Shimoyama

Shimoyama is a character that appeared only in the chapter "the pandora's box" of Steins; Gate 0 Visual Novel and also in the Manga in chapter 28 and 29. In his brief appearance he will have an interaction with almost all lab mems, in particular with Yuki, Nakase, and Okabe

 Appearance 

Shimoyama is a boy of medium height, and in his appearance he wears a military outfit with a protective helmet-hat for his head  Personality  Shimoyama is a brave soldier who fights for his country hoping that the war will one day end. His determination will lead him to want to know more about the world around them. on the mysteries of convergence and on the case of the new encephalitis that gave way to mysterious cases and fake news creating a lot of confusion and leaks of information.

 BackGround 

Nothing is known about his past, it can be assumed that he was personally involved to investigate the Lab mem for the Time Machine and the cases of encephalitis that could be linked.

''' Plot. '''

After meeting Okabe, he and his military colleagues were tasked with escorting all lab mems to the defense department in Okinawa, except Suzuha and Daru (reported missing).However Okabe finds himself with him and Yuki and Nakase get on his van.Before leaving, it is Shimoyama who confesses to having put 3 of them in their van.

Shimoyama asks Yuki if she knows the position of Itaru hashida, however she hesitates and cannot tell him the truth; Shimoyama, after Yuki's behavior asks Okabe if he is aware of the activities that Hashida has done and if he was involved, Okabe, having no memories of these divergences, talks about his first future gadgets built together with Hashida trying not to be suspicious.

 His Farewell 

Immediately after it is Nakase's turn, who asks him for explanations on the fact that apparently she too has contracted the new encephalitis, in addition to 10 other patients already verified in Japan, what all these people have in common, is to have memories of the original wordline in which the USSR no longer exists, Puchin is the president of Russia and Goribachelv exists Shimoyama, having no recollection of the previous world lines, continues to not understand the situation and from his point of view a world in which the URSS dies is completely Utopian, So, after leaving and arriving at the airport, he begs Okabe to tell him the solution to resolve the war, proving himself to be a brave man unlike his colleagues.

Okabe, after confessing that he has no solution, is escorted alone together with a commander named Hammon, kills Shimoyama through his soldiers who gives him Amadeus as soon as he sits in the car, but at that moment the Reading Steiner is activated and Okabe returns to the Original Worldline