Jukai

* 2019 Anime
* 2018 Manga
* 1969 Anime
* Original Manga

**Jukai** (寿海, *Jukai*) was a doctor who heals the sick and makes prostheses for the unfortunate. He was also Hyakkimaru's parental guardian. He died after the domain collapsed along with Nui No Kata and Tahomaru.

He once served Lord Shiba, however, he was redeeming himself by offering treatments for free, hoping to erase his guilt.

## Appearance

Jukai is a middle-aged man with a beard and a stout body. Despite being a doctor, he wears very shabby and tattered clothes probably because he does not charge his patient much, if anything at all, for his prostheses.

## Personality

In the past, he was once relentless at torturing and crucifying people by the order of his former Lord. However, it was lately discovered he did not enjoy any of these acts at all, eventually coming to a point where he snapped and tried to commit suicide which is proof of his humanity.

After that event, he is shown with a kind and selfless personality where he took care and helped others without any reward. However, he is highly dedicated and a workaholic to the point of not resting just to give prostheses to the unfortunate or the mutilated corpses on the battlefield.

He always has an unhappy look as he holds the guilt of the atrocities he did in the past, often asking himself why he did not die when he threw himself off the cliff.

After his former foster son Kaname realised that he was the one who crucified and tortured his parents, he again came to feel that his death would be the price for all his faults.

When he met Hyakkimaru as a newborn, he is shown to develop a close bond with him like he used to with his former foster son. That bond was however more pure as he made a whole body for him and raised him as well as trained him in combat.

## History

Jukai once served under Lord Shiba as a torturer. He tortured and killed many who disobeyed or betrayed Lord Shiba. However, his wife was later captured and he was ordered to crucify her as well. Shocked by this, Jukai decided to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff. He however survived after being rescued by a foreign ship. He was then brought to their land where he learned about making prostheses.

Upon returning to Japan, he decided to atone for his sins by becoming a doctor and giving prostheses for free to those in need. At some point, he adopted an orphan named Kaname and gave him an artificial leg. Kaname later became his disciple and worked for him. After helping a young boy who lost his arm, Kaname learned that Jukai once worked for Lord Shiba who was responsible for his parents' demise and immediately decided to kill him. Jukai pleaded with Kaname to give him some more time to finish the artificial arm for the young boy they met earlier and once it was finished he would give his life. Eventually, Kaname decided not to kill Jukai, he however disposed of the artificial leg made by him and left him alone.

Sometime later, he tripped near a river and found a boat that carried an infant without body parts nor limbs. Surprised that the baby could barely survive despite the odds, Jukai once again tried to redeem himself. As Hyakkimaru grew up and fought a demon for the first time, Jukai realized that he could not protect him anymore and began teaching him swordsmanship.

A few years later, after fighting another demon which made Hyakkimaru regain his right leg, Jukai came to a conclusion that Hyakkimaru's body parts and limbs were stolen by demons over an unknown agreement.

After entering his adolescence, Hyakkimaru decided to set off on his journey to retrieve all of his limbs and body parts. Jukai installed a pair of swords inside his artificial arms. Jukai also gave him a talisman and hugged Hyakkimaru, the two then parted ways.

In episode 17, the two meet again. Jukai was giving the corpses on a battlefield prosthetics and Hyakkimaru rescued him by killing a ghoul. Hyakkimaru wanted a replacement for his remaining prosthetic leg which had been lost, but Jukai refused. They still parted ways on friendly terms, with Hyakkimaru calling him mama before leaving to find Dororo.

## Plot

* Episode 1
* Episode 17