Futoshi Shimano's Stand

Shimano's Stand as it first appears in Persona 6 during his awakening

Futoshi Shimano, as he debuts in Persona 6, has a nameless stand that debuted prior before Shimano's reveal in Persona 6. The nameless stand's appearance resembles that much of Shimano having a big mouth, being bald and pretty green-eyed. He is seen to be very arrogant, but also quite charming at the same time.

His personality is similar to his father, who was described as "a man with an air about him that makes you want to like him". Shimano's awakening to gain this nameless stand gave him a huge ego along with his already charismatic personality. Its unknown what exactly happened to the stand when he entered in the TV, but it's possible that the stand was using its abilities to influence him.

Persona 6 is still ongoing, and it's unknown if he'll get another nameless stand in Persona 7.

### **Abilities and History**

The nameless stand manifests as some sort of laughter in the first game with Shimano gaining control over it. The stand is separate from him as he can't touch it, but the stand can still attack him. This is seen when the stand shoots red laser beams out of its eyes. The stand has no name, but it might have been called something in the past.

Outside of Persona 6, there are two rumors about the stand. The first one is that this nameless stand is actually a stand-user who was once extremely famous and feared. His name has been translated to "King", due to the stand-user believing that he had once been a king. The second one is that this stand-user was killed by a professional assassin during an investigation.

Personality-wise, the stand is a sadist that likes to harm others. Shimano Stand's ability involved melting people into their soul gems. The only known victim of this ability is a female TV-host that was on air when the stand was first detected. In the Manga, the ability has been changed to turning things to liquid. The world of the game has two TV-stations: "Kadokawa News" and "TV Tokyo". The TV-stations could have been renamed to fit the stand's abilities, as the ability has been described to turn people into their soul gems. "Kadokawa News" is a parody of the real life "Asahikawa News". "TV Tokyo" is a parody of "Tokyo Broadcasting System" (the real life company that owns both "Kadokawa News" and "TV Tokyo" in the Persona 6 world).

The fear from this event was so great that it caused all of the major TV-stations, as well as the movie-studios to ban all forms of the supernatural. No new movies were allowed to be released, and no TV-series could be made that involved any kind of summoning. This event lead to the downfall of the Shadow-omen, as they had been using their granted powers to bring up ratings and release movies in order to stay in business.

### **Musical references in Shimano's Stand**

Shimano's Stand is based off an 80's rock band called L'Âme Immortelle. The band's name is a reference to "The Immortals", a 1960's French group, who's most popular song was "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration". The L'Âme Immortelle's song "Count Rockaway" features the line: "I'm a rock and rollin' vampire, I'm a sucker for your love…" This is an obvious reference to the "Blood-sucker" Shadow-omen.