Shikada

* Anime
* Manga

**Shikada** (鹿田, *Shikada*) is Mofu Usaki's assistant.

## Biography

### Live Broadcast Murder

Shikada is with Mofu Usaki at Donut Television to film the latest episode of "Lie or Truth? ESP!!." After someone dies during the show, Mofu's belt gets caught on a hook and she is pulled up. Shikada calls for her but cannot help her. Then, Ron Kamonohashi—disguised as Dankichi Torage's fair-weather fan Kamoji Asasuki—and Totomaru Isshiki who have come to investigate the case approach Shikada and Mofu. They help Mofu to get down, and Shikada introduces herself to them and explains that Mofu is depressed due to the situation. And after Mofu has a breakdown because she cannot understand what happened, Shikada tells Toto and Ron why Mofu cannot lose against Torage: She once lost a patient because they refused treatment and instead believed in ESP. Since then, Mofu has made it her duty to correct society's misunderstanding concerning ESP—even after working all night like today.

Hearing this, Ron declares that they will solve the case quickly then so that Mofu can get some sleep and adds what Torage did was certainly not ESP. Shikada wonders why he wants to help Mofu when he said he was a fan of Torage, and Ron replies that he is only a fair-weather fan and is mostly a fan of the truth—which he is certain Toto will expose.

Afterward, Shikada rewatches the show's recording with Mofu, Ron, and Toto. She later joins them, Torage, and everyone else present at Donut Television in Studio #6 where Toto announces that he wants to re-enact the incident and requests Mofu to be his test subject. Toto himself would play Torage's part. He then asks Torage to give him the marker he used during the show, but when Torage refuses to hand it over, Mofu approaches him and stumbles over her own shoelaces. She knocks Torage down, takes the marker, and gives it to Totomaru. Mofu puts on the headphones, and they start the re-enactment. Totomaru writes down the same words as Torage, and Mofu jumps and runs on command. Shikada yells in shock and concern when Toto shows Mofu the final word and she collapses like the volunteer did.

Toto tells everyone to calm down and explains that he showed Mofu the "death" card upside down: To her, the card said "sleep," and upon reading it, she fell down to sleep. The dead man did the same, and when Torage went to check his pulse, he injected the poison into the back of his neck with a needle he hid in his marker. The man groaned while Mofu gave him the heart message because the poison was slow in starting to spread.

Torage admits that he is a liar and that he killed the man because he was his accomplice and threatened that he would reveal Torage's secrets if he did not give him 90% of his profits. Then, Ron pressures Torage to kill himself with the marker, and Totomaru gets stabbed with it when he tries to save Torage. Luckily, when Mofu collided with Torage to get the marker, she grabbed the wrong one, and Toto was only marked, not poisoned.

### Midsummer Beach Hut Drowning

Shikada heads to Mofu's condo to accompany her to the East Japan Integrated Hospital because she has a surgery scheduled for today. There, she sees that Mofu's nameplate is gone and worriedly calls her to ask where she is. To Shikada's relief, Mofu informs her that she simply moved on short notice. Shikada reminds her of the surgery and tells her to be careful on the way to the hospital. Shortly afterward, Shikada calls Mofu again to inform her that her surgery was cancelled.

## Etymology

* The surname "Shikada" means "deer, venison" (鹿, *shika*) and "field, rice paddy" (田, *ta*/*da*).

## References

1. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 7, pages 22-29
2. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 8, pages 3-25
3. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 28, pages 5-6
4. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 28, page 9