For ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ fans, Christmas Eve is a day of mourning

Spoiler warning: This story deals with major events from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga, including the deaths of characters who have not yet appeared in the anime until the third season premiere. on January 8, 2026.

Every year on Christmas Eve, I get ready before opening my apps.

Not because of an influx of schmaltzy holiday content, but because I’m a Jujutsu Kaisen fan, and December 24 is a day of collective mourning. My flow knows it. My algorithm knows this. And judging by the endless stream of edits, fan art, and mildly devastating posts, so is everyone else.

For Jujutsu Kaisen fans, Christmas Eve is a sacred day of remembrance.

If you’re even vaguely connected to the fandom, you’ve probably already noticed it: the sudden return of best friends turned diametrically opposed soulmates, Geto Suguru and Satoru Gojo, to the timeline. Side-by-side edits. Screenshots from the manga. Subtle references that say it all without saying too much.

The reason is simple and painful. In the Jujutsu Kaisen In the timeline, the real Geto Suguru dies on December 24. A year later, on the same date, Satoru Gojo meets his destiny in the manga. This is how the unofficial SatoSugu Day was born.

Geto’s death is already well known to anime viewers; it has been animated, discussed, dissected and openly mourned for years. Gojo’s death, however, remains one of the manga’s most devastating and closely guarded spoilers, especially with the premiere of the anime’s third season fast approaching in January. This is why scrolling through my feed feels like walking in a leisurely wake.

Here are some of the posts I’ve favorited today:

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(And special thanks for this heartbreaking edit, which I can’t embed due to copyright restrictions, but which I’ll link to because it’s so good.)

The star-crossed relationship between Geto and Gojo is at the emotional core of Jujutsu Kaisen. They’re not just powerful jujutsu wizards or fan favorites; it is a tragedy in parallel motion. Former best friends. Ideological opposites. Two people shaped by the same world and who responded to it in completely different ways. Their connection and its denouement is what gives the story its weight long before Yuji Itadori enters the frame.

So when Christmas Eve rolls around, fans aren’t just mourning two characters; they mourn what could have been. The friendship that was broken. The future that never happened. The way fate, in Jujutsu Kaisenseems both cruel and intentional.

What fascinates me most is how the fandom marks this day. It exists entirely online, supported by fans who remember the date and return to it every year, much like muscle memory.

And maybe that’s why it hits so hard. December 24 is supposed to be comforting. Instead, for fans like me, it’s a reminder of how deeply a story can sink into your emotional life. How fictional characters can leave real traces. How shared grief, even over something imagined, can feel real when thousands of people feel it at the same time.

With the anime’s anticipated Culling Game arc set to arrive in January, this Christmas Eve seems particularly busy. We realize that soon, mourning will no longer be limited to manga readers.