Minori (Log Horizon)

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Unknown
Alias(es)	Minori
Origin	Log Horizon
Occupation	Junior member of Log Horizon
Powers / Skills	Healing and revival magic, Expert strategist
Hobby	Studying with Shiroe, Writing in her notebook
Goals	Escape from Hamelin with her brother (succeeded), Become stronger so she can be of use to Shiroe
Family	No information
Friends / Allies	No information
Enemies	No information
Type of Hero	Priestess, Strategist, Supporter, Twin

Minori is one of the main protagonists of the light novel and anime series Log Horizon. She is a teenage girl and a beginner player of Elder Tales. She is a Human Kannagi-Apprentice. She and her twin brother Touya knew Shiroe before the Apocalypse, who helped them out when they were starting the game. After the Apocalypse, they were tricked into joining Hamelin and held as hostages until Shiroe forced the guild's disbandment, After this, they were welcomed into the Crescent Moon Alliance but left shortly afterwards to join Log Horizon instead. Eventually, Minori develops feelings for Shiroe and becomes a love rival for Akatsuki.

She is voiced by Nao Tamura in the Japanese version of the anime and Luci Christian in the English version.

Appearance

Minori is a cute young girl with short brown hair which she pulls into a one-sided pony tail. She usually wears a red and white traditional Japanese Miko costume or a red kimono-like robe when sleeping.

Personality

Minori is the elder twin (having been born just shortly before her brother). She is polite and well-mannered, and tends to look after her more impetuous brother.

Both siblings are in their second year of middle school. Shiroe notes in the light novel that they are quite young compared to most players, since the recommended age for playing Elder Tales is 15.

She harbors feelings for Shiroe and tries to get others to see more of his good points rather than his "Villain in Glasses" persona (although some of these attempts have the opposite effect). Despite being aware that she is rivaling Akatsuki for Shiroe's affections, she realizes that being jealous towards Akatsuki would bring about nothing. As such she views Akatsuki as a friend in spite of their rivalry.

While generally optimistic and rarely without a smile on her face, Minori is also quite insecure; she considers herself to be a "burden" due to her age, inexperience, and meekness.When Shiroe was preparing to free her and Touya from Hamelin, she tried to dissuade him from it as it would be a heavy burden on him. In the novel, when she realizes that she's in love with Shiroe, she runs a mental list of reasons why such a relationship can't work, and why she's an inadequate match for him. However, Touya encourages her to accept it, because no matter how hard she tries, she can't deny her feelings.

Skills & Abilities

Minori's class is a Kannagi, one of the three healing classes. As such, she is not fit for fighting and specializes in healing and support magic. As a Kannagi, her healing style revolves around damage interception, creating barriers around a single ally or the party. Thus, rather than healing damage after its done, these techniques prevent damage from being taken in the first place. A barrier placed on a target can completely nullify a predetermined amount of damage.

At the time of the Apocalypse, Minori and Touya had only recently started the game, and so were only Lv. 6. While they were trapped in Hamelin, Touya was in the group of kids that was forced to hunt monsters for items that they then gave to the others to tailor while Minori was forced to stay in the guild hall. As a result, Touya pulled ahead of her. At the Summer Training Camp, Minori was Lv. 21 while her brother was Lv. 29. However, before this, she had been studying under Shiroe, who taught her various strategies and party formations. All in all, she is the most intelligent member of Log Horizon after Shiroe himself and soon proves herself to be a capable leader in her own right.

• Purification Barrier: A damage reduction spell. When cast, the caster reduces damage received by 5%.
• Protective Barrier: The caster reduces the damage received by an individual ally. It is 4 times stronger than Purification Barrier (reducing damage by 20%), but has a longer cool-down period.

Gallery

Minori and Touya with Hamelin

The symbol of the Kannagi, Minori's class