Black Rock Shooter

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Black Rock Shooter (黑岩射手)
Alias(es)	Black Rock; Black★Rock Shooter 10 14
Species/Race	Living figurine capable of physical materialization; explicitly not human 9 10
Gender	Female 8
Affiliation	Chen Xiao’s figurine household 9 15
Occupation/Role	Chen Xiao’s protector and combat partner 9 10 12
Status	Returns to figurine form when her materialization time expires 16
First Appearance	Chapter 8 — “A hero saves the beauty, but I'm the beauty” 8

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Full-power materialization following Chen Xiao’s awakening	9	Chen Xiao’s awakened ability raises the figurines’ materialization level and duration, allowing her to enter his dream. As the first figurine to materialize after the awakening, she gains access to 100% of her power with greatly reduced materialization cost; these benefits are explained later 26 39.

Background / History

Black Rock Shooter originates from a figurine Chen Xiao made himself, based on a character he knew before entering his current world. He recognizes her immediately during her rescue of him and recalls frequently listening to her television anime’s theme song. Her appearance in a dream also matches his understanding of her original lore as a symbol of the “heart” 9 10.

Her ability to manifest depends on Chen Xiao’s supernatural power. Although his awakening grants her full-strength access and reduced energy costs, she still has a materialization time limit. Chen Xiao does not know whether her first-arrival advantage will persist through future increases in his power 16 26 39.

Appearance

• Build: Petite and slender, with bloodlessly pale skin and unusually thin limbs that make observers question whether she is human 10 13 14.
• Eyes: Brilliant sapphire-blue eyes, with an azure flame burning in the left eye 10 13.
• Hair: Twin tails of unequal length—one long and one short 13.
• Clothing: A long black trench coat over a black bikini and hot pants, with black boots 8 10.
• Customized figure: Chen Xiao deliberately gave his handmade figurine a fuller bust than the character’s original flat-chested design 10.

Personality

Black Rock Shooter is taciturn and composed, communicating chiefly through nods, head tilts, and other small gestures. She remains calm while falling into her seemingly bottomless domain, facing an enhanced enemy, and attracting intense public attention. During interactions with the authorities, she leaves decisions about surrendering the criminal and revealing her name to Chen Xiao 10 11 14.

Her expressionless manner does not mean she lacks emotion. Chen Xiao senses her happiness in her domain, and his praise makes her bashful. His concern for her safety brings warmth to her heart; she is untroubled by a rescued dreamer’s fear of her appearance because Chen Xiao considers her cool and adorable 10 11 12.

In private, she actively seeks his affection, lowering her head into his palm before he can touch her. She also shows jealousy and anger when spatial gaps prevent her from watching him through a bathroom rift 15 16.

Abilities & Skills

Dream Entry and Domain

Black Rock Shooter enters Chen Xiao’s dream by merging into his head, then replaces the existing dream setting with her own domain 9 10.

• Her domain contains a vast abyss, chains, enormous crosses, and black-and-white mosaic tiles 10.
• She can attack with gigantic black crosses within this space 10.
• She pursues Luo Yuan through openings into other people’s dreams 12.
• The domain is not an inescapable prison: Luo Yuan tears a passage through the overlaid dreamscape 12.

Azure Flames and Bond Fusion

By placing a hand on Chen Xiao’s shoulder, she engulfs his dream body in azure flames. The body burns away, but his consciousness survives and becomes linked to her 9 10.

• Chen Xiao sees her memories and subsequently perceives the battle through her eyes 9 10.
• He briefly controls her body before she reclaims control, leaving him floating invisibly beside her 10.
• The connection improves his perception enough to follow attacks he otherwise could not react to 11.
• In reality, their Bond Fusion complicates separation: Chen Xiao fears undoing it while his spirit is far from his physical body 14.

Ranged and Melee Combat

She combines blue energy fire with heavy black-rock weapons, switching between ranged interception and close combat 10 11.

• Fires sustained streams of blue energy bullets 10.
• Destroys incoming lightning spears with individual cannon shots 11.
• Transforms her enormous cannon into a colossal black-rock sword 11.
• Sends the serum-enhanced Luo Yuan flying with a single sword sweep 11.
• Her initial energy barrage is deflected by the waves of air released during Luo Yuan’s enhancement 10.

Strength, Speed, and Durability

Her slight build conceals physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary humans 11 14.

• Easily dodges Luo Yuan’s high-speed charge after his enhancement 11.
• Handles her enormous sword as though it weighs nothing 11.
• Pulls the airborne mutated Luo Yuan to the ground with a chain 13.
• Withstands his claws against her abdomen without injury; the claws break instead 14.
• Knocks him unconscious with one punch 14.

Manifestation in Reality

Black Rock Shooter can physically emerge into the waking world rather than remaining confined to dreams 12 13.

• Continues restraining Luo Yuan after the dream collapses 12 13.
• Retains her motorcycle, chains, and formidable physical durability in reality 13 14.
• Remains subject to materialization energy and time limits despite her reduced cost 14 16 26.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Long black blade — Severs Luo Yuan’s right hand during her initial intervention 8.
• Black-rock firearm/cannon — Fires blue energy projectiles and transforms into a giant sword 10 11.
• Rock chains — Used to bind and drag Luo Yuan. Liu Yaowen needs both hands to support the chain she hands him 12 13 14.
• Black combat motorcycle — Summoned for the pursuit through dreams, then ridden into reality and through Mari’s doorway 12 13 15.

Relationships

• Chen Xiao — Creator, protected companion, and combat partner. He acts as her lookout while she fights; she values his approval and seeks his touch at home 10 12 14 15.
• Mari — Familiar ally who opens a doorway to bring her and Chen Xiao home after their public appearance 14 15.
• Luo Yuan — The dream-invading criminal she rescues Chen Xiao from, pursues, and ultimately subdues. His fear of her becomes strong enough that he begs the authorities to save him 8 12 13 14.
• Liu Yaowen — Task-force leader who thanks her for saving an officer and accepts custody of Luo Yuan. He approaches her cautiously and has no official information about her 14.
• Huang Qingque — Diviner who recognizes her arrival and warns against making her an enemy. Her later visions associate Black Rock Shooter with a possible “Great Catastrophe” 13 14 16.
• K — Luo Yuan’s backer. He suspects she might protect Chen Xiao but rejects the possibility because he believes the Chen family could not possess such a powerful guardian 17.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rescue from the Dream Attack

Black Rock Shooter bypasses the figurines competing to reach Chen Xiao after his awakening and enters his dream first. She severs the attacker’s hand, descends between the two men, and burns away Chen Xiao’s dream body while preserving his consciousness 8 9 10.

She takes control of the battlefield with her domain and overpowers Luo Yuan despite his enhancement serum. When the serum mutates him into a winged, fire-breathing hybrid, he flees rather than continuing to fight 10 11.

Pursuit and Public Debut

Initially hesitant to extend the chase beyond rescuing Chen Xiao, she agrees after he argues that Luo Yuan is endangering other sleepers. She saves a neighbor, damages the monster’s wings, and restrains him as the authorities’ mass wake-up operation closes off his escape routes through dreams 12.

In reality, she prevents Luo Yuan from killing a SWAT officer and appears before spectators on her motorcycle. After Chen Xiao approves the handover, she withstands another attack, knocks Luo Yuan unconscious, and transfers him to Liu Yaowen. Mari’s doorway lets them leave without returning openly to Chen Xiao’s home 13 14 15.

Fame and Catastrophe Visions

Footage spreads internationally, making her a celebrated, mysterious monster hunter. Dedicated fan sites appear, and scammers exploit her name to steal 100,000. Chen Xiao refuses to profit from her fame and resolves to limit unnecessary public appearances 15 19.

Her arrival also draws supernatural scrutiny. Huang Qingque reports visions of her fighting several powerful girls in strange spaces, interpreting the appearances of Black Rock Shooter and the mysterious gatekeeper as possible signs of the “Great Catastrophe.” These visions do not establish that Black Rock Shooter intends to cause it 16.