Jiji's Mother

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Jiji's Mother
Characteristics
Race	Human
Home Planet	Earth
Gender	Female
Hair Color	Auburn
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Residence	Kamigoe City Byakuja Village (Cursed House) (Formerly)
Relationships
Family	Unnamed Husband Jiji (Son)
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Yukari Watanabe
English Voice	Kristen McGuire
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 50 Chapter 38 (Flashback)
Anime Debut	Episode 17 Episode 14 (Flashback)

She is the mother of Jiji.

Appearance

She has short, auburn hair with bangs that reaches past her chin. While in the hospital, she wore a simple gown. Around the time she and her family came to the Ayase residence intending to help repair the family's house, she wore a jacket underneath a vest, trousers and shoes.

Personality

Much like her son, she possesses a highly enthusiastic, hyperactive, and eccentric personality. Instead of allowing Jiji to ride along with her and his father to the Ayase residence, she made him chase after their truck, all while doing finger bang gestures to address how slow he is, and shouted announcing their arrival. Nevertheless, she acted calm and courteous when graciously expressing her gratitude to Seiko for caring for her son while they were hospitalized.

Background

She and her family moved to Byakuja Village after her husband found work at a university. At one point, the parents became aware of their son Jiji's growing unease about their home, being informed that there were possible signs of paranormal activities, but were doubtful of his assertions. After the parents fell ill following Jiji's unexpected encounter with an evil spirit in their house, the family felt compelled to hire spirit mediums to cleanse the property. Unfortunately, this resulted in five out of three spirit mediums taking their own lives. Later, Jiji returned home to discover his mother and father hanging themselves from the balcony. In a panic, Jiji rushed to cut the ropes, but upon returning to his mother, she pleaded with him to allow her to die. She and her husband were then taken to the hospital for treatment, leaving Jiji to address the situation on his own by taking one of the spirit mediums advise to reach out to Seiko Ayase.

Synopsis

Kintama Hunt Saga

Cursed House Arc

Jiji visits his parents in the hospital, overcome with emotion at seeing them safe and recovering. This reunion is then met with confusion from the parents as Jiji started moving strangely, unaware that their son is wearing the body of an anatomical model who is urged by Momo to match the emotional weight of the moment.

Evil Eye Arc

After Okarun successfully subdued the Evil Eye, Jiji's mother and father arrive at the Ayase residence to pick him up, expressing heartfelt gratitude to Seiko for caring for their son. Seiko, burdened by guilt for placing Jiji in danger and causing him emotional distress, bows deeply and asks for forgiveness. Jiji's mother responds with reassurance, acknowledging her sincere efforts. The Enjoji family then departed after Jiji expressed his gratitude to his friends.

Kaiju Arc

The following morning, the Enjoji family drive back to the Ayase residence wanting to assist with house repairs after the destruction caused by the Evil Eye. During the drive, the mother has Jiji chase after their car, motivating him from the passenger window to keep up with them, much to her son's concern as her head remains dangerously outside. As they arrive, she enthusiastically announces their return, prompting her husband to gently remind her that there is no need to shout. Her bravado abruptly gives way to confusion when she sees the Ayase residence fully restored. The commotion draws out Momo, who calmly asks them to keep their voices down, explaining that her grandmother is sleeping.

Chapter Appearances

Kintama Hunt Saga

Cursed House Arc
28. That's A Premonition About The Turmoils of Love!	Mentioned
29. First Love!	Mentioned
30. Don't Give Up!	Absent
31. The Life of an Anatomical Doll	Absent
32. Let's Go to the Cursed House	Absent
33. Better Decide Which One's Into Her	Mentioned
34. The Kito Family Is Coming	Absent
35. Where's The Tsuchinoko Monster?	Mentioned
36. The Kito Family's Old Lady	Mentioned
37. Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake	Absent
38. Mongolian Death Worms Are Deadly	Flashback
39. The Evil Eye	Absent
40. Contract	Absent
41. Jiji the Prodigy	Absent
42. Escape! Multistage!	Absent
43. You Won't Get Away With This!	Absent
44. That House Is a Damn Eyesore	Mentioned
45. It's a Pump	Absent
46. Put That Fire Out	Absent
47. That's, Like, Way Deadly	Absent
48. That UFO Is Awesome	Absent
49. He's, Like, Sealed	Absent
50. Let's All Carry Around Hot Water	Debut

Evil Eye Arc
51. We Can All Stay There Together!	Absent
52. The Hayashi Performers Are Here	Absent
53. We Became a Family	Absent
54. Get a Part-Time Job	Absent
55. Moe Moe Tri-Beam	Absent
56. Feeling Kinda Gloomy	Absent
57. Scary Dudes at School	Absent
58. Symphony No. 6	Absent
59. Symphony No. 9	Absent
60. You Can Do It, Okarun!	Mentioned
61. The Evil Eye's Briefs	Absent
62. I Want to Rebuild the House	Appears

Bonus Appearances

Dandadan Daizukan Stories
1. Momo	Absent
2. Okarun	Absent
3. Aira	Absent
4. Jiji	Appears
5. Bamora	Absent
6. Kinta	Absent
7. Rin	Absent
8. Unji	Absent
9. Sanjome	Absent
10. Turbo Granny	Absent
11. Rokuro Serpo	Absent