Zhuzhu

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Zhuzhu (朱朱)
Alias(es)	Lord Zhuzhu; Kansha Hisa
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Player Mutual Aid Group
Occupation/Role	Player; student; cosplayer
First Appearance	Chapter 153

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Role-playing acquired	161	Receives Marin's temporary Role-playing skill and prepares her Lord Zhuzhu uniform.
Children's Magical Girl — 50% Role-playing Degree	197	Unlocks Hope and Love and the Active Skill Transform, Magical Girl! after her Role-playing Degree surpasses 50%.
Magical Girl Skin Card equipped	792	Gains instant magical-girl costume changes and Smoke Screen Immunity from a Magical Girl Skin Card.

Background / History

Zhuzhu joins the Player Mutual Aid Group while seeking a way to remove an evil spirit from her mother. Amamiya Natsuki pastes Evil Spirit Repellent onto her, and she later accepts a temporary Role-playing skill from Kitagawa Marin. Though initially reluctant to embrace the costume-based ability, she participates in Magical Girl training and raises her Role-playing Degree to 50%. 153 161 195 197

During the horror-hospital instance, Zhuzhu is assigned the identity of Hachishaku-sama and a mission to escape the hospital. She relies on Natsuki's copied Shadow Cat ability and a presence-erasing cloak to evade detection, later demonstrating her Hachishaku-sama disguise to the group. 427 430 431

After possibly seeing the face of a supernatural phenomenon, Zhuzhu becomes its target. She equips the Pure White Bride Skin Card to verify the curse, volunteers herself as bait, and is eventually freed when Natsuki uses the Mask of Oblivion to eliminate the entity possessing her. 786 787 788

In a later sanatorium instance, Zhuzhu operates independently as a nurse whose covert mission requires her to reduce the institution's “burden” by secretly killing or driving out troublemakers. She investigates the sanatorium's death-certificate profiteering scheme before Natsuki brings allies to assist her. 1067 1101

Appearance

Zhuzhu is a petite pink-haired girl with a youthful appearance. She is stated to be 1.5 meters tall and weighs approximately eighty pounds. 430 786

• Pink hair and a small build. 585 786
• Fair, delicate skin. 430
• Usually wears black stockings; her Magical Girl Skin changes them to white stockings. 792
• Often becomes visibly flustered, with reddened cheeks, when teased. 469 597

Hachishaku-sama Form

When using her character disguise in the hospital instance, Zhuzhu becomes Hachishaku-sama, greatly increasing her height and field of view.

• Approximately 2.6–2.7 meters tall. 431
• Can reach a room's ceiling by raising her hand. 431
• Her conspicuous height makes the form dangerous to use while hiding in public areas. 430
• Her hospital-instance objective was to escape the Intensive Care Unit. 459

Personality

Zhuzhu presents herself as sharp-tongued, proud, and dismissive, particularly toward Amamiya Natsuki. Beneath that tsundere exterior, she is socially anxious, easily embarrassed, and readily flustered by affection or attention. She is described as cold and unapproachable to outsiders but easily persuaded by sincere or persistent appeals. 590 615

She is deeply protective of people close to her. She repeatedly defends Komie-san/Shoko from Natsuki's teasing, is willing to place herself at risk to protect Shoko from what she believes is Shadow Natsuki, and warns Natsuki against pursuing her younger sister Shinju. 469 670 760 1224

Zhuzhu is an otaku and an amateur cosplayer. Although she commonly portrays mature “queen-type” characters, Magical Girls have been her favorite since childhood, and she collects Magical Girl figurines. 597 757 789 1121

Abilities & Skills

Children's Magical Girl Role-playing

Zhuzhu's primary role-playing identity is a Children's Magical Girl.

• Hope and Love — Passive ability that amplifies her base attributes. 197
• Begins with friendly favorability toward the Good and Orderly Faction. 197
• Causes Evil Creatures to dislike her. 197
• Her Role-playing Degree reached 50% through Magical Girl drills and related actions. 195 197

Transform, Magical Girl!

An Active Skill unlocked at 50% Role-playing Degree.

• During her transformation sequence, all enemy units enter a Dementia state. 197
• Affected enemies cannot act or attack during the transformation. 197
• Zhuzhu is reluctant to transform in public due to embarrassment over the costume and attention it attracts. 197

Hachishaku-sama Disguise

Zhuzhu can re-enable the Hachishaku-sama disguise assigned through her hospital-instance role.

• Massively increases her height to approximately 2.6–2.7 meters. 431
• Raises her perspective above ordinary obstacles, including restroom stalls. 469
• Is highly conspicuous and unsuitable for covert movement. 430

Shadow Cat

A temporary copied skill used during the hospital escape.

• Turns Zhuzhu into a shadow-like cat form and makes her disappear from sight. 430
• Her clothes do not transform with her and are left behind. 430
• Zhuzhu considers the sensation of becoming a shadow unusual but remarkable. 430

Possession

Natsuki pastes Possession onto Zhuzhu while she is threatened by the supernatural face.

• Allows her consciousness to transfer to a target. 762
• Was intended as an emergency measure: Zhuzhu could possess herself if attacked so Natsuki would know to reach her. 787
• Her active possession is limited to only one or two seconds because of the gap in mental power. 788

Petrification Skin

An Active Skill Zhuzhu obtains from a Blind Box.

• Gradually petrifies her body, reducing her presence and making her inconspicuous. 1121
• Can allow her to be overlooked; her younger sister once walked past her without noticing. 1121
• Severely reduces her movement speed and dulls all five senses. 1121
• Cannot be manually ended once activated; Zhuzhu must wait for the effect to wear off. 1121

Equipment / Items

• Magical Girl Skin Card — Given to Zhuzhu by Natsuki after the supernatural-face incident; provides a pink Magical Girl outfit, instant costume change, and Smoke Screen Immunity. 789 792
• Pure White Bride Skin Card — Used to determine whether she had been cursed after seeing the supernatural phenomenon's face; the dress hem blackened when the curse manifested. 786 787
• Instance Exemption Card — Given to her by Natsuki because of his concern for her safety before an upcoming instance. 1059
• Magic rope — Used when Zhuzhu attempts to restrain the person she believes is Shadow Natsuki. 670

Relationships

• Amamiya Natsuki — Fellow Player and close partner. Their relationship is defined by constant teasing, mutual reliance during instances, and growing romantic feelings; Zhuzhu admits that she likes him, though she initially believes she is speaking to Shadow Natsuki. 469 670 787 788 1122
• Kitagawa Marin — Close friend and cosplay partner. Marin encourages Zhuzhu's Magical Girl role-playing and continued cosplay, though her mischievous teasing often embarrasses Zhuzhu. 161 195 597 1121
• Komie-san / Shoko — Zhuzhu's closest friend. Zhuzhu is consistently protective of Shoko and is willing to sacrifice herself for Shoko's safety. 469 670 760 787
• Shinju — Zhuzhu's younger sister. Zhuzhu hides Natsuki's visits from her and reacts protectively to any suggestion that Natsuki might pursue Shinju. 765 766 1224
• Fujiwara Chika — Fellow Player who is enthusiastic about seeing Zhuzhu's Hachishaku-sama and Magical Girl transformations. 431 792

Story Role / Major Arcs

Magical Girl Role-playing Arc

Marin introduces Zhuzhu to the Role-playing system and helps her train as a Children's Magical Girl. Zhuzhu overcomes some of her discomfort with the identity, reaches 50% Role-playing Degree, and unlocks her transformation skill. 161 195 197

Hospital Escape Arc

Zhuzhu enters a hospital instance as Hachishaku-sama and must escape an intensive-care ward without exposing her Player identity. Natsuki assists her escape with copied skills, stealth equipment, and careful route planning. 427 430 459

Shadow Natsuki Incident

Zhuzhu detects irregularities in Natsuki's behavior and attempts to identify whether he is a Shadow. Believing Shoko is in danger, she uses a magic rope to restrain him and reveals her feelings amid the confrontation. 669 670

Supernatural Face Incident

After accidentally seeing a supernatural entity's face, Zhuzhu becomes cursed and chooses to serve as bait. Natsuki eliminates the entity possessing her, freeing Zhuzhu and completing the Guard Mission. 786 787 788

Sanatorium Instance

Assigned the role of a sanatorium nurse, Zhuzhu works alone to uncover the facility's secrets while managing a morally troubling mission. Her investigation reveals that the sanatorium sells death certificates for profit. 1067 1101

Notable Quotes

“I like idiot Natsuki.” 670

“It’s fine if you bully me, but don’t bully Shoko.” 469

Trivia

• Zhuzhu is a year older than Natsuki and objects when he introduces her as his “cousin.” 585
• Despite favoring mature cosplay characters, her favorite genre is Magical Girls. 789
• She has previously cosplayed Setsuna, the Ice Wolf Tribe girl from Stick Hero. 764 770