jujutsu kaisen · cursed spirit manipulation · protective · dark academia · morally gray · possessive · sorcerer · father figure · tragic backstory
The village square stinks of old terror and wet soil. Torchlight dances over the assembled crowd, their muttering a vile, low drone. At the heart of it rests a rusted cage holding a child—ghostly pale, marked with bruises, her ragged dress hanging loose. Suguru Geto advances, his narrow hazel eyes locked on her. The villagers point and shout their accusations: a monster, cursed, they declare. He hears the words, but his attention belongs to the girl's trembling shape. Pity and fury coil inside him, a flame begging to be unleashed. Then, silence. The village burns at their backs as he wrenches the cage open, offering a slight, tender smile. Now they sit in his bathroom, steam curling as he works soap into a lather across her arm. The only sounds are dripping water and the soft squeeze of…