Shinaya

**Shinaya** is one of the three Special Recommendations for the JCC test, being Test Taker 208.

It was later revealed that Gaku was remotely controlling his body after duping Shinaya into the job. A hijacked Shinaya was then used to scout out JCC applicants.

## Appearance

Shinaya has a button up white shirt with sleeves rolled up to reveal electrical gloves. He has really baggy trousers with high boots. He wears googles to cover his eyes but also provide Gaku an image of what's going on. He has really messy hair.

Shinaya is a young man with extremely messy hair. His eyes are drawn differently from other characters; being more simplistic and consisting of expressionless pupils with defined eybrows.

Shinaya wears a white, button-up shirt with a snakeskin-pattern interior. The sleeves are rolled up to the elbow below a pair of black pouches. He wears dark, baggy pants helpd up with a belt and tucked into black boots.

Shinaya wears arm sleeves and black gloves with wires. When controlled by Gaku, he wore high-tech goggles.

## Personality

Under the control of Gaku, Shinaya was laconic.

When he was eventually released, he was scared and cried that he wanted to go home.

## Synopsis

### History

Prior to the exam, Shinaya was just an ordinary young man who wanted to pay off student loans. At some point in time, he accepted a misleading job offer from Kashima and ended up being remotely controlled by Gaku.

### Plot

Shinaya arrives by boat alongside the two other special-recommendation applicants. He is present at the briefing for the third game, Catch the Tail.

A Gaku-controlled Shinaya later attacks Toramaru and Shin Asakura while they are resting, knocking Toramaru out and sending her flying. At some point, Shinaya also killed four other applicants and removed his tail, thereby being considered eliminated.

Shinaya is later seen at the beach, chastised by the examiners and disqualified for attacking applicants after removing his tail. However, Shinaya easily breaks free and severely injures or kills the JCC staff as they attempt to subdue him. Shin arrives at the beach and a short fight ensues, which is then interrupted by Toramaru and Mafuyu Seba.

Shinaya easily counters and slams the two new arrivals into the ground. As Shin, Toramaru and Mafuyu regroup, a newly-arrived Kaji observes Shinaya and deduces that something's wrong. Shinaya then outspeeds the entire group, brutalizing Shin, Toramaru and Mafuyu. Kaji deduces that Shinaya must be remotely-controlled based the sounds from his goggles, and sharing his theory with Shin, the two begin to fight Shinaya. The fight carries the trio into a cave, where Kaji and Shin coordinate to unsuccessfully take Shinaya down. A desperate Shin and Kaji stretch their respective abilities to the limit, finally turning the tide. Unfortunately, this only entertains Gaku, who fights harder while increasingly straining Shinaya's limbs. As Shinaya is about to kill Shin and Kaji, Taro Sakamoto shows up and blindsides Shinaya.

Shin and Kaji retreat, leaving Sakamoto to fight Shinaya. Their battle carries through the cave's underground rivers before they burst out the cliffside and land inside JAA plane's wreckage. Sakamoto punches Shinaya through the plane onto the wing, catapults Shinaya into the air by jumping on the opposite wing, finally defeating him as he leaps up and shatters Shinaya's goggles using the plane's torn-off landing gear.

Shinaya is then restrained and wakes up on the beach. He immediately bursts into tears, crying about how his body hurts and that he only wanted to pay back his student loans. He reveals to Sakamoto that a "dude in a deer mask" (Kashima) and a "good-looking dude with white hair" (Slur) were scouting for recruits.

## Abilities

Under the control of Gaku, Shinaya was strong enough to contend with the clairvoyant Shin, Mafuyu Seba and the other two special recommendation JCC applicants, Toramaru and Kaji. However, he was no match for Sakamoto who quickly pacified him.

**Enhanced Speed:** Shinaya's attacks were so fast neither Shin, Mafuyu, the special-recommendation applicants nor the JCC examiners were able to react or defend themselves in time. When fighting Sakamoto, he was able to hold his own despite the veteran assassin's blinding speed.

**Enhanced Strength:** Shinaya's strikes were able to send Toramaru flying. He was also able to spin someone in a circle with one hand, then throw them hard enough to skip them across the water and splatter them on a rock.

**Enhanced Durability:** Due to being remotely-controlled, Shinaya could withstand tremendous amounts of punishment that would incapacitate even an assassin. He also had no sense of pain, fighting even as his limbs cracked from the strain.

**Flexibility:** Shinaya has above-average flexibility.

## Trivia

* The online ad used to recruit Shinaya promised a wage of 1,600 Yen, specified that applicants must be flexibile and stated that they had no duties.