Juuzou Shishimi (獅子巳 十蔵, Shishimi Jūzō) is an immortal and member of UQ Holder.
Appearance[]
Juuzou is shown to be a young man with long black hair and wearing a coat.[1]
Personality[]
He is described as being only interested in getting stronger,[2] as well as a battle maniac who shows a great amount of pride in his swordsmanship. Though as a member of UQ Holder who protects humanity, he may have some sense of right and wrong, however, those feelings are being blocked due to being controlled.[3] Despite being controlled by Baal, he is still shown to have some reminiscence of his emotions by Jinbei who stated that he didn't go all out against his "juniors" and instead used it to give them some experience, but he never admitted to it.[4]
Juuzou has some admiration for Jinbei believing in his strength and skill, as shown as he couldn't believe that he had actually killed him,[5] which stirred him to tear off the parasite that had been controlling him and acted in a manner different from his usual stoic self.[6]
History[]
Juuzou appears to come from an unknown village, where at some point his drunk father came home with a mysterious pill, which he ate granting him immortality. Since then, he has moved around from village to village for periods of time before deciding to live on a mountain where Juuzou did nothing but swing around a sword not wanting to be at the mercy of bandits. At some point, after 38 years, he encounters Jinbei Shishido who saved him from bandits and later started to teach some swordsmanship.
Juuzou still continued to pursue swordsmanship for 80 years where he became able to cut through evil spirits, demons, and monsters; after 200 years, he could cut anything within the visible realm; 500 years, he could cut invisible matter; and after 800 years, Juuzou had become able to cut through anything and everything in the world.[7]
Plot[]
Chachazero's Memory Arc[]
Pactio Arc[]
Ba'al Uprising Arc[]
Inverse Mars Arc[]
Dark Future Arc[]
Final Battle Arc[]
Abilities[]
Juuzou's Sword Spirit
According to Yukihime, he is the second strongest member of UQ Holder after herself.[8] In the past, he was described to lack talent with a sword but trained his skills for 32 years until he could cut through steel, a feat that most Shinmei-ryū practitioners could do at 10 years old. After meeting Jinbei, he has trained and honed his skills after 300 years until he surpassed his teacher[9], then he continued until he could cut through anything and everything.[7] His particular swordsmanship is self-taught, which he dubbed the Shishimi-ryū and he could exude an intense pressure known as Kenki (剣気, Sword Spirit), manifesting a tiger visage.
Immortality[]
Juuzou became immortal as a child after eating a pill his father purchased, which was created from using ancient mystical arts on the fruit of the Fusang Tree on par with the World Tree, making it as good as the golden pill from the Journey to the West.[10] At first, he was unable to age or grow for 32 years,[11] though, after a while, he was able to grow into a full-grown young man. It is explained that it is plant-based as when wounded, things similar to plant roots appear from the area and regenerates him, but, this is explained to have a limit in his regeneration speed.[10]
Physical Abilities[]
Immense Strength: In addition to his swordsmanship, he has immense strength that has proven to be a match for Jinbei, being able to destroy and uproot the ground beneath him by dragging his sword upward and punched Baal with enough force to send him flying.
Immense Speed: He has impressive speed being able to appear in front of Jinbei in a second without him noticing his presence several times and even blitz him.
Fighting Style[]
Master Swordsmanship: Juuzou is hailed as the best swordsman amongst UQ Holder as stated by Evangeline and Jinbei.[2] Although he lacked talent, his swordsmanship, which is self-taught has been trained with help from Jinbei and honed through eight centuries achieving an unbelievable level of skill which he lauded as being able to cut even the gods.[7] It has been proven that he could overcome six members of Numbers in battle without even using his real strength.[12]
- Absolute Cutting: As a result of his centuries of practicing swordsmanship, Juuzou has claimed he can cut through anything and everything in the world such as curses, karma and even concepts. He was able to cut through Ikku's cybernetic body with ease, split Santa's forcefield in half, stab in the chest Gengorou piercing his temporary invincibility and even cut through Karin's invulnerable body.
- Concept Slicing: The pinnacle of Juuzou's cutting ability, Juuzou can even cut through concepts. By slicing the concept of an apple as part of a demonstration to Touta and Nikitis, Juuzou caused them both to forget what the fruit actually was until they could look it up in a dictionary.[13]
- Shishimi School Self-Taught Technique - Godlike Strength (我流 獅子巳流・抜山蓋世, Garyū Shishimi-ryū - Batsuzan Gaisei): Juuzou drags his sword through the ground and uses an extremely powerful slash to destroy the earth beneath his opponent's feet, making their footing unstable.[14]
- Shishimi School Self-Taught Technique - Radiant Cascade Beneath a Flash of Falling Starlight (我流 獅子巳流・流星光底・燦然瀑布, Garyū Shishimi-ryū - Ryūseikōtei Sanzen Bakufu): Juuzou takes a stance holding his sword pointed upwards, then slashes it downwards causing an explosion rivaling that of Nikitis Laps' magic blast, which rivals Nuclear weapons.
- Empty Void Flash (無空一閃, Mukū Issen): Juuzou blitzes his opponent with incredible speed, leaving a wide-reaching slash in his wake that causes devastation to his surroundings and dices his opponent into pieces.[15]
Equipment[]
Black Katana: This is a pure black katana that Juuzou has shown to be carrying around during the official debut of UQ Holder in their confrontation against Fate.
Trivia[]
- His first name Juuzou (十蔵) means "Ten Storehouses".
- The Shishi of his surname (獅子) means "Lion" and the mi (巳) means "Sign of the Snake", which is a reference to the Earthly Branches.
Chapter Appearances[]
| 1. Beauty and the Boy | Fantasy |
| 2. I Hate Being Immortal | Absent |
| 3. I Thought We Could Be Friends | Absent |
| 4. Touta's Clever Scheme | Absent |
| 5. A Stop in the Journey, Romance Between Men | Absent |
| 6. What Does It Mean To Be A Bit Ahead? | Fantasy |
| 43. Undercover Investigation | Fantasy |
| 44. The Rules of the Academy City | Absent |
| 45. Serial Killer | Absent |
| 46. Psion | Absent |
| 47. Psion VS Immortals | Absent |
| 48. Pleasant Memories | Absent |
| 49. The Truth of the Matter | Absent |
| 50. The Real Killer | Absent |
| 51. Sayoko and Santa | Absent |
| 52. Town under Attack | Absent |
| 53. Hope Arrives | Absent |
| 54. Zombified | Absent |
| 55. Goodbye | Absent |
| 56. Sayoko to Santa | Absent |
| 57. The Battle Heats Up | Absent |
| 58. Midair Battle of Abilities! | Absent |
| 59. As a Sworn Friend | Absent |
| 60. It Ends | Absent |
| 61. Kuroumaru's Woes | Absent |
| 147. Memory | Absent |
| 148. Where the Path of Destiny Diverges | Absent |
| 149. And The Hero Who Saves the World | Absent |
| 150. Choice is Where Paths Diverge | Flashback |
| 151. I Confess. | Absent |
| 152. The Love of God | Absent |
| 153. The Mages | Absent |
| 154. The Road to the Birth of the Demon Queen | Absent |
| 155. A Battle of Wills Against Gods | Flashback |
| 156. The Long, Long Three Hours | Absent |
| 157. The First Target | Absent |
| 158. Number 8 | Debut |
| 159. The Trick To The Trump Card | Appears |
| 160. UQ Holder Vs. UQ Holder | Appears |
| 161. The Limit Of His Strength | Appears |
| 162. Switcheroo | Appears |
| 163. Fellow Immortals | Appears |
| 164. Assemble | Appears |
| 165. For the Love of Humanity | Appears |
| 166. Celebration | Appears |
| 167. New Ostia | Appears |
| 168. The Shape of Happiness | Absent |
| 169. The Fushi-Gari Immortal Hunters | Absent |
| 170. Immortal Purge | Fantasy |
| 171. Immortal Monster | Absent |
| 172. The Divine Blade of the Fushi-Gari | Absent |
| 173. Training from Hell | Absent |
References[]
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 132, Pages 8 - 9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 160, Page 13
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 160, Page 14
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 161, Page 25
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 162, Page 30
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 162, Pages 31 - 33
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 160, Page 38
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 43, Page 6
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 161, Pages 16 - 19
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 162, Page 4
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 161, Pages 6-8
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 160, Pages 27 - 38
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 165, Page 25
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 161, Pages 32 - 33
- ↑ UQ Holder! Manga: Chapter 161, Pages 27 - 30