Uraume

Uraume (裏梅 (うらうめ) , Uraume^?), known as The Frozen Star (凍 (いて) 星 (ぼし) , Iteboshi^?), is a recurring antagonist in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. They are a curse user from a thousand years ago who is a direct subordinate to Sukuna. They aligned themselves with Kenjaku to seal Satoru Gojo and revive Sukuna.

Appearance

Uraume is a white haired monk with chin-length white hair, an irregular line of dark plum pink running horizontally across the back of their head, and dark pink eyes with long eyelashes. They wear a plain monk robe of dark blue, which is white on the innermost layer. Their appearance is androgynous, and they usually wear a blank expression outside of battle.

Personality

Uraume is usually seen with a stoic and calm expression, their main trait being their loyalty to Sukuna, to the point where Sukuna actually acknowledges Uraume upon meeting them a thousand years later.^[3]

Uraume is shown to be ruthless when Pseudo-Geto tells them to leave the sorcerers alive, but they say only Yuji is needed as a messenger. Uraume also has a short temper, as they tell Choso to get out of the way because they won't wait much longer, they also got visibly annoyed with Yuji when he saved Choso, asking him "whose body do you think that is?"

Uraume has also expressed annoyance towards Kenjaku at multiple points, often telling him to leave their presence and commenting on him talking too much. Uraume can become exceedingly hostile if someone should show any form of disrespect toward Sukuna, which can also lead to them acting recklessly, such as when they tried to attack Satoru Gojo for insulting Sukuna.

Like most curse users, Uraume has little respect for a sorcerer's sense of humanity, seeing it as a weakness. They complimented Hakari for not having this trait in their battle. Uraume's aforementioned loyalty to Sukuna precedes their value of their own life, as after sensing Sukuna had perished, they chose to bisect their own neck before telling Hakari that his allies were merely lucky Sukuna was bound to an incarnated form.^[4]

Abilities and Powers

Overall Skill Level: Uraume was an ancient sorcerer deemed worthy of standing by Sukuna's side. Atsuya Kusakabe, regarded as one of Jujutsu High's strongest grade 1 sorcerers, felt Uraume's sorcery was completely out of his league when they fought in Shibuya. Uraume incapacitated numerous sorcerers including Kusakabe and Choso, with ease. They would have killed several Jujutsu High sorcerers if they weren't rescued by special grade sorcerer Yuki Tsukumo at the last moment.^[5]

When Uraume intervened in Sukuna's fight with Yuji and Maki, they ended it with a single attack, allowing Sukuna to escape.^[6] In Makyo Shinjuku, Uraume fought on even terms with one of Jujutsu High's strongest students, Kinji Hakari. They were confident enough to believe they could easily overcome Hakari but voluntarily displayed their full strength in response to Hakari's. Uraume displayed their ultimate clever applications and overall control over the technique in this fight. They froze the ground to burst underground pipes, creating more water for Uraume to freeze and utilize to their advantage.^[7] Although neither side could best the other, Uraume kept Hakari from joining the raid against Sukuna. In the aftermath, Hakari admitted that Uraume was a tough opponent.^[8]

Cooking Skills: Uraume couldn't control their cursed technique during their youth and ended up freezing everything around them. Sukuna found Uraume and had them use this technique to keep butchered meat fresh, eventually leading to Uraume showing Sukuna their culinary skills. They're self-taught skills Uraume acquired due to boredom in isolation. Sukuna was impressed by Uraume's cooking and asked him to learn how to prepare people, as the King of Curses had an appetite for human flesh.^[9]

Cursed Energy

Cursed Energy Reinforcement: By reinforcing their hands with cursed energy, Uraume was able to partially block Choso's Piercing Blood and completely brushed aside Momo Nishimiya's Wind Scythe.^[10]

Cursed Technique

Innate Technique
	Ice Formation (氷 (ひ) 凝 (こり) 呪 (じゅ) 法 (ほう) , Hikori Juhō?): Uraume's innate technique gives them the ability to create and manipulate ice. It can range from small to large quantities, depending on the desired utilization.

Frost Calm (霜 (しも) 凪 (なぎ) , Shimonagi?): Uraume channels a cloud of freezing mist from their mouth and blows it towards their opponent. The freezing mist materializes into large columns of thick ice and frost to ensnare the enemy. This technique was shown to be especially effective against groups of people, instantly freezing an entire squad of sorcerers in place.[11]

Icefall (直 (ちょく) 瀑 (ばく) , Choku Baku?): After covering their hand in frost and touching the ground, Uraume can generate a large amount of spiked ice that can be controlled to float telekinetically through the air like shards. The ice freezes its target on impact and rains down sharpened icicles to skewer them as well. This attack is extremely deadly, nearly subduing a group of targets all at once.[12]

Reverse Cursed Technique
	Reverse Cursed Technique (反 (はん) 転 (てん) 術 (じゅつ) 式 (しき) , Hanten Jutsushiki?): Uraume is capable of producing positive energy with ease. They were able to regenerate the flesh of their palm that was drilled through by Choso's Piercing Blood.[13]

Battles & Events

Shibuya Incident Arc

• The Shibuya Incident
  • Jujutsu Sorcerers vs. Kenjaku & Uraume

Culling Game Arc

• Yuji Itadori, Maki Zenin & Hana Kurusu vs. Sukuna

Shinjuku Showdown Arc

• Kinji Hakari vs. Uraume

Trivia

• Uraume's name contains the Kun reading for "back, behind, other side" (裏, ura^?) and "Japanese plum, apricot" (梅, ume^?).
• According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook^[1]:
  • They had been sticking to Sukuna since a thousand years ago. They are a human who is allowed to stand beside Sukuna because their cooking is delicious. Naturally, because they are a sorcerer too.
  • They are a cook. Sukuna eats people, but cooking them is difficult. Among humans who had that kind of experience, Uraume has excellent talent.
• Uraume's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
  • Uraume ranked 39th in the second Popularity Poll with 58 votes.
  • Uraume ranked 37th in the third Popularity Poll with 92 votes.
  • Uraume ranked 42nd in the fourth Popularity Poll with 72 votes.
• Uraume was originally a man, but was incarnated in the modern era through a woman named Shiori Himi (氷 (ひ) 見 (み) 汐 (しお) 梨 (り) , Himi Shiori^?).^[14][2]

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