YutaRika

YutaRika is the het ship between Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto from the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom.

Canon
Yuta and Rika met in an hospital and became friends. Rika gives Yuta a ring as a birthday present. The two promise to marry each other when they grow up. Later in the day Rika is killed in a car accident. Yuta then accidentally curses her, causing Rika to become a cursed spirit.

Volume 0
Rika is very protective of Yuta. Four students who were bullying Yuta, were seriously injured by Rika who was protecting him. Following the incident, Yuta tried to kill himself but Rika got in the way and saved him. It was during this time that it was decided that Yuta would enroll into the college in order to exorcise Rika one day. Upon meeting him, the students notice Yuta is cursed and try to attack him and Rika appears to protect him from them.

Yuta fully summons Rika to fight Geto. While fighting, Rika manages to collect all of Yuta's friends and the two get them to a safe location. Rika gets jealous of the attention Yuta gives to Maki and grabs her. Yuta tells her to let Maki go, which Rika releases Maki and apologizes for what she has done. Yuta then points out that Geto is their enemy, which Rika says that she hated Geto too because he was Yuta's enemy.

Yuta plans to sacrifice himself to remove the limits on Rika and defeat Geto. He thanks Rika, tells her he loves her and kisses her to make a binding vow. Rika's curse dispels and it is revealed it wad indeed Yuta who cursed Rika because he couldn't accept her death. Rika does not want revenge. On the contrary she hugs Yuta and tells him she was truly happy being at his side. Rika says goodbye to Yuta and disappears.

Quotes
"Don't you dare bully Yuta!"

- Rika threatening the students

"It's a promise. When we grow up we'll get married. Sure. That's means we'll be together forever, right?"

- Yuta accepting Rika's gift

"Rika. Thank you for always protecting me. Thank you for liking me. I want to stop this huy. I don't care for anything after that. I'll give you all my future, heart an d body. We're gonna be really together forever from now on. I love you, Rika."

- Yuta's binding vow with Rika

"This is pure love."

- Yuta talking to Get about him and Rika

"Thank you Yuta. For giving me time, for always being beside me. During these 6 years I've been happier than when I was alive. Bye bye, be well. Don't come over here too fast, ok?"

- Rika talking to Yuta after her curse is broken

Fanon
On AO3, YutaRika is the third most popular Yuta ship behind InuOkko and YutaMaki. Yuta and Rika were childhood friends who met while they were both hospitalised. Rika gave Yuta a ring and they promised they would marry each other. When Rika was killed in front of Yuta, he couldn't accept this reality and cursed her. Rika became a cursed spirit and she always protected Yuta and stayed with him because her love for him didn't disapear with her death. During the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons Yuta tells Rika he loved her and freed her from her curse.

Fandom
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