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* [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnlineOthers Others]][[note]] Clarence and Shirley (Clarence, Mai Kirishima / Shirley), Team Memento Mori / MMTM (David, Jake, Lax, Bold, Kenta, Summon), Team Narrows, Team KKHC, Team T-S (Ervin), Team ZEMAL ("The Goddess"), New Soldiers, Team RGB, Team TOMS (Cole), Team DOOM, The Drill Sergeant, The Novelist, Thane, Test Play Team (Jacob), Fire Nishiyamada, The Kohiruimaki Family[[/note]]

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!!Team LPFM
[[folder:In General]]
!! Team LPFM / Team LM / Team LF / Team [=PM4=]
A four member squad comprised of the main quartet. Initially on separate squads, they form this team by the Third Squad Jam.
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* ActionGirl: Three of four members are GirlsWithGuns who are more than capable of kicking ass.
* AnimalMotifTeam: All of Team LPFM has an AnimalMotif.
** LLENN invokes a rabbit with her small size, SuperSpeed of bounding round the battlefield, and her NiceHat that has two ears that resemble a rabbit. Not to mention she is constantly called a rabbit InUniverse as an InSeriesNickname of sorts.
** Pitohui names herself after a species of toxic bird, but she's also given a lot of snake motifs with her design appearing snake-like and she once gets represented by an actual snake in official artwork.
** M is themed after a turtle, being a MightyGlacier who carries [[MadeOfIndestructium an indestructium bulletproof shield]] on his back that he can unfold and hide behind to snipe his enemies, where he really resembles a turtle withdrawn into its shell. This is especially prominent when put alongside LLENN with the two of them invoking ''The Tortoise and the Hare''.
** Fukaziroh can be likened to a dog. She based her in-game name after her late dog, is very excitable and energetic like a puppy. She also chose to use a dog as her in-game chat profile picture.
* BadassCrew: Small in number they might be, they are a very efficient squadron.
* CarFu: Both Team LF and Team [=PM4=] engage in battle while riding buggies, however when both cars run out of gas they resort to ramming each other.
* DebutQueue: The four main characters are introduced in a sequential fashion over the space of two episodes. LLENN/Karen and M get introduced first in "Squad Jam" which is a FlashForward showing them partaking in the first Squad Jam tournament. Miyu/Fuka gets introduced at the start of "GGO" helping Karen get into VRMMOS, while Pitohui debuts last in the second half of the same episode as LLENN's first in-game friend.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** All four of them appeared in ''Fatal Bullet'' as DLC about a month before the anime's debut.
** LLENN had a special appearance in ''VideoGame/DengekiBunkoFightingClimax Ignition'' as a DLC support character where she was voiced by Creator/MinamiTsuda, over two years before the anime was even announced.
** LLENN and Pitohui were also available as playable characters in ''Memory Defrag'' as part of the anime promotion, with LLENN getting a special tie-in quest event that explained her backstory.
** Fukaziroh also became available as a playable character in ''Memory Defrag'' after the anime started, but before she got introduced in the actual show[[note]]she had already appeared in real life as Miyu, but her in-game avatar had yet to be seen[[/note]].
* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:In the third Squad Jam, the team is forced to fight against one of their own, when that person is switched onto a team with "betrayers" from the other teams. They initially think that Pito is the betrayer, but it turns out to actually be LLENN]].
* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** LLENN (Phlegmatic): As Karen she was very introverted and had few friends, but all in all was still quite a kind person. Her reasons for playing GGO actually stem from wanting to become more confident in real life.
** Pitohui (Choleric): Favors the game above all else and the thrill she gets from it. With a few exceptions (such as LLENN), she cares little for people and does not value human life.
** Fukaziroh (Sanguine): Easily the liveliest and most sociable out of the four, taking a carefree, live life to the fullest approach.
** M (Melancholic): Very cold and difficult to work with initially, and is constantly forced into the game against his better judgement.
* GirlsWithGuns: Three gun-wielding girls to be precise.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: LLENN is the tiny girl to M's big guy, with the two of them being the original members of the team.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Squad Jam 2 and the first season of the anime concludes with LLENN vs. Pitohui.
* PrivilegedRival: Surprisingly enough, ''they'' are the wealthier rival to Team SHINC, whose meager allowances mean they can barely afford the subscription, much less buy rare weapons. Meanwhile, LLENN's family is wealthy enough to put her up in a luxury apartment and fly her home first class, and Pito can afford to splurge lots of money on expensive items (being [[spoiler:a famous singer]] in real life), which she shares with M and Fuka.
* RecurringElement: In the first Squad Jam, Team LM is composed of LLENN who is a [[SuperSpeed speedy]] short-range fighter who is relatively new to the game, backed by M who is an [[ExperiencedProtagonist experienced]] long-range ColdSniper with ImprobableAimingSkills. This mirrors Kirito and Sinon back in the ''Phantom Bullet'' arc who were also a ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy duo.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: LLENN and Pito are predominantly short range combatants, while M and Fuka both use long ranged weapons.
* TheOneGuy: M is the only male member of the team.
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[[folder:Karen Kohiruimaki / LLENN]]
!!Karen Kohiruimaki / LLENN
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Minami Tsuda (Japanese, ''VideoGame/DengekiBunkoFightingClimax''), Creator/TomoriKusunoki (Japanese, anime), Creator/RebaBuhr (English)

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The protagonist of the spin-off series, Sword Art Online Alternative -- Gun Gale Online. Kohiruimaki Karen is an 183cm/6'0" tall young woman who has developed a complex as she is often teased for her above average height. She decides to take up VR gaming where she could be someone else, someone shorter and cuter, hence LLENN was born.
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* TheAce: [[spoiler:In Squad Jam 3, Fukaziroh reveals to Pitohui that Karen is this. Karen has the ability to quickly learn anything by just looking at it being done once, no matter how difficult it may be. Pitohui states that if Karen had seriously entered a sport, she would be an Olympic athlete by now. Her problem is that she just lacks self-confidence. This is hinted at numerous times in the series, with LLENN quickly learning anything she is taught after seeing it just once.]]
* AchievementsInIgnorance: She had no idea her all-pink attire would be perfect camouflage in the desert, being completely surprised when other players walked right past her, allowing her to get the drop on them and kill off the entire squad.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: The anime omits some of the times when Karen questions whether she wants to continue with GGO, a plotline that is hinted at in the Squad Jam 3 arc and is openly discussed in Volume 6.
* AdaptationalBadass:
** In the light novel LLENN wasted three months walking around and enjoying her short avatar before deciding to play the game properly. In the anime, LLENN tries the tutorial almost immediately after entering the game so she's out in the field hunting monsters and gaining EXP much sooner.
** In the manga adaptation of the story, she already knows how to use a knife and engages in a mock battle against M using only that weapon right before they start the first Squad Jam tournament and soundly defeats him. This is in contrast to the light novel and anime, where M handed her a knife and had to give her a fast tutorial on its use before starting Squad Jam.
* AdaptationalCurves: The Light Novel describes Karen having as petite body to match her tall frame, leading to her derisively calling herself a "beanpole". The anime on the other hand depicts her as having more noticeable curves, bearing something close to an hour-glass figure.
* AdventureDuo: LLENN has this dynamic with Fukaziroh, with LLENN being the more serious [[TheHero hero]], while Fuka is the more eccentric [[TheLancer lancer]] who provides humor.
* AffectionateNickname: Is called "Kohi" by Miyu in real life.
* AlliterativeName: '''K'''aren '''K'''ohiruimaki.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:In the final moments of Squad Jam 2, Fuka charges at Pito with a knife. However Pito who is holding LLENN by the arms tries to use her as a HumanShield, making Fuka hesitate. LLENN then tells Fuka to cut off her wrists and then kick her towards Pito, to which LLENN attacks by [[ManBitesMan biting down on Pito's neck.]]]]
* AnimalMotifs: LLENN's small size and 'ear' appendages on her hat bring to mind a pink rabbit. She's also extremely agile and nimble on her feet, bounding around the battlefield and out-speeding her enemies. Just to hone the analogy across, ''Memory Defrag'' offered tie-in quests for each new episode's trailer, which features literal pink rabbits as enemy mobs.
* ApologeticAttacker: After M wipes out an enemy squadron riding hovercrafts and blows the last survivor out of the water with a grenade, he tells LLENN to finish him off. LLENN apologizes to him before shooting him, then apologizes again after he's dead.
* TheApprentice: Becomes Pitohui's protege in GGO, being mentored in how to achieve greatness in the game.
* AscendedFangirl: Is a big fan of Elsa Kanzaki. Little did she know [[spoiler:her first in-game friend, Pitohui,]] was her idol Elsa herself.
* AttackAttackAttack: As she found out in the tutorial, LLENN's best combat style is to spray an opponent with a rapid succession of bullets rather than taking aim with a precision shot.
* AudienceSurrogate: LLENN asks a lot of questions both for her and the audience to learn about how GGO works.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: By Squad Jam 2, LLENN has picked up a few tricks from M. She's able to analyse the sound of gunfire from a distance, noting how unnatural it sounds, along with observing the team positions on a map to figure out they were walking into a trap.
* BadassAdorable: Her GGO avatar is pint sized and cute, yet she's one of the most dangerous [=PKers=] in GGO. If anything, her [[ExploitedTrope 'adorable' features actually make her]] ''[[ExploitedTrope more]]'' [[ExploitedTrope of a badass]], with her pink uniform making for excellent desert camouflage and her [[PintSizedPowerhouse small body making her much harder to hit.]]
* BadassBookworm: Given she's a college student she had to have performed well academically, but she's also seen studying hard on how to play GGO.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Wears one round her neck, and is undeniably one of the best players in GGO. In the light novel during the final battle of Squad Jam 1, she forgets to pick up her cap after M shoots it off her head and instead wraps her bandanna around her head in the traditional look before taking on Team SHINC. She does the same in the manga, but that was because her cap had gotten destroyed by M shooting it.
* BeamSpam: In ''Fatal Bullet'', her knife is considered a gadget, thus the now-vacant second weapon slot is instead filled with Sirius beam assault rifle, which serves as a long gun to compliment her [=P90=].
* BerserkButton: The one thing that will make LLENN truly lose it is P-chan getting destroyed. When Eva shoots it and it breaks, she snaps and goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* BestFriend: Both Karen and Miyu consider each other to be their dearest friend, even as Karen makes more friends.
* BewareTheCuteOnes: Her game avatar may look adorable, but her personality gets wild when she fights seriously. Even Miyu takes note to never do anything to piss Karen off in RL.
* BlankStare: LLENN gives these to Clarence as the conversation keeps getting weirder.
* {{Bokukko}}: Not herself, but in her ImagineSpot as LLENN, P-chan talk like this, which may be her imagination/intuition/etc. talking, thus hinting at a level of tomboyishness.
* BornLucky: Insists that she is a "lucky girl" when asked by M, elaborating in the novels that she has a loving family and doesn't want for anything. Her claim is supported at least once per Squad Jam.
** In episode 4, M himself makes this remark, noting that when LLENN got sniped she got hit in the arm and missed taking damage to her vital parts.
** In episode 5, Eva notes her luck too. When she snipes LLENN and misses the kill shot, allowing LLENN to escape.
** Also from episode 5, Eva has LLENN pinned on the ground and shoots at her point blank, but several shots end up hitting her [[PocketProtector scan terminal]] which is an Immortal Object. LLENN then moves her head out of the way of several headshots, before Eva realizes [[CantCountBullets she's run out of bullets]].
** Probably her luckiest moment is in Squad Jam 2 when after eliminating three teams at once, she is nearly out of ammo, a fact made worse since her P90 uses the rare 5.7x28mm cartridge. It just so happens that the last surviving member of the teams she just slaughtered also happens to equip a gun that not only uses that cartridge, but also uses P90 magazines as well.
** In Episode 11, Pitohui fires a scatter of shots at her and only one bullet manages to hit. Pito remarks LLENN had the "luck of the devil" much like Eva did previously.
** [[spoiler:She got kissed by Elsa Kanzaki in Episode 12, twice. Though this one seems more like a case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.]]
** In Squad Jam 3, while hiding behind a train car, an enemy sniper shoots her using the gap between the track and the car and only grazes her foot. He had been aiming to take her leg off entirely and was one of the best snipers on his team, and curses her luck.
** [[spoiler: After their 110,000 yen drone is shot down by the NPC team during the Test Play, LLENN manages to catch it and prevent it from suffering further damage, with M noting that all they need to fix it are some replacement propellers... [[DownplayedTrope which they don't have on hand.]]]]
** [[spoiler: When Tanya ambushes LLENN and shoots at her from behind in [=SJ4=], the most she does is get LLENN's shoulder despite firing in full-auto, which LLENN survives thanks to the smokescreen Fuka created.]]
* BigWhy: [[spoiler: Her reaction, a good couple of times, to SHINC seemingly joining Fire's alliance of squadrons.]]
* BrainsAndBrawn:
** The brawn to M's brains. She acts as a decoy for the enemies and takes them down by using her small size and nimble speed, while M comes up with the plans and guides her on what to do. Ironic considering LLENN is physically smaller in height and build.
** Inverted with Fuka, where LLENN is the more knowledgeable and experienced combatant who comes up with the plans, while Fuka is the newbie with high stats and lots of firepower.
* BreakoutCharacter: [=LLENN=] is immensely popular in Japan. Ranked #2 in popularity in the Spring 2018 rankings of the magazine ''Newtype'', just behind [[Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx Zero Two]].
* BulletTime: There are a few instances where time slows down as LLENN dodges or ducks from bullets. In the final battle of the first Squad Jam, she actually [[Film/TheMatrix pulls a Neo]] and leans backwards to evade a bullet fired at her head.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** She starts out as a shy HugeSchoolgirl who has no friends at her new college. In the course of the first volume, she, by participating in GGO, gains confidence in herself, overcomes her HeightAngst and makes some friends.
** Volume 6 has her coming to accept that she does GGO for fun. It may not seem like a very significant epiphany, but considering that she'd only entered the first two Squad Jams at the request of her friends, and was relatively apathetic toward the third one, it's a sign of how much she's changed.
* CharacterNarrator: Much like Kirito, certain points of the story are narrated by her. Unlike Kirito, her sections are done in a third-person POV, rather than a first person perspective.
* ChildSoldiers: She's mistaken for one by one of the enemy soldiers in the special event in Volume 6, [[spoiler:which is part of the reason why he elects to take her prisoner, and is horrified when she kills herself to escape]].
* ChunkyUpdraft: When LLENN goes into [[BerserkButton rage mode]] [[spoiler:over P-chan being destroyed]], wind starts billowing around her like a BattleAura.
* ClarkKenting: To keep a low profile in town so her identity as the desert [=PKer=] "Pink Devil" won't be exposed, she wears a khaki colored cloak. Though her pink sleeves, gloves, and hat can still be seen. In the LN she changes costumes to a green outfit in addition to wearing the cloak whenever she's back in Glocken.
* ColorMotif: Dresses entirely in pink, earning her the nickname the "[[RedBaron Pink Devil]]".
* CombatPragmatist:
** Using M's plan, she uses her tiny size to hide in a suitcase on a highway, allowing her to get the jump on an elite squadron. After killing a few of the enemy players she uses their ''corpses'' as shields from gunfire[[note]]corpses in GGO's [=BoB=] and Squad Jam modes are [[BulletproofHumanShield Immortal Objects]] for 10 minutes after death[[/note]] before finally killing the remaining survivors.
** Later after the boulder she's hiding behind is sustaining heavy fire and giving way, she throws a plasma grenade to the other side and uses the explosion as cover to flee away.
** [[spoiler:When Eva has her pinned to the ground, LLENN ''throws'' her magazines which hits Eva in the head, distracting her enough to allow LLENN to escape her grip. In the final moments, LLENN uses P-chan as a shield from Eva's gunfire, costing LLENN her beloved weapon but saving her life and allowing her to continue fighting on with her knife.]]
* ComicallyInvincibleHero: Unlike Kirito, LLENN's overpoweredness is largely PlayedForLaughs, with her ridiculous speed in combat making her defeat other enemies in hilarious fashion.
* CompanionCube: LLENN loves her P90 sub-machine gun a little too much, calling it "P-chan" and talks to it when no one is watching. She even bought an [=AirSoft™=] P90 replica in real life. [[spoiler:Taken to new levels when LLENN has an ImagineSpot and [[HearingVoices hears]] P-chan [[TalkingWeapon talking back to her]]!]]
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Has several glaring differences to Kirito.
** While Kirito is [[TheStoic stoic]] and serious, LLENN is easily excited and full of energy. Kirito has no sense of fashion and always dresses in black, LLENN wanted something cute to wear which led her to dress in pink (although in real life, Karen has no interest in fashion, as being tall makes it difficult to find clothes her size). This in turn led to their respective [[RedBaron monikers]] "Black Swordsman" and "Pink Devil".
** It took a long time for Kirito's backstory to be revealed, while LLENN's story is told by the second episode. In addition, Kirito's story is all about accepting the virtual world as his new reality and he is the same within the game as in the real world, while LLENN specifically went in-game to escape real life and be someone else.
** Both end up as being very powerful players, however while Kirito was introduced as having [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadowed everyone else]] due to having prior experience as a beta player, LLENN was a complete newbie who is shown to have a learning curve of gradual improvement over several episodes.
** While both tend to play the close ranger in a ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy dynamic, there’s a very noticeable difference between their fighting styles. Kirito tends to be a LightningBruiser with all his stats being through the roof, allowing him to tank weaker attacks as well as dish out high damage. LLENN is a FragileSpeedster who strictly relies on evading attacks and barraging her enemies with a rapid succession of bullets, and while [[GlassCannon she can deal a lot of damage she can't take much punishment herself]] and goes down quite easily if she gets hit.
** This also extends to their real life identities. Kazuto is a male gamer enthusiast introduced at the age of 14, remains a minor for the majority of the series, and looks very ordinary. Karen is a college girl and an adult by the time the story picks up, she's a VRMMORPG newbie, and her unusual height leads her to stand out among crowds.
* CoolBigSis: Team SHINC totally admires her, both for her amazing GGO skills and her delicious sweets. After the First Squad Jam they ask her to help them improve.
* CountingBullets: In Squad Jam 2, LLENN has started counting bullets or rather magazines, having heeded M's advice from the last Squad Jam. Calculating how many she has left and trying to save them for the showdown with Pito. Knowing she's running low as she had to waste several to deal with an ambush, she forcibly takes some from Clarence.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Her AGI-built character is best at using traps and high-speed ambushes to defeat enemies quickly, and the vast majority of her kills happen when she has the element of surprise. Enemies who attack first or are prepared for her give LLENN a much tougher fight.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Her very first [=PvP=] fight in GGO was over in less than 30 seconds, thanks to her accidentally managing to blend in the desert with her pink camo, her high speed, and her enemies not expecting any other players to be in the area.
** Effortlessly wipes out the entirety of the Team Narrows by her lonesome in the first Squad Jam.
** She does so again twice in Squad Jam 2, first against the team that spawned near her, and later the teams in the domes through use of a pink smokescreen provided by Fuka.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both in-game (brown) and in real life (black).
* CutenessProximity: Instantly becomes excitable after she finally gets an avatar with the appearance of a cute, short girl. She also squees over the P90, which is why she bought it. This also applies to other players who gush over how cute she is when they see her.
* CuteBruiser: While she's primarily uses guns, she also shows she can be a tiny girl who packs a punch, by kicking, slashing, or biting her enemies dead, combined with her lethal speed.
* TheCutie:
** Intentionally went to Virtual Reality games to become a pint-sized little girl and she plays up the cuteness for all its worth. She finally got one in GGO, which is why she stuck with the game.
** Karen's natural beauty, ''excellent'' figure, coupled with her sweet and kind personality, makes her real self ''equally'' as cute as LLLENN is.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Most of her battles end up being this, with LLENN's short stature making her the David fighting the taller Goliath.
* DeathGlare: Gives one to Pitohui just before they engage in their FinalBattle during Squad Jam 2.
* DecoyLeader: In the first Squad Jam, she's registered as the squad leader of LPFM, but in reality she's the one who gets instructions from M. Subverted by the second Squad Jam where she's the proper leader compared to Fuka who is a newbie in comparison.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: As LLENN she loves playing up her cuteness, being proud of how short and adorable she is.
* {{Determinator}}: While M is busy cowering in fear of dying, LLENN vows to take on Team SHINC by herself, persevering despite the odds stacked against her.
* DoubleTap: After M blows up the hovercraft on the lake and its driver falls onto shore, LLENN runs up to finish him off. Being that her gun is a bit weak, she hits him with about a dozen rounds... [[UpToEleven then another burst of fire...]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill and then another burst of fire until the P90's 50-round magazine is empty.]]
* TheDreaded: Due to her [=PKing=] activity where she effortlessly wipes out other players by ambushing them in the desert, she becomes known as the "Pink Devil" in GGO.
** [[spoiler:Pitohui admits to Fuka that LLENN is actually this to her. In her history of VR Gaming, she had met many gamers better than her, but she's only met two people that she admits completely surpasses her. The first person is LLENN. Just looking at LLENN terrifies her, but it also makes her someone that she wishes to overcome. The other? A certain pretty-boy that she met and defeated her in a duel in the SAO Beta.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: It took a whole episode to get round to it, but she finally shows off how dangerous a player she is when she ambushes an elite squadron by hiding in a suitcase, then killing off all of them on her own, using her speed to outmaneuver them while her tiny size makes it difficult for her to be hit.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer:
** In Squad Jam 2 she attracts the affection of Clarence, who requests a kiss from her in exchange for the magazines LLENN demands, shortly before Clarence reveals she's a girl.
** [[spoiler:When meeting Pitohui/Elsa Kanzaki in real life, she's revealed to be romantically interested in Karen and steals her first kiss.]]
* ExpressiveEars: It's subtle, but the 'ears' on her hat actually move with emotion. They droop when she's sad and raise up when she's surprised.
* FamedInStory:
** She gained a reputation as a dangerous [=PKer=] who hangs out in the desert, known as the "[[RedBaron Pink Devil]]".
** After winning the first Squad Jam, pretty much everyone in GGO has heard of her and treats her like a celebrity.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: She keeps her online gaming a secret from her parents and never takes her Amusphere back to Hokkaido when she goes home on break, as they have an understandably low opinion of [=VRMMOs=] after the Sword Art Online incident.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Sinon. Both girls were stigmatized in real life and started playing ''Gun Gale Online'' as a form of {{escapism}} where they could be someone else and potentially become a better person in real life. However Sinon did so as a form of immersion therapy to deal with her PTSD, while LLENN did so due to having a complex over her height and GGO happened to roll the avatar she wanted. Furthermore, Sinon is known to be calm and stoic in-game, but more fragile and vulnerable in real life; meanwhile, LLENN is energetic and excitable in-game, but mature and calm in real life. While it's implied in the light novels that Shino is [[IJustWantToHaveFriends desperate to have friends]], at least before Endou takes advantage of Shino's trust, Karen isn't all that bothered by not having any real life friends at her college.
** To Kirito. Both were players who migrated to GGO and ended up having the randomized avatar generator granting them a cute attractive avatar that wooed the male population, however while Kirito disliked this side-effect for quite a while, this was the very reason LLENN wanted to play to begin with. Both also gained reputations as exceptionally strong players by soloing mobs rather than being part of squads. However Kirito did so due to being a Beater who alienated himself from everyone, while LLENN was just too eager to play the game with her new short avatar that she never took the chance to make friends. Both also became FamedInStory where they would gain [[ColorCharacter color-themed]] [[RedBaron aliases]] among other players.
** To Silica. Silica is a young girl who wants to grow up and is disappointed in how she's still a kid with [[ACupAngst little to show off]]. LLENN is a college aged HugeSchoolGirl who [[HeightAngst desires to be short and cute]], escaping to VRMMO so she could be just that.
* FragileSpeedster: Fast as she may be, she can't take many hits. When she is shot in the arm by an SVD Dragunov's 7.62x54mmR from 600 meters, it takes off almost 2/3 of her health and requires her to use a medkit 3 times to fully recover. By contrast, a shot to M by the same bullet at the same range to the leg does only about a quarter's worth of damage to him and he recovers the damage from a single medkit. Her primary firearms class, submachine guns, is also on the weak side, and she has to expend quite a bit of ammo for each kill.
* FriendlessBackground: She had few friends growing up due to becoming an introvert after constant bullying over her tall height. Even after playin GGO, she doesn't have any friends besides those she meets in game, and Miyu (who now plays GGO with her).
* FunSize: As LLENN she's less than 150 cm, which is the shortest known GGO avatar, and also the cutest.
* GangstaStyle: She tends to fire her P90 at a 45 degree angle when she is prone or low to the ground, which is justified because the P90 ejects its shell casings downwards and it would get awkward shooting perfectly straight in those positions.
* {{GIFT}}: For a while she engaged in PlayerKilling as one of her favorite past times, which got her a reputation and lots of annoyance from other players. She later feels guilt over this and ceases these activities.
* TheGift: Despite being a GGO newbie who had been playing for a few months, LLENN had already taken down countless squads as a [=PKer=] on her own. Pitohui is impressed at what she managed to achieve for someone with such little experience and remarks she has natural talent.
** [[spoiler:It turns out, this is not a coincidence, as Miyu admits that Karen is unknowingly this in real life as well, with her ability to quickly learn how to do anything after seeing it done just once.]]
* GirlsWithGuns: By virtue of being a female player in a shooter game.
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Don’t let her short stature and adorable appearance fool you. The P90 submachine gun she wields will turn all who stand in her way into Swiss cheese.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Karen desperately wants to be short and cute, but had no problem with playing a shooting game with a predominantly male playerbase. She also cuts her hair short after the first Squad Jam, having only grown it out in order to make herself look a bit more girly.
* GlassCannon: While she can inflict a lot of damage thanks to the [[MoreDakka rapid fire]] of P-chan, she can't take much damage herself. Being an AGI build she relies on avoiding being hit, but if she gets caught off guard, she sustains far more damage compared to the same attack that hit her partner M.
* GodlikeGamer: Following suit from Kirito, LLENN quickly becomes an elite gamer in Gun Gale Online. Despite only being a newbie, she quickly becomes an infamous player-killer and is able to destroy entire squadrons of enemy players by herself. It's up for debate how much of her feats are actual skill and how much is due to her short-statured avatar, being one of the rare speedy AGI builds, and "lucky girl" attribute, but nonetheless she ends up FamedInStory and comes out as the champion of the first Squad Jam tournament. Pitohui even describes LLENN as "God's gift to [=FullDive=]."
* GoshDangItToHeck: LLENN often curses using the word "kuso"[[note]]the equivalent of ''crap'' or ''dammit''[[/note]]
* GuileHero: Being a WeakButSkilled player using a disadvantaged stat build, LLENN's victories often rely on using her wits.
** [[spoiler: In her final confrontation with Pito in [=SJ3=], she sacrafices her knife, new dubbed Kni-chan, against Pito's swing to lower her guard, before whipping out the knife she borrowed from Eva that she had hidden in her magazine pouch and cutting off Pito's hand with it.]]
** [[spoiler: During her rematch against Tanya in [=SJ4=] after she luckily avoids being shot by her, she uses the cover of the smokescreen Fuka created to set up P-Chan so she'd fire on her own to draw Tanya over, sneaking up behind her to cut her neck with her knife. Unfortunately, Tanya notices the trap at the last moment and just barely avoids the attack, leading to a struggle.]]
* GunsAkimbo: Before buying P-chan she wielded a pair of Skorpion [=Vz.61=] sub-machine guns, and she ''does'' spray bullets, but the [[MoreDakka increase in firepower]] more than makes up for the loss of accuracy.
%% ** In [=SJ4=], due to the rule that certain areas are "pistols-only", Pito gives her a pair of custom-made, pink handguns called "Vorpal Bunny".
* HearingVoices: [[spoiler:During intense moments, LLENN will hear the voice of P-chan in {{Imagine Spot}}s with the gun glowing and sprouting eyes. The first time it happens she freaks, but later on she brushes it aside as either an annoyance or goes along with the encouragement.]]
* HeightAngst: In real life she's [[StatuesqueStunner 183 cm tall]] and had been bullied throughout her life over her excessive height, even hitting a store panel by accident because she's so tall. This makes her taller than '''99.98%''' of Japanese women. Even when not specifically bullied, people always ''stare'' at her and whisper about it where ever she goes. She desired nothing more than to be shorter and cuter, trying a multitude of VR games before finally finding GGO where her avatar was able to be a mere 150 cm tall.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Miyu, who she has openly called her best friend.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:She lapses into this in Episode 11 where she loses her will to fight after seeing just how overpowered Pitohui is.]]
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Not her rather, [[spoiler:P-chan takes the kill shots for LLENN, having itself destroyed in the process. This sends LLENN into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
** [[spoiler:P-chan 2 meets the same fate, being damaged when LLENN used it to shield herself from gunfire. However this P-chan lasts a little longer and manages to explode when Pitohui tries to use it, thoroughly damaging itself in the process.]]
** [[spoiler: Her Knife, who she recently dubbed Kni-chan, does this in [=SJ3=], being destroyed by Pitohui's Photon Sword to lower her guard so LLENN can stab her with the knife she borrowed from Eva.]]
* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler:In Episode 11, after Team SHINC and Fuka all fall against Pito and M, LLENN finally stops hesitating and worrying about Pito, resorting to blindly charge in without a plan and let her instincts take over.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: In the light novel, she's hesitant to get involved in the second Squad Jam despite being the champion of the first, noting that she'd made more than a few mistakes in the course of the first.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: TheProtagonist of ''Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online'', a separate story set within the canon SharedUniverse of ''Sword Art Online'', with no relation to Kirito and co at all.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform:
** A full on ''pink'' combat suit. Subverted in that it actually ''does'' work for stealth in a desert environment (as seen in the manga's opening). TruthInTelevision -- in real life, the British SAS used "desert pink" land rovers for desert ops. Played straight when she's in a forest and sticks out like a sore thumb.
** Exploited in Squad Jam 2, where LLENN and Fuka devised a plan for Fuka to carry smoke canisters containing pink smoke to conceal LLENN.
* HotBlooded: She can get pretty fired up when she gets really into GGO.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The tiny tiny girl to M's huge guy. Inverted in reality. Check this trope entry under M's folder for details.
* HugeSchoolgirl: She's 183cm (6'0") tall IRL and has quite a complex about it, resulting in a poor social disposition. When getting into ''Gun Gale Online'', she's elated that she can set her character's height to less than 150 cm.
* IconicOutfit: Her pink camouflage suit that she wears in battle, especially her rabbit eared cap which is particularly iconic.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Doesn't appear until ''Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online'' which didn't debut until 6 years after the original launch of the ''Sword Art Online'' light novels. Her anime counterpart took about the same amount of time, with the spin-off anime adaptation also taking 6 years after the initial airing of ''Sword Art Online''.
* ICallItVera:
** LLENN named her P90 sub-machine gun "P-Chan", and does the same with all subsequent ones.
** In [=SJ3=], she ends up calling her Combat Knife “Kni-Chan”.
* ImportantHaircut: Cuts her previously waist-length hair short after winning the first Squad Jam- she'd grown it out to make herself look more "girlish," even though it was difficult to maintain, so cutting it signifies that she's made progress coming to terms with herself. Funnily enough, when her family members see Karen with the new haircut, they initially think it's a TraumaticHaircut and that she must have gone through a bad breakup.
* InASingleBound: LLENN displays an impressive ability to jump, being able to launch herself from the ground over the head of a grown man.
* InSeriesNickname: Is often called "chibi-chan"[[note]]translating to "munchkin" or "shorty"[[/note]] by those who don't know her gamer name. It becomes a bit of an InsultOfEndearment with Eva.
* InstantExpert: [[spoiler: Part of her [[TheAce Ace status]] is that she's capable of picking up something once and being able to get the hang of it soon after.]]
* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: [[spoiler:In Episode 5, after finding out M is at risk of being killed by Pitohui in real life and he's scared of dying, LLENN declares she would handle the last battle on her own while allowing M to hide. The episode is even titled "Leave the Last Battle to Me".]]
* InTheHood: While in town she wears a khaki colored cloak to hide her pink attire.
* {{Kawaiiko}}: Her entire motivation behind playing GGO in the first place was to be cute. She does everything in-game to do so from acting like a DeliberatelyCuteChild and [[PinkMeansFeminine customizing all of her clothes to pink]].
* KillerRabbit: Don't underestimate the small girl in the bright pink outfit and floppy rabbit-eared hat.
--> '''M:''' That pink bunny's fangs are very sharp.
* KindheartedCatLover: In the anime, she's seen petting a white cat in her lap while watching a news story about [=VRMMOs=]. You can later see a few pictures of that cat around her apartment.
* KnifeNut: M taught her the value [[NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight value of using a knife up close]], and she took the lessons to heart. She keeps the knife M gave to her and uses it every tournament since, even colouring the hilt pink to match the rest of her attire.
* LetsGetDangerous: Her attitude in the second Squad Jam is far more serious, dropping her giddy attitude for a soldier-like mentality, due to the lives of Pito and M being on the line. She's now the one disciplining Fuka and explaining their approaches, while analyzing and formulating plans much like M did for her.
* LittleMissBadass: Tiny and cute as she is, she's extremely deadly on the battlefield and not to be underestimated.
* LonelyRichKid: In addition to having few friends because of her height, Karen is fairly well off, since her parents pay for her apartment and give her a generous amount of spending money.
* ManBitesMan: [[spoiler:LLENN kills Pitohui by biting her neck and depleting her remaining HP.]]
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: She's the youngest of 5 children (two sons and three daughters). The apartment she's renting in Tokyo is the same building where her oldest sister lives with her husband and children.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It gets left vague if [[spoiler:P-chan talking is all in LLENN's head or if there really are greater forces at play. P-chan the second even appeared to be able to protect LLENN on its own when she wasn't holding it. The light novels hints at the possibility that Karen is a natural VR gamer and P-chan is just the way her instincts are communicating with her during times of extreme stress.]]
* MeaningfulName: LLENN is simply the last three letters of Karen's name in Japanese phonetics.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Overlapping with CutenessProximity, as LLENN she looks like a little girl ''and'' acts like one. Although this may also be a case of her playing the DeliberatelyCuteChild.
* MoreDakka: LLENN's WeaponOfChoice is a P90 sub-machine gun that specializes in spraying out round after round of prolonged automatic fire. She was advised to choose automatics to compensate for her small size and imperfect aim, which she has stuck with since.
* NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight: [[spoiler:The knife M gave to her proves useful. She draws it after P-chan gets destroyed in the final battle with Eva, taking advantage of the close range combat as well as her speed and agility.]]
* NiceGirl: A very kind person at heart. She's polite to all those she comes across, is an ApologeticAttacker to her enemies, and when [[spoiler:M is too scared to carry on she goes to take on the enemies by herself while letting M hide in safety, so that he can resign if she loses.]]
* NiceHat: Wears a pink bunny-eared hat as part of her battle outfit.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: By Squad Jam 2, LLENN has become very serious in battle now that lives are at stake. She tries to end a fight by holding one guy at gunpoint and demanding him to tell his team that he killed her. When he asks what would happen if he refused, she wastes no time in shooting him dead then and there before continuing her slaughter.
* OlderThanTheyLook: In real life she's a college student, but in-game her avatar is often mistaken for a kid.
* OneWomanArmy: She can take out whole squadrons on her own. In the desert, her pink attire offers her perfect camouflage, her small size allows her to hide in unexpected places and makes it hard for gunfire to hit her, and her low weight makes her very nimble and fast on her feet. All of these factors together make her a very deadly player.
* OnlineAlias: LLENN.
* OnlySaneWoman: Ends up becoming this in Squad Jam 3. Poor LLENN has to deal with Pitohui's eccentric personality, Fuka who would egg her on, and M who can't go against Pitohui's wishes.
* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: A college school student who suffers from HeightAngst and being stigmatized, but other than that Karen had a pretty average life prior to the start of the series.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: [[spoiler:As powerful as LLENN is, she finds herself outclassed by Pito after witnessing her slaughter Team MMTM and momentarily [[HeroicBSOD loses her will to fight]].]]
* PinkMeansFeminine: She was initially out to look for girly clothes, but as GGO offered none, she instead decided to customize her entire outfit to pink, including her gun! She inadvertently discovered that this also offered perfect camouflage in the desert.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: As LLENN, she's under 150cm tall and often mistaken for a little kid. Yet she's an exceptional GGO player, being an OneWomanArmy who can annihilate entire squadrons on her own. Being pint-sized makes aiming at her difficult.
* PlayerKilling: She found fun in [=PvP=] by ambushing players in the desert. She ended up being well-known for this and gained the moniker the "[[RedBaron Pink Devil]]."
* PlotArmor: While it's not as blatant as Kirito, there are many instances where LLENN is saved through sheer luck. Unlike Kirito, it's lampshaded in-universe as her being BornLucky.
* {{Pride}}: As LLENN she's very proud of how cute and short she is, giggling whenever she hears passerby remarks on her tiny size. It's to the point where even insults towards her about her being short will make her happy.
* TheProtagonist: She is the viewpoint character of ''Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online''. This is her story.
* RageBreakingPoint: Hits this is [=SJ3=] after [[spoiler: she realizes that Pitohui lied about being the Traitor and that it was actually LLENN, forcing her into a three vs one scenario against Pito, Fuka and M. Understandably pissed, she drops a PrecisionFStrike and vows to kill Pitohui, a mindset that understandably worsens when Pito jokingly tries to deflect the blame onto her.]]
* RedBaron: The "Pink Devil" due to her pink camouflage attire and being a dangerous [=PKer=]. She continues being known as that name in the Squad Jam tournaments, which other players [[TheDreaded utter with fear]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: LLENN has red-tinted eyes, and when she becomes truly angry, her eyes turn ''{{glowing|eyes of doom}} pink'' with rage.
* RedOniBlueOni:
** The more excitable red to M's [[TheStoic serious]] blue. Though this changes by the second Squad Jam where LLENN has also adopted a [[LetsGetDangerous more serious attitude]].
** The calmer blue to Miyu/Fuka's more energetic red. Even in GGO where LLENN is more excitable than in real life, she's still the more passive and mature one compared to Fuka.
* ReluctantHero: She was hesitant in participating in both the first and second Squad Jams, with her eventual entering due to the circumstances giving her little choice. This is especially the case for [=SJ2=] where she's forcibly drawn in due to the threat of [[spoiler:Pito putting her own life and the life of M on the line.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: She finds a replacement P90 sub-machine after her first one got destroyed in the previous Squad Jam, which she also names P-chan for convenience.
* RivalsTeamUp:
** Teams up with SHINC after informing them that she's in to stop Pito from killing herself if she dies.
** [[spoiler: Does this again with Eva in [=SJ3=]. After it’s revealed that she was her team’s traitor and that Pito tricked her into three vs one scenario, Eva pulls a Big Damn Heroes and they work together to take down LPFM.]]
* RookieRedRanger:
** The leader of the LM squadron in the first Squad Jam, but far less experienced than M. In her debut episode, M is actually the seasoned player and the one calling all the shots over radio, while her squad leader status is mainly so she can act as a decoy for the satellite scanners.
** Averted by Squad Jam 2 where she's the previous Squad Jam Champion and the seasoned veteran, able to guide her new teammate Fuka using her past experiences.
* SamusIsAGirl: Due to how short and child-like her avatar is, several players were unable to tell if she was a girl or a boy.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the last battle of Squad Jam 3 against [[spoiler:Pitohui. With the ship minutes from completely sinking, the two approach one another to finish things in hand-to-hand combat. As they get near, LLENN pulls out her knife, and Pitohui... takes out and activates two lightsabers. To Pitohui's complete shock and surprise, LLENN immediately bolts out of there. When confronted about it, LLENN yells at her that there's no way she's going to fight ''that'' with just a knife.]]
* SheCleansUpNicely: While Karen usually dresses rather plainly, she ends up wearing a elegant blue dress for a party at her father's company, an illustration of which can be seen in Volume 7 where this occurs.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy:
** The short range sub-machine gunner to M's long range sniper.
** Also the short range sub-machine gunner to Fuka's long range grenadier.
* ShrinkingViolet: Karen is quite shy and introverted in real life, in stark contrast to LLENN who is easily excited and overly cheerful about everything.
* SkewedPriorities: In Episode 9, while she's massacring the teams inside the dome, she's more concerned with the ammo she's expending, muttering "what a waste" as she shoots, rather than worrying about the gunfire that's aimed at her. Downplayed considering that, while the gunfire is a more immediate problem, running out of ammo before facing Pito is a legitimate concern.
* SlasherSmile: LLENN flashes one in Episode 9 when she holds Clarence at gunpoint and declares she would take all her magazines.
* SmashSisters: Has this dynamic with Fuka. The two of them are best friends and have the utmost trust in one another on the battlefield.
* SpoiledSweet: She's extremely wealthy due to her father being the CEO of a major corporation and her parents give her plenty of spending money, but she's also a NiceGirl and, as LLENN, is also very cheerful, if a bit of a FirstPersonSmartass in both cases.
* SqueakyEyes: When M has a breakdown and [[AintTooProudToBeg begs for his life]], as LLENN looks on in disbelief her eyes make audible sounds as she blinks.
* StatuesqueStunner: At 183cm, Karen is taller than 99.98% of all women in Japan, and 99.42% of all men!
* StockLightNovelHero: LLENN starts off as an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary college student]] who decides to try out VR gaming. Upon landing in Gun Gale Online she randomly receives a [[FunSize short and cute avatar]]. By [[PinkMeansFeminine coloring all of her gear pink]] she discovers this is a stealth advantage in the many deserts of the world and becomes FamedInStory as "The Pink Devil". While the harem aspect is mostly absent, she still ends up [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer garnering a few admirers]] like Clarence and [[spoiler:Elsa]].
* SuperSpeed: Has speed that may very well put Asuna to shame. When running, she's known to blitz right across a map and is so fast that enemy players have trouble hitting her. Pitohui explicitly states it takes a moving vehicle to be able to catch up to her running speed.
* SwordAndGun: ''Knife'' and gun to be exact. Ever since M taught her to use the knife in close quarters combat, LLENN has favored using the knife every once in a while.
* SweetTooth: LLENN seems quite fond of cookies. She's constantly seen eating them in GGO, fully conscious of the fact she can eat as much as she likes in VR without having to worry about getting fat.
* TakingTheBullet: Her gun, P-chan, which may or may not be alive, [[spoiler:takes several kill shots meant for LLENN at the cost of itself.]]
* TalentedButTrained: As mentioned above, LLENN possesses TheGift when it comes to virtual reality being a GodlikeGamer who rapidly became a top player, but it really helps that she received special training from seasoned veterans Pitohui and M who honed her combat prowess many folds higher.
* TalkingWeapon:
** In LLENN's ImagineSpot, [[spoiler:P-chan sprouts eyes and starts talking to her!]]
** [[spoiler: In a surprise twist, instead of P-Chan the 3rd talking, it’s actually LLENN’s knife, who states that ItHasBeenAnHonor and asks for a nickname like P-Chan has.]]
* TemptingFate:
** While setting out to fight Team SHINC, she takes inventory of her health and ammunition, and is confident she can win with what she has. Shortly afterward, she gets shot and seriously injured.
** While doing karaoke with Miyu, Karen doubts that she'll ever meet M in real life. When she gets home, she meets him at her apartment.
* TokenMiniMoe: She isn't really one given her age in real life, but all of her friends in GGO still treat her like one given her short stature, [[HypocriticalHumor even Fuka.]] [[spoiler:Amusingly, Elsa Kanzaki continues to give her said treatment in real life even when she's far shorter than Karen is.]]
* TookALevelInBadass:
** In Episode 3, her aim has greatly improved from her time since doing the tutorial to participating in Squad Jam, along with her battle experience which has vastly increased her stats.
** By the time of the second Squad Jam, LLENN had gained a lot of combat smarts, planning out a strategy and keeping Fuka disciplined, not unlike what M did for her.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Is very fond of tea, constantly shown drinking it during her down time. One time, Fuka even thinks LLENN is so happy because of the ice tea she's drinking at the time.
* TrainingMontage:
** LLENN has a brief one when she takes the tutorial, showing her trying out various guns before finding she works best with a sub-machine gun.
** She later has another one when M assesses her combat abilities, giving her lessons on top of the skills she already has.
* TrapMaster: In addition to AGI, she put a lot of skill points into her DEX stat, which enables her to set up booby traps in-game. These are most commonly grenades rigged up to trip wires.
* TrueBlueFemininity: While her GGO avatar LLENN is [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]], Karen's real life clothing is mostly blue. It is a reflection of being nice and friendly, but also more mature than LLENN.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Her tiny size will often lead others to underestimate her, getting caught off guard by her sheer speed.
* UnskilledButStrong: Or, more accurately, Unskilled But '''Fast'''. She is still considered a GGO newbie for a large portion of the series, but becomes one of the most dangerous players due to her sheer speed, small size, and later her powerful P90 sub-machine gun, P-chan. She's able to come out victorious in fights up against more experienced players because of the advantages her avatar gives and sometimes [[BornLucky just sheer luck]].
* UseYourHead: In [=SJ3=], [[spoiler: with Pito keeping her in place so she could stab her with her Photon Sword, LLENN resorts to headbutting Pito at fast speeds to force her to let go.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: A P90 sub-machine gun that she named P-chan is her favorite, and [[spoiler: she will always replace it whenever it is destroyed]].
* WorthyOpponent:
** Team SHINC come to see her as one after the amount of difficulty she gives them in the first Squad Jam, especially Eva who becomes her [[TheRival rival]].
** By the time of Squad Jam 2, virtually every team sees her as one due to being the previous tournament champion.
** To Pitohui, who is the top Squad Jam player alongside LLENN and the only one who is able to give her a satisfying fight.
* WeakButSkilled: By the time of the second Squad Jam, LLENN qualifies as this due to her build. As noted in the main series, the more powerful guns require higher STR to use (save for some rare guns available as drops like Yamikaze's), whereas LLENN is a full-AGI build using purchased weapons. That being said, her speed and small stature let her take a sub-optimal build and wreak amazing levels of havoc.
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[[folder:Elsa Kanzaki / Pitohui]]
!! Elsa Kanzaki / Pitohui
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), [=ReoNa=] (singing voice, Japanese), Creator/AllegraClark (English)

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Pitohui is a mysterious woman and one of the few female players in ''GGO'', who becomes fast friends with LLENN. One day, she asks the protagonist to participate in team battle royale tournament known as "Squad Jam", kickstarting the light novel's plot. In real life, she is Elsa Kanzaki, an upcoming singer and Karen’s idol.
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* AdaptationalCurves: {{Downplayed}}. It's not noticeable for the most part, but Pito is shown to be a bit bustier in the anime than she is in the Light Novel's illustrations.
* AdaptationalDumbass: [[spoiler: While it doesn't change what [[BoomHeadshot ultimately happens to her]], she doesn't stop her team's sniper from shooting at Shirley as she runs away, with her only surviving because she was carrying a teammate's corpse to save them and unintentionally used them as a human shield. In the anime, she explicitly orders her team to not shoot, deeming her NotWorthKilling. This makes her near-death experience at Shirley's hand ultimately due to her own arrogance.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler:In regards to how she handled Goushi for the first time in the anime compared to the light novels. In the light novels, although Goushi had been stalking her, he did genuinely rescue her from an attacker to which she invites him back to her home before she knocks him out, tied him up, and physically abuses him. The anime omits Goushi's rescue and had her inviting him back while he was stalking her. So while it doesn't make her any less nasty, she doesn't come off as an UngratefulBitch in the anime.]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: Her photon sword in the novels has a bluish-white blade whilst in the anime it has a red blade.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: [[spoiler:When Pitohui heard about the [=PKers=] from Sword Art Online, rather than being disgusted and horrified by them like normal people would, Pito is entranced by them believing she could either ''be one of them'' or have killed the [=PKers=] herself in the name of justice.]]
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Pitohui's DeathSeeker attitude and complete disregard for the safety of her allies led her to be shunned by all squadrons of GGO until no one would accept her.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
** As skilled as Pitohui is in GGO, even she did not make it past the preliminaries of the third ''Bullet of Bullets'' tournament. A reminder to the audience that this is a LighterAndSofter series consisting of more casual gamers, with Pitohui dominating fights because the caliber of her opponents is a lot worse than the best-of-the-best during ''Phantom Bullet''.
** In Volume 5, Pito says she's met two players who she considers stronger than her, both physically and mentally. The first is an SAO player (implied to be Kirito), who'd forfeited a duel against her despite having taken off most of her HP, conceding her strength despite Pito being two levels below him. The other is LLENN, as mentioned elsewhere.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Over the course of the series it becomes evident that Pitohui is not quite right in the head. [[spoiler:She's a DeathSeeker who yearns to die, [[CombatSadomasochist loves partaking in the thrill of life-threatening challenges]], and has a case of [[TheSociopath sociopathy]] where she has dangerous impulses for violence and uses Goshi and GGO to vent this. She actually reached a DespairEventHorizon over not being part of SAO and although she recovered from this, missing out on Squad Jam caused her to have a violent relapse.]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: As Pitohui, she's a crazed hedonist who believes steadfast in the {{GIFT}}, but she's surprisingly decent when you get to know her. [[spoiler:It becomes increasingly ''less'' ambiguous as the series progresses and she verges closer to AffablyEvil.]]
* AnArmAndALeg:
** [[spoiler: During her fight against LLENN in [=SJ3=], LLENN is able to use Eva's knife to cut both her arms.]]
** [[spoiler: Ends losing a leg to David's grenade during the airport fight in [=SJ4=]]].
* AnimalMotifs:
** Pitohui are several species of real life birds known to be toxic. Much like these birds she may be beautiful on the surface, but she can be poisonous underneath.
** Her light novel artwork draws her like a snake. Exemplified in volume 5's afterword image showing a rabbit and a snake, representing LLENN and Pitohui.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite what led to their relationship and the general abusiveness of it, there are hints that Pito does care for M... in her own way.
** For one thing, she must be aware of how much [[TooKinkyToTorture Goushi enjoys the physical and even verbal abuse she puts him through.]]
** Despite dragging him into her impromptu Death Game in [=SJ2=] and even expressing joking disapointment that he didn't die during the "Ten-Minute Massacre" since it would have given her an excuse to avenge him, she does quickly warn M to take cover upon realizing that SHINC killed Sophie so they can bring out a gun to deal with his shield.
** She hints in a conversation with Fuka that she was rather jealous when M started getting some female attention after losing weight and gaining a better fashion sense... which she tried to fix by beating his face in.
* AxCrazy: Pitohui's favorite past time is going ballistic on the battlefield. She lets loose [[LaughingMad cackling like a lunatic]] while she pumps enemies with lead or bashes their faces in with brute force.
* BadassDriver: [[spoiler: When her and LLENN's trike gets wrecked by David's grenade in [=SJ4=], she's able to stop it safely despite it missing it's left front wheel and several other parts. And as revealed a bit later, she was able to do this while missing a leg.]]
* BeneathTheMask: While she usually maintains a calm, polite visage, it's later shown that she really has a [[AxCrazy dangerously psychotic side]] kept under lock and key, which gets unleashed in its full terrifying glory whenever she's in the heat of battle.
* BerserkButton: The one thing able to send Pitohui into a surge of rage is telling her Sword Art Online was a terrible game, [[spoiler:which she desired more than anything to be a part of.]]
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: [[spoiler: Does this to Anna in [=SJ4=] when she and M mount an attack against the rest of SHINC while LLENN deals with Tanya.]]
* BlatantLies:
** Tells LLENN she had no interest in music and can't even read sheet music, when she's actually a famous singer in real life.
** She claims that she can't participate in the Squad Jam herself due to attending her best friend's wedding. In reality it's because her real life singer self is holding a concert.
** When she meets Nishiyamada in Gun Gale Online, she claims that she pretends to be ruder than usual online. LLENN knows that Pito's online self is her true personality.
* BlofeldPloy: After [[spoiler:M brings her Fuka as a hostage]], Pito decides to shoot [[spoiler:M instead]], because he'd been covertly helping her enemies.
* BloodKnight: As an AxCrazy DeathSeeker she lives for bloodshed. She becomes visibly disappointed whenever one of her opponents resigns or takes their own life before she gets a chance to kill them.
* BrokenPedestal:
** [[spoiler:While Karen's happy that Pito didn't end up killing herself, especially considering that she's also Elsa, she admits that she can't look at Elsa the same way after Elsa kisses her twice. She'll just stick to playing GGO with her.]]
** While David, the Leader of MMTM, makes it no secret that he hates Pitohui, he at least had a degree of respect for her as a fellow GGO player. This changes [[spoiler: after she murders Ervin after breaking her promise to save his teammates and having the gall to claim that he should have been ''grateful'' for giving him a HopeSpot, with David renouncing any remaining respect he had and opting to kill her himself.]]
* CastAsAMask: [[spoiler:Elsa Kanzaki's singing voice is provided by a different voice actress to Pitohui, to hide the fact they are the same person.]]
* CasualDangerDialog: In Squad Jam 2, after trying to shoot a guy hanging off a cliff, she boredly notes he survived getting shot and that was the reason she doesn't like pistols. The fact she's able to say "you're still not dead" in such a casual tone is really notable. She also casually wishes them farewell before killing them both with a thrown grenade.
* CherryTapping:
** In Episode 9, after slaughtering the several squadrons of players who had allied together against her team, she keeps two survivors alive. When asked why she was prolonging their demise, she claimed that she was waiting for one of them to reach for his gun as otherwise she'd feel guilty about shooting someone defenseless. Then just before she kills them she instructs the two to radio their bosses and tell them in a pitiful voice that they got their asses kicked and to get revenge on them.
** In Episode 11, Pito snipes off Fuka's legs followed by her arms while keeping her alive. M keeps telling her to finish Fuka off, but Pito insists on leaving her till later and waiting for LLENN to show up.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Pitohui has a long history of betraying her teammates, laughing as they get depleted of HP and will not hesitate to throw a grenade at a monster even if her teammate is standing right next to it. She does so again in Squad Jam 2 when Team KKHC try to strike up an alliance with her, after she declines she shoots them all dead as soon as their backs are turned.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience:
** Favors the color black in contrast to LLENN's pink, whether it signifies [[EvilWearsBlack she's evil]] [[DarkIsNotEvil or not]] is left vague.
** Pitohui owns a ''red'' photon sword, in contrast to Kirito's purple. While Pitohui may be a main character, she is ''not'' a hero.
* CombatSadomasochist: The bigger the risk of dying, the more thrilled she gets. Her obsession with [[spoiler:life-threatening challenges caused her to impose a rule on herself and her friends; if any of them die in-game, they will be killed in real-life.]]
* ContraltoOfDanger: As Pitohui, she has quite a deep voice for a female, by virtue of being voiced by Creator/YokoHikasa. It plays perfectly into how dangerous she is. Contrast this with her real life counterpart's voice.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Much like LLENN is a ContrastingSequelMainCharacter, Pitohui really distances herself from the other antagonists of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. For instances she's part of the main cast, being a {{deuteragonist}} and not a straight up villain. In addition, she's also painted with a lot of sympathy and the main goal of the story is for the heroine to save her life, rather than stopping her from taking the lives of others.
* CoolBigSis: She dubs herself as LLENN's onee-san. Seeing how LLENN was a little girl and a GGO newbie, Pito took LLENN under her wing and taught her the ins and outs of the game.
* CowardlyLion:
** PlayedWith. While she ultimately reveals in [=SJ2=] that she’s legitimately afraid of dying, she is addicted to the thrill she gets from ending up in such scenarios and frequently goes out of her way to put himself into high-risk events.
** [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], she reveals to Fukaziroh that she’s actually scared of LLENN. Despite this, likely due to the fact that she’s crazy, she instead opts to fight her head-on instead of running away.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Virtually every battle Pitohui partakes in has her laying one of these on her enemies. In Squad Jam 2, she proceeded to massacre over 20 players on her own in under 30 seconds.
* CuteButCacophonic: [[spoiler:Her real life counterpart has an unusually high-pitched and nasal voice, befitting someone who looks like a child]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: Wears an all black attire, but is quite a friendly person. [[spoiler:Averted over time as she shows her immoral side, and actually plays up the DarkIsEvil theme quite well.]]
* DeathSeeker:
** For reasons unexplained, Pitohui had sought death for a long time. Sword Art Online being a real life death game was the perfect opportunity to realize her ambition, but she ended up missing out on this chance and hit the DespairEventHorizon. Memento Mori describes in great detail of how her approach to life is "I want to forget about living".
** Also, [[spoiler:she's playing GGO with the outdated [=NervGear=], which doesn't have the [=AmuSphere=]'s safety precautions of monitoring the player's heart rate, auto-disconnecting if they're overstimulated or pass out, and a different full-dive system that is unable to kill the players like happened in SAO]].
** Finally averted in Episode 11. For all her posing as a DeathSeeker, Pito reveals that ultimately she is still scared of dying. If she weren't, then life-or-death combat wouldn't be so fun!
* DepravedBisexual: Is incredibly abusive to M both online and real life and frequently uses him as a sextoy (which he immensely enjoys), while also acting really flirty with LLENN (who doesn't appreciate it), even getting aroused during their fight.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Pitohui serves as the antagonistic variant during Squad Jam 2. The story arc is told from two points of view, from that of Team LF (LLENN and Fukaziroh) and Team [=PM4=] (Pitohui and M). Once all other teams are eradicated, these two teams come into direct opposition with each other and do battle, including the climactic fight between LLENN and Pitohui.
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Goshi had been stalking Elsa, before seeing her get mugged where he saves her life. Elsa invites him back to her apartment where she proceeds to knock him out, tie him up, and beat the ever loving snot out of him before blackmailing him into serving her.]]
* DissonantLaughter: In Squad Jam 2, seeing several teams conspire together to fight her team and take the mountain, Pito's only response is to cackle in amusement.
* DistaffCounterpart: Essentially a female Kirito, only older and [[EvilCounterpart more immoral]]. See {{foil}} below for more details.
* TheDreaded:
** M is thoroughly terrified of her and how unpredictable she is. [[spoiler:With good reason too since she has his life on the line.]]
** Memento Mori seems to fear her as well for his past experience with her and her psychotic behavior.
* DualWielding: [[spoiler: During her fight with David in [=SJ3=], she's forced to pull out a second Photon Sword against his one. She later whips both of them out against LLENN, [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere who reacts accordingly.]]]]
* DudeMagnet: As one of the rare female players in GGO, men have constantly been hitting on her. As a result she had [[FacialMarkings tattoos]] put on her cheeks to keep them away.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While in reality she is a sociopathic, sadistic woman who is more than willing to kill herself and her boyfriend, Goushi, over a video game, Elsa is implied to care about her public image as a singer and seems to largely play GGO to prevent these traits from bubbling up and bursting out in real life, something she hints at while telling LLENN about the Squad Jam.
* ExactWords: She makes a "gentleman's agreement" to have a ceasefire with Team KKHC during Squad Jam 2, then promptly kills them off as soon as they're done talking. After all, she is not a "gentleman."
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Much more experienced as a GGO player compared to LLENN, enabling her to become her mentor.
* EyeScream: Shirley manages to land a headshot on her, which is marked by a gaping digital bullet hole straight through her eye.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: [[spoiler:As Elsa Kanzaki she's a beautiful idol, who hides a dangerous violent impulsive side.]]
* FaceOfAThug: Visually Pitohui looks quite intimidating with her FacialMarkings, narrowed eyes, and imposing height, though she's cheerful, informal, and all-round quite caring towards LLENN. [[spoiler:Subverted over time as she shows her immoral side, showing that not only is she [[DarkIsEvil as evil as she looks]], but she exploits this trope to do all the villainy she can. It is inverted for the real life Pitohui with the reveal she is Elsa Kanzaki, who looks childish and adorable.]]
* FacialMarkings: She sports tattoos on her cheeks, which serve to keep men from hitting on her in-game.
* FamedInStory: In-game, she has a fearsome reputation for being powerful and more negatively, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness for using her teammates as cannon fodder or bait.]] [[spoiler:In real life she's the famous singer Elsa Kanzaki.]]
* FatalFlaw: Her DeathSeeker nature, which makes her prone to making incredibly reckless decisions, even going as far as to specifically request that she has no back-up when she goes OneWomanArmy on a bunch of players, and even leaving enemy players alive even if there’s a good chance of them coming back to bite her in the ass, such is the case with Shirley(In the Anime) and Fukaziroh. If it wasn’t for her great skill and luck, [=SJ2=] would have been the literal death of her.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The final opponent for LLENN in Squad Jam 2 and 3.]]
* FireForgedFriendship: Met LLENN when she was out looking for the "Pink Devil", but was surprised to find that it was a little girl. Their first meeting has Pitohui holding a gun to LLENN's head. However seeing that she was a fellow female player, Pito became fast friends with LLENN.
* {{Foil}}:
** In an opposite scenario to LLENN, Pitohui is shorter and cuter in real life while Pito is taller and more intimidating in-game. Both girls also used playing GGO as a form of {{escapism}} but for very different reasons, with LLENN doing so to become someone else and to gain confidence, while Pitohui does it to vent frustration in real life by going to a place where she can go wild with no consequence.
** In many ways Pitohui can be seen as a DistaffCounterpart to Kirito, with both being VR junkies who are overpowered and dress in black. But one key difference is Kirito is TheHero who sometimes lapses into TheBerserker when really pushed to his limits, while Pitohui puts on a kind demeanor to [[BeneathTheMask hide her true nature]] and is known to be [[AxCrazy dangerously psychotic underneath]]. Essentially she's what Kirito ''could'' be without restraint, and her worldview is completely antithetical to Kirito's belief that indulging your darker side in an VRMMO will inevitably make you a worse person in real life. Pitohui [[spoiler:wielding a [[LaserBlade Photon Sword]] is just the icing on the cake.]]
** To Fukazuroh. Both are extremely excitable and friendly individuals who are quite possible the closest people to LLENN, and in GGO they are a pair of [[BloodKnight Blood Knights]] who enjoy the destruction they leave in their wake. However, Fuka is someone with a “live life to the fullest” mindset and is genuinely a NiceGirl, while Pito is a DeathSeeker who finds fun in life threatening scenarios and her sociopathic tendencies make her appear more FauxAffablyEvil than genuinely friendly. And, like LLENN, there's the fact that Fuka is mature looking in real life but looks like a child in-game while Pito looks like an adult in-game yet resembles a child IRL. LLENN even describes them as “Two sides of the same coin, flipped back and forth, both smiling”.
* ForegoneConclusion: As soon as Pito revealed that she had participated in the previous "Bullet of Bullets" tournaments, the audience knows that she could not have won any of them as the main ''Sword Art Online'' series had already established the victors.[[note]]Gabriel Miller/Subtilizer had a joint victory with another player in the first one. [=XeXeed=] won the second one outright.[[/note]][[spoiler:Even her next attempt would be doomed to failure as the victors had already been revealed in the main series.]]
* GamerChick: Said to have been playing virtual reality games even during the Sword Art Online incident, along with being present since Gun Gale Online's launch.
* {{GIFT}}: Pitohui believes it's fine to act merciless and brutal in-game, where she's able to get away with things she cannot do in real life such as killing in cold blood.
* TheGlovesComeOff: In Squad Jam 2 when she finally decides to stop goofing around and [[LockAndLoadMontage equips all her weapons and armor for the finale.]] And this is ''after'' she's already killed over 20 players using either her bare hands or stolen weapons.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Does this in both [=SJ2=] and 3, content that she got to fight LLENN at the end.]]
* GratuitousEnglish: Pito often spouts English words in-game especially during battle.
* GratuitousGerman: After she [[spoiler:kills M]] she sings a verse from Schubert's ''Erlkönig''.
* GunFu: While she's slaughtering several allied teams in Squad Jam 2, Pito pretty much dances about as she bashes and shoots everyone in a massacre.
* GunNut: LLENN notices that she shows up with different guns every day, and is quite knowledgeable about them. Her loadout in ''Fatal Bullet'', an [=AKM=] assault rifle and a full-length Remington 870 shotgun, references two of the weapons she used during the second Squad Jam, the American-made Krebs Custom [=KTR-9=] and a shorty pistol-gripped 870.
* TheGunslinger: Pito fits the best out of the main cast, being a GunFu practitioner who is a GunNut in seemingly all forms of guns.
* TheHedonist:
** She has a deep obsession with life-threatening challenges and the prospect of dying.
** Goushi implies she's had many affairs with her various fans of both genders.
* HellishPupils: If you look closely, her pupils sometimes are slitted, which goes hand in hand with her personality.
* HeroicSacrifice: Minor example in the Test Play. [[spoiler: During an EnemyMine with SHINC against ZEMAL, she and Tanya shoot themselves, costing both to lose one of their three lives, so they can spawn behind ZEMAL and ambush them.]]
* HiddenDepths: While her [[HotBlooded aggressive]] and [[BloodKnight violence loving nature]] might make her come off as DumbMuscle when compared to say, [[GeniusBruiser M]], Pito can prove to be ''very'' dangerous when forced into a strategist role.
** [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], she acts as Team BTRY's leader and strategist and comes up with some pretty solid strategists during her tenure. Namely, her plan to use the life boats to prevent the other teams from getting on the ship was pretty solid and only screwed up because a few of them had access to bombs and armor-piercing bullets, and even then she's able to kill Memento Mori from ''and entirely different room'' with some clever use of the ship's sprinkler system and generator.]]
** [[spoiler: During the Test Play, she's also able to rally all the other teams into an alliance against the NPC team with some very sound arguments.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: [[spoiler:With Goushi in real life, given how tiny she is.]]
* IdolSinger: [[spoiler: She is a singer and song writer in real life, and Karen is a fan.]]
* ILied: Near the end of Volume 5, she admits that she lied about [[spoiler:being chosen for Team Betrayer. In reality, LLENN was the chosen "betrayer" from LPFM.]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: She really gets off on LLENN mowing down enemies. It reaches new heights during their final battle in Squad Jam 2, where barely a scene goes by without Pito blushing at LLENN's feats and complimenting her on how skilled and deadly she is. At one point she even gets a nosebleed after LLENN stomps on her face.
--> ''That's my LLENN! You're so irresistible! So irresistible...I wanna kill you!''
* InSeriesNickname:
** [[InsistentTerminology Insists on being called]] "Pito".
** Later on in the series it's revealed she's known as the "Grim Reaper" due to her talent for taking lives.
* ItAmusedMe: Her main motivation behind doing anything, especially VR gaming and [[spoiler:turning the Squad Jam tournament into a Death Game for her team.]]
* LaserBlade: She uses a Muramasa F9[[note]]Yes, there is a difference between the Kagemitsu and Muramasa series of photon swords, with the F9 having blade emitters on both ends of the handle.[[/note]] photon sword as her melee weapon. It's [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience also red]]. Though she lacks Kirito's ability to [[ParryingBullets parry bullets]] which she makes up for with a shield.
* LaughingMad: M is convinced Pitohui is insane. She certainly has the psychotic laugh to back this claim up.
* LightningBruiser: While Pitohui isn't as fast as LLENN, she's shown rapidly [[GunFu twirling about the battlefield]] where she mows down whole squadrons of enemies with bullets or beats them down with her fists.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Initially the case for LLENN towards Pitohui. [[spoiler:While they are friends in-game, it's Pitohui's real life self, Elsa Kanzaki, that she adores. Though upon meeting for real, Karen decided [[BrokenPedestal she'd rather not do it again.]]]]
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler: How she meets her end in [=SJ3=]. After LLENN pushes her off the destroyed and sinking ship she falls into the path of one of its propellers, causing her avatar to be cut into millions of pieces.]]
* MakeWayForThePrincess: When she arrives for the Second Squad Jam it is a showy and arrogant introduction as she joins her team (M and four FacelessGoons), attracting everyone's attention. This prompts other players to refer to her derisively as "princess" with the goons as her "knights". Instead of respect, this scene actually underscores her ''infamy'' as a team-killer.
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], she's able to trick everyone into thinking that she was her team's traitor and lead Team BTRY in a counter-offensive against all the other teams. Then, when it's just down to her, Eva and the rest of LPFM, she reveals that it was actually ''LLENN'', thus forcing her in a scenario where, if it wasn't for Eva's BigDamnHeroes moment, she would have had to fight [[TheAce her]], [[MadBomber Fuka]] and [[GenuisBruiser M]]. In the end, she ends up getting the fight with LLENN she wanted too.]]
* MasterOfAll: Unlike most other players in GGO who devote themselves to a specific style of shooting, Pitohui has a good handle on every manner of gunfighting there is. She is equally skilled with pistols, carbines, shotguns, and sniper rifles. Her high STR stat also allows her to be just as deadly completely unarmed, while she also appears to possess a high VIT stat that allows her to narrowly survive a head shot from a sniper.
** However, this is Implied to be downplayed, as when she whines about not being able to use the [[{{BFG}} Barrett]], M retorts by asking if she thinks she's better at sniping than him, promptly shutting her up, suggesting that while she's generally good with the available guns, it's be hard to call her a ''master'' of any of them.
* MentorArchetype: Mentors LLENN on how to play GGO with information that the tutorial doesn't provide.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Is easily far more psychotic and violent than any of the male players, and easily steamrolls ''whole'' teams.
* MorphicResonance: In real life, [[spoiler:Elsa Kanzaki looks looks like a smaller Pitohui with a lot of similar facial features.]]
* MsExposition: Pitohui serves as a mentor to LLENN, teaching her (and the audience) on things about GGO not covered in the tutorial. She's also the one to introduce the Squad Jam tournament, the main plot of the series.
* MustHaveCaffeine: According to M, Pitohui loves black coffee.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Once you find out [[GeniusBonus a pitohui is actually a family of toxic birds]], it really gives an indication of the kind of person she is.
* NoodleIncident: Pitohui allegedly tried to buy Hecate off Sinon, but Sinon refused to sell it. It's stated in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' that while Shino is strapped for cash as a MinorLivingAlone, Hecate is of too great personal significance to her, as well as powerful enough, that she won't part with it easily.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: While she's one of the more deadly players in Squad Jam, a tournament that mainly consists of amateurs, she's no match for the pro players who compete in Bullet of Bullets.
* NotMeThisTime: Of a sort. [[spoiler: When the Hassan brings out RPG-7s to combat the alliance of squadrons, David is quick to assume that Pito knew they would, only for her to point out that no one would have expected them have that of all things.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Pitohui was able to see straight through LLENN and tell she played GGO as a form of {{escapism}}. She knows this because she was in the same boat herself.
* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: [[spoiler:During their final battle, Pito catches LLENN's dropped knife in her teeth.]]
* OddFriendship:
** Became fast friends with LLENN due to the fact they were both girls playing a male-dominated game, but in terms of personality the two couldn't be more different.
** Volume 4 also reveals that she's befriended Miyu, and the two have been secretly corresponding.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: She is Goushi's girlfriend/mistress/slave owner. Whatever you want to call it, they're involved.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Elsa Kanzaki is very short in statue and has quite a youthful appearance. She could get mistaken for an adolescent but she's well into adulthood.]]
* OneWomanArmy: On the battlefield, Pito is a ruthless killing machine, tearing enemies apart either through gunfire or her bare hands. In Squad Jam 2 when several teams ally against her team, she manages to kill over 20 of them all on her own in a brutal bloodbath, with at least 15 of them in ''under 30 seconds''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In Volume 6, [[spoiler:after the NPC team makes quick work of Team MMTM]], Pito doesn't make a snarky or insulting comment about the victims, but is described as "utterly stone-faced." Lampshaded when LLENN wants to ask Pito "Who are you?"
* PetTheDog:
** The anime gives her one. As opposed to randomly approaching her in town, her first meeting with [[CuteBruiser LLENN]] involved ambushing her and putting a gun to her head, yet deciding not to kill her despite the perfect opportunity due to the fact they’re both women. Considering that fact that she’s a [[{{Sadist}} Sadistic]] BloodKnight and her sociopathic tendencies is what caused her to become a solo-player in the first place, this is pretty noteworthy.
** In the Light Novel when M explains to her what happened when [[FriendlyFire Eva shot Sophie]] she, [[OhCrap upon realizing]] [[ArmourPiercingAttack what they were planning]], immediately orders him to get down and take cover. This is in spite of the fact that A). she dragged him into her impromptu Death Game in the first place, B) expressed disappointed that he didn’t die earlier as it would have given her an excuse to avenge him, and C) the fact that she’s infamous for not being a team-player and being known for sacrificing party members with no hesitation.
** [[spoiler: When she and Fuka are hunting down LLENN and Eva in [=SJ3=], Pito briefly expresses concern that LLENN and Fuka fighting could negatively affect their friendship, before Fuka reassures her that it won't happen.]]
** Inviting Clarence and Shirley to join their team to bypass prelims, even when they make it clear that they're gonna split from them first chance they get. Then again, this could just be her BloodKnight tendencies flaring up.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[spoiler:In real life she's quite tiny in stature, yet she was able to beat the ever living snot out of Goshi and keep him incapacitated. While he was tied up for the beating, she had to knock him out first.]]
* PopCulturedBadass: Most of the show's pop culture references come from her. Although it's unclear if the references she makes actually exist as InUniverse works of fiction.
* PsychopathicWomanChild: Takes childish glee in slaughtering her opponents.
* RealMoneyTrade: LLENN notices that every time she goes hunting with Pitohui, she's always carrying a new gun(s). When asked on how she gets all this stuff, Pito refers to this trope and LLENN notes that Pito must be very, very wealthy.
* ReallyGetsAround: According to Goshi, she "goes through" male and female fans alike, and her offer to stay overnight at Karen's apartment suggests it goes a little farther than just kissing.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Pitohui dresses in all black and is revealed to own a red [[LaserBlade Photon Sword]], she's also the closest this series gets to someone who's evil.
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:In real life she's Elsa Kanzaki, a famous singer and Karen's idol.]]
** [[spoiler: [[ILied She Lied]] about being the traitor in [=SJ3=]; it was actually LLENN.]]
* TheRival: LLENN's main rival in Squad Jam 2, with both treating each other as {{Worthy Opponent}}s and bearing a TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou mentality towards each other.
* RussianRoulette: In ''Fatal Bullet'' she gets her, M, and the Player to play a game of Russian Roulette to determine whether she's actually lucky or not.
* {{Sadist}}: Pitohui takes great glee in slaughtering opponents and wants the deaths to be as brutal and humiliating as possible. She's not above prolonging an enemy's death so she can watch them squirm a while longer before finishing them off.
** While Pito watches footage from the first Squad Jam and seeing LLENN being terrified from being pinned down by a barrage of machine gun fire, Pito laughs and proclaims her scared face was adorable. M remarks that Pito is an awful person.
** It's even more evident when Pito gets in on the action herself. When several teams ally to take back the mountain from Team [=PM4=], she brutally slaughters them with a [[SlasherSmile terrifying grin on her face]]. Then when there's only two of them left she proceeds to gloat and toy with them, leaving them alive to prolong their fear.
* SanitySlippage:
** M explains that Pito went through a DespairEventHorizon after being left out of SAO, and while she mostly recovered from this incident, failing to partake in the first Squad Jam caused her to relapse. The Pitohui who appears after the first Squad Jam is noticeably crueler and more deranged than before.
** The already psychotic Pitohui has her mental state further reduced when she very nearly dies after getting sniped in the head. She becomes conflicted over the fear of dying and her own burning passion to die, leading her to become even more unhinged than usual.
* SecretWeapon: [[spoiler: After [=SJ3=], she managed to get her hands on an M9-A1 Bazooka, planning to use it as this in a the next Squad Jam. However, she's forced to bust it out during the Test Play to counter the NPC teams large supply of RPG-7s.]]
* SelfHarm: She engaged in this while she was enraged over not getting to play SAO. When Goshi tried to stop her, she knocked him out, breaking three of his ribs and fingers in the process.
* ShesBack: In Episode 10, [[spoiler:after passing out from exhilaration over [[NotQuiteDead nearly dying]], she later announced her return by revealing she had a Photon Sword and cuts down Team MMTM.]]
--> '''Pitohui''': Sorry - for - the - wait.
* ShieldBash: She uses her [[MadeOfIndestructium indestructium]] shield to slam David and another Team MMTM member against the wall before she goes at them with her [[LaserBlade Photon Sword]].
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter:
** One of her Sword Skills in ''Memory Defrag'' is blasting enemies with a shotgun.
** She officially uses one at the end of Episode 10, where Team MMTM try to raid the cabin she's in and one of their members gets Swiss-cheesed by a shotgun blast through the wall.
* SingingVoiceDissonance: By virtue of her singing voice being [[CastAsAMask provided by a different voice actress]].
* SlasherSmile: Quite fond of giving menacing smiles, especially when her more unhinged side is exposed.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: In Squad Jam 2, she is the only female member of Team [=PM4=]. The other members are her manservant and hired goons. This leads to other squads calling her "princess".
* TheSociopath: She's an AxCrazy {{sadist}} who uses GGO as an excuse to vent her urges to shed blood. According to M, who knows her best, she is also rather selfish and lacks empathy for those she manipulates.
* SoProudOfYou:
** In [[ClipShow episode 5.5]], as Pito watches LLENN's performance in the first Squad Jam, she is evidently filled with pride not unlike how a parent or older sibling would be towards a young child.
** Pitohui also has this response when she and LLENN finally fight in Episode 11, and LLENN manages to land a kick on Pito's face and draws blood.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: [[spoiler:Her real name is spelled "Elza" in official light novel translations, the anime, and [[http://www.kanzakielza.com the website for her singer, ReoNa]], but many subs and fan works spell it "Elsa" instead.]]
* SplitPersonality: She seems to treat Pitohui and her real life self as two different people, always referring to herself in the third person when talking about her other identity.
* SpoiledBrat: [[spoiler:She behaves like one in real life, demanding things from others rather than asking, and has Goushi indulging her every whim. Her whole exchange with Rei Satou, the club owner, also implies she needs to be bribed like a child to sing at places.]]
* SpyCatsuit: Her outfit as Pitohui. Even when she's armored up in the 2nd Squad Jam, she still retains her outfit's skin-tight appearance.
* StatuesqueStunner: Her in-game avatar is quite tall, and she is indeed stuning. .
* StrongAndSkilled: Pitohui is a veteran GGO player with [[MasterOfAll expertise in all of GGO's firearms]], however she also has extremely high STR stats so she can beat up enemies with her hands too.
* SuperSenses: Despite not knowing about it, she was able to sense the armadillo monster coming out of the ground to attack Clarence in [=SJ4=]
* SwordShieldContrast: Thanks to her [[LaserBlade Photon Sword]] and her bulletproof shield MadeOfIndestructium, Pitohui has in her possession one of the strongest sword and shield combos in all of fiction.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: LLENN speculates that the reason why Pito was so [[AnArmAndALeg damaged]] while she remained fine from David's grenade in [=SJ4=] was because Pito leaned to the side to absorb the brunt of the damage.]]
* TeamKiller:
** In Squad Jam 2, she [[spoiler:kills M after she learns about how he betrayed her]].
** In Squad Jam 3, [[spoiler:this is ultimately subverted. While she does betray and kill some of the members of Team BTRY, she was never actually part of the team]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She doesn't get along particularly well with the other members of [=PM4=]. The hired members aren't thrilled to play with her, and M doesn't hesitate to call Pito out on her sadism and thrill-seeking tendencies. That being said, they do hold off MMTM to give M time to heal her and wake her up.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: [[spoiler:Elsa's singing style is a J-Pop version of this, as she stands on stage with a guitar and no other music aides.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Is easily the most amoral and violent of the four main characters. [[spoiler:This also goes for when she gets picked for Team BTRY in Squad Jam 3, a team consisting of one member of each surviving team, and she doesn't hesitate to steer the ship into Team T-S or kill Ervin when he objects.]]
* TomboyishPonytail: As Pitohui she sports a ponytail and she's far from the stereotypical elegant lady.[[spoiler: Her real self wears her long hair loose during a concert.]]
* TooAwesomeToUse: In the finale of the Test Play battle, M has to convince her to [[spoiler: finally take out the M9-A1 Bazooka she has in storage, otherwise they are never going to beat the NPC team. She does so with great reluctance, having spent a small fortune to buy one of the few rocket launchers in GGO.]]
* {{Troll}}: Along with being a ruthless BloodKnight, Pito enjoys screwing with people when she can.
** She constantly calls David "Daveed" just for the sake of annoying him.
** When she was scouting out Clarence and Shirley to join LPFM for the 4th Squad Jam, she and M followed the two of them as they went out hunting. She also let out a notice that the two of them were hunting in that area, causing players to avoid it like the plague, forcing the two of them to wait for hours with nothing to do before she ambushed them.
** During [=SJ4=], LLENN stayed behind for the scan to trick the other teams into thinking they were staying in the forest while the others went on ahead to secure transport across the bridge. When they find a vehicle, Pito jokingly pretends to forget about LLENN and leave her behind, only for LLENN to catch up and yell at her.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Pitohui is often on the giving end of this, leaving opponents alive when she deems them no longer a threat or NotWorthKilling, only for the would be victim to return later rearing to fight and causing her trouble.
** After killing off Team KKHC in a betrayal of trust, she lets Shirley escape believing that a pacifist like her isn't worth killing. Shirley would later come back on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and lands a near kill-shot on Pito.
** [[spoiler:Pito leaves Fuka alive, after [[AnArmAndALeg sniping off all her limbs]]. Despite M telling her to finish Fuka off before her limbs regenerated, Pito wants to leave it for later as she no longer deemed Fuka a threat. M's warnings came true as [[BigDamnHeroes Fuka comes to]] LLENN's rescue at a critical moment shortly after.]]
* UngratefulBitch: In the light novels, [[spoiler:she beats up Goshi for stalking her ''after he'd saved her from a different stalker'']].
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Pito lives by this, making sure she's as cruel as possible in the virtual world and having no regard for human life and takes great joy in killing and maiming others.
* WalkingArmory: Having no gun specialization and being [[MasterOfAll skilled in all firearms]], Pitohui carries an assortment of different types of guns in her inventory. Shown to full effect in [=SJ2=] when she opens her inventory and suits up with two Springfield XD pistols, a pistol-grip Remington 870 shotgun (complete with holsters), and a Krebs Custom KTR-09 assault rifle [[MoreDakka with a drum magazine]], along with a load-bearing vest [[BadassBandolier carrying extra shotgun shells]] and a combat visor. In the Test Play, she trades her KTR, shotgun and twin pistols for a Heckler and Koch [=HK416C=] with an equipped suppressor, making for a comparatively lighter-weight build, [[spoiler: so she can carry the M9-A1 Bazooka she bought.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Her real life identity comes off as a surprise, so listing her real name alongside that of her avatar spoils the twist.
* WeaponOfChoice: Averted trope,as LLENN notes that every time Pito plays GGO, she has a new gun in hand. She does seem to have a preferred ''caliber'', however: many of the rifles she equips as main weapons are chambered for 7.62x39mm cartridges. These include the aforementioned AKM and Krebs KTR-09, and she also uses an SKS in the light novel when hunting desert monsters with LLENN.
* WomanChild: In real life, [[spoiler:she looks and acts like a child, behaving like a SpoiledBrat, despite being well into adulthood.]]
* TheWorfEffect: As powerful as Pito is shown to be on the battlefield, she still falls short of the top GGO players shown in the main series, as she did not even make it past the preliminaries in the third [=BoB=] tournament. This establishes the level of expertise one can expect in Squad Jam, where one of its best players is still not in the [=BoB=] league.
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Pito coldly executes M for subtly helping Team LF in the second Squad Jam. M explains he did so out of love, and Pito states that she knows but also adds he wasn't allowed to bring love into the game.]]
* YouMonster: On the receiving end of this by several characters.
** Shirley is so disgusted by Pitohui she states she isn't human but a vermin who hunts other humans, and that "[[PreAssKickingOneLiner vermin should be exterminated]]"
** [[spoiler:LLENN herself is appalled by Pitohui after she kills M, outright calling her "monster", before adding on other names like "devil" and "grim reaper", though Pitohui seems to like the last name.]]
* YoureInsane: She's often on the receiving end of this, particularly from Karen. When Karen calls the idea of Pito making Squad Jam 2 into a death game for herself insane, M points out that this is what he's been saying all along.
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[[folder:Miyu Shinohara / Fukaziroh]]
!!Miyu Shinohara / Fukaziroh
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki (Japanese), Creator/FayeMata (English)

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Karen/LLENN's friend in real life who introduced her to [=VRMORRPGs=]. Usually an ALO player, she converts over to GGO to partake in Squad Jam 2 with LLENN.
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* AbnormalAmmo: She's also carrying smoke canisters for her grenade launchers, specifically pink smoke canisters to support LLENN in ambush attacks. And in [=SJ3=], Pitohui gifts her with a whole cylinder's worth of Plasma Grenade Ammo, which are much more powerful than your standard ones.
* AccidentalTruth: [[spoiler: Some of her made up backstories for the so-called NPC soldiers in Volume 6 actually {{Foreshadow}} some aspects of their true identity.]]
** [[spoiler: She claims that the reason Hassan looks so sad and troubled is because he's currently going through a divorce while his wife has a better chance of getting custody over their daughter, despite her being a DaddysGirl. While she got the person wrong, Jacob's wife did threaten to divorce him if he became a mercenary before eventually relenting and taking care of their daughters while he was away on missions.]]
** [[spoiler: She all but says that Doc is the BigBad of the whole scenario, which he actually kind of is; while he's not actually a villainous character, he is the one heading Jacob's Medicuboid therapy and is therefore the reason that the Play Test is happening.]]
* ACupAngst: While quite fond of her cute GGO avatar, Fuka is disappointed that she's now lacking in the chest department.
* AdaptationalBadass: Implied. In the Light Novel when she attacks a pervert with an Assault Rifle as a bludgeon, the most she accomplishes is dealing chip damage and having the guy whimper in fear, prompting LLENN to finish him off when she finds them. In the anime, she’s apparently beats the guy to death with no help at all.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: The anime drops a fair few of her FishOutOfWater moments over her unfamiliarity of GGO, such as her being confused about GGO currency and real world currency, or referring to LLENN by her real life name.
* AdventureDuo: Fuka has this dynamic with LLENN, with Fuka being the more wacky [[TheLancer lancer]], to LLENN's more serious [[TheHero hero]].
* AmbiguouslyBi: Has an interest in guys but says some peculiar things with LLENN in an almost FriendsWithBenefits sort of way, even joking about staying at a love hotel with her. Whether she actually swings both ways or is just enacting some GayBravado is anyone's guess.
** When she, Pito and M are guarding LLENN using M's shield in a sort of turtle formation in [=SJ4=], she jokingly tells LLENN to "tell her girlfriend how much she loved her" if she gets killed.
* AnArmAndALeg:
** At the start of Squad Jam 2, Fuka accidentally activates a tripwire tap and gets her legs blown off. Fortunately they grow back as per GGO norm.
** [[spoiler:Also in Squad Jam 2, while going up against Pito, the latter intentionally snipes both her legs off followed by both her arms to try and draw LLENN out, unaware that LLENN had been incapacitated via shoelaces.]]
* AndZoidberg: When she first partakes in Squad Jam 2 with LLENN, being a relatively unknown new player, most of GGO's residents refer to the two of them as "LLENN and her partner".
* AnimalMotif: Not as pronounced as her companions but she can be easily compared to a dog or puppy. Her avatar is named after her deceased pet dog and she's very excitable and always seem to be in a good mood, akin to an excitable puppy. An in-game texting app also has her Icon image set as a picture of a dog.
* AscendedFangirl: Like Karen she's a fan of Elsa Kanzaki and even got to meet her in real life.
* ATeamFiring: LLENN has described Fuka's aim as being so bad she couldn't hit a target from almost point-blank with a pistol. For this reason or perhaps ''due to the fact'', she mains with {{Grenade Launcher}}s that do not require accuracy. She even went ahead and told the salesman to take off the scopes on the grenade launchers when buying them.
** In Squad Jam 2, she unloads an entire pistol magazine at a guy on the ground but not a single one of her shots hits.
** Subverted when it comes to her grenade launchers. While they do have a larger AOE, Fuka has figured out how to effectively aim them using their parabolic trajectory over long distances without even having to see the target.
** LLENN is forced to protect her from monster hoards in [=SJ4=] after [[spoiler: Clarence and Shirley betray them]] due to her terrible aim, and the few times she lands a headshot, she mentions that she was aiming for the one next to it.
* AtomicFBomb: [[spoiler: Outright calls LLENN an “Evil Bitch” after [[BatmanGambit she tricks her and Pito into splitting up before directly challenging her]], [[HonorBeforeReason knowing the Pito wouldn’t intervene due to a desire to beat her one-on-one]] but would also kill Fuka if she took her kill.]]
* AttentionWhore: Unlike most other females in GGO, she welcomes all the male attention she gets in the game. One of the first things she does is to wander around [[HubCity Glocken]] and see how many men try to hit on her (it turns out to be 43).
* BadassDriver: Fuka reveals she's had experience with some driving games, which allows her to use those skills in GGO when she comes to LLENN's rescue.
* BadassInDistress: She's briefly captured in episode 12, but frees herself and goes on to prove vital in LLENN's victory over Pitohui.
* BathtubScene: Miyu gets one in the post-credit scene for Episode 6, coming out of the bath tub and a full camera shot of her bare behind as Karen calls her and invites her to be part of the second Squad Jam.
* BestFriend: Karen officially considers Miyu to be her closest friend, and the feeling is mutual.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: As quirky and eccentric as she can be, if you push her the wrong way then ''she will destroy you''.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In Episode 11, Fuka shows Pito it was a bad idea to leave her alive. She recovers her limbs and HP, and arrives in a Hummer to rescue LLENN.]]
* BigEater: She chows down in GGO with LLENN, and in real life she almost missed Squad Jam 2 because she ate ''nine full ice cream pints'' and got a bad stomachache right before the event. In Volume 6 as she and Karen are having a strategy meeting for the Test Play battle, they eat lunch together and it's noted the table is full of spaghetti carbonara, Caesar salad, and cheesecake, as well as cheese as far as the eye can see.
* BoisterousBruiser: Miyu is [[GenkiGirl always cheerful]], FunPersonified, and [[LargeHam extremely hammy]]. She says very outlandish things, but is also very strong and reliable in combat.
* BookDumb: While very competent in-game, being able to make angle calculations to use her Grenades Launchers, she’s stated by LLENN to have been a terrible student, skipping classes to hang out with boys to the point that she to ''weep and beg'' her teacher to give her a passing grade.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], she’s killed when Eva manages to shoot her in the head [[TakingYouWithMe while falling to her death.]]]]
* BoundAndGagged: When she's captured by M in episode 12 and restrained with duct tape.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to LLENN's brains. By Squad Jam 2, LLENN is the seasoned veteran due to being the previous Squad Jam champion, and she can use her experience to guide Fuka. While Fuka is the newbie from ALO but [[UnskilledButStrong retains her impressive stats from her time there]] and wields a pair of deadly grenade launchers.
* BreakingTheBonds: Manages to free herself when captured in episode 12 by cutting the tape binding her hands with a hidden knife.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Has a habit of bringing up random things in the middle of the battlefield like going fashion shopping.
* ChekhovsGun: PlayedForLaughs. While shopping for weapons on first arriving in GGO, she mentions that one of her weapon preferences is two-handed swords; since Photon Swords like Kirito's [[spoiler:and Pitohui's]] are light one-handed weapons, she doesn't get any luck. Then a pervert mentions wanting to kill her and molest her corpse during the 10 minutes it's an Immortal Object, and she notices his rifle is near her foot and [[ImprovisedWeapon has a similar profile]]...
* ChildhoodFriends: She has known Karen for a very long time and one of the few friends she had kept in touch with.
* CoolHelmet: Wears a militaristic helmet as part of her in-game attire.
* CrutchCharacter: Fukaziroh serves as one in ''Fatal Bullet'' where she's particularly useful as a playable character or party member with her high VIT and DPS.
* DistaffCounterpart: She's basically the Klein to LLENN's Kirito. Being the [[HeterosexualLifePartners same gendered best friend]] to TheProtagonist who largely serves as a PluckyComicRelief, but is also very strong and reliable in combat. Bonus points in that she [[AttentionWhore enjoys the attention she gets from the many male players]], while on the opposite side of the gender spectrum Klein [[AllLoveIsUnrequited desperately wants a girlfriend but has no luck]]. [[WildMassGuessing Which makes one wondering what would happen if the two meet each other.]]
* DudeMagnet: Much like other female players of GGO, Fuka immediately attracted the male population of gamers. She decides to turn it into a game and manages to have a total of 43 people trying to talk to her on her first day. She even thinks there's the possibility of a [[GenderInvertedTrope reverse]] [[HaremGenre harem]]. A bit more PlayedWith IRL, where while she ''can'' get a date and even enter a relationship, they don't exactly last long.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Miyu hardly shows herself as a dating guru, [[ReallyGetsAround with a lot of the relationships she does enter ending quickly]], but when she warns Karen about how Fire Nishiyamada might have an interest in her even if he didn't ask for her number, she's proven right when Karen's dad receives an Email from him asking for permission to court and maybe even marry her.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** Fukaziroh first gets name-dropped by Dyne in ''[[Anime/SwordArtOnlineTheMovieOrdinalScale Ordinal Scale]]'' almost half a year before the ''AGGO'' anime was announced, revealing he's a fan of her and asking if he could buy her a new grenade launcher.
** She made her debut in Episode 2 as Karen's real life friend who introduced her to VR, but she doesn't play a major role until Episode 7 when LLENN requests her help and calls her over to GGO.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While she’s a bit of an AttentionWhore when it comes to men and literally spent her first day in GGO seeing how many guys would hit on her, she doesn’t seem to like people being openly creepy, such as a player she killed in [=SJ2=] who was planning messing with her corpse after killing her since it wouldn’t activate the harassment code, and initially being creeped out by [[DepravedBisexual Clarence’s]] behavior, constantly asking if she can shoot her.
* FamedInStory:
** She's something of a minor celebrity in Alfheim Online.
** In GGO, after her performance in Squad Jam 2, she also starts acquiring fans in that game, among them is Dyne who references her in ''[[Anime/SwordArtOnlineTheMovieOrdinalScale Ordinal Scale.]]''
* FanGirl: She's an even bigger fan of Elsa Kanzaki than Karen/LLENN is.
* FiringOneHanded: Grenade launchers, to boot!
* {{Foil}}:
** As mentioned above, she's basically [[DistaffCounterpart a female]] Klein, being similarly goofy and fun loving. But since she's the opposite gender to him she experiences the opposite effects when it comes to romance, having a [[DudeMagnet large following of admirers pursuing her]], while poor Klein [[AllLoveIsUnrequited endlessly pursues girls with no luck]]. The point is driven further by the reveal that, at least IRL, Miyu also has bad luck with relationships, namely that a lot of them tend to end quickly.
** To Sinon, having an almost completely opposite scenario. Both Fuka and Sinon are the ExperiencedProtagonist who serve as MsExposition to the main character. However Sinon started off in GGO and ended up migrating over to ALO so she could spend time with Kirito's friends, while Fuka started off in ALO and moved over to GGO on request from LLENN.
** Also to Kirito. Both are players used to fantasy type games that rely on melee weapons, before migrating to the gun-oriented GGO. However Kirito managed to defy all odds and still found a melee weapon he could use, while Fuka had no such luck and had to resort to guns much like everyone else. Amusingly they both get harassed by the 'Avatar Buyer' trying to get them to sell their rare avatar's account to him.
* FunPersonified: Fuka is always out to have a thrill and enjoy herself to the fullest. She eagerly dives into GGO and is even more excited and curious then LLENN was.
* FunSize: As Fukaziroh, she's no more than 150cm tall, in direct contrast to her regular 165cm height.
* GamerChick: Unlike LLENN who is a VR newbie, Fukaziroh has experience with a wide range of games. LLENN mentioned that ever since converting to GGO, every time she's logged in, Fuka immediately sends a party invite as she's already playing.
* GayBravado: In-game, she occasionally makes some pretty suggestive remarks to LLENN, such as joking about staying at a love hotel with her during Squad Jam 2's final battle, or asking LLENN about her dating life and then having describe her ideal date [[https://dreadfuldecoding.blogspot.com/2018/08/choukansha--2016-aggo.html while imagining Fuka as a man.]] However, out of game, she's strictly straight in real life and only shows interest in men.
* GenkiGirl: Miyu/Fuka is shown to be very excitable and cheery about everything.
* {{GIFT}}: Shows shades of this in ''Fatal Bullet'' where she seems to be roleplaying a LeaveNoSurvivors BloodKnight when talking to the PlayerCharacter.
* GlacierWaif: In ALO Fuka primarily specialized in STR and VIT, and preferred heavy weapons like broadswords and battleaxes. All this carried over to GGO as well, where she dual-wields grenade launchers (heavy enough that LLENN had trouble holding one), and clubs a man to death with an assault rifle. This is all in spite of being roughly the same height and build as [[FragileSpeedster LLENN]]. She's also unbelievably tough, only losing about a quarter of her health from a trap that ''blew her legs off'', while being sniped multiple times by Pitohui that dismembered ''all'' her limbs still leaves her with a slice of critical level HP left.
* GratuitousEnglish: Has a tendency to spout English words midsentence, with "Okay!" being most common.
* GuileHero: In [=SJ4=], she's able to [[spoiler: trick two members of MMTM into crashing their trike's into each other, killing Lax and injuring Kenta, by aiming both her launchers at their left and right respectively, prompting them to evade right into each other.]]
* GunsAkimbo: Dual wields two grenade launchers!
* GrenadeLauncher: Her WeaponOfChoice, specifically a Milkor MGL-140 used by the US Marines. She choose this to get around her terrible aim because gernades have a large area of effect.
* HaremSeeker: Invoked and downplayed. After seeing all the attention she got from the male players of GGO, she briefly considers the possibility of a reverse harem.
* HappyDance: Fuka does one in Episode 9 after her legs (that were previously blown off) grow back.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: While a bit eccentric, Fuka is still a NiceGirl with blonde hair.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Fuka mostly plays ALO and only converts to GGO to partake in Squad Jam with LLENN. She has experience several adventures prior to [=SJ2=].
* HeterosexualLifePartner: Miyu is stated to be Karen's best friend. They've [[ChildhoodFriends known each other a very long time]], still reconnecting despite Karen moving away, and share intimate secrets with one another. In fact they are close enough that Fuka is the only person who LLENN doesn't address with an honorific. [[spoiler: When Pito expresses what might be worry that them being on opposite teams in [=SJ3=] could harm their friendship, she shrugs it off by saying that they’ve gotten into plenty of arguments back in High School and that if something as simple as being on opposing teams could ruin their friendship, they probably would have killed each other by now. She’s proven right when they get into a duel and an [[ItMakesSenseInContext insult fight]], during which LLENN brings some of Fuka’s most embarrassing memories, but after the tournament ends [[EasilyForgiven they act as if nothing happened]] and join SHINC for a celebratory drink.]]
* IKnowMortalKombat: Fuka is able to use her experience with melee combat in GGO when left without any ammunition.
** [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer She picks up an assault rifle and uses it as a club to bludgeon a guy to death]].
** She also uses the trench knife in her hair as an offensive weapon, cutting off LLENN's hands to free her and able to propel her forwards with a kick.
** Her driving skills come from playing other VR driving games, while in real life she is still working on getting her driver's license.
* InformedAttribute: We never actually get to see Fuka play ALO and it's only through her statements that we know she plays as a Sylph.
* InSeriesNickname:
** In-game, everyone calls her "Fuka".
** She also loves to dub herself as a fairy, due to migrating from ALO.
* JumpedAtTheCall: In stark contrast to LLENN, Fuka is all too eager to dive into GGO and prove her might when LLENN requests for her help.
* TheKlutz:
** In [=SJ2=], she ends up falling victim to a trip-wire Grenade Trap which blows her legs off. Good thing she is a high VIT build.
** [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=] during the battle against SHINC, she fires one of her Grenade Launchers at them… one that just so happened to have been filled with ultra-powerful Plasma Grenades without realizing it, putting her team at risk too.]]
** [[spoiler: During a taunt fight, LLENN brings up instances when she spilled indian takeout and had to have half of Karen’s and when she accidentally forgot her bra at a hotel during a field trip and had to be called to get it over the school’s loudspeaker.]]
* KnifeNut: The trench knife she uses to keep her hair in a bun isn't just for show. When she's away from all her other weapons, she can pull the knife out of her hair and uses it to attack.
* LargeHam: Fuka loves hamming up the theatrics in-game, especially during battle. She'll give herself and her teammates flashy titles while spouting over-the-top {{Badass Boast}}s. Also applies when she finds herself in danger in GGO, she has a habit of [[{{Melodrama}} melodramatically]] crying out to LLENN "I'm a goner, leave me behind and save yourself!" as if she was in a gritty war movie.
* MadBomber: Will often go wild with her grenade launchers, causing her surroundings to explode. In ''Fatal Bullet'', M cautions her not to blow any of her allies up.
* MealTicket: Invoked by her, as M left a stash of 10 million credits (about $900.00 in real life cash) for her to get started in GGO on LLENN's request. She refers to M as her "sugar daddy" no fewer than three times while buying her grenade launchers. Fuka even contemplates [[GoldDigger marrying M for all the money he gave.]]
* MeaningfulName: Her gamer name ''Fukaziroh'' is derived from her beloved pet dog who had passed away, with the dog's name being derived from ''fuka'' which means "not allowed" and ''jirou'' which means "second son". It was named as such due to Miyu's parents not allowing the dog into the house, while Miyu loved the dog like a second son (as she previously had a pet sparrow).
* {{Meganekko}}: Offline she wears glasses and is a very friendly girl.
* MotorMouth: Fuka has a tendency to excitedly let her mouth run, blurting out sentences at high speeds.
* MsExposition: Karen turns to her when wanting to try out VRMMO and Miyu teaches her the basics. Karen even openly calls Miyu her VR [[MentorArchetype mentor]].
* MultiMeleeMaster: {{Implied}}. When going gun shopping with LLENN in GGO, she claims to specializes in Two-Handed Weapons like [[{{BFS}} Swords]], [[AnAxToGrind Axes]] and [[BladeOnAStick spears]]. Her lack of specification of which of them she wielded hints that she's rather adept at all three. [[spoiler: The finale of [=SJ2=] also shows that she's [[KnifeNut handy with a knife.]]]]
* NoIndoorVoice: Is always very loud and enthusiastic when she speaks.
* NoodleIncident: Miyu mentions that she battled a player named Zekken in ALO, which is the [[RedBaron moniker]] for Yuuki. Miyu is almost certainly talking about fighting Yuuki when she issued a challenge to all players at the start of the ''Mother's Rosario'' arc.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: When Karen expresses some interest in trying out a VRMMO, Miyu gets so excited she gets right into Karen's face and launches into a big spiel about the joys of VR gaming.
* OneSteveLimit: One of the members of Team ZEMAL is named Shinohara, the same as Miyu's real surname, but there's nothing implying the two are related.
* OnlyFriend: Karen has very few friends in real life due to being stigmatized, with Miyu being one of the few she has before playing GGO. The light novels mention Karen does have a few other girlfriends from high school that she hangs out with whenever she's back in Hokkaido.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Much like LLENN, she has a pint-sized avatar that makes her look like a child, while in real life she's over the age of 18.
* PervertRevengeMode: When Fuka fails to kill a guy [[ATeamFiring due to her terrible aim with the pistol]], the guy reveals himself to be a lecherous creep, telling Fuka that as corpses in Squad Jam are considered Immortal Objects, he could do whatever he liked to her and not get penalized by the Harassment Code. Fuka responds by picking up an assault rifle and bludgeoning his head in.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: As Fukaziroh she is barely taller than LLENN, but she's still a force to be reckoned with. She carries a pair of deadly {{Grenade Launcher}}s and she inherited her high STR parameter from ALO meaning she can lay down a beatdown even without guns.
* PluckyComicRelief: It's quite clear that out of the main cast, Fuka is meant to be taken the least seriously. She's the source of the majority of jokes and funny moments in almost every scene she's in.
* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: Reaches this when LLENN “cheats” in their insult game in [=SJ3=] by stealing her turns, prompting Fuka to disregard Pito’s desire to fight her and try to attack. [[BatmanGambit Exactly what LLENN wanted]].]]
* RapunzelHair: As Fukaziroh, her hair nearly reaches down to her waist, in contrast to how she is as Miyu where it's only shoulder length. Granted, "down to her waist" isn't that long given her avatar's short stature, so the significance is likely to help differentiate her from her avatar.
* ReallyGetsAround: Volume 6 implies she goes through boyfriends pretty frequently, such as in her introductory scene where she is patiently waiting for a date in the sweltering summer heat but both parties decide they can't stand each other and end it after that one date. Later when she tries to persuade Karen to join the Test Play battle while they're in Hokkaido, she reveals she has a second Amusphere (which Karen will need since she left hers in Tokyo). Karen figures out the second device was meant for her date and implies that Miyu may have wanted to engage in some [[TheRuleOfFirstAdopters "play"]] with him.
* RedOniBlueOni: The more reckless and excitable red to Karen/LLENN's calmer blue.
* TheRoleplayer: Fuka loves roleplaying as the hammy, trigger-happy ActionHero and rarely takes anything seriously.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With LLENN/Karen, if her flirting and GayBravado towards her is any indication.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=]. After LLENN survives her Plasma Grenade by kicking it away, she opts to crawl away and leave it to Pitohui, knowing she had no chance of winning after something like that.]]
* SecretKeeper: One of LLENN's few in-game friends who knows her [[HeightAngst real life predicament]] and her reasons behind playing GGO. Though she sometimes accidentally let's these slip out to which LLENN will chastise her.
* SmallGirlBigGun: Only slightly taller than LLENN, but wields two {{Grenade Launcher}}s that are almost half her size.
* SmashSisters: Has this dynamic with LLENN. The two of them are best friends and have the utmost trust in one another on the battlefield.
* SmokeOut: As part of her strategy with LLENN in Squad Jam 2, Fuka carries smoke grenades to help obscure the scene and aid her partner. In particular she carries pink smoke grenades that help LLENN blend perfectly into the environment.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Miyu named her in-game avatar after her late pet dog.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=] after M manages to survive getting strangled by Tanya by crushing her against the ceiling, Fuka simply ask why he didn’t just turn his back to them so that she could shoot Tanya since she was hanging onto the backpack that housed his [[MadeOfIndestructium shield]], meaning the bullets wouldn’t hit him. LLENN is rightfully pissed that she didn’t suggest this ''while'' he was getting strangled.]]
* SwappedRoles: While Fuka is the VRMMORPG veteran, in GGO she's the newbie and it's LLENN's turn to show her around.
* SweetTooth: Just before partaking in Squad Jam 2, Miyu binges herself on [[BigEater nine tubs of ice cream]], [[RealityEnsues and it really upsets her stomach]].
* ThousandYardStare: Fuka's reaction to seeing the field littered with dead players courtesy of LLENN, while hearing LLENN's screams of fury as she slaughters the remaining survivors. She makes a note to never set Karen off in real life after this.
* TightsUnderShorts: Wears a pair of black pinstripe tights beneath her khaki shorts.
* UglyCute: InUniverse. Like LLENN, Fuka picks out her gun based on how cute she is. However, Fuka's idea on what qualifies as cute couldn't be more different, with LLENN finding the grenade launcher Fuka picked out to be ugly.
* {{Understatement}}: In ''Fatal Bullet'' she has a habit of putting things lightly in regards to talking about herself.
** She claims her aim isn't the best, only for LLENN to clarify she couldn't hit something with a pistol at point blank. This was exactly what happened during the second Squad Jam, where she dumped the entire 17-round magazine of her Smith & Wesson [=M&P9=] pistol at an opponent that was no more than a few feet away, and missed with every single shot.
** When searching the rooms and coming across a machine, Fuka claims she had a flash of ingenuity and made it work again. LLENN elaborates that she just [[PercussiveMaintenance kicked the machine in frustration until it started making noise again.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: LLENN insists Fuka always twists the truth with her recounts and to take everything she says with a tonne of salt.
* WeaponOfChoice: A pair of Milkor MGL-140 {{Grenade Launcher}}s are the cutest weapon in GGO in her opinion, and likes making things explode.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Wears a pair of khaki short shorts to highlight her [[WomanChild more childish and excited demeanour]] compared to the others.
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[[folder:Goshi Asogi / M]]
!!Goshi Asogi / M
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (Japanese), Creator/RayChase (English)

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LLENN's first reluctant squad member who Pitohui brings in as a replacement for herself. He's also the manager of famous idol, Elsa Kanzaki.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Surprised that this giant man mountain, who rarely shows emotion would resort to this? LLENN finds this out [[spoiler:when she holds him at gunpoint for attempting to betray her.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=] during the fight with SHINC, Eva manages to snipe his shield with the PTRD, sending a section of it into his arm and (temporarily) crippling it.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Thanks to his space battleship armor shell, he can be compared with a turtle. He carries it on his back like a turtle's shell. When unfolded, M crouches behind it with his sniper rifle reaching out of a turret, which really looks like a turtle who has withdrawn into their shell. This is in contrast to LLENN's rabbit; invoking ''Literature/TheTortoiseAndTheHare''.
** In the first volume, he gets a minor link with bears. When LLENN first meets him she says that he resembles a bear in both size and ferociousness. Even after she warms up to him, she compares him to a big teddy bear. However, this is never brought up past Volume 1.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: He can identify guns just by listening to the sound of the gun fire. He can also very accurately anticipate enemy movements by simply observing their positions on a map.
* BadassBaritone: M is a GutturalGrowler and recognized as one of the top players in Squad Jam. In real life his voice is still deep, but smoother and less gravelly.
* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:It's revealed that his calm, tough guy persona is an act he puts on, the real M / Goshi Asogi, is much more vulnerable and is terrified of dying, at least before Pito.]]
* BigDamnHeroes:
** [[spoiler:After spending most of Episode 5 hiding in fear, M finally joins LLENN and snipes her would be killers and saves her from dying.]]
** [[spoiler: Under Pito's orders to make sure the winner survives, M prevents LLENN from losing her HP to drowning after she beats Pitohui in [=SJ3=].]]
* TheBigGuy: Gets treated like one by Pitohui since he is a big, stout guy with an indestructible shield. He's actually [[GeniusBruiser really smart]] being a [[TheStrategist master strategist]].
* {{Bishounen}}: [[spoiler: It turns out his real-life self is way more attractive and handsome compared to his bulky persona. Miyu starts intently checking him out when they meet for real.]]
* BluntYes:
** As mentioned under BrutalHonesty, when LLENN confronts him about using her as a decoy.
-->'''LLENN''': Th-Then you knew and used me as a decoy?\\
'''M''': That's right.\\
'''LLENN''': [[LampshadeHanging "That's right"?]]
** Karen asks why he doesn't tell the police or a psychiatrist about Pito, and Goshi says he won't go against Pito's wishes.
-->'''Karen''': Is it because you respect her decisions?\\
'''Goshi''': Yes.\\
'''Karen''': Even if they're crazy? At worst, involving suicide?\\
'''Goshi''': Yes!
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brains to LLENN's brawn. He does the planning, she does the killing. Ironic considering he's actually physically the bigger of the two.
* BrutalHonesty:
** LLENN caught on that he was using her as a decoy. Not only does he not deny it, but he doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with it either. LLENN is visibly unhappy with this.
** After LLENN [[spoiler:foils his attempt [[EtTuBrute to betray her]], after his explanation on why he tried to kill her, he then remarks that it would have been better if he killed her using a grenade.]]
** When he meets Karen in real life, he makes no bones about how there's no way to prove that he's M (since anything he says could hypothetically be something he learned from the real M), and she'll only have to take his word for it.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower:
** M's talent is his unrivalled navigation skills, enabling him to visualise any location in his head and flawlessly guide others through.
** M's ImprobableAimingSkills which allows him to aim without System Assist, comes from pure training.
* TheChewToy: He's practically Pito's personal punching bag, both verbally and literally.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Sometimes will serve this role for Pitohui, holding her back when she gets a bit too illogical and reckless.
* ColdSniper: He's a stoic man, in-game and in the real world (to an extent), and an exceptional sharpshooter who is deadly even without using the aiming assist systems in-game.
* CombatPragmatist: Being a coward by his own admission, M's playstyle revolves around avoiding direct confrontation and picking off enemies from long range using a sniper rifle. His ability to snipe without using aim assist was honed because the ability to attack without creating prediction lines that can be traced back to him minimizes his risk. When the need arises, he also uses a shield constructed from the same material as starship hulls to create a sniper's nest that grants him a high degree of protection.
* TheComicallySerious: Always strict and soldier-like, showing very little emotion, conversing with a straight face and almost never smiles. This extends to him in real life as well. All this makes him funny when reacting to Pitou's craziness.
* DirtyCoward:
** For all his acts of being a tough guy, he's ''really'' scared of dying. [[spoiler:Upon reading a letter from Pitohui which stated if he died in the Squad Jam tournament then she would kill him in real life, he tries to kill LLENN so that her leader status would be transferred to him and allow him to resign without dying. When LLENN turns the tables on his attempted betrayal and holds him at gunpoint, the once [[TheComicallySerious comically serious]] M is [[NotSoStoic reduced to tears and begs for his life]].]]
** Subverted later on. When Karen questions why he has no problems taking part in Pitohui’s impromptu death game when he expressed such fear of being killed in the first Squad Jam, he reveals to her that it’s not dying itself he’s afraid of, but of dying first and leaving Pitohui behind.
* EtTuBrute:
** [[spoiler:LLENN is shocked when M turns his pistol on her, but recovered quick enough to dodge the shot and quickly puts the pistol's fire selector back on safe so that he couldn't get another shot off. She then holds her would be betrayer at gunpoint and demands answers from him.]]
** [[spoiler:In Squad Jam 2, Pitohui caught wind that M had been subtly helping LLENN's side, noticing that M had the humvee make an unnecessary amount of noise to disguise Fuka arriving on the scene, along with M taking out all of Team SHINC so only LLENN would be left for Pitohui (because only LLENN could save her life by killing her). M had done this because he loved Pito, though she still shoots M dead for his trouble.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: While he has an UndyingLoyalty to Pitohui, being willing to put up with abuse, overwork, her cheating on him with his knowledge and getting dragged into situations that literally put his life at risk, there are some things that’ll he’ll complain about and even get angry over.
** Being the CombatPragmatist he is, he will become annoyed by Pitohui’s sadism and CherryTapping, such as when she practically tortured two guys and when she didn’t immediately finish off Fuka. The latter is a well-founded concern which comes back to bite her.
** He also takes umbrage with Elsa neglecting or acting lazy in regards to her singing career, as LLENN can attest to based on phone conversations with him.
** He is quick to tell her off when she punches him in the back of the head after he tells her that [=SJ3=] was announced. Justified in that he was driving at the time, and [[TruthInTelevision doing anything to the driver in that situation is ''very'' dangerous.]]
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Quite possibly even more so than Pitohui due to his military background. He's an [[ImprobableAimingSkills exceptional sniper]], can perfectly read a battlefield allowing him to anticipate enemy numbers and locations, identify guns just by listening to the sound of the gunfire, and is an expert in many forms of combat for both guns and hand-to-hand.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
** A variant where it's LLENN who provides the "Oh Crap" reaction. As LLENN hides from heavy gunfire, M is busy analyzing what each gun is based on the sound, prompting LLENN to tell him to stop analyzing and save her.
** Reverses role with LLENN in this regard in [=SJ4=], with LLENN explaining DOOM's action while he provides the OhCrap When LLENN explains that only one of them is riding over, as he realizes DOOM's [[TakingYouWithMe playstyle]] and orders everyone to get out of the truck.
* ExtremeDoormat: M takes a lot of physical and verbal abuse at Pitohui's hands, yet never complains about it and continues to let her walk all over him. Then it's revealed [[TooKinkyToTorture he actually enjoys it]].
* FormerlyFat: [[spoiler: Before going to work for Elsa, he was quite chubby. The photo he shows to Karen and Miyu scarcely resembles him. He didn't ''try'' to lose the weight, it just happened when Elsa was running him ragged as her manservant.]]
* FriendlySniper: M's very helpful to LLENN during fights in GGO.
* GeniusBruiser: He's stocked and burly, but he's also a brilliant tactician on the battlefield.
* GunNut: Enough of one to recognize a gun's caliber based on ''sound'', even when there’s other guns firing, and deducing that SHINC has snipers using semi-auto sniper rifles based on the [[AwesomenessByAnalysis brief instance he saw LLENN get hit]].
* HappinessInSlavery: When Pitohui's IRL self catches him stalking her, she blackmails him into essentially becoming her manservant, forcing him to do her every bidding to the point where he had to drop out of college and couldn't find a job. Karen starts to feel sympathetic to Goushi, but...
--> '''Goushi:''' [[MoodWhiplash Those were wonderful days]]...
--> '''Karen/Miyu:''' [[FlatWhat What]].
--> '''Goushi:''' Being near a beautiful woman, serving her every whim... As a man, there could've been no greater blessing.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In the final battle of [=SJ3=], Pitohui gives him the job of making sure that whoever wins between her and LLENN survives long enough to be declared the winner, which he does by holding LLENN up while standing in the water, ensuring that his HP runs out before she hits the water and has LLENN win the tournament before it kills her.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Before the first Squad Jam, he rigorously drills LLENN on all his equipment on the chance she has to be the one to use it, including the safety lever of his [=HK45=] pistol. [[spoiler:Later in the tournament when he tries to betray her, LLENN remembers said lessons and uses it to disable his gun so she can hold him at gunpoint instead.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl:
** The big guy to LLENN's tiny girl; she could ride on his shoulders easily. It's inverted in real life. At 175cm, he's actually shorter than Karen.
** This applies to him and Pitohui in real life, who is tiny in stature.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: His aim is so good he doesn't need the system assist of the Bullet Circle. He can just aim ''on sight'' and hit his targets with exceptional precision. Sinon would be jealous.
* InelegantBlubbering: He does this while [[spoiler:LLENN holds him at gunpoint]], which crosses over with TearsOfFear.
-->"That was an image (Karen) didn't want to remember: a big tough macho man weeping like a baby."
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics: Averted. He states he dislikes using honorifics and prefers calling others by name. Though this apparently doesn't extend to real life, as he's perfectly fine with addressing Karen as "Karen-san".
* KnifeNut: He gives LLENN a lengthy and very detailed explanation of how to use a knife in close-quarters battle right before the first Squad Jam tournament, including techniques on the best way to cut major arteries and the best places to stab to kill someone quickly.
* LikeAGodToMe: He describes Pito's real-life self as the most beautiful person he had ever seen; so beautiful he compared her to a goddess. [[spoiler: Then he realized during her initial abuse of him that she was more like a "fierce devil", [[TooKinkyToTorture which was even better in his opinion.]]]]
* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Pito said that she'd kill him if he died in Squad Jam, not if he surrendered. Because of that, when it looks like he might be killed, he decides to kill LLENN in order to become squad leader and resign.]]
* LoveMartyr: He goes though a lot of trouble for Pito's sake, even [[spoiler: going behind her back to help LLEN defeat her in Squad Jam 2 so she won't kill herself for losing to anyone else]]. What does Pito do when she discovers this? [[spoiler: Execute him as a traitor.]]
* MadeOfIndestructium: He has a fold-up bulletproof shield made from space battleship armor, the same material Death Gun's estoc is made from. It is the strongest material in GGO and most bullets will bounce off it. [[spoiler: The hinges holding the plates together are not quite as strong.]]
* ManlyTears: Several times in Squad Jam 2.
** He first cries when Pitohui takes a headshot and very nearly died, leading M to carry her to bed and is by her bedside the whole time.
** He cries again after LLENN defeats Pitohui, this time out of joy as he's assured that Pito will live, thanking LLENN while he does so.
* MeaningfulName: PlayedForLaughs. His GGO avatar is simply called M, which Karen deduces could mean "Masochist" after Goushi reveals his "''[[HappinessInSlavery blissful time]]''" serving Pitohui.
* MentorArchetype: LLENN's second GGO mentor after Pitohui , and her third VR mentor overall, who gives her a lot of lessons during the first Squad Jam.
* MightyGlacier: He's nowhere near as fast and agile as LLENN, but he's far more durable and can take a lot more damage. His SniperRifle also inflicts more damage if he gets in a BoomHeadshot. Hunkering down behind his space battleship armor shell gives him greater defense at the expense of remaining stationary.
--> "I'm a chicken, so this is my armored chicken coup."
* MysteriousPast: Downplayed. While it’s known that he used to be overweight before entering his “relationship" with Elsa and how he came to become her manager and lover, almost nobody knows how he came to be so experienced with firearms and military combat. The most Pito mentions is that he went overseas at some point, but that's all that's said on the matter.
* NakedApron: When the 4th Squad Jam is announced, Goushi is serving coffee to Elsa wearing this, and is rewarded with a kick to the ass.
* TheNavigator: He has an exceptional sense of geographical location, able to visualize a map of any location. He's able to skillfully guide LLENN through a labyrinth of a destroyed city block.
** He uses this again in [=SJ4=] for [[spoiler: the fight against SHINC, having LLENN run around throughout the abandoned city they're held up in and pinpointing where they haven't attacked LLENN, narrowing it down to where they're waiting to ambush her, allowing Fuka to fire a Plasma Grenade and ruin their attack while creating something of a smokescreen for LLENN to get the drop on them.]]
* NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight: Gives LLENN a knife, telling her that in a closed room a knife can be more useful than a gun. [[spoiler:He turns out to be right, as LLENN uses the knife in the final battle against Eva, taking advantage of the close range and her speed.]]
* NiceHat: Wears a green camouflage one adorned with leaves.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: One of the most evident things about Goshi is that he has a tendency to get too close to others for comfort.
* NotAfraidToDie: Zig-zagged. While he's terrified about Pito killing him, he says he's not afraid of dying- he's afraid of leaving Pito behind.
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:When LLENN hold him at gunpoint after foiling his attempt to [[TeamKiller betray her]], he breaks down into tears and begs for his life.]]
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: He is Elza's boyfriend/manservant/sextoy. Whatever you want to call it, they're involved.]]
* TheOneGuy: The only male member on Team LPFM.
* OneLetterName: His in-game handle M, of course.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:For M to show emotion, let alone burst into tears and beg on his hands and knees, things must truly be dire and serious. It turns out his life in the real world is at risk and dying in Squad Jam would mean Pitohui would kill him for real.]]
* PostStressOvereating: According to the light novel, he didn't lose weight until becoming Pito's slave because he was stressed about his less than stellar career prospects.
* ServileSnarker: He may have UndyingLoyalty to Pitohui, but he's not above making snide jabs at her erratic behavior.
* SharpDressedMan: In the light novels, he's often described as wearing a suit.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: The long range sniper to LLENN's short range sub-machine gunner.
* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler:It's revealed this is how he met Elsa Kanzaki in real life. He was in love with her and stalked her for some time, before ending up saving her life from a thug and got injured in the process. Elsa offers to treat his wounds at her place, to which he accepts. He ends up unconscious and tied up, while Elsa reveals she knew he had been stalking her and gets repeatedly beaten for it. He is then blackmailed into working for her as a manager, which he enjoys due to still harboring feelings.]]
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He follows Karen around before tracking her down to her apartment to ask her to join the second Squad Jam.
* TheStoic: Always serious and [[PerpetualFrowner never smiles]], Pitohui frequently has to prompt him to join in on the conversation.
* StraightMan: Always the serious down-to-earth realist when put alongside the more enthusiastic risk-taking Pitohui or the naive and curious LLENN.
* TheStrategist: A tactical genius who can devise fullproof strategies to help LLENN take down foes.
* TooKinkyToTorture: He describes the abuse and servitude he was forced to endure at the hands of the real life Pitohui, before revealing it was the best moments of his life.
* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:To Elsa Kanzaki/Pitohui. It takes unbelievable levels of loyalty to endure the abuse he takes and catering to her every whim. His loyalty to her is so great that he refuses to turn to the police or a psychiatrist over Pitohui's state. In fact it's revealed he's not afraid to die himself, but afraid to die ''first'' and leave Pitohui alone.]]
* UnreliableExpositor: His recollection of how he met Pito may not be 100 percent accurate, since he describes Pito as a waitress who took business classes at night school, rather than [[spoiler:a famous singer]], because he was still trying to keep her identity secret from Karen and Miyu.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Guides LLENN over comms while he watches from a distance.
* WallPinOfLove: Played with. He does this to Karen... immediately before talking about how much he loves ''Pito''. The second light novel begins with this scene out of context, making it look like he's interested in Karen.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** Always seen with a [=Mk. 14=] Enhanced Battle Rifle.
** An [=HK45=] pistol serves as his secondary weapon for close range combat.
* WhamLine: Shortly before the second Squad Jam, LLENN notices someone following her around.
--> "Please don't scream! It's me, Llenn! It's M!"
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: [[spoiler: Despite Goshi's [[StalkerWithACrush less than desirable traits]] both Karen and Miyu are left perplexed at how he can be so devoted to someone like Elsa. Karen even calls out Elsa on needing to treat Goshi better and stop being unfaithful. Though Elsa just snarks that Karen can sleeps with Goshi if she's bothered so much.]]
* WorthyOpponent: After his time in the first Squad Jam, other teams treat him (and LLENN) as huge threats, due to his bulletproof shield and his sniping skills.
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!!Team SHINC
[[folder:In General]]
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A squadron composed entirely of female players and LLENN's final opponents in the first Squad Jam. They also turn out to be the rhythmic gymnastics team that Karen frequently runs into during real life. Their choice of weapons involve Soviet/Russian-made weapons since they're one of the cheapest small arms in GGO.
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* AmazonBrigade: An entire squad of female players.
* BatmanGambit: To avoid a confrontation with MMTM at the airport, the team rigs a truck to drive on it's own with a spare machine barrel sticking out as bait of them, and rigging it with explosives in hopes of killing, knowing that David wouldn't simply run away from a fight.
* BrawnHilda: Eva, Sophie, and Roza all fit this, having very stocked builds for females.
* ChekhovsGunman: They make several real life cameos in the first few episodes, shown watching highlights of the first Squad Jam with Karen in a FlashForward from Episode 1, passing by Karen in Episode 2, and noticing how tall Karen is in Episode 3. They are revealed to be Team SHINC and the final opponents LLENN faces off against in the first Squad Jam.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: The unexpectedness of the situation combined Fukaziroh accidentally firing a Plasma Grenade at them, means that LPFM wipes them out quickly when they finally encounter each other in [=SJ3=], with Roza, Toma and Anna getting killed at the same time while Tanya is killed shortly after [[DefiantToTheEnd while trying to kill M.]]]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: It was only after LLENN defeated them in the first Squad Jam do they finally decide to approach her in real life and become friends with her.
* EnemyMine: In Squad Jam 2, after hearing LLENN's situation with Pitohui and the risk of her dying, they agree to join forces and help her out. Using a pincer strategy, Team SHINC serves as a distraction by charging from the south, while LLENN attacks from the north.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: They are among the teams to have joined Fire's alliance of Squadrons in [=SJ4=].]]
* FinalBoss: The final team left in the first Squad Jam that LLENN faces.
* FireForgedFriendship: They initially had trouble getting along with each other as a rhythmic gymnastics team, so they opted to play a VR game where they would have different appearances (allowing them to forget their real world conflicts) and work together as a team. After partaking in GGO and the life or death stakes, they finally became close friends with one another.
* FoodAsBribe: LLENN assured their cooperation in Squad Jam 2 in taking on Team [=PM4=] by promising sweets for them like the last time they visited. Though it's downplayed given Eva would have helped either way and the sweets is just a bonus.
* ForcedIntoEvil: {{Downplayed}}. [[spoiler: SHINC gets outmatched by the Humvee driving squad sent by Fire's alliance and effectively forced to go meet with Fire to hear him out, yet they still accept the offer.]]
* FriendlyRivalry: With Memento Mori. Their leaders express interest in fighting each other multiple times, but they interact rather amicably and make a silent agreement in [=SJ3=] to not attack each other should they bump into one another since they both want a shot LPFM.
* GamerChick: By virtue of being an entire squad of female GGO players.
* HeroicSacrifice: In [=SJ4=], under Eva's orders, [[spoiler: She, Tanya and Tohma planned to take out the Humvees with Grande Grenades while leaving Sophie, Rosa and Anna keep going to challenge LLENN.]]
** [[spoiler: Fully {{Averted}} in [=SJ4=], where they put on an impromptu ballet performance for LPFM's drone.]]
* IKnowMortalKombat: Inverted. It's their real life gymnastics skills that help them perform well in the game, allowing for exceptional accuracy and coordinated movements.
* InformedAttribute: {{Downplayed}}. They're all part of rhythmantic gymnastics team IRL, but aside from Eva's UnorthodoxReload where she catches Sophie's throw magazine right into her magwell, we hardly see anything relative to their actual gymnastics skills.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Turns that [[TheRival their rivlary with LLLENN]], which they themselves are very enthusiastic about, is unintentionally pressuring the latter and stressing her out, which causes her to have some kind of existential crisis in regards to playing GGO in Volume 6.
* InSeriesNickname: Other teams call them the "Amazons".
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In [=SJ4=], they purposely avoid an encounter with MMTM by setting up a truck as bait since their ultimate goal is to fight LLENN, [[WorfHadTheFlu which they'd prefer to do at their best with all members and full ammo.]]
* KryptoniteFactor: They procure a Degtyaryov anti-tank rifle, intended specifically to counter M's bulletproof shield. After three shots it punches clean through and leaves his shield as scrap metal, forcing M to flee.
* MeaningfulName: Their team name is short for "'''Shin'''taisou '''C'''lub", which literally translates to ''rhythmic gymnastics club''. It also sounds like the English word "synch", as in "sychronization", which they lacked before they started using VR.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: The entire team seems to take role-playing as Russians [[SeriousBusiness pretty seriously]], what with their entire weapon loadout consisting of Russian firearms, and even dropping [[GratuitousRussian a random "DA"]] during Squad Jam. One of their members is even Russian in real life.
* NoodleIncident: They apparently got in touch with Sinon just before Squad Jam 2 who told them how they could get hold of an anti-tank rifle.
* NotSoDifferent: After hearing their backstory, Karen notes that they're not so different from herself, as Team SHINC also played GGO as a means of {{escapism}} so that they could become better people in real life.
* NotSoSimilar: Despite both wielding Dragunov {{Sniper Rifle}}s, Tohma and Anna's sniping styles differ; while Tohma is an out and out LongRangeFighter, Anna's specialty is in being able to rapidly change positions after firing from comparatively closer ranges, which she can do with her AGI build.
* NotTheIntendedUse: GGO turned out to be the perfect VR game for them to train their coordination skills as a gymnastics team: [[{{Irony}} all the VR games focused on actual sports they'd tried beforehand didn't really help.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Being short for their age (as typical of gymnasts) especially when standing next to Karen, they look like middle schoolers. They're actually high school juniors (16 to 17), only 2 or 3 years younger than Karen.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: They're one of the top teams in both Squad Jams, but both times they get outclassed by the main characters, even more so in the second Squad Jam where Pitohui and M thoroughly dominate them.
* SamusIsAGirl: Pitohui initially mistakes them for male players while watching footage from the first Squad Jam.
* StarvingStudent: Very downplayed, but the real reason they use exclusively Russian firearms is because they're a bunch of high school students with meager allowances who are already struggling to pay the monthly subscription fee to play GGO[[note]]At 3,000 yen per month, that's nearly double the monthly fee for today's [=MMOs=][[/note]], and the Russian guns are the cheapest live-ammo weapons available in the game. They also happen to be big fans of Elza Kanzaki just like Karen, but again, they don't have enough money to buy tickets to any of her concerts.
* SweetTooth: They really loved hanging out with Karen and eating all the sweets the older girl offered them.
* TeensAreShort: They're shorter than average even for their age group, which favors them in gymnastics.
* WeaponOfChoice: The team exclusively use Russian due to how cheap they are compared to other firearms, which make them preferble considering their [[StarvingStudent small allowance]], but they go all the way with it by using GratuitousRussian.
** With Sqaud Jam 4 having Pistol Only Zones in the arena, the rest of the team got Arsenal Strike Ones like Eva and Tanya.
* WorthyOpponent: They admire and look up to LLENN and have a begrudging respect for M. They note with the latter particularly that he's the only male player they seem to actually respect
* YoungerThanTheyLook: They appear as adult women in-game, but in reality they're actually high school girls. Due to both their appearance and professionalism, the male gamers of GGO believes that they're 30+ years old IRL.
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[[folder:Saki Nitobe / Eva / "Boss"]]
!! Saki Nitobe / Eva
-> '''Voiced by:''' Ayaka Asai (Japanese), Creator/CindyRobinson (English)
The team leader of both Team SHINC and their real life rhythmic gymnastics class. She uses a VSS Vintorez as her primary weapon.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], she saves LLENN after she’s outed as the true traitor of LPFM and is about to ganged up on by Pito, Fuka and M by firing a flare and blinding the three of them.]]
* BrawnHilda: As Eva, she's a very large, mannish-looking woman, even being nicknamed Gorilla Lady. In real life she's a petite high school girl.
* ColdSniper: Eva mains with the [=VSS=] Vintorez select-fire sniper rifle.
* CompetitionFreak: Saki has been doing competitive gymnastics since she was young, and it's given her this mindset, if her dedication to her rivalry with LLENN and some other Squad Jam participants, which at times veers towards SkewedPriorities, is anything to go by. It's to the point that she's unable to comprehend players (or teams in this case) doing something like using a grenade to perform an agreed MutualKill so they can tie, [[spoiler: like what Fire plans to do with the Squadrons he hire if he beats LLENN.]]
* DavidVersusGoliath: Eva is a [[BrawnHilda massive woman mountain]], and in the first Squad Jam she's the final opponent for LLENN, who is a PintSizedPowerhouse.
* EyeScream: She takes a shot to the eye in Squad Jam 2. Due to her [[MadeOfIron high stats]], it doesn't kill her until the sniper shoots her again and puts her down for real.
* {{Foil}}: Saki has the opposite scenario to Karen. Saki is a short, cute girl in real life who wishes she was taller and ended up making herself a tall avatar in GGO.
* FriendlyEnemies:
** She and LLENN become this, especially after realizing they knew each other in real life. They're on such good terms that Eva is more than willing to set aside her match with LLENN and help her rival when she's in a predicament.
** Seems to have this relationship with David, The Leader of MMTM. Despite being on rival teams, the two can interact amicably enough and before [=SJ3=] even make a silent ceasefire agreement so they can both have a shot at LPFM. [[spoiler: When both end up on Team BTRY and David decides to kill Pitohui to avenge Ervin, she states that while she won’t help him due to her desire to fight LLENN taking precedence, she won’t shoot him in the back out of understanding of his reasons.]]
* GracefulLoser: Holds nothing against Karen in real life for beating her in Squad Jam, even shaking her hand and sincerely congratulating her. The two vow to fight in GGO again.
* ImprobableAimingSkills:
** Or in this case ''Catching'' skills. Eva manages to catch a thrown magazine into her gun, with the momentum alone sliding it in and reloading it.
** [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], she manages to shoot Fuka and score a headshot in mid-air before falling to her death, something [[TemptingFate Fuka noted should have been impossible.]]]]
* KnifeNut: Fighting against LLENN has prompted her to get her own combat knife. That being said, she admits to still being inexperienced in it.
* TheLeader: She's the Boss of Team SHINC, and is a Headstrong type with hints of Mastermind.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Much like LLENN, she at times can't help behaving as her in-game avatar would suggest, resorting to cursing enemy players before her teammates remind her such behavior could influence how she acts in real life.
* InSeriesNickname: All her teammates call her "Boss", and even LLENN addresses her as that by Squad Jam 2.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The biggest MythArc of this entire series is Eva & LLENN trying to have a rematch after Squad Jam 1, but somehow other events keep getting in the way. As of Squad Jam 4, they still have not been able to have a proper one-on-one battle again.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: After hearing of the special event in Volume 6, she immediately messages LLENN to say, "You. Better. Be. Going!!"
* TheRival: LLENN's main rival in Squad Jam 1, considering each other {{Worthy Opponent}}s and get along well inbetween tournaments.
* RivalsTeamUp: [[spoiler: She teams up with LLENN in the final battle of [=SJ3=] to take down LPFM, after it’s revealed LLENN’s the true traitor instead Pitohui.]]
* ScaryBlackMan: Gender inverted. Eva's avatar is that of a black woman with a towering stature, large build, and intimidating facial expressions, all of which complement her bossy and tough attitude. Some characters even nickname her Gorilla Lady because of her hulking appearance.
* SkewedPriorities: When the 4th Squad Jam is announced, she's more concerned about that and fighting LLENN again than she is about the fact that the gymnastics team, which she's the captain of, hasn't gotten any new members.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=] in her brief fight against Fuka. Knowing that the Plasma Grenade she fired would kill her anyway, she instead opts to jump to her death while [[GunsAkimbo firing two pistols]] at Fuka, hitting her in the head and killing her.]]
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[spoiler: When Tanya, after calling a truce with LLENN, calls Eva to warn her of oncoming enemies. Eva, who's staring down a vehicle mounted minigun aimed right at her, responds with a simple "Yeah... I know...".]]
* {{Troll}}: When she sees a member of RGB, who SHINC killed in the previous Squad Jam, sending her a DeathGlare, she responds with a grin and a cutesy “Hiya! Nice to see you well!”
* WeaponOfChoice: Aside from the Vintorez, she also uses the Arsenal Strike One since it's the team's sidearm of choice.
* WorthyOpponent: Comes to see LLENN as this, with Eva being the final opponent LLENN faces. After the first Squad Jam, Saki tries hard to convince Karen to partake in the second Squad Jam, itching to fight against LLENN again.
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Eva usually calls LLENN by her player name in-game, but when she asks about Pito's self-imposed "death game," Eva switches to "[[FirstNameBasis Karen]]-san."
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kana Fujisawa / Sophie]]
!! Kana Fujisawa / Sophie
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YumiUchiyama (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English)

One of Team SHINC's two machine gunners, who uses a PKM GPMG.
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* {{BFG}}: Being one of SHINC's two machine gunners who wields a PKM, this is a given.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Volunteers herself to be deliberately team-killed so that her corpse could become an Immortal Object and serve as an indestructible pedestal for her [=PTRD=] anti-tank rifle.
** [[spoiler: Does this again in [=SJ3=], using the [=PTRD=] to create holes in the "There Is Still Time" for her teammates to enter through, leaving herself to drown in the approaching tide.]]
* IdenticalStranger: Kana's real life appearance actually bears quite a bit of resemblance to LLENN's in-game avatar. Though this has never been brought up.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Kana's real life appearance really stands out as she's drawn with different eyes to all her friends, having almost rectangular eyes and very small pupils, while all of her friends have stereotypical big anime eyes.
* NumberTwo: She is second-in-command after Eva.
* StoutStrength: She invokes this with her STR heavy build and the wide girth of her avatar.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: When Eva is readying the PTRD against Pito and M in [=SJ4=], Sophie does a diving save when Pito tries shooting back.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Milana Sidorova / Toma]]
!! Milana Sidorova / Toma
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChitoseMorinaga (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)

The primary sniper of Team SHINC. She uses a SVD Dragunov with wooden furniture.
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* BadassDriver: Her father taught her how to drive a stick-shift vehicle in Russia in real life. She was able to transfer these skills over to GGO and be the driver for Team SHINC.
* {{BFG}}: While she mains with a Dragunov SVU Sniper Rifle and the official owner of the gun itself is [[TheBigGuy Sophie]], she’s the one who uses the PTRD-41 Anti-Tank Rifle SHINC procured for use against M and his shield.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Fuzoku Girls' High School Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Special, the anti-M ultimate weapon, or M-gun for short!"
* ColdSniper: She serves as Team SHINC's main sniper.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: Her parents are Russian traders and she often divided her time between Tokyo and Moscow until she became a teenager and began to regularly attend school in Japan.
* OccidentalOtaku: Has some shades of this, which is why she's named and modelled her avatar to look like a Japanese person.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Blue-eyed, blonde-haired, and Russian.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Moe Annaka / Anna]]
!! Moe Annaka / Anna
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaoIchimichi (Japanese), Creator/XantheHuynh (English)

The secondary sniper of Team SHINC. She uses a SVD Dragunov with black synthetic furniture.
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* ApologizesALot: Apparently does this a lot IRL, even apologizing for "putting on airs" due to her avatar looking like a Hollywood movie star.
* CoolShades: As Anna, she dons a pair of sunglasses.
* ColdSniper: One of the team's snipers.
* ClothingDamage: In the Light Novel, she ended with a hole in her bulletproof vest and shirt from when M shot her. While she's able to tie it closed, it still gets [[DudeMagnet some annoying attention.]]
* DudeMagnet: With her avatar looking the way it does, she gets a lot of male attention.
* {{GIFT}}: While Moe’s a ShrinkingViolet IRL and ApologizesALot, in-game as Anna she’s a lot more confident, crude and has a tendency to say “die” when taking a shot.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: She gets blown in half by M's anti-materiel rifle in Squad Jam 2 when one of his team's hired mercs fools her with his Bullet Line and she dodges right into M's sights.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Seen in the bar watching the match after the above, drinking a beer.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: As Anna, she is noted to be the only pretty face among Team SHINC who are mostly BrawnHilda. She herself brings this up on how she had regret on making her avatar look like a movie star.
* RealNameAsAnAlias: It's implied that her username is derived from her last name Annaka.
* ShrinkingViolet: Her real-life self which heavily contrasted with the vulgar personality of her avatar.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: IRL, she has bluish purple hair and is easily the shyest in her group of friends, a stark contrast to her more confident in-game self.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Risa Kusunoki / Tanya]]
!! Risa Kusunoki / Tanya
-> '''Voiced by:''' Haruka Shiraishi (Japanese), Creator/MorganBerry (English)

A white-haired member of Team SHINC. She uses a PP-19 Bizon 2.
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* AnimalMotifs: She's often compared to a fox.
* {{Bokukko}}: She refers to herself as "boku," the only member of the team to do so.
* FragileSpeedster: Downplayed. She can match LLENN in terms of speed but she can take more hits than her before dying.
* GoOutWithASmile: In Squad Jam 2, she gets killed with a grin on her face. M even notices and comments on this.
** While not present in the Anime version, in the Light Novel she’s stated to have died with a smile of contentment on her face when Eva finds her body in the first Squad Jam.
* HeroicSacrifice: Does this twice during the Test Play.
** [[spoiler: When SHINC pulls an EnemyMine with LPFM to deal with ZEMAL, she and Pitohui commit suicide and loses one of her three lives[[note]] All players in the Test Play have three lives and, upon losing one, respawn at the edge of circle surrounding their team on the map[[/note]], to respawn behind ZEMAL and take them out from behind.]]
** [[spoiler: When she, LLENN and Kenta finally enter the castle, she finds [[TheBigGuy Vodka]] and takes out his machine gun at the cost of her last life, removing much of the [=NPC=] team's firepower and forcing Vodka to resign.]]
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], her attempt to kill M is arguably what gets her eliminated from the tournament.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: [[spoiler: In her attempt to kill M in [=SJ3=], she uses the sling of her Bizon, for which she lost the magazine for, to try and strangle him to death. Unfortunately, the way she positioned herself to do this leads to her being SquashedFlat.]]
* LastStand: [[spoiler: She attempts this after becoming the SoleSurvivor of her team in [=SJ3=], trying to kill M by choking him out.]]
* MirrorMatch: Her battle against LLENN in Squad Jam 1 has them very evenly matched. They are both high-AGI builds who use submachine guns as primary weapons. Throughout their fight, Tanya is matching LLENN's speed and accuracy.
* MorphicResonance: She's the member of the team whose in-game avatar's face and hairstyle most closely resembles her real life self.
* NoBikesInTheApocalypse: [[spoiler: When LLENN and SHINC finally get a rematch in [=SJ4=], she starts off pursuing LLENN on a bicycle, since she wouldn't be able to keep with her without making noise otherwise.]]
* TheRival: While not prominent as her one with Eva, Tanya also appears to be this with LLENN, seeing as Tanya was the first member of SHINC LLENN killed and they both have [[FragileSpeedster similar stat builds]]. [[spoiler: Even the long-awaited rematch with SHINC in [=SJ4=] is kicked off by a one-on-one between the two of them, which is unfortunately interrupted.]]
* SquashedFlat: [[spoiler: While trying to strangle M to death in [=SJ3=], he escapes this fate by slamming her, who’s hanging onto his backpack, against the ceiling and crushing her to death.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Ends up being the last survivor of SHINC in [=SJ3=], her teammates being killed Fuka’s accidental Plasma Grenade. [[SquashedFlat She doesn't last long.]]]]
* TheSneakyGuy: Tanya consistently has her PP-19 Bizon equipped with a silencer, giving her an edge in sneaking around and ambushing opponents, [[spoiler: as shown when she and Pito take out ZEMAL during the test play, taking them out one by one with their suppressed weapons without them noticing.]]
* SuperReflexes: Being an athlete IRL, Tanya has good reflexes to go with her AGI build. [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], despite falling for LLENN's trap[[note]] P-Chan rigged to fire on her own to draw her over[[/note]] she's able to dodge in time upon realizing she'd been tricked, with only a cut on the side of her head.]]
* {{Tomboy}}: Implied. She has short boyish hair both in-game and IRL and she refers to herself as “boku”, a more masculine way of addressing yourself.
* WeaponOfChoice: She wields a Izhmash PP-19 Bizon-2-01 SMG and is one of the two members of SHINC, alongside Eva, to have an Arsenal Strike One as a sidearm during the first Squad Jam.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shiori Noguchi / Roza]]
!! Shiori Noguchi / Roza
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese), Rebecca Davis (English)

The other one of Team SHINC's two machine gunners, who also uses a PKM GPMG.
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* TwentiesBobHaircut: Her hair in real life is styled like this to help differentiate her from her friends.
* {{BFG}}: Being a Heavy Support Member, she wields PKM Machine Gun as her main weapon.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Just as she’s about to finish off LLENN, M pulls a BigDamnHeroes and shoots one of her Plasma Grenades, killing her and masking LLENN with the explosion so she can escape.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: She carries up to 6 Plasma Grenades on her person. This bites her in the ass when M shoots one, [[HoistByHerOwnPetard setting it off and killing her]].
* XanatosGambit: After hearing that Karen wants to be strong in real life, she proposes that by putting up a good fight against her in their next match, Team SHINC will help Karen [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre realize her strength]] no matter who wins or loses.
[[/folder]]

!!Other Teams
[[folder: Clarence and Shirley]]
A pair of GGO players who, [[spoiler: after fighting and scoring a MutualKill in the 3rd Squad Jam]], became a [=PKing=] ActionDuo.
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* ActionGirl: The both of them are this, with Shirley being a ColdSniper with AbnormalAmmo while Clarence is a skilled assault rifle user and CombatPragmatist.
* AloofAlly: In Squad Jam 4 make it clear that they only teamed up with Team LPFM to bypass the preliminaries, and that they intend to do their own thing once the tournament starts. However, they're forced to work with them after the special rule takes effect, though.
* BirdsOfAFeather: While personality-wise they are both [[RedOniBlueOni very different]], they are both [[BloodKnight PvP Enthusiasts]] to almost sadistic levels, with Shirley actively coming up with [[AbnormalAmmo brutal ways]] to make her killing more efficient, while Clarence often goes into gruesome and vulgar detail about how she'd like to kill other players.
* EnemyMine: While they're all technically on the same team, Clarence and Shirley were originally gonna split off from LPFM to do their own thing and maybe fight them later. However, they're forced to stick with them when it turns out that [=SJ4=] has monster spawns. [[spoiler: The moment they deal with DOOM, Shirley shoots the scout monster to summon more and quickly flees with Clarence on one of DOOM's motorcycles, taking a backpack of explosives with them.]]
* EnsembleDarkHorse: InUniverse. [[spoiler: Despite not being one of the last remaining teams in [=SJ3=], The Novelist was apparently so impressed with their fight that he invited them to take part in the Test Play.]]
* NonIndicativeName: Clarence is a male name[[note]]Probly best known from the Angel in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''[[/note]]
* RealityEnsues: The two of them are certainly an effective duo, but their low numbers can still serve to their disadvantage. In the [[spoiler: Test Play, it forces them to avoid conflict against other teams and the NPC team and instead rely on a gamble strategy, which fails,]] and they discuss how it will make clearing the [=SJ4=] Prelim's difficult, if not impossible, due to the narrower arena and that they'd be in a direct one-on-one confrontation with the other, larger teams, which prompts Shirley to put aside her rivalry with Pito and accept her offer to join LPFM to bypass them.
* RedOniBlueOni: While Shirley lives up to her IRL occupation as a hunter with her calm attitude and borderline ProfessionalKiller approach towards PvP, Clarence is comparatively more friendly and cheerful, as well as much more open about her sadistic tendencies. Shirley also often has to rein in Clarence's violent tendencies with, in an unusual example of the trope, threats to kill her.
* ShipTease: Despite more of the focus being on their deadly competence as a team, there is hints of this in their interactions if you squint hard enough.
** When they're introduced [[spoiler: taking part in the Test Play]], it's revealed that Shirley said that she would tell Clarence what her IRL job was at some point, and reveals it to her in response to her quip about shooting ducks. Considering that it's generally a unspoken rule to not talk about real life matters in-game, this suggests a good deal of trust and companionship between them.
** The first chapter of Volume 7 is full of this. While lying in wait for targets to attack, the two of them show themselves to be rather comfortable around each other, with Shirley not minding Clarance resting her stomach on her butt while spotting and even [[NotSoStoic chuckling and smiling at some of the things she says]], despite the only other times she smiled being in the midst in combat. She also reveals that she honestly doesn't mind hanging out with Clarance despite her BloodKnight tendencies, when her previous teammates were shown to be uncomfortable with and, by this point, kicked her out and unfriended her because of them. Her reluctantce to meet up with Clarence in real life also seems less because she doesn't want to necessarely, but more because of the fact that she lives on an island off the coast of Japan, which might make it difficult. Clarence also appears genuinly disappointed about this, much to Shirley's surprise.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: [[spoiler: After splitting off from them in [=SJ4=], the both of them follow LPFM from a distance, finding positions like a cathedral or an airway tower and trying to snipe Pito. Clarence jokingly refers to it as stalking, only for Shirley to state that it's an accurate description based on IRL hunting terms.]]
* ThoseTwoGirls: After their duel to the death in [=SJ3=], the two of them struck a partnership with each other, going hunting together and [[spoiler: taking part in the Test Play together]]. They even appear together in ''Fatal Bullet''.
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!! Mai Kirishima / Shirley
-> '''Voiced by:''' Marika Kouno (Japanese), Creator/JeannieTirado (English)

A IRL nature guide and deer hunter who started GGO as a way to practice her sniping under the suggestion of a co-worker. She's reluctantly dragged into taking part in the second Squad Jam with a team comprising of her fellow IRL hunters, but becomes a massive BloodKnight after shooting Pito in an attempt to avenge her team.
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* AbnormalAmmo: In Squad Jam 3, she has equipped her rifle with nothing but [[StuffBlowingUp exploding bullets]], having taken advantage of the in-game [[ItemCrafting ammo customization]] ability to overload her cartridges with enough smokeless powder to turn each shot into an InstantDeathBullet.
* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler: When she and Clarence enact their betrayal, she says "Sorry" as she shoots the scouting monster to summon more to attack LPFM.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], she snipes Jake's trike and blows it up, saving Pitohui from his and David's pincer tactic.]]
* BloodKnight: She becomes this after [=SJ2=], having a new appreciation for PvP and, in an ironic reversal, is the one to force her teammates to join [=SJ3=] when they voice their reluctance to do so.
* BoobsOfSteel: Her avatar is noted to be well-endowed and, after [=SJ2=], she’s become the deadliest member of her Squad and, with her experience hunting IRL and her [[AbnormalAmmo explosive bullets]], quite possibly one of GGO’s deadliest snipers.
* CountryMouse: While she was born and raised in Tokyo, she has always had an affinity for nature and working outdoors in general, so she moved to the Hokkaido wilderness as an adult and makes a living as a huntress and nature guide.
* ColdSniper: Being a real life huntress she's a very skilled sniper. She manages to land a head shot on Pitohui and very nearly kills her.
* CripplingOverspecialization: As a pure sniper, she suffers a bit from being largely vulnerable in close range, with her only melee weapon being a hunting knife. It's part of why she engages in her partnership with Clarence, as she can defend her with her more mid-ranged gear if someone gets close. It also forces her to ask Clarence to help her buy a pistol and learn to use it in light of [=SJ4=]'s Pistol Only Zones.
* ExactWords: During [=SJ2=], she's uncomfortable with killing other players in GGO, seeing it as analogous to killing humans. Then Pitohui backstabs her team. Once she's sure she's safe, Shirley declares that Pitohui isn't human, she's ''vermin''. Vermin are to be eradicated.
* GladHesOnOurSide: ZigZagged. When [=SJ4=] begins, Shirley is eager for her and Clarence to split off from LPFM so they can raise hell on their own. However, when they're forced to stick together due to the monster spawns and the difficulties in crossing the bridge, LLENN is quick to realize how cool-headed and clever Shirley, and hopes that she'll and Clarence be forced to work together for the long haul. [[spoiler: They don't.]]
* GrewASpine: She was a very passive girl who was unwilling to shoot other players in-game (though she had no problem with the [=PVE=] Monsters), but seeing Pito gun down her team in cold blood ''after'' explicitly promising not to do so, sends her on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and leads her to be out for Pito's blood. She's a willing and eager participant in the third Squad Jam, much to her teammates' surprise.
* HeroAntagonist: Shirley is on an opposing team to the main characters, but is actually portrayed in a very sympathetic light. In any other situation she could have easily been TheHero of the story, going up against [[TheVillain Pitohui]] to avenge her fallen team who was cruelly gunned down.
* HypocriticalHumour: When Team DOOM reveal themselves as a team of Suicide Bombers, she calls it "the calling card of scum", only for Clarence to point out she uses explosive bullets.
* IKnowMortalKombat: {{Downplayed}}. Ever since Shirley really got into [=PKing=] in GGO, she found herself studying snipers and sniping in a variety of ways, from books, to films, to online information. While most of her skill does still come from her IRL job as a hunter, it also became part of the reason she teamed up with Clarance, as she learned that most real-life Snipers had spotters to help find targets and watch the sniper's back.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Like M above, Shirley is capable of Lineless Shooting thanks to her IRL hunting experience. While her squadmates are capable of the same, Shirley proves herself multiple times to be the more devastating markswoman.
** In [=SJ4=], she's able to [[spoiler: snipe Jake's trike and blow it up from twelve hundred yards, just a hundred and sixty seven yards short of the 20th longest sniper kill and something not even she was sure she could pull off, in one shot. She tries to underplay it by stating that a vehicle is a larger target than a person, but that doesn't deter Clarence's praise of the feat.]]
* InTheHood: In [=SJ3=], she comes equipped with various poncho’s for different environments.
* {{Irony}}: For the second Squad Jam, it was her teammates who wanted to join the tournament and dragged her into it, with her deciding not to actually fight due to being a TechnicalPacifist. By the time of the third one, she's quite possibly the biggest BloodKnight among them and was forcing them to join when they proved reluctant.
* KnifeNut: As habit from IRL, she carries a Ken-Nata hunting knife, [[spoiler: which she uses to [[TakingYouWithMe finish off Clarence before getting killed by her grenade]].]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=]. While she would love to have another shot at Pitohui and possibly LLENN as revenge for [=SJ2=], she knows that she wasn’t in the best position for a sneak attack and instead focuses on the remnants of the Squads they and Clarance were decimating.]]
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: After [=SJ2=], she’s become a BloodKnight and the deadliest and most effective fighter in her Squadron, who are all men. She is the only one among them using their knowledge of hunting to inflict greater harm on other players per bullet.
* MyGreatestFailure: Somewhat PlayedForLaughs. She reveals to Clarence that not killing her before Sam in the third Squad Jam 3 was "the biggest regret of her GGO life", to which Clarence joking jabs that there's no take-backs.
* NiceHat: She has a cap that's worn in the reverse position.
* NotSoAboveItAll: During LPFM's team huddle before [=SJ4=] begins, with Clarence joining in their cheer despite the two of them planning to splinter off, she's also clenching her fist, silently taking part in the cheer.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Sure, she hated Pito's guts and wanted to avenge her team, but it's doubtful that she knew that Pito was planning to kill herself IRL if she died in the Squad Jam and, considering her TechnicalPacifist status at the time, she very likely wouldn't have shot if she did know.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler: Her reasoning for killing Jake in [=SJ4=], giving Pito a chance to escape certain death at David's hands.]]
--> "I'm her GrimReaper."
* PerpetualFrowner: Her default mood is being sour and gloomy. Even though her in-game avatar is quite pretty, the aura of negativity she emits dissuades any guys from flirting with her.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Has one after Pitohui kills her entire team, leading her to drop her pacifism and swear to kill Pito herself. She very nearly succeeds. That being said, the light novels reveal that by the time she pulls the trigger, she's no longer angry with Pito for tricking the others, but has simply come to accept that it's a game and sees her animosity to her as part of a fun rivalry.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Shirley is the only female member of the team. This is because the team is composed of the "real-life" team of hunters, the "Northern Country Hunters' Club", and it is difficult for anyone, man or woman, to legally be a rifle-owning hunter in Japan. So the odds of Shirley having female teammates is rather slim.
* SoleSurvivor: In the second Squad Jam, Shirley is left as the only surviving member after Pitohui betrays and kills the entirety of her team. She got spared due to Pito deeming her NotWorthKilling. This [[UnderestimatingBadassery was a mistake on Pito's part]], where Shirley later returns for revenge and manages to land a head shot on her.
* SpannerInTheWorks: She utterly ruins the elaborate plan that Teams LF and SHINC set up to eliminate Pitohui when she ends up sniping Pito from afar.
* TheStrategist: In Squad Jam 3, she is the one who basically drags her team kicking and screaming into the tournament, and the one who forcefully takes over the leadership role by laying out her whole plan to deal with Pitohui to the rest of KKHC. [[spoiler: Her plan was to make herself the last person on her team to gain leadership among her teammates in the event that the leader dies, and have the others scatter and avoid danger while she goes around killing with no one seeing her coming, as only the leader can appear on the scan.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A female ColdSniper with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair greenish-coloured hair]], generally unsociable, has a BloodKnight streak, has what is essentially an insta-kill weapon and is partners with a black-clad player who is the opposite gender that their avatar would suggest. [[Characters/SwordArtOnlineShinoAsada Sound familiar?]]
* TechnicalPacifist: Shirley was initially reluctant in shooting people in-game, having difficulty keeping reality and the virtual world separate. However after watching Pitohui gun down her team in cold blood, after they had struck up a deal, she draws her rifle and prepares to kill Pitohui herself. After she manages to land a headshot on, [[BloodKnight she drops all pretences of being one in-game.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In Squad Jam 4 when Pitohui invites her and Clarence to join LPFM. She still hates the woman and accepts the offer solely so she and Clarence can bypass the prelims, but loudly proclaims they will do their own thing and run off when the tournament starts. However, the special rules of [=SJ4=] lead to them sticking with LPFM longer than she intended.
* {{Tomboy}}: From a young age, she always preferred outdoors physical activities rather than fashion, and took up horse riding, camping, mountain climbing, and eventually hunting.
* TooAwesomeToUse: {{Subverted}}. The narration states that her [[AbnormalAmmo explosive bullets]] are ''50'' times more expensive than basic assault rifle ammo, due to the required materials and the possibility of screwing up the creation process. Despite this, she made a whopping ''200'' of these rounds in preparation for the Squad Jam, even using the cash-conversion system to buy more materials.
* TookALevelInBadass: A ''massive'' one. After Squad Jam 2, she dedicates all her time in VR to becoming stronger and more skilled for the sole purpose of killing Pito in the next tournament, becoming almost obsessive with it. Any semblance of her previous shy, subdued self is gone. She develops her own explosive ammo for the tournament, goes out hunting monsters day in and day out to test her skills, and wipes out almost a dozen players on her own. Her final kill in Squad Jam 3 is [[spoiler: Clarence, whom she mercilessly stabs through the chest right before she too is also killed by Clarence triggering a grenade.]]
* UnknownRival: She is heavily motivated to kill Pitohui, who she has labelled as "vermin" for shooting her team mates in cold blood immediately after a negotiation. Meanwhile, Pito really has no idea who she is. LLENN knows that Shirley was the one who landed the headshot on Pito in [=SJ2=] but even she is also clueless as to how consumed with hatred Shirley is with Pito. {{Subverted}} by the [[spoiler: Test Play]] and [=SJ4=], where Pito not only tries to invite her and Clarence for a [[spoiler: celebration after the Test Play]], but also tracks them down to offer a temporary spot in LPFM to bypass the prelims.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Shirley's avatar has green hair.
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!! Clarance:
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Japanese), Creator/LauraStahl (English)

A participant introduced in Squad Jam 2 as part of an alliance of teams that tries to ambush LLENN. She forms a partnership with Shirley after they have a duel to the death in [=SJ3=].
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite her eccentric and somewhat pervy personality, Clarence is not only a skilled fighter, but she's also rather devious. When we first meet her, she's FakingTheDead by laying atop of other player's corpses, which likely would have fooled anyone else if they weren't LLENN who recently TookALevelInBadass. Then in [=SJ3=], she's able to trick the remaining players from LPFM's counter and kill at least eight of them, and later fights on even footing with Shirley and [[spoiler: manages to pull off a TakingYouWithMe on her.]]
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Combines her androgynous looking avatar with a [[GenderBlenderName traditionally male name.]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: While she's this with Shirley, as seen above, she and Pito are also quick to hit it off due to their similarly excitable demeanors and BloodKnight personalities. Shirley's reaction to them interacting could be summed as "Oh God, there's two of them.".
* {{Blackmail}}: {{Implied}}. She apparently knows something about her male teammates that they don't want anyone else to know, which is what she used to convince to take part in the [=SJ3=] prelems with her.
* BloodKnight: Along with being a massive flirt and a bit of a pervert, Clarence really enjoys killing, to the point of going into gruesome detail about what she’ll do to enemy players. While it's not enough for her teammates to outright abandon her like what happened with Pitohui, they often very disturbed by this aspect of her.
* {{Bokukko}}: She deliberately styles her speech pattern to sound like a male.
* BoyishShortHair: It's more gender neutral length hair, but nonetheless makes it harder to tell she's female.
* CombatPragmatist: Has no problem with making an alliance with other teams to target LLENN and Fuka in [=SJ2=] [[spoiler: and in [=SJ3=], pretends to form an alliance with some survivor of LPFM’s counterattack only to kill them all.]]
* DayInTheLimelight: Compared to her first appearance in Squad Jam 2, she gets more combat focus in Squad Jam 3. She tricks several rival teams into spreading out so she can more easily eliminate them and goes head-to-head against [[ColdSniper Shirley]]. [[spoiler: [[TakingYouWithMe Neither of them walks away from this encounter.]] ]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: For all her perverted behaviour, Clarence was being genuine when she wanted to be friends with LLENN and Fuka, and proves it by TakingTheBullet for LLENN when they get sniped by Team MMTM.
* DepravedBisexual: {{Downplayed}}. She openly admits to being bi, albeit hinting that she prefers girls, and while she's hardly what one would call "evil", being largely friendly and upbeat, she's {{Sadist}}ic BloodKnight who tends to give out TooMuchInformation when describing how she'd kill players, and she can come off as kind of creepy, such as when she asked LLENN for a kiss on the cheek in exchange for her magazines.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
** The light novel says that "Even Clarence's own teammates in their random outfits didn't seem to want anything to do with (her)," after she phrases a question about their impromptu alliance in the most vulgar way possible. She is so off-putting that she has to enter Squad Jam 3 with only one partner, a man named Sam. By the time of [=SJ4=], she was kicked out of her squad and unfriended by them.
** {{Averted}} with her partnership with Shirley, who admits to not minding working with her despite her quirks, and their [[spoiler: brief]] team-up with LPFM, with them exchanging friendly banter and opting not to put her at risk by shooting the monster that grabbed her. {{Justified}} in that her BloodKnight status makes her BirdsOfAFeather with Shirley, Pito and Fuka, and [[NiceGuy M and LLENN are fairly friendly]], if a bit [[TheStoic deadpan]] and [[FirstPersonSmartass snarky]] respectively.
* ForTheLulz: When asked, she simply states that she joined the Squad Jam because she thought it'd be fun, taking Shirley, who joined the first one simply because her teammates dragged her into it and largely plays GGO for practice, off-guard.
* GenderBlenderName: "Clarence" is a male name.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[TakingTheBullet Takes the bullet]] meant for LLENN and tells her to win before dying.
* HypocriticalHumour: [[DepravedBisexual She]], with absolutely no basis, calls one of DOOM's members a "perverted weirdo".
* IdenticalStranger: Clarence's in-game avatar has a strong resemblance to Karen's real life appearance.
* InSeriesNickname: Goes by "Clay."
* ISurrenderSuckers: She tries to pull this. She requests permission from LLENN to move her right hand, only to reach for her gun. LLENN [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shoots her hand]] for her trouble.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: She happened to chance on an androgynous avatar and as a result pretends to be male. [[CallBack Just like Kirito did.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Says this word for word after her teammate Sam is sniped by Shirley.]]
* PlayingPossum: After LLENN massacres her entire team, Clarence tries to avoid their fate by pretending to be one of the dead corpses on the ground. LLENN notices there should be one more person and exposes her by shooting at the corpse she's using for cover.
* SamusIsAGirl: Clarence reveals she's a female player with an androgynous avatar, which led her to pretend to be a guy. In the localized version of the light novels, she's referred to with male pronouns by the narration until her gender is revealed.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Her reaction to some kind of "armadillo person" grabbing her leg in [=SJ4=], not expecting the tournament to have monsters.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: When discussing their advantages with Shirley in [=SJ4=], she enthusiastically says that another is their beauty, saying they [[DistractedByTheSexy could strip down to distract the]] ([[AllMenArePerverts mostly male]]) competition, and bemoans that they can’t remove their underwear as well.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Appears to be the only female member of her team. This is not immediately clear because SamusIsAGirl, so the team appears to have ''no'' female members at all.
* TakingTheBullet: Shields LLENN from Team MMTM's gunfire at the cost of her own life.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Does this when Shirley manages to get on top of her and stab her, activating a plasma grenade and giving her no chance to escape.]]
* TooMuchInformation: She starts going into way too much detail on her experiences kissing guys and girls in real life, [[CringeComedy making LLENN and Fuka cringe]], and this is on top of violating the unwritten rule to not talk about personal real life stuff in a VR game in general. She also tends to do this in regards to what she wants to do to enemy players when she kills them.
* UniversalAmmunition: Luckily for LLENN, Clarence is one of the few players in GGO who uses a weapon that is not only chambered for 5.7x28mm ammo, but also uses the same magazines as her P90: the [[RareGuns ultra-rare AR-57 rifle.]] On top of that, her sidearm is the FN Five-seveN pistol, which also uses the same ammunition.
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[[folder:Team Memento Mori (MMTM)]]
A high-level GGO team who placed 3rd in the first Squad Jam tournament.
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* BadassDriver: They all seem to be adept at using vechiles most ordinary people would never have used in their lives, such as the hovercrafts in [=SJ1=] and the armored Jeeps in [=SJ2=]
* BoringButPractical: There's nothing that particularly stands out about their team, and they use a pretty standard loadout of assault rifles and machine guns in contrast to the more exotic and disparate loadouts of other squads. But what they do have is a good sense of camaraderie, teamwork, and tactics that puts them at a major advantage over others. With the exception of their machine gunner who uses an [=HK21=] in 7.62x51mm, all their guns are chambered in 5.56x45mm and the five members of the team that use assault rifles that can feed from STANAG magazines, or have modified their weapons with a STANAG-compatible magwell, so they can [[UniversalAmmunition share ammo when the situation calls for it.]]
** They start to downplay this slightly in [=SJ3=], with Lax using a SniperRifle and [[spoiler: David, surprisingly enough, being inspired to get a photon sword after his loss to Pitohui in Squad Jam 2]].
* CrazyPrepared:
** Each member carries cloaks for different environments for better concealment and the AR-toting members have modified their guns to accept the same [[UniversalAmmo STANAG magazines in case they need to share ammo]], which they reinforce by also having ammo pouches on their backs for anyone behind them to take.
** In [=SJ4=], upon discovering a locomotive at the beginning, they decide to not use it since it'd make them easy targets so early on, but BoobyTrap it for anyone dumb enough to come by it and think using it will be a good idea. [[spoiler: This leads to the death of Cole later on when T-S is pursuing him.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** In the first Squad Jam, five out of six members of the squad get taken out by M exploiting the system by aiming without system assist, thereby preventing the Prediction Line from appearing.
** [[spoiler:In the second Squad Jam they get completely caught off guard by Pitohui's [[LaserBlade Photon Sword]]. David in particular managed to fight back, only for Pitohui to activate the secondary blade on the other end of the hilt.]]
* ElectrifiedBathtub: [[spoiler: How they're killed in [=SJ3=]. As they're making their way through the courtyard to the control room of the "There is Still Time" where Team BTRY is hiding, Pitohui activates the sprinkler system to cover the whole area in water and then its power generator so that each subsequent drop would carry an electrical charge which spreads throughout the now wet room, killing them instantly.]]
* FriendlyRivalry: They seem to have this with SHINC. Their leaders express interest in fighting each other multiple times, but they interact amicably and make a silent agreement in [=SJ3=] to not attack should they encounter one another since they both want a shot at LPFM.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: After [=SJ3=] ends, they're noted to be among the teams applauding LLENN for her victory.]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In Squad Jam 2 Pitohui uses her photon sword to cut one of the guys clean in half.
* HandSignals: Due to the risk of relying on the provided comm items[[note]] namely, that you can't properly hear your surroundings while verbally communicating with your team[[/note]], the team is well-versed in the use of combat hand-signals, which they display in [=SJ4=].
* InformedAttribute: Despite many, including themselves, claiming that their specialty is indoor combat, they prove themselves to be effective in various other fields such as outdoor combat, [[BadassDriver vehicle combat]], and guerilla warfare, while their weapon loadout, with the possible exception of David's [[CoolGuns Steyr [=STM-556=]]] due to the interchangeable barrels, seem more geared towards outdoor fighting, with them having five, later four, assault rifles, a machine gun, and a SniperRifle with not single SMG or Shotgun among them. For comparison, a team in [=SJ2=] themed after SWAT Teams, IRL police special forces who enter buildings to take out criminals, are wiped out almost immediately [[CripplingOverspecialization due to a lack of nearby buildings.]]
* JumpingOnAGrenade: In the light novel version of the cabin battle, Pitohui throws an inactive grand grenade to bait out the team, and they fall for it, with one of their members instinctively jumping on the grenade and leaving himself wide open.
* MeaningfulName: Their team name means "Remember, you must die," in Latin, which matches their team leader's philosophy.
* ObliviouslyEvil: They function as major antagonists in the second Squad Jam due to their attempts of eliminating [=PM4=] from the tournament, [[LockedOutOfTheLoop not knowing that]] [[spoiler: Pitohui plans to kill herself and M IRL should she be killed by anyone other than LLENN.]]
* OvershadowedByAwesome: They have definitely earned their reputation as one of GGO's best teams, but in the first two Squad Jams they just get way outmatched by the main characters.
* RecurringBoss: They are a constant annoyance to Team LF in Squad Jam 2, showing up twice to interfere with their plans and forcing them to deal with these meddlers instead.
* SkeletonMotif: {{Downplayed}}: Their team's insignia is a skull with a knife in it's jaws.
* TrueCompanions: While they are all effective combatants, it's their sense of camaraderie and teamwork that gets them as far as they do.
* WeaponOfChoice: With the exception of Jake, the sole machine gun user in the squadron, every member of MMTM exclusively use assault rifles chambered in [[UniversalAmmo [=5.56x45=]mm so they can share ammo more easily]], with the most distincintive factor being that they all use different ones.
** Later on, Lax takes to using a SniperRifle, making him one of the two non-assault rifle users in the group alongside Jake.
** Due to the pistol-only zones in [=SJ4=], the rest of the team got Steyr M9-A1 handguns like David and practised with them extensively.
!!David
-> ''Voiced By:'' Junji Majima (Japanese), Greg Chun (English)
The Leader of MMTM, who knew Pitohui in the early days of GGO.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Seeing as he's his team's [[TheStrategist Strategist]], this is a given.
** He's able to figure out [=SJ4=]'s monster rule as quick as Pito based on the appearance of the scout monster, which he killed with his LaserBlade instead of shooting it, and hearing a nearby group deal with their own.
* BadassBoast: When Pitohui attacks him with a [[LaserBlade Photon Sword]], he manages to grab her hand to stop her swing, dismissing it as just a toy.
* BadassInCharge: He's the leader of MMTM, as well as a GGO veteran and participant in previous squad jams.
* BadassNormal: Unlike the main protagonist of the series, who all have SuperSpeed, SuperStrength, ImprobableAimingSkills and shields MadeOfIndestructium, David has no unique skills outside of his rare and adaptable assault rifle. What he does have however is a good knowledge of tactics and gun fighting skill which has allowed him to reach the [=BoB=] finals, which even Pitohui wasn't able to pull off, and lead his team to reach the top five in every Squad Jam so far.
* CombatPragmatist: As the leader of his team, he has no problem on attacking disadvantaged opponents or utilizing tactics requiring HeroicSacrifices, although so far he's never done the latter.
* CompanionCube: Seems to view hsi STM-556 in this manner.
* {{Courier}}: [[spoiler: Volume 6 reveals that in the real world, David works as a deliveryman for a shipping company.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After being chosen as the traitor in [=SJ3=], he immediately tries to [[RageQuit shoot himself in outrage]]. His teammates manage to talk him out of it and convince him to play along with the new rule.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: [[spoiler: When Team BTRY is doing introductions, Pitohui introduces him as Daveed and proceeds to refer to him as such for the rest of the tournament. He's very annoyed by this and threatens to kill anyone else who calls him that.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: While he's a fairly cold and calculating leader, he does value his teammates and teamwork, which is a major contributor to his animosity towards [[UnfriendlyFire Pitohui]] and why he [[spoiler: tries to kill himself when he's chosen as the traitor in [=SJ3=]]].
** While it's a fact among him and his team that he'd be willing to use tactics that require one of them to make a HeroicSacrifice, [[spoiler: even having a SoProudOfYou moment when they pull one off against him]], he displays a great deal of disgust at the people who [[UnfriendlyFire deliberately kill their own teammates for no reason beyond sadism]], [[spoiler: resolving to kill Pitohui to avenge Ervin, Team T-S's representative in Team BTRY who Pitohui killed after slaughtering his former team [[ILied after promising to help them get back into the tournament.]]]]
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Ends up taking a blade in the eye when he and Pitohui struggle for control over the weapon, only for Pito to activate the weapon's second blade which extends out the other end of the grip.]]
* GunAccessories: David's Stey Manlichier comes equipped with what appears to be a long-range scope and, from [=SJ2=] onward, an Underbarrel Grenade Launcher.
* IndyPloy: [[spoiler: During LPFM's battle with MMTM at the airport, he's able to free up his hands to use his assault rifle on LLENN and Pito's trike by sticking his combat knife into the accelerator grip to keep the trike moving, allowing him to keep pace with them while shooting.]]
* InSeriesNickname: In a similar vein to Eva and her "Boss" nickname, his squadmates tend to refer to him as "Leader" as opposed to his username.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=]. While initially he decides to try and go out in a blaze of glory after Jake is killed by Shirley, foiling his chance at killing Pito, Kenta is able to snap him out of it, and he decides to pick Kenta up and retreat.]]
* TheLeader: A mix of the Mastermind and Levelheaded variety for Memento Mori, being the most experienced player among them and TheStrategist.
** The mastermind aspect is showcased when Lax expresses interest in becoming a sniper. He carefully considers the pros[[note]] having a more reliable sniper than Jake using his [[NotTheIntendedUse machine gun in semi-auto]], Lax would do well due to being a GunNut, and his rifle of choice could still be used in mid and close combat if push comes to shove[[/note]], as well as the cons[[note]] they'd be down a dedicated frontline fighter and have one less person for their ammo sharing tactic[[/note]].
* MasterSwordsman: [[spoiler: Downplayed. While he only took to wielding it recently, he has enough skill with his Photon Sword to match Pitohui, who has comparatively more experience, to the point where she's forced to pull out a [[DualWielding second one]] to beat him.]]
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Scores one against Roy after discovering the hidden door he was shooting at them from during the final charge, the both of them shooting each other in the head.]]
* NamedByTheAdaptation: David was originally unnamed in the first three light novels, and his teammates only referred to him as "Leader". The anime shows that his in-game name is "David". He, however, is referred to by name in Squad Jam 3.
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Or more accurately off with the '''top''' of his head, which is how David and another Team MMTM member meet their end at Pitohui's hands after she [[EyeScream impales them through the eye]].]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: During LLENN's final fight with Pitohui in [=SJ3=], he's among those who cheer her on.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Pito in Squad Jam 3 after [[spoiler:she steers the ship to kill the stranded Team T-S instead of rescuing them, then kills Ervin]].
-->“Pitohui…I knew that you were a completely irredeemable piece of [[PrecisionFStrike shit]], but I thought you at least took the game seriously. It’s one thing to beat your enemies. But involuntary arrangement or not, I didn’t think you’d [[spoiler:plot to kill your own teammates]]. I’ve lost any respect I had for you.”
* RightForTheWrongReasons: He's not wrong that Pitohui is very screwed up in the head based on her {{Sadist}}ic and TeamKiller tendencies in-game, but considering that she's willing to orchestrate things so that her dying will have her [[MurderSuicide kill herself and M IRL]], he's only scratching the surface.
* SayMyName: [[spoiler:David screams Pitohui's name as she kills him.]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: Feels this way about Pitohui, making killing her a top priority in [=SJ2=] and [[spoiler: trying to kill her after she murders Ervin, [[UnfriendlyFire who was their teammate at the time]], in [=SJ3=].]]
* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: Expresses this to his teammates in [=SJ3=] after they get the better of him.]]
* TheStrategist: He appears to be his squadrons main tactician, being the one who makes the plans and gives the orders the others follow without question.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Whenever he works with Pitohui, expect it to be a case of this on his end.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: In preparation for the Second Squad Jam, he bought and practiced with an under barrel grenade launcher for his assault rifle.
* WeaponOfChoice: A rare Steyr-Mannlicher STM-556, which possesses interchangable barrels to give it added versatility. He also has a Steyr M9-A1 handgun chambered in 9x19 Parabellum as a sidearm.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: David was part of a squadron with Pitohui a long time ago, but he couldn't tolerate how she was a DeathSeeker who held no regard for the lives of others.[[spoiler: [=SJ4=] reveals that David actually had feelings for Pito at one point.]]
!! Jake
-> ''Voiced By:'' Taishi Murate (Japanese), David Vincent (English)
The Second-in-Command and the team's Machine Gunner.
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* {{BFG}}: He’s the only member of MMTM to use a machine gun.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Of a sort. While David’s the team’s mid-range sniper, Jake operates as the team’s long-range sniper, which he accomplishes by using his Machine Gun in semi-auto.
* InformedAbility: He’s stated to have been the team’s de-facto sniper due to his Machine Gun’s long range, but we never get to see his actual marksmanship skills before Lax takes over the role with his more traditional SniperRifle.
* TheLancer: He’s the De-Facto second-in-command.
* MoreDakka: The team’s sole machine gun user.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: His appearance may look scrawny, but he has the highest STR stat in the Squadron.
* WeaponOfChoice: In contrast to his teammates, he uses a Heckler & Koch [=HK23E=] machine gun as opposed to an assault rifle. Justified as his primary role is to provide support fire, which a machine gun with a large ammo capacity and high rate of fire can easily accomplish.
!! Lax:
-> ''Voiced By:'' Masaaki Mizunaka (Japanese), Creator/KellenGoff (English)
The team's GunNut and [[spoiler: eventual sniper.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: An inversion. In the original Light Novel he tries to perform a Heroic Sacrifice and save David from a Grande Grenade, an upgraded Plasma Grenade, [[DidntThinkThisThrough even if it would kill them both anyway]]. In the anime, he never gets the chance to do this.
* CoolShades: What makes Lax stand out among his squad mates is his black eye-obscuring sunglasses that he wears at all times. Since sunlight doesn’t affect eyesight in GGO, [[RuleOfCool he mainly just wears them to look cool.]]
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the original Light Novel, he’s killed when he tries to shield David from a fake Grenade explosion and leaves himself open for Pitohui [[OffWithHisHead decapitating him while he’s down]]. In the anime, he’s killed shortly after Summon, having been killed by Pitohui firing her shotgun through the door he was standing in front of.
* FriendlySniper: [[spoiler: Takes on this role in the 3rd Squad Jam onward, trading out his H&K G36KV for a MSG90 Semi-Auto Rifle. He's also a pretty friendly guy, attempting to protect David from a Grenade and even asking his team if he could change roles before going ahead with it.]]
* GunNut: He’s stated to be the biggest gun freak amongst his squad mates, [[spoiler: which is what helps adapt to using a Sniper Rifle.]]
* HeroicSacrifice:
** See JumpingOnAGrenade below.
** [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=], he stays behind to lay covering fire on David, who ended up joining team BTRY, so that his team can reach the "There Is Still Time", leaving himself to drown in the rising water.]]
* JumpingOnAGrenade: In the light novel version of the cabin battle, Pitohui throws an inactive grand grenade to bait out the team, with Lax taking the bait and instinctively jumping on the grenade and leaving himself wide open.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Stated to be this appearance-wise, with his main defining feature being his sunglasses.
* WeaponOfChoice: Like Kenta, he wields a H&K [=G36KV=]. Later on, he switches it out for a [=MSG90=] Semi-Auto rifle to become the the team's Sniper.
* WreckedWeapon: [[spoiler: His [=MSG90=] ends up getting snapped when he crashes into Kenta in [=SJ4=].]]
!! Bold
-> ''Voiced By:'' Ryokan Koyanagi (Japanese), Andrew Russell (English)
One of the team's assault rifle users, who's notable for his exotic appearance.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: He has a lighter skin tone in the anime.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: In the Light Novel, he apparently has the darkest skin in the squad.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: In [=SJ4=], LLENN lands three shots of her P90 on his forehead.]]
* DreadlockWarrior: His avatar’s hair is styled in dreadlocks. This, along with his Light Novel and Manga equivalent’s brown skin, is stated to give him a very exotic appearance.
* EyeScream: Pitohui kills him by stabbing him through the eye with her Photon Sword when he starts shooting through a hole in the wall to kill her.
* HotBlooded: He’s the first to respond to Pitohui’s surprise counter attack, firing wildly into the room she’s in through the walls before being stopped by David.
* ItsPersonal: He holds a bit of a grudge against LLENN for being the one to personally eliminate him from the first Squad Jam, and is looking for a chance to get revenge.[[spoiler: He gets pretty annoyed when she ends up killing him again in [=SJ4=].]]
* WeaponOfChoice: A Beretta ARX-160 assault rifle.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is a deep maroon colour.
!! Kenta
-> ''Voiced By:'' Aoi Ichikawa (Japanese), Mark Whitten (English)
One of the team's assault rifle users, as well as the fastest and most headstrong.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the light novel and manga, he has black hair as opposed to the blonde in the anime.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Upon entering the castle in the Test Play, he's dealt one by Doc, who ambushes him, shoots him in the head, and foils his attempt at a TakingYouWithMe by grabbing his dropped grenade and the pin and, with surgical precision, re-inserting the pin to prevent it from going off.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: When David is reminiscing about his earlier days in GGO and his encounters with Pitohui, Kenta bluntly states that he’s sounding like an old man.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the Light Novel, he ends up falling on his back and killed by a grenade Pitohui drops on him. In the anime, Pitohui instead cuts him in half through the wall.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: In [=SJ4=] [[spoiler: when David seems ready to make a suicidal charge when everyone else is killed during the fight with LPFM, Kenta is able to talk him out of it and convince him to retreat so they can make one last attack later.]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In the anime, Pitohui kills him by cutting him in half through the wall with her Photon Sword.
* IronicNickname: His squadmates have given him the nickname “Chicken” since he named his avatar after his favorite brand of fast food fried chicken. Despite this, he’s noted to be quite possibly the squadron’s boldest member.
* LeeroyJenkins: Stated to have little problem with charging into dangerous locations or situations.
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Not as bad as Lax, but he’s stated to look like your average Japanese guy.
* SuperSpeed: Noted to be fastest member of MMTM.
* WeaponOfChoice: Like Lax, he wields a H&K [=G36KV=].
!! Summon
-> ''Voiced By:'' Itaru Yamamoto (Japanese), Christopher Bevins (English)
Memento Mori's newest member.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: He has a darker skin tone in the anime.
* BadassDriver: While everyone in MMTM is this, as noted above, Summon is stated to be their most skilled driver.
* TheBigGuy: Subverted. He’s the largest member of MMTM, with his gun looking small in comparison. However, he in fact [[WeakButSkilled has the lowest stats of his squadmates and largely keeps up with them with skill.]]
* BlackGuyDiesFirst: In the anime. He’s the first one killed by Pitohui during her counter attack, and he has AmbiguouslyBrown skin in that version.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: During the airport battle in [=SJ4=], Summon manages to get on LLENN and Pito's six and attempts to shoot them one-handed with his SCAR. However, he ends up missing completely since, as LLENN realizes, was because he was also driving. Shooting at stationary and moving targets while stationary yourself is one thing, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but if you're also moving at fast speeds, you can't just shoot straight at a target and expect the bullets to hit, since aiming while moving requires the shooter to adjust their aim based on their own movement as opposed to the targets, a task made more difficult when the target is also moving.]] This mistake ultimately makes him MMTM's second casualty at the hands of LLENN, who has experience shooting enemies while moving at fast speeds.]]
* NewMeat: He’s the newest member of Memento Mori and has the lowest stats. Due to this, he’s often regulated to carrying [[MoreDakka Jake’s Ammo]].
* ScaryBlackMan: In the anime he’s the largest guy in MMTM and has dark skin, giving off this impression.
* WeakButSkilled: He’s the newest member of MMTM and has the lowest stats, so he largely keeps up with his more experienced and stronger squamates with skill.
* WeaponOfChoice: He wields a FN Scar-L.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team Narrows]]
A group of combat professionals using the first Squad Jam tournament as a training exercise.
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* CurbStompBattle: They wipe out multiple other teams in the first Squad Jam without taking any casualties or even any injuries, and they make it look easy. At least, until the end of the episode, when they are the ones on the receiving end of one from LLENN herself.
* FastRoping: In the first phase of the tournament, the team leader and spotter set up in overwatch positions in skyscrapers to view the battlespace, and use their real life skills in rappelling to quickly evacuate their positions.
* IDontKnowMortalKombat: They were doing pretty well in the tournament until they came across LLENN, who is so small and moves at such an unrealistically fast speed, that all their actual training and tactics completely failed at that moment.
* IKnowMortalKombat: This is what they were ''hoping'' to achieve by entering the Squad Jam tournament. In the end, however, it was decided that the game has too many unrealistic elements and may reinforce too many bad habits in training (such as ''not'' putting a finger on the trigger to prevent a Bullet Line from appearing, a technique that sets you up for disaster in real life shooting) that the JSDF decided not to use GGO as a training tool.
* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: They are armed with the FN FAL rifle, which is completely out of place for the JSDF as that weapon was never adopted by them. More realistically, they should be using the Howa Type 64.
* UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce: They are a JSDF squad evaluating the Gun Gale Online game on whether it can be used for actual combat training. More specifically, [[spoiler: they are a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force garrison security team from Hyakuri Air Base who report to Lieutenant Colonel Seijirou Kikuouka.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: The leader decides to resign from the game after LLENN eliminates two-thirds of his team in less than a minute, as the situation she presented would never happen in real life and is thus completely useless in training.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The light novel didn't give their team a name, it came from the anime. This actually causes an AdaptationInducedPlotHole, as Volume 7 mentions team names max out at 5 letters long, which "Narrows" exceeds by 2 letters.
* SelfImposedChallenge: Of a sort. Since their team is there strictly to evaluate the game as a training tool, it can be inferred that all their in-game builds are designed to simulate a real life person as closely as possible, meaning no one on their team has any kind of superhuman abilities such as SuperSpeed or SuperStrength to carry equipment loads that would break a soldier's back in reality.
* SeriousBusiness: PlayedWith: Unlike all the other participants who are competing in Squad Jam for glory, for the prizes, or just for fun, they are dead serious in everything they do in the game and treat it exactly like real life. Quite understandable, as they are gathering data in the interest of their country's national security. However, post-game, while delivering a status report, their leader notes that rather than being depressed, everyone is joking around and had a blast playing the game.
* SoldierVsWarrior: Related to the above, they are in Squad Jam with a specific objective in mind and are just there to get it done. There's no time for fame and fortune in GGO for them.
* VillainousBreakdown: Although they're not villains at all, just antagonists for LLENN, all their cool-headed planning and tactics go out the window once LLENN uses abilities that are only possible in-game to take them down.
* WeakButSkilled: As whole, the team are an extremely competent squadron thanks to their IRL military training, employing effective tactics and having coordination and teamwork. Unfortunately, since their avatars where likely built up to resemble real life humans as closely as possible, they are likely much weaker compared to the rest of [=SJ=] competitors, which is part of the reason LLENN is able to dispatch them so easily.
* WhamLine: In the light novel, during the post-match meeting, one of them addresses [[spoiler:Kikuoka]] by name, which may come as a shock to anyone who hasn't read ''Alicization''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team KKHC]]
A team that debuted in Squad Jam 2. They are made up of a group of hunters from Hokkaido. Due to Japan's strict anti-gun laws, they are among the few regular players in the Japanese server who have extensive experience with rifles in real life.[[labelnote:note]]Becoming a legal rifle owner in Japan first requires prior ownership of a shotgun for a minimum of '''ten years'''. See [[http://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/fukuoka-gun-hunting-guide/ here]] for an explanation of the long, pricy, and tedious process of becoming a gun owner in Japan and it becomes clear why rifles [[http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/10/potd-his-wives/ like these]] are so rare and expensive.[[/labelnote]]
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The team leader attempted to form an alliance with Pitohui, even offering to let them win the tournament when it was down to just the two of their teams left. Completely unaware of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder her awful reputation for betrayal and backstabbing]], it comes as no surprise that she guns them all down [[ILied right after she promised she wouldn't.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Team [=KKHC=] comes at the game this way. They use their real world hunting skills in Squad Jam 2.
* InTheBack: Pito kills four out of five of them, sans Shirley, in the back mag-dumping her pistol into them as they walk away.
* MeaningfulName: Their name stands for "Kita no Kuni Hunters' Club," or "Northern Country Hunters' Club".

!! Mai Kirishima / Shirley
-> '''Voiced by:''' Marika Kouno (Japanese), Creator/JeannieTirado (English)
See "Clarence and Shirley" above
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team T-S]]
[[TheFaceless A faceless team]] running around with full body power armor and H&K [=XM8=] assault rifles.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[spoiler: They do almost nothing for the whole Squad Jam 2 tournament and then arrive last minute for a KillSteal, after Teams LF and [=PM4=] had done all the work in clearing the other teams up. The fact such an undeserving team won the tournament led them to be reviled by the entirety of GGO's residents.]] The novels suggests that the players had to immediately logout to avoid getting into trouble.
* CaptainErsatz: They are all dressed in green armor, and look like [[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Galactic Federation Marines]].
* BornLucky: The only way to explain their victory in the second Squad Jam, especially seeing as they had no prior experience in PvP combat. Shortly after spawining, they managed to find a way to climb up the border wall and bikes to allow them to traverse across it more easily. The high ground allows to take out [[ButtMonkey Team ZEMAL]] and allows them to avoid conflcit for most of the tournament. And when they finally get off their [[{{Pun}} high]] horses and go back to the ground, they just so happen upon a weakened Team LF just as they finish off [=PM4=], allowing them to score an easy win.
** Extends to [=SJ3=]. Not equipping their signature armour to avoid being recognised, they're approached by a guy instigating other players in a plot to pull an EnemyMine against the four champion[[note]] Them, LPFM, SHINC and MMTM[[/note]] and gives them a letter detailing the plan and flares to signal other teams that they found them, tipping them off to the fact that they're a target.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: The real reason the crowd watching Squad Jam 2 hated them so much is because aside from sniping ZEMAL down, they spent the entire tournament just hiding out in one corner, and won by gunning down LLENN and Fuka when they were down, winning with practically zero effort.]]
** They're this again in Squad Jam 3, [[spoiler: by accident. Being the champions of Squad Jam 2, and knowing that a lot of people hate them for their victory, they correctly understand that a lot of players will be gunning for them, so T-S sets up shop at the top of a skyscraper with a machine gun overlooking the approach. The only problem is, the map is slowly sinking, so by the time they realize the water has washed away any hope of any team going after them, they're stuck on top of a tower with no way to participate in the tournament.]]
* FacelessGoons: Their armor is completely face-covering.
* FishOutOfWater: Before [=SJ2=], they were a squadron that only focused on [=MvP=] and merely joined out of curiosity. Needless to say, they were only able to come out the champions because of [[BornLucky sheer, dumb luck.]]
* TheFool: In reality, these guys are a bunch of idiots whose victory in [=SJ2=] was the result of [[BornLucky sheer luck]] and in [=SJ3=], they managed to get themselves stuck on the top of a building [[FailedASpotCheck because they didn't notice the rising water]].
* GrenadeLauncher: [[spoiler: For [=SJ4=], three of them equipped themselves with HK M320 grenade launchers wielded with a stock attached, which they use to make quick works of TOMS.]]
* KillSteal: During the second Squad Jam, Team T-S camped the entire battle, [[spoiler: and came up after the bitter, desperate battle between Pitohui and [=LLENN=] to finish off the badly wounded survivors and win the game.]]
* MightyGlacier: Their armor gives them a speed penalty, but is very, very strong for defense: in Squad Jam 3, M sniped Ervin multiple times with his M14, but did no damage to him. In fact, his first shot hit Ervin dead center on the head and it simply bounced off! On the other hand, they can still [[RealityEnsues feel the physical impact of the bullets hitting and it can rattle them.]] Ervin only died because [[spoiler: Pitohui betrayed him, as expected of her, and stabbed him with her Photon Sword at point-blank range which no armor could protect against. And the rest of T-S died when Pito rammed the cruise ship right against the building they were stuck on, causing them to fall into the water and drown.]]
** However in the Test Play Battle even their armor is no use [[spoiler: when the NPC team busts out half a dozen RPG-7 launchers and blasts all of Team T-S to kingdom come.]]
* NoBikesInTheApocalypse: They avert the trope, as they use bicycles to travel along the boundary wall in Squad Jam 2.
* PoweredArmor: Their outfits look like this, and it's not just for show.
* TrueCompanions: They establish themselves as this when Ervin, [[spoiler: their representative in team BTRY, tries bringing them with him to the "There Is Still Time" to get them off the building they're stuck on and later when he asks Pitohui to pick them up with the ship, despite the fact it'd be disadvantageous to his current team.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: In the first and second Squad Jam, they're largely inexperienced in PvP and largely got by on [[BornLucky luck]], but they make up for it with their equipment; namely, their PoweredArmor that is so tough, that Ervin is able to receive zero damage from a ''[[BoomHeadshot headshot!]]''
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: By [=SJ4=], three of them outfitted themselves with GrenadeLaunchers.]]
* TheVoiceless: Unlike the other teams, they never say a word throughout their appearances in the anime. This changes as of Volume 4, where they are shown talking.
* WeaponOfChoice: In preparation for the second Squad Jam, they squadron got their hands on guns that have futuristic designs to go with their space marine aesthetic.
** The team's machinge gunner uses a [=H&K=] [=GR9=], a version of the [=HK21=] with a built in-scope and rounded design.
** Two members use Steyr [=AUGs=].
** Two other members use [=SAR=] 21s.
** The last of them, Ervin, wields a H&K [=XM8=], a lightweight assault rifle that never left the development stage, with an equipped suppressor. The anime simplifies things by having them all use the [=XM8=].
* YouAreNumberSix: Each member is simply known by a number from 001 to 006. Although in Squad Jam 3, the one who is chosen for the Betrayer team decides to use his actual online handle of "Ervin."
!! Ervin
The "Number 2" of T-S and [[spoiler: the traitor in [=SJ3=]]]
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Averted. Despite his team scoring a cheap win in [=SJ2=], [[spoiler: none of the other members of Team BTRY seem to give him grief over it, with Pitiful even telling him “A win’s a win” to ease his nerves about his situation.]] [[spoiler: David even resolves to avenge him after Pitohui kills him.]]
* TheFace: Downplayed. [[spoiler: Since he's interacted with them before, he's the one who discusses an alliance with the other teams instead of his teammates.]]
* GentleGiant: He is described as being pretty large, but he’s fairly soft-spoken and clearly cares about his teammates.
* HonorBeforeReason: In [=SJ3=], [[spoiler: he asks Pitohui to rescue [[TrueCompanions his teammates]] from the building they got stuck on before the Traitor Rule came into play, despite the fact that doing so would give Team BTRY a huge disadvantage and that it’d be smarter to deal with the other teams and go after them last. Too bad it’s [[{{Sadist}} Pitohui]] he’s asking this of.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Pitohui kills him by stabbing him from behind with her Photon Sword.]]
* NiceGuy: Despite being part of a widely reviled team, Ervin himself is a decent guy who cares about his teammates and [[spoiler: refers to his new teammates in Team BTRY in honorifics. Even when Pitohui kills off his team against his wishes, he still refers to her politely.]]
* NumberTwo: Implied. Each of the members of T-S have a number on their helmet and Ervin’s is “002”, implying that he’s the team’s sub-leader.
* RapidFireNo: [[spoiler: How he responds to Pitohui killing off his team.]]
* TrueCompanions: Clearly feels this way about his teammates, being upset [[spoiler: by being chosen as the traitor in [=SJ3=] and making multiple attempts to help them get back into the tournament even after, since they ended up stuck on a sinking building. He’s clearly devastated after Pitohui, instead of helping them like he asked her to, crashes the ship into the building they’re stuck on to kill them in one fell swoop.]]
* YouAreNumberSix: The number on his helmet is “002”.
* WeaponOfChoice: Like his teammates, he uses a Live-Ammo gun with a futuristic design. He himself uses a Heckler and Koch [=XM8=] with an equipped suppressor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team ZEMAL]]
A team of machine gun fanatics. Their name stands for "'''Ze'''n Nihon '''Ma'''chine Gun '''L'''overs" which means "All-Japan Machine Gun Lovers."
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* BoisterousBruiser: Whatever else one can say about them, they certainly know how to have a fun time in GGO.
* ButtMonkey: They get totally wiped out by Team Narrows in the first Squad Jam without them even managing to put a single scratch on them. Later, when they read the notice that LLENN and Fuka have registered for Squad Jam 2, they're so fixated on their computer that they fail to notice a giant sand worm is about to eat them for lunch.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: During the Test Play, their method of infiltrating the castle, which isn't to go in guns blazing like you'd expect, is to actually approach the castle with a large sign saying that they're on the NPC team's side. [[spoiler: And it actually would have worked if Pito didn't ruin it. This is because they were real soldiers who legitimately thought they were in a foreign environment instead of mere NPCs.]]
* CripplingOverspecialization: Effectively their largest flaw as a squadron. While Machine Guns are extremely powerful with their [[MoreDakka absurd fire rates]], it's also literally the only weapon they collectively own, carrying no other weapons and anyone who so much as suggests such a thing being kicked out immediately, meaning they collectively suffer the same weaknesses as each other. They start to [[DownplayedTrope Downplay]] this down the line, basing their tactics on the strengths of their signature weapons instead of merely relying on their high firepower.
* DualWielding: Their dream is to put enough points into their STR stat so they can dual wield machine guns.
* DumbassNoMore: ... Okay, [[DownplayedTrope they're still kind of dumb]], but their rapid rising in the Squad Jam's rank can be attributed to them actually using their heads more and focusing on their Machine Gun's strengths as opposed to just their ability to fire loads of bullets.
** In [=SJ2=], they spawned on the top of a hill and quickly realized the terrain advantage it gave them over other teams and so stayed there and shot anyone who came by, only dying because they weren't prepared for an enemy with even ''higher'' ground.
** In [=SJ3=] they were able to create what was essentially mobile turrets with just their machine guns and some random stuff they found in a abandoned store that carried them to being one of the last six surviving teams [[spoiler: and netting them fifth place in the end]]
** And in the Test Play they manage to get their hands on [[spoiler: backpacks that attach to their guns' feeding system to let them fire for longer.]]
* DumbMuscle: All five of them are big tough guys in game, and none of them are very bright either.
* FailedASpotCheck: They often don't pay attention to their surroundings. A monster takes them by surprise when they hear the news about [=SJ2=], and apparently kills them. Something similar happens when they hear about [=SJ4=], but the intervention of a third party saves them.
* GlassCannon: Statistically, they are this. Their machine guns are plenty powerful with their [[MoreDakka high fire rate]], but their weight combined with that of the ammo needed for them slows them down in spite of their STR-centric stat-builds, lessening their overall speed, also prevents them from donning heavy defensive equipment like T-S' PoweredArmor.
* GunNut: Specifically, they're ''Machine'' Gun Nuts, and they take this obsession to cult-like extremes, even claiming there's a "God of Machine Guns" who dictates their actions.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: During the first Squad Jam, they empty entire belts of ammo in the general direction LLENN is located, which does absolutely nothing, as LLENN has taken cover behind a tree. The only thing they accomplish is give away their position to other teams from the noise of the gunfire.
* JokeCharacter: They are only present to showcase the LighterAndSofter attitude of ''Alternative''; nobody in Squad Jam is of a comparable level to Bullet of Bullets qualifiers, but they're playing GGO as a game, to have fun, and these guys make both points emphatically clear.
* KilledOffscreen: In the anime, the whole team gets effortlessly wiped out by Team T-S in Squad Jam 2 and we only learn about it when Fuka offhandedly notices they got taken out after LLENN is finished with the dome battle.
* LargeHam: They're very flamboyant and make sure to announce their presence to everyone through shouts or gunfire.
* LethalJokeCharacter: They are ''still' large hams but they end up vastly improving, consistently making it into the top five since [=SJ2=], and LPFM and SHINC acknowledge that they TookALevelInBadass after a fight with them during the Test Play.
* MacGyvering: Surprisingly, they do this in Squad Jam 3. Upon finding a hardware store and plenty of tools, they begin by using hacksaws to cut down metal pipes to size, tying clusters of the pipes together, then [[DuctTapeForEverything duct-taping the pipe clusters to the sides of the carts to create makeshift armor]]. Then mounting their guns on the carts and stuffing backpacks full of ammo links in the bottom section, and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/swordartonline/images/9/9b/Gun_Gale_Online_Vol_05_-_068.png/revision/latest?cb=20161005201518 you have]] ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome shopping carts turned into mobile gun platforms!]]''
* MeaningfulName: The "All-Japan" part of their name comes from the fact that the five members of their team are spread out across the Japanese islands, all the way from Okinawa to Hokkaido.
* MoreDakka: Their favorite strategy is to endlessly fire until they're out of ammunition. [[spoiler: By the time of the Test Play, they even get the blueprints for special backpacks that can carry huge stocks of bullets and link to a machine to reload it continuously, removing the need for them to reload so that they can fire bullets for much, ''much'' longer.]]
-->Rapid-fire, rapid-fire! Strafe! Ack-ack! Random fire! As long as we've got bullets, keep firing! That's the way of life for the All-Japan Machine Gun Lovers!
* NoPronunciationGuide: Volume 6 mentions that there's no "correct" way to pronounce ZEMAL, since it's an acronym.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Shinohara's IRL teaching assistant is very clearly into him and makes it extremely obvious, but he doesn't seem to pick up on it.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Machine Guns, to the point where if a team member were to suggest they use another tactically sensible weapon for the situation, they would get kicked out of the squadron.
* SmarterThanTheyLook:
** For an entire group of DumbMuscle who have a cult-like obsession with Machine Guns, they've managed to come up with some good and effective strategies after their loss in the first Squad Jam that allow them to start consistently making the top tens.
** Shinohara, the Rambo-lookalike, is revealed in Volume 6 to be [[spoiler: A cram school teacher IRL.]]
* StarterVillain: The first opponents LLENN encounters in the very first Squad Jam. Appropriately they [[HarmlessVillain turn out to be a complete joke]].
* TooDumbToLive:
** In the first Squad Jam tournament, they seem to think standing out in the open and resorting to MoreDakka is a good strategy to beat LLENN. Ultimately all they accomplish is giving away their position due to the loud noises they're making from the continuous fire, making them easy pickings for other teams.
** While they're preoccupied with looking at a computer, they fail to notice a giant sand worm rearing up behind to devour them.
** In Squad Jam 2, the reason they got wiped out by Team T-S at a distance of only 50 meters away was because it never occurred to them that the satellite scan doesn't account for altitude, so they completely failed to ''look up''.
* TookALevelInBadass: Their skills have improved considerably by Squad Jam 3, to the point that they are among the last six teams still standing. It's lampshaded in Volume 6, in which they actually manage to present a significant threat to Teams SHINC and LPFM.
* UnknownRival: They seem to think of themselves as {{Worthy Opponent}}s to LLENN, but in reality she doesn't heed them any attention after their first encounter.
* WeaponOfChoice: All of them exclusively carry machine guns. It is in their name, it is in their creed, and anyone who uses any other weapon, for any reason, is kicked out.
!! "The Goddess"

ZEMAL's SixthRanger who joins them before [=SJ4=].
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* BigDamnHeroes: How she meets ZEMAL, killing a monster that was about to kill them while they were too distracted by the news of [=SJ4=].
* CuteBruiser: A cute girl who immediately entices ZEMAL with her looks and use of a modified short-barrelled RPD.
* DudeMagnet: Effectively this already due to having an attractive female avatar, but ZEMAL practically worship her as a Goddess due to her WeaponOfChoice.
* TheLeader: Gets slapped with this role when ZEMAL begs her to join their team.
* NoNameGiven: ZEMAL is so enamoured by her [[AmazonChaser being a girl with a Machine Gun]] that they never really bother to learn her name, just referring to her as "Goddess".
* OnlySaneWoman: While she also likes and uses a Machine Gun, an modified RPD to be exact, she's not as cult-like about them as the male members. This serves to ZEMAL's benefit as unlike them, [[BloodKnight she's not as trigger happy as them]] [[TheStrategist and can effectively give them commands to increase their efficiency.]]
* TheStrategist: Despite having her own powerful Machine Gun, this is her main role as a member, directing [[DumbMuscle the others]] in combat
* SixthRanger: A quite literal one, seeing as ZEMAL were a five-man Squadron, who joins them when [=SJ4=] is announced and acts as TheStrategist.
* TheSquadette: Is this [=SJ4=], joining as their {{Leader}} with the promise whip them into shape. They see her as a Goddess sent by the "God of Machine Guns".
* TheScrappy: Becomes this InUniverse, with fans of ZEMAL getting annoyed at their more careful approach with her as TheLeader.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: New Soldiers]]

A group of roleplayers who act like soldiers from different wars flung into the post-apocalyptic world of GGO.
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* AdaptedOut: They make no appearance in the anime.
* AllForNothing: In [=SJ2=], The survivor's decision to retreat from KKHC proves to be for naught when they team up with the alliance of squadrons targeting [=PM4=], leading to rest of them getting wiped out.
* TheAlcoholic: The Green Beret is apparently this, having a habit of logging in drunk, which annoys his teammates. He was however sober during [=SJ2=] due to the West German, his IRL friend, making he was dry for the tournament, which makes his inability to see the Bullet Lines more surprising to his teammates.
* CurbStompBattle: In [=SJ3=], they suffer one at the hands of the now more experienced ZEMAL and their [[MakesSenseInContext shopping cart machine gun turrets.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: They roleplay as this, roleplaying as soldiers who were declared MIA during their respective wars and were flung to the futuristic world of GGO, and are working together to find a way home. Respectively, they consist of a Green Beret from the Vietnam War, a Russian paratrooper from the Soviet Afghanistan war, a merc from the Rhodesian Bush war, a West German soldier from the Cold War, and a English infantryman and Imperial Japanese officer from World War II, wearing equipment and wielding guns that match their chosen time periods.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After their leader and snipers are taken out by KKHC and their Lineless Shooting, the surviving three numbers show no shame in retreating.
* HonorBeforeReason: After the alliance of players fails to kill [=PM4=], the Imperial Japanese soldier intends to go to the mountain and fight them, likely knowing that he'll die, and expresses to his fellow team leaders that it was a good strategy regardless and wishes them luck with a salute, inspiring them to team up with him in his attempt. This gets the rest of them killed.
* TheSquad:
** The Green Beret is TheLeader, but also seems to serve as one of their infantry with his superior speed and [=XMI77E2=] Assault Rifle.
** The West German and the English Infantryman serve as the team's snipers due to their respective use of [=G3A3ZF=] and Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk. I rifles.
** The Russian appears to be their DemolitionsExpert due to his AKS-74 having a grenade launcher with an 1,300 feet range.
** The Mercenary and the Imperial Japanese appear to be their infantry based on their use of a FAL Rifle and a Type 100 SMG respectively.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team RGB]]
A team of energy weapon lovers who compete in Squad Jam 2 & 3. Their name stands for Ray Gun Boys.
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* AscendedExtra: They go from {{Joke Character}}s to surpass ZEMAL to members of [[NonActionBigBad Fire]]'s alliance of squadrons, effectively making them part of the BigBadEnsemble.
* CurbStompBattle: LLENN and Fuka utterly annihilate them in Squad Jam 2 with their improvised artillery barrage. And then Team SHINC wipes the floor with them in Squad Jam 3 in their POV segment at the start of Volume 5.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: They're fond of ray guns.
* JokeCharacter: They more or less exist as a fodder team for the main characters to take down on the way to their confrontation with their primary rivals. In Squad Jam 2, it's Team LF that does it, and in Squad Jam 3 it's SHINC's turn to roll right over them.
* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: Team RGB ends up falling victim to this trope. Lasers do have some advantages over live ammo, such as not being affected by the wind, and power packs for laser weapons being a great deal lighter, but none of them offset the fact that GGO is designed from the get-go for every player to have in-built shields that protect against lasers.
* MeaningfulName: While not the intended meaning in-universe, RGB can refer to red, green and blue, the primary colors of light.
* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Amazingly enough, their stubbornness in using energy weapons works out well for them in Squad Jam 4. The anti-camping measure in [=SJ4=] is to have monster hordes spawning to attack players every five minutes, so for once, their weapons are actually useful in fighting in the tournament as they make short work of monsters much faster than players using conventional bullet-firing guns. This actually gets them invited to [[NonActionBigBad Fire]]'s alliance of Squadrons.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: In [=SJ4=], they brought into Fire's alliance of squadrons since their use of Optical Guns instead of normal firearms makes them the best for dealing with the tournament's monster spawns, allowing Fire's group make the north of the frozen lake a permanent base of operation instead of having to be constantly on the move.
* TooDumbToLive: They go into a [=PvP=] tournament with weapons ''specifically designed for [=PvE=]''. As hotheaded and inept as Team ZEMAL is, at least they have the right tools for the job.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team TOMS]]
A team of [[FragileSpeedster Fragile Speedsters]] who take part in the third Squad Jam.
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* CripplingOverspecialisation: Considering they're an entire team of [[FragileSpeedster Fragile Speedsters]].
* DifficultButAwesome: As explained, the AGI build is not the GameBreaker it was when GGO launched, but TOMS can still use it effectively enough to be one of the last surviving teams, albeit with two casualties.
* FragileSpeedster: This is TOMS' main gimmick. They're all players with AGI builds and light weaponry that rely on fast movement to make up for their low defence.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: They try to form an alliance with Team ZEMAL, who proceed to kill them after they admit to not liking machine guns.]]
* KilledOffScreen: [[spoiler: The rest of the team sans Cole suffer this offscreen at the hands of the GrenadeLauncher equipped T-S, their FragileSpeedster playstyle and low-calibre [=SMGs=] and [=LARs=] proving useless against their [[MightyGlacier powerful armour and new, explosive weapons.]]]]
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: They're the only one of the six [=SJ3=] finalists to have lost teammates along the way, losing two of their number. [[spoiler: This puts them in the worst scenario when Cole, the fastest member, is chosen for Team BTRY, as it leaves them with only three.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler: They also take part in the Test Play, but decided to quit after seeing how deadly the NPC team were.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Due to their [[FragileSpeedster stat build]], the team primarily uses [=SMGs=] and light, compact assault rifles.
!! Cole
The fastest member of the team.
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* FragileSpeedster: Like the rest of his team, but he’s noted to be the fastest.
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler: This is how he meets his end in [=SJ3=], being shot by Team SHINC’s PTRD-41 while his back is turned.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Subverted. He planned on doing this on Team BTRY and maybe ZEMAL after his teammates are killed by the latter, but he’s killed by SHINC before he has the chance.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Ends up as this in [=SJ4=] after a run-in with [[MightyGlacier T-S, who recently got their hands on]] GrenadeLaunchers. He plans to hide it out until most of the teams wiped each other before making a hopeful SelfDestructiveCharge, but while he's trying to escape T-S, he tries to use the train MMTM BoobyTrapped when they first spawned, killing him before he can enact his plan.]]
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Attempts to be this for Team BTRY so that his team can score the win. Unfortunately, they’re wiped out by ZEMAL before he can make his move and he’s killed shortly after before he can try avenging them.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To his team, which is shown when [[spoiler: unlike the other traitors, he decides to not play along with [=SJ3=]’s traitor rule and planned to betray Team BTRY so his team can win.]]
* TrueCompanions: [[spoiler: His (failed) betrayal is motivated by him wanting his team to win.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: His preferred firearm is a H&K [=MP7A1=] SMG.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team DOOM]]

A new team in Squad Jam 4. Their main tactic is using suicide bombings.
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* ArmorIsUseless: {{Averted}} they wear extremely heavy armor on their heads and fronts of their bodies which is impervious to almost all light-to-medium-caliber bullets. The only ways to reliably kill them are to either shoot them InTheBack where they have not armored themselves [[spoiler: or use a weapon that is an instant-kill... such as Pitohui's Photon Swords, as LLENN realized.]]
* AwesomeButImpractical: Their suicide attacks in a nutshell. Detonating their explosive packs results in a blast larger than most explosives, but it also costs the team the life of the user. The only way for their tactics to be remotely worthwhile is if they take several enemies out in a blast, so LLENN makes quick work of four of them by attacking by herself.
* BadassBiker: All six of them use motorcycles, and prove to be skilled at riding them when they're able to dodge [[MadBomber Fuka's grenades]] and [[ColdSniper Shirley's shots.]]
* BribingYourWayToVictory: {{Downplayed}}. Due to requiring powerful explosives to pull off, their suicide bomber strategy is very expensive. However, their status as rich middle schoolers helps them get around this, as they can simply convert their high IRL allowances into Credits to buy them.
* CripplingOverspecialization: They participate in [=SJ4=] with only their explosives, and no guns whatsoever.
* {{Determinator}}: These guys just don't let up. Even after losing one member without taking out LPFM, they still send another and when he's knocked off his bike, he just gets up and keeps running.
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Naturally.
* GlassCannon: Kind of a given when your main strategy is blowing yourselves up with powerful explosives. You're bound to deal damage from even the shockwave, assuming the enemy lacks cover, but that doesn't change the fact that literally you're only attack kills you. ZigZagged however in that they wear heavy armor to help them get close to their targets.
* GlorySeeker: While their strategy guarantees that they're not gonna win the Squad Jam, they are still eager to take down LPFM, the previous champs.
* GracefulLoser: When they meet up in the waiting room, they're not at all bothered that they lost, choosing to root for LPFM the rest of the way.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Their skill in riding motorcycles stems from playing racing games before coming to GGO.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Played with. Their tactics are surprisingly deadly, but can also be easily countered if you know how.
* MeaningfulName: Zigzagged. They certainly will bring doom if caught in their explosions, but in actuality their team name is just an anagram of ''domo'', a basic Japanese greeting.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: {{Inverted}}. When LLENN charges at them with Pito's Photon Sword, the leader opts to not detonate when she gets close since taking out the rest of her team would be more efficient than taking out just her. While logically sound, this unfortunately bites him, and the team, in the ass.
* SenselessSacrifice: The final member of the team detonates and tries to take out LLENN, but she's able to avoid the blast in time.
* SpoiledSweet: They're rich middle schoolers who presumably get a high enough allowance to pay for their powerful suicide bombs, but they're all rather excitable and prove to be {{Graceful Loser}}s when they're beaten.
* SuicideAttack: They attack by detonating their explosive packs in a massive blast.
* TakingYouWithMe: Their modus operandi.
* TooDumbToLive: Having all their members prepared to blow themselves up to take out large groups of the enemies does seem like a good idea, but the fact that they ''[[CripplingOverspecialization only]]'' use their Suicide Bombs with no other weapons effectively guarantees that they won't be winning the Squad Jam. Not that they seem to care.
* UnskilledButStrong: The members of the team converted from other games, so while their basic stats are high, they don't know much about GGO.

[[/folder]]

!!Others

[[folder:The Drill Sergeant]]
!!The Drill Sergeant
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese), Tamara Ryan (English)

A female [=NPC=] character who helps players get oriented to Gun Gale Online... by acting like a DrillSergeantNasty.

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* AscendedExtra: The NPC trainer wasn't even described in the light novel (to the point that its sex isn't even revealed) and only has one line recommending LLENN to use submachine guns, and was completely absent from the manga adaptation (where LLENN's tutorial was only one panel). The anime adaptation is the only medium where she gets to shine.
* DrillSergeantNasty: As is fitting for the tutorial program of a gritty game setting like GGO, her entire personality is based on the idea of an intense training officer who does a lot of shouting. It nearly scares the crap out of LLENN.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Her shots upon demonstrating the pistol create, as they say in the gun community, a "ragged hole" in the bullseye of the target. Then again, she should expected to have perfect aim as she ''is'' a trainer NPC.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit is barely there, as it is.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: She demands that LLENN reply with a "Yes, ma'am."

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Novelist]]
!! The Novelist
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ggo_novelist.jpg]]
-> '''Voiced by:''' Keiichi Sigsawa (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherBevins (English)

A novelist responsible for sponsoring the Squad Jam tournament concept in Gun Gale Online.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Hardly anyone seems to like him InUniverse, especially after Squad Jam 3, in which the special rule he added [[spoiler:split up teams and forced friends to fight each other]].
* AuthorAvatar: The InUniverse creator of Squad Jam is essentially the real life author of the ''Squad Jam'' light novel. [[CreatorCameo Sigsawa even voices himself in Episode 3]].
* TheGadfly: Episode 5.5 reveals he took a lot of video clips from Squad Jam without consent and edited over the audio to turn it into a giant joke.
* GunNut: A gun fanatic novelist, much like the real life Sigsawa [[AuthorAvatar who he based himself off of]].
* ManChild: Volume 7 has him described as a 50-year-old man who writes like a child.
* SelfDeprecation: The novelist is based off of the real life Sigsawa. Pitohui voices her opinions on said individual, stating he's a gun otaku and if ever seeing someone like that in real life they should have the cops called on them. Volume 4 takes it UpToEleven, with the short story in the afterword basically showing the novelist to be a loser with an over-inflated ego who isn't even that good with guns despite being totally obsessed with them! [[spoiler: And then he gets taken out in-game by an enemy player named ''Kadokawa''. As in, the light novel company that publishes the ''Sword Art Online'' franchise!]] Volume 5 also has LLENN getting very cross with the novelist for [[spoiler:coming up with the "betrayer" rule for the third Squad Jam, which resulted in her being forced to fight her teammates and friends, despite thinking that Pito was the betrayer for much of the match]]. Volume 6 also has LLENN and Fuka making fun of the author's decision to have an ExcusePlot of reclaiming a WMD from a terrorist group, since it means little considering that most of humanity has already been wiped out, and calling the novelist "an idiot" and his writing "trash." At that point, the narration suggests that this is kicking the author when he's down.
* SelfInsertFic: He is basically Sigsawa himself. While he's not a main character, he's still crucial to the story being possible, due to him sponsoring the very first Squad Jam. He later sponsors Squad Jam 3 and 4, and the Test Play.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His sponsorship of the very first Squad Jam is what enabled the tradition in GGO and making the central plot of the series possible.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Thane]]
!! Thane

A frequent Squad Jam participant as part of Team ZAT[[note]]an abbreviation of "Zangiri Atama no Tama", which in English means "Close-Cropped Companions" [[/note]] who's an IRL video maker who records his participations to upload later.
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* AdaptedOut: He made no appearance in [=SJ2=] in the anime.
* CameraFiend: For his videos, his helmet has cameras affixed all around it to capture footage.
* ChivalrousPervert: He appears friendly and affable enough, but when he's killed by SHINC in [=SJ3=], [[spoiler: he gets himself shot by saying he'd like to see some boobs before he dies.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: {{Implied}}. He generally presents himself as kind of a goof and he dies every time he appears, but since he's not one of the top four participants, who are instantly exempt from having to take part in the preliminaries, it's suggested that he and his squad are good enough to get through them.
* FamedInStory: His live-streaming has become well-known among Squad Jam participants and spectators, with some even finding them more entertaining that the actual live footage.
* LoopholeAbuse: While he could upload footage of he and his team fighting monsters, he couldn't do the same with {{PvP}} combat since uploading without permission of the players he fought would be a breach of privacy and possibly get him in trouble. However, since the footage of the Squad Jams is already aired to all of GGO and to anyone who may be watching elsewhere, there's no privacy concern since everyone signed up knowing that they'd be filmed, allowing him to record his participation.
* RedShirt: Whenever he appears, expect him to be killed, usually by one of the best teams.
** In [=SJ2=], he and his squadmates are sniped down by MMTM while engaging them in the snowy mountains. He's starts off attempting to return fire while giving commentary, and he attempts a LastStand when he becomes the SoleSurvivor, only to shot in the head by David.
** In [=SJ3=], he and his team are among the first victims of SHINC's initial rampage. He once again becomes the SoleSurvivor and SHINC recognize him from having used his video for research. Tanya allows him some FamousLastWords, and he chooses [[spoiler: "Before I die! I would be very happy if, just once, I got to touch some boobs!"]]
** In [=SJ4=], he and his teammates are among the first victims of the monsters that spawn, and are forced to fight them off. While they manage to emerge victorious, their excitement over their victory causes them to let their guard down, during which LPFM gets the drop on them, with Shirley shooting Thane in the chest before the rest are wiped out by LLENN, M and Pito.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Test Play Team (Unmarked Spoilers)]]
A team consisting of advanced NPC soldiers created and being tested by Zaskar. Or so it seems.
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* TheAce: The team as a whole is extremely competent.
* BadassCrew: A group of elite soldiers who are display incredibly competent teamwork to deliver devastating [[CurbStompBattle Curb-Stomp Battles]] against the best players to have took part in the Squad Jam, to the point [[EnemyMine they're all forced to team up to actually make progress.]]
* BadassNormal: From what can be gleamed, they don't possess the super-human abilities or equipment owned by players like [[SuperSpeed LLENN]] or [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe M]]. Despite this, they're able to deal a number of [[CurbStompBattle Curb-Stomp Battles]] to GGO's best squadrons.
* CombatPragmatist: They take full advantage of their terrain and superior weaponry to give the other Squadrons a hard time, which includes using RPG-7s against them and Roy shooting at them through a secret door to avoid being shot at.
* CurbStompBattle: They have quite a few to their name which, considering their opponents, is essentially them dealing out TheWorfEffect.
** Rock and Vodka are able to successfully take out LLENN, two-time Squad Jam champ, with Rock sniping her while Vodka lays covering fire on her and forces her to jump out of cover.
** They manage to take out MMTM with some cleverly placed explosives, which they detonate the moment they entered the castle to take out four of them before killing the other two with a grenade.
** Immediately afterwards, they're able to take out SHINC with some clever and well-practiced shoot and cover play before Rock takes out Tohma and Anna. Somewhat {{Justified}} since SHINC attacked at the same time as MMTM in hopes that they would divert their attention, not knowing they were already dead.
** They delivered on to T-S offscreen.
* ColdSniper: Rock, being the one to wield the [=GM6=] Lynx Anti-Material rifle to deadly effect.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Along with their great skill, the team has possession to weapons that are either extremely rare in GGO or are not even introduced into the game yet, including a PKP Pecheneg, the latest in PKM series, the [=GM6=] Lynx, a versatile anti-material rifle, and a collection of RPG-7s, which is noted to be so much of a GameBreaker in practice that a number of players aren't sure if it's ''ever'' going to be added to the game.
* HandicappedBadass: Roy lost his finger after misfiring a gun while Jacob suffered a head injury and was apparently suffering from amnesia throughout the whole battle.
* KillEmAll: After the alliance of squadrons perform a successful attack, they all start dropping like flies.
** Cain is killed by LLENN the moment she's able to enter the castle.
** PlayedWith in regards to Vodka, who resigns after Tanya destroys his machine gun, but everyone refers to him as dead.
** Hassan is killed by Pitohui's Bazooka, with the fact [[DeaderThanDead that all the RPG ammo exploded ensuring he died.]]
** Roy ends up part of a MutualKill courtesy of David, the two of them [[BoomHeadshot shooting each other in the head.]]
** Rock is sniped by Shirley and her explosive bullets before he can do anything to MMTM, his arm getting blown off before his torso gets blown apart.
** Doc is shot down by LLENN when she ambushes him and Jacob while they're transporting the [[MacGuffin poison gas warhead they were tasked with guarding]].
** And finally [[SoleSurvivor Jacob]], who's killed when LLENN [[SlashedThroat slashes his throat]] then [[EyeScream stabs him in the eye.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Tanya destroys Vodka's PKP Pecheneg is destroyed, Vodka calmly resigns from the test play.
* RetiredBadass: With the exception of Jacob and Doc, the entire squadron is comprised of retired soldiers who are trying to convince the former to finally retire from mercenary work.
* StrongAndSkilled: Similarly to Team Narrows, the squadron's IRL military experience allows them to easily work together and coordinate their attacks in order to defend the base despite also possessing realistic stat builds. The Strong part comes in with their advantages, namely the strong fortification of their castle and the rare and powerful weapons inside, whereas Team Narrows was forced on an even playing field with the other [=SJ=] competitors and had comparatively basic weaponry consisting of assault rifles and a sniper rifle. When the alliance of Squadrons are able to get some members in and take out some of the team's more troublesome weapons, they progressively start to become WeakButSkilled like Narrows above, with LLENN taking out Doc and Jacob very quickly upon getting the jump on them.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's impossible to discuss Volume 6's epilogue without delving on TheReveal that the whole team were essentially real people, or at least AIs based on ones while the TheLeader was an IRL BloodKnight going through Medicuboid therapy to convince him to retire from mercenary work.

!! Jacob:
A bearded soldier later revealed to the TheLeader of the Squadron.
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* TheAce: Jacob is an excellent soldier and leader, with all his team never suffering a single casualty during his whole military career.
* BadassBeard: His most noticeable feature is the large, thick beard he has.
* BestFriend: With Roy, the two of them having served together.
* BloodKnight: Deconstructed. Jacob is a soldier who, during his time in service to his country, became addicted to the battlefield to the point that what should have been [[OneLastJob one simple side-job]] for a security company [[InHarmsWay led to him becoming]] a full-time mercenary. This caused a strain on his marriage and it's noted multiple times, especially by his BestFriend Roy, that he was constantly putting his life at risk and could die anytime. It takes the unwitting use of Medicuboid therapy where he lives out his worst fear, seeing his whole team dying, for him to finally retire.
* HappilyMarried: He's married with two young girls and, despite his wife initially having reservations with him becoming a mercenary, the two love each other a great deal.
* InSeriesNickname: Roy refers to him as "Jake"
* TheLeader: Of the Test Play Squadron. He was actually the leader of a squad during his time in the military, and was so competent at it that the only blood any of them shed under his command was Roy accidentally shooting his finger off.
* NotSoDifferent: During their final confrontation, it's revealed that when LLENN responded with "because it's fun!" when he asked why's she's fighting, he immediately (albeit mistakenly) realizes that she's like him; too addicted to the battlefield to just leave it behind despite the risks.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fire Nishiyamada]]

A man Karen meets while accompanying her father to a party.
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* AffablyEvil: He's a StalkerWithACrush who hints that he'd be a rather controlling husband and serves as the BigBad in the 4th Squad Jam, but he honestly seems genuinely friendly and a lot of his rudeness could be seen as the result of ignorance as opposed to anything genuinely malicious.
* ArcVillain: Appears to be the main antagonist of [=SJ4=] as an opponent who's seeking Karen's hand in marriage.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: No, that's not just his username. His name is ''literally'' Fire, which he notes that a lot of people are often caught off-guard by. That being said, he's a GGO beginner and not very powerful, forcing him into the role of NonActionBigBad.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason he fell for Karen is because she didn't judge him for his short and pudgy appearance IRL. {{Deconstructed}} in that LLENN isn't exactly keen on the idea, since they only shared a fifteen minute conversation, and he goes to some stalkerish when she refused.
* BenevolentBoss: Despite his disdain for GGO and the fact that they're simply hired help, Fire is generally pretty affable to members of his alliance. His plan after beating LLENN is even to [[spoiler: have everyone gather up and use grenades to kill them all at the same time, ensuring they all tie for first and win.]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: Part of the reason he and Karen hit it off when they meet is that she and Fire are similar in that they have complexes about their heights, and Karen's father seems to approve of the possibility of them getting married based on this.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: {{Downplayed}}. He appears genuinely affable, if ignorant, and aside from the mysterious reason he knows about LLENN's in-game identity, he's largely hinted to be an HonestCorporateExecutive accoridng to Karen's father. However, him tracking down LLENN in-game displays him as a StalkerWithACrush and he hints himself to be rather misogynistic by stating his plans to outright ban LLENN from playing GGO once they're married, with no thought to LLENN's feelings on the matter.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: M speculates that due to his status as a new player, he'll use his IRL wealth to hire mercenary players to do the fighting for him. He's proven right when he hires 18 players, each of which make up 3 teams, to accompany him into the tournament. [[spoiler: He then seemingly does the same with at least four more squadrons in the tournament, including SHINC.]]
* BrokenPedestal: {{Downplayed}} and PlayedForLaughs. While she's not interested in marrying him, Karen didn't really have anything bad to say about Fire as a person. The moment [[StalkerWithACrush he followed her into GGO]], embarrassed her in front of the rest of LPFM, and said that he would forbid her from playing it if they got married, she immediately starts seeing him as an InUniverse HateSink, even seeming ready to take him outside and beat him up.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: In GGO, he's tall and handsome, while Karen is rather short.
* HypocriticalHumour: While he overlooks it under her excuse that it's her roleplaying (it isn't), he's quick to call Pito pointing at him and everything she does after as "rude", which is rich coming from the guy who cyberstalked Karen, who quickly {{Lampshades}} this.
* NonActionBigBad: As a beginner and and ActualPacifist, he instead has to hire players to fight for him in the 4th Squad Jam.
* NoSocialSkills: In GGO, the fact that he's a beginner is immediately obvious not just by his gear, but how he acts. He calls LLENN by her real name, which is practically unheard of in-game, he constantly observes the environment in interest, and feels sorry for LLENN having to "role play". And considering his actions in StalkerWithACrush below, he might lack some IRL too.
* PerpetualSmiler: He seems to always be smiling, IRL and In-game.
* SmugSnake: Not only does he agree to Pito's proposition to [[BestHerToBedHer Best]] [[PintSizedPowerhouse LLENN]] [[BestHerToBedHer to Marry Her]] despite being a new player, but he even states he won't watch clips of previous Squad Jams due to his dislike of violence, meaning he's effectively going in blind.
* StalkerWithACrush: After falling for LLENN in their first meeting, he's quick to contact her father and ask to marry her. When that fails, he decides the next best thing would be to find out who she is in-game, make an account, and search for her there to bring it up.
* StartXToStopX: Despite seeing GGO as barbaric and frightening, even claiming he'll forbid Karen from playing it when they're married, he opts to accept Pito's [[BestHerToBedHer challenge to beat LLENN to win her hand in marriage.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Sugou Nobuyuki. They're a StalkerWithACrush with a fixation on Karen and Asuna respectively who hint that they'd be a ControlFreak of a husband, are effectively {{Non Action Big Bad}}s due to being pathetic combatants yet having a good deal of resources to their name, and their in-game appearances are much more good-looking than they are IRL. That being said, Fire is ''leagues'' a better person than [[HateSink Sugou]], being largely hinted to be an HonestCorporateExecutive as opposed to Sugou's CorruptCorporateExecutive, a lot of his kinder moments are hinted to be genuine and his maliciousness is born of ignorance while Sugou's a {{Sadist}}ic BitchInSheepsClothing, and he doesn't go as far as to try and kidnap Karen and {{Brainwash}} her, instead making a bet that he'd get to marry her if he beats her in the Squad Jam.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: In real life, he's short and rather portly, in comparison to the HugeSchoolgirl Karen.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: It turns out the reason he hired SHINC into his Alliance is because he knew about their and LLENN's rivalry and used it to make sure LLENN and her team were in one spot. The moment they were and both teams were preoccupied with each other, a Humvee equipped with a minigun comes in to take both teams out.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Kohiruimaki Family]]

Karen's family in real life. She has her two parents, two older brothers and two older sisters.
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* AdaptedOut: Karen's eldest sister, who lives with her husband and daughter in the same apartment complex as Karen, is occasionally mentioned in the first two story arcs of the light novel, but isn't even hinted at in the anime.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Karen's family has a low opinion of VRMMO games after the SAO incident, so she doesn't tell them about playing GGO.
* GoodParents: Despite their wealth, which contributed to [[LonelyRichKid Asuna]]'s woes in the main series, Karen evidently has less relationship issues with her parents, with them giving her a regular allowance instead of forcing her to get a part time job, ensuring she gets a first class flight back home whenever she visits, and when Fire Nishiyamada sends an email asking for Karen's hand in marriage, her father, while approving of Nishiyamada for his work ethic and dedication, and feeling that [[ASharedSuffering someone who's had similar struggles would be good for Karen]], he ultimately makes it her choice, citing that how she feels is most important.
* RichPeople: The Kohiruimakis have enough money to fly their daughter home first class and pay for her luxury apartment.

[[/folder]]

* BornLucky: Insists that she is a "lucky girl" when asked by M, elaborating in the novels that she has a loving family and doesn't want for anything. Several incidents later on support her claim.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Clarence, who combined=s an androgynous look with a [[NonIndicatveName male name]].
* BiTheWay: Clarence, who admitted being bisexual when trading her ammo for a kiss from [=LLENN=]in SJ2.

** [[spoiler: They start to downplay this slightly in [=SJ3=], with Lax using a SniperRifle and David, surprisingly enough, being inspired to get a photon sword after his loss to Pitohui in Squad Jam 2]].
* CrazyPrepared: Each member carries cloaks for different environments for better concealment and the AR-toting members have modified their guns to accept the same [[UniversalAmmo STANAG magazines in case they need to share ammo]], which they reinforce by also having ammo pouches on their backs for anyone behind them to take.

* InformedAttribute: Despite many, including themselves, claiming that their specialty is indoor combat, they prove themselves to be effective in various other fields such as outdoor combat, [[BadassDriver vehicle combat]], and guerilla warfare, while their weapon loadout, with the possible exception of David's [[CoolGuns Steyr [=STM-556=]]] due to the interchangeable barrels, seem more geared towards outdoor fighting, with them having five[[spoiler:, later four,]] assault rifles, a machine gun, [[spoiler: and a SniperRifle]] with not single SMG or Shotgun among them. For comparison, a team in [=SJ2=] themed after SWAT Teams, IRL police special forces who enter buildings to take out criminals, are wiped out almost immediately [[CripplingOverspecialization due to a lack of nearby buildings.]]

** [[spoiler: Later on, Lax takes to using a SniperRifle, making him one of the two non-assault rifle users in the group alongside Jake.]]

** [[spoiler: The mastermind aspect is showcased when Lax expresses interest in becoming a sniper. He carefully considers the pros[[note]] having a more reliable sniper than Jake using his [[NotTheIntendedUse machine gun in semi-auto]], Lax would do well due to being a GunNut, and his rifle of choice could still be used in mid and close combat if push comes to shove[[/note]], as well as the cons[[note]] they'd be down a dedicated frontline fighter and have one less person for their ammo sharing tactic[[/note]].]]
* MasterSwordsman: [[spoiler: Downplayed. While he only took to wielding it recently, he has enough skill with his Photon Sword to match Pitohui, who has comparitvely more experience, to the point where she's forced to pull out a [[DualWielding second one]] to beat him.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: David was part of a squadron with Pitohui a long time ago, but he couldn't tolerate how she was a DeathSeeker who held no regard for the lives of others.

* InformedAbility: He’s stated to have been the team’s de-facto sniper due to his Machine Gun’s long range, but we never get to see his actual marksmanship skills [[spoiler: before Lax takes over the role with his more traditional SniperRifle.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: Like Kenta, he wields a H&K [=G36KV=]. [[spoiler: Later on, he switches it out for a [=MSG90=] Semi-Auto rifle to become the the team Sniper.]]

* ItsPersonal: He holds a bit of a grudge against LLENN for being the one to personally eliminate him from the first Squad Jam, and is looking for a chance to get revenge.

* WeakButSkilled: He’s the newest member of MMTM and has the lowest stats, so he largely keeps up with his more experienced and stronger squadmates with skill.

* TheSquadette: In [=SJ4=], the team gains a new member, and leader, in the form of a female player wielding a modified RPD, who accepts their offer to become their leader and whip them into shape. They see her as a Goddess sent by the "God of Machine Guns".

[[/folder]]

[[folder: New Soldiers]]

A group of roleplayers who act like soldiers from different wars flung into the post-apocalyptic world of GGO.

* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Amazingly enough, their stubbornness in using energy weapons works out well for them in Squad Jam 4. The anti-camping measure in [=SJ4=] is to have monster hordes spawning to attack players every five minutes, so for once, their weapons are actually useful in fighting in the tournament as they make short work of monsters much faster than players using conventional bullet-firing guns.

* StockLightNovelHero: LLENN is an interesting mix of a gender-flipped urban fantasy hero as well as the Princess Heroine. She starts off as an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary college student]] who decides to try out VR gaming. Upon landing in Gun Gale Online she randomly receives a [[FunSize short and cute avatar]]. By [[PinkMeansFeminine coloring all of her gear pink]] she discovers this is a stealth advantage in the many deserts of the world and becomes FamedInStory as "The Pink Devil". While the harem aspect is mostly absent, she still ends up [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer garnering a few admirers]] like Clarence and [[spoiler:Elsa]].

-> ''That's my LLENN! You're so irresistible! So irresistible...I wanna kill you!''

-> '''Voiced by:''' Chitose Morinaga (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)

* StockLightNovelHero: A rare female example, but nonetheless still falls into this due to being WishFulfillment for a FeministFantasy. She starts off as an [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary college student]] who decides to try out VR gaming. Upon landing in Gun Gale Online she randomly receives a [[FunSize short and cute avatar]]. By [[PinkMeansFeminine coloring all of her gear pink]] she discovers this is a stealth advantage in the many deserts of the world and becomes FamedInStory as "The Pink Devil". While the harem aspect is mostly absent, she still ends up [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer garnering a few admirers]] like Clarence and [[spoiler:Elsa]].

* ImportantHairCut: Cuts her previously waist-length hair short after winning the first Squad Jam- she'd grown it out to make herself look more "girlish," even though it was difficult to maintain, so cutting it signifies that she's made progress coming to terms with herself. Funnily enough, when her family members see Karen with the new haircut, they initially think it's a TraumaticHaircut and that she must have gone through a bad breakup.

* TheNarrator: Much like Kirito, certain points of the story are narrated by her. Unlike Kirito, her sections are done in a third-person POV, rather than a first person perspective.

* SignificantHaircut: [[spoiler:After winning the first Squad Jam, she cuts her hair short as a sign of getting over her height complex.]]

* CurbStompBattle: LLENN and Fuka utterly annihilate them in Squad Jam 2 with their improvised artillery barrage. And then Team SHINC wipes the floor with them in their POV segment at the start of Volume 5.

** In [=SJ4=], his squadron are among the first victims of the monsters that spawn, and are forced to fight them off. While they manage to emerge victorious, their excitement over their victory causes them to let their guard down, during which LPFM gets the drop on them, with Shirley shooting Thane in the chest before the rest are wiped out by LLENN, M and Pito.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: Much more experienced as a GGO player compared to LLENN, enabling her to be TheMentor to her.

* TheMentor: Mentors LLENN on how to play GGO with information that the tutorial doesn't provide.

* MsExposition: Pitohui serves as TheMentor to LLENN, teaching her (and the audience) on things about GGO not covered in the tutorial. She's also the one to introduce the Squad Jam tournament, the main plot of the series.

* MsExposition: Karen turns to her when wanting to try out VRMMO and Miyu teaches her the basics. Karen even openly calls Miyu her VR [[TheMentor mentor]].

* TheMentor: LLENN's second GGO mentor after Pitohui , and her third VR mentor overall, who gives her a lot of lessons during the first Squad Jam.

* GladHesOnOurSide: ZigZagged. When [=SJ4=] begins, Shirley is eager for her and Clarence to split off from LPFM so they can raise hell on their own. However, when they're forced to stick together due to [[spoiler: the monster spawns and the difficulties in crossing the bridge]], LLENN is quick to realize how cool-headed and clever Shirley, and hopes that she'll and Clarence be forced to work together for the long haul. [[spoiler: They don't.]]

* IKnowMortalKombat: {{Downplayed}}. Ever since Shirley really got into [=PKing=] in GGO, she found herself studying snipers and sniping in a variety of ways, from books, to films, to online information. While most of her skill does still come from her IRL job as a hunter, it also became part of the reason she teamed up with Clarance, as she learned that most real-life Snipers had spotters to help find targets watch the sniper's back.

* ActionGirl: Like all female GGO players.

** In the manga adaptation of the story, she already knows how to use a knife and engages in a mock battle against M using only that weapon right before they start the first Squad Jam tournament and soundly defeats him. This is in contrast to the light novel and anime, where M handed her a knife and had to give her a fast tutorial on its use before starting SJ.

** PlayedWith. While she ultimately reveals in SJ2 that she’s legitimately afraid of dying, she is addicted to the thrill she gets from ending up in such scenarios and frequently goes out of her way to put himself into high-risk events.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Fuka mostly plays ALO and only converts to GGO to partake in Squad Jam with LLENN. She has experience several adventures prior to SJ2.

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: A variant where it's LLENN who provides the "Oh Crap" reaction. As LLENN hides from heavy gunfire, M is busy analyzing what each gun is based on the sound, prompting LLENN to tell him to stop analyzing and save her.

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: The unexpectedness of the situation combined Fukaziroh accidentally firing a Plasma Grenade at them, means that LPFM wipes them out quickly when they finally encounter each other in SJ3, with Roza, Toma and Anna getting killed at the same time while Tanya is killed shortly after [[DefiantToTheEnd while trying to kill M.]]]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: In SJ3, she saves LLENN after she’s outed as the true traitor of LPFM and is about to ganged up on by Pito, Fuka and M by firing a flare and blinding the three of them.]]

[[folder:Team KKHC]]
A team that debuted in Squad Jam 2. They are made up of a group of hunters from Hokkaido. Due to Japan's strict anti-gun laws, they are among the few regular players in the Japanese server who have extensive experience with rifles in real life.[[labelnote:note]]Becoming a legal rifle owner in Japan first requires prior ownership of a shotgun for a minimum of '''ten years'''. See [[http://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/fukuoka-gun-hunting-guide/ here]] for an explanation of the long, pricy, and tedious process of becoming a gun owner in Japan and it becomes clear why rifles [[http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/10/potd-his-wives/ like these]] are so rare and expensive.[[/labelnote]]

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The team leader attempted to form an alliance with Pitohui, even offering to let them win the tournament when it was down to just the two of their teams left. Completely unaware of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder her awful reputation for betrayal and backstabbing]], it comes as no surprise that she guns them all down [[ILied right after she promised she wouldn't.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Team [=KKHC=] comes at the game this way. They use their real world hunting skills in Squad Jam 2.
* InTheBack: Pito kills four out of five of them, sans Shirley, in the back mag-dumping her pistol into them as they walk away.
* MeaningfulName: Their name stands for "Kita no Kuni Hunters' Club," or "Northern Country Hunters' Club".

* AloofAlly: In Squad Jam 4, she bluntly says that she only teamed up with Team LPFM and Clarence to bypass the preliminaries, and intends to do her own thing once the tournament starts. She ends up being forced to stick with them after the special rule takes effect, though.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Clarence. While personality-wise they are both [[RedOniBlueOni very different]], they are both [[BloodKnight PvP Enthusiasts]] to almost sadistic levels, with Shirley actively coming up with [[AbnormalAmmo brutal ways]] to make her killing more efficient, while Clarence often goes into gruesome and vulgar detail about how she'd like to kill other players.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: InUniverse. [[spoiler: Despite not being one of the last remaining teams in [=SJ3=], The Novelist was apparently so impressed with her and Clarence that he invited them to take part in the Test Play.]]
* ExactWords: During SJ2, she's uncomfortable with killing other players in GGO, seeing it as analogous to killing humans. Then Pitohui backstabs her team. Once she's sure she's safe, Shirley declares that Pitohui isn't human, she's ''vermin''. Vermin are to be eradicated.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler: In [=SJ3=]. While she would love to have another shot at Pitohui and possibly LLENN as revenge for [=SJ2=], she knows that she wasn’t in the best position for a sneak attack and instead focuses on the remnants of the Squads they and Clarance where decimating.]]

* RedOniBlueOni: She and Clarence appear to have this dynamic. While Shirley lives up to her IRL occupation as a hunter with her calm attitude and borderline ProfessionalKiller approach towards PvP, Clarence is comparatively more friendly and cheerful, as well as much more open about her sadistic tendencies. Shirley also often has to rein in Clarence's violent tendencies with, in an unusual example of the trope, threats to kill her.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Has one after Pitohui kills her entire team, leading her to drop her pacifism and swear to kill Pito herself. She very nearly succeeds. That being said, the light novels reveal that by the time she pulls the trigger, she's no longer angry with Pito for tricking the others, but has simply come to accept that it's a game.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A female ColdSniper with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair greenish-coloured hair]], generally unsociable, has a BloodKnight streak, has what is essentially an insta-kill weapon and is partners with a black-clad player who is the opposite gender that their avatar would suggest. Sound familiar?
* TechnicalPacifist: Shirley was initially reluctant in shooting people in-game, having difficulty keeping reality and the virtual world separate. However after watching Pitohui gun down her team in cold blood, after they had struck up a deal, she draws her rifle and prepares to kill Pitohui herself.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In Squad Jam 4 when Pitohui invites her to join LPFM. She still hates the woman and accepts the offer solely to be part of a full six-man team, but loudly proclaims she will do her own thing and run off when the tournament starts. However, the special rules of [=SJ4=] lead to her sticking with LPFM longer than she intended.
* ThoseTwoGirls: After their duel to the death in [=SJ3=], she and Clarence have struck a partnership with each other, going hunting together and [[spoiler: taking part in the Test Play together.]] They even appear together in ''Fatal Bullet''.

* UnknownRival: She is heavily motivated to kill Pitohui, who she has labelled as "vermin" for shooting her team mates in cold blood immediately after a negotiation. Meanwhile, Pito really has no idea who she is. LLENN knows that Shirley was the one who landed the headshot on Pito in [=SJ2=] but even she is also clueless as to how consumed with hatred Shirley is with Pito.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Team Memento Mori (MMTM)]]
A high-level GGO team who placed 3rd in the first Squad Jam tournament.

[[folder:Team T-S]]
[[TheFaceless A faceless team]] running around with full body power armor and H&K [=XM8=] assault rifles.

* TrueCompanions: Clearly feels this way about his teammates, being upset [[spoiler: by being chosen as the traitor in SJ3 and making multiple attempts to help them get back into the tournament even after, since they ended up stuck on a sinking building. He’s clearly devastated after Pitohui, instead of helping them like he asked her to, crashes the ship into the building they’re stuck on to kill them in one fell swoop.]]

[[folder:Team RGB]]
A team of energy weapon lovers who compete in Squad Jam 2 & 3. Their name stands for Ray Gun Boys.

* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler: This is how he meets his end in SJ3, being shot by Team SHINC’s PTRD-41 while his back is turned.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: To his team, which is shown when [[spoiler: unlike the other traitors, he decides to not play along with SJ3’s traitor rule and planned to betray Team BTRY so his team can win.]]

* ArmorIsUseless: Averted: they wear extremely heavy armor on their heads and fronts of their bodies which is impervious to almost all light-to-medium-caliber bullets. The only ways to reliably kill them are to either shoot them InTheBack where they have not armored themselves [[spoiler: or use a weapon that is an instant-kill... such as Pitohui's Photon Swords, as LLENN realized.]]

* BadassBiker: All six of them use motorcycles.

[[folder:Clarence]]
!! Clarence
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Japanese), Creator/LauraStahl (English)

A participant introduced in Squad Jam 2. Part of a team that tries to ambush LLENN.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Shirley. While personality-wise they are both [[RedOniBlueOni very different]], they are both [[BloodKnight PvP Enthusiasts]] to almost sadistic levels, with Clarence often going into gruesome and vulgar detail about how she'd like to kill other players while Shirley actively comes up with [[AbnormalAmmo brutal ways]] to make her killing more efficient.
* {{Blackmail}}: {{Implied}}. She apparently knows something about her male teammates that they don't want anyone else to know, which is what she used to convince to take part in the [=SJ3=] prelems with her.
* BloodKnight: Along with being a massive flirt and a bit of a pervert, Clarence really enjoys killing, to the point of going into gruesome detail about what she’ll do to enemy players. While it's not enough for her teammates to outright abandon her like what happened with Pitohui, they often very disturbed by this aspect of her.
* {{Bokukko}}: She deliberately styles her speech pattern to sound like a male.
* BoyishShortHair: It's more gender neutral length hair, but nonetheless makes it harder to tell she's female.
* CombatPragmatist: Has no problem with making an alliance with other teams to target LLENN and Fuka in [=SJ2=] [[spoiler: and in [=SJ3=], pretends to form an alliance with some survivor of LPFM’s counterattack only to kill them all.]]
* DayInTheLimelight: Compared to her first appearance in Squad Jam 2, she gets more combat focus in Squad Jam 3. She tricks several rival teams into spreading out so she can more easily eliminate them and goes head-to-head against [[ColdSniper Shirley]]. [[spoiler: [[TakingYouWithMe Neither of them walks away from this encounter.]] ]]
* DeathEqualsRedemption: For all her perverted behavior, Clarence was being genuine when she wanted to be friends with LLENN and Fuka, and proves it by TakingTheBullet for LLENN when they get sniped by Team MMTM.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: InUniverse. [[spoiler: Despite not being one of the last remaining teams in [=SJ3=], The Novelist was apparently so impressed with her and Shirley that he invited them to take part in the Test Play.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The light novel says that "Even Clarence's own teammates in their random outfits didn't seem to want anything to do with (her)," after she phrases a question about their impromptu alliance in the most vulgar way possible. She is so off-putting that she has to enter Squad Jam 3 with only one partner, a man named Sam.
* GenderBlenderName: "Clarence" is a male name.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[TakingTheBullet Takes the bullet]] meant for LLENN and tells her to win before dying.
* IdenticalStranger: Clarence's in-game avatar has a strong resemblance to Karen's real life appearance.
* InSeriesNickname: Goes by "Clay."
* ISurrenderSuckers: She tries to pull this. She requests permission from LLENN to move her right hand, only to reach for her gun. LLENN [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shoots her hand]] for her trouble.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: She happened to chance on an androgynous avatar and as a result pretends to be male. [[CallBack Just like Kirito did.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Says this word for word after her teammate Sam is sniped by Shirley.]]
* PlayingPossum: After LLENN massacres her entire team, Clarence tries to avoid their fate by pretending to be one of the dead corpses on the ground. LLENN notices there should be one more person and exposes her by shooting at the corpse she's using for cover.
* RedOniBlueOni: She and Shirley appear to have this dynamic. While Clarence is a very upbeat and cheerful individual who shows great enthusiasm in her BloodKnight tendencies, Shirley is a very calm and methodical killer, as a hunter should be.
* SamusIsAGirl: Clarence reveals she's a female player with an androgynous avatar, which led her to pretend to be a guy. In the localized version of the light novels, she's referred to with male pronouns by the narration until her gender is revealed.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Appears to be the only female member of her team. This is not immediately clear because SamusIsAGirl, so the team appears to have ''no'' female members at all.
* TakingTheBullet: Shields LLENN from Team MMTM's gunfire at the cost of her own life.
* ThoseTwoGirls: After their duel to the death in [=SJ3=], she and Shirley have struck a partnership with each other, going hunting together and [[spoiler: taking part in the Test Play together.]] They even appear together in ''Fatal Bullet''.
* TooMuchInformation: She starts going into way too much detail on her experiences kissing guys and girls in real life, [[CringeComedy making LLENN and Fuka cringe]], and this is on top of violating the unwritten rule to not talk about personal real life stuff in a VR game in general.
* UniversalAmmunition: Luckily for LLENN, Clarence is one of the few players in GGO who uses a weapon that is not only chambered for 5.7x28mm ammo, but also uses the same magazines as her P90: the [[RareGuns ultra-rare AR-57 rifle.]] On top of that, her sidearm is the FN Five-seveN pistol, which also uses the same ammunition.

[[folder:The Drill Sergeant]]
!!The Drill Sergeant
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese), Tamara Ryan (English)

A female [=NPC=] character who helps players get oriented to Gun Gale Online... by acting like a DrillSergeantNasty.

* AscendedExtra: The NPC trainer wasn't even described in the light novel (to the point that its sex isn't even revealed) and only has one line recommending LLENN to use submachine guns, and was completely absent from the manga adaptation (where LLENN's tutorial was only one panel). The anime adaptation is the only medium where she gets to shine.
* DrillSergeantNasty: As is fitting for the tutorial program of a gritty game setting like GGO, her entire personality is based on the idea of an intense training officer who does a lot of shouting. It nearly scares the crap out of LLENN.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Her shots upon demonstrating the pistol create, as they say in the gun community, a "ragged hole" in the bullseye of the target. Then again, she should expected to have perfect aim as she ''is'' a trainer NPC.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit is barely there, as it is.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: She demands that LLENN reply with a "Yes, ma'am."

[[folder:The Novelist]]
!! The Novelist
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Keiichi Sigsawa (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherBevins (English)

A novelist responsible for sponsoring the Squad Jam tournament concept in Gun Gale Online.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Hardly anyone seems to like him InUniverse, especially after Squad Jam 3, in which the special rule he added [[spoiler:split up teams and forced friends to fight each other]].
* AuthorAvatar: The InUniverse creator of Squad Jam is essentially the real life author of the ''Squad Jam'' light novel. [[CreatorCameo Sigsawa even voices himself in Episode 3]].
* TheGadfly: Episode 5.5 reveals he took a lot of video clips from Squad Jam without consent and edited over the audio to turn it into a giant joke.
* GunNut: A gun fanatic novelist, much like the real life Sigsawa [[AuthorAvatar who he based himself off of]].
* ManChild: Volume 7 has him described as a 50-year-old man who writes like a child.
* SelfDeprecation: The novelist is based off of the real life Sigsawa. Pitohui voices her opinions on said individual, stating he's a gun otaku and if ever seeing someone like that in real life they should have the cops called on them. Volume 4 takes it UpToEleven, with the short story in the afterword basically showing the novelist to be a loser with an over-inflated ego who isn't even that good with guns despite being totally obsessed with them! [[spoiler: And then he gets taken out in-game by an enemy player named ''Kadokawa''. As in, the light novel company that publishes the ''Sword Art Online'' franchise!]] Volume 5 also has LLENN getting very cross with the novelist for [[spoiler:coming up with the "betrayer" rule for the third Squad Jam, which resulted in her being forced to fight her teammates and friends, despite thinking that Pito was the betrayer for much of the match]]. Volume 6 also has LLENN and Fuka making fun of the author's decision to have an ExcusePlot of reclaiming a WMD from a terrorist group, since it means little considering that most of humanity has already been wiped out, and calling the novelist "an idiot" and his writing "trash." At that point, the narration suggests that this is kicking the author when he's down.
* SelfInsertFic: He is basically Sigsawa himself. While he's not a main character, he's still crucial to the story being possible, due to him sponsoring the very first Squad Jam. He later sponsors Squad Jam 3 and 4, and the Test Play.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His sponsorship of the very first Squad Jam is what enabled the tradition in GGO and making the central plot of the series possible.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Part of the reason Karen's father introduces her to Fire is because he believes that she and Fire are similar in that they have complexes about their heights.

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[[folder: Saki Nitobe / Eva / "Boss"]]

* UnknownRival: They seems to think of themselves as {{Worthy Opponent}}s to LLENN, but in reality she doesn't heed them any attention after their first encounter.

[[folder: Team TOMS]]

A team that participates in Squad Jam 4. Their main tactic is using suicide bombings.

A participant in Squad Jam 2. Part of a team that tries to ambush LLENN.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The light novel says that "Even Clarence's own teammates in their random outfits didn't seem to want anything to do with (her)," after she phrases a question about their impromptu alliance in the most vulgar way possible.

* ManChild: Volume 7 has him described as a 50-year-old man who writes like a hild.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The light novel didn't give their team a name, it came from the anime.

* TheFool: In reality, these guys are a bunch of idiots whose victory in [=SJ2=] was the result of [[BornLucky sheer luck]] and in [=SJ3=], they managed to get themselves stuck on the top of a building [[TooDumbToLive because they forgot about the rising water]].

** The last of them, Ervin, wields a H&K [=XM8=], a lightweight assault rifle that never left the development stage, with an equipped suppressor.

* AnimalMotifTeam: Team LPFM has three out of four members possessing {{Animal Motif}}s.

* AnimalMotif: Not as pronounced as her companions but she can be easily compared to a dog or puppy. Her avatar is named after her deceased pet dog and she’s very excitable and always seem to be in a good mood, akin to an excitable puppy. An in-game texting app also has her Icon image set as a picture of a dog.

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!!Others

[[folder:Clarence]]
!! Clarence
-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikakoKomatsu (Japanese), Creator/LauraStahl (English)

A participant in Squad Jam 2. Part of a team that tries to ambush LLENN.