Mafuyu Himura

**Mafuyu Himura** (緋村愛扶友, *Himura Mafuyu*) is the protagonist of the fanfiction Jujutsu Kaisen: Crimson Blooms and the second deutragonist of the main *Jujutsu Kaisen* series. She is a first-year student and grade 2 jujutsu sorcerer at Tokyo Jujutsu High studying under Satoru Gojo alongside Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Nobara Kugisaki.

## Appearance

Mafuyu has dark indigo hair with eyes that start at maroon and fade to crimson from top to bottom. Her hair is curly, long, and usually kept up in a ponytail that falls over her right shoulder, though not always. Mafuyu’s fringe is fairly long as well, with the middle section falling past her eyes. She has an ahoge that swoops to the right above her fringe, and her face is framed by short, curly strands on each side. She cuts it by the end of the Cursed Kannagi Arc, her new hairstyle being a short, fluffy bob.

While Mafuyu’s eyes are usually wide and bright, they will occasionally lose all light and go empty when she is honest with her feelings.

Mafuyu's jujutsu school uniform consists of a dark blue gakuran-style top (a button-down jacket) and a short matching skirt that reaches above knees. She also sports dark gray stockings and black shoes along with a brown belt with two compartments for her two Cursed Tools, Dual Ichor Fans.

## Personality

To everyone else, Mafuyu is a “good girl". Mafuyu is known to be kind, generous, and considerate, her words always polite and her voice soft and warm. She is difficult, arguably impossible, to anger, for any hesitation she shows that might betray disagreement or displeasure is immediately covered with a gentle smile. Mafuyu is noted to be cheerful and always smiling sweetly, but Haruki Koigakubo was able to see through Mafuyu's mask and warned the other first-years about it.

Mafuyu's true personality is that she is emotionless and apathetic: abandoned by her true self a long time ago. This was the result of her sheltered and controlling upbringing in the Himura Family as the *kannagi* (sacrifice) for their "God", Hanayakohime. Mafuyu’s “true personality” - or, at the very least, the person she is when there is no one else watching - is considerably more cold and blunt. Her voice is dull and her face is flat, both holding no feeling for she has none to show. She speaks few words, and the words she does speak tend to be no more than what is needed. The polite consideration she is expected to have, that colors the sentences she crafts for others, is nowhere to be heard. While she is not pleasant or “good,” she is honest - as honest as she has the capacity for. Although Mafuyu's "true personality" is cold and apathetic, she wears a blank and almost condescending smile to compliment her awful personality.

After the Cursed Kannagi Arc, Mafuyu is encouraged to say what she is truly feeling—or, at least, to try—when she is talking to her friends. She still retains her incredibly blunt and straightforward speech when she is curious, but her interest is genuine as she accepts the information, and her following questions indicate that she has honestly cared enough to actually listen and learn.

## Trivia

* Mafuyu's first name, written/said by her and others around her, is spelled "愛扶友", consisting of the kanji "love, affection" (愛 m*a*), "aid, help, assist" (扶 *fu*), and "friend" (友 *yu*). When her family writes/says her first name, it is spelled as "眞扶侑", consisting of the kanji "truth, reality" (眞 *ma*), "aid, help, assist" (扶 *fu*), "repay kindness" (侑 *yu*). But when Mafuyu herself writes it, it is spelled "まふゆ", which is in hirigana and holds no meaning, just sound syllables, referring to her personality.
	+ After the Cursed Kannagi Arc, Mafuyu then writes/spells her name as "愛扶友".
* Mafuyu's surname, Himura (緋村) consists of the kanji "scarlet, dark red" (緋 *hi*) and "town, village" (村 *mura*).
* Her responses to questions regarding her opinions is always "nothing in particular!" or "no opinion!".
* Mafuyu is a tad bit taller than Nobara, standing 167 centimeters tall (5'4").
* Mafuyu's hair color is natural. She doesn't know why is it colored that way.
* When she was being interogated by Yuji, Megumi, and Nobara about her favorite things after the Cursed Kannagi Arc, Mafuyu admits that she likes ice cream because it tastes sweet and dislikes bell peppers and weird-tasting vegetables.
	+ She was also shown to like learning about her friends, the snow, and the color purple. She dislikes the hot sun. Mafuyu also likes Yuji, it is unsure whether it is platonic or romantic.
* After the Cursed Kannagi Arc, Mafuyu is frequently shown to prefer childish food like fast food or sweets.
* It was revealed during the Cursed Kannagi Arc that Mafuyu hosts a small bit of a Cursed Spirit inside her, having drank the blood of the Special Grade Spirit, Hanayakohime, multiple times during her childhood.
* Mafuyu was supposed to die at childbirth due to complications with delivery. She does die at childbirth in the canon *Jujustu Kaisen* series, thus not appearing as the second deutragonist. In the fanon version, she survives off the blood of Hanayakohime, and becomes a kannagi as "repayment".
* Mafuyu is actually extremely indecisive. She will usually let any of her friends pick options for her without complaint.
* Her theme music, decided by her creator, is "Jack Pot Sad Girl" by syudou.
* Although her type is unknown, during a bonus scene with Haruki and Nobara, Mafuyu admits that she likes "nice guys".