u/No_Internetfornow

Gojo losing to the WCS actually makes sense when you think about it

A lot of people call it plot armor for Sukuna or say Gojo just got stupid at the end, but I think it fits his character perfectly.

Gojo’s whole thing is that Infinity makes him basically immortal. And honestly, the story backs that up over and over. Toji stabbed him with the Inverted Spear before he awakened, but after that? He never got touched the same way again. The fact that he doesn't even flinch at Jogo's domain which is deadly by itself when faced by everyone else, the fact that he goes on solos in basically every mission before he split up with Geto... Every cursed tool, every domain, every attack, he just bodies them or destroys them before they become a real problem. Even the Prison Realm only worked because they ambushed him with a specific tool and caught him off guard. Nothing ever really challenged the idea that "Infinity = I’m safe."

So yeah, his mindset became "I can just handle whatever they throw at me." That’s not random arrogance, that’s what years of winning taught him.

When Mahoraga cut his arm with that first world slash, he saw it as some crazy adaptation, but still treated it like something he could deal with moving forward. Why wouldn’t he? His whole life said he’d figure it out or just overpower it like everything else.

Then Sukuna hits him with the real one, the refined version with the binding vow, right when Gojo finally relaxed because he thought he had Sukuna beat. That was the one moment his "I’ve seen it all" worldview bit him. The technique wasn’t just stronger, it worked on a completely different level by cutting the world itself.

It’s not that Gojo suddenly forgot how to dodge or got dumb. It’s that his successes made him believe his Infinity could handle anything, until the one thing that actually changed the rules showed up at the worst time.

That’s why it feels right to me. He suffered from success. The same thing that made him the strongest is what created the opening Sukuna needed. Yes, he could've dodged but what can you say to a man that has his worldview confirmed over and over?

Gojo didn’t suddenly doubt his foundational truth just because one weird adaptation happened once. His entire life was the evidence that said otherwise. Toji folded him with it pre-awakening, but post-awakening Gojo hunted down and destroyed those tools himself. He turned the potential counter into proof that he could neutralize threats to his Infinity faster than they could be deployed. Miguel, the black rope, etc., all handled. That just fed the loop: "Anything that tries to bypass me gets crushed before it matters." His worldview wasn't blind arrogance; it was empirically earned. Every piece of evidence told him his system worked. So of course he internalized "I can just destroy it as fast as it appears" without second-guessing.