Manjiro (万次郎 Manjirō?) is a spirit medium and the pupil of Seiko Ayase.
Appearance
Personality
Background
At some point, Manjiro met Seiko and became her pupil. It is unknown when this happened.
Synopsis
Cursed House Arc
At the Tsuchinoko shrine, Manjiro performs a handstand in an attempt to become a Bootuber and suddenly receives a visit from Momo who came to see the Tsuchinoko. After presenting her the Tsuchinoko's shedding skin, which dissatisfied her, Manjiro explains to her the village's legend.
Later, after the eruption of the village volcano, Manjiro comes in to protect Momo from the Kito Family, having realized that she is one of the children Seiko ordered him to look after. Manjiro then finds himself attacked by the Evil Eye, who takes possession of Jiji's body, and fights the yokai alongside Momo and Naki Kito long enough for Seiko to arrive and seal the Evil Eye inside of Taro. After the events start to settle, Manjiro becomes scolded by his master for not following her orders accordingly over the phone but justifies that her phone call was too random, causing Seiko to quickly change her tone to commending him, which he accepted.
At the Ayase residence, Manjiro assists in Seiko and Momo's attempt to exorcise the Evil Eye out from Jiji, however, the plan ends up failing as the Evil Eye proofed to be resistant to their exorcism. As he joins the Ayases and the other invited guests for dinner, Manjiro discusses with Seiko on hiring advanced exorcists to rid Jiji of the Evil Eye and decides on hiring the hayashi performers. Manjiro and the others then learn of the Evil Eye and Jiji's condition, as revealed by Taro eating hot oden, in that the young man can only regain control of his body by coming into contact with something hot, while the yokai can only emerge by coming contact with anything cold. Knowing this, Manjiro is given the task of watching over Jiji along with the others and comes with him to see his parents at the hospital the next day.
Evil Eye Arc
After Jiji makes the decision to keep the Evil Eye within him, Manjiro helps in his spiritual training and becomes impressed by how far he has come to nearly keep the Evil Eye from manifesting. Though Jiji made some progress, Manjiro tries to persuade Seiko into hiring the hayashi performers again after Momo nearly escapes being harmed by the Evil Eye accidently let loose earlier, breaking it to her gently that what Jiji is trying to accomplish can't be done. Later, Manjiro breaks the news to Jiji and Momo and announces that the exorcism will be held tomorrow. The conversation then ends abruptly after Okarun calls out for Jiji to step outside to face the Evil Eye in a fight. Manjiro tries to stop Okarun by easing mind with the plan to once again exorcise the Evil Eye but is told by Seiko to not interfere, being told that Okarun had fire in his words. Manjiro and the others then watch as the fight ends with Okarun making a deal with the Evil Eye, which results in Jiji gaining full control of his body again.
With the Evil Eye informing Okarun yesterday that his underwear is not willing to follow the terms of the deal, Manjiro decides to return to his shrine to keep the cursed item safe and says his goodbyes to Momo and the others.
Kozuka Knives Arc
Queen reveals that she has become spirit sensitive due to partecipating in many rituals and exorcisms performed on students, as they usually consult her for their problems. Manjiro carried out the ritual inside of the Tsuchinoko Shrine on Queen, on an unknown student and another person.
While the Family approaches the Ayase Residence, accompanied by Zuma and Daiki to help treat the latter's aging curse, they discover Manjiro's van parked right in front of the house. They greet him and Jiji asks if the Evil Eye's briefs have been causing problems but he reassures him by saying that there are now many more tourists visiting the shrine, despite Jiji not knowing about the underwear's exposition to the public. He had been called by Seiko to accompany her and prepare for the journey to Shimane, where Momo will get treated and return to her normal size.
Abilities and Powers
Natural Abilities
Supernatural Abilities
Equipment
Chapter Appearances
Kintama Hunt Saga
| 28. That's A Premonition About The Turmoils of Love! | Absent |
| 29. First Love! | Absent |
| 30. Don't Give Up! | Absent |
| 31. The Life of an Anatomical Doll | Absent |
| 32. Let's Go to the Cursed House | Absent |
| 33. Better Decide Which One's Into Her | Absent |
| 34. The Kito Family Is Coming | Absent |
| 35. Where's The Tsuchinoko Monster? | Debut |
| 36. The Kito Family's Old Lady | Absent |
| 37. Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake | Absent |
| 38. Mongolian Death Worms Are Deadly | Absent |
| 39. The Evil Eye | Absent |
| 40. Contract | Absent |
| 41. Jiji the Prodigy | Absent |
| 42. Escape! Multistage! | Absent |
| 43. You Won't Get Away With This! | Absent |
| 44. That House Is a Damn Eyesore | Absent |
| 45. It's a Pump | Flashback |
| 46. Put That Fire Out | Appears |
| 47. That's, Like, Way Deadly | Appears |
| 48. That UFO Is Awesome | Appears |
| 49. He's, Like, Sealed | Appears |
| 50. Let's All Carry Around Hot Water | Appears |
| 51. We Can All Stay There Together! | Absent |
| 52. The Hayashi Performers Are Here | Absent |
| 53. We Became a Family | Absent |
| 54. Get a Part-Time Job | Absent |
| 55. Moe Moe Tri-Beam | Absent |
| 56. Feeling Kinda Gloomy | Appears |
| 57. Scary Dudes at School | Absent |
| 58. Symphony No. 6 | Absent |
| 59. Symphony No. 9 | Absent |
| 60. You Can Do It, Okarun! | Appears |
| 61. The Evil Eye's Briefs | Appears |
| 62. I Want to Rebuild the House | Appears |
Current Saga
| 166. Is This a Little Fairy? | Absent |
| 167. Hey, There's Something There | Absent |
| 168. There's Someone Here | Absent |
| 169. Find The Culprit! | Absent |
| 170. A Suspicious Woman | Absent |
| 171. Corner the Perp! | Absent |
| 172. Those Pygmies Are Scary | Absent |
| 173. Corner the Criminal! | Absent |
| 174. Queen Sensei's Infirmary | Flashback |
| 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 | Absent |
| 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 |
| 191. The Mistake | Appears |
Volume 13 Omake
Etymology
- The name Manjiro means "ten thousand, myriads, all" (万) (man), "next" (次) (ji) and "son" (郎) (ro).
