History Characters / JujutsuKaisenYujiItadori

* TheUnchosenOne: Yuji, starting the series out, has CharlesAtlasSuperpower but doesn't seem to have any special traits otherwise. He's definitely a prodigy, but he effectively stumbled into eating Sukuna's fingers by pure circumstance, and ultimately is saddled with a ''nightmarish'' responsibility that he may not be ready for, physically, spiritually or [[HeroicBSOD mentally]]. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that as a DesignerBaby of Kenjaku possessing his mother, ostensibly born as a potential host for Sukuna to begin with, and Yuji's father being a reincarnation of Sukuna's own [[CainAndAbel devoured twin]] which makes Sukuna his uncle spiritually, Yuji would've effectively been TheChosenOne for bringing Sukuna back to the land of the living if Kenjaku's [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt plans came to fruition]] -- and it's strongly implied that [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive this was not coincidence]].]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Yuji was one of many of Kenjaku's efforts to create potential hosts for Sukuna. No one, not even Kenjaku himself nor Sukuna who was unaware until much later on, could've foreseen that not only would Yuji end up consuming Sukuna's fingers to become his new host by sheer coincidence, followed by ultimately becoming ''the anti-thesis'' of Sukuna as the one most potentially capable of stopping him.]]

* TheUnchosenOne: Yuji, starting the series out, has CharlesAtlasSuperpower but doesn't seem to have any special traits otherwise. He's definitely a prodigy, but he effectively stumbled into eating Sukuna's fingers by pure accident, and ultimately is saddled with a ''nightmarish'' responsibility that he may not be ready for, physically, spiritually or [[HeroicBSOD mentally]]. [[spoiler:Then it turns out that as a DesignerBaby of Kenjaku possessing his mother, ostensibly born as a potential host for Sukuna to begin with, and Yuji's father being a reincarnation of Sukuna's own [[CainAndAbel devoured twin]] which makes Sukuna his uncle spiritually, Yuji would've effectively been TheChosenOne for bringing Sukuna back to the land of the living if Kenjaku's [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt plans came to fruition]] -- and Yuji unwittingly threw their own plans in their face as what amounts to the AntiAntiChrist.]]

[[spoiler: Later on, Yuji develops Blood Manipulation as he has the same composition of the Death Paintings, to while he consumes his other brothers. Gojo believes he'll also eventually develop Sukuna's Technique, Shrine, which he does do, manifesting as cut and paste guidelines (i.e photoshop) whenever he touches something to cleanly sever it.]]

After consuming one of Sukuna's fingers, it allowed Yuji to wield, perceive, and control cursed energy. While he currently lacks an Innate Technique, Yuji's strength is so great that he can physically overpower most Curses with his bare hands. In addition, he can alter the flow of his Cursed Energy to perform either "Divergent Fist"; where his Cursed Energy lags his hands to give his blows two separate impacts. or a "Black Flash"; which creates a small distortion of space that multiplies the force of an attack to the power of 2.5. [[spoiler: Gojo believes he'll also eventually develop Sukuna's Technique, Shrine, which he does do, manifesting as cut and paste guidelines (i.e photoshop) whenever he touches something to cleanly sever it.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: The special grade cursed spirit bearing one of Sukuna's fingers in the detention center cuts off his arm. Sukuna taking over his body regenerates it back.
** During the Shinjuku Showdown, [[spoiler: Yuji's leg is cut off by Sukuna's Domain Expansion, however, he's able to use Blood Manipulation and Reverse Cursed Technique to reattach it and heal it]].

After consuming one of Sukuna's fingers, it allowed Yuji to wield, perceive, and control cursed energy. While he currently lacks an Innate Technique, Yuji's strength is so great that he can physically overpower most Curses with his bare hands. In addition, he can alter the flow of his Cursed Energy to perform either "Divergent Fist"; where his Cursed Energy lags his hands to give his blows two separate impacts. or a "Black Flash"; which creates a small distortion of space that multiplies the force of an attack to the power of 2.5. [[Spoiler: Gojo believes he'll also eventually develop Sukuna's Technique, Shrine, which he does do, manifesting as cut and paste guidelines (i.e photoshop) whenever he touches something to cleanly sever it.]]

After consuming one of Sukuna's fingers, it allowed Yuji to wield, perceive, and control cursed energy. While he currently lacks an Innate Technique, Yuji's strength is so great that he can physically overpower most Curses with his bare hands. In addition, he can alter the flow of his Cursed Energy to perform either "Divergent Fist"; where his Cursed Energy lags his hands to give his blows two separate impacts. or a "Black Flash"; which creates a small distortion of space that multiplies the force of an attack to the power of 2.5. Gojo believes he'll also eventually develop Sukuna's Technique.

** [[spoiler: Yuji ends up being the nephew of Sukuna due to Jin Itadori being Sukuna's Reincarnated Twin, although it's unclear what else Kenjaku did to him...besides sealing one of Sukuma's fingers in him at birth, it is noted that Yuji has equivalent potential to Sukuna.]]

** Once more with Higaruma and later Yuta during the Shibuya Showdown against Sukuna.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks almost identical to [[spoiler:his father Jin and uncle, Sukuna]], though the formed has a less spiky hairstyle.

* TheAce: Yuji is leagues stronger than most of his peers and quick to learn and adapt during combat. His training with Todo has allowed him to match both him and Special Grade Curses blow for blow whereas other sorcerers struggle. He's able to perform a Black Flash shortly after learning it even exists, something many sorcerers are unable to do. In that ''same'' day, he matches the record holder Nanami in four consecutive Black Flashes against Hanami. [[spoiler:During the Jujutsu Sorcerers' fight with Sukuna, the latter was shocked to see Yuji learning Reverse Cursed Technique in one month. Then he later surpasses Gojo in total number of black flashes, while also setting a new record for total number used consecutively with 8, and can finally use Sukuna's Shrine Technique as well as Blood Manipulation]]

** [[spoiler: Yuji ends up being the nephew of Sukuna due to Jin Itadori being Sukuna's Reincarnated Twin, although it's unclear what else Kenjaku did to him...besides fusing a Sukuma finger in him at birth, it is noted that Yuji has equivalent potential to Sukuna.]]

** During the Shinjuku Showdown, Yuji's leg is cut off by Sukuna's Domain Expansion [[spoiler: however he's able to use Blood Manipulation and RCT to heal it]].

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Yuta Okkotsu. Yuji is outgoing while Yuta is reserved. Yuta's development in Volume 0 focuses on him becoming more confident and learning to accept the death of a loved one, while Yuji's development has his resolve to save others and give people a meaningful death repeatedly broken and rebuilt, turning him more pessimistic. Their fighting styles are also opposite -- Yuta reinforces his frail body with his massive cursed energy to fight with swordsmanship and copied cursed techniques; Yuji has natural superhuman strength to fight barehanded but no proper cursed technique for the majority of the story.

!!!'''Jujutsu:''' [[EnhancedPunch Divergent Fist, Black Flash Mastery]], [[spoiler:[[HealingHands Reverse Cursed Technique]], [[BloodyMurder Blood Manipulation]], [[RazorWind Shrine]]]]

** [[spoiler: Yuji ends up being the nephew of Sukuna due to Jin Itadori being Sukuna's Reincarnated Twin, although it's unclear what else Kenjaku did to him, it is noted that Yuji has equivalent potential to Sukuna.]]

* AscendedFanboy: Yuji is a manga fan and gets to live out his fantasies as a shounen protagonist.

* BodyMotifs: Hands. His technique is Divergent Fist, unleashes Black Flash through punches, he has his arm cut off by a special grade finger bearer, and his symbol in merchandise is a fist with Sukuna's tongue sticking out.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Yuta Okkotsu. Yuji is outgoing while Yuta is reserved. Yuta's development in Volume 0 focuses on him becoming more confident and learning to accept the death of a loved one, while Yuji's development has his resolve to save others and give people a meaningful death repeatedly broken and rebuilt, turning him more pessimistic. Their fighting styles are also opposite -- Yuta reinforces his frail body with his massive cursed energy to fight with swordsmanship and copied cursed techniques; Yuji has natural superhuman strength to fight barehanded but no proper cursed technique.

* DesignerBaby: [[spoiler:Yuji is the son [[EvilutionaryBiologist Kenjaku]], who inhabited the corpse of Kaori Itadori and copulated with Jin Itadori, the reincarnation of Sukuna's unborn twin brother. It's heavily implied, though not outright stated, that Kenjaku experimented on Yuji inside of the womb to enhance the boy's capabilities.]]

** Black Flash is an even stronger version of this. By applying cursed energy within 0.00001 seconds of a physical impact, the strike's power is increased to the power of 2.5, essentially a CriticalHit. Most sorcerers have a hard time doing this, even [[WorldsStrongestMan Gojo and Sukuna]], but Yuji is a natural at it, even able to use the technique four times after training with it. Later in the series, Yuji can use it '''''at will, ''''' something no other sorcerer can do, not even the aforementioned two.

* {{Fingore}}: Yuji is missing his left pinkie finger after [[spoiler:Sukuna imbued it with his power as a way to transfer himself to Megumi]].

* HalfHumanHybrid: The Kyoto students derisively refer to Yuji as a "half-curse" because of Sukuna's presence in his body even though he is human.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks almost identical to [[spoiler:his father Jin]], though the latter has a less spiky hairstyle.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:During the final battle with Sukuna, he lands a Black Flash on the King of Curses, resulting in him 'awakening' and unlocking his true potential. This included awakening his own version of Shrine.]]

* VariantPowerCopying: [[spoiler:He finally unlocks Shrine in the final battle with Sukuna, but Sukuna notes due to Yuji being a different person and it being the modern age, Yuji's version will differ from his. This is shown by Yuji's version having somewhat cartoonish 'cut here' lines.]]

* {{Determinator}}: Has a strong willpower, which is what prevents Sukuna from taking over his body.

* DespairEventHorizon: Played with but ultimately defied. Yuji goes through a '''lot''' of suffering and trauma over the course of the series. Despite everything he does through, however, he remains unbroken and has the strength of will to keep going.

* FailureKnight: His failure to save Junpei from Mahito's influence affects Yuji greatly. However, after talking with Nanami about it he decides to continue, resolving to not lose again until killing Mahito. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the worse when Yuji is forced to watch Mahito kill Nanami and Nobara. Even then, he's denied the catharsis of killing Mahito himself, instead watching Kenjaku absorb him with his cursed technique.]]

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* SoldierVsWarrior: The soldier to Sukuna's warrior. Yuji fights Curses and Curse Users out of his sense of duty, with things like pride, affirmation, or thrill not on his mind while in battle. [[spoiler: After the Shibuya Incident arc, this mentality further grows in him, considering himself a cog in the machine of Jujutsu and acting out of duty. This is further shown in the Shinjuku Showdown, where he continuously attacks Sukuna in a [[TranquilFury calm yet furious]] onslaught without bantering or expressing any thrill or emotions other than that Sukuna must die and Megumi must be saved.]]

* FunPersonified: Yuji has an open sense of humor, and will gladly pull jokes to make those around him feel better; it even worked on [[PerpetualFrowner Junpei Yoshino]]. Though, as Megumi and Nobara's reaction to seeing him alive after being presumed dead shows, his humor doesn't always land.

* CharacterDevelopment: A negative example. Yuji starts out as an energetic, naive person inexperienced about the jujutsu world. His goal to help as many people as he can so he can have a proper death leads to a lot of hardship and trauma for him. By the time after the Shibuya Incident, he's a lot more somber in demeanor and cynical, bearing a lot of guilt and seeing himself as simply a cog in the grand scheme of the world who no longer needs a reason to kill curses. However it shown that, while not a ''positive'' mindset, Yuji's cog mentality serves as a source of strength for him. Even when he's at his absolute lowest, him believing that he has a function he needs to perform at all costs forces him to keep pushing onward [[{{Determinator}} no matter how bad things get]].

* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: Kenjaku influenced Yuji's birth in order for him to be the perfect vessel for Sukuna and succeeded. Yuji was too perfect, in fact. Yuji acts as a proper container or prison for Sukuna, preventing the malevolent sorcerer from taking over his body.]]

* NoNonsenseNemesis: A heroic example. Yuji is disciplined and hardly ever wastes time in combat bantering with his opponents when against a serious enemy. He goes in for the kill whenever possible and does not relent on his attacks. [[spoiler: Mahito, Eso, Kechizu, Ko Guy, and Sukuna can attest to this.]]

** To Yuta. Both were initially sentenced to execution for something without their control, and became sorcerers as a way out of their fates. Both initially fought to find meaning in their living. However, Yuta started as a quiet, shrinking teenager compared to Yuji's enthusiastic and open attitude. Like Yuji, he's affable to those he cares about, yet holds a terrifying conviction to kill when he believes he must. [[spoiler:In Shibuya, it's noted that his fighting style is based around reinforcing his weak physical body with his immense amounts of cursed energy -- Yuji notes this is the exact opposite of his own approach.]]
** With Mahito. Yuji strongly believes in the value of human life and his goal is to save as many people as he can. As a result, he believes it is amoral to take another human life and tries to avoid doing so. Mahito is the embodiment of human hatred for each other and believes that humanity should be eradicated, having no empathy for human life whatsoever. Mahito's cursed technique allows him to modify and fuse souls, [[spoiler:while Yuji's unknown cursed technique allows him to separate souls, specifically Incarnations.]] Yuji's cursed energy comes from having another soul in his body, making him Mahito's natural enemy in terms of abilities. During their fight in Shibuya, Mahito tries breaking Yuji's resolve by pointing out they are the same, Mahito killing without a second thought and Yuji doing the same with saving others. After [[spoiler:defeating Mahito, Yuji admits to Mahito that he's a reflection of him, and doesn't need a reason to kill curses.]]