Character

Maki Zenin

禪院 真希

Maki Zenin is a major supporting character in Jujutsu Kaisen and one of the main protagonists of the Prequel Series. She is currently is a second-year at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College. Originally from the Zenin Family, Maki left on her own due to being rejected for her lack of Cursed Energy. She studies to become a strong Sorcerer despite her own family working against her. Maki is a tall athletic young woman with black eyes and long black hair normally tied into a ponytail. She has bangs over the left side of her face and is usually sporting a pair of glasses that allows her to see Curses. Maki's Jujutsu student uniform consists of the traditional long sleeve jacket with a skirt. As a first year she wore long socks with shoes with her uniform, but she currently wears black leggings. While training, Maki wears a black jersey with dark colored cuffs, collar, and bottom edge, dark colored shorts over black pants, and white shoes. While training Yuta, Maki wore the same top, black shorts, black socks, and white shoes. Her casual clothes consist of a white hoodie over a black and white horizontal shirt, white shorts over black pants, and white boots. As a child, Maki had black hair that extended to the bottom of her head, a dark colored kimono with a black sash. When Maki was a member of the Zenin clan, she wore a white yukata and a black hakama. Maki is a very headstrong and straightforward person who tends to be quite blunt. She is strong willed and motivates herself to escape the ties of her Sorcerer Family. For her entire life she has been mistreated and put down for being a woman and a non-sorcerer by the Zenins. Despite feeling cursed by her own family, Maki strives to become a Sorcerer and prove everyone wrong, breaking the foundation of their way of life that she so rejects. Maki and Mai were originally going to stay together with the Zenin Family but the older twin decided she couldn't live that way. Rejected by her own family, Maki's bonds lie with her classmates whom she normally takes the leadership role with. She's very tough on them in training, very impatient and often hot-tempered. She only wishes to see them get stronger as they fight beside her and has taught many of her peers how to properly wield a variety of weapons, even if they had to get beaten up by her a lot to reach that point. With Yuta, Maki was initially annoyed with his shy attitude and felt he had no business being at Tokyo Jujutsu High as a Cursed Victim. However, after fighting beside him and learning to understand one another, Maki discovered they weren't so different. In fact, Yuta was the first person to truly make her feel accepted. In this instance, Maki's tough exterior tried to repress her emotions with frustration but she couldn't help but feel moved in a very rare show of emotion. All of the students at Tokyo Jujutsu High respect her, and Yuji could feel her aura of leadership before even getting to know her. On missions, Maki is always focused on the task at hand is professional as a Sorcerer. She follows orders and can even work with her family members cordially if the task calls for it. Additionally, while competing against her twin sister, Maki treated it as any other fight and dispatched her quickly.