Lin Mu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lin Mu (林沐)
Species/Race	Human; a transmigrator from another world 1
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Tokyo Jujutsu High 20 72
Occupation/Role	Jujutsu High student; Special-Grade jujutsu sorcerer 57 72
Status	Active 184
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Madara Uchiha Template — 0%	1	Unlocks the template, Sharingan, and Fire Release: Majestic Flame Destroyer.
1% inheritance	3	Gains progress after exorcising a roughly Grade 3 cursed spirit.
8% inheritance	5	Unlocks a new Divine Tree fruit; gains the two-tomoe Sharingan and Body Flicker Technique.
10% inheritance	6	His clash of pressure with Sukuna advances the inheritance progress.
Three-Tomoe Sharingan	7	Gains enhanced physique and senses, basic Sharingan genjutsu, and Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees; exact inheritance percentage is unstated.
17% inheritance	15	Awakens Madara's Mangekyo Sharingan and the Skeletal Susanoo.
20% threshold	23 24	Mangekyo enhancement rises to 150%; receives the Uchiha Gunbai.
27% inheritance	34	Exorcising roughly one hundred cursed spirits raises his progress by 4%.
Above 25% inheritance	38	Receives an all-round enhancement, including reduced Susanoo consumption and increased durability.
33% inheritance / 30% threshold crossed	55	Unlocks Seal-less Healing and the Humanoid Susanoo.
Semi-Special Grade	57	Promoted after selecting the special-grade cursed tool Ten Thousand Spider Threads.
35% inheritance	66	Reaches the milestone after exorcising two special-grade cursed spirits.
Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan; Special Grade	72	Completes the Nara mission, becomes the fifth Special Grade, and unlocks the Eternal Mangekyo after consuming an eighth God Tree fruit.
45% inheritance	80	Reaches the milestone after exorcising the airship cursed spirit.
50%–55% inheritance	103 104	Unlocks Tengai Shinsei and Half-Body Susanoo; his attributes, clones, Fire Release, and Wood Release improve substantially.
62% inheritance	106	Reaches the milestone after severely injuring the giant centipede cursed spirit with Tengai Shinsei.
73% inheritance	147	Killing Abeyama grants a 6% increase and unlocks the Rinnegan.
79% inheritance	158	Absorbs progress from Uro Takako and Ryu Ishigori.
Complete Body Susanoo	183	Unleashes his highest documented Susanoo form against Sukuna; the associated inheritance percentage is unstated.

Background / History

Lin Mu awakens in the body of a high-school student after transmigrating into the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. Recognizing Yuji Itadori and the danger surrounding Sukuna's Finger, he initially follows Yuji to avoid disrupting the world line he knows from his previous life. At the Occult Research Club, a vision of Six Paths Madara Uchiha triggers the awakening of the Madara Uchiha Template. 1

The template grants power through an inheritance system represented by a Divine Tree. Exorcising cursed spirits rapidly advances his inheritance progress and produces fruits that unlock Madara's techniques, ocular evolutions, equipment, and physical enhancements. 2 3

Records reviewed by Naobito Zenin identify Lin Mu's mother as an ordinary woman from Sakura Country and his father as Lin Changsheng, a man from Divine Xia. Lin Mu has never visited Divine Xia and does not know the significance of his family background, though Jian Yi recognizes the surname and reacts cautiously to his father's name. 116 153

Appearance

Lin Mu is a young male sorcerer whose appearance changes most visibly through his evolving eyes and inherited battle gear. His Sharingan forms are described as blood-red and gem-like, while the Rinnegan manifests as purple irises marked by concentric ripples. 6 148

• His Sharingan evolves from two tomoe to Three-Tomoe, Mangekyo, Eternal Mangekyo, and finally Rinnegan forms. 5 7 15 72 148
• Activating or overusing his eyes can cause blood to stream from them, especially in his early battles. 1 6 15
• He wears crimson Madara-style armor that can withstand powerful cursed-energy attacks. 128 144 158
• He commonly carries the oversized Uchiha Gunbai on his back, attached to an iron chain at his waist. 65

Personality

Lin Mu is calculating and highly growth-oriented. Early on, he deliberately stays close to Yuji to use his knowledge of future events while avoiding reckless changes to the world line. He consistently evaluates enemies, chakra expenditure, and the value of cursed-spirit exorcisms before committing to a fight. 1 2 14 53

He is decisive when authority or efficiency is required. During the Nara investigation, he reads years of missing-person files through the Sharingan, discards the previous team's flawed investigation board, and takes direct control rather than argue over ineffective leads. 60

Lin Mu is drawn to powerful opponents and openly seeks difficult battles, including fights against Sukuna at greater strength. Despite this battle hunger, he refuses to kill innocent humans merely to increase his inheritance progress and distinguishes between exorcising cursed spirits and exploiting victims. 18 26 70 174

Abilities & Skills

Madara Uchiha Template

Lin Mu's primary power source is the Madara Uchiha Template, which grants techniques and bodily transformations through Divine Tree fruits.

• Inheritance progress rises most rapidly through exorcising cursed spirits; stronger targets grant greater gains. 2 3 34
• Each major unlock improves his physique, senses, chakra reserves, and mastery of Madara-derived abilities. 7 38 104
• His chakra eventually becomes vast enough that ordinary combat no longer threatens to exhaust him. 148
• He can enter the Divine Tree space mentally to consume newly formed fruits and receive abilities. 15 147

Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan

Lin Mu's ocular abilities provide perception, prediction, analysis, genjutsu, and physical amplification.

• The Sharingan sharply enhances dynamic vision, sensory perception, reaction speed, and battlefield analysis. 2 60
• He can observe and learn hand-to-hand combat from faster opponents, though early overuse damages his eyes and causes bleeding. 6
• The Three-Tomoe Sharingan grants basic genjutsu and allows him to perceive attack paths that appear impossible to evade. 7 53
• Madara's Mangekyo Sharingan doubles Lin Mu's taijutsu and ninjutsu while active; this enhancement later rises further. 15 24 56
• The Eternal Mangekyo removes the earlier Mangekyo stage from his documented progression and substantially strengthens his ocular abilities. 72 118

Rinnegan

After defeating Abeyama, Lin Mu awakens Madara's Rinnegan and gains a broad set of gravitational, sealing, summoning, and resurrection techniques. 147 148

• Banshō Ten'in — Generates attraction to pull enemies, weapons, or objects toward him; he uses it to prevent Uro Takako from escaping. 148 156
• Shinra Tensei — Releases a repulsive shockwave capable of destroying attacks, deflecting cursed-energy blasts, and countering techniques such as Hollow Purple. It has a cooldown period. 157 172
• Sealing Technique Absorption Seal — Creates a barrier that absorbs incoming attacks and converts their energy into chakra. 148
• Chibaku Tensei — A gravitational sealing technique capable of restraining or sealing a wide area if used with sufficient strength. 148
• Black rods — Disrupt chakra; against jujutsu opponents, they interfere with cursed energy and prevent cursed-technique use after piercing the target. 148 158
• Rinne Rebirth Technique — Can revive recently dead people within a range, but requires Lin Mu's life in exchange. 148
• Limbo: Border Jail — Creates unseen shadow doubles detectable only by Rinnegan or Six Paths users. Lin Mu uses Limbo to ambush opponents without revealing his presence. 148 156 179

Fire Release

Lin Mu's Fire Release is his earliest offensive ninjutsu specialty and remains one of his most destructive options.

• Fire Release: Majestic Flame Destroyer — His foundational large-scale flame technique; the Uchiha Gunbai can expand its range, damage, and directional control. 1 24 34
• Dragon Flame Song Jutsu — An enhanced fire technique that overwhelms Sukuna and Jogo in a direct contest of flames. 121
• Majestic Flame Annihilation — A later Fire Release branch unlocked after reaching 62% inheritance. 106
• His strongest fire techniques can be amplified into massive flame tornadoes through the Uchiha Gunbai. 34 179

Wood Release and Clones

Lin Mu gains Hashirama-derived Wood Release alongside Madara's inheritance, giving him battlefield control, summons, decoys, and restraints.

• Advent of a World of Trees / World of Trees Wall — Raises controllable trees for terrain alteration, defense, restraint, and battlefield division. 7 34 104
• Wood Release: Entangle — Restrains targets, including Sukuna. 17
• Wood Dragon Technique — Summons a Wood Dragon for combat and mobility. 106
• Wood Human Technique — Creates a massive wooden humanoid combat construct. 176
• Shadow Clones and Wood Clones — Allow Lin Mu to fight, exorcise curses, gather intelligence, escort civilians, and operate across multiple locations at once. 43 44 102 128
• At one point, his Shadow Clone limit increases from six to twelve, with each clone retaining 30% of his original strength; later upgrades raise each clone to 50%. 56 104

Susanoo

Susanoo is Lin Mu's chakra construct and principal defensive technique. Its forms progress from Skeletal to Humanoid, Half-Body, and Complete Body. 15 56 104 183

• Skeletal Susanoo — A blue skeletal exoskeleton that blocks powerful physical attacks and protects nearby allies. 15 17
• Humanoid Susanoo — Gains improved defense and Yasaka Magatama projectiles; Seal-less Healing makes its chakra cost sustainable. 55 56
• Half-Body Susanoo — Wields a serpent-shaped greatsword and launches enlarged Yasaka Magatama with meteor-like destructive force. 104 120
• Complete Body Susanoo — Neutralizes Sukuna's space slash with one sword strike and delivers the final ring-shaped blade aura that defeats him. 183

Summoning

Lin Mu can call powerful inherited entities to support him in battle.

• Nine-Tails — A massive summon with immense physical strength and a devastating Tailed Beast Ball. Lin Mu assigns it to clear cursed spirits and protect Yuji and the others when he is absent. 70 80 92
• Demonic Statue of the Outer Path — A colossal Rinnegan summon used alongside the Nine-Tails and Wood Human Technique to surround Sukuna. 148 176

Healing, Durability, and Taijutsu

Lin Mu's physical strength grows alongside his inheritance, making close-range combat one of his greatest advantages.

• Seal-less Healing — Regenerates injuries and chakra without hand seals, resolving his earlier problem of insufficient chakra for sustained Susanoo use. 55 56
• His Madara-derived physique and chakra-enhanced taijutsu allow him to overwhelm special-grade cursed spirits and defeat Toji Zenin in close combat. 2 52 115
• Madara's armor and Lin Mu's body can withstand attacks such as Ryu Ishigori's cursed-energy cannon with minimal or no injury. 128 158

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Uchiha Gunbai — A Divine Tree branch weapon that absorbs and reflects physical attacks. It can manipulate wind to strengthen and direct Lin Mu's Fire Release; its reflection strength depends on Lin Mu's own power. 24 34
• Iron chain — A custom chain linking the Gunbai to Lin Mu's waist, extending its range and making its movement less predictable. 65
• Ten Thousand Spider Threads — A special-grade cursed tool that wraps around his body and clothing. Its thought-controlled threads can extend without a stated upper limit and manipulate shuriken or kunai. 57 58
• Madara Uchiha's armor — Lightweight crimson armor with exceptional resistance to physical force and cursed-energy impact. 128 158
• Kunai and shuriken — Early weapons used with Sharingan precision and Spider Threads; later largely superseded by gravitational control through Banshō Ten'in. 20 46 148

Relationships

• Yuji Itadori — Lin Mu's first friend in his new life and Occult Research Club companion. Lin Mu follows Yuji early on, fights beside him, and later sends the Nine-Tails to protect him and their allies. 1 5 80
• Megumi Fushiguro — Teammate and frequent battlefield partner. Megumi catches Lin Mu after Sharingan overuse and later relies on his protection against Sukuna. 6 17
• Satoru Gojo — Teacher and mentor figure who recognizes Lin Mu's unusual eyes and strength. Gojo supports Lin Mu's plan to challenge Sukuna alone. 6 20 174
• Nobara Kugisaki — Teammate who is frustrated that Lin Mu concealed the extent of his abilities but continues working alongside him. 15
• Nine-Tails — Summoned combat partner that acknowledges Lin Mu as its master after seeing him effortlessly deflect a Tailed Beast Ball. 70
• Fushimi Takumi — Veteran detective who initially guides Lin Mu through the Nara investigation, then betrays him to assist Prince Sawara's resurrection. 59 60 70
• Jian Yi — A powerful Divine Xia native whose knowledge of Lin Mu's father and family name deepens the mystery of Lin Mu's origins. Their first meeting is marked by mutual caution. 153
• Sukuna — Lin Mu's recurring rival. Their conflict escalates from an early clash of pressure to Lin Mu's eventual solo defeat of Sukuna using Complete Body Susanoo. 6 118 183

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arrival and Early Jujutsu Awakening

Lin Mu transmigrates into a high-school student's body, joins the Occult Research Club with Yuji, and gains the Madara Uchiha Template after witnessing a vision of Six Paths Madara. He learns that cursed-spirit exorcisms are the fastest path to increasing his inheritance. 1 2

Juvenile Detention Center

After awakening cursed energy and early ninjutsu, Lin Mu joins Yuji and Megumi against cursed spirits. He unlocks Mangekyo Sharingan and Skeletal Susanoo before helping Megumi withstand Sukuna's Domain Expansion. 5 15 17

Exchange Event and Hanami Battle

Lin Mu rapidly expands his arsenal with the Uchiha Gunbai, clones, and improved Susanoo. During the exchange event, he uses clones to exorcise large numbers of cursed spirits simultaneously, then confronts Hanami directly despite severe chakra limitations. 34 43 44 52 53

Nara Special-Grade Mission

After receiving Ten Thousand Spider Threads and a semi-special-grade promotion, Lin Mu investigates Nara's mass disappearances. He defeats Prince Sawara, exposes the Sagara Group's ritual activity, completes his special-grade mission, and unlocks the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. 57 59 72

Shibuya Conflict

Lin Mu forcibly breaches the Veil, defeats Jogo with a single strike, restrains Hanami, and later confronts Sukuna after his power rises dramatically. His Half-Body Susanoo and Fire Release overwhelm both Sukuna and Jogo. 92 94 118 120 121

Culling Game

Entering Tokyo No. 1 Colony, Lin Mu earns points, tracks down powerful incarnated sorcerers, and adds rules to connect the barriers. He defeats Abeyama, unlocks the Rinnegan, then kills Uro Takako and Ryu Ishigori in Sendai. 140 147 148 153 158

Final Duel with Sukuna

After sparring with Gojo and assessing the danger of confronting Sukuna and Kenjaku together, Lin Mu openly challenges Sukuna to a one-on-one battle. He deploys Wood Release, the Nine-Tails, the Demonic Statue, Limbo, Half-Body Susanoo, and finally Complete Body Susanoo to defeat the King of Curses. 172 174 176 179 183

Notable Quotes

“Then I, Lin Mu, will get a little serious too.” 70

“No need. I'm the strongest—and the only—sorcerer you'll see after your resurrection.” 70

Trivia

• Lin Mu initially uses a supposed “rare eye condition” as his explanation when Sasaki notices his bleeding eyes. 2
• He considers his old jujutsu-made kunai and shuriken effectively retired after gaining the Rinnegan and Banshō Ten'in. 148
• Lin Mu estimates his own Divine Xia classification at roughly fifth to sixth rank after awakening the Rinnegan; Jian Yi later assesses him as being at the peak of the fifth rank. 148 154