| Shiki | |
|---|---|
| Profile | |
| Voiced By | Ayano Yamamoto |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthday | March, 25th (Aries) |
| Blood Type | AB |
| Laterality | Right |
| Guardian | Bat |
| Weapon | Double-Bladed Scythe |
| Personal Details | |
| Hobby | Midnight Strolls |
| Favorite Food | Tomato Juice |
| Family | Unnamed Mother Unnamed Father |
| Appearance | |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Eye Color | Red |
| Height | 161cm (5'3") |
| Bust | 95cm (38") |
| Cup | 66I |
| Bust Volume | 2585.7ml |
| Waist | 54cm (21") |
| Hips | 83cm (33") |
Shiki (四季) is a playable character from the Senran Kagura video game series. She makes her debut in Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus.
A first-year student at Gessen Girls' Academy. She uses high-spirited gyaru language (adapted as "valley girl" speak in the English version) and makes friends everywhere she goes, often texting them at inappropriate times.
Despite her shinobi training and discipline, she hasn't forgotten her younger days as a freewheeling rich girl, and still misses her parents deeply. To soothe her grief, both for her parents and her adopted grandfather Kurokage, she often recites the Heart Sutra to herself.
She wields a double-bladed scythe that's bigger than her body, and fights while spinning it dramatically.
Profile
Appearance
Shiki has long wavy blonde hair, and burgundy-colored eyes. She dresses rather skimpily, wearing a black bustier suit outfit, with heeled black boots, and shoulder-long black gloves. Her outfit reveals her cleavage and the sides of her breasts, and has a peace sign-like buckle holding it together at the top. She wears a long black cape, which is a magenta color on the underside of it, and has a large pink heart buckle holding it together.
Her most prominent feature, however, is her large black hat. It closely resembles a witches hat, with a skull face on it that occasionally copies her expressions. The hat has large bat wing-like attachments on it. She has a beauty mark under the right side of her mouth.
Personality
Shiki is initially depicted as a carefree, free spirited party girl who seems to not have her priorities in order. This is shown when after being told by Yumi to train with Minori, she attempts to weasel out of it and go shopping. She even goes as far as to convince Minori to go play instead of training. However, despite this Shiki is actually more intelligent and insightful than she appears. She enjoys reciting the Heart Sutra, something Kurokage had introduced her to when he took her in. She has some friends outside her shinobi class and is mostly seen on her phone.She also enjoys to read and is shown to be quite tech-savvy.
Relationships
Main Article: Shiki/Relationships
Background
Born and raised in a rich family, Shiki had it all. A big house, servants to cater to her every whim, a big allowance (100,000¥ a month), everything a rich girl could ever want. Back in elementary school, Shiki and her friends would go shopping every weekend, and even if she spent her entire allowance, she always had her parents' credit card. She even fully admitted to being spoiled. However, none of it would last.   One day, the dead bodies of Shiki's parents were brought home, riddled in scars. They had died in the line of duty as shinobi, but no one would tell the young girl how her parents died, or anything, for that matter. This enraged the young Shiki, to the point of seemingly endless crying, until she heard the voice of an old man reciting the Bhuddist Heart Sutra behind her. This man was none other than Kurokage. After preaching to the tearful girl about how the darkness and evil of the world had to be eradicated, Kurokage adopted Shiki, taking her, along with four other girls, one of which being his own grandaughter, Yumi, under his wing as Shinobi. All five girls had one thing in common; they had all lost their parents, but even with this fact, young Shiki refused to befriend any of them, going as far as to lash out and get into fights with everyone,most notably with Murakumo and Minori. With every fight she started, she would recieve a scolding from Kurokage, but even so, it was obvious to her how sad it made him. Upon asking why, Shiki learned that anger and sorrow came hand in hand, and to deal with her own rage and sorrow, Kurokage taught her the Heart Sutra that he had recited upon originally meeting her. Since then, Shiki has relied on the Heart Sutra for comfort whenever she felt unfulfilled. At some later point in time, Shiki and the other four girls, Yumi, Murakumo, Minori, and Yozakura, enrolled in Gessen Girls' Academy, a prestigious good ninja school, and they also eventually rose to become the school's five elite shinobi. |
Story
Shinovi Versus
Gessen Girls' AcademyPrologue Chapter 1: Enjoy Life!/Evil Eating Good Later, following a sparring match between Yumi and Yozakura, Shiki and Minori arrive, complaining about the fact that food, which should have been prepared by Yumi and Yozakura (who got distracted with training), had yet to be prepared. Chapter 2: Devil's Eye Before the battle, Shiki notices Yagyu's eyepatch and immediately wants it as her own. After hearing Yagyu's refusal, Shiki decides that she would take it by force, through battle. Following the battle, as well as her victory, Shiki deduces that the purpose of Yagyu's eyepatch is to seal off her power, but even with that knowledge, she still wishes to take the eyepatch as her own, only to be met with more resistance from Yagyu. Upon sensing some strange aura from the Hanzo ninja, Shiki decides to temporarily back off, but not before swearing that the desired eyepatch will be hers after their next meeting. Chapter 3: Only Skin Deep/The Path of Good Following Shiki's victory over Imu, she learns that even Imu, an evil ninja fought to protect someone. After Imu decides to return to Miyabi, Shiki warns her, noting that she is injured. Imu then falls unconscious. Even after this, Shiki questions if Imu spoke the truth about wanting to protect someone, and delves even further into wondering if evil people in general have someone that they wish to protect. After Yumi defeats Miyabi, Imu prevents her from dealing the finishing blow. At that point, Shiki returns to Yumi's side, wondering why the Hebijo leader still lives. Yumi answers by stating that Hebijo is too weak for the effort, and that their victory is enough. They then decide to meet up with the rest of the Gessen elite. Once meeting with the others, Shiki wonders if their actions were right, as the Hebijo ninja didn't truly act evil. This arose questions among the girls, as the rest had the same thought. However, Yumi quickly dismisses the pondering, stating that evil shinobi must be eliminated, no matter what the cost, a statement which Shiki hesitantly agrees to. The group then returns home. Chapter 4: Secret Bibliophile/Light in the Dark Shiki over hears Mirai's monologue and expresses interest in her novel which leads to Mirai commenting on how Shiki doesn't look like much of a reader. Shiki takes offense to this and states that she reads books all the time and is basically a book worm. In the middle of her explanation, Mirai becomes frustrated with her valley-girl speech and merely wants to start the match. Shiki agrees, saying she wants to read her novel if she wins. After Shiki's victory, Mirai allows her to read her novel; Rapunzel the Shinobi. After reading it, Shiki tells Mirai that she thinks the novel was awesome and that Mirai is a good author. After complimenting her skills for a bit more, she says she's not going to kill Mirai so she can finish her book. When she departs, Shiki doesn't understand why she's so happy even though she had been drawn into an evil shinobi's book. Thinking it's going to be hard to hate evil now, she asks Kurokage what she should do. When everyone finishes their battles, they all come together and talk about their experiences. Shiki states that she liked Mirai's book and couldn't finish her, which makes her afraid Kurokage won't be happy. In order to lift everyone's spirits, Yumi says that she saw light within their evil as well, which relieves Shiki now knowing she wasn't the only one. After a rousing speech from Wang Pai, the group heads to Hanzo National Academy. Chapter 5: What I Really Want/Flirting with Evil Once she hears Yagyuu's explanation about the eyepatch and that she wears it because of her sister, Shiki feels like a ditz for trying to steal it from her before. She promises to never ask for it again, but now Shiki wants something else; a perfect victory. Once Shiki wins the battle, she praises Yagyuu on her strength. Yagyuu says she's sure Kurokage will be happy for her, but Shiki isn't so sure. Having fought all kinds of shinobi, she feels as though a shinobi is a shinobi; good or evil. But if that's true, she has to accept evil and believes Kurokage wouldn't accept that. Yagyuu offers Shiki encouragement by saying she doesn't think Kurokage will reject her conclusion after so much effort to reach it. Shiki thanks Yagyuu for her words and says she'll tell Kurokage what she thinks. When Gessen regroups from their individual matches, Yumi proposes they visit Kurokage's grave. Shiki is all for that idea, feeling extremely mature now. After some back and forth banter about maturity between Shiki, Minori, and Murakumo, they all head out. Epilogue Shiki asks him where the name "Wang Pai" even came from, to which Hanzo replies with saying it can be read as Ouhai which sounds a little like oppai (big breasts). They all feel a little less grateful to him after hearing that. Hanzo opens a sushi container and offers the girls to all eat, which they happily do. Hanzo National AcademyChapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 5 Epilogue Hebijo Clandestine Girls' AcademyChapter 3 Homura's Crimson SquadChapter 3 Shinobi Girl's HeartPrologue 'Stories for My Blog Snake Girl's Tongue Derpy Ballerina Boyish and Busty Gatling Surprise Epilogue |
Estival Versus
Festival Eve Full of Swimsuits (Anime OVA)
Main Game
Shinobi Girl's Heart
Gameplay
Shiki can strike enemies all around her with her giant scythe and sometimes even throws it, making good use of its wide attack range. She can also transform into a bloody mist and sneak up on enemies by exploiting their blind spots.
Other Appearances
Games
New Wave
Related Article: Shiki/New Wave
Shiki appears as a playable character in the mobile card collection game, Senran Kagura: New Wave, alongside the other members of Gessen Girls' Academy.
Bon Appétit!
Related Article: Senran Kagura: Bon Appétit/Songs/Cookin' is a Piece of Cake!
Books
Shinovi Versus: Comic Anthology Vol.1
Shinovi Versus: Comic Anthology Vol.2
Non-Senran Kagura Appearances
Musical Themes
| Name | Game | Description | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| For Serious | Shinovi Versus | Shiki's theme. It plays after she transforms and also when fighting against her. It is an arrangement of Four Seasons ~ Winter by Antonio Vivaldi. | |
| Cookin' is a Piece of Cake! | Bon Appétit | Shiki's theme. It plays when going against her in a cooking battle. | |
| I'm Japanese Ninja | Estival Versus | Shiki's theme. It plays after she transforms and also when fighting against her. |
Creation & Development
“She's is a "gal"-type character (sort of the Japanese equivalent of a hipster valley girl), which is a first for the series. A little devil (or maybe an actual devil) who wears less than Mistress Haruka? She has a strange way of speaking, but is actually a very steady and honest individual. At first glance, she might be hard to take seriously, but that all changes by the end of the story...”
—Producer Commentary from the Shinovi Versus Shinobi Syllabus
Trivia
- Shiki's appearance is a combination of a vampires, witch, Grim Reaper, and a Desperado.
- Shiki's name means "Four Seasons".
- Shiki's theme song is based on the classical music from Antonio Vivaldi - Winter - Four Seasons
- It is stated in the Senran Kagura: Official Design Works book that Shiki's mother was Japanese while her father was Romanian.
- In Ryōki's Shinobi Girl's Heart in Estival Versus, a rampaging Ryōki calls Shiki a "yamanba" and declares she'll "exterminate" her. "Yamanba" ("mountain hag") is both the name of a dangerous mountain spirit with messy white hair and purplish lips, and a slang for the deep end of ganguro fashion.
Quotes
Main Article: Shiki/Quotes
Gallery
- For game CGs: Shiki (game CG)
- For official images: Shiki (images)
- For cards: Shiki (cards)
- For videos: Shiki (videos)