Enlightened: A Gojo Satoru Fanzine

Enlightened: A Gojo Satoru Fanzine is a nonprofit zine dedicated to Gojo Satoru, a character from Jujutsu Kaisen.
==About==
The project was announced on January 14, 2021, promising an interest check in the futurehttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1349794718687907840. Interest check opened on February 14, 2021 and would close March 13, 2021https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1361012332143419393. The project reported a tally of over 230 responseshttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1371252403425710085.
The original title of the zine was Shojo Gojo, but the mod team decided that the project needed a new name, opening a form for suggestions from followers on March 15, 2021https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1371638390853144584. The new title that would be used in the final copy of the zine, Enlightened: A Gojo Satoru Fanzine, was announced on April 7, 2021https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1379886700105625600.
An additional side zine was announced to be in the works on March 20, 2021. Aptly name Not Safe For Gojo or "NSFG" for short, the side zine was described as "an anti-Gojo digital companion book where contributors will get the chance to poke fun at Gojo and bully him, as he deserves"https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1373318421996183560. The side zine would contain memes, parodies, and "all forms of clownery".
Contributor applications ran from March 21 to April 17, 2021https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1373695909737861121. After a report of 300 submitted applications, emails would be sent by April 23, 2021https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1385775502502236161.
Preorders began on August 20, 2021 with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1428763949231706113:
* Not Safe For Gojo ($5 USD) - Digital Companion Book
* Six Eyes ($15 USD) - Digital Zine
* Black Flash ($25 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Not Safe For Gojo
* Hollow Purple ($35 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Not Safe For Gojo, Stickers, Sticker Sheet, Print, Polaroids
* Infinite Void ($50 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Not Safe For Gojo, Stickers, Sticker Sheet, Print, Polaroids, Acrylic Charm, Notepad
* Limitless ($60 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Not Safe For Gojo, Stickers, Sticker Sheet, Print, Polaroids, Acrylic Charm, Notepad, Polaroid Charm, Stamp Washi Tape
An early bird bonus was offered to the first 75 physical orders, where buyers could receive a Gojo Satoru-themed daki charmhttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1428763990168047616. Stretch goals includes a candy charm at 75 orders, a sleep mask at 150 orders, and a silver foil upgrade to the zine cover at 200 ordershttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1428763980441526272.
A share campaign was organized starting August 21, 2021, encouraging followers to retweet and share the preorder post in exchange for a photocard by nicahls to all physical ordershttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1429130489969975301. A giveaway ran from September 8 to September 18, 2022 for one full bundle, a daki charm, and all stretch goal items. The winner was announced to be Twitter user Andrea_Leduck the next dayhttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1439740337556127745. Preorders closed on September 20, 2022.
Book only and paper merch bundles began to be shipped out on February 2, 2022https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1488932728821071874. Half and full bundles began shipping on March 7, 2022https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1500919965750341633.
Leftover sales ran from May 2 to June 5, 2022. As a bonus, the sale offered a complimentary print of the zine cover as well as a photocard to the first 30 physical ordershttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1521172672570433538. After leftover sales closed, the project's team gave their thanks and announced that $5000 USD was raised and donated to the Fred Hollows Foundationhttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1540106094089060354.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	February 14, 2021	March 13, 2021
Contributor Applications	March 21, 2021 	April 17, 2021
Preorders 	August 20, 2021 	September 20, 2021
Shipping 	February 2, 2022 	March 12, 2022
Leftover Sales 	May 2, 2022 	June 5, 2022
==Plagiarism Incident==
On September 27, 2021 in the middle of the project's production phase, the mod team came out with a report that they were notified that one of the prints displayed in their listings looked similar to another piece published in June 2020https://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1442586988343963648. They concluded that the print was plagiarized and removed the artist responsible from the project as well as the merchandise they designed.
To make up for this, a print of the cover art would be offered instead, and the polaroid prints would be replaced with prints of artwork by guest contributors from inside the zine book.
==Contributors==
The following names were cross referenced from the final copy of the zine and the project's social media accounthttps://twitter.com/gojozine/status/1398338530850402304.
===Page Artists===
* Anna (anta_baka00) - Guest
* Purresa - Guest
* Meru90 - Guest
* Casey (eggyankee)
* Cielle Evermore (ciellever)
* Connethie
* corinadraws (cocoreena)
* cossamu (graphickdzigner)
* Kairisk (artbykairisk)
* Kari (velvet_kt)
* Kata (katamism)
* LetsFractureThings (things_lets)
* Maru (marrbl_)
* Matcha (matchachamomile)
* maynope00 - Cover Artist
* mmmiru
* planetsandmagic
* ringozenn
* cranity
* ruru (catrollcake)
* Tee (eclipticas_)
* Tikklil
* Vanekaiiri
* Vynomii
* xed (halveablock)
* Yun0036
===Merch Artists===
* Jeanini
* missdurianne
* remi (remiremiruu)
* valentine (strawbappi)
* Purresa - Guest
* Meru90 - Guest
===Writers===
* frydough
* Lex (saccharinesyrup)
* rapgum (fathergum)
* Shara (cylencia)
* Toz (tozhani)
* wellthengetouttathesoupaisle
===Not Safe For Gojo===
* bittermoons - Writer
* Metallic_Sweet - Writer
* Surya (nicosmoi) - Writer
* Nicole (nicahls) - Guest Artist
* Alex L (apologeticalex- Artist
* marim (manzanamarim) - Artist
* Michi (itsfrogdance) - Artist
* saurrrrrrr - Artist
* Strawberry (sberrymacchiato) - Artist
===Mods===
* Pear (itspearbae) - Organization, Social Media, Shipping
* Noi (NOI090) - Writing Mod, Beta Reader, Organization
* Cha (akihikosanada) - Finance, Production
* Rain (ptitepluie) - Graphics, Formatting
===Former Contributors===
* 1924KAIN
* paperpensart
==Gallery==
File:Jjk enlightened zine banner.png|Social Media Banner
File:Jjk enlightened full bundle listing.png|Full Bundle Listing
File:Jjk enlightened stretch goals.png|Stretch Goals
File:Jjk enlightened new prints.png|Replacement Prints Announcement
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
matcha wrote on Twitter
Fireblaze1807 wrote on Twitter
Akki wrote on Twitter
Shasha wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:2022 Zines
Category:Jujutsu Kaisen Zines