Shows Name still is naruto
Yeah. Which makes it even more hilariously ballsy.
He didn't even name the show something that'd be in-line with dual-protagonist story to set expectations. Instead he named it Naruto then proceeded to make it a dual-MC story with Naruto revolving around Sasuke like Killua revolves around Gon lol
I’d argue that Gojo surpassed Sasuke’s level of significance for a non-MC character. Most folks will remember Jujutsu Kaisen for Gojo. In fact, there’s two side characters that were so essential for JJK and ended up stronger than the MC — Gojo and Yuta.
In certain ways, maybe. But as an overall character, not really...
Sasuke is practically THE main character of Naruto alongside Naruto himself. The entire story is a two-faced narrative and for the entirety of Part II we see PoV shifts with dedicated dozens of chapters to both of them. Except difference being Sasuke's story is his own and propels without Naruto, meanwhile Naruto reacts to and dances around Sasuke's a lot.
I don't think Gojo has that. In terms of being presented as this badass and strong and perhaps most epic character of the show? Sure Gojo's there. But that ain't really a ballsy thing to do or anything out of ordinary. There are many shows in Shonen where there's this one character who is not the MC but instead an older, mentor figure and ends up being THE shit for literally entire story.
And that's not even getting into the way Kishi treated Sasuke... all that focus, all that emphasis and then even a happy ending.