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Eso
Biographical Information
Kanji	壊相
Rōmaji	Esō
Personal Description
Species	Death Painting Womb
Age	150
Gender	Male
Professional Status
Status	Deceased
Relatives	Noritoshi Kamo (Father) (via Kenjaku) Kechizu (Younger Brother) Choso (Older Brother) Unnamed Mother Yuji Itadori ("Younger Half-Brother")
Affiliation	Pseudo-Geto's Group
Grade	Special Grade (Cursed Womb)
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 57
Anime Debut	Episode 23
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Nobuyuki Hiyama
English Voice	Landon McDonald

Eso (壊 (え) 相 (そう) , Esō^?) is a character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series. He is a Cursed Womb: Death Painting and the middle brother of Choso and Kechizu. He and Kechizu serve as the primary antagonists of the Death Painting Arc.

Appearance

Eso is a tall, well-built man with black (brown in the anime) hair and violet eyes with a dark sclera. His thin eyebrows have two stud piercings over them. His most telling and insecurity-driving feature is the large, bloody face on his back with sunken eyes, no nose and a lipless, open mouth with long, sharp teeth. In the anime, the appearance slightly varies, with dark red eyes, a spine-like assemblage running down the face and thinner, more rectangular teeth.

Eso sports a very revealing outfit that includes a striped collar with a bow tie, white cuffs around his wrists and a band around his chest which holds up suspenders connected to a thong and leggings. In the anime, these leggings and thong are one piece of clothing. He claims this choice of outfit is to suit the face on his back, otherwise it gets stuffy.

Eso's grotesque looking back.

Personality

Eso lives for his brothers Kechizu and Choso, believing that the three of them are one. They existed together in isolation for over 150 years and only feel a connection to one another. Eso doesn't hate sorcerers and was willing enough to spare Nobara if she fled prior to their fight. He only cares to follow the wishes of his older brother, Choso, while protecting his younger brother, Kechizu.

Eso tends to be very eccentric and enjoys playful banter with others. He enjoys striking poses and dominating others. Despite his welcoming demeanor, Eso has a dark secret he doesn't want anyone to know. He's embarrassed by the face on his back and is enraged when anyone looks at it, ready to kill them simply for doing so even if they do so accidentally.

Abilities and Powers

Overall Skill Level: As a cursed object, Eso was ranked special grade. Eso was incarnated by Mahito's group in order to aid in helping curses to take over Japan. Despite ultimately being defeated by jujutsu students, Eso and Kechizu were entrusted with retrieving one of Sukuna's fingers and nearly killed the students attempting to do so. Eso's power proved to be greater than that of his younger brother, but both of them pale in comparison to their eldest brother, Choso.

Cursed Energy

Cursed Energy Reinforcement: Eso is capable of reinforcing his body with cursed energy. He attempted to endure Yuji's cursed energy-infused punch by reinforcing his arm, but the unexpected power enhancement from Black Flash easily destroyed it.

Cursed Restrictions

Binding Vows
Revealing One's Hand (情 (じょう) 報 (ほう) の開 (かい) 示 (じ) , Jōhō no Kaiji?): A commonly used binding vow by many jujutsu practitioners. By divulging how his cursed technique works, Eso can increase the effectiveness of his technique, shortening the time it takes for Decay to kill his target.

Cursed Technique

Innate Technique
	Rot Technique (蝕 (しょく) 爛 (らん) 腐 (ふ) 術 (じゅつ) , Shokuran Fujutsu?): Eso's innate technique grants him corrosive blood that can poison and decompose his target upon contact. It also grants him the ability to reshape and manipulate his blood. Eso's blood is said to have a different quality than Kechizu's.

Maximum: Wing King (極 (ごく) ノ (の) 番 (ばん) 「翅 (し) 王 (おう) 」, Gokunoban・Shiō?): The maximum technique of Rot Technique that reshapes the blood flowing out of Eso's back into wasp-shaped wings. These wings grant Eso more mobility as well as a way to attack with lines of blood from long range.
Decay (朽 (きゅう) , Kyū?): Once Eso or Kechizu's blood enters their target through mucous membranes or wounds, this technique is activated. The blood begins to poison and decompose the target's body at the point of entry, forming a floral pattern. The technique is expected to kill a person within 10 to 15 minutes, leaving only their bones behind.

Battles & Events

Death Painting Arc

• Yuji Itadori & Nobara Kugisaki vs. Eso & Kechizu

Trivia

• Eso's name has both Go-on readings of "break" (壊, e) and "mutual, reciprocal" (相, sō).
• Eso's rankings in the Popularity Polls are as follows:
  • Eso ranked 37th in the second Popularity Poll with 70 votes.
  • Eso ranked 56th in the third Popularity Poll with 14 votes.
  • Eso ranked 52nd in the fourth Popularity Poll with 30 votes.
• According to Jujutsu Kaisen Official Fanbook:
  • The reason behind Eso's smell is because his back is always festering.

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