Sham

Sham is a female supporting character of Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. She is a maid of the Tidat kindom who serves under then-king Radin Tidat Jihan before he presumably died at the hands of Silcardo Jenazad. She is then seen serving under Jihan's younger sister Lona. Later in the series, Sham and Lona both become allies and ultimately friends of Kenichi who comes to Tidat Kingdom to find and rescue Miu.
==Biography==
===Background===
Nothing is known about Sham's past. She is from the small Indonesian country of Tidat. She once comments that as to how everyone could move through the jungle so easily when she herself was the local implying that Sham was born and spent the early years of her life in the jungles of Tidat.
At some point she became a maid and servant of Raden Tidan Jihan, king of Tidat Kingdom. She was trained in various skills including dancing and the related martial art of Pencak Silat. Sham would eventually become the favorite servant of both Jihan and his younger sister Raden Tidat Lona, the latter of whom came to see her as a loved little sister. Sham in turn became very loyal towards both her masters.
===Snow Summit Arc===
Sham is first seen in Jihan's palace serving him and dancing. She was present when Miu was brought to them and watched the fight between Kenichi and his men. After Jihan was killed by Jenazad, Sham went back home to her country and mourned his death. She continued to serve now under Jihan's sister Lona.
In an Omake taking place before Jihan's death, Sham is sent by her master to investigate the meaning of the Japanese term of "moe". However, Sham is met with several coldhearted answers when she travels around asking, and in frustration, breaks down and cries. Two otaku chance upon her and presumably take her to Akihabara to show her what "moe" is. Afterwards, Sham comes back to Jihan dressed as a stereotypical maid with several anime figurines and otaku merchandise in store, the latter two of which pique her master's interest. When asked as to what the ultimate form of "moe" is, Sham presents him with a miniature of Syun Matsuena's face. Despite everything, Jihan decides she has failed her mission and has Sham punished.
===Tidat Kingdom Arc===
When Miu was kidnapped by Jenazad, Sham was seen spying when Kenichi and Sakaki were going from bar to bar to find her. The two notice her and follow her back to her place to meet Lona. When Sham reveals herself, Kenichi recognizes her. When the group agrees to find Miu and take down Jenazad to avenge Jihan, the group heads out to find them. After Kenichi is kidnapped by Jenazad, Sham and the others go to find them and eventually find there way to his palace and start fighting the guards. They all arrive and reunite with Kenichi and make their way outside to watch Hongo's fight with Jenazad.
When Jihan arrives with the elder, Sham runs up to him in a comedic manner and sheds tears of joy that he's alive and Jihan is happy to see her again after so long. They all go to the palace and when she tries to give Jihan the knife she found looking for him in the avalanche, he lets her keep it and asks for how he survived the avalanche and he explains. When Lona wants to thank Hongo for his efforts, Jihan wants to go thank him but Sham tells him it's alright since Sham knows Lona wants to do it due to her crush on him. In the Epilogue, Sham was seen with Jihan and Lona preparing to visit Hongo.
==Personality==
Sham is rather calm and level-headed for someone so young. She is very loyal to Jihan and even mourned his presumed death. She even shed tears of joy seeing Jihan alive again and ran up to him to hug him to which he returned, showing Jihan cares very much for Sham. With Lona, she's just as loyal, as Lona seems to treat her as a little sister rather than a servant. She does not like others who insult them and will defend them. She was also briefly scared of Sakaki, but eventually considers him and Kenichi friends.
Despite her discipline and maturity, being a child, she's still quite immature for her age. This was shown were she was upset at Hartini trying to interrupt Sakaki when he was talking and how Hartini was smarter than her and showed jealously. She also appears to be absent minded such as how she fainted under Jenazad's killing intent and thought she passed out from working too much.
==Appearance==
 
Sham is a young girl around 8 to 10 years old with short brown hair sticking up on her left side, hazel eyes and has dark skin. She is normally seen wearing a skimpy green bikini-like outfit and several bracelets on her wrists and ankles as well as sashes connecting from her wrist bracelets to the hips of her bikini bottom. When spying, Sham wears a cape over her back and/or a knife on her side for combat or self-defense. One time, on a mission in the Omake, she was also shown carrying a purse.
==Abilities==
As a maid for Jihan and later Lona, Sham has skills in keeping the royalty pleased. She is a skilled dancer and domestic servant. Despite her small size and young age, Sham is fairly competent in weaponry and uses weapons of her kingdom to fight. She is also skilled in Pencak Silat.
Sham also apparently has strong resistance to extreme cold climates and temperatures. In the Omake she was able to venture out into the cold region on her mission to find the forms of Moe for Jihan while wearing only her regular bikini outfit with no protective clothing or even shoes,
==Relationships==
===Raden Tidat Jihan===
As the crown prince of Tidat Kingdom, Jihan is Sham's master and the one she serves as a royal maid. Sham is extremely loyal and dedicated to Jihan and will obey any orders or assignments he gives her, even tasks of questionable morals or unusual things. This was shown when Sham was first ordered to lure Kenichi and Miu to Jihan during their first confrontation. Also, he once ordered Sham to find the meaning of the Japanese term of "Moe" and being him things that symbolized them.
While Jihan is fond and trusting of Sham, he can at times be quite demanding and strict with her. Such as sending her out alone to discover the meaning of "Moe" despite her young age and no direction or clues and punishing her whenever Sham disappoints or fails him. He once stated it was time for the "usual" punishment in which implies Jihan has punished Sham on more than one occasion.
Despite her tedious lot in life, Sham has remained loyal to Jihan and even mourned his presumed death. Since then, Sham has wanted to get revenge on Silkwat Jenazad for her master's death.
When Jihan was revealed to still be alive, Sham shed tears of joy seeing him again and ran up to Jihan to hug him to which he returned, thus showing Jihan does indeed care for Sham. During the banquet at the palace, Sham offered Jihan the knife she found looking for him in the avalanche, but he lets her keep it.
===Raden Tidat Lona===
Lona is Sham's other master being a princess of Tidat Kingdom, after Jihan's supposed death, Sham continued serving under her. Sham is just as loyal and respectful to her as she is Jihan. Lona loves and cares for Sham dearly, treating her more like a little sister rather than a servant. Whether it's performing basic duties such as helping her with her bath or being sent on important errands, Lona trusts Sham's abilities completely though she is also protective of her; She told her to stay behind when she and Batuan set out rescue Kenichi and "John" when they had been captured by Jenazad but Sham still followed wanting revenge for Jihan's death.
===Kenichi Shirahama===
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===Batuan===
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===Hartini===
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==Trivia==
*The drawing Sham's outfit is not always consistent; In some sketches of the manga, Sham's gauze sashes are not shown while in others they appear again. Also in certain sketches, the straps of Sham's bikini top are on one shoulder each, while in others they are both only one shoulder.
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