Wakaba

Wakaba Hiiro (若葉姫色) is one of the students in the classroom that was caught in the explosion from the fight between the Demon Lord and Hero at the beginning of the story.

Appearance
Despite her unsocial nature, Wakaba Hiiro was described by her classmates as being the "queen" of their school simply due to her great beauty. She had a long black hair that reached up to her knees, a slim figure, and black eyes.

Personality
Despite being revered by others as the "queen" of the school, Wakaba Hiiro is, in fact, a social outcast. She was not a shy person by any means, though, just an unsocial one, not even bothering to interact with her classmates and only speaking the bare minimum required to partake in lessons. Although she got bullied due to her anti-social tendencies, she did not pay much attention to it. In fact, as noted by her would-be bullies, she "saw right through them", not even considering them worth her attention.

Wakaba's loner-lifestyle also applies to her life outside school, spending most of her time inside her room playing video games. She also doesn't have a positive relationship with her parents nor cares much about her nutrition, with her diet consisting of cup ramen and junk food.

Despite her shameless attitude, however, Wakaba does have a sense of pride, being angered when Ooshima Kanata confessed to her whilst fully intending to be rejected.

Background
Wakaba Hiiro was known by her classmates by the "Queen" of the school due to her otherworldly beauty. However, contrary to what one might think of someone with such a title, she was, in fact, a social outcast. She always kept to herself, spending most of her time in class reading while playing video games at home. Her family had also fallen apart and she spend most of her evenings eating alone, her diet consisting mostly of junk-food. Due to this lifestyle, her athleticism is among the lowest in class.

Despite her anti-social tendencies, however, her seeming approachability only made her classmates revere her even more. One of the most popular girls in class, Shinohara Mirei, eventually began bullying her after she was rejected by her crush because he already had a crush on Wakaba. However, Wakaba did not even consider her would-be bully to be worth her time and just ignored her, which only caused her to pick on her even more.

One of Wakaba's classmates, Ooshima Kanata, once confessed to her and she rejected him. However, she noticed that he was fully aware that he would be turned down and wanted to use the botched attempt to fit in better with the rest of the boys in class, which left Wakaba feeling bitter.

Reincarnation
Filimøs, due to increasing pressure from Karnatia, reveals the Wakaba Hiiro did not survive the ordeal in the new world. This revelation shocked Shun and his friends, especially Feirune, who was hoping that there would be a chance to reconcile and ask for forgiveness. This major reveal shocks the group, showing that not everyone has had such privileged lives as them.

Throughout the series, there were numerous hints that implied that Wakaba Hiiro was the identity of Kumoko. This was later confirmed in the Elf Village Arc, when a seemingly alive and unscathed Wakaba made an appearance to Shun's group. This greatly shocked Filimøs and the rest of Shun's party.

'''Major spoilers from volume 9 of the Light Novel onwards, this is your final warning! If your enjoyment gets ruined, is on you okay?''' It was later revealed that Kumoko was not actually the real Wakaba Hiiro. But took on her appearance and memories due to D's influence in the beginning of the story. "Wakaba Hiiro" was a false identity created by D, which she used to masquerade as a high school student, partly to escape and slack off from her responsibilities as a god and enjoy life on Earth.

One day, the class was struck by a mysterious explosion that killed everyone except Wakaba Hiiro. In reality, the explosion was the result of combined a magical attack from a previous Hero and Demon Lord to assassinate Wakaba, viewing her as the cause for their world's plight. Feeling responsible for her classmates and teacher dying in the crossfire, and thinking it would be fun, she collected their souls and reincarnated them.

However, all her classmates dying and being reincarnated would likely draw the attention of fellow gods, and Wakaba Hiiro not being amongst them would surely lead to D being discovered. Therefore, she decided to misdirect them by giving the piece of her soul that was Wakaba Hiiro, with all her memories of her time on Earth, to a spider that happened to be in the classroom at the time, resulting in the creation of Kumoko. Also, to make sure the other reincarnates wouldn't notice her absense, she messed with Filimøs' Student Roster skill by having it state that "Wakaba Hiiro" was dead.

After creating Kumoko by fusing the part of her soul that was Wakaba Hiiro with a spider, D reincarnated her in the Great Elroe Labyrinth and expected her to quickly die off, taking the evidence of D's time on earth with her. However, she instead continued to survive and take on an appearance that is a combination of Wakaba Hiiro and her spider form following her after evolving into an Arachne and Shiraori.

Kumoko who at that point of time taken a new name, Shiraori, was greatly displeased after learning her current existence and memories was built on a lie.

Relationships

 * Shinohara Mirei
 * One of Wakaba's classmates. Shinohara began bullying her after she was rejected by her crush due to him already having a crush for Wakaba himself. However, Wakaba gave little-to-no responce to Shinohara's actions, not even considering her would-be bully worth her attention.


 * Ooshima Kanata
 * One of Wakaba's classmates. He once made a half-hearted confession to her in hopes of her turning him down and allowing him to use it to better fit in with the boys in his class. While Wakaba did exactly as Ooshima expected, she also noticed his intend and it left her feeling bitter at being used.