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Shiki Misaki
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| Shiki Misaki | |
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| Age | 15 |
| Sex | Female |
| Fighting Style | ESP Cards |
| Partner(s) | Neku Sakuraba |
| Classification | Player |
| Race | Human |
| Affiliations | Players |
| Voice Actor(s) | Heather Hogan (English) Anna Hachimine (Japanese) |
- "Fashionable and fabulous at fifteen, Shiki knows clothes. While she puts on a cheerful face to lend Neku some much-needed moral support, deep down she harbors a secret... She never parts with her homemade stuffed animal, Mr. Mew; to survive, Neku can never part with her."
- — Game manual description
Shiki Misaki (美咲 四季 Misaki Shiki?) is one of the main characters of The World Ends with You and serves as Neku Sakuraba's partner during his first Reapers' Game.
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Appearance
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Shiki Misaki is a fifteen year old girl that is tall and slender in stature. She has reddish brown hair that is concealed by her cap. Her attire consists of a red short sleeved shirt that exposes a large portion of her abdomen. Over this she wears a short yellow hoodie. She wears a necklace around her neck with a puzzle piece-shaped pendant. She wears a low-cut green colored denim skirt with a brown pouch around her waist. She also wears a yellow bracelet on her left wrist accompanied with a ring on her pinkie finger and lastly she wears almost knee-length brown medium heeled boots with yellow stripes on the sides.
PersonalityEdit
Shiki tries to the best of her abilities to help others. She is generally positive and upbeat; however, despite her happy attitude, Shiki feels inferior and useless to others, making her jealous of her idols. Shiki attempts to turn these feelings into positive ones and not let them affect her. Shiki is shown to be a talented seamstress, making even her own clothes.
In Another DayEdit
BiographyEdit
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Shiki meets Neku on the very first day of the game. She explains the situation to her partner and teaches him how to use his first battle pins. Though Neku is at first resistant to her, she constantly remains a source of positive support for him and teaching him of the value of friendship. At the end of the second day, when Uzuki convinces Neku to kill her to escape the Game, she still remains forgiving. However, she is constantly hurt and shocked by his total lack of shown empathy, especially when Rhyme is erased. When she meets Yodai Higashizawa, he mocks her, taunting her about the jealousy in her heart. Because of this, Shiki becomes unsure and unfocused for an entire day.
Eventually, she finds her best friend Eri in Shibuya. Surprisingly, Shiki looks exactly like her friend. After fleeing, Neku confronts her, and she confesses that the person he sees is not her real appearance—it is really Eri's body. Forfeiting her appearance as a fee for the game, it is revealed that she has always envied her friend, who she felt was better than her in every way. Upon finding Eri again, though, Shiki realizes that Eri loved her very much, and wished she could have her skills as well. Realizing how lucky she is, the jealousy disappears from Shiki and her spirit is renewed. She and Neku go on to defeat Higashizawa and win the Game.
Added by SkorchUnfortunately, only one of them can move on, and Shiki is chosen. She protests, but Neku urges her to leave and meet up with Eri. Tearfully, Shiki leaves for the RG—only to be taken as Neku's entry price for his next Game (Regardless, Shiki could not be brought back to life due to the Composer's absence). Shiki awakens deep within the Shibuya River on the last day of the 3rd week, where Neku and Beat are passing through to find the Composer, after Neku and Beat break enough rules to disqualify themselves. Upon finding the Reapers' hideout, the Red Skull pin she had gained during her Game is activated by Kitaniji, and without her Player Pin she is mind controlled.
She is then forced to fight Beat while Neku attacks Kitaniji. During battle, she attacks on the top zone and uses her standard attacks with Mr. Mew to fight Beat. After Neku defeats the Conductor, she continues to attack, sending multiple Mr. Mews at Neku. She is blocked by Beat, who is knocked out in the attack. Neku takes the opportunity to cut her Skull pin in half. Shiki loses consciousness along with Beat, and Neku goes to fight the Composer alone. Shiki and Beat wake up shortly after and rush after their friend just in time to find him about to fight Kitaniji once more.
Together, the trio fight the Conductor. Joshua then enters and is forcibly fused with the Conductor, stealing away both Beat and Shiki. Fortunately, all three partners manage to sync up with Neku while he fights alone, giving him enough power to defeat the Conductor and save them. Sadly, Joshua then reveals himself as the Composer. Joshua decides to spare Shibuya, and Shiki, Neku, Beat, and Rhyme all meet up at Hachiko, where they happily reunite.
Spoiler warning: Spoilers end here.
Non-canon AppearancesEdit
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop DistanceEdit
- "You really have to learn how to take a joke..."
- — Shiki to Riku, after comparing him to a knight
Shiki has made an appearance in Dream Drop Distance at the Jump Festa 2012 event.
During the Jump Festa 2012 trailer, she thinks that Riku has come to save her, and calls him "Mr. Knight". Riku denies these claims, and Shiki says that he needs to learn how to take a joke. She witnesses with Beat the unmasking of a young Xehanort in front of Riku. At the 3rd Nintendo Direct conference, Riku is shown saving Shiki from Dream Eaters.
GalleryEdit
RelationshipsEdit
Neku: Neku and Shiki's relationship is easily one of the more complex relationships in the game. While Neku is initially extremely cold towards her, calling her stalker and even going so far as to kill her (albeit on the orders of a Reaper), as the week progresses, they develop a relationship. By the end of the week, they forge a bond so far that she is taken as Neku's entrance fee for the next week, and swear to each other they'll see each other again in the RG one day.
AbilitiesEdit
Added by Artwork0Shiki's one psych involves her animating Mr. Mew through psychomancy. The stuffed animal comes alive and becomes a ferocious, clawing beast that attacks enemies. She also seems to be capable of duplicating Mr. Mew. This has only been done during her fusion attacks with Neku and in the storyline, but NOT in battle as a special attack. While Shiki seems to be able to command Mr. Mew, her control is indirect at best; she states that he "does his own thing".
Her ability to animate objects only works on Mr. Mew. Her fusion attacks also allow her to transform Mr. Mew into more powerful, larger forms with stronger abilities. She can also jump which doubles her attack and guard against enemy attacks. If she manages to pull off a successful ground attack, Shiki gains brief invincibility as she cheers herself while Mr. Mew is uppercutting enemies.
It is assumed from the Mr. Mew suit description that some degree of this ability originates from before she entered the UG, although this is not confirmed.
Shiki uses Groove Pawn, a Psychokinesis-type pin, to animate and command Mr. Mew. She has the ability to jump and attack enemies in mid-air by pressing up on the D-pad or X, dealing double damage once. Reversing the direction she attacks in while in the middle of a combo results in a counter, dealing double damage. She can also guard against attacks by pressing down or B.
ESP CardsEdit
The way Shiki gains Fusion Stars is through her ESP Cards (also known as Zener cards). There are three ESP Cards displayed face down at the top of Shiki's screen. You have to randomly guess each card, starting from the right to the left. If you guess a right card, the cursor moves over to the left. If you guess a card wrong, then you'll have to retry the card. It's possible that if the wrong card you selected was one of the facedown ESP Cards, you'll see a quick glimpse of where the location of that card is.
You can select a card at the end of Shiki's combo map.
Difficulty settings change the amount of available cards: Easy or Normal mode will let you choose from Waves, Circle, or Cross. Hard mode will add the Star (a filled star) card, and Ultimate mode will add the Square (a hollow square) card.
Fusion StarsEdit
Guessing the correct card without a mistake earns you 2 stars. If you miss, and then guess the right card later, you'll only earn 1 fusion star. (if you ever choose the wrong card and it is revealed being in another place, guessing this card at the first try will still earn you 2 stars) .
FusionsEdit
Level 1: Shiki, Neku, and Mr. Mew attack each enemy.
- Shiki: "Ready to die?"
- Neku: "Then die!"
Level 2: Shiki and Neku ride Mr. Mew, while Mr. Mew attacks.
- Shiki: "Neku, come on!"
- Neku: "Right behind you!"
Level 3: Mr. Mew grows to Godzilla-like proportions and fires lasers from his eyes, while Shiki and Neku stand on his shoulders.
- Shiki: "Go, Mr. Mew!"
- Neku: "Get 'em, Piggy!"
Tin Pin DeckEdit
In Another Day, Shiki's pin deck is shown during a Tin Pin Match against her. As you can only fight her once, there is no rematch and only one of her decks is known.
Pin #1: Tin Pin Thrift | Weight: 7, Spin: 5, KO Length: 4, Stinger x 7, Bomber x 4, Hammer x 4, Hand x 1
Pin #2: Tin Pin Thrift | Weight: 7, Spin: 5, KO Length: 4, Stinger x 7, Bomber x 4, Hammer x 4, Hand x 1
EtymologyEdit
The word "Shiki" translates directly to thread, reflecting on her talent for sewing. She is the only Player in the game who visibly cares about fashion and trends beyond their effects in battling Noise. The kanji Shi-ki Mi-saki translate literally to: four, seasons, beautiful, blossom.
GalleryEdit
TriviaEdit
- Interestingly, Shiki's fighting style is very similar to that of Lulu from Final Fantasy X, both of them use dolls to physically attack their opponents. However, Lulu's dolls are most likely possessed or controlled by black magic as opposed to Mr. Mew who is controlled with Groove Pawn.
- Shiki (in Eri's form) bears a strong physical and emotional resemblance to Kairi of the Kingdom Hearts franchise
- It is also interesting to note that Mr. Mew bears a slight resemblance to Cait Sith, a recurring character/summon from the Final Fantasy series. Cait Sith also appeared as one of Lulu's dolls.
- Her psych is also somewhat reminiscent of the Stand ability from the famous, long-running manga-series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Like Mr. Mew, Stands are physical representatives of psychic abilities that are controlled by their user, and also like Mew some of them are not fully controllable and "kinda do their own thing" like Shiki puts it.
- It is strange that even though Shiki says Mr. Mew "does his own thing" if she is captured by a jellyfish noise, instead of helping her, he just stands there in his battle pose.
- Shiki is Neku's only partner to not largely go by a nickname.
- Shiki's appearance doesn't change into her real appearance in Another Day, despite not being in the Reapers' Game. However, this is easily explainable, as this story takes place in another universe. As another explanation, when the player talks to Joshua, he says a parable which basically says that "a certain young lady may look different to you than she actually is", claiming that the player has a filtered view on Shiki's look. However, many comments in-game refer to her look as Eri, like when Joshua recommends a pin color for her, based on her green skirt.
- Shiki's real form's eyes are never shown. On her phone, they are hidden by a glare. During the credits, only half of her face is shown.
- At the end of a battle, Shiki will hold her phone to her ear. This is strange as there is no one to call in the UG. It's possible though that she's listening to music.
| Characters |
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| Players Neku Sakuraba · Beat · Joshua · Rhyme · Shiki Misaki · Sota and Nao |
| Reapers 777 · BJ · Koki Kariya · Megumi Kitaniji · Mitsuki Konishi · Sho Minamimoto · Tenho · Uzuki Yashiro · Yodai Higashizawa |
| Other Characters Ai · Eiji Oji · Ken Doi · Makoto Miki · Mina · Mr. Mew · Sanae Hanekoma
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