An excellent merchant, Pilocchio knows how to put the minds of his customers at ease and convince them to buy the various objects he sells. However, despite his easygoing persona, he is actually a very shrewd businessman. As a former member of TaN he still has many contacts with the seedy underworld of &quot;The World&quot; and sells information as well as items in his shop. He is very loyal to both his partner Ita and his role model Tawaraya/Tohta. 

After the destruction of "The World" in 2015, CC Corporation rebuilt the game using data from what was previously to be another game. "The World R:2" was then released in 2016. A newcomer to the game, Haseo, is instantly PKed and then revived by a mysterious man known as Ovan. With the problem of PKs occupying the game, Haseo soon after receives help from a female Harvest known as Shino. Amidst curiosity and confusion, Haseo is lead to joining the guild known as the Twilight Brigade. The guild that searches for the legendary object known as the "Key of the Twilight". Set before the .hack//G.U. game.

Married to [Nicole Bouma](https://anilist.co/staff/95443/). He is also the voice of Zane in the Lego Ninjago series.

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The characters from previous .hack//G.U. Games and .hack//Roots receive an email from Ovan. He is requesting them to go to Hidden Forbidden Festival where is set up a mysterious summer festival. There they find an AIDA Chim Chim who wishes to peacefully co-exist with the other players of The World. It then transforms into the word "Returner", so they assume it to mean that Ovan will return to The World.
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(Source: Anime News Network)