Shinra (Final Fantasy X-2)



Shinra is a young Al Bhed boy who serves aboard the Celsius in Final Fantasy X-2. A technical prodigy, he designed the Garment Grid system and the CommSphere communicators, and helps decode the various spheres the Gullwings locate. He also designs a special display sphere for Yuna's concert in Chapter 4. Shinra is voiced by Akeno Watanabe in the Japanese version and Pamela Adlon in the English versions.

Appearance and Personality
Like many character models in Final Fantasy X-2, Shinra is recycled from a completely unrelated non-playable character from Final Fantasy X. He wears a mask with an ochre visor, and a brown full-body suit with lime green mittens. His suit has a blue collar.

Although Shinra is intelligent and knows it, he is still very much a child and is often heard singing the Gullwings' theme song. When faced with a conundrum the others expect him to solve, he retorts with: "I'm just a kid!" Shinra cuddles up to Yuna before she departs for the Farplane, like a child saying goodbye to his mother or elder sister.

Story
Nothing is said about Shinra's origins. The first time he is seen is on board the Celsius, acting as their technical adviser for the Garment Grid. He also plays sphere videos for the player on request. When Yuna and the party watch the Awesome Sphere stolen from Kilika (showing Shuyin speaking with Vegnagun) it is he who first identifies Vegnagun as a weapon. For most of the rest of the story, Shinra is simply a minor character, although at times he shows his more child-like nature, singing when Yuna returns the Kilika sphere to the Youth League.

At one point, after they discover the ways into the Farplane and he has had time to examine readings taken around the entrances, Shinra speculates that the energy there could be harnessed for Spira's benefit: he further comments, however, that it would take generations. Just before Yuna, Rikku and Paine head for the final battle with Shuyin, Shinra hugs Yuna, telling her to be careful. He also comments that it's his last mission with the Gullwings, showing that he is planning on leaving.

In the Last Mission episode, Rikku comments that Shinra has truly left the Gullwings and is working with Rin on the latter's machina projects.

Shinra's Bestiary
Shinra offers the reward of the excellent Garment Grid The End for the completing the optional activity of recording visual data of the applicable monsters in the game in their Oversoul states. Once enemies have been encountered in Oversoul state they are listed in red in Shinra's enemy database; however, he only lists enemy statistics for regular enemies.

Strongest Shinra


In Final Fantasy X-2: International + Last Mission, while using an Ultima Weapon he later upgraded into an Omega Weapon as part of his research on the Farplane energy, Shinra is consumed in the fiend's pyreflies and is transformed into the Strongest Shinra.

The story behind it is that Shinra tried to manufacture the dark energy in the Farplane, and was possessed by the Omega Weapon. When defeated, Shinra apparently returns to normal.

Connection to Final Fantasy VII
Both Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega and the Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania, suggest that Shinra of Final Fantasy X-2 has a connection to the company of the same name in Final Fantasy VII.

From Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega:

In the Final Fantasy X-2 Ultimania Kazushige Nojima said the following: