Shinku Ebata

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**Warning: this page contains spoilers for *Arc I*.**

"*I'm supposed to be protecting you, but... I think a lesson needs to be taught here.*"
— Shinku, Chapter 13
Shinku Ebata is a major character in *Augma II Arc I* and a member of Aeroseven BKT.

## Profile

*She has this foreboding aura... Where did she come from anyway?* — The official Twitter

## Appearance

Shinku is woman with long, orange hair, a low-hanging ahoge, and orange eyes with a faint symbol of fire in her irises. She wears an orange-gray coat, orange gloves, a light yellow turtleneck sweater, a short red skirt, and tights. Her sweater has Japanese characters in a darker color that read 無限地獄Limitless Gehenna.

When she performs the Corpse Immolation Technique, her skin and sclera take on a "dark shade of charcoal" and orange lines appear on her skin leading to her eyes.

In her original sprite, her coat is dark-orange, her gloves are black, her skirt is gray, and her sweater is a dark, multi-colored shirt instead. The Japanese characters on her shirt are a lighter color and are the same from her updated sprite.

## Personality

Shinku has a polite, motherly personality, often showing compassion to Shira Yamano and Sforzando Ryuuzou because of their unfortunate circumstances. She also has a stricter side to her motherliness, using warnings and threats to try and keep them out of danger, and when it doesn't work she is willing to use force on, for example, Sforzando to reprimand her.

As a member of the Aeroseven BKT, she is initially subservient to Seiva like the rest of the members. However, Shinku's moral self-questioning, hatred of war and her part in it, and personal conflicts with Sforzando (who left the Aeroseven BKT) eventually culminate with Shinku leaving the Aeroseven BKT. Betraying Seiva is described as "requir[ing] a great amount of will and effort."

She is described by Shira as "a god with a heart of gold."

## Plot

### Augma II Arc I

#### Verynstryfe

In Chapter 5, Shinku briefly appears alongside other members of the Aeroseven BKT in a "vision of red" that Shira receives.

#### Room Theory II

In Chapter 7, Shinku appears alongside Faerin Kegare walking up the stairs at Xentio Academy. Seemingly unaffected by the floor's inaccessibility, Shinku goes from the staircase to the hallway outside the Comfy Club's room and meets Loui Sunsa and Shira. After introducing herself, she gives a warning to Shira and leaves through the staircase.

After that, Shira and Loui listen in on a conversation Kat recorded just moments before between Shinku and Faerin, where they reveal their purpose for being there to be hunting down a false priest.

#### Weeping Angels

In Chapter 9, Shinku appears before Sforzando is able to kill Shira and knocks her out. She chats briefly with Shira and reiterates her warning as a plea for Shira to avoid the Aeroseven BKT for his and his club's safety. She also hands a Shira a vial of lemonade-flavored liquid that heals his wounds before carrying off Sforzando and leaving.

#### Overseer

In Chapter 13, Shinku is present at meeting with the other Aeroseven BKT members, such as their leader Seiva and fellow member Reisen Zetsumetsu. Seiva adjourns the meeting as the Aeroseven BKT prepares to invade on Kirron.

While Shira and Sforzando fight atop the Weeping Angel, Sforzando threatens to call upon her 15 Dragon Gods. Shinku appears immediately before Sforzando can do so and decides to teach her a lesson for daring to call upon the 15 Dragon Gods. Shinku knocks Shira off the Weeping Angel and away from her fight with Sforzando.

As the fight progresses, fellow members of the Aeroseven BKT begin to spectate, namely, Bansen Goukeijin, Faerin, Makesshou Chouetsu, and Reisen. Not satisfied with just spectating, Makesshou, Faerin, and Bansen interrupt the two's battle for fun. After the three's barrage of attacks, the Aeroseven BKT members are interrupted by the appearance of Ashegone, their target, which leaves Shinku and Sforzando alone.

Before the two's fight can finish, Seiva appears and everyone stops. Seiva announces the start of the Ninth Offset War and calls back all of the Aeroseven BKT to Shangri-La. Shinku does not, however.

#### Checkmate

In the epilogue, Shinku is present when Shira wakes up in his bedroom. In his living room, members of the Comfy Club gather, including new ones such as Odin and Shinku. Shinku explains her reasons for leaving the Aeroseven BKT and asks for acceptance, which Shira readily grants. She is among the group as they travel through the Verim Chasm to Rags and Odin's old house.

## Abilities

*Shinku Ebata is a Nehanzou user. For more information, see Terminology, Circuitry, Nehanzou.*

### Nehanzou

Shinku's abilities as a Nehanzou user are unknown. What is known is that as a Bosatsu member, she is immortal; she inherited the soul of Yakushi Nyorai; and is the fastest member of the Bosatsu, second only to Seiva, requiring time to be stopped to even touch Shinku. However, her pride forces her to take some blows from the opponent to keep the battle fair.

### Kurozakura

Shinku wields the Infernal Sword of Gehenna's黒櫻焦熱地獄 Stygian Cherry Trees, also known as the Kurozakura Shounetsujigoku or simply the Kurozakura. It is a black-orange katana inscribed with the same Japanese characters of its name on the blade itself, and when in combat the blade burns and glows yellow. It was "wrought from the epicenter of the universe's genesis" and described as having "the energy of seventeen trillion dying suns." The katana is incredibly powerfully, noted to cause solar flares from the edge of the blade alone.

“黒櫻焦熱地獄：屍焼身自殺術!”Kurozakura Shounetsujigoku ー Corpse Immolation Technique!

Unrelated to her status as a Nehanzou user, Shinku is able to perform techniques with the Kurozakura. The Corpse Immolation Technique is performed by stabbing herself with the katana to imbue her body with "all of the world's flames," and that doing is both incredibly painful and somehow euphoric to Shinku. This technique has a once per day limit or else she'll burn herself away.

Other than changing her appearance, the Corpse Immolation Technique's effects are described as turning her blood into "lava capable of melting even metaphorical concepts," is an inferno that "burn[s] away reality itself," and would increase the speed of her already incredibly fast battle.

## Trivia

* Shinku's original sprite design can be seen in one CG in the definitive full release of *Arc I*, notably her original sprite's regular shirt (as opposed to the turtleneck sweater) is visible.
	+ In the original full release of *Arc I*, her original sprite entirely can be seen in one CG for the "vision of red."

## External links

* Shinku Ebata at The Visual Novel Database