Kumoko

"Kumoko" is the nameless main protagonist of So I'm a Spider, So What? She is reincarnated in another world in the body of a Small Lesser Taratect, the weakest monster, in the largest, most dangerous dungeon known to man: the Great Elroe Labyrinth.

Her life in the labyrinth is fraught with danger, forcing her to fight and become stronger to survive. She fights, eats, levels up, and evolves continuously over two years until she becomes an Arachne and meets Ariel.

Although enemies at first, they are forced into a cease-fire when both realize that neither one can kill the other. Afterwards, Kumoko journeys with Ariel, Sophia, Merazophis, and the Puppet Taratect sisters to the Demon Realm, picking up Wrath along the way. She is given the name White by Ariel.

Appearance
As an individual of the spider-type monster Small Lesser Taratect species, she has a white body with black splotches on her cephalothorax and abdomen, with eight red spider eyes. Additionally, her two forefeet have sharp claws. When she evolves into the Zoa Ele, she has a pitch-black body, and her two front claws turn into thin scythes. When she evolves into the unique monster Zana Horowa she becomes snow-white while maintaining her scythe claws.

Her final form is the Arachne evolution. Her main body is that of a young girl with bleach-white skin, white hair, and red eyes from the bottom of the waist up. From the waist down, the body is connected to a large spider by the head.

The spider body is entirely white like the Zana Horowa. The original mouth and eyes are also maintained on the spider, hinting that the entire form has two brains. She can keep functioning as long as one of the heads is intact She also maintains her scythe-like front claws and even uses one of those claws to make a scythe weapon for herself, which she uses to channel Rot Attack.

Personality
"Nai Wa"

- Kumoko's catchphase

Kumoko's personality goes through several developments during her time as a spider. In the beginning, she is overwhelmed and stressed by her situation upon realizing that she reincarnated as a large spider monster but remains hopeful. She even sets up some long-term goals for herself, such as learning how to talk to communicate with humans and other such details. She likes to relax in homes of her own making and is easily scared if approached. She cries when she needs to eat the disgusting monsters of the Upper Stratum and is traumatized by some of the early events, but steels her mind with the goal set: get stronger so she can leave the Great Elroe Labyrinth.

As a coping mechanism, Kumoko tends to act and think in a happy-go-lucky or sarcastic manner. It distracts her from the situations she finds herself in a while in the Great Elroe Labyrinth because often she is fighting against the odds and facing death every day. As she experiences more and more hardship, her mind does start to wear down, little by little. Some examples of her difficulties are: losing half of her body, eating rot-infested bugs and poisonous monsters to avoid starvation, and losing her home. Those among many other situations that no teenager should ever find themselves having to experience - cause her to lose hope and empathy, which she had during the beginning of her rebirth as a spider. However, it can be challenging to see this due to her mannerisms.

Not to mention, the titles and skills she learns throughout her journey interfere with her mind and soul. She talks with herself when using the Parallel Minds skill and earns several mind-altering titles such as Merciless, Ruler of Pride, Sloth, and more. She eventually gets the title Ruler of Perseverence, which prevents the System from tampering with her soul further due to earning Heresy Nullification. Still, accruing these titles and skills alters her mind irreversibly. By the time she leaves the Great Elroe Labyrinth, she barely considers interacting with humans beyond what will benefit herself.

Some of her conscience remains, as is shown by the way she will save people under attack by bandits - though it is alluded to that she ends up eating the bandits due to the influence of her Parallel Minds. Kumoko doesn't consider this normal since she still finds herself mostly human and is freaked out by their behavior, which eating of the soul of the Queen Taratect altered. She also doesn't seem significantly invested in being friendly for the sake of it, as Kumoko will always attempt to justify a selfish reason for helping people, such as raising a skill, trying to earn a title, among various other excuses.

It is plain to see after she begins her journey with Ariel that she is still capable of caring about others even after her traumatizing experiences in the Great Elroe Labyrinth. However, she always tends to think of herself first. She's also utterly tongue-tied because of her two years of solitude, though she can still think of responses. As the group journeys together and Kumoko begins to care about them, her selfish justifications become more strained, as she seems to find herself unable to believe she can genuinely care about others anymore. Eventually, when Ariel selflessly throws herself between Potimas and Kumoko to save her, she discards her selfish reasonings for helping and realizes that she cares about Ariel and the rest of their group, even if she still has issues talking to them.

Abilities & Equipment

 * Morning Spider (KuMorning Star): Kumoko uses her thread as a makeshift flail weapon.
 * Multiple Evil Eyes: Due to having ten eyes, Kumoko is capable of using multiple Evil Eyes at the same time or amplifying the power of a single Evil Eye skill by using it in various eyes at once.
 * Multitasking: By giving specific tasks to her parallel minds, Kumoko can conduct magic, doing complex movements, and coming up with strategies all at the same time without any drawbacks.
 * Respawn: By utilizing the Immortality skill and Kin Control, upon dying, Kumoko moves her soul and main body into an egg of her spawn made by using the Egg Laying skill.
 * White's Scythe: A weapon built from one of Kumoko's forward limbs when she turned into an Arachne. This weapon has been modified by D with automatic growth properties, and within the confines of the System, it is indestructible. It can cut through anti-magic constructs and emits an eerie aura of darkness. A piece of Kumoko's soul is inside it.

Appraisals
Correction: in 2-6: Zoa Ele, Auditory Enhancement is mistranslated as Poison Resistance. This has been corrected above

Correction: in 4-5: Evolution, Thought Super-Acceleration was incorrectly translated as Thought Acceleration, Night Vision was incorrectly translated as Vision Enhancement, and Anger was incorrectly translated as Wrath. This has been updated to reflect the correct skills.

Correction: In 4-11: Matricide, Black Resistance LV5 is incorrectly translated as Dark Resistance LV6. This has been corrected above. When the Parallel Minds return to the main body after consuming most of the Queen Taratect's soul, the power is directly added to Kumoko's soul; this is why there is such a large jump in power from 4-5: Evolution and 4-11: Matricide.

Trivia

 * Her catchphrase isn't really a catchphrase. The majority of speech from Kumoko is an internal monologue, including this phrase. The phrase is just one of Kumoko's more common thoughts. The English translations of Light Novels completely removed it.
 * The English version has translated this to "Unreal" or "No way."
 * Kumoko doesn't have a name. The term "Kumo" means spider, and the suffix "-ko" feminizes a word. For ease of access, the general public refers to the protagonist as "Kumoko."
 * This is the only unofficial name on this wiki.
 * This name has been adopted by Okina Baba and has been used by the protagonist during some instances of self-introduction in the Web Novel and Light Novels.
 * Also, that name is used in the Anime by the Ending.
 * Kumoko's original color seems to differ in the different media she's in:
 * In the original Web Novel, she is blackish and no different from her siblings.
 * In the Light Novel and Anime she is white with pink spots and accents.
 * In the Manga, she is pink.
 * The Skill [Skanda] is the nickname's origin for the video-game character Baldie that Shun and co. Talk about before their untimely deaths.
 * [Skanda] is a direct reference to the Buddhist Skanda.
 * she is 1 of 3 persons who have the name Wakaba Hiiro
 * Kumoko's threads were stated to have been used by Julius and Schlain's mother to create Julius's signature white scarf after some of her threads were collected during her early days within the Great Elroe Labyrinth after a raid occured in the Labyrinth.
 * Kumoko was also stated to indirectly contacted one of her fellow Reincarnations during this time. With her having come into the possession of Fei's egg while prior to her hatching. After her nest was plundered the Egg along with her threads were taken.

Gallery
Kumoko