Highlights
- Choso is a half-human, half-cursed spirit with a body of flesh and blood, allowing him to be seen by both sorcerers and non-sorcerers.
- Choso is calm and non-threatening unless it involves his family, whom he has a special bond with and seeks to avenge their deaths.
- Choso possesses the ability to manipulate his own blood, has exceptional martial arts skills, and uses his blood as a weapon, making him a formidable opponent.
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Jujutsu Kaisen, Season 2, now streaming on Netflix, Crunchyroll, and Funimation.
Choso is a staple character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series and is one of the known Death Painting Wombs, which consists of him and his two brothers Kechizu and Eso. Out of the brothers, Choso bears a remarkable resemblance to a human male.
As a half-human, half-cursed spirit who has existed for one hundred and fifty years, Choso can be seen by both sorcerers and non-sorcerers because he has a body of flesh and blood.He is initially seen siding with Mahito and Kenjaku during the Shibuya Incident arc and also has a full-on battle with Yuji Itadori, but who is Choso, and where did he come from?
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Personality
Choso is always seen with a bored expression on his face and appears to be a calm person, who doesn't seem to want any attention. Although he is a half-cursed spirit, Choso does not go out of his way to harm humans like the rest of the cursed spirits, he is also not easily angered unless it has something to do with his family. He is seen to share a special bond with his brothers, which is why he instantly recognized Yuji during the Shibuya incident and quickly launched into battle with him, in an attempt to avenge his fallen brothers who Yuji and Nobara killed.
He was deeply saddened when he felt the death of his brothers, which is why he joined forces with Mahito and Kenjaku in the first place. During the fight between Gojo and Jogo, Choso stayed out of the fight even though Jogo insisted on him helping him fight Gojo as all Choso wanted to do was to find and kill Yuji.
The Prodigal Brother?
During the fight between Choso and Yuji, and a barrage of blows between the two. Choso gained the upper hand even though he was at a disadvantage. While standing over Yuji's defeated form, Choso gets ready to deliver the final blow until he sees a vision of Yuji, him, and his brothers eating together and having a good time. Confused by this, Choso starts to question why this is happening. Prior to this, there is a glimpse of Sukuna who mocks Yuji questioning him as to how he could lose to such a nobody. The next scene shows Choso backing away in fear. It is unsure if he backs away because he senses the power of Sukuna, or if it was Sukuna who triggered this made-up memory to save Yuji.
He later realizes that Yuji could potentially be his step-brother. This possibility dates back to a few centuries ago when Kenjaku possessed the body of Noritoshi Kamo and used Choso's mother as a vessel to give birth to him and his siblings. Kenjaku then went on to possess Kaori Itadori who later gave birth to Yuji. While this does not make them biological brothers, It's safe to say they are related to some extent, making Choso the elder brother. After seeing the made-up memory, Choso chose to switch teams and opted to protect Yuji instead, his sole surviving brother.
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Blood Manipulation And Abilities
Choso is an exceptional special-grade cursed spirit, having mastered the art of blood manipulation. This means he can manipulate his own blood and use it as a weapon. What sets Choso apart from the others is his ability in martial arts, this is seen as he takes on a barrage of punches from Yuji and blocks most of them as well. He is also tactically intelligent, as seen when Yuji lured him to place with water to dissolve the blood manipulation technique, Choso still came out on top by hardening the blood inside his body and using that to his advantage to defeat Yuji, even though he knew that this would have a negative impact on his body. Choso also possesses insane amounts of endurance and can fight for a long time even after his body has been hammered.
Just like his brothers, Kechizu and Eso, Choso's blood is also poisonous and can drain an opponent's stamina quite quickly if it comes in contact with them. It is also not possible for him to die of blood loss if he has enough cursed energy within him. A few of his powerful techniques include Convergence, which is when he compresses his blood using cursed energy to prepare it for his powerful attacks such as supernova (orbs of blood that explode and fire blood bullets), and Piercing Blood (a powerful beam that shoots from between Choso's hands). For close-range attacks, he uses Blood Edge to create sharp objects using his blood to pierce his opponent's body. Blood Meteorite is another powerful technique that allows him to harden his blood. He can also create small stones while using this technique to launch at opponents, and while this is a powerful move itself, it also comes with its disadvantage as there is a high risk of blood clotting.