Shimainu

Shimainu シマイヌ Shimainu
Property Corona / Earth
Form Child
Search 3
Height 1.6 ft. / 0.5 m	Weight 33 lbs. / 15 kg
Beyond the Portals
Origins Cry
Evolution Line Child Adult Evolved → → Shimainu Shimanoto Shimadoros

Shimainu (シマイヌ Shimainu) is a Spectrobe that appears in Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals and Spectrobes: Origins. It has the Corona property in Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals and the Earth property in Spectrobes: Origins. Its name is similar to Komainu's. Shimainu evolves into Shimanoto and later Shimadoros, and can be awakened from a Shimapod.

Appearance

Shimainu appears to be a small dog with a pushed-in face and two long tails. It has a wooden barrel-like shell that covers all but its face and behind. The red tomoe pattern appears once over its head, and one on each of its sides.

Database

• Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals/Spectrobes: Origins - "This two-tailed fellow always wants to beat Komainu, but Komainu couldn't care less."

Fossil Locations

• Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals - Kollin
• Spectrobes: Origins - Slayso

Custom Colors

• Normal: Red
• Custom Color 1: Orange
• Custom Color 2: Yellow

Evolution

• Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals - 5 minerals
• Spectrobes: Origins - Level 5

Name Etymology

Language Name / Etymology English Shimainu Derived partly from 付締め太鼓 (tsukushime-daiko, taut drum) due to the Spectrobe's high-pitched voice, and 犬 (inu, dog). Japanese シマイヌ Shimainu Same as English

Trivia

• While Origins establishes the origin of the name via this Spectrobe's high-pitched barks, Shimainu may have also been a pun on 柴犬 (Shiba Inu), a breed of dog with a similarly high-pitched voice.
• The only Japanese interjection Shimainu can say in Origins apart from barking and other sounds is "いいよ!", which translates to "yes" in agreement to an order.

Gallery

Spectrobes: Origins Artwork