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 constantly fight and become stronger in order to survive. She fights, eats, levels up, and evolves constantly over a two year period 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 of them 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 actually 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 so that she can communicate with humans and other such details. She seeks comfort in the home that she makes for herself with her webbing and is scared when it is intruded upon. 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 goals she sets: 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 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. Events such as being in immense pain from losing half her body, having to eat rot-infested bugs in order to not starve, eat poisonous monsters, burn herself to gain fire resistance in order to traverse the Middle Stratum, lose her home multiple times, and many other situations that no teenager should ever find themselves having to experience causes her to lose the hope and empathy she had during the beginning of her rebirth as a spider, though it can be difficult to see this due to her mannerisms.

Not to mention, the titles and skills she learns throughout her journey mess with her mind and soul. She talks with herself, literally, when using the Parallel Minds skill and earns several mind-altering titles such as Merciless, Ruler of Pride, Gluttony, Sloth, and more; she does eventually get 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, and 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 due to the fact that she still considers herself mostly human and is freaked out by their behavior, which was altered due to them eating the soul of the Queen Taratect. She also doesn't seem particularly 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, attempting to earn a title, or receiving offerings of food from the locals that treat her has a Divine Beast.

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 from the Great Elroe Labyrinth, though she still tends to think of herself first. She's also completely tongue-tied because of her two years of solitude, though she is still able to think of responses clearly. 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 throws away her selfish reasonings for helping and realizes that she actually 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 10 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 multiple eyes at once.
 * Multitasking: By giving specific tasks to her parallel minds, Kumoko is capable of conducting 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 own 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 has the ability to cut through anti-magic and 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 actually internal monologue, including this phrase. This is just one of Kumoko's more common thoughts. It is not used in the English translation of the Light Novels.
 * 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. To have a name to easily refer to, 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.
 * Kumoko's original color seems to differ in the different media she's in:
 * In the original Web Novel she is blackish in color and no different to 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 origin of the nickname 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.

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