Chapter 03

## #03

**#03** is the third chapter of the manga adaptation for *Kimi ga Shine: Tasuketsu Death Game*. It was released on May 25, 2019.

## Synopsis

Sara meets the other people in the facility and they all learn that not all the people who were pulled into this situation survived the First Trial. They are also given a new mission to complete within an allotted time limit.

## Summary

Sara stands in the middle of the room, watching everything unfold around her, including a spiky-haired girl assaulting a man wearing a beanie and a scarf. She finds Joe and tries to talk to him, but at first, he acts as if he doesn't remember her, then quickly drops the charade. A blond man steps up to both of them, remarking that the other people in the room haven't been open to introducing themselves and that he's grateful they had stated their names so he could learn a little about the people here.

Suddenly, a man with silver hair calls everyone to attention, unknowingly presenting himself as some sort of mastermind figure. The blond man is instantly suspicious of this man, and, looking for answers, grabs him in a chokehold and demands he reveals everything about where they are. In doing so, the blond man is introduced as Keiji Shinogi, a policeman.

Keiji is stopped by a young, pink-haired girl who introduces the man as Kazumi Mishima, her high school art teacher. Kazumi then introduces the girl as Nao Egokoro, one of his students. Mishima reveals how he and Nao arrived here; he was driving Nao home when he was stopped at a checkpoint and lost consciousness. When he awoke, he and Nao were undergoing the same trial Sara and Joe had undergone. Kazumi then reveals that he, like everyone else, is wearing a collar around his neck. He then suggests everyone introduce themselves.

The next person to introduce themselves is the spiky-haired girl, who reveals herself to be Reko Yabusame, a singer-songwriter. She is comforting one of the children, a young boy wearing a cat hood and a mask over his mouth and nose. He states himself to be Gin Ibushi. Slowly, more people introduce themselves; the man in the beanie reveals his name to be Sou Hiyori, a job-hopper, and a man in an apron announces himself to be Kai Satou, a homemaker. Sara realizes that the man looks familiar, but can not understand why.

A large, muscular man holding a box introduces himself as Q-taro Burgerberg, a second-string baseball player. He states that the box he's carrying is part of his first trial and that he needs three keys to open the box. It's quickly revealed that the two keys are from Joe/Sara's and Nao/Kazumi's first trials, but they are missing one key.

While looking for the key, Sara sees a small, trembling child in a corner of the room. She introduces herself as Kanna Kizuchi, but when asked about her older sister, she passes out after revealing her sister was crushed by a giant bed; Sara makes the connection that the girl she saw in the window must have been Kanna's sister. Upon passing out, Kanna reveals to have been holding the third key to the box.

Inside the box is a person's head, and everyone panics until Keiji reveals that the head is actually a doll's head. Also inside the box is an incriminating note that tells them they must find and assemble all parts of the doll before a certain time limit, or they all die.

## Characters

\*Note: **Bold** + *Italicized* = ***First appearance***

* Sara Chidouin
* Reko Yabusame
* Sou Hiyori
* Joe Tazuna
* Keiji Shinogi
* Nao Egokoro
* Q-taro Burgerberg
* Gin Ibushi
* Kazumi Mishima
* Kanna Kizuchi
* Kai Satou
* Kugie Kizuchi

## References

1. ↑ July 2019 issue (Japanese) (website). *Monthly Shōnen Ace*. Retrieved on August 13, 2019.