Sword Art Online, commonly known as SAO, became the most popular work among teenage boys and girls in the 2010s. SAO is a VR game, meaning that players jump into a virtual world, fight to the death, and develop friendships within the game. One game that stands out among the SAO VR games is Gun Gale Online, and while many SAO VR games have strong fantasy elements, Gun Gale Online, commonly known as GGO, is a game in which players fight with guns just like in real war. GGO is the only VR game in the SAO world that has professionals, and it is the most harsh and intense, so here we would like to introduce the main characters of GGO.
[Gun Gale Online] Side story protagonist Len (Kohiruimaki Karen)
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The protagonist of "Gun Gale Online," commonly known as GGO, is a cute girl named Len, who is 145 cm tall and dressed in pink fashion. The gun she uses is the "FN P90" submachine gun, which fires 5.7mm bullets, which are relatively thin and have strong penetrating power. Despite her cute appearance, she is highly skilled, and is particularly adept at speed-based tactics that make use of her high agility and small size.
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However, the real Ren is a tall girl, 183cm tall, Kohiruimaki Karen. She is 19 years old and a wealthy woman attending a prestigious women's university, but she has always had a complex about her height and is shy. He has a high aptitude for VR games, and in GGO, where there are many professionals, he relatively quickly rose to a mid-level level. Furthermore, he is a strong player who quickly became a top player, winning an internal GGO tournament called Squad Jam.
【Gun Gale Online】Fukajiro (Shinohara Miyu)
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Fukajiro, a very cute girl with a short avatar like Len, is Karen's best friend in real life, Shinohara Miyu. Due to certain circumstances, she ended up participating in the second Squad Jam as Len's partner. Miyu is a heavy VR game user in real life, and because she has played many other games, her status is high, and she was strong from the start in GGO, where abilities can be converted.
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
The gun he uses is the six-barreled grenade launcher "MGL 140", which is the most destructive weapon among all the weapons in GGO. Fukajiro, who has raised his strength status in other VR games, has the power to run around with ease even with two grenade launchers, which are heavy weapons. She's a character who doesn't think too much about the consequences and just goes ahead with things, but she's pretty strong, so that's how she gets by.
[Gun Gale Online] Pitohui (Kanzaki Elsa)
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Pitohui, a famous and powerful player in the world of GGO, is the first player with whom Ren had a proper conversation in GGO. Even Len, who was already quite strong, was caught off guard in an instant, and he was so strong that he could have been defeated if he had wanted to. However, Pito seemed to like Len, and they became friendly with each other in GGO.
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Pito's actions are often haphazard and thoughtless, and Len and the others around him are quite afraid of him. This is a spoiler, but Pito's true identity is Kanzaki Elsa, the world-famous singer-songwriter from SAO. Karen is also a real-life fan, and even wrote her a fan letter.
【Gun Gale Online】M (Asougi Goushi)
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M, Pitohui's partner and who uses a large man avatar in GGO, is a capable player who teamed up with Ren in the first Squad Jam. He has a great knowledge of guns and even owns a folding shield made from an extremely precious metal; he's a deep GGO player. By default, he naturally uses polite language, but because Pito gets angry when he does, he makes an effort to use casual language, and there are some hilarious aspects to his appearance that are contrary to his personality.
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In real life, he was originally a stalker of Kanzaki Elsa, but after a certain incident, he became Elsa's subordinate and was overworked. His avatar name M is probably derived from his sexual inclinations, and contrary to his appearance, he is timid and cannot stand up to Elsa, both in real life and in GGO. Although he is excellent, his true timidity comes out when the time comes, and the contrast with his appearance can put those around him off.
【Gun Gale Online】Sinon (Asada Shino)
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The heroine of the Phantom Bullet arc of the main story "Sword Art Online" and the main character when GGO first appeared in the story. In GGO, where there are a lot of big, burly men, she is a strikingly stylish female character, which makes her very popular, but it's not just her looks that also add up to her abilities. She owns a large anti-material rifle called the "Hecate II," and her long-range sniping skills are among the best in GGO.
【Gun Gale Online】Kirito (Kirigatani Kazuto)
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The protagonist of the main story "Sword Art Online", when GGO first appeared in the story, he and Sinon defeated Death Gun, the player killer in GGO, and is one of the strongest VR game players. Even in GGO where guns are the norm, he fights with a light sword called the Photon Sword, and quickly became a top player in GGO. Together with Sinon, he won the third Bullet of Bullets, which decides the strongest GGO player.
[Gun Gale Online] Other important characters
Source: Gun Gale Online © Keiichi Sigsawa/KADOKAWA ASCII Media Works/GGO Project
We have introduced the main characters of GGO, but there are other memorable characters that appear in GGO. The most memorable is the team of tough women called "SHINC". The team is made up of six people with a military look, led by a big woman named Eva, but in reality, it turns out that they are a group of short, cute high school girls who live in Karen's neighborhood.
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The girls admire the tall Karen, but are even more excited when they find out that she is Len, a top GGO player. That's how they became friends after the first Squad Jam. This sequence is heartwarming to watch, and the contrast between the big, tough Evas and the cute girls in real life is part of GGO's charm.
