"God... God, huh? So you can hear his voice? Well, science is the only language that lets you understand this universe God has created." |
Motojirō Kajii (
Appearance
Kajii has a tall, slim build and short brown hair with bangs cut at an equal length across his forehead. His eyes are covered by purple tinted goggles.
He dons a worn out, white lab coat with frayed sleeves and hem, underneath he wears a white button-down wrapped with a loose brown belt-like accessory. His coat has many pins, two on the left - one slightly larger yellow one with a face and a smaller black on with a red "X". On the right is an orange pin with an exclamation point, with metallic pins underneath.
He also wears worn out, frayed blue pants; a green scarf; and geta sandals.
Others
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Personality
Kajii's eccentric attitude as shown when he faced Yosano.
Kajii is as explosive as his lemon bombs. An eccentric, easily excitable man with an intense obsession over science and a lemon's shape. He has a habit of talking in an odd sort of "code" centered on the universe, referring to the Port Mafia's boss as the "Grand Marshal of Outer Space". Kajii seldom stops exclaiming his every word, and when he's not, he's mocking his adversaries or waxing lyrical of his intelligence.
For all his eccentricities, Kajii is an accomplished and seasoned science enthusiast. Kajii prides himself as a scholar of physics, applying science to every aspect of his life with multiple "experiments". He makes a point of questioning and doubting life at every turn and is especially intrigued by the concepts of life and death, including their relationships with higher powers, such as God.
Kajii showing his pride on his lemon bombs.
To Kajii, there are countless fascinating phenomena that occur at one's death, hence he thinks very little of people's lives beyond being subjects for his "experiments". As such, he questions what death exactly is, and why it is so inevitable, as it is something neither science nor God can overcome.
Although boisterous and arrogant, Kajii proves a dedicated mafioso. As an infamous terrorist, he's one of the few Mafiosi publicly known, a fact he takes pride in. He views his "experiments" and murders as valuable progress in his never-ending studies and shows absolutely no remorse for the atrocities he commits. In a battle, he's brutal and sadistic, looking down on his opponents for both their weakness and "inferior" intelligence compared to his own. To top it off, Kajii specializes in surprise attacks and ambushes, showing incredible capability in placing bombs in strategic locations or rigging the environment to his advantage.
Kajii cowers in fear when on the losing end.
Of course, when on the losing end, Kajii wastes no time cowering in fear, as he isn't physically strong. This becomes especially apparent against Akiko Yosano after she "defies" an inevitable death.[3][4] He can use this to his advantage, however, as when pretending to fear Margaret Mitchell and Nathaniel Hawthorne to lower their guard. [1]
At the core of his person, Kajii views the world as tedious, and channels his frustrations into the lemon bombs he creates, calling the lemon, for its "ultimate geometry", the destroyer of a tedious world. He alludes to viewing the mafia as an escape from tedium, as it allows him endless opportunities to carry out his "experiments".[5]
Ability
- Main article: Lemonade
His ability, Lemonade (
| Lemonade ( | ||
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Manga Debut: | Chapter 7 |
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| Anime Debut: | Episode 8 | |
| Ability: | Lemon bomb creation and damage prevention | |
Skills
- Knowledge of Science: Considered as the main interest of Kajii, he applies his knowledge in making his bombs and has always conducted experiments using the bombs he created.[3]
- Medical Knowledge: Kajii seems to have also knowledge when it comes to some human body conditions, one of which is lactic acidosis[3] and the time it takes for the human brain to remain conscious after death from blood loss.[4]
Background
Much of Kajii's past remains unknown. He is one of the few publicly known mafiosi of the Port Mafia, a wanted terrorist infamous for his murders of 28 citizens in an incident referred to as the Maruzen Building Bombing. He is also a lifelong physics student and a scholar.[3]
Battles
- Main article: List of Battles
Appearances
- Chapter 7 - Kill A Man and Die Thee Too, Part 1
- Chapter 8 - Kill A Man and Die Thee Too, Part 2
- Chapter 16 - Constantly Pushed to the Past, Part 2
- Chapter 20 - A Single Lemon
- Chapter 43 - Cherrirs!
- Chapter 47 - Mutual Destruction, Part 1
- Chapter 49 - Mutual Destruction, Part 3
- Chapter 53 - Echo, Part 3
- Episode 8 - Teaching Them to Kill; Then to Die
- Episode 12 - Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past
- Episode 18 - The Strategy of Conflict
- Episode 31 - Part 1: Herurisu! / Part 2: Portrait of a Father
- Episode 33 - The Masked Assassin
- Episode 34 - Cannibalism (Part 1)
- Episode 35 - Cannibalism (Part 2)
- Episode 37 - Echo
- Episode 43 - Tragic Sunday (cameo)
Quotes
- (To Akiko Yosano) "The falling pulses. The nerve cell die-off from lack of oxygen! The lactic acidosis! Death is a symponic suite of countless bodily changes. And it all leads to the one inevitable conclusion!"[3]
- (to Akiko Yosano) "What lies at the ultimate apex of science? "God" and "death"! Both concepts beguile mankind- the only two things science could never overcome."[3]
- (to Nathaniel Hawthorne) "God... God , huh? So you can hear his voice? Well, science is the only language that lets you understand this universe God has created." [1]
- (to Nathaniel Hawthorne) "I suppose having faith is a kind of a duty for a clergymen like you, but the very core of sciencelies in always holding doubts!" [1]
Etymology
- The name Motojirō means "foundation" (基) (moto), "next" (次) (ji), and "son" (郎) (rō).
- The name Kajii means "sculling oar" (梶) (kaji) and "well" (井) (i).
Namesake
- Main article: Real-life References#Motojirō Kajii
Motojirō Kajii (February 17, 1901 – March 24, 1932)
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Trivia
- He appears to be quite good at table tennis.
- According to Harukawa, Kajii is described as having terrifyingly dead eyes.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Volume 5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 8.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 49.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Volume 5, Postcript.