Kana

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Kana leads a four-person squad with Dean, Yanxi, and Lamore. On their baby Earth Slime quest, she purchases information about its location, attacks the adult Slime from behind Yanxi’s shield, and accepts the farmer’s extra payment on the team’s behalf. The squad has been together for about a year by the time of the goblin mission 1 16.

During that mission, Kana’s team discovers a much larger goblin force than expected and retreats. Kana uses a Phoenix Token to report the threat directly to Guildmaster Rukta, who treats her with unusual deference. Her teammates do not press her about the token or her background 21 22. When the quest’s client disputes payment, Kana stakes the team badge on her account of what happened. The Guild promotes the team, but a hall supervisor subsequently threatens its hard-earned reputation rating. Shaken at first, Kana refuses to surrender the badge after her companions remind her of what they have built together 23 24 25.

A guild bounty draws the squad back into the goblin conflict. They follow a shaman’s party deep into the Magic Beast Forest, lose their way, and witness the summoning of a giant. After the crisis, Rukta publicly credits Kana’s Squad with defeating the new shaman, though the team knows its involvement was less deliberate than his account suggests. Kana receives a Flame-Red Longbow as part of the Guild’s reward 29 32 34 45 46.

Appearance

Kana is a relatively short archer whose light clothing leaves her free to move while shooting 21.

• Build and movement — Long-legged, agile, and exceptionally well-balanced; she can stand on a scarecrow’s rounded head while aiming 1 21.
• Clothing — Wears a dress with little excess fabric to avoid hindering her archery 21.
• Other details — Her skin reddens after prolonged sun exposure 21.

Personality

Kana is forceful, teasing, and quick-tempered. She repeatedly demolishes Dean’s slum hut when he sleeps through the squad’s departure time, yet is quietly pleased when he agrees to move in with the others. She takes her captaincy seriously: she chooses quests, argues for the team’s payment, and is deeply affected when its reputation is threatened 16 17 23 25.

Reward money can make her impatient, but she can set that impulse aside when danger becomes clear. After spotting goblins lying in ambush, she accepts Dean’s advice to approach cautiously rather than charge into the forest 29 30.

Abilities & Skills

Archery and Eagle Eye Technique

Kana serves as the squad’s ranged attacker. Eagle Eye Technique uses battle aura to sharpen her visual focus temporarily 21.

• Shoots a sleeping, spear-bearing goblin through the eye from more than eighty meters away 21.
• Spots more than a hundred goblins concealed near the forest’s edge before the team enters 30.
• Crafts and polishes her own arrows, believing they let her make her strongest shots 21.
• Has limited visibility into dense forest, where obstacles would sharply reduce her accuracy 30 32.

Battle Aura and Mobility

Kana cultivates battle aura and is much quicker than Dean, who cannot catch her when she darts away from him 18.

• Maintains her balance on narrow or rounded footholds while scouting and shooting 21 41.
• Can watch the squad’s surroundings from the rear with an arrow ready to cover them 30.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Longbow and handmade arrows — Her original bow is nearly as tall as she is; she makes every arrow in her quiver herself 21.
• Flame-Red Longbow — A Guild reward that can be infused with magic or battle aura. It is heavier than her old bow, has a mana-formed string, and requires practice before she can use it as freely 46.
• Hand axe — Carries and handles a small hatchet despite being an archer 16 37.
• Phoenix Token — A silver token with a red border and a phoenix engraving. Showing it grants her access to the Guild’s restricted inner hall and prompts Rukta to bow; the nature of her background is not explained 22.
• Captain’s badge — Authorizes her to conduct Kana Team’s business with the Adventurers’ Guild 23.

Relationships

• Dean — The squad’s mage and a frequent target of her teasing. She also protects the secrecy of his unusually rapid mana recovery, and he helps defend their team badge when its reputation is threatened 16 20 24.
• Yanxi — The squad’s shield-bearing vanguard. Kana attacks from behind her in battle, while Yanxi sometimes worries that Kana is too rough with Dean 1 16 21.
• Lamore — The squad’s priest and support member; he is familiar with Kana’s temper and helps defend the team during its Guild dispute 16 24.
• Rukta — The Guildmaster responds deferentially to her Phoenix Token, backs the squad in its dispute, and later rewards it for its part in the goblin crisis 22 26 45 46.

Notable Quotes

“This is an adventure, not a sacrifice!” 30