Schlain

Schlain "Shun" Zagan Analeit formerly known as Yamada Shunsuke (山田俊輔) is one of the students who was reincarnated from Japan. He is the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Analeit.

Due to his sizeable role in the story, he is considered the deuteragonist of the series.

Appearance
As Yamada Shunsuke, he was characterised by his bluish-black hair and matching eyes. In the Anime, his overall appearance was fairly similar to his reincarnated self.

Shun is a young man with dark blue hair and green eyes, an average height and a plain body. Like all reincarnations, his appearance has been described as attractive.

In his time in the academy he worn a blue shirt with yellow decoration on the wrist and elbow and a light brown cape with red and blue decorations on the neck.

Personality
Schlain is a kind-hearted young man who can be a little dense at times; he tends to be too trusting and honest. His kindness is such a predominant part of his personality that he finds taking the life of anything with a sense of self-difficult or even painful. This trait allows him to gain the title Ruler of Mercy and the skill Mercy.

When Katia and Feirune are discussing the aspects of their reincarnation, Feirune mentions that it is impressive that Shun has been able to remain thoroughly average in his new life, even though he is a prince and considered a genius. Additionally, it has been noted that the one part of his personality that can be be described as something other than "average" is his strong sense of responsibility. Besides this, Schlain tends to both underestimate the strength of his opponents and overestimate the strength of his allies. This is linked to his thoroughly average personality. He tends to view himself as "not special" even though he is exceptional. This causes him to accidentally put his allies in harms way.

Due to his naïveté, Schlain never really questions the situations he finds himself in much. This causes him to be oblivious things that seem obvious to others, like how he failed to notice the clear malice Cylis had for him and never questioned why he was never given a proper royal education. He was similarly unaware of his younger sister's romantic fixation with him. While he would eventually start asking questions, by the time he does it is usually too late for him to do anything about it.

After becoming the Hero, Schlain's naïveté only worsened as he began projecting his ideal version of Julius onto himself, believing he must never retreat and no matter how strong his opponents are he will find a way to win. He also displayed a sense of recklessness and stubbornness, outright turning down the advice of his more experienced peers. However, this ways of thinking ultimately led to him having a brutal wake-up call during the Elf Village Battle, when he needlessly endangered both himself and his comrades against an opponent far out of their league. In the end, as noted by Wrath stating that his sword is "dull", Schlain is a person who thinks he is doing the right thing even though he actually has no idea how the world really works.

Background
Shunsuke was an average high school boy, was playing an MMORPG with his two friends, Kyouya and Kanata. During class, he forogt his stationary and asked Yuri for stationary, with the agreement that he will give her candy. After viewing the mischievious acts of Mirei Shinohara and Kengo Natsume, a mysterious rift suddenly opened up in the middle of the classroom. He died due to a mysterious explosion in his classroom along with everyone in it.

Volume 1
Schlain was reincarnated as a prince named Schlain in the Kingdom of Analeit, his mother is the king's third princess consort who died shortly after his birth. He grows up respecting his older brother, Julius, and adoring his half-sister, Suelecia.

Schlain enters the appraisal ceremony, along with Suelecia, after practicing the procedure numerous times. He gets appraised and the nobles in the appraisal ceremony was astonished by his appraisal due to his Skill Points and Skills. After the appraisal ceremony, he went to a small reception meeting various children of the nobility until he encounters Karnati Seli Anabald. After realizing that they both speak Japanese, Schlain drags her to a small private room to have talks with one another. It is eventually revealed in the talk that Karnatia Seli Anabald was Ooshima Kanata, his best friend. They both had more discussions until it was interrupted by Sue who came busting in.

Schlain receives an egg as a commemoration gift of his and Suelecia's appraisal ceremony. An earth dragon is hatched from the egg and Schlain names the earth dragon, Feirune or Fei for short.

At one time, Schlain joins Karnatia, along with Feirune in reading the Skill Encylopedia that the Duke owned. They discuss about the skills and how to min-max stats using the skills. It is also revealed that all skills are combat-oriented. Sometime after this event, him and Feirune were alone at one time and Schlain decides to head to the sporting grounds for training with Feirune. It is there that it is revealed that Feirune was Mirei Shinohara when Feirune suddenly talked to Schlain. It was found out that during their dialogue, Feirune gained telepathy via viewing the Skill Encylopedia.

The next scene shows Schlain training with Feirune and Karnatia and it is eventually shown in their dialogues that Karnatia picked up Appraisal when she was a baby. This motivates Schlain to pick up Appraisal as well via Skill Points.

During one of the training sessions with Schlain and Sue, Sue fights Klevea but is ultimately defeated. Julius suddenly appears and Schlain decides to spar with him. After being utterly defeated, with Julius only holding one hand on a sword, Schlain is determined to continue to train and try to reach his brothers' heights.

Later, another reincarnator joins them, Filimøs Harrifenas (Ms. Kanami Okazaki) their former teacher who says that she's being searching for all the students and proposes for Schlain, Karnatia and Feirune to go to the academy with her to meet other students. They all all agree to attend the academy.

Volume 2
At the academy Shun and company meets with Hugo Baint von Renxandt (Natsume Kengo) and Yuri Ullen (Hasebe Yuika), the next sword emperor of the Renxandt Empire and one of the candidate for the next Saint respectively. Later Hugo, who had developed envy towards Shun for standing out more than him, tried to assassinate Shun during an expedition to a mountain close to the academy. Hugo's plan fails due to the intervention of Ms. Oka.

After some time without incidents Shun hear the Divine Voice announcing that he's the new Hero and the death of the former Hero Julius.

Volume 3
Shun returns to Analeit Castle following his father's orders, where it is confirmed that Shun is indeed the new hero. News from the battlefield is slow but it's not until the return of Hyrince that Shun discovered how Julius had died.

Near the day when the new hero will be announced Shun and Sue are summoned by their father but there something unbelievable happens: Sue kills her father and frames Shun. Sue was under the effect of Lust, a skill that Hugo acquired after his defeat by Ms. Oka.

After escaping from the castle Shun is attacked by a brainwashed Katia who uses the last fragment of her male conscience to blow herself up before she could hurt Shun. This broke Hugo's brainwashing of Katia. There was no time to celebrate because now Sophia, a mysterious girl strong enough to beat Ms Oka, appears with two ninja-like warriors. The situation grew bad, but in the right moment a newly evolved Fei shows up to rescue Shun and company, although they are forced them to leave behind Leston and his soldiers as a decoy.

Ten days later Shun is using the house of a friend of Hyrince's to hide, Katia is almost recovered from the self-destructive explosion she caused, but Ms. Oka is in a coma condition after fighting Sophia. Bad news arrives, setting the day of Leston and Katia's parent's execution. Shun decides to go to rescue them even without Ms Oka. Ronandt, the most powerful human mage and Julius magic teacher, ambushes Fei with long range magic attacks. After a couple of maneuvers Shun and Hyrince reach Ronandt, who teleports away.

In the throne room, Leston and Katia's parents are decapitated by guards just when the party arrives. After knocking down all the guards Shun uses his secret skill Mercy, which he had previously used to save Katia, in order to resurrect the beheaded prisoners. Cylis was another story, as his mind has been broken, and Mercy only fixes body.

Shun, Katia, Hyrince, Ms. Oka, Anna, and Fei resolve to stop the invasion of the elves that Hugo is heading.

Relationships

 * Karnatia "Katia" Seri Anabald
 * As the first reincarnation he has met in the new world and also one of his closest friend in Japan, Shun has a positive and close relationship with Katia, often confiding his worries and fears with Katia in numerous occasions. Shun sees Katia as a very valuable friend, continue to see her as his former male self, much to dismay of Katia who has beginning to develop romantic feelings for Shun.


 * Filimøs Harrifenas
 * As his former homeroom teacher in Japan, Shun greatly respects and trust Filimøs, often addressing her as "Sensei" even after reincarnation. Despite numerous Katia's words of cautions against her regarding her mysterious actions, time and again Shun would give his former teacher the benefit of the doubt.


 * Suelecia "Sue" Analeit
 * As his younger half-sister and one of the few family members he is close to, Shun is generally protective of Sue, and tries to lived up to his sister's great expectations of him. Because of this, Shun hide the fact about his reincarnation status and past memories, fearing he might hurt her feelings and feel betray about this revelation.


 * Julius Zagan Analeit
 * As the current hero and Shun's older brother. Shun greatly admires Julius not only for his skills but also his character's traits, often imagining what would his older brother do in difficult situations. On top of balancing his duties as the hero of the world, Julius would try to make time and visit Shun, sometimes engaging in friendly spars and wanting not disappoint Shun's admiration towards him.


 * Feirune
 * One of Shun's classmates and fellow reincarnator from Japan, Feirune was given as a gift to Shun and his sister, Sue during their royal appraisal ceremony. Due to her evolution as a dragon later in the series, Feirune becomes one of the strongest member of Shun's faction, Shun greatly trust and relies on Feirune, especially during battle.


 * Hugo Baint von Renxandt
 * One of Shun's classmates and fellow reincarnator from Japan. Shun was never close with Hugo even back in Japan, dues their clashing personalities and different cliques. As the series progress, Hugo felt increasing jealousy and anger towards Shun, as he felt he should be the main protagonist of new world and not Shun, who he feels is stealing his limelight. As seen in his inner thoughts regarding Hugo, Shun himself is largely oblivious to Hugo's resentment towards him and upon him making it known, Shun himself was still confused as to why he was so angry with him.


 * Sophia Keren
 * Shun first encountered Sophia when she aided Hugo's coup, and he fought her. He deduced she was a reincarnation from her interactions with Filimøs, though this did not change that he thought her actions were unforgivable. After fleeing, Filimøs told Shun about Sophia's identity as a reincarnator who sided with the Administrators. Also, having been overwhelmed so easily caused Shun to realize how weak he is, though he resolved to face her again regardless. Unfortunately, when they did fight again, Shun was once again completely outmatched and realized Sophia was just toying with him.


 * Wrath
 * During their past lives, Kyouya was one of Shun's best friends. Because of this, he was shocked when Filimøs revealed he was the commander of the 8th Demon Army when they finally met again during the Elf Village Battle.


 * Shiraori
 * Shun first learned about Shiraori from Hyrince. Due to her having killed Julius, Shun saw her as someone "unforgivable" and an enemy he would have to face sooner-or-later. When they finally crossed paths during the Elf Village Battle, however, Shun was shocked to learn that his brother's killer was the reincarnation of his classmate Wakaba Hiiro. While the two never really interacted in their previous lives, they did unknowingly party up online on one occasion, as she is secretly the famous player known as "Baldy".

Powers & Abilities
As a reincarnation, Shun was born with a unique skill and a great amount of skill points, causing the world's Natives to view him as a prodigy, which is further compounded by him being one of the few reincarnates taught how to fight. Even the previous Hero, his brother Julius, noted that he would one day overtake him. After becoming the new Hero, Shun's stats received another boost, making him the strongest human reincarnate.

Equipment

 * Hero Sword: A weapon given to him by Leston and previously owned by Julius that serves as his primary weapon. Unbeknownst to him, it is actually an item crafted D herself that can only be wielded by the current holder of the Hero Title and possesses a one-time-use attack powerful enough to kill even a god.

Titles & Skills

 * Divine Protection: His unique reincarnation skill; it makes it easier for him to achieve the desired result in any situation. While he himself believes it to be useless, Shiraori herself considers it "broken" due to how it can turn around any bad situation.
 * Hero: A unique title only one person in the world might have at a time; it boost his overall stats, grants him light magic, allows him to use unique items, and creatures contracted to him will unlock special evolutions.
 * Mercy: Allows him to revive the recently deceased as long as their bodies are reasonably intact. However, usage will cause him to acquire the Taboo skill, which will further increase in level with each subsequent usage.
 * Taboo: Gained following his first usage of Mercy; it increased in level as he commits acts that are considered "taboo", like reviving the dead. Upon reaching LV10, it's effect activated, causing him to learn the truth of the world.
 * Light Magic: Allows him to summon and manipulate light that can burn, pierce, and even vaporize targets; it is noted to his strongest magic affinity and was further boosted upon acquiring the Hero title.
 * Holy Light Beam: A spell that fires a ray of light that can pierce or even vaporize it's target. A direct hit could kill even kill a newly evolved Earth Dragon.
 * Water Magic: Noted to be his second strongest magic affinity; it allows him to summon and control water. He is skilled enough with it to put out Hugo's fire magic.
 * Swordmanship: he was trained in swordmanship by Klevea, a former knight, and has even able to put up a fight against Julius, though the latter tried his best to hide this.
 * Battle Divinity: Accelerates his motor functions and reflexes using MP; often viewed as essencial for combat.
 * Monster Taming: Allows him to tame and form contracts with monsters. He used it to form a contract with Feirune, though it is noted that he did not actually "tame" her.
 * Summoning: Allows him to teleport his tamed monsters to his side from anywhere in the world.

Trivia

 * In the Web Novel Shun's dragon isn't a reincarnated student.
 * Shun's best magical affinity is Light, followed by Water.
 * His Taboo Level was raised to 10 after he revived Anna at Volume 5.