Kunihiko

**Kunihiko Tagawa** (田川 邦彦, *Tagawa Kunihiko*) is one of the reincarnated students from Japan who was reborn into a mercenary village alongside fellow reincarnate Asaka and later became an adventurer with her after their home was destroyed by Merazophis.

## Personality

Kunihiko is rash and sometimes has a tendency to act without thinking too much. Due to living as an adventurer, he also has a very mature point of view.

## Synopsis

In his past life, apart from maintaining his delicate but inseparable relationship with his childhood friend, he was a completely normal high school boy.

Born along Asaka in a village on the border between the humans and demons. They took bandit-like actions against the Demon Army. Being stuck with that inseparable relationship with his childhood friend even after reincarnating felt like some kind of fate. Eventually, their home was destroyed by Merazophis when they became too much of a bother, but due to their reincarnation status, Asaka and Kunihiko were spared. Shortly after leaving the now destroyed village Kunihiko met Gouto, after hearing his name and seeing Gouto's katana, Kunihiko mistakenly assumed that he was also a reincarnation, only to be proved wrong after seeing the reaction of the adventurer. Then, he asked to become his apprentice.

In order to defeat Merazophis, the demon commander who single-handedly destroyed their village and massacred its inhabitants save for himself and Asaka, he became an adventurer and gained fame. While he accomplished his heart’s desire of fighting against Merazophis in the Human-Demon Great War, he was unable to overturn the overwhelming difference in strength, and withdrew. He keenly felt his own lack of ability. After meeting Filimøs Harrifenas on the same battlefield, he went to the Elf Village, and got dragged into the war between the elves and the Demon Lord Army and ended up face to face with Merazophis once again. Eventually, this led to a fight with Sophia, which was cut short by Wrath instantly incapacitating the two of them.

## Powers & Abilities

Like most reincarnations, Kunihiko was born with a unique skill and a huge amount of skill points, causing the world's natives to view him as a progidy. He is also one of the few reincarnates with practical battle experience, having grown up as an adventurer and eventually made his way up to A-Rank. Because of these reasons, Shiraori's regards him as the strongest human reincarnate, alongside Asaka.

### Equipment

* **Lighning Katana:** A katana made from made from the body of a lightning dragon he and Asaka defeated. The blade is imbued with lightning.

### Skills

* **Adventurer:** His unique skill as a reincarnation; this single skill actually holds a variety lesser versions of existing skills that are of great use for adventuring.
	+ **Clean:** Maintains cleanliness.
	+ **Item Box:** A lesser version of space magic; used to carry objects in subspace.
	+ **Status Open:** A lesser version of appaisal; used to view one's own status.

### Other Abilities

**Battle Experience:** Due to growing up as an adventurer, Kunihiko is one of the few reincarnations boasting practical battle experience, being able to quickly read a situation and come up with an appropriate turn of action.

## Etymology

* The name **Kunihiko** means "country" (邦) (**kuni**) and "boy, prince" (彦) (**hiko**).
* Kunihiko's surname **Tagawa** means "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**) and "river, stream" (川) (**kawa**/**gawa**).

## Gallery

Light Novel
Encounter with Merazophis(ENG) Encounter with MerazophisAsaka & KunihikoVolume 12Volume 16

Anime
Kunihiko & Asaka

2. ↑ Volume 5-S6: A Terrible Reunion
3. ↑ Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? EX