Shibito

Shibito (詩人, Shibito), also known as Bad Bard in the English dub, and Poet in the English manga, is a character from the manga and anime series Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. He is one of the Six Electric Brain Warriors of Cyber City.

Shibito
(詩人, Shibito)
Debut (Manga):	Chapter 113
Debut (Anime):	Episode 46
Appears in:	Anime and Manga
Seiyū (Japanese):	Hiro Shimono
Voice actor:	Richard Cansino (English) Click "expand" for full list (Spanish) (French) (Italian) (German) (Dutch) (Polish) (Portuguese)
Nickname(s):	None
Aliases:	None
Species:	Human
Affiliation	Maruhage Empire Cyber City Six Electric Brain Warriors
Classification:	Electric Brain Warrior
Birthdate:	September 17
Age:
Gender:	Male
Blood Type:	O
Eye Color:	Red
Hair Color:	Red
Fist Skill:	Gothic Shinken

Background

Shibito is a teenage boy with red hair, wearing a jacket and jeans. He has an undershirt that has many different words written on it. He is one of the six Electric Brain Warriors and the Guardian of the "Writer Prison Execution Stand" (Library Hair Hunt Stadium in the anime dub).

History

Cyber City

Shibito is first seen witnessing Bo-bobo and the others defeat Sonic from a floating television screen, and is disappointed when Bo-bobo and Softon are taken by Carman. When Torpedo Girl sees his screen, she takes it as a sign of offense (his television screen looks like a pair of pants with the zipper open) and drags Beauty, Tokoro Tennosuke, and Don Patch with her to challenge him. Shibito has no difficulty at all with Tennosuke or Don Patch, but Torpedo Girl counters everything he does and deals him some damage. In an effort to make the battle less difficult, he erases the memories of everyone there (except Beauty and himself). Once he sees that no one else is a threat he is free to attack Beauty... except Don Patch blocks it and says that memory destruction will not work on him, as he is an idiot! Then, Don Patch injects one of his spikes into Shibito's body. Don Patch tells him that the fluid injected into his body will cause him to think exactly like himself. All of Shibito's attacks become completely useless, and his memory destruction wears off on Tennosuke and Torpedo Girl. After one final attack from Tennosuke, Shibito is defeated.

The Playoffs and the Reverse Maruhage Empire

Shibito appears again during the fifth Maruhage New Emperor Playoffs. He is the only other confirmed Electric Brain Warrior to participate besides J. Shibito teams up with Giga, Halekulani, Haou, and Lambada in an attempt to get revenge on Bo-bobo's team, but the rebels escape them.

Abilities & Powers

Shibito is the master "Gothic Shinken" (ゴシック真拳 Fist of Gothic), an ability that allows him to create words out of nothing and use them to create attacks based on what they say. He can manipulate words to allow him to release an object that is symbolized from the world (such as creating a spear from the word "spear") and even create illusions so that everyone merely sees words instead of their friends and enemies.

Attacks

Image	Technique Type	Name (Manga/Anime)	US Name (Anime/Manga)	Debut
	Secret Technique	Projection of Names (名称世現映, Meishō Yo Gen Ei)	Reality Names Attack	Chapter 113 Episode 46
			Super Fist of Name Made Manifest
Shibito summons Japanese characters of the name the opponent gives to him, which manifest into a form based on the name and attack the opponent. Names appear and cause anything it says to come to life.				Used Against: Don Patch Tennosuke
	Secret Technique	Six Word Spears (六語槍)	Change Word Rope	Chapter 113 Episode 46
		Six Word Ropes (六語縄, Mugojō)
Shibito summons Japanese characters that fire spears at the opponent. In the anime, Shibito summons Japanese characters that fire ropes used to trap the opponent.				Used Against: Don Patch Tennosuke
	Secret Technique	Prison Enclosure (囲監閉獄, Ikan Heigoku)	Fence In & Lock Up	Chapter 113 Episode 46
			Evil Cage
Shibito summons a cage made up of katakana to trap the opponent. The cage itself is said to have a hardness of 200, making it inescapable.				Used Against: Torpedo Girl
	Secret Technique	Unparalleled Shield (無双盾, Musō Tate)	Unlabeled Shields	Chapter 114 Episode 46
			Impregnable Shield
Shibito summons Japanese characters to shield himself.				Used On: Himself
	Super Secret Technique	Character Illusion Field (幻想文字視界, Gensō Moji Shikai)	Illusionary Characters	Chapter 114 Episode 46
			Word View Phantasm
Shibito makes the opponent see every physical thing in front of them as Japanese characters.				Used Against: Beauty Don Patch Tennosuke Torpedo Girl
	Secret Technique	Homonym Mirror (似語鏡, Ni-go-kyō)	Similar-Looking Word Mirror	Chapter 114 Episode 46
			Word Mirror
After using Character Illusion Field, Shibito summons multiple duplicates of Japanese characters based on both the opponent's allies and himself, so they can't tell the difference between them and the duplicates.				Used Against:
	Secret Technique	Angry Dragon Storm (竜怒嵐凱, Ryūdo Rangai)	Enraged Dragon Storming Triumph	Chapter 114 Episode 46
Shibito summons many Japanese characters of different elements such as fire, ice, and lightning to blast the opponent.				Used Against: Torpedo Girl
	Greatest Secret Technique	Memory Destruction Array (記憶破壊陣, Kioku Hakai-jin)	Memory Destruction Formation	Chapter 114 Episode 46
			Circle of Memory Destruction
Shibito erases the memory of any opponent within range.				Used Against: Don Patch Tennosuke Torpedo Girl
		Characterization (文字化, Mojika)	Super Fist of Chinese Characters / Better Letters	Chapter 115 Episode 47
			Word Transformation
Shibito transforms the opponent into Japanese characters.				Used Against: Don Patch
		Intense Lightning Attack (雷激撃)	Violent Thunder Attack	Chapter 115 Episode 47
Meant to be a powerful lightning attack. However, Shibito summons a "pure-hearted buck-tooth cop" (Kappa as a cop in the anime) instead, because Don Patch injected his extract into him, making him think the same way he does.				Used Against:
	Secret Technique	Super Angry Dragon Storm (超竜怒嵐凱, Chō Ryūdo Rangai)	Enraged Dragon Storming Triumph From The Sky	Chapter 115 Episode 47
			Ultra Angry Dragon Storm
Meant to be an enhanced version of Angry Dragon Storm. However, because Shibito maintains Don Patch's thoughts, he summons an "idiot prince", a "panty shot" of a woman (Madonna in the anime), and a "pollock roe".				Used Against: Tennosuke
	Greatest Secret Technique	Super Huge Word Dragon (超巨大字龍)	Huge Dragon Character	Chapter 115 Episode 47
			Ultra Huge Word Dragon
Shibito attempts summons a giant dragon in the form of a Japanese character. However, because Shibito maintains Don Patch's thoughts, he summons a giant Japanese character that says "Heart-Throbbing Yakuza High".				Used Against:

Video Game Attacks

• Character Change (キャラクターチェンジー): Shibito and Lambada combine their Shinken to transform all the opponents and themselves into one of them.

Appearances

• Episode Appearances: 46-47, 70, 73
• Manga Appearances: 113-115, 162, 168

Trivia

• His name is an alternate reading of the word "shijin", the Japanese word for poet.
• In the Polish version of the anime, he speaks with "skate slang".
• shibito's japanese voice actor, Hiro Shimono who also voiced, zenitsu from Demon Slayer, dabi from my hero academia, nacht faust from black clover, Rex from xenoblade chronicles 2, Kokichi Ouma from danganronpa, Rindo Haitani from Tokyo revengers, Connie springer from attack on titan and Ayato Kamina from RahXephon.

References

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