Kikoru Shinomiya/Relationships

## Family

In the past, the relationship among the members of the Shinomiya Family was that of a very loving and close family, with Kikoru admiring her parents and them loving their daughter. However, after Hikari's death, the family has been ruptured due to Kikoru's sadness over her mother's demise and Isao's coping mechanism
that brought him to be more distant towards Kikoru.

Currently, after Isao's death, Kikoru is the only living member left in the family.

### Isao Shinomiya

In her childhood, Kikoru was very close to her parents and to her father too. Ever since her mother's death, her relationship with Isao worsened, bringing him to push his high expectations on his daughter to the point of being overly severe and demanding, going as far as ordering his daughter to "be perfect" for the sake of the nation and her deceased mother. Even after entering the Defense Force with good results, Isao still looked down on her daughter, considering "a failure" the fact that Kikoru was once saved by Kafka.

Despite this she still cares for her father, as shown as she became distraught by his death at the hands of Kaiju No. 9. In return, Isao always loved his daughter and was always deeply hurt by the rupture that Hikari's death brought to their family, pushing himself past his limits in order to kill Kaiju No. 9 and to ensure Kikoru a better future.

### Hikari Shinomiya

Kikoru always looked up to her mother ever since Hikari served as the Captain of the Second Division. For this reason, after one of Hikari's missions, Kikoru decided to join the Defense Force to become as strong as her mother and save her. As such, Kikoru has been chastising herself for being a "liar" and not living up to her promise ever since Hikari died, becoming more determined to improving in order to be the strongest and not letting anyone else die on any battlefield she puts foot on. To this day, Kikoru still holds her mother's memory in high regard and pushed herself to be as strong Hikari used to be.

### Sebasu

Ever since she was a kid, Sebasu was always at home to take care of Kikoru and praising her for her achievements, even when her father wouldn't. Even now, he seems to be very loyal to Kikoru and still follows her everywhere, going as far as physically attacking anyone who touches her.

## Defense Force

Seen as one of its main forces, Kikoru is a highly esteemed member of the Defense Force, despite joining very recently and being quite young. With both her important name and excellent skills, she has made herself a name in the Force and she is respected by people of the caliber of Mina Ashiro, Gen Narumi, and even the newest Director General Keiji Itami.

### Third Division

#### Kafka Hibino

Kikoru first antagonized Kafka for his inferior fighting skills and old age, making fun of him and looking down on him, even after Kafka developed an admiration for her. During the Aptitude Test, Kikoru was injured by a revived kaiju and was saved by Kaiju No. 8, who then turned out to be Kafka himself. When Kafka revealed his secret, Kikoru showed gratitude for saving her and swore to keep it a secret, but also promised Kafka to be the one to kill him the day he poses a threat to humanity. Ever since that event, Kikoru changed her opinion of Kafka and kept supporting him during missions.

When Kafka was revealed to be Kaiju No. 8 and was waiting for judgement from Isao Shinomiya himself, Kikoru didn't hesitate to ask her father to spare Kafka, showing she worries about his wellbeing. Even when Kafka lost of control of his transformation while fighting Isao, Kikoru got ready to take action but still believed that Kafka could overcome the monster within him. When the two joined the First Division, Kikoru fought alongside Kafka and encouraged him to transform by telling him to have faith in his comrades, thus showing her trust and care for her friend, despite their usual bickering moments.

#### Leno Ichikawa

From their first interaction, Leno and Kikoru seemed to be on rather troubling terms, with the latter antagonizing both Leno and Kafka. After finding out about Kafka's secret, Kikoru and Leno became closer. During the Raid at Tachikawa Base, Kikoru saved Leno and others from a bunch of kaiju and decided to choose him as his support, apparently acknowledging Leno's worth as an ally in general. Finding out about Leno's successfull compatibility test with Numbers Weapon 6, Kikoru decided to get stronger following Leno's example.

#### Mina Ashiro

Being one of the top candidates to become a Defense Force and Third Division member, Kikoru's name reached Mina. Mina herself seems to be rather interested in Kikoru, going as far as thanking Kafka and Leno for saving her during the Aptitude Test and giving Kikoru her personal weapon, despite her being a newbie. Mina acknowledges Kikoru as the third strongest person in their Division (after herself and Soshiro) and showed her trust by expressing her desire to make Kikoru a pillar of the Defense Force.

#### Akari Minase

Kikoru and Akari have been interacting frequently during their time as comrades, with Akari being quite close to Kikoru.

#### Hakua Igarashi

Much like Akari, Kikoru is good friends with Hakua and the trio seem to get along and hang out wuite often.

#### Iharu Furuhashi

Despite not interracting much, the two seem to bicker quite frequently. Unbeknownst to Kikoru, Iharu sees her as a prodigy whose level he could never reach, hence worsening his inferiority complex.

### First Division

#### Gen Narumi

While initially excited to enter the First Division and meet its captain, known as Japan's Strongest Anti-Kaiju Combatant, Kikoru couldn't be more discontent to find out Gen was a lazy and moody individual who didn't look professional at all. In spite of their first encounter, Kikoru changed her mind about him when she saw him take action and single-handedly killing a kaiju while asking her to show him her true skills, thus making Kikoru excited once again of being part of such a powerful group like the First Division. After Isao's death at the hands of Kaiju No. 9, Kikoru opened herself a bit with Gen, swearing to mourn her father only after killing No. 9. Apologizing for her lack of composure, Kikoru was promised by Gen to be trained by the latter to become stronger, with Gen wishing to mentor Kikoru like Isao himself did with Gen in the past. Despite Gen being her senior, the two share a sibling-like mentor-student relationship, with Kikoru calling Gen "Master Moron" and him calling her "Dumb Disciple" in return.

#### Rin Shinonome

Ever since their first interaction in Shinagawa against the Ant-types, Kikoru and Rin share a sense of interest and slight rivarly due to their skills and personalities. Kikoru sees Rin as a obstacle to surpass, due to Gen's training ideas, and in return Rin is interested in Kikoru for her skills and unafraid personality.

## Others

### Kaiju No. 9

Kikoru's first encounter with the kaiju was during the Aptitude Test when No. 9 appeared to injure Kikoru and revive the Honju of the test. After the events that followed, Kikoru still remembers Kaiju No. 9 and sensed his presence in the Sagamihara Subjugation Operation. Ever since these encounters, No. 9 has become a personal challenge and enemy for Kikoru to overcome and defeat, facing him with all of her might to emulate her late mother and beating the kaiju who incapacitated her in the examination. After Isao's murder at the hands of No. 9, Kikoru's hatred towards the kaiju have only increased, to the point of her refusing to mourn her father before killing No. 9.

### Kaiju No. 15

While the connection between the two is still unknown, Kaiju No. 15 seems to be somewhat interested and drawn to Kikoru, even taking a human appearance very similar to hers and calling her "Little Kikoru" while taunting her.

### Kaiju No. 4

While wearing Numbers Weapon 4, Kikoru is able to access No. 4's memories of her mother, thus using her ghost as a guide in battle. Apparently the kaiju spirit also watches Kikoru's performances with the suit and seems to be quite judgemental about it, much to Kikoru's annoyance.

## Reference

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Chapter 44
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chapter 54
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 7
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 34
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 52
6. ↑ Chapter 50
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 6
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter 3
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chapter 4
10. ↑ Chapter 5
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter 42
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Chapter 26
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter 12
14. ↑ Chapter 13
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Chapter 45
16. ↑ Chapter 37
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Chapter 11
18. ↑ Chapter 65
19. ↑ Chapter 9
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Chapter 22
21. ↑ Akari's character profile
22. ↑ Chapter 61
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Chapter 39
24. ↑ Chapter 55
25. ↑ Rin's character profile
26. ↑ Chapter 16
27. ↑ Chapter 51
28. ↑ Chapter 69
29. ↑ Chapter 77
30. ↑ Chapter 79