Nagisa Shiota

**Nagisa Shiota** (潮田 渚, *Shiota Nagisa*) is a student in Korosensei's Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School.

Despite his overall passive nature, Nagisa has a natural talent for assassination.

## Description

### Appearance

Nagisa is an attractive, petite-framed boy with blue hair and azure eyes. His hair goes past his shoulders due to his mother forcing him to keep it that way. He kept it in a long ponytail until Kaede Kayano joined the classroom and styled it in two pigtails. He is known for his androgynous appearance which has often been poked fun at by many people.

### Personality

Nagisa is a calm, collected, and friendly individual who can be exceptionally observant and circumspect of his surroundings and the situations that develop around him. He tends to pay strict attention to Korosensei in hopes to understand the motives of the mysterious being and compiles the information he has gathered in his notes for reference.

Nagisa is noticeably more reserved and shy than other students in his class, thinking much more than actually talking and referring to himself as "invisible" because of this. He seems to be commonly nervous about what he says in important situations, being hesitant and harboring a slight stutter, which is possibly due to his mother telling him he "isn't good enough". However, Nagisa is not easily fazed by things that would unnerve the average person, as shown in his interactions with Karma and the prospect of using a real knife.

Despite his calm and empathetic demeanor, Nagisa possessed deep insecurity about his talents and how he was perceived by the people around him. This was reflected by a lack of goals and general pessimism about his own future, which caused him to end up in Class 3-E. However, Nagisa eventually gained more self-esteem, became more objective, and found his own goals, thanks to his experiences with his classmates and especially with Korosensei.

## Powers and Abilities

### Assassination

Nagisa's physical abilities are mediocre, and it is worthy to note that he is one of the weakest amongst the boys as his constitution and strength are more easily comparable to a female of his age. However, Nagisa has an extraordinary amount of natural talent as an assassin due to his impressive observant nature, his remarkable stealthy movements, and his immense bloodlust. This inclination has also been made apparent numerous times during the span of the story, such as his duels against Takaoka, his fight against Karma, and Korosensei respectively. Several other characters such as Karma and Maehara have noted that he is full of surprises - one can never know when or where Nagisa will aim to strike, and his talent in the art of assassination has garnered respect from even those who are not his peers to the point that others have commented on the potential Nagisa possessed that could be fulfilled in the role of a professional hitman. In the end, though, Nagisa does not pursue this path and decides to use his abilities to help others in the same way Korosensei did: teaching to a "problematic class".

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### Bloodlust

Nagisa possesses a massive amount of hidden bloodlust despite his initial character, impression, and appearance which can affect his opponents in varying ways; the most significant, powerful reaction can involve immobilization and an inability to counterattack or to fight back, and this type of reaction affects even trained professional assassins. This is made very clearly evident for the first time during his mock assassination with Takaoka, and another early event is the incident when two of his old classmates threatened him, sparked the interest of all three of Class E's main faculty. When Nagisa's bloodlust is released or directed at someone, it is metaphorically represented as a large, blood-soaked snake coiled around his target with its fangs bared and ready to strike at any moment. In later chapters, his bloodlust takes the form of a flaming aura around him in a way that either mimics or reflects that of the God of Death. However, if Nagisa were to lose control of his bloodlust due to emotional provocation, his inability to rein his bloodlust back under control is indicated in his eyes, which are illustrated as dull, and as such can cause him to grow reckless or lack foresight during combat while focusing on his target, apart that would cause that opponents with bloodlust that exceeds Nagisa's own are not affected in the slightest.

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### People Reading/Discernment

Nagisa developed the ability to read people's expressions, intentions, and most of their actions' reasons with ease as a result of his past experiences with his mother, Hiromi Shiota, and after being placed in the Class 3-E, even more after meeting Koro-sensei. There are occasions when he can detect if a person is lying or not being entirely truthful, such when Terasaka was plotting with Shiro. After being placed on the receiving end of the God of Death's improved Clap Stunner, this ability later evolves, now allowing Nagisa to analyze a person's state of mind simply by looking at them, being described as "wavelengths" or "wavelengths of consciousness" of people that represent their breathing, line of sight, facial expression, body language and more. This allows Nagisa to find a person's "gap in consciousness" or "openings" where they let their guard down, as well as their "peak in consciousness", which is the state of mind that happens when a person is highly susceptible to outside stimuli such as the Clap Stunner, which he has made effective use of in different ways, from stunning enemies before attacking them to simple, almost trivial things such as being able to remove a size label from clothing without the person wearing it noticing, etc.

### Marksmanship

In June, Nagisa scored 84/200 in Marksmanship, making him the fifth best among the boys and seventh overall amongst his class.

### Kiss of Death

Nagisa has shown some level of skill when using Irina's "Kiss of Death" technique, able to acquire 15 "Hits" off of Kaede. Irina has remarked that Nagisa's training in indiscriminate French kisses have bestowed on him remarkable enough skill to exceed his classmates by a large margin, as he is supposedly capable of registering a total of 40 "Hits" if he were to place more effort into his kiss.

## Etymology

* The name **Nagisa** means "beach, shore" (渚).
* Nagisa's surname **Shiota** means "tide" (潮) (**shio**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**).

## Trivia

* Nagisa is one of the few people who is referred to by his first name when nearly everyone else is referred by their family name. According to Korosensei in his talk with Nagisa's father, it is because Nagisa asked everyone to call him by his given name so he could easily make the transition back to his old name if his parents ever ended up getting back together.
* Nagisa was called "Androgynous" due to his feminine appearance during the class 3-E training using code names. Nakamura was the one who gave him his codename.
	+ He also is the shortest male student of Class 3-E.
* Nagisa is usually represented by a snake due to his ability to hide his bloodlust and strike at the least expected moment.
* His favorite subject is English while his least favorite subject is Science.
* His past club before dropping to Class E was Concert Club.
* If he earned the reward from killing Korosensei, Nagisa would like to buy himself some height.
* In the tankobon extras, his statistics were listed as:
	+ **Stamina:** 2
	+ **Mobility:** 3.5
	+ **Close Combat:** 3.5
	+ **Marksmanship** 3.5
	+ **Academics:** 3.5
	+ **Personal Skill (Close Combat Assassination):** 5
* In the Shooting Skills Scores, he's ranked 5th.
* According to Koro Sensei:
	+ In the Art Scores, he's ranked 5th.
* According to Irina:
	+ In the Kissing Techniques, he's ranked 1st.
* According to Mr Karasuma:
* In the Long-Distance Assassination Scores, he's ranked:
	+ **Ambush Shooting:** 2nd
* In the Close-Range Assassination Scores, he's ranked:
	+ **Knife Skills (Combination):** 3rd with Karma Akabane
	+ **Stealth Skill:** 2nd (tie with Meg Kataoka)
* In the Miscellaneous Scores, he's ranked:
	+ **Negotiation:** 4th (tie with Kaede Kayano)