Kokichi Muta

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* Manga

**Kokichi Muta** (与 (むた)  幸 (こう) 吉 (きち) , *Muta Kōkichi*?) is a supporting character in the *Jujutsu Kaisen* series. He was a second-year at Kyoto Jujutsu High using Ultimate Mechamaru as his proxy to attend school. Kokichi himself could not due to the sickly and fragile body he was born with as a result of his Heavenly Restriction.

## Appearance

Kokichi is a slim young man with light peach skin and sharp brown eyes. He had black hair tied into a top knot above his head and the majority of his body was obstructed by the bindings of his Heavenly Restriction. His entire body was scarred with grotesquely thin wrinkled skin that he dressed in bandages. His right forearm was missing entirely and both legs were too weak to support his weight beneath the knees. Immobile, Kokichi sat inside a bathtub attached to several tubes inside a remote cave.

Following his healing at the hands of Mahito's Idle Transfiguration, Kokichi obtained a healthy body. Only a single scar on his cheek remained and he was able to stand up on his own. Like his Mechamaru stand-in at school, Kokichi donned a normal jujutsu high uniform with a white puffy scarf-like cloth around the collar of it.

Kokichi's body while affected by the ailments of his heavenly restriction.
## Personality

Kokichi was a reclusive and reserved individual who resented being born without a future outside of the jujutsu world. He proudly admitted he'd give back every ounce of cursed energy to gain a normal body.

Kokichi's resentment lead to him projecting on those undeserving. During the Goodwill Event, Panda suggested he and Mechamaru should get along since they're both cursed corpses. Kokichi took exception to this and thought of Panda as nothing more than just a doll. This was because Panda got to live free in the sun while Kokichi was trapped inside, ill with his restriction.

Around his classmates, Kokichi embraced the quiet robotic type persona while acting as a student through Mechamaru. He wanted to walk amongst them one day in spite of his condition and however they might have treated him. Kokichi felt especially close to Kasumi Miwa, who confessed to sharing romantic feelings with.

In order to achieve his dream, Kokichi was willing to engage in a Binding Vow with the enemy in order to gain a healthy body. He leaked information with them but included the conditions that they couldn't hurt his fellow Kyoto students in the contract. Kokichi attempted to kill Mahito and Pseudo-Geto after his body was healed. Fighting desperately to achieve his goal, Kokichi bet everything on his planning and determination. However, his desperation, unfortunately, lead to his demise before he could meet his classmates and Kasumi.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skill Level**: Kokichi Muta was a semi-grade 1 jujutsu sorcerer while he was still a student at Jujutsu High. He could control several puppets at once remotely from a great distance, with each puppet possessing high combat abilities worthy enough to earn him his rank.

In order to defeat Mahito, Kokichi was prepared to unleash his entire life's worth of reserves of cursed energy to win. Pseudo-Geto acknowledged that Mahito's skill and strategies were exceptional in this battle. It was nearly enough to exorcise the special grade curse or as Mahito puts it, Kokichi puts too much stock into his strategy. He was ultimately defeated because Mahito was able to lure him into a false sense of security after believing he had achieved his objective.

**Great Tactical Intellect**: Kokichi was a highly tactical thinker and fighter who tried to always stay a step ahead of his opponent. While in combat with Panda, Kokichi ascertained Panda's strengths and weaknesses as well as his own at every stage of the fight. Pseudo-Geto also praised Kokichi for having decent tactical prowess while fighting Mahito. Kokichi was well prepared for their fight and his tactics nearly succeeded in wearing Mahito out and damaging his body while neutralizing his technique.

### Jujutsu

**Immense Cursed Energy**: As a result of his Heavenly Restriction, Kokichi's cursed energy was vast enough to cover the entire nation of Japan. He can exceed the limits of his cursed energy output and use his Puppet Manipulation across an immensely wide range. While piloting Mechamaru Mode: Absolute, Kokichi was prepared to use all seventeen years, five months, and six days of cursed energy he collected over his entire lifespan. Energy charges condensed from years' worth of cursed energy discharge at special grade output levels, even if only momentarily.

Kokichi was born without a right arm and both of his legs were useless. He had no feeling below his waist, his skin was so sensitive it couldn't be touched by natural light and the pores on his body always felt like they were being stabbed with needles. In exchange, he was granted boundless amounts of cursed energy that spreads over a vast range.

**Technique Charge** - **New Shadow Style: Simple Domain** (シン・陰 (かげ) 流 (りゅう) 「簡 (かん) 易 (い) 領 (りょう) 域 (いき) 」, *Shin Kageryū: Kan'i Ryōiki*?): Kokichi invented four tubes that contain the Simple Domain cursed technique. It was the only way he could make the Domain work. The tubes are entered into a panel and activated with a Technique Charge. From there, Mechamaru can shift his fingers into spikes or shooting barrels that can inject Simple Domain's effect into Kokichi's desired target. It can also be used to protect the cockpit from an enemy Domain Expansion.

## Battles & Events

**Kyoto Goodwill Event Arc**

* Panda vs. Ultimate Mechamaru

**Shibuya Incident Arc**

* Kokichi Muta vs. Mahito

## Trivia

* Kokichi's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
	+ Mechamaru ranked 30th in the first Popularity Poll with 468 votes.
	+ Kokichi ranked 25th in the second Popularity Poll with 270 votes.
	+ Kokichi/Mechamaru ranked 30th in the third Popularity Poll with 152 votes.
* Kokichi named his mecha after an anime he liked.
* According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook:
	+ Enrollment method: He was in custody of Jujutsu High when he was young. He enrolled when he reached the age of a high school student.
	+ His hobby is acting as a group (Ultimate Mechamaru).
	+ Favorite dish: Something that has a strong flavor.
	+ Least favorite dish: Raw food.
	+ Cause of stress: All the time.
	+ His parents are non-sorcerers.
	+ His parents think he died long before he was killed by Mahito, as it's what Kokichi wished for.
* Kokichi's surname has the Nanori reading of the kanji for "bestow, impart, award, grant, give" (与 (むた) , *muta*?). His given name has the Kan-on'yomi reading for "good fortune, happiness" (幸 (こう) , *kō*?) and the Go-on'yomi reading for "auspicious, lucky" (吉 (きち) , *kichi*?).

## Quotes

* (To Panda) “*The fact that a doll like you… …and not a human like me… …gets to live so carefree in the sun… **…really… …pisses me off!***”
* (To Kasumi Miwa, posthumously) “*Miwa. Find your happiness. No matter how you do it, if you’re happy… …my wish will have come true.*”

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* Official Fanbook: (p. 32).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 38 (p. 2-3).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 38 (p. 14-15).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 38 (p. 17-18).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 128 (p. 4-5).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 82 (p. 11-17) and Episode 31.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 81 (p. 10) and Episode 31.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga and Anime: Chapter 82 (pp. 3, 17) and Episode 31.
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 39 (p. 8).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 81 (p. 10).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 79 (p. 12).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 83 (p. 14).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 80 (p. 11).
14. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 81 (p. 10).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 38 (p. 14).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Vol. 5, Profile
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Official Fanbook: .
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 38 (p. 14-15).
*Jujutsu Kaisen* Manga: Chapter 128 (p. 5).