Line #46 Manga/Shy


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:World's shyest superhero]]
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4	->''"Shy is generally a story about self-hatred. At first, Shy is a story about how a shy person can save herself. Now, it is a story about how that person can break out of her shell with a little help from another. Maybe one day, Shy will become a story about how she can save others besides herself... At least that’s what I think."''
5	-->-- '''Miki Bukimi, Volume 1 Extra'''
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7	In the middle of the 21st century, the world was on the brink of World War III. But suddenly, superheroes appeared all over the world and with their efforts, they saved it from certain destruction. Nowadays, heroes are world-acclaimed celebrities and a role model to many. One of these heroes is Momijiyama Teru alias ''Shy'', a 14-year-old and [[ShrinkingViolet extremely]] [[MeaningfulName shy]] middle school student from Japan. While making a public appearence at an amusement park, a roller-coaster accident happens and despite her best efforts, Shy is unable to save one passenger who is put in a coma.
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9	With both public opinion and herself blaming her for the failure, Shy [[BroughtDownToNormal loses her powers]] and becomes a shut-in. But after getting a pep talk from fellow heroine ''Spirits'' and seeing a young boy's determination to save some people from a burning skyscraper, she regains her determination and becomes Shy once more.
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11	Trying to become a better hero, Shy soon learns about a mysterious young boy named Stigma who threatens the world's peace and is drawn into the conflict between earth's superheroes and Stigma.
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13	''Shy'' is a superhero manga by Bukimi Miki, which began serialization in ''[[Magazine/ShonenChampion Weekly Shonen Champion]]'' in 2019. The series has an anime adaptation produced by 8Bit that premiered on October 3, 2023. A second season has been announced to air in July 2024.
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17	!! ''Shy'' contains examples of:
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19	* AdultHater: Sigma and the Amarariruku are outright hostile towards both adults and the sudden boom of Superheroes, intending to rid the world of them outright for the children. They have a similarly dim view on teenagers, as they're willing to either use them as vessels to further their goals. Or in the case of Teru and her allies, outright murder them due to being heroes themselves.
20	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: It is eventually revealed that Sveta is Spirits's mother Lenya who was resurrected as a member of Amarariruku.]]
21	* BaitAndSwitch:
22	** When asked what kind of person Stardust is, Spirits calls him a psycho and we see him sitting on what looks like ''corpses'' with a knife in hand. The next page reveals that he was just filming a video for his latest music album.
23	** When [[MuggleBestFriend Iko]] meets [[BigGood Uni-Lord]] for the first time, she asks if she can make some group photos. Uni-Lord responds that since they are currently discussing a highly confidential matter (Stigma's rings), she cannot allow that... [[NotSoAboveItAll so they have to use the photo booth instead]].
24	* BigGood: Uni-Lord, the supervisor of all of earth's heroes.
25	* BreatherEpisode: Most arcs are followed by at least one of these, usually centering around Shy/Teru's everyday life.
26	* TheCavalryArrivesLate: After the battle against Sveta and Kfufu is over, Stardust and Lady Black arrive at the scene. Realising that the enemies have already left and the situation is under control, Stardust soon leaves again to report to Uni-Lord while Lady Black tends to the civilians who were caught in Sveta's Amarariruku.
27	* TheCorruption: Stigma's rings force people to bring out their deepest and darkest emotions.
28	* {{Determinator}}: Most heroes qualify as this, but Pilse Dunant/Lady Black deserves a special mention. [[spoiler: Despite losing both her lower legs in an accident when she was a child, she practised with her prosthetics so much that nowadays she's barely inconvenienced by it anymore, became a superhero and is currently studying medicine.]]
29	* DrivenToSuicide: After Stigma's ring brings out Iko's survivors guilt, she tries to kill herself.
30	* EarlyBirdCameo:
31	** The manga opens with a report of the latest action of several superheroes[[note]]Century, Spirits and Stardust[[/note]]. While Spirits already has a big role in chapter 1, Stardust doesn't get introduced until chapter 5 and Century has to wait until chapter 38 for his proper debut.
32	** The cover page of chapter one also shows Lady Black[[note]]debuts in chapter 9[[/note]] and another as-of-yet unnamed superhero.
33	* FamedInStory: Most superheroes are known and have fans all over the world. When Spirits appears in chapter 1 [[spoiler: to help Shy rescue civilians]], she is immediately recognized (and swarmed) by the crowd. Even Shy, who only recently became a hero, is already popular enough to be recognized by a group of children in a Russian orphanage.
34	* {{Fingore}}: How Stardust removed Stigma's ring from his friend: He cut off the whole finger!
35	* FirstNameBasis: After having a little talk with Teru in chapter 30, Iko decides that from now on they will use their first names with each other.
36	* FlyingBrick: All heroes have enhanced durability and strength by default, but only the American hero Century and the Russian heroine [[MadeOfAir Spirits]] can also fly.
37	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Heart is ''the'' awesome power in this series:
38	** Superheroes use special [[TransformationTrinket wristbands]] which use their "Heart Energy" to transform into their superhero forms. The more determined a hero is, the stronger he or she gets. But if they lose their conviction, they transform back.
39	** Members of Amarariruku can turn their surroundings into a space inside their hearts (which is also called Amarariruku), essentially creating a {{Place Of Power}} around them which prevents any outside interference and is inescapable from the inside. Normal humans lose consciousness inside this field and can even be controlled by the Amarariruku.
40	** Shinobi train their entire life to use the power of the heart, the same power the heroes utilize. Unlike heroes, they cannot transform and [[WeakButSkilled don't have super strength or endurance]].
41	* HeartwarmingOrphan: The children at Yurii Orphanage.
42	* HenshinHero: All superheroes are this
43	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Shy has this at first after her failure to rescue the girl in the roller-coaster. But after gaining some advice from Spirits and Lady Black and after [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], she grows out of it. At least a bit.
44	* HopeSpot: After losing one job after another, facing eviction and shouting at her little daughter, Lenya decides to [[DrivenToSuicide kill herself]] so that her daughter can grow up in her old {{Orphanage Of Love}}. When she tries to buy her a last gift in form of cookies, the owner of the bakery gifts her the best cake she has, only wanting a report on how the girl liked the cake. Inspired by her kindness, Lenya decides to not give up on live yet[[spoiler:, only to get ambushed by a homeless man who steals her cake and throws her into a frozen river, causing her death]]
45	* LampshadeHanging: When her teacher announces that they are going to have a new student, Teru gives us this gem:
46	-->'''Teru:''' A [[NewTransferStudent transfer student]]? [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Is this a manga or something?]]
47	* MagicalGirlWarrior: Shy/Teru is basically this with a superhero skin. She [[KidHero is 14]] - much younger than other heroes - has a TransformationTrinket (Her Bracelets) and a TransformationSequence, a MentorMascot ([=EBIO=]/"Shrimpy"), ElementalPowers (fire), her powers all come from [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower the Heart]], and is as much taking on the darkness in people's hearts (See Episode 2 / Chapters 3-4) as defeating criminals or rescuing people.
48	* MeaningfulName: Most hero names are this in one way or another, but ''Shy'' probably takes the cake.
49	* NebulousEvilOrganisation: Amarariruku, the organisation led by Stigma.
50	* {{Ninja}}: Entire ''ninja villages'' even that exist detached from the outside world. Their stated goals are to protect the peace in the world, stopping evildoers and helping those in need from the shadows.
51	* NextSundayAD: The heroes are said to have appeared mid-21th century and an unclear amount of time has passed since then[[note]] The American hero Century is seen in chapter one as one of the heroes who appeared first, so it probably hasn't been to long[[/note]], but the technology doesn't seem to have advanced at all, with the sole exception of the heroes headquarter which is a [[SpaceStation space station]].
52	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Stardust gives one to Shy while simultaneously delivering a [[BreakingSpeech breaking speech]] that she [[ShooTheDog should give up on being a hero]] since he believes that she is to nice to be a hero. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
53	* NoNonsenseVillain: Amarariruku as a whole view the heroes as little more than an obstacle that needs to be eliminated. While they occasionally use their powers on the heroes in an attempt to use them like they do innocents, as Prayer did by siccing a love-potion infected Lady Black on Shy during their invasion of Tokyo. They're more than content to simply try and kill them instead of forcing them under their control.
54	* NonHumanSidekick: Shy's partner, Ebio. It acts as her advisor and can open small [[ThinkingUpPortals portals]].
55	* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Subverted: When the roller coaster cart with the last passenger flies of the rails, Shy barely manages to catch it. Unfortunately, the sudden stop heavily injures the girl and she is put into a coma while public opinion mostly blames Shy for it.
56	* OneWordTitle: NomDeGuerre of ProtagonistTitle.
57	* OnlyAFleshWound: When Spirits [[spoiler: gets stabbed in the stomach by Sveta]], she tries to play it down later to reassure Shy and claims that this is no big deal. Lady Black is having none of it.
58	-->'''Lady Black:''' Temperature drop after being wounded and the amount of blood you lost after that. I'd say that this is very much a "big deal"!
59	* OrphanageOfLove: Yurii Orphanage
60	* PainfulTransformation: Iko goes through this after Stigma puts a ring on her finger that forces her deepest feelings to manifest in form of black crystals.
61	* PersonalityPowers: Each hero develops over time a unique power that mirrors their personality.
62	* PracticallyJoker: Kufufu. Green Hair, clown-like makeup, twisted sense of humor revealing a psychotic outlook, and an AffablyEvil demeanor. Yep, definite inspiration from [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]].
63	* ProstheticLimbReveal: [[spoiler:In chapter 10, it is revealed that Pilse Dunant/Lady Black is a double amputee.]]
64	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Since Sveta is [[BackFromTheDead Spirits' dead mother Lenya who was brought back by Stigma]], her body is only a construct created by her own heart. When Spirits' manages to reach her mother with her feelings, her personal heart-space shatters and her body begins to disappear. Before she dies completely, she gives the heroes valuable information about Amarariruku and has [[OneLastSmoke one last drink]] with her daughter.]]
65	* ShoutOut:
66	** The British hero David Wonder Jones/Stardust is clearly modeled after [[Music/DavidBowie David Bowie]]
67	** The Swiss heroine Pilse Dunant is named after the founder of the [[UsefulNotes/TheRedCross Red Cross]], Henry Dunant and possesses [[HealingHands healing powers]]
68	** The way Shy stops the runaway train during the Tokyo crisis is taken almost one-to-one from [[Film/SpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2]].
69	** In the anime dub, when Spirits calls Shy to invite her to the orbital station, she says she's calling ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''.
70	* ShowWithinAShow: "Rise! Civil Revolution", a popular anime where {{Magical Girl}}s fight against the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil Xexecutive]]. It's been running for [[LongRunners 30 years]]! It's likely a nod to ''Anime/PrettyCure''.
71	* ShrinkingViolet: Shy, both as a hero and as Momijiyama Teru. She is bad at making public speeches, cannot say no to a request and [[ProneToTears tears up]] when she has to call out loudly, so she prefers to [[{{Hikikomori}} stay indoors]].
72	* TakeAThirdOption: When Shy, Lady Black, Ai and Spirits are confronted by Kfufu with an almost textbook example of the trolley problem [[note]]A train full of people is about to crash into another one and the only other track leads into an abyss[[/note]], they manage to stop the train à la [[Film/SpiderMan2 Spider-Man 2]] instead.
73	* TookALevelInBadass: At the beginning of the manga, Shy has no special abilities apart from [[SuperStrength super strength]] and [[SuperToughness super toughness]] which seem to be standard for superheroes. During her fight with Stardust, she learns to conjure her passion into flames which proves to quite useful against [[AnIcePerson Sveta]].
74	* TrainingMontage: Chapter 11 contains an unusual example: After seeing Lady Black using her powers without transforming, Teru (unsuccessfully) tries to do the same. She then stumbles into her schools [[JapaneseSchoolClub calligraphy club]] and, after getting an introduction to calligraphy, decides to train by writing down the the kanji for "fire" again and again. Eventually, it works.
75	* TranslatorMicrobes: The wristbands of superheroes allow them to convey their thoughts to others, completely bypassing the language barrier.
76	* TransformationTrinket: Superhero wristbands and Stigma's rings.
77	* UngratefulBastard: After Shy rescues all the people on a roller coaster that breaks at an amusement park, the public turns on her because as she was going back for the last person (who told her to rescue everyone else first), the roller coaster's emergency brakes fail and send the cars flying off the track, causing the woman to be injured and rendered comatose. Had Shy not intervened, everyone on that roller coaster would have died but the public acts like the one person who got hurt was Shy's fault and some people even say that she should be held criminally liable for the injury!
78	* VillainsActHeroesReact: Since there is no telling what Stigma's next move will be, the heroes have no choice but to wait until the next time he shows himself.
79	* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Shy has this, having to balance her superheroing with Middle School
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