| Nine | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Kanji | ナイン / 九重 新 |
| Also known as | Arata Kokonoe, Sphinx #1 |
| Age | 17 |
| Status | Deceased |
| Physical and Vital Statistics | |
| Gender | Male |
| Debut | |
| Anime | Episode 1 |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Kaito Ishikawa |
Nine, a calm and composed teenager, is one out of the two the masterminds behind Sphinx, an unknown terrorist group that he partners with his childhood friend, Twelve. His motives and identity are enshrouded in mystery.
Appearance Nine is a tall young man of average build. His black hair has been cut short with bangs reaching his eye level. His eye color is inconsistent and often varies depending on the light or surroundings, in most cases usually grey or black. He is also seen wearing a pair of glasses with dark blue frame. Whoever put the comment about his cold gaze ' turning them on ' should not edit this wikia PLEASE
He seems to favor dark colors, as he tends to don dark clothing.
Personality
Nine is stern, aloof and stoic. He has a knack for devising ingenious criminal schemes while deftly covering up his tracks with his exceptional computing and hacking skills.
He was raised in a children's institution (little information is known about the facility) with Twelve, whom he was closest to, and Five. While escaping from what appears to be a fire that broke out at the institution, he underwent a traumatic experience of leaving Five behind as he was unable to save her. Ever since, he has had recurring nightmares of the incident.
His emotional instability is exposed further when he is under great stress, as exemplified in episode 5 when he has a panic attack upon realizing that Five was onto him and his plans.
Twelve has described Nine as a sadistic but likewise a nice person.
History
When they were younger, Nine and Twelve were part of a project called The Athena Plan whose goal was to educate gifted children. It is heavily implied that a fire broke out, but it is later reveal in episode 9 that Nine and Twelve started it to escape. While Nine, Twelve, and Five were trying to escape, Five decides to stay behind. Nine still has nightmares about that day, as he was unable to save Five.
Trivia
- The romanji for his name is "nain". This is so the pronunciation is similar to the English pronunciation "nine".
- In his alias, 九重 新 Kokonoe Arata, 九 is the kanji for 9.
- He is capable of visualizing things as if they were right in front of him. An example would be when he is telling Lisa directions to place the bomb (even telling her the number of steps) in Episode 1. Another example is in Episode 6 and 7, he is able to visualize the chess board and where all the pieces were in order to figure out where Five hid the bomb.
- He is seen to be less caring towards Lisa, unlike Twelve. However, this may be because he doesn't want her involved as he doesn't want her to be hurt.
- As Sphinx Number 1, he wears a blue mask.
- He has been seen to hate Five throughout the series, but at her death, he shouts out her name in surprise. It could be that because he couldn't save her back then, he felt powerless that he couldn't save her in the end.
- His death was from his headaches that he experienced because of the experimentations, similar to Five's condition. This is symbolic, as he was the "brain" of Sphinx. (He thought of the riddles, and is seen to solve Five's riddles with ease)