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Unji Zuma (
Appearance[]
Unji is a tall young man with short-cropped hair, the sides of which are shaven, with two horizontal yellow stripes and has a chin stubble. He has a left eyebrow piercing and stud earrings. He wears a dark long sleeve t-shirt underneath a long sleeve collar shirt with a white spot pattern and dark pants with a belt. He also wears geta sandals as his main preference for footwear.
As a child, Unji's hair was already shaved, and his outfit consisted of a simple long sleeve shirt and pants. After being orphaned, Unji gained black rings around his eyes that stuck with him for most of his life.
In his early adolescences, Unji grew his hair to have it in an undercut style, which was pushed back, and was light in color (most likely dyed). His eyebrows were missing, and by this time, he had already gained his piercings and had a small cut located on his left chin. He wore a coat on top of a dark shirt and tracksuit pants. After being released from juvenile detention, Unji's hair returns to its original hairstyle and his eyebrows have grown back. He wore a dark jacket, with an undershirt, pants, and shoes.
After leaving the hospital following escaping the Danmanra trunk, Unji's hair has grown out somewhat scruffily, with a slight part in the centre. He has also opted to wear glasses as the treats that shrunk Momo also worsened his eyesight, and he's also shaved his stubble. His attire has also shifted back to what he wore during his gang-leader years.
Gallery[]
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Personality[]
Unji is an extremely kind, generous and compassionate individual who puts others before himself, as exemplified by his noble act of helping and looking after troubled teenagers. Such kindness earned him great respect and loyalty among the group of troubled teens who were willing to do whatever it took to get him out of Danmanra. He is also chivalrous when around females. Before he and Momo took on the second stage of Danmanra, Unji gave her his pants to avoid worrying about her skirt while maneuvering through the obstacle course and insisted that she continue to wear them even after they completed the stage. His good nature becomes even more apparent when using his yokai powers that has the effect of changing the user's personality. Though he normally wears an impassive expression on his face, he is shown displaying a normal range of emotions.
He is noted to have moments of being simple-minded. Hearing Unji noticing how hard it was for him to keep balance in the second stage, Momo made him realize that it was due to the fact that he is wearing geta sandals. By the end, the latter couldn't believe it when Unji accidently lost his geta sandals. He also possesses great confidence in his own capabilities after acquiring yokai powers, having once stated to his peers that he will effortlessly conquer the world of Danmanra.
His preference for footwear is geta sandals, finding them to be cool.
Background[]
Unji finds about his brother's death.
Unji was raised in a poor family alongside his younger brother, Futa. After their father's death, Unji stood by his younger brother Futa, shielding him from bullies and adversity as their mother struggled to support them alone. When Futa didn't come home one rainy day, Unji went looking for him, only to learn the heartbreaking news of Futa's drowning in a river. In the wake of Futa's mourning period, Unji's mother took him to an amusement park for a day of fun. However, the day turned grim when she tried to commit murder-suicide by having them both jump towards an oncoming train. Not wanting to die alongside her, Unji tries loosening his mother's hold and manages to free himself, resulting in him tragically witnessing his mother committing suicide alone.
Unji using Umbrella Boy's powers to save Bega and a child from drowning.
After the loss of his family, Unji harbored a deep-seated disdain for the world that had brought him nothing but misfortune. Left orphaned, Unji was placed in a foster home but eventually ran away after defending himself against a few foster children who were bullying him. During his adolescence, Unji evolved into a troublesome gang leader with an agenda focused on instigating conflict. Following an incident where he directed his gang to attack the police, Unji was apprehended by officer Bega and placed in juvenile detention. Following his release, Unji was taken into Bega's custody and repeatedly attempted to exact revenge for his arrest, but failed each time he tried to strike him with an umbrella. Although he had the chance to attack Bega while he was asleep in his room, Unji decided against it upon seeing the officer sleeping next to a photograph of him, his wife, and daughter. Unable to accept Bega, even after learning about the loss of his family and his pledge to protect him, Unji walked outside in the rain to visit the site of Futa's accident. There, he witnessed a boy being harassed by a group of children and showed concern when the boy tried to retrieve his lunch bag from the river into which the bullies had tossed it. Upon Bega's sudden arrival to jump into the river to rescue the drowning boy, Unji promptly made an effort to reach them before it became too late. This led him to encounter Umbrella Boy who offered to share his powers to with him. Using Umbrella Boy's umbrellas to propel himself towards Bega and the boy, Unji managed to pull them out of the river and became relieved to see the officer breathing.
The following day, Unji went to the family grave alongside Bega and expressed with great regret for being alive instead of Futa, believing that his younger brother's constant happiness in his mother's presence could have sustained her will to live. Despite how he felt, Bega told Unji that he must live no matter what.
While seldom attending Renjaku High School, Unji dedicated his time assisting peers who have challenging backgrounds and established a building as a sanctuary for them to convene. This then led to the teenagers becoming his loyal followers as gratitude. Eventually, Unji encountered an old man who was released from a diorama. Unji permitted him to reside at his place and later took possession of the diorama, prompting him to investigate cursed artifacts in a library to understand the diorama better. It was there that a mysterious man persuaded him to undertake the mission of venturing into the cursed trunk's inner world to destroy it. He was then led by the man to a police box to receive Okarun's second kintama, being informed that it could help him to access his powers. After his gang informed him that a young girl, one of his followers, had entered the diorama, Unji commanded them not to follow her in, reserving the next entry for himself to fulfill his mission. Upon entering, Unji located the girl and took her place inside the diorama after their encounter led to her release. While unclear as to how the inner world supposedly operates, Unji commenced his plan to destroy it by eradicating all the monsters that dwelled within.
Abilities and Powers[]
Supernatural Abilities[]
| Umbrella Boy Form | ||
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Unji possesses powers of the yokai Umbrella Boy. Much like the yokai powers of Okarun and Aira, Unji's activation of his yokai power manifests as a mask and slightly alters his personality; in Unji's case, the young man acts more noble-minded towards his allies than usually. Unaware that his powers are sourced from a yokai, Unji refers to it as his spiritual power. The mask covers up most of his face, leaving only his left eye and a portion of his forehead exposed, and has a dark menacing appearance; having spiked teeth, a spiked chin, and an octant right eye. Similar to Okarun's Turbo Granny appearance, Unji gains two thick vertical stripes across his eyes, which change to become a different color, has his hair turn white and nails turn black. After falling under the possession of the Fairy-Tale Card, Unji was forced to assume a transformation that allowed the yokai to fully unleash the powers of Umbrella Boy. In this transformation, Unji takes on an appearance that mirrors Umbrella Boy. His head is taken up by a dark helmet-like head of Umbrella Boy's face, which is the complete version of the mask that manifests on his face when using the yokai's power, that extends all the way down to his collarbone. The helmet has a target at the center, reminiscent of Umbrella Boy's singular large eye, flanked by horizontal lines extending from the target's second circle to the spiked chin. It also boasts a broad, gaping mouth with spiked teeth, occasionally revealing Unji's own mouth inside. Umbrella Boy has Unji balance off of one leg, reminiscent of its single leg as a yokai. |
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Unji's Umbrella Boy powers gives him an increase in strength. During the Castle Siege stage in Danmanra, Unji was able to knock down a group of archers with a single kick and could throw his umbrella with enough force to break through another group. | ||
| Enhanced Speed | ||
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Unji's gains an increase in speed, as he was fast enough to arrive on time to quickly move Momo out of the way of the Dark Knight's sword slash. | ||
| Parasol Materialization | ||
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| Strengths and Weaknesses | ||
  Unji's firing his umbrella shockwaves at the Dark Knight. The main strength of the umbrellas is that they are capable of firing off shockwaves that can destroy anything in its path when the umbrella opens via the switch on the handle. Additionally, the generated shockwaves from the umbrellas offer propulsive force to enable Unji to soar through the sky and traverse vast distances. Unji is limited to only the two umbrellas materialized, and once opened, they will disappear and can't be re-summoned. Once both umbrellas have been opened, Unji will be depleted of Umbrella Boy's power and will need time until it is fully charged. However, this weakness did not seem to be present at the time of his first usage of Umbrella Boy's power, as Unji was able to open his umbrellas more than two times to propel himself and rescue Bega and a child from the river. | ||
| Full Power | ||
  The Fairy-Tale Card controlling Unji to fire multiple rounds of shockwaves. In his full power form, Unji has access to only one umbrella, as opposed to the two in his initial state, but gains the capability to unleash multiple rounds of shockwave blasts from his umbrella without carrying the repercussions of reverting back to his normal state. This allows him to attack his opponents continuously. Moreover, Unji achieves a kind of pseudo-flight by repeatedly propelling himself with shockwaves while airborne, which exceeds the capabilities of his initial rocket-like launch that limits him to a single propulsion per umbrella. | ||
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Unji utilizes his umbrellas as melee weapons. In close combat, Unji thrusts his umbrellas at his opponent, much like a lance, and opens them to release the shockwaves as a destructive attack. He can also use the umbrellas as throwing weapons to attack from a distance, with his enhanced strength being able to generate enough force behind his umbrella to penetrate and knock back a good portion of soldiers in an army. If in mid-air, Unji can choose to open his umbrellas to float and land safely on the ground. While allied with Momo in Danmanra, Unji used one of his umbrellas for the standard purpose of covering them from the rain. | ||
Chapter Appearances[]
| 166. Is This a Little Fairy? | Absent |
| 167. Hey, There's Something There | Absent |
| 168. There's Someone Here | Absent |
| 169. Find The Culprit! | Absent |
| 170. A Suspicious Woman | Absent |
| 171. Corner the Perp! | Absent |
| 172. Those Pygmies Are Scary | Absent |
| 173. Corner the Criminal! | Absent |
| 174. Queen Sensei's Infirmary | Flashback |
| 175. So Who's the True Perp? | Absent |
| 176. Scattering the Bait | Absent |
| 177. Let's Do Some Kung Fu | Absent |
| 178. The Power of a God | Absent |
| 179. This Seems Kinda Deadly | Absent |
| 180. The Owner of the Kozuka Knives | Absent |
| 181. Must Be the Influence of a Curse | Appears |
| 182. Something's Taken the Bait | Appears |
| 183. So It's You! | Absent |
| 184. The Class Rep's Head! | Absent |
| 185. So You're The Perp! | Absent |
| 186. Kouki Yukishiro's Power | Absent |
| 187. Kick the Crap Outta Murakami! | Absent |
Etymology[]
- The name Unji means "cloud" (雲) (un) and "child" (児) (ji).
- Translating to "cloud child", this could possibly tie into his Umbrella Boy powers.
- Unji's surname Zuma means "head" (頭) (zu) and "space" (間) (ma).
Trivia[]
- Much like the function of Danmanra, the lettering of Unji's full name when romanized references the fictional board game Jumanji, "Zuma Unji" being a play on words to the name "Jumanji".
Notes[]
- ↑ Unji is in grade 10 at Renjaku High School, suggesting that his age is 15 or 16.
