 Class: Blade Brandier Real Name: Kaoru Ichinose  Avatar: The Temptress, Macha  A player with so much skill and power that he's considered superior even by the greatest players in The World. He is the Emperor of the Demon Palace in Lumina Cloth and has numerous fans. However, he's extremely cold and only ever shows emotion towards the cat he has on his shoulder. In real life he is a 20-year-old hikikomori and the former .hacker Elk. Endrance is obsessed with beauty. He sees the other players as nothing more than "ugly dolls" and treats them coldly. Though he is online almost constantly he never meets with other players, instead traveling through fields by himself. The only times he makes public appearances is when he's called into the Arena to defend his title. He is fiercely devoted to the small cat on his shoulder, which he has named "Mia". When fighting he constantly refers to somebody he calls "She" though it's unknown if this is a reference to Mia, Macha, or some other entity altogether.  Shortly after he joins Haseo, Endrance becomes much friendlier, especially to Haseo.   

It is the year 2017, and the stakes have gotten even higher in the massively multiplayer online game The World--now The World R:2, a dangerous place overrun by player killers, where lawlessness abounds. The PKK Haseo, known as "The Terror of Death," is a fearsome foe who punishes those who want to slay other players. But things have gotten personal as Haseo tries to track down the killer Tri-Edge, who has threatened the real life of his friend Shino... (Source: Tokyopop)

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.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

__Height:__ 168cm

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__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!Zarya/Aleksandra Zaryanova (Overwatch)
Garnet (Steven Universe)
Link (The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds) (The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Hero (Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age)
Hero/Luminary (Dragon Quest XI) (Super Smash Brothers Ultimate)
Meleph/Morag (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Zen Kubota (Zanki Zero: Last Beginning)!~

A special bonus Parody Mode added to the extras of the .hack//G.U. Trilogy 
(Source: AniDB)

"The World" is a massively multiplayer online game played by more than twelve million people across the globe. Within this virtual world Haseo, a PK (Player Killer), continues an endless fight. Everything he does is for the sake of the girl Shino, who back in the real world, is hospitalized by an unexplained coma. However, on finally meeting with his sole lead, a PK called &ldquo;Tri-Edge,&rdquo; Haseo is dropped back to Level 1 by a mysterious power! Can Haseo save Shino now that he has lost all of his abilities? Tatsuya Hamasaki, writer of the scenario for the .hack//G.U. games, now turns his hand to its novelization! 
(Source: Tokyopop)

This volume is a collection of the .hack// 4 panel manga (aka Yonkoma) serialized in the .hack//The World magazine.

.hack//Alcor takes place in the online game 'The World'. Nanase is a shy and naive girl belonging to the newbie helping guild 'Canard'. All she wants is to be with Silabus, the guild master whom she has deep admiration for. However, when the guild members are targeted by player killers (or PKs) from the guild Kestrel, will Nanase be able to brave the situation?
