History Characters / JujutsuKaisenKyotoPrefecturalJujutsuHighSchool

* SwapTeleportation: The exact mechanics of Boogie Woogie are as follows Todo claps his hands, and causes two nearby objects or creatures (including himself) to instantaneously switch places. While very simple on paper, what makes Todo [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower almost unbeatable]] is the sheer ingenuity with which he executes the technique. Is he switching with you? An ally? [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Is he switching you with his ally]]? Is there a Cursed Tool or {{familiar}} nearby you need to keep an eye on? Is he just clapping his hands without activating the technique? [[ConfusionFu You won't know until he's already decided what to do]]; fighting Todo is a guessing game, and pretty much every antagonist that faces him in battle [[spoiler:up to and including ''Sukuna'']] learns very quickly to take this power seriously.

[[Characters/JujutsuKaisenTokyoPrefecturalJujutsuHighSchool Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School]] ([[Characters/JujutsuKaisenYujiItadori Yuji Itadori]], [[Characters/JujutsuKaisenMegumiFushiguro Megumi Fushiguro]], [[Characters/JujutsuKaisenSatoruGojo Satoru Gojo]]) | '''Kyoto Prefectural Jujutsu High School''' | [[Characters/JujutsuKaisenCursedSpirits Cursed Spirits]] ([[Characters/JujutsuKaisenMahito Mahito]]) | [[Characters/JujutsuKaisenCurseUsers Curse Users]] ([[Characters/JujutsuKaisenRyomenSukuna Ryomen Sukuna]]) | [[Characters/JujutsuKaisenCullingGamePlayers Culling Game Players]] | [[Characters/JujutsuKaisenZeninClan Zen'in Clan]] | [[Characters/JujutsuKaisenOthers Others]]]]-]]]

* SuperpowerLottery: On paper, Boogie Woogie is the most simplistic Cursed Technique in the series, letting Todo swap places with anything imbued with Cursed Energy by clapping his hands. Its power, however, lies in its sheer versatility as Todo can not only choose when to activate his technique, but also which objects to switch with, making it incredibly unpredictable. Also, Todo doesn't have to clap his own hands to use the technique [[spoiler:as shown when he high-fives an unaware Mahito, letting him and Yuji switch places. Upon replacing his severed hand with an instrument called the Vibraslap, Boogie Woogie becomes even more powerful thanks to a Binding Vow limiting the number of swaps per strike in exchange for expanding the technique's range and number of targets, allowing Todo to perform up to 50 swaps in a second, effectively granting him an extremely fast TeleportSpam. He can even choose how many times to switch per strike. Even Sukuna is forced to admit that attempting to predict or anticipate Boogie Woogie is practically a fool's errand.]]

* TeleportSpam: [[spoiler:Thanks to the Vibraslap prosthetic Todo's using as a replacement hand and making a Binding Vow, Boogie Woogie's has been upgraded to this. Todo can now perform a maximum of 50 swaps in a second with increased range and increased number of targets, essentially sending his opponents spinning on a roulette wheel they have no control over where they have no control over where they end up or who will be attacking them. The best Sukuna can do is anticipate when Yuji is ready for an attack to anticipate a [[SwitchOutMove swap]], but even then Todo is crafty enough to perform fake-outs using Mei Mei's blackbirds.]]

* NotSoDifferentRemark: PlayedForLaughs when he tries to invoke this with Megumi. Megumi is extremely quick to point out that they're not similar at all.

* TheAce: Of the Kyoto students. Gojo outright notes him and Yuta as the two biggest stars of the current generation, and [[spoiler:Mechamaru notes that he'd give Todo a 99% chance of surviving the Shibuya Incident had he not pulled strings to keep the Kyoto students off the front lines.]]

* SuperpowerLottery: On paper, Boogie Woogie is the most simplistic Cursed Technique in the series, letting Todo swap places with anything imbued with Cursed Energy by clapping his hands. Its power, however, lies in its sheer versatility as Todo can not only choose when to activate his technique, but also which objects to switch with.

* DePower: [[spoiler:Because he needs to amputate a hand to save himself from Mahito's Idle Transfiguration, it permanently brings an end to his Boogie Woogie curse technique. May double as a CareerEndingInjury as he has not been seen since the Shibuya Incident. Subverted, as by the time of the FinalBattle he's regained it and having replaced his amputated left hand with a musical device called vibra slap.]]

* TheDreaded: The Tokyo team brands him as a monster, and believe that he could take them all out by himself. Their strategy for the Goodwill Festival is based on Yuji distracting him per Megumi's recommendation of his physical strength. But they still tell him that he doesn't have to win.
** [[spoiler:'''''[[BigBad Sukuna]]''''' sees him arguably at this too, as his awareness of Boogie Woogie thanks to his time with Yuji gives him the unique perspective to know just how hard it is to keep track of his SwitchOutMove--especially with the powerup it's received, making it exponentially faster, due to the Vibraslap he had placed to accommodate his missing hand giving him a hell of a DisabilitySuperpower--with Sukuna admitting Todo showing up is arguably the worst possible outcome for him in the final bout.]]

* IRejectYourReality: He ends up inventing a completely fictitious backstory for himself depicting him and Itadori as best friends in middle school where Itadori helped him try to confess to Takada-chan, being there for Todo when he got rejected and taking him out for ramen with a brotherly pat on the back while he was depressed aftewards, [[NoodleIncident and supposedly winning the Baseball middle school nationals together entirely off-screen according to the Baseball Game introduction bars, which Itadori denies]]. This made him and Itadori become [[LoveAtFirstSight Brothers At First Sight]]. He later hallucinates an idol he likes reminding him of a crucial detail of Hanami's Cursed Technique while he's about to tank one of its attacks in Itadori's place.

* ImprobablyHighIQ: While analysing all of Hanami's moves when he gets ready to use his Technique, he claims his [[BlatantLies "530000 mental IQ processing unit"]] can only provide one conclusion: Victory. Despite the gag, he ''is'' genuinely a lot smarter than he looks or acts.

* MeaningfulName: His Cursed Technique is named after a type of blues music strongly associated with dancing, and its primary benefit is its ability to make his and his opponents movements [[ConfusionFu harder to follow]].

* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite [[HotBlooded everything]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} his personality]] [[TheBrute suggests]], he not only has a good understanding of fighting technique and tactics but is capable of expressing an eloquent description of how cursed energy works to Yuji.
** According to the official fan book, his rating at academics is a ten out of ten.

* SimpleYetAwesome: "Boogie Woogie" simply switches out the position of two items, but with his insane combat skill; his Cursed Technique becomes scarily effective in combat. Even with a warning of what Todo could do from Hanami, Mahito describes the effect of Boogie Woogie as incredibly disorienting.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[spoiler: When he reappears in the fight against Sukuna, he's equipped himself with a cursed [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibraslap vibraslap]] that replaces his missing hand. It also changes the effect of his technique, allowing him to use extremely fast TeleportSpam as long as the instrument keeps rattling.]]

* ConfusionFu: His Cursed Technique, "Boogie Woogie", is incredibly simple on the surface. He can change the positions of himself and someone else by clapping his hands. But it's the esoterics of this ability that make Todo a dangerous man to face. He doesn't ''have'' to use it when he claps his hands, allowing him to fake out his opponents to create openings. He can also teleport anything with cursed energy, not just people or things within his view but anything he's aware of's position, letting him move other things into his enemy's path or SummonToHand Maki's Playful Cloud by swapping it out with Yuji because Megumi told him where it was beforehand. If he's got a partner like Yuji who he's in complete sync with, it makes for one of the best support Techniques in the series and is absurdly difficult to defend against.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[spoiler: When he reappears in the fight against Sukuna, he's equipped himself with a cursed [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibraslap vibraslap]] that replaces his missing hand. It also changes the effect of his technique, allowing him to use extremely fast TeleportSpam as long as the instrument keeps rattling.]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[spoiler: When he reappears in the fight against Sukuna, he\'s equipped himself with a cursed [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibraslap vibraslap]] that replaces his missing hand. It also changes the effect of his technique, allowing him to use extremely fast TeleportSpam as long as the instrument keeps rattling.]]

* DePower: [[spoiler:Because he needs to amputate a hand to save himself from Mahito's Idle Transfiguration, it permanently brings an end to his Boogie Woogie curse technique. May double as a CareerEndingInjury as he has not been seen since the Shibuya Incident. Subverted, as by the time of the FinalBattle he's regained it and seems to have gotten a new hand.]]

* ExactWords: To activate "Boogie Woogie", Todo must clap his hands. However, just because Todo claps his hands doesn't mean he's using his technique. This is a misdirection he uses to his advantage against Hanami. [[spoiler:And while Todo must clap hands, they do not have to be both of ''his'' hands. After Todo maims his left hand to avoid Mahito's Idle Transfiguration, the latter believes this means that he cannot use his technique anymore. However, Todo was able to clap hands with the unaware spirit to the same effect.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: ''Nobody'' likes him. Only Yuji is willing to be around him, and even then his first reaction when he shows up to have a "brotherly" moment with him after the Goodwill games is to run away terrified despite initially forming a more friendly bond when fighting Hanami. Tellingly, when Maki hits him in the face with a baseball (''On purpose''), almost everyone's immediate response is to compliment her. Yuji is the only one to actually be worried about his wellbeing, but even he takes note that everyone else apparently hates him.
* GeniusBruiser: He hits hard and fast, but he's also an incredibly intelligent fighter, analyzing opponents' moves at a near-instantaneous to exploit their weak points -- or in Yuji's case, understand how to work past them to improve. In one scene where he's analyzing all of Hanami's moves up until now, he says he has [[BlatantLies a self-proclaimed]] [[ImprobablyHighIQ 530,000 IQ]].
* GeniusDitz: He may have a self-proclaimed IQ of 530,000 and need to get insight from imaginary conversations with his idol crush Takada, but Todo is a skilled Jujutsu sorcerer, an expert strategist in combat, and a surprisingly philosophical and effective mentor to Yuji.

* HeroicBuild: He's a very tall warrior who boasts one of the most muscular physiques in the series, and a Jujutsu sorcerer in training.

* HotBlooded: Loud, passionate, and unabashedly willing to punch anybody that is in his way.

* IRejectYourReality: He ends up inventing a completely fictitious backstory for himself depicting him and Itadori as best friends in middle school where Itadori helped him try to confess to Takada-chan, being there for Toudou when he got rejected and taking him out for ramen with a brotherly pat on the back while he was depressed aftewards, [[NoodleIncident and supposedly winning the Baseball middle school nationals together entirely off-screen according to the Baseball Game introduction bars, which Itadori denies]]. This made him and Itadori become [[LoveAtFirstSight Brothers At First Sight]]. He later hallucinates an idol he likes reminding him of a crucial detail of Hanami's Cursed Technique while he's about to tank one of its attacks in Itadori's place.

* LargeHam: Todo chews the scenery with abandon when excited, or happy, even to the point of crying TearsOfJoy when he finds common ground with someone over women.
* LightningBruiser: Todo is fast enough to move from in front of Megumi to his back before he has a chance to react, and beat him and Itadori absolutely senseless in short order, with the latter thinking he had lost an arm blocking Todo's initial punch. He is also tough enough [[spoiler: to keep going after having to sever his own hand right before Mahito gut-checks him with a Black Flash.]]

* LoonyFan: A fairly benign example as he doesn't direct his lunacy towards Takada, the idol he's a fan of, and treats her with nothing but respect whenever he's at one of her fan meet-and-greets, but rather his craziness is reserved towards anyone who might interfere with him attending one of said events or watching her on TV. He's not above threatening his own classmates with death for this. Todo's also delusional enough to imagine Takada giving him advice in life-or-death situations, like during his fight with Hanami, or [[MagicIdolSinger even battling alongside him]] during his [[spoiler:fight with Mahito]].

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: He hasn't been seen or mentioned since the end of the Shibuya Incident. It isn't hard to see why he's sitting the Culling Games out given that he lost a hand and, essentially, [[DePower his Cursed Technique]] and much of his combat effectiveness.]]

* StrongAndSkilled: In addition to his prodigious strength, Todo is crafty, perceptive, and well-trained in hand-to-hand combat. His creative usage of his Cursed Technique and mastery of Black Flash allows him and Yuji to have [[spoiler:Hanami on the ropes until Gojo shows up.]]
* SuperStrength: He has enough brute force to face Yuji in combat, and starts out his fight with him by punching clean through a Cursed Spirit and briefly knocking Yuji backwards. He also effortlessly smashes through Hanami's oversized roots while also tossing him around like he was nothing.

* WildCard: A team player Todo is not. When Gakuganji orders the Kyoto team to kill Yuji he immediately leaves to attend a show and threatens to kill anyone who orders him around. By the time the event starts, he's already made a beeline for the Tokyo team leaving his own group behind.

* AbandonmentInducedAnimosity: The real reason Mai feels so much resent towards Maki is because she left her behind when she left the Zen'in Clan instead of "staying at the bottom" with her. Because Maki left Mai behind, she was pressured by the clan to become a stronger sorcerer in order to punish Maki, which left Mai less than thrilled since she never wanted to be a sorcerer in the first place.

* AlphaBitch: Passive-aggressive, condescending and insensitive, it's mostly a mask though. This especially applies to Maki, who she has her reasons for treating this way, and Nobara, [[SitcomArchnemesis who she doesn't.]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Mai actively resents Maki for her strength and skill despite her lack of a Cursed Technique. Somewhat subverted in that she's resentful not because she's weaker, but because her sister's strength and pursuit of self improvement drove her into being forced into jujutsu training as well, despite the fact that Mai would be quite content not being a sorcerer at all.

* ShipTease: A lot with Kokichi. On Valentine's Day she gives him a double-A battery instead of chocolate. Later, Miwa opens up to an inactive Mechamaru puppet, believing Kokichi be asleep, revealing that she wishes to meet him in person one day despite his condition, [[spoiler:not knowing that Kokichi is already dead at that point. She's shown to be the most devastated by his death when she does find out, holding a small Mechamaru puppet close to her heart as she imagines Kokichi sitting beside her.]]

* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler: Kokichi serves as a mole to Geto's group so that they in return would heal his body to a functional state. He does this despite the fact that they are planning to destroy humanity and despite knowing that they plan to kill ''him'' imediately after carrying out their end of the bargain. He thinks [[FaustianRebellion he is powerful enough to take them on]] after his body is healed. [[CharacterDeath He is wrong.]]]]
* FindingJudas: [[spoiler:Kokichi fed Geto info on how to invade the exhibition, because Mahito was the only one who could heal his body. However, Kokichi wasn't only planning to kill Geto and Mahito himself, he prepared a way to support his teammates even if he failed and died. Kokichi also wanted Geto to keep away from his classmates specifically, but that wasn't covered by the binding vow.]]

* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler:He knows selling information to Geto will allow the Shibuya Incident to proceed as planned, but goes along with it anyway to get the healthy body he's always wanted. As soon as he gets it, however, Kokichi does everything in his power to undo the damage he's caused, trying to prevent the Shibuya Incident from happening all together. After dying in the attempt, it's revealed he planned a post-mortem contingency that allows him to communicate with the heroes from beyond the grave to save Gojo from Prison Realm. Witnessing the events of Shibuya first hand causes Kokichi to be disgusted at himself and his own selfishness for allowing it to all happen in the first place.]]

* SuperStrength: He has enough brute force to face Yuji in combat, and first starts out his fight with him by punching clean through a cursed Spirit and briefly knock Yuji backwards. He also effortlessly smashes through Hanami's oversized roots while also tossing him around like he was nothing.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Even by the low standards of Sorcerers, Todo's pretty damn out there in terms of personality. He's obsessed with his favorite idol Takada and prioritizes watching her shows or going to her fan meetups over exorcising curses, introduces himself to guys by asking what type of girls (or guys) they're into believing a person with boring tastes makes them a boring person, and while typically an uncontrollable BloodKnight if he encounters someone who has the same taste in woman as him, like Yuji, he immediately declares them his best friend to the point he fabricates an entire fake backstory showing they've been friends all their lives. None of this stops him from being an utter demon in battle or a surprisingly effective mentor.
* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Chapter 259 of the Shinjuku Showdown Arc sees him returning to the story with him showing up to assist Yuji in fighting Sukuna.]]

* {{Determinator}}: He [[spoiler: ''slices off his own hand'' with zero hesitation during the above-mentioned AmputationStopsSpread moment. And even though Mahito hits him with a [[CriticalHit Black Flash]] immediately afterwards, he still remains cognizant enough to pull one last fake-out with Boogie Woogie to give Yuji can enough time to charge up his Cursed Energy and land another Black Flash]].
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: He recommended Yuji be promoted to Grade 1 Sorcerer because he believed it was his destiny for him to be the one to accompany Yuji on missions that would help him get stronger and earn the rank of Grade 1. When Mei Mei points out the sorcerers who recommend others for promotion can't be the ones who accompany them on missions, Todo freezes in place as he undergoes a comedic HeroicBSOD.

* ExactWords: To activate "Boogie Woogie", Todo must claps his hands. However, just because Todo claps his hands doesn't mean he's using his technique. This is a misdirection he uses to his advantage against Hanami. [[spoiler:And while Todo must clap hands, they do not have to be both of ''his'' hands. After Todo maims his left hand to avoid Mahito's Idle Transfiguration, the latter believes this means that he cannot use his technique anymore. However, Todo was able to clap hands with the unaware spirit to the same effect.]]

* FastballSpecial: A trademark of his since he can swap himself or a teammate of his out with a Cursed Energy infused object like a piece of rubble or his opponent's projectiles. He also physically throws Yuji at Mahito hard enough for him to smash through the train platform they were fighting on. He is himself subject to this in the anime when Yuji throws a pebble and Todo swaps into it's place to deliver an [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia All Might]]-style Black Flash.

* GeniusDitz: He may have a self-proclaimed IQ of 530,000 and need to get insight from imaginary conversations with his idol crush Takada, but he Todo is a skilled Jujutsu sorcerer, an expert strategist in combat and a surprisingly philosophical and effective mentor to Yuji.

* HopeBringer: Gege has described him as being designed to make the reader feel everything is alright just by being on panel. [[spoiler:Sure enough, both times Yuji's been on the verge of the DespairEventHorizon, it's been Todo to show up to snap his 'brother' out of it and restore his resolve.]]

** Despite being a SinkOrSwimMentor during the Goodwill Event, when Todo encounters Yuji during the Shibuya Incident [[spoiler:he doesn't judge Yuji for going through a [[HeroicBSOD nervous breakdown]] over Sukuna using his body to commit mass murder, and Mahito murdering Nobara and Nanami right in front of him. Instead Todo calls him a "man among men" and tells him that as jujutsu sorcerers, looking for meaning in the deaths of his comrades may be disrespectful to them. Instead he encourages Yuji to determine what it was his comrades entrusted him with before they died, and act to make it a reality, since then, they won't have died in vain. Todo then singlehandedly holds off Mahito despite being unable to actually damage him, buying time for Yuji to compose himself before clapping him back in, so the two of them can take on the cursed spirit together.]]

* RealMenWearPink: His favourite pasttime is following an IdolSinger. [[RealMenCook He is also able to explain how Yuji's use of Cursed Energy is improving in an elaborate culinary metaphor]].

* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite [[HotBlooded everything]] [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} his personality]] [[TheBrute suggests]], he not only has a good understanding of fighting technique and tactics but is capable expressing an eloquent description of how Curse energy works to Yuji.

* SmellsSexy: In addition to maintaining his looks, Todo has a very noticable, pleasant scent, which girls in school like but are infuriated by since it's attached to him.

* {{Foil}}: To Megumi. Both were illegitimate children of the three ruling families of the Jujutsu world who ended up being actively desired for the position of heir after the legitimate children proved insufficent, but Noritoshi openly accepts and displays a sense of obligation regarding it due to his mother, while Megumi openly rejects it and wants nothing to do with the family.

* UnexpectedSuccessor: Being an illegitimate child, no one expected he'd be remotely fit to become heir to the Kamo family. It was only because of the legitimate children proving insufficient in their Cursed Technqiues that he ended up becoming heir. [[spoiler:He later loses his position as clan heir following the Shibuya incident due to Kenjaku retaking control of the clan for his own ends.]]

* TheBigGuy: To the Kyoto team, though he's not much of a team player.

* ConfusionFu: His Cursed Technique, "Boogie Woogie", is incredibly simple on the surface. He can change the positions of himself and someone else by clapping his hands. But it's the esoterics of this ability that make Todo a dangerous man to face. He doesn't ''have'' to use it when he claps his hands, allowing him to fake out his opponents to create openings. He can also teleport anything with cursed energy, not just people or things within his view but anything he's aware of's position, letting him move other things into his enemy's path or SummonToHand Maki's Playful Cloud by swapping it out with Yuji because Megumi told him where it was beforehand.

* DePower: [[spoiler:Because he needs to amputate a hand to save himself from Mahito's Idle Transfiguration, it permanently brings an end to his Boogie Woogie curse technique. May double as a CareerEndingInjury as he has not been seen since the Shibuya Incident.]]

!!!'''Jujutsu :''' [[MadeOfPlasticine Heavenly]] [[BottomlessFuelTanks Restriction]], [[MarionetteMaster Puppet Manipulation]]

* CripplingOverspecialisation: She is entirely dependent on her sword for Cursed attacks, and if someone steals it away for some reason, she's, as in her own words, "[[SelfDeprecation useless]]".