Chitose Naruse

**Chitose Naruse** (ちとせ 成瀬, *Naruse Chitose*) is a major character in *The Island of Giant Insects* and *The Even Bigger Island of Giant Insects*.

## Appearance

Chitose is a slim fair-skinned young woman with long brown hair tied midway into two thick braids that reach down to her thighs with her bangs held to the sides by yellow clips, and light brown eyes. She is rather beautiful despite her stern appearance, and has a rather generous bust. She wears a school uniform consisting of a mustard yellow blazer, a white undershirt with a red ribbon, a blue skirt, and brown outdoor shoes, as wells thigh high black socks and red rimmed glasses.

On Little East Island, her panties are eaten by a giant portunus trituberculatus and she's forced to go commando until the group reaches Tatsuno Kami Island. After leaving the island shrine, she ties off her vest and shirt, exposing her midriff.

## Personality

As the class president, Chitose is a natural leader and commands the respect of her fellow students; she has a sense of rectitude, and is constantly standing up to what she believes incorrect. She finds sexual advances and open PSA disgusting, which is a big part of why she doesn't get along with Misuzu Jinno. She's detrimentally altruistic, constantly endangering herself to save her fellow classmates, despite most of them being cowards/jerks who constantly put her and others in danger.

## Background

Not much is known about Chitose's past except that she is a 2nd year Houshou Private High School student and the class president of Class 2. She intensely dislikes Misuzu in part because she was always bullying others, particularly her best friend Mutsumi Oribe, but also because she caught her having sex with one of the teachers in order to get a passing grade on an upcoming test.

## Chronology

### *Kyochuu Rettou*

After washing up on Little East Island after the plane crash, Chitose met up with Atsushi Kamijo, Misuzu, Mami Miura, Kazuhiko Kai, Miki Shirakawa, Satoshi Oda, Hiroshi Tsuge, and Ai Ino.

Chitose points out that the path they're walking on is asphalt and that there should be island residents nearby, but gets cut off by Hiroshi who notices a vending machine; Chitose tries to stop him and Kazuhiko, but they ignore her. Kazuhiko tosses her and Miki each a soda, but Chitose refuses hers. Misuzu makes a comment about having to wait to be rescued, to which Chitose glares at her, thinking of when she caught Misuzu having sex with a teacher to pass an upcoming test. When Misuzu forces Mami to agree to expose herself in exchange for the boys finding food, Chitose scolds her; Misuzu starts fondling her and subtly threatens her, but they're broken up by Ai, who marks their position on a map then leaves to pee. Chitose questions where the island residents are and hopes that Mutsumi is alright. While waiting, the girls hear Ai screaming and rush too find her, only to see a Giant Papilio maackii draining her blood, to which Chitose screams, which attracts the boys as well as Mutsumi and Ayumi Matsuoka; Mutsumi incinerates one butterfly with a makeshift flamethrower and the other two fly off. Chitose is overjoyed that Mutsumi is alright. Atsushi starts yelling at Mutsumi about how they won't survive the three days for rescue to arrive, but gets stopped by Misuzu, who hears helicopter-like buzzing. Chitose is shocked to see a giant ammophila and pushes Mutsumi out of the way; she gets grabbed and injected with an anesthetic, leaving her unconscious, then carries her to its nest, where it lays one of its eggs on her.

Mutsumi and the others save her and take her to the island's clinic, where they give her a saline solution to neutralize the anesthesia. Chitose wakes up to the sound of Atsushi mourning Akira, and is surprised to see herself tied up. Chitose questions where Mutsumi is, and Misuzu says she's probably dead; Chitose refuses to believe her and Misuzu says that she has to search her body for parasites, removing her panties and fondling her groin while she calls to Mutsumi for help. Chitose spots a giant portunus trituberculatus and is so petrified that Misuzu turns around, also noticing the crab. Chitose tries to get Misuzu to untie her so she can help fend off the crabs, but Misuzu instead laughs at the crab eating Chitose's panties and calls attention to her so she can escape, only for a pair of crabs to catch her anyways. Mutsumi and the others enter, see what's happening, and quickly work to electrocute the crabs; Mutsumi unties Chitose and cries over killing the giant Protohermes grandis.

The group ties up Atsushi and Misuzu, where Ayumi reveals that Miki had been killed by the dobsonfly since they couldn't get in. Atsushi shows no remorse for causing the quiet girls' death, and Chitose proposes that they leave the two tied up and abandon them. Mutsumi objects since without them, their walking formation would be further weakened, so Chitose compromises by keeping the pair tied up. Atsushi tries to claim he's the leader, but the others instead vote for Chitose to be the group leader, which she accepts; the group then gathers supplies and leaves the clinic, since the bodies of the dobsonfly and the crabs will attract carnivorous insects; during the search, Chitose tells Mutsumi about her panties, but Mutsumi isn't able to find any underwear and Chitose is forced to go commando.

Chitose doesn't do anything noteworthy until Atsushi volunteers himself and Mutsumi to scout the path back to the clinic, to which Chitose says she'll go as well. Misuzu, Emiko Miyazono, Kasumi Momosaki, and Takeshi Minowa join them. During the walk, Misuzu and Kasumi begin arguing and Misuzu pushes Emiko, which attracts the attention of a nest of giant tiger beetle larvae, one of which drags the short-haired girl underground. Mutsumi and Chitose rush to the nearby bamboo forest where the larva can't follow them. Chitose declares her intentions to save her classmates, and Mutsumi helps her turn a piece of bamboo into a makeshift sword, which Chitose uses to kill a handful of larvae and save Takeshi. She then reaches Kasumi, then Misuzu calls out to her. Chitose makes it clear that Misuzu owes her and stabs two of the larvae; she's unable to kill the last larva, however, since the bamboo piece has gotten dull, so she stabs it instead. Chitose and the other two girls make it to the bamboo forest, and wait for the larva to lose interest. Once they do, the group heads back to the house. After a brief back-and-forth, Marika Chuujou agrees to listen to Mutsumi, and the groups leave for the shrine.

During the walk, Chitose notices that Mutsumi's fallen behind and asks Marika to slow down, but Nozomi Aoyama blows her off. Still concerned, Chitose backtracks and finds Mutsumi about to be raped by Ryou Usui. Kazuhiko strikes him on the back of the head, and Chitose goes to check on Mutsumi. Mutsumi tries to talk to Marika, but Nozomi slaps her and scolds her for holding the group u[p; Chitose gets in between the girls, annoyed at Nozomi for refusing to listen to Mutsumi. Mutsumi explains how the humidity has risen and that they need to find shelter before a hind leg insect starts hunting. This ends up sparking an argument as Nozomi and Marika blame Mutsumi for making them leave the private house. Before the argument can be settled, Ryou spots a light and rushes towards it, but it turns out to be a group of giant firefly larva which rip his throat open and devour him alive; the group flies into a panic and splits up, with Chitose staying with Mutsumi, Kazuhiko, and Kasumi. A larva falls from the tree above them and Chitose strikes it with her bamboo sword, but isn't able to cut its thick shell, and Mutsumi tells her that she has to flip the larvae over and stab their abdomens. The larvae leave after Mutsumi makes a circle of Ethyl acetate, and she realizes they're going after the others.

Kazuhiko suggests they just run since the others only cause problems, but Chitose refuses, still wanting to save as many of her classmates as she can. Kazuhiko says that they need to focus on their own escape, and Chitose agrees but adds on that she wants to be a person someone with no one can rely on, reminding Kazuhiko of the incident that created his self-serving mentality and convincing him to help her. Mutsumi comes up with an idea, and the four run off to save their classmates. During the run, Mutsumi notices the larvae numbers have increased and tells Chitose and Kazuhiko to grab a weapon and fend them off, at which point the four are joined by Misuzu, Atsushi and Takeshi. Chitose spots a cluster of light, but before the group can go to investigate, they get surrounded by larvae, and are forced to fight; Mutsumi is able to trick the larva into thinking danger is near by by using a flashlight to mimic their flashes, and the group is able to fight together and survive the night. Unfortunately, Ayumi dies saving Mami from a cluster of remaining larva, and Chitose mourns during her brief funeral.

The group eventually makes it to the shrine, but are shocked to see that a giant atypus karschi has made the base of the shrine into a nest, which kills Takeshi and captures Marika. Desperate to save the teacher, Nozomi hold a box cutter to Chitose's throat to force Mutsumi's hand, but her telling attracts the spiders attention; Mutsumi is captured after pushing the two girls out of the way, and Chitose rushes to the shrine with the others, yelling to Mutsumi that they'll come back to save her.

After a quick breather, Chitose tries to rally the others to save Mutsumi, but Atsushi refuses to let her go; Chitose tries to get support from the others, but they refuse except for Nozomi. Chitose tries to leave but Atsushi stops and has Misuzu tie her to a pole. When Atsushi forcibly strips Kasumi naked, Chitose reflects on how he and Marika have become worse versions of themselves and deduces that being on the island made them snap. The group is swarmed by giant anomala cuprea's, and Chitose steps up to her role as leader and orders Misuzu to untie her; she then orders everyone to strip naked and completely clean their bodies, as the beetles are after the minerals in their sweat. While trying to figure out what to do next, Chitose notices Mutsumi running to the shrine and yells for her to run away; Mutsumi and Kazuhiko work together to create a wall of smoke to deter the beetles. Nozomi accuses Mutsumi of causing Marika's death, and Chitose gives the group a speech about how they need to work together, officially accepting her role as leader in the process. Kazuhiko points out a ship on the horizon, and Chitose gets dressed and has the group sleep through the night before leaving for the dock in the morning.

Mami requests a break, but Chitose refuses, saying that they are at the perfect time to move, since it's too early for the diurnal insects to begin hunting, but too late for the nocturnal insects to continue hunting, and they should reach the dock in an hour. Chitose doesn't do anything else noteworthy until Mutsumi comes up with a plan to draw the giant Scolopendria subspinipes away from the Mino, where she goes with Mutsumi, Kasumi, Mami, Nozomi, and Misuzu to gather centipedes to burn. When Nozomi tries to kill Mutsumi by knocking her into a pile of giant millipedes, Chitose notices an unidentified giant insect clinging to the makeshift sasumata, causing her to freak out and trip into the millipedes. Nozomi survives but is rendered unconscious, and Misuzu and Mami take her to a river to dilute the cyanide leaving Chitose. Kasumi and Mutsumi to burn the gathered centipedes. Chitose comments on how much Mutsumi has changed since the plane crash, and Mutsumi expresses relief that her knowledge was able to help her friends. Kasumi points out that the centipede on the Mino has left, but before the girls can run for the mountains, a second centipede emerges, cornering them. Mutsumi comes up with a plan to lure the centipedes into a crevice, which succeeds. Chitose doesn't do anything else noteworthy until the group are discussing what ramen they want after successfully escapes the island in the lifeboat, where she expresses that she wants to eat ramen with extra miso corn and asks Mutsumi what ramen she wants. After Mami snaps at Nozomi to be grateful she's still alive, Chitose despondently comments on how many of their friends have died. When Pops is killed by a giant dragonfly, Chitose stops Ryoko Shikimori from running out of the building and tells Mami and Kasumi to not leave, less they die as well.

## Etymology

* The name **Chitose** has known meaning.
* Chitose's surname **Naruse** is written in hiragana (ちとせ) and has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (成瀬) it means "become" (成) (**naru**) and "rapids, current" (瀬) (**se**).