The Father

**The Father** (ザファーザー *Za Fāzā*) is one of The First's spirits bound by her jujutsu technique. He serves as her primary representative, alongside The Protector. He is seen as the de facto leader of The First's spirits.

## Profile

### Background

The Father's real name is **Toji Fushiguro**, also known in World-D as The Sorcerer Killer. He was born with no cursed energy and was shunned, abused and effectively disowned by his family, the Zen'in Clan. This lead to him becoming a man who will kill sorcerers and those within the sorcery world for large sums of money. After his death at the hands of World-D-1's Satoru Gojo, Father's soul entered limbo. Feeling potential to change his assignment from Hell to Heaven, his spirit was given the chance to redeem itself, though his soul was not aware of this. Upon being found compatible with The First, he was bound to her room key and became one of her bound spirits.

### Personality

While highly similar to how he was in life (that is, cold, cool and confident), Father has become much more mellow, especially after spending more time getting to know Sencho. After The Infinite caught him up to speed with the progress of his son, Megumi Fushiguro, The Father spends much of his time wondering how he is doing.

## Relationships

### First and Peers

#### The First

Much like his deceased peers, The Father has a very close bond with The First, their dynamic being described as "closer than family. Together, they are one." Also just like the others, he would throw his life away for her if she so asked. She is the only person he lets touch him for extended periods of time. For this reason, he jokingly calls her pet names usually associated with couples. Of all her spirits, she trusts The Father most. She calls him "Toji."

#### The Protector

Their views of the world do conflict, but The Protector and The Father do agree on helping The First no matter what. The Protector has noted The Father is a kind man once he feels safe enough but is horrendous with people. As The Protector knows The Father's actions are more true to him than his words, he has a much better relationship with him than the other bound spirits. There is a strong mutual respect. He calls him "Fushiguro-san."

#### The Giver

The Giver, being a perceptive and intelligent child, does not trust The Father as much as she respects him. However, she is also the only person he hasn't attacked for calling him "dad." As such, many see them as having a father-daughter bond. She was the first fellow bound spirit whose name The Father memorized and The First has commented that the look in his eyes when he looks at The Giver is the same one he has when he talks or thinks about his son. She calls him "dad."

#### The Deceiver

Being almost uncomfortably similar in nature, there is little tension between them, though The Deceiver's naturally more passive nature does clash with that of The Father a little. Regardless, they get along rather well all things considered. The Deceiver has instead nicknamed The Father "The Brother."

#### The Infinite

The Infinite and The Father have a rather tense relationship, seeing as The Infinite was the man who killed The Father, but neither of them made much a fuss over it and many of these tensions dissipated after The Infinite told The Father about how his son, Megumi, is doing. He calls him "Toji-san."