NEW Game! is a four-panel comic currently being serialized in Manga Time Kirara Carat. It is a manga about the everyday working life of game production set at Eagle Jump, a game production company, and depicts the behind-the-scenes of game production. All of the staff are beautiful girls, and the story depicts the struggles, worries, and joys that come with game production. Still, it is fundamentally a light-hearted comedy anime that is fun to watch. Due to the positive response to the original work, it began airing as an anime in the summer of 2016, and became so popular that a second season was aired the following year in the summer of 2017. In this article, we will introduce Shinoda Hajime, a character that appears in NEW Game!
What kind of girl is Shinoda Hajime?
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A member of the graphic designer character team, she is 21 years old and in the same year as Iijima Yun. She is tall at 167cm. She has short hair that does not reach her shoulders, has a good figure, and dresses in a boyish style. Sports are actually her specialty. She is a member of the motion team, but due to a lack of available seats she borrows seats from the character team. She is very close with Aoba and Hifumi, who are staff members of the character team, and although she often has lunch with the character team, she also has many friends in the motion team. She is a very bright and active girl, and has a personality that doesn't make her feel like a senior.
Hajime Shinoda, a member of the motion team
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Hajime Shinoda is a member of the motion team, which adds movement to characters. Since there are no vacancies in the motion team, he borrows a seat in the character team to work, and because of this, he is very close with the staff in the character team. She is particular about the movements because she has to add motions, and sometimes checks them by actually moving herself, but because her movements are so big, she often gets scolded by Iijima Yun from the character team, who usually doesn't move at all, as she gets distracted.
The clumsy senior Shinoda Hajime
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When the main character Aoba joined Eagle Jump Co., Ltd., Hajime was happy to be the first capable junior. Yagami asked Aoba and Hajime to procure a tablet pen. Hajime is determined to show Aoba what he can as a senior, but when it comes time to buy it, he realizes he doesn't have his wallet. What's more, he dropped it. Shinoda Hajime is devastated and has to ask Aoba to go back to the office to get his wallet. A clumsy senior is also needed in the workplace!
Energetic and cheerful, but timid Shinoda Hajime
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Looking at Hajime, who is usually cheerful and cheerful, I think he is strong-willed, but when the time comes, he becomes very timid. On Aoba's first day at work, he tries to invite her to lunch, but he can't bring himself to do it, so he asks his colleague Yun to invite him, but Yun refuses, and he invites Aoba in a weak voice that is different from usual. If you see him in such a weak state, you'll be excited by the difference from his usual appearance.
Shinoda Hajime loves toys
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There are many figurines and imitation swords on display around Hajime's desk. These are also used as materials for work, but most of them are his hobbies. He spends his salary on many of them, and since he lives alone, he is always short on money. He loves toys and has many toys and goods displayed at home. He seems to be flexible, giving away his precious goods to Yun's younger siblings in exchange for them treating him to a meal.
Hajime Shinoda is a serious otaku
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Hajime is a serious otaku, collecting figurines and imitation swords. In addition to collecting goods, she also likes watching Sentai, anime, and live performances, and will go to Sentai events and anime live events for young girls with her Yun siblings, or go to see anime movies by herself. However, she often gets into ticket battles while at work, which can get Yun angry.
Shinoda Hajime was fashionable in his school days
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Shinoda Hajime's current appearance gives a very boyish impression, but in his school days he was very girly and fashionable. During her school days, she was a closeted otaku who hid the fact that she was an otaku, and tried hard to keep up with her friends' fashionable topics such as clothes and makeup so that she could fit in with them. When she met a friend from school by chance, she tried desperately to hide her otaku side, but when she later checked her emails, she found out that her otaku identity had been exposed even back in her school days, and she was disappointed.
Shinoda Hajime with a great figure
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Hajime has a boyish impression, but she has a large chest, a tight waist and butt, and a very glamorous figure. She commutes to work by bicycle, which she exercises daily. Furthermore, Hajime loves to move around, and has a good amount of muscle without getting fat, with protruding parts and toned parts, giving her an excellent figure. During her health check, the nurse praised her for her toned waist, which made Yun very jealous.
Hajime Shinoda working hard on a new game plan
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When development of the new game [PECO] began, Shizuku, the producer, said that if the plan was good, she would adopt it no matter who brought it. At first, he wasn't good at writing new designs, so he thought he might be able to do planning work, and submitted a proposal with a variety of ideas. Thanks to his efforts, several of his plans were approved and implemented in new games. However, planning work is not easy, and he sometimes struggles and has conflicts with the production team, but he works hard.
The voice actor is Megumi Toda
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The voice actor who voices Shinoda Hajime is Megumi Toda. Her most notable works include Sakura Trick (Yuzu Iizuka) and Etotama (Ki-tan). Although she has not yet appeared in many anime voice actors, she has appeared in many games and is a veteran voice actor. Let's look forward to her future success.
Summary of Shinoda Hajime
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What did you think? This time, we introduced Shinoda Hajime, who belongs to the motion team. She is a very bright and active girl, but when the time comes, she becomes weak, which makes you want to protect her. Moreover, her birthday is January 1st, just like [Gouda Takeo] from My Love Story!! Please try to find the characteristics and charms of Shinoda Hajime. That's all for now. Thank you for reading.
