Ju Fa

* Anime
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* Yang
* Yin

* Yang
* Yin

### **Alias**

**Great Emperor Akshobhya** (ア閦大帝, *Ashuku Taitei*, *Pinyin*: Achù Dàdì, *Viz*: Dadi Aksho)

## Personal Status

### **Relatives**

Rien (Progenitor) **†**
Gui Fa (Ramet)
Mei (Ramet)
Mu Dan (Ramet) **†**
Ran (Ramet) **†**
Tao Fa (Ramet/Other Half) **†**
Zhu Jin (Ramet) **†**

### **Affiliation**

Jofuku
Lord Tensen

## Portrayal

### **Japanese Voice**

Junichi Suwabe (Yang form)
Yūko Kaida (Yin form)

### **English Voice**

Ian Sinclair (Yang form)
Michelle Rojas (Yin form)

**Ju Fa** (菊 (ジュ) 花 (ファ) , *Pinyin*: Jú Huā) was a Tensen-class Sennin who was affiliated with Lord Tensen, being the member, alongside his partner Tao Fa, who specialized in the mystic art of Bōchū Jutsu, and part ruler of Kotaku, going by the moniker **Great Emperor Akshobhya** (ア閦 (しゅく) 大 (たい) 帝 (てい) , *Ashuku Taitei*). He is a major antagonist of *Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku*.

## Appearance

Ju Fa was of average height, with long, yellow flower petal hair that resembled locks, golden colored eyes, and possessed either a well-toned, muscular body when assuming their Yang male body or a slender, feminine build when assuming their Yin female body. His attire consisted of a pale-yellow robe underneath a haori, a beaded necklace with a golden flower amulet, a loose black hanfu, a white hakama tied with a black obi, and black boots.

In his and Tao Fa's Kishikai state, their bodies melded together to create a large, bulb body, resembling somewhat like a heart, formed from their Yin and Yang bodies, with unusually shaped petals acting as feathers/wings, and vines protruding from the bottom as tails. The head of the Kishikai possessed four faces, two from the left being Ju Fa's Yin and Yang faces while the right being Tao Fa's. Upon switching to their defensive form, the body releases multiple spore vines and their faces switch places. According to Fuchi, he felt that their Kishikai was the embodiment of "love".

### Gallery

Ju Fa's concept art from the anime.Ju Fa's full appearance.Ju Fa after removing his robes.Ju Fa as an infant.Ju Fa as a child.Ju Fa as he appeared 800 years ago.Ju Fa and Tao Fa's combined faces in their Kishikai.
## Personality

Ju Fa was very short tempered and had aggressive tendencies towards anything that irritated him in the slightest, which even applied to his fellow Lord Tensen members, as he destroyed Zhu Jin's head for allowing Gabimaru, a human, to get the better of them in a fight. While it's true that all members of Lord Tensen have a complete disregard for human life, Ju Fa was the one Tensen who truly despised the race with a passion, believing them to be nothing more than "livestock" in creating more Tan. After Aza Chōbei joined Lord Tensen, Ju Fa did not bother properly addressing him by his name, instead referred to him as "it", and refused to have Tao Fa become friendly with him. He also expressed his disgust in being in the same room as him.

Aside from this personality, Ju Fa possessed a genuinely strong love and care for his partner and other half Tao Fa. He has been very protective of her ever since the two were little, as he could not bear to see her injured even if their bodies were capable of healing itself, and had also sympathized with her deep sorrow of wanting to end Lord Tensen's pursuit of immortality. Though Tao Fa showed signs of being mentally ill as she tried coping with her depression, Ju Fa did not look at her in this light, rather viewed the world they lived in as being mad.

Ju Fa preferred to assuming their Yang form as they found the male gender to be well-suited for them because of their moods and ease of handling. In terms of their Yin form, Ju Fa was opened to using the female body for Bōchū Jutsu.

## History

### Past

1,000 years ago on Kotaku, Ju Fa and the other Tensens were unknowingly born from the Tao of a single Tao puppet created by Rien as part of her and Jofuku's research in discovering the secrets to immortality. Upon his and Tao Fa's birth, Rien stated that the two were special in that they are in fact two of a whole. The five then began their training led by Rien as children, though Ju Fa came to dislike his studies. Despite their ability to heal themselves, Ju Fa hated when Tao Fa got hurt and was told by Mei that he cared greatly for Tao Fa as his partner. The six were then introduced to the Hōko as tools they could use to replenish their Tao and were assigned the five forms of training in immortality by Rien, with Ju Fa and Tao Fa being assigned as partners in Bōchū Jutsu. While engaging in Bōchū Jutsu, Ju Fa hears Tao Fa express her pity about using the Hōko as tools, to which he says that he feels the same way as well. As the Tensens training regiments started to grow more brutal, Ju Fa stayed by Tao Fa's side in order to protect her.

After 200 years had passed, the Hōko started undergoing Arborification and left the Tensens at risk of dying. Ju Fa expressed their dilemma in frustration and fears that either he or the others have gone into madness through the endless training. He later enters the floodgate to find Tao Fa and Mu Dan preparing to send out a boat with a bloomed Hōko corpse in order to lure in humans to the island as replacements. Ju Fa asks Tao Fa if she was willing to do this, to which she answers yes. He then comforts her and agrees to cooperate, believing that it is okay to use the humans for their own use.

After several centuries had passed, the Tensens successfully managed to lure in the first group of humans to Kotaku and attacked. Since then, Lord Tensen has been turning humans that came to the island into Tan where they can increase their life spans and gain a step closer to creating an Elixir of Life.

### Edo Period

#### Island Arc

*Main article: Island Arc*

In Eishū, Ju Fa and Tao Fa engage in Bōchū Jutsu but are interrupted by the sudden appearance of Aza Chōbei and Aza Tōma. Ju Fa questions as to why a couple of humans have made it up to this point of the island and if the Sōshin were continuing to do their jobs in killing every human trespasser on site. Ju Fa then shifts into their Yang form and angrily declares that he will kill them for interrupting the two Tensen's previous activity. After defeating the two brothers, Ju Fa throws them down the Tan pit.

#### Lord Tensen Arc

*Main article: Lord Tensen Arc*

He later joins with his Lord Tensen members to discuss matters about the humans on the island. He looks towards Zhu Jin in disappointment after failing to eliminate the humans and being reduced of his Tao. After blowing up Zhu Jin's head, Ju Fa is scolded by Rien for this action. He then reports to him that he sent the humans he encountered down the pit, however, Rien warns him that they should not be underestimated. The group then toast to their longevity and to their grandmaster.

Later, Ju Fa participates in Bōchū Jutsu with Ran in the bed chamber. After finishing, Ju Fa is offered a cup of Tan from Tao Fa and asks about where Mu Dan was.

#### Hōrai Arc

*Main article: Hōrai Arc*
After Rien allows Chōbei to join them, Lord Tensen introduces to him the Hermit Ascendance Rite. Once the ritual was over, Tao Fa prepares to introduce herself to Chōbei but is told by Ju Fa not to do so since they should only see him as "livestock". He then attacks Chōbei after the two exchange insults but has his attack blocked by the human. Ju Fa is then ordered by Rien to stand down since Chōbei is his guest. Later, Rien initiates the Rite of Just Consumption after they are informed by Chōbei that the human survivors will eventually make their arrival to the palace and agrees to cooperate as long they don't harm Tōma.

After the humans enter and fell into their trap, Ju Fa, Tao Fa, and Chōbei encounter Tōma, Gantetsusai, and Fuchi in the Bōchū Jutsu Temple. Chōbei persuades Tōma to join Lord Tensen and has him walk upstairs. However, Chōbei betrays Ju Fa and Tao Fa by attacking them with his younger brother's help. Ju Fa regenerates from his injuries and becomes mad after they harmed Tao Fa. He then fights the brothers but finds that they have become stronger than the last time they met. Ju Fa becomes irritated with his difficulty in fighting Chōbei and Tōma and decides to ignore the ritual by coming at them with the intent to kill.

During his battle with the brothers, Ju Fa senses that Tao Fa is in danger. Ju Fa tells Chōbei and Tōma that they are fools in thinking that they can defeat them and says that the only thing they have in common is that they believe that a pair is more than enough. He reaches out to Tao Fa transformed and join together.

Ju Fa and Tao Fa first unleashes a loud screeching cry to cause pain to their opponent's ears and releases multiple spores to infect them. Chōbei jumps up transformed to attack them and cuts Tao Fa's tanden, causing them pain. They fight back by attacking with vines and has him crashing outside the temple. After sending him back into the room, Chōbei and Tōma agree to cooperate with Gantetsusai and Fuchi in fighting against the fused Ju Fa and Tao Fa. Ju Fa and Tao Fa attack again with vines but have them blocked by Chōbei. Tao Fa's tanden is then cut by Fuchi whose Tao is strengthen by Tōma. The two flee just before Gantetsusai jumps to deliver his attack and changes to their defensive form. The Tensens attack with their vines and cause the four humans to struggle. However, after entering the pool to get below their body, Gantetsusai slashes through the Kishikai body, separating Tao Fa and Ju Fa and leaves them vulnerable to have their tandens destroyed by Chōbei and Fuchi.

Ju Fa's tattered body climbs out of the pool and attacks Chōbei as they stress out over Tao Fa. Chōbei then pulls out two bottles of Water Tao, he stole from Rien, out of his stomach and pours it over Ju Fa to stop them from regenerating. They are then cut in half by Gantetsusai to deliver the final blow. In the afterlife, Ju Fa apologizes to Tao Fa about not being able to protect her. They then embrace each other after Tao Fa says that she was glad that he was her partner.

Soon afterwards, Gui Fa acquired a replica of Ju Fa's plant ovule within Rien's laboratory, along with the other deceased Tensens, and had it transferred over to the Basin for cultivation, which would allow Ju Fa to be resurrected after a millennium had passed.

### New Era

After several centuries had passed (presumably during the Reiwa Era), Ju Fa and Tao Fa's plant ovules are noticed by Mei to have started growing and informs Gui Fa, who becomes surprised since they developed sooner than anticipated.

## Abilities and Powers

As a Tensen-class Sennin, Ju Fa was an extremely powerful being with centuries worth of refined ascended powers. Along with his status as partial ruler of Kotaku, Ju Fa had authority over the island's inhabitants, such as the Dōshi, Monshin, Sōshin and Hōko. With ease, he was able to single-handedly take down Aza Chōbei and Aza Tōma, the former being deemed a highly dangerous criminal with superhuman strength and the latter being a highly talented swordsman with skills attained from the infamous Yamada clan. After merging with Tao Fa to enter their Kishikai, Ju Fa's true power was enough to overwhelm the combined efforts of the Aza brothers (whose abilities improved by the time they fought Ju Fa a second time), the infamous swordsman Tamiya Gantetsusai, and the Yamada clan's ninth ranked swordsman Yamada Asaemon Fuchi.

### Physical Abilities

Ju Fa had incredible physical strength. Although Chōbei managed to block his attack upon meeting a second time, Ju Fa had enough physical power to damage his hand that needed to be repaired with Flower Tao. Ju Fa also proved to be the better fighter in hand-to-hand combat against the Aza brothers during their first confrontation.

### Tao

*Further information: Tao*

Ju Fa possessed Fire-attribute Tao that had been greatly refined from the 1,000 years of training with his fellow Tensens. As a Sennin, Ju Fa had complete mastery over his Tao to where his usage could be seen as being god-like. With its use, Ju Fa could sense the presence, movements, and weak spots of others, and enhance his physical attacks, as shown when he easily shattered a giant axe wielded by Chōbei with one hand.

#### Techniques

* **Tōate** (遠当, *Literal meaning:* Distant Strike): Ju Fa can launch his Tao from a distance as invisible projectiles, which are strong enough to cause major damage from within the targets body.
	+ **Senjutsu: Suzusashi** (仙術 錫刺, *Literal meaning:* Senjutsu: Stabbing Tin): Ju Fa creates multiple Tao orbs around him and launches them at his opponent. This is called **Senjutsu: Tin Splinter** in the Viz Manga.

### Regeneration

As a Tensen, Ju Fa possessed the regenerative abilities of Flower Tao. After having his upper body chopped off by Chōbei, Ju Fa was able to instantly regenerate his body, along with being able to survive being decapitated. Since he possessed Fire Tao, Ju Fa's regeneration could only be weakened if he were to face a Tao user that possessed the Water-attribute, and the only known way of killing him was if the said Water Tao user completely destroyed his plant ovule within his tanden.

### Yin-Yang

In addition to regeneration like all Tensens, Ju Fa also possessed the ability to switch chis of either Yin or Yang to augment their Tao and recover any that was lost. As another result of switching in and out of Yin and Yang chi, Ju Fa's body took on the sex that matched the chi they chose to assume, which was put to use whenever they engaged in Bōchū Jutsu training.

### Kishikai Transformation

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As a Tensen, Ju Fa was able to enter into a Kishikai state, however, unlike the other members of Lord Tensen, Ju Fa must fuse with Tao Fa as a requirement. Once entered, the two were capable of flying at high speeds, despite their large body and unusual feathers/wings, and could release a powerful shriek to cause pain to their opponents eardrums. By opening their combined heads from the middle, Ju Fa and Tao Fa could release vines to slash and pierce their enemies and use the vines from the bottom of their form to create and scatter multiple spores to infect their opponents mental state, causing them to laugh uncontrollably, or launch them with high velocity as bullets. When entering into their defensive form, their Kishikai create multiple spore vines from their body to add to their attack power.

Since the Kishikai exerts too much Tao, Ju Fa and Tao Fa could only hold the transformation for up to half an hour before they became reduced to their weakened bodies.

## Trivia

* Like the rest of Lord Tensen, Ju Fa is named after a flower. "Ju Fa" (菊花) meaning "chrysanthemum".
	+ Also, like the other members of Lord Tensen, Ju Fa shares similarities to one of the Eight Immortals, Li Tieguai being the case since Li was described as an immortal possessing a short temper that made him renowned.
* Ju Fa ranked 20th place in the manga 1st Character Popularity Poll.
* Ju Fa's alias refers to Akshobhya (阿閦仏, *Literal meaning:* Immovable One), one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas who is the representation of consciousness.
* In Chapter 81, Ju Fa is shown in a flashback wearing the same robes as Shion after changing his attire in Hōrai.

## References

1. ↑ *Jigokuraku Kaitai Shinsho*, page 58