Mio

*"Names" and "Terms" used in this article are **unofficial** fan-translations, so can be inaccurate.*

## Mio『 Black Spider of Calamity 』

* Light Novel
* Manga
* Anime

## Physical Characteristics

### Gender

* Gender-less
*(as "Black Spider")*
* Female *(Hyuman form)*

## Personal Information

### Affiliation

* Asora
* Adventurer's Guild
* Kuzunoha Company

### Occupation

* Adventurer
* Servant *(Makoto's)*

## Relationships

* Makoto Misumi (Master by contract) (Lover)
* Tomoe (rival)

## Debut

### Manga

Chapter 006 *(as "Black Spider")*
Chapter 007 *(in Hyuman form)*

## Voice Artists

### English

Kara Edwards

**Mio** (澪 (みお)/ミオ), previously known as **Black Spider of Calamity** (災 (さい)害 (がい)の黒 (くろ)蜘 (ぐ)蛛 (も), *Saigai no Kuro Gumo*), is one of the two main female deuteragonist in this series. She is a unique existence in the Goddess' World. She is presently in servitude to Makoto Misumi.

## Appearance

In her human form, Mio has black hair with a red headband knot in bloom and wears a luxurious black and red kimono in the style yukata, further the handle have white frills. However, do not be fooled by her, her kimono still has some defensive power, it can withstand up to a certain point enough to surprise the elders dwarves when it got cut up. She hides her folding fan in her bosom. At a simple glance, it doesn’t look like the type that someone could properly move in.

As the "Black Spider of Calamity", she was a giant black spider with razor sharp tips on her legs. Her body restores so fast that you would think that you never injured her. She doesn't talk until she is satiated.

## Personality

She can be single-minded and straightforward in her loyalty to Makoto to the point that it reaches a dangerous level. Can be very instinctual, intelligent, and can learn how to do things quickly like cooking food for Makoto.

She has no qualms about destroying anyone who intends to do harm to Makoto, regardless of their identity, position, or background.

Before meeting Makoto, she was insane with trying to satisfy her hunger, preventing her from expressing herself in any manner.

Mio is somewhat weak to flattery; someone who she perceives as annoying can immediately change from being a nuisance to being a pleasant person to talk to if they flatter her (as long as they are not an enemy to Makoto). She has sado-masochistic tendencies at times, often fantasizing about being dominated by Makoto. She also can be a cruel, devious and callous fighter, often showing an intelligent, cold logic towards others. Her greatest trait is her childish like innocence towards what romance is and often finds herself bashful over the simple misunderstandings of hand holding, kisses on the cheek and later what sex is.

### Etymology

Her name Mio comes from the Japanese word and characters for zero and water. Makoto Misumi names her for starting over (0) after being the Black Spider of Calamity and for (water) his strongest element.

## Background

Since ancient times, the "Black Spider of Calamity" had existed and simply devoured everything in its path. It was driven insane with an insatiable hunger, which didn't allow it to have a shred of consciousness and turned her into a mindless beast. The reason for her existence is unknown, but everyone in the World feared her, as she ate anything that was within her reach. This caused various degrees of chaos and destruction all around. She also had a knack of going after historical objects or artifact, as they tasted great to her. This caused her to be especially feared by artisans like the Elder Dwarf's, since she destroyed a lot of their creations.

In the past, she once fought Shèn, but left after sometime for unknown reasons, and she doesn't have any recollection of this event.

Before her eventual confrontation against Makoto, she had fought against powerful figures like the Demon General Io and the Hero's party from Limia, though none of them could defeat her. The only reason they were left alive, was because her interest changed, and she left the battlefield.

## Chronology

She has helped adventurers like the Toa party get stronger, and she has, in a way, bullied Hibiki in teaching her how to cook Japanese food.

During the invasion, she killed Ilumgand who used drugs to strengthen themselves, and turned into a monster killing several students, despite the fact that he had regained his sanity, because he insulted Makoto and tried to harm him on several occasions.

During Makoto's order to conquer Kaleneon's territory, she had fought against a Demon General to the point of him losing his mind.

During the conquest of the labyrinth she had fought against Rokuya to a draw or stalemate, only because the both of them used traps to set each other up during the battle. Rokuya's trap could destroy her pact with Makoto, and although she could remake it, she chose to wait for Makoto to free her.

## Abilities

Before her transformation, Mio was best described as a force of nature that could not be subdued. She would attack and eat relentlessly and heal from any wound inflicted on her. After her transformation, she was able to regain her sanity and apply various techniques in combat, making her even more formidable.

### Combat skills

* Darkness Element Proficiency
* Regeneration: She has quasi-immediate restoration to the point that even if she has a big hole in her body it will be restored in 1 second or less.
* Counterattack: After witnessing attacks several times, she is able to transfer the damage to her opponent. Mio learned the skill from the demon general Reft.
* Transformation: Mio can transform back into her Black  Spider of Calamity form at will, though she needs more energy to do so. She can also transform back to her human form at will if she is low on energy.

### Equipment

* Folding Fan
* Kimono

### Creation

* White Super Sentai Costume: First costume created by Mio, from her Tokusatsu's passion. She gives it to Makoto but was rejected and thrown away, but it was recovered by Shiki thinking that it would be a waste. Then, by the fruit of chance, it was worn by Makoto when he needed to hide his identity. It had some crazy options like the capacities to create a weapon box and to make you do a hero's flying kick. However, it boosts your attack power and decreases your defense, furthermore it limits the use of magic power to the point that if you use it too much the suit will explode. It was partially destroyed by Sofia Bulga.
* Red Super Sentai Costume: It was given to Yuno Rembrandt in exchange for some old cook books. She uses it in training against the Mist Lizard, and that angered Makoto to the point of hitting her on the head many times because that made him remember the embarrassment of the White Suit.

### Hobbies

* Tokusatsu
* Pistolet
* Cooking

### Weakness

She loves Makoto so much that the simple thought of the link with him being cut off for even a moment prevents her from thinking reasonably and angers her to the max or when he was badly injured after his battle against Sofia and Lancer that she was even willing to run the risk of losing a limb from using healing magic on him.

## Relationships

### Companions

* Makoto Misumi: She is extremely loyal to Makoto and would easily do anything for him. Her hobbies include cooking food for him and watching his sleeping face during the morning or evening. She's openly expressed how she would harm all those that harm him or interrupt any affectionate moments between them. Finally, In Chapter 305 of the Web Novel, Makoto took the initiative to consummate their relationship which surprised her, but made her extremely happy as he finally thought of her in the way she had been wishing for. Early the next morning she when to the kitchen to cook and while she was doing this Tomoe came to Makoto's room for her turn to have sex. When Mio returned she found Tomoe laying the bed with Makoto which upset her and she started fighting with Tomoe. While they were fighting both of them let everyone in the plane know that they finally had sex with Makoto
* Tomoe: Tomoe is a fellow servant like Mio and has some rivalry with her for Makoto's affections. Despite the rivalry, She often asks Tomoe for advice or later more anime and western cartoons to watch. They also clash on their entertainment preferences. She later admits to Tomoe's parent that she thinks of Tomoe as an older sister but would drop dead if Tomoe ever found out.

* Shiki: Mio constantly intimidates and punishes Shiki. Despite her harsh treatment, deep down she cares for him like a little brother, and even asks for help for making a new spell.
* Tamaki: Like Tomoe, she finds it difficult to trust Tamaki, though probably for different reasons.

### Acquaintances

* Ema: Holds her in high respect, since she is well liked by Makoto. She listens to her requests and works fast and is the assigned translator for some of the memory crystals/tablets. Often teases Ema for her professional manner but makes sure to always do more work then Tomoe before slacking off.
* Patrick Rembrandt
* Rinon: At first Mio did not think much of the young Rinon, seeing her as a nuisance, but when Rinon told her she thought Mio and Makoto were lovers, Mio began to see her in a much more positive light, letting the young girl sit on her lap from time to time.
* Toa: As Makoto is constantly reminded of Nukumi when he talks to Toa, Mio frequently displays jealousy towards Toa to Toa's confusion.
* Hibiki Otonashi: Mio sees her as an interesting person, and thanks the hero for teaching her how to cook. Mio likes to "play" with Hibiki by showing her Makoto's strength or letting Chiya see her true form. In her old spider form, Mio already fought against Hibiki before encountering Makoto.
* Root : Because they are technically Tomoe's parent, she was a little annoyed with them and their overwhelming power, but quickly changes her mind because they becomes a fellow lover of the same entertainment, often bantering together whenever they show up and exchange memory crystals. Though they are way more perverted then Mio, often making her blush or faint from talking about sexual stuff.
* Lime
* Aqua
* Eris
* Navarre
* Wudi
* Chiya:

### Demon Generals

* Rona
* Io
* Reft: When he saw her in the Demon Territory, He screamed and fainted, this displeased her as she was a monster.

### Students

* Jin
* Sif Rembrandt
* Yuno Rembrandt
* Amelia
* Daena
* Misura Kazak
* Izumo

### Gods and Goddesses

* Daikokuten
* Susanoo
* Athena

### Royal Acquaintances

* Joshua
* Bredda
* Demon Lord Zef

### Enemies

* Goddess
* Mils Ace

## **Trivia**

* Mio *may have been* inspired by "Ungoliant" from "The Silmarillion" by J. R. R. Tolkien; as both are ancient beings with unknown origin who are described as terrifying Spirits taking the form of a Great Spider, and their hunger grew so out of control that they start to consume everything in their path.
* As a Black Spider Female, her feeding on Makoto Misumi as her "Favorite Meal" reflects real-World female arachnids penchant to consume their male mate soon after mating.
* They are hints in the anime that the morning cartoons she's interested in happen to be everyone's friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
* Her interest in childish shows like Power Ranger-eques, action, spy and thriller and super hero reflect the "golden age" when Japanese Culture invaded the west, well also trying to tell western stories through anime in the early to late 90s.
* A running gag for her is her trying and failing to "attend" to the Young Master when he heads to bed. Being mocked by Tomoe for this makes her question her own womanhood.
* An ironic fault in her personality is that she finds Makoto's dark sociopathic tendencies scary, and yet when misunderstands other's involvement towards him, she reacts in the same manner, because of her misguided envy.