User blog:Joe Devaney/Pure Evil Proposal: Koichi Shidou

Note: This character was already part of the Pure Evil category before his page was deleted for being incoherent. I'm only making this proposal because it's customary to do so.

What is the Work?
Highschool of the Dead is a shonen manga written by the late Daisuke Sato, who unfortunately died before the series could ever reach its conclusion. It follows a group of Japanese students, led by Takashi Komuro, who work together in order to survive a zombie apocalypse.

Who is the candidate?
Koichi Shidou is the main anatagonist of the series along with "Them" (how the zombies are referred to). He is a former teacher at Fujimi High School, the same high school the main characters attended. Much like them, he works with a bunch of students to surivive the apocalypse.

What has he done?
Shidou has made personal enemies of several of the main cast. Before the series even started, he forced Rei Miyamoto to repeat a year to get back at her father for rightfully exposing his father's political corruption. As a result, Rei despises him, which is saying a lot since she's probably the nicest character in the series. He also allowed bullies to beat up Kohta Hirano while he watched with glee. While escaping Fujimi High School, he leaves one of his students to be eaten alive by "Them" just because he begged him for help. And if that's not enough to convince you he's an irredeemable monster, he sets himself up as a cult leader, promoting sexual activity among the teenagers to make them loyal to him. Pretty much everyone in the series hates him apart from his followers, and that's because they're too scared and desperate to see the kind of person he really is.

Reason for his Actions
He doesn't have one. And if he does, we never find out what it is. The only one of his actions that's given an explanation is holding Rei back, and that falls way into Disproportionate Retribution. Addtionally, despite being a Social Darwinist, he begs for his life when it looks like Rei's going to kill him, showing that he doesn't practice what he preaches.

Final Verdict
Koichi Shidou is pure, unadulterated evil. Pretty much his entire reason for being in the series is to give the audience someone to despise (since you can't really hate mindless monsters that don't even speak).