OnS Theories (16S). Eighth Theory - Shinoa Hiragi. Who is she and what is she?
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P.S: THEORIES DON’T INVOLVE SHIPS. THEY’RE FOCUSED ON NEUTRALITY
You might wonder why I’m making a theory related to Shinoa, and this is due to some detailes that have become rather interesting despite seem like something normal, therefore, let’s talk about it in this theory, shall we?
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As we might recall, Shinoa Hiragi is deemed as a character that was created under an experiment performed by Tenri Hiragi. Said experiment was to create powerful beings but of course, within those experiments, only two beings survived, said beings were Mahiru and her sister.
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 97
And of course, due to the fact that Shinoa was the last being to born safe and sound from said experiment which in now we know that Shikama used his cells for such experiment, there were higher expectations towards her but; you might wonder, what’s new about this within the theory.
For that, let’s talk about some points that have been dismissed within the story:
1. Shinoa’s mother
Perhaps some might wonder what role Shinoa’s mother plays, and that there might be no relevance but, there’s actually an issue; if you might recall back in the Catastrophe LNs, it was mentioned that Tenri Hiragi killed Mahiru Hiragi’s mother when she was 5-6 years old; but what does this have to do with Shinoa’s mother?
Easy. Shinoa’s mother wasn’t killed, instead, she died in an unnatural way
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 97
It was said that the females chosen for the experiment were followers of the Hiragi Family; but within this, how is it possible for a human to disintegrate?
Correct. There’s no possibility unless said human was created. What do I mean?
If Shinoa’s mother was originally a normal human being, it could have been real that she’d have passed away after giving birth to Shinoa but, the fact that she literally disintegrated after her birth, it is something that cannot be expected from a normal human being but then, the question pops and why did Mahiru’s mother could surive?
The reason can be divided in two options, the First one being that she might have actually been a normal human being which was given a curse to give birth to Mahiru; while the second option could be that since she carried or brought Asuramaru with Mahiru, the effects weren’t harsher compared to Shinoa.
Within this,there’s more inclination towards the first option, and this is due to the fact that the First Progenitor, at that time didn’t or rather, couldn’t leave Tenri’s body as he pleased until Mahiru developed the Cursed Gears; on which he could bring a part of him or rather his shadow towards and this is actually crealy visible on how, after Tenri was killed in chapter 57 and the events of Shibuya, Shikama Doji ended up residing with his real host or wielder giving away a vast amount of power to his vessel.
Therefore, it can be said that Shinoa’s mother might have not been a normal human being but rather, an artifitial human like was Yu in the dark ages.
2.Shinoa’s similarities with the First Progenitor and Michaela
This point is quite dusty or rather was spoken in an old theory about how the First Progenitor and her shared many things in common such as their mannerism, physical aspect, and of course, you might wonder how this can be possible; for this, it was possible thanks to the experiments lead by Tenri Hiragi under the First’s command.
Within this, thanks to how the story has gone so far, it is visible that the First Progenitor aimed to bring back his son by other methods or rather create a vessel for his son with said methods
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 85 The angel Michaela seen by Noya,Krul,Ashera and Yu
So far, we know almost to nothing about Shikama’s son; so far, we know he aims to get Mika’s soul to bring back his son but the only perfect vessel he has is Shinoa; a vessel capable to withstand powers close to almighty; but now, can I state such thing?
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 97
Correct. Shinoa has shared many physical characteristics with Shikama’s son along some of his characteristics by using his cells, but why?
It is well known that the experiment Tenri directed ended since the scientists believed it was a waste and a failure alone; but Shikama was aware that Shinoa was the vessel he needed for his own goals, but why?
It is known that back in the past, Shikama took the First step of creating synthetic humans or artifitial humans which could be seen with Yu mass production; but the issue was that he lacked the concept of the soul; hence why Yu had no memories of his death, nor had knowledge of who he was; all he did was play and obey.
While in Shinoa’s case, it could be seen that she was created under a different method but with a possible base from the old experiment Shikama had in mind.
But then, how was it possible for Shinoa to acquire many traits from him?
Shinoa was born with special abilities that weren’t possible for the other Hiragi members; while Mahiru displayed intelligence, her latent abilities relied on other stuff such as her being able to harbor demons, being able to see them and have absolute control of her heart; and this is due to the fact that her heart didn’t harbor personal desires except a selfless love towards her sister which lastly, Mahiru had to break down so Shikama wouldn’t take advantage of her at a younger age.
But at the end, how does this relate to Shikama and the corpse of Michaela?
It could be said that, despite her having a slow personal growth, she was visioned to be the holder of Michaela’s soul in order to bring back what Shikama lost long ago; within this, there’s a key element and this is through the LNs of the Catastrophe.
After she got Shikama back, Shinoa felt as if Shikama was part of her or rather, the cursed gear created for him to reside was an extention of her instead of the most common thing to see within the wielders which is the adaptation and development of abilities between demon and wielder when it comes to the usage of their cursed gears; alas with Shinoa, she felt a connection between her and her demon after she got it back; she didn’t require training on how to handle her scythe in order to have mastery over it. There was a deep connection between them, a mysterious one between an unkown being and a girl who had no knowledge of the world but felt that Shikama and her were one and the same.
3. Who and what is Shinoa Hiragi?
Within this, it might seem that her relevance to the plot goes as to the part of being a vessel and that’d be all but actually; let’s start defining her by who she is.
Shinoa Hiragi at first seems like a sassy character within the story that ends up having admiration towards the Main Protagonist; of course it could be said that this is just an act.
Shinoa Hiragi is a character that harbors no emotion, she’s displayed as a character that doesn’t require emotions due to the past that involves her sister and the methods she considered good to protect her, and within this, it allowed Shinoa to forget her strong emotions she once held towards Mahiru, this only made her feel nothing towards reactions, pain, etc. which is really sad to see within the cast.
But of course, she gradually gets her memories back after Mahiru delivered Shikama Doji to her with the purpose to make her heart withstand the will of the First Progenitor. (This is seen in the Catastrophe LN Vol. 7)
With time, it is visible she starts to develop something considered as appreciation; what do I mean?
After she started interacting with Yu, Yoichi and Kimizuki; it could be said that her humanity slowly started to appear since back in old chapters Guren labeled as an ice hearted princess but with time; after the squad was born; after sharing a limited time of 5 months within the whole story since time works differently in the manga story; she gradually developed “love”. But of course, it is not love in the romantic side but rather, appreciation towards those who she considers family, those she needs to protect.
Of course, within this, she views herself as someone without power nor worth; that’s something heavily written in her heart which is why when she was about to get possessed in chapter 74, she tells Yu that she isn’t worth it:
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 74
Shinoa tells Yu to not worry nor let it bother; this is due to the fact she doesn’t see herself as important or valuable; such thing can be visible in old chapters such as chapter 16 when Mitsuba talks with her about a high rank position which she dismisses it easily
But now that we have talked about who exactly she is and how she is defined or displayed, let’s talk about what she is.
As I stated before, many might have seen chapter 97 as a brutality or perhaps as a non important chapter but, there’s a detail dismissed within said chapter and the latest which was chapter 98, what do I mean?
Correct. Shinoa survived a powerful drug.
If many might recall, Mahiru Hiragi used a powerful drug that could destroy her vital organs so Shikama Doji wouldn’t peep into the conversation she held with the Queen:
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 98
It is displayed how Mahiru literally suffered a massive loss of blood due to said drug, and she requested Krul Tepes to turn her into a vampire so she could have few minutes of freedom and share her plans to her without the knowledge of Shikama Doji. But within this, there’s something rather intriguing that involves Shinoa, what could it be?
Correct. Such drug appeared twice:
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 97
It could be said that Mahiru used a powerful drug against Shinoa in order to truthfully hypnotize her so she wouldn’t have lingering feelings nor emotions toward pain,people and her sister; but within this there’s something rather interesting and disturbing.
Shinoa survived such drug; but how can I say that?
Due to investigations, it is said that one of the worst ways to torture a person is under drug effects; such drugs can lead to the death of said person; and of course, if Mahiru was trying to break Shinoa with beatings which didn’t work, then the effects of a drug could have a bigger impact on Shinoa; but despite of this, despite seeing that Shinoa at that time was around 4 years old despite being knocked down, she survived.
Such detail only leads to wonder, how exactly she managed to survive, and of course that leads to the First Progenitor in a way; but for the meantime, we shall leave it within a grasp of doubt due to the fact, we still don’t know how Mahiru removed Shikama from her.
Another thing to observe that is severely dismissed is the issue that she’s able to see the demons of other wielders; back in the Catastrophe LNs, Shikama told her she could accept any demon in her heart; but among this, she recalled she could see demons.
But how exactly was she able to? What was the key in order to achieve such ability?
It is sadly unknown how, if it had to do with the fact that she had the cells of the First Progenitor or if another element played within such factors; but, to see such ability, it can be seen within this chapters:
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 51
One of these cases is seen when Yoichi managed to supress Gekkouin’s possession; Shinoa noticed Yoichi’s demanor which can imply she was observing if things could go wrong
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 73
Another example of this is taken back in chapter 73 when she tells Yu that his demon is in danger and crying out for help which gives an insight that she actually is capable to see the hearts of others or rather, that she’s able to peek if there’s stability between wielder and demon.
Another thing that can be observed is that she was going through a process of becoming a vampire but after all the possession ended, her body remained of that of a human with the exception she gained strength.
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 75
After Shikama started possessing her, instead of the common thing to see when a demon manages to possess its wielder, she started going through a painful vampire transformation; of course, said transformation was halted by Ferid Bathory by making the First Progenitor appear sooner than what the First expected.
Her body alone managed to handle for a good amount of time the pressure the First Progenitor submited through her after possessing her but of course, after the Sinful Keys were used, he decided to let himself be sealed for the meantime
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 85
Therefore, what can be said of what Shinoa is exactly?
Asides from what Krul stated that she’s a test subject for Shikama Doji; Shinoa is her own individual but of course, thanks to the First Progenitor, it is not possible to label her as a normal human being which is something displayed with the members of the Shinoa squad; it can be said that her body is more unusual than someone could expect; but in what exactly she could be defined is unknown; she got the seraph powers Shikama has, she was close to becoming a vampire since the source of all vampires was within her.
What do you think dear readers? What’s your insight of Shinoa’s character and what do you think she might be?
Let me know!
P.S: Reminder that theories don’t involve ships and are always focused on a neutral view.
