Nanako Hasaba (JujutsuKaisenRising.0)

**Nanako Hasaba** (枷場 (はさば) 菜々子 (ななこ) , *Hasaba Nanako*?) is an antagonist turned supporting character in the *Jujutsu Kaisen: The Star, The Blight, and The Rose* series and its prequel *Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Jujutsu High Rebirth*. She was Mimiko Hasaba's twin sister and they were both allies of Suguru Geto. After being rescued from Sukuna by Nozomi Bugendai, she and her sister joined him at Tokyo Jujutsu High to stop the Culling Game.

## Appearance

In aknots all of her appearances, Nanako's clothes are of the kogal style of the gyaru subculture.

Nanako has long caramel hair that she ties back into a bun, her eyes are the same brown shade as her twin sister. She wears a beige cardigan over a white button down shirt, and an indigo skirt reaching her mid-thigh. She also wears a pair of white loose socks and brown loafers.

As a child, Nanako had short light colored hair that extended to the bottom of her head. She wore a sleeveless light colored dress with black shoes.

After being saved by Geto, Nanako wore a white hoodie and a black skirt.

During the Shibuya Incident, Nanako had long light colored hair that she keeps in a bun, with two strands that hang from the side of her head. She wore a light colored sailor uniform with a black collar, black skirt, white slouch socks, and black shoes.

After joining Tokyo Jujutsu High, Nanako wears a customized jujutsu sorcerer uniform with a longer skirt.

## Personality

Similar to her twin sister, Mimiko Hasaba, Nanako cares deeply for Geto and confronted Pseudo-Geto about giving Geto's body back. When he denies giving back Geto's body, Nanako becomes very angry over this, in which she began to plot behind his back to recover the real Geto. After failing at their mission, then being saved by a jujutsu sorcerer, Nanako became frustrated, believing that she had failed Geto’s legacy. Upon hearing Nozomi’s words about “the true legacy of Suguru Geto”, she and Mimiko agreed to aid him and his allies, evacuating the remaining civilians from Shibuya.

Upon joining Tokyo Jujutsu High, Nanako became more mellow, but still managed to annoy both Megumi and Nozomi, who described her as “unbearable”.

During the Culling Game, and her battle alongside Yuji Itadori against Hiromi Higuruma, she came to accept Suguru Geto’s “true legacy”, becoming a full fledged jujutsu sorcerer and truly aligning with Tokyo Jujutsu High, fully earning the trust of Yuji and becoming a true friend. While inside Hiromi’s Deathly Sentencing, Nanako went through a profound transformation, coming to understand the weight of her actions, and the buried guilt inside her.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skills**: Nanako is a former curse user who was one of Suguru Geto’s commanders. As such, she is a capable jujutsu sorcerer with enough battle prowess to be seen as a threat by the average sorcerer. During the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, both Nanako and Mimiko dispatched of several managers from Jujutsu High, with Nanako being able to defeat a grade 2 sorcerer on her own.

During the Shibuya Incident, Nanako and Mimiko had enough knowledge about jujutsu to bypass all of Kenjaku’s barriers to get to the central platform to confront him, but upon being threatened by a much superior opponent, the twins immediately back down. When encountering Jogo, Nanako was forced to use a powerful extension technique to save her and Mimiko, which quickly drained her. When confronted by Sukuna, they, alongside Jogo, were unable to even move, bowing down deep before the King of Curses. The twins were unable to do anything to help themselves, being saved by the intervention of Nozomi Bugendai, who Sukuna felt was a superior opponent to Jogo. After rescuing them, Nozomi felt that Nanako and Mimiko were capable enough to evacuate any straggling non-sorcerers from Shibuya.

During the Culling Game, despite her lack of combat experience, Nanako was able to aid Yuji in his battle against Hiromi Higuruma, to the point where Hiromi was forced to use his Deathly Sentencing on her. Her use of her technique was able to trip up Hiromi, a Culling Game Player who’s prowess was comparable to a grade 1 sorcerer, and she quickly earned the respect and friendship of Yuji during the battle.

## Trivia

* Nanako's name contains the kanji for "vegetables, greens" (菜, na), an iteration mark, and "child" (子, ko). Her surname means "shrine, mausoleum" (枷, hasa) and "place, field" (場, ba).
* Mimiko and Nanako are likely fraternal twins as they weren't affected by Heavenly Restriction like Maki and Mai.
* Nanako loves to collect vintage cameras.
* According to Jujutsu Kaisen Unofficial Fanbook:
	+ Enrollment Method: Scouted (Unofficially by Nozomi)
	+ Her hobby is taking pictures with her sister and trying out trending restaurants.
	+ Favorite dish: Crepes.
	+ Least favorite dish: Anything involving seaweed.
	+ Cause of stress: Jujutsu society procedures.