del Metro de Santiago.

[34] StudyBreak also noted that Gojo's flamboyant personality often comes across fitting comic relief, citing how he reacts when he thinks Fushiguro is being hit on by a woman as well as how impressive he is shown to be in combat against a serious threat.

[37] Like Comic Book Resources, Anime News Network praised the fight scene Gojo has against Jogo for the handling of visuals, finding it far superior than the studio's previous work The God of High School referred by the staff as "irredeemable trash" not only due to the narrative but also pacing in handling Gojo's fight sequence, making the anime adaptation of Jujutsu Kaisen develop its potential in the process.

[39] Crunchyroll listed Gojo's higher screen time in the animated film adaptation of the manga, citing him as a fan favorite character people would appreciate to see.

[40] The character's connection with the late Sugawara no Michizane was kept vague that might generate a future impact in the series by critics especially when Yuta Okkotsu reappears in Jujutsu Kaisen and wonders about their relationship to Suguwara.

Following the anime adaptation of the flashbacks to Geto and Gojo's youth, Polygon's Ana Diaz noticed there were several fans who made dōjinshi stories with them which went viral.

[49] Comic Book Resources had mixed opinions about Gojo's death, praising the event for the major impact it resulted in the entire narrative since nearly most of the surviving characters watching his death were his students but still felt like Akutami was trying too hard to make Jujutsu Kaisen a dark series by killing several characters in the Shinjuku arc.