Shizuka Mikazuki

Shizuka Mikazuki (三日月 閑) is a main character in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead. She is a former overseas company accountant and a fellow survivor that Akira Tendou first met while searching for supplies.

Appearance
Shizuka has plum-colored hair. She wears a multi-colored overcoat over a pink with pale gray stripes top and matching color short-shorts, indigo leggings and shoes.

Personality
Shizuka is a reserved, logical and blunt woman, she's a fast thinker, and is knowledgeable in various types of science. She's also argumentative and good with analyzing risks. She used to not like working in groups until she met Akira.

Story
Shizuka was a girl who was always controlled by her rigorous wealthy father, who did not let her do what she wanted for most of her life until the zombie apocalypse. It is still unknown what happened to the relationship between her and her dad by then. Then her dad got hit by a truck and died a tragic death.

Her highest priority is to search for a secure and substantial place and to do everything she can to avoid becoming a zombie.

Abilities
High Stamina - Shizuka has a lot of energy and stamina due to her intense exercise and balanced diet. She can pedal a bike away from zombies fast enough, even when the bike was carrying a lot of supplies.

High Intellect - Shizuka is also very smart and resourceful. She watches zombie flicks to get info on survival, and she also fitted a web cam on her bike and synced it to her phone, so she can monitor outside her current location whilst getting supplies. This came in handy when she noticed a truck coming with a Zombie Driver, which she used to save herself and Akira.

Decent Strength - Shizuka is also decently strong as she was able to throw Akira, a fully grown man to the ground to keep him safe from the uncontrollable truck.

Resistance - When she was bitten by a Zombie she was shown to have some resistance of being turned into a Zombie as she lasted long enough for Tsuru to make a serum to stop the virus from turning her into a zombie

Akira Tendou
Shizuka met Akira when she was getting supplies. She heard him singing loudly about wanting beer, and she said to him that he should be more careful and take essential items like medicine and water, noting how beer is a luxury. She also told him that he has no sense of calculating risk, he could die any day. However, when she saw Akira for the first time, she was happy to see another survivor and considered teaming up with him as he seemed harmless. But then she realized how careless he was and decided not to.

They would meet again when Akira dressed up like a superhero and he saved a bus of people from zombies, which she was a part of. Even though she didn't remember him at first, she berated him for trying to play hero and told him that risking his life to save others is not worth it, as they will betray you to save themselves. This came true when a scared girl shoved Shizuka out of her way, leaving Shizuka trapped with a Zombified Shark. Luckily, Akira and Kencho worked together to save her and allowing Shizuka to give Akira some batteries which he used to kill the undead Shark. After this encounter, Shizuka tried to chastise Akira for being too risky, but Akira told her that she was someone precious to him now, so he'd save her no matter what, which flustered her. Shizuka then decided to give Akira her line ID but left the group again.

They next met at a Mobile Home dealer. Akira once again begged her to join them, but she refused. However, Akira and Kencho pointed out that she didn't have a driving license, and since driving without a licence went against her "no risks" mindset, she reluctantly decided to go with them.

Shizuka showed how much she cared for Akira when she told him to not submit to his former boss and told him not to give up on his bucket list, after that Akira told his Boss to shove it and left.

Their bond developed more during the Hot Spring trip. Akira made a joke about going on a date at the hot springs, but Shizuka shot the whole idea of dating down, much to Akira's dismay. Later, however, when they were alone in the mountain spring, she apologized for what she said and explained that she was no good with romance. Akira commended her for being honest with him, to which Shizuka said that she hopes that she can be this open with the person she loved. The two then realized that this sounded like a confession, but they were interrupted by Kencho and Bea before they could pursue the idea.

In chapter 57, she and Akira confess their feelings to each other and passionately kiss as they are surrounded by zombies. At this point, they began to date each other. Akira tried to start addressing her without using the suffix "-san", but could not bring himself to do that in front of the others. He managed to do so when everyone was arguing however, which made her angry as she was in a bad mood.

Kenichirou Ryuuzaki
She met Kenchou for the first time when she came across Akira once again. Kencho helped Akira save her life from the zombified shark. Since then, she has formed a group with him along with Akira and became close acquaintances. They seem to get along as they both hang together when reacting to Akira's delusions and they look exasperated.

Beatrix Amerhauser
As another girl member of the group, she and Beatrix are quite close.

Gonzou Kosugi
When she first saw him, she suspected he set up the traps to raid travelers only for it be clarified to stop bandits. Though she still didn’t trust him and grew to hate him, due to his treatment to Akira, it reminded her of her father’s own treatment to her when she was younger.

Etymology

 * The name Shizuka means "quiet, leisure, free time, leave, spare time, farewell" (閑).
 * Shizuka's surname Mikazuki means "crescent moon, new moon" (三日月).

Trivia

 * Shizuka's birthdate is on April 12th.
 * She had adopted a stray puppy that she found on the street, that she named Roo. However it was put down by the Humane Society called by her father.
 * She used to have a dream of becoming a doctor.
 * In the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (film) she is a flight attendant and replaces Yukari's role.