Hinako Mishuku

御宿(ミシュク) 雛子(ヒナコ), *Mishuku Hinako*?

*This is for the Impostor Hinako, for the real counterpart, see Hinako Mishuku (real).*
**Hinako Mishuku** (御宿(ミシュク) 雛子(ヒナコ), *Mishuku Hinako*?), real name unknown, is an agent of ASU-NARO who was using the identity of a middle school student; who was a participant in the Death Game and died during her First Trial.

## Appearance

Hinako has distinctive, long, pink hair with bangs parted to the side and long curling strands framing her face. She has large, lifeless dark eyes with heavy circles under them.

She wears a replica of the real Hinako's outfit: a middle school sailor-styled uniform. It has a light brown long-sleeved top with a white collar and red ribbon, as well as red buttons and a matching skirt. Her thigh-high socks are also a matching brown with an argyle pattern described as "gaudy", She also wears red loafers.

Being a participant of the Death Game, She wears a collar as do all participants, Dummies, and Floor Masters. Unlike all of the other Dummies, Hinako's is a human collar.

## Personality

Hinako seemed to be different from her human form; the one depicted in Hinako Mishuku's victim video, a discrepancy which was later revealed to be because she's an impostor.

This Hinako has a blunt way of speaking and somewhat of a fatalist mindset; stating "There's no way to deal with this," in the face of Hayasaka's near-death. Remarked by Gin to be "kinda violent," Hinako easily comes up with solutions for fighting the monsters they encounter, and always offers to fight whatever is in the group's way.

She is rather strategic and analytical, and always thinks before she speaks. She states her means of defense against the Death Game is keeping the unique information she has to herself, at least temporarily, because she didn't want to be used by the others. When the topic of separate info is brought up, Hinako comments that each of the Dummies has been given a unique value, reinforcing her calculating viewpoint. This could be seen as an effect of her being raised up in ASU-NARO and being taught their dehumanising value-based ideology.

Hinako wants to survive and is quick to get on to the other dolls when they insist on helping the survivors, evident when the others try to stop Q-taro from bleeding. She is also quite judgmental and aggravated if Ranmaru decides to be "it" for Sara. During the battle with Midori, she actively stops participants from attacking him, such as grabbing on to Gin's shovel or knocking the gun from Keiji if he tries to shoot.

The extent of her deception and the truth of how much of her personality is real is unknown. During the Banquet when they come to the discussion of whether Mai is the human hidden amongst the Dummies she says, "...It's all fake. Her attitude's an act, too. Maybe her role was to move the Death Game forward..." which may, in fact, have been referring to herself.

Some of Hinako's acts towards the other participants seem to show some form of sympathy or affection towards them, such as her opening the collar reset room for Ranmaru when his collar was about to explode, and enjoying hearing the other participants sing if Kanna and all the Dummies are alive. Despite her having sympathy and sometimes positive reactions to the other participants and their actions, she never shows emotional or physical affection which could be seen as a result of her never being shown affection, growing up in ASU-NARO.

## History

### The Death Game

Before the Murderer Game began, Hinako had taken the place as a sixth doll amongst the Dummies, using Hinako Mishuku's name. She was found lying in a coffin, similar to the other doll replicas and became paired with Keiji as his support.

When the group is attacked by an Obstructor, Hinako says that she'd fight if she had a weapon and either attacks with a flaming torch or a long shovel.

In the locker room, on the fourth floor, Hayasaka becomes trapped on the ceiling. Hinako states there's nothing they can do to help him. Shortly after Gin runs in to help him, Hayasaka is freed and the entire group makes their way to the fifth floor via the elevators.

In the fight with the book Obstructors, Hinako can crush one of the two noise-making objects.

Hinako has the chance to speak up against Midori about if Sara thinks about taking the violent way of things before leaving the secret room connected to the library.

After witnessing Q-taro getting stabbed by Mai, Hinako disapproves of Mai's screw-up and incapability to kill Q-taro before she got killed herself. Q-taro interrupts her saying she wasn't killed. Hinako reprimands him for going easy on her, saying Mai meant to take his life. Q-taro tells her that's not what she really thought, and asks the Dummies to work together with the living participants. Hinako begins to protest, but everyone starts to come together and offer to help Q-taro.

During the fight with Midori, she actively stops the living participants from harming or tagging Midori. When Keiji tries to shoot she rams into him causing him to drop the gun, and she grabs on to Gin's shovel, refusing to let go so that he can't use it as a weapon.

When Keiji is trapped in the coffin, Hinako holds an apathetic to view it stating that it wasn’t the Dummies fault. She reinforces this further when Ranmaru tears up the consent form, justifying Ranmaru’s action through the fact that Keiji picked a fight with Midori, knowing that killing him would kill the Dummies. Due to this, it surprises Hinako when Ranmaru reveals his true intentions.

While the other participants go to the Control Room on 5F to find a way to unlock the coffin Keiji is trapped in, Hinako stays in the coffin room due to the pairing function making it impossible for her to go further then one room away from Keiji without dying. She gets momentarily caught off-guard by the shutters closing and opening (which happens because of Sara on 5F). After the pairing function is disabled, the group goes back to the coffin room where Hinako tells them about the I.D card out of the feeling of disgust for not repaying the favour.

In the Maple fight, Hinako has a chat with Maple which increases the friendship meter of Maple is happy. If Maple is angry, Hinako gets annoyed at her refusal and Mai/Hayasaka try to calm her down (to different levels of success). If Maple is sad, Hinako gets frustrated by her crying and is reined in by Anzu/Kurumada (also to different levels of success).

Hinako urges Gin to move on after Q-Taro leaves himself to Maple’s rampage, and also forcibly closes the elevator if Sara doesn’t. In the Shin Lives Route, Hinako stays with Kurumada outside the locker room when the lantern puzzle occurs so she doesn’t get trapped in it whereas in the Kanna Lives Route, she does. After finding the charger, when Kurumada refuses to use it in order to save it for the other Dummies, if Anzu and Hayasaka are dead Hinako encourages him to use it under the logic that the more people are killed, the more likely they are to be targetted. She attaches Kurumada to the charger alongside the rest of the Dummies and also teases him for his comment afterwards.

After the confrontation with Midori in the classroom, Hinako goes to explore by herself in the elevator room and refuses the lantern if used on her. She also deduces here that the elevator stopped working because someone turned off the breaker.

When Ranmaru runs into the charger room after being given tag again, Hinako uses a panel in the room to open the electric shock collar mini-game, stating that she merely remembered. Midori uses her a test example shock alongside Shin/Kanna. Afterwards Hinako comments that the elevators started working again and she as well as the rest of the participants head down to 4F.

When the secret room in 4F is discovered, Hinako reacts positively to there being hot drinks and after searching the room, she decides to go on her own bringing Ranmaru with her making him hold her hot cocoa. In the cemetery, Hinako splashed hot cocoa onto her and Ranmaru’s coffins, thus melting the glowing paint off of them in an attempt to save them during the Banquet. After Ranmaru leaves, it’s unknown what Hinako does up until the regrouping after Sara awakens.

Hinako regroups with the other participants a few moments after Sara awakens. In the Kanna Lives Route, she arrives at the classroom by herself yet in the Shin Lives Route, Ranmaru brings her along with him to the classroom. She jokes about Kurumada dying but is alarmed when it turns out nobody had checked up on him. Following the Shin Lives Route, Hinako reacts negatively to Ranmaru murdering Reko/Alice just like everyone else. She calls out Ranmaru for trying to save his own hide and using Sara as an excuse but he chides her for “switching sides”.

In the Maple 2.0 fight, Hinako tells everyone to make Maple run down her battery in order to defeat her. She is able to intimidate any one of the A.Is. If she intimidates the Sneering AI or the Frighetened AI, they will react strongly and consume battery. The Sneering AI will try to lecture her on discipline while the Frightened AI will get scared by her glare. If she intimidates the Angry AI, he’ll have a non-consuming reaction and call her a ‘shorty’ which infuriates her. If she intimidates the Sorrowful AI, she’ll despair fully apologise but not consume any battery. Intimidating the Sneering AI a second time will lead to him commenting that Hinako is getting more cute and less intimidating which embarrasses and annoys Hinako. Intimidating the Frightened AI a second time will lead to him simply sniffling over his fate with Hinako stating that it’s pointless to intimidate him further.

Right before the Dummies get into their coffins for the Banquet, Hinako talks to Sara. In the Kanna Lives Route, Hinako concedes that the Banquet is the most preferable way and states that she is a little bit happy to be alive. She also makes Sara swear that they’ll bring back the Dummies as they will inevitably run out of charge. In the Sou Lives Route, Hinako is distressed at Ranmaru’s betrayal and asks if it’s okay to leave him free. She’s annoyed by his actions and asks Sara to not bring him back, and questions if Sara has forgiven him. If Ranmaru is dead in the Shin Lives Route, Hinako laments about how things could’ve been better if not for his betrayal. Afterwards, she gets in her coffin for the Banquet with not much resistance (due to her confidence in her own survival because of the hot cocoa melting the paint off her coffin.)

Before the banquet she changes coffin with Midori from a non glowing to glowing coffin. The hint is sued on her coffin showing the blue light, her coffin is picked, and she dies. It seems she did not expect this to happen and was betrayed by Midori.

## Relationships

### Keiji Shinogi

Hinako was paired as Keiji's support during the Murderer Game. It isn't really known how she truly viewed him. However, because of the Dummies' task, she was set on killing Keiji for her own survival, a noticeable difference between her and her real counterpart who thanked Ranger for killing her due to her wanting to die.

She soon develops sympathy for the ex-policeman. When given the opportunity, Hinako decides to help save him as it'd give a bad taste in her mouth to let him die in the coffin.

### Sou Hiyori

In secret, Sou and Hinako were conspiring together to further the game and put the players in peril, however, it is unknown of their relationship, as they are hardly seen interacting with each other. It can be assumed their relationship is merely formal and work-based, or Sou was forcing her to do his bidding.

### Ranmaru Kageyama

Hinako and Ranmaru were both grouped in the Dummies, although Hinako was merely posing to be a doll. Although at first she seems apathetic towards both the participants and the Dummies’ situations, it is shown throughout the chapter that Hinako does seem to hold a soft spot for Ranmaru.

When Ranmaru takes the tag from Sara following the second Obstructor fight in the Logic Route, Hinako judges him for doing so. Later on, when Ranmaru has once again gotten the second tag and is about to tag Kurumada, Hinako intervenes and opens up the room to the electric shock puzzle with a control panel, showing that she does indeed care about Ranmaru’s life. When Hinako goes to search by herself, she takes Ranmaru along with her to carry her cocoa implying that she’s comfortable enough with him for him to be looking after her alone. During this, she splashed cocoa onto both her and Ranmaru’s coffin, melting the paint off of them to ensure they won’t be picked in the Banquet. Although Hinako only needed to splash cocoa onto her own coffin, she also splashed cocoa onto Ranmaru’s coffin. In the Shin Lives Route, when Ranmaru murders Alice or Reko with the Hanging Trap, Hinako seems to be genuinely upset with his actions and consequent behaviour. When Hinako points out that Ranmaru must be doing it for his own survival rather than just for Sara’s, he berates her for “switching sides”.

Despite not showing much proper affection (perhaps because she had never learnt how to due to her upbringing in ASU-NARO) to Ranmaru, her actions show that Hinako values Ranmaru’s life, is comfortable enough with him for him to be her first option when being forced to search with someone and is deeply hurt when he decided to turn on the group which implies some form of trust between them.

## Appellations

* Participants A
* Participants B
* Organization members

## Trivia

* Despite being seemingly a key character, her face was hidden from the public up until the demo for Chapter 3, hinting at the fact that she wasn't the real Hinako Mishuku.
* "Hinako" is the only Dummy that cannot be killed without causing a game over prior to the Banquet.
* Her, Alice, and Shin have all used fake aliases. Unlike the latter two however, her true name is currently unknown.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 3, Part One, Section A. *Your Turn to Die ―Death Game By Majority―* (キミガシネ　―多数決デスゲーム―) by Nankidai. February 25, 2020.
Nankidai. 2023. PDF. *Kimi ga Shine Character Settei Materials: Survivor and Dummies Roster*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 3, Part One, Section B. *Your Turn to Die ―Death Game By Majority―* (キミガシネ　―多数決デスゲーム―) by Nankidai. Banquet.
4. ↑ Mishima's Story. *Your Turn to Shine: Island Existence* (キミガシネ番外編　～生存島～) by Nankidai. December 20, 2019.