Megumi Fushiguro

Lore & Background

Before the idea of Jujutsu Kaisen itself was made, Akutami had decided on making Megumi the protagonist in the draft, titled 'Jujutsu Sousen', a much more depressing and cynical version of what was to come later. Megumi was given the last name Wanibuchi meaning 'crocodile abyss'. He is also shown to have ear piercings. However, after presenting the draft, Akutami was told that Megumi was too much of a boring and melancholy character, which led Megumi to become the deuteragonist and Yuji to become the protagonist, effectively switching their initial roles.

In the new draft of Jujutsu Kaisen, according to Akutami, Megumi was designed to be a foil to Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki. He was written as a more insightful character than either due to his greater proclivity towards negative thinking and lack of trust towards others. Akutami also stated that he is a 'rather depressing' character compared to Itadori, and that he was created to care less about strangers' fates like Itadori and more when animals die.

His first name, Megumi, is typically a female name meaning 'blessing' or 'grace'. Because of this, he largely goes by his last name. He was written to be a more gloomy contrast to other characters in the series, and his deranged laugh while fighting a finger-bearing Curse was meant to exemplify his lack of outward joy.

Reader's Guide

Megumi is proficient in hand-to-hand combat, defaulting to weaponry and Cursed Techniques in battle. His 'cursed technique' (unique ability) is the Ten Shadows Technique, inherited from the Zen'in family, allowing him to summon ten different Cursed Spirits (using shadows as a medium) that will fight alongside him. However, besides the Divine Dogs, he needs to defeat the Shikigami in battle to control him. His cursed spirit allies, called 'Shikigami', are a variety of animals, being Divine Dog/s (Two dogs), Nue (An owl), Toad (A frog), Great Serpent (A snake), Max Elephant (An elephant), Rabbit Escape (A swarm of rabbits), Round Deer (A deer), Piercing Ox (An ox), and Tiger Funeral.

(Unknown, though likely a tiger). The tenth and most powerful Shikigami, Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga (Usually stylized as Mahoraga, or Makora in Japanese) is a humanoid Shikigami with the ability to adapt to situations that disadvantage it. Megumi often attempts to summon Mahoraga as a form of mutually assured destruction. When a Shikigami of the Ten Shadows under the Ten Shadows user's control is destroyed or killed, they cannot be summoned or manifested ever again.

However, aspects of the destroyed/deceased Shikigami is passed on to others, making them stronger. This is shown with the Divine Dogs, as when the white Divine Dog died after being killed by a special grade cursed spirit in chapter 6, its black twin inherited its power, taking on the form of a large bicolor Werewolf. His Domain Expansion, a powerful technique which encloses an area and amplifies the users Cursed Technique, is called Chimera Shadow Garden.

It covers the ground in a shadowy liquid which allows him to call up shikigami with ease and summon multiple at the same time, using their skills to overwhelm enemy attackers.

Did You Know?

• Japanese voice actor Yuma Uchida described Megumi as 'oppressive but cool when he fights.'
• American voice actor Robbie Daymond said Megumi is 'trying so hard to be the straight man' and that it's 'an act or a front.'