Choso

Choso (脹 (ちょう) 相 (そう) , Chōsō^?) is a supporting character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He and his two brothers, Kechizu and Eso are incarnated Cursed Womb: Death Paintings No. 1-3. Choso initially sided with Kenjaku's alliance with Mahito until he discovered one of the curse user's past identities was the cruel father of the Death Painting Wombs, Noritoshi Kamo. He also found out that Yuji Itadori is another relative of Kenjaku's and has aligned himself with his new "younger brother".

Quick Answers

What is the relationship between Choso and Yuji Itadori?

Yuji and Choso are not blood-related, but they were both "created" by Kenjaku inhabiting different bodies. Choso can feel the death of any of his siblings and he felt Yuji's impending death following their fight.

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Who are Choso's brothers in the Jujutsu Kaisen series?

In the Jujutsu Kaisen series, Choso has two brothers, Kechizu and Eso, who are incarnations of Cursed Womb: Death Paintings No. 2-3. Additionally, Choso perceives Yuji Itadori as his younger half-brother, a connection he discerned following a combat encounter.

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What led Choso to align himself with Yuji Itadori?

A memory of Yuji Itadori peacefully dining with Eso and Kechizu convinced Choso that Yuji was his sibling, leading him to ally with Yuji. Yuki's advice to Choso to live as a curse to exist as a human alongside Yuji further solidified this alliance. Choso, mourning Yuki's death, honored her by sharing her notes with Yuji.

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What is the significance of Choso's past connection with Kenjaku?

Choso's past link with Kenjaku is marked by his disagreement with Kenjaku's scheme to transform the Japanese citizens into a cursed energy conglomeration. Choso confronts Kenjaku, using Blood Manipulation. Before this, Choso, Yuki, and Tengen strategize, with Choso volunteering to battle Kenjaku solo to expose his cursed techniques, showcasing his bravery and resolve despite the inherent danger.

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Is Choso still alive in the Jujutsu Kaisen series?

Choso was killed by Sukuna in Chapter 259.

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Appearance

As a Death Painting Womb, Choso is a half-human, half-cursed spirit who has a flesh and blood body that is fully visible even to non-sorcerers. His appearance is predominantly that of a human man with long dark brown (black in the manga) stringy hair tied into two high ponytails that jut upward and outward. Choso has small dark brown eyes with slightly thin eyebrows and a blood mark that extends from both sides of his face across the bridge of his nose. He can make this mark bleed at will in order to produce ammunition for his cursed technique, and the mark changes shape if he uses Flowing Red Scale.

As far as clothing, Choso wears a loose, light tan robe that covers his torso, arms, and legs. It's worn underneath a purple gi-like vest that covers his torso in a "v" shape and has a bottom section that extends to Choso's waist and groin area. He also always sports a round scarf around his neck that matches his gi and brown boots.

In the anime, Choso has violet eyeshadow around his eyes and his hair is a light brown color.

Choso in the manga (gray).

Choso, Eso, and Kechizu as cursed objects.

Personality

Choso is a very calm and reserved person who's fairly quiet and tends to fade into the background of social groups. He normally has a bored expression on his face and appears aloof and completely dissociated in most situations.

Choso is half cursed spirit but he doesn't have an inherent desire to attack people and doesn't even harbor any disdain toward jujutsu sorcerers.^[3] He's not cruel or vicious in any way and generally doesn't speak often unless it has to do with his family. In fact, Choso loved his human mother and the sorcerer who toyed with him was the only one to earn his hatred.^[4]

Despite appearing to be a very dissociated person, Choso is very attached and protective of his brothers. Upon being incarnated, Choso told his two brothers that three of them lived only for one another and that they were all one.^[5]

With a bored expression on his face, Choso was going through the motions of a simple board game with Mahito and Pseudo-Geto when he learned Eso and Kechizu had perished, deeply upsetting him.^[6] He agreed to fight alongside Mahito and Geto but ultimately only pursued the goal of avenging his brothers during the Shibuya Incident.

Even during the fight against Satoru Gojo, Choso barely committed himself to attacking Gojo and stayed far back out of his range the entire time, upsetting Jogo. He also clashed with Jogo's more abrasive personality over keeping Yuji alive to revive Sukuna because Choso wanted to kill the vessel outright to avenge his siblings.

Choso earned the opportunity to take revenge on Yuji but could feel his impending death right before dealing the killing blow. It's a side effect of his composition as a Death Painting Womb and of his cursed technique. Choso can feel the death of his brothers and felt the same intense sensation from Yuji's impending death as he did from Eso and Kechizu's.

Once Choso realized that Noritoshi Kamo survived by moving from body to body, he surmised that Yuji must be his relative through that connection. Choso was quick to deem him one of his younger brothers and align himself with him. He devoted all his strength to protecting Yuji for the remainder of their time in Shibuya and focused his vengeance on Kenjaku for manipulating him into hurting his little brother.^[7][8]

Choso takes immense pride in being the oldest of ten siblings and who he is as a person directly tied to this. He believes that he needs to protect his younger brothers and serve as a dependable example because that's what an elder brother does.^[9]Due to his family values and unconditional love for his siblings, Choso can't understand someone like Naoya Zenin. Naoya hates all of his older brothers because they are weaker than him. Choso argues that older siblings either present the road to travel or the one to avoid. He believes perhaps someone like Naoya is only strong because his brothers are weak. Unlike Naoya, Choso didn't have an older brother to show him the way so he always stumbled and made mistakes. Even so, Choso stands tall and walks the path ahead of his younger brothers and it is from this dedication that he draws strength.^[10]

Choso wants to kill his father Kenjaku for the sake of his family and has no issue sacrificing his life to do so.^[11][12] On the edge of defeat against Kenjaku, Choso refused to accept defeat because he felt as if his younger brothers were pushing him through the pain and telling him to fight on.^[13][14] He refused to accept Kenjaku's disinterest in them and used moves inspired by each of them to do his best to commit patricide.^[15]

Although Choso has been accepted by Yuji, he still regrets what happened with Eso and Kechizu. He feels responsible for the death of his younger brothers and fears that Yuji will be left alone because of his older brother's foolish choices. Choso initially decided to live as curses because he knew Eso and Kechizu wouldn't be accepted by humanity. Choso now feels as if that was the easy path which in turn ruined a future where the four of them were destined to all fight together. He was very emotional when admitting this to Yuki, who eventually told him to die as a curse so he can live on as a human alongside Yuji.^[16] Despite their short time together, Choso was distraught over Yuki's death and did his best to honor her legacy by passing her notes onto Yuji.

Abilities and Powers

Overview

Overall Skill Level: As a Cursed Womb: Death Painting, Choso was ranked special grade.^[17] After his incarnation, Choso remains exceptionally powerful even by sorcerer standards, comparable to a grade 1 sorcerer.^[18] While still existing as a cursed object, Choso was intelligent and self-aware, allowing him to hone his cursed techniques for 150 years.^[19] By the time he was incarnated, Choso had already mastered Blood Manipulation to a level that far surpasses the current Noritoshi Kamo.^[20]

During his minimal role in the battle to seal Satoru Gojo, Choso showcased a host of different Blood Manipulation techniques. None of them could breach Gojo's Infinity, but they were also used to slaughter tons of non-sorcerers to put him at a further disadvantage.^{[21][22][23][24]}

In addition to jujutsu, Choso also excels in taijutsu, capable of standing up against a master martial artist like Yuji. Using his whit alongside a host of techniques to contend with Yuji's strength, Choso overcame his opponent to the degree that he could have ended his life.^[25] This is even after Mechamaru helped the Jujutsu High student put the blood manipulator in a situation where he couldn't control it outside his body.^[26]

Despite exhausting himself during the Shibuya Incident, Choso continued to fight on and clashed with Pseudo-Geto in order to help Yuji.^[27] Although Pseudo-Geto escaped mostly unscathed, his partner Uraume was hit by Choso's Piercing Blood technique and poisoned.^[28] A sorcerer of Uraume's caliber was strong enough to completely immobilize all Yuji's allies. Uraume was able to freeze Choso as well, but after Yuki Tsukumo rescued everyone from Uraume's Icefall, enough time had passed for Choso's poison to take effect.^[29]

Naoya Zenin, a special grade 1 sorcerer and inheritor of the former head of the Zenin Clan's Projection Sorcery, is another close combat fighter that Choso battled and defeated. Choso was quickly able to deduce that Naoya was a speed type and there was a trick to it hidden within his cursed technique.^[30]

While Choso was still outclassed by Naoya's speed and suffered a one-sided beating at the beginning of their fight, he managed to tough it out thanks to his physical endurance and unwavering willingness to defend his little brother. Although Naoya managed to injure the Death Painting Womb and slice him open, Choso turned his wound into an advantage and once again overcame Naoya by using different Blood Manipulation moves in a variety of clever ways.^[31]

Out of a group of sorcerers, Choso was one of the three Tengen asked to guard them against Kenjaku.^[32] Despite losing to Kenjaku in the end, Choso fought strategically with Yuki and Tengen to nearly achieve victory, fulfilling his role the best he possibly could. Choso was the first to fight Kenjaku and his goal was to draw out his father's hidden abilities. He struggled against solely Cursed Spirit Manipulation at first, and weak cursed spirits at that.^[33] Choso was unable to effectively counterattack until he used Blood Manipulation in inventive ways by taking inspiration from his brothers. Kenjaku overpowered Choso with low-grade cursed spirits reinforced with his cursed energy but Choso's clever use of blood nearly landed an attack that not even he, a sorcerer with centuries of experience, saw coming. Choso successfully forced Kenjaku to reveal an innate technique other Cursed Spirit Manipulation and earned Yuki's praise.^[34]

Choso surprised Kenjaku a second time when he re-entered the fray after allowing Yuki to take over. Despite his injuries, Choso continued to play a pivotal role in the fight, rescuing Yuki and ambushing Kenjaku in one fell swoop.^[35] Choso understood it had to be Yuki to deal a decisive blow and fought alongside her shikigami to buy her time to heal herself. This allowed them to take the momentum back which again impressed Yuki, who initially believed Choso would hold her back if they fought together.^[36]

Intelligence

High Tactical Intellect: Choso has existed for one-hundred and fifty years and one of his greatest weapons is his incredible level of wisdom. His mastery over Blood Manipulation has allowed Choso the freedom to experiment and utilize its abilities in ways that are all unique to him. He applies the technique in many different ways during battle to swing the tide in his favor.

When the ability to manipulate blood outside his body was stripped from him, Choso instinctively focused on controlling the blood inside him in spite of his minimal battle experience. Choso knew he couldn't physically compete with Yuji, so he used Flowing Red Scale: Stack to even the odds. Although Yuji began to gain the upper hand in close combat, Choso hid some blood in his hand to ensure it didn't dissolve and shot a Blood Meteorite through his robe to hide the projectile that successfully pierced Yuji's liver.^[37]

After being on the receiving end of three of Yuji's superpowered punches, Choso quickly assessed the heavy damaged he received and determined that he was a severe threat. He risked thrombosis and hardened blood within his body and used it to block what could've been Yuji's fight-ending blow. Yuji believed that Choso wouldn't think he would use his left hand because he injured it early in the fight. However, not only did Choso predict he would use his left hand, but he also correctly foresaw exactly where he would try to land that punch. Choso hardened his blood to protect his body in the perfect spot and was able to defeat Yuji as a direct result of his tactical prowess.^[38]

When faced with the responsibility of protecting Yuji against an impossible opponent like Yuta Okkotsu, Choso was able to form a solid plan in a very short amount of time. Although Choso was ultimately thwarted, he wanted to block off Yuta and allow Yuji to escape while also dealing with Naoya so the speed-type couldn't give chase.^[39]

Once Choso realized he was at a disadvantage, he focused Flowing Red Scale: Stack in his eyes to raise his dynamic visual acuity in order to track Naoya's speed.^[40] He also noticed that Naoya was familiar with Blood Manipulation and got the Zenin clan sorcerer to walk right into Supernova, a technique original to Choso and something Naoya's clan would have no knowledge of.^[41]

Choso's wise and coolheaded nature pairs well with his overall intellect. He is a formidable strategist, best displayed when he helped create the best possible plan to combat Kenjaku with Yuki and Tengen. Choso pointed out that Kenjaku wouldn't open his domain against Yuki if he knew someone else was lying in wait. The plan was altered to use Choso to draw out Kenjaku's cursed techniques and convincingly remove himself from the fight. This was ultimately successful despite a few mishaps, as Kenjaku didn't expect Choso's return to the fight and was caught completely off guard by his ambush.^[42][43]

Choso's intelligence also extends to practical situations that don't include combat. When faced with the obstacle of getting past Tengen's concealing barrier, Choso had the clever idea of copying how Mahito invaded during the Goodwill Event. The cursed warehouse storing cursed objects such as the Death Painting Womb lies between Tengen's doors and the Tombs of the Star. By tracking the presence of his six brothers, Choso can guess the one correct door out of thousands to breach Tengen's barrier.^[44]

Physical Prowess

Master Hand-to-Hand Combat: As previously stated, Choso excels in unarmed combat and was able to overpower two powerful combatants that fight exclusively at close range, Yuji and Naoya. Enhanced by his cursed techniques, Choso's martial arts is a threat that can even contend with the likes of Yuji. Enhanced by Blood Manipulation, Choso was able to parry and counter Yuji's martial arts with his own.^[45][46]

Advanced Endurance: As noted by Naoya Zenin, Choso is exceptionally tough.^[47] He was able to withstand multiple hits from Yuji, who possesses superhuman strength enhanced with cursed energy and masterful precision in his martial arts technique. The Death Painting Womb was also on the receiving end of consecutive blows from Naoya that carried the momentum from him moving at blistering speeds.^[48] In both hard-fought battles, Choso was able to endure and come out on top. Choso continued to press on even after his lengthy duel with Yuji as a testament to his stamina as well.^[49]

Choso received his most brutal beating fighting one-on-one against Kenjaku. He was severely injured by an onslaught from Cursed Spirit Manipulation but used the image of his brothers to persevere and continue fighting.^[50] Even after thoroughly expending himself, Choso returned to ambush Kenjaku and fought effectively alongside Yuki until he was eventually incapacitated.^[51] Even then, Choso still activated one last cursed technique in an attempt to stop Kenjaku.^[52]

Death Painting Womb Physiology

Blood Connection: A unique ability of Blood Manipulation that only pertains to a Death Painting Womb like Choso allows him to sense the "transformation" of his younger brothers no matter how far away they are. Death is considered a transformation, which is why Choso could feel when Eso and Kechizu were killed.^[53] This also caused him to foresee Yuji's upcoming death with his own eyes accompanied by an intense sensation that stopped Choso from slaying him.^[54]

Blood Poisoning: Like Eso and Kechizu, Choso's blood is also poisonous. It takes effect fairly quickly and drains its victim's stamina, causing them to soon find themselves short of breath. Uraume's Ice Formation technique was even forcibly disengaged when the poison took effect on them.^[55] Naoya was also wounded by Choso and his body began to reject the incarnated cursed object's non-human blood, causing him to vomit.^[56]

Blood Conversion: Choso's constitution as a Death Painting Womb allows him to convert his cursed energy into blood. As long as Choso has enough cursed energy, he can prevent his body from dying of blood loss. This makes him capable of bleeding a literal wave of blood without suffering any significant disfunction in his performance.^[57] This unique ability makes learning reverse cursed technique easier for Death Painting Wombs, as they do not experience the massive cursed energy consumption needed to convert cursed energy into blood for human sorcerers.^[58]

Cursed Technique

Inherited Technique

Blood Manipulation (赤 (せっ) 血 (けつ) 操 (そう) 術 (じゅつ) , Sekketsu Sōjutsu?): The Kamo ancestor controlled by Kenjaku mixed his blood with the human and cursed spirit that resulted in the Death Painting Wombs. This allowed Choso to inherit Blood Manipulation and train it to its fullest extent. Choso is a master constantly using this technique to manipulate his own blood and utilizes it in nearly every facet of his combat arsenal.

Slicing Exorcism (苅 (かり) 祓 (ばらい) , Karibarai?): Unleashes sharpened blood that rapidly flies through the air and slices through Choso's target. He is capable of shaping it into long streams of blood at a wide range for hitting[59] or forming it into a rotating chakram for a singular attack.[60]
Convergence (百 (びゃく) 斂 (れん) , Byakuren?): Compresses and condenses the blood to its absolute limit with cursed energy. It is one of Choso's most consecutively used techniques as it is key charging up his most powerful attacks, Piercing Blood and Supernova. There is a traditional stance for activating Convergence but Choso has used other ways to cast it as well. Choso has also used the stance as a feint to trick opponents into thinking he's about to fire Piercing Blood.
Piercing Blood (穿 (せん) 血 (けつ) , Senketsu?): A deadly blood beam fired from Choso's clasped hands after charging up Convergence. It possesses blistering speed and incredible piercing power, as the name implies. Choso is able to bend the beam and make it ricochet should it miss, but Piercing Blood does not maintain the same level of extreme velocity as when its first shot.
Supernova (超 (ちょう) 新 (しん) 星 (せい) , Chōshinsei?): A Choso original that he developed while honing Blood Manipulation for 150 years. It detonates several orbs of blood condensed with Convergence and fires reinforced blood bullets in every direction. It can also be channeled into one larger sphere that explodes into an even more devastating attack.[61][62]
Blood Edge (血 (けつ) 刃 (じん) , Ketsujin?): Shapes and strengthens blood's lethality by rotating it at high speed, allowing Choso to shape blood outside his body into a dagger.[63]
Flowing Red Scale (赤 (せき) 鱗 (りん) 躍 (やく) 動 (どう) , Sekirin Yakudō?): Used to improve the performance of Choso's body by pumping blood faster throughout his body, allowing them to take in more oxygen. This improves Choso's pulse rate and the number of red blood cells, granting a drastic increase in strength and speed. When Choso activates this technique, the blood mark going across his nose grows two vertical lines on each of his cheeks that extend past his eyes.[64]
Flowing Red Scale: Stack (赤 (せき) 鱗 (りん) 躍 (やく) 動 (どう) ・載 (さい) , Sekirin Yakudō・Sai?): Further improves the increased output provided by Flowing Red Scale to an even higher degree. This gave Choso the ability to compete with Yuji's superhuman physical prowess. He can also channel it into specific bodily functions such as focusing it into his ocular muscles in order to read Naoya's movements. When Choso activates this version of the technique, the three blood marks going across his nose and eyes all gain arrowhead designs at the end of them.[65]
Blood Meteorite (血 (けっ) 星 (せい) 磊 (せき) , Kesseiseki?): A technique that hardens the user's blood which goes typically unused by inheritors. Choso has used it to create a small stone made of supercondensed and hardened blood. He also used it to harden the blood inside his body to reinforce himself despite the risk of thrombosis.[66]
Wing King (翅 (し) 王 (おう) , Shiō?): A technique that imitates Eso`s Maximum: Wing King by creating a halo of blood that sprouts four wasp-like wings albeit smaller than original technique. These wings are medium to create vector lines of blood which can be used offensively. Choso utilized this technique as a distraction to surround his target with compressed blood spheres in preparation of a stronger attack.

Anti-Domain Technique
	New Shadow Style: Simple Domain (シン・陰 (かげ) 流 (りゅう) 　簡 (かん) 易 (い) 領 (りょう) 域 (いき) , Shin Kageryū: Kan'i Ryōiki?): It is used to disable a domain's guaranteed-hit effect by neutralizing its barrier. Choso activated it in response to Sukuna's impromptu Malevolent Shrine to try and survive its 99 second onslaught.[67]

Battles & Events

Shibuya Incident Arc

• The Shibuya Incident
  • Satoru Gojo vs. Mahito's Group
  • Yuji Itadori vs. Choso
  • Jujutsu Sorcerers vs. Kenjaku & Uraume

Itadori's Extermination Arc

• Yuji Itadori & Choso vs. Cursed Spirits
• Choso vs. Naoya Zenin

Culling Game Arc

• Yuki Tsukumo & Choso vs. Kenjaku

Shinjuku Showdown Arc

• Jujutsu Sorcerers vs. Sukuna

Trivia

• Choso's name contains the kanji for "swelling" (脹, cho^?) and "phase, aspect, countenance, mutually, fellow" (相, so^?).
• Choso's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
  • Choso ranked 7th in the second Popularity Poll with 4,757 votes.
  • Choso ranked 10th in the third Popularity Poll with 1,748 votes.
  • Choso ranked 6th in the fourth Popularity Poll with 6,247 votes.
• According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook^[68]:
  • During the Shibuya Incident, despite not being interested in the plan, he was willing to cooperate. However, he had no reason to take lives after Gojo was sealed.
  • The blood of Choso's younger brothers, Eso and Kechizu, has the same toxicity as his. However, since Yuji is Sukuna’s vessel, and he has resistance to poisons, he's fine when exposed to their blood. This rule applies to Choso's blood too.
• In the English dub, both Choso and Sukuna are portrayed by Ray Chase.

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