Introduced in Senran Kagura: Estival Versus, Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash and Senran Kagura 7even, Shin (シン) is a legendary being and the progenitor of the Yōma and currently the currently most powerful known entity aside from possibly a fully-awakened Kagura.
As the Yōma's creator, Shin is Kagura's primary target, and according to Sayuri she is the entity responsible for a majority of disasters in the Senran Kagura Universe. Few are aware of Shin's existence though, even among the shinobi that know of the Yōma.
It is an overarching antagonist of this versus series in the second timeline after Dōgen in the first timeline.
She returns in Senran Kagura: New Link and is revealed that he was a human girl name Kokoro (心), Kagura's friend 1000 years ago, who became one with the dragon god Jaryu.
Appearance[]
Shin has yet to be directly encountered, but when it is spoken of during the Kagura Millennium Festival, it is vaguely shown as what appears to be a giant baby in a crib, still growing.
Background[]
1000 years ago, Kokoro was the daughter of the Western Village's chief. She befriended Kagura, the daughter of the Eastern Village's Chief, which was nearby. They were very close and promised they'll always be together.
Every year, people from the Eastern Village did a special dance in order to appease the god Jaryu, whom they worshipped. Unfortunately, one day Kagura's father had a vision about a giant monster devouring the village. Jaryu told him that the Eastern Village could be saved as long as the Western Village was sacrificed.
That night, the people from the Western Village were massacred by Jaryu and the troops working for Kagura's father. Kagura tried to run away with Kokoro, but they were caught. Just as the soldiers were about to kill Kokoro, she somehow resonated with Jaryu and used her newfound powers to kill all the people from the Eastern Village, leaving Kagura as the only survivor. The last thing Kagura saw before fainting was Kokoro being swallowed by Jaryu.
After becoming one with Jaryu, Kokoro became a new entity called Shin, the first Yōma.
Story[]
Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash[]
There appears to be only one Shin across through dimensions, and it has resulted in the destruction of alternate worlds in the past. The island where the Kagura Millennium Festival takes place is actually on one such Earth, where nothing outside of the island remains except for water. The only way to actually fight Shin is to first lure them into the world's own space-time using a very powerful Shinobi Barrier. Blood must be spilled within in order to attract it. However, as of yet, nobody is prepared to take Shin on should they arrive.
The Peach Beach Splash event is held as a secret way of reinforcing the barriers keeping Shin away for just a little longer to give the shinobi of the world more time to prepare.
Senran Kagura: New Link[]
Kagura finally remembers that her original reason to find Shin was so she could save Kokoro. Over time, frustration, age and her constant reincarnations caused her to forget her original goal, leaving only an unnatural obsession with destroying Yōma.
Trivia[]
- Daidōji managed to punch her way into Shin's realm, but was repelled by a single finger's movement, namely its pinky.
- Shin's name is written in katakana. However, in kanji, it can be read as 心, which is also Kokoro's name.
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