<p><strong>She was turned by an unnamed <em>jinrou</em> (werewolf).</strong></p>

<p>According to her backstory in episode 16, when she was still a normal human, her father's friend brought a guess to visit her house. He was a foreigner/westerner and turns out to be a <em>jinrou</em>. In the end, she was bitten and her blood was sucked by him and she died. However, after she was put into a coffin and buried, she woke up and came back to life, as a <em>shiki</em>.</p>

<p>Researching further about her attacker, there's no more insight other than "a 
westerner <em>jinrou</em>", as shown on Wikia:</p>

<ul>
<li><p><a href="http://shiki.wikia.com/wiki/Sunako_Kirishiki#History" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sunako Kirishiki</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>He was a Jinrou.</p>
</blockquote></li>
<li><p><a href="http://shiki.wikia.com/wiki/Jinrou#Creation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jinrou</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>There are of course jinrou overseas as well, such as the one that turned Sunako.</p>
</blockquote></li>
</ul>

<p>and other sources:</p>

<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E6%A1%90%E6%95%B7%E6%B2%99%E5%AD%90" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pixiv dictionary (Japanese)</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>その正体は幼少期に西洋人の人狼に襲われ、蘇生した起き上がり。</p>
  
  <p>Her real form is that she came back to life after she was attacked by a westerner <em>jinrou</em> when she was in her early childhood.</p>
</blockquote></li>
<li><p><a href="https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1046870225" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)</a>, asking the difference between the novel, manga and anime:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>沙子は元々は人間で、（おそらく明治、大正時代と思われる）必ずしも火葬されない時代に異国から来た人狼に襲われ屍鬼になりました。</p>
  
  <p>Sunako was originally a human (probably since Meiji, Taisho period), certainly not from an era with cremation, and was turned into <em>shiki</em> by a <em>jinrou</em> coming from a foreign country.</p>
</blockquote></li>
</ul>

<p>However, it's certainly not Seishirou because he is a human, even though the attacker looks really similar to him, as noted in <a href="https://antiotaku.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/shiki-episode-16-%E2%80%93-family-matters/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">antiotaku's review</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The vampire who killed Sunako all those years ago bears a striking resemblance to Seishirou Kirishiki. They even dress alike. I'm guessing this isn't a coincidence.</p>
</blockquote>

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Aki Tanaka
<p>When Sunako told her story, she mentioned that "him" was the one who turned her into a shiki.</p>

<p>Was it Seishirou? Is there any mention of this in the novel?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8s1ah.png" alt="the attacker&#39;s looks"></p>

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Who was Sunako turned by?
# Who was Sunako turned by?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-11-23
When Sunako told her story, she mentioned that "him" was the one who turned her into a shiki.

Was it Seishirou? Is there any mention of this in the novel?

![the attacker's looks](https://i.sstatic.net/8s1ah.png)
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-14. Score: 1
**She was turned by an unnamed *jinrou* (werewolf).**

According to her backstory in episode 16, when she was still a normal human, her father's friend brought a guess to visit her house. He was a foreigner/westerner and turns out to be a *jinrou*. In the end, she was bitten and her blood was sucked by him and she died. However, after she was put into a coffin and buried, she woke up and came back to life, as a *shiki*.

Researching further about her attacker, there's no more insight other than "a
westerner *jinrou*", as shown on Wikia:

* [Sunako Kirishiki](http://shiki.wikia.com/wiki/Sunako_Kirishiki#History)

  > He was a Jinrou.
* [Jinrou](http://shiki.wikia.com/wiki/Jinrou#Creation)

  > There are of course jinrou overseas as well, such as the one that turned Sunako.

and other sources:

* [pixiv dictionary (Japanese)](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E6%A1%90%E6%95%B7%E6%B2%99%E5%AD%90)

  > その正体は幼少期に西洋人の人狼に襲われ、蘇生した起き上がり。
  >
  > Her real form is that she came back to life after she was attacked by a westerner *jinrou* when she was in her early childhood.
* [Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1046870225), asking the difference between the novel, manga and anime:

  > 沙子は元々は人間で、（おそらく明治、大正時代と思われる）必ずしも火葬されない時代に異国から来た人狼に襲われ屍鬼になりました。
  >
  > Sunako was originally a human (probably since Meiji, Taisho period), certainly not from an era with cremation, and was turned into *shiki* by a *jinrou* coming from a foreign country.

However, it's certainly not Seishirou because he is a human, even though the attacker looks really similar to him, as noted in [antiotaku's review](https://antiotaku.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/shiki-episode-16-%E2%80%93-family-matters/):

> The vampire who killed Sunako all those years ago bears a striking resemblance to Seishirou Kirishiki. They even dress alike. I'm guessing this isn't a coincidence.
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