Oboro

**Oboro** (朧) is a monster companion in NewWorld Online and a supporting character in the **BOFURI** series. As he is Sally's companion, he is affiliated with the Maple Tree guild.

Unlike the companions found on the 7th layer, Oboro hatched from a monster egg. Oboro is one of the mythical beasts that had their eggs hidden in the game.

## Description

Oboro is a white fox with a Shimenawa around his neck. He starts with one tail and a simple shimenawa. After his first evolution, he has two tails, and his shimenawa becomes fancier.

In the web novel, his egg is violet, and his fire is purple. In the anime, his egg is white, and his fire bears the normal yellow-to-red scheme.

## Personality

Upon hatching, Oboro was shown to be curious about his surroundings and about Sally. Upon bonding with Sally, Oboro becomes affectionate with both her and Maple.

## Plot

### Second Event Arc

Maple and Sally acquire a pair of eggs after searching the nest of the defeated boss, Silverwing. During their breaks, Maple and Sally used their bodies to incubate the eggs. The violet egg Sally chose hatched into a small white fox with one tail and a shimenawa around its neck. Sally named him Oboro.

### Guild Founding Arc

After Mai and Yui were recruited, Sally fought solo against the 1st layer boss alongside Oboro. Maple was impressed by Oboro's growth.

### Companions Arc

After Maple and Sally stumbled upon a key-item orb, they decided to try and discover its purpose. Their search for clues led them to discover a map, and Kanade's wisdom told them about a city. Although the city was in ruins, Maple and Sally could use their key items to teleport to the town where only animals could be seen.

Maple and Sally followed Syrup and Oboro as they moved outside the town to a watering place made of stone. After being put inside the water and pulled out, Oboro evolved. Visibly, he had a second tail, and his accessories had become fancier.

## Skills and Equipment

### Active Skills

* **Fox Fire** (*alt.* **Fire Tail**): A skill that shoots fire at a target from the user's tail.
* **Fire Pillar**
* **Hibernate**: A skill that allows one's companion to rest within the *Bridge of Bonds*.
* **Awaken**: A skill that calls ones' companion out from the *Bridge of Bonds*.
* **Shadow Clone**: A skill that creates multiple clones of its target. It has been observed to create 4 clones of Risa. The clones deal damage.
	+ During the guild competition in the anime, this skill was used to create 3 clones of Maple, who was in her Atrocity form. In the web novel, Sally instead used the same skill as Kanade, *Phantom World!*
* **Quick Shadow**: (*alt.* **Vanish**) A skill that makes an ally invisible for a short time.
* **Ghost Flame**: (幽炎) A skill that attacks with pale flames and lowers the target's AGI.
* **Binding Barrier**: (拘束結界) A skill that stuns the target.
* **Cross Fire**: (渡火; わたりび) A skill that creates flames that explode on contact to deal low damage in an area.
* **Demon Flame**: (妖炎, *alt.* **Fairy Fire**) A skill that buffs an ally, engulfing them in fire and increasing their damage output. (note: this may cost MP over time.)
* **Fire Child**: (火童子) A skill that buffs an ally and extends the reach of fire and flaming weapons(?). (note: this may cost MP over time.)
* **Spirited Away**: (神隠し) A skill that erases an ally's existence for 1 second.

### Unique Combinations

* **Demon Fire** + **Fire Child**: After Sally's daggers become engulfed in fire, her attacks gain a small reach.

## Relationships

* Sally: Sally is the owner who hatched his egg. She plays with him and helps him grow.
* Maple: Maple is the girl who was there when he hatched. She plays with him, protects him, and helps him grow.
* Syrup: Syrup is his fellow monster companion who hatched at the same time. He plays with him.

## Etymology

* The name **Oboro** means "haziness, dreaminess, gloom/gloominess, dreariness" (朧).

## Trivia

* In the English translation of the Manga, Oboro is referred to as a girl.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Episode 4
2. ↑ Web Novel chapter 39
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Web Novel chapter 33
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Web Novel chapter 281
5. ↑ Web Novel chapter 29
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Web Novel chapter 78; Episode 6
7. ↑ Episode 12
8. ↑ Web Novel chapter 123
9. ↑ Web Novel chapter 92
10. ↑ Episode 9
11. ↑ Web Novel chapter 246
12. ↑ Web Novel chapter 274
13. ↑ Web Novel chapter 280