Yuta

He's usually very cold with strangers, always on the defensive, and in a fight he'll use everything he has, including techniques and strikes. When he sees that the situation is too serious, he'll summon Rika to her fullest potential with his ring. Losing is never an option for him, especially if an innocent life is at risk.

Without the false appearance of a cold-blooded killer, Yuta remains a naturally friendly person who has matured considerably. He is much more sociable and less shy than before. When Gojo visited Yuta in Africa, the professor, known for his outspokenness, was surprised that his student even told jokes. [21]

Yuta easily reintegrated into his interactions with his classmates and dedicated himself to helping them. He agreed to help Megumi rescue her sister from the Elimination Game. He also fulfilled his duties as a senpai and vowed to stop Sukuna if he ever regained control of Yuji's body. Upon reuniting with Maki, Yuta was happy to see her and expressed concern for her injuries.

Due to his absence in Shibuya, Yuta bears the sole responsibility of stopping Kenjaku.
Due to his absence in Shibuya, Yuta bears the sole responsibility of stopping Kenjaku.

When it appeared that Master Tengen's barrier had repelled their group, Yuta became worried and quickly suggested they return because Megumi's sister didn't have time to waste. [22] Once Tengen allowed them in and provided them with crucial information, Yuta agreed to participate in the Extermination Game immediately on his own. He also suggested they seek Kinji Hakari's help despite his bad temper and was modest enough to say that Hakari's strength sometimes surpassed his own. [23]

During the Elimination Game, Yuta demonstrated both his altruism and his propensity for cruelty. He had no qualms about killing enemy sorcerers to gain the points needed to save...

The concentrated energy beam that Yuta Okkotsu fires, usually alongside Rika, is commonly known as the Love Beam. This attack is a massive projection of cursed energy powered by the bond of love between Yuta and Rika Orimoto.

In Jujutsu Kaisen, Yuta Okkotsu's ring primarily serves as a catalyst and emotional anchor to channel Rika Orimoto's immense power. It was a pledge gift from Rika before she died, allowing Yuta to summon her full manifestation or access her copied techniques for a 5-minute limit.
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Key Ring Features:
Rika Summoning: Acts as the direct link for Yuta to summon Rika's Shikigami form, following the change in their relationship.
Energy Management: Helps channel large amounts of cursed energy and access copied techniques, acting similar to a "pipe" of power.
5-Minute Limit: By activating the ring, Yuta can access Rika's full potential and copied abilities for a period of 5 minutes.
Symbolism: It represents the tragic promise of eternal love between Yuta and Rika

Cursed

Speech Sky Manipulation Technique

Shikigamis

G-Warstaff

Extinction Technique

Reliquary

True and Mutual Love (真贋相愛, しんがんそうあい, Shingan Sōai, literally True Mutual Love) is the Territorial Expansion of Yuta Okkotsu.On the surface of the domain and the beams still standing are hundreds of katanas and within which are imbued the cursed techniques that Okkotsu has copied with his cursed technique, his sure stroke allows him to use the cursed techniques copied without any restriction to him and only to him without numerical restriction, And he can even use one of the copied techniques as the main safe hit of the barrier, but such a feat can only be achieved within the domain, besides the fact that they are so randomly placed in the territory that he doesn't know which copied technique is inside the sword that he is about to use to attack his opponent.

Okkotsu has also been able to use the domain in such a way that he can choose the target of safe hit, leaving intact any allies or innocents who may end up within his domain, demonstrating an advanced level. Okkotsu tried to use it during his battle against Ryū Ishigori and Takako Uro, but the fact that they also tried to expand theirs, coupled with the intervention of the cursed spirit Kurourushi meant that none of the domains were even formed. Yuta Okkotsu's "Mutual and True Love" (Shingon Sōai) Mastery Expansion is a high-level technique in Jujutsu Kaisen that maximizes his "Mimicry" ability. Its main function is to allow you to access unlimited cursed techniques copied above, imbuing them with katanas scattered around the domain. Battle Environment: Create a ruin scenario with nailed katanas containing copied techniques.
Sure-Hit: Yuta can select a copied technique to make it an accurate and inevitable hit.
Unlimited Arsenal: Yuta can use unlimited katanas to attack. Each katana has a random technique that he does not know until he wields it, disappearing after one use.

Types of Territorial Expansions
by Effectiveness
Lethal Expansions: Also known as certain strike expansions. They are the most common in modern sorcery, but in turn they are the most difficult to achieve because of the cursed energy needed just to maintain it. This is because they must carry the user's innate technique if you want to hit the target inside it.
Non-Lethal Swords: Common in the Heian era but almost absent today due to modern sorcerers' obsession with defeating their opponents immediately with it. These expansions, instead of the certain hit, have specific rules that must be respected by both parties to be activated. Itadori's first territorial expansion and default expansions are an example of this type of expansion.
Enhancement Expansions: These expansions are designed with the sole objective of enhancing the cursed technique of their user, giving the user better effectiveness, so they do not need the sure hit to be dangerous. Although they still expend a lot of cursed energy, it's nothing compared to lethal ones. Jardín Azabache de las Chimeras is an example of this type of territorial expansion.
By Range
Short-Range Expansions: These expansions are the most common in this aspect, as they have the notoriety that a barrier must be erected on which the cursed technique is imbued, therefore, their range only covers the size of the erected barrier.
Long-Range Expansions: These are rarer and more difficult to achieve, as they do not have a dismantleable physical barrier and can leave an escape route for the target. However, in exchange for such disadvantages, the user has a greater range of attack and such expansion cannot be dismantled by ordinary means, making it more difficult to destroy. They are exemplified by several analogies: "running software without hardware", "painting in the air without a canvas". Demonic Reliquary and Multiple Womb Realm are the only expansions of its kind.
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These expansions are the rarest in the world of sorcery, as the user does not need to create or perfect them to use them, as they already come within the combo of their innate technique and can be used more freely, since they tend to be non-lethal and, therefore, do not consume as much cursed energy. However, the disadvantage of this type of expansion is that the user's cursed technique depends almost entirely on it being mandatorily expanded to use them to their maximum potential. This means that they have to defend themselves in combat with common shaman techniques, and if they do not know how to use other techniques, the user can be easily killed. Deadly Gambler and Death Sentence are the only expansions of this type.

Incomplete
These are common in beginner users before they become perfect and functional, especially if they are lethal. Because of this, they require the environment to be used correctly as a replacement for the barrier. This brings the disadvantage that it can be destroyed if the environment loses the qualities that make it stable despite lacking a barrier. Garden of the Chimeras Jet is an example of this type (or stage) of territorial expansions.

Countermeasures
Due to the increase in Certain Strike expansions, many sorcerers began to create techniques that allowed protection against them. 4 are currently known:

Image Hollow Wicker Basket Hollow Sukuna
Wicker
Basket Simple Territory - Kasumi Miwa - Manga
Miwa's
Simple Territory Fallen Petal Emotion - Nobuaki Zen'in
Fallen Petals Emotion Manga
Territory Amplification - Jogo and Hanami - Jogo and Hanami
Territorial Amplification Manga
Esoteric Technique: Hollow Wicker Basket (奥義「彌虚葛籠」,おうぎ: いやこつづら,Ougi: Iyako Tsuzura): It is the first anti-domain technique created and the predecessor of the Simple Dominion. It is an erectible spherical barrier that, as its name suggests, takes the shape of a woven wicker basket. Neutralize the barrier of territorial expansion to nullify its certain hit.
New Shadow Style: Simple Territory (シン・陰流簡易領域, Shin Kageryū・Kan'i Ryōiki): Known as the territorial expansion of the weak and created by Sadatsuna Ashiya during the Heian Era. Expand a small domain and neutralize the barrier of territorial expansion to nullify its sure hit.
Fallen Petal Thrill (落花の情, Rakka no Jō): Passed down through generations only among the three great families. It does not expand any domain, but allows you to attack with pure cursed energy at the precise moment when the sure strike of the opponent's domain makes contact with it.
Territorial Amplification (領域展延,りょういきてんえん, Ryōiki Ten'en): An anti-dominance technique that, in exchange for not being able to use their innate technique, allows the user to wrap their body in a veil of their domain that protects them from the sure strike of a domain.

Domain Expansion (領域展開, Ryōiki Tenkai?) is an advanced barrier technique in which the user uses cursed energy to construct an enclosed space where they manifest their innate mastery, within this barrier the cursed techniques imbued in the domain cannot be avoided. A Territorial Expansion is described by Satoru Gojo as "an environment built with cursed energy and manifested through a cursed technique"[1]. It is considered to be a powerful tool for high-level shamans, as it provides numerous benefits to their opponents. There is a tendency to say that the enemy is trapped within the user's 'domain'.

To activate the expansion, its user must perform a certain sign with their hands[1], or by means of a cursed seal drawn on the user's body[2]. When a territorial expansion is triggered, an energy sphere expands rapidly covering the user and their opponents. The expansion is closed within a certain surrounding area. It is known that it is almost impossible to escape the walls of an expansion by means of ordinary methods, however, breaking in from the outside is relatively easy[3].

While the expansion is active, the user's strengths and skills improve as a result of the environment, giving them access to additional cursed techniques or improved versions of them. In addition, the expansion ensures that any technique used by the user will hit their opponent no matter what they try to do[1].

In a conversation between Itadori and Tengen, the latter explains to Itadori that the expansions of the past were more "standard" techniques than the current ones, since these techniques did not usually have the factor of "automatic certain hit" or "instant death", but rather that the domain imposed conditions on the trapped individual, which had to be met for the cursed technique to be activated. Over time, shamans became accustomed to developing and using domains with the factor of "automatic sure hit" or "instant death", which increased the requirements for creating expansions making it an advanced-level technique limited to a few users[4].

For the vast majority of shamans, Territorial Expansion is a silver bullet, as they can only perform it once a day due to the amount of cursed energy it requires (only Satoru Gojo, Hakari Kinji, and Sukuna Ryomen can perform it multiple times). In addition to this, this technique has a disadvantage that makes it the last resort par excellence. After using a Territorial Expansion, the shaman's techniques become highly unstable, so in most cases, they cannot be channeled. There are several examples of this side effect shown in the series, such as

Territorial Expansion: Pure and True Love: Yuta's expansion creates a scenario where an exaggerated number of swords appear. In this domain, Yuta can use all the techniques he has copied without limits. Each technique used will make a random sword disappear from the expansion. It has even been seen how Yuta copied Sukuna's cursed technique despite having the domain active. Rika's role in the expansion is unknown.
Kenjaku's Technique: Although the technique does not have an official name, it is known to belong to Kenjaku, and it involves transferring his brain to another body and controlling it, as well as being able to use the technique of the person he controls, just as he did with Satoru Gojo's body.
Limitless Technique: By possessing Satoru Gojo's body using the previous technique, he is able to use all of Satoru Gojo's abilities, such as Blue (Attracting someone or something) and Imaginary: Purple (Fusion of Blue and Red). Despite not possessing his body and facing some difficulties due to Gojo's height, he adapted well and managed to partially control the technique.

Reverse Curse Technique (反転術式, Hanten Jutsushiki?). It is a cursed healing technique that is often very difficult to learn and requires sophisticated manipulation of the cursed energy in order to generate positive energy[10] which will then be used by Yuta to heal his wounds in a matter of seconds. He is even capable of applying it to others[4].

Cursed Technique:

Yuta's cursed technique is Mimicry Technique, a technique which gives her the ability to imitate other rituals and use them as she pleases, this can only be done for 5 minutes when Yuta connects to Rika's ring, to copy a technique it seems to be necessary for Rika to eat a part of the opponent's body. Some of the rituals you can use are:
Cursed Speech Technique (呪言 Jugon?). A cursed technique inherited among the members of the Inumaki Clan, which allows that, at the moment he articulates some kind of word, they are reinforced by a large amount of cursed energy and as a result, forces anyone who hears him to act or act on those words[9]. The exact way in which Yuta acquired the ability to make use of this technique is unknown. Unlike Toge Inumaki, he has difficulty controlling the cursed energy released by the technique, but is nonetheless very effective.[4] The cursed words possible to articulate are
Die - MangaDie (死ね Shinde?): it is a curse word that forces Yuta's target to die immediately without the possibility of countering it. In the case of a curse, it dies instantly. The effect it has on humans is unknown[4].
Sky Manipulation Technique (呪言 Jugón?). It is a technique originating from the reincarnated sorceress Takako Uro, which allows Yuta to warp space by turning the "sky" into a "surface" being able to redirect attacks or move the position of objects.
Thin Ice Missile: It is a way of using the technique, which consists of generating a strong thrust in the opponent by putting both hands in contact with him.

Cursed Power and Cursed

Power Techniques
Immense amount of cursed energy: Due to his atavism with Sugawara-no-Michizan[4], Yuta possesses an immense cursed energy being greater in quantity than that possessed by Satoru Gojo, however this cursed energy is not infinite[7].
Yuta Okkotsu - Ch140 (1)
Yuji Itadori visualizes Yuta's immense cursed energy.
Control: During Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, despite being a special grade shaman, Yuta's control of her cursed energy was very weak due to her lack of experience, showing difficulty concentrating it on her katana[5], and controlling the flow of it[4], easily letting her emotions, such as anger, uncontrollably expand their cursed energy[4].
Currently Yuta has shown great control of his cursed energy, using it for different purposes without having to depend on his emotions. His control is such that he can equally distribute his cursed energy throughout his body, including his katana, becoming an opponent impossible to predict, and from whom every offensive move he makes can be feared.[7]
Yuta destroys his katana
Yuta destroys his kanata by the excess cursed energy.
Yuta Okkotsu - Ch140 (2)
Yuta distributes his cursed energy being unable to predict.
Yuta lands destroying everything in his path
Yuta lands on the parapet destroying everything in his path.
Expansion of physical power: Yuta has recognized that he is a person of weak build[7], therefore, in hand-to-hand combat he strengthens every blow he makes with cursed energy. Although any shaman can manage to do this, since Yuta possesses an immense amount of cursed energy, each blow he strengthens has an unusual impact.
Yuta also often applies his cursed energy to be able to lift heavy objects, such as cars[7], and can also protect himself from large attacks without taking any possible damage. Yuta also increases his speed, matching that of Yuji Itadori, who is able to run 50 meters in 3 seconds[8].
Yuta is hit by a car
Yuta is hit by a car without taking any damage.

He is a young man with a keen interest in learning and has shown himself to be able to adapt quickly to the teachings of the Tokyo Metropolitan Magic Technical College[1]. He is able to process both practical and theoretical classes very quickly, becoming able to apply them during combat[5]. However, given his low level of learning, he has certain problems managing his immense amount of cursed energy in its entirety[4].
Thanks to his ability to copy the techniques of others,[6] he is able to make use of various types of cursed techniques. Despite having no knowledge of how he acquires the information to use such techniques, he has proven to be able to use them with great effectiveness[4

Yuta Okkotsu was one of four special class shamans and a second-year student at Tokyo Metropolitan Magic Technical College. During Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, she was assigned a special grade due to the immense power stored by the cursed spirit known as Rika Orimoto[1]. Thanks to him, the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical College of Magic had a complete victory at the 2017 Exchange Festival[2], thanks to Rika going out against Yuta's will[3], and was able to defeat Suguru Geto after freeing Rika's power limiters[4].

After exorcising Rika[4], Yuta became a fourth-grade shaman, it is unknown how or how long it took him but he reverted back to being a special grade shaman[3]. Physical Power
Strength:

During Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, he was not noted for the use of force and was usually quite weak in this area[1]. He even proved to have too many complications after trying to escape while carrying Maki Zenin and two other children in his arms. However, he proved to possess incredible agility during hand-to-hand combat, which allowed him to deliver various, albeit simple, blows to his opponent[4]. The level of his strength can be greatly increased when he is subjected to his outbursts of madness[4]. DURABILITY From the beginning he has shown himself to be too weak and with a low resistance[1]. However, after being trained by Maki Zenin, he improved his durability level,[5] allowing him to endure for extended periods of time in battle even if his body is severely wounded.[4] SPEED AND REFLEXES He possesses a high level of speed that usually works in his favor during various fights.[5] His agility allows him to move very quickly across the battlefield and move around it without much effort[4]. The level of his speed is limited when he has to carry others in his arms[1]. His speed increases dramatically when subjected to his outbursts of madness, even being able to match Suguru Geto's abilities.
In addition to his speed, he has an incredible level of reflexes, which allows him, most of the time, to react quickly and block powerful attacks from his opponents. He is able to combine his speed and reflexes in order to avoid deadly attacks[4].

In September, Yuta meets Gojo, who tells her to take care of Yuji in case he is gone.

Then Yuta and Toge return to the university. Yuta meets with Panda, who explains that Toge is a good guy and that Toge was worried about Yuta since their situation is similar. Yuta then goes to train with Maki, who asks her how to pour curse power into her sword, but she has no idea due to her having no cursed energy.

Days later, Yuta is with Toge, Panda, and Maki when Geto and his comrades appear. Yuta's friends began to taunt Geto's group, warning them that Yuta would not let them go if they approached them. Geto quickly arrives and takes Yuta's hands in a friendly manner and quickly introduces himself to Yuta and begins to explain his reason for wanting to kill everyone who is not sorcerer. Yuta then gets angry at Geto when he starts insulting his friends, especially Maki, calling her an embarrassment to the Zenin clan and hurting her emotionally. He then throws away Geto's arm around him while proclaiming that he would not help those who insulted his friends. As the professors come and try to force Geto to leave the university, Geto announces a date and location for the Night Parade of the Hundred Demons. Geto then leaves with his comrades, but leaves behind some cursed spirits that the university must deal with.

On December 24, 2017, Yuta is in the classroom when Maki appears. The two start talking, prompting Maki to explain her situation and how she plans to return to the Zenin family and become their head one day. Yuta says she wants to become someone like Maki one day and wants to fully support her. Maki is embarrassed by this and scolds him by telling him that it was her task and not his, and leaves.

When Geto places a screen, Yuta realizes that it is being placed. Later, Yuta encounters Geto and his defeated friends. Yuta gets angry and summons Rika to his side. While Geto throws multiple spirits to attack Yuta, Yuta fends off all of them and manages to rescue his friends and heal them, when Rika picks up Maki unconscious, upset with her and thinking that she was attracting Yuta. Yuta immediately scolded her and forced her to drop Maki, to which Rika agreed. Rika then asks Yuta who Geto was to which he replies that he was his enemy, Rika then asks Yuta if he hates him to which Yuta confirms to which Rika proclaims that she hates him as well. As Geto summons more spirits, Yuta uses Rika's powers to easily exorcise all spirits by using a megaphone [which Rika summoned using her cursed technique] with the Inumaki's cursed speech attached to it by saying ("die"). Yuta manages to get close to Geto using his sword while Geto uses the playful Cloud. During the skirmish, Geto talks about the non-shamans' beliefs about being superior beings and mocks them, to which Yuta, angry, calls a child. Geto immediately invoked the Octopus' curse which Yuta exorcises, but Geto manages to overpower Yuta by hitting him with the Playful Cloud in the face, causing Rika to pull Yuta away from Geto.Yuta decides to keep fighting and get closer again, but Geto manages to break Yuta's katana. Yuta simply punches Geto, forcing Geto to distance himself. After a brief chat they both have with each other, Geto decides to use all of his spirits against Yuta and Rika through the Cursed Spirit Manipulation in Extreme Amounts "Tornado" technique. Yuta decides to completely unleash Rika's power at the cost of his life with the use of a binding vote. Before starting, Yuta asks Rika to give her powers to defeat Geto by promising to be with her in the afterlife forever, then he kisses her by growing one eye and shouting Yuta's name and proclaiming his love for her. Seeing this, Geto becomes enraged and calls Yuta a womanizer, to which Yuta calmly replies that it was pure love. They fire an explosion strong enough to exorcise all of Geto's spirits and force Geto to retreat.

Afterwards, Yuta wakes up and discovers that all of his friends around him have been completely healed. They thank Yuta for helping them. Yuta notices Rika and explains what she had done to her friends (even promising that she would be with her in the afterlife forever) much to their surprise, but is shocked when she notices that Rika's curse has been undone. Gojo arrives and congratulates Yuta for undoing Rika's curse. However, they asked Gojo who he was (because they could not see his face without bandages) to which he replied that who he is. Gojo also explains that Yuta is a distant relative of the sorcerer, Michizane Sugawara (which meant that he was distantly related to Gojo), which explains the unprecedented force of the curse he was able to impose on Rika upon his death. Not knowing who Michizane Sugawara was, Yuta asked her friends, who answered and told her who she was in an awkward way. Yuta then tearfully bids Rika a farewell as she vanishes. Before disappearing, Rika thanks Yuta for helping her be with him all these years.

Later, Yuta walks with Gojo, who calms his worries about being the cause of Geto's attack and gives Yuta back his student ID. Upon receiving his ID, Yuta asked Gojo if he picked it up, to which Gojo replies that he got it from his best friend. Yuta then meets Maki, Panda, and Toge, who called Yuta to accompany them, to which she smiled wearing the engagement ring that Rika gave her.

A year later before Yuji Itadori joined the sorcery school, Yuta went abroad to Africa (at some point) to Michael's Sorcerer Community to train with him and his community and also to search for the Black Rope with Miguel's help without success.

Yuta and Maki are then devoured by the spirit, allowing them to find the missing children. Maki suddenly falls to the ground as Yuta wonders what to do. Maki asks why she came to college, to which Yuta responds by explaining that she "wants the confidence to be able to live" Maki encourages Yuta to exorcise the spirit and says that the school of sorcery is where she can achieve her goals, which causes Yuta to put on the ring (which she wore as a necklace) that Rika gave her and causes Rika to attack the spirit (the first time she summons her). Once Yuta and the others are freed, Yuta leads them to the exit. When Yuta is about to fall, Rika's spirit encourages him to continue, which gives Yuta enough willpower to make it to the exit.

After the incident, Yuta is in a hospital with Gojo where Maki and the children are being treated. Yuta talks to Gojo about how this was the first time he summoned Rika and says that he remembers when he made a promise to Rika. Yuta also says that he believes that he was the one who cursed Rika and promises to find a way to free Rika from the curse. Afterwards, Gojo gives Yuta a katana and explains how he can break the curse that is on Rika by imbuing the tool with the energy of the curse, little by little.

At some point, Yuta participated in the Goodwill Event held at Kyoto Sorcery School with one of his seniors and the other freshmen. He single-handedly defeated the students of the Kyoto school, one of them being Aoi Todo.

Three months later, Yuta is training with Maki while Panda, Toge, and Gojo watch. Gojo assigns Toge a mission to which Yuta will accompany him. Panda also told Yuta that Toge was the only tier 2 of the first year and that he was given solo missions. Gojo then explains what Toge's ability is and that Yuta observes and helps Toge manifest Rika.

Yuta and Toge are then driven to the Hapina Kiyotaka Ijichi shopping district. Once they arrive, Ijichi begins to explain the mission to them. Yuta and Ijichi realize that Toge has left to buy throat medicine. Yuta and Toge then head to the shopping district, and Yuta watches as Toge easily exorcises the spirits using cursed words ("explode"). On their way out, Yuta and Toge notice that the screen hasn't been lifted. Suddenly, a powerful unidentified spirit appears and attacks them. Toge pulls Yuta out of the way and uses his ability to twist the spirit's arm. Suddenly, Toge begins coughing, requiring Yuta to save him from the spirit's attack and bring him to safety. However, during this encounter they lose their throat medication.

After resting for a while, Toge decides to confront the spirit. Yuta decides to accompany him, despite Toge's insistence. As Yuta approaches the spirit, the spirit notices Rika's presence and becomes enraged. Yuta manages to dodge some of the spirit's attacks and manages to land a blow to the curse, eventually receiving a blow to the forehead. Yuta realizes that he cannot defeat the spirit and quickly throws Toge the throat medicine, which had been on the ground. Toge takes the medicine and uses his technique (saying "crush yourselves") to crush the curse. Then they both celebrate by high-fiving each other. At some point during this altercation, Yuta drops his student ID card, which is picked up by Suguru Geto.

Yuta Okkotsu was born on March 7, 2001. At some point in his childhood Yuta, when he was in hospital for pneumonia, met Rika Orimoto and they became friends. In 2010, Rika gave Yuta a promise ring, and the two promised to marry when they grow up. Unfortunately, Rika died from being hit by a truck, Yuta then accidentally uttered her name, which subconsciously cursed her soul to stay with him and become a special category Cursed Spirit.

For the next six years, Rika's aggressiveness mainly caused problems in Yuta's family, causing him to distance himself from them. However, she was later involved in a major incident that killed some of the sorcerers investigating and documenting her, prompting the sorcerer society to send Satoru Gojo to deal with Rika.

Cursed Boy's Arc
In November 2016, Yuta is involved in an incident in which four students who were bullying him were seriously injured, after being severely overcrowded into a locker (which was caused by Rika, who was protecting him). The Tokyo Metropolitan Technical College of Wizardry realizes that Yuta is cursed with a special graduated curse and takes him to be executed, to which Yuta agrees. During his isolation, Yuta attempts suicide, but Rika prevents him from doing so. Gojo manages to enroll Yuta in school and stops his execution for a while, making sure that never happens. When Yuta decides to stay isolated, Gojo convinces Yuta to attend the sorcery school by telling him that he would be alone and that at school he would learn to control and unravel his curse.

As Yuta reunites with Panda, Maki Zenin, and Toge Inumaki, the three realize that Yuta is cursed. The three prepare to attack Yuta, which confuses Yuta. Gojo explains to Yuta what this university is and what they teach. Gojo also warns the three, to which Rika appears and defends Yuta. Gojo then explains Yuta's situation to the class. Gojo also introduces the class to Yuta and they will be paired with today's lesson. Yuta is paired with Maki, where Yuta has trouble with her.

Gojo takes Yuta and Maki to an elementary school where two children have been taken by spirits. Gojo explains to Yuta how cursed spirits are created and leaves them to take care of the problem after placing a screen. When three spirits appear, Yuta is shocked when Maki exorcises them all. As they enter, Yuta worries about the spirits inhabiting the school, while Maki notices that the spirits are not attacking them. Maki wonders if it's because of Yuta and asks for her grade, which Yuta doesn't know anything about, then asks for her student ID. Maki is distracted when she discovers that Yuta is a special category sorceress while Yuta tells Maki that there is a spirit behind her.

Yuta was a very shy and lonely boy who suffered a lot of bullying during his childhood. Because Rika tormented him for much of his childhood, Yuta couldn't connect with other people and lost all his self-confidence. This makes it difficult for him to interact with others, as they often unintentionally scare him or he's simply too shy to talk to them.

Even so, Yuta genuinely cared for others and decided to isolate himself from them, even if it meant being alone. Maki Zenin reproached Yuta for being a grumpy boy who had lived his entire life without goals. [10] He acknowledged that this was true and used her advice to find the determination to become a jujutsu sorcerer. This helped Yuta realize that, deep down, he truly longed for the confidence to feel part of a group. [11]

Yuta learns to understand others and to make friends with them.
Yuta learns to understand others and to make friends with them.

Although his shyness remains, Yuta gradually becomes more sociable and interacts with others normally. Even after showing initial signs of improvement, Yuta still struggled to understand someone like Toge Inumaki. At first, he was afraid of Toge [12] until he realized what a good person he actually was and made an effort to establish a social connection. [13]

Yuta's fury erupted when he saw his friends injured.
Yuta's fury erupted when he saw his friends injured.

Making friends helps Yuta gain self-confidence and set himself the goal of helping to free Rika. He felt responsible for her becoming a curse [14] and worked very hard to find a way to help her. He gave his all during training and took the words of his friends and mentors to heart, showing a more determined side of himself. [15] Deep down, Yuta wants to become someone who can help keep others out of harm's way.

Against Suguru Geto, Yuta showed his darkest side. Geto had hurt Yuta's only friends, and the young man was more than willing to kill him for it. [16] Yuta's rage even allowed him to control Rika's power at will. He was willing to sacrifice his life to use Rika and kill Geto to avenge his friends, the only people who gave him the confidence to keep living. [17]

Yuta adopts an apathetic personality to deceive others and make them believe that he wants to kill Yuji Itadori.
Yuta adopts an apathetic personality to deceive others and make them believe that he wants to kill Yuji Itadori.

When Yuta returned to the jujutsu high school after some time abroad, he was accompanied by a new Rika and seemed lost in his own darkness. He agreed to kill Gojo's other student, Yuji Itadori, on orders from his superiors, claiming it was revenge for Yuji cutting off Toge's arm. [18] Yuta had a deadly serious and cold personality, going straight to the point. He attempted to kill Yuji before they had even exchanged words and then apologized while committing the act. [19]

However, all of this was an act to protect Yuji from his superiors. Yuta had to act a certain way to make it believable, and he healed Yuji before the first-year student could die. Although Yuta had never met Yuji, he went to great lengths to deceive the authorities and help him because Gojo asked him to. Yuji is important to the people who are valuable to Yuta, and that was reason enough for him to help. He also feels sorry for Yuji because he was in the same situation, about to be executed and with a power he couldn't control. Yuta doesn't blame Yuji for Sukuna's actions.

Yuta is a tall, thin teenager. During his time at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, he used to wear his black hair unkempt, with much of it covering his forehead. From Jujutsu Kaisen onwards, he wears his hair styled and parted in the middle, with some falling to the left, partially covering his face[6]. His eyes are dark blue[7], and he is characteristically seen with dark circles under his eyes due to lack of sleep. His body language makes it easy to tell that Yuta is very timid; his posture is hunched[1].

At his old school, he wore a white shirt, black trousers, and black shoes as a uniform[1]. For casual wear, he wears short-sleeved shirts with dark trousers[8].

After transferring to the Tokyo Metropolitan Technical College of Magic, he receives his own version of the uniform, which consists of a loose white jacket with sleeves that reach his forearms, while the rest of his clothing remains black. During the winter, he is usually seen wearing the college's dark jacket[9]. When going on a mission or participating in combat, he carries his katana in its sheath[8].

Rika Orimoto (祈本里香 Orimoto Rika) is the protagonist of the manga series Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School and one of the characters in the sequel series, Jujutsu Kaisen. She was a childhood friend of Yuta Okkotsu.

She died in a car accident when she was still a child. As a result of her death, Yuta strongly denied what happened and ended up turning her friend into a Cursed Victim, causing her to transform into a curse of special degree that would allow her to be known under the nickname Queen of Curses (呪いの女王 Noroi no Joō?). As a human, Rika was a slim young woman of short stature, due to the fact that she died when she was just a child. Her black hair was long and extended to her waist; he always wore it loose and some strands fell in front of his face. He had somewhat thick eyebrows, his eyes were large and black, and he had a mole under the left corner of his mouth[3].

Her signature attire consisted of a dark-colored, sleeveless, light-colored sailor-style collar dress that had hearts on the edge and a bow[3].

As a curse, it possessed a large eye which is positioned vertically, its lower jaw extended outwards, and the lower teeth were sharp and long. His upper body was muscular, his fingernails were sharp, and his lower part consisted only of a black tail[2]. As a human, Rika's personality was that of a good, cheerful, and innocent young woman, she sincerely loved and cared about Yuta Okkotsu[3], even after the curse was lifted, Rika felt happy after being able to talk to Yuta again[2].

As a curse, Rika's love and concern for Yuta is greatly distorted. He becomes a curse eager to receive compliments from Yuta, and protects him regardless of whether Yuta wants his protection or not.

Yuta Okkotsu (乙骨憂太 Okkotsu Yūta?) is the protagonist of the manga series Tokyo Metropolitan Magical School and one of the characters in the sequel series, Jujutsu Kaisen. He is one of the four Special Class shamans and a second-year student at Tokyo Metropolitan Magical Technical School, a classmate of Maki Zenin, Panda, and Toge Inumaki. He was on a mission with Miguel in Kenya,[4] but after the Shibuya incident, he returned to Japan.[5]

He was a childhood friend of Rika Orimoto, who died in a tragic car accident. Because of the grief he felt over his friend's death, he turned her into a Special Grade curse. Since then, he has been haunted by his friend's now-cursed power. To avoid causing suffering to others, he agrees to be executed; instead, Satoru Gojo enrolls him in the Tokyo Metropolitan Magical Technical College to train him and turn him into a shaman with whom he can work in the future.[1]