Jinbei Shishido (2024)

Jinbei Shishido (宍戸 甚兵衛, Shishido Jinbee) is an immortal and member #2 of UQ Holder.

Appearance[]

As an immortal, Jinbei hasn't aged ever since he acquired his immortality, remaining the same as always, a young man with spiky red hair, tied in a long ponytail, with an average muscular build, and always has a carefree smile on his face.

In his first appearance, Jinbei wore a large cloak to cover his body, wearing a sedge hat, he also had stubble around his chin. Due to his immortality being weak, Jinbei has several scars on his chest as a result, in various sizes and locations, which he received throughout his life.

When he returned in the First Mission Arc, Jinbei wore a "Famous Store" employee uniform, complete with a name tag, along with having shaved his face.

Personality[]

At first, Jinbei is seen as an easy going and laid back individual, even taking the entire situation of him stuck in the underground labyrinth as nothing to worry about. His perception of time has been noted to be very different than normal people, first seen when he casually mentions he was sitting in the same spot for a year, much to Touta and Kuroumaru's shock. Due to how long Jinbei has lived, as a result of his immortality, he has proven not to be scared of death if he gets caught in a situation that he can't escape ^[3], as well as getting a little annoyed if someone saved him ^[4], but shaking it off as a joke.

History[]

Not much is known about Jinbei's past, but 1,400 years ago Jinbei ate the flesh of a mermaid, achieving immortality. Although his comrades in the past all died, he managed to survive. He was also said to be joined part into several big wars happened throughout the history such as World War II, French Revolution and even Martian Uprising from 2050s. According to Jinbei, he joined those wars because he doesn't want to stay as a observer but to help his new comrades he formed throughout every wars.^[5] Sometime later, he joined UQ Holder. Sometime in his life, he had met Shion Nagumo.

Plot[]

Underground Training Arc[]

Jinbei appears for the first time in the underground labyrinth below the UQ Holder base. As Touta and Kuroumaru end up there, walking in the dark, they face a monster in the water. Before Kuroumaru can attack it, Jinbei warns the boys, telling them that if they harm it, they'll just end up eaten by its friends. He then introduces himself as the leader of UQ Holder, much to the boys' surprise.^[6]

The First Mission Arc[]

Jinbei appears with Evangeline, Gengorou and Ikkuu to save Touta from being taken by a military organization.

Mahora Investigation Arc[]

Fairyland Hall Arc[]

Negi Springfield Arc[]

The Parallel World Arc[]

Cutlass Arc[]

Chachazero's Memory Arc[]

Pactio Arc[]

Ba'al Uprising Arc[]

Inverse Mars Arc[]

Dark Future Arc[]

Final Battle Arc[]

Abilities[]

Immortality[]

Jinbei became an immortal through devouring the flesh of a merperson, however, this form of immortality is much weaker than others, meaning that he can die through being decapitated, crushing his head, or being poisoned. It provides him with weaker regeneration, which leaves him with scars. Due to this, he was given the Immortality D Class among UQ Holder.

Physical Abilities[]

Immense Strength: Jinbei possesses truly monstrous strength, being able to easily throw the gravity sword at 1,000 times its weight, which is close to the weight of a mini-truck. He further demonstrated this by holding the sword at 50,000 times the normal weight and threw it through a building with relative ease. Later, he was shown causing severe damage to the military after throwing a broken piece of concrete at them.

Immense Durability: He can take a powerful kick from Kuroumaru and smile about it, and take a powerful punch from Touta without any ill effects despite possessing weak immortality.

Skilled Thief: Through his Switcheroo ability, Jinbei is able to steal items without anyone seeing the movement as if what he desires appears in his hands. He has used this several times to steal items belonging to Touta and Kuroumaru, including Touta's arm and a box of sweets, much to their annoyance.

Magical Abilities[]

Switcheroo: Also known as the Board of Nonpolar Supreme Polarity is a unique technique, which Jinbei was granted after undergoing a spiritual awakening, having dabbled in immortal mystical arts such as the Abhijna, the Divine Eye to see karmic destinations, the higher power to transverse space and time despite having given up on it at one point. At first, it allows him to use spatial manipulation in order to either switch or transport things at least 300 meters from him toward his location, which can be used to transport himself and others. It can also be used to disport space, negating Juuzou's Absolute Cutting since space was already torn;^[7] as well as being able to twist and bend space, allowing him to tear apart people and objects.

It is later revealed that the true form of this ability is that he is able to look at reality as if it were a board game as time seemed to be slowed from his side of things, then move things and people around to work in his favor. This, however, drains his magic power quicker than before and even gives him a migraine.

Fighting Style[]

Skilled Swordsman: Jinbei is shown to be skilled in wielding a sword as shown when he could wield the Gravity Blade, then taught Touta. It is later revealed that he taught Juuzou swordplay, but at some point, he had stopped using a sword after the Meiji Restoration.^[8]

Master Martial Artist: Jinbei is easily able to hold his own against both Touta and Kuroumaru in a fist fight, only being surprised by Touta suddenly joining the fray. He was able to fight on equal ground with Juuzou in close-quarters combat unarmed.

• Iron Arm Technique (鉄腕功, Tetsuwan-kō): This is a technique involving Hard Qigong (硬気功, Kōkikō ), where Jinbei causes both his arms to turn black making them far denser to enhance his striking power.^[9]

Battles[]

Voice Actors[]

• Japanese: Shunsuke Sakuya
• English: Jay Hickman

Chapter Appearances[]

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