Zakai

## Zakai Kyugeru

**Zakai Kyugeru** (キュウゲルざかい *Kyugeru Zakai*) was an grade 1 sorcerer and is an second year student at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College. He's currently a major supporting character in Jujutsu Kaisen. He was the main reason behind the Seven Sins Event making him the main protagonist of one of it's prequels Jujutsu Kaisen: Project Z. Zakai grew up learning the ways of a sorcerer as it's all he's ever known.

Now as a special grade, Zakai searches the world for the two remaining Golden eyes hoping they will not fall into the wrong hands and Kage would be reincarnated once again, before his return he had found one but has stopped his search now returning back to Tokyo. He received a call from Maki and was told the fate of his former sensei Satoru Gojo and the actions of Ryomen Sukuna along with the lack and major loss of sorcerers since the Shibuya Incident. As one of the few remaining special grades he returns ready to fulfill his duties.

## Appearance

Zakai is a gentle giant looking guy towering over many of his classmates but loves each and every one of them. He has a very muscular build and can be very intermediating to people who don't know him. His most interesting features are his hair and eyes with both being natural yet unnatural having changing color hair and large golden eyes. Zakai often keeps his hair all over the place as he doesn't care much about his outward appearance but he does keep an earring with two golden feathers on him at all times. One feature he's very insecure about is his teeth. Another trait he inherits from his father are his razor sharp teeth though unlike him, Zakai's teeth are rather large in size and often scared potential friends when he was a child. After the return and later defeat of Kage Kyugeru and his Seven Deadly Sins he lost his left arm and eye.

His uniform is made specially him just for him being very loose so he can move freely in battle. He sports a short jumpsuit with opening sleeves and arm warps, Legs sleeves, and a black shirt both being skin tight as too not get in the way and athletic shoes. The outfit his very basic but Zakai likes it that way as he isn't trying to impress anyone while wearing it. After the Attack of the Sins the suit was changed completely getting rid of the sleeves all together which better helps him fight with the lose of his left arm and he also sports an eyepatch after Kageyama split his left eye.

## Personality

Most would look at Zakai and think he's just some super strong dumb guy but they'd all be wrong. While yes Zakai's is very powerful physically he's also extremely intelligent. He's a quick thinker and can make plans in seconds even in situations that seem impossible to over come. Unfortunately his cockiness often clouds his thoughts thinking he could do something alone faster rather then doing it with someone making it easier. He's contently told about this but he thinks his way is always the best way regardless.

When he's not working he's a very carefree boy who just enjoys relaxing when he's not at school, during his travels of the world instead of thinking of it as work instead it was a vacation to him though he still had an important task at hand. He took time to rest, explore and try new things outside of Tokyo and even outside of Japan. He has never truly made a big deal out of any issue even when the Sins attacked though it was likely his cocky nature influencing that as well, even after him and his brother nearly killing each other he still wished for Kageyama to join him seeing how he was misguide and was ready to put a fight that just happened behind him.

Socially he's a butterfly often befriending anyone he meets. He's a very likeable when he's not patting himself on the back but some of his friends enjoy his confidence and joke about it when things don't work out in his favor. He's also clingy too his friends making sure they don't end up endangering themselves and many are thankful as it has saved them at times. He's a very ride or die kind of person as would literally do that for any of his closest friends in a heartbeat. He has always been naturally kind at heart, something he gained from his mother and this has always attracted many to him even someone like Jin who always stayed to himself and thought more about his own clan then making friends.

Just like the rest of the Mori Clan, Zakai isn't known for giving up even when the odds are stacked against him. His plan may fail or he may be hurt but regardless of the circumstances he'll always push himself to the very end especially when someone like his friends are in danger. With his adoptive grandfather standing against the idea of sending sorcerers to search for Jin Zenin he decided to take the matters into his own hands and investigate himself not stopping for anything reason even with the threat of numerous special grades. His friends and family would plead asking him to stay at Jujutsu High instead of risking his life for the eyes but still even at the cost of losing his girlfriend and possibly never seeing his best friend again he left knowing the dangers that lied ahead and never looked back.

After the events of the Sins he takes his job more serious then before. He know realizes just how important jujutsu sorcerers are to the world and now with the knowledge of his family members he aspires to be like them and at some point surpass them. Now he fights as a special grade for both sides of his family and for the family he has made an Jujutsu High.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skills:** As a grade 1 sorcerer and close to a special grade it showed how truly powerful Zakai was. As one of the greatest in his class Zakai had fought almost all of his classmates and came out on top of most of the battles. Along with that his skillful usages of his abilities are said to be rather amazing as his powers seem to be more random then anything.

During the appearance of the Sins, Zakai showed his true abilities without holding back. By himself he was able to take on four and a half of the seven sins with three of those battles he comes out with little injuries. He's also taken on two special grade alone and came out on top. Keeping the stronger cursed spirit busy for a long period of time even shortly after his costly victory against the other special grade.

Now with the title special grade he has never been more powerful. He's ran into many sorcerers and spirits during his travels of the world for his father's eyes and has yet to lose a fight. His battle intelligence has grown immensely along side all of his physical abilities and many believe he has become unbeatable. Those who have watched him battle or have fought him believe just as Gojo did that one day he will surpass him and some think like Maki, that will be before he even finishes his time as Jujutsu High.

**Enhanced Strength:** Zakai's muscular build isn't just for show. Zakai is extremely powerful physically, he often lifts thing without even noticing how heavy they are and creates large creator on accident when in battle. His strongest feats of strength are lifting large boulders with ease and throwing them 100s of miles away with only one hand and collapsing an entire building in just a training battle. During his battle against Menos, the second strongest special grade in the Sins and right hand to Kage, he showed his extreme strength by heavily weakening the spirit even though it was known for it's nearly unbreakable durability and finishing it off with a Black Flash. Now with **Reflection** he can copy the physical strength of cursed spirits or sorcerers via reperforming their attacks, though this doesn't allow him to use many special technique tied to it he can copy the attacks strength entirely reaching strengths he couldn't previously.

**Enhanced Speed:** He isn't as fast as he is strong but he is still no joke when it comes to speed. Moving faster then full speed cars are rather easy for him and can beat even some of the finest athletes in speed. But was still probably one of the slowest in his class when it comes down to it. Now with the usage of his inherited technique the Eye of Horus he's able to perceive over 20 things going on around him all at once which allows him to react to things even though they're much faster then himself as he did against his brother Kageyama. Due to his control over his vision he can now slow it which lets him process and think even faster then before, so far he has yet to be caught off guard or out sped even by someone faster then himself. The latest ability granted by the Eye of Horus known as **Reflection**  had also granted him so new speeds as the technique allows him to copy an attack's exact strength and speed allows him to move at speeds he has never reached by reperforming whatever he has seen.

**Indomitable Will:** Said to run through the blood of his family. The Mori Clan weren't known for their inherited or innate techniques but their will power continuing to fight regardless of the situation. Zakai has shown this ability with his fight against him brother. Even in the battle by himself he continued fighting on after the lose of his arm and actually showed himself stronger from the events which lead his to victory in the end. Even shortly after with the lose of his arm he still battled his father and prevailed even after Jin could no longer maintain his Ignite technique.

**Tactical Intellect:** One of Zakai's many strong suits. He's not only strong physically but his brain can keep with and easy rival his strength. Though he can come up with intricate plans before a battle more often then not leading to his victory, his strongest suite is his quick thinking. Zakai can easily turn a horrible situation to his favor with near impossible odds. He's shown this in the fight against his father who's a powerful special grade with over 500 years of combat experience and beat him with the help of his close friend. He was also able to match the mental might of his brother Kageyama with over 3 times the amount of experience and intelligence he possessed.

**Medical Intelligence:** Most of his attacks have to do with internal problems and that is to do to his medical knowledge. During his time learning to be a swordsman he also studied the human body learning how it works and how to stop it. He is seen as a doctor and surgeon as he can diagnose bodily issues and perform surgeries using reverse cursed technique. He also knows where cursed energy in the body flows and how it gets from one part of someone's body to another.

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Not only good as a swordsmen but he's also as a hand to hand fighter. From the age of 8 he's been training his fists along with his sword and as time passed his strength began to grow to what it is today. He had been working on his own fighting style as well, making one to perfectly match the way he fights which is up-close and confident to find something to exploit. After many of years he created the perfect fighting style for himself.

**Disconnect** is a fighting style Zakai created combining up-close hand to hand combat with close to perfect defense. It's used as a way to get a powerful strike in after dodging or blocking. Zakai has taught some of his friends to use the fighting style but for himself he's combines his medical knowledge for better usage. He's studied the flow of cursed energy through the body and uses this to strike that part of the body after they've been attacked to stop the flow to cursed energy by forcing in his own. Since cursed energy goes through the entire body he attacks certain organs or nerves to stop the flow which also inflects internal damage. Recently he has had an improved version of this fighting style that replaces his normal cursed energy with reverse cursed technique making it incredibly useful and damaging to cursed spirits of all sorts.

**Weapon Mastery:** Zakai mainly uses weapons, having been trained with them his entire life. He's use of not only Katana's but also chained weapons like his Exploding Stars. In the league with people like Maki who is one of the best cursed tool users currently in the school, combined with his incredible strength he can easily defeat people with multiple different weapons.

Zakai uses a sword style he created which combines his strength with soft and flexible movements. It's very powerful as it allows Zakai to bend and attack in positions his body couldn't normally preform well he maintains his super human strength. He uses this fighting style more often then not to fight when low on cursed energy or can't created his room. It's named **Flow Style** as it's motion resemble that of water. He hasn't used this fighting style since the Seven Sins Event.

After defeating Kage he would attain his Father's golden eyes and reach the purified Golden Eyes Of Horus which his father had been seeking to obtain his entire life. There's little to no knowledge on the advanced Eye ability but Zakai like his father searches for the information continuing the legacy on Kage. Currently he has yet to find anything but has awakened one of that abilities to purified eyes possess.

## Equipment

 **Short Katana**     | A small and short katana Zakai used after the destruction of Void. He used this weapon in his final showdown against Kage Kyugeru using it with immense skill even without his arm. Zakai still carries this weapon but keeps it hidden his person using if his blade is lost or somewhat as a knife.

## Trivia

* *Zakai (זַכַּא)* names is Hebrew for "pure or light" which is the opposite of his Father's which means Shadow
* Zakai is somewhat of a perfectionist getting angered when something is slightly off
* Zakai is very skilled at basketball and was going to be his original career choice
* Zakai is a very good singer and often goes out to karaoke with his friends
* His favorite anime is Yu Yu Hakasho
* His favorite artist is Playboi Carti
* According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook:
	+ Enrollment method: Family lineage.
	+ His specialty is basketball
	+ Favorite dish: Beef ribs
	+ Least Favorite dish: Poptarts
	+ Cause of stress: Kage's remaining eyes