Shimiko
Endou Shimiko is a character from the mobile game Blue Archive. She is a first-year student at Trinity General School and serves as a librarian for the Library Committee. As one of the rare students to have read through Trinity's vast library collection, she takes great joy not only in reading but also in recommending tailored books to others she meets.
Overview
Endou Shimiko is a character from the mobile game Blue Archive. She is a first-year student at Trinity General School and serves as a librarian for the Library Committee. As one of the rare students to have read through Trinity's vast library collection, she takes great joy not only in reading but also in recommending tailored books to others she meets.
Appearance
Shimiko features orange-to-yellow gradient hair bound into twin braids, complemented by green hair bows and a hairclip on her right side, alongside feather-like head adornments behind her sidelocks. She wears rectangular semi-rimless glasses. Her outfit is the Trinity General School uniform, consisting of a white long-sleeved shirt with a yellow sailor collar, a slim green bowtie, and a white pleated skirt. Her legwear includes asymmetrical white socks of different lengths paired with black shoes featuring a green bow on one side.
Personality
Polite and intellectually inclined, Shimiko dedicatedly fulfills her duty as a librarian. Whenever she encounters someone, her immediate instinct is to consider which book best suits their tastes. She cherishes physical literature and respects good reading experiences, displaying a rigid stance against mistreatment of books or arbitrary censorship, occasionally showing an unyielding side when restoring order.
Abilities
Shimiko possesses exceptional speed-reading ability and information processing skills, capable of absorbing and retaining memory from vast amounts of literature or media in minutes. Through her library duties, she has built surprising physical power and endurance, allowing her to easily physically handle unruly visitors. In combat, she utilizes her personal assault rifle named Library Ruler.
Background
Shimiko regularly manages the daily administrative and sorting duties of the school library, while also undertaking dispatch librarian roles and event planning. Because her committee superior tends to seclude herself, Shimiko handles external matters and administrative chores. Her research capabilities and fast skill acquisition frequently assist in investigating local incidents.
Relationships
She frequently looks after Koseki Ui, the Library Committee's head, managing her secluded lifestyle and handing her external interactions while respecting her specialized restoration skills. Shimiko also interacts and collaborates with members of the Justice Task Force and the Trinity After-School Vigilantes during joint operations and investigations.
Trivia
Her main firearm design draws inspiration from the FN SCAR-H battle rifle, customized with subtle personal touches such as heart motifs replacing standard numeric stock markings.
