Daichi Shijima

**Daichi** **Shijima** is the master of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail war.

"Get out of my way, demons! You sons of bitches! Yerrrraaaaaaahhh!" — Daichi Shijima

## Profile

Daichi Shijima is a character from Devil Survivor 2. He is a classmate of the protagonist and his childhood friend.

### Personality

Daichi is a deep thinker, often examining the social implications and morality of a situation farther than the other characters. Even though he seems spineless, he tends to cast away his cowardice in the blink of an eye when he is faced with extreme adversity. Unfortunately, his low self-confidence limits him achieving even greater heights. He seems to do poorly in school, and to be forgetful at times; Forgetting his exam slip and cell phone at his seat at the beginning of the game. He also doesn't think too fondly of work, seeming to dislike "[slaving] away for a paycheck."

He has shown to have interest in several of the female characters, most strongly Io and later Miyako. Additionally, Daichi has a strikingly strong loyalty to the protagonist, following him on every route and decision no matter what compared to the other characters who may leave him.

In the anime, he is less hesitant on taking action and more willing fighting against demons, especially when Hibiki is involved, and at one point is even suicidal in order to save him and Io. He shows interest towards Io like he is in the game, but to the lesser extent.

## Abilities

Daichi's Fate System events focus on his timid personality and his hesitation to act. Throughout his Fate System events, Daichi struggles to find his "usefulness" in the world and cowers in fear when asked to deal with demons by other members of the team (claiming to be just a regular high school student), due to his mant near death experiences in the previous few days, voicing his regrets to the protagonist shortly after. Through many of his events Diachi also voices how he just wants to return to his regular life, and misses worrying about trivial things "like exams and girls."

While progressing through Daichi's Fate events, A JP's member will appear informing Daichi and the protagonist about a Septentrione sighting and asking for their assistance. Daichi will be hesitant to the idea, and will be scolded by Hinako, who leaves shortly after. After talking with the protagonist, Daichi will leave to help Hinako, who is found surrounded by demons without her summoning app. Daichi then realizes that there was no Septentrione and that his hesitance could cost Hinako's life. He defeats the demons and asks her if she's alright. Hinako tells him to shut up while mocking him, but thanks him for his help regardless. As she leaves, Daichi expresses his satisfaction at how he has managed to overcome his hesitation.

Daichi's Fate route focus on finding his own worth. Throughout the event, Daichi decided to help civilians as much as he can, learning from his previous experience during the battle against Septentriones that although he is not as strong as the protagonist or his other friends in fighting demons, that doesn't give him excuse to do nothing. While helping people, Daichi also wishes to find what he is capable of. Near the end of his event, he helps a mother finding her lost son with the help of the civilians he had helped before. Daichi was at first feeling down and disappointed of himself because he still need to rely on other people, but he then realized his own worth when the protagonist points out that they were helping him because of the good deeds he has done for them and he should be proud of it.

# References

https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Daichi\_Shijima

https://devil-survivor-2-the-animation.fandom.com/wiki/Daichi\_Shijima