Hana Kurusu

Hana Kurusu is a character in Jujutsu Kaisen. She is a young girl who shares her body symbiotically with the Angel, an incarnated sorcerer from the Heian Era, and thus wields the latter's jujutsu. Hana participated in the Culling Game so that the Angel may hunt down and kill the other incarnated players, including the Disgraced One: Sukuna.

Appearance
Hana is a teenaged girl, around the same age and height as Yuji and Megumi. She has green eyes and chin-length blonde hair styled into a bob, with blunt bangs and ends that have a deep inward curl. Due to the Angel's influence, the girl herself looks angelic, possessing a pair of feathered, bluish-white wings on her upper back and a yellow halo over her head; similar to Sukuna within Yuji, the Angel can manifest a mouth on Hana (like her cheek or hand) to speak through.

Initially during the Culling Game, Hana wore a tan, oversized sweater. It had a thick, capelet-like top portion with a high collar, which reached over her chest and was vertically striated (as were its tight sleeve cuffs and bottom hem); the sweater overall was long enough to go just above Hana's knees. For lower wear, the girl donned black leggings tucked into light-colored, ankle-high boots with high heels.

During her failed attempt to drive Sukuna out of Megumi, Hana was critically injured by the King of Curses, losing her right arm; her wings were also damaged, such that they were (temporarily) reduced to a diminutive size. Prior to the Shinjuku Showdown, Hana changed outfits to a light-colored, midi-length dress with a button-down bodice (with striated hems on the sides), long sleeves, a dark bow tie frontally on the waist, a turtleneck undershirt, and a pleated skirt. Hana later returned to the same outfit she wore during the Culling Game for the Shinjuku Showdown, wearing the same sweater again.

Personality
Hana is a calm, friendly, and well-mannered person whose actions betray a brave, outgoing nature. She wants to help people and was inspired as a young child by Megumi to do so. When they were both children, Megumi rescued Hana from a cursed spirit who had held her hostage for a year, a kindness that she never forgot. Hana not only developed romantic feelings for Megumi but a profound desire to do for others what he did for her; she believes that destiny is everything and so continues to help people in hopes of becoming someone worthy of standing by Megumi's side. Buying so deeply into the idea of fate, Hana is also shown to have a poetic side to her, calling Megumi "Destined One" (の) upon first speaking to him. Thereafter however, Hana became more reserved around her crush, not wanting him to know who she was just yet, and was embarrassed when the Angel nearly revealed her secret, telling the latter not to say anything.

How Hana's relationship with the Angel started out is unknown, but she has never expressed an issue with the ancient sorcerer's possession of her, hence the Angel's decision to live in symbiosis with Hana and leave the girl in control of her body. The Angel is close enough to Hana to know about her past and secret feelings for Megumi, which she was shown teasing the girl with in a light-hearted manner, though when Hana expressed her want to not yet reveal her feelings to Megumi, the Angel respected her privacy. Hana, in turn, showed annoyance on the Angel's behalf when Yuji spoke to her rudely over a disagreement. The Angel was shown to prioritize Hana's protection over helping people alongside Yuji (though was open about the reason being that putting Hana at risk meant endangering the Angel herself); yet, Hana decided to place herself in danger on behalf of others regardless. Even after Hana (and by extension the Angel) had paid the price for Hana letting her feelings get the better of her, failing to purge Sukuna while being injured enough by him to be rendered unable to fight, the Angel's relation with her host seemed to remain the same.

Hana has good social skills and got along well with Yuji and Fumihiko Takaba shortly after meeting them. In general, the girl appears to put positivity above any kind of tension and maintains a friendly disposition even when things become unpleasant. Despite Yuji's argument with the Angel, which she found unsettling, Hana still playfully offered him an invitation to apologize and mend the tension shortly thereafter. In addition, Hana has appreciated Yuji making her look good around her crush and was shown joking with Yuji about Megumi in the same way that Nobara Kugisaki used to.

Hana's passion for and devotion to Megumi made her act entirely out of emotion when he was taken over by Sukuna. She fought desperately to save Megumi and was blinded by her love when Sukuna led her into a trap; the King of Curses easily fooled Hana into believing that Megumi had regained control of his body and thus was lured into Sukuna's embrace despite the Angel's protests, allowing Sukuna to defeat the girl. Despite her injuries and ostensibly losing Megumi to Sukuna, Hana still remained worried about Megumi's fate while remaining an ally to jujutsu sorcerers. Upon freeing Satoru Gojo and, initially, believing that she might have harmed him in the process, Hana was flustered and tried to play it off.

History
As a seemingly orphaned young child, Hana and others her age were held captive by a monstrous cursed spirit that behaved like their mother, feeding them but killing whoever cried or complained. Remaining silent to survive, Hana lived like this for about one year until she was saved by a similarly young Megumi Fushiguro, who used his white dog shikigami to lead her into escaping. Thus falling for the boy, Hana resolved herself to become someone who helps others like Megumi helped her, to become worthy of one day standing by his side.

Eventually, the Angel, an ancient sorcerer from a thousand years ago, would incarnate into Hana's body. Said sorcerer, like many others over the centuries, had entered a deal with Kenjaku (due to not having or knowing the means to become a cursed object on her own to undergo incarnation), but unlike most incarnations, the Angel allowed Hana to remain in control of herself. In this symbiotic state, Hana and the Angel would eventually enter the Culling Game once Kenjaku had started it.

Perfect Preparation Arc
During the early stages of the Culling Game as Tengen makes reference to the Angel's existence as one who can "extinguish" cursed techniques, Hana is seen floating upside-down in the skies over Tokyo.

Culling Game Arc
Through her ability to cross Colony borders via the Angel's technique, Hana eventually travels from Tokyo's No. 2 to the No. 1 Colony, where she encounters Megumi as he collapses from exhaustion in an alleyway, after his fight against Reggie Star. Hana carries Megumi to a hotel for him to recover along with Yuji Itadori and Fumihiko Takaba, where Megumi wakes up during the night of November 14. Hana and the Angel introduce themselves properly as a pair that live symbiotically as host and incarnate respectively. The Angel elaborates on the scope of her abilities to nullify curses, including barriers and seals, as well as her goal to wipe out all other Culling Game players, chiefly the "Disgraced One", and offers to unseal Satoru Gojo in exchange for receiving aid in her quest.

Once US Army soldiers have begun invading the Colonies due to Kenjaku's machinations (aimed at the mass slaughter of non-sorcerers by curses to fill the Colonies with more cursed energy), Hana and co. leave their hotel and encounter a traitorous Japanese soldier who has guided the US soldiers through the Colonies, allowing the group to further deduce Kenjaku's plan. When Yuji disagrees with the Angel about saving all the non-sorcerers, as the latter does not want Hana and thus herself put in harm's way, Hana shows herself annoyed at Yuji's rude attitude. Shortly thereafter, Hana encounters and saves a US soldier before reuniting with the others.

On the 16th, at noon, Hana and co. meet up with Maki Zenin, discussing what is to be done now that Tengen has been captured by Kenjaku. When Maki brings up how Culling Game players' cannot cross Colony borders, Hana mentions that she can, with the Angel expounding that while Hana alone can freely move between Colonies, outright destroying their barriers would require that she target their foundation. Hence, Megumi adds a rule that a player can leave the Culling Game by expending 100 points to invite a new player as a substitute. At around 3 PM, the group reaches a rooftop where they meet up with Tsumiki, Megumi's sister. When "Tsumiki" adds a twelfth rule permitting free entry/exit across Colonies, the group is shocked to discover that Tsumiki is actually an incarnated sorcerer from the past. As the latter flies away, Hana and Yuji try to follow, but before they can Sukuna switches with Yuji (using their prior-made secret binding vow). Sukuna promptly renders Hana unconscious before using a finger of his to possess Megumi, switching hosts. Hana quickly regains consciousness and casts "Jacob's Ladder" to try to strip Sukuna away from Megumi, but is fooled when the King of Curses pretends to be Megumi to lure her into an embrace, whereupon Sukuna critically wounds and dispatches the girl, causing her to fall off the rooftop they were on.

Shinjuku Showdown Arc
Hana was later healed by Yuta Okkotsu and Shoko Ieiri after being saved earlier by Rin Amai and possibly Takaba. No longer in a condition to fight, Hana still agrees to unseal Gojo by using the Angel's power on the Prison Realm, which Hana does successfully at Jujutsu High's Training Ground No. 4, finally freeing the strongest sorcerer.

Sometime prior to the Shinjuku Showdown, the Angel offers advice on how to deal with Sukuna and Kenjaku, stating that they ought to attack Kenjaku before Sukuna's and Gojo's fight ends, as beating the King of Curses would mean nothing if Kenjaku achieves his goal of merging all humans in Japan with Tengen. The Angel nominates Takaba as a fighter fit to engage Kenjaku, consequently explaining his cursed technique.

On December 24, a month after his unsealing, Gojo is prepped for his fight against Sukuna in Shinjuku, and Hana is present alongside the others to see him off. Once the fight is underway, Hana and the Angel are in some building a safe distance away, using Mei Mei's crows to view a broadcast of the fight alongside their allies, with Hana and the Angel commenting on and, at several points, being shocked by the events of the battle as they unfold.

Abilities and Powers
Overall Abilities: Hana is a willing combatant, but her abilities have scarcely been on display during the Culling Game. While the Angel within her is responsible for all of Hana's jujutsu, the girl is still a skilled sorcerer despite her young age and appears to have wholly mastered the Angel's innate technique. She has shown herself very capable at mid-range, using her wings to fly while accurately casting her ability, and she can employ the Angel's signature "Jacob's Ladder" on a massive scale at her maximum cursed energy output.

During the Culling Games, Hana mainly used her powers outside of combat. She can not only fly using the wings manifested through the Angel's power but also employ the Angel's technique, which allows Hana to "extinguish" all other cursed techniques without prejudice. This afforded the girl a number of advantages during the Culling Game that no other sorcerer enjoyed; being able to pass through barriers freely, Hana was the only player who could cross Colony borders, whereas others were trapped within single Colonies until the game's 12th rule was added. Although Hana did score points in the Culling Game, she was mainly seen acting to rescue people while around Megumi and Yuji, her wings making it easier to move around and carry others to safety.

It was when Hana came to face Sukuna himself that she showed how exceedingly dangerous she can be when wielding the Angel's technique, especially to incarnated sorcerers who are effectively cursed objects. In fact, Hana could possibly have purged Sukuna right then and there because the King of Curses had not yet achieved a strong hold over his new host (nor was he at full strength yet); she failed to do so because Sukuna (by pretending to be Megumi) was able to lure the girl into disengaging her technique halfway through using it.

Arguably Hana's greatest contribution to Yuji, Megumi, and their allies was when she used Jacob's Ladder on the "Back" the Prison Realm to free Satoru Gojo.

Battles & Events
Culling Game Arc
 * Yuji Itadori, Maki Zenin & Hana Kurusu vs. Sukuna

Trivia

 * Hana's surname comprises the kanji for "come, arrive, next, since, due" (来) and "nest, rookery, hive, den, web" (栖); her given name is the kanji for "flower, petal" (華).
 * When saving a US soldier from a curse during the Culling Game, Hana was seen approaching him while floating in the air, her arm stretched out towards the man while the latter extended his own arm towards Hana; the scene is an obvious allusion to the famous fresco painting The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.

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