A third year at Kyoto Jujutsu High School, Aoi Todo is a supporting character of the Jujutsu Kaisen series and is a grade 1 sorcerer. Todo is an extremely powerful fighter and is an explosive powerhouse of energy and strength. He also considers Yuji Itadori as his best friend even though Yuji sometimes thinks otherwise.
Todo has taken on some of the most powerful special grade cursed spirits and is someone who doesn't take attitude from anyone, even the higher-ups. But what makes him this extremely powerful jujutsu sorcerer and what abilities does he possess that make him a unique character in the Jujutsu Kaisen series?
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Personality & Traits
Todo is seen to be a tall man with an extremely buff and muscular physique and has his hair tied up in a man bun always. He also has a very noticeable scar on the left side of his face. His attire is usually made of just his martial arts pants and kung fu shoes as he fights shirtless. Todo has one of the unique personalities compared to most of the Jujutsu Kaisen characters, his unconventional attitude and forward like nature makes him seem as a hulking figure who just enjoys picking fights with people he meets. He also has an unhealthy obsession with his favorite pop-idol Takada-chan, he often fantasizes about having conversations with her and makes it a point to seize every chance he gets to see her in person.
More than anything Todo has a strong disliking towards people he finds boring. He has the most interesting way of finding out if the people he meets are boring or not by asking them one simple question - "what kind of girls do you like?" based on the person's answer, Todo is able to determine if the person is boring or not. The altercation with Megumi is an example of how violent Todo can become if he finds out a person is boring, not to mention suplexing Megumi into the ground. However, when Todo finds out that Yuji has a similar taste in women like he does, he is overjoyed and starts treating Yuji like the brother he's never had. Although Todo may come off as a violent meat head, he is capable of teaching others how to fight and is seen to be well versed in fighting and teaches Yuji also how to control and channel his cursed energy. Thanks to Todo's guidance, Yuji was able to expand his cursed energy and eventually release Black Flash.
Fighting Techniques and Style
Todo is also extremely confident in his strength, while all of his classmates know that he is the strongest among them, they still find him irritating as seen in the baseball game. To understand how strong Todo was, even Hanami was able to understand the strength of Todo before they started fighting.
Another fact is that Todo managed to obtain the rank of a grade 1 Jujutsu sorcerer even though he doesn't have a sorcerer in his him family. His physical strength also surpasses most of his classmates and his mixture of brute force and martial arts makes him a force to be reckoned with. Todo is also able to fight effortlessly with his teammates, this is seen when Yuji and Todo fights Hanami and the duo uses their skills and speed to fend off Hanami. Hanami being a special grade cursed spirits himself. Todo did not just rely on brute force when battling Hanami but also used his analytical thinking to create counter-attacks, using the environment and moves to his advantage with every blow he delivered.
Todo is also a very experienced hand-to-hand fighter, his brute force and powerful blows play a key role in him dominating a battle. His is speed is also remarkable as he was able to catch Megumi off-gaurd and surprise him with extremely powerful moves. Thanks to his experienced combat experience, Todo was able to stay one step ahead of Megumi effortlessly overpowering him. Todo uses his cursed energy mixed with raw strength to land strikes extremely powerful blows on his opponents. His tactical intellect also plays a huge role in him gaining the upper hand during a fight. He is able to surprise his opponents with immense speeds and flexibility. He is also able to surprise Hanami also with his speeds and counter-attacks. He also claims to have an IQ of 530,000. Todo also has a philosophical side which he uses to educate Yuji on how to utilize his cursed energy.
The Jujutsu skills that Todo possesses are great cursed energy, this allows him to use his brute force infused with cursed energy to land powerful punches. Black Flash is a must for every Jujutsu sorcerer, Todo uses it to enhance his attacks and physical hits. Boogie Woogie is Todo's unique technique that allows him to switch the position of anything with the help of cursed energy with just the clap of his hands, he can switch places with another person by clapping his hands confusing his opponents. For defense techniques, Todo uses Simple Domain, a barrier technique that neutralizes and counters all cursed energy in a specific space.
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