<![CDATA[I'm Standing on a Million Lives is a work currently being serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. One day, the story is suddenly forced to complete a harsh mission in another world, and the content of the work is a combination of an MMORPG like "SAO" + "GANTZ" where you are summoned by a black sphere. As it will be made into an anime from October, I would like to introduce the first player character, "Shindo Iu".

The voice actor who plays Shindo Iu is "Kubota Risa"!!

Kubota Risa
A voice actor affiliated with Mausu Promotion, she made her debut in the game "Cross Summoner". Since 2016, she has appeared in supporting roles in anime and games, and in 2018, she played the main character Fujisawa Yuzuko in the arcade music game "Ongeki". She also played main characters in other anime in 2020 such as Dropout Idol Fruit Tart and Lapis Re:LiGHTs, and seems to be a voice actress who is currently on the rise.

Perfectly fulfilled? What kind of character is Shindo Iu in the real world?

Iu cover
A beautiful third-year junior high school student with blonde hair. She has many friends and works as a reader model, and in club activities she is able to participate in the junior high school athletic association, so she has many friends. Personality-wise, she hates crooked things and has a bright, pure and innocent personality, so the main character, Yusuke Yotsuya, says that she is "a person who lives in a different world." Although she is at the top of the school caste system, she has a strong aversion to discrimination and bullying, and is at the top of the caste system to the point that she can solve problems such as bullying that occur in class by brute force.

So what kind of player is Shindo Iu in the game world?

Wind Wizard Iu
The first job assigned to her in the game world is "Wind Wizard." She is a wizard who controls the wind, but in exchange for being able to use magic, her physical abilities decrease. However, the initial rank of wizard is, to put it mildly, useless and has low killing power, so it is actually a difficult job to use. Although the person himself has good physical ability, his physical ability is reduced due to the wizard correction, so he is not able to perform as well as he would like, but he is still able to perform to the minimum extent that makes use of his physical ability.

Occupation after ranking up is Warrior (Sword)

Warrior Iu
After rank up, his occupation is Warrior (Sword), and he ranks up to an occupation that makes use of his physical ability. In the fourth week, he ranks up in the middle of a battle with a strong enemy and shows his ability to repel the boss almost alone. However, after that, enemy inflation became more intense, and the purpose of the quests changed from combat-based to other things, so there were fewer opportunities to use his physical strength. Still, he makes the most of his minimal fighting power and the hero's immortality, and plays an important role as a meat shield for excellent NPCs.

What is his relationship with the protagonist, Yusuke Yotsuya? What do you think of him?

I have to do something about Iu
I originally thought of him as a silent and unremarkable classmate, but after fighting together in the game, I think of him as a reliable presence. However, due to the hero's immortality and the clearing conditions, there are times when she is shocked by her pathological decision-making and judgment, as she chooses to abandon other players and even herself if it is necessary to complete the quest. However, even though she is shocked, she acknowledges that she is a very reliable person, and they seem to get along rather well without any strained relationship.

Shindou Iu's past. How did she become a perfect Trio-rich?

Iu is a perfect Trio-rich person with an impeccable character who is a reader model, active in club activities, has many friends and is popular, and does not overlook bullying, but there was a reason why she became a perfect Trio-rich. One reason was that she was beautiful. And the actions caused by the trauma she had in the past ultimately made her a perfect Trio-rich.

It all started with the death of a woman he loved like an older sister

Iu's Trauma
Iu had a woman named Sayuri whom she loved like an older sister. She was a kind and sometimes strict person, and Iu respected her and admired her so much that she had a great influence on him, but one day, when she was a high school student, Sayuri chose to kill herself. The reason for this was bullying. She was a person of great character and had an undeniable good personality, but she was bullied because she was "ugly." Her death left a deep wound in Iu's heart. Because of this, she avoids people who judge others by their appearances and bullies, but the fact that her parents and older brothers are the people she hates the most because they judge people by their appearances makes the hurt even worse.

Iu being bullied

Iu wants to make friends
Iu is bullied at elementary school. What's more, the bullying comes from her teachers. Her parents and older brother were former biker gang members who caused a lot of trouble for people, and their insults were even directed at Iu, who was a child. However, Iu's good fortune is that she was born a beautiful girl. Iu was popular in class, and she was protected by her classmates to achieve a peaceful daily life.

Iu became a real-life happy person through hard work

A real-life happy person with a good personality
It was her friends who saved her, and when Iu found out that her friends were "power", she considered those who judged everything by first impressions to be enemies, and made an effort to eliminate them. As a result, she became a beautiful, perfect real-life happy person who achieved results in both club activities and studies, and because of her strength in that position, she solved problems such as bullying and fights herself, and over time she increased the number of her friends.

Iu can't do it

Iu can't do it
For her, who has earned her current position through such hard work, being chosen as a player of the game was nothing but the worst thing. Moreover, as the first player, she is also in a severe position where if she dies, the game will be over and she will die immediately. Therefore, I think that it can be said that her personality and play style are also her personality and that she basically does not abandon her friends and was able to cooperate with the quirky Yotsuya.

[I'm Standing on a Million Lives] Summary of Shindo Iu

I'm Standing on a Million Lives is not a work in which the protagonists are invincible with the power of the hero. Instead, the main characters are weak in direct combat, but they are immortal, meaning they hardly feel pain and can revive in less than a minute. The missions given to the heroes are not necessarily combat-related, and the story is original and interesting in that it makes use of their individuality as humans. This is why I'm looking forward to seeing what role each character plays. What kind of performance will the popular and caring Iu show? The anime version of "I'm Standing on a Million Lives" is scheduled to start airing in October 2020!

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