Megumi Shimizu

Megumi Shimizu was a young girl from Sotoba who was the first person to be tragically killed by the Kirishiki family, namely by Chizuru Kirishiki. She was also the first person to die that wasn't in Yamairi, and was also the first person to knownly rise up as a Shiki several days after her death. She is one of the most frequently appearing characters in the Shiki series. Due to her city-girl personality and style, she dreamed of one day leaving the village and living a glamorous life in a big city. Despite her hatred for her town, the two things she cared about within it were her crush, Natsuno Yuuki, and a recently built mansion in their town. (which the Kirishiki family moved into). Height: 165 cm (5'4'') Weight: 45 kg (99 lbs) Megumi was a cute, relatively tall, and attractive young girl. Her skin was pale and soft with a slightly yellowish undertone. She appeared to be quite skinny and had an hourglass-shaped body figure. Megumi had long wavy pink lemonade/strawberry blonde hair of length to end of her back which was parted down the middle with messy bangs on her forehead and framing messy hair by her cheeks. She always kept her hair in two high twin-tails and always had it styled, except for when going to sleep. Megumi's large, slightly upturned eyes were a cool shade of cherry red. Her eyebrows were thin, straight and upward with a soft arch. She had an inverted triangular-shaped face and a sharp chin and a very defined jawline. Her nose was thin and upturned, and her nose tip was sharp. She also had a small mouth and plump rosy lips with her upper lip slightly thinner than her bottom lip which was more recognizable when she wore lipstick. When she turned Shiki her eyes took on the common black and crimson red color of her kind. The eyes had a slight cool cherry tone within the black, which was the case with all the other vampires as well, indicating their former eye color. Her skin also turns much paler than before. Megumi's hair becomes way wavier and frizzier than before, which seemed to be the case with most vampires after rising. Throughout the series, Megumi can be seen wearing a variety of stylish original clothing, shoes, makeup, and hair accessories. Other than her fancy clothes she is also shown to keep her nails and lips done in a variety of different colors from warmer peachy shades or pink tones to colder black or blood-red tones. She also kept her lashes and brows done, making them appear darker. Most of the time she wore some form of gothic jewelry or bows and is shown to get quite creative with her unique outfits. Her appearance in the manga isn't much different, some of her outfits were slightly changed in the show but her overall physical features stayed the same. Her hair however, is noticeably straighter in the most manga chapters compared to the anime episodes, even after rising. Megumi could be self-centered and often thought only about herself. She hated Sotoba and felt like she didn't belong there, made worse by the fact that the other villagers made fun of her for dressing nicely in a place like Sotoba. Though she acted polite and respectful to the villagers, she looked down at them for their lack of self-consciousness of how people outside the village would view them and would often get frustrated with their view that anything outside of Sotoba was weird and that her dreams to one day live in a big city were a waste of time and ridiculous. She even looked down on her childhood friend Kaori, whom she viewed as an annoyance even though she acted politely to her as well. On the other hand, she acted delightful and shy when she was around or talking to Natsuno, whom she had a crush on, although he didn't feel the same way for her. As a human, she was often shown taking walks around her town in fancy outfits while day-deaming and fantasizing about a better life somewhere in a city. After she rose up as a Shiki, she became more malicious. Megumi seemed to easily accept attacking other villagers and enjoyed the new undead community that she was a part of, most likely because her life in a boring old village finally had something exciting and fresh to bring to the table. Aside of her desire for leaving Sotoba getting stronger, her feelings for Natsuno also became much more intense as she began targeting people that were close to him. She developed a disliking for his best friend Tohru Mutou and agreed with Tatsumi to kill him because Natsuno never gave as much attention to her as he did to Tohru. She later agreed with Tatsumi to kill her childhood friend Kaori's father because she betrayed her and got close to Natsuno despite knowing about Megumi's feelings for him. She was impulsive and often voiced her opinion or expressed her own thoughts before considering how they would affect other people. This was shown when she learned of Natsuno being targeted and Nao Yasumori trying to assure her that he would become one of them. She got frustrated and shouted at her with the fact that none of her family rose up, causing Nao to break down in tears. She had no sympathy for any of the villagers, due to their constant mocking toward her and their unwanted crititcism on her outfits. The only person she truly cared about was Natsuno Yuuki, probably because he was the only one who wanted to leave the village along with her. Their mockery soon turns into fear of the same young girl they used to laugh at as a habit after they find out about her rising like the rest of the undead.