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The Evil Eye (邪視 Jashi?) is a yokai who has spent years bound to the Tsuchinoko sacrificial house. After possessing Jiji, the Evil Eye made it his goal to kill all humans that he comes across. However, after becoming friends with Okarun through an exchange of fights, the Evil Eye makes a deal with him to only target him, thereby reducing his threat to the main cast.
In Dandadan, the Evil Eye serves as one of the primary antagonists during the Cursed House Arc and the primary antagonist in the Evil Eye Arc. He has since become a major supporting character throughout the series.
Appearance[]
The Evil Eye is a large, tall, and lanky male with a bowl haircut, vertical eyes, and a defining evil grin expression. As for attire, the Evil Eye wears nothing but underwear. As a spirit, the Evil Eye appeared the same as when he was alive, albeit with a healthier body. Upon failing to save a boy that was sacrificed by the Kito family, the Evil Eye adopted the boy's characteristics out of anger, thus lending to his current appearance.
As a human (during the remainder of his lifetime), the Evil Eye was an emaciated child, due to his imprisoners depriving him of food and water, with short hair, and wearing a dirty, ragged robe. Upon being sacrificed by the Kito Family, the Evil Eye wore nothing but a fundoshi.
When possessing Jiji's body, the Evil Eye causes the young man's hair to turn white, a ripple pattern third eye to appear at the center of his forehead, along with his other eyes changing to become yellow, and a dark marking to reach down his shoulders and frame his face. The possession also has an effect on Jiji's earrings, causing them to lengthen. Initially, the Evil Eye's possession impacted Jiji's wardrobe, leading to the destruction of all his clothes except for his underwear. This soon ceased after the Evil Eye gave Okarun his briefs.
Gallery[]
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Personality[]
During the time he was alive, the Evil Eye was a hopeful child who had wished to play with the children he saw through the window from his prison. He was also shown to have a capacity for compassion, as he desperately tried to help a boy who was going to be used as a sacrifice just like he was a long time ago. After failing to save the child, however, the Evil Eye's personality took a darker turn, now becoming a resentful spirit with a desire to murder every human in his track.
After taking over Jiji's body, the Evil Eye is given the opportunity to act on his desires, presenting himself as being murderous, aggressive, and sadistic towards all humans, as well as anything else that might get in his way. He enjoys fighting, especially when up against those who have proven themselves capable of keeping up with him, and takes them seriously by wasting no effort on his opponent. He also hates it when his opponents try to retreat from him. As a yokai, the Evil Eye believes that it is disgraceful to see his own kind affiliate with the race he seeks to punish, as he did not think so highly of Turbo Granny accompanying Momo, thinking that she was her slave, and expressed his disapproval of Okarun defending Momo after mistaking him to be a yokai in his transformation.
Following the Evil Eye's confinement inside of Jiji, Okarun puts the Evil Eye's behavior into perspective, revealing that the yokai is no different from a newborn child that only has a desire to play and have fun, referring all the way back to his dying wish to play with the children he saw from his prison. However, presumably due to this desire being mixed with his victimization to the dark side of humanity, the Evil Eye has a misconceived notion that the act of killing humans is the same as playing with them and is therefore unaware of what constitutes as being right and wrong. As such, the Evil Eye has a childlike personality. While attending Jiji's school for the first time, with Momo as his chaperone, the Evil Eye acted rather loud and impulsive in class and displayed bad table manners during lunch by preferring to eat his food with his hands instead of using chopsticks as Momo instructed. Along with losing himself to play, he is also shown to be very impatient, as he desperately asked for Okarun to continue with their second battle after the human stopped using his transformation.
Over time, Evil Eye grew accustomed to Jiji's friends and family, not only remembering their names but also protecting them, like when he removed his sweatshirt to cover a badly wounded Seiko, although he still maintains his childlike behavior.
Background[]
When he was alive, the Evil Eye was a young boy who was chosen by the Kito Family to be a sacrifice for the Tsuchinoko in order to prevent his village from being destroyed by the eruption of its volcano. While suffering from malnutrition as time passed by in his imprisonment, the boy at one point watched from his cage as children were happily playing outside and desired up until his death to play along with them if just once.
After many years past since the sacrifice was made, the boy reappears in the living world as a spirit at the same place he was imprisoned, which has now been reconstructed into a sacrificial house by the Kito Family. As the family who were living there were having dinner, the boy becomes visible to the son and causes him to become frightened to see that a ghost had suddenly appeared, leading to the boy to try and interact with the son by dancing. When the time came for the son to be sacrificed by the Kito Family, after his parents committed suicide by hanging themselves, the boy desperately tries to help free him from his confinement but fails due to not having a physical body. Enraged by the Kito Family subjecting the child to the same involuntary sacrifice as he was when he was alive, the boy swore vengeance on them and would then go on to become known as the Evil Eye, an evil spirit who would curse others into committing suicide. As more sacrifices were being made over the years, the Evil Eye's hatred towards the Kito Family began to expand towards humanity as well and sought to eliminate all humans off the face of the Earth.
Abilities and Powers[]
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Spiritual Power[]
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| The Evil Eye is known to possess the curse ability to force people into committing suicide with its evil gaze. | ||
| Memory Sharing | ||
| Along with cursing humans with its gaze, the Evil Eye can also choose to share his memories with others after making eye contact with them, as he had Jiji look into his past. | ||
| Possession | ||
| As a yokai, the Evil Eye is capable of possessing humans to use as a vessel. |
Jiji's Body[]
Physical Prowess[]
Enhanced Strength: Complimented by Jiji's athletic build, the Evil Eye possesses incredible physical strength to shatter surfaces and send normal size people flying backwards with his bare hands and legs. With a single kick, the Evil Eye can launch his grudge balls with great velocity that they are capable of piercing the Tsuchinoko's body. In his fight against Momo, Manjiro, and Naki, the Evil Eye was strong enough to break Naki's arm with a dropkick. The Evil Eye was also strong enough to completely obliterate the Ta Komeshi exosuit into pieces with a single punch while fighting Okarun, and then he proceeded to decimate a group of aliens in the process.
Enhanced Speed and Reflexes: The Evil Eye possesses remarkable speed, reflexes, and agility, being able to keep up with Okarun in his Turbo Granny form that has him reach top speed of about 100 km/hr. According to the Turbo Granny's rhythm analysis, the renown speedy yokai determined that the Evil Eye is capable of performing four different actions in the time it takes for him to jump and land on the ground once. Upon tracking down the Kito Family, the Evil Eye instantly took out four of the five members present, along with Manjiro, in a single rush attack. He was able to dodge a barrage of Seiko's bat swings for a short amount of time and reacted on time to jump up out of the way of a swift swing aimed towards his right leg from which he was standing on.
Enhanced Durability: The Evil Eye is given incredibly resilience when possessing Jiji's body. Despite being knocked out by Okarun in their first fight, the Evil Eye was able to recover in just a few minutes with no lasting damage and reach Momo, the Kito Family, and Manjiro from the Tsuchinoko's pit. After receiving a surprise kick to the face by Manjiro, the Evil Eye felt nothing from the attack and merely returned the favor. Furthermore, he was sturdy enough to take on hits from Seiko's bat that was swung with enough force to create craters on the ground. Most notably, the Evil Eye could withstand Naki's and Mr. Shrimp's attacks, combatants who are incredibly strong enough to completely destroy walls and send others flying back.
Skill Set[]
Skilled Hand-to-Hand Combatant: The Evil Eye is a very formidable fighter, being skilled enough to hold his own against strong opponents, even when outnumbered.
Power of the Underwear[]
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| Cursed House (呪いの家 Noroi no ie?) | ||
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  The Cursed House being used to trap Momo inside with the Evil Eye, while also preventing Okarun from breaking in from the other side. Acting as a barrier, the Cursed House mainly serves as a defense. The size of the house can be freely manipulated by the Evil Eye to fit other people if he chooses to confine them with him. He can also remotely imprison his enemies inside the Cursed House once he has sent the grudges towards his opponent and can phase through the house to enter. By his own accord, the Cursed House is said to be both impenetrable and inescapable due to the grudges "rejecting" everything around, as shown when it repelled and burned Seiko's hand after she attempted to break through the barrier with a talisman and Okarun trying to break free in his Turbo-Granny form. While the Cursed House is very resilient, it has been proven that devastating sheer force is capable of destroying it, as Okarun was capable of launching the Evil Eye out of it after building up enough power for a final attack in his Turbo-Granny form. This also implies that only strength equal to that of a yokai's, or the Evil Eye's, is capable of breaking through the barrier. When confining both himself and his opponent to attack them up close, the Evil Eye is liable to have the tables turn on him if his opponent sees his attacks coming and find an opening to strike back. | ||
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The Evil Eye uses his Cursed House for two purposes: to shield himself from outside forces or to imprison his enemies. In addition to the latter, the Evil Eye can face his opponent up close inside the house and be given the liberty to viciously attack them while they are prevented from effectively dodging due to the limited amount of space they are allowed to move in. If finding himself somehow prevented from reaching his target inside, the Evil Eye can further shrink the size of the house to correct this, as he did with Momo after she used her psychic powers to push him away from her. | ||
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  The Evil Eye inflicting multiple damage to the Tsuchinoko. The main strength of the grudge ball is that it will ricochet off a solid surface and redirect back to the Evil Eye's intended target after striking them, or if the enemy manages to dodge the hit, to land another strike. This cycle is shown to effectively barrage the enemy, as the grudge ball will continue to lock on to the target like a homing missile and assault them from all directions without losing its momentum until the Evil Eye calls back for it. This also makes it difficult for enemies to fight the Evil Eye in close combat. When not in use, the ball is shown to float beside the Evil Eye to remain on standby. Whether these actions are due to the Evil Eye's control or the ball having a mind of its own is unclear. The Evil Eye is also telepathically linked to the ball with his thrid eye, allowing him to control its trajectory. He is also shown capable of sending out multiple grudge balls by striking the initial ball with a single punch. With more than one grudge ball bouncing around the area, this attack makes it even more difficult for the Evil Eye's opponent to defend against or avoid while they are forced to face off against the yokai up close. So far, the only known ways to counter the Evil Eye's grudge ball is if an opponent manages to stop its pre-launch with strength comparable or greater to the Evil Eye's or if they were to have great speed and reflexes to continuously dodge it while in flight. | ||
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  The Evil Eye fighting in conjunction with his grudge ball. The Evil Eye uses the grudge ball for offensive purposes. While engaging in close quarters combat, the Evil Eye will have his grudge ball actively bounce around as it locks onto his opponent to strike them, effectively causing complications for the enemy as the Evil Eye has them too focused on fighting him to worry about the grudge ball homing in on them. | ||
Chapter Appearances[]
Kintama Hunt Saga[]
| 28. That's A Premonition About The Turmoils of Love! | Debut |
| 29. First Love! | Absent |
| 30. Don't Give Up! | Absent |
| 31. The Life of an Anatomical Doll | Appears |
| 32. Let's Go to the Cursed House | Mentioned |
| 33. Better Decide Which One's Into Her | Absent |
| 34. The Kito Family Is Coming | Absent |
| 35. Where's The Tsuchinoko Monster? | Absent |
| 36. The Kito Family's Old Lady | Absent |
| 37. Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake | Absent |
| 38. Mongolian Death Worms Are Deadly | Appears |
| 39. The Evil Eye | Appears |
| 40. Contract | Appears |
| 41. Jiji the Prodigy | Appears |
| 42. Escape! Multistage! | Appears |
| 43. You Won't Get Away With This! | Appears |
| 44. That House Is a Damn Eyesore | Appears |
| 45. It's a Pump | Absent |
| 46. Put That Fire Out | Appears |
| 47. That's, Like, Way Deadly | Appears |
| 48. That UFO Is Awesome | Mentioned |
| 49. He's, Like, Sealed | Appears |
| 50. Let's All Carry Around Hot Water | Flashback |
| 51. We Can All Stay There Together! | Appears |
| 52. The Hayashi Performers Are Here | Appears |
| 53. We Became a Family | Appears |
| 54. Get a Part-Time Job | Absent |
| 55. Moe Moe Tri-Beam | Appears |
| 56. Feeling Kinda Gloomy | Appears |
| 57. Scary Dudes at School | Flashback |
| 58. Symphony No. 6 | Absent |
| 59. Symphony No. 9 | Flashback |
| 60. You Can Do It, Okarun! | Appears |
| 61. The Evil Eye's Briefs | Appears |
| 62. I Want to Rebuild the House | Mentioned |
| 63. School Life | Appears |
| 64. The Secret Art of Being Attractive | Absent |
| 65. I Can't See Them! | Absent |
| 66. Hey, It's a Kaiju | Absent |
| 67. The Kaiju's Wicked Strong | Appears |
| 68. Kinta's Imagination | Appears |
| 69. Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot! | Appears |
| 70. This Is How You Beat A Kaiju, Okay? | Appears |
| 71. I'm Sick of Robots and Kaiju! | Mentioned |
| 72. Somebody, Please Translate | Absent |
| 73. Let's Eat Some Takoyaki | Absent |
Current Saga[]
| 192. Departing for Shimane | Absent |
| 193. You People?! | Absent |
| 194. We've Been Hijacked | Mentioned |
| 195. It's a Typhoon Direct Hit | Mentioned |
| 196. Let's Blow Away That Typhoon | Absent |
| 197. Earthworm! Go! | Absent |
| 198. Smash the Typhoon's Eye! | Mentioned |
| 199. Clear Skies After the Storm | Appears |
| 200. Everyone's Whereabouts | Appears |
| 201. Here We Are, In Shimane | Appears |
| 202. Where'd the Magic Hammer Go? | Appears |
| 203. The Mysterious Man | Appears |
| 204. Enenra, the Smoke Yokai | Appears |
| 205. Spiral Training | Appears |
| 206. Jiji and the Evil Eye | Appears |
| 207. What Even Is a Ninja? | Mentioned |
| 208. Who's The Real Ninja?! | Absent |
| 209. All Alone | Absent |
| 210. After the Ritual | Absent |
| 211. Who the Heck? | Absent |
| 212. Momo's Memories | Absent |
| 213. Okarun's Resolve | Absent |
| 214. Feeling Kinda Fuzzy | Mentioned |
| 215. A Feeling of Distance Between Them | Absent |
| 216. Look, We're Being Attacked By Space Aliens! | Absent |
| 217. The Ogre Club | Absent |
| 218. He's a Mummy, Isn't He? | Absent |
| 219. The Mummy's Weakness | Absent |
| 220. Let's Treat Those Wounds | Absent |
| 221. Ken's Conflict | Absent |
| 222. Who Are You People? | Absent |
| 223. The Class Rep's Costume | Absent |
Bonus Appearances[]
| 1. Volume 1 | Absent |
| 2. Volume 2 | Absent |
| 3. Volume 3 | Absent |
| 4. Volume 4 | Absent |
| 5. Volume 5 | Absent |
| 6. Volume 6 | Absent |
| 7. Volume 7 | Absent |
| 8. Volume 8 | Absent |
| 9. Volume 9 | Appears |
| 10. Volume 10 | Absent |
| 11. Volume 11 | Absent |
| 12. Volume 12 | Absent |
| 13. Volume 13 | Mentioned |
| 14. Volume 14 | Absent |
| 15. Volume 15 | Appears |
| 16. Volume 16 | Appears |
| 17. Volume 17 | Absent |
| 18. Volume 18 | Absent |
| 19. Volume 19 | Absent |
| 20. Volume 20 | Absent |
| 21. Volume 21 | Absent |
Anime Appearances[]
| 1. That's How Love Starts, Ya Know! | Absent |
| 2. That's a Space Alien, Ain't It?! | Absent |
| 3. It's a Granny vs. Granny Clash! | Absent |
| 4. Kicking Turbo Granny's Ass | Absent |
| 5. Like, Where Are Your Balls?! | Absent |
| 6. A Dangerous Woman Arrives | Absent |
| 7. To a Kinder World | Absent |
| 8. I've Got This Funny Feeling | Absent |
| 9. Merge! Serpo Dover Demon Nessie! | Absent |
| 10. Have You Ever Seen a Cattle Mutilation? | Absent |
| 11. First Love | Flashback |
| 12. Let's Go to the Cursed House | Appears |
| 13. Like, This is the Legend of the Giant Snake | Absent |
| 14. The Evil Eye | Debut |
| 15. You Won't Get Away With This! | Appears |
| 16. That's, Like, Way Deadly | Appears |
| 17. We Can All Stay There Together! | Appears |
| 18. We Became a Family | Appears |
| 19. Feeling Kinda Gloomy | Appears |
| 20. You Can Do It, Okarun! | Appears |
| 21. I Want to Rebuild the House | Appears |
| 22. The Secret Art of Being Attractive | Absent |
| 23. Hey, It's a Kaiju | Appears |
| 24. Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot! | Appears |
Trivia[]
- Evil Eye is a supernatural belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy. It is found in many cultures in the Mediterranean region, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America, with such cultures often believing that receiving the evil eye will cause misfortune or injury, while others believe it to be a kind of supernatural force that casts or reflects a malevolent gaze back upon those who wish harm upon others (especially innocents).
- In Volume 6, The Evil Eye's profile extra page describes him as being related to two urban legends: the Yamanoke, a mysterious and terrifying entity encountered in the mountains, and the Kunekune, a slender, white humanoid shape resembling paper or fabric.
- The Evil Eye's initial appearance - that being a pale, tall and skinny man with a twisted face and long arms and fingernails - as well as his wish to play with children may be a reference to the entity featured in Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy music video.
- A possible inspiration for Evil Eye is the Ochonan from the horror manga Fuan no Tane. Ochonan is a creepy good friend to all children who has protected several generations of his adopted family, but likes to keep out of sight, and their drawings of his vertical eyes and mouth tend to disturb adults who never met him.
- The activation and reversal of the Evil Eye's curse affecting Jiji through hot or cold substances is similar in nature to the conditional curse of Ranma Saotome, the main protagonist of Ranma ½ who is cursed to transform into a female whenever splashed with cold water, with hot water being the only thing that can return him back into a male.
- This comparison was evident by Jiji after he sang the first few lyrics of "Don't Make Me Wild Like You", the first opening of Ranma ½, following the revelation of the curse's condition.
- The Evil Eye's curse being broken by heat may be linked to his cause of death, which was being burned alive at the stake by lava.
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