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Jin Enjoji (
He is Momo Ayase's childhood friend (and also unknowingly her first crush) whom he lost touch with after moving away. Years later, he enrolls into Kami High and reunites with her after he came to her grandmother Seiko Ayase for help to rid his house of the Evil Eye haunting him, which leads to him becoming the yokai's vessel. After the Evil Eye is kept under control by Okarun, Jiji becomes one of the few to lend his help to Momo and Okarun as they try to find the latter's kintama.
Appearance
Jiji is a very tall and muscular young man, being even taller than his parents with short auburn hair with bangs that fall down to his eyebrows with only the center of his forehead left exposed and brown eyes. He is recognized by the girls at his school to be quite handsome.
When he was first introduced, Jiji wore a tracksuit with an undershirt.
When at school, Jiji wears a collared shirt with a tie, jeans with a belt and the school's blazer. He also wears dark hoop earrings.
Gallery
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Personality
Jiji comes off as being a very hyper-active young man who likes to express himself with dramatic movement and faces. He also has a habit of usually ending his sentences with strange verbal tics such as "Fuuuu" (フゥ? Viz: Woo) or "Fuuuuwaaaatsu" (フゥワッ? Viz: Woo-Hoo-Hoo).
To some girls, Jiji is viewed as being funny and charming, which is accompanied by his handsome good looks. On the other hand, others might find him to be annoying. In Seiko Ayase's opinion, Jiji's quirky personality makes him come off as being moronic as she would sarcastically comment on him being a "genius".
Jiji has also been noted to give off a "playboy" vibe. After making his introduction to Momo Ayase's classmates, Jiji immediately asked for a female classmate's cellphone number with enthusiasm after finding her to be cute with just a single glance and acted flirtatious around Momo's friends.
Aside from this, he has proven himself to be good-natured. Upon reuniting with Momo after the two lost touch with each other since they were little, Jiji sincerely apologized for mocking her in the past and jumped in to protect her from an alive anatomical model that was charging towards her.
Background
During his childhood, Jiji used to be friends with Momo Ayase and unknowingly her first crush. However, after Momo started to follow her grandmother Seiko Ayase's instruction in performing a ritual, Jiji rudely mocked her and eventually lost touch with her after he and his parents moved up to the mountains.
At some point, Jiji started to notice strange things happening around his house, but decided to ignore them after his parents failed to take his word for it. However, Jiji is soon confronted by a spirit in his house and found himself seeing it everywhere he went, including in his dreams, resulting in him being sleep-deprived. This encounter then leads to Jiji's parents being hospitalized after coming down with a sickness.
Having no choice, the family decided upon hiring well-known spirit mediums to perform an exorcism but are met with failure after three of the five mediums ultimately committed suicide. After being told from them that hiring Seiko would be a last resort, Jiji contacted her about his situation and became permitted to move into her house until his problem is solved.
Abilities and Powers
Supernatural Abilities
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Jiji possesses incredible reserves of ki that has his spiritual power valued as being extremely rare and desirable for evil spirits to have. Since his training with Seiko, Jiji is able to use his ki to suppress the Evil Eye sealed within him if he comes into contact with anything cold, though he noted that doing so requires him to exert all of his strength, which causes him to become exhausted afterwards. | ||
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| Ha Wave (波ーツ Ha-tsu?) | ||
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| Evil Gun (邪銃 Jagan?) | ||
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| Power of Words (言霊 Kotodama?) | ||
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After learning from Momo that attacks can be amplified using words, Jiji incorporated this effect into his spiritual power, allowing him to increase the attack power that he was initially lacking. | ||
Chapter Appearances
Kintama Hunt Saga
| 1. That's How Love Starts, Ya Know? | Flashback |
| 2. That's A Space Alien, Ain't It?! | Absent |
| 3. It's a Granny Vs. Granny Clash! | Absent |
| 4. Let's Go to the John | Absent |
| 5. Kicking Turbo Granny's Ass | Absent |
| 6. Craving for Crab | Absent |
| 7. You're the Hundred kmph Granny | Absent |
| 8. Let's Eat Crab | Absent |
| 18. Eat Some Somen Noodles or Something | Absent |
| 19. I've Got This Funny Feeling | Absent |
| 20. They're, Like, Back Again | Absent |
| 21. Gotta Put On Some Clothes! | Absent |
| 22. Momo Still Has Some Pent-Up Feelings | Absent |
| 23. You're Bothered, Aren't You? | Absent |
| 24. Merge! Serpo Dover Demon Nessie! | Absent |
| 25. It Makes Your Heart Race, Don't It?! | Absent |
| 26. We Picked Up A Kappa Monster | Absent |
| 27. Have You Ever Seen A Cattle Mutiliation? | Debut |
| 28. That's A Premonition About The Turmoils of Love! | Appears |
| 29. First Love! | Appears |
| 30. Don't Give Up! | Appears |
| 31. The Life of an Anatomical Doll | Appears |
| 32. Let's Go to the Cursed House | Appears |
| 33. Better Decide Which One's Into Her | Appears |
| 34. The Kito Family Is Coming | Appears |
| 35. Where's The Tsuchinoko Monster? | Appears |
| 36. The Kito Family's Old Lady | Appears |
| 37. Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake | Appears |
| 38. Mongolian Death Worms Are Deadly | Appears |
| 39. The Evil Eye | Appears |
| 40. Contract | Appears |
| 41. Jiji the Prodigy | Possessed |
| 42. Escape! Multistage! | Possessed |
| 43. You Won't Get Away With This! | Possessed |
| 44. That House Is a Damn Eyesore | Possessed |
| 45. It's a Pump | Mentioned |
| 46. Put That Fire Out | Possessed |
| 47. That's, Like, Way Deadly | Possessed |
| 48. That UFO Is Awesome | Possessed |
| 49. He's, Like, Sealed | Appears |
| 50. Let's All Carry Around Hot Water | Appears |
| 51. We Can All Stay There Together! | Appears |
| 52. The Hayashi Performers Are Here | Appears |
| 53. We Became a Family | Appears |
| 54. Get a Part-Time Job | Appears |
| 55. Moe Moe Tri-Beam | Appears |
| 56. Feeling Kinda Gloomy | Appears |
| 57. Scary Dudes at School | Absent |
| 58. Symphony No. 6 | Absent |
| 59. Symphony No. 9 | Flashback |
| 60. You Can Do It, Okarun! | Appears |
| 61. The Evil Eye's Briefs | Appears |
| 62. I Want to Rebuild the House | Appears |
| 63. School Life | Appears |
| 64. The Secret Art of Being Attractive | Absent |
| 65. I Can't See Them! | Absent |
| 66. Hey, It's a Kaiju | Appears |
| 67. The Kaiju's Wicked Strong | Appears |
| 68. Kinta's Imagination | Possessed |
| 69. Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot! | Possessed |
| 70. This Is How You Beat A Kaiju, Okay? | Possessed |
| 71. I'm Sick of Robots and Kaiju! | Appears |
| 72. Somebody, Please Translate | Appears |
| 73. Let's Eat Some Takoyaki | Appears |
| 121. Who's This Person? | Appears |
| 122. Let's Form a Club | Absent |
| 123. The Class Rep's Secret | Absent |
| 124. Ombusman | Absent |
| 125. Let's Do an Exorcism | Absent |
| 126. It's a Parade Float. It's a Festival. It's Ninomiya | Absent |
| 127. Float Performance Face-Off | Absent |
| 128. Let's Be Idols | Absent |
Current Saga
| 166. Is This a Little Fairy? | Appears |
| 167. Hey, There's Something There | Appears |
| 168. There's Someone Here | Absent |
| 169. Find The Culprit! | Appears |
| 170. A Suspicious Woman | Appears |
| 171. Corner the Perp! | Appears |
| 172. Those Pygmies Are Scary | Absent |
| 173. Corner the Criminal! | Appears |
| 174. Queen Sensei's Infirmary | Absent |
| 175. So Who's the True Perp? | Absent |
| 176. Scattering the Bait | Absent |
| 177. Let's Do Some Kung Fu | Absent |
| 178. The Power of a God | Absent |
| 179. This Seems Kinda Deadly | Absent |
| 180. The Owner of the Kozuka Knives | Appears |
| 181. Must Be the Influence of a Curse | Absent |
| 182. Something's Taken the Bait | Appears |
| 183. So It's You! | Absent |
| 184. The Class Rep's Head! | Absent |
| 185. So You're The Perp! | Absent |
| 186. Kouki Yukishiro's Power | Absent |
| 187. Kick the Crap Outta Murakami! | Absent |
| 188. Okarun and Kinta | Absent |
| 189. Jumping Granny and Kung Fu Alien | Absent |
| 190. Merging Is What Makes Us Strong! | Absent |
Anime Appearances
| 1. That's How Love Starts, Ya Know! | Flashback |
| 2. That's a Space Alien, Ain't It?! | Absent |
| 3. It's a Granny vs. Granny Clash! | Absent |
| 4. Kicking Turbo Granny's Ass | Absent |
| 5. Like, Where Are Your Balls?! | Absent |
| 6. A Dangerous Woman Arrives | Absent |
| 7. To a Kinder World | Absent |
| 8. I've Got This Funny Feeling | Absent |
| 9. Merge! Serpo Dover Demon Nessie! | Absent |
| 10. Have You Ever Seen a Cattle Mutilation? | Debut |
| 11. First Love | Appears |
| 12. Let's Go to the Cursed House | Appears |
Etymology
- The name Jin means "compassionate" (仁).
- Jin's surname Enjoji means "circle, yen, round, money, rotund" (円) (en), "castle" (城) (jo) and "temple" (寺) (ji).
Trivia
- The activation and reversal of the Evil Eye's curse affecting Jiji through hot or cold substances is similar in nature to the conditional curse of Ranma Saotome, the main protagonist of Ranma ½ who is cursed to transform into a female whenever splashed with cold water, with hot water being the only thing that can return him back into a male.
- This comparison was evident by Jiji after he sang the first few lyrics of "Don't Make Me Wild Like You", the first opening of Ranma ½, following the revelation of the curse's condition.
- Despite having known Seiko ever since he was a child, Jiji did not realize that she is actually Momo's grandmother until after he reunited with Momo.
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