Kaidou Shun

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“	I will protect the world! For I am The Jet-Black Wings!	”
—Shun on his heroic deeds

Kaidou Shun
Anime Manga Live Action
Character Name
Full Name	Kaidou Shun
Kanji	海藤 瞬
Furigana	かいどう しゅん
Aliases	The Jet-Black Wings (Self-proclaimed) Chibi (by Nendou Riki) Chihuahua-kun (by Toritsuka Reita) Shun Baby (by Mrs. Kaidou) Junpei "(by Saiki Kusuo in the manga)"
Personal Info
Epithet	Chuunibyou The Shoe Locker Stalker
Age	16-17
Birthday	October 3
Sign	♎ (Libra)
Blood type	AB
Gender	Male
Height	159 cm (5’3” or 5 ft. 3 in.)
Weight	45 kg (99.21 lbs)
Affiliation	Dark Reunion (Formerly)
Family	Mother Unnamed Father Kaidou Sora (Little Sister) Kaidou Toki (Little Brother)
Occupation	Student Waiter (briefly)
Education
School	PK Academy
Year/Course	Year 3 Class 1 (Currently) Year 2 Class 3 (Formerly)
Media
Novel Debut	Extra Stories of Psychics Extra Stories of Psychics 2
Manga Debut	Chapter 06
Anime Debut	Season 1 Episode 1
English Voice	Micah Solusod
Japanese Voice	Nobunaga Shimazaki (Anime) Takuya Eguchi (VOMIC, FLASH)
Live Action	Yoshizawa Ryo

Shun Kaidou (Japanese: 海かい藤どう　瞬しゅん, Hepburn: Kaidō Shun) is classified by his classmates as a chuunibyou. He calls himself The Jet-Black Wings (Japanese: 漆黒の翼, Hepburn: Shikkoku no Tsubasa) and thinks that the world and its events are overseen and controlled by an Evil Organization called The Dark Reunion. Because of this, he is an outcast within his class. Shun likes to show off, but he often becomes cowardly in dangerous situations. When push comes to shove, however, he will endanger himself for those he cares about. Shun is one of the main characters of the series. He was played by Yoshizawa Ryo in the live action movie.

Appearance

When Shun was in middle school, he had the persona of a nerd. He wore his hair down, with his bangs covering his face, and wore glasses. He decided to change his look when he entered high school in the hopes of gaining friends. Currently, his hair is spiky and he wears contact lenses. In reference to his chuunibyou, he wears red bandages on both arms to seal away his ‘powers’. He is the shortest boy in his class, standing shorter than most of the girls as well.

At school, he wears the standard male uniform of PK Academy, styled to fit his aesthetic. His shirt has a tattered collar and is torn in other places as well. During his days off, he dresses casually. Whether or not he is in uniform, his arms are always covered by sleeves or red bandages (similar to a boxer).

Personality

Shun was shy in middle school and had no friends there at all. Once he began attending PK Academy, he started changing his personality to seem more adult-like. However, he developed a chuunibyou personality. He acts confident and conceited at school, claiming to be incredibly powerful and talking about how an evil organization called The Dark Reunion is after him and controlling the Earth in hopes that other students will think he's cool. His need for attention puts him in danger on occasion; for example, he tries to take credit for leading the rally against Saiko, unaware that Saiko is listening in; and he tells his younger-brother Toki stories of his power and total control of their neighborhood but panics when Toki announces it to a nearby thug smashing a vending machine. He often attempts to impress Saiki and the others. However, when feeling hopeless or when around his overbearing mother, he acts like a normal teenager. Despite all of his attempts to impress everyone, he has few friends, aside from his group of associates, and is somewhat a loner at school. He is physically very weak, is terrible at sports and physical activity in general, and cannot swim, yet he continues to brag about his superhuman abilities which everyone except Toki knows he does not have.
Shun has a delusional mind and a wild imagination, coming up with so many stories of the Jet-Black Wings that he starts to believe in them. He often tries to seem cool and strong in front of people, especially Kusuo, but ends up embarrassing himself more often than not, Shun never learns from these mistakes. He is quick to judge others, as shown when he accuses Riki of being a lolicon after observing him watching a young girl.

Aside from his delusions, Shun is skilled in his academics because his strict mother makes him study a lot to succeed. He has high grades in his class, showing that he is not too distracted from his studies. However, education does not equal all-around intelligence as he is not good at sketch drawing and thinks hair clinics are hospitals. He is also shown to be recklessly courageous at times, putting himself in danger in order to protect his friends and others. For example, without thinking, he jumped in the way of a lunging snake that was trying to attack a classmate. He did not consider what would happen to him until he already stood in front of the snake, to which Kusuo had to step in.

History

Past

Shun grew up as a nerd but decided to reinvent himself in high school. In his freshman year at PK Academy, he acquainted himself with Mineo Nobuaki, who taught Shun about chuunibyou. He eventually began to befriend Kusuo as because thought that Kusuo was special too. Kusuo originally did not want to associate with Shun but was left with no other choice after discovering that Shun saw him teleporting near his neighbourhood. It was later revealed that Shun was intent on getting close with Kusuo because he really wanted a friend and saw a fellow outcast as his ally. Shun hadn’t really seen Kusuo’s face when he teleported, but their friendship was already formed.

Quotes

• (About Saiki Kusuo) "I only wanted…to be friends with Saiki-kun."
• (To himself) "I won't allow that to happen. I will protect the world! For I am The Jet-Black Wings!"
• (To Riki) "I misjudged you, Nendou! Don't you dare lay your hands to those frail little girls!"
• (To Aren) "I don't care about your past. What matters is who you are now and who you'll be in the future!"

Trivia

• His name is derived from the Japanese term for Teleportation (瞬間移動,しゅんかんいどう lit. shunkan idō).
• Aside from his family, Aren is the only one to call him by his first name.
• His guardian spirit is a chihuahua. He is the only character to have a non-human guardian spirit.
• His aura is similar to that of a chipmunk.
• His favorite food is salami.
• His character song is titled "Bloody Moon" which he sang in Episode 18.
• Sometimes, when he is about to do an act, a part of the song "Judgment Knights of Thunder ~Legendary Hero" plays.
  • In Season 2 and Reawakened, a part of another version of Judgment Knights of Thunder is heard playing. This version is called "Judgment Knights of Thunder (Continued) ~End of Oblivion".
• His appearance, featuring light blue, wavy hair and red eyes, greatly resembles Sakata Gintoki from Gintama, another series from Weekly Shonen Jump by Hideaki Sorachi.
• In both the Japanese and English (Funimation dub) versions of the anime, he shares the same voice actors as Yuno from Black Clover, another series from Weekly Shonen Jump by Yuki Tabata.
• In the two times Shun was scammed by a student and a fortune teller about Dark Reunion, Kusuo came to his aid, which led to the scammers believing in his paranoia.