novelraw Chapter 187 : Interlude (Characters and Skills Introduction)
Chapter 187 : Interlude (Characters and Skills Introduction)
Name: Kogami Inari
Reading: Kogami Inari
Job: Fox Shrine Maiden
Description: The protagonist of this story. A fox deity who had been living in an abandoned village for as long as anyone could remember. She apparently had no relation to, nor had she ever met, Ukanomitama no Kami. Well, she had never met any other gods either. Likely, she came into being around the time when new laws began to fill the world. She did not need food, drink, sleep, or even the use of a toilet. However, she loved rice in all its forms, as well as furikake. She seemed to be getting used to modern civilization—though she still wasn’t entirely sure.
Name: Atsuage
Reading: Atsuage
Job: None (Block Golem)
Description: Inari’s pet. A reward obtained in the Saitama Dungeon No. 3. The mascot of the group.
Name: Maruyama Tadashi
Reading: Maruyama Tadashi
Job: Swordsman
Description: The first awakener Inari met. His job was Swordsman. Serious by nature.
Name: Takui Yuuichi
Reading: Takui Yūichi
Job: Support Magician
Description: The second awakener Inari met. Possessed various convenient skills. The mood-maker of the group.
Name: Aoyama Yuuya
Reading: Aoyama Yūya
Job: Speed Brain
Description: Chief Secretary of the Awakener Association’s Japan Headquarters. Extremely serious. His job, a special brain-type class, was essentially like being a human computer.
Name: Yasuno Kaho
Reading: Yasuno Kaho
Job: Soldier
Description: A member of the Awakener Association Japan Headquarters, Support Division of the Sales Department. Assigned as Inari’s support staff. She was earnest and straightforward, though often overzealous. Still a rookie, she gave her all to the tasks at hand. Her job was a major physical tank-type class.
Name: Hoshizaki Juri
Reading: Hoshizaki Juri
Job: Sword Master → Aura Master
Description: Master of Flash, one of Japan’s top 10 clans. A capable career woman (of the martial type).
Name: Takenaka Yoichi
Reading: Takenaka Yōichi
Job: Archmage
Description: Master of Genesis, one of Japan’s top 10 clans. The elite intellectual type with glasses.
Name: Shikishima Eri
Reading: Shikishima Eri
Job: Magic Fortress
Description: A maid (member) of the awakener clan company “Servant Uniform Workshop.” Cheerful, kind, and full of energy. “If this were a hero squad, I’d be the Red,” she said. Her job, Magic Fortress, was a special magic-type tank class. Her skills included the visually impressive Force Shield, which created walls of light, and Counter Saber, which conjured multiple rotating blades of light around her.
Name: Takigawa Sebastian
Reading: Takigawa Sebastian
Job: Saint
Description: Head butler of the Servant Uniform Workshop. Relaxed, elegant, and refined. Though quite elderly, his ability ranked among the top in the Workshop. The Saint job was an indispensable “veteran” class in a party. Supposedly, far more than just a healer.
Name: Akai Rina
Reading: Akai Rina
Job: Cyber Sorcerer
Description: President and CEO of Fox Phone. A cool beauty who was serious and highly competent—at least, most of the time. Her job was a unique one, allowing her to activate programs as magic through digital devices as mediums, thereby affecting reality.
Name: Seo Hikaru
Reading: Seo Hikaru
Job: Lion King
Description: Mascot of Lion Communications, rival company of Fox Phone. Marketed as a cute idol character, though she herself had a frank personality. Also an Apostle of the King of Beasts Who Rules All Beasts.
Name: The Maid Squad
Reading: Meidōtai
Description: Consisted of Ririka, Shizuna, Mei, and Jane—their full names being Hoshino Ririka, Ichijou Shizuna, Tanaka Mei, and Jane Ducart. They usually appeared alongside Eri. Their jobs were: Ririka (Magician), Shizuna (Samurai Master), Mei (Priest), and Jane (Shadow Thief). Though not public knowledge, Shizuna alone was ranked, bearing the title of “Sword Saint.”
Name: Sendou Sarina
Reading: Sendō Sarina
Job: Dark Mage
Description: Japan’s 5th-ranked top player, known as the Black Witch. A sinner who fueled the flames of “chuunibyou.” Self-responsibility, self-responsibility.
Name: Aozora Youta
Reading: Aozora Yōta
Job: Sword Hero
Description: Japan’s 1st-ranked top player, known as the Hero. He was rarely around, but was said to be incredibly powerful.
Name: Mano Tsukiko
Reading: Mano Tsukiko
Job: Professor
Description: Japan’s 2nd-ranked top player, the Professor. A young genius scholar, famous not only in Japan but worldwide.
Name: Doma Takeru
Reading: Doma Takeru
Job: Holy Fortress
Description: Japan’s 3rd-ranked top player, the Fortress. He never left Kusatsu.
Name: Suzuno Shion
Reading: Suzuno Shion
Job: Submarine Assault Vessel
Description: Japan’s 4th-ranked top player, the Submarine. One of the new generation of awakeners. Recently, she had taken a liking to rice balls.
Name: Shidou Kouya
Reading: Shidō Kōya
Job: Paladin
Description: Japan’s 6th-ranked player, the Paladin. A bright, earnest, and good-natured young man.
Name: The Bearer of Endless Agony and Delight
Reading: Hatenaki Kutsū to Yuetsu no Ninaite (果て無き苦痛と愉悦の担い手)
Description: Dance, dance. Desperately, hideously, shamefully—yet for that very reason, beautifully above all. I shall love that shamefulness.
Name: The One Who Dwells in the Deep Abyss
Reading: Fukaki Minasoko ni Arishi Mono (深き水底にありしもの)
Description: You must not attempt to understand. For it is not yet the time.
Name: The King of Beasts Who Rules All Beasts
Reading: Subete no Kemono Suberu Banjū no Ō (全ての獣統べる万獣の王)
Description: Rejoice and give applause. For I am the true King of Beasts. If you wish to draw near to my radiance, then temper yourself. That effort shall never betray you.
Name: The Formless One Who Is Spoken Of
Reading: Katarareru Katanaki Mono (語られる形無きもの)
Description: Fear me. And pass the tale onward. For I am always “there.”
Name: Secret Sword: Kusanagi
Reading: Hiken: Kusanagi
Description: Based on the famous legend of the Kusanagi sword. Just as Prince Yamato Takeru pushed back fire using the flames he raised with Kusanagi, this technique could unleash ground-crawling flames across a wide area. Reinterpreting the legend of avoiding fire-related disasters, it also possessed the power to extinguish flames.
Name: Secret Sword: Murasame
Reading: Hiken: Murasame
Description: “Drawn, the blade scatters like frozen pearls.” Based on the legend of a blade imbued with water, capable of bringing forth intense cold. When activated, this Secret Sword could freeze its surroundings. Expanding on the legend that its water washed away blood, it could also generate large volumes of water.
Name: Secret Sword: Onikiri
Reading: Hiken: Onikiri
Description: Based on the famous Genji legend of the demon-slaying sword. Interpreting that tale, this sword could cut both visible and invisible things alike. So far, Inari had only used it to erase the influence of “godlike beings.”
Name: Secret Sword: Raikiri
Reading: Hiken: Raikiri
Description: Interpreting the legend of cleaving lightning, this sword could command thunder—nullifying electric attacks and unleashing lightning.
Name: Secret Sword: Odenta
Reading: Hiken: Odenta
Description: Based on the legends of a blade that repelled plagues and cut down monsters from afar. This sword held absolute power to erase anything harmful to humans—including intangible anomalies—without exception.
Name: Secret Sword: Nenekirimaru
Reading: Hiken: Nenekirimaru
Description: Based on the tale of pursuing and cleaving flying monsters. This sword could trace back to the origin of any phenomenon Inari saw and recognized, then fly to strike it. Naturally, Inari always knew its exact location.
Name: Secret Sword: Ishikiri
Reading: Hiken: Ishikiri
Description: Based on the legend of cleaving monsters together with stone. It granted the ability to cut through any “stone,” or anything imbued with power therein. Put simply, if it was “stone,” it could be cleaved—allowing her to bring down even the King Colossus in a single strike.
Name: Secret Sword: Juzumaru
Reading: Hiken: Juzumaru
Description: Expanding on the tale of a blade that revealed truth and repelled evil, this sword carried the power to banish all impurity. Unlike Odenta, Juzumaru could even exorcise beings possessing others. In short, it was “an even more merciless one.”
Name: Secret Sword: Hotarumaru
Reading: Hiken: Hotarumaru
Description: Expanding on the legend of a blade that repaired its own edge, this sword held the healing power to “repair” anything—living or nonliving.
Name: Cursed Sword: Muramasa
Reading: Kiken: Muramasa
Description: Based on the infamous legend of the cursed Muramasa blade. Interpreting its accursed reputation, this sword generated a black miasma that corroded anything it touched. If it cut a target, the corruption spread from within. Even without contact, it could release crescent-shaped slashes of the same corruption.
Name: Cursed Sword: Honebami
Reading: Kiken: Honebami
Description: Based on the tale of a sword that shattered bones merely by mimicking a cut. This interpretation allowed Inari to impose the result of broken bones without touching the target. Depending on its use, it could be far crueler than Muramasa.
Name: Divine Power
Reading: Jintsūriki
Description: A secret power capable of anything. The power befitting a being called a god.
Name: Kogetsu Summoning
Reading: Kogetsu Shōkan
Description: Summons Kogetsu. Because the system recognized it, she could summon it automatically—even while thinking about rice balls.
Name: Spiriting Away/Divine Concealment
Reading: Kamikakushi
Description: In truth, the most dangerous of them all. Only Inari knew where it connected. For now, it merely held unwanted things.
Name: Kogami-Style Aikijutsu
Reading: Kogami Ryū Aikijutsu
Description: Allowed her to throw an opponent from any position.
Name: Flight
Reading: Hikō
Description: Granted the power to fly—or support others in flight.
Name: Song of Purification
Reading: Harai no Uta
Description: A song that purified curses and saved the accursed. Its words of power erased calamity and thoroughly cleansed the space around her.