A collaborative effort between Jinji, Panda, Cat and all of Jinji’s real-life friends. Each gift shown in this tale was suggested by one of Jinji’s friends, and their characters are herein depicted handing the gifts to Jinji’s ghosts. All artwork is by Kumada Panda, with the exception of Cat’s appearance and the full-scale image of her gift. Jinji then compiled all the art – and any suggestions by his friends – and personally wrote a plot to tie everything together. Owing to the large number of contributions made by various individuals towards this tale, some gifts are still being collected, and their appropriate artwork is being completed. As a result, additional sections and pictures may be added over the coming days to include the missing gifts.
As everyone knows by now, Portal Day, aka the day of Jinji’s first visit to the mortal realm, is a major holiday for both Jinji and his fellow ghosts and is treated as a day of massive celebration equivalent to his birthday (indeed, it actually marks the IRL birthday of the human artist behind Jinji, but this fact isn’t acknowledged in-universe, as Jinji is meant to be ageless 😜).
Because Jinji’s mansion is located within the Spirit Realm – the home of ghosts and paranormal entities, where mortal beings aren’t permitted to tread – when it comes to celebrating the holiday, Jinji (or the Ghosts, as a surprise) usually hosts his party within the mortal realm so that he can celebrate with his non-ghost friends. But Jinji doesn’t like to neglect his own home – and that leads to a question. If Jinji decides to have his party back at home, how can his friends still join in?
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That question has been wracking the brains of Jinji’s ghostly family for years and has been a regular topic of discussion behind closed doors. One night, though, the ghosts hit upon a solution. If they can’t invite the friends to the mansion for a party, why can’t they visit each of the friends at their homes and allow them to contribute a gift to the party back in the Spirit Realm? Each can also leave Jinji their own special message to wish Jinji a great year. That way, they can be part of the party without being physically present!First, Phantisserie and Alessandro pay a visit to Cat, one of Jinji’s few non-Pokémon friends. Cat had been preparing for Jinji’s party well in advance and quickly hands over a small, black-and-green present for them to deliver to Jinji on the day.Next, the Ghosts visit a self-help retreat, where for several months, Kitty the Gengar Queen has been staying, seeking to strengthen her body and mind. “It’s been so long since we’ve seen each other!”, she exclaims, as she happily hands over a blue-and-pink wrapped present to Gaspar and Enigma.Later, Phantisserie bumps into Jinji’s Abra pal (and IRL fellow colleague from Pokémon World Online), AsianKid. “Heard you guys were collecting gifts for Jinji’s party”, he says knowingly, and he psychically summons a small present in mid-air directly in front of the impressed Haunter.Returning home, Celeste and Enigma put together a rudimentary computer and enter into the Digital Realm, to meet up with Jinji’s final friend, Zain the Veemon. Dressed up in a Lightdramon hoodie, Veemon greets the Ghosts with glee and hands over a green bag containing his gift; along with a small digital tablet, to allow him to speak to Jinji through video during the party himself. The ghosts are impressed with Zain’s creativity!With all the presents gathered together, the ghosts come up with one more idea to give Jinji an even bigger surprise. The spirits each carefully unpack the presents from all of Jinji’s friends, and re-package each one inside a special gift bomb, each with its own uniquely colourful design. The ghosts then gather all the bombs into one huge pile, to present to Jinji at the party. “This is gonna be a BLAST!”, they joke to each other.Just then, Jinji arrives for the party – and is totally taken aback by what he sees! “Surprise, Jinji!”, the Ghosts all shout, as they present him with the pile of gift bombs. “Gehehe! I can’t believe all of you went to the trouble of preparing a whole heap of gift bombs for my presents!”Giggling with excitement, Jinji immediately picks one of the larger bombs from the pile, and prepares to light the fuse…KA-SPLAT! To Jinji’s shock, the bomb doesn’t open up to reveal a present as he expected. Instead, it bursts apart and sprays him with a dose of slime! “Gahaha! Surprise, Jinji! It’s not just all your friends who left gifts! You see, we all decided to create a bunch of slime bombs to mix into the pile as well, each one ready to make a mess should you be unlucky to light them! Good luck figuring out which bomb is which, though…!” Jinji frowns with annoyance as the Ghosts all laugh at his slime-coated face.Thankfully, Jinji’s embarrassment quickly subsides, and he’s quickly back to the pile to take another bomb. This time, he’s lucky, and the explosive splits apart harmlessly, to reveal a card from his Abra friend, AsianKid, and… a TwistedSpoon? Jinji looks at AsianKid’s gift in confusion, wondering what he’s supposed to do with such a strange ornament, but soon, he’s laughing along with the Ghosts at AsianKid’s cheeky sense of humour.Reaching into the pile again, Jinji picks up a tiny, pink bomb and can’t help but giggle. “Geheh, what a cute, tiny explosive this is!”, he chuckles. “Surely there’s no way this can–”SPLOOOSH! The tiny bomb bursts into a colossal mass of slime, splashing not just Jinji, but making a mess of the entire room! “Ga-has! We warned you, Jinji!”, Gaspar teases. “Don’t think the look or size of the bomb is any clue as to its contents! Even the tiniest one could be hiding the biggest surprise – or the biggest mess!” Jinji groans, wondering how such a small explosive could even contain such an enormous amount of goo.
As Jinji struggles to get back up from the now slime-coated floor, the Ghosts hand him a digital tablet, and he quickly hears a familiar voice… “Boom! Haha – classic fake-out! Gotcha, pal! Even I jumped, and I’m a Digimon!”
Jinji recognises the voice as his good pal, Zain the Veemon, teasing him for falling for a slimy trick. But before he can get too mad… “Okay, okay! The real gift is in the bomb below that one!” With that, the Ghosts hand Jinji Zain’s gift bomb, and he eagerly lights the fuse. As it burns away, the Ghosts turn out the lights to the room, and the bomb splits apart to reveal… “A glow-in-the-dark Gengar hoodie! You’re awesome, Zain!” “Haha! Anything for my pal! Have a good one, Jinji!”The next bomb also splits open harmlessly, but to Jinji’s surprise, it doesn’t reveal a gift, but a blue present with a pink bow. Yup, you figured it out – this is Kitty’s gift! Jinji smiles as he reads Kitty’s card and adores the picture of Kitty’s latest makeover. Then he carefully opens the box… to find a large supply of miniature pink slime-bombs! “Awww”, Jinji coos happily. “At least these ones didn’t blow up on me like the others! Kitty always loves to satisfy my love of goo… I’ll be sure to put these to good use very soon!”.
Eventually, Jinji is left with one final gift bomb. He lights the fuse, and as it splits open, something gold sparkles inside the empty shell.
Inside the final gift bomb is a solid gold bracelet; and attached to the bracelet, a small glass charm. The charm resembles a miniature slime bomb, and a small amount of slime is even visible inside the clear glass walls, glowing ominously. The bomb’s “fuse” forms a loop that keeps it attached to the bracelet.“What an adorable piece of jewellery!”, Jinji exclaims. “Cat really knows me too well!”
“Everybody really brought it this year,” Jinji declares with a chuckle. “So many awesome presents, so many funny tricks, and even you Ghosts putting it all together in gift bombs and adding slime bombs into the mix… I think this year is my favourite Portal Day yet!”
“We’ve got one last surprise for you, Jinji…”, Enigma teases as a wheeled catering table is wheeled into the room.
“Voila, Jinji! Qu’est-ce qu’un anniversaire sans a special cake to top it off?”, Phantisserie boasts, mixing her native French tongue with her fluent English. Then, with a cheeky wink and a teasing tone, she adds, “But you better blow out the candles quickly if you don’t want yet another splat to the face!”
Jinji stands in awe, once again impressed with Phantisserie’s unparalleled skill in baking. The dripping slime-green icing… the decorative swirl all around symbolising the unity of all his friends… the realistic-looking bomb candles on the top (thankfully mere props, despite Phantisserie’s teasing)…
Just then, Phantisserie puts her hand to her chin, confused. “Hein? I don’t remember putting sprinkles on the top…”
Jinji, however, knows exactly where the sprinkles came from – a final surprise from a guest none of them expected to appear at the party. As Jinji blows out the candles and the cake is shared out, Jinji pauses to think about just how many friends he has around all the realms, and he laughs joyfully at the thought of everyone coming together for his special day.
The works of Jinji the Gengar comprise a number of different stories and artworks, some of which may depict scenes of cartoon violence, irresponsible behaviour, and/or mild horror. That being said, the Jinji universe is a work of fantasy, which is designed to be humorous and typically kid-friendly in nature; nothing you will see here was written with the intent to trigger or cause offence. Nevertheless, if you are the kind to scare easily, are not entertained by depictions of slime, explosives, or other cartoonish silliness, or are otherwise easily triggered, please exercise caution before visiting any of the content herein.
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