Shy- Chapter Three: A Curse
The Words Called a Curse.
''"My parents died so they could save me.'"
— Koishikawa
Shy- Chapter Three: A Curse is the third chapter of Miki Bukimi’s Superhero manga.
Koishikawa undergoes a painful Face–Monster Turn and almost drowns in despair but is rescued by her new friend Teru.
Tropes:
- Absurdly Sharp Claws: Koshikawa’s claws easily rip an infirmary bed to pieces.
- Enfant Terrible: The mysterious boy is a prime example of one and worse he fashions himself as a good person.
- Face–Monster Turn: A ring the mysterious boy gives to Koshikawa mutates her into a monster.
- Heroic Sacrifice: In the past, Koshikawa’s parents stayed behind in a fire so Koshikawa could live.
- Interrupted Suicide: Koshikawa points her Absurdly Sharp Claws to her neck but Teru transforms into Shy and stops her.
- It's All My Fault: Koshikawa blames herself for her parents’s death and the damaging of Shy’s reputation.
- More than Mind Control: The mutation does not really make one Brainwashed and Crazy. It simply amplifies feelings that where already there. In this case, Koishikawa’s hatred of herself.
- Stepford Smiler: We learn that Koshikawa suffered from a Dark and Troubled Past and immense Survivor Guilt.
- Wham Episode: This episode is more serious and Darker and Edgier that the preceding ones.
- Wham Line: Koshikawa tells Teru what the source of her guilt is.Koishikawa: My parents died so they could save me!
