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Nearly had me? Is that what you thought? Do you think so little of us, human?

—Zhu Jin (Chapter 82)


Zhu Jin ( (ヂュ) 槿 (ジン) , Pinyin: Zhū Jǐn) was a Tensen-class Sennin affiliated with Lord Tensen, being the member who specialized in the mystic art of Taisoku, and part ruler of Kotaku, going by the moniker Tathātā Yuanjun (如イ元君, Nyoi Genkun). They are a major antagonist of Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku.

Appearance[]

Zhu Jin was of average height, with orange flower petal shaped hair, along with long strands of stigma-like antenna, golden colored eyes, and possessed either a well-toned, muscular body when assuming their Yang male body or a slender, feminine build when assuming their Yin female body. For their attire, Zhu Jin wore a shirt with a large collar, a beaded necklace, a fancy dark skirt, a hakama, and dark boots. On top, Zhu Jin wore a hanfu decorated with dark markings and two long sashes that float around them.

When entering in their Kishikai, Zhu Jin's body took on the form of a huge flower resembling a hibiscus with flower tentacles at the bottom. Two bodies representing Zhu Jin's Yin and Yang forms acted as the flower's style and had four anthers protruding from the top. When partially transformed, some of Zhu Jin's hair, arms all the way to their chest, and torso darkened with sprouted bulbs and long leaves formed from behind their body, making their form resemble somewhat like a revealing coat. Their ears were also more pointed and their fingers became claws.

After fusing with the Banko, the giant flower took on the form of Zhu Jin's head with plant vines and anthers protruding from it and holds a flower bed within the top of the head with a replica of Zhu Jin's Yin body as a stigma. Upon it being morning, the Zhu Jin-fused Banko's form further evolved where it developed a body with veins and flowers sprouted from holes layered around it, two pairs of breasts, and four arms. Strands of vines also started to freely hang from its body.

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Personality[]

Zhu Jin unenthusiastic

Zhu Jin's unenthusiastic disposition.

Zhu Jin is characterized as being an unenthusiastic individual that is inclined to put in the effort in tasks they are given, which is greatly shown by the constant bored expression on their face. During their training in the Five Training Methods of Immortality, Zhu Jin was known to slothfully get by on their lessons.[2] After running into Gabimaru at the gate entrance to Hōrai once they were finish dealing with Tenza and his comrades, they expressed their depression in having to do their job twice, and rather than fighting Gabimaru at first, they begged for him to leave. Consequently, Zhu Jin's sloppy attitude caused them to suffer greatly in battles against strong opponents and would turn towards using their Kishikai abilities in order to fix their mistakes. Due to this behavior, Zhu Jin was regarded as being the younger sibling of the Tensens.[3]

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Zhu Jin becoming annoyed fighting Gabimaru.

Like their fellow Tensen, Zhu Jin lacked the emotional compacity to feel sympathy for humans or other living things and would show no mercy in killing them to create Tan if spotted. They had also shown to have a sadistic side, as they smiled as Tenza was viciously beating them, knowing that it was futile because of their regeneration. When dealing with humans who try putting up a fight, Zhu Jin became easily irritated and would put in some effort in trying to kill the target they deemed annoying. After confronting Tenza, Zhu Jin felt annoyed with their attempts at trying to attack them and decided to kill him instead of keeping him alive in order to turn him into Tan as originally planned. During their confrontation with Gabimaru, Zhu Jin expressed their infuriation with fighting the ninja and opted to using Tao attacks to kill him.

Despite usually keeping a straight face at all times, Zhu Jin would break into a state of panic and fear when faced with an unbelievable crisis, which would prompt them into taking matters seriously. After being reduced to their weaken state by Shion, Zhu Jin became wary of his attacks to make sure they would recover and became fearful of their life after seeing Shion's rage. Once they had managed to recover, Zhu Jin also displayed a rather cocky attitude as they thought Shion had no chance of winner against them while they had access to their Kishikai abilities after partially transforming.

Upon their defeat in their battle with Shion, Zhu Jin slightly matures in that they came to realize that their lazy attitude was a bad reflection on themselves and to the Tensens they were close to and developed the motivation to complete the Rite of Consumption by fusing with the Banko. Zhu Jin also wished to be praised by their peers if the task was complete. Though their actions could be perceived as being commendable, Gui Fa noted that their way of going about it was also reckless as their failed attempt to complete the Rite of Just Consumption ended up destroying 1,000 years of research in the process.

Unlike the other Tensens (with Gui Fa as an exception), Zhu Jin does not carry a preference to either being male or female and allows themselves to switch in and out of the two chi's over time.

History[]

Past[]

1,000 years ago on Kotaku, Zhu Jin and the other Tensens were unknowingly born from the Tao of a single Tao puppet created by Rien as part of her and Jofuku's research in discovering the secrets to immortality. Together, the Tensens served as the rulers of Kotaku known as Lord Tensen and lived to serve Jofuku, who they believed was their creator and master and was secretly busy with his research alone, which forbidden the Tensens, other than Rien, from meeting him. Throughout their life, Zhu Jin and the other young Tensens trained in the ways of Tao by Rien and were each assigned one of the five forms of training in immortality; with Zhu Jin being assigned in the realm of Taisoku. They were also introduced to the Hōko as tools they could use to replenish their Tao. However, after 200 years passed, the Hōko began undergoing Arborification and left the Tensens at risk of dying if they were to run out of Tao. Desperate, the Tensens, Tao Fa, Mu Dan, and Ju Fa, plotted on luring out humans from Japan as replacements by sending out an Arborifed Hōko in a boat as bait.

After several centuries had passed, the Tensens successfully managed to lure in the first group of humans to Kotaku and attacked. Since then, Lord Tensen has been turning humans that came to the island into an elixir known as Tan that could increase their life spans and gain a step closer to creating an Elixir of Life. At one point in time, Zhu Jin asked Rien if it would be simpler to consume the Banko rather than tolerate its fail trails, only for the leader to object since the consequences would be severe.

Edo Period[]

Lord Tensen Arc[]

Main article: Lord Tensen Arc
Tenza killed by Zhu Jin

Zhu Jin kills Tenza.

Zhu Jin appears in front of Tenza and Nurugai after inspecting the dead Sōshin in the forest. Zhu Jin angrily turns into their Yang form and attacks Tenza and Nurugai. After rapidly slashing his body, Tenza and Nurugai try to escape but is caught up by Zhu Jin while regenerating. He is then beheaded by a thrown sword by Yamada Asaemon Shion who gives them an opportunity to run. Later, Zhu Jin returns in their Yin form and appears behind Tenza and Nurugai. Shion grabs the two out of the way but has his throat cut by Zhu Jin attempting to remove his head. Tenza attacks Zhu Jin but manages to dodge everyone of them, saying that she was already accustomed to his swordplay and delivers a devastating blow. Despite his injuries, Tenza continues to fight back but Zhu Jin delivers a fatal blow to Tenza's stomach and finishes him off while Shion and Nurugai escapes.

Gabimaru fighting Zhu Jin

Zhu Jin faces Gabimaru.

Zhu Jin returns to Hōrai but encounters Gabimaru at the gate. Not wanting to be bothered after dealing with the earlier group of humans, she asked for Gabimaru to leave. However, after Gabimaru figured out that she was using the humans to turn them into the Elixir of Life, the two engage in battle. After receiving damage and being incinerated, Zhu Jin counter attacks and regenerates into their Yang form. He then witnesses Gabimaru still standing and asked if he was truly human. Zhu Jin continues to fight Gabimaru and regenerates from every one of his attacks. After Gabimaru lands a fatal blow to his tanden, Zhu Jin switches back into a female and uses Tao against him. Though effective, Gabimaru pushed throw and delivered a barrage of attacks to Zhu Jin. She becomes overwhelmed and is unable to quickly regenerate from all of his attacks. Just after Gabimaru ceases his assault and asked Zhu Jin where was the elixir, Zhu Jin begins to bloom flowers and states that the Tensens would be angry with her. She then transforms into her Kishikai in front of Gabimaru.

Zhu Jin unleashing Tao lightning

Zhu Jin overwhelms Gabimaru in their Kishikai.

The transformed Zhu Jin overwhelms Gabimaru with its attacks and prepares to kill him. However, Gabimaru sets himself ablaze and tries to kill Zhu Jin along with himself. After losing its grasp, Zhu Jin sees Mei appear besides Gabimaru and creates a crater leading them down a the Sōshin Nest. Zhu Jin fails in killing the both of them and allows them to escape. Zhu Jin Kishikai ends and has lost too much Tao, reducing them to a weaken body. Zhu Jin then wonders what was the reason for Mei's actions.

Zhu Jin joins with her fellow Lord Tensen members in a meeting to discuss matters about the humans on the island. Ju Fa becomes disappointed in Zhu Jin's failure and destroys her head. Rien scolds Ju Fa for this action and asked Zhu Jin if she killed the human she encountered earlier. After reporting that she did, Lord Tensen toast to their longevity. Zhu Jin then drinks a cup of Tan, restoring her back to normal.

Hōrai Arc[]

Main article: Hōrai Arc

After allowing Chōbei to join them, Lord Tensen introduces to him the Hermit Ascendance Rite. Later, Rien announces that he will be initiating the Rite of Just Consumption after Chōbei reveals information on the humans that were preparing to invade the palace. The Tensens then enter their respected temples and waited for their arrival.

Shion and Nurugai vs Zhu Jin

Zhu Jin reunites with Shion and Nurugai.

Zhu Jin encounters Shion and Nurugai in the Taisoku Temple. Shion attacks Zhu Jin by constantly slashing away at his body until he loses Tao. After Zhu Jin has his body cut two hundred and fifteen times, his regeneration speed slows down and tries to avoid Shion's next attack. He gets some distance from Shion and manages to recover in a weakened state due to losing too much Tao. In a desperate attempt, Zhu Jin uses his Tao to control his remains and throws them towards Shion and Nurugai to earn some time to recover, however, Shion cuts them to bits and throws the tip of his broken sword at Zhu Jin's tanden. Zhu Jin sees that Shion is on the verge of death after using too much of his Tao and takes the opportunity to crush him with his remains. He laughs thinking that he has killed Shion but is shocked to see him cut his way out. Zhu Jin asked why he would go so far for his deceased comrade, to which he explains that by killing him he would have the chance to mourn over Tenza's death. Zhu Jin then becomes frighten for his life after Shion asks him angrily how many times he should cut him until he dies. As a last attempt, Zhu Jin manipulates the tip of Shion's broken sword and sends it towards him. Shion dodges and gives Zhu Jin the chance to drop down into the water behind him. They then emerge out fully recovered after entering a body between their Yin and Yang, having taken a cue from Gui Fa. Zhu Jin enters into a partial transformed Kishikai state and prepares themselves to face Shion again.

Shion vs Zhu Jin

Zhu Jin fights Shion.

Zhu Jin fends off Shion and Nurugai's attacks and tells them that they have no chance at winning now that they wield their Kishikai abilities, however, they are silenced by Shion who says that he is not intimidated by their tricks. Zhu Jin prepares to fire a Tao lightning bolt but has their arm cut off and stabbed through their tanden by Shion. He then manages to disembody Zhu Jin with his sword pierced through their ovule and presses down while being assaulted by the vines protecting Zhu Jin's ovule with no regards for his life. However, Nurugai jumps in to push Shion away from his blade before he could continue with his plan. She then manages to persuade Shion into leaving and reunite with their allies, leaving Zhu Jin alive to regenerate at a slow process.

Zhu Jin fused with the Banko

Zhu Jin fuses with the Banko.

With their body completely destroyed and only being left with just a head, Zhu Jin uses the underwater currents to make their way to the Main Temple. Upon arriving, Zhu Jin's head approaches the Banko while remembering Rien's warning that the consumption of the giant flower was forbidden and dangerous despite its many failures. However, Zhu Jin disregards this warning and merges with the Banko. The Zhu Jin-fused Banko then erupts out of the temple and takes over Hōrai. Using the power of the Banko, Zhu Jin tasks themselves with extracting the Tao of the Five Elements of everyone in Hōrai to complete the Rite of Just Consumption as planned from the start. Later, having sensed trouble at the Earth tanden, Zhu Jin creates multiple clones of each member of Lord Tensen from each tanden to fight off the humans trying to destroy them.

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The Zhu Jin-fused Banko brought down by Aza Chōbei.

After receiving a bit of morning sunlight, the Zhu Jin-fused Banko undergoes a metamorphous and defends itself after sensing Jikka approaching it. However, Jikka avoids being fatally injured from the monster's branch attacks and decapitates its head from a distance. The Asaemon then delivers the final blow to its tanden at the same time the other tandens are destroyed by the survivors, bringing the monster down. However, due to it being morning, the monster's giant body surprises both Jikka and Gantetsusai as it automatically picks itself up and has its tandens slowly regenerate. With one last resort instore, Aza Chōbei uses his vines to reach the tandens and destroy their roots connected to the main body, causing the regeneration link to be cut off and ultimately demolishing the monster.

Departure Arc[]

Main article: Departure Arc

Soon afterwards, Gui Fa acquired a replica of Zhu Jin's plant ovule within Rien's laboratory, along with the other deceased Tensens, and had it transferred over to the Basin for cultivation, which would allow Zhu Jin to be resurrected after a millennium had passed.

Abilities and Powers[]

Kishikai Zhu Jin restraining Gabimaru

Zhu Jin nearly bringing Gabimaru to the brink of death.

As a Tensen-class Sennin, Zhu Jin was one out of the eight most powerful beings in existence. Along with their status as partial ruler of Kotaku, Zhu Jin had authority over the island's inhabitants, such as the Dōshi, Monshin, Sōshin and Hōko. Their god-like powers that allowed them to outclass other living things was made evident when they first encountered Yamada Asaemon Tenza and Yamada Asaemon Shion, two high ranking Asaemons who possess advanced skills in swordsmanship. Zhu Jin was even able to cause trouble for the likes of Gabimaru, Iwagakure's strongest shinobi in history who only a rare few can match him in combat, and almost came close to ending his life using their true power had it not been for Mei's interference. Zhu Jin's power ultimately gave Gabimaru an idea of just how powerful Lord Tensen is and made him realize that fighting them single-handed and unprepared would only end in failure.

Physical Abilities[]

Zhu Jin had displayed incredible physical strength, being able to break the ground with a single punch and match the superhumanly strong Gabimaru in combat.

Zhu Jin's speed

Zhu Jin instantly appearing in front of Tenza to repel him with Tao.

Zhu Jin was also extremely fast and had extraordinary reflexes to where they instantly appeared right in front of Tenza as he ran away from them. Their teleportation-like speed was shown again after they caught up to Tenza and Nurugai while still regenerating, even though the two were given enough time to get some distance away from the Tensen after Tenza slashed their body multiple times. They were even able to easily dodge every one of the Asaemon's sword strikes, with speed he proclaimed to be unmatched, after adapting to his swift swordsmanship a second time. They were also capable of keeping up with the pace of Gabimaru in hand-to-hand combat.

Tao[]

Further information: Tao
Tenza injured by Zhu Jin

Zhu Jin using Tao to puncture holes into Tenza's body with a flick of their finger.

Zhu Jin possessed Water-attribute Tao that had been greatly refined from the 1,000 years of training with their fellow Tensens. As a Sennin, Zhu Jin had complete and utter mastery over their Tao to where their usage could be seen as being god-like. They could enhance their physical attacks using Tao and cause internal damage, which allowed them to effortlessly repel Tenza with a single palm strike and bypass the durable bodies of inhuman combatants such as Gabimaru. Other basic usage included the ability to sense the presence of others and the movements and weak spots of their opponents.

Using the advanced application, Zhu Jin could unleash an invisible burst of Tao from their hands to attack their opponent from a distance. Zhu Jin could even riddle their opponents' bodies with holes by emitting Tao from a simple flick of their finger. Zhu Jin had also shown the ability to control the Tao of inanimate objects during their fight with Shion, manipulating the Tao of their corpses and the tip of Shion's sword to attack.

Techniques[]

Toate

Tōate.

  • Tōate ( (とお) (あて) , Literal meaning: Distant Strike): Zhu Jin infuses their palms with Tao and delivers a palm strike to project it as an invisible projectile towards their intended target to cause major internal damage to their body. This was first seen used against Gabimaru.


Regeneration[]

Zhu Jin regenerating

Zhu Jin regenerating their left arm.

As a Tensen, Zhu Jin possessed the regenerative abilities of Flower Tao and greater longevity with Tan. They instantly healed their eyes after they were slashed by Tenza and recovered from their limbs being sliced by the latter. After having their upper body incinerated by Gabimaru, Zhu Jin was able to heal themselves in seconds and recovered from every one of his physical attacks. During their battle with Shion, Zhu Jin was capable of resurrecting themselves after having their body cut 215 times by the swordsman (though this left them in a weakened state as a result).

Since they possessed Water Tao, Zhu Jin's regeneration could only be weakened if they were to face a Tao user that possessed the Earth-attribute, and the only known way of killing them was if the said Earth Tao user completely destroyed their plant ovule within their tanden.

Yin-Yang[]

In addition to regeneration like all Tensens, Zhu Jin also possessed the ability to switch chis of either Yin or Yang to augment their Tao and recover any that was lost. As another result of switching in and out of Yin and Yang chi, Zhu Jin's body took on the sex that matched the chi they chose to assume, which was put to use whenever they engaged in Bōchū Jutsu training. They were also shown capable of performing a partial switch on parts of their body.[4] In combat, Zhu Jin could use the physical attributes the two chis had to offer, as they opted to using Yang chi to strengthen their hand and make an attempt at beheading Shion, though they only managed to succeed in inflicting a wound to his throat. During their battle with Shion, Zhu Jin followed Gui Fa's example in cycling between their Yin and Yang chis as a way to recover their Tao faster, although they noted that it was not easy for them to retain the form for long.

Kishikai Transformation[]

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Zhu Jin Kishikai Transformation

Zhu Jin's Kishikai Transformation.

As a Tensen, Zhu Jin was able to enter into a Kishikai state. In this monstrous transformation, Zhu Jin could unleash devastating blasts of Tao in the form of lightning from the bulbs at the top of their form, capable of obliterating a large surrounding area and deal heavy damage to their targets. Zhu Jin could also use their tails to slash, pummel, restrain, and constrict their opponents. Since the Kishikai exerts too much Tao, Zhu Jin could only hold the transformation for up to half an hour before they became reduced to a weakened body.

Upon their second encounter with Shion, Zhu Jin figured out how to assume a partial transformation where they could access their Kishikai powers while maintaining a combined chi body. However, due to Zhu Jin being weakened from constant loss of Tao at the time, any Tao attacks released while in this form proved to only slowly regress them out of their combined chi body that was keeping them healthy while fighting.

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

  • Like the rest of Lord Tensen, Zhu Jin is named after a flower. Zhu Jin's name meaning "hibiscus". Interestingly, Zhu Jin's preference in allowing themselves to freely change from being female and male over time reflects how the hibiscus is identified as a hermaphrodite plant.
    • Also, like the other members of Lord Tensen, Mei shares similarities to one of the Eight Immortals, Zhongli Quan being the case. According to legend, Zhongli Quan possessed a magical fan that he could use to revive the souls of the dead, which could possibly tie in with Zhu Jin using the Banko to resurrect the deceased Tensens as multiple clones.
  • It was revealed in Chapter 24 that Zhu Jin is the blooming female on the color cover of Chapter 1.
  • Zhu Jin ranked 25th in the manga's 1st Character Popularity Poll.
  • The term "Tathātā", which is used in Zhu Jin's moniker, is a term used in Mahayana Buddhism which translates to "thusness" or "suchness".
  • Zhu Jin did not favor the moniker they were given.[5]
  • According to Jigokuraku Kaitai Shinsho, Zhu Jin does not excel at Shu'itsu and would fall asleep during meditation.[6]
  • According to Jigokuraku Kaitai Shinsho, because of their reckless actions after fusing with the Banko, Zhu Jin could be regarded as being a problem child.[7]

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