Jin

**Jin** is the protagonist from *Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom*, a brave young blue-haired boy.

## Story

Jin was fishing outside of the Monster World Kingdom when he saw his uncle Nabu flying on a barrel and causing mischief with a magic wand. Nabu casted a curse that transformed everyone in the kingdom into anthropomorphic animals, and Jin's brother Zeke (with the appearance of a small dragon) appeared to warn him of what happened. They follow Nabu to investigate, resulting in Jin fighting a giant squid and being transformed into a pig in Skullrock Beach's lighthouse.

After Jin and Zeke arrive in the Village of Lupia, Mysticat attempts to arrest them due to their ties with Nabu, but as they didn't work with Nabu, also being transformed by him and wanting to return to normal, and may be able to help Mysticat in his task, he gives them a chance to clear up Nabu's mess by finding sacred orbs that can undo the curse. Jin volunteers to find the orbs, also hoping to find out what happened with Nabu, believing that he may also be under the effect of a curse.

During his quest, Jin travels to different areas from Monster World and faces many dangers, but also gains new equipments, new powers, and allies that assist him, such as Pepelogoo, Professor Leveratt, and Sir Hoots. The orbs themselves allow him to get new forms as well.

Jin also discovers that Nabu is effectively manipulated by Lord Xaros, the Master of Darkness; and the true royal traitor is Mysticat, his right arm. The wand of Nabu contains the last sacred orb, which allows Jin to retrieve his human form. However, Mysticat turns him, like his uncle and his brother, into stone; he also steals the orbs and opens the Monster Gate.

Fortunately, the jester and his nephews were freed by Boy, Shion and Book. The three heroes offer at Jin the Human Talisman, allowing him to pass the barrier that separates Monster World and the Dark Realm. Equipped with golden equipment forged and reinforced by Foximus, Jin retrieves his lost forms and breaks the barrier. Helped by Nabu, Pepelogoo and Zeke, he fights Xaros. Despite a certain advantage, Nabu counters the dark lord with the golden shield of his oldest nephew, letting Jin use his lion form to distract Xaros with a pillar. Finally, the fifth hero of Monster World uses his dragon form to dodge the next dark shot, passes to his human form, and slashes Xaros with his golden sword, slaying him and saving everyone.

## Forms

Note: Pig and snake forms can't use equipment.

 Hefty Power of the Pig
 Agile Power of the Snake
 Great Power of the Frog
 Fierce Power of the Lion
 Mighty Power of the Dragon

## Talismans

Except for the Pig form, there is a talisman for each form that grants additional abilities.

 Frog Talisman
 Lion Talisman
 Dragon Talisman
 Human Talisman

## Gallery

Human formJin transforming into a pigPig formSnake formFrog formLion formDragon formJin's official normal form artworkJin and his different formsJin Teleporting Start.Jin's one-of-a-kind Figurine.
## Trivia

* The pig form is a reference to the pig in *Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap*, with his idle animation being originally planned to have him smoking like said pig. His idle animation was later changed to show him switching the side of his eyepatch.

## References

1. ↑ *Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom* official blog: Holy smokes, he's doing it again!