ShadowMan.EXE (anime)

ShadowMan.EXE (シャドーマン) is a character from the MegaMan NT Warrior anime series. At first, he was a seemingly Solo NetNavi assassin who took on several missions, having been hired to delete MegaMan.EXE by Gospel before as well as KingMan.EXE by an unknown client, and destroying the Flight X control system for Nebula. During his mission to destroy the Control X, ShadowMan was deleted by SearchMan.EXE. It was not until much later that he was revived by Dr. Wily and given to Dark Miyabi, where he became his NetNavi from then on.

Overview
ShadowMan is an arrogant and silent NetNavi who carries out his missions with a cold and undaunted heart. He will do anything for the right price, and will not stop unless the mission is complete, or in the case of Gospel, the organization collapsed and he was not obligated to fulfill his mission. He is a highly skilled ninja, making for a dangerous foe that is almost never taken by surprise and is able to find where his targets are hiding with minimal effort.

When he was given to Miyabi, he showed a steadfast loyalty to him as a fellow ninja, allowing the two to cross fuse, though he was still the same assassin-for-hire he was before.

In the English dub, Shadow Man speaks with a Japanese accent.

MegaMan NT Warrior
ShadowMan debuts in the virus factory under NetCity when he throws a large shuriken that nearly hits Roll.EXE, though she is saved by MegaMan.EXE. He appears before MegaMan, Roll, and Glide.EXE, and MegaMan asks if he is with Grave, which he denies. He reveals he is an assassin that was hired by Grave to delete MegaMan, and MegaMan tries shoots his Mega Buster at him, though ShadowMan easily parries his shots and charges at him. MegaMan dodges his slashes and Roll and Glide attempt to attack him, but he uses an immobilizing force and freezes them. He then uses a duplication technique to surround MegaMan and uses the clones to strike him from all directions and prepares to land the finishing blow, however SharkMan.EXE darts in and takes the blow for him. Frustrated at the interference, ShadowMan slashes SharkMan several times and gravely wounds him forcing him to log out, but not before SharkMan gives MegaMan a battle chip license to use Battle Chips within NetCity, allowing Lan Hikari to use a Barrier battle chip before ShadowMan could delete MegaMan. Lan supplies MegaMan with several rare and powerful battle chips procured by Yai Ayano in Higsby's shop and finally uses a Meteor battle chip to destroy the virus factory, forcing ShadowMan to retreat. (This episode was censored and changed from the original Japanese version. )

He appears in episode 38.

He appears in. episode 39, where he attempts to delete KnightMan.EXE.

He appears in episode 40, where he tries to pit Lan and MegaMan against Tora and KingMan.EXE, having been hired to delete both MegaMan and KingMan.

He appears in episode 50.

MegaMan NT Warrior Axess
He appears in episode 12, where he was hired by Nebula to destroy the Control X flight program. He is deleted by SearchMan.EXE.

Rockman.EXE Stream
He appears in episode 36, saving Rockman from Dark Rockman.EXE and the new Darkloids with his new operator Dark Miyabi.

He appears in episode 42.

He appears in episode 43.

He appears in episode 46.

Rockman.EXE Beast
While not physically seen, ShadowMan is heard when he cross fuses with Miyabi in the season finale.

Rockman.EXE Beast+
TBA

Trivia

 * ShadowMan telling FreezeMan to not take his deletion at ShadowMan's hands personally as he is an assassin with no loyalty who will do anything as long as he is paid is echoed later by Miyabi in Stream, when he is hired by Tesla to delete MegaMan and tells Lan the same thing, as he and ShadowMan had saved Lan and MegaMan just recently and were now attacking them.
 * While ShadowMan has always been Dusk’s Navi in the video games, it is implied in NT Warrior and Axess that ShadowMan was a Solo NetNavi until he was revived by Dr. Wily and given to Miyabi in Stream.