Shihoru

Shihoru is one of the main characters of the light novel and anime Grimgar of Ash and Fantasy, one six Japanese teenagers transported into a world resembling a medieval fantasy and forced to become a member of a militia in the city of Ortana, tasked with hunting hostile species such as goblins and orcs. Before arriving in Grimgar, Shihoru was a quiet girl who was often bullied by her peers, though she initially had no memory of this when she was first transported into Grimgar, as the process causes amnesia in those affected.

Shihoru joined the part of Haruhiro, another person transported from Japan, and, on Haruhiro’s suggestion, becomes a mage as he figured the role “suited her”. Shihoru chose to specialize in shadow magic, which is mostly support based, with her only offensive attack being the basic “magic missile spell”.

Shihoru initially sees combat against goblins which, in spite of their reputation as the weaker of the hostile races, prove to be formidable adversaries in large numbers, on a raid on an abandoned city controlled by a large goblin force, Manato, one of the members of Haruhiro’s party is killed in combat. This death had a strong impact on Shihoru, who secretly held a crush on Manato. Nonetheless, Shihoru continues fighting, killing multiple goblins with her magic in a second attack to avenge Manato’s death.

After avenging the death of Manato, Shihoru would go on to fight kobolds in the Cyrene Mines and to take part in an assault on orcish fortress in support of the regular army. During the assault on the fortress, a second member of her party, Moguzo, a two-handed swordsman, is killed in combat.

In order to partially take up Moguzo’s role as a heavy combatant, Shihoru begins learning lightning magic to give her greater offensive powers.