Shinku

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 * 2 Introduction
 * 3 Appearance
 * 4 Personality
 * 5 Abilities and Powers
 * 5.1 Swordmanship
 * 5.2 Marksmanship
 * 5.3 Hand to Hand Combat
 * 5.4 Physical Strength
 * 5.5 Agility
 * 5.6 Endurance
 * 5.7 Weapons
 * 5.8 Devil Fruit
 * 5.9 Haki
 * 6 Relationships
 * 6.1 Crew
 * 6.2 Family
 * 6.3 Allies/ Friends
 * 6.4 Enemies
 * 6.5 Other
 * 7 History
 * 8 Character Design
 * 9 Major Battles
 * 10 Quotes
 * 11 Trivia
 * 12 Related Articles
 * 13 External Links
 * 14 Help and Advice
 * 15 Comments
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Introduction
"Red Herring" Shinku is a Herring Mermaid, and the 13th person to join The Jolly Pirates. She is their Singer and Scout, and has been known to draw bad luck, and be more than just "a bit clumsy."

Personality
How does your character behave and their morals

Swordmanship
If character uses a sword

Marksmanship
If character uses a gun

Hand to Hand Combat
Shinku seems to have developed her own style of Martial Art, due to the years of trying to survive from having her bad luck almost kill her. Now, after years of practice and honing her skills, Shinku has created "Mermaid Karate," a Mermaid parallel to Fishman Karate. The style seems to rather acrobatic, being similiar to Sanji's Black Leg Style, but it also encompasses powerful punches and equally powerful blows from Shinku's Mermaid tail. With it, Shinku can take on sea kings and some Fishmen if necessary. On land, Shinku can rival a Giant or two.

Physical Strength
How strong and feats of strength

Agility
How fast they can walk, how high they can jump, good at dodging, flexibility?

Endurance
How much damage and pain your character can endure

Weapons
Any weapons at all?

Haki
Kenbunshoku Haki: Color of Observation

Busōshoku Haki: Color of Armaments

History
Tell us what happen to your character?

Character Design
So how did you come up with your character? Inspiration? Creativity? How did you develop even further?

Major Battles
Who your character fought against

Ex.

Character vs that guy (Won, Lost, Interuppted, Escaped, Killed)

Quotes
Your character's phases (funny, inspirational, serious, etc)

Trivia

 * Shinku's name means "Deep Red/Crimson." This is a reference to the fact that she has a red tail.
 * Originally, Shinku's name was going to be Kurenai, which means the same thing in Japanese. This was switched to Shinku, because I felt Shinku sounded prettier for a Mermaid.
 * Shinku's Epithet, "Red Herring" comes from two references. There's the fact that she's a Herring Mermaid with a red tail, and the fact that "Red Herring" usually refers to the act of drawing attention away from a signifigant action or event. This Epithet is supposed to reference the fact that since Shinku is so clumsy and has bad luck follow her wherever she goes, the importance of any accidents she creates will quickly be shrugged off, due to the fact that people will get used to it as they spend more time with Shinku. I had the phrase, "False Alarm" in my head when thinking of her Epithet.
 * Since she's the crew's Singer, Shinku seems to be reference to the Sirens of Greek Mythology. The Sirens were said to have been women who would sing a magically beautiful song to sailors out at sea, which would draw them in to the Sirens' island, only to have their ship wrecked on the island's shores, thus killing the sailors.
 * Shinku's Mermaid Karate was an idea suggested to me by Roronoa Senshi.

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