Haruka Nanao/Synopsis

## Plot

### Yurina Appears

Shortly after Yurina comes to life through Daigo's phone, Haruka unwittingly answers a question Daigo posts on the Encircled Grimzelia message board through her Grimzelia persona, Eternal Wind.

### Eternal Wind Joins

A few days later, while in class, Haruka sees Daigo and Ea playing on their smart phones and apprehends them. She is met with resistance by Daigo who demands his phone back, but she is supported by her friends and fellow classmates who admire. After her friends unlock Daigo's phone, Haruka catches a glimpse of Daigo's copy of Grimzelia and almost reveals that she is an avid player of the game.

   A few days later, while on her way home from her after-school job, Haruka stops by the park to check her status in Grimzelia and read her mail. After reading through several flattering messages, she reads Ea's message explaining that Yurina and Grimzelia monsters have come to life. The message vexes Haruka, but she does not outright dismiss it as Ea (whom she only knows as her avatar Ea-Kon) has always seemed reasonable. Suddenly, a bright light appears and Haruka discovers Daigo, Ea, and Yurina facing a large Grimzelia monster, which she recognizes as an Absorber. Haruka is perplexed by the scene and stays hidden behind a tree. After the trio defeat the monster, Haruka tries to make sense of the situation and realizes that Ea and Daigo must have been the ones who sent her the message.

Just then, a girl in a one piece swimsuit arrives, and reveals herself to be another Grimzelia monster; the Mecha Scorpio. Still hidden from the others, Haruka sees that they are in trouble as Ea cannot be summoned as a friend support and Yurina has been caught by the monster. Haruka deduces that Ea becomes powered up when acting as friend support for Daigo and, therefore, the same should happen to her. As the Mecha Scorpio injects its poison into Yurina, Haruka contemplates what to do. Although she knows she could beat the monster, she fears being outed as an avid smart phone gamer to the rest of her class. Ultimately, she decides that, whether she is the class president or Eternal Wind, she must meet people's expectations. She messages Daigo, sending him a friend request so she can be summoned. Daigo sees the request and summons her. As suspected, Haruka transforms, clothed in the equipment of her SS Rare Gear Brionac, and appears before Daigo and Ea. Though she is initially embarrassed, Haruka finds that Daigo and Ea do not recognize her since her outfit includes a mask. Relieved that her secret is still safe, Haruka prepares to face the monster.

Though initially overwhelmed by her new power, Haruka quickly disposes of the Mecha Scorpio, destroying it with one blast. Afterwards, Haruka awkwardly, but convincingly continues her role as a brave high-ranking hero to Daigo, Yurina, and Ea, but soon takes her leave as she realizes her costume will likely soon disappear. Back at home, Haruka wonders if she made the right choice, but is reassured as she received gratitude from Daigo. The next day at school, Haruka's friend Rikoha makes disparaging comments about Eternal Wind, while Daigo voices his admiration for her. Haruka becomes flustered and awkwardly admonishes Daigo before leaving.

### Yurina's Despair and Daigo's Transformation

Some time later, Haruka talks with Daigo through e-mail about him summoning nothing but Villagers Swords, which she finds odd. Later that evening, Haruka comes to Daigo's aid again, donning the Eternal Wind outfit after being Friend Summoned. However, Haruka is surprised to see they have summoned her to defeat a Muscargot, a relatively weak monster. Nevertheless, as the monster is attacking Ea with Digestive Poison, she quickly defeats it. Haruka finds it strange though that the Muscargot would have a Digestive Poison ability, but she dismisses it and heads home. Early the next morning, Haruka rushes over to Daigo's house, still in her Eternal Wind outfit, complaining that it hasn't disappeared. After seeing Yurina has run out of AP, Haruka and Daigo rush to her room and find her completely despondent, believing she is not fit to be a hero. After failing to reassure her, Haruka admonishes Yurina for her self-pity. Haruka then tells Daigo that she confirmed that the Muscargot does not have a Digestive Poison ability and, after asking if Ea is okay, Ea herself appears the window, possessed by a slug. As the monster breaks in, Haruka explains that it has afflicted Ea with the Parasite status. Haruka tries to fight the monster, but finds it difficult as she is terrified of slugs and her weapon is ineffective against the monster and only causes it to divide into multiple slugs. The slugs swarm and overwhelm Haruka, but she is saved by Yurina after she regains her confidence. Afterwards, after reveals his second smart phone and friend summons himself (turning into a girl in the process) Haruka recognizes his weapon as the exceptionally rare Apocalypse. After the slugs have been defeated, Haruka accepts Yurina's apology for causing her trouble and she agrees to continue to fight alongside her.

Later, Haruka has a meeting with Daigo and Ea via Skype to discuss the Grimzelia situation. Daigo and Ea suggest informing the developers of Grimzelia, but Haruka disagrees as the company itself may be behind the monster appearances and could retaliate against them. Instead, Haruka suggests they continue to seek high-ranking Grimzelia players with rare weapons who would be able to help their cause. Incidentally, Daigo and Ea overhear Haruka's cat and she informs them that its name is Storm.

### The Snow Girl

While playing Grimzelia, Haruka is defeated by a Yuki-Onna, prompting her to observe that she needs a weapon for fighting humanoid monsters. She then receives an e-mail from Ea, who informs her that they will not be able to meet for the weekend as she, Daigo, and Yurina are going out on a shopping trip, which concerns Haruka. She decides to trail them and keep watch as they begin their trip. The trio first go to a game center and win a giant stuffed Yurina doll, making Haruka envious as she too wishes to have the doll. They then go to a Zakka store, where Daigo buys an item, after which Haruka buys a cat spoon for herself. After seeing Daigo and the others having fun, Haruka becomes lonely and decides to head home. However, she stops at the food court and starts to indulge herself on ice cream before Daigo and the others arrive at the food court as well, still having fun, which upsets her even more. Haruka then notices that all the staff for the ice cream parlor are wearing school swimsuits, just like the girls who had been possessed before. She also notices a promotion in which only "hot guys" get a "Special School Swimsuit Ice Cream". Daigo is volunteered for the promotion and is led into the back, at which point Haruka follows them and discovers that Daigo, as well as many other young boys, have been frozen solid.

Haruka is then confronted by a group of girls, who reveal themselves to be Snow-Men; monsters from Grimzelia. Seeing Daigo's smart phone, Haruka readies herself to change into Eternal Wind, but Yurina and Ea suddenly barge in. After realizing the situation, Yurina and Ea att

   empt to summon Eternal Wind, prompting Haruka to run and conceal herself as she transforms. The three then engage in battle with Haruka taking out three of the Snow-Men with her Brionac. After the Snow-Men are vanquished, Haruka urges Yurina and Ea to leave as a Yuki-Onna is likely nearby. Sure enough, Yuki-Onna suddenly appears and freezes Yurina. As Haruka flees with Ea, she considers switching to the Flare Baselard gear, but worries that it will give away her identity. After Yuki-Onna catches and freezes Ea, Haruka chastises herself for letting her and Yurina suffer, after which she dons the Flare Baselard gear and declares she will destroy Yuki-Onna. Haruka quickly gains the upper hand against Yuki-Onna and she asks her to explain why the Grimzelia monsters are invading the real world. Yuki-Onna that they are looking for the vessel for the second "Demon King", much to Haruka's confusion. Yuki-Onna then summons two Snow-Men to kill Yurina and Ea, but Haruka manages to stop them after receiving a power-up from Daigo, who has mysteriously thawed out. Haruka then defeats Yuki-Onna, freeing Yurina and Ea and all the boys that had been frozen. Believing her identity has been revealed, Haruka finds that Daigo has closed his eyes due to her revealing outfit, thus keeping her identity secret.

Later, Haruka meets up with Daigo, Yurina and Ea who, believing she has just now discovered their hero identities, explain the situation to her, and Haruka plays along. Haruka then bitterly asks why they would exclude Eternal Wind from their shopping trip and they explain that they wanted to buy some surprise gifts for her, much to Haruka's relief. However, she still contemplates why Daigo was thawed out during the battle. Back at home, Haruka receives the gifts from Daigo and the others, but is a bit let down that Daigo's gift is a spoon, which she already bought. However, Haruka is delighted when her mother points out it must mean they think alike.

### A Trip to the Beach

With the summer season upon them, Ea suggest to Haruka and Daigo that they go to the beach, but Haruka is fatigued and reluctant due to staying up late trying to get a special S Rare gear (though, to maintain her cover, she claims she was up late studying). Nevertheless, when Ea suggests the beach may be a good place to find Grimzelia monters, Haruka decides to go, with Ami and Rikoha tagging along.

At the beach, Haruka and the other girls begin to have fun, but Haruka quickly collapses and faints. While the others try to revive her, Rikoha begins to ecstatically draw a picture of the suffering Haruka, creating suspicion from Daigo and Yurina, but Ea and Rikoha absolve her of blame. Nonoka goes to get a lifeguard and Daigo, Yurina, and Ea leave to search for monsters, leaving Haruka alone with Rikoha. Eventually, Haruka awakens and leaves while Rikoha goes to get sunscreen for her. Though she still feels quite ill, Haruka dons her Eternal Wind disguise and meets up with Ea after Yurina is dragged underwater by monsters and Daigo dives in to save her. Haruka warns Ea that the monsters are quite strong and the two devise a plan to battle the monsters together.

As Haruka and Ea dive underwater, two of the monsters break away, one, the Clicone, attacking Ea and the other, the Spiral Shell Slug, attacking Haruka. Haruka battles the slug, but finds she is outmatched due to the monster's speed and her limited mobility and inability to breath underwater. Haruka is then rammed by the Spiral Shell Slug, causing her to exhale her air. She tries to go back up for air, but the monster poisons her with its radula and then attempts to swallow her. With the top half of her body covered, Haruka realizes no one can see her face and so she uses her feet to operate her tablet and equip the Torreno Spear gear. She fires the weapon, freeing herself and destroying the monster in one shot. Haruka then finds that the Clicone has captured Ea and is sucking her brain, greatly reducing her intellect. While Haruka tries to figure out how to proceed, Ea uses her Gyoppi Staff's "Wild Goldfish" skill to cast the Berserk spell on the Clicone. The savage monster attacks Haruka, punching her straight up through the surface of the ocean. Realizing no one can see her face, Haruka changes out of her Brionac gear and equips her own Gyoppi Staff. Once the Clicone reaches the surface, she blasts the monster with her staff, destroying it. Back on the beach, Haruka, having rescued Ea and the two possessed girls, tries to go back to the water to continue fighting, but is too exhausted and she collapses.

Later, after Daigo and Yurina have defeated the last monster, Haruka and Ea chide Daigo for trying to revive Yurina with the air from the plastic bag, but they also commend him for his valor in saving her.

### The Festival

After their adventure at the beach, Haruka and the others arrive at Ea's vacation home. While the other girls take a bath, Haruka obstains (for fear of being groped by Rikoha), and helps Daigo prepare food in the kitchen. Haruka asks Daigo about the S Rare weapons that have broken, prompting him to mentoin the Chaos Blade, but Haruka remarks that no such weapon exists in Grimzelia.

At the festival, Haruka, Rikoha, Ami, and Nonoka take their leave of Daigo, Yurina, and Ea as they notice some bad feelings brewing between the three due to Yurina and Ea's jealousy towards each other. While Haruka and the others are away, Yurina is abducted by a Grimzelia monster, but emerges victorious when Daigo and Ea come to her aid. Shortly afterwards, Haruka and Ami arrive and Haruka sees Yurina in her new Corona Blade outfit, becoming despondent with jealousy.

### Ea's Abduction

Sometime later, Haruka is summoned by Daigo once again when he, Yurina, and Ea are confronted by Lamia, who swallows Ea and Yurina. Haruka shoots Lamia with her Brionac, freeing Yurina, though Ea still remains trapped. Haruka prepares to face Lamia, but is not sure that she can beat her as Lamia is a Group-Quest Boss, that usually takes multiple players to defeat. Additionally, Haruka contemplates what will happen to her if she dies while facing a monster. Nevertheless, Haruka begins to battle Lamia, but it quickly become clear that Lamia has the advantage. Haruka uses her Hollow Wind skill to get behind Lamia to land a decisive blow, but Lamia subverts her plan by maneuvering around Haruka and stabbing her through the back. Haruka tries to get away, but is completely helpless as Lamia mercilessly tortures her. Finally, Lamia delivers a killing blow, slicing Haruka's neck. Seemingly dead, Haruka's body vanishes before her friends' eyes.

Fortunately, Haruka, in fact, survives Lamia's attack and manages to get away in the blinding light. However, Haruka soon discovers that her account has been deleted and she has lost all progress she made in Grimzelia. Haruka sobs and despairs, but is soon discovered by Daigo and the others. Though she is despondent, Haruka realizes the severity of the situation as Ea has been kidnapped by Lamia. Therefore, while not still not letting on that she was Eternal Wind, she volunteers to "start" playing Grimzelia and help Daigo and Yurina rescue Ea.

An anticipation of upcoming battle, Haruka starts working extra shifts at her job so she can get more to spend on Grimzelia.

### The Rankers

Haruka begins resetting her Grimzelia account over and over to get free S Rare draws, but she is unable to obtain a weapon strong enough to be a worthy successor to Brionac. Haruka later attends a meeting with Yurina, Daigo, Riho, and the high-ranking Grimzelia players they have recruited to help them. During the meeting, Haruka suggests that the managers of the Grimzelia app may be purposely creating it as a "life or death" social game to amass more wealth. Unfortunately, the Rankers look down on her for her presumed lack of experience, but Haruka proves her determination by presenting a large mass of "Go!gle Play" cards. They then get the idea that Daigo could draw a weapon for Haruka, hopefully resulting in another Villager's Corona Blade, as with Yurina. Daigo draws the weapon and, amazingly, manages to get the incredibly rare Agateram, which Haruka happily accepts as her new weapon.

Haruka tries out her new weapon on the Grimzelia monster Mechancial Death Bee, while also adopting the new name "Infinite Wind". However, Haruka quickly realizes that the Agateram does not come with any underwear, and she becomes crippled with fear of exposing herself. Consequently, she takes significant damage from the Mechanical Death Bee, but regains her composure after hearing the other Rankers continue to look down on her. Haruka focuses and manages to defeat the monster, proving her worth to Daigo and the Rankers.

After several more training sessions, Haruka and others receive word from Riho that Ami has located Ea and thus the invasion of Lamia's base can begin.

### Rescuing Ea

On the day of the invasion, Haruka rides the train with everyone else and they prepare for the upcoming battle. When they arrive at their destination, Haruka has an encounter with Mayu Kurusugawa that makes her consider that she may die for real if she is defeated while friend summoned. After some initial difficulty with Daigo's phone reception, Haruka and the others enter Lamia's base. However, they are quickly caught offguard by Nightshade and fall through a trap door, which separates them.

Haruka traverses the enemy base alone, encountering many monsters along the away, including a King Absorber that swallows her, but she manages to escape and destroy it. Haruka then encounters a monster girl who takes control of Haruka's body with her dummy puppets. In the middle of the battle, Daigo and Saori arrive, putting Haruka in awkward position as the monster girl almost exposes her bare crotch. However, using her wits, Haruka is able to turn the tables on the monster girl and defeat her. Afterwards, Haruka leaves with Daigo and Saori to explore the rest of the base.

Some time later, Haruka, Daigo and Saori reunite with Yurina, Ami, and Riho and they discuss their current predicament and plan of action.

After battling some low-level monsters, Haruka and the others finally locate Ea who is unconscious and strapped to a chair in an empty room. Venomous Moon Jelly appears and explains that she has poisoned and will fall asleep forever unless they give her the antidote. Haruka is incapacitated as Venomous Moon Jelly unleashes a black ooze that invades her and the others' brains and brings out Yurina's dark side. Fortunately, Yurina is able to overcome it and defeat Venomous Moon Jelly and retrieve the antidote. The group is then met by Lamia who brushes them off as they are not yet ready to face her.

After curing Ea, Haruka and the others have a heartfelt reunion with her. The group then battle Medusa who has already petrified Marimo, Honoka, RIn Mei, and Karasu. Yurina defeats Medusa, but the group are then attacked by Yamada Rinko who then injects a fluid into Medusa, turning her into a mindless monster. Haruka is attacked and turned to stone by Medusa, along with Saori.

### The Final Battle

After Yamada is defeated, Haruka is revived by Ea who uses a special item to heal her and everyone else who was turned to stone. However, Lamia and several other monster girls have arrived and make clear their intention to mate with Daigo to start a new generation of monsters. Although Haruka and others do all they can to fight off the monsters, Daigo is ultimately caught and, to everyone's surprise, devoured by Lamia.

 Lamia transforms and injects eggs into the bodies of the Rankers to incubate her offspring. She attempts to inject Haruka, Yurina, and Ea with eggs, but Daigo's will prevents her from doing so. After the Rankers succeed in freeing Daigo from Lamia's body, Haruka is injected with Lamia's eggs as Daigo's will no longer affects her. Neverthlees, Haruka and the others continue to fight Lamia and are able to recruit Rebecca to fight with them. Unfortunately, Rebecca is also devoured by Lamia who then changes into an even stronger form.

 Haruka and the others are immediately overwhelmed by Lamia's new power. However, one of Lamia's former subordinates gives Haruka a special ticket that allows her to reclaim Brionac. Haruka transforms and finally reveals her identity as Eternal Wind to Daigo, Yurina, and Ea. The others are overjoyed that "Eternal Wind" is alive and Haruka quickly enacts her ploy. Haruka engages in battle with Lamia, but is almost immediately caught by her mouth. However, using Brionac's Hollow Wind skill, she allows herself to be continuously swallowed by Lamia, preventing her from consuming anyone else. While Haruka blocks up Lamia's mouth, Yurina is able to obtain an Ultra Rare weapon and finally finish off Lamia for good.

Haruka rejoins the others as everyone Lamia absorbed is released and all the monster girls return to the world of Grimzelia. Consequently, Yurina also apparently returns to the world of Grimzelia, her mission having been completed, and she bids farewell to Haruka and others before disappearing.

Three days later, Haruka, Daigo, and Ea discover Yurina hiding in Daigo's closet. Apparently, since she considers Daigo's house to be her "home" now, she is free to live in the human world with her friends.

## References

2. ↑ Chapter 6
3. ↑ Chapter 7
4. ↑ Chapter 8
5. ↑ Chapter 9
6. ↑ Chapter 10
7. ↑ Chapter 11
8. ↑ Chapter 12
9. ↑ Chapter 13
10. ↑ Chapter 14
11. ↑ Chapter 17
12. ↑ Chapter 18
13. ↑ Chapter 19
14. ↑ Chapter 21
15. ↑ Chapter 22
16. ↑ Chapter 28
17. ↑ Chapter 29
18. ↑ Chapter 30
19. ↑ Chapter 37
20. ↑ Chapter 38
21. ↑ Chapter 40
22. ↑ Chapter 41
23. ↑ Chapter 42
24. ↑ Chapter 44
25. ↑ Chapter 45
26. ↑ Chapter 46
27. ↑ Chapter 47
28. ↑ Chapter 48
29. ↑ Chapter 49
30. ↑ Chapter 50