Jiji

**Jin Enjoji** (円えん
城じょう
寺じ
仁じん
, *Enjōji Jin*?), also known as **Jiji** (ジジ, *Jiji*?), is one of the main characters of the manga series *Dandadan*.

He is Momo's childhood friend, also unknowingly her first crush, who he lost touch with after moving away. Years later, he enrolls into Momo's high school and reunites with her after he came to her grandmother for help to rid his house of the Evil Eye haunting him, which leads to him becoming the yokai's vessel. After the Evil Eye is kept under control by Okarun, Jiji becomes one of the few to lend his help to Momo and Okarun as they try to find the latter's kintama.

## Appearance

Jiji is a very tall and muscular young man, being even taller than his parents, with brown eyes, and short brown hair with bangs that fall down to his eyebrows; with only the center of his forehead left exposed. He is recognized by the girls at his school to be quite handsome.

When he was first introduced, Jiji wore a tracksuit with an undershirt. When at school, Jiji wears a collared shirt with a tie, jeans with a belt, and the school's blazer. He also wears dark hoop earrings.

## Personality

Jiji comes off as being a very hyper-active young man who likes to express himself with dramatic movement and faces. He also has a habit of usually ending his sentences with strange verbal tics such as "Fuuuu" (フゥ, ***"Fuuuu"***? *Viz*: Woo) or "Fuuuuwaaaatsu" (フゥワッ, ***"Fuuuuwaaaatsu"***? *Viz*: Woo-Hoo-Hoo). To some girls, Jiji is viewed as being funny and charming, which is accompanied by his handsome good looks. On the other hand, others might find him to be annoying. In Seiko's opinion, Jiji's quirky personality makes him come off as being moronic, as she would sarcastically comment on him being a "genius".

Jiji has also been noted to give off a "playboy" vibe. After making his introduction to Momo's classmates, Jiji immediately asked for a female classmate's cellphone number with enthusiasm after finding her to be cute with just a single glance and acted flirtatious around Momo's friends.

Aside from this, he has proven himself to be good-natured. Upon reuniting with Momo after the two lost touch with each other since they were little, Jiji sincerely apologized for mocking her in the past and jumped in to protect her from an alive anatomical model that was charging towards her.

## Abilities and Powers

### Supernatural Abilities

 The only main strength of the Ha Wave is that the force of the attack is capable of knocking back Jiji's intended target and having him attack from short to long range.

## Etymology

* The name **Jin** means "compassionate" (仁).
* Jin's surname **Enjoji** means "circle, yen, round, money, rotund" (円) (**en**), "castle" (城) (**jo**) and "temple" (寺) (**ji**).

## Trivia

* The conditions to Jiji's curse with the Evil Eye is similar to the conditional curse of Ranma Saotome, the main protagonist of *Ranma ½* who is cursed to transform into a female whenever splashed with cold water, while hot water is the only thing that can return him back into a male. However, in Jiji's case, the Evil Eye's curse will take and lose effect based on any kind of cold and hot liquid.
* Despite having known Seiko since he was a child, Jiji did not realize that she is actually Momo's grandmother until after he reunited with Momo.