Shikabane

**"Shikabane"** (シカバネ) is a Net café refugee. She makes her first appearance in Season 5 of the Netflix Original series *Aggretsuko*.

Having become accustomed to living outside of a societal structure she holds isn't suited to her beliefs, she feels her life would be the same regardless of being homeless.

Her name is only an online username, and she doesn't reveal her real name to anyone, not even to "Haida".

# Character

## Appearance

Shikabane wears a black jacket, two black bows under her ears, and headphones around her neck, she also has magenta eyeliner.

She also wears black platform sneakers with bows on them.

## Personality

She is a mysterious girl that enjoys playing with other people she meets online, but often the other players discover that she's a girl and they always try to engage with her to create a relationship. Because of this, she plays as a male avatar and avoids disclosing her real name, not interested in any serious relationship or meaningful connections with other people.

She is really quiet; seeming as though she isn't interested in anything outside of her own life, but she felt guilty after Haida wasted all his money buying cosmetics and weapons for the game they played together since she was the one who kept asking him to play with her instead of finding a new job. She offered to split the bill for a private booth with a bed at the Net café.

After talking to her a month after they parted ways, Haida notes that Shikabane often acts like she's given up on life, turning her back on the world and claiming to "have everything she wants", as she feels there's nothing left for her to want or could potentially obtain, which has resigned her to the notion she only needs the bare minimum in life.

She appears to be destitute in her ambitions and blocks Haida from any attempts to help improve her situation. She also claimed that while her freelancer life might not be as stable as a steady job, she found it preferable over having to force herself to muster up a "happy, smiling face and attitude."

However, with Haida and Retsuko's help and support, Shikabane found a desire to improve her situation, having gained ambition to move beyond her homeless state. She is last seen looking at apartment rentals, showing that she's moving towards building her adult life despite her lacklustre disposition.

# Relationships

## Friends

### Haida

*Main article: Haida*
Shikabane met Haida online in the video game *Aggressive Heroes* sometime between the events of Season 4 and Season 5. They became partners in-game, often playing together.

She pushes him to spend too much on in-game gacha items, to the point where he spends all of his money, and can't financially support himself after being kicked out of his apartment. They meet in person for the first time at the Anagura Net café by pure coincidence.

She introduces him to Dokachin, who gives him a temporary job at a construction site. Feeling guilty for being one of the reasons he has no savings, she offers to share a two-person booth with him in the net café; splitting the bill for a larger booth.

They part ways in Episode 3, as she searches for a new partner and loses contact with him until one month later in Aki's Kitchen in Episode 9 at which point she looks to be sleeping rougher than before, having eye bags and looking more tired.

### Dokachin

*Main article: Dokachin*
Shikabane and Dokachin, both being net cafe refugees, are friends or at least acquaintances. Shikabane introduces Dokachin to Haida, who offers him a temporary job at a construction site after feeling guilty being one of the reasons Haida is broke.

Despite knowing each other, Dokachin never gives her his contact info.

### Fenneko

*Main article: Fenneko*
Fenneko disguised herself under the alias "Fennelope" to investigate Haida's whereabouts. She joined Shikabane and Haida's party to play together and invites them to hang out at a cafe. Even though she never meet up with them at the cafe, Shikabane is able to correctly guess that Fenneko is Fennelope, much to her surprise.

### Retsuko

*Main article: Retsuko*
After Retsuko's campaign ends, Haida invites Shikabane to dinner, but not before taking her to Retsuko's usual karaoke booth. There, Retsuko helps her regain some form of ambition to improve her situation.

# Trivia

* Her online username "Shikabane" (シカバネ) in japanese means "corpse" (屍).
* She is one of the two characters in *Aggretsuko* to have their fur color be different from the animal they're based on, the other one being Tadano.