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Kiji Mitsuba (三葉 キジ Mitsuba Kiji) is a supporting character in the Nanbaka Web Manga and anime. He is a guard of Nanba Prison where he is the supervisor of building three.

Appearance[]

Kiji Mitsuba Full

Kiji's full appearance

Kiji has long, dark blue hair with light blue tips and red bangs decorated with feather-like accessories at the end, gold eyes, thick black eyebrows, heavy makeup, gold earrings, and the most notable of which is violet eyeshadow and lipstick.

Kiji wears a heavily modified version of the standard Nanba Prison guard uniform. His jacket reaches his ankles, and he wears a turquoise feather boa around his neck, as well as a belt consisting of turquoise and purple beats. For footwear, he wears black heeled boots with gold toes and gold feather-like ornaments at the heel. His hat is decorated with a gold flower motif. As a guard of building three, he wears a purple armband on his left arm.

Personality[]

Kiji scolds Hajime

Kiji's habitual nagging

Kiji is strict, bossy and short-tempered in nature, prone to nagging those around him; his bossiness is such that he is stated to be an unwanted maternal figure among the supervisors [6]. He is impatient and short-tempered to the point that he can come across as somewhat intimidating [7]. Described as an aesthetically conscious individual [8], he considers himself to be beautiful and takes a great amount of pride in his appearance such that it borders on arrogance. He has a certain bias towards those who are handsome [9].

Despite this, Kiji does not appear to be shallow or discriminative as he speaks quite negatively of those who judge others without truly knowing them [10]. In spite of his bossy and arrogant nature, he is capable of being rather warm and kind to others, including inmates, opponents [11] and former enemies [12]. He is shown to be quite protective of his inmates - albeit due mostly to their handsome appearances - and becomes considerably distressed at the prospect of them becoming hurt [13] that he has a tendency to worry a lot, which is stated by Mitsuru Hitokoe [14].

Plot[]

Part One[]

New Year's Tournament arc[]

The supervisors bicker before the New Year's Tournament

Kiji and the others bicker before the start of the tournament

Kiji participates in the New Year's Tournament alongside his building's cell six. Before the tournament begins, he appears before Samon Gokuu and Hajime Sugoroku and scolds them for bickering; Kenshirou Yozakura then appears and reprimands all three of them, prompting a brief argument between them [15]. Kiji later participates in the third round, Hyakunin Isshu, alongside Honey and Trois; before the event starts he impatiently tells his opponents, building thirteen, to hurry up in choosing their opponents. Pitted against Seitarou Tanabata, he compliments his handsome appearance and is confident he can win against him; however, due to his superior memory, Seitarou wins before Kiji can draw a single card. Kiji still believes that his building will win on the inmates' side due to Uno's habitual cheating, but is soon proven wrong [16].

Kiji is later put against Kenshirou for the penultimate round, before which he takes offence at Mitsuru Hitokoe's offensive commentary of him [17]. He is ultimately defeated by Kenshirou, [18] and later returns to the arena to find the place in ruins due to the fight between Jyugo and Musashi. He, alongside Samon, begin attempting to apprehend the inmates on Momoko Hyakushiki's orders, shielding Hajime and Kenshirou from the inmates' powers [19] before scolding them for their carelessness. On Kenshirou's suggestion, he uses his chakrams to neutralize Musashi's flames before combining his weapons with Samon's to trap him in a cage, applauding the success of the arrest. The jubilation is short-lived, however, as Hajime is apprehended for brutalizing Jyugo [20] and promptly secures a victory for building thirteen regardless.

Hajime is lectured by his coworkers

Kiji and the others scold Hajime

Following these events, Kiji and the other supervisors berate Hajime for his violent actions, with Kiji nagging Mitsuru for slacking before shouting at him for ruining the post-tournament celebrations [21]. Sometime later, Hajime is suspended and Momoko orders Kiji, Samon and Kenshirou to take over building thirteen for a day each, much to Kiji's annoyance [22]. Forced to take over on the second day of Hajime's suspension, he arrives at cell thirteen and introduces himself. Deducing that the inmates know little about the prison, he gives them a long-winded lecture on the prison's layout [23].

Part Two[]

Episode12-42

Kiji visits Uno's recreation room

As Hajime Sugoroku's inmates receive their prizes for the New Year's Tournament, Kiji approaches him alongside Kenshirou Yozakura to ask about the building's new stone oven [24]. Later, he escorts Honey and Trois to Uno's recreation room, encouraging Honey to join them despite his irritation. The room turns out to be empty and Uno states his desire to have all the buildings pitch in and build it; confused, Kiji asks Hajime what the inmate is planning before revealing that Kenshirou will also be joining them [25]. As the supervisors watch the inmates, Kiji mentions that Momoko Hyakushiki will be arriving as well; he is later pushed aside by Mitsuru Hitokoe who brings additional items to the recreation room [26]. Sometime later, Momoko arrives to examine the game room; along with the other supervisors, Kiji thanks her for coming before becoming irritated at Hajime's pampering of her [27]. After a while, Hajime orders the inmates to return to their building and Kiji becomes angry at him for hitting his inmates after they refuse to leave [28].

Building Five arc[]

Episode16-63

Kiji scolds Mao Nimaijita

Kiji attends a meeting with the other supervisors in which Momoko Hyakushiki explains that she has been called to headquarters with data on Jyugo and Musashi. Along with the others, Kiji wonders what the meeting is about [29]. Later, he and the other supervisors retreat to a staff room where Mao Nimaijita starts arguing with Samon over the latter's past, with Kiji attempting to calm them both down [30]. The argument continues and Samon ultimately storms out; as he does, Kiji slaps Mao and berates him for mocking Samon [31]. Later, he appears to talk to Kenshirou, bemoaning his judgemental coworkers [32].

Episode22-76

Kiji is tormented by Ruka

At some point, Kiji takes Trois and Honey to building five for training. There, he ends up captured by Enki Gokuu and his allies and locked in the Gogyousan Underground Prison [33]. He later hears a commotion caused by Ruka Gojou, who he calls down to his cell and demands to be released and informed of the situation. Ruka remains uncooperative and mocks Kiji's faltering appearance before stating that his inmates are in danger [34].

Kiji and Ruka

Kiji defeats Ruka

Eventually, Kiji is found by Uno and Honey who, after a brief fight with Daisen Youriki and Daisen Kokoriki, manage to release him from his cell [35]. Irritated, he shouts at Youriki and Kokoriki for failing to catch Ruka. After scolding them and slapping Kokoriki, turns to Uno and Honey who he berates for escaping, ultimately letting them off for releasing him from his cell. He then wonders where Trois is and, upon seeing him in a nearby pool, panics and pulls him out, scolding him and Honey for being careless. As he nags them, Ruka emerges from the pool and challenges Kiji to fight. Kiji ignores him and asks what his motives are, noticing that he is imitating Enki's mannerisms. Kiji states that he shouldn't do so, angering Ruka; indifferent, Kiji slaps him and deduces that Ruka too still believes in Enki. Despite his sympathetic words, the two quickly begin bickering again [36].

After settling his battle with Ruka, Kiji has Uno, Honey and Trois explain the situation. He then confirms with Ruka that Hajime and Samon are handcuffed on the fifth level of the underground. While trying to make a plan, he is interrupted by Youriki and Kokoriki who state that the entrance to the surface is blocked.‌ Kiji then realizes that Jyugo is missing and, deducing that Youriki and Kokoriki failed to catch him, scolds them once again before ordering them to guard the other inmates while he looks for Jyguo. As he does so, he reflects on‌ Jyugo's strange powers and jailbreaking abilities, concluding that he might be dangerous. Along with the other inmates, Kiji makes his way to the first floor where they reunite with Liang, Upa, Nico and Qi. Irritated at their talkativeness, Kiji handcuffs them.[37]

Etymology[]

  • The name Kiji literally translates to "pheasant".
  • Kiji's surname Mitsuba means "three" (三) (mitsu) and "leaf" (葉) (ha/ba).

Trivia[]

  • According to Kiji's character card [38]:
    • His favorite color is violet.
    • He likes jam, wine and beauty.
    • He dislikes milk and going out without makeup.
    • His hobbies include shopping and reading.
    • J. Michael Tatum (Kiji's English voice actor) is married to Brandon McInnis (Samon Gokuu's English voice actor).
  • His favourite drink is herbal tea.

References[]

  1. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 37.2
  2. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 37.2
  3. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 37.2
  4. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 37.2
  5. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 15
  6. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 37.2
  7. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 106
  8. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 18
  9. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 106
  10. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 68
  11. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 17
  12. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 68
  13. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 106
  14. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 123
  15. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 15
  16. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 17
  17. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 18
  18. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 20
  19. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 23
  20. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 24
  21. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 25
  22. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 26
  23. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 27
  24. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 43
  25. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 57
  26. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 58
  27. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 59
  28. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 60
  29. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 66
  30. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 66
  31. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 67
  32. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 68
  33. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 78
  34. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 94
  35. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 105
  36. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 106
  37. Nanbaka Web Manga; Chapter 107
  38. Nanbaka Web Manga: Chapter 37.2


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Main Jyugo  |  Uno  |  Rock  |  Nico  |  Hajime Sugoroku
Inmates Tsukumo  |  Honey  |  Trois  |  Musashi  |  Liang  |  Upa  |  Qi  |  Fuji-san  |  Kusatsu  |  Enki Gokuu  |  Ruka Gojou  |  Hachiman  |  Ikkaku  |  Zakuro  |  Baio  |  Hakushaku  |  Tsumuji  |  Torooru  |  Aki  |  Haru  |  Hina  |  Murakami  |  Yupiter  |  Sith  |  Tora  |  Hachi  |  Mike  |  Nina  |  Mina  |  Shina  |  D  |  Nile  |  Mummy  |  Ishal  |  Rage  |  Shijima  |  Burogu
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Nanba Staff Momoko Hyakushiki  |  Shin Sauzando  |  Chikako Senryoubako  |  Mitsuru Hitokoe  |  Dread  | Shiro  |  Okina Otogi  |  Kazari Otogi  |  KAGU-8  |  Ringo Shirayuki  |  Komachi |  V | Hiiro Kisaragi
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Animals Kuu  |  Haku  |  Yamatomaru  |  Kuroko  |  Majiro  |  Chojiro  |  Sugar  |  Torashiro
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