Haru Kinomoto

Warrior
Haru Kinomoto
Origin	Otaku Girl
Victorious Over	Wade Watts

“

It seems that life is filled with bad decisions, Charlie-kun. It seems my brother and the captain weren't immune to it too. But I know... I fucking know... nobody fucks up everything worse than me. — Haru Kinomoto

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Haruhi Kinomoto, aka GI, is the protagonist of the novel Otaku Girl. She is a kind teenage Japanese girl and an otaku who loves manga and anime. Her story takes place in a virtual reality world called the Escapist Dream, a place that allows anyone who visits it to gain superhuman abilities derived from characters in films, comics, anime, video games, and other fictional media. She had started visiting the Escapist Dream a year before the start of the novel, only for the virtual reality world to suffer a malfunction which trapped its visitors inside. They are then forced to fight for survival against rogue artificial intelligences who have begun attacking them.

She was trapped inside the Escapist Dream together with other geeks, nerds, and gamers. There she met Charlie Anderson, a geek sent by the FBI to assist them. Throughout the story, Haru and Charlie fought against powerful AIs who had taken over the different areas of the Escapist Dream, such as Stan City, the place inspired by American comic book and superhero fiction; Otaku Academy, a place inspired by Japanese manga and anime; Gamer's Den, an area inspired by video games and gaming culture; and the Library, an area influenced by classic literature. Many of Haru and Charlie's enemies range from powerful AI bosses to AI dressed as memes.

Battle vs. Wade Watts (by 123chaseyoung)

There was a new system being sold that was quite the dandy. A new virtual reality system that was a hundred times more powerful than its predecessors. It caught the interest of the world as every new gadget did. But when the people found nothing in it that was unique, citing it as mediocre as the newest Madden game, everyone abandoned it as quickly as it went viral.

Inside this new immersive digital world was a big city. And in this city, two powerful geeks duked it out in a battle to the death. One was an American geek, named Wade Watts, covered in a red jacket and jeans. The other, a Japanese otaku named Haru Kinomoto, was dressed in a cute sailor fuku and grey sweater. Both were in an intense death match inside one of the apartment blocks. But it seemed the American was getting the upper hand.

“Mochi! Use cannon!” yelled Haru hastily. Her pet monster shot a yellow beam of energy that hit Wade in the chest, making him fly off before hitting the walls. Haru then made a mad dash for her life. She forgo going to the door, knowing that was where Wade landed. And instead, she made the risk of leaping through her window.

She landed painfully on the concrete asphalt as broken glass rained down on her battered body. Pain filled every part of her. As she tried standing up, a sharpness made her lay down again. Her right ankle was severely broken, with a bone sticking out. “Chi!” her pet monster yelped worriedly as it flew to where she fell. Haru needed to get out of there and let herself heal. She tried to crawl away by dragging her whole body.

And then, her eye caught the glimmer of a red silhouette. Wade had landed to where she was at. His eyes only filled with anger and rage. “I got you now!” he yelled as he drew his laser blaster and fired.

Haru managed to roll out of the way. She ordered Mochie to counter, which the monster obliged. Mochi jumped into the air and spun; summoning a storm of petals that shredded Wade’s skin. Wade used his rocket boosters to quickly get out of there before summoning his pistols. He then filled Haru’s pet monster with lead, killing it.

“Mochi!” screamed Haru. “You’ll pay for that!”

Haru summoned another monster, a Stand by the name of Helena. The Stand flew towards Wade and punched him square in the face. Wade fell to the ground and found that punch actually taking a quarter of his armor’s hit points. “Not good…” Wade remarked as he drew his laser pistols and continued firing. But the Stand did well in dodging his attack.

Wade then made a back flip that made him land inside his Kitt-Delorean. He sped away and the Stand gave chase. “Ora!” the Stand yelled as it unleashed a barrage of fists as fast as a machine gun. But the punches phased through Wade’s car like it was made of thin air.

“In the words of MC Hammer,” bantered Wade. “Can’t touch this!”

Wade then continued to blast at the Stand while driving, his car blaring “We’re Not Gonna Take It!” by Twisted Sister. Having had enough, Haru yelled, “Za Warudo!”

Helena transformed from a black-clad Stand into one coated in golden armor. Time then stopped, pausing everything besides Helena and Haru. “Killjoy fist…” ordered Haru. Helena pulled its fist away, winding it up, before giving Wade’s car a mighty punch. Its fist made contact with the car without Wade even knowing it. An explosion erupted, leaving the car into a smoldering wreck.

Time went back to normal, and Haru laid down breathing heavily. The sun was hitting her in the face but she didn’t mind. At least now… she was safe.

“I’m not dead yet!” a voice roared as Haru sat back up. Wade was alive, standing near her, seemingly untouched and unscathed.

"How?!" asked Haru.

“I just played a Pac Man game, remember? And I still got an extra life!”

"Uhhh..." Haru groaned. "Just die already! I forgot that I still have assignments due tomorrow."

As Wade charged at Haru with his laser blasters, Haru then made her body engulfed with bright neon lights. The bright lights blinded Wade, stopping him in his tracks. When he opened his eyes, Haru was now dressed in a sexy magical girl costume. This… was Wade’s liking.

“I like your get-up. You dressed that for me?”

“You wish," Haru giggled. "Baka…”

Suddenly, a girl wearing a bikini with pig ears and a tail, hugged Wade from out of nowhere.

“What the-“ Wade screamed.

“I got him, master!” cheered the pig girl.

Wade could then feel his body bloat. He became fatter and fatter, ripping and tearing his clothes. He continued to bloat and fatten up, and he couldn’t do nothing but scream and cry. Wade was left like a semi-naked blob, his face full of fat, immobile and vulnerable.

“Dmnth... yth…” Wade cursed as his plump cheeks smothered his lips.

Haru stood up from the ground, her ankle finally healed. She then walked to where Wade was while carrying her magical staff prop. “Sayonara…” Haru said as she bashed Wade’s head repeatedly with her wand. She walked away as the street became filled with blood.

Her menu panel made a beep, notifying her of a new message: "Good fight! Same time next week?"

Haru typed: "Sure!"

"You're not going to get lucky this time. I'll be bringing with me my beta capsule."

"Then I'll bring with me my kaiju!"

Haru smiled and blushed as she closed her inbox and logged out.

Expert’s Opinion

Haru won because of her better powers and abilities. While experts believed Wade was smarter, it was not enough to get through the sheer power and versatility of Haru’s summons. Some of the geek’s weapons did prolonged the inevitable, but everyone concluded that Haru was just too much for him.

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