Ginjiro Nezu

Ginjiro Nezu (根津 銀次郎, Nezu Ginjirō) is an elderly hunter who carries a rifle. He lives on Hitogashima Island and appears to know something about "shadows".

Appearance
Ginjiro is an elderly man with gray hair, beard and moustache. He wears an eyepatch on his left eye and is usually wearing a red hat.

Plot
Ginjiro hears Shinpei and Mio talking about Shiori seeing herself and tells them its a shadow. Ginjiro then explains that shadow sickness used to be common on the island before the war, and those afflicted see their shadow and later gets killed by it. The shadow then takes their place in the family and kills the family too. His grandfather told him that those afflicted would go to Hiruko to be cleansed.

Ginjiro was in his house, when he saw the red light in the sky, where everyone on the island got consumed.

On the fourth July 22nd, Hizuru meets with Ginjiro and tells him that the whole Kobayakawas are shadows. As their numbers increase, Ginjiro states that there must be one that can produce more shadows. Hizuru guesses that shadow Shiori drowned Shiori and erased her, and then acted as the one drowning and later killed all of the Kobayakawas. She gives Ginjiro her second phone and asks him to call her if it rings.

Shinpei soon calls the phone and after both introduce themselves, Ginjiro tells him to return to the funeral hall alone. He tells Shinpei to stand still and then shoots his shadow on the ground. Confirming he is a human, he calls Hizuru and invites Shinpei to the fourth battery. As Shinpei comes, Ginjiro explains that they have a questions too and that to solve Hizuru's note code, he must know she is Ryunosuke, but that is only something he knows or if a shadow had copied Hizuru, however, Shinpei is human. Hizuru reveals herself and after a short conversation she guesses that Shinpei is a time traveler, which Shinpei confirms.

Etymology

 * The name Ginjiro means "silver/silver coin/silver paint" (銀) (gin), "next" (次) (ji) and "" (郎) (ro).
 * Ginjiro's surname Nezu means "root" (根) (ne) and "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (tsu/zu).