Shinku Kuiki

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**Shinku Kuiki** is a core ally in *Thunder Crusaders*.

He is a Eastlander student who was brainwashed by INAZUMA during an earlier trip to Drohnen and is sent to kill Kazuna Akairo. After being freed from INAZUMA's influence, he decides to join Kazuna on his quest to Drohnen to save Kazuna's mother and find redemption.

Shinku is a Vision User and wields the long-ranged Anemo Vision.

## Appearance

Shinku is a tall young man and medium build with messy, dark reddish-purplish hair which he ties into a short ponytail, lime green eyes and a dark mole below each eye. His primary outfit is a proper, trench coat-length, dark green *gakuran/tsume-eriW* with gold accents and dress shoes typical for Japanese high schoolers. He is also shown wearing striped pajamas during his initial encounter with Hell Hound. In the anime, he wears the pajamas when admitted to the hospital, along with bandages wrapped around his eyes. After he rejoins the rest of the group, he wears black sunglasses over his twin scars.

## Personality

Shinku Kuiki is first introduced as an evil and cruel teenager because of INAZUMA's brainwashing. Thus he remorselessly attacks unrelated civilians and adopts a might makes right mindset. However, he reveals himself as a righteous, though blunt individual. Shinku is brutally ruthless with his enemies but endlessly loyal to his companions. He possesses a manipulative charisma in front of potential enemies, seen with Kazuna during their first meeting, the stewardesses before Tower of Grey, and the beggars during his encounter with Tue. In a flashback, his mother reveals that he was quiet and disassociated from his peers, turning away anyone who tries to approach him. His own ability to see stands led to a lonely childhood where he felt nobody could understand him, becoming depressive and cold.

His reason for joining the Boruto Group is for both fighting evil, as he mirrors Kazuna's own explanations for saving his life, and of course a sense of debt toward Kazuna or saving his life. Thus Shinku is also a brave individual, willingly participating in the dangerous journey to Germany and is also able to keep his nerves even in the direst situations such as having been punched through by INAZUMA.

## Abilities

**Vision Mastery:** Shinku is, due to a lifetime of possessing his Anemo Vision, quite proficient at using it. Although it is mostly seen as a catalyst, Shinku states that its true form is that of a bunch of strings; as such one of his key tactics is to secretly unravel His Vision's tentacles while keeping the main body as a distraction. Thanks to that, Shinku can avoid attacks by unraveling his Vision, use the strings as piercing weapons or ropes, and reach for things in the distance. It also gives him a distance advantage, being able to attack from far away with a flurry of whirlwind drils.

**Possession:** Shinku is capable of possessing living entities, seen with the school nurse and Hellhound, by having his Vision's tentacles enter through a bodily orifice.

**Intelligence:** Shinku is the most quick-thinking of the group, being able to devise extensive strategies and plans on the spot, such as during with his fight with Hellhound, where he hid his Vision for future use while in the process of being knocked unconscious, and tricking his way out of a hoard of greedy beggars with a single coin. He is brilliant at analyzing, piecing together the ability of INAZUMA's stand while dying. He is also well informed on the behaviour of different cultures, explaining to Kazuna on how to order tea and thank the wait staff in Hong Kong.

**Video Games:** Shinku is shown to be excellent at video games, displaying confidence in his match with Loki and planning out a sequence of in-game attacks whilst playing.

**Martial Arts Expert:** Shinku appears to be rather proficient at martial arts. During his fight against Tower of Gray, Shinku knocks out the Vision's User, shouting "*Atemi!"*. This is a reference to the Japanese art of *Atemi*, which targets points of weakness in the human anatomy. This may be why he is of such an athletic build.