The series is popular for its fast-paced battle scenes with horrifyingly bizarre characters and the love stories of high school students, and has been featured in various media outlets and won various comic awards. The anime adaptation of this work will finally start airing in October 2024!
In this article, we will provide you with all the information about Momo’s first love, Jiji (Enjoji Jin)! In addition to his personality, character, and strength, we will also introduce his relationship with the youkai Jashi, his relationship with Momo and Okarun, and upcoming scenes to look out for.
*This article contains spoilers.
Momo’s childhood friend and first love. He is tall and handsome, and has excellent communication skills, but he is always excited and frivolous in his words and actions. He comes to live with Momo temporarily after his parents are hospitalized. He is troubled by strange phenomena in his home, and comes to rely on Momo’s grandmother, Hoshiko.
Gigi is a tall, handsome man with a well-defined face. At first glance, he seems like a refreshing sportsman, but when he talks, he is so high-spirited that it can be a bit annoying. His frivolousness allows him to close the distance between him and people he meets for the first time.
Although he appears to be careless and thinks nothing of his frivolous words and actions, deep inside he is a kind and earnest young man. When danger approaches, he puts his own life on the line to protect his friends, and he has the warmth to sympathize with the youkai who have sad pasts.
Another cool thing about Gigi is that he has the guts to persevere when it really counts. Because he’s usually a frivolous guy, his expression when he gets serious really draws you in.
Jiji has a genius level of spiritual power, so strong that even Hoshiko and Turbo Granny acknowledge it. In addition, because he has high physical strength, he is possessed by the Evil Eye and used as a vessel. If an ordinary human is possessed by the Evil Eye, a monster worshipped as a god, their cells will break down and they will die, so they targeted Jiji, who has high spiritual power.
Immediately after being possessed, his consciousness was taken over by the evil eye, but through repeated training under Hoshiko, he gradually becomes able to suppress the evil eye on his own. This is all thanks to Jiji’s genius talent.
As Jiji continues his training, he shows his growth as a person with special abilities, becoming able to sense the emotions of the evil eye and control that power with his will.
Jiji moved when he was about to enter junior high school due to his parents’ work. The house he moved to was inhabited by the evil eye. However, Jiji was the only one who noticed something strange about the house. Jiji, who was not aware that he had strong spiritual powers, tried to convince himself that it was his own misunderstanding at first, but one day the evil eye finally appeared in front of Jiji.
Since then, her parents’ health has deteriorated to the point that they have been hospitalized, so she asks a medium to perform an exorcism, but the medium is unable to remove the evil eye. So she is introduced to Hoshiko as her last resort.
Jiji went to exorcise the evil eye with Momo and Okarun, but after learning about the evil eye’s painful past, he was possessed by it while feeling sympathy for it. Momo and Hoshiko try to exorcise it to save Jiji, but the kind Jiji begs them not to kill the evil eye.
Inspired by this spirit, Hoshiko decides to make Jashi a part of her family and cancels the exorcism ceremony. From then on, Jiji and Jashi share a body while undergoing training. By the way, if you pour hot water on him, he will turn into Jashi, and if you pour water below room temperature on him, he will turn into Jashi.
Jiji is Momo’s first love. Jiji is the boy she liked who made fun of the spell Hoshiko made her do when she was in elementary school. However, Momo doesn’t seem to have any romantic feelings for Jiji at the moment and treats him simply as a friend.
On the other hand, Jiji seems to like Momo. He always talks to Momo in a joking manner because he really likes her and can’t talk properly without joking around. Momo and Okarun are in love with each other, but when you know about Jiji’s pure feelings, you’ll want to support his love too…!
When Jiji transfers to the school, the two of them end up in the same school. At first, they are both strong rivals in love for Momo, but after fighting the evil eye, they become friends. For Okarun, this is his first friend of the same sex.
After Okarun volunteered to play against Jiji in the evil eye, their relationship deepened, and Okarun finally began speaking to Jiji without using honorifics. More than just love rivals, Okarun and Jiji are best friends.
ある日突然、外宇宙から来たと思われる侵略者たちに襲撃されたモモ、オカルン、ジジ、アイラ。バラバラに行動しているところを奇襲されたために負けてしまった4人でしたが、修行して再襲来に備えます。
ジジは修行で霊力を使う際に要となる氣を練り続けていました。そして迎えた決戦の日。全員が宇宙人侵略者たちの猛攻に必死に応戦する中、ジジはついに必殺技を編み出します。それは練った氣をビームのように両手から放つ“邪銃（じゃがん）”。ジジは天才的なポテンシャルと努力を重ねたことで邪視の力を使いこなせるようになったのです。
そんなジジを見た宇宙人の1人が彼を捕まえ、そのエネルギーを全て吸い取ろうとします。しかし、ジジは高いフィジカルとポテンシャルの持ち主。エネルギーは空っぽになるどころか敵の容量が満タンになってもなお溢れ出てきます。オーバーヒートした敵はとうとう破裂してしまい、無力化することに成功するのでした。
さらに激しくなる戦闘の中で、星子に「邪視と仁の氣をあわせて回転させ、氣を練り上げる」ように助言されたことを思い出したジジはそれを実践。パワーアップした邪銃によって敵2体を1人で撃破するのでした。
ジジを演じるのは石川界人さん。1993年10月13日生まれ、東京都出身。『ハイキュー!!』の影山飛雄役をはじめ、『わたしの幸せな結婚』の久堂清霞役など数多くの人気キャラクターを演じています。
普段はちょっと鬱陶しいほどお調子者のジジ。しかし、本当は優しさと誠実さを持った青年であり、凶悪な邪視をも受け入れようとする大きな懐の持ち主でもあります。能力者となってからはモモたちの心強い味方であり、場を明るくしてくれるムードメーカーとしても活躍するジジにぜひ注目してくださいね！
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