Geto also appears in the main Jujutsu Kaisen series which, through flashbacks, further explores his friendship with Gojo and their eventual antagonism towards one another.

Kenjaku's goal is to evolve humanity through Cursed Energy to create a new golden age of Jujutsu sorcery similar to the Heian period.

Shinobu Sensui, an antagonist from Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series YuYu Hakusho, inspired Akutami to create Geto, wanting also to explore prejudice through his character.

The character was praised by critics for his role in Jujutsu Kaisen 0, coming across as a striking villain in his fights against Yuta and his class, while also developing a deep relationship with Gojo upon the revelation of their connection.

Gege Akutami was inspired to create Suguru Geto after enjoying Shinobu Sensui, an antagonist from Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series YuYu Hakusho.

When writing his backstory, Akutami wanted to empasize how different Geto became after leaving the Jujutsu Sorcerers and how he grew to hate common humans.

However, director Sunghoo Park claimed the staff did not want to give them too much screen time due to the narrative primarily focusing on Okkotsu and Rika.

[16] Suguru Geto is a Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer, one of Masamichi Yaga's students, and a former classmate of Gojo and Shoko Ieiri.

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

Kenjaku enters the Colonies to take out the remaining Culling Games players, when he is confronted by Takaba, who is unexpectedly able to survive every one of his attacks.

[34][35][36] IGN reviewer Jemima Sebastian compared him with Gellert Grindelwald from the Harry Potter series, drawing parallels between their questionably immoral beliefs in improving mankind versus the main protagonists.

[39] Fandom Post writer Daniel Feathers, in his review of the English dub, thought Lex Lang's voice acting was the best in the movie.

[40] Lauren Tidmarsh, writing for Comic Book Resources, considered Geto and Itadori as deconstructions of the hero archetype, comparing their similar reasons why they became sorcerers which was to protect others.

However, both characters, she said, had different reactions to their failures, which led them to take different paths, with Itadori's friendship with Megumi Fushiguro giving him a more positive road in contrast to Geto's relative isolation.

[41] 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.

[42] Both James Beckett from Anime News Network and Why Though's Charles Hartford praised the handling of their relationship and the portrayal of Geto's fall into madness.

[45][46][47] After the reveal of Kenjaku, Lauren Tidmarsh believed there was a chance Geto has retained his memories as his arm attacks his own possessed body after meeting Gojo.

[48] Real Sound writer Īchi Narimare praised the complex story involving Geto and Gojo, including the plot twist of Kenjaku controlling his corpse.