Gen Ishiyagane

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**Gen Ishiyagane** (石屋鐘 厳, *Ishiyagane Gen*) is a supporting character in *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*.

Gen is the owner of the international restaurant Brahman World Cuisine in Golden Yokocho. Due to facial disfigurement he considers ugly, he is always wearing a mask. ABIS members such as Kuruto Ryuki and Mizuki Okiura are frequent customers.

Gen is a person of interest in the investigation of the Half Body Serial Killings case.

## Design

Gen Ishiyagane is a man of unusually strong build. He wears a mask in the shape of a cartoon doll on his head all the year round, with a red and yellow round hat with a brim attached to it. He is wearing a dark blue overalls vest with "Cherokee TFH 962" emblazoned on it; underneath the overalls is an oversized white cotton jacket; he wears a pair of dark blue jeans with a unicorn print on the left knee and a teal star print on the right. A white apron is tied around his waist, a bunch of keys hangs on the left waist, and a pair of black shoes are worn.

Hidden behind Gen's mask is an ugly face with severely deformed bones.

## Personality

Gen is a peaceful and quiet man. As a chef, he has a rigorous attitude towards the job, and he will use a notebook to record the cooking methods of his dishes. When he is not in good condition, he will even suspend business to prevent customers from being disappointed with his dishes. Because of this, he looks down on his peer Ota Matsushita and regards him as a competitor. he holds opinion that Ota "doesn't know how to cook at all". Besides, Gen is afraid of things changing and thinks that quietly being a chef is his lifelong pursuit.

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Due to his complex background, Gen has had an extremely low self-esteem since he was a child. He feels extremely guilty for beating up and seriously injuring someone who bullies him as soon as he fights against them. Even if he did kind helps for a stranger, the other would think he was a monster and run away because of his appearance. After a series of unpleasant events, Gen decided to live the rest of his life in a low-key manner.

The only one who shows kindness to Gen from the heart is Amame Doi. Therefore, he has a strong desire to protect Amame and even a complicated love for her.

## Name

### Alias

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## Personal Status

### Status

**Resolution Routes:*** Alive

**Gen and Amame Route:**

* Deceased

### Affiliation

* Brahman World Cuisine
* Horadori Institute of Genetics (formerly)

### Occupation

* Owner and chef of Brahman World Cuisine
* Test subject of Horadori Institute of Genetics (formerly)

### Associates

* Amame Doi (friend, potential love interest)
* Chikara Horadori (former tester)
* Mizuki Date (customer)
* Kuruto Ryuki (customer)
* Andes Komeji (customer)
* Shoma Enda (customer)
* Kaname Date (friend, customer)
* Lien Twining (friend, customer)
* Ota Matsushita (rival)

### Interest/ Hobbies

* Reading
* Meditating

### Likes

* Harbor Warehouse District
* People who are unafraid of him

### Talent/Skills

* Cooking (all)
* Crushing rocks

### Appears in

* *AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative*

## Actors

### Early life

Gen was born on September 21st of a certain year. The exact year is unknown, but it may have been a year shortly after Chikara Horadori founded the first-generation Horadori Institute of Genetics. He was conceived from a gene-edited fertilized egg, so he has no relatives. He was born with a deformed body - mainly on his face, and his skin is extremely hard.

Most of his early growth experiences are unknown, but since he was a child, he was often discriminated against and bullied by the people around him. When he was a child, he once pushed away a teenager who spoke ill of him, but caused the other party to suffer fractures all over his body. Since then, Gen can only be patient with other people's bullying. He could not even help strangers, because most people would feel disgusted after seeing his appearance.

After becoming an adult, Chikara told him one day that he was a failure of the experiment of immortality. However, as time passed, he gradually stopped hating Chikara and lost his feelings. His only pursuit is to live a peaceful life.

It wasn't until he met Amame Doi that his heart changed slightly. Gen regards Amame as his spiritual sustenance and has a desire to protect her.

### Involvement of Chikara's Murder

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### Rescue on Kizuna Chieda

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### 6 Years Later

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#### M2: Final Moment with Amame

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#### M1: Assist ABIS From Stopping the Nirvana Initiative

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## Gallery

Gen's profile imageGen's profile from 6 Years AgoGen's profile from PresentGen's concept artGen in the character trailer for *nirvanA Initiative*Gen is cooking dishes in front of BibiGen appears in the flashback of Ryuki's Somnium, New InvestigationGen who looks painful in Tokiko's Somnium, Naixatloz's IntentionsGen's picture in the video from Amame's first Somnium, Nearly Interesting
## Trivia

### Etymology

* His name **Gen** comes from the word "gene", referring to his ties with Horadori Institute of Genetics.
* His family name **Ishiyagane** (イシヤガネ) is an anagram of **Ganeisha** (ガネイシャ), Japanese word for Ganesha, a Hindu deity, who's picture appears on the poster in Brahman World Cuisine.

## Navigation

 Locations | **Tokyo**
*Chiyoda District*: Police Headquarters (Boss's Office, Psync Room, Interrogation Room) • Sunfish Pocket • Sekiba High
*Chuo District*: Horadori Institute of Genetics (Underground, Hostage Room) • Naixatloz Japan Branch (President's Office, Cathedral)
*Koto District*: Harbor Warehouse District • Date Residence
*Minato District*: Studio Dvaita • Aioen Orphanage • Ikume Shrine • Kumakura Office • Sejima Residence • Central Hospital
*Shibuya District*: Lemniscate Entertainment Offices • Yoyagi Park
*Shinagawa/Kabasaki District*: Matsushita Diner • Sagan Residence • Enda Residence • Kabasaki Chemical Plant
*Shinjuku District*: Golden Yokocho (Marble, Brahman World Cuisine) • Misetan Department Store • Tokyo National Stadium
**Side Ryuki:**
Dispossessed • Anyone Imagines • Ought to Know • Nothing to Be Done • Go • Farewell
**Komeji and Shoma Route:** Joy for Anguish • I Found Me • Past Its Ken
**Explosion Route:** Smiles for Tears • Well-Known • The Mind of God • Not All A Dream • She Was the Universe
**閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨ Route:** 遐ｴ邯ｻ逋ｾ蜃ｺ • All This Happened, More or Less
**Side Mizuki:**
Alone • Pass Mildly Away • End Where I Begun • Traveler • Left Behind • The Expense of Spirit
**Gen and Amame Route:** All Living Things • Of Arms and Of Man • Who's There • All That We Are
**Kizuna and Lien Route:** Bid the Soldiers Shoot • Sweet Silent Thought
**Resolution Route:** Hell • Visions • In Truth • Births • The End of Craving • Braver Than All Flowers

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Uchikoshi\_Eng/status/1552982295937941504