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Shizuku Yaegashi (
She is the best friend of Kaori Shirasaki and the childhood friend of Kouki Amanogawa and Ryutarou Sakagami.
After both Eri's betrayal and Hiyama's death, Shizuku (along with Ryutarou, Suzu and Kouki) traveled with Hajime Nagumo and his companions to clear the last remaining of the Great Labyrinths to kill Ehit.
After Ehit's demise and having returned to Japan, Shizuku became one of Hajime Nagumo’s wives.
Appearance
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Shizuku is an exceptionally beautiful young woman to the point she is considered a goddess in school, alongside her best friend Kaori. Shizuku has waist-length black hair that is usually tied up in a ponytail with bangs hanging over her forehead and red eyes. She has a trained yet curvy body.
Even Kaori noted she had never seen a girl as pretty as Shizuku when they first met. Shizuku's beauty is also notably more mature compared to Kaori due to her tall height and well-endowed figure to the point Gahard, a womanizer emperor, is deeply infatuated with Shizuku.
Personality
Shizuku is a hardworking, kind and caring girl who passes her time on practicing her swordsmanship. She is regarded as a cool and stoic beauty, but actually has a girlish side that likes cute things, such as the color pink, as well as cute animals like cats and bunnies. She even has a large collection of stuffed animals in her bedroom. She has often hid her true feelings and would put up a brave face, as a front so other people did not worry about her. In the Frost Caverns of Schnee, it is revealed that Shizuku didn't originally want to learn swordsmanship and only practiced it so that so that she wouldn't betray her family's expectations and be praised them for her talent. This lead her to suppress her girly nature, which included her dreams of being a princess and falling in love with a prince who would always save her. Due to this, she harbors a degree of dissatisfaction due to being unable to act as a normal girl and her constantly being forced to look after others instead of having someone take care of her. After falling in love with Hajime, she has come to terms with those feelings.
Shizuku has an extreme aversion towards bugs, such cockroaches, as demonstrated in the final trial of the Haltina Labyrinth, or her frightened reaction towards Hajime's Arachnae golems.
Since her childhood, Shizuku is extremely sharp and wise with an excellent grasp of people's subtleties and relationships. Her kind and compassionate personality won't let her ignore trouble around her giving her a lot of hardships. She's also very smart and capable enough to process things without much explanation which impressed even Hajime Nagumo. Cattleya considered Shizuku to be the brain's of Kouki's party and the most dangerous because she could calmly analyze every situation and come up with an optimal solution, unlike Kouki, who simply charges into a situation without thinking while also letting his emotions control his actions.
One of Shizuku's most notable traits is her loyalty towards her friends or people she finds interesting. She stayed as Kouki's childhood friend despite her desire to cut ties for the sake of avoiding the bullying of other girls that were in love with him. She also would try to steer him on the right path when his habit of interpreting things to his own convenience would lead him astray. In the case of Kaori, she would always try to help her whether it was protecting her or helping her in her pursuit of Hajime's feelings. She even attempted to help Hajime when their classmates would try to bully him and scorn him as she sympathized with his situation due it being similar to her own in the past. After Hajime fell into the Abyss, Shizuku promised Kaori that she would help save him or at least allow Kaori to see his fate despite doubting his survival. Unlike Kouki, Shizuku did not blame Hajime for not warning them earlier of Ehit's true nature as an evil god that led to Eri and Hiyama's betrayal and subsequently the deaths of Meld, Nia, Reichi, and the near destruction of Heiligh Kingdom by the Demon's invasion. Like her teacher Aiko, Shizuku agreed with Hajime's views of how Kouki would never accept it and even angrily deny Hajime's warning due to his misguided justice and bad habit of twisting and interpreting things to his own convenience, and also agreed with Hajime's harsh but correct criticism that he is not obliged to specially put in extra efforts just to suit their convenience and that it is their own carelessness and naivety to blame that they have all nearly died by Eri's treachery, unlike Kouki who still stubbornly tried to pin the blame on Hajime.
Shizuku held tremendous love for her family and having an unbreakable family bond with Shuuzou, Kouichi and Kirino who would celebrate wholeheartedly whenever Shizuku achieved something. Shizuku took to heart all of her grandfather and parents teachings and philosophy, such as treating all disciples of the Yaegashi Dojo as foster family, never abandoning them no matter who much trouble they caused or became lost and misguided such as Kouki. Shizuku had started diligently practicing Yaegashi-ryu martial arts and swordsmanship solely out of family love and not wanting to disappoint her family's expectations. She even went as far as to suppress her true desires to be a normal, feminine girl. Due to her bond with her family, Shizuku was the first to sympathize with Hajime's desire to return back home to Japan for a family reunion with Shuu and Sumire, even if it means abandoning the people of Tortus to their own fates under the Evil God Ehit's malicious oppression, as she correctly guessed that it is Hajime's love for his family that drives his will to fight and survive in Tortus. As during the trip to Verbergen, Shizuku tried to get Kouki to sympathize with Hajime, telling Kouki he cannot force his idealistic justice upon Hajime as what drives Hajime to overcome countless experiences of brutal suffering and hardships ever since he fell into the depths of the Great Orcus Labyrinth, is not a grand and noble desire for justice, but for the sake of the people he loved, including the girls in his harem.
Due to her exceptional wisdom and emotional intelligence, Shizuku is generally one of the most realistic among her classmates. Unlike the idealistic Kouki, optimistic Ryutarou and the oblivious Kaori, Shizuku usually acts as the voice of reason and caution among her class instead of blindly rushing in. Out of all her classmates, Shizuku was one of the only two who immediately knew the full gravity of their situation after they were summoned to Tortus to help fight for Humanity's survival against the Demon Race. Unlike the majority of her friends and other classmates who were swept up in the glamor of having been summoned to another world and being praised by the natives of Tortus, Shizuku immediately figured out that they would soon face the prospect of taking the lives of other sentient beings, and understood that they will likely have to do so in mass, due to now being involved in a war. While she was shocked when Hajime killed Cattleya, she knew she didn't have the right to judge him for his actions because she understood the situation, unlike Kouki who couldn't accept what Hajime had done, even though he had no right to complain after already failing. She even resolved herself to be ready to kill her enemies to better protect her friends, knowing full well it would make her a murderer. Due to her more realistic worldview, as well as her previous cordial relationship with Hajime in Japan, she often took over the role of meditating conflicts between the Hero party's members, especially Kouki and Hajime, due to their clashing outlooks and worldviews.
Despite her kindness, wisdom and patience in taking care of her friends, Shizuku's tolerance ultimately has limits, when Kouki gave into Eri's brainwashing to escape the reality of his failures and mistakes, stubbornly clinged to his delusions and blaming Hajime even after being freed of the brainwashing, Shizuku violently slapped Kouki non-stop, venting all the years of her pent up frustration towards Kouki's childish and misguided righteousness, angrily criticized all of Kouki's irresponsible and delusional behaviour as a spoiled brat who refused to face reality.
When Kaori was trying to learn about anime and manga to get closer to Hajime, Shizuku got dragged into it by Kaori. This made her surprisingly knowledgeable about them herself. She even came to understand an otaku's greatest weakness: they develop many embarrassing chunni habits that haunt them forever. Using this knowledge, she was able to bring Hajime to his knees by threatening to spread all kinds of chunni nicknames about him around Tortus and Japan if he didn't treat Kaori nicely.
Powers & Abilities
- Genius Intellect - Shizuku has exceptional prodigious intelligence. Having an extremely sharp and perceptive mind since the tender age of four, combined with her mental maturity, Shizuku is able to understand and process subjects far more quickly than most of her peers. Alongside Hajime, Shizuku was the first member of her classmates to immediately understand the dangers of being summoned to Tortus compared to others who were at first instantly fascinated by the fantasy-like other world. Her uncannily sharp mind also makes her extremely alert to danger.[4] Shizuku is the only one, aside from Yuka, to have noticed the death trap Eri Nakamura had prepared for her and her entire class due to her instinctive fear and suspicions of the state of hollowness of all the surrounding knights. Even instantly realizing that all of them, including Nia, are actually already dead and re-animated back as undead corpses by necromancy, when Eri revealed her betrayal. Eri, a genius herself, acknowledged that Shizuku is the only one who would pose the greatest hindrance to her master plan. Thus, Eri had to design a more intricate trap of using her personal maid and close friend, Nia to lure Shizuku into getting stabbed and restrained. Shizuku even instantly and correctly deduced that Hiyama was Eri's accomplice in her massacre when Hiyama appeared to be the only one to be able to break free of the shackles that not even Kouki, who originally was the strongest member of their class could not do so. When in reality, Hiyama had pretended to be trapped and injured, as part of Eri's countermeasure towards Kouki, in case Kouki had managed to break free and retaliate. Shizuku was also able to see through the seemingly perfect illusionary world that makes her realize her deepest desires within the Great Haltina Labyrinth, as a fake world and managed to break free of it by herself without any outside interference.
- Enhanced Physical Abilities - After being summoned to Tortus as one of Ehit's heroes, Shizuku was blessed with superhuman physical abilities, excelling in terms of speed and agility. After becoming an apostle hybrid, Shizuku's physical abilities significantly improved.
- Enhanced Strength - While not her strongest area, Shizuku was still blessed with superhuman strength greater than even Meld Loggins, the knight commander of the Heiligh Kingdom. She can easily carry a fully grown person and apply enough force on her Black Blade to slice through most monsters with ease. Her strength greatly increased after becoming an apostle hybrid.
- Immense Speed - Shizuku's fighting style has always focused on speed over power, as she was considered the fastest among the Hero Party. To most on-lookers, Shizuku moves too fast to be seen by the naked eye and can preform multiple attacks in a single second. Her speed greatly increased after becoming an apostle hybrid.
- Enhanced Durability - Through not as sturdy as some of her comrades, such as Ryutarou, Shizuku can still withstand most attacks while still maintaining the strength to fight. Her durability greatly increased after becoming an apostle hybrid.
- Expert Combatant - Shizuku has been trained in martial arts since childhood. While her exact level is unknown, she has grown enough to impress her family when they witness her improved skills.
- Master Swordswoman - Trained since childhood in Yaegashi-ryu, and a talented prodigy in Kenjutsu since a tender age of four in Japan, Shizuku is a peerless swordswoman who never lost a single Kendo tournament. After being blessed with several sword enhancement skills and enhanced physical abilities as a summoned hero and further extensive training, Shizuku became a formidable master swordswoman and one of the strongest members of the Hero Party, being able to defeat all the powerful monsters in the first 89 floors of the Great Orcus Labyrinth. Shizuku's preferred combat style revolves around using Japanese-style swords, instead of the regular Romn/Medieval styled ones used in Tortus. Because of this, she wasn't able to utilize her true skills to their fullest, until Hajime gave her the Black Blade to act as a replacement for her broken sword after her group's rescue in the Great Orcus Labyrinth. After receiving her new katana from Hajime, Shizuku is able to utilize all her Yaegashi-Ryu techniques to their full potential, even when deprived of her sight, Shizuku could deflect sneak attacks from Eri's undead knights with incredible timing and precision. In the Frost Caverns of Schnee Labyrinth, with her newly acquired evolution magic to further enhance her physical abilities and swordsmanship, Shizuku could fight the ice monsters far more effectively than Ryutarou, Suzu, and even Kouki himself. Defeating the ice golem, which was part of the trial more quickly than the three of them, as well as fighting on par with a magical doppelgänger of herself, ultimately defeating it in one strike after she finally started accepting her feelings about Hajime. After returning to Earth, it been described that there is nothing Shizuku can't cut.
- Expert Marksmanship - Like her lover/husband, Hajime, Shizuku is highly talented in marksmanship and has good accuracy when she fires needles from her Black Blade.
- Immense Mana - Being one of Ehit's summoned heroes, Shizuku has more mana when compared to most people of Tortus. After becoming an apostle hybrid, her mana pool grew significantly.
- Yaegashi Style (八重樫流, Yaegashi-ryū?) - A style of samurai martial arts has been developed by the Yaegashi Dojo that has been around for generations. Though it's primarily focused on Kenjutsu, more suitable for weapons like a katana, but it also has Iaijutsu techniques, which utilizes the scabbard, and also Taijutsu techniques, which employed hand-to-hand combat. Shizuku is extremely masterful in this form, due to her natural talent as well as relentless training since her childhood. Since she received a saber in Tortus, she hadn't been able to use them to the fullest, but having received the Black Blade katana from Hajime, Shizuku could utilize them to the fullest.
- Pale Moon (水月, Suigetsu?) - The subject swings their sword in an arc with one hand, then switches with the other hand to finish the arc and form a circle.
- Rippling Pale Moon (水月·漣, Suigetsu Ren?) - The next level of the Pale Moon technique. Ater forming a arc with their sword, the subject would slash at their opponent.
- Rising Dragon (登龍, Tōryū?) - After unleashing a slashing attack, the subject follows up with a jump kick and a finisher with their sheath.
- Vacuum Slash (断空, Dankū?) - It is a technique where the subject holds the sword in its scabbard until the last moment, building up as much force as possible. Then, they release that force all at once.
- Swallow's Gambit (無明打ち, Mumyō-Uchi?) - The subject distracts their opponent with their sword while attacking with the sheath.
- Mountain Tempest (山嵐, Yamaarashi?) - The subject starts by slashing diagonally downward, but then switches grips and swings sideways with her sheath instead.
- Thunderclap (雷突, Raitsuki?) - The subject blocks an attack with their sword, then steps forward and aims their elbow at their opponent's blind spot.
- Slipstream (流水之太刀, Ryūsui no Tachi?) - Using an incoming attack as a pivot point to rotate all the way around an opponent and launch a fast sword slash.
- Helm Splitter (斷兜, Dankabuto?) - By driving one's blade into the opponents' helmet, then following that up by pounding the sheath down on the blade, the user is able to cut through an opponent's helmet and head in one clean stroke. It is one of the few power-based techniques Shizuku employs.
- Blade Reversal (
音刃流 し, Oto ha Nagashi?) - A counter-attack that uses a reverse blade grip and angles the blade to deflect the incoming attack. They then finish by slashing upward using the backhanded grip. - Mirror Bolt (
鏡 雷 , Kyō Rai?) - The subject throws the opponent using Aikido, then attacks them while they are trapped mid-air. - Mist Piercer (
霞 穿 ち, Kasumi Ugachi?) - The subject approaches the enemy, while also leaning back to disrupt their sense of perspective, and would attack them in the head with their sword. - Fang Flight (穿礫, Senreki?) - The subject launches a small projectile at the enemy while they are distracted.
- Reverse Eagle Talon (逆鷲爪, Gyaku Washizume?) - The subject plants one hand on the ground and launches a back kick at the opponent's crotch.
- Double Rake (重爪, Shigetsume?) - A follow-up to the Reverse Eagle Talon technique in the event that it fails. The subject uses the centrifugal force from the initial kick to do a side flip and leap over the opponent's sword. They then use their other leg while they're still spinning to launch another kick at the opponent's head.
- Pale Moon (水月, Suigetsu?) - The subject swings their sword in an arc with one hand, then switches with the other hand to finish the arc and form a circle.
| Level | Strength | Vitality | Defense | Agility | Magic | Magic Defense | "as per" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 450 | 560 | 320 | 1110 | 380 | 380 | LN - Volume 04 |
| 83 | 650 | 760 | 520 | 1480 | 580 | 580 | WN - ch122 |
Note :-
- The base stats given above aren't Shizuku's current stats, as the last time the author provided stats for her in the Web Novel was before she acquired "Evolution Magic" from the Haltina's Labyrinth.
- Sword Mastery (剣術, Kenjutsu?) - A skill that increases the user's proficiency in the art of sword-wielding.
- Supersonic Step (縮地, Shukuji?) - It allows high speed movements by making the ground decrease in distance.
- Explosive Supersonic Step (爆縮地, Bakushuku-chi?)
- Continual Steps (重縮地, Jū Shukuji?) - A skill that allows continuous use of "Supersonic Step".
- Steel Legs (震脚, Shin Kyaku?) - A skill that allows the user to reinforce their legs and increase the power and strength of their kicks.
- No Tempo (無拍子, Mubyōshi?) - A skill that enables movement without preliminary action.
- Foresight (先読, Saki Doku?) - A skill that predicts the incoming attacks of enemies or where they are going to land their next move.
- Projection (投影, Tōei?)
- Sense Presence (気配感知, Kehai Kanchi?) - A skill to sense others.
- Invisibility (隠業, In-gyō?)
- Illusionary Attacks (幻撃, Gengeki?)
- Evolution Magic (昇華魔法, Shōka Mahō?) - One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of Gods," which allows the user to enhance or evolve all other forms of power, be it strong or weak. It can work on even other ancient magics as well, boosting their power and scope. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate information. When it was used to strengthen someone’s stats or skills, it effectively overwrote the "information" of their abilities with something of a higher tier. Evolution magic could also be used to view the information of any person or object, as well as interfere with their total mana capacity.
- Metamorphosis Magic (変成魔法, Hensei Mahō?) - One of the ancient magics originating from the "Age of Gods," 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. The true power of this magic is the ability to manipulate 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 (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.
- Eternal Severance (絶断, Zetsudan?) - A spell that wraps the caster's weapon with mana, and strengthens their attack. "Peerless swordsmanship that rends even the heavens— Eternal Severance!"
Ancient Magic Spells
- Limiter Removal (禁域解放, Kiniki Kaihō?) - Evolution magic that exponentially increases the user's strength, senses, and reflexes.
- Instant Transcendence (瞬時升華, Shunji Masuka?) - Evolution magic that Shizuku developed. It activates instantaneously, thus keeping the caster's mana consumption low and can be used multiple times, as well as making it impossible for the enemy to tell when it will about to be used.
- Supreme Ascendance (極天解放, Gokuten Kaihō?) - The most powerful evolution magic. It enhances the one's abilities even more than "Limiter Removal." "Grant me the power to surpass heaven itself— Supreme Ascendance!"
- Saber (サーベル, Sāberu?) - An artifact given to her by the Heiligh Kingdom. It was slightly curved with an edge was magically sharpened, and it increased the speed of her draw. It was broken during the battle against Cattleya.
- Black Blade (黒刀, Kuro-tō?) - A Kissaki Moroha-Zukuri-style double-edged katana with a black blade made of Azantium that was compressed with creation magic. It was a gift from Hajime to Shizuku to replace her previous sword. Due to its shape, it allows her to utilize her signature Yaegashi Style techniques. Since it is made of Tortus's strongest ore, It has immense strength and cutting power and can cut through almost anything.[5] It also has several functions that are activated if mana is supplied to it, such as the blade can be extended by up to 60 cm, shoot wind blades, be clad with lightning, as well as shoot needles with tremendous force.[5] After Shizuku had acquired evolution magic, Hajime upgraded and given it the power to cut through souls with spirit magic. Shizuku had then further improved that ability with her own evolution magic, which had led to the birth of the skill "True Strike". It was also upgraded with gravity magic to cut through gravity, spatial magic to cut space itself, and restoration magic to repair itself automatically. With the help of spirit and metamorphosis magic, it became a living sword that can only be controlled by Shizuku.[6]
The following are the abilities enchanted in the sword by Hajime.- Thunder Blossom (雷華, Raika?) - An electric slash in a form of a flower released from the sword.
- Shock Slugger (衝破, Shōha?) - It converts all the mana poured into the sword's sheath into powerful shockwaves.
- Force Pulse (爪閃, Tsume-sen?) - A slash that sends out multiple streaks of light.
- Gale (疾, Shitsu?) - It shoots out blades of wind.
- Sonic Slice (飛閃, Hisen?) - It unleashes a blast of wind.
- Confluence (引天, Hikiten?) - It gathers the energy from multiple attacks and releases it as a single massive attack.
- Severance (離天, Riten?) - A repulsion skill to blow the enemies away.
- Gravity Flash (重閃, Jūsen?) - It removes gravity's pull on whatever it touches for a few seconds.
- Flash Blitz (閃華, Senka?) - It cuts through space and can only be defended against by one that possesses spatial magic.
- True Strike (真閃, Masen?) - By combining spirit magic enchanted into her katana and her own evolution magic, Shizuku can cut through an enemy's intangible elements. This includes their soul, mana, stamina, mental state, and even the various positive and negative spells that were affecting them, without harming their body.
- Hundred Onyx Blades (黑妖刀・百刃, Kuro Yōtō Hyakujin?) - A series of katanas that had been crafted with the same underlying blueprint as Hajime’s "Living Bullets". Shizuku had trained them all in the Yaegashi sword style, so their skill is comparable to her own. They were created with creation magic and enchanted with the other types of ancient magic. They are enchanted with gravity magic to allow them to fly through the air, spatial magic to make them nigh impossible to block, restoration magic to repair themselves automatically, spirit magic to feel souls, evolution magic to have an enhanced grade, and metamorphosis magic to grant them a small modicum of intelligence, thus making them katanas-shaped golems and Shizuku can control them via telepathy, making them easy for her to coordinate. The katanas are also enchanted with the ability to convert mana into shockwaves, which allows them to withstand high-density attacks.
- Aerodynamic-Enchanted Boots (空力ブーツ, Kūryoku Būtsu?) - A pair of boots that are imbued with "Aerodynamic" to allow the user to walk mid-air. They are also imbued with Gravity Rock that enable them to walk on walls.
- Restoration Magic Hairclip - A hand-crafted hairclip artifact made out of a pearl-like ore with high magic affinity imbued with restoration magic which Hajime gave Shizuku to heal her fatigue and injuries from fighting her doppelgänger. It has a simple and elegant design of numerous dancing leaves and a morning mist.
- Treasure Trove (
宝 物 庫 , Hōmotsuko?) - A ring-shaped artifact that had small one centimeter ruby set in its center. The ruby was actually an artificially created dimensional space where things could be stored. - Skyboard (スカイボード, Sukaibōdo?) - A surfboard that lets the user surf through the sky. It wrapped the user in a spatial magic barrier to cut down air resistance and used gravity magic to emulate flight. Its average cruising speed was around 200km/h, though those with larger mana pools could accelerate them to 300km/h. However, it took a lot of mana to operate.
- Airzone (エアゾーン, Eazōn?) - A necklace artifact that modulates the climate to be at optimal temperature for its wearer.
- Airzone Revised (エアゾーン
改 , Eazōn Kai?) - An upgraded version of the Airzone necklace that also filters toxic substances in the atmosphere.
- Airzone Revised (エアゾーン
- CheatMate (チートメイト, Chītomeito?) - A food-type artifact comprised of nutritional minerals, such as calcium and iron, that are enchanted with metamorphosis and evolution magic. They are then turned into powder and transmuted to became a solid food block. Once consumed, it raises a person's base stats and increases their body's sturdiness.
- CheatMate - Drink Version (チートメイトＤｒ, Chītomeito Dr?) - A drink version of CheatMate that has the same abilities, and it can also heal and cure debuffs, and even specifically counter regeneration negation.
- Gate Key (ゲートキー, Gētokī?) - A key imbued with spatial magic that opens a portal between Shizuku's and Hajime's houses.
- 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 Kouki): "Kouki, you don’t even know the first thing about Nagumo-kun. Not about what he was like in Japan, or what he’s like now. All of those girls looked happy to be with him, you know that? You’re the one ignoring reality and interpreting things however you want... Even though all you really want is to convince yourself that Nagumo-kun’s some kind of demon who doesn’t deserve Kaori. If that’s not making baseless assumptions, I don’t know what is."[5]
- (To Hajime about Kaori in Noint's body) "But, why in that body? Was Kaori’s body no longer alright? I thought that you guys could somehow manage to heal up the wound that was inflicted on her heart with recovery magic though..."[4]
- (To Hajime and his companions): "Nagumo-kun, Yue-san, Shea-san, Tio-san. Thank you so much for saving my best friend’s life. You’ve done so much for me, and I honestly can’t think of any way to repay you, but... at least know that I’ll never forget this debt. If there’s anything, anything at all that I can do for you, don’t hesitate to ask. I’ll do it in a heartbeat."[4]
- (To Hajime) "Can I join you too? As a favor. Just having one God's age magic would make a world of a difference when tackling the other Great Labyrinths."
- (To Kouki): "Kouki, I know you're feeling frustrated at the gap in your strength and his. But remember, he didn't start out that strong. He earned that strength by crawling out of hell despite being the weakest one of us. Everything he has now is a result of his unbreakable determination. And what he's determined to do isn't kill the gods or save the world. It's something a lot simpler. He's fighting for the sake of those close to him."[1]
- (To her doppelgänger): "I won’t give up. I’ll find a way to get the things I want. Even if I have to fight you over and over, I won’t give up."[7]
- (To Hajime): "Nagumo-kun, I want to hurry up and meet Kaori. Not just her, but Yue, Shea, and Tio too. And then— I’ll tell them that I fell in love with you, Nagumo-kun. I don’t know how they’ll react, but I’ve been thinking I should be more honest with myself."[7]
- (To Hajime's love interests): "Yue, Shea, Tio... Kaori. I learned a lot from this trial. It taught me what bad habits I need to fix, and what my true feelings are. I know Nagumo-kun already has Yue and Shea, and I know you love him too, Kaori. I realize this makes me a horrible person. But even so..."[8]
- (To Kouki): "Kouki. I’m in love with Nagumo-kun. And I want to be together with him."[8]
Etymology
- The name "Shizuku" means "droplet" (雫?).
- Shizuku's surname "Yaegashi" means "eight" (八, ya?), "multilayered" (重, e?) and "evergreen oak" (樫, kashi/gashi?).
Trivia
- Ryo Shirakome based Shizuku off of Kaori Kanzaki from A Certain Magical Index.[9] Her English voice actress Morgan Garett also voices Tio Klarus.
- Hajime considers Shizuku as a Yaegashi-Style kunoichi.
- Shizuku's family has been shown to have two different sides to their dojo with the 'Reverse Side' being something close to resembling ninjutsu though her family constantly denies this.
- Shizuku is shown to be extremely popular among the female population on Earth and on Tortus to the point where they created a (semi) secret organization to covertly watch her (Tortus Branch) and to separate her from Hajime who they believe is no good for her (Earth Branch). Both organization call themselves the Soul Sisters.
- In the Light Novel and Manga, Shizuku's combat outfit originally included a breastplate and a pauldron over her left shoulder.
- Whenever Shizuku gets embarrassed about certain situations (mostly revolving around Hajime or any of her secrets being revealed), she hides her face with her ponytail as a way to hide herself and her humiliation (which has been comically referred to as the "ponytail guard" by Hajime and the others).
- Shiizuku is a D cup.[10]
- Shizuku's favorite animals are rabbits.[11]
- Shizuku was ranked second in the "BOOK☆WALKER ARIFURETA BEST WAIFU CONTEST".[12]
- Shizuku's experience in the Great Haltina Labyrinth was so traumatic for her that she can not eat any food covered with black sesame seeds, due to it reminding her too much of the cockroaches that served as the final guardian.[13]
- Shizuku's saber was forged by Ruth Orcus.[14]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Light Novel Volume 07
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 431
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 192
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Light Novel Volume 06
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Light Novel Volume 04
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 167
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Light Novel Volume 09
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Light Novel Volume 10
- ↑ Arifureta Afterword of Afterword
- ↑ Arifureta Official Design Works
- ↑ Twiter Commemorative Project for Over 50,000 Followers
- ↑ Arifureta Best Waifu Contest
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 432
- ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 450
| 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 |