Seimei Abe

**Seimei Abe** (安倍 晴明, *Abe Seimei*) is a special grade jujutsu sorcerer and member of the legendary Abe Family. Born during the Nara period, he became renown as one of the **Shiboshi** (四星, *Four Stars*), powerful jujutsu sorcerers who spread jujutsu across Japan and laid the foundation for the modern Jujutsu society. After the Long Night of Spiritual Darkness, Seimei founded Jujutsu Headquarters and assumed the title of **Jujutsu Commander** (呪術総監, *Jujutsu Sōkan*), giving him supreme authority over all jujutsu sorcerers in the country. He has held the title ever since, due to his innate technique of reincarnation.

Like his sister Tengen, Seimei is viewed as a pillar of the jujutsu society, whose existence is pivotal to both the history and structure and organization of jujutsu today. Unlike Tengen, however, he plays an active role in the everyday functions of the world and actively shapes it in function of his vision. He is in direct communication with the Prime Minister of Japan and commands Hisashin, the Prime Minister's sorcerer bodyguards. Seimei also maintains a complex relationship with the Ignorance Spirits, in particular Daji, where they both try to out-manipulate the other in order to serve their goals without causing a direct confrontation.

Through his many lifetimes, Seimei has played several vital roles in Japanese society, both in sorcerer and non-sorcerer circles, to the point that it could be said he helped to shape the country into what it is today. He is feared and respected by all of the other higher-ups of jujutsu society, including the family leaders and school principals, but his identity remains hidden for most regular jujutsu sorcerers.

## Appearance

Seimei during the Nara periodSeimei during the Heian periodSeimei during the Meiji period

## Powers & Abilities

**Overall Skill Level:** As a member of the Abe Family, one of the four Shiboshi and Commander of Jujutsu Headquarters, Seimei is one of the most powerful sorcerers in the world, even when compared to other special grades. Already during the Nara period, his reserves of cursed energy were only outclassed by his sisters and the only sorcerer who could beat him in physical combat was Uraniwa. Ever since then, due to his innate technique, Seimei has honed his skills throughout his many lifetimes and has become an incredibly dangerous and diverse combantant.

During the Long Night of Spiritual Darkness, Seimei lead the sorcerers that had gathered to fight the Ignorance Spirits, and showed unwavering leadership and tenacity in battle. Together with Kuzu he was able to defeat one of Shōnō's shikigami, a being powerful enough to destroy Japan on its own, and even challenge the Ignorance Spirit himself directly. Though he could not kill the latter, the fact that he was able to keep up for a while in one-on-one combat and live to tell the tale is something that Shōnō considered a once in a generation feat. In every one of his subsequent lives, Seimei has occupied positions of power and influence in Japanese society, to the point it might be accurate to say he is partly responsible for shaping it.

In the current era, not even the combined might of all of the jujutsu schools and families would be able to defeat Seimei and take his position of commander, except for Satoru Gojo. Even in the event that Seimei could be defeated and killed, his innate technique would make it so he would only come back stronger and more experienced. This leaves Seimei truly unchallengable as the supreme authority in the jujutsu world.

**Master Swordsman:** In addition to his immense levels of cursed energy and variety of techniques, Seimei is en extremely formidable swordsman that can go toe-to-toe with any opponent. He is particularly gifted in iaido, and can finish off large groups of powerful curses with just one strike of his sword. Oiwa Inumaki believes Seimei could defeat any of the sorcerer family heads relying solely on his swordsmanship.

### Jujutsu

**Immense Cursed Energy:** Seimei possesses vast amounts of cursed energy, enough to last the entire Long Night of Spiritual Darkness without depleting his reserves, fighting alongside his sister who was in possession of the Six Eyes. As part of the Abe Family, he is one of the pioneers of developing and mastering cursed techniques, and has only improved upon them during his many lifetimes. The cursed energy he possesses exerts a domineering aura on the people around him, invoking images of judgment and fear of punishment should they disobey him. To most sorcerers, walking into a room where Seimei is present feels like "the sky is forcing them to their knees". Seimei's cursed energy is so dense that it gives him a natural defense against most cursed techniques: weaker techniques fail outright to penetrate through and powerful ones, even the absolute destruction of Shōnō, are slowed down as they chew through the aura that surrounds him.

* **Shikigami Summoning:**
* **Barrier Techniques:**
* **Reverse Cursed Energy:**

#### Innate Technique

**Five Phase Cycle** (五行 循環, *Gogyō Junkan*) grants Seimei an 'indestructible soul', which everytime he dies is transferred to a baby being born at that time in Japan. He will grow up to have the same physical appearance everytime, and when he becomes 12 years old, Seimei will instantly regain all of his memories and abilities from his past lives. Whenever he is reincarnated, his soul advances through a cycle of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Depending on what phase his soul is in during that lifetime, Seimei has access to different abilities. Additionally, the phase of his soul influences his personality, his ambitions and the means he employs to get them. Seimei will sometimes wait for another life before moving forward with a certain plan because his current soul would not be adapated to the task.

Jujutsu Headquarters is organized so each time after his death, the higher-ups welcome Seimei back as their commander after 12 years of mourning.

* Wood Soul
* Fire Soul
* Earth Soul
* Metal Soul
* Water Soul
**Wood Soul: Growing** (木霊・増す, *Kodama: Masu*): The soul Seimei was initially born with, which he describes as his "vital essence". In this incarnation, he embodies the idealism and spontaneity that have lead him to the position of his leadership throughout his lifetimes: first as head of the Abe Family, then as Jujutsu Commander.

* **Dense Cursed Energy:** Seimei's trademark 'solid' cursed energy originates within this soul, and is empowered during these lifetimes. The aura of energy that he exerts acts like an armor, protecting him from both physical attacks and cursed techniques.
* **Massive Speed:** Seimei displays overwhelming levels of raw physical speed during this incarnation, moreso than in any other phase.

**Fire Soul: Expanding** (火霊・拡す, *Hidama: Hiromusu*): The fire soul is Seimei's most agressive incarnation, both in power and personality. The lives he lived with his fire soul were always marked by conquest and expansion of his influence and power. His personality is passionate and ruthless, filled with resolve to achieve his goals, but also with plenty of hate and agression towards his enemies. Seimei had a fire soul during the events and the aftermath of the Long Night of Spiritual Darkness, which contributed to him being ambitious enough to take control over jujutsu society.

* **Explosive Cursed Energy:** In his lives with a fire soul, Seimei's cursed energy is noted to be particulatily volatile, capable of releasing unpredictable energy bursts whenever he gets excited. Fittingly, when manifested it appears like flames violently lashing out around him.
**Earth Soul: Conserving** (土霊・治す, *Tsuchidama: Naosu*): Seimei's earth soul is defined by tranquility, reflection and stability. After a life spent conquering and fighting, Seimei reincarnates into a life of preserving what was obtained, practicing introspection and strengthening what was already built. For Jujutsu Headquarters and the jujutsu society at large, these are the years where things move slow, where tradition is honored and no large upsets happen internally. During the events of Jujutsu Kaisen: Samsara, this is Seimei's current incarnation.

* **Decelerating Cursed Energy:** Seimei's cursed energy automatically slows down everything around him.
* **Massive Strength:** Seimei is at his strongest physically while in this incarnation. He supposedly defeated and killed Michizane Sugawara in 903 using only hand-to-hand combat, due to his overwhelming strength.
**Metal Soul: Declining** (金霊・減す, *Kanedama: Hesu*): While living with his metal soul, Seimei appears cold, rational and calculated. His persona is much more controlling and forceful than his other lives, expressing the belief that the jujutsu society needs an authoritarian figure that knows what's best to function and displaying a lack of empathy or care towards his fellow sorcerers. Seimei describes his metal soul as being "tempered" throughout his many lives by the flaws and deaths of humans around him, causing it to become completely self-reliant.

* **Dry Cursed Energy:** Seimei's cursed energy leaves a sensation of cold dryness in his surroundings. His chamber where he receives guests in Jujutsu Headquarters has been described as a "cold desert" during these periods, where visitors feel like they're being "mummified alive".

**Water Soul: Hiding** (水霊・隠す, *Suidama: Kakusu*): Not much is known about Seimei's lives with his water soul, except for that he takes the least active role as a Jujutsu Commander during this incarnation, leaving most of the decisions to the Higher Council. Those who have encountered Seimei during one of his lives as a water soul describe it as a "demonic experience", stating he is more similar to a Vengeful Spirit than a sorcerer.

**Avatar of the Stars and Planets** (極ノ番・権化 星々, *Gonge Shinshin*): By revealing the True Essence of his soul, Seimei harnessess the power of all of his previous lives into his body at once. Given that he has at least lived 20 lives, the technique gives him an immense increase in his cursed energy. Seimei's appearance also tranforms: he gains red markings on his face and body, his hair becomes a pure white and his eyes become golden.

**Domain Expansion:** *Unnamed*. Though its powers are unknown, Seimei used his Domain Expansion to defeat the entire Zenin Family when they tried to challenge his position at the end of the Heian period. Its activation was enough to defeat the strongest group of jujutsu sorcerers within the Zenin Family in a matter of seconds.
#### Cursed Tool

**Dōjigiri** (童子切, *Slayer of Shuten-dōji*):

## Trivia

* Seimei's name as well as various other points of reference are inspired by the real-life Abe no Seimei, a legendary onmyōji of Japanese history.
	+ His innate technique is based on *wuxing*, an important concept in Chinese traditional philosophy as well as in onmyōdo.
* Seimei's appearance is based on Abe no Hirari from the *Donten ni Warau* series. All credit goed to the original author for the images.