Suzu Taniguchi

Suzu Taniguchi is a major character from the "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō" series.

She is one of the students from Japan who got involved in the Summoning Incident, and ended up in Tortus along with her other classmates. She was friends with Eri Nakamura, and was part of Kouki Amanogawa's party during the training in Orcus Dungeon.

Appearance
Suzu is a very short girl with short hair styled into twin-tails that reaches her shoulders and and has light brown eyes.

Personality
Suzu is the mood-maker of her class as she is usually very cheery and likes to lighten the mood. She also kind of perverted at times towards her friends.

After she and the rest of her class is betrayed by Eri, Suzu becomes more depressed when she learns that Eri never considered her to be a friend, but she also more focused and determined in order to find a way to talk with her once again. Her determination was strong enough to convince Hajime to give her, Kouki, Shizuku and Ryutarou another chance to conquer a labyrinth.

Weapons & Equipment
The following are the abilities enchanted in the fans by Hajime.
 * Bracelets - a pair of bracelets that helped strengthen her barrier magic. They were destroyed after Hajime Nagumo tried to enhance them with new abilities.
 * Twin Iron Fans - two iron-ribbed fans created by Hajime. They are bound to Suzu’s mana and blood, so only she can use them. They are able to reduce the length of Suzu's chants, and can enhance any defensive spells channeled through them thanks to evolution magic. Her fans also absorb trace amount of her mana at all times and store it for future use, as well as reducing the mana consumption of spells cast with them. There are jewels attached to the handle of each fan that allows her to summon various monsters that she controls. Each fan has a specific ability that complements each other. The right fan is used to cast traditional barrier spells, while the left fan can add secondary effects to those barriers, allowing Suzu to use composite magic.
 * Blazing Hallowed Ground - a composite spell that combines fire magic and barrier magic. It creates a superheated zone inside the barrier.
 * Aerodynamic-Enchanted Boots - they allow Suzu to walk mid-air.
 * Inaba - Inaba was a kick rabbit that witnessed Hajime's battle with the claw bear, which was the lord of the floor that it resided in. After seeing Hajime's victory over the claw bear, it drank the God Water that transformed Hajime and decided to train to become stronger so he could see Hajime, who he viewed as the lord of the floor after defeating the claw bear. Suzu found him on the 19th floor of the Orcus Labyrinth when she was looking for creatures to tame with metamorphosis magic. Inaba had recognized the equipment on her as of Hajime's design and subsequently allowed himself to be transformed by her. She later becomes her trusted companion and always fights alongside, always supporting her and being strong enough to fight 3 demon rangers.

Magical Abilities

 * Magic Master - As a barrier master, Suzu has the highest aptitude for barrier magic among Ehit's heroes. She can deploy high level barriers in rapid success with little difficulties. Through her intense training, Suzu has improved her skills greatly, earning praise from Yue. After gaining metamorphosis magic, she became able to control and strengthen monster from the Orcus Labyrinth.

Skills

 * Barrier Magic Aptitude
 * Mana Efficiency Up - a skill that makes the user efficient in using magic.
 * High-speed Invocation Up
 * Remote Manipulation - a skill to remotely control magic from afar.
 * Continuous Activation
 * Light Magic Affinity - it allows the user to use light magic at a capable rate.
 * Barrier Aptitude Link
 * Metamorphosis Magic - one of the "Ancient Magics" originating from the "Age of God", which allows a user to remake the form of a normal being and reform them into a different form. Normally it's used to remake a normal organism and turn it into a monster, or even manipulate the magic stone of a monster and remake them. But the true power of this magic is the ability to 'interfere with any organic material'. Meaning not only animals, but it's also possible to remake plants or intelligent beings, and reform their structure as needed. Even byproducts of organic material, like paper or food, can also be manipulated by this magic. The magic stone which gets created during the process is just a byproduct of the process.
 * Language Comprehension - a base skill granted to all those who got summoned. It gives the user the ability to understand any language and be proficient in it.

Spells/Attacks

 * Absolute Virtue - a magic which needs a chant to create barriers.
 * Beyond Heaven - creates dozens of shields, but they are not very strong.
 * Light Halo - invokes light halos to act as defensive barriers. The halos can be shaped into various objects like a net.
 * Sacred Shields - an advanced version of the basic light spell, "Holy Shield", that allows the caster to deploy multiple Holy Shields at once.
 * Hallowed Ground - it creates an impenetrable barrier that can't be broken by normal means, but does have some limitations. It separates a particular area from other areas and not people from people, so enemies within the AOE would not be pushed away. It also consumes a lot of mana and can only be used for a minute. "Reject all malice and let this be a holy ground that denies thine enemies passage — Hallowed Ground!”
 * Hallowed Ground - Dispersal - causes the Hallowed Ground barrier to diffuse the energy of anything that it comes into contact with.
 * Holy Severance - creates a powerful barrier that surrounds both her and any ally in range.
 * Holy Severance - Burst - causes the Holy Severance barrier to explode with intense power.
 * Holy Severance - World - overlaps multiple Holy Severance's into a sturdy defensive barrier that can even resist the Disintegration ability of a Apostle by constantly replenishing the barrier.
 * Holy Severance - Sakura - releases a storm of shining fragments of radiance like a sakura storm. Any enemy which touches the petal ray will be cut while the petals can form into a barrier of Holy Severance. This spell combines offense and defense.
 * Holy Severance - Falling Flower of Light - Suzu's trump card. A combination spell of "Holy Severance - Sakura" and "Holy Severance - Burst".  After the initial defensive barrier is destroyed, it unleashes a storm of exploding sakura flowers to annihilate the enemy. This spell was powerful enough to significantly injure Eri, who had undergone the Apostle transformation which increased her physical abilities.

Stats
Suzu's stats as per "Web Novel - Chapter 122"

Note :-
 * The base stats given above aren't Suzu's current stats, as the last time the author provided stats for her in the Web Novel was before the Haltina's Labyrinth trial.

Trivia

 * The name Suzu means "bell" (鈴).
 * Suzu's surname Taniguchi means "valley" (谷) (tani) and "mouth, entrance" (口) (guchi).
 * These words combined mean "mouth of a valley".
 * Prior to dating Ryutarou Sakagami, Suzu was only confessed to once by an old man from her neighborhood.