About

Gomen Amanai is the opening line of an internal monologue said by the Jujutsu Kaisen character Satoru Gojo during a battle against the character Toji Fushiguro. The monologue, accompanied by piano music, during which Gojo is levitating in the air and apologizes to the character Riko Amanai for not being upset about her death, has been used as a theme for various memes since April 2024 in which people or objects are lying or suspended in the air in a state resembling Gojo's pose in the anime scene.

Origin

On July 27th, 2023, the episode "Hidden Inventory, Part 4" of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime series, based on a manga of the same name, premiered.^[1] During the scene, the second part of a battle between the characters Toji Fushiguro and Satoru Gojo occurs.

During the battle, Gojo levitates horizontally in the air, dodging one of Toji's attacks by tilting his head backward. As he dodges the attack, an internal monologue in which Gojo apologizes to the recently killed character Riko Amanai for not being upset about her death occurs (scene shown below, 3:09 mark). The monologue is notably accompanied by piano music.

Sorry, Amonai. I'm not even angry over you now. I bear no grudge against anyone. It's just that the world feels so, so wonderful right now.

Spread

The monologue has been used in memes at least since April 2024. On April 23rd, 2024, TikTok^[2] user @fire_btt posted a video of a sunset that looked similar to the golden sky in the scene, commenting, "'gomen, amanai' ahh sunset💀💀💀." The post (shown below) garnered over 766,100 views and 88,800 likes in six months.

In the following months, the monologue saw viral spread in memes and various edits online, particularly on TikTok. Notably, on June 12th, 2024, TikTok^[3] user @anakngmamako123 posted a video of a floating Minion balloon paired with the monologue that garnered over 9.5 million views and 1.6 million likes in four months (shown below).

On July 3rd, 2024, TikTok^[4] user @listeningmyblue posted a Wuthering Waves edit in which a character gets knocked flying set to the monologue. The edit (shown below) garnered over 338,000 views and 47,000 likes in three months.

The meme format maintained popularity on TikTok and YouTube in the following months.

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