Kasumi

Kasumi (カスミ) is a player of NewWorld Online. She wields the katana as weapon in-game. During the first event of the game, she ranked sixth in the top ten.

She had a rough encounter with Maple and Sally during the second event, later becoming friends with them during the time they spent in a dungeon, chained to each other.

Kasumi joined Maple Tree just shortly after it was founded, as per the request of Maple.

Appearance
Kasumi is a young woman with deep, dark eyes and long, flowing black hair with trim kept tips, being styled quite similar to a hime cut.

She is quite tall considering the Japanese standard of height, being the tallest out of all the female members of Maple Tree, and second only to Chrome in overall height.

Kasumi has a mature and curvaceous figure, and is noted to have a big bust, which is concealed by her kimono.undefined

Unlike most avatars that follow a western or medieval fantasy theme, her avatar has a more eastern appearance, which is reminiscent of a samurai.

She seems to be one of the older members of Maple Tree.

Personality
Kasumi has a calm and reserved demeanor. She is also quite friendly and approachable. Similar to Chrome and Iz, she acts like a parent or an elder sister, being protective of the other guild members. Kasumi is also quite good with social interaction and communication.undefined

Her real life hobbies and tastes are particularly seen in-game, choosing equipment that is more eastern-oriented rather than western ones, and enjoying green tea, a popular type of tea in Asia.undefined

When needed, Kasumi is cautious, intelligent and competitive. Her usual amiable, sociable and friendly persona is displayed whenever she is out of battle, and more frequently once she was accepted into Maple Tree.

Plot
During the 2nd event, upon recognizing one of the them to be in possession of a gold medal, Kasumi meets Maple and Sally for the first time as an antagonist. After failing to escape from Sally and before their fight is concluded, Maple accidentally triggers the conditions for the three to be swallowed into a hidden dungeon together. Forced into a truce, they instantly became close as they explored the dungeon together towards the exit. In the anime, the dungeon provides them with a sum total of 3 medals, unlike in the web novel which provides them with only 1 medal, which Maple found. Exiting the dungeon, they go their separate ways, but not before adding each other into their friends list.

Near the end of the 6th day, Kasumi finds Sally in a cave and waits with her for Maple's skills to reset. Afterwards, Maple comes out and blockades the entrance of the cave with Hydra so they can safely wait out the last day having fun together.

Description
Obviously by her choice of gear and costume, she is influenced by traditional Japanese motif.

History
Kasumi goes on a spending spree on the 4th layer. As the layer has a more traditional Japanese feel, she enjoys burning all her funds and filling her room with countless antiques. This spending would eventually lead her to acquiring Self-Devouring Bewitched Sword・Yukari.

Kasumi is the first player to max out their entry permit at level 9 (wooden tag from the 4th event).

Abilities
Kasumi has high HP and utilizes some form of self healing. She can also heal others.

Blade Skills

 * First of Sword・Kagero (Heat Haze)
 * Third of Sword・Kougetsu (Lonely Moon)
 * Fourth of Sword・Whirlwind
 * Sixth of the Blades・Homura
 * Seventh of Sword・Crush (or Shatter) : A downward cut. Knockback (heavy). Results in heavy damage to both parties equipment (more to the enemies).
 * Last of Sword・Oborozuki : Enhances the user's stats as they unleash 12 high-speed successive attacks with ferocity. Drawback: Halves the users' stats and makes other blade skills unusable for a fixed time.
 * Origin of Sword・Utsuro (Hollow or Void) : The user's hair becomes white and their eyes glow a scarlet color. They receive great power for a short while in exchange for greatly reducing the durability of their equipment.

Other Skills

 * Super Acceleration (or Super Speed) : AGI +50. Cooldown: 30 minutes.
 * Shear
 * Far Vision (遠見)


 * Dragon Slayer : Increases damage dealt to dragons.
 * Leap ?

Equipment
Her equipment is characterized as Japanese clothing with a katana, including a cherry-colored kimono, a purple hakama, and a katana. When she draws Yukari, her clothes mystically transform. Her clothes become a traditional dark purple skirt with a light purple cloth above her chest. There are bindings around her arms and the sword releases purple smoke. "Self-Devouring Bewitched Sword・Yukari"
 * A katana that provides [STR+30].
 * Self-Repair: Its durability will recover when it's sheathed.
 * Bewitched Sword (or Demon/Magic/Fairy Sword): A skill with 5 sub-skills that can be used at a cost; HP reduction, MP reduction, Temporary Status reduction, Constant Status reduction, and Physical restrictions respectively.
 * Blood Blade : The sword melts into a red liquid as the blade extends high into the sky and also runs along the ground, dying the ground red and attacking everything(?). Drawback: The user's HP is reduced by half.
 * ?. Drawback: MP reduction.
 * ?. Drawback: Temporary status reduction.
 * Arms of the Warrior : The user gains two armored arms on either side of their body, The right hand is wielding a katana wreathed in purple flames while the left is carrying a regular katana. Drawback: The user is has a constant status reduction of -20%.
 * Purple Phantom Blade : The user quickly approaches the target and strikes them for 10 strikes as the sword mysteriously switches from one hand to the next (right, left, right, ..) before the sword vanishes and then the user puts their hands on their chest and 10 swords are mysteriously thrown out from between them, for a total of 20 attacks. Afterwards, the blade returns to the users' hand. Drawback: Physical restrictions for 10 minutes. (Kasumi shrinks to 120cm and she couldn't hold her weapon well.)

Relationships

 * Maple: A friend and is in the same guild.
 * Sally: A friend and is in the same guild.
 * Kuromu: A friend and is in the same guild.
 * Mai & Yui: Are friends and are in the same guild.


 * Iz: A friend and they're both in the same guild.

Trivia

 * Kasumi is the closest to being normal within Maple Tree, and she is dependable because she doesn’t use any odd schemes.