Doumeguri Kakeru

**Doumeguri Kakeru** is the main protagonist of Ecstas Online. He is also knows as Hellshaft, his game alter ego.

## Personality

He initially wants to live in the world with minimal effort. He acknowledges that he is a loner and has a chuunibyou mindset. He considers creating 2D versions of real girls like Asagiri Ririko a "traditional art" from ancient times and hopes to pass it down to the future generation. He dislikes communicating with others and avoids it earnestly. He considers it ait a waste of time he could invest in other activities like his part time job or studying.

He likes everything easy, like wanting easy romantic developments "every three pages'' when he fast logged in to the game.

## Background

He works for "ＨＥＬＬＺ ＤＯＭＡＩＮ", with Aikawa Shuuko as his immediate superior. He is involved in the development of "Exodia Exodus" game which uses next generation VR systems, the commercial versions of which is indistinguishable from reality. He attends his part time job and sees his school as just a reason to get a certificate of graduation. He considers Asagiri Ririko better than a real girl.

## Plot

### Volume 1

#### Prologue

After playing a VR involving Asagiri Ririko involving a ecchi situation, he gets a call from Aikawa Shuuko. She berates him for the delay in delivering the data on Hellshaft, a character from a game he is involved in the development of. He delivers the data via an FTP server before heading to school. After encountering several of his classmates including Asagiri Ririko, Ichinomiya Akira, Shizukuishi Non, he leaves without interacting with anyone else after being informed about the VR demonstration in the audio visual room by Ougiya Takuya. Being a loner, he didn't pick any place to go, wanting to have fun going to a random place.

#### Chapter 1: Login

Arriving in the game, he is confronted by a battle between a swordsman and a orc. He realizes that he is in a battle field with thousands of soldiers and magicians with bows, arrows and swords fighting monsters like orcs, dragon-like creatures. He is confronted by his classmates including Asagiri Ririko, who mistake him for the Demon King. Misunderstanding the situation and assuming that his classmates are trying to save him, he runs towards them only to be slashed by Asagiri Ririko. His classmates attack him, wanting to return to their original world. Fearing for his life, he attempts to get them way from him with his sword, resulting in cutting Asagiri Ririko and knocking down his classmates with the force of the shock wave the sword swing caused. The four members of Hellsector intervene and the humans retreat.

#### Chapter 2 Exodia Exodus

While at the victory party, his disguise is fond out after he awkwardly refuses advances from Forneus and Satanachia. After accidentally exposing himself, he handles the situation and convinces he is the real article to his subordinates using his knowledge of Hellshaft, whom he helped design for the game. Excusing himself, he tries to find his room and runs into Aikawa Shuuko, who has been enslaved at the Demon Lord's castle. She explains that they are trapped in the game. While the rest of the students will respawn if they die, the two of them will not. Additionally, they must not allow the students to clear the game, as this will kill them all.

## Volume 1

At Aikawa's behest, he goes to spy on his classmates and runs into trouble with monsters on his way to visit their stronghold. He is saved by Asagiri and Shizukuiahi Non.

## Powers and Abilities

In his Hellshaft persona, he posses a wide range of abilities.

Ecstas: This ability allows him to send a girl in to a lust fueled frenzy. It appears to act as an aphrodisiac. Even someone inexperienced like Kakeru can impress Forneus with the slightest touch.

Hell and Heaven: It generates a random effect everytime it is used. When he uses it on Non, it creates a stage to humiliate Non infront of the orcs that her class previously slaughtered.