Kurai jigoku

Guardian of the Hell House

Fear paralysis genjutsu

Dark fading technique

Free soul switching technique

Dead soul zombie reincarnation jutsu

Soul feeding

Kurai Jigoku was the main antagonist of Boruto the Movie: The Hell House and a guardian of the Hell house.

## Abilities

Overall, Kurai has shown to be extremely strong and dangerous, enough that he could kill and eat his presumably very strong fellow guardians seemingly easily. In addition, he was able to defeat and eat several of the strongest shinobi without any noticeable injuries.

### Ninjutsu

From what has been seen, he was very skilled and could use multiple powerful techniques. He had the unique soul release kekkei genkai, which allowed him to cut souls out of people and eat them, effectively making him immortal. He could also use dead soul zombie reincarnation to bring the soulless people back to life. While they could use any Ninjutsu or weapons they had in their lifetime, they can't say no to or betray Kurai, in a way being a step-up from the regular reanimation jutsu.

### Genjutsu

While this hasn't been showcased very much, his genjutsu was amazing and far and away his best skill. He was able to paralyze people with fear into such a strong genjutsu that it's impossible to break out. The only way the victim can break out is if they are actually a clone or a substitution.

### Weapons

Kurai had the Dark Scythe, which in addition to having all the abilities a regular scythe has, can cut the soul out of victims. In addition, if anyone else grabs on the handle, they will get burned, eventually disintegrating if they don't drop it. Kurai seemed to be especially skilled at using this, as he was easily able to kill three jonin without any trouble.

## Plot Overview

Kurai Jigoku was first seen guarding the house of hell in Boruto Uzumaki's dream. There, a person was chained up and dragged into the house by two Demons and Kurai followed, banishing his soul away.

Later, Boruto, Mizu Makimono, Tantei, and ten other Jonin saw Kurai while walking to the hell house. Kurai asked if they were banished, and they say no, and that they're trying to find their missing comrades. At this, Kurai gets angry and slashes three of the jonin dead with his scythe. Mizu uses Water Release: Great Flood, and Boruto sends lightning into the water. The others leave, and Boruto and Kurai get into a fight.

Boruto realizes he can't move, and Kurai says he's paralyzed from fear. Boruto tries to shock himself to break out of the genjutsu, but is doesn't work, as Kurai's genjutsu is too strong. However, it was just a shadow clone, and the real Boruto punches him in the face. However, he fades into darkness. He appears and tries to stab Boruto, but he blocks with his kunai. The two exchange blows, but Kurai comes too close, and Boruto uses a Rasengan in his face to defeat him. However, he accidentally killed a different person, and he doesn't see Kurai.

He then goes into the hell house, but is attacked by a person who smashes Boruto into the wall with brute strength. He then uses Earth Release: Stone Dome to attempt to trap boruto, but he escapes by using a Vanishing Rasengan and uses Lightning Style: Teleporting Shock Sword to defeat him. Kurai admits that he was manipulating the deceased shinobi to Boruto, who asks if that was why he was stealing people. He says no, and he has a different reason for his actions. He then flies away. Boruto meets up with Mizu, Tantei, and the seven other Jonin in one of the rooms, and sees several chained up people. Tantei says that they are "empty" and have had their souls devoured by Kurai. The grim reaper then comes into the room with several more awakened shinobi. Boruto tells Tantei and the other seven shinobi to investigate, and that he and Mizu would deal with the enemies. However, Kurai pushes them through a portal before they can investigate.

The four reanimated shinobi then use Fire, Water, and Wind style to create an extremely powerful attack that sent Naruto and Mizu flying. However, those were only shadow clones, and the real Boruto attacks him from behind with a sword. He looks around, but is then stabbed from both sides at once. However, they only hit the second reanimated konoha shinobi, who stops moving. Kurai explains his anger at the two. He then prepares to use soul cutter jutsu on them, but Mizu summons Kawauso, who uses his claws to slash Kurai, though this has no effect. It was revealed to just be a distraction though, and Boruto uses Compression Rasengan, which makes a hole in Kurai's chest. Boruto wonders why it didn't kill him, and Kurai tells him that he feeds on souls to become immortal, though this means he has to have living humans to eat off of. Boruto wonders why he only started attacking recently, and he says it's because he ate his comrades first. Kurai then dissapears, and Boruto realizes he's planning to feed off someone. However, the three reanimations left attack. The sunagakure one uses Wind Style: Blade Gust. It doesn't do anything to the three at first, but then Boruto and the others feel like they're getting cut. The Sand Shinobi brags that due to the density, it can easily cut them to pieces.

Boruto, however, uses Fire Release Bullet: "Blaze" to power up the flames, and Mizu then creates another flood, allowing them to escape, while all three revived shinobi suffocated to "death" in water. Boruto and Mizu then look for Kurai and a portal. They eventually come to a large room, and sees Kurai feeding on a person. He gets angry and summons kekkei genkai wielders Jōki of the Boil Release, Masshō Suru of the Explosion Release, Hyōketsu of the Ice Release, Kazan of the Lava Release, Jiba of the Magnet Release, Mīra-ka of the Scorch Release, Sandākuraudo of the Storm Release, and the leader, Uzzu of the Wood Release. Kurai laughs and says he has even more, and he'll get a Dust Release shinobi next. Boruto tells Mizu that he learned how to release and control a small amount of Momoshiki's power, and transforms into Borushiki Control: Level 1. As Kurai is walking out to get the dust release person, Boruto uses his new power to smash Kurai through the wall. Kurai gets up, though, and says that he already has the body. However, Boruto creates a giant Rasengan with Momoshiki's chakra, which smashes a considerable amount of the house, and destroying the corpse. Kurai then laughs, but is upset and sends the reanimated shinobi after the nine.

Boruto and Mizu run to the portal to hell, but are stopped when trees start growing in the room. Boruto fuses lightning release into his sword, and cuts through a lot of trees. However, they grow back, and grow so rapidly that the two started getting crushed. However, Boruto uses Fire Release to summon so much fire, it burns all the trees.