Mikage Kamishiro (From Another World)

Mikage Kamishiro (神代御影- Kamishiro Mikage) is the main character of the Hololive fanfiction, From Another World.
He is a person from modern Japan who got sent to another world. Currently, he's the administrative officer of the 13th unit of the Westa Knight Order.
== Appearance ==
Mikage looks like an average Japanese boy with black hair and brown eyes. However, he had "mean-looking" eyes that caused other delinquents to pick a fight with him. He is slightly taller than an average Japanese and has a well-built body.
Most of the time, he is wearing his knight uniform which consists of a white coat, black undershirt, white pants, and black shoes. He could be rarely seen wearing other clothes and he described himself as a "a person with no fashion sense."
== Personality ==
When he was in middle school, he was called the "Chizome no Byakko" (Bloody Byakko) because he could defeat groups of delinquents all by himself. He stated the reason why he kept on winning fights was because he disliked getting hurt and purposely losing. Mikage also believes in the concept of gender equality since he had no problems fighting Yogiri when she landed the first hit.
When Mikage reached high school, he became a video game nerd and left his delinquent past behind. He could lead other people in challenging raids in Ancient Tales and was shown to be very observant such as keeping tracks of all of the raid member's Aggro Level and used skills.
In the new world, Mikage is a workaholic. He prefers to sit behind a desk and file paperwork rather than fight. However, if he was forced to fight, he would try hard to win against his opponents by outsmarting them. 
Mikage also didn't like killing. He was born in a place where human rights were strictly observed and he was shocked by how the other world had no problems in killing. When he killed a person for the first time, he was conflicted with his feelings. 
== History ==
=== Summoning Arc ===
Mikage was walking home from the store after buying Demon May Cry 5 until he got involved in a car accident. When he woke up, he found himself to be in a hospital. There, he met Noel Shirogane and mistook her to be a delusional woman in a knight cosplay. When he attempted to make a point, he found out that he was in a totally different world.
Noel suggested Mikage to become a knight since he had nothing to support himself and after a special test, he was given a job as the administrative officer of the 13th unit.
=== Spade Echo Arc ===
While sorting out the stack of paperwork that Noel should be working on, Temma arrived with the news that Spade Echo would be having another heist. Noel told all of the knights to head out and guard the White Star which was Spade Echo's target.
Mikage and Noel arrived at the place where the White Star was held and met Reagan Liam, the captain of the 3rd unit. They later found out that there was a civilian claiming to be able to help them in catching Spade Echo. When they went to the civilian, Mikage recognized her to be Amelia Watson, the detective who was helping out in many cases such as lost items and robbery in the 13th unit's area. He then vouched for Amelia's skills and convinced the two captains that Amelia could help out. Reagan allowed Amelia to help on the condition that Mikage would keep an eye on her.
Later in the evening, Amelia contacted Mikage to accompany her to Westa Monument Tower. When he arrived there, Amelia told him the secret behind Spade Echo's coded message and when midnight arrived, Spade Echo appeared.
Amelia had a plan to capture Spade Echo but the thief changed her voice, called all of the knights in the area, and disappeared without the use of magic. Mikage was impressed by Spade Echo's tricks while Amelia was puzzled on how a person disappeared. Spade Echo left a message that she would steal the White Star on the day that it would be auctioned.
Because Amelia proved that she was a competent detective, she was invited to the auction along with all of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 13th units. Mikage wondered how Spade Echo escaped and Amelia unraveled her tricks. He was then worried how Spade Echo would move since Amelia told him that she could just disguise herself as a noble.
During the auction, the lights disappeared and the room became dark. When the lights returned, the White Star was stolen. Amelia told Mikage and Temma that she knew where Spade Echo was hiding and she led them to the basement. Mikage was surprised by Amelia's deduction that Temma was actually Spade Echo in disguise. However, a knight called everyone's Communicators and told that Spade Echo was in front of him.
Spade Echo taunted Amelia and the three moved to the spot where she was supposedly seen. When they arrived there, they saw a sleeping Temma and a device which recorded Spade Echo's message. And so Spade Echo won and gave Amelia, Mikage, and the knights a humiliating defeat.
=== Serial Killer Arc ===
A week after Spade Echo's heist, an Executive of the Familiaran was murdered. Mikage was assigned to be the lead investigator of the case because of an oracle's advice. 
There were suspicions that the Kageyama Clan was behind the murder and the Familiaran would declare war on them if they will not surrender the murderer. Mikage had to find the murderer before a bloody war would happen. He enlisted the help of Amelia Watson to help in the case and along with Temma, the trio began the investigation.
They first went to the Kageyama Clan and interviewed the leader of the Westa Branch, Botan Shishiro. Botan said that they wouldn't want to have a war with the Familiaran and Amelia deduced that the killer was someone who had a grudge on the Kageyama Clan.
The next day, another executive of the Familiaran was killed and after talking with Theodore Sen, a knight of the 14th unit, they noticed that the killer had deep hatred against the executive. Amelia deduced that the killer had a grudge on the Familiaran instead of the Kageyama Clan and asked Temma to arrange a meeting with one representative. While Temma was arranging for a meeting, Mikage and Amelia went to the records center and took a look at previous cases involving the executives.
They were then in a meeting with Arurandeisu, the Familiaran's boss. Amelia had a plan to lure out the killer using two executives as bait. Arurandeisu wasn't fond of the idea but he had no choice since they had to catch the killer before the youngsters of the Familiaran would start a war.
Mikage and Amelia followed one of the executives while Temma was in another place. A knight approached the executive and Amelia told the executive to back off and exposed the knight to be the killer. Amelia then explained the killer's motive and the knight applauded her. Mikage felt a strange feeling as the executive collapsed to the ground.
The knight and Mikage fought. Facing the knight's killing intent, Mikage did everything he could do survive. However, the knight broke his sword into two pieces and he was about to lose when Temma arrived just in time.
The killer took a strange pill and his strength increased as Mikage felt a strange energy oozing out of the man. Temma managed to cut down the killer and when everything was going well, the killer rose up and managed to catch Temma by surprise. He was about to kill Temma when Mikage's shadow rose up and cut off the killer's head.
With the killer dead, the case was resolved and the Familiaran withdrew their threats. However, Mikage was bothered by how he didn't feel anything from killing the man. He was told to take the day off and buy a new sword. 
Mikage was strolling down the streets of Westa when he met Amelia and she helped him buy a kris sword. Also, his troubles were dissolved after talking with Amelia.
=== Rampaging Dragon Arc ===
Mikage saw a bird carrying a letter from a person named Flare Shiranui to Noel. When Noel read the letter, she told Mikage that they would be heading out on a mission.
Noel told him that her dragon friend named Coco Kiryu attacked a town without warning. She said that Coco was a peaceful dragon and wouldn't attack without any reason so she wanted to talk to her.
When they arrived at the ranger's encampment, Mikage was introduced to Flare Shiranui, Noel's elven friend. They were still looking for Coco so Mikage decided to wander around the area.
He then met Artia, an ice mage who was investigating a strange energy. She warned him that the energy was making monsters become more violent and Mikage had a suspicion that Coco had the energy inside her too.
Later, they went to where Coco was resting and after a failed attempt of talking, Noel and Flare fought her. Mikage felt another source of that strange energy and when he went there, he saw a man wrapped in bandages.
They engaged in combat and when Mikage was caught off guard, the bandaged man attempted to place the strange energy inside him. However, nothing happened and when the man tried to use dark attacks on him, there was no effect. The bandaged man left the scene and told Mikage that they would meet again.
Mikage returned to where Noel and the others were and to his surprise, Noel won against the dragon. Noel said that she didn't want to kill Coco but she didn't have a choice if Coco would rampage again. Mikage found out that he could absorb the strange energy inside Coco and she turned into her human form.
Coco said that she met a bandaged man before she rampaged and Mikage told his encounter with the bandaged man. Noel then told Mikage that he would undergo many examinations since they couldn't feel the strange energy Mikage was talking about. She also invited Coco to stay with her since they also needed to check her if she had any abnormalities and Coco needed a place to stay while recovering.
The results of the examination came and Mikage was surprised that they couldn't find anything strange inside him. While walking around Westa and thinking about his strange circumstances, he met Oga Aragami who beat up some criminals.
He befriended him and they both went to ROBEL to celebrate their friendship even though Roberu Yukoku told him to come when the bar was open. Mikage told them about how his shadow acted on its own and Oga decided to teach him how to use Dark Magic.
=== Date Arc ===
Mikage was surprised that Amelia asked for his help. He was then told that he would go on a pretend date with Suisei Hoshimachi to lure out her creepy stalker.
He managed to bait the stalker by separating from Suisei. Mikage managed to defeat the stalker by successfully controlling his shadow. With the arrest of the stalker, the case came to a close.
=== Anya Introduction Arc ===
The very next day, Mikage and Temma was puzzled as to why there was a sleeping girl in their room. The girl introduced herself to be Anya Melfissa and showed that she was Mikage's kris sword. Temma was surprised to see a living sword but Mikage thought it was normal for a fantasy world where there were dragons and phoenixes which could turn into humans.
While Mikage was showing Westa to Anya, he was told that there was a strange being inside his soul. Before he could ask any further, Oga saw the two and was surprised to see Anya.
They then went to ROBEL to talk about the past and met Arurandeisu who was revealed to be a regular of the bar. 
Oga and Anya told them about the truth of the Dark Times and how the king who started the war wanted to bring the Primordial Dark to the world. After Oga told his story, Arurandeisu revealed that he was from the same world as Mikage. He also told him about a case from twenty years ago that he wanted to be solved as an interview with the lead investigator of that case was on the television.
=== 20 Year Case Arc ===
Mikage was doing his job as an administrative officer when Amelia visited and asked if there were any interesting cases. Noel told her the details of an unsolved serial murderer case from twenty years ago. Coco then arrived and said that she saw a suspicious man who was similar to what Noel described. Mikage and the others ran towards the house of Arthur Karalis, the lead investigator who was interviewed the night before and taunted the killer.
When they arrived there, they saw Arthur's dead body. Noel asked for Amelia's help and she accepted the case. Mikage and Temma was told to accompany Amelia so she would be able to investigate efficiently.
The trio interviewed the relatives of the previous victims. Amelia noticed that all of the victims mysteriously disappear during weekend nights and began to doubt Arthur who said that there was no connection between the victims. 
Arurandeisu was one of the interviewees since his friend was a victim. He offered the Familiaran's connections to help in the investigation but Amelia refused since she wanted to bring justice and not revenge.
A house was burning and when Temma investigated, they found out it belonged to Arthur Karalis. While waiting for the fire to die down, the trio went to the records center to find out about the cases that Arthur handled.
Mikage was told to look for strange cases and he found one that was about a series of missing people from twenty years ago which was investigated by Arthur. After a while, they were told that the fire died down and they went to investigate the place.
Amelia managed to find a hidden safe. The safe was locked with magic and a knight offered to bring it to the Mage Guild. They followed the knight since Amelia found him to be suspicious and they met a bandaged man.
The bandaged man applauded Amelia's deduction about the truth of Arthur's murder, the serial murders, and the missing people. He then summoned several shadow creatures and they had to fight.
The shadow creatures would return whenever they were destroyed and Mikage thought it was hopeless until Arurandeisu and the Familiaran arrived. Arurandeisu placed a tracker on Mikage and they also learned about the truth. He was still angry for the death of his friend and so the fight continued with the Familiaran coming for help.
Mikage, Temma, and Arurandeisu fought the bandaged man but he managed to place a binding spell on everyone. The spell was draining everyone's strength except for Mikage and he attempted to absorb the magic.
However, he was consumed by the mysterious energy and his powers rampaged. Mikage killed the bandaged man and was happily inflicting more injuries to the dead man until Amelia snapped him out of it. He told Anya to make him unconscious and after his senses were overloaded, he passed out.
=== Memory Loss Arc: ===
Mikage woke up and saw a blonde stranger sleeping on a chair. When that stranger claimed to be his friend named Amelia Watson, he found out that he lost his memories. After discussing things with Noel and Temma, Amelia and Mikage went out in hopes to stimulate his memories.
Oga met the two and after learning about his memory loss, he suggested that they should find the Hall of Memories. Mikage and Amelia went to the library to look for clues. With the help of Rosalyn, the librarian, they found a riddle about the Hall of Memories.
Mikage and Amelia traveled to Pekoland to find the Hall of Memories. They then met Pekora Usada who was starving and after helping her, she joined their quest. 
Pekora told them about the story of Krev Valley and they decided to travel to the Peafowl Kingdom to look for more clues. Before they could leave, Mikage encountered the bandaged man and told him some details about his summoning.
On the way there, they encountered a girl who told them that her family was taken by bandits. Mikage couldn't ignore her and so the trio raided a bandit hideout. However, they were caught and things were going bad until Moona Hoshinova arrived. With Moona's support, they managed to kill all of the bandits.
Mikage then found out that Pekora was actually the princess of Pekoland and Moona wanted to bring her back. However, Pekora wanted to continue her adventure with them and so, Moona decided to tag along.
Moona then talked to Mikage and asked if he was a vessel of a Primordial Being. She explained what it was like to be a vessel and thought that Mikage was a vessel of the Primordial Dark. 
The four of them arrived in the Peafowl Kingdom and decided to research in the library. Mikage then saw Temma who said that they were on a special case.
=== Spade Echo Returns Arc ===
Mikage learned that Spade Echo was targeting a gem called the Red Rose. Amelia wanted to take the case but she had her hands full with Mikage's problem. However, he said that they could try to catch Spade Echo and Amelia was happy.
They went to the Peafowl Kingdom's Royal Palace and met with Reine Pavolia. She showed them the Red Rose which was placed in the castle's highest tower.
Amelia easily decoded Spade Echo's message and found out the time that she would strike. The lights of the room went out and the gem was gone when the time Spade Echo said she would arrived finally happened. 
Mikage and the others were about to chase the flying Spade Echo but Amelia stopped them. She deduced Spade Echo's identity and saw through her disguise as a knight. 
Spade Echo was cornered and she was about to be arrested when a bandaged man attacked. Several shadow creatures appeared even though there was an anti-magic barrier. Mikage and the knights entered combat and Mikage noticed that he could also use magic.
During the fight, Mikage lost his balance and fell from the tower. He would've fallen to his death if Spade Echo didn't save him. The bandaged man shot a ball of darkness which consumed them.
Mikage later found out that the ball of darkness had a teleportation spell embedded in it. But thanks to Spade Echo's artifact, they were teleported in another place. 
He found out a bit about Spade Echo after talking to her and she said that he looked creepily similar to her old friend. 
After walking for a while, Mikage was reunited with Amelia, Pekora, and Moona. Amelia let Spade Echo go as thanks for saving Mikage.
When they returned to the inn they were staying, Amelia talked about her past with Mikage while they were sharing a bed. Mikage wondered what could be Amelia's deep regret but he didn't have a chance to ask her.
The next day, they were invited to a tea party with Reine. Amelia told her stories with her detective mentor named Ranpo Doyle. As thanks for her service, Reine gave the group a hint about the riddle of the Hall of Memories.
=== Past Arc ===
Mikage and the others arrived at the Hall of Memories. They managed to convince the Primordial Memory to show Mikage's past.
His past as a delinquent known as the Chizome no Byakko was revealed. Mikage relived his middle school days and even talked to Yogiri who was a fellow delinquent. Mikage fought a gang known as the White Square to save Yogiri. He was injured to the point that he was hospitalized and when he got released, he was going to move to another city. Mikage gave his white uniform to Yogiri and told her to inherit his name.
Mikage's gaming past was also seen. He led a successful raid in a game called Ancient Tales along with Haruto Domyoji, his friend. After the raid, he decided to go out to buy Demon May Cry 5. He was then involved in an accident and died.
He then met a bandaged man. Unlike the other men, Mikage didn't feel any danger from him. The bandaged man introduced himself to be Shiroe, his summoner. 
Shiroe told him the reason why he was summoned and warned him that he should train himself to prepare for when the Unkindness would attack. After that, Mikage woke up and had his memories returned.
They thanked the Primordial Memory and left the place. Pekora and Moona returned to Pekoland while Amelia and Mikage went back to Westa. Everything was fine until Mikage opened his Excellular and saw countless messages from Suisei.
== Equipment ==
Knight Uniform: He wears the standard knight uniform which was as tough as leather despite being light. 
Anya: Mikage uses Anya, a legendary kris sword. Anya helps out in his mana management so he could do complicated magic without proper training.
== Powers and Abilities ==
Battle Prodigy: Mikage is a prodigy in fighting. He was able to beat groups of people despite being unarmed. Also, he learned how to wield a sword in a fast rate that even Temma was surprised.
Adept Swordsman: Mikage is decent at swordsmanship thanks to Temma training him. However, he learns quickly and is already a decent swordsman despite having only one month of training.
Dark Magic: Thanks to Anya helping him, he is able to use Dark Magic despite having little to no training. He also learned quickly that he could control his shadow in ways that Dark Mages had to train hard for years to achieve.
* Shadow Manipulation: Mikage's commonly used technique is Shadow Manipulation. He would make his shadow form walls, spikes, and fists in order to fight.
* Darkness Creation: Mikage could emit darkness from his body and cover the surroundings. With Anya's help, he could cover an entire valley with darkness for an hour
== Trivia ==
* The "Kamishiro" (神代) in his name meant "vessel of god" which is fitting since he's thought to be a vessel of the Primordial Dark.
* The "Mikage" (御影) in his name meant "shadow" which is also fitting since he is related to the Primordial Dark.
* His favorite food is fried chicken.
* Mikage actually ranks among the top ten in every tests when he was in school.
* Originally, Mikage was going to be a reader-insert but the author decided that writing "Y/N" was a pain so he decided to make it into an OC.
* Mikage's favorite game is Demon May Cry and Ancient Tales.
* Mikage is a fast reader and so he was able to finish months worth of late paperwork in a span of few days
== Quotes ==
* (To Yogiri) “I yearn for true gender equality. You punch me, I punch you back”
* (Narration) "They would always pick a fight with me whenever they would see my eyes and since I always win my fights despite being outnumbered, I eventually gained a reputation"
* (Narration) "Back in my world, people would look at me and say, “That guy’s not gonna get a girlfriend” since I would geek out with my friends on video games. I never thought I would get a date in another world"
* (To Suisei) "[...] I’m not really that picky with girls. If I like her, then I like her.”