Shinji

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Shinji Uchiha (真治)
Alias(es)	Old Yu, his previous-life identity; “Konoha’s Evil Eye,” also rendered “Fierce Eye”; childhood nicknames “king of the kids” and “little tyrant” 3 7 152 166
Species/Race	Human; Uchiha with maternal Uzumaki ancestry 3
Gender	Male 3 5
Affiliation	Konohagakure; Uchiha Clan; White Fang Squad, also called the Hatake Squad; Konoha Military Police Force 64 106 159
Occupation/Role	Jōnin, Uchiha elder, ninja instructor, chakra researcher, and Yakiniku Q shareholder 104 152 156 166 167
Status	Alive; preparing to master his Mangekyō Sharingan and pursue revenge for Miwako 184
First Appearance	Chapter 3, “Thank god I've got a system,” in the supplied material 3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Enhanced bloodlines; Human Tailed Beast	3	Spends talent points on his Uchiha and weak Uzumaki bloodlines. Their overlapping chakra benefits combine into an S-rank talent granting enormous reserves and rapid recovery. His chakra attribute reaches 5, but infancy prevents its use.
Clear Sword Heart and Glutton	4	Receives S-rank sword aptitude and an S-rank digestion skill. Glutton supports unusually rapid physical growth and recovery.
Training module unlocked	4	Completes the three-year Growth quest on his third birthday; gains access to formal system training objectives.
First chakra refinement; The Way Follows Nature	5	Yamakaze guides him in combining physical and spiritual energy. The achievement grants another S-rank talent, and further refinement immediately raises his reserves past the genin threshold.
Fire Release level 1; first Great Fireball	6	A B-rank skill pack supplies Fire Release proficiency. After mastering basic control and seals, he produces his first proper ninjutsu: a fireball nearly one meter across.
Core skills level 4; kenjutsu level 6	6	Raises Fire Release, Lightning Release, genjutsu, taijutsu, throwing, and the Three Basic Body Techniques to level 4. Clear Sword Heart accelerates kenjutsu to level 6, comparable to clan chūnin sword specialists.
Above fresh-genin combat strength	6	By age six, his overall fighting ability surpasses most newly graduated genin; his chakra reserves rival a chūnin’s.
Multithreaded CPU	10	Earns the talent after fighting several classmates together, improving his ability to track and counter multiple opponents.
One-Tomoe Sharingan	60	Awakens through grief and anger after learning of his father’s death.
Early graduation; genin service	61 64	At nine, receives Hiruzen’s permission to leave the Academy and enters frontline service under Sakumo.
Two-Tomoe Sharingan	85	Evolves during a seemingly fatal battle when Hizashi and Miwako are in danger. Improved perception exposes an enemy’s vulnerable nerve and chakra junction.
One-handed Great Fireball; initial fire chakra blade	91	Learns to cast a smaller, stable Great Fireball with three left-handed seals. Creates a thin, intensely hot sword coating capable of cutting deeply into rock.
Chūnin	98	Officially promoted after defeating the Kirigakure force at No. 3 Iron Mine alone. Orochimaru judges his combat strength to be approaching jōnin level.
Elite-jōnin chakra threshold	109	Sakumo confirms that his reserves have reached the threshold of an elite jōnin, while identifying weaknesses in timing and technique transitions.
Purgatory Slash	110	Tests a highly compressed Fire Release sword attack. Sakumo breaks its unstable core, causing backlash and exposing the need for structural refinement.
Fire Release: Flame Net	117	Develops a wide-area counter to puppets and Chakra Threads through repeated experimentation, then successfully tests it in battle.
Three-Tomoe Sharingan	130	Awakens while his squad is being overwhelmed by six enemy jōnin. Heightened perception allows him to break through their coordination and kill a close-combat attacker.
Thunderfire Flame-Killing	136	Uses three-tomoe control to force Fire and Lightning Release into a crude but powerful fusion technique under extreme pressure.
Jōnin	152	Newly promoted following Konoha’s wartime victory.
Flowing Fire: Afterglow	158	Demonstrates a concentrated flame-wave sword attack that breaks A’s lightning sphere and breaches his Lightning Armor, at substantial chakra cost.
Kage-level chakra volume and output	160	Deeply fuses Uchiha and Uzumaki chakra during secluded training. Precision improves alongside output; this is explicitly a chakra benchmark, not a formal rank.
Flowing Blade Like Flame	160	Integrates restrained white flames with his sword and creates persistent flame trails. Reduces most commonly used Fire Release techniques to one or two seals.
Near-Kage combat capability demonstrated	162 167	Tests his new style against Rasa, repeatedly undermining Magnet Release. Both suffer serious wounds; Shinji controls his withdrawal rather than risking a fatal final exchange.
Chakra Double Helix Training Method	167	Self-testing improves chakra quality and control. He recruits specialists to refine the preliminary method collaboratively.
Mind Observation Tempering Method	169 170	Integrates five dimensions of mental-energy training into a cyclical, individualized program developed with his allies.
Mangekyō Sharingan	181	Awakens after Miwako’s sacrifice. Hizashi and her final message help him regain control before his grief becomes indiscriminate destruction.

Background / History

Rebirth and Uchiha Childhood

Formerly a programmer known as Old Yu, Shinji awakens as a newborn Uchiha with an adult consciousness. His system explicitly warns that the shinobi world is real, his actions have real consequences, and this life is his only second chance. Its main mission is simply to survive for the rest of his life 3.

He spends his first three years completing system milestones while outwardly behaving like a mischievous child. His parents are Yamakaze, a respected elite jōnin, and An, a chūnin whose ancestry carries a weak Uzumaki bloodline. Once formal training begins, his reserves and recovery allow far more practice than an ordinary child can sustain. Repeated Great Fireball experiments damage the family training room badly enough that Yamakaze secures a sturdier, remote training ground through Kagami 3 4 5 6.

Academy Years

At six, Shinji enters elite Class A after Yamakaze and Kagami decide he should attend the Ninja Academy. Already notorious for beating older clan children with taijutsu and a wooden stick, he welcomes school chiefly as a chance to leave the compound and meet new people. He quickly befriends Minato and gradually builds close ties with Kushina, Shikaku, and their classmates 7 11.

He deliberately understates his academic ability to conceal his adult mind and previous-life knowledge. That concealment occasionally fails: a history lesson prompts him to mention Perfect Susanoo and Sage Mode, attracting Shikaku’s suspicion. In a later written examination, he answers from his own knowledge and covertly sends answer images to Minato, Kushina, and Shikaku through Dream Butterfly genjutsu 11 33.

His school life mixes provocation with friendship. He turns anti-Uchiha teasing into a politically charged classroom brawl, but accepts Masashige’s face-saving resolution before it becomes a larger crisis. He later defeats Minato in the third-year tournament final, then sincerely praises the unfinished Rasengan and offers to help develop it 9 10 51 52.

His Father’s Death and Frontline Service

Yamakaze’s final lessons push Shinji to consider what he fights to protect and whether system-granted talent alone can change fate. Days later, an ANBU messenger reports that Yamakaze was killed while covering his teammates’ retreat during an S-rank mission in the Land of Rain. The news destroys Shinji’s emotional detachment and triggers his first Sharingan awakening 60.

Shinji requests early graduation at nine, seeking to follow and understand his father’s path. Hiruzen approves frontline service but forbids deployment to the Land of Rain. Before leaving, Shinji promises Minato that he will survive and accepts Kushina’s handmade, chakra-infused red charm 61.

Under Sakumo, alongside Hizashi and Miwako, he develops from a gifted individual into a coordinated squad member. Sakumo teaches him restraint, battle rhythm, and the use of fire for disruption and protection rather than destruction alone. Successful leadership during the Gray Bream Harbor sabotage earns a chūnin recommendation; the subsequent solo mine assault secures the promotion 64 68 71 96 97 98.

Protecting His Mother

Returning after months at war, Shinji discovers that clan officials have withheld An’s benefits, pressured her to sell the family home cheaply, and allowed young Uchiha men to harass and injure her. Ryuichi has also taken one of Yamakaze’s cherished blades 101 102.

Shinji retrieves the blade by force and publicly confronts Elder Hachiro. Kagami intervenes, punishes the perpetrators, and restores the family’s belongings, benefits, and compensation. Unwilling to rely on that judgment alone, Shinji enlists Torifu and Sakumo as additional safeguards. Their intervention leads Kagami to formally guarantee An’s protection and the security of her home 102 103 104 105.

Land of Wind Campaign

The Land of Wind campaign forces Shinji to refine his sword-and-fire style against puppeteers. He develops Flame Net to disrupt puppet control, but later encounters opponents whose coordination overwhelms the squad. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan awakens during one such ambush and helps save his companions; it does not prevent the mission’s failure or their desperate retreat 117 130 131.

After the war, his jōnin promotion and reputation bring new political exposure. Torifu warns that both Shinji and Sakumo may attract Danzō’s attention. Shinji begins framing leadership as firmness toward external enemies paired with patience and conciliation within Konoha 152.

Uchiha Reform and Shared Training

Shinji proposes that the Uchiha earn authority by becoming Konoha’s strongest shield, rather than pursuing petty factional influence. Kagami endorses this direction and places Torayoshi under his guidance. Shinji then trains in seclusion, deeply integrates his bloodlines, and tests Flowing Blade Like Flame against Rasa on the Fire–Wind border 159 160 161 162.

After Kagami’s death, Shinji supports Fugaku’s candidacy for clan head while seeking an elder’s influence without responsibility for everyday administration. His priorities are personal advancement, investment in younger Uchiha, and raising the clan’s collective strength. By the later postwar period, he is an elder and the clan’s strongest fighter 164 166.

His research expands those ambitions beyond one clan. The Chakra Double Helix and Mind Observation Tempering projects draw on Uchiha, Hyūga, Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, Uzumaki, and other expertise to strengthen trusted companions through shared experimentation 167 169 170.

Sakumo’s Rescue and Miwako’s Sacrifice

Anticipating political manipulation, Shinji warns Sakumo that an S-rank mission may be engineered to force an impossible choice. When hostile public opinion later turns against his teacher, Shinji persuades him to abandon his reputation and identity temporarily rather than die. He and Miwako subsequently attempt to move the disguised, apparently dead Sakumo through a tunnel 171 173 174 177.

Miwako’s later sacrifice devastates Shinji and awakens his Mangekyō Sharingan. He nearly loses himself to destructive rage, but Hizashi’s intervention and Miwako’s final wish restore his reason. He postpones an immediate confrontation with Danzō because his new eyes remain unfamiliar and Hizashi could be endangered 181 182.

In a private discussion with Fugaku, Shinji maintains his intention to avenge Miwako without recklessly sacrificing the clan. He also proposes researching whether sufficiently refined mental strength can awaken the Mangekyō without a loved one’s death 184.

Appearance

• Hair and eyes: Black hair and naturally dark eyes 5 60 98.
• Build: Described during his first deployment as slender but powerful 65.
• Combat clothing: Wears a Konoha forehead protector and a dark-blue combat uniform; later appears in a dark-blue chūnin vest 65 102.
• Sharingan: Scarlet eyes with one, two, or three black tomoe as his ocular power advances 60 85 108 130.
• Mangekyō pattern: Dark, stationary markings, later described as black crescents; no further geometric detail is established 181 182.
• Weapon carriage: Carries Blazing Inferno on his back during the Land of Wind campaign 113.

Personality

Shinji initially treats his new life as an analytical observer. His programmer’s habits lead him to inspect systems, compare costs, save resources, and interpret hand seals as practical instructions for chakra. He is ambitious but capable of delaying gratification when immediate spending or advancement would be inefficient 3 5 6.

His childhood confidence has a mischievous and sometimes bullying edge. He enjoys provoking classmates, exposing political assumptions, and testing his strength against groups. His enthusiasm for fire is genuinely exuberant, but also destructive enough to create substantial repair costs 6 7 9 10.

Beneath that detachment, he becomes deeply attached to family and friends. He shares food to ease Kushina’s embarrassment, organizes reunions, encourages Minato and Kushina’s relationship, and treats the warmth between companions as something worth protecting. Yamakaze’s death makes those attachments impossible for him to dismiss as part of a fictional world 11 60 106 166.

War makes him ruthless without eliminating his ability to exercise restraint. He uses brutal force against his mother’s abusers, yet allows defeated Kirigakure soldiers to surrender and withdraws from Rasa rather than gamble everything on a kill. He also accepts defeats and technical criticism as information to act upon, not insults to his pride 98 102 110 131 162.

His mature political ideal is protection through dependable strength. Although grief fuels personal vendettas, he increasingly combines combat power with alliances, institutional safeguards, research, and training others. After Miwako’s death, his resolve shifts from destroying an unjust world to surviving long enough to change it 105 159 167 181 184.

Abilities & Skills

Growth System

The system supplies optional missions, achievements, and points for attributes, talents, and skills 3.

• Starting rewards: Two random S-rank packs, 20 attribute points, 10 talent points, and 10 skill points 3.
• Milestone growth: Everyday childhood activities become repeatable progress toward the three-year Growth quest 4.
• Physical restrictions: Infancy and later age-based bodily limits cap usable attributes; accumulated points cannot simply bypass those limits 3 5 7.
• Training dependence: Shinji eventually distinguishes system rewards as potential from the understanding and practice needed to turn them into usable power 60 160.

Bloodlines, Chakra, and Recovery

His Uchiha and maternal Uzumaki bloodlines provide the foundation for his unusual reserves, vitality, and control 3.

• Human Tailed Beast — S-rank talent: Combines overlapping bloodline benefits into enormous chakra capacity and rapid recovery; it is a talent name, not evidence that he is a jinchūriki 3.
• Glutton — S-rank skill: Grants a tremendous appetite, strong digestion, poison immunity, rapid recovery, and the ability to convert chakra-bearing food into chakra and potentially lasting physical improvements 4.
• Bloodline fusion: Later uses Uzumaki chakra as a stable energy base and Uchiha chakra to refine and direct it, reaching Kage-level volume and output 160.
• Sustained combat: His reserves let him maintain expensive combinations of ninjutsu and kenjutsu; they still run dangerously low during battles against high-level opponents 109 158 162.

The Way Follows Nature

An S-rank talent earned through his first successful chakra refinement, supporting chakra-nature learning, recovery, and attacks against defenses 5.

• Nature learning: Enables him to learn techniques across all basic chakra natures; his initial chakra-paper test identifies fire and lightning affinities 5.
• Dharma Body: Increases natural chakra recovery by 500% outside combat and 75% during combat 5.
• Unquenchable Wrath: Adds 50% ninjutsu damage against protection such as barriers, shields, defensive ninjutsu, armor, and equipment 5.
• Advanced control: Its intuitive understanding of energy assists his later bloodline fusion and fine chakra manipulation 160.

Sharingan and Mental Processing

Shinji uses the Sharingan to read movement, chakra flow, structural weaknesses, and the coordination between opponents 63 98 130.

• One tomoe: Supports anticipatory evasion and precise sword counters against Hizashi’s Gentle Fist 63.
• Two tomoe: Improves perception of openings and chakra structures, including weaknesses in Lightning Release and a Composite Barrier 85 91 98.
• Three tomoe: Enables stronger psychic attacks, more detailed reading of coordinated enemies, and the control needed for difficult chakra fusion 130 131 136.
• Multithreaded CPU: Helps him monitor and counter multiple attackers 10.
• Mangekyō: Awakened after Miwako’s death; its specific eye techniques are not identified in the supplied chapters 181 184.
• Limits: Seeing an opponent does not guarantee that he can match their timing or speed. Sakumo demonstrates this decisively, and A remains too fast for Shinji to prevent his escape 109 158.

Fire Release

His principal offensive discipline develops into a system of pressure, disruption, terrain control, and sword-integrated flames 71 109 160.

Technique	Applications and limitations
Great Fireball Technique	First proper ninjutsu. Later used to obstruct movement as well as attack; he develops a faster three-seal, one-handed version with reduced size 6 91 109.
Phoenix Flower Technique	Sends multiple fireballs along calculated trajectories to cover likely escape routes. Ordinary flames cannot immediately destroy Rasa’s dense Gold Dust Shuriken 51 161.
Dragon Fire Technique	Produces concentrated, precisely directed flame attacks; demonstrated pursuing Minato and interrupting an enemy’s unfinished Wind Release 52 123.
Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson	Combines flames with shuriken to pressure groups and close escape routes 98 109.
Majestic Destroyer Flame	Wide-area fire attack used to begin his solo mine assault. Later described as a B-rank technique he has refined beyond its original power 97 139.
Flame Net	Burning strands scorch puppets and disrupt or sever Chakra Threads. Its cost, coverage, duration, and preparation time remain areas for improvement 117.
Thunderfire Flame-Killing	A forced fusion of Dragon Fire and Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder. Powerful but initially crude 136.
Flowing Blade Like Flame	White flames become integrated with his sword, leaving persistent trails that damage, divide, obstruct, and trap. Demonstrated melting gold dust and turning sand to glass 160 162.

Kenjutsu and Combined Combat

Clear Sword Heart, his S-rank sword talent, makes kenjutsu his fastest-growing early discipline despite his initial belief that swordsmanship does not fit an Uchiha’s image 4 6.

• Flame Cutter: Compresses Fire Release along the blade for exceptionally sharp, searing cuts; destroys ninja weapons, bodies, and puppet cores 98 115 130.
• Sword Leap Flame: Exploits a weak point in Minato’s unfinished Rasengan and later threatens A at close range 52 158.
• Leaping Slash: Uses concentrated chakra acceleration and a descending sword strike as a forceful opening. Repetition makes it predictable, and spent momentum leaves him vulnerable 108 109 110.
• Purgatory Slash: High-output compressed flame edge with considerable potential, but an unstable core and severe backlash if disrupted 110.
• Flowing Fire: Afterglow: Concentrated crimson flame wave capable of breaching A’s Lightning Armor, with a heavy energy cost 158.
• One-handed seals: His left hand casts ninjutsu while his right maintains sword pressure, reducing conventional pauses between disciplines 91 109 123.
• White-flame formations: Flowing Blade Like Flame supports Ground-Surging Flame, Flame Dance: Rotation, and Mark Lock: Eight Directions, including a three-dimensional cage of lingering fire 162.

Supporting Ninja Skills

• Lightning Release: Uses Lightning Strike as a quick supplementary attack and Earth Flow to interfere with movement or stimulate his own muscles for bursts of speed 6 109.
• Genjutsu: Studies Hell Viewing and Mist Servant before awakening the Sharingan. Later creates three precise Dream Butterfly illusions to covertly transmit exam answers 6 33.
• Shurikenjutsu: Uses Sharingan-assisted trajectory calculations and explosive-tag shuriken to close multiple routes simultaneously 86.
• Basic techniques: Trains Transformation, Clone, and Substitution; detailed impersonation requires more observation than simple object transformations 6.
• Taijutsu and mobility: Combines clan techniques, chakra-enhanced acceleration, precise footwork, and short-range Body Flicker 6 64 108.

Research, Leadership, and Business

• Chakra Double Helix Training Method: Studies chakra production, circulation, strengthening, and recovery; recruits varied specialists to test improvements beyond his own physiology 167.
• Mind Observation Tempering Method: Organizes mental training around intensity, precision, capacity, resilience, and recovery speed, using a five-stage cycle and individualized parameters 169 170.
• Training devices: Designs a genjutsu-resistance slab, Byakugan observation spheres, mental-control scroll, multithreaded computation slab, and seal construction/breaking device 169.
• Mangekyō research: Hypothesizes that sufficiently intense and refined mental strength—not death itself—is the awakening requirement. This remains a proposed theory 184.
• Squad command: Leads sabotage operations and increasingly directs the White Fang Squad while Sakumo undertakes other missions 96 99.
• Instruction: Coordinates Kosuke, Oshima Rin, and Might Duy by assigning complementary roles and giving specific tactical feedback 156.
• Commercial planning: Helps develop the successful Fantasy Hut and holds Yakiniku Q shares. Proposes memberships, delivery, and packaged seasonings as expansion ideas 22 104.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blazing Inferno — A long, comparatively heavy katana received as clan compensation. Its special metal and faint dark-red patterns conduct and amplify Fire Release chakra; it suits his combination of Uchiha finesse and forceful battlefield swordsmanship 108.
• Practice short sword — Used in lessons and sparring with Yamakaze, and during his grief-stricken training after the death notice 59 60.
• Yamakaze’s treasured blade — A spare blade from his father’s younger years, recovered from Ryuichi. Its chief importance is as a family keepsake, particularly to An 102 103.
• Konoha forehead protector — Worn after early graduation and throughout frontline service 61 65.
• Kushina’s red charm — Handmade and infused with her chakra, given before his departure for war 61.
• Shuriken, kunai, and explosive tags — Used for trajectory control, interception, sabotage, and cutting off enemy movement 86 96 161.
• Ration pills — Gluttonous Stomach rapidly converts them into energy during recovery, including after the battle with Rasa 162.
• Communication and research scrolls — Used to contact friends, recruit collaborators, and record formulas and training models 106 167 169.

Relationships

• Yamakaze Uchiha — Father and first teacher. His guidance on purpose, protection, and swordsmanship continues shaping Shinji after his death 5 59 60.
• An Uchiha — Mother. Her Uzumaki ancestry contributes to Shinji’s bloodline potential; protecting her becomes a major personal and political responsibility 3 101 105 152.
• Hatake Sakumo — Squad captain, kenjutsu mentor, and father figure. Shinji later works to save him from the consequences of a political conspiracy 71 96 110 167 174 177.
• Hizashi Hyūga — Teammate and trusted research collaborator. Their initially competitive relationship becomes close enough that Hizashi can pull Shinji back from self-destructive grief 63 64 169 181.
• Miwako Katō / Miwa Katō — Medical-ninja teammate and cherished companion. She supports his training and Sakumo’s escape; her sacrifice awakens his Mangekyō, while her final message redirects his rage toward survival and change 110 167 177 181.
• Minato Namikaze — Close friend, respectful rival, and research partner. Shinji offers help with the Rasengan, promises to survive the war, and supports Minato’s relationship with Kushina 7 52 61 166 170.
• Kushina Uzumaki — Close Academy friend and sealing collaborator. She defends him, gives him a farewell charm, and helps develop safety measures for mental training 9 61 169 170.
• Shikaku Nara — Perceptive friend, shogi rival, and research collaborator. He suspects Shinji’s unusual knowledge and later contributes processing and control exercises 11 169 170.
• Inoichi Yamanaka and Chōza Akimichi — Academy friends and members of his shared training network, contributing mental-control and physical expertise respectively 106 167 170.
• Torayoshi “Torai” Uchiha — Academy follower who admires Shinji’s strength. Kagami later entrusts his guidance to Shinji; Torai participates in genjutsu-resistance research 8 159 170.
• Kagami Uchiha — Clan head and political supporter. Protects Shinji’s family, endorses his proposed direction for the Uchiha, and places expectations for the clan’s future upon him 103 105 159.
• Fugaku Uchiha — Political partner. Shinji supports his clan-head candidacy; Fugaku later agrees to stabilize the clan while Shinji studies his Mangekyō 164 184.
• Torifu Akimichi — Business partner, political mentor, and ally. Helps secure An’s protection and warns Shinji about Danzō’s scrutiny 104 105 152.
• Nawaki Senju — Wartime friend whose letter and jōnin advancement motivate Shinji to continue improving 99.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi — Hokage who approves Shinji’s early graduation while restricting his deployment; later witnesses the political danger surrounding his new eyes 61 182.
• Orochimaru — Engineers Shinji’s lethal chūnin assessment and develops increasingly possessive interest in his abilities, especially barrier breaking 97 98.
• Danzō — Political antagonist associated with the schemes threatening Sakumo and the losses surrounding Miwako’s sacrifice. Shinji intends revenge but delays open conflict 171 173 181 182 184.
• A — Border opponent whose speed and Lightning Armor test Shinji’s limits. Shinji injures him but cannot prevent his retreat 157 158.
• Rasa — Near-Kage opponent targeted to answer Konoha’s defeat and Dan Katō’s death. Their costly duel establishes Shinji’s white-flame style as a serious threat 161 162.

Notable Quotes

“There are no fixed tactical patterns out there, no such thing as a fair fight. An enemy won't stand there like a training dummy and wait for you to form hand seals, nor will they use Ninjutsu in the order listed in a textbook.” 80

“Still, I achieved my goal. This battle demonstrated my ‘power.’ Next, I need to think about how to turn that power into ‘protection.’” 162

Trivia

• Shinji jokes that the pronunciation of his name resembles the Chinese word for “scheming,” and is relieved that its written characters do not literally give him a villain-like name 3.
• He compares the Great Fireball Technique to a programmer’s “Hello World” 6.
• His search for ordinary entertainment includes an unsuccessful attempt to promote soccer and a later plan for a karaoke-based gathering place 15.
• The account of Yamakaze’s death names Hanzō, while Shinji’s subsequent revenge vow explicitly names Ibuse. The supplied passages do not resolve that discrepancy 60 61.