Sorcerer

**Sorcerers** are a sub-race of humans found mostly in Japan whose brains are adapted to the use of Juryoku, permitting them to use jujutsu.

## Terminology

There are a number of terms used to describe different varieties of sorcerers. Trained professional sorcerers employed by the Japanese government to exorcise Cursed Spirits are known as **Jujutsu Sorcerers** (呪術師, *Jujutsushi*). Sorcerers who use their abilities for illegal activities are known as **Curse Users** (呪詛師, *Jusoshi*). These are very different than a "**cursed human**" (呪者, *jusha*), which is merely a human aflicted or killed by a Cursed Spirit or curse user.

## Overview

Humans with the ability to become sorcerers are extremely rare. Most are born with their abilities literally engraved into their bodies. However, in certain instances, some can learn to become sorcerers, despite lacking Innate Techniques, by having access to large volumes of **Juryoku** (呪力, *Cursed Energy*). This phenomenon is mostly observable in the Japanese population, though there are rare exceptions.

### Biology & Mentality

Sorcerers possess an evoluntionary adaptation in the prefrontal cortex of their brains. This mutation in their biology is genetic, and grants them their individual technique, called an Innate Technique. Their brain stem also controls their ability to harness and wield Juryoku. Removing the component of the brain that grants a sorcerer their technique would kill them.

Professionally trained sorcerers are conditioned to disregard their disgust of Cursed Spirits. The stresses of their occupation often make sorcerers seem crazy or unhinged. Regardless, sorcerers are known to have a strong mental fortitude due to facing monsters and the threat of a gruesome death for a living.

Sorcerers who die while in a fit of extremely negative emotions can turn into a special grade Vengeful Spirits, a type of Cursed Spirit, if they are not first killed with jujutsu. Certain sorcerers can also cheat death by transferring their souls into Cursed Objects.

## Society

The **jujutsu world** (呪術界, *Jujutsukai*) is the secret Japanese society of sorcerers bent on protecting humanity from Curses. However, strong traditionalist sentiment has infected jujutsu society. Its leadership tends to value only conservative principles and frequently bow to the whims of the noble bloodlines.

In the modern era, the jujutsu world is split between traditionalists with strident views of what jujutsu should be, and younger progressives who have allowed technology to influence jujutsu and their techniques.

### Sorcerer Clans

The **Three Honorable Families** (御三家, *Gosanke*; *Viz* "Three Big Families") are the most prominent families in the jujutsu world. Each is descended from one of **Three Great Vengeful Spirits of Japan** (日本三大怨霊, *Nihon Sandai Onryō*) and derrives their political capitol within the jujutsu world from their Inherited Techniques. The Three Honorable Families are the **Gojo Clan**, the **Kamo Clan**, and the **Zen'in Clan**. Lesser **sorcerer clans** (術師家, *Jutsushi-ke*) also pass on their techniques to their descendants, differing from the Three Honorable Families only in that they are not descended from Vengeful Spirits.

### Regulations

Sorcerers are bound by a series of codes and regulations that must be strictly followed:

* **Article 9**: Any Jujutsu Sorcerer who intentionally kills a Non-Sorcerer with a Cursed Technique is branded a Curse User and sentenced to immediate execution.

## Training

Originally, jujutsu was practiced mostly among the Three Honorable Families. As the art became more systemized, it became possible to identify others with Innate Techniques and Juryoku. The training of these other sorcerers was deemed a necessity to prevent a proliferation of curse users and to spare those who could see Cursed Spirits a life of hell. Sorcerers are trained at one of two educational institutions in Japan:

* **Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School** (東京都立呪術高等専門学校, *Tōkyō Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō*; *Viz* "Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School"): A school located in the mountains near Tokyo. It is disguised as a private religious school funded by the national and prefectural governments. The metropolitan government also covers parts of the cost due to the higher volume of Cursed Spirits in Tokyo. After graduation, many sorcerers use the school as a headquarters since it provides them with work and general support.

* **Kyoto Prefectural Jujutsu Technical High School** (京都府立呪術高等専門学校, *Kyoto Furitsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō*): The sister school to Tokyo Jujutsu High located in Kyoto.

## Combat

 Main article: Jujutsu

**Jujutsu** (呪術; *Viz* "Sorcery"; Literally meaning "Curse Techniques") are combat techniques that can be deployed with a sorcerer's Juryoku. A sorcerer's skill set is eighty-percent derrived from their Innate Technique: unique abilities engraved into their brains. The other twenty-percent comes from barrier and shikigami techniques. A sorcerer will also incorperate Binding Vows into their fighting style to dramatically improve performance and Juryoku output.

## Evolution

Certain sorcerers can undergo **evolution** (進化, *shinka*) into a higher form of existence. The conditions for evolution are unknown; but extending one's life to an unnatural length appears related to the process. Individuals who undergo evolution have a few defining traits: notably four eyes. In one case, a subject undergoing evolution also developed a second set of arms and a second mouth on his torso.

The process of evolution involves becoming something beyond an ordinary sorcerer. However, the subject also loses their humanity. Without Barrier Techniques to maintain their sanity, the subject undergoing evolution could potentially rage out of control and threaten the entire world. The result is something more akin to a Cursed Spirit than a human being. The process of evolution also confers upon its subject godlike powers, to the point where even others around the subject no longer recognize them as human.

## Trivia

* Sorcerers undergoing evolution resemble Asura from Buddhist mythology.
* In the modern world, one of the best methods for fighting sorcerers as a non-sorcerer is with firearms.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 12
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 134
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 66
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 3
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 4
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 200
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 *Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook*
8. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* volume 0
9. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 56
10. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 136
11. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 230
12. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 20
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 201
14. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 146
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 77
16. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 106
17. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 1
18. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 155
19. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 10
20. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 11
21. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 202
22. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 145

## External Links

* Jujutsu Sorcerer on the *Jujutsu Kaisen* Wiki