Li Shunchen

Biodata

Power Progression

Simulation-only achievements are distinguished from rewards and abilities demonstrated in reality.

Background / History

Family tragedy and the Zenin simulation

Li Shunchen lives for fifteen years before the violent deaths of his parents trigger his past-life memories and awaken his dormant Fate Gacha system. His father leaves him Asagirimaru, a cursed short blade that Li suspects attracted the creature attacking their home. Facing certain death, he receives the Causal Deduction Simulator and begins testing possible futures 1.

In his first documented simulation, Assistant Supervisor Sato pretends to protect him while plotting to acquire Asagirimaru. Li detects the deception, throws the blade to Sato, and lets the Grade 2 Blade-Eater kill him. A threatening call to his father’s phone then leads Li toward the Zenin Clan 2 3.

That future ends under Naoya Zenin, who uses Li’s body to shield himself from a Semi-Grade 1 cursed spirit and kills him during the attack. The simulation leaves Li with experience, stronger cursed energy, and a lasting determination to make the Zenin Clan repay its blood debt 5.

Assistant Supervisor route and entry into Jujutsu High

A subsequent simulation places Li at Tokyo Jujutsu High as a trainee Assistant Supervisor. He handles mission aftermath and improves his Curtain technique while observing Gojo’s rise and Geto’s deteriorating beliefs. After equipping Parting Gift, he accompanies Geto to a village where two girls are being abused; this route ends with Geto killing him 6 7 8 9.

Returning to reality with Phantom Parade, Li abandons the Assistant Supervisor route. He exorcises the cursed spirit in his basement, plants Sato’s illicit ledger where investigators will find it, and poses as a traumatized novice. Window’s investigators bring him to Masamichi Yaga, whose entrance test he passes by briefly taking control of an attacking cursed corpse 9 10 11 12.

He joins the first-year class alongside Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto, and Shoko Ieiri. Sharing Shoko’s preferred cigarettes earns her friendship and an additional simulation attempt. His later demonstrations of Blue and healing impress the class, while his precise cursed corpse control earns Yaga’s recognition and another opportunity to simulate 13 27 28 29 30.

Star Plasma Vessel simulations

Li’s first documented attempt to alter the Star Plasma Vessel mission ends when Toji Fushiguro silently pierces his heart. After returning, Li realizes that his healing ability made him a priority target: saving Gojo would undermine Toji’s plan. He also recognizes that his involvement has changed events, making foreknowledge alone unreliable 20 26.

In a later simulation, he urges Gojo and Geto to reach the hotel early and neutralizes Kekun’s explosive attacks. Riko Amanai nevertheless dies. After Gojo kills Toji, Li investigates the incident through Mei Mei, seeking information about the Time Vessel Association and whoever issued the mission 37 42.

Haibara’s survival and the village confrontation

During the later simulation, Li warns Yu Haibara to retreat if his assigned curse proves stronger than reported. The warning saves both Haibara and Kento Nanami from a misclassified Grade 1 Land God, and Li reattaches Nanami’s severed arm. He then seeks accountability for the intelligence failure, only to learn that the higher-ups have presented the original mission payment as relief money 43 45 46.

Recognizing the remote village as the site of Geto’s massacre in an earlier simulation, Li sends the Assistant Supervisor away and tries to intervene. When Geto discovers the imprisoned girls and prepares to slaughter the villagers, Li suppresses Cursed Spirit Manipulation with Nagi Daytime Prohibition. He argues that their anger does not justify personally executing the villagers 46 48.

The confrontation becomes a physical fight. Li heals while maintaining the suppression, but Geto subsequently forces cursed spirits into a destructive vortex despite it. Li loses consciousness, and the returning Assistant Supervisor finds the village devastated the next morning; the supplied account does not establish Li’s final condition in that simulation 48 49.

Appearance

• Dark eyes 11.
• Black-framed glasses, initially worn as part of a disguise and later retained in his student persona 12 27.
• Asagirimaru carried at his waist, ready to draw during combat or demonstrations 28.

Personality

Li is calculating and skilled at appearing harmless. He recognizes Sato’s false reassurance, exploits his greed, and later stages the basement to conceal his own planning. His frightened-survivor performance convinces experienced investigators that they have found a newly awakened prodigy 2 3 10 11.

He is ambitious, stubborn, and slow to forget mistreatment. Naoya’s cruelty produces an explicit vow of revenge, while Gojo’s challenge prompts him to force an analysis even after Phantom Parade warns of the difficulty. He wants enough strength to stand beside his classmates rather than remain expendable support staff 5 12 13 29.

His willingness to retaliate does not extend to indiscriminate killing. Although he understands Geto’s disgust with jujutsu society, he rejects the massacre of ordinary people and insists that punishment requires laws and order. His attempts to save Riko, Haibara, Nanami, and Geto lead Geto to describe him as a mortal who nevertheless wants to save everyone 9 45 48 49.

Abilities & Skills

Fate Gacha and Causal Deduction Simulator

Fate Gacha grants equippable traits, while the unique UR-grade Causal Deduction Simulator lets Li observe possible futures outside real-world time 1.

• Inherited training: Completed simulations transfer experience, muscle memory, and causal feedback to his real self 1 9 26.
• Cursed energy growth: Documented settlements raise his reserves from 5 to 10, 15, and 20 1 5 9 26.
• Additional attempts: Recognition from Shoko and Yaga grants extra causal observation opportunities 13 30.
• Reward limits: His real-world defeat of the Grade 2 spirit does not grant an attempt because it is not a qualifying system mission 10.
• Psychological cost: Simulated deaths leave vivid memories and phantom sensations of fatal wounds 9 26.

Phantom Parade

Phantom Parade reads memories within cursed energy to analyze and reproduce techniques. Li can gather information through contact with, or perception of, cursed energy, including residue left after a sorcerer’s death 9 10 14.

• Analysis is not instant mastery: His first reproduced paper puppet is stiff and weak; useful applications still require practice 10 28.
• Complexity can overwhelm him: His initial attempt to analyze Gojo causes a severe headache, nosebleed, and failure 13.
• Only one replicated technique can be maintained at a time: Switching techniques breaks the existing connection, disrupting puppets or controlled spirits 29.
• Cursed spirit analysis: He tells Yaga that he can read living cursed spirits, although his later explanation to the class leaves the extent of that ability uncertain 15 28.

Reverse Cursed Technique

Li first reproduces healing after studying Shoko’s ability. His capacity to heal others makes him Jujutsu High’s second demonstrated practitioner of external healing alongside her 15 28.

• Heals Yaga’s deep palm wound in under half a minute without leaving a scar 28.
• Reattaches Nanami’s severed arm during the later simulation 45.
• Eventually heals his own abdominal injuries in under two seconds while maintaining Nagi Daytime Prohibition, proving independent mastery rather than simultaneous replication 48.

Nagi Daytime Prohibition

The cursed technique reversal of Phantom Parade cancels the frequencies of techniques Li has already copied and mastered instead of reproducing them 48.

• Suppresses Geto’s Cursed Spirit Manipulation within a certain range while Li maintains it 48.
• Li reveals its mechanics to strengthen its effectiveness through Revealing One’s Cursed Technique 48.
• Its suppression is not absolute: Geto subsequently forces out and compresses cursed spirits into a destructive vortex 49.

Cursed Corpse Construction and Control

Li studies under Yaga to obtain combat support that will not disappear whenever he switches replicated techniques 29.

• Controls three practice cursed corpses simultaneously with different stances and precise energy distribution 29.
• Constructs Wukong during a simulation; the corpse defeats a Grade 2 spirit by attacking its core 30.
• Studies Yaga’s three-core design, but the supplied account does not confirm completion of such a corpse 30.

Barrier Techniques and Combat Tactics

• Curtain: Develops proficiency while handling mission aftermath as a simulated Assistant Supervisor 7 9.
• Directional Blast Boundary: Redirects explosions and changes their point of manifestation during the hotel mission 37.
• Ambush tactics: Combines concealment, decoys, blind spots, and Asagirimaru for a one-strike Grade 2 exorcism 10.
• Close combat: Attempts to subdue Geto physically after suppressing his technique, but is outmatched in the initial exchange 48.

Notable Fate Traits

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Asagirimaru — Cursed short blade entrusted to him by his father. Used to decapitate his first Grade 2 spirit and retained as his principal documented weapon 1 10 28.
• Sato’s bloodstained talisman — Source of cursed residue for analyzing Puppet Manipulation and the medium for his first paper decoy 10.
• Sato’s illicit-account notebook — Evidence of corrupt dealings that Li deliberately leaves for investigators to discover 6 10 11.
• Wukong — Fifty-centimeter cursed corpse built in simulation, designed for agile combat and easy cleaning 30.

Relationships

• Parents — Their deaths trigger his memories and system awakening; his father entrusts him with Asagirimaru 1.
• Sato — Predatory Assistant Supervisor whom Li deliberately exposes to the cursed spirit. His residue becomes Li’s first source of a copied technique 2 3 6 10.
• Naoya Zenin — Kills and humiliates Li in simulation, establishing his vendetta against the Zenin Clan 5.
• Masamichi Yaga — Teacher and cursed corpse mentor. Accepts Li into Jujutsu High, recognizes his control skills, and grants a further simulation opportunity through that recognition 12 29 30.
• Satoru Gojo — Classmate whose Limitless initially overwhelms Li’s analysis. Later becomes fascinated by his reproduction of Blue, though curiosity alone does not count as deep recognition to the system 13 27 29.
• Suguru Geto — Classmate who kills Li in one simulation. Li understands his grievances but later fights to prevent his massacre of the villagers 8 9 48 49.
• Shoko Ieiri — Smoking buddy and source of his first classmate-recognition reward. Offers priority treatment and is excited by his ability to share the burden of healing others 13 28.
• Yu Haibara and Kento Nanami — Juniors saved by Li’s advance warning during the later simulation; Li also restores Nanami’s severed arm 43 45.
• Mei Mei — Hired to investigate the Time Vessel Association and the person behind the mission after Riko’s death 42.
• Toji Fushiguro — Kills Li in a Star Plasma Vessel simulation, forcing him to account for an enemy adapting to his presence and healing ability 26.

Notable Quotes

“This time, I can finally walk down the middle of the path.” 12

“The weak don't even have the right to choose how they die.” 12

“No matter how rotten this world is, order is necessary! There are laws and rules to judge and punish them. It shouldn't be me, and it certainly shouldn't be you!” 48