Jam Kuradoberi

**Jam Kuradoberi** (蔵土縁 紗夢, *Kuradoberi Jamu*) is a character in the *Gulity Gear* series. She is of Chinese descent, and is one of the few characters in the game who fights bare-fisted, supplemented with Ki force. She is a talented chef and a restaurant owner, whose business is constantly being affected by the events in the story.

## Character Design

Jam stands 5'4" tall, with long brown hair worn in a waist-length loop and secured at the top of her head with a "Pokka" Oolog tea can. She has brown eyes, fair skin, and a very athletic physique.

Jam's costume is a tight-fitting Chinese-styled dress of red silk and black trim. It has no sleeves and falls to about the top of her thighs and is cut high over the hip. Under this she wears a second skirt, which is white with red trim and about the same length as the red dress (but it covers her hips, which the red dress doesn't). On her arms she wears wide "sleeves" made from red silk with black trim. These sleeves are held on by straps at her upper bicep. On her feet Jam wears high-heeled red boots with black trim.[1]

## Personality

Jam is a woman who often jumps to conclusions and is quick to make decisions, while taking the consideration of others into account. In *Guilty Gear XX*, she immediately got into fights with the other characters, suspecting them as the arsonists who burnt her restaurant down. Jam also takes great pride in her Chinese heritage and skill in both fighting and cooking, often using food as a reference. Overall, she is a very energetic person who is sometimes a little silly, but still tries to establish friendships.

## Gameplay

Jam is an excellent choice for those who want to focus on melee and rushdown attacks, as well as aerial combos. Jam is one of the best characters for various combos and maneuvering as she can be watched flying across the screen and also possessing some solid frame data. Most of her attacks would require her to charge, ensuring that moves such as **Ryuujin** do more damage. Jam's special attacks can be linked to one another, similar to Chipp's, and can be comboed to do larger amounts of damage. Her overdrives, such **Renhoukyaku** make an excellent finisher and has a fast summon rate. Her *Asanagi no Kokyuu* move is the primary focal point of her gameplan, where she often needs to land knockdowns in order to safely use the move to charge up her three signature kick moves (**Ryuujin**, **Kenroukaku** and**Gekirin**) by one level each. From there, she is able to use enhanced versions of the said moves in order to recreate a variety of combos and/or safely form unique blockstrings for pressure.

Jam has decent mobility and easy combo followups, but while charging she is vulnerable, and can be interrupted, making it hard for the player to do full damage with her special attacks. But overall, she is an easy character to pick up an play with only attention to be paid on combos. Another weakness of hers is that she tends to have very limited range compared to many weapon-based users of the cast, which makes it a chore to both get in and to extend most of her grounded gatling combinations. But once she does get in, Jam is often a constant threat due to her frame traps and counter hit possibilities.

In Jam's EX mode, her gameplay becomes almost completely consistent of melee, losing all her aerial moves with the exception of **Youeikyaku**, which becomes one of the worst Overdrives in the game, doing little damage and having a limited range. Her advantages in EX mode is that Jam's special attacks will specialize in knocking back the opponent, preventing a quick recovery.

## Powers & Abilities

Jam's power comes from her ability to wield Ki. Her Ki manipulation allows her to release thin beams of energy, project destructive energy fields, orbs, bursts, and energize her fists and legs with Ki to augment her physical strikes. She can also mold the shape of her ki, having it take on the forms of a phoenix and even a dragon. Aside from being a user of Ki, Jam is also a superb martial artist. She is quite formidable, even enough to enlist herself as a bounty hunter, be commended by Slayer for her prowess, and to be wanted by That Man for her abilities. It is also revealed in her personal stage that she hunts down and kills dragons for her ingredients. Potemkin notes that, despite her slender frame, her Ki enables Jam to hit as hard as he himself can. She was also able to hold her own against Jack'O, who is regarded as the most powerful of the existing Valentine Units.

## Musical Themes

* **Babel Nose** - *Guilty Gear X* and *Guilty Gear XX*
* **Sticks and Stones** - *Guilty Gear XX: #Reload* Korean OST
* **Lady Fascination** - *Guilty Gear Isuka*
* **Bao Babel Nose** - *Guilty Gear Xrd*

## References and Allusions

* Jam's name would be said in Japan as "Kuradoberi Jamu", a reference to the Swedish pop/jazz group Cloudberry Jam (Kuraudoberii Jamu) that was popular in Japan at one time.
* Her nationality and feature in the cast of a metal and hard rock derived series may refer to the character Cassandra Wong of the comedy movie adaptations of the Saturday Night Live rock subculture skit *Wayne's World*.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Once Jam was sent into Modern Day New York, she immediately knew what she should do. So she decided to open her restaurant in Chinatown and it quickly becomes popular. The Turtles and many other heroes including the player can visit her anytime to have some delicious meals after a long night of patrolling.

## Trivia

* Jam Kuradoberi could be called Jam Cloudberry, referring to cloudberry jam. Kuradoberi is a transliteration of cloudberry.
	+ Despite being of Chinese descent, her name is rendered in a Japanese name-style via exceeding 2-to-3 Han characters.
* Jam's theme song, often misread as "Babel Noise," is consistently written "Babel Nose" in all official material.
* In the anime and manga *Genshiken*, the character Kanako Oono cosplays Jam.
* Jam gains a new Overdrive in *Guilty Gear XX Λ Core* that resembles Kenshirou's Hokuto Hyakuretsuken (North Star/Dipper Hundred Rending Fists) from *Hokuto no Ken*. She also quotes Kenshiro's catchphrase by stating "You're already dying, aru."
	+ Whenever she is hit by Faust's **Shigekiteki Zetsumeiken** in *Xrd*, her face contorts to a style akin the artstyle seen in aforementioned series, but also may nod to the artstyle of *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*, another series that contains progressive musical references.
* In the webcomic, *MegaTokyo* (strips 770-772), Junko and Largo can be seen playing and dressing up as Jam andJohnny, fighting in a game called Punished Pinion. The L337 D00D can later be seen as Kliff Undersn.
* As one of the "unarmed" characters in the series, Jam's Slash and H-Slash attacks produce stronger punches and kicks.
* *BlazBlue* character Litchi Faye-Ling's character theme, "**Oriental Flower**" is a remixed version of Jam's "**Babel Nose**".
* She told Bridget to "come back in five years" and curiously enough, *Guilty Gear 2: Overture* is set about five years after the events of XX, leaving the audience to believe that him and Jam are currently working together in a restaurant according to canon.
* She's the first returning character who do did not appear in *Xrd -SIGN-*, though she returned in *-REVELATOR-*.
* Her fighting style, idle animations and dragon themed moves are most likely a reference to Bruce Lee.
* Jam "may" have a crush on Sin, telling him "yes, hug me harder" or "I no let you go" when hit by Sin's instant kill in Xrd Revelator, all while having a strangely happy look on her face with a hint of blushing. But then again, she's known to be somewhat of a flirt to the younger looking males in the series such as Ky.