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{{Nihongo|'''Hamazura Shiage'''|浜面 仕上|Hamazura Shiage}} is a character introduced in ''Toaru Majutsu no Index''. He initially played a small antagonistic role as the reluctant leader of [[Skill-Out]] against [[Kamijou Touma]] and [[Accelerator]]. However after becoming a subordinate of [[ITEM]] his mettle is tested during the citywide [[Battle Royale Arc|factional war on October 9]], and proves himself after deciding to protect [[Takitsubo Rikou]] and defeating the 4th-ranked [[Level 5]], [[Mugino Shizuri]] after being consumed by her need for vengeance against [[SCHOOL]].
|Name = Hamazura Shiage
 
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|Image = Snapshot20110402133827.jpg
 
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A Level 0 without any noticeable powers, he is a science side protagonist who mainly struggles in the story to protect what's important to him from the Dark Side of Academy City, relying only on his skills and wits to outdo his opponents. His continued survival against the odds has turned into an anomaly that disrupts [[Aleister Crowley]]'s plans and calculations time and time again. His presence in the story as the powerless and unlikely hero marks a strong contrast between the other two male protagonists, something that is even noted by [[Aiwass]].
|Name (Kanji) = 浜面 仕上
 
|Name (Romaji) = Hamazura Shiage
 
|Epithet = ''He who defies finality''
 
|Gender = Male
 
|Classification = [[Esper]]
 
|Affiliation = * [[Skill-Out]] (Former Leader)
 
* [[ITEM]] (Former Informant, Current Member)
 
|Ability Name = Unknown
 
|Power Level = 0
 
|Status = Active
 
|Voiced By = [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=15417 Hino Satoshi]
 
|Novel = [[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS|Volume SS]]
 
|Manga = [[Toaru_Kagaku_no_Railgun_Manga_Volume_05|Railgun Volume 5]] (cameo)
 
|Anime = [[Toaru Majutsu no Index II Episode 24|Index II Episode 24]]
 
|Age = 15-16}}
 
{{Nihongo|'''Hamazura Shiage'''|浜面 仕上|Hamazura Shiage}} is a main character of the Science Side in the ''[[Toaru Majutsu no Index]]'' series.
 
   
Shiage is a level 0 and former [[Skill-Out]] (with his friends [[Komaba Ritoku]] and [[Hattori Hanzou]]) after his defeat at the hands of [[Kamijou Touma]]. As former lacky, grunt, chaffeur, and informant of [[ITEM]], he delved into Academy City's darkness and turned into an anomaly that disrupts [[Aleister Crowley]]'s plans and calculations time and time and again.
 
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
Shiage looks like an ordinary teenager with unruly blonde hair. Shiage previously sported a nose piercing a month before his proper introduction but<ref>Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS Chapter 4 Part 7</ref> it was violently removed after Touma hits him in the nose.<ref>Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS Chapter 4 Part 8</ref>
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He looks like an ordinary teenager with unruly blonde hair. Shiage previously sported a nose piercing a month before his proper introduction but<ref name=IndexSS1Ch4Pt7>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS]] Chapter 4 Part 7</ref> it was violently removed after Touma hits him in the nose with a stolen bullet-proof riot shield.<ref name=IndexSS1Ch4Pt8>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS]] Chapter 4 Part 8</ref>
   
 
==Personality==
 
==Personality==
Shiage is considered a balance between [[Kamijo Touma|Touma]] and [[Accelerator]].{{cite|By whom?}} Like most members of his Skill-Out gang, he is lawful; however, while he and Touma share some of the same traits, such as their reputations as delinquents, their victories over higher-ranked espers through tactics, and their interference with [[Aleister Crowley|Aleister Crowley's]] plans, he isn't as idealistic or as nice as Touma, at least not at first. In battle, he prefers to avoid fighting if possible or to finish the fight as quickly as possible, which is somewhat like Accelerator's personality.
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Shiage can be considered a balance between [[Kamijo Touma|Touma]] and [[Accelerator]]. Like most members of his Skill-Out gang, he is lawful; however, while he and Touma share some of the same traits, such as their reputations as delinquents, their victories over higher-ranked espers through tactics, and their interference with [[Aleister Crowley|Aleister Crowley's]] plans, he isn't as idealistic or as compassionate as Touma, at least not initially. In battle, he prefers to avoid fighting if possible or to finish the fight as quickly as possible, which is somewhat like Accelerator's personality. [[Aiwass]] once commented that Shiage is someone who is never noticed by people and doesn't have any talent, but for the sake of the person he loves, he’ll become the hero.<ref name=IndexV19>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 19]] Epilogue</ref>.
   
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Initially, he displayed an inferiority complex that makes him think he can't do anything right or complete. The main reason behind this is that he had been always branded as a powerless person, and unlike Touma, he has yet to display any power at all even "any" manifestation of an esper ability. Therefore, due to his lack of power and mockery by other higher level espers, he joined a [[Skill-Out]] gang. This complex can be seen in his usual internal monologue, as he always complains about the situation but he never says it out loud, an example of this is his remonstrations on his treatment by the girls from [[ITEM]] as they talk in the family restaurant.<ref name=IndexV15Ch2Pt2>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 15]] Chapter 2 Part 2</ref>
He falls in love with [[Takitsubo Rikou]], and because of this, he decides to fight the 4th-ranked Level 5 esper, [[Mugino Shizuri]], also known as Meltdowner, in order to protect Rikou.
 
   
As far the plots advances, he began to show a nicer side similar to Touma, as seen when he aids Russian villagers during pirate attacks, convinces Acqua to not give up on life, and how his reclutancy to fight Mugino leads to him forgive her and express his desire to get back everyone together as ITEM again.
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He falls in love with [[Takitsubo Rikou]], and because of this, he decides to fight the 4th-ranked Level 5 esper, [[Mugino Shizuri]], also known as [[Meltdowner]], in order to protect Rikou. As far the plots advances, he began to show a nicer side similar to Touma, as seen when he aids Russian [[Digurv's Village|villagers]] during pirate attacks, convinces Acqua to not give up on life, and his reluctance to fight Mugino leads to him forgive her and express his desire to get everyone back together as [[ITEM]] again.
   
Shiage is suggestive to anything sex-related, as shown when he got a nosebleed simply by seeing [[Kinuhata Saiai]] putting a stuffed bunny doll behind Rikou to give her a bunny girl look<ref>Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 19</ref>.
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Shiage is suggestive to anything sex-related, as shown when he got a nosebleed simply by seeing [[Kinuhata Saiai]] putting a stuffed bunny doll behind Rikou to give her a bunny girl look even though his perversion is usually used as comic relief.<ref name=IndexV19Ch1Pt2>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 19]] Chapter 1 Part 2</ref>
   
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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Not much is known about Shiage other than the fact that he is a Level 0, thus having gone through the [[Power Curriculum Program]]. Shiage knows how to operate construction machinery, though how he is able to learn it is not known.
The reason Aleister decides to eliminate Shiage isn't that Shiage is a threat in general, but that he's an anomaly that goes against Aleister's plans. His victory over Mugino is considered something that should have never happened;{{cite}} he is a powerless Level 0 and Mugino is a Level 5, but every attempt to kill him so far has failed, and Aleister's plans have begun to go awry ever since.
 
   
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Prior to the first Friday of January of the [[Unified Story Timeline|current year]], Komaba Ritoku's [[Skill-Out]] faction scouted him to be a potential member.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch1>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2]] Chapter 1</ref> By May, Ritoku had named Shiage as the leader of his Skill-Out if anything happened to him.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch8>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2]] Chapter 8</ref>
Aiwass once comments that Shiage is someone who is never noticed by people and doesn't have any talent, but for the sake of the person he loves, he’ll become the hero<ref>Toaru Majutsu No Index Volume 19</ref>.
 
   
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==Chronology==
Because of his ability to constantly defy Aleister's expectations, he is given the epithet "He who defies finality".{{Cite}}
 
 
===Toaru Majutsu no Index===
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{{Main|Hamazura Shiage/Chronology (Toaru Majutsu no Index)}}
   
==Chronology (Toaru Majutsu no Index)==
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===Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index===
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{{Main|Hamazura Shiage/Chronology (Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index)}}
===Skill-Out Uprising===
 
:''Main article:[[Skill-Out Uprising]]''
 
October 3rd.
 
   
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==Other appearances==
After Accelerator kills the former leader, [[Komaba Ritoku]], by orders of the Board of Directors, he becomes the leader of his Skill-Out gang. On the same day he becomes the new leader, he accepts a deal with the Board of Directors to kill [[Misaka Misuzu]] in order to prevent leakage of students because of the Roman Catholic Church's allegations after [[Vento of the Front|Vento of the Front's]] attack. If Skill-Out kills Misuzu, then the Board of Directors would allow Skill-Out to continue existing and not be destroyed completely like their previous boss. But ultimately the plan ends in failure as they are defeated by both Touma and Accelerator, Shiage himself was felled by Touma twice during that night.
 
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===Side Stories===
 
====Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2====
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{{Main|Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2}}
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=====The Third Friday of January=====
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Shiage, an apparently new member of Komaba Ritoku's [[Skill-Out]], joins him and Hattori Hanzou to steal an entire ATM using his construction equipment knowledge. Shiage asks how they gather money from before, to which Hanzou says that they steal something and then run, leading to Shiage to say that their style is lame. Hanzou says that it would be easy for them to drag a weak-looking person into a back alley and beat the money out of them but says Ritoku is against letting people lay a hand on fragile girls. Shiage asks about Ritoku, to which Hanzou recalls of that scene in an elementary school where Ritoku sent a man with a bow gun who invaded the school flying 5 meters with just his fist. Hanzou declares that when it comes to little girls Ritoku is really shy. They later find Ritoku looking at online store for an XL-sized Santa outfit and white beard. Hattori then says that he remembers what the girl (probably Fremea) said to Ritoku, and that is she asked if Santa Claus really existed. Ritoku then becomes embarrassed.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch1/>
   
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As they try to check up the ATM, Ritoku calls his attention to a thing he has found, a GPS transmitter. At that moment, [[Anti-Skill]] cars drive behind them, and a barricade robot appears ahead of them. Shiage then decides to break through the barrier, forcing the pursuing cars to slam the breaks due to the debris that it caused by destroying the barrier.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch1/>
After that humiliatation, he leaves the gang's leadership to his friend [[Hattori Hanzou]], and becomes a chauffeur and informant for ITEM, where he falls in love with Takitsubo Rikou.
 
   
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[[Yomikawa Aiho]], whose vehicle was used as part of the barricade, manages to jump out of the way as Shiage, Ritoku, and Hanzou manage to get away with their stolen ATM after smashing through the barricade. Their recklessness makes Aiho interested of them. As they drive off and try to get as far away as possible, they find Yomikawa Aiho uses a [[Fukuoka Fireworks Manufacturing]] large specialized transport truck catch up to them from a side street, slamming into the station wagon. Shiage lets their station wagon slide as so not to lose control. After he regains control of the vehicle he speeds off again. They later see that she has passed off the vehicle as an Anti-Skill vehicle by attaching red lights on top and uses a megaphone to ordering them to stop.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch1 />
===Battle Royale Arc===
 
:''Main article:[[Battle Royale Arc]]''
 
[[File:Index_v15_068.jpg|thumb|150px|Hamazura Shiage as ITEM grunt.]]October 9th.
 
   
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Hanzou tries to shoot at her, but she uses the truck to pin the station wagon on a guard rail. As it could not handle the force, the rail breaks apart with the station wagon and transport vehicle, sending them into an uninhabited warehouse. After striking the inner wall of the warehouse, the truck becomes stuck and couldn't move anymore. Aiho is later given a three-shot at by Hanzou, who says that it is powerful and cool to fire a bunch of bullets at once. Hearing their argument, Aiho determines that her opponents are all idiots. Suddenly, either due to the crash, the gunshots, or both, the truck's transport of soccer ball-sized fireworks falls out all over the warehouse. Moreover, Hanzou's haphazard firing had hit some sort of electrical wire which in turn has come into contact with some leaking gasoline from the truck. Seeing this, Aiho flees.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch1 />
He gains a more active role during the battles between the underground organizations of Academy City. While under ITEM, he helps drive them around among other things as a grunt, jacking cars on the spot for use as getaway vehicles. While ITEM and SCHOOL are fighting each other at [[Kirigaoka Girls' Academy]], in which powers such as destroying half a building in one blast are used, Shiage sees a car, and has the sudden urge to steal it due to its beauty. Before he could try, he is found by [[Yomikawa Aiho]]; in his words, "though she is a top-class beauty, she's still an Anti-Skill, the natural enemy of Skill-Out members like him." Yomikawa had once caught Shiage fourteen times in one night and thrown him into a cell personally<ref>Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 15 Chapter 2 Part 7</ref>. Before Yomikawa could arrest Shiage, he is told by ITEM's leader, Mugino Shizuri, to follow SCHOOL, and left the scene as he managed to escape Yomikawa.
 
   
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This was apparently all set-up by Shiage, who had Hanzou fire at the truck's fuel tank. The three then find that Aiho is running away, to which Shiage says that he wants to capture her and show her up. Ritoku responds that they will do no sexual crimes, though Shiage says he knows and changes the subject to the ATM. As Shiage tries to go back to the station wagon, something hit his toes. Much to their horror, they find one of the soccer ball-sized fireworks spheres on the ground and that the truck they hit is from Fukuoka Fireworks Manufacturing. With a flash from the electric wires that has been severed, the fireworks explode. Aiho later comes and arrest the three after escaping the explosion.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch1 />
After discovering the murder of [[Frenda]], Shiage betrays and fights Mugino to protect Rikou who was being forced to use the Crystallized Esper Essence in order to activate her powers and track down [[Kakine Teitoku]], which in turn quickened the deterioration of her own health. Shiage manages to defeat Mugino by stabbing her in the eye, which makes her lose control of her power and disintergrate her own left arm after shooting at him; and shooting the rest of his bullets into her. She stood up after that, but he dropped her with a punch to the face before she could fire again. After Shiage leaves Mugino for dead on that battlefield, Hanzou shows up and offers Skill-Out's leadership back to Shiage, but he refuses since he wants to focus on saving Rikou.
 
   
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In their cell, they are ignored by their fellow inmates due to how they looked all covered in soot. Shiage complains that though stealing an ATM is bad, Aiho is worse as all the cash in the ATM had been burned up. Ritoku comments that Aiho would likely make things more peaceful if she lets criminals go, and calls her a horrible Anti-Skill and an idiot, though somehow appends at the end that he hates large breasts. Shiage tries to justify to Ritoku that Aiho isn't a fragile girl and then makes lewd gestures regarding what he will do to her. However, Hanzou has yet to speak, as he just sits in the corner of the cell with his arms around his knees and not moving. He then apologizes to Shiage and Ritoku, saying that he has fallen in love with Yomikawa Aiho.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch1/>
[[File:Index_v19_165.jpg|thumb|left|Hamazura Shiage faces Accelerator.]]
 
   
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=====The Fourth Friday of May=====
===DRAGON(≠Angel) Arc===
 
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[[File:Index_SSv02_091.jpg|thumb|180px|Kuruwa's ninja technique.]]
October 17th.
 
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After complaining about Ritoku naming him as leader of his Skill-Out if something happens to him, Shiage tries to break in a sports car. Suddenly, he hears someone call out to him by saying "Hamazura-shi". He later discovers that it is [[Kuruwa]], a girl he met a week before still looking for Hanzou, popping from under the sports car he was trying to break into. Seeing her clothes irritate Shiage a little as compared to his shambled look, Kuruwa uses high-quality materials, in his opinion, a terrible yukata. Seeing her, he tells her that he hasn't seen Hanzou either. Her manner of speaking takes Shiage aback however, as she wonders where Hanzou could be. Admiring her breasts, Shiage wonders why Hanzou wants to avoid someone with breasts like Kuruwa's. Peaking at her, Shiage notices that her yukata resembles that of a kunoichi. There however he picks up the pieces that Hanzou's name is exactly that of the legendary ninja Hattori Hanzou. He mocks the connection and goes back to in trying to break into the sports car. Suddenly however, Kuruwa says that she must eliminate him. Hearing this, Shiage notes on how that it is stupid for a ninja then asks if Hanzou truly is a descendant of a near future-like Shinobi Soldier. Kuruwa then becomes flustered, as Shiage's thoughts is preoccupied in wondering if Hanzou truly is a ninja then he must use mysterious ninja techniques. He then wonders why he is being pursued by Kuruwa. Shiage then asks Kuruwa that if Hanzou is from the Hattori family then what group does she belong to.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch8 />
   
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Kuruwa hesitates in answering. Shiage continues and concludes that there must be some kind of conspiracy involving some ninja faction that's going to plunge Hanzou into some kind of miracle battle. Hearing this, under the belief that Shiage actually knows what he is talking about, Kuruwa says, as she sweats, that she cannot let him return alive. Shiage however is surprised by this, saying that the world of ninjas has some cheap conspiracies, as he buried his head in his hands while Kuruwa is at her wit's end. As Shiage wonders what he should do, Kuruwa pulls out a handgun out of her sleeve, confidently telling Shiage to prepare herself. However, Shiage is unimpressed by this, much to Kuruwa's chagrin. He asks if it is really okay for a ninja. Apparently feeling guilty, Kuruwa tries to explain herself. She says that a ninja is always armed with the latest equipment and as such it is okay for her to use it. She references the ninjas during the {{W|Sengoku period|Warring States}} up to the {{W|Edo period}} used {{W|Arquebus|arquebuses}} camouflaged as staffs and {{W|inro}}. Shiage clarifies however that he doesn't care what she knows about how it worked historically and tells her not to destroy people's dreams (his stereotyping of what ninjas do), noting several clichéd ninja techniques like splitting into multiple versions of herself in a puff of smoke, among others. As Shiage goes away disappointed, Kuruwa begs him not to go with such a sorrowful look in his eyes.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch8 />
However, Shiage's actions interfere with Aleister's plans and later<ref>Toaru Majutsu No Index Volume 19</ref> sends his assassins of the entire dark side of Academy City on a massive hunt to eliminate him. Running, Shiage tried to hijack a mini-copter to get to where Rikou is, but the pilot pulled out a knife from nowhere and threatened him. Though after the pilot sees how desperate Shiage is to try and save Rikou, she decided to help. Later, Shiage jumps out of a helicopter without parachutes down towards something that he’s not sure will save him from a hard landing, while firing down at three men holding Rikou hostage.
 
   
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Much to Shiage's annoyance, his dramatic acting didn't help him in getting away from her, though Kuruwa has not realized his ruse and completely forgotten about searching for Hanzou. Wanting to impress Shiage, Kuruwa says that she is going to show him a ninja technique, though Shiage doesn't believe. Kuruwa says that she is serious about it, and says that Shiage is lucky as a chance like this doesn't come along often. Hearing this, Shiage becomes interested in seeing a real ninja technique, and enters a back alley at the invitation of Kuruwa. Shiage assumes that she doesn't want to use her ninja technique in public, to which Kuruwa says that he is correct though says it also embarrassing. As Shiage becomes confused at this, Kuruwa begins undressing before him, much to his shock, asking Kuruwa what she is doing. Kuruwa says that she thought Shiage wanted to see a kunoichi technique, to which Shiage replies that what she is doing isn't something that he wanted to see. In spite of his remonstrations and truly believing that Kuruwa is going to show him her naked body, Shiage becomes excited at the prospect. Suddenly, Kuruwa twists her hips as she continues undressing, which inconveniences Shiage as he can't see her from the angle is she is undressing. Distracted by this, Kuruwa sees an opening and knocks Shiage out.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch8 />
During the time he met with Accelerator, who was looking for a terrorist group near the same location that Rikou was, Shiage misunderstood him, thinking that his presence was due to another of his dirty jobs, and that Rikou might end up dead just like his friend [[Komaba Ritoku]].
 
   
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=====The First Friday of October=====
Shiage said then that if Accelerator wanted to kill someone who no longer wanted to stay in the darkness, then he'll take him down. Accelerator knew it was a misunderstanding, but still complimented him for his actions and bravery, then charged. Shiage planned to force Accelerator into a situation where even a bullet would work on him, taken from his experience against Mugino. He then got blasted back by the air pressure created by Accelerator, but Shiage blew apart a passing security robot and threw it at Accelerator, hoping the magnetism from the broken robot would affect the collar Accelerator wears. But before the robot reached Accelerator it got blown away.
 
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Shiage's first job as a member of the subordinate organization for ITEM is to forge an ID for Kinuhata Saiai to fake her age as she wants to watch an R18 movie. With that done, she later takes Shiage with her to assure that her cover that she is of mature age holds up. After going through backalleys they eventually come upon a secluded theater that showed specialty films.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch17>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2]] Chapter 17</ref>
   
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Entering the small theater, Shiage asks Saiai why no one is there fifteen minutes before the movie starts. A great sigh escapes Saiai, surprising Shiage. Here, Saiai discovers that since she is the first guest of the exclusive screening then it means she's the only one that truly understands how great the film they are about to see truly is. Here, she laments on how it feels like she is the only the director is trying to reach through the film. After buying some popcorn, Shiage finds the already seated Saiai mocking his choice of popcorn, saying that it makes one thirsty. In spite of this, Saiai consumes the popcorn he brought. Shiage shows that he has brought a drink, to which Saiai mocks though at the same time drinks it.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch17 />
Accelerator then charged right into Shiage and held him up by the collar, then blew him across the room. While Shiage was crawling up, Accelerator told him that if he stays down, he'll let him live, and if he gets up, he's dead. Shiage refused to give up, and told him they both have reasons to do what they do.
 
   
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As the movie starts, Shiage questions the quality of their production. Here, Saiai lectures him that B movies like the one they are watching is supposed to be poor of production. Shiage asks why they couldn't just watch a normal movie in a normal theater. Saiai says that though the huge hits may break records over and over again, but a good B or C movies will stick with one more. In spite of this, Shiage just sighs and says he doesn't understand it.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch17 />
Accelerator was going to turn Shiage to mush right there, but when he saw Rikou stumbling towards them, he told Shiage if he planned to use her as a shield to keep fighting, he'd do Shiage a favour and rip him apart. He then said that if the girl gets worse from fighting, it would be troublesome for him, and he would retreat, saying that's how a villain should do things. Accelerator then manipulated the vectors under his feet and disappeared in a blink of a eye. Shiage finally realized that he misunderstood the situation, went to hold Rikou and cursed himself for being so useless. Rikou told him he wasn't useless, since for her, he's willing to fight in a building where the Anti-Skills can't. [[File:Index v19 288.jpg|thumb|150px|Hamazura Shiage and Takitsubo Rikou "meet" Shizuri Mugino again.]]Shiage isn't convinced, thinking if he was a 'main character,' then Rikou wouldn't be hurt. However, he also thinks that though he's not a top-tier villain like Accelerator, it doesn't matter if he's a punk as long as he can protect Rikou and make her smile.
 
   
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Hearing Saiai's words, Shiage thinks that it can apply to espers as well, wondering how many espers had undisplayed abilities that were hidden because the city lacked budget, staff, or the proper facilities and equipment. He then wonders about his own powers, about Saiai's own powers, as well as the possibility that people outside the city displayed powers that can rank them amongst the Level 5s. As these thoughts fill his mind, he projects his feelings regarding espers to that the film, and became more interested in the film he is watching with Saiai.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch17 />
After that, while trying to escape from Aleister's assasins, he once again met with Mugino Shizuri. She survived her wound thanks to [[Heaven Canceler|Heaven Canceler's]] Dark Legacy, now in hands of Aleister Crowley. After seeing Mugino toying with Rikou, he had finally had enough and decided to step out and fight head on with Mugino once more. After getting Mugino to chase him, Shiage managed to hide in a hanger filled with cutting edge weaponry, and tricked her to blow up a fighter jet she thought he was hiding in, and ended up blowing up the whole place with a chain reaction while Shiage ran away as fast as he could.<br />
 
After the massive explosion, he went back to check to see if she was alive, and found she propelled herself using recoil force from her own attack like a rocket engine to escape the blast, and got ambushed by her. Shiage ran again and hid himself, but then Mugino pulled on his sympathy, saying how she and Kakine ended up like this and how bad it is, before kicking him while he was distracted. After that, Shiage crawled into a testing room for the new jets and their defense, and activated the program that engulfs the whole room except his location in a fierce combination of gale and heat. Mugino was blasted away.
 
   
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Believing that he now understood Saiai he looks to her. Much to his surprise, she complains on how the film is boring. Annoyed, Shiage complains about her attitude and asks for her to at least pretend she is enjoying the film. Saiai explains that she thought that it would be good but became disinterested after 10 minutes. Shiage complains about how he felt he understood B movies and the growing sense of identity he had with it. This just confuses Saiai, asking what kind of understanding he can get from the terrible movie they are watching. Having loss empathy for the heroine in the movie, Saiai estimates her time of death. Shiage protests, saying the heroine will survive the movie. Hearing this, Saiai proposes a bet, wagering a pack of gum.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch17 />
After a hard battle of fighting her and protecting Rikou from her attacks, Mugino, who now has a sense of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandere twisted love] for him gives up and helped him and Rikou to escape Academy City by allowing them to steal a jet which was programmed to fly to Russia and shooting down their pursuers.
 
   
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Needless to say, Shiage immediately loses after the heroine is eaten in the movie, much to Saiai's delight.<ref name=IndexSS2Ch17 />
===World War III===
 
:''Main article:[[World War III Arc]]''
 
October 30th.
 
   
 
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After reaching Russia, because Shiage didn't know how to pilot the jet, he and Rikou, using a parachutte, jumped out of the jet after setting it to self-destruct, and landed in Russia close to Elizarina, the country where Vento had taken Sasha to.
 
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Hamazura Shiage is a true level 0 with no esper abilities. As a result, if he wants to survive, he must think ahead and rely on his wits and his skill in weapons. He has demonstrated that he's considerably proficient with firearms. He was able to successfully shoot 3 people holding Rikou hostage while falling out of a helicopter.<ref name=IndexV19Ch2Pt8>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 19]] Chapter 02 Part 8</ref> In close combat, as he is a Skill-Out often involved in streetfights he is very skilled, able to go toe-to-toe against Touma during their fight. Shiage himself has stated that in order to fight with espers, Skill-Outs work out more than professional athletes in order to have a chance. <ref name=IndexSS1Ch4Pt10>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS]] Chapter 4 Part 10</ref> Moreover, using his wits, he constantly outsmarts higher level espers who underestimate him or rely heavily on their powers, an example of this is shown when he tricks Mugino into attacking a jet while he escaped, leaving her caught in an explosion.<ref name=IndexV19Ch4Pt4>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 19]] Chapter 4 Part 4</ref> He also showed as well to be a great tactician, knowing when to use his advantages, such as when he instead used the case to attack Mugino's eye first in order to make her think he had no weapons, until the right moment where he can take her by surprise using his gun.<ref name=IndexV15Ch4Pt9>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 15]] Chapter 4 Part 9</ref> During his talk with [[ITEM liaison|ITEM's liaison]] at the end of [[World War 3]], he stalled her long enough for Digurv to get help, during this instance he also learned enough about the [[Parameter List]] and how it could be used to blackmail the [[Academy City Board of Directors]] to negotiate with him.<ref name=IndexV22Ep>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 22]] Epilogue</ref>
[[File:Index_v20_025.jpg|thumb|left|Hamazura Shiage and Takitsubo Rikou near the border to Elizarina.]]
 
As they travelled in a small car near the Elizarina border, Shiage planned to rob a corner store next to a petrol station for some supplies and wanted to avoid hurting the employees. When he charged inside, there were already three robbers in there that had tied up the female employee, threatening her with a dagger. When the Russian robbers asked "Who the hell are you?" in Russian, Shiage just replied, "A robber, so put your hands up!" in Japanese without understanding a word they said.
 
   
 
Of other skills he has, he has proven he has to get through security systems and locks by using a fiberscope on a connector at the bottom of his cell phone that he uses to send a small optical fiber thinner than somen into the keyhole to check the arrangement of the pins then, he uses the image of the inside of the keyhole displayed on his phone to use a number of wires to unlock the door.<ref name=IndexV15Ch2Pt5>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 15]] Chapter 2 Part 5</ref> He can also operate heavy machinery, a fact that is praised by his Skill-Out comrades<ref name=IndexSS2Ch1 /> and even aiding Touma when he was in need.<ref name=ShinyakuV2Ch4Pt9>[[Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 02]] Chapter 4 Part 9</ref>
After hearing many gunshots, Rikou sees Shiage coming out of the shop with merchandise, such as food and warm clothing. When she asked if it went well, Shiage replied he got thanked by the employee and got all the things for free, even fuel for the car. They drove off again with Rikou remaining confused about what happened.
 
   
 
==Character Art Design==
As they drive along, Rikou says that she's planning to find the balance in the scales of the situation, so that even though Shiage’s a small piece, if he can get in the right position to tip the scales, they can then make demands towards Academy City. Suddenly, Rikou’s physical condition got worse, and Shiage panicked and stopped the car. After that, a Caucasian man tapped on the windows, and Shiage reached for his hidden gun then lowered the window. The Caucasian was a tour guide before so he can speak Japanese, and is offering Shiage an 'equivalent exchange;' taking Rikou to their village’s doctor, in exchange for some fuel since their electricity generator just ran out of fuel.
 
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===Design Evolution===
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Shiage was simply designed by Haimura "as someone to lose" to Touma, although, he did not consider that his role in the story might expand greatly later. Shiage is as well affected by Haimura's style change for the novels, having larger heads and smaller bodies.
   
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For his appearance in the 3rd New Testament volume, Haimura had him wear the outfit hat he drew for him in {{W|Pixiv}}, along with Misaka Mikoto.
The doctor treats Rikou, but says there’s nothing he can do due to the difference in technology, and that it's risky to treat her. All Shiage cares about now is for her to feel as little pain as possible. Rikou said Academy City started this war for a reason, and if they can get to that reason they can use it as a bargaining chip. Shiage is resolved to head off alone to find the cause since he don’t want to burden Rikou.
 
   
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===Gallery===
The blonde man who brought them there is named Daiguruv. He and Shiage end up talking, saying that the village is nervous since people from nearby villages were taken by the Russian military into concentration camps, but they were fortunate enough to be saved by another Asian youth and many managed to escape to this village. Shiage feels guilty since he’s from Academy City that’s responsible for this, but Daiguruv says it’s not his fault since this village is close to Elizerina Republic and the Russian military had their eyes on it for a while.
 
 
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Hamazura_design_ss.jpg|Hamazura Shiage design in SS by Kiyotaka Haimura.
 
ShiageSaiai.jpg|Hamazura Shiage and Kinuhata Saiai's extra designs by Kiyotaka Haimura. Shiage's clothes are later reused for the ''3rd Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index'' Light Novel.
 
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==Relationships==
To prevent Elizerina from taking over the area, the Russian Government spread a large amount of landmines near the area. The villagers make a living by unearthing those landmines and trading them with NGOs for food and other supplies, even though it might be safer detonating the mines on the spot. The soldier mentioned they were waiting for a convoy to deliver something before they got attacked. Though he’s from the opposing side, Daiguruv said he'd still save him, though he did mutter that they have a lot of guests. Shiage then thought that ‘something’ would be delivered and thought it might be what he and Rikou were looking for.
 
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===[[Komaba Ritoku]]===
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Komaba was one of Shiage's best friends during his days in Skill-Out and not only cared for him but also respected him as the leader of that organization. It’s on his behalf that Shiage decided to protect [[Fremea Seivelun]]. He also participated in the stealing of ATM machines and was the one that lead the operation. It can be said that Shiage's philosophy of protecting the weak was influenced by him and [[Kamijou Touma]].
   
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===[[Hattori Hanzou]]===
Then, a ten-year-old girl ran out of the clinic Rikou was in and told them something urgently in Russian, which Daiguruv translated for Shiage and told him the pirates were coming. The Russian government had reinstated the medieval practice of hiring mercenaries to rob the resources of other countries and making them their own, with a large share going to the pirates. This has the benefit of weakening opposing countries and strengthening their own.
 
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Hanzou has been one of Shiage's best friends since his early days in Skill-Out and therefore cares about his progress and well-being. It have been stated that they had a lot of fun, along with Komaba Ritoku, stealing ATM machines where Hanzou was the one who came up with the planning. He was the one who gave Shiage the lady's gun he used to defeat Mugino Shizuri and is always encouraging him to come back to Skill-Out, but still, he respects his decision of not doing so.
   
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===[[Takitsubo Rikou]]===
The incoming pirates had armoured vehicles and due to the snow, it was hard for the villagers to run. Shiage hid Rikou under the clinic inside the basement. Daiguruv could hear two tanks making their way down, and said conventional reasoning of how the military works doesn't apply to these people. Suddenly, the tank dropped down from the ceiling, as the pirates didn’t realise this would happen when they rammed the building. As the pirates came out of the hatch, Shiage and the others climb up just in time to avoid the building being ripped apart by gunfire. An explosion suddenly appeared in front of them and blasted both Shiage and Daiguruv off their feet. Daiguruv then carried Rikou for him. Shiage saw a machine gun turret behind a sandbag wall 10m away, and ran there to try and take it.
 
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[[File:Hamazura-Takitsubo Kiss.jpg|220px|thumb|right|Hamazura's and Takitsubo's first kiss.]]
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Takitsubo Rikou is Shiage's girlfriend. They began dating after volume fifteen and have been together ever since. Shiage fell in love with Rikou because she treated him kindly when he was an ITEM grunt, in contrast of the other members who treated him like dirt. He has repeatedly proven his willingness to go to any length to protect her, including fighting the level 5 [[Mugino Shizuri]].
   
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===[[Kinuhata Saiai]]===
Shiage then found one of the tank’s anti-aircraft guns was changing its aim towards a 30-year-old mother running away with her 10-year-old girl while holding a baby in her arms and saved them. With a voice louder than gunfire, he yelled out for them to keep running; the tank focused its attack on him and the machine gun was blown apart. He saw Daiguruv running towards him with Rikou in his arms. Shiage was angry to the point where he wanted to start fighting back, and asked Daiguruv to take care of Rikou for a while. The man asked what was Shiage going to do, since they don’t have RPGs or AK guns and Shiage replied that he was going to use the landmines the village had dug up.
 
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Kinuhata Saiai was Shiage's superior in the original ITEM, and one of his team members in the new one. They have been friends since the end of volume 15. Regardless of his status she always treats him like a lackey and enjoys teasing him.
   
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===[[Mugino Shizuri]]===
Shiage took a landmine and set it up, while the villagers made some sort of device to enable the landmine to be detonated like a hand grenade, just pull the pin and wait for something to go over it. He threw a landmine at the tank, but since the landmine is set to explode towards one direction it missed the turret and blew upwards, not stopping the turret’s turning. It turned out Shiage was aiming for that to begin with as the blast destroyed the stone building the tank was next to and the debris came down and stopped it from turning, and the tank could no longer move. Then Shiage walked up to the tank, since these are not conventional soldiers, they don't have weapons to shoot footsoldiers equipped on the tank. He told them, "It’s a cold day today. It's a nice day for a barbecue." in Japanese, not caring if they understand it or not. he then chucked a Vodka bottle into the air hole. Then when the pirates came scrambling out of the tank, thinking it’s a Molotov Cocktail, he readied his handgun without hesitation. The pirates came out of the armoured vehicle due to it being stuck and decided to fight on foot, but found if not taking into account proficiency in fighting, the villagers have more guns and people than the pirates. The attack on the village stopped.
 
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The relationship between Shiage and Mugino is portrayed as one of evolution. At first, she only sees Shiage as a disposable grunt, therefore she only acknowledges his existence to mock him or to give him orders. Then after her defeat at his hands, she became obsessed with the idea of killing him to the point that she disregards her own well-being. This conduct finds its motive in the fact that a level 0 like Shiage beat an elite level 5 like her. This only changes when Shiage shows his concern for her as a friend and his desire to reform ITEM. It's from this point onward that Mugino acknowledges Hamazura as a colleague and true friend, although she still frequently mocks him.
   
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===[[Kamijou Touma]]===
Daiguruv told Shiage that the villagers had locked the pirates up in an unused shelter. Normally, the pirates deserved to have their legs broken and be devoured by wild dogs, which some villagers were actually advocating to do. If Shiage, the one that stopped a tank, hadn’t begged not to kill them, nobody would have stopped. Shiage felt his gun’s weight more keenly after that. In the end against the hated enemies who were frozen in fear against Shiage after running out of the tank, Shiage didn’t open fire. If his life were at stake Shiage wouldn’t have hesitated, but as he had time to think about it, he couldn't shoot another human.
 
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Hamazura and Touma were once enemies due to the city's assasination attempt on [[Misaka Misuzu]], after those events and his defeat Touma's influence greatly inspired his philosophy of protecting the weak, Hamazura has so much respect for Touma that he even call him "boss", even going so far to help him in his adventures and fights regarding the Magic Side like with GREMLIN and St German.
   
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===[[Accelerator]]===
The villagers raised an alarm, three helicopters each over 30m long were heading their way. These are probably all pirates. Daiguruv told the villagers to scatter and hide in the forests, since the pirates might have heat and magnetic sensors. Shiage decides to stay and fight, using one of the anti-aircraft gun turrets from the tank he immobilised. After removing the rubble using heavy machinery normally used to remove snow, they found the twin-linked gun have one of its barrel broken. As Shiage climbed in Daiguruv smiled mournfully and said that just one person can’t operate that – they’d need at least 3 people; one to move the vehicle, one to shoot, and one to command and look at their surroundings. Daiguruv planned to ask some of the villagers to come and help, but Shiage don’t want to – it’s one thing to risk himself but it’s another to risk others’ lives. The soldier they saved earlier decides to help them, he says that he wants to pay back the debt of them saving his life. Shiage decides he absolutely cannot lose, for the girl that he holds more important than his own life, and for the villagers that took care of her.
 
   
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==Trivia==
The Pirates fired missiles at the turret which Shiage have driven back into the forest, and after they blew out a clearing in the forest it gave Shiage's group a chance to fire back without the trees getting in the way, and managed to take out a helicopter. The other two helicopters decided to not use missiles and just pepper them with shots, and chased after the turret using the sensors in the helicopter. The sensors says they've hit their target, but later found it is metal from the cars the villagers hid in the forest to confuse the sensors and ended up being open to return fire by the turret.
 
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*While Hamazura lacks any visible power, like Touma or Accelerator, he possesses skills that both of them have. He is a skilled hand-to-hand fighter and tactician like Touma, and skilled with firearms and machinery like Accelerator.
 
The remaining helicopter is about to shoot Shiage and the others, before a 3.5m long sword ended up stabbed into the helicopter from the side. Acqua then pulled out the sword and landed, with the helicopter crashed behind him and burned brightly in orange flame, but the snow around Acqua turned to water and put out the flames, with the rest moving unnaturally. Acqua then said he might not know what happened here but he'll help.
 
 
115 kilometers away from Elizerina, Shiage sees Acqua attacking a russian fortress. The battle ends in just 110 minutes, and Shiage gets and eerie feeling just by looking at this one sided slaughter. Shiage is analyze that exceeds the limit of human realm. Shiage reunites with Rikou and the villagers and decides to go to Elizarina Independent Country Alliance. The villagers sadly say goodbye to them, and the little girl says Shiage to take care.
 
 
Later, they're trying to get away from academy city's infantry and armors as they got really close to Elizarina border. As they enter into Elizarina, one of the armors still pursues them, but they're saved by Accelerator. In the country, Rikou is healed by magic procedure, but the damage is already done and the recovery long.
 
 
During the fight against Fiamma, Gabriel and the Star of Bethlehem, Shiage and Rikou captured one of Russia's special op agents setting up the biological attack, and asked the ex-soldier who came out looking for a missing child to go back and warn everyone about the incoming attack. Shiage then went to find the abandoned nuclear base, and told the ex-soldier if he doesn't call back in 30 mins then evacuate anyway.
 
[[File:Index_v21_284.jpg|thumb|Hamazura Shiage and Acqua.]]
 
Later, when Acqua lost all his ability to perform magic and messed up his body draining a third of Gabriel's Telesma, Shiage and Rikou came across him while they are trying to stop the biological attack from Russian Military, and Shiage asked Rikou to heal Acqua as they took out some bandages. Acqua asked them to stop, as on the battlefield resources are limited and those can be better used by saving someone else, to which Shiage just told him to shut up. Acqua continued saying he achieved what he came to do, and they should just leave. Shiage then replied in a pained voice, "What about the ones waiting for you to come back?", and Acqua froze up. Shiage continued saying Acqua has saved so many people, just like when he came to save that village and him, there's no way he'll be alone as those people follow in his footsteps; so what about everyone he'll leave behind? Shiage's words are like nails pinning Acqua down, preventing Acqua from sliding off into oblivion. Acqua flashes back to many people, the Knight Leader, the ones he saved, and most importantly - 3rd Princess Villian. Shiage grabbed Acqua by his collar and yelled at him to stand up. Blood spurted out as Acqua tried; he may have lost all his abilities as a Saint and one of the God's Right Seat, but even now as a "Ordinary Human" he clenched his teeth to stand back up.
 
 
Academy City forces wiped out the troops planning a biological attack, but Shiage and Rikou got caught up in the blast and Shiage fainted. When Shiage finally woke up Mugino is right behind him and he narrowly avoided a eye-beam by her.
 
 
Mugino engages in fight against him and uses Crystalized Esper Essence, but the effect is to much to handle and she ends losing the fight. Then, Shiage as he see a powerless and trembling Mugino at the ground, decides that even if he choose to save his loved one, Rikou, that doesn't mean that he can't forgive Mugino and try to save her too. As he always regretted fighting with Mugino all that times and as he released what’s from the bottom of his heart Hamazura Shiage finally saw the image of their ‘true enemy’. It’s not monsters like Mugino. It’s people that can turn a normal girl into such a monster. He doesn’t want to spout lines like it’s due to the failure of society or circumstances. Just like Mugino’s disaster is something that can never exist in nature, she was that kind of nightmarish existence.
 
 
Shiage reprimends her, “So, you have to have the resolve to apologise to Kinuhata, even if it might means putting your life on the line. And say sorry to Takitsubou, and cry for forgiveness in front of Frenda’s grave. Then…” Shiage finally got the words he wanted to say out, “Then, we can go back to being ITEM. We can definitely go back!”. After that, he swore that he, a Level 0, will protect all of them.
 
 
After their talk, Academy City’s bomber planes drop three units to silence them. They are attacked by soldiers [[Equ Dark Matter]]. Mugino, Shiage and Rikou defeat them. The group take down ITEM's backer on the Board of directors and began to interrogate her to spilling all she knows about Academy City's 'potential ratings', known as [Parameter List].
 
 
==Chronology (New Testament: Toaru Majutsu no Index)==
 
Shiage is out watching a movie with Rikou, a movie recommended by Kinuhata, and they were clearly not enjoying it. The movie scene is actually based off of another series by [[Kazuma Kamachi]], called Heavy Object.
 
 
Later, he is forced to split from the rest of ITEM due to an attack by several delinquents. He meets with Hanzou and discusses his plans for the future with Rikou with him. Hanzou cryptically comments that he has a job, but that such a job would conflict with Hamazura's plans for the future and then leaves. He then meets [[Kuruwa]] and speaks with her for a bit, learning that the job that Hanzou has taken is to protect [[Fremea Seivelun]]. Hamazura, realizing that Fremea is [[Frenda|Frenda's]] sister, decides to help out Hanzou, while also keeping the rest of ITEM from getting involved, as he does not want to drag them back into Academy City's Dark Side.
 
 
Hamazura tracks Hanzou to an undergroung mall where Hanzou is protecting Fremea from an attacking Power Suit. Hamazura defeats the Power Suit and manages to escape with both Hanzou and Fremea and hides out in a private salon that ITEM uses. However, their mysterious attackers are able to determine their locations and attack the building with a massive number of Edge Bees while Hanzou is out searching for Kuruwa. Hamazura once again manages to escape, but is separated from Fremea in the chaos. He manages to destroy many of the Edge Bees, and fights [[Kuroyoru Umidori]]. However, Kuroyoru is forced to retreat before killing Hamazura when she finds out about how [[Accelerator |Accelerator]] is rapidly advancing on her position.
 
 
Hamazura manages to fight his way out of the building, and sees Fremea. However, right afterwards she is attacked by a power suit, while Kuroyoru hurls a car at her. However, she is saved from the car by Accelerator, who was nearby when attacked. Despite Accelerator's intervention though, she is still captured by the Powered Suit.
 
 
Hamazura asks Accelerator to help him get back Fremea, and after a somewhat rocky introduction, Accelerator agrees. Accelerator, having figured out what the mysterious attackers' purpose was, reveals that Fremea herself had no value on her own. What the attackers (A group calling themselves "Freshmen") wanted was to bring both Accelerator and Hamazura together and make them work together. It is explained that though Accelerator and Hamazura were both extremely dangerous on their own, they were not dangerous enough to require to be removed. However, now that they are working together, they are dangerous enough that the Board of Directors would be forced to remove them.
 
 
==Abilities==
 
Hamazura Shiage is a true level 0 with no esper abilites. As a result, if he wants to survive, he must think ahead and rely on other weaponry.
 
*'''Firearms - '''He's demonstrated that he's somewhat proficent with firearms. He was able to successfully shoot 3 people holding Rikou hostage while falling out of a helicopter.{{Cite}}
 
*'''Close Combat''' - He is shown to be a skilled close combatant in his fight against Touma in the Skill-Out Uprising. Shiage himself has stated that in order to fight with espers, Skill-Outs work out more than professional athletes in order to have a chance. <ref name=MajutsuNovelSSChap4Pt10>[[Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS]] Chapter 04 Part 10</ref>
 
*'''Intelligence''' - He has constantly outsmarted higher level espers. An example of this is shown when he tricks Mugino into attacking a jet while he escaped, leaving her caught in an explosion.{{Cite}} He also showed as well to be a great tactician, even using himself as bait in battles.{{Cite|Examples?|This statement require examples.}}
 
*'''Security Hacking''' - He has proven he has to get through security systems and locks by using a fiberscope on a connector at the bottom of his cell phone that he uses to send a small optical fiber thinner than somen into the keyhole to check the arrangement of the pins then, he uses the image of the inside of the keyhole displayed on his phone to use a number of wires to unlock the door.{{Cite}}
 
*'''[[Dragon Rider]] '''
 
 
==Character Art Design==
 
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Hamazura_design_ss.jpg|Hamazura Shiage design in SS by Kiyotaka Haimura.
 
ShiageSaiai.jpg|Hamazura Shiage and Kinuhata Saiai's extra designs by Kiyotaka Haimura (not included in the novels).
 
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==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
*(Hamazura Shiage versus Kamijou Touma in SS1) ''“So that’s what happened? We’re all done for here. We’re all going to get taken in by Anti-Skill and the guy at the center of it doesn’t even know what’s going on? My life, the life of Hamazura Shiage, is about to end. This is the finale... I thought I had at least gotten wrapped up in some conspiracy or been dealing with some genius tactician, but I wasn’t even being tricked? Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!''
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*(Said to Kamijou Touma, from Index Volume SS1): ''"So that’s what happened? We’re all done for here. We’re all going to get taken in by Anti-Skill and the guy at the center of it doesn’t even know what’s going on? My life, the life of Hamazura Shiage, is about to end. This is the finale... I thought I had at least gotten wrapped up in some conspiracy or been dealing with some genius tactician, but I wasn’t even being tricked? Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!"''
*(Hamazura Shiage talking about Skill Out in SS1)'' "Level 0's like us can't live without doing this kind of thing! We get mocked wherever we go, and when we make a place for ourselves, it gets destroyed in the name of making the area look nice. With things like that, what path other than preying on others is there for a level 0?"''
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*(Said to Touma, talking about Skill Out, ibid): ''"Level 0's like us can't live without doing this kind of thing! We get mocked wherever we go, and when we make a place for ourselves, it gets destroyed in the name of making the area look nice. With things like that, what path other than preying on others is there for a level 0?"''
*(Hamazura Shiage talking about Komaba Ritoku in SS1)'' "Our level 0 leader, Komaba Ritoku, lived like that and he died earlier today. He died while trying to protect the weak! In the end, it just isn't that simple for us. When the dropouts in the back alleys try to do that kind of thing, we just get laughed at!!"''
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*(Said to Touma regarding Ritoku, ibid): ''"Our level 0 leader, Komaba Ritoku, lived like that and he died earlier today. He died while trying to protect the weak! In the end, it just isn't that simple for us. When the dropouts in the back alleys try to do that kind of thing, we just get laughed at!!"''
*(Internal monologue in vol. 15)'' "Being the only guy in a group of girls is kind of awkward"''
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*(Internal monologue regarding being part of ITEM, from Index Volume 15): ''"Being the only guy in a group of girls is kind of awkward."''
*(To Takitsubo Rikou in Vol 15)'' "You don't need a card to drive: you need the skills."''
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*(Said to Takitsubo Rikou as he drives an automatic transmission car, ibid): ''"You don't need a card to drive: you need the skills."''
*(Hamazura Shiage while running away from an Esper in vol. 15) "“''Ha ha!! Being a loser is the beeeeessssttt!!''"
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*(During his escape from the Girl in the dress, ibid): ''"Ha ha!! Being a loser is the beeeeessssttt!!"''
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*(To Rikou, ibid): ''"Damn it. When did a Level 0 life become such a cheap thing…?"''
*(Hamazura Shiage talking to Mugino Shizuri about Takitsubo Rikou in vol. 15)'' "But she said she didn't want a selfish bastard like me to die. She's the kind of person who says things like that! Someone like her needs to be happy. It isn't people like you and me that should stand above everyone else. If we don't create a society where the kind idiots stand at the top guiding everyone else, this shitty world will never get any better!!"''
 
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*(Shiage's thoughts after Rikou protects him from Kakine Teitoku, ibid): ''"But I thought espers didn’t care about the life of someone like me. I thought we were like a bunch of disposable convenience store umbrellas. So if I died, I wouldn’t just be burnt to ash in a furnace and thrown away with the kitchen trash?"''
*(After defeating Mugino Shizuri in vol.15) "''That was too easy, Level 5."''
 
 
*(Said to Mugino Shizuri about Rikou, ibid): ''"But she said she didn't want a selfish bastard like me to die. She's the kind of person who says things like that! Someone like her needs to be happy. It isn't people like you and me that should stand above everyone else. If we don't create a society where the kind idiots stand at the top guiding everyone else, this shitty world will never get any better!!"''
*(Hamazura Shiage versus russian pirates in vol.20) ''"It’s a cold day today... nice day for a barbecue."''
 
 
*(After defeating Mugino Shizuri, ibid) "''That was too easy, Level 5."''
*''(Hamazura Shiage to Acqua of the Back in vol.21)"You've managed to survive in these situations for such a long time. That time you saved me and my friends, it didn't seem like anything special to you, as that was the path you walked. So a guy like you will never be alone. Even if you don't think about it, there are several people relying on you. What will happen to them?"''
 
 
*(Said to Russian Privates, from Index Volume 20): ''"It’s a cold day today... nice day for a barbecue."''
*'(Hamazura Shiage to Acqua of the Back in vol.21)''"To die for the sake of the world, to die to protect others, who would accept such stupid excuses?!! They are unacceptable! The reason you fight is not to let those waiting for you to not be able to do anything other than cry!!" (...) Stand up, hero!" "STAAAANDD UPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"''
 
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*(Said to Digurv, from Index Volume 21) ''"I have no intention of having my life cut short and I’m not going to force your hand. I will live on and I will run as far away as I need to in order to do so. So believe in me just this once. Don’t give up. What we hold within ourselves is not something cheap enough to just abandon because of a war."''
*(Hamazura Shiage to Shizuri Mugino in vol.22) ''"To get back everyone together as ITEM, I’m willing to stake my life on it."''
 
 
*(Said to Acqua of the Back, from Index Volume 21) ''"You've managed to survive in these situations for such a long time. That time you saved me and my friends, it didn't seem like anything special to you, as that was the path you walked. So a guy like you will never be alone. Even if you don't think about it, there are several people relying on you. What will happen to them?"''
*(Hamazura Shiage to Equ.DarkMatter member in vol. 22)'' “This is ‘[[ITEM]]’. Don’t go forgetting that even if you go to hell!''
 
 
*(Said to Acqua of the Back, ibid): ''"To die for the sake of the world, to die to protect others, who would accept such stupid excuses?!! They are unacceptable! The reason you fight is not to let those waiting for you to not be able to do anything other than cry!!" (...) Stand up, hero!" "STAAAANDD UPPPP!!!"''
*(Hamazura Shiage to ITEM's backer in vol. 22) ''"If what's on the line is protecting those most important to you, things no matter how terrible can be done for that goal. That is the truth. So now I'll let you see just how cruel humanity can be."''
 
 
*(Said to Mugino regarding saving her as well, from Index Volume 22): ''"To get back everyone together as ITEM, I’m willing to stake my life on it."''
*(Hamazura Shiage to a man in NT vol. 01) ''“Everyone has things I don’t. No matter how much I struggle, I just can’t obtain them and yet I still have a final goal that I want to grab no matter what. 'Be proud, hero. You are what I long to be.''
 
 
*(Said to Equ.DarkMatter soldier, ibid): ''"This is ‘[[ITEM]]’. Don’t go forgetting that even if you go to hell!"''
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*(Said to the ITEM liaison, ibid): ''"Humans really are scary. As long as they can make the excuse that they are doing something to protect those they care about, they can do any kind of cruel thing. That’s how I see it anyway. I’ll be showing you just how cruel humans can be."''
 
*(Said to a man, from NT1) ''"Everyone has things I don’t. No matter how much I struggle, I just can’t obtain them and yet I still have a final goal that I want to grab no matter what. Be proud, hero. You are what I long to be."''
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*(To Rikou, from NT6) ''"...Takitsubo, can I be completely honest? This is a pain in the ass... But it means we can’t overlook this."''
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*(To Rikou, ibid) ''"I may have been stuck behind the scenes without anything important to do... But getting a shitty role is no reason to slack off!!"''
   
 
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Hamazura Shiage (浜面 仕上 Hamazura Shiage?) is a character introduced in Toaru Majutsu no Index. He initially played a small antagonistic role as the reluctant leader of Skill-Out against Kamijou Touma and Accelerator. However after becoming a subordinate of ITEM his mettle is tested during the citywide factional war on October 9, and proves himself after deciding to protect Takitsubo Rikou and defeating the 4th-ranked Level 5, Mugino Shizuri after being consumed by her need for vengeance against SCHOOL.

A Level 0 without any noticeable powers, he is a science side protagonist who mainly struggles in the story to protect what's important to him from the Dark Side of Academy City, relying only on his skills and wits to outdo his opponents. His continued survival against the odds has turned into an anomaly that disrupts Aleister Crowley's plans and calculations time and time again. His presence in the story as the powerless and unlikely hero marks a strong contrast between the other two male protagonists, something that is even noted by Aiwass.

Appearance

He looks like an ordinary teenager with unruly blonde hair. Shiage previously sported a nose piercing a month before his proper introduction but[3] it was violently removed after Touma hits him in the nose with a stolen bullet-proof riot shield.[4]

Personality

Shiage can be considered a balance between Touma and Accelerator. Like most members of his Skill-Out gang, he is lawful; however, while he and Touma share some of the same traits, such as their reputations as delinquents, their victories over higher-ranked espers through tactics, and their interference with Aleister Crowley's plans, he isn't as idealistic or as compassionate as Touma, at least not initially. In battle, he prefers to avoid fighting if possible or to finish the fight as quickly as possible, which is somewhat like Accelerator's personality. Aiwass once commented that Shiage is someone who is never noticed by people and doesn't have any talent, but for the sake of the person he loves, he’ll become the hero.[5].

Initially, he displayed an inferiority complex that makes him think he can't do anything right or complete. The main reason behind this is that he had been always branded as a powerless person, and unlike Touma, he has yet to display any power at all even "any" manifestation of an esper ability. Therefore, due to his lack of power and mockery by other higher level espers, he joined a Skill-Out gang. This complex can be seen in his usual internal monologue, as he always complains about the situation but he never says it out loud, an example of this is his remonstrations on his treatment by the girls from ITEM as they talk in the family restaurant.[6]

He falls in love with Takitsubo Rikou, and because of this, he decides to fight the 4th-ranked Level 5 esper, Mugino Shizuri, also known as Meltdowner, in order to protect Rikou. As far the plots advances, he began to show a nicer side similar to Touma, as seen when he aids Russian villagers during pirate attacks, convinces Acqua to not give up on life, and his reluctance to fight Mugino leads to him forgive her and express his desire to get everyone back together as ITEM again.

Shiage is suggestive to anything sex-related, as shown when he got a nosebleed simply by seeing Kinuhata Saiai putting a stuffed bunny doll behind Rikou to give her a bunny girl look even though his perversion is usually used as comic relief.[7]

Background

Not much is known about Shiage other than the fact that he is a Level 0, thus having gone through the Power Curriculum Program. Shiage knows how to operate construction machinery, though how he is able to learn it is not known.

Prior to the first Friday of January of the current year, Komaba Ritoku's Skill-Out faction scouted him to be a potential member.[8] By May, Ritoku had named Shiage as the leader of his Skill-Out if anything happened to him.[9]

Chronology

Toaru Majutsu no Index

Main article: Hamazura Shiage/Chronology (Toaru Majutsu no Index)

Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

Main article: Hamazura Shiage/Chronology (Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index)

Other appearances

Side Stories

Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2

Main article: Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume SS2
The Third Friday of January

Shiage, an apparently new member of Komaba Ritoku's Skill-Out, joins him and Hattori Hanzou to steal an entire ATM using his construction equipment knowledge. Shiage asks how they gather money from before, to which Hanzou says that they steal something and then run, leading to Shiage to say that their style is lame. Hanzou says that it would be easy for them to drag a weak-looking person into a back alley and beat the money out of them but says Ritoku is against letting people lay a hand on fragile girls. Shiage asks about Ritoku, to which Hanzou recalls of that scene in an elementary school where Ritoku sent a man with a bow gun who invaded the school flying 5 meters with just his fist. Hanzou declares that when it comes to little girls Ritoku is really shy. They later find Ritoku looking at online store for an XL-sized Santa outfit and white beard. Hattori then says that he remembers what the girl (probably Fremea) said to Ritoku, and that is she asked if Santa Claus really existed. Ritoku then becomes embarrassed.[8]

As they try to check up the ATM, Ritoku calls his attention to a thing he has found, a GPS transmitter. At that moment, Anti-Skill cars drive behind them, and a barricade robot appears ahead of them. Shiage then decides to break through the barrier, forcing the pursuing cars to slam the breaks due to the debris that it caused by destroying the barrier.[8]

Yomikawa Aiho, whose vehicle was used as part of the barricade, manages to jump out of the way as Shiage, Ritoku, and Hanzou manage to get away with their stolen ATM after smashing through the barricade. Their recklessness makes Aiho interested of them. As they drive off and try to get as far away as possible, they find Yomikawa Aiho uses a Fukuoka Fireworks Manufacturing large specialized transport truck catch up to them from a side street, slamming into the station wagon. Shiage lets their station wagon slide as so not to lose control. After he regains control of the vehicle he speeds off again. They later see that she has passed off the vehicle as an Anti-Skill vehicle by attaching red lights on top and uses a megaphone to ordering them to stop.[8]

Hanzou tries to shoot at her, but she uses the truck to pin the station wagon on a guard rail. As it could not handle the force, the rail breaks apart with the station wagon and transport vehicle, sending them into an uninhabited warehouse. After striking the inner wall of the warehouse, the truck becomes stuck and couldn't move anymore. Aiho is later given a three-shot at by Hanzou, who says that it is powerful and cool to fire a bunch of bullets at once. Hearing their argument, Aiho determines that her opponents are all idiots. Suddenly, either due to the crash, the gunshots, or both, the truck's transport of soccer ball-sized fireworks falls out all over the warehouse. Moreover, Hanzou's haphazard firing had hit some sort of electrical wire which in turn has come into contact with some leaking gasoline from the truck. Seeing this, Aiho flees.[8]

This was apparently all set-up by Shiage, who had Hanzou fire at the truck's fuel tank. The three then find that Aiho is running away, to which Shiage says that he wants to capture her and show her up. Ritoku responds that they will do no sexual crimes, though Shiage says he knows and changes the subject to the ATM. As Shiage tries to go back to the station wagon, something hit his toes. Much to their horror, they find one of the soccer ball-sized fireworks spheres on the ground and that the truck they hit is from Fukuoka Fireworks Manufacturing. With a flash from the electric wires that has been severed, the fireworks explode. Aiho later comes and arrest the three after escaping the explosion.[8]

In their cell, they are ignored by their fellow inmates due to how they looked all covered in soot. Shiage complains that though stealing an ATM is bad, Aiho is worse as all the cash in the ATM had been burned up. Ritoku comments that Aiho would likely make things more peaceful if she lets criminals go, and calls her a horrible Anti-Skill and an idiot, though somehow appends at the end that he hates large breasts. Shiage tries to justify to Ritoku that Aiho isn't a fragile girl and then makes lewd gestures regarding what he will do to her. However, Hanzou has yet to speak, as he just sits in the corner of the cell with his arms around his knees and not moving. He then apologizes to Shiage and Ritoku, saying that he has fallen in love with Yomikawa Aiho.[8]

The Fourth Friday of May
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Kuruwa's ninja technique.

After complaining about Ritoku naming him as leader of his Skill-Out if something happens to him, Shiage tries to break in a sports car. Suddenly, he hears someone call out to him by saying "Hamazura-shi". He later discovers that it is Kuruwa, a girl he met a week before still looking for Hanzou, popping from under the sports car he was trying to break into. Seeing her clothes irritate Shiage a little as compared to his shambled look, Kuruwa uses high-quality materials, in his opinion, a terrible yukata. Seeing her, he tells her that he hasn't seen Hanzou either. Her manner of speaking takes Shiage aback however, as she wonders where Hanzou could be. Admiring her breasts, Shiage wonders why Hanzou wants to avoid someone with breasts like Kuruwa's. Peaking at her, Shiage notices that her yukata resembles that of a kunoichi. There however he picks up the pieces that Hanzou's name is exactly that of the legendary ninja Hattori Hanzou. He mocks the connection and goes back to in trying to break into the sports car. Suddenly however, Kuruwa says that she must eliminate him. Hearing this, Shiage notes on how that it is stupid for a ninja then asks if Hanzou truly is a descendant of a near future-like Shinobi Soldier. Kuruwa then becomes flustered, as Shiage's thoughts is preoccupied in wondering if Hanzou truly is a ninja then he must use mysterious ninja techniques. He then wonders why he is being pursued by Kuruwa. Shiage then asks Kuruwa that if Hanzou is from the Hattori family then what group does she belong to.[9]

Kuruwa hesitates in answering. Shiage continues and concludes that there must be some kind of conspiracy involving some ninja faction that's going to plunge Hanzou into some kind of miracle battle. Hearing this, under the belief that Shiage actually knows what he is talking about, Kuruwa says, as she sweats, that she cannot let him return alive. Shiage however is surprised by this, saying that the world of ninjas has some cheap conspiracies, as he buried his head in his hands while Kuruwa is at her wit's end. As Shiage wonders what he should do, Kuruwa pulls out a handgun out of her sleeve, confidently telling Shiage to prepare herself. However, Shiage is unimpressed by this, much to Kuruwa's chagrin. He asks if it is really okay for a ninja. Apparently feeling guilty, Kuruwa tries to explain herself. She says that a ninja is always armed with the latest equipment and as such it is okay for her to use it. She references the ninjas during the Warring States up to the Edo period used arquebuses camouflaged as staffs and inro. Shiage clarifies however that he doesn't care what she knows about how it worked historically and tells her not to destroy people's dreams (his stereotyping of what ninjas do), noting several clichéd ninja techniques like splitting into multiple versions of herself in a puff of smoke, among others. As Shiage goes away disappointed, Kuruwa begs him not to go with such a sorrowful look in his eyes.[9]

Much to Shiage's annoyance, his dramatic acting didn't help him in getting away from her, though Kuruwa has not realized his ruse and completely forgotten about searching for Hanzou. Wanting to impress Shiage, Kuruwa says that she is going to show him a ninja technique, though Shiage doesn't believe. Kuruwa says that she is serious about it, and says that Shiage is lucky as a chance like this doesn't come along often. Hearing this, Shiage becomes interested in seeing a real ninja technique, and enters a back alley at the invitation of Kuruwa. Shiage assumes that she doesn't want to use her ninja technique in public, to which Kuruwa says that he is correct though says it also embarrassing. As Shiage becomes confused at this, Kuruwa begins undressing before him, much to his shock, asking Kuruwa what she is doing. Kuruwa says that she thought Shiage wanted to see a kunoichi technique, to which Shiage replies that what she is doing isn't something that he wanted to see. In spite of his remonstrations and truly believing that Kuruwa is going to show him her naked body, Shiage becomes excited at the prospect. Suddenly, Kuruwa twists her hips as she continues undressing, which inconveniences Shiage as he can't see her from the angle is she is undressing. Distracted by this, Kuruwa sees an opening and knocks Shiage out.[9]

The First Friday of October

Shiage's first job as a member of the subordinate organization for ITEM is to forge an ID for Kinuhata Saiai to fake her age as she wants to watch an R18 movie. With that done, she later takes Shiage with her to assure that her cover that she is of mature age holds up. After going through backalleys they eventually come upon a secluded theater that showed specialty films.[10]

Entering the small theater, Shiage asks Saiai why no one is there fifteen minutes before the movie starts. A great sigh escapes Saiai, surprising Shiage. Here, Saiai discovers that since she is the first guest of the exclusive screening then it means she's the only one that truly understands how great the film they are about to see truly is. Here, she laments on how it feels like she is the only the director is trying to reach through the film. After buying some popcorn, Shiage finds the already seated Saiai mocking his choice of popcorn, saying that it makes one thirsty. In spite of this, Saiai consumes the popcorn he brought. Shiage shows that he has brought a drink, to which Saiai mocks though at the same time drinks it.[10]

As the movie starts, Shiage questions the quality of their production. Here, Saiai lectures him that B movies like the one they are watching is supposed to be poor of production. Shiage asks why they couldn't just watch a normal movie in a normal theater. Saiai says that though the huge hits may break records over and over again, but a good B or C movies will stick with one more. In spite of this, Shiage just sighs and says he doesn't understand it.[10]

Hearing Saiai's words, Shiage thinks that it can apply to espers as well, wondering how many espers had undisplayed abilities that were hidden because the city lacked budget, staff, or the proper facilities and equipment. He then wonders about his own powers, about Saiai's own powers, as well as the possibility that people outside the city displayed powers that can rank them amongst the Level 5s. As these thoughts fill his mind, he projects his feelings regarding espers to that the film, and became more interested in the film he is watching with Saiai.[10]

Believing that he now understood Saiai he looks to her. Much to his surprise, she complains on how the film is boring. Annoyed, Shiage complains about her attitude and asks for her to at least pretend she is enjoying the film. Saiai explains that she thought that it would be good but became disinterested after 10 minutes. Shiage complains about how he felt he understood B movies and the growing sense of identity he had with it. This just confuses Saiai, asking what kind of understanding he can get from the terrible movie they are watching. Having loss empathy for the heroine in the movie, Saiai estimates her time of death. Shiage protests, saying the heroine will survive the movie. Hearing this, Saiai proposes a bet, wagering a pack of gum.[10]

Needless to say, Shiage immediately loses after the heroine is eaten in the movie, much to Saiai's delight.[10]

Abilities

Hamazura Shiage is a true level 0 with no esper abilities. As a result, if he wants to survive, he must think ahead and rely on his wits and his skill in weapons. He has demonstrated that he's considerably proficient with firearms. He was able to successfully shoot 3 people holding Rikou hostage while falling out of a helicopter.[11] In close combat, as he is a Skill-Out often involved in streetfights he is very skilled, able to go toe-to-toe against Touma during their fight. Shiage himself has stated that in order to fight with espers, Skill-Outs work out more than professional athletes in order to have a chance. [12] Moreover, using his wits, he constantly outsmarts higher level espers who underestimate him or rely heavily on their powers, an example of this is shown when he tricks Mugino into attacking a jet while he escaped, leaving her caught in an explosion.[13] He also showed as well to be a great tactician, knowing when to use his advantages, such as when he instead used the case to attack Mugino's eye first in order to make her think he had no weapons, until the right moment where he can take her by surprise using his gun.[14] During his talk with ITEM's liaison at the end of World War 3, he stalled her long enough for Digurv to get help, during this instance he also learned enough about the Parameter List and how it could be used to blackmail the Academy City Board of Directors to negotiate with him.[15]

Of other skills he has, he has proven he has to get through security systems and locks by using a fiberscope on a connector at the bottom of his cell phone that he uses to send a small optical fiber thinner than somen into the keyhole to check the arrangement of the pins then, he uses the image of the inside of the keyhole displayed on his phone to use a number of wires to unlock the door.[16] He can also operate heavy machinery, a fact that is praised by his Skill-Out comrades[8] and even aiding Touma when he was in need.[17]

Character Art Design

Design Evolution

Shiage was simply designed by Haimura "as someone to lose" to Touma, although, he did not consider that his role in the story might expand greatly later. Shiage is as well affected by Haimura's style change for the novels, having larger heads and smaller bodies.

For his appearance in the 3rd New Testament volume, Haimura had him wear the outfit hat he drew for him in Pixiv, along with Misaka Mikoto.

Gallery

Relationships

Komaba Ritoku

Komaba was one of Shiage's best friends during his days in Skill-Out and not only cared for him but also respected him as the leader of that organization. It’s on his behalf that Shiage decided to protect Fremea Seivelun. He also participated in the stealing of ATM machines and was the one that lead the operation. It can be said that Shiage's philosophy of protecting the weak was influenced by him and Kamijou Touma.

Hattori Hanzou

Hanzou has been one of Shiage's best friends since his early days in Skill-Out and therefore cares about his progress and well-being. It have been stated that they had a lot of fun, along with Komaba Ritoku, stealing ATM machines where Hanzou was the one who came up with the planning. He was the one who gave Shiage the lady's gun he used to defeat Mugino Shizuri and is always encouraging him to come back to Skill-Out, but still, he respects his decision of not doing so.

Takitsubo Rikou

Hamazura-Takitsubo Kiss

Hamazura's and Takitsubo's first kiss.

Takitsubo Rikou is Shiage's girlfriend. They began dating after volume fifteen and have been together ever since. Shiage fell in love with Rikou because she treated him kindly when he was an ITEM grunt, in contrast of the other members who treated him like dirt. He has repeatedly proven his willingness to go to any length to protect her, including fighting the level 5 Mugino Shizuri.

Kinuhata Saiai

Kinuhata Saiai was Shiage's superior in the original ITEM, and one of his team members in the new one. They have been friends since the end of volume 15. Regardless of his status she always treats him like a lackey and enjoys teasing him.

Mugino Shizuri

The relationship between Shiage and Mugino is portrayed as one of evolution. At first, she only sees Shiage as a disposable grunt, therefore she only acknowledges his existence to mock him or to give him orders. Then after her defeat at his hands, she became obsessed with the idea of killing him to the point that she disregards her own well-being. This conduct finds its motive in the fact that a level 0 like Shiage beat an elite level 5 like her. This only changes when Shiage shows his concern for her as a friend and his desire to reform ITEM. It's from this point onward that Mugino acknowledges Hamazura as a colleague and true friend, although she still frequently mocks him.

Kamijou Touma

Hamazura and Touma were once enemies due to the city's assasination attempt on Misaka Misuzu, after those events and his defeat Touma's influence greatly inspired his philosophy of protecting the weak, Hamazura has so much respect for Touma that he even call him "boss", even going so far to help him in his adventures and fights regarding the Magic Side like with GREMLIN and St German.

Accelerator

Trivia

  • While Hamazura lacks any visible power, like Touma or Accelerator, he possesses skills that both of them have. He is a skilled hand-to-hand fighter and tactician like Touma, and skilled with firearms and machinery like Accelerator.

Quotes

  • (Said to Kamijou Touma, from Index Volume SS1): "So that’s what happened? We’re all done for here. We’re all going to get taken in by Anti-Skill and the guy at the center of it doesn’t even know what’s going on? My life, the life of Hamazura Shiage, is about to end. This is the finale... I thought I had at least gotten wrapped up in some conspiracy or been dealing with some genius tactician, but I wasn’t even being tricked? Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!"
  • (Said to Touma, talking about Skill Out, ibid): "Level 0's like us can't live without doing this kind of thing! We get mocked wherever we go, and when we make a place for ourselves, it gets destroyed in the name of making the area look nice. With things like that, what path other than preying on others is there for a level 0?"
  • (Said to Touma regarding Ritoku, ibid): "Our level 0 leader, Komaba Ritoku, lived like that and he died earlier today. He died while trying to protect the weak! In the end, it just isn't that simple for us. When the dropouts in the back alleys try to do that kind of thing, we just get laughed at!!"
  • (Internal monologue regarding being part of ITEM, from Index Volume 15): "Being the only guy in a group of girls is kind of awkward."
  • (Said to Takitsubo Rikou as he drives an automatic transmission car, ibid): "You don't need a card to drive: you need the skills."
  • (During his escape from the Girl in the dress, ibid): "Ha ha!! Being a loser is the beeeeessssttt!!"
  • (To Rikou, ibid): "Damn it. When did a Level 0 life become such a cheap thing…?"
  • (Shiage's thoughts after Rikou protects him from Kakine Teitoku, ibid): "But I thought espers didn’t care about the life of someone like me. I thought we were like a bunch of disposable convenience store umbrellas. So if I died, I wouldn’t just be burnt to ash in a furnace and thrown away with the kitchen trash?"
  • (Said to Mugino Shizuri about Rikou, ibid): "But she said she didn't want a selfish bastard like me to die. She's the kind of person who says things like that! Someone like her needs to be happy. It isn't people like you and me that should stand above everyone else. If we don't create a society where the kind idiots stand at the top guiding everyone else, this shitty world will never get any better!!"
  • (After defeating Mugino Shizuri, ibid) "That was too easy, Level 5."
  • (Said to Russian Privates, from Index Volume 20): "It’s a cold day today... nice day for a barbecue."
  • (Said to Digurv, from Index Volume 21) "I have no intention of having my life cut short and I’m not going to force your hand. I will live on and I will run as far away as I need to in order to do so. So believe in me just this once. Don’t give up. What we hold within ourselves is not something cheap enough to just abandon because of a war."
  • (Said to Acqua of the Back, from Index Volume 21) "You've managed to survive in these situations for such a long time. That time you saved me and my friends, it didn't seem like anything special to you, as that was the path you walked. So a guy like you will never be alone. Even if you don't think about it, there are several people relying on you. What will happen to them?"
  • (Said to Acqua of the Back, ibid): "To die for the sake of the world, to die to protect others, who would accept such stupid excuses?!! They are unacceptable! The reason you fight is not to let those waiting for you to not be able to do anything other than cry!!" (...) Stand up, hero!" "STAAAANDD UPPPP!!!"
  • (Said to Mugino regarding saving her as well, from Index Volume 22): "To get back everyone together as ITEM, I’m willing to stake my life on it."
  • (Said to Equ.DarkMatter soldier, ibid): "This is ‘ITEM’. Don’t go forgetting that even if you go to hell!"
  • (Said to the ITEM liaison, ibid): "Humans really are scary. As long as they can make the excuse that they are doing something to protect those they care about, they can do any kind of cruel thing. That’s how I see it anyway. I’ll be showing you just how cruel humans can be."
  • (Said to a man, from NT1) "Everyone has things I don’t. No matter how much I struggle, I just can’t obtain them and yet I still have a final goal that I want to grab no matter what. Be proud, hero. You are what I long to be."
  • (To Rikou, from NT6) "...Takitsubo, can I be completely honest? This is a pain in the ass... But it means we can’t overlook this."
  • (To Rikou, ibid) "I may have been stuck behind the scenes without anything important to do... But getting a shitty role is no reason to slack off!!"

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