Shikorei Meian

This page is a work in progress.

## Image gallery

*"You showed me the light... Thank you."* (To Atsumu and Osamu Miya )

**Shikorei Meian** (Japanese: 明暗 指呼冷 *Meian Shikorei*) is a second-year student from Inarizaki High. She is a member of the Girls’ Baseball Team and plays as a right fielder.

As of November 2018, she is studying clinical psychology at Kobe Gakuin University.

### Appearance

Shikorei is noted as average height with a rather small frame. She has narrow, green colored (black in the manga) eyes with thin, cat-like pupils- it is noted that she seems to always be watching her surroundings. Her dark green hair falls just past her elbows, parted to the right, with a fringe on her left side that partially covers her eye. Short pieces of hair curl inward towards her face, framing it. She has one large spike of hair on the right side of her head that sticks up and outward for reasons she claims to be genetic, as her father has the same thing. Dark lines are visible under her eyes as a result of insomnia. She has a single beauty mark under her left eye, placed just below her tear duct.

Shikorei is often seen wearing her school uniform, consisting of a white button-up shirt with a dark long sleeve turtleneck shirt underneath, a red bow tied around her neck, a dark grey pleated skirt with dark tights underneath, a large pull-over hoodie, and grey leg warmers that fall loosely down her shins. On occasion, a brown blazer replaces her hoodie.

During official matches, she wears the Inarizaki baseball uniform numbers with the number 11.

### Personality

Shikorei is a rather quiet person, rarely bringing any insight to a conversation unless she deems it necessary, as she finds small talk meaningless and a waste of time. Because of this, her peers have given up on attempting to form bonds with her, save for her closest friends. She’s more likely to open up to someone if they approach her with a question about her interests, which she will happily answer. Isolating herself from others since childhood has resulted in Shikorei having a strange sense of humor, as well as making her rather dense, often needing jokes explained to her for her to understand. She does her best to avoid conflict, not knowing how to appropriately handle disputes between others. It’s been noted that when the Miya twins argue, Shikorei will leave the room or cover her ears with her hands, telling them to let her know when they’re finished.

Despite her social ineptitude, Shikorei does exceptionally well in baseball, working with her teammates and communicating with them effectively, a skill she only puts to use in games. She shows respect for her elders, and addresses them properly, something she rarely does for her juniors and classmates.

According to Kaori, Shikorei was outgoing as a kid, always laughing and smiling. She was never shy around strangers, a “social butterfly,” as her father often described her. There were many children in their neighborhood around Shikorei’s age, many of which she would play with on a daily basis and knew by name. She was always knocking on doors asking to play, and didn’t get upset when she was turned away. The kids would often play baseball, something that Shikorei wanted to start taking seriously, joining a community league. As time went on, she grew distant from the neighborhood kids, no longer making an effort to see them outside of school.

Shikorei is noted as very observant and aware of her surroundings, both in baseball and her everyday life. This gives her an incredible sense of spatial awareness. She has excellent estimation skills and can correctly make calls based purely on intuition, claiming that she relies on her intellectual understanding of the situation. Even as a child, her skills were enough to keep her out of danger, never having so much as a sprained finger. During matches, her awareness of her surroundings and approximation skills allow her to accurately pinpoint where the ball is going to land, and exactly where she needs to be to catch it. This also helps when she’s hitting the ball, knowing exactly when to swing and how hard. She always knows where her teammates are, allowing for her to make split-second calls, such as who to throw to. Where she falls short is physical strength, as sometimes she can’t throw hard enough to get the ball to her teammates from long distances. While Shikorei has the leg strength needed to run long stretches in short amounts of time, her low stamina makes it hard for her to keep up with her teammates during practice, and often can’t make it to base in time after pitching.

Around her teammates, Shikorei is reliable, though quiet, not making any effort to build personal relationships with anyone. Though, she will still encourage them to the best of her ability, and is grateful that they do the same. When frustrated, she retreats into herself, but keeps a cool and level headed exterior. She knows that her teammates rely on her, just as she relies on them.

Even though Shikorei is quiet and reserved, she has a side to her that few have seen. She can be kind and caring, harboring a deep concern for her friends. As much as she claims she hates the Miya twins, she enjoys their company, and will go out of her way to ensure that they keep their smile. While she’s not good with words, she tries her best to comfort and console those she cares about. She has very little self respect, and doesn’t do much to hide it. Because of this, she is more than willing to give up her own happiness for others’, shown when she turns down invitations to outings, as she believes it would be more enjoyable without her.

### Background

Shikorei was a rather loud and energetic child, often babbling to strangers in public and playing with children she didn’t know at the park. Kaori Meian, Shikorei’s older sister,  reminisces on this time often, sharing it with her sisters’ friends. The two sisters were much closer when they were younger, only growing apart at the beginning of Shikorei’s teenage years. This was also around the time she began distancing herself from friends at school, and becoming more and more withdrawn from others. She doesn’t like talking about her childhood, and has been known to completely shut down when confronted with questions. The first person aside from her sister she opened up to about her childhood is Atsumu Miya, whom she trusted deeply. Slowly, she lets her guard down and allows herself to be more open.

Shikorei firmly believes that she was never meant to be born, an idea that was repeatedly fed to her by her mother, Kora Meian, from age 10. Her mother blames her for everything- her failing marriage to Matsuri Meian, her alcoholism, and her infidelity, once even claiming that Shikorei’s birth had “ruined her body.” It was around this time that Kora began physically abusing Shikorei during drunken outbursts, berating her for things like placing her shoes too close to the front door, or leaving lights on in the house. During one of these arguments, Kora pushed Shikorei onto the glass table in the living room, breaking it and leaving Shikorei covered in cuts and bruises. Kora, unbothered by the situation, retreated to her bedroom, leaving Kaori to drive Shiokrei to the hospital. When questioned about the injuries, Shikorei claimed that she had tripped and fallen onto the table. The incident left Shikorei with scars on her right wrist and arm. She kept the incident to herself, not wanting to foul her sister or father’s perception of her mother.

After the incident, Shikorei kept her distance from her mother, and even went so far as to learn her mothers’ work schedule so that she knew when her mother was home. When her mother lost her job, Shikorei took to spending more time outside of the house, letting herself wander around Hyogo for hours after school, only returning home when it got dark.

**Delete this text when article is finished.**