Kenjaku: Hello there! In this article, we are going to elaborate on one of the primary antagonists of the anime named “Jujutsu Kaisen” by Gege Akutami. Jujutsu Kaisen is one of the most loved anime among all generations and almost in all countries. However, due to its amazing and smooth animations with a unique storyline, it made its place in the world’s most-watched animes. All the characters of the anime have a separate and strong fanbase with various fan theories. However, the manga version of the anime has been mesmerizing the readers with its latest chapters. Here, one of the characters named “Kenjaku” has been the talk of the show lately. Hence, we are going to get a detailed description of this character in the following article.
Kenjaku: Know About him in Detail
He is one of the most discussed and primary antagonists of the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He is a curse user with a life span of over a thousand years. Kenjaku uses his Innate Technique to shift and transplant his brain into someone else’s body. Moreover, The body he can shift his brain into does not need to be alive. He can even shift his brain into a dead person’s body and convert it into a host to control it. Adding more to it, There have been a total of three known bodies that Kenjaku shifted to. During the Meiji Era, Kenjaku managed to completely take over the body of a member of the Kamo Clan named Noritoshi Kamo.
Noritoshi Kamo had taken a pregnant woman as his prisoner for his intellectual curiosity. Therefore, he performed many experiments with her that resulted in, nine pregnancies. And later resulted in nine abortions. During this time, “Noritoshi” ran a temple, where the woman who was the creation of the nine Cursed Womb: Death Paintings stayed imprisoned. After Noritoshi, the second host that Kenjaku chose was Yuji Itadori’s mother “ Kaori Itadori ”. Now, the third and the current host of Kenjaku is Suguru Getu.
Kenjaku Physical Appearance
He does not have any physical appearance of his own. Moreover, he appeared in the form of his hosts and a brain with a pair of teeth. However, in the form of Noritoshi, his appearance was that of an older man with short black slicked-back hair and a small mustache. Noritoshi also had a scar on his forehead that he got during the process of Brain Implanting. Other than Noritoshi, Kaori Itadori was a young lady with shoulder-length bob-cut and black hair. Kaori too had the same kind of scars on her forehead. In addition to it, Suguru Geto who currently is the host of Kenjaku has the same appearance that he had before he got killed. Similar scar marks of the stitches are present on Suguru Geto’s forehead.
Kenjaku Ability and Techniques
As we read in the above paragraphs, he has lived on for over a thousand years and that has earned him a lot of experience in the world of jujutsu and sorcery. Tengen, the one lord of the jujutsu sorcerers. He stated that Kenjaku is the second most powerful barrier user after Tengen himself. Similarly, the time when he possessed Noritoshi, he got the title of history’s evilest sorcerer. Later, when he possessed the body of Suguru Geto and named himself “ Pseudo Geto ”, he led a group of cursed spirits with a rating of Special Grade Curses. He even made the group work as a team and became a great threat to the world of jujutsu and Japan.
Ø In the field of Hand-to-hand combat mastery: Due to more of his experience that is over a thousand years, he has mastered a variety of hand-to-hand combat. The statement was cleared in a scene from the manga where he contended with Choso in a battle of pure physical blows and won.
Ø In Immense tactical Intellect: His greatest asset, is his great intellect and planning. His plans are fully proven due to his over a thousand years of experience.
Kenjaku Jujutsu techniques
Ø Energy Manipulation. :
He possesses a great amount of cursed energy. He uses cursed spirit manipulation and that technique needs a massive amount of cursed energy to work. Kenjaku Jujutsu also uses the curse reversal technique to its greatest extent. He used the reversed curse technique to heal Suguru Geto’s body after transplanting his brain into Geto’s body.
Ø Healing. :
The most known cursed technique is the cursed reversal technique. However, despite being the most known technique, it’s rarely used as it requires a lot of cursed energy and is difficult to use. Through this technique, one can heal the physical wounds on one’s body. By applying the creative nature of reverse cursed energy to damaged or lost flesh, it could be then replaced with new and undamaged cells. He was an expert at using reverse cursed energy to heal his wounds.
Ø Possession. :
Most of the jujutsu sorcerers are born with cursed techniques known as “ Innate Techniques ”. Kenjaku was also born with an innate technique that allowed him to get permanent possession of anyone’s body alive or dead. This is, done when he transplants his brain into another person’s skull. By doing so, he can access the host’s memories, cursed energy, and innate techniques.
Ø Cursed Spirit Manipulation. :
The innate technique of his current body, Suguru Geto, was “Cursed Spirit Manipulation. What’s more, Cursed Spirit Manipulation allowed him to gain complete and permanent control of cursed spirits. The body is then controlled by turning a curse into a small black sphere and consuming it.
Ø Gravity Manipulation. :
This technique was the innate cursed technique of Kaori Itadori. This antigravity technique allows him to decrease or completely delete the gravity in an area with a radius of about 2 meters around him. Furthermore, when he merges the reverse cursed technique with antigravity, he often does. He is capable of increasing the gravity making it too hard for the targeted body to even stand on his legs.
Personality
There is no such personality description about him. However, Noritoshi Kamo was then addressed as the most evilest sorcerer to ever live. His experiments were so disgusting that the files on the history records were almost erased. Later, when he took Kaori’s body he intended to give birth to a child for an unknown purpose. Carrying on, when he shifted to Geto’s body, he adapted to his manners and his laid-back attitude. He believes that humanity’s next step towards evolution is optimizing the cursed energy. That can be only achieved by combining cursed energy users or cursed spirits or even the best Tengen himself with non-cursed energy users.
Kenjaku’s Most Powerful Equipment
Prison Realm. : It is the most powerful equipment that he has and also is a special-grade cursed object. It can build a barrier capable of sealing anything or anyone inside an inescapable pocket dimension. The barrier was so strong that he was able to seal “ Satoru Gojo ” the world’s strongest sorcerer inside it.
Commissioned Curtains. : The commissioned curtains are the pact-full cursed objects. They can be set to activate the barriers with one or more special conditions.
FAQ’s
Q1. Who is the most powerful antagonist in Jujutsu Kaisen?
Ans. The most powerful antagonists in Jujutsu Kaisen according to the audience are “Ryomen Sukuna” and “Kenjaku”.
Q2. What is the relationship between Kenjaku and Yuji Itadori?
Ans. It may sound weird but, he is the mother of Yuji Itadori. At the time when Yuji was born, Kenjaku was controlling the body of Yuji Itadori’s mother.
Q3. How many non-cursed user students are there in Jujutsu High Tokyo?
Ans. Maki Zenin is the only non-cursed user student in Jujutsu High Tokyo other than her sister from the Kyoto branch of the school.
Q4. Is Suguru Geto dead?
Ans. Yes! Suguru Geto was finally killed by Yuta after the “Night Parade Of The Hundred Demons”.