Functional Order: Si-Fe-Ti-Ne

Introverted Sensing: Chihiro has a deeply-rooted complex tied to his past. He was horribly bullied in his youth for not being ‘manly’ enough, and the bullying drove him to cross-dressing as a girl to escape. It still haunts him today, as he can’t break out of the role he’s played for so long because it’s easier and he’s scared of going through that again. He has an excellent memory when it comes to programming, immediately recalling that 11037 isn’t a programming term.

Extroverted Feeling: Chihiro is deeply empathetic even for a mosquito, refusing to kill one because it “might have a family”. He hates confrontation and wants everyone in his class to get along happily. This makes him nervous about upsetting people, and he frequently apologizes. He’s also in-tune with the expectations of the people around him and molds himself accordingly; society thinks he’s too weak for a boy, so he cross-dresses as a girl to escape, even though he hates it.

Introverted Thinking: Ti-users are sometimes called ‘hackers’ because of how deeply they delve into information, and that’s exactly what Chihiro does. He analyzes and deconstructs computer programs, making three complete AIs and having his coding stolen/copied for a fourth, then modified for a fifth. His Ti also manifests itself by examining the school layout and wondering how a mosquito got in a completely sealed environment; he’s not content to just accept its existence, he wants to understand how this could be.

Extroverted Intuition: He’s afraid to reveal his secret because he doesn’t want his past to repeat itself, being crippled by his Si. However, he does eventually break out of this, taking steps to become stronger and reveal his secret. This shows improvement in his inferior Ne, which originally kept him from embracing the future.

Enneagram: 693 (6w5 9w1 3w2) - The Mediator (Has a lot of anxiety about how he’s seen. Obedient, quiet, wants harmony. Hesitant to reveal true self. Bottles these things up. Polite, positive, and is well-liked. Strong ethics and desire to be useful to others from 1 and 2 wings. Intellectual, but even more withdrawn on account of 5-wing.)

look at that picture I just want cuddle him even though I know he’d hate that

I was mildly surprised that Ne, which is associated with optimism and big ideas and perceptiveness, was his Inferior when I typed him. But then it started to make sense. He does do all those things, but instead of invigorating him it terrifies him, because he can’t break out of his Si experiences and fears that all those possibilities will lead back to failure.