Shizuka Sakai

Shizuka Sakai
Experienced combatant; prologue protagonist
Username	Shizuka
Class	Spheromancer

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Shizuka Sakai (坂井シズカ Sakai Shizuka) is a CrossWorlds player of the Spheromancer class. She is the playable character in the Prologue of CrossCode.

Shizuka
Shizuka was a developer employed by Instatainment. Together with her brother Satoshi and Gautham she left the company to further Satoshi's research. Her Avatar was used to create the first Evotar: Lea.
-Encyclopedia people entry

Appearance

Shizuka uses a short female avatar. She has long, straight black hair, pale skin, brown eyes and a prominent scar across her nose. She has a pair of the standard round Spheromancer ear covers, connected with a metal headband and a larger band behind her head. She typically wears a black layered tunic with red trim, and matching shorts, socks, shoes, armbands and gloves. She also has a metal belt, shoulderguards and vambraces, which have a large loop extending from them.

Personality

Shizuka is a very decisive and no-nonsense person, who wastes no time tackling a problem head-on, and isn't afraid to deal harshly with those who get in her way. She is stubborn, and unlikely to be dissuaded from a course of action once she has decided on it. She has trouble accepting things that she cannot change.

Relationships

Shizuka cares greatly for her brother Satoshi, and is willing to go to great lengths to rescue him from what she believes is forced labor. She refuses to accept that he is essentially sacrificing himself for her freedom, and is very distraught when he dies.

Shizuka knows Satoshi's Captor, and generally treats him with contempt, ignoring his attempts to explain that Satoshi is there willingly, and generally criticizing his (admittedly ineffective) attempts to stop her from interfering.

Shizuka's first evotar is Lea; hence, the two share similar qualities and appearance, such as height, gender, and class and, furthermore, having identical facial scars and eye color, respectively. She uses Lea as scapegoat for her problems related to the evotar research. Shizuka starts to reconcile with Lea when she starts to play a vital part on Satoshi's plan to defeat Sidwell.

Role in CrossCode

Shizuka is the playable character during the Prologue. She seeks out her brother Satoshi in the Old Hideout in an attempt to rescue him, despite the best efforts of Satoshi's Captor. On finding him, she learns that Satoshi willingly agreed to perform a final task in exchange for her freedom, despite his failing health. She is horrified as Satoshi completes the task, then collapses and dies in front of her.

Duel

Shizuka
Location	Old Hideout
Level	60
Type	Avatar
Subtype	Protective Sister
Stats
Max HP	3518
Attack	349
Defence	350
Focus	351
Resistance	varies, -39 to 18% varies, -19 to 37% varies, -19 to 23% varies, -19 to 18%
Rewards
EXP	628
Credits	0
Drops
None

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Enemies of Old Hideout

The duel against Shizuka takes place upon first entering the Old Hideout.

Shizuka
It is Shizuka! And she is pissed. Expect her to use some of your favorite strategies against you!
-Monster Fibula report

Combat

She fights by dodging around and attacking the player constantly with normal attacks and Level 1 Combat Arts, both of which vary depending on the element she picked. For her normal attacks, she only uses Melee if she picks Heat or Shock, and only throws Balls if she picks Cold or Wave.

Round 1

• Attacks normally until she begins flashing yellow, which indicates that she is about to use a Level 2 Combat Art. After using it, she has a small period of vulnerability where she flashes red. When this period ends, she switches element and starts fighting again.
• Switches only between Heat and Cold mode, always starting the round with Heat.
  • Her Heat Combat Arts are Flame Jab (Lvl 1) and Calamity Trigger (Lvl 2).
  • Her Cold Combat Arts are Snow Flawke (Lvl 1) and Indigo Rush (Lvl 2).

Round 2

• Switches only between Shock and Wave mode, always starting the round with Wave.
  • Her Shock Combat Arts are Plasma Spike (Lvl 1) and Storm Walker (Lvl 2).
  • Her Wave Combat Arts are Fae Round (Lvl 1) and Vital Pulse (Lvl 2).

Round 3

• After using a Level 2 Combat Art, she continues fighting normally until, without warning, she uses a Level 3 Combat Art, becoming vulnerable right after.
• Switches only between Heat and Cold mode, starting the phase with any of the two elements.
  • Her new Heat Combat Art is Ragnarök.
  • Her new Cold Combat Art is Gatling Arctillery.

Round 4

• From this point onward, the rounds begin immediately instead of having Shizuka and Lea walk to the middle of the arena.
• Works the same as Round 3, however, she switches her element after using the Level 2 Combat Art. She can use Shock and then switch to Heat, or use Wave and switch to Cold.

Round 5

• She uses the same pattern as Round 4, but instead switches from Cold to Wave and from Heat to Shock. This also means she can use Level 3 Combat Arts with the other two elements.
  • Her new Shock Combat Art is Flickering Stars while the Wave one is Ether Snipe.

Round 6

• Only reachable if you win every round without losing once.
• Uses her Round 4 attack pattern.

Contrary to the duels against Apollo and the DLC-Exclusive Lily, this one doesn't end after Shizuka or the player wins. Instead, it begins again and continues until Satoshi interrupts it and allows Lea into the hideout. In the A New Home DLC, only during Chapter 14, the player can find Shizuka sitting under the Upper Path's tree. If they talk to her, the PvP vs Shizuka Custom Cup will be unlocked, where she can be fought again under normal duel conditions.

Strategies

• Ether Snipe is sure to win you a round if you land it on Shizuka. It is also pretty damaging if it hits you, but you can dodge it in the last second with a Dash Combat Art.
• Glitch Time is really easy to activate and trivializes the fight.
• This duel is impossible to win or lose since it only ends after Satoshi interrupts it. For how long it lasts depends on a hidden score system: you earn 1 point for every loss and 2 for every win until you reach 12 points. This means the duel can last up to 12 rounds if you lose every single one of them, hopefully intentionally.
• Her basic Melee attacks can be countered.
• She has a hard time dodging Elven Orb and Hail Storm.

Trivia

• Shizuka's last name, Sakai (坂井), typically translate to "well at the slope."

[DLC SPOILERS]

• If Shizuka and Apollo are in a party together, Shizuka soon finds Apollo's comments about Spheromancers annoying. She tells Apollo that "Lea and I stuck with this class because it was the first that was implemented and I never bothered to switch". Lea nods in response. Apollo responds with "Oh, I see." with a saddened expression.

Gallery

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  Shizuka's in-game portrait

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  Shizuka's sprite

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  Promotional animation of Shizuka

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  Stream art

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  Stream art