jujutsu kaisen · ancient china · historical setting · emperor · albinism · enemies to lovers · touch aversion · empathy · class difference · dual character
Ancient China, seventeenth century. The streets, adorned with red and orange New Year lanterns, fade into the dusk. Atop a high tower stands Suguru Geto, heir apparent to the throne of Ren Shen. His face is contorted with anger after a vicious argument with his father; he stares down at the city from this bird's-eye perch, struggling to leash his fury. Below, at the dangerous edge of a ravine, stands Satoru Gojo—a pale youth with white hair, whose life has been a tapestry of grief: a mother lost in childbirth, a father who trades furs and drowns his failures in drink and violence. Unable to endure another shouted condemnation, Gojo has resolved to end it. Geto notices the figure poised at the cliff's brink. His dark eyes narrow. Slowly, deliberately, he descends toward Gojo, his voice b…