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Aiko Hatayama (
She is a high school social studies teacher, who along with her students from Japan, was involved in the summoning incident and ended up in Tortus.
Appearance
Aiko is a petite woman often described as having a childlike figure by others. She has short dark-brown hair and brown eyes (green eyes in the anime).
As a teacher, she wears white shirt with a grey blazer (pink in the anime), a white neck scarf, a dark-brown skirt, brown stockings and dark heeled-shoes.
Personality
Aiko is a very responsible teacher and cares a lot for her students. She often misunderstands the peoples feelings of affection for her as being friendly. Even as a child, she would always focus on obeying the rules and reprimand anyone that broke them.
She had a strong moral nature, can be very stubborn and carries the belief that as a teacher, she should always protect her students and support them. This causes her to be too idealistic, to the point where she often contradicts herself. Such as not wanting to get her students to be involved in anything dangerous or to solve their problems through violence, yet later convincing her student Hajime to risk his life to protect the town of Ur when it was under the threat of a monster invasion, something she knew as a contradiction of her own beliefs. Furthermore, she attempts to reason with Yukitoshi and even wants to save his life after he tried to kill her.
After recognizing how most of her ideals were meaningless without the will to act, Aiko resolves herself to better protect her students instead of being the one being protected. This is displayed when she chooses to fight against the Holy Church alongside Tio. While she admit she didn't regret her actions after the battle, her strong morals still causes her a lot of pain because she had been responsible for the deaths of many people. She also stops trying to force her ideals on to others and now takes the time to consider the reasons for their actions, instead of expecting them to go along with her wishes.
Aiko is also very charismatic, leading her to be worshiped as a deity in Tortus. This is the result of her hard working nature, strong moral character and her cute appearance. She has always been terrible at keeping secrets and tends to openly express her feelings, which makes it easy for those who know her to guess what is bothering her. This allows her family and childhood friend Taichi Furukawa to figure out her lover is actually one of her students.
After becoming one of Hajime's wives, Aiko picks up some of his excessive traits. This includes being brutal against anyone that would threaten her family, and using her magic in ways that defy common sense, without consideration. Furthermore, she has developed a need to use her spirt magic to help anyone in need of mental healing, to the post of her being obsessive about it. Although she still fundamentally opposes using violence, she has resolved herself to take aggressive action in order to protect those that she cares for.
Powers & Abilities
- Keen Intellect - Aiko's intelligence is high enough to be a high school teacher. While having little battle experience and having a non-combat job, Aiko can be creative with how to uses her skills. By using her Farmer skills to produce flammable gases, she was able to increase the power of Tio's dragonbreath, allowing them to bypass the barrier around the Holy Church's Main Cathedral and blow it up. Even Tio is deeply impressed how Aiko managed to weaponize her fertility magic for battle. Her genius has managed to cause Ehit's human worshipers to turn against him to leave Tortus as a godless world as well clearing her student, Hajime Nagumo's name from his falsely accused heresy. Aiko possess good memory and attention to detail, often impressing Hajime when she remembers exactly what he said and realize the meaning behind them.
- Enhanced Physical Abilities - Although she was not the strongest member of the Hero Party in terms of physical prowess, Aiko was still blessed with physical abilities that made her stronger than the average person. After becoming an apostle hybrid, Aiko's physical abilities significantly increased.
- Immense Mana - Aiko has a larger mana pool compared to most people on Tortus, even amongst most of her students. After becoming an apostle hybrid, Aiko's mana pool grown significantly.
- Magic Master - Aiko has one of the highest magic aptitudes among Ehit's summoned heroes, having outstanding affinity in fertility magic due to her non-combat job of Farmer. Aiko mainly uses her magic to significantly improve the soil fertility of large farm lands for producing food, and was even capable of restoring a barren wasteland that was badly damaged by the aftermath of Hajime's battle against Shimizu's monster army within a short period of time. Aiko's mastery of fertility magic became so great she is worshipped as the Fertility Goddess by the people of Tortus. Aiko could even fertilize the entire area of the Divine Mountain surrounding the Holy Church on a wide range, producing immense amount of flammable gases that could immensely enhanced the destructive power of Tio's dragonbreath, generating a massively powerful explosion that not only completely destroyed the barrier but also the Holy Church Main Cathedral and even shook the entire Divine Mountain itself. Hajime even compared the effects to an atomic bomb explosion. After clearing the Great Barn Labyrinth alongside Hajime and Tio, Aiko was bestowed with Age of Gods spirit magic, which she can also wield with great skill, even combining it with her own fertility magic to create her own unique composite magic.
| Level | Strength | Vitality | Defense | Agility | Magic | Magic Defense | "as per" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 100 | 10 | LN - Volume 01 |
| 56 | 190 | 380 | 190 | 310 | 820 | 280 | LN - Volume 06 |
Note :-
- The base stats given above aren't Aiko's current stats, as the last time the author provided stats for her was during the 'Demon Invasion' on the "Heiligh Kingdom".
- Soil Management (土壌管理, Dojō Kanri?) - Allows the user to manage soil.
- Soil Restoration (土壌回復, Dojō Kaifuku?) - Allows the user to restore soil.
- Automatic Restoration (自動回復, Jidō Kaifuku?) - Allows the user to automatically restore soil.
- Large-scale Cultivation (範囲耕作, Han'i Kōsaku?) - Allows the user to conduct large-scale cultivation.
- Enhanced Fertilization (成長促進, Seichō Sokushin?) - Allows the user to enhance fertilization.
- Selective Breeding (品種改良, Hinshu Kairyō?) - Allows the user to selectively breed plants.
- Plant Appraisal (植物系鑑定, Shokubutsu-kei Kantei?) - Allows the user to appraise plants.
- Fertilizer Production (肥料生成, Hiryō Seisei?) - Allows the user to produce fertilizer.
- Mixed Breeding (混在育成, Konzai Ikusei?) - Allows the user to mix breed plants.
- Auto Harvesting (自動収穫, Jidō Shūkaku?) - Allows the user to automatically harvest plants.
- Fermentation Proficiency (発酵操作, Hakkō Sōsa?) - Allows the user to be proficient in fermentation.
- Wide-area Temperature Control (範囲温度調整, Han'i Ondo Chōsei?) - Allows the user to control the temperature in a wide-scale.
- Farming Barrier (農場結界, Nōjō Kekkai?) - Allows the user to create a farming barrier.
- Fertile Rain (豊穣天雨, Hōjō Tenu?) - Allows the user to create fertile rain.
- Spirit Magic (魂魄魔法, Konpaku Mahō?) - One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of Gods," which allows the user to manipulate the soul of a living being directly. It's possible to revive a living being back from the dead (time restriction applicable), or transfer the soul of a living being from one body to another, or even into a non-physical body as well, practically granting any living being immortality. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate the incorporeal elements of sentient beings. This included heat, electricity and other matterless energy that circulated within a person's body. That also included memories, thoughts and consciousness. With enough skill, a spirit magic user could take those incorporeal elements, duplicate them, and create a new soul out of them.
- Language Comprehension (言語理解, Gengo Rikai?) - 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.
Spirit Magic
- Soul Shock (衝魂, Shōkon?) - A spell that bypasses all defense and strikes the soul directly.
- Soul's Repose (鎮魂, Chinkon?) - A spell that soothes the spirits of those it touches, granting them relief. "Bring light to the souls who have lost their spark! End this nightmare with your radiance— Soul’s Repose!"
- Soul Possession (擬魂附身, Gitama Tsukeme?) - It creates lesser copies of the caster’s soul, which can be used to take over corpses. "I command you in the name of Aiko Hatayama! Fleeting, ethereal lives, rise once more to smite your foes- Soul Possession!"
Composite Spells
- Pseudo Soul War Tree (
疑魂戦樹 , Gikonsengi?) - A spell that combines Aiko's affinity for plants with spirit magic. It allows her to transform trees and control them as weapons. "Healthily, comfortably, intensely grow, and strike the enemy." - Forest Creation (樹海顕界, Jukai Genkai?) - Aiko's strongest defensive spell. Using the Protection Wand, she can summon a sea of trees of various meters high around herself that are imbued with pseudo souls, and can transform into a type of Treants with special characteristics based in chess pieces and great strength. Additionally, there will be a mist around the sea of trees which disturbed the perception of others. "Vigorously, comfortably, increase a lot, fill with greenery."
- Rosario - An artifact created by Hajime for the final battle against Ehit. It aids her with her spirit magic.
- Treasure Trove (
宝 物 庫 , Hōmotsuko?) - A ring-shaped artifact that had small one-centimeter ruby set in its center. The ruby is actually an artificially created dimensional space where things could be stored. - Gate Key (ゲートキー, Gētokī?) - A key imbued with spatial magic that opens a portal between Aiko's and Hajime's houses.
- Grim Reapers (グリムリーパー, Gurimurīpā?) - During an attack by mind-controlled cultists on her family, Aiko utilized several Grim Reaper golems that were stored in spheres found in Hajime's house.
- Champion (チャンピオン, Chanpion?) - A kangaroo-type Grim Reaper that specialize in hand-to-hand combat. Its punches are the same like a strike of a mass of iron.
- Protection Wand (守護杖, Shugo Tsue?) - A 30 cm long rod made from a combination of wood from Earth's King Tree and various ores. It could connect with the dark Divine Spirit Laila, and grant its wielder access to her power. It also has the power vastly increase Aiko’s farming skills, and her spirit magic.
- Smartphone (スマートフォン, Sumātofon?) - A hybrid smartphone that combines modern technology with a crystal display made in another world. It can contact other worlds, fire lasers of concentrated super small sunlight with the thickness of a needle, and it also continuously takes the vital data of the owner, and in the case the owner’s vital entered critical stage because of some abnormality, the smartphone automatically opens a small gate, firing the light of the satellite type restoration magic radiator artifact operating outside the earth’s atmosphere, Bel Agarta.
Quotes
- (To Hajime): "Nagumo-kun, I understand that you have your own principles, and that you’ve already decided your path for the future. I won’t try to change that, but I also think that no matter which future you choose, it’s... too lonely to only live by ignoring everyone aside from those you care about. If you keep going like this, neither you nor the people you cherish will find happiness. If you want to find happiness... you can’t lose sight of your kindness or empathy. You have to think of other people, even if it’s only a little. Those are valuable qualities you possessed from the start... Please don’t throw them away."[2]
- (To Hajime): "I would never wish for something like that. I’m truly happy you came here to save me. It’s true that I still haven’t come to terms with what happened to Shimizu-kun... Honestly, I doubt I ever really will... Still, I’d like to think... that I at least understand why you pulled the trigger. I don’t hate you for it, or bear any sort of grudge."[3]
- (To Hajime): "I was unable to tell you back then, so I’d like to tell you now. Thank you so much for saving my life. And I’m sorry I forced you to kill a classmate."[3]
- (To Tio): "Despite how I look, my magic is as strong as Amanogawa-kun’s. I may not have any combat experience, but... I can at least support you! Honestly... I’m terrified of fighting fellow humans. Still, at this point, there’s no other choice. I understand now that empty idealism will get me nowhere! If I want to get my students safely back to Japan, then I can’t run away. I have to stand before my students and fight for them!"[3]
- (To allied forces): "There’s no need to despair, everyone! Even now, I’m certain that Nagumo-kun is continuing the fight against the evil god! The fact that the apostles have fallen and the Sanctuary is breaking is proof that god is struggling! I’m sure that Nagumo-kun will find a way to stop the destruction from spreading to the rest of the world, so hold fast! Pray not to god but for Nagumo-kun’s victory! Let him know that we’re supporting him from down here!"[4]
- (To Hajime): "Nagumo-kun, you promised you’d return. You’re not allowed to break your promises. As your teacher, I won’t allow it."[4]
Etymology
- The name "Aiko" means "love, affection" (愛, ai?) and "child" (子, ko?).
- Aiko's surname "Hatayama" means "field" (畑, hata?) and "mountain, hill" (山, yama?).
Trivia
- In the Manga, the first kanji in Aiko's surname (畑) is pronounced "Hatake" (はたけ), thus making her surname "Hatakeyama."[5]
- Aiko managed to obtain spirit magic from the Labyrinth at the Divine Mountain despite not having met one of its conditions for completion, in which a person must have already completed two Labyrinths. The reason is likely because she was with Hajime and Tio at the time.
- Aiko has many similarities with Tamae Okamine from Date A Live.
- Aiko is an A cup.[6]
- Aiko is the third oldest of Hajime's wives.
- Aiko's Protection Wand artifact is very similar to the wand wielded by the Liberator Lyutillis Haltina from Arifureta Zero. They are both even spelled using the same kanji.
References
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 360
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 03
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Light Novel Volume 06
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Light Novel Volume 13
- ↑ Manga - Chapter 1
- ↑ Arifureta Official Design Works
| Returnees |
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| Aiko Hatayama • Hajime Nagumo • Kaori Shirasaki • Shizuku Yaegashi • Kouki Amanogawa • Ryutarou Sakagami • Suzu Taniguchi • Kousuke Endou • Yuka Sonobe • Mao Yoshino • Nana Miyazaki • Taeko Sugawara • Ayako Tsuji • Atsushi Tamai • Akito Nimura • Noboru Aikawa • Jugo Nagayama • Kentarou Nomura • Shinji Nakano • Yoshiki Saitou • Yuya Suzuki • Nao Arakawa • Shouta Mori • Mei Fujimoto • Sakura Aizawa • Rika Miura • Kana Yokoyama • Shiori Mizushima • Kotone Hoshino |
| Others |
| Yue • Shea Haulia • Tio Klarus • Remia • Myu • Liliana S. B. Heiligh |