Shizuka Mikazuki

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**Shizuka Mikazuki** (三日月 閑, *, *Mikazuki Shizuka**?) is a main character in *Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead*. She is a former overseas company accountant and a fellow survivor that Akira Tendou first met while searching for supplies.

## Appearance

Shizuka is an attractive young woman with mid-neck length dark plum-colored hair that has long bangs hanging on the right side, aubergine-colored eyes and a medium-sized bust. Her beauty causes Akira Tendou to freeze in his tracks when he sees her while staring at her breasts and butt thanks to her skimpy athletic wear. Anyone who sees her notes how exceptionally beautiful she is, and the only reason Kenichirou Ryuuzaki hasn't started flirting with her is because he knows that Akira is interested too.

She wears a multi-colored overcoat over a pink and white sports bra with pale gray stripes top and matching color short-shorts, indigo leggings and shoes.

## Personality

Shizuka is a reserved, logical, aloof and blunt young woman who is a fast thinker and she is knowledgeable in various types of science.

She is also argumentative and good with analyzing risks where she is used to not like working in groups until she met Akira Tendou.

## Story

Shizuka was a girl who was always controlled by her rigorous wealthy father who did not let her do what she wanted for most of her life until the zombie apocalypse. It is still unknown what happened to the relationship between her and her father by then, but her father got hit by a truck and died in a tragic death accident, leaving Shizuka alone.

Her highest priority is to search for a secure and substantial place and to do everything she can to avoid becoming a zombie.

## Abilities

**High Stamina** - Shizuka has a lot of energy and stamina due to her intense exercise and balanced diet. She can pedal a bike away from zombies fast enough, even when the bike was carrying a lot of supplies.

**High** **Intellect** - Shizuka is very smart and resourceful as she watches zombie flicks to get info on survival and she has fitted a web cam on her bike and synced it to her phone, so she can monitor outside her current location whilst getting supplies. This came in handy when she noticed a truck coming with a Zombie Driver, which she used to save herself and Akira Tendou.

**Decent Strength** - Shizuka is decently strong as she was able to throw Akira, a fully grown man to the ground to keep him safe from the uncontrollable truck.

**Resistance** - When Shizuka was bitten by a Zombie, she was shown to have some resistance of being turned into a Zombie, as Yuudai Tsurumi stated most usually get zomibied almost instantly and rather very quickly. Because of this she lasted long enough for Yuudai Tsurumi to make a serum to stop the virus from turning her into a zombie

## Relationships

### Mr. Mikazuki

Shizuka resents and fears her father due to him having complete control over her life and forcing high expectations on her. He even went as far to put down her pet dog Roo behind her back giving her another reason to hate him until his death.

### Akira Tendou

Shizuka met Akira when she was getting supplies. She heard him singing loudly about wanting beer, and she said to him that he should be more careful and take essential items like medicine and water, noting how beer is a luxury. She also told him that he has no sense of calculating risk, he could die any day. However, when she saw Akira for the first time, she was happy to see another survivor and considered teaming up with him as he seemed harmless. But then she realized how careless he was and decided not to.

They would meet again when Akira dressed up like a superhero and he saved a bus of people from zombies, which she was a part of. Even though she didn't remember him at first, she berated him for trying to play hero and told him that risking his life to save others is not worth it, as they will betray you to save themselves. This came true when a scared girl shoved Shizuka out of her way, leaving Shizuka trapped with a Zombified Shark. Luckily, Akira and Kencho worked together to save her and allowing Shizuka to give Akira some batteries which he used to kill the undead Shark. After this encounter, Shizuka tried to chastise Akira for being too risky, but Akira told her that she was someone precious to him now, so he'd save her no matter what, which flustered her. Shizuka then decided to give Akira her line ID but left the group again.

They next met at a Mobile Home dealer where Akira once again begged her to join them, but she refused. However, Akira and Kencho pointed out that she didn't have a driving license, and since driving without a licence went against her "no risks" mindset, she reluctantly decided to go with them.

Shizuka showed how much she cared for Akira when she told him to not submit to his former boss and told him not to give up on his bucket list, after that Akira told his Boss to shove it and left.

Their bond developed more during the Hot Spring trip. Akira made a joke about going on a date at the hot springs, but Shizuka shot the whole idea of dating down, much to Akira's dismay. Later, however, when they were alone in the mountain spring, she apologized for what she said and explained that she was no good with romance. Akira commended her for being honest with him, to which Shizuka said that she hopes that she can be this open with the person she loved. The two then realized that this sounded like a confession, but they were interrupted by Kencho and Beatrix Amerhauser before they could pursue the idea.

In chapter 57, Shizuka and Akira confess their feelings to each other and passionately kiss as they are surrounded by zombies. At this point, they began to date each other where Akira tried to start addressing her without using the suffix "-san", but could not bring himself to do that in front of the others. However, he managed to do so when everyone was arguing, which made her angry as she was in a bad mood.

### Kenichirou Ryuuzaki

Shizuka met Kencho for the first time when she came across Akira Tendou once again. Kencho helped Akira save her life from the zombified shark. Since then, she has formed a group with him along with Akira and became close acquaintances. They seem to get along as they both hang together when reacting to Akira's delusions and they look exasperated.

### Beatrix Amerhauser

With another girl member of the group, Shizuka and Beatrix are quite close.

When Beatrix complains about struggling to fit her breasts inside a yukata, Shizuka mutters that it's a problem she'd love to have.

### Gonzou Kosugi

When Shizuka first saw Gonzou, she suspected he set up the traps to raid travelers only for it be clarified to stop bandits.

Although she still didn’t trust him and grew to hate him due to his treatment to Akira Tendou, it reminded her of her father’s own treatment to her when she was younger.

## Etymology

* The name **Shizuka** means "quiet, leisure, free time, leave, spare time, farewell" (閑).
* Shizuka's surname **Mikazuki** means "crescent moon, new moon" (三日月).

## Trivia

* Shizuka's birthdate is on April 12th.
* Shizuka used to have a dream of becoming a doctor.
* Shizuka is the shortest member and the most practical-minded of the group.
* In the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (film), Shizuka is a flight attendant and replaces Yukari's role.
* Shizuka had adopted a stray puppy that she found on the street and named **Roo**. However, it was put down by the Humane Society called by Mr. Mikazuki.

### Miscellaneous

* Shizuka shares a two notable traits with Ainosuke Shindo from SK8 the Infinity.
	+ Both had a bad childhood while growing up with strict relatives and the reason for their current personality.
		- Mr. Mikazuki controlling Shizuka's life and denying her dreams of becoming a doctor made Shizuka the person she is now.
		- Ainosuke's three aunts abusing him as a way of showing their "love" during his childhood made him develop a twisted personality and he had a father who burned his skateboard and forced him to focus on his political career when he was a teenager.
	+ Both are intelligent and knowledgeable through what they have learned:
		- Shizuka learning info by watching Zombie movies and various types of science.
		- Ainosuke easily identifying the flaws in a skaters' moves just by sight in skateboarding.

## References

1. ↑ *Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead* Manga:
 Chapter 6 (p. 26).
2. ↑ *Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead* Manga:
 Chapter 10 (p. 11).
3. ↑ *Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead* Manga:
 Chapter 10 (p. 12).