ITSUKA SHIDO

Shido Itsuka (五いつ河か 士し道どう) is the main protagonist of Date A Live. He possesses a strange power that allows him to seal the powers of a Spirit in his body with a kiss.

Shido was brought into the secret organization known asRatatoskr that his little sister commands. With the only explanation from her being that only he can save theSpirits, Shido reluctantly joins due to his nature to help andsave people in need. Going about with his normal life andrescuing Spirits is one thing, but with each new encounterand new Spirits to save, there is always some type of newhardship on Shido’s mental health.

Adopted into the Itsuka family household at a very young age, Shido has been living a fairly average normal life until recently. At the start of the series and his new high school year as a 2nd-year student, he accidentally stum bles into a new world unknown to him or to the public.

With the only explanation from her being that only he can save the Spirits, Shido reluctantly joins due to his nature to help and save people in need. Going about with his normal life and rescuing Spirits is one thing, but with each new encounter and new Spirits to save, there is always some type of new hardship on Shido’s mental health, since he has to deal with the opposite gender, with which he does not have much experience dealing.

Sealing

Shido has the mysterious and unique ability to seal the powers of the Spirits into his body, which was first discovered by Ratatoskr sometime in the past when Kotori was turned into a Spirit. This power was bestowed onto him by the First Spirit, Mio Takamiya. Mio gave Shido the ability to absorb more power in order to gradually bestow her own abilities onto him, with each other Spirit acting as intermediary vessels to facilitate the transfer.

Angel Manifestation

Shido can also “borrow” the power of a Spirit he has sealed, which explains the nature of his regenerative abilities. The borrowing works primarily as if a Spirit were to manifest an Angel. While he has tapped into the powers of many Angels, Sandalphon, Haniel, Michael, Metatron, and Zafkiel have been the only Angels that he has physically manifested.

Secret Art: Roaring Flash Blast Wave

While intoxicated with Reiryoku, Shido was able to create his own original attack, Secret Art: Roaring Flash Blast Wave, a technique named by himself back in his middle school years. The blast released from his hands was enough to completely destroy the Bandersnatch units sent to attack him. This technique is comparable to the energy beams released from Tohka’s Sandalphon and Origami’s Metatron. After sealing all ten Angels, he was able to channel their power into his fist to throw a shockwave inducing punch that defeated Westcott, who had become the Second Spirit of Origin.