Cursed Spirit

**Cursed Spirits**, often shortened to just **Curses** (呪い, *Noroi*), are a race of supernatural entities generated from the accumulation of Juryoku produced by humans.

## Overview

Cursed Spirits are the culmination of Juryoku that leaks out of Japanese humans. Cursed Spirits are rarely born outside of Japan, though there are rare exceptions. The majority of the approximately ten thousand unexplained deaths and missing persons annually reported in Japan are the result of Cursed Spirits.

### Creation Process

Curses are most likely to form in places that host large numbers of people, such as schools or hospitals. As negative emotions like pain, regret, and humilation leak out of humans, they are absorbed by these places and matastizie into Cursed Spirits. This process takes time, with the Juryoku accumulating like sediment until a new spirit is born. The number and strength of newly born Curses are determined by an area's population.

An image of fear, shared by large masses of people, even if fictional, can eventually accumulate into a Cursed Spirit. However, the oldest and most powerful Cursed Spirits originate from the accumulated fear of real things, such as natural disasters. Intelligent Curses are typically born from a ruthless choice between life and death.

When a new Cursed Spirit begins to form, they are encased in a "**Cursed Womb**" (呪胎, *Jutai*). If the spirit inside grows and changes shape before it is born, it is a sign that the Curse within is close to becoming a special grade. A Cursed Womb can also form around an existing Cursed Spirit if it consumes a Cursed Object, forcing it to undergo an evolution into a special grade.

#### Special Cases

There are conditions in which Cursed Spirits can be born in unusual manners outside of the norm. These conditions include:

* In unusual circumstances, a Cursed Womb can take on the form of a lesser Cursed Spirit. In this state, it can wield Juryoku and use jujutsu. However, it requires additional stimuli, usually in the form of a traumatic event or emotional upheaval, to fully metamorphasize into a full-fledged special grade Cursed Spirit.
* Because they are trained to keep their Juryoku within themeselves, Jujutsu Sorcerers rarely leak their negative emotions and thus almost never produce Cursed Spirits. However, in extremely rare instances, a sorcerer can become a special grade Curse after death called a **Vengeful Spirit** (怨霊, *Onryō*). This can only be prevented by killing a sorcerer with jujutsu, exorcising them and blocking them from further transformation. Each of the Three Honorable Families are descended from sorcerers who became Vengeful Spirits.

### Behavior & Physiology

Cursed Spirits have bodies that are entirely composed of Juryoku. As a result, ordinary humans typically cannot see them except under threat of death or in places steeped in negative emotions. Because they are formed from fears or negative feelings, Curses can take on a variety of forms, but usually linger near the place of their creation. The feelings that produed the Curse will sometimes have an effect on its appearance. For instance, a Cursed Spirit formed from a fear of volcanic disasters will have volcanic features and abilities.

Despite having bodies constructed from Juryoku, Cursed Spirits are not intangible like ghosts. Their bodies are capable of feeling pain. They also must possess an organ resembling a brain or core, due to their ability to wield Innate Techniques. Nevertheless, Cursed Spirits cannot be harmed by ordinary physical damage. Only attacks coated with Juryoku can harm or kill them. When they die or lose a limb, a Cursed Spirit, or its severed limb, will fade away and turn to dust.

While not necessarily solitary beings, Cursed Spirits are not known to coordinate with one another. High-level Curses working together is not only uncommon, but extremely dangerous for humans and sorcerers alike. Some Curses also believe themselves to be superior to humans, though their reasons for holding this belief vary. It is unclear if Cursed Spirits, as spiritual entities, require sustenance. However, some low-grade Curses have been seen attempting to consume humans.

## Cursed Spirit Classifications

* **Excessively Vengeful Cursed Spirit** (過呪怨霊, *Kaju Onryō*; *Viz* "Vengeful Cursed Spirit"): A Cursed Spirit created after a human dies in a state of emotional turmoil. These types of Curses can also be born when their loved ones refuse to accept their deaths, forcibly tying their souls to the material plane, and forcing them to undergo a transformation into a Cursed Spirit. Curses born in this manner typically have tremendous Juryoku.

* **Imaginary Vengeful Cursed Spirit** (仮想呪怨霊, *Kasōju Onryō*): A Cursed Spirit born out of the fear of the collective masses. When many humans fear the same thing, such as a creature from folklore (i.e., kitsune), a Cursed Spirit can be born resembling that folkloric figure and baring its abilities. Such Cursed Spirits are immensely dangerous to sorcerers.

* **Diseased Cursed Spirit** (疾呪霊, *Shippei Jurei*): A Cursed Spirit born from humanity's collective revulsion, hatred, and fear of a specific disease. These Cursed Spirits are tremendously dangerous, as they wield the disease that gave birth to them and can transfer their diseases to humans and kill them.

## Abilities

Like Jujutsu Sorcerers, Cursed Spirits possess a number of physical and supernatural abilities thanks to their possession of Cursed Energy. A Curse's power is a result of two factors: its Juryoku reserves and its intelligence. Special grade Curses are even known to wield jujutsu and have their own Innate Techniques and Domain Expansions.

* **Possession**: Cursed Spirits can possess inanimate objects, granting them greater stability.

* **Juryoku Healing**: Unlike humans, Cursed Spirits do not require the Reverse Cursed Technique to heal their injuries. Because their bodies are composed from Juryoku, they are uniquely able to use this energy to heal themselves and even regrow limbs.

## Trivia

* Because of its size, Tokyo has more numerous and powerful Cursed Spirits than the Japanese countryside.
* Cursed Spirits aren't able to become vessels for Cursed Objects like Sukuna's fingers.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 13
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 15
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 8
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *Jujutsu Kaisen* volume 0
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 10
6. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 136
7. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 200
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 1
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 77
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 4
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 20
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 5
13. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 6
14. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 57
15. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 58
16. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 106
17. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 191
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 192
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook*
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 216
21. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* chapter 16
22. ↑ *Jujutsu Kaisen* volume 12, pg. 110

## External Links

* Cursed Spirit on the *Jujutsu Kaisen* Wiki