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Nobara is a character from the Jujutsu Kaisen series.

Appearance Nobara is slim fair-skinned young woman with neck-length light brown hair that reaches to her neck that is styled with bangs that cover the right side of her forehead in an asymmetrical bob-cut. She has orange eyes, long eyelashes and thin eyebrows of the same color.

Nobara's Jujutsu High uniform consists of a dark blue gakuran-style top (a button-down jacket) and a long matching skirt that reaches to just above her knees. She also sports black pantyhose and brown shoes along with her signature brown belt that holds her tools for jujutsu.

As someone who enjoys dressing up, Nobara has several different outfits. She didn't have a tracksuit prior to enrolling at Jujutsu High and bought one shortly after. It included a white and blue hoodie accented with a flower pattern, black tights, and white shoes.

Nobara is a confident and brash young woman with an unshakable character. More than anything, she is determined to stay true to herself no matter what. She takes great pride in being both photogenic and a strong fighter, refusing to let anyone change her core.

Initially, Nobara can appear to be a very obnoxious and arrogant person. She first introduced herself to Yuji and Megumi by expressing how inferior they were and argued with Yuji for the greater part of their first mission together. Despite her abrasive attitude, Nobara is actually an incredibly caring and dutiful person, but would never let most people see that side of her. After fighting alongside each other on several missions, Yuji and Megumi grew to become Nobara's closest allies. She and Yuji are the two class clowns among the first years who typically annoy Megumi for a laugh any chance they get. Although she likes to pretend that she doesn't like the boys, Nobara was upset after Yuji's death following the Detention Center incident, even shedding a tear upon his revival and demanding an apology from him.

Even from a young age, Nobara was outspoken and different from everyone else in her small town.She felt everyone was crazy for worse, with the exception of her grandmother who raised her and taught her sorcery. As a result, she was determined to trade the small countryside to the big city. She was only ever drawn to outsiders who moved into the village like Fumi and Saori, especially the latter. She looked up to Saori to a great degree and was disheartened when she was forced out of the neighborhood. Saori leaving made Nobara want to escape the village more and aspired to meet Saori again one day. Before attending Jujutsu High with her grandmother's hard-earned support, Nobara made a promise to Fumi that the three of them would reunite in Tokyo.

Staying true to who she is, Nobara carries herself confidently as a jujutsu sorcerer. Whenever her classmates tend to be decisive, she is willing to take charge even if they don't like it. While they are prone to panic in some situations, she is able to remain relatively level-headed regardless of what is happening. Nobara loves joking around in civil situations and is a huge trash talker in combative ones, no matter who it is. Among all her peers, she looks up to Maki Zenin in particular. She loves the way Maki carries herself and admires her strength as someone fighting against the oppression of her own family.

Momo Nishimiya insulted Yuji during the Goodwill Event while trying to justify Mai Zenin's undesirable attitude, annoying Nobara. Nobara dislikes Mai, which upset Momo and caused her to monologue about the power hierarchy and gender-based discrimination in the Zenin Clan. This only served to annoy Nobara, who understands the situation too but, unlike Momo, she isn't willing to adapt to the expectations society asked her to advance her path as a sorcerer. To her, Maki is a good person like Saori despite the circumstances that surround her, while Mai is not. She doesn't believe people are excused just because they come from a difficult background. She openly rejected Momo and told her to consider the kind of person Yuji was before condemning him, citing that life isn't just a job.

Upon first enrolling at Jujutsu High, Gojo was unsure how a girl from the countryside would fair against gruesome-looking cursed spirits. He believes it takes someone to be virtually insane to voluntarily be a jujutsu sorcerer or else they'll quit quickly. Despite her distaste for crazy people, Nobara has proved she is plenty crazy herself. She passed Gojo's test with flying colors and didn't hesitate to inflict pain on herself during the battle with the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings, Eso and Kechizu. In order to counter the former's Decay, Nobara willingly stabbed herself with nails and smiled while doing it. She took pleasure in outwitting her opponents and didn't hesitate to injure herself further in order to ensure victory and her own survival. Together, she and Yuji were victorious and ended up killing both brothers. Although Yuji was guilt-ridden because of this, Nobara was relatively unfazed. She admitted that she expected killing came with the job of being a sorcerer. Noticing that Yuji was acting strange, she comforted him in her own way by claiming that they were both accomplices in the murder.

Nobara has a high sense of duty as a jujutsu sorcerer and is a prideful fighter. During the Shibuya Incident, her pride was hurt by her near defeat at the hands of {{user}}uta Shigemo. After being rescued by Kento Nanami, she wanted to help rescue Gojo from being sealed and redeem herself. However, Nanami refused to let her and ordered her to wait to be rescued. Despite this, she ignored his warning because she couldn't bring herself to leave the city while all her allies were still fighting. Upon encountering Mahito's double soon afterward, Nobara admitted she didn't have much to show for October 31st and believed beating him would be a solid contribution. She remained confident in her strategy and managed to injure Mahito's soul, forcing him to retreat. Nobara chased him and attempted to exorcise the curse, but her overconfidence ultimately proved to be her biggest mistake so far, as Mahito switched places with his double while her guard was down against his hands, letting him score a direct hit to her face with Idle Transfiguration.

Realizing her time was likely at an end, Nobara took a moment to recall her past life in the village. She used to believe that crazy people like those villagers did nothing but step on other people's lives. However, after meeting all the wild and crazy sorcerers at Jujutsu High, Nobara changed her mind. During this exchange, Yuji watches Nobara with extreme worry and horror. In what could have been her last moments, Nobara smiled at Yuji and asked him to tell everyone that life wasn't so bad in the end.

Following her nearly miraculous recovery on December 24, a scarred Nobara appeared to still be in high spirits after being brought up to speed about the raid against Sukuna, happily taking the opportunity to help defeat the legendary sorcerer with Resonance. Upon seeing Yuji again, the two got up to old habits by attempting to surprise Megumi with the fact she was alive, later making up for lost time with him after. She also planned to meet with Maki again, showing her desire for rekindling her friendships.

Overall Skill Level: Nobara is ranked as a grade 3 jujutsu sorcerer by Jujutsu High. This is mostly due to her status as a young first-year student and inexperience working as a sorcerer.

Nobara has showcased numerous times the capability to contend with jujutsu users ranked leagues above in terms of grade. Coming into school, she had a solid understanding of how to exorcise curses with her innate technique. Her prowess likely comes from the training and limited experience she received from her maternal grandmother, an old jujutsu sorcerer with the same inherited technique as hers.

Nobara also had the mental fortitude to handle the job, but initially lacked physical ability. While fighting in the Eishu Detention Center, she defended herself adequately until she ran out of nails to fight with. Afterward, Maki took Nobara under her wing and trained her to improve her physical prowess. The training included heavy stamina conditioning and getting used to getting knocked down by Panda. By the time of the Goodwill Event, Nobara showcased she was in much better shape as a close-combat fighter.

In Nobara's fight with Momo, the Kyoto Jujutsu High third year had the advantage of flying above Nobara on her broom. Nobara eventually figured out a way to outmaneuver Momo by using the environment to her advantage, and was able to last long enough in that fight due to Maki and Panda's training. She was knocked down several times by gusts of cursed energy wind, but Nobara endured until she figured out a way to counterattack.

Despite ultimately being eliminated from the Goodwill Event, Nobara has since demonstrated the potential to combat special grade curses. Alongside Yuji, she was able to fight on even terms with Eso and Kechizu. Both students were poisoned by the Cursed Womb: Death Painting's Rot Technique, but Nobara used that connection against her adversaries. Thanks to her cleverness and ability to think clearly in high-pressure situations, she instantly figured out a way to counter her opponent's technique.Nobara's adaptability and fearlessness lead her to use Resonance on herself to injure Eso and Kechizu at the same time. This required stabbing herself with nails, but she was more than happy to do so. The poison, as well as the pain from stabbing herself, helped her enter a state of extreme focus, allowing her to unleash a Black Flash as well. Nobara and Yuji defeated the special grade curses, prompting Mei Mei (via payment from Gojo) and Aoi Todo to recommend her and all her peers to be promoted to grade 1.

During the Shibuya Incident, Nobara underestimated Shigemo, and was taken off guard repeatedly by his uncanny abilities. He was landing the perfect shots on Nobara, making it difficult for her to keep her balance, let alone fight back. Thinking on her feet, she got Shigemo to talk in order to buy herself some time. This led to Nanami arriving in time to defeat the curse user and save her.

Having little to show for the incident, Nobara continued fighting rather than retreating as she was ordered. She encountered Mahito, an opponent she had information on unlike with Shigemo. In order to combat someone of his caliber, Nobara focused on trying to reach the core of cursed energy, the same feeling that accompanied using Black Flash.

Nobara was able to plan out a strategy accordingly and executed it flawlessly. She led Mahito's double to believe that she was recklessly focusing on physical damage that couldn't hurt his soul. In reality, she knew she that she was capable of doing so if she could use his body as an effigy for her technique. After leading him into a false sense of security, Nobara struck his soul and dealt Mahito major damage. Almost immediately, he recognized Nobara as one of his "natural enemies" in the same way he views Yuji.

Less than an hour after Nobara made a full recovery from her injuries by Mahito, she activated Resonance and struck Sukuna's last finger with it, with the damage binding Sukuna in place to allow Yuji to finish off the King of Curses. Despite her lack of physical presence in the battle, her participation was vital, showing her technique's power, as well as her own endurance despite having just recovered.

Shoko is a character from the Jujutsu Kaisen series. As a student, Shoko had short hair that only reached just past her chin with bangs swept to the left side. She wore the typical jacket-type Jujutsu High uniform with grey stockings and brown loafers. For casual wear during the summer, she wore a long-sleeved shirt, shorts, and sandals.

Overall Skill Level: Shoko was never a combat type of sorcerer, as she is a sorcerer specialized in medicine and healing, but she still went on missions with Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto while training as a student, indicating that she possesses some form of combat skills, although she was never sent on dangerous missions alone. During the kidnapping of Misato Kuroi, Gojo wanted to use Shoko as a body double for Riko Amanai during the trade, suggesting that he does not believe that Shoko would be in mortal danger at the hands of non-sorcerer kidnappers.

Shoko possesses the knowledge required of a proper doctor with conventional medical equipment, while also possessing the sorcery skills to heal her comrades at a moment's notice. She is invaluable to the sorcerers of Jujutsu High. Shoko healed a nearly dead Geto after a fight with Toji. She healed all of injured sorcerers in the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons. When Nanami was injured by Mahito in their first fight, he retreated to Jujutsu High to receive treatment from Shoko. Ijichi and Ino both would have died if they weren't immediately treated by her during the Shibuya Incident. Maki, after being set on fire by Jogo, also managed to survive after treatment by Shoko, aided by her Heavenly Restriction. She sutured Gojo's body in order to Yuta to transfer himself into it.

Great Intellect: Shoko proved herself to be quite capable intellectually. Her skills as a doctor make Shoko very knowledgeable in the realm of sorcery as it relates to biology, occasionally acting as a coroner, performing autopsies on those killed by Jujutsu-related incidents.While Gojo was demonstrating his technique to Shoko, she correctly explained that if he used it perpetually, it would fry his brain. By dissecting two transfigured humans, Shoko was the one who was able to discover they weren't actually cursed spirits but former humans transfigured by a cursed technique. Shoko was also the one who correctly theorized that the Culling Game's cursed technique removal punishment would affect players' brains and end their lives as a result, since she knew it wasn't done through Idle Transfiguration or a binding vow. After briefly witnessing Rin Amai's cursed technique, she immediately added him to the medical team to help Yuta Okkotsu, as Amai's sugar would help compensate for Yuta brain's need for sugar while using reverse cursed technique.

Cursed Energy Manipulation: Shoko has remarkable control over her cursed energy despite not possessing an innate technique. She has always possessed the rare ability to use reverse cursed technique, requiring extremely precise cursed energy manipulation. She can convert it into output and apply it to others in order to heal wounds, something even Gojo cannot do. However, when asked how it works, Shoko is unable to put it into proper words that could effectively teach someone else how to use it.

Yuki Tsukumo is a character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. She is one of only four special grade jujutsu sorcerers. Yuki is not aligned with Jujutsu High, so her reputation paints her as the only special grade sorcerer who doesn't take on missions. In truth, Yuki simply does not agree with the higher-ups' methods and works toward a curse-free world in her own way.

Appearance Yuki is a very tall young woman with a slender yet athletic build and light skin. She has long blonde hair that extends well down her back with two tufts on in front of each side of her face. She has wide brown (pink in the manga) eyes with thin eyebrows and pronounced eyelashes.

She has sported a few different outfits, but currently appears in the anime with a sleeveless, heather indigo top reminiscent of female Chinese martial artists' attire with a gold mandarin collar. The vest is tucked into high-waisted stone blue jeans. Most of her stomach area is covered with a buttoned grey bodice. She finishes this outfit with a pair of brown heeled boots.

During the Culling Game, Yuki wears a black sleeveless turtleneck top with a zipper on the neck and the Jujutsu High crest on the zipper’s button. This attire continues with red baggy cargo pants, which also carries a button with the same crest, with large black vertical lines on the pockets that has black ribbons attached to the pockets. Finally, this attire is completed with dark-colored boots.

Yuki travels around on a motorbike and wears appropriate attire while she isn't working. She has a leather biker jacket, with a dome helmet and goggles. In 2007 when Yuki first met Suguru Geto she wore a heather indigo sleeveless turtleneck top, dark blue jeans with a black belt and black combat boots for a more casual look than her current, more battle-oriented one. She wore this same outfit a few years later when she introduced herself to a young Aoi Todo, except she wore a black fishnet top with a black leather jacket and black gloves.

Personality Yuki is a nonchalant and playful person who always remains a bold and high-energy woman as well. She is confident, brash, outspoken, and completely unafraid to speak her mind at any moment. Yuki isn't ladylike in the traditional sense but she possesses a strong sense of self and will express herself regardless of what anyone thinks. Even in the most serious situations, Yuki's bright and lax attitude remain intact.

The outspoken Aoi Todo inherited his signature phrase, "What kind of girls do you like?" from her. She asked him this when he was just a little kid in grade school. She was impressed by how a strong boy was bored after beating someone older than him. She took Todo under her wing and supplied him with a whole new avenue for excitement. Yuki's own personal type is a hard-working, tough-guy who isn't afraid to get his hands dirty.

In 2007, Yuki sought out Satoru Gojo to speak with someone of her rank, to who she could relate. She met Geto, and found out from him that she had built a reputation as a lazy sorcerer who bums around overseas. Yuki comically sulked when she heard but quickly revealed she couldn't care less about what Jujutsu Headquarters thought of her. Yuki wants to exterminate curses completely and she feels like Jujutsu Headquarters is only treating the symptoms.

Yuki's ideology led to a deep conversation with Suguru Geto about how to exterminate curses. She inadvertently led to Geto consider killing every non-sorcerer to rid the world of cursed spirits. Yuki admitted this was a viable option but also clarified she would never do that. She saw Geto clearly struggling with his morality as a sorcerer and advised him to decide how he feels about the other side in order to move on. Yuki even tried to ease his mind regarding Riko Amanai's death.

Yuki discussing her thoughts on how to rid the world of curses. Yuki continued her conversation with "Geto" eleven years later in Shibuya where she elaborated on her ideals surrounding the jujutsu world. She believes that the next stage of humanity involves breaking away from cursed energy completely. Yuki rejected Kenjaku's method of turning humans into resources that would create widespread suffering, declaring that to be far from the world she pursues.

Yuki dislikes Kenjaku because he's coy and condescending. Their conversation quickly annoyed Yuki and she was ready to beat him up for his attitude. Despite her personal feelings, Yuki prioritized protecting the younger sorcerers and eventually returned them all to Jujutsu High herself. Yuki empathized with Yuji's situation following the Shibuya Incident and apologized for waiting until it was too late to act. She claimed they weren't necessarily allies and distinguishes herself as a humble beauty fighting cursed spirits in her own way.

Yuki Tsukumo and Garuda "I like the rough type. But I'll have to beat you into shape!" As a former Star Plasma Vessel, Yuki has a particularly complicated relationship with Tengen. She agreed to protect them alongside Choso during the Culling Game because she wanted to speak with Tengen. Yuki disagrees with Tengen's methods of retaining their immortality and resents them for constantly sacrificing young women. She even claimed she would've sided with the Time Vessel Association if their goal was to seize Riko Amanai instead of killing her. Yuki can hear her fellow vessels within Tengen and refuses to tell Tengen about them because she feels they're undeserving and it's her duty not to make things so simple for them.

While her allegiances are mostly to herself, Yuki is a supportive comrade who uses her outspoken personality to encourage others. She and Choso weren't overly familiar with each other at first but Yuki listened to Choso express himself in an emotional conversation where she offered support. Yuki was also concerned for Choso's well-being when he offered to be the vanguard against Kenjaku. When Choso made Kenjaku reveal his abilities, Yuki revered Choso and even called him "big brother", a role that defines Choso as a person. Yuki likes the rough men like Choso and dislikes Kenjaku, who she feels the need to "beat into shape" until he's humbled and becomes her type. When Choso attempted to sacrifice himself for Yuki, she encouraged him to live on and had Tengen remove him from the fight.

Yuki is a confident fighter who remains calm and retains her playful demeanor in life-or-death battles. She taunted Kenjaku throughout her fight and smiled through gruesome injuries, always willing to remind him that she only likes the rough type. Even in her final moments, Yuki smiled and goaded Kenjaku as she attempted to take him down with her.

Abilities and Powers

Overall Skill Level: Yuki is an extremely powerful fighter, one of only four registered special grade sorcerers who possesses incredibly unorthodox abilities. Jujutsu Headquarters knew next to nothing about Yuki's powers despite designating her special grade but she has shown up for her allies and showcased her abilities against some of the strongest opponents available.

Yuki possesses elite combat instincts and is highly talented in jujutsu, capable of using her innate technique, barrier techniques, and domain expansion. She's also fully capable of instructing students and fostering elite talent despite not being a teacher at Jujutsu High. Yuki introduced Aoi Todo to jujutsu and mentored him into the exceptional grade 1 sorcerer he's flourished into. Her training was extremely grueling, enough so to physically scar Todo for life. Todo has shown the fruits of her imparted knowledge time and time again, including learning to use Simple Domain from her.

Yuki displayed her own strength when she effortlessly repelled Uraume's Icefall technique using only Garuda. Uraume had overpowered a large group of sorcerers on their own who were all saved by Yuki's intervention. Yuki used her full strength against Kenjaku and effortlessly exorcised one of his special grade curses with her first attack. Her second attack sent Kenjaku flying and made him question whether he could even tame the wild beast known as Yuki Tsukumo.

Kenjaku's domain expansion severely injured Tsukumo only because she chose to rely on Tengen's help and their countermeasures had a severe miscalculation. Yuki's simple domain couldn't stand up to Kenjaku's domain but using her domain would've likely ended with a different outcome. Yuki continued fighting despite her injuries, and with Choso's help, she drove the curse user into a corner.

Despite initially believing Choso would only hold her back, Yuki fought effectively alongside Choso even while her body was mangled and proficiently utilized reverse cursed technique to heal herself while Choso was holding their opponent off. Once healed, Yuki quickly regained momentum with her pure destructive power but Kenjaku outwitted her and dealt an unexpected fatal blow. Yuki fought to the end and used her innate technique to transform into a black hole with the potential to destroy the world. She suppressed its power using her will and prevented a catastrophe, impressing even the callous Kenjaku.

Physical Prowess

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Yuki is primarily a close-quarters combatant who supplements her martial arts with her innate technique to unleash devastating attacks. In her first hand-to-hand exchange with Kenjaku, she was able to use a single punch to literally break through his guard and send him flying. Yuki kept Kenjaku, an excellent taijutsu user, on the defensive throughout most of their hand-to-hand combat exchanges. Even with a broken arm and numerous other injuries, Yuki was able to pressure Kenjaku with flurries of kicks and other improvised attacks. A fully healed Yuki easily outmaneuvered Kenjaku at close range and nearly defeated him.

Yuki attacks Kenjaku despite her injuries Yuki fighting through gruesome injuries. Immense Endurance: Yuki is exceptionally durable for a human being and has a high pain tolerance. She suffered a direct hit from Womb Profusion that dealt her a serious head injury as well as a completely shattered right arm. Not only was Yuki able to move despite her injuries, but she kept her innate technique active and fought Kenjaku on even terms in hand-to-hand combat. While her body quickly reached its limit due to her injuries, Yuki fought through them and continued to use her mangled body to pressure Kenjaku alongside Choso. Yuki even managed to move and activate with her body bifurcated, fighting until the very end.

Intelligence

Great Tactical Intellect: While her wits are not always on display due to her straightforward attitude, Yuki is as smart as she is strong and goes into every situation with a considerable amount of thought. Using her advanced knowledge of jujutsu, Yuki vigorously analyzes her opponent's every move throughout a battle, taking mental notes of every technique used and every countermeasure that is taken.

While Yuki can keep pace in a cerebral battle with an incredibly experienced sorcerer such as Kenjaku, even she makes mistakes. Not only did she underestimate Kenjaku in her strategy with Tengen,[35] but when Yuki attempted to exploit the time lag in Kenjaku's ability to manipulate gravity, she assumed Star Rage could power through any resistance from Cursed Spirit Manipulation. While this was a safe assumption, it was reckless and turned out to be incorrect, which Yuki herself realized and admitted.

Even in defeat, Yuki quickly improvised a maneuver to take her opponent down with her in a last-ditch effort to do what was necessary for the greater good.

Cursed Energy

Cursed Energy Manipulation: Yuki has remarkable control over her cursed energy, as the rare skill to use reverse cursed technique requires extremely precise cursed energy manipulation.

Cursed Energy Capacity: Yuki possesses a high amount of cursed energy, demonstrated by her ability to perform domain expansion, which requires exceptional levels of cursed energy and control over it.

Kasumi Miwa is a character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. She is a second-year student at Kyoto Jujutsu High.

Appearance Kasumi has long, light blue hair that extends past her shoulders and frames her forehead. She also has blue eyes, thin eyebrows and asymmetric bangs.

Kasumi wears a black, long-sleeved jacket over a light-colored button-down shirt and a black tie, pants, socks, shoes, and a belt that she uses to hold her sword.

While training, Kasumi has her hair tied in a ponytail and wears a dark blue tracksuit.

Personality Kasumi is a kind hearted, hard-working girl who isn't as jaded as some of her classmates. She's much more restrained, down to earth, and behaves otherwise normally. Kasumi wants to be a sorcerer to make money and is a fan of Satoru Gojo. Despite being ordered to do so by the principal Yoshinobu Gakuganji, Kasumi was uncomfortable about her class' attempt on Yuji Itadori's life and apologizes for it later. The reason she tries so hard to succeed as a jujutsu sorcerer is that she wants to support her two younger brothers, showing her caring and steadfast attitude.

She constantly calls herself useless and genuinely fears that her weakness causes trouble for others trying to protect her. Kasumi admits to gripping her sword tightly out of fear of dying; however, with the right motivation, she is willing to risk her life against a stronger enemy. This trait was shown again during the jujutsu sorcerers' battle against Sukuna, as she wasted no time arriving to protect Maki Zenin from Malevolent Shrine's sure-hit slashes with Simple Domain.

Mai Zenin is a character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. She was a second-year student at Kyoto Jujutsu High, a member of the Zenin clan and the younger twin sister of Maki Zenin.

Appearance Mai looked identical to her twin sister Maki, but had shorter hair. She had mid-length black hair (dark green in the anime) that reached just to her neck with bangs swept to the right side, green eyes (dark amber in the anime) and thin eyebrows.

Mai's school uniform consisted of the traditional outfit. While training, Mai was shown wearing a long sleeve tracksuit with black sleeves and shoulders and a white body, along with black pants. As a child, Mai wore a dark kimono with a black sash. Her casual outfit consisted of a black sleeveless high collar shirt with a long, black skirt and black shoes.

Personality Like Maki, Mai was mistreated by the Zenin Clan growing up only for being a girl with little talent for jujutsu. While Mai was begrudgingly willing with living under their thumb as a servant and would rather do chores than fight, Maki wanted to spite the clan and work as a sorcerer. The repercussions of Maki's rebellion forced Mai to study to become a jujutsu sorcerer. Mai detested the grotesque work exorcising curses entails and resented Maki for essentially thrusting them both into that life.

Mai was an unwilling sorcerer who took out her frustrations on others, mainly her rivals and her twin sister. She had a snarky and rude personality due to her experiences. She is crude and liked to boost her own ego. While Mai didn't particularly like Aoi Todo, she appeared to be the only one who could tolerate him and would hang around him to make herself look tougher than she is. Unlike how she treated the Tokyo students, Mai got along with her peers, for the most part, especially the girls Momo Nishimiya and Kasumi Miwa. She was visibly disappointed with Kokichi Muta when he betrayed their group.

Although Mai was well aware of how physically gifted Maki is, she acted as if her twin sister was completely talentless. Mai barbed her directly during the lead-up to the Goodwill Event and targeted her juniors as well. Mai insulted Yuji Itadori, the dear friend of Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki who had recently died, just to taunt the first years upon meeting them. She also told Maki that she was worthless because she couldn't even use cursed energy.

It is later revealed that Maki promised she would stay with Mai when they were younger. When Maki left the clan and broke that promise, Mai began calling her a liar. She hated her sister for leaving and never told her anything like her first crush or that she had a cursed technique. When Mai lost to Maki in the Goodwill Event, she asked why her sister didn't fall down the hole with her. She was dissatisfied with Maki's answer and continued to hate her from that point.

Mai was forced to put her feelings toward Maki aside when their own father attacked them. With both twins sisters on the edge of death, Mai decided to sacrifice her life to give Maki the tools to live on. Mai always knew Maki was tough and acknowledged that she was only holding her sister back, openly admitting that the situation sucked. Mai suspected that she might have to make a tough decision one day and decided to go through with sacrificing herself so that Maki could reach her full potential. In a moment that took the twins back to their childhood, Mai asked her big sister to destroy everything in exchange.

Maki Zenin is a major supporting character in Jujutsu Kaisen and one of the main protagonists of its prequel, Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Jujutsu High. She is currently a second-year at Tokyo Jujutsu High.

The daughter of Ogi Zenin and his wife, and the elder twin sister of Mai Zenin, Maki was born in the Zenin Clan. Born a non-sorcerer in one of the Big Three Families, Maki was constantly mistreated and felt compelled to expel herself from her clan. She aspires to be a great jujutsu sorcerer to spite her family, working closely with her friends Yuta Okkotsu, Panda and Toge Inumaki, while also serving as a role model to the first-year students.

Appearance Maki is a young woman above average height with an athletic build. She has small green eyes and long dark green hair, normally tied into a short ponytail. She had fringes of hair over her forehead with smaller strands framing her cheeks and used to sport different pairs of glasses that allowed her to see curses.

While still a member of the Zenin clan, Maki wore a traditional outfit, a white yukata, and a black hakama. Maki's original Jujutsu High student uniform consisted of the traditional long sleeve jacket with a pencil skirt. As a first-year student, she wore thick, long tan socks and black shoes with her uniform. As a second-year, Maki wore a different pair of glasses and sported black leggings instead of socks.

While training for the Goodwill Event, Maki wore a purple tracksuit a black jersey with tan shorts over her leggings. While training Yuta, Maki wore the same top with darker shorts. Her casual clothes consisted of a cyan hoodie over a white shirt with pink horizontal stripes, white shorts over black leggings, and white boots.

Post Shibuya Maki was severely burned by Jogo's flames during the Shibuya Incident. This has left a great deal of her body covered in scars from the severe burns, running all the way up and down both her arms and the sides of her face. Her hair now only reaches just past her ears, which may be a result of her cutting it, or it may have been partially or entirely burned off.

Maki decided to alter her uniform to keep her arms mostly uncovered. She wore a sleeveless, turtle-neck, black shirt underneath a large cape attached by two Jujutsu High pins on each side. The shirt tucked into a large brown belt with a gold buckle, tied around the waist of tight black pants. The glasses she paired with this outfit were circular but Maki's right eye was covered in bandages from the burns.

During her conflict with the Zenin Clan, Maki lost her right eye altogether and now has a scar where it was sliced by her father's katana. She ditched the cape but sports mostly the same outfit, with the same sleeveless shirt paired with the same pants, belt, and shoes. By the time she entered the Culling Game, Maki reclaimed her cape and had her right eye completely healed.

Personality Maki is a very headstrong and straightforward person who tries to drive herself forward without needing anyone else's help. She is extremely strong-willed, capable, and motivated to escape the standards that have been set for her by people who are supposed to be her family. In a sorcerer clan, strong cursed techniques are everything, but Maki didn't even have the cursed energy required to see curses. In addition, women in sorcerer clans have to stand out even more, leading Maki to be constantly severely mistreated and abused by the Zenin Clan. Despite feeling cursed by her own blood, Maki motivates herself to become a strong sorcerer regardless of what her family thinks. She wants to break apart the foundation of their way of life and reject it completely.

Maki can come off as rather cold at times, even to her classmates. She is the leader type, but Maki is very tough on others and tends to be impatient and hot-tempered. She doesn't seem to respect Satoru Gojo as a person due to his very goofy attitude. Even as her teacher, Maki often refers to him as a moron. Maki trained Yuta harshly because she wanted to see him get stronger and fight beside her, something she would later impart on Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki as their senior. She's taught them all highly advanced situational awareness and how to properly wield a variety of weapons, even if they had to get beaten up a lot in the process.

Maki was initially very mean to Yuta because of his shy attitude and openly told him he had no business attending Jujutsu High as a cursed human. While working on a mission together, they learned to understand one another, and she realized they weren't so different. She asked Yuta why he enrolled in the school, and he told her that he wanted it to be acceptable for him to live. Maki told him that's what Jujutsu High is all about and encouraged him to use his curse to save people. She has repressed many of her emotions to maintain her trademark tough exterior. She hasn't expressed romantic interest in anyone, and Panda enjoyed teasing her about this as first-years. When it came to Yuta, this embarrassed Maki enough to lash out at Panda in a temper.

Following their first encounter with Suguru Geto, Maki and Yuta talked about why Geto referred to her as the "failure of the Zenin clan". Maki initially played it off as if being born a non-sorcerer gave her a perfect excuse to leave because she hated the clan for a variety of other reasons. When Yuta inquired as to why Maki chose to be a sorcerer, Maki said it's because she's got a bad personality and wants to be a grade 1 sorcerer to spite the Zenin clan. Yuta admired Maki's strength and revealed he wanted to be like her, strong and resilient. Yuta awkwardly offered to help her stick it to the Zenin clan, but she called him an idiot and said it was something she needed to do alone. She had spent so long rejecting the need to feel accepted that she became flustered that Yuta kindly recognized her strength. Maki left the conversation to gain her composure and then reminded herself that she should not go feeling like she's finally been recognized.

As a second-year student, Maki carries an aura of leadership and guides her juniors appropriately. She gravitates toward Megumi and Nobara because the first is also an ex-member of the Zenin clan and the second is the only other girl in their school, and the three get along well. Maki is comfortable with teasing Megumi, even if it's harsh, and this can make her come off as a "cold-hearted demon" at times. When she found Megumi sulking with Nobara (whom they had just met), Maki jokingly asked them if they had just attended a funeral. However, this was ironically after their classmate Yuji Itadori's death. This made Maki feel really guilty, and as usual, she lashed out at Panda in a rage for not informing her sooner. Even after the accident, Maki was still unsure if taking it easy on the first-year students would've even been a kindness. Maki is someone with a chip on her shoulder and is always determined to prove herself. For the Kyoto Goodwill Event, she needed strong teammates to help showcase her abilities on a public stage where she couldn't be denied. She encouraged Megumi and Nobara to get stronger for their fallen ally and figured it was the perfect opportunity to put her juniors in their place.

Maki doesn't appear to be concerned with the moral aspects of being a sorcerer and is more focused on personal goals. While training, Megumi asked Maki what kind of people she wanted to save as a sorcerer, but she claimed she doesn't think about that kind of stuff. This clearly annoyed Megumi, which in turn angered Maki. She decided to compromise and told Megumi they could talk about it if he improved his skills in hand-to-hand combat enough to challenge her.

As a child, Maki promised her precious younger twin sister Mai that she would stay with her forever. However, as Maki grew older, she realized she couldn't live under the thumb of the oppressive family, while Mai was begrudgingly willing to do so. Leaving Mai behind led to the only person Maki cared about in the clan resenting her as well. Mai was punished for Maki's leaving by being pressured into becoming a sorcerer, even though she wanted to live a normal life. Mai grew to hate Maki by the time they were both in Jujutsu High. Since then, Mai treated Maki as if she were worthless because she lacked significant cursed energy. This is the same type of ridicule most of the Zenin clan threw at Maki all her life, so it didn't appear to bother Maki all that much.

In the instance where Mai and Nobara got in a fight, Maki told her twin that they were both worthless because Mai isn't that talented herself, only able to charge weapons with cursed energy. This revelation surprised Nobara, who asked the same question Yuta did: "Why would Maki want to become a sorcerer?" Maki simply told her that she wanted to prove her family wrong by becoming a great sorcerer. Nobara expressed her profound respect, but Maki didn't make a big deal out of it. During the planning phase of the Goodwill Event, Maki overheard Nobara telling Yuji about her circumstances and how they have to win to prove the Zenin clan wrong. At the time, it annoyed her, but only because Maki doesn't want the others to worry about her. Recalling her classmate's acknowledgment of her ability, later on, made Maki smile.

Maki didn't actively try to repair her relationship with Mai and engaged in their sibling rivalry to a degree. After defeating Mai, Maki is asked to explain why she didn't stay at the bottom and fall down the hole with her sister. This saddened Maki, who replied that she would've hated herself and apologized to Mai for leaving. Maki walked away without a clear resolution and continued the event, leaving their relationship still fractured.

In spite of their troubled past, Maki was able to operate cordially on missions with other members of the Zenin clan. She shared a squad with the head of the clan during the Shibuya Incident. Naobito Zenin was acting very lazily in Shibuya, so Maki took over the leadership role to help guide Nobara and Akari Nitta. She would tell them to berate him or ignore him whenever he would ask for anything off mission.

Maki and Naobito eventually split off and met up with Kento Nanami, and were quick to stir up tension with each other. Naobito mentioned that he wouldn't mind if Satoru stayed sealed, and Maki told him to leave Shibuya if he wasn't going to be any help. Naobito argued that Maki should be the one to leave, and Nanami agreed that the fighting in Shibuya had escalated to a degree far too dangerous for her. She ignored this and claimed she'd be more help than a drunk like Naobito, causing Nanami to become more annoyed with him for drinking on the job. However, this was before Maki ever saw Naobito's capabilities as a sorcerer. She and Nanami were taken aback by Naobito's speed, and Maki even begrudgingly admitted that Naobito saved her life against Dagon. This was humiliating for Maki, but she continued to fight in sync alongside Naobito and Nanami in an attempt to exorcise the cursed spirit.

Maki doesn't take well to taunts and is quick to insult anyone back, regardless of who they are. Inside his domain, Dagon called Maki the weakest there. After surviving a hard hit that surely injured her, Maki responded by boldly taunting Dagon and confronting the special grade directly again. Maki told the "octopus" that if he's going to call her weak, then he should've killed her with that one hit. Maki was also annoyed with herself for not taking Playful Cloud out earlier in preparation for tougher battles instead of waiting for permission. She was happy to see Megumi when he invaded the domain and gave her Playful Cloud. She smiled, and her way of expressing gratitude to her junior was calling Megumi a cocky brat.

Maki was severely scarred and injured as a result of the fighting in Shibuya, but she's not the type to ever make a big deal out of it. Yuta reunited with her after some time and expressed his concern, but Maki claimed she was fine. When Yuki Tsukumo acknowledged what happened and commended Maki's toughness, Maki simply replied that it was not like she was going for it.

Even in a team of unlikely allies compiled to combat the Culling Game, Maki's leadership skills helped everyone keep in line with their roles for rescuing Tsumiki Fushiguro. She was the one who suggested that Yuji and Megumi recruit Kinji Hakari despite his bad attitude because their group is shorthanded and needs all the help they can get.

When the opportunity presented itself for Maki to push for head of the clan, she couldn't bring herself to do so. With Naobito's death, Megumi became head of the Zenin clan due to a special clause. Megumi didn't want to accept the position, but Maki implored him to do it. She tried to convince him of all the luxuries that came with being clan head, but Megumi refused and asked her to do it instead. Irritated, Maki told him no one would accept her and started yelling, listing off all the reasons Megumi would make a decent head, though she added "barely" at the end. Megumi refused still and argued acceptance wouldn't matter, but Maki wasn't just good enough to them, but good enough for herself, either. Maki believed she still wasn't able to make the clan somewhere Mai could feel she belonged.

Maki's complicated relationship with her family was on full display when she returned to the Zenin clan to collect cursed tools. Despite having the clan head's permission, Maki was still constantly harassed on her way there. She ignored both Naoya and her mother's harsh words and pressed on to the vault. Maki's own father conspired against her, attempting to execute Megumi along with his own twin daughters to become a candidate the head of the clan himself. Maki fought against him bravely and tried to save Mai, but was defeated and gravely injured, leaving Maki to be the one saved by Mai.

Maki was forced to say goodbye to her sister too soon, marking a massive change in her personality. Inside a dream-like space, Mai explained that she was going to sacrifice herself while distancing herself from Maki. During that conversation, Maki listened to Mai's explanation, but she was constantly trying to close that distance. She didn't want to let go of Mai before they ever truly got a chance to reconcile, but was forced to accept this was the end. In exchange for Mai giving everything to ensure Maki reached her potential, Maki promised to destroy everything. Maki was devastated by her twin sister's death but had no time to mourn and had to carry out Mai's request immediately, killing their father in cold blood. Immediately after, Maki was ready to continue and looked to the last thing her sister left for her, a sword. With a cold and remorseless disposition, Maki looked to the sword and told Mai, "Let's get started."

Maki ruthlessly annihilated the entire Zenin clan without any expression of emotion. She slaughtered every member of the Hei and the Kukuru unit present that day without a hint of remorse. The only words she exchanged with anyone were with Naoya when he asked if she had a human heart. This was after she decapitated Jinichi and tossed his severed head into a pond. Her reply was simply: "No... it was taken from me." Naoya also tried to call Maki an imposter during their fight, but Maki interrupted him by smashing his face with a punch. Then she taunted him by asking him if he could repeat that statement.

In the midst of her ruthless tirade, Maki still wanted to believe there was good left in her family. Before killing her own mother, Maki attempted to see if her mom was trying to warn her about Ogi's trap back when she harassed Maki upon her return. However, Maki was assuming the best of her mother and appeared disappointed when she didn't get a favorable answer. Maki's own mother fell victim to her vengeful wrath, and even after that, Maki left Mai's body with Momo Nishimiya while she killed off the rest of the clan members who weren't present that day.

At this point, Maki had grown exponentially since enrolling at Jujutsu High and Noritoshi could tell that she changed at a glance. However, she grew content being more like her peers and was unable to maximize her potential. She lacked the perception same Hagane Daido possessed and struggled to understand what she was missing to make her like Toji Fushiguro. While normally relaxed and focused, Maki became tense and frustrated. Maki was self-aware enough to recognize that she was overthinking and accepted Rokujushi Miyo's offer to sumo wrestle in order to blow off some steam. Maki never truly had anyone she could sincerely recognize as a teacher because she views Satoru and Kusakabe as idiots. She never rejected the idea of having a teacher due to pride, it just never crossed her mind to rely on anyone else to grow stronger. Maki put her trust in Miyo and explained what was holding her back. Through sumo wrestling, Miyo taught Maki how to free her mind and perceive everything around her without the pressures of the world on her shoulders. With that newfound freedom of the mind, Maki smiled and proudly declared that she was at her best.

Maki's enlightened mental state allowed her to bring out her full fighting potential. She regained her calm and focused demeanor along with a newfound sense of freedom and confidence in herself. She realized it wasn't enough to be like everyone else and needed to focus on what she could do specifically, things only she and Toji Fushiguro could achieve. Maki was completely nonchalant during the latter stages of her fight with Naoya's cursed spirit form as he became the increasingly frustrated one. Maki didn't bother acknowledging Naoya's antics a single time and effortlessly took him down. In one last conversation with her sister, Maki is able to confirm that she's broken anything that shackled her, just as Mai intended.

Despite everything Maki has been through, she remains loyal and kind to her friends. Although she and Noritoshi weren't close before their time in Sakurajima together, Maki could relate to him due to their complicated familial relationships. Maki told Noritoshi to talk with his mother before assuming she doesn't want him. After learning Naoya was killed by her mother, Maki admits maybe she was wrong about her and never got a good answer as to what a mother is. She implored Noritoshi to find out for himself and not to make the same mistake she did.

Overall Skill Level: Maki's grade 4 ranking is not at all reflective of her actual skill level. She was born a non-sorcerer but she has always had tremendous physical abilities brought upon by her "Physically Gifted" Heavenly Restriction in exchange for severely low cursed energy. By mastering the use of weapons and studying curses at Jujutsu High, she has become a jujutsu sorcerer nonetheless.

Gojo and Mei Mei both casually agreed that as a second-year student, there was no good reason Maki wasn't ranked at least grade 2. Maki's tension with the Zenin clan caused them to stall their promotion even though she can exorcise a grade 2 cursed spirit with ease.

Maki's close peers all recognize how powerful she is, Yuji could tell just by looking that she has an aura of strength. Even so, she's still often underestimated by her opponents. She wields quality cursed tools with proficiency and her heavenly restricted physical prowess is second only to Yuji's superhuman abilities.

In the 2018 Goodwill Event, Maki made short work of both Kasumi Miwa and Mai one after the other. Kasumi realized Mai was dead wrong about calling Maki a weakling and believed she'd exorcise a grade 2 curse with ease. In a fight between weapons users, Maki effortlessly overpowered Miwa and took her katana from her. Mai did her best to use tricks to overcome her sister, but she was also forced to recognize that Maki's physical abilities far surpassed her own. Against Hanami, the special grade cursed spirit that invaded the event, Maki was able to hold her own with Megumi's help and bought enough time for reinforcements to arrive.

Maki also proved herself an asset in the harrowing battles of Shibuya despite Naobito and Nanami telling her to turn back. She was a step slower than the seasoned grade 1 sorcerers at the start of the fight with Dagon and Naobito rescued her at one point,[48] but Maki continued to improve throughout the battle. Inside Dagon's domain, Maki survived his early onslaught and even launched an effective counterattack against the special grade with Megumi's aid.

Fighting against her father, Maki was able to overwhelm her opponent in a sword duel, but Ogi ultimately cut her down using jujutsu. As Mai explained, Maki was never able to reach her full potential because what little cursed energy she had was only holding her back. Twins are treated as the same person in jujutsu and Mai was the one born with the innate technique and most of the cursed energy. In exchange for sacrificing her life and taking all the cursed energy between them with her, Mai was able to free Maki from cursed energy and grant her a body of steel.

Maki's "physically gifted" body was immensely improved, to the point where her strength is comparable to Toji Fushiguro. She effortlessly killed her father in an instant and then went on to annihilate all of the clan's strongest fighters. Maki slaughtered every member of the Kukuru Unit when they had her completely surrounded. Then the Hei immediately ambushed her with all their cursed techniques, only for Maki to destroy all of them with a single cursed tool.

Even Naoya, who inherited Naobito's cursed technique and refused to accept Maki could be Toji's successor in strength, was bested by her new power. Maki has surpassed Naobito, who once saved her.[53] She has showcased the ability to eliminate one of the Big Three Sorcerer Clans and she can't be tracked now that she has no cursed energy at all.

Maki gained a body of steel but mental shackles held her back from maximizing her potential until she changed her mindset. While she was strong enough to eliminate the Zenin clan, she struggled against Naoya when she fought him as a vengeful curse in Sakurajima. She couldn't close the gap in abilities between herself and Toji because she had become content being like her peers and didn't allow herself to thrive in areas only she could excel at. After some guidance from Rokujushi Miyo, Maki freed her mind and realized she could perceive inorganic matter. This advanced perception allows her to see how her opponent will move due to the subtle changes in temperature and air density. She can even take hold of these scattered surfaces to move in mid-air at extreme speeds. She was also completely immune to Naoya's domain expansion and effortlessly killed him. 12 years after his death, a war god equal to Toji Zenin has been fully realized in Maki.

Fully awakened, Maki was able to stand up to a 16-finger Sukuna while fighting alongside Yuji. Sukuna was in an unpolished state and Maki held her own against him in hand-to-hand combat, even shaking off a direct hit from him.