One of the most anticipated battles of Jujutsu Kaisen is just around the corner, with the King of the Curses Sukuna and the Queen of the Curses, Rika finally clashing in the manga. While many fans are certain that Sukuna is essentially going to win the battle, it is bound to be exciting and thrilling and will make a huge impact on the story.
As many fans might know Rika, the queen of curses was Yuta Okkotsu’s childhood friend, who unfortunately passed away after being struck by a car. She was cursed, turning her into a formidable, vengeful, special-grade cursed spirit deserving of the title “Queen of Curses.”
Yuta was cursed to be haunted by Rika for years until he enrolled in Tokyo Jujutsu High School and learned how to lift Rika’s spirit’s curse, enabling her to finally transition to the afterlife. However, looking at Rika’s past, she was bound to become a cursed spirit in Jujutsu Kaisen one way or the other.
Rika was Doomed to Become a Cursed Spirit
Rika had one of the most disturbing pasts in Jujutsu Kaisen history. At the age of five, her mother unexpectedly passed away from unknown causes. Regarding her father, it was announced that Rika’s father had passed away mysteriously after the two of them became lost while mountain climbing two days before Rika started elementary school.
Rika’s grandmother took her in, believing that she had killed both of her parents. Many people believe Rika murdered her parents when she was five or six years old because she was likely mistreated and tortured by them as a child. This proved that Rika was unhappy in her life before meeting Yuta, who thought for a short period, made her happy.
As Rika was unhappy and had to go through such despair, she was destined to become a cursed spirit, one way or the other. Although she wouldn’t have been as strong as she is now, she surely would have become a cursed spirit because of her past.
How Did Rika Became a Cursed Spirit in the First Place?
Rika was a gentle young girl and Yuta’s childhood friend. She felt that she was in love with Yuta because they had a special bond. When they were younger, Rika lost her life in a tragic car accident. Because of Yuta’s innate curse, Rika was unintentionally cursed in his sorrow, connecting her spirit to him.
Yuta has been followed wherever he goes since then by a hideous cursed spirit. Nevertheless, as Jujutsu Kaisen 0 demonstrates, Yuta was able to lift the curse and allow Rika’s soul to die in peace. However, Yuta’s cursed technique, “Rika,” which is an incarnate unit of storage space with free will, retains Rika Orimoto’s essence even though her spirit may have died after Jujutsu Kaisen 0.
This not only allows Yuta to have access to reserves of cursed energy, techniques, and weapons, but it also serves as his combat partner. While she is much more powerful now, she was bound to be a cursed spirit even if Yuta hadn’t cursed her unintentionally.
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