Shun Aonuma

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Shun Aonuma
12 Years 14 Years
Name
Kanji	青沼 瞬
Rōmaji	Aonuma Shun
Information
Age	12 / 14
Gender	Male
Species	Human
Occupation	Student
Status	Deceased
Voice Actors
Japanese	Mai Tōdō (12 Years) Ayumu Murase (14 Years)
English	Clint Bickham
First Appearance
Anime	Episode 01: The Season of New Leaves
Manga	01. Season of the Young Leaves

Shun Aonuma (青沼 瞬 Aonuma Shun) is one of the five main characters and a member of Group One.

Appearance

At the age of twelve years, Shun has short, black hair that reaches down to his ears in the front and to his neck in the back. His eyes have an emerald shade of green. As clothing, he wears the common school uniform of Sage Academy, which consists of a white vest with a blue seam, a purple bow tied over the midsection and four blue buttons on the stomach area of the vest. Additionally, he wears pants in the same color as the seam, with a single white line on the bottom of each side, as well as fitting shoes combined with white and blue socks. A yellow-fringed patch on the left sleeve denotes his group number.

Not much has changed about his appearance at the age of fourteen years, the only differences being taller in height and broader shoulders, as well as his hair being a little longer in the front and messier in general. He is still wearing the same uniform he has been wearing at the age of twelve years.

Biography

Shun is the smartest and most composed of the group and is able to think through any situation. He is also implied to be the most talented at using Cantus in their generation. Despite his age, he is very knowledgeable.

Shun was the first of his class to attain his Cantus, graduate from Harmony School, and attend Sage Academy. During the summer camp, he encountered the false minoshiro along with the rest of Group 1 and learned the truth about the bloodstained history his society was founded upon. Shun showed distaste for their violent history, but was also the most interested in finding out more. Before they could learn the whole truth, however, they were caught by a priest from the Temple of Purity and had their Canti sealed. While on the way to the temple, the group was attacked by Queerats from the Ground Spider colony. Shun managed to hide from the Queerats and reunite with the rest of Group 1 at the place where they hid their canoes. That night, Saki unsealed Shun's Cantus.

At 12, it is shown that he and Saki have a mutual attraction to each other, but after the two year time skip, he became Satoru's boyfriend. Their relationship was perceived to be happy and stable by outsiders, until Shun suddenly broke up Satoru, stating that there is no sense in them pretending to be lovers any longer and that he wanted to be by himself. In reality he probably wanted to protect Satoru and his friends from his leaking Cantus and the probability of encountering the Tainted Cats sent to take his life. After warning Saki about the cats, he disappeared from his home and from school. Saki and the rest of Group 1 attempted to search for him after he was missing for five days.

When Saki later finds him, he tells her that his subconscious is continually leaking Cantus and warping the environment around him, fitting the description of a karma demon, and that he cannot be allowed to live. When one of the Tainted Cats comes for his life and kills his dog Subaru in his attempt to protect his owner, Shun decides to die than to hurt the people he loves. As he propelled Saki away from the collapsing bungalow, he confessed that he had always loved her.

History

Shun was an only child. His family lived in the village of Pinewind. When the characters were young, they had been to Shun's house often to play; as they grew older, they played outside more often. Shun is first seen with his dog Subaru in a game of capture-the-flag on a hill near Gold, where he served as the game's referee.

After going through the coming-of-age ritual at the Temple of Purity with the monk Mushin, Shun was the first in his year to graduate Harmony School, as his Cantus was awakened first. He was assigned to Group 1 which eventually consisted of himself, Saki, Satoru, Maria, Mamoru and Reiko.

Trivia

• In the manga, Satoru and Shun do not have any romantic relationship, although it is canon in the novel and anime. However, Satoru has shown moments of jealousy in the manga whenever Shun talked about Saki.
• Shun's mantra is "Oṃ amogha vairocana mahāmudrā maṇipadma jvāla pravarttaya hūṃ."