In the scenario of MELTY BLOOD ReAct, Shiki never killed her. She also tells her that if Kohaku was genuinely attempting to take on her role, using Hisui's original cheerful personality as her own, to never hate Shiki is an integral part of it. If he disappears, she will be able to become the only Sion. In a moment of amused irony, Makihisa spared and adopted the boy because his name was homophonic with the name of Makihisa's eldest son, Shiki (四季, SHIKI?). He goes, but when she shows up she finds her dressed in her executor outfit as she carries her Seventh Holy Scripture. Steve Staley (Anime) In Arcueid's Good Ending, she spends an entire week suppressing her urges and meets Shiki on his way to school, exactly at the same point where he met her at the beginning of the story. Shiki Tohno, born Shiki Nanaya, is the protagonist of the Tsukihime series. Due to his close brush with death, he is not overly concerned about dying, and instead seeks to cherish every moment of his life - 'just living is enough' is his perspective on life. Unlike the original Shiki, Satsujinki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are much more powerful and because of that his Magangoroshi glasses lost their effectiveness, so he must wear a bandage at all times to seal his eyes. Going to the Sanctuary, he meets Riesbyfe Stridberg who was garding the entry. When Makihisa realized this convoluted state of affairs, he concocted a ruse to deceive the outside world. and Prelude under the name DEATH, one year after the events of Tsukihime. The Arima, though related to the Tohno, had negligible demon blood, and he lived there in relative quiet and comfort for eight years. Shiki, realizing that he is becoming Roa, stabs himself in his point of death. - Kishima victory against Nanaya in Melty Blood, For that reason, frantically guarding against the absurd attacks of absurd opponents is his fighting style. When he wakes up, he finds that Hisui is sleeping on top of him, but apparently nothing happened. Or rather, no matter what happens, good or bad, he simply accepts it as it is. As long as Kouma exists, Shiki cannot go back to his world because of Len's state. He has a darker side, that of his bloodline's, the Nanaya. Shiki tries to solve the murders and fights the killer, who is revealed to be Shiki Nanaya. He had gradually become a rumor after gaining much fame, still the "same fool with a knife-fetish" accompanying Arcueid while complaining ceaselessly. Heeding Arcueid's advice, Shiki slashes the line in his chest in order to kill the weaker "soul" within himself. With these Mystic Eyes, Shiki is able to see the eventual fated destruction of an object or entity expressed as small points on the object or entity's body and as thin black lines that extend from those points and crawl over the body. He wins instantly in the first night, but after the same day repeats, Nanaya appears before him again and meets with him several times outside the mansion and his school. Appearances Shiki's powers lets him punch above his weight class because they let him kill immortals and all his enemies rely on being immortal. After he tells his teacher about what he experienced, Shiki is told that he has not much longer to live. Created by Kinoko Nasu. In a moment of amused irony, Makihisa spared and adopted the boy because his name was similar to the name of Makihisa's eldest son, SHIKI. Name:Michael Roa Valdamjong, also known as Elesia and SHIKI Tohno, The "Serpent of Akasha" and the "Infinite Reincarnator" Origin:Tsukihime Classification:Vampire, Dead Apostle Gender:Male Age:At least 800 years old Tier:C-1 | At least D-1, likely higher | At least D-2, likely higher Destructive Capacity:Building Level,higherin his lair (After boosting himself with others' mana, … Merem guides him Einnashe's heart in exchange for an explanation of Einnashe's nature Shiki heard from Arcueid. One day he meets a woman … He is mentioned jokingly during one of the bad ends in Tsukihime[1], but makes a full appearance in a side stories Talk (where he eliminates Forest of Einnashe) and Prelude (where he kills Louvre). One year after events of Tsukihime, while rushing to school, Shiki sees a truck about to hit a cat, and saves it. In addition to the physical problems, the accident also caused Shiki's eyes to develop a peculiar ability, the ability to see lines superimposed on objects and people. As the head of a publicly important family, which held an influential position in business, he could not allow others to know that the eldest son of the family had become inhuman, died, or disappeared. Shiki Tohno is a boy who, after an accident as a child, is able to see strange lines coming from objects and people. The other times, Shiki is merely filled with a desire to kill, and instinctual knowledge on how to do it. He is playful with his sister Akiha and the maids Hisui and Kohaku, sometimes silly, and not at all above exchanging jibes with his best friend and classmate Arihiko Inui or pleasantries with his senior Ciel. No. Shiki is a fairly normal high school student most of the time. Author. She orders him to leave because humans with talents like his weren't allowed to stay in a place like this. She is saved by Shiki, who cuts the "lines" of the poison within her. Because of his Nanaya training as a child, Shiki possesses excellent physical ability, capable of feats comparable to at least an Olympic-level athlete. She tells him to not involve himself in the current events and attacks him like in Melty Blood. She explains that she wanted to reproduce the Night of Wallachia in order to change the ending where he kills Zepia because according to her, he is the reason why her other self exists and the reason why she will cease to exist. Taking his glasses off for every single event CG is his charm point. The protagonist of Tsukihime. DEATH and Arcueid in the Melty Blood manga. He is also a very, very heavy sleeper, to such a point that Hisui is unable to awaken him. とおの しき。月姫の主人公。慢性的な貧血持ち。メガネ君。 Satsujinki is commonly confused with DEATH as the pseudonym he was operating under at the time, but in fact, only Merem called him that. Primary franchise: This gives no special ending and is considered a bad end. - To kill himself (so that she will regain the life energy she gave Shiki when he died eight years ago, and then will be restored to her full strength so she can more easily resist her Tohno blood impulses and restore her mind). As both girls prepare to fight to determine how to get rid of Roa, he overtakes Shiki's body, worn out from trying to stop the two. Sometimes, however, Shiki himself seems to refer to his dark side as "him", another person, namely when discussing with SHIKI. Merem relays the story to Ciel, and she deduces that it must have come from someone close to her. His defense is weak and you'll see him KOed often just with pokes; however, if he is able to get in close, that's when he shows his worth as a main character!...Once he attacks, death is unavoidable. However, Shiki tells Akiha that he loves Kohaku no matter what, prompting her to attack Kohaku by piercing her chest with her hair. She is a genius scientist, given a position equal to the representative of Atlas at an extremely young age. Shiki was the only survivor of that attack. 知らないところで敵を作り、知らないところで味方を作っている。刃物を収集するクセがあるのはあっちの式と同じらしい。イベント画でメガネをかけていないのはご愛嬌というコトで。 This sets him apart from the previous incarnations of 'Nanaya Shiki' where he begins to be more of a physical apparition (stated has he seems to be more prone to damage), and even Kishima Kouma takes note of this change, saying that before, he felt as if he were talking to a beast but now, almost human. Upon discovery of this ability, Shiki understood how destructive it was and how fragile the world around him could be. This aspect of his personality seems to have mostly disappeared (or at least rendered obsolete thanks to his mastery of his abilities) after the events of Tsukihime. She immediately blames Ciel for Shiki's current condition and tells him that she can save him if he obeys her. She considers it her complete defeat, and asks for his name, though she is unable to understand his reply in Japanese. Eight years before the start of the game, he was involved in a life-threatening accident, which led to anemic symptoms and left him with a large scar on his chest. Tsukihime - Type Moon 4th Character Popularity Poll. It is revealed through the route that Akiha often struggles to maintain control over her Tohno blood and resisting her Inversion Impulse, which she has difficulty with due to her also maintaining Shiki's life, to the point she also had to drink Kohaku’s blood. October 15 It is suggested in the Near Side Routes, specifically in the battle against Nrvnqsr, that he possesses detailed knowledge on the human anatomy, also likely subconscious knowledge thanks to his childhood training as a Nanaya. Like the Avenger, he was deemed an elusive calamity in the world of Dead Apostles. At a young age, Shiki was chosen to succeed as the head of the Ryougi family because her older brother could not manifest another personality. Shiki Nanaya (true name)Shiki the KillerDEATH Panicking, he runs, only to be chased into a dead alley and confronted by Arcueid. Your potential seems to surpass your father's, but your spirit and technique are lacking. The Nanaya clan lived in a secluded mansion in the mountains, but was one night destroyed by the Tohno and Kouma Kishima. Sensa (increase attack speed) 3.2.1. )[1] is the main protagonist of Tsukihime who has the ability to see the "death" of everything with the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Akiha is later kidnapped by SHIKI. Miraculously, he survived, albeit with a weakened body and no memory of the incident or much of the rest of his past. At night, Shiki sees through Nanaya's eyes in his nightmare. Sensou (increase movement speed) 3.1.1. Rather than the stern, immovable young lady she appears to be, Hisui is revealed to be a kind, loving and emotional girl, hiding her emotions to keep her sister as she is. Original Design Eventually, Shiki faces off with Nanaya once again. He encounters Ciel, and she does not pursue him even though the Church had ordered for his capture as an important reference. Although not on the level of an alternate personality, the Nanaya side of Shiki is the highly trained killer within him and thus is much colder. From the alternate version of himself, seeShiki Nanaya. This makes Shiki's will stronger than Roa's own. Later it is revealed that she was turned into a vampire by SHIKI. This would imply that he doesn't fully accept it as his own self. 3. More so than most of his peers, because he understands how fragile life really is. Though in the Melty Blood games, Shiki is usually equipped with only one Flash-style technique in his moveset (though English translated movesets prove that he indeed has no flash techniques), implying that Shiki is reluctant to fully rely on the arts of the Nanaya. In combat, Nanaya heavily utilizes the Nanaya-style arts, and is even able to kill well without the usage of his eyes. ), the ability to attack extraordinarily quickly, with an example being his Seventeen Divisions move spawned from Flashing Scabbard: Monk Imprisoned by Doubts (迷獄沙門? There will be spoilers for Tsukihime in this so, you have been warned. ", Tokie Jinan • Tonami Kugamine • Tsukasa Shijyou, Shiki Tohno's Art Illustration, illustrated by, Shiki Tohno's redesign close up, illustrated by. In Hisui's True Ending, after Kohaku reveals that she was responsible for the deaths of Akiha and SHIKI, she commits suicide by stabbing herself in the chest to end her "doll's existence". Aoko feels guilty that Shiki tried so hard to live a moral life as according to her suggestion, when he would have had a much easier time had he "broken" completely. But Shiki is also a softie. After overcoming all these obstacles, Shiki and Sion won't be able to kill TATARI because he doesn't have a body. Alongside Arcueid Brunestud, Ciel, Hisui, and Kohaku, Akiha is one of the five heroines of Tsukihime, which like Fate/stay night, is set within the Type-Moonuniverse. The only entity he has failed to kill is Night of Wallachia, since that entity does not exist as an actual being, but instead as a phenomenon. Anonymous 01/04/21(Mon)14:09:30 No. After hearing rumors about a vampire killer, Shiki decides to patrol around the city to figure out what was happening. Death [???] Brother(s): In addition to the physical problems, the accident also caused Shiki's eyes to develop a peculiar ability, the ability to see lines superimposed on objects and people. Ciel reveals to him that everything they shared in the past was all a huge lie, and her only purpose for being with him was to find out if he was Roa, and then kill him if he was. Shiki was eager to impress Aoko, thus he demonstrated the ability of his eyes by destroying a tree. Although Shiki did not know it, the Tohno family's demon blood led to inhuman urges in all its members; every descendant eventually became insane from its effects, a process called "inversion impulse". The future version of Shiki. In a certain route of the game (or the one portrayed in the Manga), the Night of Wallachia will manifest as Nrvnqsr Chaos and Arcueid and make Sion succumb to her vampire side. After installing Shiki in SHIKI's place as eldest son, Makihisa then sent Shiki away to live with the Arima family branch under the pretext that a boy so dreadfully injured, and who could die at any time from a fragile constitution could not be the heir to the Tohno house. Normal Nanaya is smooth, confident, and treats life (and death) casually. .... running around doing errands with no pay, what a hard working guy. She later loses her memory and she is renamed "Nanaya" by Shiki and Hisui, and returns as a peaceful maid to the Tohno Mansion. When he arrives, he sees Akiha unconscious and that SHIKI is there. This method of killing is apparently absolute; it bypasses even reincarnation, and can even be used against a collective entity. He is able to dodge the truck, but hits his head on the sidewalk, being sent to the hospital shortly afterwards. that was first used as a joke in a Teach me, Ms. Ciel ending. She recognizes this as a sign that Shiki is still somehow alive somewhere, and that as long as she feels it, she has hope, and declares that she will faithfully await his return. Merem confirms Shiki is within the forest in order to kill it, and notes that Shiki also muttered something about being amazed that she was there as well and flushed red from embarrassment. He's entirely capable of being serious in a serious situation, and just as often flustered or embarrassed. In addition, there are multiple levels of perception; in the beginning, Shiki could only see lines on people and objects, then progressed to seeing dots on living things, then dots on inanimate objects. The Nanaya clan lived in a secluded mansion in the mountains, but was one night destroyed by the Tohno and the Kishima (another half-demon branch of the Tohno family). 90% Upvoted. hide. The Arima, though related to the Tohno, had negligible demon blood, and he lived there in relative quiet and comfort for eight years. Despite his family's wealth, Shiki wishes to take up a job because he does not get a monthly allowance from Akiha. Eight years before the start of the game, he was involved in a life-threatening accident, which led to anemic symptoms and left him with a large scar on his chest. ), which Shiki's Nanaya persona usually shows focus on. In addition, there exist in nature entities which have no fated destruction in particular circumstances; for instance, Arcueid during the point where she is strongest. Arcueid, after sleeping with Shiki, attempts to destroy Roa by herself at the school with her Marble Phantasm and is seemingly killed, her weakened body unable to withstand the strain of the skill. Shiki is the main hero of Tsukihime and Akiha's older brother. Because his eyes would not return to normal, the realization began to gnaw at him. When he is under enough mental strain, or is in dangerously close proximity to death, a "second persona" will take over, filling him with nothing more than the desire to kill that which threatens him (or whatever has earned his ire), shutting down his emotions, and even his reaction to pain, becoming a highly focused assassin. Only once has his Nanaya side surfaced in a similar way to that of an alternate personality, and that was under great stress and a very difficult situation for Shiki. It is suggested in the Near Side Routes, specifically in the battle against Nrvnqsr, that he possesses detailed knowledge on the human anatomy. She asks him to never forget the feeling he got when he was around her. 遠野志貴 Then, she starts having spasms and her hair turns red. He made his debut in The Ties That Bind. TYPE-MOON Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Melty Blood It is this lack of energy that causes Shiki's anemic tendencies. TsukihimePLUS-DISCKagetsu TohyaMelty Blood / RA / AC / AACarnival PhantasmAll Around Type-Moon Shiki appears in Talk. Later on they meet each other again at night time and she assaults him. He can be surprisingly cold, giving those such as Nrvnqsr only quick, curt comments while expressing his intent to erase them, or, in the case of Roa, saying nothing at all while exuding a murderous killing intent. Unlike before, Nanaya lets out his urge by repeatedly throwing his knife at Tohno instead of fighting him using his technique or instinct. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Bloodline: They call him unselfish to the point it can be called a medical condition, and he would much work rather than have to ask her.[3]. Their painful journeys begin when they awake in a hospital, a place thats suppose to take the pain away. While Makihisa began grooming Akiha in earnest as the next family head, Shiki lived with the Arima family branch, which consisted of only a mother, father, and young daughter. Shirou can interact with Tohno Shiki and you get to see a clash of ideologies between the two and Shiki/Shirou could fill each other with new ideas. Arcueid surprisingly arrives a week after her supposed death, having regained the bit of power Roa stole from her. He enters into a dream world where the same day would repeat over and over, thanks to Len. One day, she goes to the place where he died and sees Shiki's Nanatsu Yoru knife. After his response, Arcueid kisses him and has him drink a small amount of her blood. Later, when Shiki comes to the abandoned room in order to confront SHIKI and save Akiha, he discovers that SHIKI turned her into a mindless, bloodsucking creature and apparently he raped her offscreen. 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