Potential future head of Shishitoren
September 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
There are about 9 months left until the start of the second school year in Japan, then we will say goodbye to Ume and the other third-year characters as schoolchildren.
This also applies to Shishitoren, since Choji will soon leave the post of leader, then who will take his place? Of the more suitable candidates and the only second-year lions that we were shown, is Sako. No, well, so what? I think Sako is an excellent candidate for the role of a possible leader.
He has excellent combat skills, which Kame and Choji himself recognize. In the beginning, he was even able to resist Hiiragi, fight with him on equal terms, but of course he is not particularly equal to him in strength. And sometimes, Sako behaves like an insecure boy, somewhere he panics a little inappropriately, and somewhere you have to keep your fingers crossed for him.
But, since he has support in the form of the cutie Inugami, who serves him as a voice of reason, who inspired him to stay in the gang and a kind of kohai who will very sweetly support him at the right moment.
I only consider Sako as a leader, besides, he is the only second-year Shishitoren, who was shown to us for half of the manga. I don’t know how he will show himself as a leader, but I think that if Inugami and other members of the gang who support him are nearby, everything will be fine.
But the candidacy after his departure is very questionable, I want to see Inugami in this role further. When I first saw this character, I thought about this… “Who is this cutie who came down to us?” The whole image and character of Inugami, this is exactly the type of character that I adore with all my heart.
Charming fangs, likes to poke his nose into other people’s business, and a cheerful and funny guy, with a little bit of a child in his soul, I love and support such people.
As a leader after Sako, it is he who should be considered, his character is sometimes just like Choji, who in the special chapter about lions, I remind you, was considered by Arima as one of three candidates for the role of the leader. The other two were Togame and Wanijima, but they both did not suit this role in their own way, and Choji has long been predicted to be the leader.
So as a leader, Inugami is no less an excellent candidate than Sako and Choji, but I don’t know whether he will be one. I hope that they will mention this to us or even show it, I really hope so.