Shintaro Kisaragi/History

History

 * When Shintaro was young and studying for exams, his father and younger sister Momo went on a trip to the beach. There, Momo drifted out into sea, and her father jumped in to try to get her. They both drowned and were swallowed by the Kagerou Daze, where Momo received her snake and eye ability, but Shintaro and her father never returned. He later attended their father's funeral standing alongside Momo.


 * In middle school, his only friend was his classmate Ayano, who treated him with kindness despite his cold attitude towards her. Shintaro and Ayano visited the Kenjirou's school's festival and visited Takane and Haruka's booth, where they were presenting their game Headphone Actor. In the game, visitors challenged Takane, who is revealed to be a well-known gamer, to a shooting game that Kenjirou and Haruka created. He openly insults her before starting their game, causing her to turn to the game to its highest difficulty and bet him that the loser will listen to whatever the loser says and that if she loses she will even call him "Master". He tells her to forget the bet after winning the game with a perfect score.


 * In middle school and high school, he performed as the top of his class in National Mock Examinations and consistently got 100's on his exams. His high intellect also caused him to have a very apathetic personality. During his first year of high school, he befriended Haruka and often argued with Takane. On August 15th, he met Ayano, who was actually Kano disguising himself with his eye ability, and "she" blamed him for "everything". Afterwards, he learned about her suicide along with Haruka and Ayano's deaths, and he decided to stop having contact with people. Since then, he started living as a hikikomori, in contact with only the digital world on the internet through his computer, and not the real world. a bout a year later, he downloaded a random email attachment, leading to Ene materializing into his computer. Unable to control her actions, his lifestyle was at a loss. Although she told him, "If you keep yourself locked up, you'll always be alone," he always turned a deaf ear to her.

Route XX

 * The "Bad Route" featured in Losstime Memory and Jinzou Enemy of the Music Route features Shintaro in a black pullover hoodie and grey pants. Instead of being with the Mekakushi Dan on August 15th, Shintaro remains at home listless and depressed. Despite Ene's pleas, Shintaro refuses to go outside and forget about Ayano, whose death is he is immensely guilty over. He goes to sleep and dreams about her, which is likely actually him speaking with the Snake of Retaining Eyes. However, Ene wakes him up, and he, annoyed, murders her. After this, Shintaro falls into greater despair and commits suicide by slitting his throat with a pair of scissors. He later encounters Ayano in the Kagerou Daze, but is unsuccessful in reaching her unlike Route 1.

Novels, Manga Route 1

 * Shintaro is in his room working on a song as his computer freezes, causing him to freak out. As a siren goes off from his computer, Ene appears to ask him if he is alright. As he wonders if he could delete her, she starts renaming his folders and threatens to delete the song he just had written. Taking her words as serious, Shintaro starts to panic and spills his soda over his keyboard, causing it to break. As he tells Ene to search for a site to buy a new computer, she explains that it's the Obon festival, held on the 15th August and that no websites will deliver until the following days. Not able to wait that long, the two decide to go out to buy a new computer in a store.
 * Outside Shintaro remembers that the city used to look different, but now has changed a lot while he had been at home for two years. They eventually find the building they're looking for while Ene sees an amusement park that she wants to go to. Shintaro declines her wish and reminds her that she doesn't have a body to visit those. The cyber girl gets mad and decides to not talk to Shintaro anymore. She then leaves his phone.


 * After entering the mall Shintaro bumps into a clerk, causing him to get nervous about meeting new people again. As he continues his way he then also bumps into Kido, who he apologizes to several times. After she is gone, Shintaro is asked by Ene if he is alright. Just as he responses that he was, he notices an explosion going off and suddenly finds himself in the middle of a group of terrorists.


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