Yukari Tsumeyami

### Grade

4 (Neglectful Nurturing Arc)3 (Comorbid Conditions Arc) 2 (Post-Comorbid Conditions Arc)

## First Appearance

### Debut

Chapter 1: Neglect

**Yukari** **Tsumeyami** (都初闇紫 *Tsumeyami Yukari*) is the main protagonist of **Jujutsu Kaisen: Purple**. He is a fifteen-year-old boy who was neglected by his parents from a young age and accidentally awakened his innate technique, Shadow Hands, after being attacked by a cursed spirit in an alleyway — leading to him joining Tokyo Jujutsu High and becoming a Jujutsu Sorcerer to give his life a purpose.

## Appearance

Yukari possesses purple hair long enough to fall past his eyebrows and almost reach his eyelashes, as well as light grey eyes. He has a pale complexion, is 160 centimetres tall, and weighs approximately 49 kilograms, making him fairly slim. Furthermore, Yukari typically wears a black hoodie along with dark blue jeans and purple sneakers.

After becoming a Jujutsu Sorcerer, Yukari's outfit consists of a black Jujutsu High uniform, black and purple sports shoes and a purple scarf. He later wears a custom-made half-purple, half-black scarf called the Karmic Retribution Scarf, gifted to him at the end of his late birthday party in Chapter 17: Ephemerality. Moreover, Yukari grows slightly taller and gains a few kilograms throughout the course of the story.

## Personality

Yukari is a reserved and empathetic individual who often appears detached from the present moment. He tends to be unemotional and laconic, yet strongly values his friends and often exhibits compassionate behaviour, evidenced by him tying his brand-new scarf around Mizuki Hishiya's wounded ankle in Chapter 5: Confrontation.

Despite this, Yukari can adopt a ruthless and callous demeanour when faced with threats to his wellbeing, alongside derisive behaviour. He repeatedly insults Sayume Kanmuri while fighting him and, most notably, completely snaps after manifesting his **Domain Expansion: Neglected Hydrangea Marsh** for the first time. During this moment, Yukari embraces his darkest emotions by acting in a deranged and sadistic manner that contrasts his usual personality — marking the end of his long-lasting affliction.

## Abilities

**Overall Skill Level:** Yukari quickly progresses through the grading system and is currently a second-grade sorcerer. Although lacking in physical prowess and hand-to-hand combat capability, his versatile Shadow Hands technique more than makes up for these weaknesses. Due to his blood ties to Yukou Tsugomorii and the Tsugomorii Clan, as well as his innate talent, Yukari possesses the potential to become a powerful sorcerer if given enough time to develop; in less than six months, he has already reached the rank of second-grade sorcerer.

### Jujutsu

**Cursed Energy Manipulation****High Cursed Energy:** As a second-grade sorcerer and descendant of the Tsugomorii Clan, Yukari retains a high amount of cursed energy, and an even greater amount of latent cursed energy.**Innate Technique****Shadow Hands** (影の手 *Kage no Te*)**:** Yukari's technique allows him to summon and control up to thirteen large arms that emerge from black puddles called Shadow Swamps (影の沼 *Kage no Numa*). Each shadow hand is slightly larger than a human's head, retains sharp claws capable of lacerating flesh with ease, and is attached to a slender arm with a matching pitch-black colouration. They can extend up to ten metres, but their strength and durability decreases the further they get from their swamp. Furthermore, if a shadow hand retracts back into its swamp without being destroyed, its cursed energy will return to Yukari. It should be noted that shadow swamps can only be created on flat surfaces within a two-metre radius of Yukari.

## Battles

**Neglectful Nurturing Arc**

* Yukari & Mizuki vs Cursed Corpses
* Yukari vs Scarecrow Curse

**Comorbid Conditions Arc**

* Yukari's Group vs High School Curses
* Yukari vs Sayume Kanmuri
* Yukari & Kana vs Utsuro

**Addictive Acquaintance Arc**

* Yukari, Mizuki & Hinotori vs Kezume

**Shinjuku Slaughter Arc**

* Yukari vs Sayume Kanmuri (Rematch)

## Quotes

* **"Why was I even born at all?"** (Chapter 1: Neglect)
* ***"Don't dissociate. Don't flinch back in fear. Just focus on running and dodging its attacks."*** (Chapter 5: Confrontation)
* **"I don't care about noble ideals. All I want is a life worth living, and no one has the right to take that away from me. That's why... I'll exorcises curses until the day I die."** (Chapter 13: Rendezvous)
* **"Your life is so worthless that sacrificing half of it barely made a difference."** (Chapter 20: Breaking Point)
* **"Hey, Big Brother! Have fun rotting in hell!"** (Chapter 25: Judgement)