Functional Order: Si-Fe-Ti-Ne

Introverted Sensing: Shuichi is haunted by his first murder case, wherein learning the culprit’s motives made him afraid of learning the truth. He has a great memory for details; he quickly uncovers Kaede is the culprit of the first trial by examining the library’s set-up, drawing off his memory of what she was doing while they were in it, and realizing her actions correspond with the present. He examines the lack of dust on the card reader to deduce someone has been using it, and concludes that person must be the mastermind. Shuichi also enjoys reminiscing about Kaede, and when he passes Kaito, and their time together.

Extroverted Feeling: Rather than stick to his own moral judgments, Shuichi shows a tendency to be affected by the emotions of others around him. He can easily read and understand the culprit’s feelings of his first murder case; having all that ill-will aimed at him, along with his empathy for the murderer, caused him to fear seeking the truth. He’s afraid of the hatred and pain he might receive from others, and doesn’t want to hurt anyone. While he knows it’s “total absurdity” to trust feelings during a class trial, he’s comfortable doing so, or even trusting Kaito’s.

Introverted Thinking: Although he’s a Feeler, Shuichi’s Ti develops pretty strongly over the story. He becomes more comfortable and active in pursuing the truth; he doesn’t forget others’ feelings, and so is polite but firm in pointing out logical inconsistencies. He not only thinks about his experiences with people, but what they mean to him. Shuichi is able to analyze himself, recognizing what caused his fear of uncovering the truth.

Extroverted Ne: He’s good at considering multiple possibilities in the trials, and tries to understand the viewpoints of others’ like Kokichi. However, Shuichi is cautious and even fearful of the future; he envisions the worst-case scenario and dwells on it. While he sometimes trusts Kaito’s gut instincts, Shuichi usually trusts physical evidence, which causes a rift between them in the fourth trial.

Enneagram: 629 (625, 2w1, 9w1) - The Good Samaritan (Helpful, congenial, passive. Doesn’t want to make waves, but fights back if pushed. Lots of self-doubt and anxiety. Cautious, confides with just one or two people for decision-making because of 6w5. Dual one-wings make him even more self-critical but also just. Diplomatic and dependable.)

So yeah, I haven’t done this for a while. I’ve been really busy, so putting these out will probably be once a week or something instead of once a day. As for today’s character, y’all know I’m not a big fan of Shuichi, so I don’t really have anything to say other than I had quite a bit of struggle typing him. I thought he was a Thinker, then a Feeler, then a Fi, then a Fe…probably the biggest surprise was that Intuition was his most inferior function, given the expectation that detectives would be better at that.