Name: Shinji Mimura Number: BOYS # 19 Weapon: Beretta M92F Handgun Friends: Keita Iijima, Yutaka Seto, Shuya Nanahara, Hiroki Sugimura Enemies: Kazuo Kiriyama Kills: (0)

Mimura is the revolutionist in the group of 42. Unlike all the others, Mimura wants to stand up and fight those who have put him on the island - the government. Having an uncle who is an activist is very handy, especially when you need to know how to produce bombs and the like. Mimura and his two friends (Yutaka and Iijima), much like Utsumi, have found themselves their own headquarters. From here, the three plot against Kitano and the soldiers in a way to beat the system. According to Mimura, blowing up the school on the island would end the game and they would have their way to freedom...

His main skill is computer hacking. Upon starting the game, he and his group immediatly start upon crashing the main computers. He has a gift of understanding technology and immediatly notices that the neck collars they are fitted with contain radio mics, to which Kitano and his gang can listen in.

Mimura is close friends with Yutaka and Iijima. He's also friendly with Sugimura, stops by Mimuras h.q. whilst on his mission. Nanahara is good friends with Mimura also and it is through the last 1/3 of the movie in which Nanahara makes his journey to him. Megumi, Norikos best friend, had a crush on Mimura, but due to the game, he never found this out...

Shinji is a born leader. We see this from the way he orders his friends about, from the way he has his own desk set up in the building and from the way he says when to do what. Unlike Utsumi, Mimura is perfectly capable of keeping a group together. In fact, after Mimura hacks the governments systems, it almost looks like he could follow through and destroy his oppressers. He came very close to over throwing the higher powers, but alas one person stood in his way... #06 himself, Kiriyama.

"When we escape....it will be together"

Mimura was almost right by saying this. He had hoped to escape to freedom but instead, he and his companions were gunned down. In a last attempt to make his mark, Mimura sacrifices himself in order to take down Kiriyama. By setting off the explosion at close range, Mimura managed to severely wound Kiriyama.


Its quite tragic just how close Mimura came to victory. Throughout the movie, he has his serperate subplot and it definitely does look like some good will come of it. But the unpredictability of the game was something Mimura never seemed to take into account.

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