Shin Cline

* Current
* Distant Future
* Kathier
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**Shin Cline** is the main protagonist of Grando. Cline is the leader of Grand Gust and founder of Nonobe. He is currently a student of Nothe High. Cline is the current hand manipulation user.

Growing up, Cline didn't live with his parents. He grew up collecting trinkets and earned wen off them. He would live in the slums of Troitde, in an abandon apartment. Following Louis's death, Cline resigned and disbanded Grand Gust and decided to learn about his own family's past. Reading a journal he found when he was first abandoned, he was distraught in his clan's bloodshed and tragedy.

Realizing there was a pattern in his clan, he was scared and anxious for what was to come of his friends. He abandoned them and created Nonobe to protect himself from the outside world.

After creating Nonobe, Cline would use the alias and alter-ego "Kathier".

## Appearance

Cline is a young man of average height with a slender build with a slim waist. Cline has emerald green eyes and a prominent scar on his right cheek. Cline has silky black hair. Cline is usually seen wearing his school uniform. Which consists of a shirt, tie, and black slacks. Occasionally, Cline is seen wearing a baggy grey hoodie with a white belt and black slacks.

In the distant future, Cline grows out his hair into a mullet and his bangs turn into a middle part. Cline's eyes become less flexed and are much more relaxed. In Louis's remembrance, Cline wears a ponytail occasionally. It is visible that Cline's scar grows wider. His eyebrows become much more defined compared to when he was younger. Typically, Cline wears a buttoned-up blue cloak. His face structure becomes much more defined. Cline has two scars on his back, he also has a large scar on his scalp.

### Hand Manipulation Awakened Form

While in awakened form, Cline has an additional two lengthy arms growing from his back that can extend and reduce length. Along with two arms, he has a claw-like hand, covering most of his face. Cline loses lots of his blood in this form, therefore having pale skin.

### Second Conscious Form

When entering his second conscious, his pupils turn white and Cline begins to start bleeding from his eye.

### Kathier

As Kathier, Cline's appearance turns into something that somewhat resembles his legendary ancestor, Zaza Noballz. Ever since he had inherited "Possession", Cline would get scars from both sides of his upper cheeks, close to his eyes. Every time he would need to use Possession, Cline would need to make the six scars bleed. Similar to his ancestor, Cline's eyes would grow to become almost a darkish emerald green. Cline's face would mature, growing into his cheekbones. His body would also become much more physically fit. Cline's hair would grow into a longer mullet, having his hair parted to the side, however, letting his hair flow freely. Cline would wear a brown cloak instead his blue one, with a silver button. Cline would wear black boots.

## Personality

### Youth

    As a child, Cline showed kindness and generosity to everyone he knew, including strangers at Troitde. He was curious of what the world had to offer him, and would patiently wait until he was old enough to travel the world. Although he didn't spend lots of time with him, Cline spent a few months with a man named Eren. Eren would teach Cline the basics of things, like combat, or spelling.

When entering Nothe High, Cline would become close friends and share a brotherhood with Mirion Shuukan. Initially, Shinjiro was skeptical of Mirion and reluctantly discussed about simple topics with him. While talking with Mirion, Shinjiro developed strong feelings for Hana Eve, a classmate. Shinjiro was initially scared of Hana, due to her reputation, but then later realized that Hana gave Shinjiro an ability to become bold. Since meeting Hana, Shinjiro's vision would be imagined as him running to the sunset, in which the sun would be Hana.

### Grand Gust

While training, Shinjiro would cling onto Mirion, and find himself depending on his mentor, Louis. As a teenager, Shinjiro would grow to become much more bolder, passionate, strong-willed, however, he still kept some of his old traits with him, such as his shyness and empathetic nature. Shinjiro cared deeply about Mirion and Hana and would often try and defend them when they were in trouble.

After losing Louis, his older-brother figure to Yori Eve, Shinjiro would have no time to cope with his grief, as he would be tortured by Yori for a week. Throughout the week, Shinjiro's hope and trust would be put to test for Mirion. Shinjiro would be manipulated, tortured and mentally drained by Yori. Yori would show him visions of Mirion and Hana, in which they had almost forgotten about him.

After being let out of Yori's grasp, Shinjiro would realize that Yori was right, and Mirion would take on the title of Louis's successor and go on to create a new gang in order to surpass him. Shinjiro would grow frustrated, not realizing that Mirion had thought that Shinjiro was dead. Initially believing that Mirion had done nothing to help Hana, Shinjiro was enraged. Later, Shinjiro would realize that Hana was in fact alive and joined Mirion, which would only make him even more frustrated, going back to when Hana had promised that she would wait for Shinjiro.

    He would decide to run away from what was the public and go back to his family's roots, in which he wanted to find someone or something that could understand the way he felt. Shinjiro would come to a realization that his entire bloodline was deceased and he was the last Noballz currently. Shinjiro would feel extreme loneliness.

### Kathier, Leader of Nonobe

Shinjiro would grow to become impatient, cocky, willfull, and disrespectful, contradicting his past self. Shinjiro would grow a hatred towards Mirion, in which he once saw his brother. Despite his new-self, Shinjiro would remain selfless, often putting his comrades in front of himself. As Kathier, Shinjiro would become an extraordinary damupawa user and he would master his techniques. Those who were once allies with him could not recognize him due to his rash personality.

While Shinjiro became a extraordinary damupawa user, his ability to lead a group would also considerably increase. Nonobe would become the greatest group of damupawa users. Through his influence of Nonobe, Shinjiro would meet living-legend Jude. Jude would play as the advisor in Nonobe, becoming #3 fairly quickly. Unaware that Jude was the main mastermind behind the demise of Shinjiro and uprising of Kathier, Shinjiro would admire Jude, however, he would provoke himself from relying onto Jude. Jude's remarkable ability to manipulate would put Shinjiro under his control. A few months later after Shinjiro had met Jude, Jude would introduce Shinjiro to a masked man called "Rel". Rel would also become #3 fairly quickly, advising Shinjiro what was best, including the plan on Abyss vs. Nonobe. Rel and Jude would instigate Shinjiro's hatred towards Mirion even more.

One night, Shinjiro would realize that Hana was alive the entire time, and she had joined forces with Mirion. Feeling betrayed, Shinjiro had jumped to conclusions in which Mirion turned Hana against him. Shinjiro would grow angry towards Hana, however, he wasn't thinking straight and was very aggravated to end Mirion's life, along with Yori's life.

## Background

When Shinjiro's parents had Shinjiro, they were very young. Unprepared and worried, Shinjiro's mother flees and leaves to her hometown. His father decides to give him up for adoption. Years later, Shinjiro's father has an affair with another woman and has a child. Frustrated, Shinjiro wonders why his father couldn't take care of him. At one point in his life when he was younger, Shinjiro had met his mother just by coincidence. His mother slits his cheek out of pure instinct. Shinjiro is confused why his mother hurt him, but still wants answers. His mother wants him to leave. The last things Shinjiro's mother says to him is to give others a second chance. Since then, Shinjiro has been in and out of homes until he reached the age of fourteen when the foster company let him out of their possession. The foster company provided Shinjiro with enough money for a home and money for a while. Surprisingly, Shinjiro was sad that he was going to leave his "family" and was very anxious of having to do something new.

In Troitde, Shinjiro would live alone. He would collect trinkets for coins, then using the coins to buy food (typically bread and cheese). Sometimes, he would create things out of the scraps he would find.

## Story

While walking to the first day at his new school, Shinjiro encounters Masami fighting a random delinquent. While observing the fight, Shinjiro meets eye contact with Masami. Shinjiro becomes intimidated, and runs away. While sprinting to school, Shinjiro arrives at his school. He is in awe, as it is much more nicer than he had expected.

While in his first class, Shinjiro is extremely anxious. While sweating abundantly, Mirion notices Shinjiro. The two grow close together and discuss about themselves. While talking, Shinjiro notices Hana. He claims that she looked sad, and hears from Mirion that her siblings were delinquents. Shinjiro is intimidated, however, he musters enough courage to introduce himself. All three of the teenagers end up hanging out after school that evening. While leaving school, they get kidnapped by one of Masami's subordinates. When Shinjiro wakes up, he is alarmed and terrified. He then realizes that he has once again met with Masami, and Hana's brother was Masami. Masami leaves the room, leaving Shinjiro in constant fear. Shortly later, Mirion and Hana get into a quarrel that relates in the escape plan, in which Shinjiro breaks it up. They all equally decide that they would bump into each other and pray that it would cause an impact. Shinjiro slips when the plan is put into action, and lands face first. Shinjiro feels like a fool, however, he is happy that his friends are grateful for him. Shinjiro is then beat up by Masami, then sent home.

After dropping off Mirion, Hana explains that she desires to save her older brother, Yori. She requests that Shinjiro assist her, in which he agrees. In order to save Yori, he learns the basics of damupawa from Hana.

The next day, Shinjiro wakes up tired and bruised. He ends up oversleeping and researches on about damupawa he had been informed about. He doesn't find anything in the internet, however, while walkign through town, he finds a flyer about damupawa. Nervous, Shinjiro invites Mirion to learn damupawa with him, in which he agrees.

## Abilities

Initially, Shinjiro was considered to be wimpy and weak. He would often be picked on for his scar and scrawny build. Since damupawa training with Uncle Uncle and Mirion, Shinjiro had awakened his clan's abilities as well as his own physical abilities. Though he was initially weak, Shinjiro has always been abnormally intelligent, his most notable ability being able to read through a person's attacks and to calculate their movements. Shinjiro is also able to brainstorm millions of outcomes in a matter of milliseconds when reading an opponent's attacks.

### Physical Abilities

* **Outcome Select**: While in battle, Shinjiro is able to calculate what to do next and what attack he should do for the greatest chance of victory. Shinjiro can think of millions of outcomes in his head and then select one that will lead him to victory.
* **Decipher Movements**: Shinjiro is able to scan through an opponent's movements to read what they will do next, ultimately giving him the upper hand in several fights.
* **Poison Sweat**: Having sweated so much in his entire lifetime, Shinjiro's sweat has an extreme odor,(when he is very, very nervous) to what smells like rotten eggs, expired milk, and sewage water.
* **Advanced Strength**: Having trained for nearly a year, Shinjiro's physique had altered. Shinjiro is able to lift four different adult men on his shoulders and arms.
* **Advanced Speed**: Shinjiro is extremely fast, especially movement wise. Shinjiro can speed-blitz through opponents, catching them off-guard.
* **Advanced Durability**: Having sparred and been bullied through his childhood and training arc, Shinjiro has grown an immense amount of durability. Shinjiro's damupawa technique, Hand Manipulation, gives him pain in the fingers and joints, which would typically paralyze an adult man.
* **Noballz Leap**: Being passed down from generation to generation, Shinjiro is able to jump as high as almost out of the planet and as far as 8.4 MPH.
* **Advanced Hearing**: Inheriting it from the Noballz Family, Shinjiro can hear much more clearer and farther than the average person. Shinjiro is also able to hear someone else's heart beat.
* **Enhanced Senses**: Also a Noballz Family inheritance, Shinjiro's senses are enhanced, being able to smell, see, hear, touch, and taste things much more better than the average person.
* **The Second Conscious**: This ability is a generation "exclusive" (only passed down to a few select members of the clan randomly), Shinjiro is able to awaken a second version of himself, typically much more ruthless and calculated. It is noted that Shinjiro's eyes turn white and black.
* **Preternatural Perception:** It is noted ever since Chapter 5, that Shinjiro is extremely perceptive. He is able to predict his opponent's movements and estimate what scenario mid-battle will lead him to success.

### Damupawa Abilities

Shinjiro is the current Hand Manipulation user and is considered to be powerful in the damupawa world, however, he is not the strongest (currently).

## Relationships

* Sarah Noballz - Sarah is Shinjiro's biological mother. Shinjiro and Sarah share a complex relationship. Sarah wants nothing to do with Shinjiro, however, she feels bad. Shinjiro continues to forgive Sarah, regardless of her abandoning him. Shinjiro has never once felt angry at Sarah, however later in the story Shinjiro becomes hateful towards his mother.
* Mirion Shuukan - Mirion was Shinjiro's best friend and his first friend. The two boys developed a relationship where they did almost everything together, similar to brothers. Because they shared a bond similar to brothers, they would not always agree. Mirion would often tease Shinjiro, nontheless, Shinjiro would never get annoyed at him. The two shared a dream of taking down those stronger than themselves. Throughout their young junior high years, they had each others back at all times. After the Dead by Daylight Incident, Shinjiro felt betrayed by Mirion for two reasons. Leaving him to die with Yori, and taking on the name as "Louis's Successor". Shinjiro desired to get back at Mirion.
* Hana Eve - Hana was Shinjiro's love interest. Before the Dead by Daylight Incident, Shinjiro would act anxious and nervous around her, causing him to embarrass himself frequently. Shinjiro would admire Hana's intuition, along with her damupawa technique mastery. Hana was Shinjiro's drive to take down Yori. After the Dead by Daylight Incident, Shinjiro would distance himself away from Hana in order to protect her. Though Hana believed that Shinjiro no longer had an interest in her, she couldn't so much more wrong. Because of Shinjiro's desire to fufill Hana's wish, he creates Nonobe in order to save Yori.
* Uncle Uncle - Uncle Uncle was Shinjiro's instructor for damupawa. At first, Shinjiro believed that Uncle was nothing but a hoax, however, he was shocked when he turned out to be one of the strongest damupawa users in existence. Shinjiro believed that he could never reach such power as Uncle, therefore, he put a great amount of trust in Uncle's teaching.
* Louis Yooshi - Louis was Shinjiro's mentor. Whether it was damupawa, or life lessons, Shinjiro believed that Louis would always be there for him. Louis was considered to be an older brother figure for Shinjiro, and was a guiding light for him. Shinjiro deeply admired Louis. When Louis had died, Shinjiro had felt so desperate and was in despair, leaving him to believe that he was too weak to save Louis. To this day, Shinjiro wonders if he could have saved Louis that day.
* Yori Eve - Yori was responsible for Shinjiro's drastic change in character. At first, Shinjiro had wanted to bring Yori back to his senses, however, he now desires to kill him in the worst way possible. It isn't clear whether Shinjiro has a mix of unclear emotions, or a true hatred towards him. Before the Dead by Daylight Incident, Shinjiro did not know much about Yori's existence. After the Dead By Daylight Incident, Shinjiro had an immense amount of hatred towards Yori, and had sworn to kill him. When Yori had taken the persona as Rel, Shinjiro had no idea that Yori was Rel, and had trusted Rel as his advisor and older brother figure. What he wasn't aware was that he was Yori. Once discovering that he was Yori, Shinjiro had felt a mixture between betrayal and foolishness.
* Nonobe (As a whole) - Shinjiro created a group of strong individuals that he wouldn't mind dying. Although Shinjiro tells Nonobe that he has no concern for them, Shinjiro deeply cares for them in secret.
* Jude - Jude would initially introduce himself as an advisor to Shinjiro. Jude had provided Shinjiro wisdom, advice, and security, in return, Jude had earned Shinjiro's trust. Shinjiro would admire Jude, and even consider him as a father-figure. At one point Shinjiro would take Jude's word over his own word. Shinjiro would be blinded by Jude's manipulation, and not realize that Jude would be using him to

## Trivia

* Shinjiro was born in Troitde (one of the
* most poorest cities in the current world).
* Shinjiro is a direct parallel to Arlo.
	+ Both boys often getting nervous, have a gentle gaze in their eyes, have dark colored hair, have some sort of permanent injury on their face, have forgiving personalities, and are foreign.
* His favorite color is green.
* His favorite thing to do is draw and read manga.
* As a child, he dreamed of being a hero.
* He was born with a perfectly symmetrical face.
* His favorite foods is castella.
* Shinjiro's eyes have one of the greatest gazes in the world.
* Shinjiro's relationship chart:
	+ Mirion: Greatly trusted
	+ Hana: Love
	+ Louis: Mentor
	+ Hen: Like

* Shinjiro enjoys watching sunsets.

## Quotes

* *"I was surprised for a second...but I don't really care anymore."* (Shinjiro responding to Hana, Chapter 2)
* *"My father, my mother, my entire family never wanted me. In fact, the first thing my mother did to me was give me a scar. I had no one. I've been so lonely for so long."* (Shinjiro talking to Mirion)
* *"When we grow, I hope to grow with you. While I think, I think about you. When others drift apart, will you stay with me, Hana?"* (Shinjiro to Hana)
* *"That's when I realized. I realized that these were the people that made me happy."* (Shinjiro thinking about Louis and Mirion.)
* *"Mirion, thank you."* (Shinjiro to Mirion)
* *"Don't you understand Hana? I can do so much more than bring back your brother. I can reunite all your siblings, I can take over the delinquent world entirely. I want something grander."*
* *"I no longer want to live in constant fear."* (Shinjiro to Mirion)
* *"I'm not strong, don't look up to me. Just listen to me."* (Shinjiro to Iwa)
* *"I'll never forgive you, Mirion."* (Shinjiro to Mirion)
* *"Hana, let me ask you one thing. If you are an esper, do you know what I am thinking right now?"*
* "*You and I are nothing alike Luka. You are weak and embarrassing."*