Arata Mizunashi

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Arata Mizunashi
Kanji	水梨 新
Age	27 (DERQ) 29 (DERQ 2)
Gender	Male
Job	Programmer
Voice Actors
Japanese	Tatsuya Tokutake (DERQ) Junya Enoki (DERQ2)
English	Chris Niosi (DERQ) Alejandro Saab (DERQ2)

Arata Mizunashi (水梨 新 Mizunashi Arata) is the male protagonist of Death end re;Quest. He was the lead programmer of MMORPG "World's Odyssey" alongside game director Shina Ninomiya. One year after Shina disappeared and the project was cancelled, Arata receives a mysterious e-mail, which causes him to log into the seemingly-abandoned World's Odyssey server and find Shina trapped in the game. Together, they attempt to rescue Shina by triggering World's Odyssey's "Ending Engage" routine.

Death end re;Quest 2 events

Arata Mizunashi went to Le Choara to investigate the strange occurrences happening there. He is later found by Mai, Rottie, Liliana and Shina to have passed away seen by a arm that was positioned on a chair holding a note that was written by him. He later guides Mai in Chapter 9 to stop Julietta

It is revealed in the novel ''Death end re;Quest 1.5'' that Julietta repeatedly tortured Arata by degrading and torturting his and his friends over and over again.

Death end re;Quest: Code Z

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Arata Mizunashi is set to reappear in Death end re;Quest: Code Z. A brilliant programmer who was the lead at Iris Corp.

Shina Ninomiya's best friend and precious partner.

However, he has mysteriously vanished, and only a few at Iris Corp. know the truth. Technically, it's not a disappearance, but a "leave of absence." His friends continue to believe in his return. After all, he plays a critical role in keeping the world looping. A loop designed to end the loop... how ironic.

Even without him, Director Shina and his protégé Mai are doing well as programmers, so development hasn't suffered too much. Though that's kind of sad in its own way, haha!

Sayaka will likely encounter him near the story's climax.

The main antagonist of this game ''ARATA MIZUNASHI'' is believed to be a alternate version of him that went down a bad path instead.

Endings

In every character's ending, time has reversed to before Shina Ninomiya began working for Enigma.

• In Shina's ending, Rin introduces Shina as the new director, and upon seeing each other, Arata and Shina's memories return of the previous timeline, and the two smile happily at each other. Iris also becomes Shina's little sister, and it is specified that Shina had been reborn as a Luden. World's Odyssey also merges with the real world.
• In Lily's ending, Arata is in hospital after collapsing at work, and was unconscious for five days. Yurisa works as Dr. Takana's physician and gives Arata a CT and MRI scan. Arata recognizes Yurisa, however she doesn't remember him.
• In Al's ending, Arata finds himself at a press event in which Aggle announce a new game. During the event, a group of idol's perform, and in the crowd is Hinata, who cheers for her favorite idol, Komai, and runs into Arata whilst doing so, causing them both pain. After apologizing to each other, Arata feels she is familiar though can't remember her and when saying he feels like he's met her before, Hinata thinks he's flirting with her. When she shows worry for the wound she caused by running into him, Arata remembers who she is.
• In Lucil's ending, Arata is in hospital after collapsing whilst talking to Sumika on the phone and was unconscious for a week and has acute meningitis. When waling around the hospital, Svetlana walks into Arata after appearing to donate a lot of blood. Arata remembers her, though she doesn't appear to remember him.
• In Clea's ending, Arata finds himself in the police interrogation room with Detective Hizumi, and had been unconscious for a while. Arata freaks out, and nearly spills that he knows who Hizumi is, which makes Hizumi wonder if Arata did know him, and if so would be suspicious. Arata had passed out in front of the station, and Kaede had found him unconscious, so Hizumi looked after him whilst he was out. When Arata attempts to leave, Kaede comes into the room to check on him and is happy he's okay. Arata recognizes her, though she doesn't recognize him.
• In Celica's ending, Arata finds himself at a press event in which Aggle announce the Alice Engine. When attempting to return to Enigma, Chloe apologizes to Arata for being late to the tour as she was stuck in traffic, though he doesn't recognize her until she takes off her sunglasses. Chloe doesn't remember Arata, however.
• In Lydia's ending, Arata asks how Lydia is and Sumika wonders if he means "the game character", which causes Arata to remember Lydia passed on her role as observer to him, and thus no longer existed.

Etymology

• The name Arata means "fresh, new" (新).
• Arata's surname Mizunashi means "water" (水) (mizu) and "pear" (梨) (nashi).

Gallery

Arata as Mr. Enigma getting hugged by Shina Ninomiya.

Picture of Arata Mizunashi hanging in the Iris Corporation building.

Trivia

• His original voice actor Chris Niosi was replaced with Alejandro Saab in Death end re;Quest 2 due to Niosi's emotional and sexual abuse torwards colleagues, family and partners for over a decade. Coincidentally his japanese voice actor was also replaced, but that is due to Tatsuya Tokutake retiring from voice acting.
• Mary Skelter 2 gives Otsuu a costume based on Arata as part of its "Death End Attire" cross-promotion. Otsuu is the main protagonist of Mary Skelter 2.
• Thought not obtainable, Arata was a character that featured in the game Mega Miracle Force.