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* AppropriatedAppellation: More appropriated avatar, but the idea is the same. Araya stole Haru's original knightly avatar, forcing the latter to switch to a pink pig avatar. When Araya was expelled and arrested, however, he did have the option of changing his avatar, but chose not to after Kuroyukihime commented that she thought the pig was cute. That her avatar is easily able to lift his up as sort of a PocketPet is probably also a bonus.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: More appropriated avatar, but the idea is the same. Araya stole Haru's original knightly avatar, forcing the latter to switch to a pink pig avatar. When Araya was expelled and arrested, however, he did have the option of changing his avatar, but chose not to after Kuroyukihime commented that she thought the pig was cute. That her avatar is easily able to lift his up as sort of a PocketPet pocket pet is probably also a bonus.
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* DesignerBabies: In Volume 23, it is revealed she is [[spoiler: a Machine child. Her mother was one of KAMURA’s entrepreneurs and her father one of the researchers and together they were trying to research Fluctlight duplication by overwriting her Fluctlight when she was in her artificial womb by attaching a baby-size Neuro Linker on her when she was still developing.]]
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* DesignerBabies: In Volume 23, it is revealed she is [[spoiler: a Machine child. Her mother was one of KAMURA’s entrepreneurs and her father one of the researchers and together they were trying to research Fluctlight duplication by overwriting her Fluctlight when she was in her artificial womb by attaching a baby-size Neuro Linker on her when she was still developing.]]
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* StockLightNovelCalamityPrincess: The StudentCouncilPresident, [[OnlyKnownByHerNickname known only as]] "Kuroyukihime",[[note]]"Princess Snow Black"[[/note]] is secretly Black Lotus, one of the [[ColorCharacter Kings of Pure Color]] who rule the [[{{Cyberspace}} Accelerated World]]. After she was tricked into killing the first Red King, her Legion collapsed, and she went into hiding until meeting the protagonist and deciding to recruit him as [[LadyAndKnight the first member of a new Black Legion]]. While [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking by far the strongest of the main characters]] (enough to function as a {{Mentor}} and BigGood), her position makes her vulnerable to being [[BadassInDistress targeted by assassins]], which [[GodzillaThreshold limits the amount she can personally take to the field]]. Like all Burst Linkers, her avatar's powers are [[PersonalityPowers shaped by the user's personal complexes]] - in her case this manifests as [[BladeBelowTheShoulder bladed limbs]] that inflict [[WoundThatWillNotHeal incurable wounds]] on the slightest touch, and gives her the RedBaron nickname of "World End". Her personal growth over the course of the story is mirrored by her attempts to reshape Lotus's limbs into simple hands instead.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. Kuroyukihime is usually very calm, affectionate to Haruyuki and true with her feelings, but is prone to become very annoyed when she sees Haruyuki with other girls or when he does something that upsets her. Perhaps exemplified at the end of the Dusk Taker arc, in which she says that 49 percent of her wants to congratulate Haruyuki for a job well done, 50 percent of her wants to punch him, and the remaining one percent wants to hug him while apologizing for not being there for him.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Type B.Sweet type. Kuroyukihime is usually very calm, affectionate to Haruyuki and true with her feelings, but is prone to become very annoyed when she sees Haruyuki with other girls or when he does something that upsets her. Perhaps exemplified at the end of the Dusk Taker arc, in which she says that 49 percent of her wants to congratulate Haruyuki for a job well done, 50 percent of her wants to punch him, and the remaining one percent wants to hug him while apologizing for not being there for him.
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* SempaiKouhai: He constantly refers to Kuroyukihime this way, and abused by Noumi through TermsOfEndangerment.
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* SempaiKouhai: SempaiKohai: He constantly refers to Kuroyukihime this way, and abused by Noumi through TermsOfEndangerment.
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!!Souya Chigira[=/=]Glass Monarch
Older brother of Chiaki Chigira (Aluminum Valkyrie). See the ''Characters/AccelWorldDuralMagisaGarden'' section for more details
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!!Souya Chigira[=/=]Glass Monarch
Older brother of Chiaki Chigira (Aluminum Valkyrie). See the ''Characters/AccelWorldDuralMagisaGarden'' section for more details
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* AmbiguouslyBi: She has a great deal of LesYay with [[spoiler:Kuroyukihime]], but also gives Haru a peck in the Accelerated World after [[spoiler:she regains her legs and experiences flight with his help]]. Haru's a distant fourth based on Fuko's rating system of how much she wants to make that person her Child- he gets a 100, Utai gets a 200, Rin(her actual Child) gets an 1,000, and Kuroyukihime gets a whopping '''100,000'''.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: She has a great deal of LesYay with [[spoiler:Kuroyukihime]], but also gives Haru a peck in the Accelerated World after [[spoiler:she regains her legs and experiences flight with his help]]. Haru's a distant fourth based on Fuko's rating system of how much she wants to make that person her Child- he gets a 100, Utai gets a 200, Rin(her actual Child) gets an 1,000, and Kuroyukihime gets a whopping '''100,000'''.
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* JetPack: Her Enhanced Armament, Gale Thruster.
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* JetPack: Her Enhanced Armament, Gale Thruster.Thruster, takes on the form of a jet pack that gives the user a leaping ability that is close to flight.
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* TokenFlyer: Silver Crow is the only avatar known in the Accelerted World to have the true power to fly with wings. The only other flyer obtained the ability through a JetPack.
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* TokenFlyer: Silver Crow is the only avatar known in the Accelerted World to have the true power to fly with wings. The only other flyer obtained the ability through a JetPack.
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* BullyMagnet: He hasn't known a day of Junior High yet where he hasn't been bullied or threatened by TheBully Araya and his gang. It does not help that Haru actively cuts off any outside support from his friends to deal with the problem out of shame for not being able to himself. It's a sign of his character progression when Nomi tries to put him back in this situation that he doesn't just lie down and take it.
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* BullyMagnet: He hasn't known a day of Junior High yet where he hasn't been bullied or threatened Due to his weight problems and diminutive size, Haruyuki is frequently targeted by TheBully the school's resident BarbaricBully Araya and his gang. It does not help that Haru actively cuts off any outside support from his friends to deal with the problem out of shame for not being able to himself. It's a sign of his character progression when Nomi tries to put him back in this situation that he doesn't just lie down and take it.
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* LoserProtagonist: He starts out as this, being a short overweight boy with zero self-confidence who gets bullied at school by Araya and his gang, and has no friends. He gets much better through CharacterDevelopment.
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* LoserProtagonist: He starts out as this, being a short overweight boy with zero self-confidence who gets bullied at school by Araya and his gang, and has no friends.friends except for Taku and Chiyu (whom he's trying to distance himself from due to his issues). He gets much better through CharacterDevelopment.
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* AffectionateNickname: Haruyuki and Takumu call her Chiyu.
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* AffectionateNickname: Haruyuki calls her Chiyu, and Takumu call Taku calls her Chiyu.Chii-chan.
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* WithholdingTheirName: "Kuroyukihime" is OnlyKnownByHerNickname ([[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Princess Snow Black]]). She claims that it's not that far from her real name, but refuses to say what it is, even going so far as to hack her student ID to read Kuroyukihime (something that other characters had previously thought to be unhackable).
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* WithholdingTheirName: "Kuroyukihime" is OnlyKnownByHerNickname ([[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs ([[Literature/SnowWhite Princess Snow Black]]). She claims that it's not that far from her real name, but refuses to say what it is, even going so far as to hack her student ID to read Kuroyukihime (something that other characters had previously thought to be unhackable).
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A mysterious Burst Linker that works as bodyguard for players no higher than Level 2. [[spoiler: later revealed in the books to be one of the Four Elements of the old Nega Nebulus. She formally rejoins the Legion in book 14, after her Duel Avatar is rescued from the God-Level Monster Seiryu.]]
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A mysterious Burst Linker that works as bodyguard for players no higher than Level 2. [[spoiler: 2, later revealed in the books to be one of the Four Elements of the old Nega Nebulus. She [[spoiler:She formally rejoins the Legion in book 14, after her Duel Avatar is rescued from the God-Level Monster Seiryu.]]
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* AmbiguousGender: While Akira herself is described as merely somewhat boyish, her real self has no standard sexual characteristics. As Current she also [[SecretIdentityVocalShift alters her voice slightly when around people she doesn't know]], which tends to confuse those who meet her in real life. The fact that the name "Akira" [[GenderBlenderName can be used for either gender]] doesn't help matters.
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* AmbiguousGender: While As might be expected for someone with [[GenderBlenderName a name like Akira]]. In the novels, while Akira herself is described as merely somewhat boyish, her real self has no standard sexual characteristics.avatars (both Aqua Current and her net avatar) are pretty much unreadable. As Current she also [[SecretIdentityVocalShift alters her voice slightly when around people she doesn't know]], which tends to confuse those who meet her in real life. The fact that Downplayed in the name "Akira" [[GenderBlenderName can be used for either gender]] doesn't help matters.anime (where her avatars look more feminine) and in later novels (where Current gets a more obviously feminine SuperMode).
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Does this to Haru saying it's too early for them to become friends. It is only possible for her to do it because of Incarnate System. Akira also tries to do this to Blood Leopard, but fails, and later comes to regret trying.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Does [[spoiler:Her "Memory Leak" Incarnate technique allows her to erase peoples' memories of her. She does this to Haru on their first meeting, saying it's too early for them to become friends. It is only possible for her to do it because of Incarnate System. Akira She also tries and fails to do this to Blood Leopard, but fails, and later comes to regret trying.]]
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* TheSpymaster: [[spoiler: in the old Nega Nebulus, Current was in charge of intelligence gathering. Once she rejoins-the Legion, she reveals that she stays in touch with all her former bodyguard assignments, and they pass on all the gossip they've heard. Which is why Current has a clearer picture of the ISS crisis, and thus the Accelerated Research Society, than pretty much anyone else.]]
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* TheSpymaster: [[spoiler: in In the old Nega Nebulus, Current was in charge of intelligence gathering. Once [[spoiler:Once she rejoins-the rejoins the Legion, she reveals that she stays in touch with all her former bodyguard assignments, and they pass on all the gossip they've heard. Which is why Current has a clearer picture of the ISS crisis, and thus the Accelerated Acceleration Research Society, than pretty much anyone else.]]
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* AmbiguousGender: While Akira herself is described as merely somewhat boyish, her real self has no standard gender sexual characteristics. As Current she also [[SecretIdentityVocalShift alters her voice slightly when around people she doesn't know]], which tends to confuse those who meet her in real life. The fact that the name "Akira" [[GenderBlenderName can be used for either gender]] doesn't help matters.
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* AmbiguousGender: While Akira herself is described as merely somewhat boyish, neither Aqua Current nor her real self has no standard net avatar have any distinct gender characteristics. As Current she also [[SecretIdentityVocalShift alters her voice slightly when around people she doesn't know]], which tends to confuse those who meet her in real life. The fact that the name "Akira" [[GenderBlenderName can be used for either gender]] doesn't help matters.
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* {{Determinator}}: In book 23, he stays accelerated for almost a year in order to [[spoiler:watch Inti for any period in which it becomes vulnerable or allows the Kings to escape from its Unlimited EK]], which is described as a feat of superhuman willpower.
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* MyFutureSelfAndMe: In ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'', the game heavily implied that he is Kirito from the future or at the very least ''connected'' to Kirito. When he meets Kirito, Graphite Edge already knows who he is without even being told his name, and has a very similar speaking pattern. There's also a long list of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial to things that Kirito brings up listed below.
* TheNicknamer: Refers to his teammates by whimsical nicknames like Lotta (Black Lotus) and Denden (Ardor Maiden), much to their annoyance.
* TheNicknamer: Refers to his teammates by whimsical nicknames like Lotta (Black Lotus) and Denden (Ardor Maiden), much to their annoyance.
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* MyFutureSelfAndMe: In the non-canon {{Crossover}} videogame ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'', the game it's heavily implied that he is Kirito from the future or at the very least ''connected'' to Kirito. When he meets Kirito, Graphite Edge already knows who he is without even being told his name, and has a very similar speaking pattern. There's also a long list of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial to things that Kirito brings up listed below.
* TheNicknamer: Refers to his teammates by whimsical nicknames like Lotta (Black Lotus) and Denden (Ardor Maiden), much to their annoyance. Azure Heir's odd alias of "Trilead Tetraoxide" was also given to him by Graph.
* TheNicknamer: Refers to his teammates by whimsical nicknames like Lotta (Black Lotus) and Denden (Ardor Maiden), much to their annoyance. Azure Heir's odd alias of "Trilead Tetraoxide" was also given to him by Graph.
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* ZettaiRyouiki: She always wears thigh-high stockings to protect her prosthetics. Her duel avatar also evokes this image when its legs are intact.
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* ZettaiRyouiki: Along with her school uniform in the manga. Also, her avatar in the OVA.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'', Kirito notices several things that seem familiar about Graphite Edge, including: the appearance of his two swords, his fighting style, the fact he taught Black Lotus the identical sword skills that Kirito uses, his preference of dressing in black with a BadassLongcoat, and the way he talks. However Graphite Edge keeps laughing it off as being it is all coincidence.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'', Kirito notices several things that seem familiar about Graphite Edge, including: the appearance of his two swords, his fighting style, the fact he taught Black Lotus the identical sword skills that Kirito uses, his preference of dressing in black with a BadassLongcoat, and the way he talks. However Graphite Edge keeps laughing it off as all being it is all coincidence.coincidences.
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* IronLady: Takes on a haughty and flippant persona when speaking officially as the Black King, making aggressive demands and implying that her rivals are only still alive because she allows it. [[TheGadfly Raker claims that]] this act helped recruitment greatly in the early days of Nega Nebulus... because Lotus used to be so ''bad'' at it that recruits saw her as an {{Adorkable}} PluckyGirl and [[InstantFanClub treated her Legion as a fan club]].
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* IronLady: Takes on a haughty and flippant persona when speaking officially as the Black King, making aggressive demands and implying that her rivals are only still alive because she allows it. [[TheGadfly Raker claims that]] this act helped recruitment greatly in the early days of Nega Nebulus... because Lotus used to be so ''bad'' at it that recruits saw her as an {{Adorkable}} a PluckyGirl and [[InstantFanClub treated her Legion as a fan club]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's insecure, socially awkward and a very cute and endearing little guy.
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* MultiformBalance: Her "Phase Trans" Incarnate technique lets her alter the phase of the water around her body, shifting into any of her possible [[FieldPowerEffect Aquamatic]] forms. These are known to include "Keen" (a [[CloseRangeCombatant melee form]] with [[DualWielding dual katars]] and light armour formed from ice), "Adamant" (another ice-based form with [[StoneWall heavy armour]]) and a steam-based form [[LongRangeFighter specialising in ranged attacks]].
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* MultiformBalance: Her "Phase Trans" Incarnate technique lets her alter the phase of the water around her body, shifting into any of her possible [[FieldPowerEffect Aquamatic]] forms. These are known to include "Keen" (a [[CloseRangeCombatant melee form]] with [[DualWielding dual katars]] and light armour formed from ice), "Adamant" (another ice-based form with [[StoneWall heavy armour]]) armour]] and short [[BladeBelowTheShoulder wrist blades]]) and a steam-based form [[LongRangeFighter specialising in ranged attacks]].
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* LaserBlade: Lucid Blade, the sword he purchases as one of his later level-up bonuses, comes with the "Conversion" special attack, which converts its solid blade into an immaterial shaft of light and heat.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: More appropriated avatar, but the idea is the same. Araya stole Haru's original knightly avatar, forcing him to switch to a pink pig avatar. When Araya was expelled and arrested, however, he did have the option of changing his avatar, but chose not to after Kuroyukihime commented that she thought the pig was cute. That her avatar is easily able to lift his up as sort of a PocketPet is probably also a bonus.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: More appropriated avatar, but the idea is the same. Araya stole Haru's original knightly avatar, forcing him the latter to switch to a pink pig avatar. When Araya was expelled and arrested, however, he did have the option of changing his avatar, but chose not to after Kuroyukihime commented that she thought the pig was cute. That her avatar is easily able to lift his up as sort of a PocketPet is probably also a bonus.
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Clarifying, since Araya was the one who forced Haru to change his avatar in the first place.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: More appropriated avatar, but the idea is the same. Araya and his GangOfBullies originally stole Haru's original knightly avatar, forcing him to switch to a pink pig avatar. When Araya and his gang were expelled and arrested, however, he did have the option of changing his avatar, but chose not to after Kuroyukihimi commented that she thought the pig was cute. That her avatar is easily able to lift his up as sort of a PocketPet is probably also a bonus.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: More appropriated avatar, but the idea is the same. Araya and his GangOfBullies originally stole Haru's original knightly avatar, forcing him to switch to a pink pig avatar. When Araya and his gang were was expelled and arrested, however, he did have the option of changing his avatar, but chose not to after Kuroyukihimi Kuroyukihime commented that she thought the pig was cute. That her avatar is easily able to lift his up as sort of a PocketPet is probably also a bonus.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: More appropriated avatar, but the idea is the same. The pink pig avatar Haru uses was actually forced on him by the bullies who used to make his life hell after they stole his original knightly avatar. When they were gotten rid of, he did have the option of changing his avatar, but chose not to after Kuroyukihimi commented that she thought the pig was cute. That her avatar is easily able to lift his up as sort of a PocketPet is probably also a bonus.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: More appropriated avatar, but the idea is the same. The pink pig avatar Haru uses was actually forced on him by the bullies who used to make Araya and his life hell after they GangOfBullies originally stole his Haru's original knightly avatar, forcing him to switch to a pink pig avatar. When they Araya and his gang were gotten rid of, expelled and arrested, however, he did have the option of changing his avatar, but chose not to after Kuroyukihimi commented that she thought the pig was cute. That her avatar is easily able to lift his up as sort of a PocketPet is probably also a bonus.
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* FriendlyRival: With Blood Leopard.
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* FriendlyRival: With Blood Leopard. The latter describes Raker as one of the people most important to her, along with Scarlet Rain, even if she's an enemy.
* HiddenDepths: While Haru initially believes that Chiyu CannotTellALie, and she comes off as rather straightforward and even naive, she's able to quickly spin a lie to cover for Haru's presence in the girls' shower room, even if Nomi shoots it down fairly easily. [[spoiler:She ultimately manages to trick Nomi, going along with his plans until she can return Haru's wings to him]].
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* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about him without spoiling the fact that he, not Chiyu, is Cyan Pile (the main twist of the first volume), the less pleasant aspects of his personality that his friends don't know about, or that he eventually becomes a better person
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* HeroesPreferSwords: In book 20, after previously spending all his level-up bonuses on improving his flight ability, he decides to branch out a little and purchase the Enhanced Armament "Lucid Blade". Its unveil is immediately {{Lampshaded}} by veteran fighter Glacier Behemoth, who says that a lot of Burst Linkers buy swords for their avatar just because they're cool, without having any idea how to use them properly.
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[-â–ˆ '''Nega Nebulus'''-] | [-[[red:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldProminence Prominence]]-] | [-[[green:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldGreatWall Great Wall]]-] | [-[[blue:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldLeoniz Leoniz]]-] | [-[[gold:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldCryptoCosmicCircus Crypto Cosmic Circus]]-] | [-[[purple:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldAuroraOval Aurora Oval]]-] | [-[[white:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldOscillatoryUniverse Oscillatory Universe]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldAccelerationResearchSociety Acceleration Research Society]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldChromeDisaster Chrome Disaster]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldOtherBurstLinkers Other Burst Linkers]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldEnemies Enemies]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldDuralMagisaGarden "Dural: Magisa Garden" characters]]-]
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[-'''Great Legions:'''-] [-â–ˆ '''Nega Nebulus'''-] | [-[[red:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldProminence Prominence]]-] | [-[[green:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldGreatWall Great Wall]]-] | [-[[blue:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldLeoniz Leoniz]]-] | [-[[gold:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldCryptoCosmicCircus Crypto Cosmic Circus]]-] | [-[[purple:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldAuroraOval Aurora Oval]]-] | [-[[white:â–ˆ]] [[Characters/AccelWorldOscillatoryUniverse Oscillatory Universe]]-] | \\
[-'''Other:'''-] [-[[Characters/AccelWorldAccelerationResearchSociety Acceleration Research Society]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldChromeDisaster Chrome Disaster]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldOtherBurstLinkers Other Burst Linkers]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldEnemies Enemies]]-] |[-[[Characters/AccelWorldDuralMagisaGarden "Dural: Magisa Garden" characters]]-]
[-[[Characters/AccelWorldRealWorld Real World]]-] | [-''Characters/AccelWorldDuralMagisaGarden''-]
[-'''Other:'''-] [-[[Characters/AccelWorldAccelerationResearchSociety Acceleration Research Society]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldChromeDisaster Chrome Disaster]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldOtherBurstLinkers Other Burst Linkers]]-] | [-[[Characters/AccelWorldEnemies Enemies]]-] |
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Chiaki's older brother. As one of the few who knew of Black Lotus' real-life identity, he admired and used to tell stories about her to his little sister. However, he perished three years ago due to an incurable disease passing the Brain Burst program on to Chiaki.
Chiaki's older brother. As one of the few who knew of Black Lotus' real-life identity, he admired and used to tell stories about her to his little sister. However, he perished three years ago due to an incurable disease passing the Brain Burst program on to Chiaki.
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* PlayfulHacker: Gifted Black Lotus with (and possibly created) the "SSS Order" program, which is capable of hacking into any network short of the Social Cameras and Brain Burst itself. His email server is also invisible to [=WHOIS=] requests, which the characters claim should be impossible.
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!In General
[[folder:In General]]
* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:The failed raid on the Imperial Palace, which resulted in Ardor Maiden, Aqua Current and Graphite Edge being trapped in precarious positions on the Unlimited Neural Field, in which [[CycleOfHurting the Four Gods will kill them if they try to log back in]]. It took a great deal of effort to rescue Ardor Maiden from this situation]]
* ElementalPowers: The Elements of the old group represented the classical four elements. Sky Raker represented air, Ardor Maiden represented fire, Aqua Current represented water, and Graphite Edge represented earth.
* EliteFour: The Elements, the four lieutenants of the first incarnation of Nega Nebulus. Shortly after Black Lotus's declaration of war on the other kings, they attempted a raid on a group of BeefGate bosses themed after TheFourGods. Instead, three of them became trapped in a CycleOfHurting inside the bosses' spawn zones, and the Legion fell apart soon afterwards.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: So far, Sky Raker and Ardor Maiden have rejoined Kuroyukihime, and Haruyuki hopes the other Elements will, too. [[spoiler: as of vol 14, Aqua Current has rejoined as well.]]
* TrueCompanions: They're considered a very close-knit group, especially the new Nega Nebulus, which Haru thinks of as a family of sorts.
[[/folder]]
!The Black King
[[folder:Black Lotus]]
!!"Kuroyukihime"/Black Lotus
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[[caption-width-right:350:Our mysterious princess...]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SachikaMisawa (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)
A second-year at Umesato Junior High who is very popular among the other students thanks to both her looks and passive personality. She becomes interested in Haruyuki and gives him the chance to enter the Accelerated World to fight alongside her. During school, she is known for being very calm and caring but still impatient and ill-tempered and not always using her head.
She is actually the Black King, formerly one of the original pure colored kings, who went into hiding, Like the others she is one of the strongest players in the game with a level 9 avatar. She is considered a traitor by other Burst Linkers.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Her net avatar's dress takes this to its logical extreme. Her bodice is entirely backless and sideless, with two narrow straps of black fabric rising from the waistline to cover her non-existent boobs.
* ActionGirlfriend: Kuroyukihime is the powerful Black King who suddenly changes Haruyuki's life by introducing him to the Accelerated World, becoming both his mentor and love interest.
* ACupAngst: Downplayed. She's usually not bothered by the size of her chest, but she gets annoyed when Niko tries to make fun of her lack of curves and when seeing Megumi's large breasts.
* AffectionateNickname: Fuuko, Utai and Akira address her as Sa-chan ([[DubNameChange "Sacchi" in the localization of the light novel]]). As Black Lotus, her mentor Graphite Edge calls her "Lotta".
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: An unusual example. She became enamored with Haruyuki after seeing his speed and drive in his squash games, [[spoiler: and the only reason she had a higher score, for the purpose of getting his attention, is she had to cheat to even surpass him]]. The way it's presented, this in turn makes Haruyuki an unusual kind of "Hercules", but replace physical prowess with video game skill, though within a virtual game world, it still translates to physical prowess in a sense.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's a tall girl with long black hair who possess a graceful and calm demeanor.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Treated as the highest criminal in Brain Burst for trying to reach Level 10 and disrupting the BalanceOfPower. Subverted by the show itself, which treats her overt desire to achieve level 10 and potentially end the game as good, while treating the other kings' underhanded backstabbing and maintainance of the status quo as evil.
** Also subverted in the books with the non-Guild Burst Linkers (and secretly a few Guild members too), who see her ambition as the natural state of mind for a true gamer and fighter; when Kuroyukihime appears at the Hermes Cord Race (book 5) many of the spectators cheer for her return.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Towards Haruyuki in Episode 4.
* AnimalMotifs: Always associated with butterflies.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: A surprisingly heartwarming one in Volume 2. After pointing out that his fear of failure is holding him back, and at the root of it is the fear of being abandoned, asks him if he really thinks their bond is that shallow.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Slaps Haruyuki and cries after he accuses her of using him as a pawn to degrade herself.
* AttractivenessIsolation: Kuroyukihime fears she's so attractive that she's intimidating Haruyuki and that's why he's so reluctant to get close to her.
* BadassAdorable: Very beautiful, SchoolIdol to boot and is the Black King, who made her descent in the virtual world through piles of her defeated enemies.
%%* BathtubBonding: With Haruyuki in the second OVA.
%%* BattleCouple: With Haruyuki.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Although she is generally polite and well meaning, she won't hesitate to kick ass if Haruyuki and his friends are in danger.
* TheBigGirl: Besides playing TheLeader, Kuroyukihime is also by far the most powerful and toughest member of Nega Nebulus.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The Black Lotus's arms have {{absurdly sharp blade}}s that are able to cut and damage anything.
* BladeSpam: Her attacks "Death by Barraging" (performed with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder arms]]) and "Death by Bashing" (a series of [[ArmedLegs kicks]] too fast to see), as well as her Incarnate techniques like Starburst Stream (which [[MagicMissileStorm generates stars around her and shoots them forward as she strikes]]).
* BreakingTheFellowship: The Elements of Nega Nebulus broke up after [[spoiler:the failed attempt to invade the Imperial Palace, since three out of four were trapped at various spots in the Unlimited Neural Field]].
* BrokenAce: In the real world, she's the attractive, popular and intelligent vice president of her middle school. In the accelerated world, she's currently the closest to reaching Level 10, as the only Level 9 who's killed another Level 9. Beneath this seemingly perfect exterior lies a surprisingly emotionally vulnerable girl who's plagued by guilt, self-loathing and occasional feelings of jealousy.
* ButterflyOfDoom: AntiHero example.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:She considers her sister White Cosmos her worst enemy because she tricked her into beheading Red Rider.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: She's aiming for this trope in-universe. Kuroyukihime is working towards being able to change the tip of her blade-arms into hands, with the immediate aim of holding Silver Crow's hand, the long-term aim being to hug her friends in the Accelerated World without killing them - remember, her [[OneHitKill closest range attack]] is called ''Death by Embracing''. This process involves analyzing the wounds and flaws in her own psyche, and working to fix them - and she can already form hands for a few seconds. It's a literal manifestation of ThePowerOfLove; not just her romantic love for Haru, but her platonic love for her friends in her Legion.
* ChildHater: She says she dislikes children, especially those like Niko.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She easily gets jealous whenever another girl gets close to Haruyuki. This even extends to herself as the second ending shows.
* CoolBigSis: Despite her claims of hating kids, she acts very mentor-ish around Coral Merrow and Lagoon Dolphin, and seems to enjoy their company. Meanwhile, her interactions with Niko are part this and VitriolicBestBuds.
* CounterAttack: Guard Reversal, aka "the way of the flexible" - a martial arts technique she picked in the real world for redirecting the force of opponents' attacks. The first time she uses it against Haru, he momentarily feels like her blade arms have turned into snakes and wrapped around his punch. Haru is later able to pull off a crude version of the technique by imitating her.
* CryCute: [[spoiler:After she and Fuuko/Sky Raker finally mend their broken friendship.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She says her "parent" betrayed her and is now her worst enemy. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that her "parent" is her sister who tricked her into killing Red Rider.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: She has a black motif and is seen as highest criminal in Brain Burst. In actuality, she's an AntiHero, but not a bad person.
* DeadlyHug: Her attack Death By Embrace, a hug that decapitates her enemy.
* DeclarationOfProtection: She swears to Haruyuki that she will protect him right before [[spoiler: saving him from being hit by Araya's car]].
* DeusExitMachina: She is in a school trip during the Dusk Taker arc, which results in Haru and Taku having to deal with Noumi alone.
* DesignerBabies: In Volume 23, it is revealed she is [[spoiler: a Machine child. Her mother was one of KAMURA’s entrepreneurs and her father one of the researchers and together they were trying to research Fluctlight duplication by overwriting her Fluctlight when she was in her artificial womb by attaching a baby-size Neuro Linker on her when she was still developing.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Given that ''Accel World'' is technically a SpiritualSuccessor to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Kuroyukihime can be thought of in many ways as a female Kirito. This has been lampshaded in crossovers such as ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight''. Both of them favor wearing black, have titles with the word "Black in them (Black Lotus and Black Swordsman), are very TheStoic and serious compared to their peers, both are capable of DualWielding, and both even use ''identical'' Sword Skills (Vorpal Strike, The Eclipse, Starburst Stream).
* DontCallMeSir:
** She doesn't like how Haruyuki keeps calling her "Sempai", even after she revealed her true name to him.
** She also would like Takumu to stop calling her "Master" because she likes to be in more friendly terms with her legion members.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She has three in the first volume. Her first appearance as someone who broke Haru's record in the squash game (albeit using acceleration) and inviting him to soar to greater heights shows her as a mysterious individual who's also a skilled gamer. Her emotional breakdown after Haru insults himself and her shows that she's still an emotionally vulnerable 14-year-old. The fact that her plan to get Araya expelled backfires on her, [[spoiler:resulting in him trying to kill her and Haru]], shows that many of her actions end up having unintended and unfortunate consequences.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Megumi appears to.
* TheFashionista: Not only is her net avatar's dress very fancy, but in the real world, she wears casual clothes, kimono or gloves.
* FireForgedFriends: She and Chiyu initially don't get along because they're jealous of each other, but by the end of the Dusk Taker arc, during which [[spoiler:Chiyu contacts Kuroyukihime to inform her about Haru's stolen wings, enabling her to come to the rescue]], they warm up to each other, and Kuroyukihime [[FirstNameBasis starts calling Chiyu by her first name]].
* FirstNameBasis: She refers to Haruyuki and his friends by their (unabbreviated) first names, and the "-kun" honorific, and forgoes honorifics with Fuko and Megumi.
* FlatWhat: When she realizes that Haruyuki actually went with her suggestion to direct link with Chiyuri (which is equivalent to ''a very close date'') to investigate Cyan Pile, her expression goes to a fault.
-->'''[[DeathGlare Kuroyukihime]]''': ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext How long was the cable?]]''\\
'''Haruyuki''': ''About 30 cm...''\\
''(Kuroyukihime [[SeriousBusiness walks]] '''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments way faster]]''')''
* {{Foil}}: To Taku's (unnamed) Parent. Kuroyukihime serves as a mentor and guide to Haru, while Taku's Parent told him what to do and used him as a pawn to test the backdoor program.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* FreakinessShame: She thinks her Duel Avatar is ugly because her limbs are blades instead. Haruyuki finds it beautiful, though.
* GiveGeeksAChance: She's a very beautiful girl who is so popular that she could have every guy at her school, but she only has eyes for the little chubby guy that everyone considers a loser.
%%* GodivaHair
* GodlikeGamer: As one of the seven Kings and a level-nine Burst Linker, Black Lotus is undoubtedly one of the most powerful Burst Linkers in the entire game.
* GreenEyedEpiphany: She says she realized her feelings for Haruyuki when he mentioned that he has cabled with Chiyu with a short cable and Kuroyukihime found herself feeling jealous for the first time in her life.
* HairAntennae: They fit with her butterfly motif since they resemble butterfly antennae.
* HairDecorations: Her net avatar wears a headband.
* HellishHorse: She [[spoiler: pulls a BigDamnHeroes]] while riding one of these.
* HeroicBSOD: She faints after [[spoiler: being forced to remember how she killed Red Rider]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Used [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Physical Full Burst]] to save Haruyuki from being hit by Araya's car, consuming 99% of her Burst Points and causing her a few days' retirement at the hospital.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She's often fairly critical of herself for her past actions, and the narrator in her POV sections (which is indicated to show how she feels) can often judge her quite unfavorably.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: In her net avatar.
* IronLady: Takes on a haughty and flippant persona when speaking officially as the Black King, making aggressive demands and implying that her rivals are only still alive because she allows it. [[TheGadfly Raker claims that]] this act helped recruitment greatly in the early days of Nega Nebulus... because Lotus used to be so ''bad'' at it that recruits saw her as an {{Adorkable}} PluckyGirl and [[InstantFanClub treated her Legion as a fan club]].
* ItsAllMyFault: She blames herself for many things, such as the disintegration of her own Legion. (on the last charge, at least, her former Legion members don't agree)
* JustTheWayYouAre: She loves Haruyuki for how he is. For instance, she likes the pig avatar he uses and finds it cute.
* LadyAndKnight: Kuroyukihime is the beautiful lady and Haruyuki is the brave warrior trying to make himself worthy of being her knight and protect her.
* LadyOfWar: Her Duel Avatar glides around just above the ground, giving her movements a smooth, graceful quality, and she carries herself in a calm and elegant manner.
* TheLeader: Of her legion Nega Nebulus. She gives them missions to protect territories, and guides them on getting stronger.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNotK11wQ3w "Alert Sign"]] in the anime. During her battle with Yellow Radio it's replaced by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3c_0LZm0Y "raio0"]] remix.
%% * LeotardOfPower: Her avatar in the OVA.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Chiyuri, Megumi and [[spoiler: Fuuko]]'s light.
* LightningBruiser: Black Lotus is [[FlashStep insanely fast]], deals borderline {{One Hit Kill}}s against [[{{Mooks}} weaker Duel Avatars]], and [[NoSell is immune to grapples and restraining attacks]].
* LoopholeAbuse: Because the Umesato dress code requires an "uncolored" uniform shirt and black isn't a color, she's able to get away with wearing a black shirt. It's unclear how she does the same by wearing a dark blazer instead of a blue one with her winter uniform, though.
* MeaningfulName: Her nickname, Kuroyukihime, translates to Princess Snow Black. You can already guess what she ended up being...
%% * MentorArchetype: To Haruyuki.
* AMotherToHerMen: She deeply cares about the members of her legion and treats them like her dear friends instead of mere subordinates.
* MsFanservice: Her net avatar wears a revealing dress that shows off her [[AbsoluteCleavage cleavage,]] [[SexyBacklessOutfit her back and part of her butt]]. The anime opening sequences also like to show her nude.
* MultiformBalance: Her "Overdrive" command causes Black Lotus's TronLines to glow in one of three colours, temporarily converting it into an avatar of that colour - Mode Red for increased attack range, Mode Green for higher defences, and Mode Blue for improved melee attack power. It's referred to as not a true Incarnate ability so much as a [[{{Determinator}} battle cry]] she uses to hype herself up, and is only usable in multiple ways because her avatar isn't associated with any colour to begin with.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Her reaction after realizing that [[spoiler:Red Rider hadn't actually been planning on manipulating and betraying the other legions, meaning she killed him over a lie]].
* NiceGirl: Kuroyukihime is very polite, calm, patient and well-meaning. [[BewareTheNiceOnes You'd better not make her angry, though.]]
* NonUniformUniform: For apparently no reason at all, she wears a darker version of the school uniform. It does fit her nicely though.
%%* {{Ojou}}
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: To readers/viewers, as there are a few characters who know her name. Although she states that her real name isn't that different from her nickname. Taken to insane levels when she presents her name tag (which supposedly can't be hacked) and it shows her nickname instead of her name. [[spoiler:Fuuko]] addresses her as Sa-chan in the final episode. It still doesn't tell us anything about her real name but is a start.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Haru makes the assumption that she's only around someone like him as a means of self-punishment, she gets upset to the point at which she slaps him, angrily calling him an idiot (as opposed to the smug way she calls him a "fool" when he does something stupid), and ends up crying uncontrollably. Seeing her as the 14-year-old girl she really is, Haru [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes how deeply he upset her]].
* ParasolOfPrettiness: In her net avatar goes around with an elegant parasol.
* ParentalNeglect: Her parents don't even bother to show up [[spoiler:at the hospital]] after [[spoiler:she is hit by a car]].
* PeerlessLoveInterest: Haruyuki pretty much fell in love with Kuroyukihime because she was way out of his league both in social status and looks. This makes Haruyuki determined to fight to prove his worthiness of her and protect her. However, this gets deconstructed as Kuroyukihime is not comfortable with Haruyuki idolizing her and would like him to treat her like an individual equal to him so they could enjoy a more normal relationship. Haruyuki constantly insisting on maintaining his distance from Kuroyukihime and admiring her from afar only ends up hurting her feelings, but Haruyuki still isn't confident enough to get closer to Kuroyukihime and accept that she loves him just the way he is.
* PersonalityPowers: Black Lotus's limbs are razor-sharp and hurt anyone who touches them, fitting her complexes over her past mistakes. [[spoiler:As part of her attempts to move on, she is trying to develop an Incarnate technique which uses positive feelings to transform her blade-arms into normal hands.]]
* PimpedOutDress: Her net avatar has this.
* PowerGivesYouWings: In the OVA, when she merges with Haruyuki.
%%* PragmaticHero
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears black tights while in her school uniform.
* PropertyOfLove: She claims Haruyuki belongs to her and she won't give him away to anyone.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair is past her back.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She has very dark hair and pale skin and is seen as beautiful.
* RedBaron: Known by the title "World End"
%% * RedOniBlueOni: The blue (with Takumu) to Haruyuki's red.
%% * RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Megumi.
* SchoolIdol: She's the most popular girl in her grade, is considered the most beautiful girl in school and is part of the student council.
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: She wears her modified school uniform most of the time, and Fuko notes that her closet is full of uniforms.
* SempaiKohai: She is the sempai to Haruyuki and co.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Her net avatar wears an entirely backless dress, even showing a bit of butt cleavage.
* SexyMentor: She's very beautiful and acts as TheTease towards her protege and LoveInterest Haruyuki.
* SheIsTheKing: She holds the title of the Black King.
%%* ShesGotLegs
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: To ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' - [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382866 Black Lotus]] is the most iconic member of the game's premier {{Game Breaker}}s, the Power 9, for its unmatched ability to gather mana (known colloquially as "Acceleration" or "Accel"). This is reflected both in Kuroyukihime's Level 9 status and the mechanics of her "Overdrive" command. The theme starts to become more obvious after the arrival of the fake Black avatar Black Vise (see his entry for more details).
* ShutUpHannibal: When Yellow Radio tries to guilt trip her over her killing [[spoiler:Red Rider]], Kuroyukihime tells him that she won't feel at all guilty about killing Yellow Radio.
%% * SiblingYinYang: With her sibling, [[spoiler:White Cosmos.]]
* SingleTargetSexuality: She only has eyes for Haruyuki.
* SnubByOmission: In the first OVA, while she's upset about Haruyuki acting like her subordinate while offering to help her alongside his other friends, says, "Then I'll see you after school, Takumu-kun, Chiyuri-kun," deliberately leaving Haru out.
* SpinAttack: Her ultimate Incarnate technique "The Eclipse" has her extend her arms and spin at high speeds while upside down, causing her to appear as a black void surrounded by a ring of white SwordLines.
* SwordBeam: Her Incarnate technique "Vorpal Strike" shoots a powerful long-range beam by thrusting her arm forward, making it an exaggerated version of the reach-extending ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' skill of the same name. Haru later [[VariantPowerCopying uses the image of Vorpal Strike as inspiration for]] Laser Lance, a long-range version of his Laser Sword, and the similarity of the two techniques means they can be used in a CombinationAttack.
* SwordCane: The parasol of her net avatar is revealed to be a scabbard for a sword in the OVA.
* TheTease: She enjoys to flirt with Haruyuki and see him get embarrassed as a result.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNotK11wQ3w "Alert Sign"]] in the anime. During her battle with Yellow Radio it's replaced by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3c_0LZm0Y "raio0"]] remix.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Huge Girl to Haruyuki's Tiny Guy.
* TragicMistake: Killing Red Rider. It indirectly leads to her [[spoiler:being kicked out of her family home after she confronts her sister, becoming a wanted criminal in Brain Burst, and, not long afterward, her team breaking apart after the failed raid on the Imperial Palace]].
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. Kuroyukihime is usually very calm, affectionate to Haruyuki and true with her feelings, but is prone to become very annoyed when she sees Haruyuki with other girls or when he does something that upsets her. Perhaps exemplified at the end of the Dusk Taker arc, in which she says that 49 percent of her wants to congratulate Haruyuki for a job well done, 50 percent of her wants to punch him, and the remaining one percent wants to hug him while apologizing for not being there for him.
* TsurimeEyes: She displays these eyes and she has a confident and aloof personality.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Her relationship with Haruyuki, although they aren't married. Kuroyukihime, a very beautiful AloofDarkHairedGirl, somehow only has eyes for the fat midget Haruyuki and loves him regardless of his looks.
* UnwittingPawn: It's later revealed that the reason she killed Red Rider was because [[spoiler:her sister tricked her into thinking that he had nefarious motives for establishing the non-aggression pact. Once Kuroyukihime finds out the truth, she is furious]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Yuniko. They display animosity toward each other, because Yuniko has a hard time admitting she enjoys their company around her.
* WingedHumanoid: Her net avatar has large butterfly wings.
* WingsDoNothing: The wings in her net avatar are mere decoration.
* WithholdingTheirName: "Kuroyukihime" is OnlyKnownByHerNickname ([[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Princess Snow Black]]). She claims that it's not that far from her real name, but refuses to say what it is, even going so far as to hack her student ID to read Kuroyukihime (something that other characters had previously thought to be unhackable).
* ZettaiRyouiki: Her avatar in the OVA.
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!Executive Branch: The Elements
[[folder:Sky Raker]]
!!Fuuko Kurasaki/Sky Raker
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaEndo (Japanese), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (credited as Johanna Luis) (EN)
A "retired" Burst Linker and Nega Nebulus's former Submaster. She is Ash Roller's "parent", the only person in Accel World he shows respect towards. She semi-returns to Nega Nebulus at the end of volume 4 and fully returns to active duty at the end of volume 5.
Her avatar is Level 8, and she is pretty competent in a fight, although she prefers to play defensively.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the light novel, Fuuko is illustrated with brown eyes while the anime illustrates her with blue eyes.
* AnArmAndALeg: Got her avatar legs cut off by [[spoiler:a reluctant Black Lotus]], in hopes it will allow her Enhanced Armament to make real flight possible.
* AmbiguouslyBi: She has a great deal of LesYay with [[spoiler:Kuroyukihime]], but also gives Haru a peck in the Accelerated World after [[spoiler:she regains her legs and experiences flight with his help]]. Haru's a distant fourth based on Fuko's rating system of how much she wants to make that person her Child- he gets a 100, Utai gets a 200, Rin(her actual Child) gets an 1,000, and Kuroyukihime gets a whopping '''100,000'''.
* ArtificialLimbs: In real life, she has artificial legs, the result of a hereditary condition that normally would have been cause for an abortion- as such, Fuko wondered why her parents gave birth to her. [[spoiler:It is also what caused her Duel Avatar to manifest its jetpack: Gale Thruster.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Haruyuki's surprised to hear that someone as apparently kind as she is [[KickTheSonOfABitch threw a PKer into a Legend-class enemy's territory]].
* BlowYouAway: Among the Elements, she is associated with the element of Wind.
* CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: [[PersonalityPowers The origin of her avatar]], reflected in both its abilities and colour.
* FriendlyRival: With Blood Leopard.
* TheGadfly: Haru notes that she's one of the few people who can put [[spoiler:Kuroyukihime]] on the defensive.
* HandicappedBadass: Is a competent fighter in Brain Burst despite losing the use of her avatar's legs.
* HimeCut: Her duel avatar has a hair style like this with its straight bangs and long length in the back. Interestingly enough, while she is Japanese, her avatar is styled more like an English lady.
* JetPack: Her Enhanced Armament, Gale Thruster.
* LadyOfWar: Soft-spoken and elegant, but one of the most feared fighters in the Accelerated World.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to [[spoiler: Kuroyukihime]]'s dark.
* MercurysWings: When she drops the dress and sunhat, her avatar includes a tiara that gives her wings on the sides of her head. Her legs also had small winglike structures emerging from the calves.
* NiceGirl: Very kind and polite to everyone, even her opponents.
* NiceHat: Her avatar Sky Raker wears a sun hat.
* NotDisabledInVR: Played with. She is legless in real life, but able to live normally with prosthetics. Her avatar on the other hand looks a lot like a person in a wheelchair [[spoiler:and has lost its legs ever since Kuroyukihime severed them on Raker's request]]. However, her abilities are not any worse than the other avatars, which makes it a straight example after all.
* NotQuiteFlight: Sky Raker is the Duel Avatar closest to ever fly, until Silver Crow gains actual flying ability. The fifth novel reveals the reason for this. Rather than flight Sky Raker's abilities are optimised for [[spoiler: space-based combat and maneuvering. She just never had a chance to realise this until the sky elevator was added to The Accelerated World]]
* PersonalityPowers: Born with no lower legs due to a genetic condition, she grew up wondering why her parents had even chosen to have kids. The first time she felt at peace was [[spoiler:after reading a sci-fi book about humans who adjusted to life in zero gravity by using genetic engineering to replace their legs with a second pair of arms. This lead her to dream for a while of flying through space herself, where her disability would be meaningless, though by the time she installed Brain Burst she was no longer aware of it]].
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler: Her effectiveness in territorial battles can be equated to that of a weapon of mass destruction.]]
%%* ProperLady
* RapunzelHair: Her hair goes past her waist.
* RedBaron: Earned the nickname of "[[PersonOfMassDestruction ICBM]]" for her ability to SpeedBlitz entire teams by jumping behind enemy lines (often with another strong fighter in tow). For her failed attempts at achieving true flight, she also came to be known as "[[NotQuiteFlight Icarus]]".
* SheFu: Before losing her legs, her fighting style included a lot of acrobatics and precise palm and heel strikes, plus using [[NotQuiteFlight Gale Thruster]] to ram enemies.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: She teaches Haruyuki by throwing him off from the top of the Old Tokyo Tower and letting him figure out how to use the Incarnate System to climb his way up.
* SixthRanger: After [[spoiler:she rejoins Nega Nebulus]].
* TornadoMove: Her Incarnate technique "Swirl Sway" creates a sparkling [[WindIsGreen green tornado]].
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her avatar's armour varies between deep blue and grey depending on the light, and it's also the most obviously feminine of any in the Legion.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:With Kuroyukihime/Black Lotus, since they both regret Black Lotus cutting off Sky Raker's limbs to enable her to fly. They start speaking again at the end of Volume 4, but don't fully reconcile until Volume 5.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: She always wears thigh-high stockings to protect her prosthetics. Her duel avatar also evokes this image when its legs are intact.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ardor Maiden]]
!!Utai Shinomiya/Ardor Maiden
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YumiHara (Japanese), Creator/XantheHuynh (English)
A Level 7 Burst Linker, fourth-grade schoolgirl, fire-elemental fighter, and another ex-member of the Elements. Near the end of volume 6 she rejoins Nega Nebulus.
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* AffectionateNickname: She's known as "Uiui" by Kuroyukihime and "Denden" by Graphite Edge.
* ArrowsOnFire: Her "Flame Torrent" and "Flame Vortex" attacks.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: Her Incarnate skill allows for wide-range spells. The drawback is that it has a long charging time.
%%* BadassAdorable
%%* CombatHandFan
* CuteMute: She's a very cute little girl and she can only communicate through her Neurolinker due to a trauma that made her lose her ability to speak.
* CycleOfHurting: Like Current and Edge, she's unable to enter the Unlimited Neutral Field because her avatar's respawn point is stuck inside the InstantDeathRadius of one of the strongest bosses in the game, which resulted in her repeatedly dying and respawning until her Neurolinker was physically disconnected. Attempting to return would place her back in this situation until she received a permanent Game Over. She is eventually rescued over the course of volumes 6 to 8.
* DumbStruck: She lost her ability to talk due to the trauma of witnessing [[spoiler:her brother's death]], which also caused the pink parts of her avatar to turn red.
* FastballSpecial: One of Nega Nebulus's regular strategies was to have Sky Raker use her NotQuiteFlight to fling Maiden behind enemy lines, allowing her to rain DeathFromAbove. They did this often enough for Lotus to crack jokes about Maiden being an EquippableAlly.
* {{Fireballs}}: Her "Flame Vortex" is described as not an [[ArrowsOnFire arrow]] but a helical lance of fire, which explodes into [[SphereOfDestruction a ten-meter sphere of flames]] that sucks in enemies.
* HealItWithFire: Can use the Incarnate System to generate flames with powerful purifying effects, which are first introduced as a possible way of separating the [[ClingyCostume Armor of Catastrophe]] from its host.
* HimeCut: Ardor Maiden has this hairstyle to go with her {{Miko}} theme.
* InSeriesNickname: "Ui" in real life, and "Mei" as Ardor Maiden.
* InverseLawOfSharpnessAndAccuracy: "Superluminal Stroke", her sole non-flame-based special attack, has tremendous speed, power and [[AntiArmor armour penetration]] but also lacks SplashDamage and doesn't give any aiming assistance.
* {{Keigo}}: In real life she communicates through very politely typed messages, though as Ardor Maiden her speech is a little more casual.
* LavaPit: Her ultimate Incarnate technique "Purgatory Blaze" creates one of these to trap enemies and inflict ludicrous damage over time, at the cost of [[AwesomeButImpractical taking two full minutes to charge]]. It's something she developed for use against [[MightyGlacier slow and sturdy]] targets, specifically the raid boss [[TheFourGods Genbu]]. Since wide-area destructive Incarnates are [[PowerBornOfMadness a manifestation]] of ''[[ThePowerOfHate indiscriminate hatred]]'', Mei's friends are alarmed to learn that she's been ''practicing'' such feelings and beg her not to use it too often for the sake of her own mind.
%%* LittleMissBadass
* LockedIntoStrangeness: In a system where avatars are normally [[ColorCharacter themed around a specific colour]], Maiden's stark red-white contrast [[NonStandardCharacterDesign is highly unusual]]. In fact the lower half of her avatar used to be pink, until [[spoiler:witnessing the death of her brother in real life]] caused it to turn deep red.
* LogicalWeakness: The ArrowsOnFire aspect of her attacks does not function in the Space stage where there's no air.
* MagicDance: Some of her Incarnate techniques are performed through a ritual dance, during which her bow transforms into a hand fan and a Noh-style mask slides over her avatar's face.
* {{Miko}}: Her Duel Avatar greatly resembles a shrine maiden.
* NotDisabledInVR: Is mute and cannot even perform "neurospeak" in standard VR (since it involves miming the action of speaking), relying on a virtual keyboard instead. Due to the deeper nature of Brain Burst's mental connection, however, as Ardor Maiden she can talk normally.
* PlayingWithFire: Among the Elements, she is associated with the element of Fire, making use of a fire attribute bow and of Incarnate attacks that create both destructive and purifying flames.
* RainOfArrows: Her attack [[ArrowsOnFire "Flame Torrent"]] can multiply in midair to strike in this way.
* RapidFireTyping: In real life (where she's incapable of speech) she's noted for her ability to type long, complicated messages very quickly and without typos.
* RedBaron: "Testarossa" and "Shrine Maiden of the Conflagration".
* SacredBowAndArrows: Her Enhanced Armament "Flame Caller", as part of her {{miko}} theme. However, when she's using her most "sacred" abilities it turns into a fan.
* TheSpeechless: As a result of a traumatic incident involving [[spoiler:her brother's death]], she can only speak the "Burst Link" command, and uses her Neurolinker to communicate.
%%* SquishyWizard
* TragicDream: It's indicated that she wanted to be a Noh performer when she was young, but couldn't because she was a girl, and was not allowed to perform after a certain age, an experience that gave form to her duel avatar.
* WhamLine:
** She mentions a Burst Linker that took out Supernova Remnant, then identifies him as [[spoiler:Cyan Pile]].
** While talking about her older brother being her parent, she suddenly mention that he isn't just gone from the accelerated world, but [[spoiler:he's also dead]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aqua Current]]
!!Akira Himi/Aqua Current
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[[caption-width-right:350:It's not yet time for us to meet.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaUeda (Japanese), Trinity Lee (English)
A mysterious Burst Linker that works as bodyguard for players no higher than Level 2. [[spoiler: later revealed in the books to be one of the Four Elements of the old Nega Nebulus. She formally rejoins the Legion in book 14, after her Duel Avatar is rescued from the God-Level Monster Seiryu.]]
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* AmbiguousGender: While Akira herself is described as merely somewhat boyish, neither Aqua Current nor her standard net avatar have any distinct gender characteristics. As Current she also [[SecretIdentityVocalShift alters her voice slightly when around people she doesn't know]], which tends to confuse those who meet her in real life. The fact that the name "Akira" [[GenderBlenderName can be used for either gender]] doesn't help matters.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Saving Silver Crow from Argon Array.]]
* ChainmailBikini: The shards of ice that form around her body in [[DualWielding "Keen"]] form resemble one of these, though they're clearly not intended to be protective ([[MultiformBalance she has other forms for that]]).
* CycleOfHurting: Like Maiden and Edge, she's unable to enter the Unlimited Neutral Field because her avatar's respawn point is stuck inside the InstantDeathRadius of one of the strongest bosses in the game, which resulted in her repeatedly dying and respawning until her Neurolinker was physically disconnected. Attempting to return would place her back in this situation until she received a permanent Game Over.
* DePower: [[spoiler:The reason why Aqua Current is level 1 - she went up against Seiryu and lost her levels. At the end of Volume 13, though, she levels herself back up to Level 4]]
* ElementalArmor: Her avatar isn't actually made of water, but transparent crystal that becomes almost invisible as long as the layer of water around it is intact.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sinon]], with both being [[ReiAyanamiExpy Rei Ayanami Expies]] who wear glasses in their civilian identities. Both also have ProfessionalKiller titles, with Aqua being a Bodyguard and Sinon being a Sniper.
* FieldPowerEffect: Her avatar's "Aquamatic" trait (from ''aqua'' and ''chromatic'') lets her enter a SuperMode with different properties depending on the stage she's fighting in. She eventually develops an Incarnate technique which lets her enter any of these forms regardless of location (see MultiformBalance below).
* FunnyAnimal: Her net avatar is an otter wearing glasses and a tie.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Does this to Haru saying it's too early for them to become friends. It is only possible for her to do it because of Incarnate System. Akira also tries to do this to Blood Leopard, but fails, and later comes to regret trying.]]
* MakingASplash: Amoungst the Elements, she is associated with the element of Water.
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Her last name "Himi" is read in Kanji as "looking at ice".]]
* MegaTwintails: As Aqua Current. Her first appearance in the novels depicts them as somewhat thinner.
* MultiformBalance: Her "Phase Trans" Incarnate technique lets her alter the phase of the water around her body, shifting into any of her possible [[FieldPowerEffect Aquamatic]] forms. These are known to include "Keen" (a [[CloseRangeCombatant melee form]] with [[DualWielding dual katars]] and light armour formed from ice), "Adamant" (another ice-based form with [[StoneWall heavy armour]]) and a steam-based form [[LongRangeFighter specialising in ranged attacks]].
* TheNicknamer: She calls Haru by his abbreviated first name, and also calls her Child and real life Cousin Mihaya, "Myah".
* TheSpymaster: [[spoiler: in the old Nega Nebulus, Current was in charge of intelligence gathering. Once she rejoins-the Legion, she reveals that she stays in touch with all her former bodyguard assignments, and they pass on all the gossip they've heard. Which is why Current has a clearer picture of the ISS crisis, and thus the Accelerated Research Society, than pretty much anyone else.]]
* PutOnABus: Despite being featured in the opening of the anime she appears in one episode and vanishes after wiping Haru's memories of their meeting. Only reappears briefly in the cafe in the last episode after all is said and done. TheBusCameBack in the novels that haven't been adapted.
* TheQuietOne: She doesn't talk very much.
* RedBaron: "The One" (a reference to her being an eternal Level 1) and "The Bodyguard".
* ReiAyanamiExpy: Has the bobbed hair, the [[SupernaturalGoldEyes unnatural eye color]] and the highly stoic and mysterious personality required for the trope. She only lacks the light hair color.
%%* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SciFiBobHaircut: Fitting the futuristic setting.
* ScissorsCutsRock: Being made of pure water (which has no charged particles to conduct electricity), Aqua Current is [[NoSell invulnerable to electricity]] despite ElementalRockPaperScissors stating otherwise.
* TheStoic: She's very straight-faced, and doesn't express emotions.
* StoicSpectacles: In real life she wears glasses, which emphasizes her stoicness.
* SuggestiveCollision: How she and Haru meet face to face when [[CrashIntoHello he crashes into her]] [[AccidentalPervert and accidentally grabs her breasts.]]
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Has yellow eyes in real life, which makes her look even more mysterious.
[[/folder]]
!Umesato Junior High
[[folder:Silver Crow]]
!!Haruyuki "Haru" Arita/Silver Crow
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[[caption-width-right:350:The three faces of our hero.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese), Creator/ErikKimerer (English)
The main character, a short, overweight boy with severe self-esteem issues mainly caused by not only his appearance, but also being viewed as an outsider at Umesato Junior High School. An encounter with Kuroyukihime, however, changed his life, as he slowly discovers his power to stand up for himself.
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* AccidentalPervert: He repeatedly ends up in situations where he accidentally gropes or sees undressed one of the girls. This actually gets PlayedForDrama when [[spoiler:Seiji uses a visual mask to lead him to the girls' shower room while Chiyuri is taking a shower as part of a trap to blackmail Haruyuki - Chiyu realizes that Haru was tricked, but knows that he could be expelled if word got out]].
* AdaptationalUgliness: A downplayed example. While Haru isn't physically attractive in the light novels, the anime exaggerates Haru's character design to match his self-image, making him much more cartoonish. In the books, he's only a few centimetres shorter than Takumu, who in turn is taller than Chiyu.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's insecure, socially awkward and a very cute and endearing little guy.
* AffectionateNickname: Takumu and Chiyuri call him Haru.
* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:After becoming the sixth Chrome Disaster, he synchronizes so strongly with the Armor that he can use the abilities of its past hosts. However, [[HowDoIShotWeb he isn't familiar with these abilities' strengths and weaknesses]], which comes back to bite him.]]
* AnimalMotifs:
** A literal flying pig.
** As well as a crow given the name of his avatar is Silver Crow.
* ApologisesALot: He has the habit to apologize for every single thing, even if it's not his fault.
* AttackReflector: Develops the "Optical Conduction" ability in volume 12 as an extension of silver's use in mirrors, growing crystals on his arms which can reflect or CatchAndReturn light-based attacks.
* BadassAdorable: Insecurities aside, he's also a sweet, caring boy. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Just don't dare hurt his friends]].
%%* BashBrothers: With Takumu.
%%* BathtubBonding: With Kuroyukihime in the second OVA.
%%* BattleCouple: With Kuroyukihime.
* BeadyEyedLoser: He's a short, fat boy with very beady eyes, and by the beginning of the series he's a loser who is a target of Araya and his gang's bullying.
* BigFun: Once he starts to gain more self-confidence, Haruyuki becomes a gentle, friendly, and fun fat little guy, but hardly boisterous.
* BookDumb: Haru's grades aren't especially good, but he's really quite intelligent. It's indicated that he doesn't have the energy or focus for long study sessions, [[note]]his grades go up slightly once he starts using burst points for his homework; he can do several hours' worth of work in one half-hour in the Accelerated world. Taku says in exasperation that if Haru had that kind of focus in all his school work, he'd be top of the class[[/note]] and he fears that he'll never be able to get into the same high school as Kuroyukihime.
* BrokenAngel: [[spoiler:In book 3 after Noumi steals everything from him, even his wings.]]
* BullyMagnet: He hasn't known a day of Junior High yet where he hasn't been bullied or threatened by TheBully Araya and his gang. It does not help that Haru actively cuts off any outside support from his friends to deal with the problem out of shame for not being able to himself. It's a sign of his character progression when Nomi tries to put him back in this situation that he doesn't just lie down and take it.
* CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: The reason why his avatar manifested [[WingPull wings]]. Initially Haru just wants to fly away from his problems, but [[GrewASpine as he grows in confidence]] he shifts towards a straighter example of this trope, admiring birds and loving the sky for its own sake. This culminates in the birth of his second-order Incarnate technique "Light Speed", which lets him activate Crow's wings through sheer force of will.
* TheChampion: For Kuroyukihime. Haruyuki makes his goal to help her achieve level 10 so he can protect her and repay her for changing his life by giving him the Brain Burst. It's actually part of Haru's CharacterDevelopment that he's trying to make himself worthy of being her knight.
* ChekhovsSkill: After a failed attempt to use Crow's ChargedAttack "Headbutt" at the very start of his career, Haru declares it AwesomeButImpractical and falls back to simple punches and kicks from then on. As a result no one outside Nega Nebulus knows that Crow even has this attack, which allows Haru to gain the upper hand against Wolfram Cerberus (a linker who studied his fighting style) when he tries to defeat Crow by crushing him in a bear hug.
* ChildhoodFriends: He has been friends with Takumu and Chiyuri since they were living in an apartment complex as children.
* ClassicalAntiHero: At the beginning of the story, Haruyuki is a pathetic loser with no self-esteem and plagued with self-doubt. He gets '''much''' [[TookALevelInBadass better]] thanks to CharacterDevelopment and eventually evolves into a proper hero.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: If you consider ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' the SpiritualSuccessor to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Haruyuki is quite a contrast to Kirito. Kirito was a lean, confident, loner badass whereas Haruyuki is a fat, wimpy kid who tends to rely on his friends. WordOfGod is that the big difference between them is that Kirito was strong on the outside, but weak on the inside. Haruyuki is weak on the outside, but strong on the inside. In a more meta-sense, Kirito might exemplify the gamer's ideal image whereas Haruyuki more-or-less represents the gamer's reality. Despite this, the two were pretty evenly matched when they fought each other in a non-canon bonus chapter.
* ConfusionFu: After people start to get used to Crow's {{Flight}} ability and he can no longer rely on DeathFromAbove {{Diving Kick}}s to carry him to victory, he develops the "Aerial Combo" fighting style - [[SpamAttack a furious barrage]] of close-range attacks which use his flight ability in short bursts in order to micro-dodge and attack from unpredictable angles.
* CounterAttack: In volume 6 Kuroyukihime teaches him the basics of Guard Reversal, aka the "way of the flexible" - a martial arts technique for catching the force of opponents' attacks and redirecting them.
* CyberCyclops: Silver Crow. Though it's actually a visor covering a proper face.
* DeclarationOfProtection: He made a vow to support and protect Kuroyukihime as her "pawn" in the Brain Burst game.
* {{Determinator}}: You'd think losing a hand & having your body filled full of holes would stop anyone. Not this guy though. According to Chiyu, this has been one of his defining characteristics since early childhood; he just didn't use it for anything besides mastering games until now.
* DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler:In the Dusk Taker arc, Silver Crow lost his wings to Dusk Taker, caught by his surprise attack. He then is taught how to use a powerful ability called Incarnate System by Kurasaki Fuuko (Sky Raker), and is given her Enhanced Armament, Gale Thruster (a jet-pack). He gives Gale Thruster back to her after defeating Dusk Taker, but he keeps the ability he learned.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: In the manga chapter, he doesn't quite perform up to his usual level in the first set because he's distracted by the hem of Kuroyukihime's skirt. He doesn't dare admit this, though.
* DivingKick: Becomes Crow's SignatureMove for a while after he first unlocks his Flight ability.
* DontYouDarePityMe: His primary motivation for [[TookALevelInBadass Taking a Level in Badass]] is so his friends Chiyu and Taku don't have to feel sorry for him. Unfortunately, this is also part of the reason why he distanced himself from his friends around the start of middle school.
* DraggedByTheCollar: By Blood Leopard from the cafe straight to the Akihabara.
* DreamsOfFlying: The "calibration dream" Haru has after installing Brain Burst features a flying bird made out of light, {{Foreshadowing}} Silver Crow's abilities.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Silver Crow gains the elemental properties of the metal silver, rendering it resistant to piercing, slashing, [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [[AnIcePerson ice]], and [[PoisonousPerson poison]] attacks; but [[AchillesHeel vulnerable]] to crushing attacks and [[ShockAndAwe electricity]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he's introduced, Haru receives a message from Araya demanding that the former buy him food or he will hurt him. Depressed about school, as usual, Haru escapes into the bathroom during lunch and plays a squash game, in which he has the high score. All this shows that Haru's a victim of bullying with terribly low self-esteem, and an impressive gamer.
* FatalFlaw: His lack of self-esteem causes a variety of problems for him, often holding him back in battle and occasionally causing tension with his friends.
* FighterMageThief: Silver Crow is the Thief to Cyan Pile's Fighter and Lime Bell's Mage.
* {{Flight}}: His avatar's special ability in the Accelerated World, and apparently the first one to be able to do so.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.
* FragileSpeedster: Silver Crow's general fighting style, until he grows wings, which turned him into a GlassCannon. Accelerated World's hits operate on real world's principles (adding speed to your punches increases power) and he is really fast, to the point of being able to break the sound barrier. The "fragile" part comes from how his defenses are quite weak for a metal type, and he generally survives by avoiding damage.
* {{GIFT}}: Notable by its absence - he's one of the few people who acts exactly the same in Brain Burst as he does in real life. WordOfGod says this honesty is the reason for his ChickMagnet status.
* GiverOfLameNames: After coming up with a technique that creates cutting energy around his forearm to extend his reach, he decides to call it... Laser Sword. This is immediately mocked.
* GlassCannon: After he grows wings.
* GodlikeGamer: Played with. While at first he seemed like your run-of-the-mill newb with CripplingOverspecialization that made him a FragileSpeedster, but then he's revealed to have natural talent and learns how to activate his wings (implied to be an Incarnate Skill which is very difficult to master), making him one of the few Burst Linkers who can fly and as a result one of the most dangerous Burst Linkers.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Silver Crow relies on punching his opponents rather than using blades.
* GrewASpine: As part of his CharacterDevelopment, Haruyuki starts to gain self-confidence and finds the courage to stand up for himself.
* GuiltComplex: He has very little self confidence, and tends to blame himself when bad things happen. His friends have to reassure him that it's not his fault.
* TheHero: Part of his character development is becoming of one these proper; both in helping others like Kuroyukihime and overcoming obstacles in his path.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Even as he's making a name for himself in Brain Burst, Haruyuki thinks nothing great about himself and he'd still shy away from all the praise.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: The main reason why he can't reciprocate Kuroyukihime's feelings is that he can't believe such a beautiful, popular girl like her would actually give him a chance.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Since he believes that a girl like Kuroyukihime is out of his league, he tends to unintentionally refuse her affection and make her feel insecure about their relationship.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Despite his feelings being blatantly reciprocated, Haruyuki still thinks a girl like Kuroyukihime is out of his league and she deserves someone better than him.
* InvisibleParents: His parents divorced when he was about 8, and he hasn't seen his father since. While his mother has sole custody of him, she spends most of her time at work, apart from a few briefly mentioned parts in which she hands him his money in the light novels. She has about 30 seconds worth of screen time in the entire anime.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He considered installing Brain Burst for about three seconds. Kuroyukihime had a speech all ready to convince him but it was unnecessary. Even she's surprised at how eager he is.
* LadyAndKnight: He's striving to be the knight of his legion master Kuroyukihime.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBszwa3Tzzw "Silver Wing"]] in the anime. While [[spoiler:Crow is using Gale Thruster]] it's replaced by [[AutobotsRockOut a remix]] titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnoTqrzp-6c "Iron Will"]].
* LethalJokeCharacter: Silver Crow. Above-average speed but terrible stats everywhere else, and its supposed {{Finishing Move}}s are just normal punches, kicks and headbutts. Then Haru figures out how to [[WingPull activate Crow's wings]], giving him SuperSpeed {{Flight}} that turns even regular punches into killing blows. ''[[NextTierPowerUp Then]]'' he gains access to a proper FinishingMove from another source, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill which can be used while flying]].
* LightEmUp:
** In his battle with Wolfram Cerberus it's revealed that half of the damage dealt by his "Headbutt" SpecialAttack is light-based, making it useful against enemies with strong physical defences.
** His Incarnate abilities like Laser Sword and Light Speed are based around the image of beams of light. In volume 9 he uses Incarnation [[MundaneUtility simply to illuminate his surroundings]] and flush [[CastingAShadow Black Vise]] out of hiding.
* LoserProtagonist: He starts out as this, being a short overweight boy with zero self-confidence who gets bullied at school by Araya and his gang, and has no friends. He gets much better through CharacterDevelopment.
* LovableNerd: He's short, fat, socially awkward, and frequently gets beaten up by Araya and his gang of bullies. Once he gains some self-esteem, however, he quickly reveals himself as a Determinator.
* MistakenForGay: He and Takumu share a rather HoYay moment in Episode 21 and the girls around them seem to be misinterpreting the situation.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** After bluntly saying that he believes that Kuroyukihime is only hanging out with him because she hates herself, angering her to the point where she calls him an "idiot" rather than a "fool," slaps him and breaks down in tears, he realizes how [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristic of her]] this is.
** He also has this reaction after realizing that his boasting that Taku could never defeat him was a serious blow to Taku's pride as a Burst Linker.
* NaiveNewcomer: He does some dumb things due to his inexperience. He once leveled up his character without earning more points first, which since it made him lose a lot of his points it put him in danger of losing Brain Burst for good if he lost them all.
* NiceGuy: He's kind, selfless and supportive of his friends.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: He looks very different compared to the other character designs, having a very short, doughy, and round character design.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Downplayed. When Scarlet Rain attempts to infiltrate Nega Nebulus by pretending to be his second cousin and acting deceptively cute, it doesn't take him too long to check if she ''is'' really his second cousin.
* ObliviousToLove: He takes it to a new level by finding signs that Kuroyukihime does like him and refusing point blank to even consider it. This is justified because of his low self esteem.
* OrdinaryMiddleSchoolStudent: He's just a normal and unlucky middle school student until Kuroyukihime introduces him to the Accelerated World.
* ParentalIssues: Implied in the [=OVAs=], and hinted at more strongly in the eighth volume: [[spoiler:Haru believes his parents divorced because of him]].
* ParentalNeglect: It's indicated that his mother doesn't care much about him, and his father cares even less. That said, she does pay his allowance, not bother him about his grades and allows his friends to stay over, so Haru doesn't complain lest he risk the status quo.
* PersonalityPowers: Gained his flight ability from his desire to escape from bullies. After some introspection, he decides that his wings ultimately exist to let him fly ''to'' somewhere - the gift Brain Burst truly gave him was [[{{Determinator}} the will to reach out and keep moving forward]].
* PowerLossMakesYouStrong: [[spoiler:He has his Flight ability stolen by Dusk Taker. Before he regained them, it allowed him to notice that the value of his Duel Avatar lies not in said ability, but in himself, gaining confidence (the lack of which was the main cause for him not being able to use Silver Crow to his full potential) in the process.]]
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Kuroyukihime and Takumu's blue.
* RunningGag: underplayed. Being "cracked in the real" (having your real life identity exposed to another Burst Linker) is considered one of the most catastrophic things that can happen to you, just short of losing Brain Burst. Haru has done this ''by sheer accident'' several times. This culminates at the school festival in vol 13; he introduces [[spoiler: Niko and Pard to Rin outside the gates, realizing [[OhCrap too late]] that they will all automatically assume that 'my friends from gaming' is code for 'Burst Linker'; which he then compounds by introducing them to his entire Legion. Granted, Pard is Current's Child, and Ash is Sky Raker's, but he's cracked the Prominence Leadership and the newest members of his own Legion to a member of Great Wall. Luckily, it all works out due to everyone being chill about it, and leading to a temporary alliance when Rin falls ill from the ISS kit. Utai even thanks Haru in a quiet moment; she's looking forward to having Niko as a friend, given that as a partial red type she's sure they'll get along, and she'd like to have a Burst Linker friend her own IRL age.]]
* SempaiKouhai: He constantly refers to Kuroyukihime this way, and abused by Noumi through TermsOfEndangerment.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Takumu's Manly Man.
* SingleTargetSexuality: despite his ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe mindset, he's utterly devoted to Kuroyukihime romantically. It's stated in more than one book that she "is the person Haruyuki loved and respected more than any other".
* SquareRaceRoundClass: Haru is skilled at {{First Person Shooter}}s, but Silver Crow is [[CloseRangeCombatant focused entirely on melee]] and controls more like a character out of a FightingGame. He comments that he's a little jealous of "Perfect Match" players whose avatars let them apply their existing skills, and used to wish he received a [[LongRangeFighter Red avatar]] instead.
* StockLightNovelHero: Haruyuki partly fits this trope. He was once an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, albeit a very unattractive one with a NonStandardCharacterDesign, who finds his life changed forever when he gets introduced to Brain Burst, an augmented reality game. As a Burst Linker, Haruyuki gains PoweredArmor and fights other Burst Linkers. While he's fairly pathetic at first, he soon discovers he's one of the only Burst Linkers to have a Duel Avatar with ''wings'', giving him the ability to fly and a huge advantage over everyone else. As the series progresses, he also acquires an UnwantedHarem of girls fawning for his attention.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:In the latter part of Dusk Taker arc, Noumi's brutal beatdown on Cyan Pile makes Haru so supremely pissed that it temporarily awakens the piece of [[TheCorruption Chrome Disaster]] hiding on Silver Crow's back. The result is a crimson BattleAura, similarly-colored incarnation attacks and a major case of '''''[[UnstoppableRage flipping the hell out]]'''''. As lucky as Noumi is, however, the duel timed out before anyone could gain the upper hand.]]
** [[spoiler:This later becomes a standard part of his arsenal.]]
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Tiny Guy to Kuroyukihime's Huge Girl. He barely reaches to her waist.
* TinySchoolboy: Though only in Junior High, Haruyuki stands at barely half the height of many of the other characters even at the age of 14. This, combined with his obvious weight problem, was what resulted in him being such a popular target for local bullies. This is an anime-only element as Haruyuki is of average height in the light novel.
* UglyGuyHotWife: While they aren't married, he has this with Kuroyukihime. Haruyuki is a fat midget and just not attractive in the conventional sense, while Kuroyukihime is a beautiful AloofDarkHairedGirl who somehow loves him regardless of his looks. Haruyuki himself has a very hard time believing his luck.
* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: In the volume 10 side story "Versus", Haruyuki fights [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Kirito]]. Who won? [[spoiler: Neither. Did you actually expect anything less?]]
* WingedHumanoid: His avatar Silver Crow can grow wings making him this.
* WingPull: Silver Crow has a set of retractable fins (replaced by sheets of HighTechHexagons in the anime) which slow his fall, and can be used to fly by expending his special move gauge. In volume 8 he develops the second-order Incarnate technique "Light Speed" which transforms them into bird wings made of PureEnergy, allowing him to fly even when his meter is empty.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre:
** Haruyuki has ''zero'' self-confidence and he thinks he can only be pitiful loser, at least until Kuroyukihime tells him of the great potential she sees in him and how she believes he will become the greatest Burst Linker of all. Haruyuki then decides that even if he still can't believe in himself, he can believe in Kuroyukihime's faith in him.
** Chiyu also tells Haru this when he meets with her at her apartment, telling him of all the nice things he did for her and he doesn't have to feel so bad about himself.
* YouAreNotAlone: He tells Kuroyukihime that she's not alone after learning [[spoiler:how her sister betrayed her and manipulated her into killing Red Rider]], promising to stand with her as she reunites Nega Nebulus, builds it even larger, and finally confronts [[spoiler:her sister]].
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[[folder:Lime Bell]]
!!Chiyuri "Chiyu" Kurashima/Lime Bell
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[[caption-width-right:350:Childhood friend No.1]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiToyosaki (Japanese), Creator/StephanieSheh (credited as Michelle T. Hseih) (English)
Haruyuki's upbeat childhood friend who attends the same school as him. Although she is going out with fellow childhood friend Takumu, she cares a lot about Haru's wellbeing and is the first to show concern over his problems with bullies.
She is the only one without an initial avatar in the Accelerated World until she demands the program for herself and becomes Lime Bell.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Her avatar in the OVA.
* AffectionateNickname: Haruyuki and Takumu call her Chiyu.
* AmicableExes: With Takumu. Even though they have broken up, they remain good friends and hold no ill feelings toward each other.
* AnimalMotifs: Wears a cat-face hair ornament, and her in-school avatar is her in a catsuit.
* ArmCannon: As Lime Bell and weaponizes Cyan Pile in the OVA.
* BadassAdorable: As Lime Bell who is cute and a competent fighter.
* BadassCape: As Lime Bell.
* CatGirl: Her net avatar has cat ears, tail and mannerisms.
* CatSmile: Does this on occasion with her net avatar.
* TheChick: She cares a lot about her friends, tries to get everyone in the team to get along and has healing powers.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Subverted. She's introduced as the girlfriend of her childhood friend Takumu, but she seems to be dating him just to maintain his friendship. They break up after the first arc, but remain friends.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Haruyuki and Takumu, who she has known for most of her life.
* CuteBruiser: Her avatar Lime Bell can whop other players pretty hard with her bell.
* CuteLittleFangs: She has little fangs to go with her CatGirl theme.
* EncounterBait: Her "Acoustic Summon" ability, developed in volume 12, lets her use the sound of her bell to attract Enemies.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Joins up with Dusk Taker, an Avatar who can steal others' abilities, just so she could find a chance to restore Haruyuki's wings after they were stolen. Once she has sufficiently leveled up, discovered [[TimeMaster the true nature of her powers]], and secretly tipped Kuroyukihime of the showdown with Noumi, she drops the act and restores Haruyuki's wings.]]
* FighterMageThief: Lime Bell is the Mage to Cyan Pile's Fighter and Silver Crow's Thief.
* FireForgedFriends: She and Kuroyukihime warm up to each other around the time [[spoiler:Chiyu contacts Kuroyukihime to inform her about Haru's stolen wings, enabling her to come to the rescue]].
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* GenkiGirl: She's a very cheerful and energetic, at least when her friends are happy, but even then she still tries to be to cheer them up.
* GirlNextDoor: She's Haru's upbeat childhood friend who lives in the same apartment building as him. Despite Haru trying to keep his distance from her due to getting bullied by Araya, Chiyu did her best to remain friends with him and never stopped trying to help him.
* GirlinessUpgrade: Haru notes that she seems a bit more girly than usual after dating Taku, as shown by her [[SweaterGirl sweater]] and skirt.
* GoodParents: Her parents care for her a great deal, and it's revealed that her father put the Neurolinker on her since her birth so that he, who had lost his voice as a result of hypopharyngeal cancer, could communicate with his daughter.
* GrowingUpSucks: She laments that her friends are drifting apart, and wants to ensure that they stay the way they are forever. Haru sadly tells her that they can't be kids forever.
* HairDecorations: Has her little cat pin on one side and hair clips on the other.
* TheHeart: She always tries her best in order to maintain her friends together.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Tiny Girl to Cyan Pile's Huge Guy in the Accelerated World.
%%* LeotardOfPower: Her avatar in the OVA.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to Kuroyukihime's dark.
* LittleBitBeastly: Her net avatar looks like her with cat ears and a tail.
%%* MagicalGirl: What her Duel Avatar Lime Bell looks like.
* MeaningfulName: May or may not be intended, but her nickname "Chiyu" written in kanji means "healing" or "cure".
* TheMedic: The third Avatar with healing abilities. [[spoiler:Actually what she does is turn back a target Avatar's personal time to before they were injured.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: She thinks of the Accelerated World as a simple game at first, and wants to join so she can do it with Haru and Taku.
* NiceGirl: A kind girl who cares a great deal for her friends.
%%* NiceHat: In her Duel Avatar.
* OfficialCouple: With Takumu until the end of the first arc. The novels have Takumu saying, at the start of the second arc, that they've broken up. The anime omits this line, but keeps Haruyuki asking Takumu during third arc whether he wants to be Chiyu's boyfriend again. As a result, when and why they broke up isn't as clear in the anime.
* PersonalityPowers: [[spoiler:Was at her happiest in her childhood, when her father was still alive and she and her friends were schoolmates with no barriers between them. As a result she gains time-reversal powers from a bell that sounds just like the one at her old school.]]
%%* PluckyGirl
* RedBaron: [[spoiler: Known by the title Time Witch.]]
* RedHerring: In the first arc, Chiyuri is suspected of being Cyan Pile, the Burst Linker who was targeting Kuroyukihime to get her points. Chiyuri turns out to be innocent and Cyan Pile is Takumu, who installed a virus in her neuro-link.
* TheResenter: She admits to be jealous and resentful of how Kuroyukihime got close to Haruyuki and solved his problems so quickly, since Chiyuri had been trying for a long time to help Haruyuki with his problems but never accomplished it. However, Chiyu recognizes Kuroyukihime is the one who can truly help Haruyuki and gives them her blessing.
* ShipperOnDeck: She was initially distrustful of Kuroyukihime because she feared she was trying to use Haruyuki for her own gain and wanted her to stay away from Haru. After she understands Kuroyukihime is the only one who can help Haru with his problems, Chiyu decides to support their relationship and encourages Haru to become her boyfriend, if only so that their relationship is on equal terms.
* SpottingTheThread: She finds it strange that Kuroyukihime is fairly knowledgeable about the White Legion's possible headquarters, even though they're so far away from Nega Nebulus. [[spoiler:Haruyuki notes that Chiyu's ''this'' close to finding out that Kuroyukihime's older sister is the White King, something Kuroyukihime has only told Haru]].
* StoneWall: Unlike most Duel Avatars, Lime Bell can smash through walls without taking ScratchDamage, which is quite a feat, considering most early healers are {{Squishy Wizard}}s.[[note]]It was only until fairly recently that gamers entertained the idea of StoneWall healers.[[/note]] Thus, she can charge up her killer move gauge without even fighting. The effectiveness of her [[spoiler: time reversal]] abilities plus her incredible defense (though not yet on [[NighInvulnerable Green Grandee's level]]) makes her the ideal healer. [[spoiler: But that still remains to be seen until White Cosmos appears.]]
* SweaterGirl: She wears a white sweater with a pink skirt when Haru visits her at her apartment in Volume 1, which Haru notes is more girly than usual for her.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: She does this in behalf of Takumu's suggestion to show her how the Burst Link works.
* TimeMaster: [[spoiler:She's able to turn back a target Avatar's personal time.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: All she really wanted was to stay friends with Haruyuki and Takumu, and is extremely depressed about seeing the three of them drifting apart. [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether They eventually get better.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Along with her school uniform in the manga. Also, her avatar in the OVA.
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[[folder:Cyan Pile]]
!!Takumu "Taku" Mayuzumi/Cyan Pile
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[[caption-width-right:350:Childhood friend No.2]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShintaroAsanuma (Japanese), Creator/LucienDodge (English)
Another childhood friend of Haruyuki and Chiyuri, the latter whom is his current girlfriend. He used to attend a prestigious school before transferring to be with his two childhood friends. Often takes part in kendo tournaments.
He is soon revealed to be Cyan Pile, a Burst Linker who was targeting Kuroyukihime to get her points. After being defeated by Haruyuki, Takumu decides to change his ways and joins Nega Nebulus to atone for his sins.
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* AcademicAthlete: He's the top student of his class and the kendo team champion. However, he owes his success to using the Brain Burst to cheat.
* AdaptationalHeroism: A minor case, but in the anime, after Haru defeats him, and calls him out on [[VillainsWantMercy asking Haru to let him win so that he won't be kicked off Brain Burst]], while [[{{Hypocrite}} he was planning on doing the same thing to Kuroyukihime]], Taku admits Haru has a point.
* AffectionateNickname: Haruyuki and Chiyuri call him Taku.
* AmicableExes: With Chiyuri. They break up after the first arc, but there are no hurt feelings between them and manage to remain good friends.
* ArcVillain: For the first few episodes, he's the one who's trying to cash in on the bounty for Kuroyukihime.
* TheAtoner: After being defeated by Silver Crow, he shows evident aspects of this, trying to make up for his past behavior.
* AwesomeButImpractical: His Level 3 special attack "[[ThisIsADrill Spiral]] [[GroundPunch Gravity]] [[PileBunker Driver]]" is devastatingly powerful but takes a long time to execute, [[GroundPunch can only be aimed straight down]], and sometimes [[LeftStuckAfterAttack leaves his weapon stuck in the ground]]. Taku regrets blindly following his parent's advice to take so many special attacks, but takes responsibility for his own decisions.
* BashBrothers: Post-HeelFaceTurn, with Haruyuki.
* BrokenAce: He is friendly, smart, athletic... pretty much everything Haru wishes he was. But as it turns out, he was bullied by his seniors in his earlier days. This ultimately drove him to do anything to one day get back at them and use Brain Burst to cheat his way through the exams and the kendo tournaments. [[spoiler:It gets even worse when he gets an ISS kit]].
* ButtMonkey: In the ''Accel Assault'' OVA. The main story has a milder variation, in that Cyan Pile tends to [[TheWorfEffect die or get his limbs cut off to show how strong his opponent is]].
* CantCatchUp: Volumes 7 and 8 delve into Taku's feelings of inferiority after seeing how far his teammates have grown, exacerbated when [[spoiler:he gets infected by an ISS kit and it starts feeding on his negative emotions]].
* ChestBlaster: Cyan Pile's Splash Stinger [[SpikeShooter shoots needles]] from panels in his chest.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He has a crush on Chiyuri and they're dating until the end of the first arc.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Haruyuki and Chiyuri.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Pre-HeelFaceTurn. There's something of a variation on his trope, since he claims that getting together with Chiyu is in her best interests, so that she doesn't spend the rest of her life taking care of Haru.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After Haru defeats him in their duel, Haru convinces him to join Nega Nebulus so he can start over and rebuild his friendships with both him and Chiyuri from the ground up.
* DrivenToSuicide: He mentions that he was seriously considering killing himself while he was being bullied.
* EasilyForgiven: Believes this trope has been put on him. He betrayed his friends, laid a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Haruyuki, and used a cheating method to stalk Kuroyukihime for her points. Despite this, both Haru and Kuroyukihime forgive him almost instantly after he apologizes (although Haruyuki doubts whether sparing him is the right decision), and Chiyuri only insists on a ridiculous amount of ice cream to forgive him. It actually seems to boggle him at first, and arguably is part of what makes him so selflessly defend these people who accepted him at his worst.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He hates the nickname "Professor."
* FairytaleMotifs: His standard avatar bears more than a slight resemblance to [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the Tin Woodsman]].
* FatalFlaw: His insecurity and occasional self-destructive tendencies when trying to make up for something often cause him to make bad decisions, such as planning on giving up all his points to Haru and [[spoiler:getting an ISS kit]].
* FighterMageThief: Cyan Pile is the Fighter to Lime Bell's Mage and Silver Crow's Thief.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Inverted. Prior to his HeelFaceTurn, Takumu uses the enhanced abilities granted by Brain Burst to correct his vision. Post-HeelFaceTurn, he begins wearing his glasses again, showing that he's no longer relying on artificial means to improve himself.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* GreenEyedMonster: Initially, he resents and is jealous of Haruyuki for getting Chiyuri's attention by making her constantly worry about him, and goes so far as to put a backdoor program on Chiyuri's Neurolinker to keep tabs on her. [[TookALevelInKindness He gets better.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: When he leaves his legion to join Kuroyukihime's.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Huge Guy to Lime Bell's Tiny Girl in the Accelerated World.
* {{Hypocrite}}: On the verge of defeat against Haru, he begs Haru not to kill him, saying that if he loses against a Level 1 at Level 4, he'll lose all his points... which is what he was planning on doing to Kuroyukihime. In the anime, after Haru calls him out on this, [[HypocrisyNod Taku admits that he has a point]].
* ILetYouWin: In the extra chapter of the manga, Chiyuri, with Kuroyukihime as her partner, has to win a doubles match of tennis against Taku and Haru for Taku to install Brain Burst on her. After the girls win the first set, Kuroyukihime notices that the guys are holding back, and, suspecting that this trope is the reason Taku isn't playing at his best, calls him out on it, saying that Chiyu wants to face him at his best.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He believed he had to be the best at everything so he wouldn't get bullied and Chiyuri would stay interested in him. This lead to him using Brain Burst to get good grades and become the kendo team star. He later starts to grow out of it as part of his CharacterDevelopment.
* InnocentInnuendo: A minor RunningGag, particularly in the anime. He refers to Kuroyukihime as "Master", and some of his conversations with Haru have been [[HoYay sufficiently vague]] that eavesdroppers mistook one for a love confession. Then there's the ''Accel Assault'' OVA where [[MakesSenseInContext he gasps as Chiyu shoves her fist inside him]]. His avatar even attacks by impaling enemies on an extending spike.
-->'''Taku in the OVA:''' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything *pant* *pant* "Chiyu, stop! If you keep making me shoot like this I'll run out of bullets..."]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He notes that he and Chiyuri probably can't go back to being boyfriend and girlfriend, but he'll do his best to make her happy.
* JackOfAllTrades: Spent some of his level-up bonuses on, among other things, gaining new attack forms; while this makes Pile more flexible, [[MasterOfNone he's not as powerful]] as avatars who focus entirely on one ability like his teammates.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Haru realizes that as cruel as Taku's claims about Haru being dependent on Chiyu are, he can't completely deny them.
* KirkSummation: Gives one to Noumi [[ShutUpHannibal in response to]] Noumi's HannibalLecture. Taku suggests that Noumi's avatar's ability to steal powers repesents the void in his heart. Taku isn't completely wrong, given that the powers are based on one's traumas, but Noumi then takes the opportunity to describe how he got it.
* TheLancer: Post-HeelFaceTurn he helps Haruyuki level up thanks to his greater experience and skills. Also a literal lancer since his weapon is a pile driver, which acts much like a spear.
* LightningBruiser: Cyan Pile can actually keep up with Silver Crow despite its large frame. Turned UpToEleven once he acquires [[CoolSword Cyan Blade]].
* MasterOfNone: In volume 7 Taku reveals that he sees his avatar as this, claiming that its nature as a melee-focused blue avatar was "distorted" by his mixed feelings of friendship and jealousy towards Haru and Chiyu. Haru disagrees, seeing Pile's JackOfAllTrades nature as a virtue that's helped out the Legion whenever they were facing unknown enemies.
* MeaningfulName: The "pile" refers to the piledriver that serves as his avatar's weapon.
* MistakenForGay: He and Haruyuki share a rather HoYay moment in Episode 21 and the girls around them seem to be misinterpreting the situation.
* MultiMeleeMaster
** CoolSword: Cyan Blade, thanks to his [[TrainingFromHell Incarnate System training]] with [[MoreDakka Scarlet Rain]].
** PileBunker: His main weapon. Much to Haruyuki's surprise during his battle against Cyan Pile, his pile bunker can be used (albeit less efficiently) in mid/long-range combat, being particularly useful in tight spaces such as corridors.
* MutualEnvy: It turns out that while he [[BrokenAce outwardly seems to be everything Haru isn't- popular, good at school and athletic]]- he's actually jealous of Haru's inner strength.
* NiceGuy: Turns into this thanks to CharacterDevelopment.
* NotSoDifferent: With Noumi and Haru.
** In the Dusk Taker arc, he soon realizes that Noumi is relying on Brain Burst for an advantage in school and kendo, noticing Noumi's suspiciously perfect scores on one of his tests. It's also revealed that he, like Haruyuki, was bullied a great deal.
** Later on, it becomes clear that he and Haru are somewhat similar, having been victims of bullying in the past, and also prone to self-loathing.
* OfficialCouple: With Chiyuri until the end of the first arc. The novels have Takumu saying, at the start of the second arc, that they've broken up. The anime omits this line, but keeps Haruyuki asking Takumu during third arc whether he wants to be Chiyu's boyfriend again. As a result, when and why they broke up isn't as clear in the anime.
%%* OneHeadTaller: Than Chiyuri.
* PersonalityPowers: Cyan Pile was born from Taku being bullied in kendo practice by older students practicing thrusts on his neck. Later he claims that reason his melee avatar has reach-extending attacks is because of his mixed feelings of wanting to bring his friends closer and push them away.
* TheProfessor: Niko's nickname for him. [[InSeriesNickname Eventually sticks and is occasionally used by everybody else around him too]]. He doesn't like it, though.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue (shared with Kuroyukihime) to Haruyuki's red.
%%* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Haruyuki's Sensitive Guy.
* TheSmartGuy: He knows a lot about Brain Burst.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's pretty knowledgable, and deliberately wears glasses to looks this way. Yukino nicknamed him "The Professor" because of this.
* StalkerWithACrush: He installed a virus in Chiyuri's neurolink so he can spy on her at any time. After his HeelFaceTurn, he realizes how wrong this was and uninstalls the virus.
* SuicideByCop: Thankfully, only in the game, but [[spoiler:after realizing how much the ISS kit has corrupted him, Taku asks Haru to destroy him, and plans on going on a suicidal attack against the Acceleration Research Society after their duel concludes]]
* TalkingWeapon: In the OVA, he turns into an ArmCannon for Chiyuri.
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: In volume 7, [[spoiler:after Taku is forced to equip an [[TheCorruption ISS Kit]] out of self-defence, he knows exactly how it works and can ''feel'' it slowly digging its tendrils into his mind. This mix of self-awareness and despair actually makes his IS Mode ''stronger'' than those of linkers who treat the Kit as a mere powerup, and instead of just granting him the default "Dark Shot" and "Dark Blow" attacks, it also lets him use darkness-empowered versions of Cyan Pile's usual abilities.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Though at the cost of exposing [[BrokenAce his issues]], Takumu learns the error of his ways and becomes a much better person and a good true friend to Haru and Chiyu.
* TraumaButton: People using piercing attacks in kendo brings the traumatic memories of his being bullied back. According to him, it's bad enough that when he gets into high school and piercing attacks are allowed in kendo matches, he'll no longer be able to compete.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about him without spoiling the fact that he, not Chiyu, is Cyan Pile (the main twist of the first volume), the less pleasant aspects of his personality that his friends don't know about, or that he eventually becomes a better person
* TheWorfEffect: Having the biggest and strongest-looking avatar on your team is tough. [[spoiler:It eventually takes its toll on him, and he begins questioning his own worth]].
[[/folder]]
!Other Members
[[folder:SPOILERS]]
!!Metatron
See the Enemies section.
[[/folder]]
!Former Members
[[folder:Graphite Edge]]
!!Graphite Edge
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[[caption-width-right:350:Anomaly]]
A Level 8 Burst Linker with control over earth, as well as the fourth ex-Element. His appearance and fighting style bear a heavy resemblance to Kirito, protagonist of the author's previous work ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''.
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: {{Downplayed|Trope}} - he's one of the first generation of Burst Linkers, and sometimes talks about Brain Burst using terms from [=pre-VR=] games, like referring to [[{{Cyberspace}} diving]] as "logging in".
* BadassLongcoat: His avatar's armor flares out at the waist to resemble one.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Once possessed enough Burst Points to reach level 9, but refused to use them (both out of respect for the then-level-8 Black Lotus, and fear of the rumored PermaDeath mechanic). By the present day he no longer has this potential [[spoiler:due to transferring all his surplus points to Green Grandee as payment for sheltering the remnants of the original Nega Nebulus]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While his predecessor Kirito goofed around once in a blue moon, Graphite Edge does it ''constantly'', to the point where his teammates seem to consider him insane. Despite that, he's still [[MasterSwordsman incredibly skilled]].
-->'''Ardor Maiden:''' "If you are surprised and panicked each and every time Graph does something, there'll be no end to it. The trick is to simply think of ''[[HeyYou him]]'' as ''that'' sort of person and accept it."
* ButtMonkey: When both he and Black Lotus were in spitting distance of Level 9, Current tried to convince him to level up first so that she could learn about its permadeath mechanics, arguing that "Graph's in charge of sacrifices".
* CastAsAMask: In ''VideoGame/AccelWorldVsSwordArtOnline'' his voice actor is only credited as "???", but it's heavily implied his voice actor is Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka especially when listening closely to the modulated voice. This teases at the fan theories that Graphite Edge is Kirito himself.
* ComputerVoice: His voice in ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'' sounds very digital and is modulated, all in part to hide the identity of his voice actor.
* CycleOfHurting: Like Maiden and Current, he's unable to enter the Unlimited Neutral Field because his avatar's respawn point is stuck inside the InstantDeathRadius of one of the strongest bosses in the game, which resulted in him repeatedly dying and respawning until his Neurolinker was physically disconnected. Attempting to return would place him back in this situation until he received a permanent Game Over. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he managed to escape by breaking into the Imperial Palace itself.]]
* DishingOutDirt: Amongst the Elements, he is associated with the element of Earth - specifically carbon in its various forms.
* DualWielding: His enhanced armament, which are dual swords known as Lux and Umbra.
* GlassCannon: His diamond swords have enormous attack power but his graphite armor is pathetically weak, to the point where even SquishyWizard avatars can take him out in a few hits.
* HeroicAmbidexterity: The only ambidextrous member of Nega Nebulus, and also its most skilled fighter.
* IdiotHero: When recounting the time Graph disintegrated himself while trying to attack a living sun, Current starts to refers to him as "that idiot" [[LastSecondWordSwap only to switch halfway through]] to "that reckless one".
-->'''Niko:''' "Hahahaha! Just like Negabu's Anomaly! I've heard all kinds of rumours, and it sounds like he was seriously quite the mighty hero."
-->'''Fuuko:''' "For him, you have to add the word ''idiot'' before ''hero'', Red King." Fuuko smoothly uttered the adjective that Akira had hesitated to.
* IHaveTheHighGround: Prone to entering the scene from a high place, then somersaulting down and effortlessly landing on his feet. PlayedForLaughs in volume 18, when he lands perfectly ''[[PoseOfSupplication on his knees]]'' in order to apologise to Lotus for not contacting her.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Has an excellent grasp of zero-gravity combat due to his past experience in space-based videogames, giving his team an advantage when they have to fight in the newly-introduced Space stage.
* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: [[spoiler: Is Level 8 and could've gotten to Level 9 shortly before the 7 kings did, but chose not to in order to secure more fallback points. After the instant death rule was revealed he lost all interest in leveling up.]]
* TheMentor: He was the one who taught Black Lotus how to fight, with most of her Incarnate skills being directly borrowed from him.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: In ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'', the game heavily implied that he is Kirito from the future or at the very least ''connected'' to Kirito. When he meets Kirito, Graphite Edge already knows who he is without even being told his name, and has a very similar speaking pattern. There's also a long list of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial to things that Kirito brings up listed below.
* TheNicknamer: Refers to his teammates by whimsical nicknames like Lotta (Black Lotus) and Denden (Ardor Maiden), much to their annoyance.
* RedBaron: Despite his fragility his Hyper Diamond swords can parry almost any physical attack, earning him the nickname "Anomaly".
* SequenceBreaking: [[spoiler:Managed to enter the Imperial Palace by using Elucidator to slash through the infinitely-thin gap between the gates and destroy their seal from the wrong side. He does note that this was extremely difficult to pull off, and that he died a countless number of times in the process.]]
* SharpenedToASingleAtom:
** His swords Lux and Umbra are tipped with graphene, which he describes in this way.
** His [[RealityWarper third-stage Incarnate technique]] "Elucidator" takes this UpToEleven, making Lux's entire blade infinitely thin and allowing it to cut through normally-indestructible terrain (though some special objects like the gates of the Imperial Palace are still beyond him). While active, the weapon seems to flicker in and out of existence.
* ShoutOut: His attacks are named after Sword Skills from ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''.
* SourSupporter: His friends describe him as one of the most sour people you'll ever meet, implied to be because he keeps ending up as a vanguard and [[GlassCannon getting himself killed]]. Though this is as much a result of his LeeroyJenkins habits as anything else.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'', Kirito notices several things that seem familiar about Graphite Edge, including: the appearance of his two swords, his fighting style, the fact he taught Black Lotus the identical sword skills that Kirito uses, his preference of dressing in black with a BadassLongcoat, and the way he talks. However Graphite Edge keeps laughing it off as being it is all coincidence.
* SwordBeam: His special attack "Vertical Square" slashes four times then connects the lingering SwordLines together and sends them flying as a projectile attack.
* WalkingSpoiler: His true identity is kept under wraps, but there are numerous hints that have been dropped that he's Kirito or someone connected to him.
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!!Glass Monarch
Chiaki's older brother. As one of the few who knew of Black Lotus' real-life identity, he admired and used to tell stories about her to his little sister. However, he perished three years ago due to an incurable disease passing the Brain Burst program on to Chiaki.
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%%* AwesomeMcCoolname
%%* IllBoy: It ultimately killed him.
* PosthumousCharacter: Died when Chiaki was very young.
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A list of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' characters primarily associated with the Black Legion, Nega Nebulus.
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!In General
[[folder:In General]]
* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:The failed raid on the Imperial Palace, which resulted in Ardor Maiden, Aqua Current and Graphite Edge being trapped in precarious positions on the Unlimited Neural Field, in which [[CycleOfHurting the Four Gods will kill them if they try to log back in]]. It took a great deal of effort to rescue Ardor Maiden from this situation]]
* ElementalPowers: The Elements of the old group represented the classical four elements. Sky Raker represented air, Ardor Maiden represented fire, Aqua Current represented water, and Graphite Edge represented earth.
* EliteFour: The Elements, the four lieutenants of the first incarnation of Nega Nebulus. Shortly after Black Lotus's declaration of war on the other kings, they attempted a raid on a group of BeefGate bosses themed after TheFourGods. Instead, three of them became trapped in a CycleOfHurting inside the bosses' spawn zones, and the Legion fell apart soon afterwards.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: So far, Sky Raker and Ardor Maiden have rejoined Kuroyukihime, and Haruyuki hopes the other Elements will, too. [[spoiler: as of vol 14, Aqua Current has rejoined as well.]]
* TrueCompanions: They're considered a very close-knit group, especially the new Nega Nebulus, which Haru thinks of as a family of sorts.
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!The Black King
[[folder:Black Lotus]]
!!"Kuroyukihime"/Black Lotus
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kuroyuki3_2367.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Our mysterious princess...]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SachikaMisawa (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)
A second-year at Umesato Junior High who is very popular among the other students thanks to both her looks and passive personality. She becomes interested in Haruyuki and gives him the chance to enter the Accelerated World to fight alongside her. During school, she is known for being very calm and caring but still impatient and ill-tempered and not always using her head.
She is actually the Black King, formerly one of the original pure colored kings, who went into hiding, Like the others she is one of the strongest players in the game with a level 9 avatar. She is considered a traitor by other Burst Linkers.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Her net avatar's dress takes this to its logical extreme. Her bodice is entirely backless and sideless, with two narrow straps of black fabric rising from the waistline to cover her non-existent boobs.
* ActionGirlfriend: Kuroyukihime is the powerful Black King who suddenly changes Haruyuki's life by introducing him to the Accelerated World, becoming both his mentor and love interest.
* ACupAngst: Downplayed. She's usually not bothered by the size of her chest, but she gets annoyed when Niko tries to make fun of her lack of curves and when seeing Megumi's large breasts.
* AffectionateNickname: Fuuko, Utai and Akira address her as Sa-chan ([[DubNameChange "Sacchi" in the localization of the light novel]]). As Black Lotus, her mentor Graphite Edge calls her "Lotta".
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: An unusual example. She became enamored with Haruyuki after seeing his speed and drive in his squash games, [[spoiler: and the only reason she had a higher score, for the purpose of getting his attention, is she had to cheat to even surpass him]]. The way it's presented, this in turn makes Haruyuki an unusual kind of "Hercules", but replace physical prowess with video game skill, though within a virtual game world, it still translates to physical prowess in a sense.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's a tall girl with long black hair who possess a graceful and calm demeanor.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Treated as the highest criminal in Brain Burst for trying to reach Level 10 and disrupting the BalanceOfPower. Subverted by the show itself, which treats her overt desire to achieve level 10 and potentially end the game as good, while treating the other kings' underhanded backstabbing and maintainance of the status quo as evil.
** Also subverted in the books with the non-Guild Burst Linkers (and secretly a few Guild members too), who see her ambition as the natural state of mind for a true gamer and fighter; when Kuroyukihime appears at the Hermes Cord Race (book 5) many of the spectators cheer for her return.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Towards Haruyuki in Episode 4.
* AnimalMotifs: Always associated with butterflies.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: A surprisingly heartwarming one in Volume 2. After pointing out that his fear of failure is holding him back, and at the root of it is the fear of being abandoned, asks him if he really thinks their bond is that shallow.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Slaps Haruyuki and cries after he accuses her of using him as a pawn to degrade herself.
* AttractivenessIsolation: Kuroyukihime fears she's so attractive that she's intimidating Haruyuki and that's why he's so reluctant to get close to her.
* BadassAdorable: Very beautiful, SchoolIdol to boot and is the Black King, who made her descent in the virtual world through piles of her defeated enemies.
%%* BathtubBonding: With Haruyuki in the second OVA.
%%* BattleCouple: With Haruyuki.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Although she is generally polite and well meaning, she won't hesitate to kick ass if Haruyuki and his friends are in danger.
* TheBigGirl: Besides playing TheLeader, Kuroyukihime is also by far the most powerful and toughest member of Nega Nebulus.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The Black Lotus's arms have {{absurdly sharp blade}}s that are able to cut and damage anything.
* BladeSpam: Her attacks "Death by Barraging" (performed with her [[BladeBelowTheShoulder arms]]) and "Death by Bashing" (a series of [[ArmedLegs kicks]] too fast to see), as well as her Incarnate techniques like Starburst Stream (which [[MagicMissileStorm generates stars around her and shoots them forward as she strikes]]).
* BreakingTheFellowship: The Elements of Nega Nebulus broke up after [[spoiler:the failed attempt to invade the Imperial Palace, since three out of four were trapped at various spots in the Unlimited Neural Field]].
* BrokenAce: In the real world, she's the attractive, popular and intelligent vice president of her middle school. In the accelerated world, she's currently the closest to reaching Level 10, as the only Level 9 who's killed another Level 9. Beneath this seemingly perfect exterior lies a surprisingly emotionally vulnerable girl who's plagued by guilt, self-loathing and occasional feelings of jealousy.
* ButterflyOfDoom: AntiHero example.
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:She considers her sister White Cosmos her worst enemy because she tricked her into beheading Red Rider.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: She's aiming for this trope in-universe. Kuroyukihime is working towards being able to change the tip of her blade-arms into hands, with the immediate aim of holding Silver Crow's hand, the long-term aim being to hug her friends in the Accelerated World without killing them - remember, her [[OneHitKill closest range attack]] is called ''Death by Embracing''. This process involves analyzing the wounds and flaws in her own psyche, and working to fix them - and she can already form hands for a few seconds. It's a literal manifestation of ThePowerOfLove; not just her romantic love for Haru, but her platonic love for her friends in her Legion.
* ChildHater: She says she dislikes children, especially those like Niko.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She easily gets jealous whenever another girl gets close to Haruyuki. This even extends to herself as the second ending shows.
* CoolBigSis: Despite her claims of hating kids, she acts very mentor-ish around Coral Merrow and Lagoon Dolphin, and seems to enjoy their company. Meanwhile, her interactions with Niko are part this and VitriolicBestBuds.
* CounterAttack: Guard Reversal, aka "the way of the flexible" - a martial arts technique she picked in the real world for redirecting the force of opponents' attacks. The first time she uses it against Haru, he momentarily feels like her blade arms have turned into snakes and wrapped around his punch. Haru is later able to pull off a crude version of the technique by imitating her.
* CryCute: [[spoiler:After she and Fuuko/Sky Raker finally mend their broken friendship.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She says her "parent" betrayed her and is now her worst enemy. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that her "parent" is her sister who tricked her into killing Red Rider.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: She has a black motif and is seen as highest criminal in Brain Burst. In actuality, she's an AntiHero, but not a bad person.
* DeadlyHug: Her attack Death By Embrace, a hug that decapitates her enemy.
* DeclarationOfProtection: She swears to Haruyuki that she will protect him right before [[spoiler: saving him from being hit by Araya's car]].
* DeusExitMachina: She is in a school trip during the Dusk Taker arc, which results in Haru and Taku having to deal with Noumi alone.
* DesignerBabies: In Volume 23, it is revealed she is [[spoiler: a Machine child. Her mother was one of KAMURA’s entrepreneurs and her father one of the researchers and together they were trying to research Fluctlight duplication by overwriting her Fluctlight when she was in her artificial womb by attaching a baby-size Neuro Linker on her when she was still developing.]]
* DistaffCounterpart: Given that ''Accel World'' is technically a SpiritualSuccessor to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Kuroyukihime can be thought of in many ways as a female Kirito. This has been lampshaded in crossovers such as ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight''. Both of them favor wearing black, have titles with the word "Black in them (Black Lotus and Black Swordsman), are very TheStoic and serious compared to their peers, both are capable of DualWielding, and both even use ''identical'' Sword Skills (Vorpal Strike, The Eclipse, Starburst Stream).
* DontCallMeSir:
** She doesn't like how Haruyuki keeps calling her "Sempai", even after she revealed her true name to him.
** She also would like Takumu to stop calling her "Master" because she likes to be in more friendly terms with her legion members.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She has three in the first volume. Her first appearance as someone who broke Haru's record in the squash game (albeit using acceleration) and inviting him to soar to greater heights shows her as a mysterious individual who's also a skilled gamer. Her emotional breakdown after Haru insults himself and her shows that she's still an emotionally vulnerable 14-year-old. The fact that her plan to get Araya expelled backfires on her, [[spoiler:resulting in him trying to kill her and Haru]], shows that many of her actions end up having unintended and unfortunate consequences.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Megumi appears to.
* TheFashionista: Not only is her net avatar's dress very fancy, but in the real world, she wears casual clothes, kimono or gloves.
* FireForgedFriends: She and Chiyu initially don't get along because they're jealous of each other, but by the end of the Dusk Taker arc, during which [[spoiler:Chiyu contacts Kuroyukihime to inform her about Haru's stolen wings, enabling her to come to the rescue]], they warm up to each other, and Kuroyukihime [[FirstNameBasis starts calling Chiyu by her first name]].
* FirstNameBasis: She refers to Haruyuki and his friends by their (unabbreviated) first names, and the "-kun" honorific, and forgoes honorifics with Fuko and Megumi.
* FlatWhat: When she realizes that Haruyuki actually went with her suggestion to direct link with Chiyuri (which is equivalent to ''a very close date'') to investigate Cyan Pile, her expression goes to a fault.
-->'''[[DeathGlare Kuroyukihime]]''': ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext How long was the cable?]]''\\
'''Haruyuki''': ''About 30 cm...''\\
''(Kuroyukihime [[SeriousBusiness walks]] '''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments way faster]]''')''
* {{Foil}}: To Taku's (unnamed) Parent. Kuroyukihime serves as a mentor and guide to Haru, while Taku's Parent told him what to do and used him as a pawn to test the backdoor program.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* FreakinessShame: She thinks her Duel Avatar is ugly because her limbs are blades instead. Haruyuki finds it beautiful, though.
* GiveGeeksAChance: She's a very beautiful girl who is so popular that she could have every guy at her school, but she only has eyes for the little chubby guy that everyone considers a loser.
%%* GodivaHair
* GodlikeGamer: As one of the seven Kings and a level-nine Burst Linker, Black Lotus is undoubtedly one of the most powerful Burst Linkers in the entire game.
* GreenEyedEpiphany: She says she realized her feelings for Haruyuki when he mentioned that he has cabled with Chiyu with a short cable and Kuroyukihime found herself feeling jealous for the first time in her life.
* HairAntennae: They fit with her butterfly motif since they resemble butterfly antennae.
* HairDecorations: Her net avatar wears a headband.
* HellishHorse: She [[spoiler: pulls a BigDamnHeroes]] while riding one of these.
* HeroicBSOD: She faints after [[spoiler: being forced to remember how she killed Red Rider]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Used [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Physical Full Burst]] to save Haruyuki from being hit by Araya's car, consuming 99% of her Burst Points and causing her a few days' retirement at the hospital.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She's often fairly critical of herself for her past actions, and the narrator in her POV sections (which is indicated to show how she feels) can often judge her quite unfavorably.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: In her net avatar.
* IronLady: Takes on a haughty and flippant persona when speaking officially as the Black King, making aggressive demands and implying that her rivals are only still alive because she allows it. [[TheGadfly Raker claims that]] this act helped recruitment greatly in the early days of Nega Nebulus... because Lotus used to be so ''bad'' at it that recruits saw her as an {{Adorkable}} PluckyGirl and [[InstantFanClub treated her Legion as a fan club]].
* ItsAllMyFault: She blames herself for many things, such as the disintegration of her own Legion. (on the last charge, at least, her former Legion members don't agree)
* JustTheWayYouAre: She loves Haruyuki for how he is. For instance, she likes the pig avatar he uses and finds it cute.
* LadyAndKnight: Kuroyukihime is the beautiful lady and Haruyuki is the brave warrior trying to make himself worthy of being her knight and protect her.
* LadyOfWar: Her Duel Avatar glides around just above the ground, giving her movements a smooth, graceful quality, and she carries herself in a calm and elegant manner.
* TheLeader: Of her legion Nega Nebulus. She gives them missions to protect territories, and guides them on getting stronger.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNotK11wQ3w "Alert Sign"]] in the anime. During her battle with Yellow Radio it's replaced by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3c_0LZm0Y "raio0"]] remix.
%% * LeotardOfPower: Her avatar in the OVA.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Chiyuri, Megumi and [[spoiler: Fuuko]]'s light.
* LightningBruiser: Black Lotus is [[FlashStep insanely fast]], deals borderline {{One Hit Kill}}s against [[{{Mooks}} weaker Duel Avatars]], and [[NoSell is immune to grapples and restraining attacks]].
* LoopholeAbuse: Because the Umesato dress code requires an "uncolored" uniform shirt and black isn't a color, she's able to get away with wearing a black shirt. It's unclear how she does the same by wearing a dark blazer instead of a blue one with her winter uniform, though.
* MeaningfulName: Her nickname, Kuroyukihime, translates to Princess Snow Black. You can already guess what she ended up being...
%% * MentorArchetype: To Haruyuki.
* AMotherToHerMen: She deeply cares about the members of her legion and treats them like her dear friends instead of mere subordinates.
* MsFanservice: Her net avatar wears a revealing dress that shows off her [[AbsoluteCleavage cleavage,]] [[SexyBacklessOutfit her back and part of her butt]]. The anime opening sequences also like to show her nude.
* MultiformBalance: Her "Overdrive" command causes Black Lotus's TronLines to glow in one of three colours, temporarily converting it into an avatar of that colour - Mode Red for increased attack range, Mode Green for higher defences, and Mode Blue for improved melee attack power. It's referred to as not a true Incarnate ability so much as a [[{{Determinator}} battle cry]] she uses to hype herself up, and is only usable in multiple ways because her avatar isn't associated with any colour to begin with.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Her reaction after realizing that [[spoiler:Red Rider hadn't actually been planning on manipulating and betraying the other legions, meaning she killed him over a lie]].
* NiceGirl: Kuroyukihime is very polite, calm, patient and well-meaning. [[BewareTheNiceOnes You'd better not make her angry, though.]]
* NonUniformUniform: For apparently no reason at all, she wears a darker version of the school uniform. It does fit her nicely though.
%%* {{Ojou}}
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: To readers/viewers, as there are a few characters who know her name. Although she states that her real name isn't that different from her nickname. Taken to insane levels when she presents her name tag (which supposedly can't be hacked) and it shows her nickname instead of her name. [[spoiler:Fuuko]] addresses her as Sa-chan in the final episode. It still doesn't tell us anything about her real name but is a start.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Haru makes the assumption that she's only around someone like him as a means of self-punishment, she gets upset to the point at which she slaps him, angrily calling him an idiot (as opposed to the smug way she calls him a "fool" when he does something stupid), and ends up crying uncontrollably. Seeing her as the 14-year-old girl she really is, Haru [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes how deeply he upset her]].
* ParasolOfPrettiness: In her net avatar goes around with an elegant parasol.
* ParentalNeglect: Her parents don't even bother to show up [[spoiler:at the hospital]] after [[spoiler:she is hit by a car]].
* PeerlessLoveInterest: Haruyuki pretty much fell in love with Kuroyukihime because she was way out of his league both in social status and looks. This makes Haruyuki determined to fight to prove his worthiness of her and protect her. However, this gets deconstructed as Kuroyukihime is not comfortable with Haruyuki idolizing her and would like him to treat her like an individual equal to him so they could enjoy a more normal relationship. Haruyuki constantly insisting on maintaining his distance from Kuroyukihime and admiring her from afar only ends up hurting her feelings, but Haruyuki still isn't confident enough to get closer to Kuroyukihime and accept that she loves him just the way he is.
* PersonalityPowers: Black Lotus's limbs are razor-sharp and hurt anyone who touches them, fitting her complexes over her past mistakes. [[spoiler:As part of her attempts to move on, she is trying to develop an Incarnate technique which uses positive feelings to transform her blade-arms into normal hands.]]
* PimpedOutDress: Her net avatar has this.
* PowerGivesYouWings: In the OVA, when she merges with Haruyuki.
%%* PragmaticHero
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears black tights while in her school uniform.
* PropertyOfLove: She claims Haruyuki belongs to her and she won't give him away to anyone.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair is past her back.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: She has very dark hair and pale skin and is seen as beautiful.
* RedBaron: Known by the title "World End"
%% * RedOniBlueOni: The blue (with Takumu) to Haruyuki's red.
%% * RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Megumi.
* SchoolIdol: She's the most popular girl in her grade, is considered the most beautiful girl in school and is part of the student council.
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: She wears her modified school uniform most of the time, and Fuko notes that her closet is full of uniforms.
* SempaiKohai: She is the sempai to Haruyuki and co.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Her net avatar wears an entirely backless dress, even showing a bit of butt cleavage.
* SexyMentor: She's very beautiful and acts as TheTease towards her protege and LoveInterest Haruyuki.
* SheIsTheKing: She holds the title of the Black King.
%%* ShesGotLegs
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: To ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' - [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382866 Black Lotus]] is the most iconic member of the game's premier {{Game Breaker}}s, the Power 9, for its unmatched ability to gather mana (known colloquially as "Acceleration" or "Accel"). This is reflected both in Kuroyukihime's Level 9 status and the mechanics of her "Overdrive" command. The theme starts to become more obvious after the arrival of the fake Black avatar Black Vise (see his entry for more details).
* ShutUpHannibal: When Yellow Radio tries to guilt trip her over her killing [[spoiler:Red Rider]], Kuroyukihime tells him that she won't feel at all guilty about killing Yellow Radio.
%% * SiblingYinYang: With her sibling, [[spoiler:White Cosmos.]]
* SingleTargetSexuality: She only has eyes for Haruyuki.
* SnubByOmission: In the first OVA, while she's upset about Haruyuki acting like her subordinate while offering to help her alongside his other friends, says, "Then I'll see you after school, Takumu-kun, Chiyuri-kun," deliberately leaving Haru out.
* SpinAttack: Her ultimate Incarnate technique "The Eclipse" has her extend her arms and spin at high speeds while upside down, causing her to appear as a black void surrounded by a ring of white SwordLines.
* SwordBeam: Her Incarnate technique "Vorpal Strike" shoots a powerful long-range beam by thrusting her arm forward, making it an exaggerated version of the reach-extending ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' skill of the same name. Haru later [[VariantPowerCopying uses the image of Vorpal Strike as inspiration for]] Laser Lance, a long-range version of his Laser Sword, and the similarity of the two techniques means they can be used in a CombinationAttack.
* SwordCane: The parasol of her net avatar is revealed to be a scabbard for a sword in the OVA.
* TheTease: She enjoys to flirt with Haruyuki and see him get embarrassed as a result.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNotK11wQ3w "Alert Sign"]] in the anime. During her battle with Yellow Radio it's replaced by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3c_0LZm0Y "raio0"]] remix.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Huge Girl to Haruyuki's Tiny Guy.
* TragicMistake: Killing Red Rider. It indirectly leads to her [[spoiler:being kicked out of her family home after she confronts her sister, becoming a wanted criminal in Brain Burst, and, not long afterward, her team breaking apart after the failed raid on the Imperial Palace]].
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. Kuroyukihime is usually very calm, affectionate to Haruyuki and true with her feelings, but is prone to become very annoyed when she sees Haruyuki with other girls or when he does something that upsets her. Perhaps exemplified at the end of the Dusk Taker arc, in which she says that 49 percent of her wants to congratulate Haruyuki for a job well done, 50 percent of her wants to punch him, and the remaining one percent wants to hug him while apologizing for not being there for him.
* TsurimeEyes: She displays these eyes and she has a confident and aloof personality.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Her relationship with Haruyuki, although they aren't married. Kuroyukihime, a very beautiful AloofDarkHairedGirl, somehow only has eyes for the fat midget Haruyuki and loves him regardless of his looks.
* UnwittingPawn: It's later revealed that the reason she killed Red Rider was because [[spoiler:her sister tricked her into thinking that he had nefarious motives for establishing the non-aggression pact. Once Kuroyukihime finds out the truth, she is furious]].
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Yuniko. They display animosity toward each other, because Yuniko has a hard time admitting she enjoys their company around her.
* WingedHumanoid: Her net avatar has large butterfly wings.
* WingsDoNothing: The wings in her net avatar are mere decoration.
* WithholdingTheirName: "Kuroyukihime" is OnlyKnownByHerNickname ([[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Princess Snow Black]]). She claims that it's not that far from her real name, but refuses to say what it is, even going so far as to hack her student ID to read Kuroyukihime (something that other characters had previously thought to be unhackable).
* ZettaiRyouiki: Her avatar in the OVA.
[[/folder]]
!Executive Branch: The Elements
[[folder:Sky Raker]]
!!Fuuko Kurasaki/Sky Raker
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaEndo (Japanese), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (credited as Johanna Luis) (EN)
A "retired" Burst Linker and Nega Nebulus's former Submaster. She is Ash Roller's "parent", the only person in Accel World he shows respect towards. She semi-returns to Nega Nebulus at the end of volume 4 and fully returns to active duty at the end of volume 5.
Her avatar is Level 8, and she is pretty competent in a fight, although she prefers to play defensively.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the light novel, Fuuko is illustrated with brown eyes while the anime illustrates her with blue eyes.
* AnArmAndALeg: Got her avatar legs cut off by [[spoiler:a reluctant Black Lotus]], in hopes it will allow her Enhanced Armament to make real flight possible.
* AmbiguouslyBi: She has a great deal of LesYay with [[spoiler:Kuroyukihime]], but also gives Haru a peck in the Accelerated World after [[spoiler:she regains her legs and experiences flight with his help]]. Haru's a distant fourth based on Fuko's rating system of how much she wants to make that person her Child- he gets a 100, Utai gets a 200, Rin(her actual Child) gets an 1,000, and Kuroyukihime gets a whopping '''100,000'''.
* ArtificialLimbs: In real life, she has artificial legs, the result of a hereditary condition that normally would have been cause for an abortion- as such, Fuko wondered why her parents gave birth to her. [[spoiler:It is also what caused her Duel Avatar to manifest its jetpack: Gale Thruster.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Haruyuki's surprised to hear that someone as apparently kind as she is [[KickTheSonOfABitch threw a PKer into a Legend-class enemy's territory]].
* BlowYouAway: Among the Elements, she is associated with the element of Wind.
* CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: [[PersonalityPowers The origin of her avatar]], reflected in both its abilities and colour.
* FriendlyRival: With Blood Leopard.
* TheGadfly: Haru notes that she's one of the few people who can put [[spoiler:Kuroyukihime]] on the defensive.
* HandicappedBadass: Is a competent fighter in Brain Burst despite losing the use of her avatar's legs.
* HimeCut: Her duel avatar has a hair style like this with its straight bangs and long length in the back. Interestingly enough, while she is Japanese, her avatar is styled more like an English lady.
* JetPack: Her Enhanced Armament, Gale Thruster.
* LadyOfWar: Soft-spoken and elegant, but one of the most feared fighters in the Accelerated World.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to [[spoiler: Kuroyukihime]]'s dark.
* MercurysWings: When she drops the dress and sunhat, her avatar includes a tiara that gives her wings on the sides of her head. Her legs also had small winglike structures emerging from the calves.
* NiceGirl: Very kind and polite to everyone, even her opponents.
* NiceHat: Her avatar Sky Raker wears a sun hat.
* NotDisabledInVR: Played with. She is legless in real life, but able to live normally with prosthetics. Her avatar on the other hand looks a lot like a person in a wheelchair [[spoiler:and has lost its legs ever since Kuroyukihime severed them on Raker's request]]. However, her abilities are not any worse than the other avatars, which makes it a straight example after all.
* NotQuiteFlight: Sky Raker is the Duel Avatar closest to ever fly, until Silver Crow gains actual flying ability. The fifth novel reveals the reason for this. Rather than flight Sky Raker's abilities are optimised for [[spoiler: space-based combat and maneuvering. She just never had a chance to realise this until the sky elevator was added to The Accelerated World]]
* PersonalityPowers: Born with no lower legs due to a genetic condition, she grew up wondering why her parents had even chosen to have kids. The first time she felt at peace was [[spoiler:after reading a sci-fi book about humans who adjusted to life in zero gravity by using genetic engineering to replace their legs with a second pair of arms. This lead her to dream for a while of flying through space herself, where her disability would be meaningless, though by the time she installed Brain Burst she was no longer aware of it]].
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler: Her effectiveness in territorial battles can be equated to that of a weapon of mass destruction.]]
%%* ProperLady
* RapunzelHair: Her hair goes past her waist.
* RedBaron: Earned the nickname of "[[PersonOfMassDestruction ICBM]]" for her ability to SpeedBlitz entire teams by jumping behind enemy lines (often with another strong fighter in tow). For her failed attempts at achieving true flight, she also came to be known as "[[NotQuiteFlight Icarus]]".
* SheFu: Before losing her legs, her fighting style included a lot of acrobatics and precise palm and heel strikes, plus using [[NotQuiteFlight Gale Thruster]] to ram enemies.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: She teaches Haruyuki by throwing him off from the top of the Old Tokyo Tower and letting him figure out how to use the Incarnate System to climb his way up.
* SixthRanger: After [[spoiler:she rejoins Nega Nebulus]].
* TornadoMove: Her Incarnate technique "Swirl Sway" creates a sparkling [[WindIsGreen green tornado]].
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her avatar's armour varies between deep blue and grey depending on the light, and it's also the most obviously feminine of any in the Legion.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:With Kuroyukihime/Black Lotus, since they both regret Black Lotus cutting off Sky Raker's limbs to enable her to fly. They start speaking again at the end of Volume 4, but don't fully reconcile until Volume 5.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: She always wears thigh-high stockings to protect her prosthetics. Her duel avatar also evokes this image when its legs are intact.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ardor Maiden]]
!!Utai Shinomiya/Ardor Maiden
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YumiHara (Japanese), Creator/XantheHuynh (English)
A Level 7 Burst Linker, fourth-grade schoolgirl, fire-elemental fighter, and another ex-member of the Elements. Near the end of volume 6 she rejoins Nega Nebulus.
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* AffectionateNickname: She's known as "Uiui" by Kuroyukihime and "Denden" by Graphite Edge.
* ArrowsOnFire: Her "Flame Torrent" and "Flame Vortex" attacks.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: Her Incarnate skill allows for wide-range spells. The drawback is that it has a long charging time.
%%* BadassAdorable
%%* CombatHandFan
* CuteMute: She's a very cute little girl and she can only communicate through her Neurolinker due to a trauma that made her lose her ability to speak.
* CycleOfHurting: Like Current and Edge, she's unable to enter the Unlimited Neutral Field because her avatar's respawn point is stuck inside the InstantDeathRadius of one of the strongest bosses in the game, which resulted in her repeatedly dying and respawning until her Neurolinker was physically disconnected. Attempting to return would place her back in this situation until she received a permanent Game Over. She is eventually rescued over the course of volumes 6 to 8.
* DumbStruck: She lost her ability to talk due to the trauma of witnessing [[spoiler:her brother's death]], which also caused the pink parts of her avatar to turn red.
* FastballSpecial: One of Nega Nebulus's regular strategies was to have Sky Raker use her NotQuiteFlight to fling Maiden behind enemy lines, allowing her to rain DeathFromAbove. They did this often enough for Lotus to crack jokes about Maiden being an EquippableAlly.
* {{Fireballs}}: Her "Flame Vortex" is described as not an [[ArrowsOnFire arrow]] but a helical lance of fire, which explodes into [[SphereOfDestruction a ten-meter sphere of flames]] that sucks in enemies.
* HealItWithFire: Can use the Incarnate System to generate flames with powerful purifying effects, which are first introduced as a possible way of separating the [[ClingyCostume Armor of Catastrophe]] from its host.
* HimeCut: Ardor Maiden has this hairstyle to go with her {{Miko}} theme.
* InSeriesNickname: "Ui" in real life, and "Mei" as Ardor Maiden.
* InverseLawOfSharpnessAndAccuracy: "Superluminal Stroke", her sole non-flame-based special attack, has tremendous speed, power and [[AntiArmor armour penetration]] but also lacks SplashDamage and doesn't give any aiming assistance.
* {{Keigo}}: In real life she communicates through very politely typed messages, though as Ardor Maiden her speech is a little more casual.
* LavaPit: Her ultimate Incarnate technique "Purgatory Blaze" creates one of these to trap enemies and inflict ludicrous damage over time, at the cost of [[AwesomeButImpractical taking two full minutes to charge]]. It's something she developed for use against [[MightyGlacier slow and sturdy]] targets, specifically the raid boss [[TheFourGods Genbu]]. Since wide-area destructive Incarnates are [[PowerBornOfMadness a manifestation]] of ''[[ThePowerOfHate indiscriminate hatred]]'', Mei's friends are alarmed to learn that she's been ''practicing'' such feelings and beg her not to use it too often for the sake of her own mind.
%%* LittleMissBadass
* LockedIntoStrangeness: In a system where avatars are normally [[ColorCharacter themed around a specific colour]], Maiden's stark red-white contrast [[NonStandardCharacterDesign is highly unusual]]. In fact the lower half of her avatar used to be pink, until [[spoiler:witnessing the death of her brother in real life]] caused it to turn deep red.
* LogicalWeakness: The ArrowsOnFire aspect of her attacks does not function in the Space stage where there's no air.
* MagicDance: Some of her Incarnate techniques are performed through a ritual dance, during which her bow transforms into a hand fan and a Noh-style mask slides over her avatar's face.
* {{Miko}}: Her Duel Avatar greatly resembles a shrine maiden.
* NotDisabledInVR: Is mute and cannot even perform "neurospeak" in standard VR (since it involves miming the action of speaking), relying on a virtual keyboard instead. Due to the deeper nature of Brain Burst's mental connection, however, as Ardor Maiden she can talk normally.
* PlayingWithFire: Among the Elements, she is associated with the element of Fire, making use of a fire attribute bow and of Incarnate attacks that create both destructive and purifying flames.
* RainOfArrows: Her attack [[ArrowsOnFire "Flame Torrent"]] can multiply in midair to strike in this way.
* RapidFireTyping: In real life (where she's incapable of speech) she's noted for her ability to type long, complicated messages very quickly and without typos.
* RedBaron: "Testarossa" and "Shrine Maiden of the Conflagration".
* SacredBowAndArrows: Her Enhanced Armament "Flame Caller", as part of her {{miko}} theme. However, when she's using her most "sacred" abilities it turns into a fan.
* TheSpeechless: As a result of a traumatic incident involving [[spoiler:her brother's death]], she can only speak the "Burst Link" command, and uses her Neurolinker to communicate.
%%* SquishyWizard
* TragicDream: It's indicated that she wanted to be a Noh performer when she was young, but couldn't because she was a girl, and was not allowed to perform after a certain age, an experience that gave form to her duel avatar.
* WhamLine:
** She mentions a Burst Linker that took out Supernova Remnant, then identifies him as [[spoiler:Cyan Pile]].
** While talking about her older brother being her parent, she suddenly mention that he isn't just gone from the accelerated world, but [[spoiler:he's also dead]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aqua Current]]
!!Akira Himi/Aqua Current
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[[caption-width-right:350:It's not yet time for us to meet.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaUeda (Japanese), Trinity Lee (English)
A mysterious Burst Linker that works as bodyguard for players no higher than Level 2. [[spoiler: later revealed in the books to be one of the Four Elements of the old Nega Nebulus. She formally rejoins the Legion in book 14, after her Duel Avatar is rescued from the God-Level Monster Seiryu.]]
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* AmbiguousGender: While Akira herself is described as merely somewhat boyish, neither Aqua Current nor her standard net avatar have any distinct gender characteristics. As Current she also [[SecretIdentityVocalShift alters her voice slightly when around people she doesn't know]], which tends to confuse those who meet her in real life. The fact that the name "Akira" [[GenderBlenderName can be used for either gender]] doesn't help matters.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Saving Silver Crow from Argon Array.]]
* ChainmailBikini: The shards of ice that form around her body in [[DualWielding "Keen"]] form resemble one of these, though they're clearly not intended to be protective ([[MultiformBalance she has other forms for that]]).
* CycleOfHurting: Like Maiden and Edge, she's unable to enter the Unlimited Neutral Field because her avatar's respawn point is stuck inside the InstantDeathRadius of one of the strongest bosses in the game, which resulted in her repeatedly dying and respawning until her Neurolinker was physically disconnected. Attempting to return would place her back in this situation until she received a permanent Game Over.
* DePower: [[spoiler:The reason why Aqua Current is level 1 - she went up against Seiryu and lost her levels. At the end of Volume 13, though, she levels herself back up to Level 4]]
* ElementalArmor: Her avatar isn't actually made of water, but transparent crystal that becomes almost invisible as long as the layer of water around it is intact.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sinon]], with both being [[ReiAyanamiExpy Rei Ayanami Expies]] who wear glasses in their civilian identities. Both also have ProfessionalKiller titles, with Aqua being a Bodyguard and Sinon being a Sniper.
* FieldPowerEffect: Her avatar's "Aquamatic" trait (from ''aqua'' and ''chromatic'') lets her enter a SuperMode with different properties depending on the stage she's fighting in. She eventually develops an Incarnate technique which lets her enter any of these forms regardless of location (see MultiformBalance below).
* FunnyAnimal: Her net avatar is an otter wearing glasses and a tie.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Does this to Haru saying it's too early for them to become friends. It is only possible for her to do it because of Incarnate System. Akira also tries to do this to Blood Leopard, but fails, and later comes to regret trying.]]
* MakingASplash: Amoungst the Elements, she is associated with the element of Water.
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Her last name "Himi" is read in Kanji as "looking at ice".]]
* MegaTwintails: As Aqua Current. Her first appearance in the novels depicts them as somewhat thinner.
* MultiformBalance: Her "Phase Trans" Incarnate technique lets her alter the phase of the water around her body, shifting into any of her possible [[FieldPowerEffect Aquamatic]] forms. These are known to include "Keen" (a [[CloseRangeCombatant melee form]] with [[DualWielding dual katars]] and light armour formed from ice), "Adamant" (another ice-based form with [[StoneWall heavy armour]]) and a steam-based form [[LongRangeFighter specialising in ranged attacks]].
* TheNicknamer: She calls Haru by his abbreviated first name, and also calls her Child and real life Cousin Mihaya, "Myah".
* TheSpymaster: [[spoiler: in the old Nega Nebulus, Current was in charge of intelligence gathering. Once she rejoins-the Legion, she reveals that she stays in touch with all her former bodyguard assignments, and they pass on all the gossip they've heard. Which is why Current has a clearer picture of the ISS crisis, and thus the Accelerated Research Society, than pretty much anyone else.]]
* PutOnABus: Despite being featured in the opening of the anime she appears in one episode and vanishes after wiping Haru's memories of their meeting. Only reappears briefly in the cafe in the last episode after all is said and done. TheBusCameBack in the novels that haven't been adapted.
* TheQuietOne: She doesn't talk very much.
* RedBaron: "The One" (a reference to her being an eternal Level 1) and "The Bodyguard".
* ReiAyanamiExpy: Has the bobbed hair, the [[SupernaturalGoldEyes unnatural eye color]] and the highly stoic and mysterious personality required for the trope. She only lacks the light hair color.
%%* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SciFiBobHaircut: Fitting the futuristic setting.
* ScissorsCutsRock: Being made of pure water (which has no charged particles to conduct electricity), Aqua Current is [[NoSell invulnerable to electricity]] despite ElementalRockPaperScissors stating otherwise.
* TheStoic: She's very straight-faced, and doesn't express emotions.
* StoicSpectacles: In real life she wears glasses, which emphasizes her stoicness.
* SuggestiveCollision: How she and Haru meet face to face when [[CrashIntoHello he crashes into her]] [[AccidentalPervert and accidentally grabs her breasts.]]
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Has yellow eyes in real life, which makes her look even more mysterious.
[[/folder]]
!Umesato Junior High
[[folder:Silver Crow]]
!!Haruyuki "Haru" Arita/Silver Crow
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[[caption-width-right:350:The three faces of our hero.]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese), Creator/ErikKimerer (English)
The main character, a short, overweight boy with severe self-esteem issues mainly caused by not only his appearance, but also being viewed as an outsider at Umesato Junior High School. An encounter with Kuroyukihime, however, changed his life, as he slowly discovers his power to stand up for himself.
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* AccidentalPervert: He repeatedly ends up in situations where he accidentally gropes or sees undressed one of the girls. This actually gets PlayedForDrama when [[spoiler:Seiji uses a visual mask to lead him to the girls' shower room while Chiyuri is taking a shower as part of a trap to blackmail Haruyuki - Chiyu realizes that Haru was tricked, but knows that he could be expelled if word got out]].
* AdaptationalUgliness: A downplayed example. While Haru isn't physically attractive in the light novels, the anime exaggerates Haru's character design to match his self-image, making him much more cartoonish. In the books, he's only a few centimetres shorter than Takumu, who in turn is taller than Chiyu.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's insecure, socially awkward and a very cute and endearing little guy.
* AffectionateNickname: Takumu and Chiyuri call him Haru.
* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:After becoming the sixth Chrome Disaster, he synchronizes so strongly with the Armor that he can use the abilities of its past hosts. However, [[HowDoIShotWeb he isn't familiar with these abilities' strengths and weaknesses]], which comes back to bite him.]]
* AnimalMotifs:
** A literal flying pig.
** As well as a crow given the name of his avatar is Silver Crow.
* ApologisesALot: He has the habit to apologize for every single thing, even if it's not his fault.
* AttackReflector: Develops the "Optical Conduction" ability in volume 12 as an extension of silver's use in mirrors, growing crystals on his arms which can reflect or CatchAndReturn light-based attacks.
* BadassAdorable: Insecurities aside, he's also a sweet, caring boy. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Just don't dare hurt his friends]].
%%* BashBrothers: With Takumu.
%%* BathtubBonding: With Kuroyukihime in the second OVA.
%%* BattleCouple: With Kuroyukihime.
* BeadyEyedLoser: He's a short, fat boy with very beady eyes, and by the beginning of the series he's a loser who is a target of Araya and his gang's bullying.
* BigFun: Once he starts to gain more self-confidence, Haruyuki becomes a gentle, friendly, and fun fat little guy, but hardly boisterous.
* BookDumb: Haru's grades aren't especially good, but he's really quite intelligent. It's indicated that he doesn't have the energy or focus for long study sessions, [[note]]his grades go up slightly once he starts using burst points for his homework; he can do several hours' worth of work in one half-hour in the Accelerated world. Taku says in exasperation that if Haru had that kind of focus in all his school work, he'd be top of the class[[/note]] and he fears that he'll never be able to get into the same high school as Kuroyukihime.
* BrokenAngel: [[spoiler:In book 3 after Noumi steals everything from him, even his wings.]]
* BullyMagnet: He hasn't known a day of Junior High yet where he hasn't been bullied or threatened by TheBully Araya and his gang. It does not help that Haru actively cuts off any outside support from his friends to deal with the problem out of shame for not being able to himself. It's a sign of his character progression when Nomi tries to put him back in this situation that he doesn't just lie down and take it.
* CallOfTheWildBlueYonder: The reason why his avatar manifested [[WingPull wings]]. Initially Haru just wants to fly away from his problems, but [[GrewASpine as he grows in confidence]] he shifts towards a straighter example of this trope, admiring birds and loving the sky for its own sake. This culminates in the birth of his second-order Incarnate technique "Light Speed", which lets him activate Crow's wings through sheer force of will.
* TheChampion: For Kuroyukihime. Haruyuki makes his goal to help her achieve level 10 so he can protect her and repay her for changing his life by giving him the Brain Burst. It's actually part of Haru's CharacterDevelopment that he's trying to make himself worthy of being her knight.
* ChekhovsSkill: After a failed attempt to use Crow's ChargedAttack "Headbutt" at the very start of his career, Haru declares it AwesomeButImpractical and falls back to simple punches and kicks from then on. As a result no one outside Nega Nebulus knows that Crow even has this attack, which allows Haru to gain the upper hand against Wolfram Cerberus (a linker who studied his fighting style) when he tries to defeat Crow by crushing him in a bear hug.
* ChildhoodFriends: He has been friends with Takumu and Chiyuri since they were living in an apartment complex as children.
* ClassicalAntiHero: At the beginning of the story, Haruyuki is a pathetic loser with no self-esteem and plagued with self-doubt. He gets '''much''' [[TookALevelInBadass better]] thanks to CharacterDevelopment and eventually evolves into a proper hero.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: If you consider ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' the SpiritualSuccessor to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Haruyuki is quite a contrast to Kirito. Kirito was a lean, confident, loner badass whereas Haruyuki is a fat, wimpy kid who tends to rely on his friends. WordOfGod is that the big difference between them is that Kirito was strong on the outside, but weak on the inside. Haruyuki is weak on the outside, but strong on the inside. In a more meta-sense, Kirito might exemplify the gamer's ideal image whereas Haruyuki more-or-less represents the gamer's reality. Despite this, the two were pretty evenly matched when they fought each other in a non-canon bonus chapter.
* ConfusionFu: After people start to get used to Crow's {{Flight}} ability and he can no longer rely on DeathFromAbove {{Diving Kick}}s to carry him to victory, he develops the "Aerial Combo" fighting style - [[SpamAttack a furious barrage]] of close-range attacks which use his flight ability in short bursts in order to micro-dodge and attack from unpredictable angles.
* CounterAttack: In volume 6 Kuroyukihime teaches him the basics of Guard Reversal, aka the "way of the flexible" - a martial arts technique for catching the force of opponents' attacks and redirecting them.
* CyberCyclops: Silver Crow. Though it's actually a visor covering a proper face.
* DeclarationOfProtection: He made a vow to support and protect Kuroyukihime as her "pawn" in the Brain Burst game.
* {{Determinator}}: You'd think losing a hand & having your body filled full of holes would stop anyone. Not this guy though. According to Chiyu, this has been one of his defining characteristics since early childhood; he just didn't use it for anything besides mastering games until now.
* DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler:In the Dusk Taker arc, Silver Crow lost his wings to Dusk Taker, caught by his surprise attack. He then is taught how to use a powerful ability called Incarnate System by Kurasaki Fuuko (Sky Raker), and is given her Enhanced Armament, Gale Thruster (a jet-pack). He gives Gale Thruster back to her after defeating Dusk Taker, but he keeps the ability he learned.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: In the manga chapter, he doesn't quite perform up to his usual level in the first set because he's distracted by the hem of Kuroyukihime's skirt. He doesn't dare admit this, though.
* DivingKick: Becomes Crow's SignatureMove for a while after he first unlocks his Flight ability.
* DontYouDarePityMe: His primary motivation for [[TookALevelInBadass Taking a Level in Badass]] is so his friends Chiyu and Taku don't have to feel sorry for him. Unfortunately, this is also part of the reason why he distanced himself from his friends around the start of middle school.
* DraggedByTheCollar: By Blood Leopard from the cafe straight to the Akihabara.
* DreamsOfFlying: The "calibration dream" Haru has after installing Brain Burst features a flying bird made out of light, {{Foreshadowing}} Silver Crow's abilities.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Silver Crow gains the elemental properties of the metal silver, rendering it resistant to piercing, slashing, [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [[AnIcePerson ice]], and [[PoisonousPerson poison]] attacks; but [[AchillesHeel vulnerable]] to crushing attacks and [[ShockAndAwe electricity]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he's introduced, Haru receives a message from Araya demanding that the former buy him food or he will hurt him. Depressed about school, as usual, Haru escapes into the bathroom during lunch and plays a squash game, in which he has the high score. All this shows that Haru's a victim of bullying with terribly low self-esteem, and an impressive gamer.
* FatalFlaw: His lack of self-esteem causes a variety of problems for him, often holding him back in battle and occasionally causing tension with his friends.
* FighterMageThief: Silver Crow is the Thief to Cyan Pile's Fighter and Lime Bell's Mage.
* {{Flight}}: His avatar's special ability in the Accelerated World, and apparently the first one to be able to do so.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.
* FragileSpeedster: Silver Crow's general fighting style, until he grows wings, which turned him into a GlassCannon. Accelerated World's hits operate on real world's principles (adding speed to your punches increases power) and he is really fast, to the point of being able to break the sound barrier. The "fragile" part comes from how his defenses are quite weak for a metal type, and he generally survives by avoiding damage.
* {{GIFT}}: Notable by its absence - he's one of the few people who acts exactly the same in Brain Burst as he does in real life. WordOfGod says this honesty is the reason for his ChickMagnet status.
* GiverOfLameNames: After coming up with a technique that creates cutting energy around his forearm to extend his reach, he decides to call it... Laser Sword. This is immediately mocked.
* GlassCannon: After he grows wings.
* GodlikeGamer: Played with. While at first he seemed like your run-of-the-mill newb with CripplingOverspecialization that made him a FragileSpeedster, but then he's revealed to have natural talent and learns how to activate his wings (implied to be an Incarnate Skill which is very difficult to master), making him one of the few Burst Linkers who can fly and as a result one of the most dangerous Burst Linkers.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Silver Crow relies on punching his opponents rather than using blades.
* GrewASpine: As part of his CharacterDevelopment, Haruyuki starts to gain self-confidence and finds the courage to stand up for himself.
* GuiltComplex: He has very little self confidence, and tends to blame himself when bad things happen. His friends have to reassure him that it's not his fault.
* TheHero: Part of his character development is becoming of one these proper; both in helping others like Kuroyukihime and overcoming obstacles in his path.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Even as he's making a name for himself in Brain Burst, Haruyuki thinks nothing great about himself and he'd still shy away from all the praise.
* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: The main reason why he can't reciprocate Kuroyukihime's feelings is that he can't believe such a beautiful, popular girl like her would actually give him a chance.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Since he believes that a girl like Kuroyukihime is out of his league, he tends to unintentionally refuse her affection and make her feel insecure about their relationship.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Despite his feelings being blatantly reciprocated, Haruyuki still thinks a girl like Kuroyukihime is out of his league and she deserves someone better than him.
* InvisibleParents: His parents divorced when he was about 8, and he hasn't seen his father since. While his mother has sole custody of him, she spends most of her time at work, apart from a few briefly mentioned parts in which she hands him his money in the light novels. She has about 30 seconds worth of screen time in the entire anime.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He considered installing Brain Burst for about three seconds. Kuroyukihime had a speech all ready to convince him but it was unnecessary. Even she's surprised at how eager he is.
* LadyAndKnight: He's striving to be the knight of his legion master Kuroyukihime.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBszwa3Tzzw "Silver Wing"]] in the anime. While [[spoiler:Crow is using Gale Thruster]] it's replaced by [[AutobotsRockOut a remix]] titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnoTqrzp-6c "Iron Will"]].
* LethalJokeCharacter: Silver Crow. Above-average speed but terrible stats everywhere else, and its supposed {{Finishing Move}}s are just normal punches, kicks and headbutts. Then Haru figures out how to [[WingPull activate Crow's wings]], giving him SuperSpeed {{Flight}} that turns even regular punches into killing blows. ''[[NextTierPowerUp Then]]'' he gains access to a proper FinishingMove from another source, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill which can be used while flying]].
* LightEmUp:
** In his battle with Wolfram Cerberus it's revealed that half of the damage dealt by his "Headbutt" SpecialAttack is light-based, making it useful against enemies with strong physical defences.
** His Incarnate abilities like Laser Sword and Light Speed are based around the image of beams of light. In volume 9 he uses Incarnation [[MundaneUtility simply to illuminate his surroundings]] and flush [[CastingAShadow Black Vise]] out of hiding.
* LoserProtagonist: He starts out as this, being a short overweight boy with zero self-confidence who gets bullied at school by Araya and his gang, and has no friends. He gets much better through CharacterDevelopment.
* LovableNerd: He's short, fat, socially awkward, and frequently gets beaten up by Araya and his gang of bullies. Once he gains some self-esteem, however, he quickly reveals himself as a Determinator.
* MistakenForGay: He and Takumu share a rather HoYay moment in Episode 21 and the girls around them seem to be misinterpreting the situation.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** After bluntly saying that he believes that Kuroyukihime is only hanging out with him because she hates herself, angering her to the point where she calls him an "idiot" rather than a "fool," slaps him and breaks down in tears, he realizes how [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristic of her]] this is.
** He also has this reaction after realizing that his boasting that Taku could never defeat him was a serious blow to Taku's pride as a Burst Linker.
* NaiveNewcomer: He does some dumb things due to his inexperience. He once leveled up his character without earning more points first, which since it made him lose a lot of his points it put him in danger of losing Brain Burst for good if he lost them all.
* NiceGuy: He's kind, selfless and supportive of his friends.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: He looks very different compared to the other character designs, having a very short, doughy, and round character design.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Downplayed. When Scarlet Rain attempts to infiltrate Nega Nebulus by pretending to be his second cousin and acting deceptively cute, it doesn't take him too long to check if she ''is'' really his second cousin.
* ObliviousToLove: He takes it to a new level by finding signs that Kuroyukihime does like him and refusing point blank to even consider it. This is justified because of his low self esteem.
* OrdinaryMiddleSchoolStudent: He's just a normal and unlucky middle school student until Kuroyukihime introduces him to the Accelerated World.
* ParentalIssues: Implied in the [=OVAs=], and hinted at more strongly in the eighth volume: [[spoiler:Haru believes his parents divorced because of him]].
* ParentalNeglect: It's indicated that his mother doesn't care much about him, and his father cares even less. That said, she does pay his allowance, not bother him about his grades and allows his friends to stay over, so Haru doesn't complain lest he risk the status quo.
* PersonalityPowers: Gained his flight ability from his desire to escape from bullies. After some introspection, he decides that his wings ultimately exist to let him fly ''to'' somewhere - the gift Brain Burst truly gave him was [[{{Determinator}} the will to reach out and keep moving forward]].
* PowerLossMakesYouStrong: [[spoiler:He has his Flight ability stolen by Dusk Taker. Before he regained them, it allowed him to notice that the value of his Duel Avatar lies not in said ability, but in himself, gaining confidence (the lack of which was the main cause for him not being able to use Silver Crow to his full potential) in the process.]]
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Kuroyukihime and Takumu's blue.
* RunningGag: underplayed. Being "cracked in the real" (having your real life identity exposed to another Burst Linker) is considered one of the most catastrophic things that can happen to you, just short of losing Brain Burst. Haru has done this ''by sheer accident'' several times. This culminates at the school festival in vol 13; he introduces [[spoiler: Niko and Pard to Rin outside the gates, realizing [[OhCrap too late]] that they will all automatically assume that 'my friends from gaming' is code for 'Burst Linker'; which he then compounds by introducing them to his entire Legion. Granted, Pard is Current's Child, and Ash is Sky Raker's, but he's cracked the Prominence Leadership and the newest members of his own Legion to a member of Great Wall. Luckily, it all works out due to everyone being chill about it, and leading to a temporary alliance when Rin falls ill from the ISS kit. Utai even thanks Haru in a quiet moment; she's looking forward to having Niko as a friend, given that as a partial red type she's sure they'll get along, and she'd like to have a Burst Linker friend her own IRL age.]]
* SempaiKouhai: He constantly refers to Kuroyukihime this way, and abused by Noumi through TermsOfEndangerment.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Takumu's Manly Man.
* SingleTargetSexuality: despite his ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe mindset, he's utterly devoted to Kuroyukihime romantically. It's stated in more than one book that she "is the person Haruyuki loved and respected more than any other".
* SquareRaceRoundClass: Haru is skilled at {{First Person Shooter}}s, but Silver Crow is [[CloseRangeCombatant focused entirely on melee]] and controls more like a character out of a FightingGame. He comments that he's a little jealous of "Perfect Match" players whose avatars let them apply their existing skills, and used to wish he received a [[LongRangeFighter Red avatar]] instead.
* StockLightNovelHero: Haruyuki partly fits this trope. He was once an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, albeit a very unattractive one with a NonStandardCharacterDesign, who finds his life changed forever when he gets introduced to Brain Burst, an augmented reality game. As a Burst Linker, Haruyuki gains PoweredArmor and fights other Burst Linkers. While he's fairly pathetic at first, he soon discovers he's one of the only Burst Linkers to have a Duel Avatar with ''wings'', giving him the ability to fly and a huge advantage over everyone else. As the series progresses, he also acquires an UnwantedHarem of girls fawning for his attention.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:In the latter part of Dusk Taker arc, Noumi's brutal beatdown on Cyan Pile makes Haru so supremely pissed that it temporarily awakens the piece of [[TheCorruption Chrome Disaster]] hiding on Silver Crow's back. The result is a crimson BattleAura, similarly-colored incarnation attacks and a major case of '''''[[UnstoppableRage flipping the hell out]]'''''. As lucky as Noumi is, however, the duel timed out before anyone could gain the upper hand.]]
** [[spoiler:This later becomes a standard part of his arsenal.]]
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Tiny Guy to Kuroyukihime's Huge Girl. He barely reaches to her waist.
* TinySchoolboy: Though only in Junior High, Haruyuki stands at barely half the height of many of the other characters even at the age of 14. This, combined with his obvious weight problem, was what resulted in him being such a popular target for local bullies. This is an anime-only element as Haruyuki is of average height in the light novel.
* UglyGuyHotWife: While they aren't married, he has this with Kuroyukihime. Haruyuki is a fat midget and just not attractive in the conventional sense, while Kuroyukihime is a beautiful AloofDarkHairedGirl who somehow loves him regardless of his looks. Haruyuki himself has a very hard time believing his luck.
* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: In the volume 10 side story "Versus", Haruyuki fights [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Kirito]]. Who won? [[spoiler: Neither. Did you actually expect anything less?]]
* WingedHumanoid: His avatar Silver Crow can grow wings making him this.
* WingPull: Silver Crow has a set of retractable fins (replaced by sheets of HighTechHexagons in the anime) which slow his fall, and can be used to fly by expending his special move gauge. In volume 8 he develops the second-order Incarnate technique "Light Speed" which transforms them into bird wings made of PureEnergy, allowing him to fly even when his meter is empty.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre:
** Haruyuki has ''zero'' self-confidence and he thinks he can only be pitiful loser, at least until Kuroyukihime tells him of the great potential she sees in him and how she believes he will become the greatest Burst Linker of all. Haruyuki then decides that even if he still can't believe in himself, he can believe in Kuroyukihime's faith in him.
** Chiyu also tells Haru this when he meets with her at her apartment, telling him of all the nice things he did for her and he doesn't have to feel so bad about himself.
* YouAreNotAlone: He tells Kuroyukihime that she's not alone after learning [[spoiler:how her sister betrayed her and manipulated her into killing Red Rider]], promising to stand with her as she reunites Nega Nebulus, builds it even larger, and finally confronts [[spoiler:her sister]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lime Bell]]
!!Chiyuri "Chiyu" Kurashima/Lime Bell
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[[caption-width-right:350:Childhood friend No.1]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiToyosaki (Japanese), Creator/StephanieSheh (credited as Michelle T. Hseih) (English)
Haruyuki's upbeat childhood friend who attends the same school as him. Although she is going out with fellow childhood friend Takumu, she cares a lot about Haru's wellbeing and is the first to show concern over his problems with bullies.
She is the only one without an initial avatar in the Accelerated World until she demands the program for herself and becomes Lime Bell.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Her avatar in the OVA.
* AffectionateNickname: Haruyuki and Takumu call her Chiyu.
* AmicableExes: With Takumu. Even though they have broken up, they remain good friends and hold no ill feelings toward each other.
* AnimalMotifs: Wears a cat-face hair ornament, and her in-school avatar is her in a catsuit.
* ArmCannon: As Lime Bell and weaponizes Cyan Pile in the OVA.
* BadassAdorable: As Lime Bell who is cute and a competent fighter.
* BadassCape: As Lime Bell.
* CatGirl: Her net avatar has cat ears, tail and mannerisms.
* CatSmile: Does this on occasion with her net avatar.
* TheChick: She cares a lot about her friends, tries to get everyone in the team to get along and has healing powers.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Subverted. She's introduced as the girlfriend of her childhood friend Takumu, but she seems to be dating him just to maintain his friendship. They break up after the first arc, but remain friends.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Haruyuki and Takumu, who she has known for most of her life.
* CuteBruiser: Her avatar Lime Bell can whop other players pretty hard with her bell.
* CuteLittleFangs: She has little fangs to go with her CatGirl theme.
* EncounterBait: Her "Acoustic Summon" ability, developed in volume 12, lets her use the sound of her bell to attract Enemies.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Joins up with Dusk Taker, an Avatar who can steal others' abilities, just so she could find a chance to restore Haruyuki's wings after they were stolen. Once she has sufficiently leveled up, discovered [[TimeMaster the true nature of her powers]], and secretly tipped Kuroyukihime of the showdown with Noumi, she drops the act and restores Haruyuki's wings.]]
* FighterMageThief: Lime Bell is the Mage to Cyan Pile's Fighter and Silver Crow's Thief.
* FireForgedFriends: She and Kuroyukihime warm up to each other around the time [[spoiler:Chiyu contacts Kuroyukihime to inform her about Haru's stolen wings, enabling her to come to the rescue]].
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* GenkiGirl: She's a very cheerful and energetic, at least when her friends are happy, but even then she still tries to be to cheer them up.
* GirlNextDoor: She's Haru's upbeat childhood friend who lives in the same apartment building as him. Despite Haru trying to keep his distance from her due to getting bullied by Araya, Chiyu did her best to remain friends with him and never stopped trying to help him.
* GirlinessUpgrade: Haru notes that she seems a bit more girly than usual after dating Taku, as shown by her [[SweaterGirl sweater]] and skirt.
* GoodParents: Her parents care for her a great deal, and it's revealed that her father put the Neurolinker on her since her birth so that he, who had lost his voice as a result of hypopharyngeal cancer, could communicate with his daughter.
* GrowingUpSucks: She laments that her friends are drifting apart, and wants to ensure that they stay the way they are forever. Haru sadly tells her that they can't be kids forever.
* HairDecorations: Has her little cat pin on one side and hair clips on the other.
* TheHeart: She always tries her best in order to maintain her friends together.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Tiny Girl to Cyan Pile's Huge Guy in the Accelerated World.
%%* LeotardOfPower: Her avatar in the OVA.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to Kuroyukihime's dark.
* LittleBitBeastly: Her net avatar looks like her with cat ears and a tail.
%%* MagicalGirl: What her Duel Avatar Lime Bell looks like.
* MeaningfulName: May or may not be intended, but her nickname "Chiyu" written in kanji means "healing" or "cure".
* TheMedic: The third Avatar with healing abilities. [[spoiler:Actually what she does is turn back a target Avatar's personal time to before they were injured.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: She thinks of the Accelerated World as a simple game at first, and wants to join so she can do it with Haru and Taku.
* NiceGirl: A kind girl who cares a great deal for her friends.
%%* NiceHat: In her Duel Avatar.
* OfficialCouple: With Takumu until the end of the first arc. The novels have Takumu saying, at the start of the second arc, that they've broken up. The anime omits this line, but keeps Haruyuki asking Takumu during third arc whether he wants to be Chiyu's boyfriend again. As a result, when and why they broke up isn't as clear in the anime.
* PersonalityPowers: [[spoiler:Was at her happiest in her childhood, when her father was still alive and she and her friends were schoolmates with no barriers between them. As a result she gains time-reversal powers from a bell that sounds just like the one at her old school.]]
%%* PluckyGirl
* RedBaron: [[spoiler: Known by the title Time Witch.]]
* RedHerring: In the first arc, Chiyuri is suspected of being Cyan Pile, the Burst Linker who was targeting Kuroyukihime to get her points. Chiyuri turns out to be innocent and Cyan Pile is Takumu, who installed a virus in her neuro-link.
* TheResenter: She admits to be jealous and resentful of how Kuroyukihime got close to Haruyuki and solved his problems so quickly, since Chiyuri had been trying for a long time to help Haruyuki with his problems but never accomplished it. However, Chiyu recognizes Kuroyukihime is the one who can truly help Haruyuki and gives them her blessing.
* ShipperOnDeck: She was initially distrustful of Kuroyukihime because she feared she was trying to use Haruyuki for her own gain and wanted her to stay away from Haru. After she understands Kuroyukihime is the only one who can help Haru with his problems, Chiyu decides to support their relationship and encourages Haru to become her boyfriend, if only so that their relationship is on equal terms.
* SpottingTheThread: She finds it strange that Kuroyukihime is fairly knowledgeable about the White Legion's possible headquarters, even though they're so far away from Nega Nebulus. [[spoiler:Haruyuki notes that Chiyu's ''this'' close to finding out that Kuroyukihime's older sister is the White King, something Kuroyukihime has only told Haru]].
* StoneWall: Unlike most Duel Avatars, Lime Bell can smash through walls without taking ScratchDamage, which is quite a feat, considering most early healers are {{Squishy Wizard}}s.[[note]]It was only until fairly recently that gamers entertained the idea of StoneWall healers.[[/note]] Thus, she can charge up her killer move gauge without even fighting. The effectiveness of her [[spoiler: time reversal]] abilities plus her incredible defense (though not yet on [[NighInvulnerable Green Grandee's level]]) makes her the ideal healer. [[spoiler: But that still remains to be seen until White Cosmos appears.]]
* SweaterGirl: She wears a white sweater with a pink skirt when Haru visits her at her apartment in Volume 1, which Haru notes is more girly than usual for her.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: She does this in behalf of Takumu's suggestion to show her how the Burst Link works.
* TimeMaster: [[spoiler:She's able to turn back a target Avatar's personal time.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: All she really wanted was to stay friends with Haruyuki and Takumu, and is extremely depressed about seeing the three of them drifting apart. [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether They eventually get better.]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Along with her school uniform in the manga. Also, her avatar in the OVA.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cyan Pile]]
!!Takumu "Taku" Mayuzumi/Cyan Pile
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[[caption-width-right:350:Childhood friend No.2]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShintaroAsanuma (Japanese), Creator/LucienDodge (English)
Another childhood friend of Haruyuki and Chiyuri, the latter whom is his current girlfriend. He used to attend a prestigious school before transferring to be with his two childhood friends. Often takes part in kendo tournaments.
He is soon revealed to be Cyan Pile, a Burst Linker who was targeting Kuroyukihime to get her points. After being defeated by Haruyuki, Takumu decides to change his ways and joins Nega Nebulus to atone for his sins.
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* AcademicAthlete: He's the top student of his class and the kendo team champion. However, he owes his success to using the Brain Burst to cheat.
* AdaptationalHeroism: A minor case, but in the anime, after Haru defeats him, and calls him out on [[VillainsWantMercy asking Haru to let him win so that he won't be kicked off Brain Burst]], while [[{{Hypocrite}} he was planning on doing the same thing to Kuroyukihime]], Taku admits Haru has a point.
* AffectionateNickname: Haruyuki and Chiyuri call him Taku.
* AmicableExes: With Chiyuri. They break up after the first arc, but there are no hurt feelings between them and manage to remain good friends.
* ArcVillain: For the first few episodes, he's the one who's trying to cash in on the bounty for Kuroyukihime.
* TheAtoner: After being defeated by Silver Crow, he shows evident aspects of this, trying to make up for his past behavior.
* AwesomeButImpractical: His Level 3 special attack "[[ThisIsADrill Spiral]] [[GroundPunch Gravity]] [[PileBunker Driver]]" is devastatingly powerful but takes a long time to execute, [[GroundPunch can only be aimed straight down]], and sometimes [[LeftStuckAfterAttack leaves his weapon stuck in the ground]]. Taku regrets blindly following his parent's advice to take so many special attacks, but takes responsibility for his own decisions.
* BashBrothers: Post-HeelFaceTurn, with Haruyuki.
* BrokenAce: He is friendly, smart, athletic... pretty much everything Haru wishes he was. But as it turns out, he was bullied by his seniors in his earlier days. This ultimately drove him to do anything to one day get back at them and use Brain Burst to cheat his way through the exams and the kendo tournaments. [[spoiler:It gets even worse when he gets an ISS kit]].
* ButtMonkey: In the ''Accel Assault'' OVA. The main story has a milder variation, in that Cyan Pile tends to [[TheWorfEffect die or get his limbs cut off to show how strong his opponent is]].
* CantCatchUp: Volumes 7 and 8 delve into Taku's feelings of inferiority after seeing how far his teammates have grown, exacerbated when [[spoiler:he gets infected by an ISS kit and it starts feeding on his negative emotions]].
* ChestBlaster: Cyan Pile's Splash Stinger [[SpikeShooter shoots needles]] from panels in his chest.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He has a crush on Chiyuri and they're dating until the end of the first arc.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Haruyuki and Chiyuri.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Pre-HeelFaceTurn. There's something of a variation on his trope, since he claims that getting together with Chiyu is in her best interests, so that she doesn't spend the rest of her life taking care of Haru.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After Haru defeats him in their duel, Haru convinces him to join Nega Nebulus so he can start over and rebuild his friendships with both him and Chiyuri from the ground up.
* DrivenToSuicide: He mentions that he was seriously considering killing himself while he was being bullied.
* EasilyForgiven: Believes this trope has been put on him. He betrayed his friends, laid a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Haruyuki, and used a cheating method to stalk Kuroyukihime for her points. Despite this, both Haru and Kuroyukihime forgive him almost instantly after he apologizes (although Haruyuki doubts whether sparing him is the right decision), and Chiyuri only insists on a ridiculous amount of ice cream to forgive him. It actually seems to boggle him at first, and arguably is part of what makes him so selflessly defend these people who accepted him at his worst.
* EmbarrassingNickname: He hates the nickname "Professor."
* FairytaleMotifs: His standard avatar bears more than a slight resemblance to [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz the Tin Woodsman]].
* FatalFlaw: His insecurity and occasional self-destructive tendencies when trying to make up for something often cause him to make bad decisions, such as planning on giving up all his points to Haru and [[spoiler:getting an ISS kit]].
* FighterMageThief: Cyan Pile is the Fighter to Lime Bell's Mage and Silver Crow's Thief.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Inverted. Prior to his HeelFaceTurn, Takumu uses the enhanced abilities granted by Brain Burst to correct his vision. Post-HeelFaceTurn, he begins wearing his glasses again, showing that he's no longer relying on artificial means to improve himself.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.
* GreenEyedMonster: Initially, he resents and is jealous of Haruyuki for getting Chiyuri's attention by making her constantly worry about him, and goes so far as to put a backdoor program on Chiyuri's Neurolinker to keep tabs on her. [[TookALevelInKindness He gets better.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: When he leaves his legion to join Kuroyukihime's.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Huge Guy to Lime Bell's Tiny Girl in the Accelerated World.
* {{Hypocrite}}: On the verge of defeat against Haru, he begs Haru not to kill him, saying that if he loses against a Level 1 at Level 4, he'll lose all his points... which is what he was planning on doing to Kuroyukihime. In the anime, after Haru calls him out on this, [[HypocrisyNod Taku admits that he has a point]].
* ILetYouWin: In the extra chapter of the manga, Chiyuri, with Kuroyukihime as her partner, has to win a doubles match of tennis against Taku and Haru for Taku to install Brain Burst on her. After the girls win the first set, Kuroyukihime notices that the guys are holding back, and, suspecting that this trope is the reason Taku isn't playing at his best, calls him out on it, saying that Chiyu wants to face him at his best.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He believed he had to be the best at everything so he wouldn't get bullied and Chiyuri would stay interested in him. This lead to him using Brain Burst to get good grades and become the kendo team star. He later starts to grow out of it as part of his CharacterDevelopment.
* InnocentInnuendo: A minor RunningGag, particularly in the anime. He refers to Kuroyukihime as "Master", and some of his conversations with Haru have been [[HoYay sufficiently vague]] that eavesdroppers mistook one for a love confession. Then there's the ''Accel Assault'' OVA where [[MakesSenseInContext he gasps as Chiyu shoves her fist inside him]]. His avatar even attacks by impaling enemies on an extending spike.
-->'''Taku in the OVA:''' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything *pant* *pant* "Chiyu, stop! If you keep making me shoot like this I'll run out of bullets..."]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He notes that he and Chiyuri probably can't go back to being boyfriend and girlfriend, but he'll do his best to make her happy.
* JackOfAllTrades: Spent some of his level-up bonuses on, among other things, gaining new attack forms; while this makes Pile more flexible, [[MasterOfNone he's not as powerful]] as avatars who focus entirely on one ability like his teammates.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Haru realizes that as cruel as Taku's claims about Haru being dependent on Chiyu are, he can't completely deny them.
* KirkSummation: Gives one to Noumi [[ShutUpHannibal in response to]] Noumi's HannibalLecture. Taku suggests that Noumi's avatar's ability to steal powers repesents the void in his heart. Taku isn't completely wrong, given that the powers are based on one's traumas, but Noumi then takes the opportunity to describe how he got it.
* TheLancer: Post-HeelFaceTurn he helps Haruyuki level up thanks to his greater experience and skills. Also a literal lancer since his weapon is a pile driver, which acts much like a spear.
* LightningBruiser: Cyan Pile can actually keep up with Silver Crow despite its large frame. Turned UpToEleven once he acquires [[CoolSword Cyan Blade]].
* MasterOfNone: In volume 7 Taku reveals that he sees his avatar as this, claiming that its nature as a melee-focused blue avatar was "distorted" by his mixed feelings of friendship and jealousy towards Haru and Chiyu. Haru disagrees, seeing Pile's JackOfAllTrades nature as a virtue that's helped out the Legion whenever they were facing unknown enemies.
* MeaningfulName: The "pile" refers to the piledriver that serves as his avatar's weapon.
* MistakenForGay: He and Haruyuki share a rather HoYay moment in Episode 21 and the girls around them seem to be misinterpreting the situation.
* MultiMeleeMaster
** CoolSword: Cyan Blade, thanks to his [[TrainingFromHell Incarnate System training]] with [[MoreDakka Scarlet Rain]].
** PileBunker: His main weapon. Much to Haruyuki's surprise during his battle against Cyan Pile, his pile bunker can be used (albeit less efficiently) in mid/long-range combat, being particularly useful in tight spaces such as corridors.
* MutualEnvy: It turns out that while he [[BrokenAce outwardly seems to be everything Haru isn't- popular, good at school and athletic]]- he's actually jealous of Haru's inner strength.
* NiceGuy: Turns into this thanks to CharacterDevelopment.
* NotSoDifferent: With Noumi and Haru.
** In the Dusk Taker arc, he soon realizes that Noumi is relying on Brain Burst for an advantage in school and kendo, noticing Noumi's suspiciously perfect scores on one of his tests. It's also revealed that he, like Haruyuki, was bullied a great deal.
** Later on, it becomes clear that he and Haru are somewhat similar, having been victims of bullying in the past, and also prone to self-loathing.
* OfficialCouple: With Chiyuri until the end of the first arc. The novels have Takumu saying, at the start of the second arc, that they've broken up. The anime omits this line, but keeps Haruyuki asking Takumu during third arc whether he wants to be Chiyu's boyfriend again. As a result, when and why they broke up isn't as clear in the anime.
%%* OneHeadTaller: Than Chiyuri.
* PersonalityPowers: Cyan Pile was born from Taku being bullied in kendo practice by older students practicing thrusts on his neck. Later he claims that reason his melee avatar has reach-extending attacks is because of his mixed feelings of wanting to bring his friends closer and push them away.
* TheProfessor: Niko's nickname for him. [[InSeriesNickname Eventually sticks and is occasionally used by everybody else around him too]]. He doesn't like it, though.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue (shared with Kuroyukihime) to Haruyuki's red.
%%* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Haruyuki's Sensitive Guy.
* TheSmartGuy: He knows a lot about Brain Burst.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's pretty knowledgable, and deliberately wears glasses to looks this way. Yukino nicknamed him "The Professor" because of this.
* StalkerWithACrush: He installed a virus in Chiyuri's neurolink so he can spy on her at any time. After his HeelFaceTurn, he realizes how wrong this was and uninstalls the virus.
* SuicideByCop: Thankfully, only in the game, but [[spoiler:after realizing how much the ISS kit has corrupted him, Taku asks Haru to destroy him, and plans on going on a suicidal attack against the Acceleration Research Society after their duel concludes]]
* TalkingWeapon: In the OVA, he turns into an ArmCannon for Chiyuri.
* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: In volume 7, [[spoiler:after Taku is forced to equip an [[TheCorruption ISS Kit]] out of self-defence, he knows exactly how it works and can ''feel'' it slowly digging its tendrils into his mind. This mix of self-awareness and despair actually makes his IS Mode ''stronger'' than those of linkers who treat the Kit as a mere powerup, and instead of just granting him the default "Dark Shot" and "Dark Blow" attacks, it also lets him use darkness-empowered versions of Cyan Pile's usual abilities.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Though at the cost of exposing [[BrokenAce his issues]], Takumu learns the error of his ways and becomes a much better person and a good true friend to Haru and Chiyu.
* TraumaButton: People using piercing attacks in kendo brings the traumatic memories of his being bullied back. According to him, it's bad enough that when he gets into high school and piercing attacks are allowed in kendo matches, he'll no longer be able to compete.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about him without spoiling the fact that he, not Chiyu, is Cyan Pile (the main twist of the first volume), the less pleasant aspects of his personality that his friends don't know about, or that he eventually becomes a better person
* TheWorfEffect: Having the biggest and strongest-looking avatar on your team is tough. [[spoiler:It eventually takes its toll on him, and he begins questioning his own worth]].
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!Other Members
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!!Metatron
See the Enemies section.
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!Former Members
[[folder:Graphite Edge]]
!!Graphite Edge
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[[caption-width-right:350:Anomaly]]
A Level 8 Burst Linker with control over earth, as well as the fourth ex-Element. His appearance and fighting style bear a heavy resemblance to Kirito, protagonist of the author's previous work ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''.
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: {{Downplayed|Trope}} - he's one of the first generation of Burst Linkers, and sometimes talks about Brain Burst using terms from [=pre-VR=] games, like referring to [[{{Cyberspace}} diving]] as "logging in".
* BadassLongcoat: His avatar's armor flares out at the waist to resemble one.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Once possessed enough Burst Points to reach level 9, but refused to use them (both out of respect for the then-level-8 Black Lotus, and fear of the rumored PermaDeath mechanic). By the present day he no longer has this potential [[spoiler:due to transferring all his surplus points to Green Grandee as payment for sheltering the remnants of the original Nega Nebulus]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While his predecessor Kirito goofed around once in a blue moon, Graphite Edge does it ''constantly'', to the point where his teammates seem to consider him insane. Despite that, he's still [[MasterSwordsman incredibly skilled]].
-->'''Ardor Maiden:''' "If you are surprised and panicked each and every time Graph does something, there'll be no end to it. The trick is to simply think of ''[[HeyYou him]]'' as ''that'' sort of person and accept it."
* ButtMonkey: When both he and Black Lotus were in spitting distance of Level 9, Current tried to convince him to level up first so that she could learn about its permadeath mechanics, arguing that "Graph's in charge of sacrifices".
* CastAsAMask: In ''VideoGame/AccelWorldVsSwordArtOnline'' his voice actor is only credited as "???", but it's heavily implied his voice actor is Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka especially when listening closely to the modulated voice. This teases at the fan theories that Graphite Edge is Kirito himself.
* ComputerVoice: His voice in ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'' sounds very digital and is modulated, all in part to hide the identity of his voice actor.
* CycleOfHurting: Like Maiden and Current, he's unable to enter the Unlimited Neutral Field because his avatar's respawn point is stuck inside the InstantDeathRadius of one of the strongest bosses in the game, which resulted in him repeatedly dying and respawning until his Neurolinker was physically disconnected. Attempting to return would place him back in this situation until he received a permanent Game Over. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he managed to escape by breaking into the Imperial Palace itself.]]
* DishingOutDirt: Amongst the Elements, he is associated with the element of Earth - specifically carbon in its various forms.
* DualWielding: His enhanced armament, which are dual swords known as Lux and Umbra.
* GlassCannon: His diamond swords have enormous attack power but his graphite armor is pathetically weak, to the point where even SquishyWizard avatars can take him out in a few hits.
* HeroicAmbidexterity: The only ambidextrous member of Nega Nebulus, and also its most skilled fighter.
* IdiotHero: When recounting the time Graph disintegrated himself while trying to attack a living sun, Current starts to refers to him as "that idiot" [[LastSecondWordSwap only to switch halfway through]] to "that reckless one".
-->'''Niko:''' "Hahahaha! Just like Negabu's Anomaly! I've heard all kinds of rumours, and it sounds like he was seriously quite the mighty hero."
-->'''Fuuko:''' "For him, you have to add the word ''idiot'' before ''hero'', Red King." Fuuko smoothly uttered the adjective that Akira had hesitated to.
* IHaveTheHighGround: Prone to entering the scene from a high place, then somersaulting down and effortlessly landing on his feet. PlayedForLaughs in volume 18, when he lands perfectly ''[[PoseOfSupplication on his knees]]'' in order to apologise to Lotus for not contacting her.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Has an excellent grasp of zero-gravity combat due to his past experience in space-based videogames, giving his team an advantage when they have to fight in the newly-introduced Space stage.
* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: [[spoiler: Is Level 8 and could've gotten to Level 9 shortly before the 7 kings did, but chose not to in order to secure more fallback points. After the instant death rule was revealed he lost all interest in leveling up.]]
* TheMentor: He was the one who taught Black Lotus how to fight, with most of her Incarnate skills being directly borrowed from him.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: In ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'', the game heavily implied that he is Kirito from the future or at the very least ''connected'' to Kirito. When he meets Kirito, Graphite Edge already knows who he is without even being told his name, and has a very similar speaking pattern. There's also a long list of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial to things that Kirito brings up listed below.
* TheNicknamer: Refers to his teammates by whimsical nicknames like Lotta (Black Lotus) and Denden (Ardor Maiden), much to their annoyance.
* RedBaron: Despite his fragility his Hyper Diamond swords can parry almost any physical attack, earning him the nickname "Anomaly".
* SequenceBreaking: [[spoiler:Managed to enter the Imperial Palace by using Elucidator to slash through the infinitely-thin gap between the gates and destroy their seal from the wrong side. He does note that this was extremely difficult to pull off, and that he died a countless number of times in the process.]]
* SharpenedToASingleAtom:
** His swords Lux and Umbra are tipped with graphene, which he describes in this way.
** His [[RealityWarper third-stage Incarnate technique]] "Elucidator" takes this UpToEleven, making Lux's entire blade infinitely thin and allowing it to cut through normally-indestructible terrain (though some special objects like the gates of the Imperial Palace are still beyond him). While active, the weapon seems to flicker in and out of existence.
* ShoutOut: His attacks are named after Sword Skills from ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''.
* SourSupporter: His friends describe him as one of the most sour people you'll ever meet, implied to be because he keeps ending up as a vanguard and [[GlassCannon getting himself killed]]. Though this is as much a result of his LeeroyJenkins habits as anything else.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In ''Accel World vs Sword Art Online'', Kirito notices several things that seem familiar about Graphite Edge, including: the appearance of his two swords, his fighting style, the fact he taught Black Lotus the identical sword skills that Kirito uses, his preference of dressing in black with a BadassLongcoat, and the way he talks. However Graphite Edge keeps laughing it off as being it is all coincidence.
* SwordBeam: His special attack "Vertical Square" slashes four times then connects the lingering SwordLines together and sends them flying as a projectile attack.
* WalkingSpoiler: His true identity is kept under wraps, but there are numerous hints that have been dropped that he's Kirito or someone connected to him.
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[[folder:Glass Monarch]]
!!Glass Monarch
Chiaki's older brother. As one of the few who knew of Black Lotus' real-life identity, he admired and used to tell stories about her to his little sister. However, he perished three years ago due to an incurable disease passing the Brain Burst program on to Chiaki.
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%%* AwesomeMcCoolname
%%* IllBoy: It ultimately killed him.
* PosthumousCharacter: Died when Chiaki was very young.
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