Shinichi Shiba

Shinichi Shiba ( 柴 進一 Shiba Shinichi) is a minor character from PureMail.

Information
Shinichi is the self-proclaimed best friend of protagonist Kei Ogata. He is also the older brother of Youji Shiba from Miss Each Other.

In the sequel PureMail After, he is shown to have gone to the same university as Kei.

Personality
He is interested in photography, evidenced by him constantly carrying his camera around. There are also rumors that he takes voyeuristic photos. He is also said to be an otaku.

As seen in PureMail After, he tries to be there for Kei as his "best friend". This is to a fault, however, as Shinichi has apparently not reported Kei even after the latter confessed to having raped Taisuke, the younger brother of Miki Sawanaga.

Etymology

 * His given name Shinichi ( 進一 ) consists of "to advance" ( 進 ) and "one" ( 一 ).
 * His surname Shiba ( 柴 ) means "brushwood".

Trivia

 * He is absent from PureMail's OVA adaptation.
 * Neither he nor Youji appear on 0verflow's most recent adultery chart.