Who is Saori in Jujutsu Kaisen and what happened to her? In Season 2 Episode 19 (Episode 43 overall), we get a flashback about Nobara’s past and she talks about a girl named Saori. Here is a guide on JJK’s Saori.
Who is Saori in Jujutsu Kaisen season 2?
Saori is Nobara Kugisaki’s childhood friend from when Nobara was still living in her village.
When Saori was in her second year of middle school, her family moved to Nobara’s village from Tokyo. She’s an only child and her mom liked spiritualism and organics. She became good friends with Nobara and Fumi (a classmate/friend of Nobara’s), who often went to her house randomly. She’s seven years older than Nobara and Fumi. Nobara greatly idolized Saori and thought highly of her. Fumi thinks that Nobara became more refined after meeting Saori.
However, Saori’s family was eventually ostracized. There were multiple incidents where people vandalized Saori’s home and even dumped trash in front of it.
In the Shibuya Incident Arc, we see Saori working hard on a deadline. She recalls her time with Nobara and Fumi, mentioning it to her workmate. She says Nobara took a liking to her and she worked hard to impress Nobara and Fumi, acting like an older sister.
What happened to Saori in JJK?
After Saori’s family was ostracized, they eventually moved out of the small village. Nobara was very sad because of this, and Fumi distinctly remembers Nobara’s messy crying face from that day. After that day, the two of them never talked about Saori again. Before Nobara left for Tokyo Jujutsu High, she told Fumi with a tearful face that the three of them will meet again someday.
As Saori talks about her past with her workmate, she mentions that she didn’t exchange contact details with Nobara and Fumi because she was afraid of them drifting apart. She wonders if Nobara and Fumi would be disappointed if they saw her now.
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