History Characters / KonoSubaAqua

A water goddess who meets Kazuma in the afterlife and introduces him to the world setting, mocking him all the way for his embarrassing demise, to which he responded by picking her as his "cheat item". The celestial bureaucracy looked quite happy to be rid of her, even giving her a condition that she can only return if she and Kazuma defeat the Demon King.

* AintTooProudToBeg:
** She asks a priest to give her some money when she and Kazuma first arrive in the new world because she's a goddess. He doesn't believe her, but gives them some anyway when he mentions that he saw how they were unable to pay the guild registration fee earlier. Later she regularly begs for Kazuma to give her some spare earnings.
** While she normally forgoes honorifics, she is quick to address Kazuma with "-san" whenever something scares her into begging for his help. She'll even resort to calling him "Kazuma-sama" when truly desperate.

** In the Vanir spin-off she reveals that the only reason she hasn't wiped Vanir off the face of the earth (which, judging by their actual battle is no baseless threat), is because she thought tthat doing so would make Wiz sad.

** Occasionally has these moments which leaves Kazuma in awe, and commenting on her acting like an actual Goddess. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Which is usually soon diminished by her screwing it up in some fashion.]]
** In the Vanir spin-off she reveals that the only reason she hasn't wiped Vanir off the face of the earth (which, judging by their actual battle shows is no baseless threat), is because she thought doing so would make Wiz sad.

* OddFriendship: With Wiz. Despite trying to kill the lich during and after their first encounter, she enjoys receiving Wiz's fawning respect and recognition. As one of the few who defends her eccentric behavior and admonishes Kazuma's punishments, Wiz became a rare non-worshiper she goes out of her way to not make unhappy, even when requires Aqua [[PetTheDog to go against her selfishness]].

* GeniusDitz: Aqua is hypercompetent on a few topics, and her stupidity is better defined as having a short attention span and being naïve than truly lacking creativity or knowledge.
** As a water goddess she has exceptional scientific knowledge of hydrogen and oxygen molecular structure. This not only includes pure water, but anything using the "OH" molecule such as alcoholic drinks.

** On the rare occasions she cooks meals, she has proven to be a gourmet chef of impossible caliber. Most often uses it to recreate junk food from Earth, such as potato chips and rice crackers.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Despite her increased mortality since being banished from the realm of the gods, Aqua is still a magical powerhouse. She has full access to water-elemental and holy-attribute spells, some of which are exclusive to deities. Many abilities were naturally inherited as a goddess, allowing her to waste any skill points she earns from adventuring for useless party tricks, yet still possessing a wealth of useful spells.

** Her treatment towards Wiz. She constantly tries to kill her, ruin her already struggling business, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking sprinkle holy water on her shop's door handles so it burns her when she tries to open it]], and other potentially deadly pranks. Even she's aware that her actions go way beyond her duties as a goddess and that she's just being petty.

* BrainlessBeauty: According to Kazuma, the only good thing she has going for her are her looks and not much else.

** Despite constantly bickering with him, she and Kazuma stick together through thick and thin. For example, when Kyouya complains over her poor living conditions with Kazuma, she replies that she doesn't mind so long as she's having fun. Also, she decides not to bother Kazuma after the saving the latter from female orcs and realizing that he was traumatized.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the manga, Aqua doesn't make fun of Kazuma's death nearly as much as she does in the anime and the light novel.

* AgeInsecurity: She threatens Kazuma with divine punishment when he asks her how old she is, considering that she's at least old enough to have sent the inventor of the Destroyer to the other world.

* GoodShepherd: When she is acting according to her role as an Archpriest, it is like she is a completely different person. The scene where she lays the lich Peele to rest shows a great deal of empathy and compassion, and it is all the more notable considering she was talking to an undead. Even Kazuma recognizes this, and it puzzles him.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Unlike every other woman he knows, Kazuma can't see Aqua as attractive in a romantic or sexual sense. Instead, she's like an annoying sister that he can't stand, but still cares about her.

* MsFanservice: Aqua is attractive and fairly curvy, and a recurring visual gag in the anime implies she's not wearing panties, or even a bra, given her frequent bouncing.

* TheNotLoveInterest: Aqua is Kazuma's first companion who he drags to the other world with him and she becomes a member of his BattleHarem. However, unlike Megumin and Darkness, Aqua never develops feelings beyond friendship for Kazuma and vice versa. She does get annoyed she's the only girl he never perves on, but only because [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe she takes it as her not being attractive enough for him to lust after her]].

* PlatonicLifePartners: Notably one of the few heroines of an isekai genre story who does not end up being a love interest to TheProtagonist, along with the only one of Kazuma's party that doesn't fall in love with him. Even so, they still eventually become as close as a man and woman can ever be without being in love, or related.

* SetBonus: She is at her most powerful when wielding the regalia of her divinity. Specifically her [[InfinityPlusOneSword flower staff]] and [[ArmorOfInvincibility translucent raiment]]. Out of laziness [[PlotInducedStupidity she doesn't carry them]] while adventuring (because the former is often as an improvised drying rack, and the latter is placed amongst the dirty laundry to clean/purify them) though she can [[SummonToHand summon them]] within a few seconds.

* VaporWear:
** [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/topstrongest/images/3/3b/Aqua_%28Megami_189%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160701184435 As seen here]], clearly doesn't wear panties underneath her skirt.
** One of the factors that came into the fold when the story was adapted for animation is that Aqua doesn't wear chest support either. She's very free under her clothes, '''and very bouncy'''.

* HypocriticalHumor: Frequently calls Kazuma a {{NEET}}, even though she's not exactly known for her work ethic. She also frequently calls Kazuma a shut-in, but she herself doesn't show too much interest in going outdoors and prefers to spend her time indoors, often needing Megumin or Darkness to convince her to stop lazing on the sofa in front of the fireplace, or needing Kazuma to threaten her via confiscation of her valuables, such as her staff, her raiment, or even her alcohol.

* SenpaiKohai: Eris is her junior as a goddess, so the fact that the former's religion is so much more successful than hers is something of a sore spot for her. However, it also means that some of Eris' faithful show her respect for being their goddess's senior.

* JerkassHasAPoint: In the Season 2 OVA, when Kazuma is [[BlatantLies claiming to want to uncover the secret in a set ruins to prevent it from causing any danger in the future]] [[note]]he just wants to find the RobotGirl the man who created The Mobile Fortress Destroyer left behind[[/note]]. Aqua points out to him that if keeps going to find the secret, then something dangerous will come out, Aqua will cry, Darkness will get excited from the danger, Megumin will blow up the ruins, and they will all get hit with a bill from the Guild for the destruction of the ruins. She was absolutely correct.

* JerkassHasAPoint: In the Season 2 OVA, when Kazuma is [[BlatantLies claiming to want to overcover the secret in a set ruins to prevent it from causing any danger in the future]] [[note]]he just wants to find the RobotGirl the man who created The Mobile Fortress Destroyer left behind[[/note]]. Aqua points out to him that if keeps going to find the secret, then something dangerous will come out, Aqua will cry, Darkness will get excited from the danger, Megumin will blow up the ruins, and they will all get hit with a bill from the Guild for the destruction of the ruins. She was absolutely correct.

** [[http://topstrongest.wikia.com/wiki/File:Aqua_(Megami_189).jpg As seen here]], clearly doesn't wear panties underneath her skirt.

* SempaiKohai: Eris is her junior as a goddess, so the fact that the former's religion is so much more successful than hers is something of a sore spot for her. However, it also means that some of Eris' faithful show her respect for being their goddess's senior.

-->'''Aqua reciting her First Commandment:''' ''Aqua forgives all. Thou shalt [[BuxomIsBetter love big breasts]]. Thou shalt [[PetitePride love small breasts]]. The Axis {{Cult}} teaches forgiveness in all things, even dost thou a {{Lolicon|AndShotacon}}, a {{NEET}}, or love [[LittleBitBeastly animal-eared girls]]. If thou detest undead and [[HotAsHell devil girls]], have love in thine heart, and obey the Law, [[{{Forgiveness}} all will be forgiven]].''

* WaterfallPuke: She does it after drinking too much, [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/puking-rainbows in rainbow colors]].

* BunnyEarsLawyer: For all her incompetence and stupidity, she has an undeniable gift of rhetoric (which may come with being a goddess of the arts), which convinced many a deceased otherworlder to reincarnate as heroes in the fantasy world, even if that includes people of more dubious morals, such as Kazuma. When her fellow gods allowed her to be banished into the world with Kazuma, [[spoiler:it turned out that her replacement doesn't share the same golden tongue, resulting in a sheer dearth of new heroes and leaving Kazuma the last summoned hero so far, which may factor into the gods changing their stance on Aqua and begging for her immediate return by the end of Volume 15]]. Though it may be because unlike Aqua, her replacement doesn't downplay or lie about the risks involved.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: For all her incompetence and stupidity, she has an undeniable gift of rhetoric (which may come with being a goddess of the arts), which convinced many a deceased otherworlder to reincarnate as heroes in the fantasy world, even if that includes people of more dubious morals, such as Kazuma. When her fellow gods allowed her to be banished into the world with Kazuma, [[spoiler:it turned out that her replacement doesn't share the same golden tongue, resulting in a sheer dearth of new heroes and leaving Kazuma the last summoned hero so far, which may factor into the gods changing their stance on Aqua and begging for her immediate return by the end of Volume 15]].

* {{Womanchild}}: She is an adult goddess but often behaves like she is six years old, as she throws tatrums when she doesn't get her way, is horribly irresponsible with money, has extremely low intelligence, plays juvenile pranks on others, and can barely take care of herself.

** She also tends to take out her frustration on Luna, [[{{Gainaxing}} by pulling her shirt violently]], when the receptionist delivers bad news of getting a reduced quest bounty for misinterpreting instructions (such as collecting lettuce instead of cabbage) or damaging property (like when Kyouya broke the safety cage).

* GoingCommando: Thanks to [[MaleGaze frequent glancing shots of her ass]], it's implied in the anime that she's not wearing panties. She also seems [[{{Gainaxing}} braless]] as well. When Kazuma uses Steal on her to take her raiment so he can sell it, he pulls it off without hitch as opposed to him usually stealing girl panties when he uses it, further proving it.

* MsFanservice: Aqua is attractive and fairly curvy, and a recurring visual gag in the anime implies she's not wearing panties, or even a bra, given her frequent {{Gainaxing}}.

** One of the factors that came into the fold when the story was adapted for animation is that Aqua doesn't wear chest support either. She's very free under her clothes, '''[[{{Gainaxing}} and very bouncy]]'''.

-->'''Aqua reciting her First Commandment:''' ''Aqua forgives all. Thou shalt [[BuxomIsBetter love big breasts]]. Thou shalt [[PetitePride love small breasts]]. The Axis {{Cult}} teaches forgiveness in all things, even dost thou a {{Lolicon|AndShotacon}}, a {{NEET}}, or love [[LittleBitBeastly animal-eared girls]]. If thou detest undead and [[HornyDevils devil girls]], have love in thine heart, and obey the Law, [[{{Forgiveness}} all will be forgiven]].''

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