Fans Send Prayers To TXT’s Soobin For The Most “Unserious” Reason
Spoiler Alert
Recently, fans of TXT started a hashtag, “#staystrongsoobin,” on Twitter, “praying” for his wellbeing. But contrary to the serious nature of the tag, the reason that prompted it was actually pretty light-hearted.
As many fans already know, Soobin is an ardent fan of the popular anime series Jujutsu Kaisen. He is particularly fond of one of the protagonists, Gojo Satoru. Jujutsu Kaisen is closely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name. For those unfamiliar with this series, the story deals with sorcerers who fight physical manifestations of curses to ensure humanity’s safety.
Soobin has never shied away from expressing his love for the character of Gojo, be it imitating his signature “Unlimited Void” move, taking pictures with his posters out in the wild, or simply sharing his interest with fans.
soobin doing the gojo pose. pic.twitter.com/JafiLSseTZ
— َ (@formysoobie) October 12, 2022
i love how this gojo pose has become a thing between soobin and moas pic.twitter.com/qv5KCf5DFs
— silvia ꕥ FREEFALL (@dubaddu_warii) October 13, 2022
nobody tell soobin pic.twitter.com/h1YQUTlYgZ
— ً (@vantaeprod) September 20, 2023
Recently, a leaked preview of the manga went viral online after fans realized that in the upcoming episode, Gojo’s character might die. The news prompted a huge outcry online, with Gojo’s name trending on Twitter, almost worldwide, for hours.
it's been a whole day and gojo is still trending that's the princess diana of anime fr pic.twitter.com/0KhgN8z17N
— adi (@bluegraytk) September 21, 2023
Still trending and keeps going up.
The chapter is going down in history.Thank you Gege-sensei for giving us this experience. I hope you can safely finish thru the series. #gojo #jjk236 #JujutsuKaisen pic.twitter.com/PEJs0KiCVn
— Jovzkie Animation (@JovzkyAnimation) September 20, 2023
GOJO TRENDING IN NEW YORK IM CRYING 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/hIVQrrzHFF
— Simon Petrikovs Glasses 🇹🇹❤️🔱🖤 (@Seaweedlagoon) September 20, 2023
They got the boy Gojo trending 😨 pic.twitter.com/pGmD3hpAJd
— Azure🐉 (@AzureOvO_) September 20, 2023
Given Soobin’s love for the character, MOAs jokingly started the hashtag, praying that he doesn’t take this news too hard.
#staystrongsoobin pic.twitter.com/sUYOoTh4pW
— soobin pics (@csbpics) September 20, 2023
BE BRAVE SOOBIN pic.twitter.com/rGZ3nHTUBe
— 𝓼𝓪𝓶 ✶ (@sanjiround) September 20, 2023
someone check on soobin 😭 pic.twitter.com/RCiUQTqHke
— ً (@soobiIove) September 20, 2023
soobin right now #staystrongsoobin pic.twitter.com/ZWaOlEtvSu https://t.co/JW4nLBXSSk
— salsa ⭒ (@bakebys) September 21, 2023
After the spoiler went viral, Soobin was talked about so much on Twitter that his name started trending along with Gojo on the platform.
soobin trending with his boy gojo & sukuna yuta his anime_arch nemisis megumi like that's his whole family what's happening 😭 pic.twitter.com/jEciQGugKM
— ach (@icsfiye) September 20, 2023
It looks like MOAs guessed it right. On September 21, KST, Soobin went live on Weverse with Taehyun and Hueningkai, and the three talked to fans about various topics, including Jujutsu Kaisen.
Fans were probably very intrigued to know what Soobin thought of the new spoiler and left enough comments on the livestream for him to notice. Soobin, being the distraught fanboy he is, responded that he didn’t want any more spoilers, even though he already knows what happens in the manga. Hueningkai chimed in, saying that he saw the spoiler on Weverse and had to close the app immediately, even though it was an expected update.
🐰 guys…it’s in the comments so i’m going to say but…we already know what happened with jujutsu kaisen
🐰 people kept spamming the comments, we already know what happened
🐰 please don’t give us more spoilers
🐰 actually, we’ve read the manga so we already know but still…
🐧…— TXT Translations 💬 (@translatingTXT) September 21, 2023
Soobin then glumly asked viewers to stop talking about Jujutsu Kaisen anymore.
🐰 stop stop
🐰 stop talking about jujutsu kaisen
🐰 we already know @TXT_members @TXT_bighit
pic.twitter.com/TsguWuIOdW— TXT Translations 💬 (@translatingTXT) September 21, 2023
While MOAs who are also fans of the manga found Soobin’s response very relatable, the reactions from non-fans were divided. While some found it funny how invested Soobin seemed, others wondered why fans spoiled the update for him.
IT'S GOJOVER 💀💀😭
— 🏐 ♡ paris !! ⁷ ꪜ PIWON DAY (@jooniekisser) September 21, 2023
he is just like me 🙃❤️🩹 https://t.co/vn8skL83cD
— ale ★彡 (@zachstaph) September 21, 2023
They are mourning Gojo in txt https://t.co/ZslvgOJJek
— A🍓 (@yochivity) September 21, 2023
JJK fans really said we we have to suffer together 😭 their first instinct was to spam spoilers on weverse lmfao https://t.co/cD3TCDPCFY
— Vanessa⁷ missing BTS (@ARMYEuphoria7) September 21, 2023
I don’t like when people do this, stop spamming spoilers🙂
— 𓆩Ruby𓆪✵⁵ TXTatVMAs (@Poppin_star13) September 21, 2023
i cant be an idol cause i would hold the biggest grudge if this happened to me https://t.co/JlcWsSjhO4
— lea 🫧 (@suminitas) September 21, 2023