Kumoko

"Nai Wa"

- Kumoko's catchphrase

"Kumoko", is the nameless main protagonist of Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka? She was reincarnated in another world in the body of a Small Lesser Taratect. She's a spider, so what?

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.

Personality
Kumoko is usually a cheerful, happy-go-lucky type. She to do as little work as possible. She is shown to be overconfident at times, and tends to get extremely frustrated and angry when she is manipulated or humiliated.

Her overconfidence causes her to be proud of her own work, which allowed the easy acquisition of the skill Pride and the title Ruler of Pride[Manga Capter 17.2/WN Chapter 65]. She also likes to laze about and eat in her idle time, which made it easier to gain the skill Sloth and the title Ruler of Sloth[WN: Chapter 144].

Due to not being able to eat palatable foods while living in the depths of the Great Elroe Labyrinth, she has become really fond of good foods and she would do nearly anything to protect her any that she comes across.

Volume 1
Kumoko's odyssey begins peacefully enough. Most of her memories are intact, but she's unaware of where she is because she's surrounded by an eggshell. It doesn't really take her long to break out, though, and chaos ensues; things go from peaceful enough to extremely violent. It takes her a second to realize that the spiders around her are her brothers and sisters and that she is a spider herself! Her Mother is indiscriminately stomping on her young and her siblings are even feeding on each other. Kumoko quickly runs away from the carnage, determined to not die from the very outset of her new life.

After almost starving she comes across the body of one of her siblings in the caves. She's so famished that she eats it on the spot after a tiny amount of hesitation. And so Kumoko gains her very first title! Turns out it's [Kin Eater], much to her chagrin. In the same area she also discovers a human footprint and the first reference to her size is made: she is about a meter long.

After this she makes a home for herself in the form of a spider's nest and spends all her skill points on the skill Appraisal, which is basically useless at its first level. She uses this nest to capture food such as the Elroe Frog, Elroe Randanel, and Finjicote. She also finds a large egg that she is unable to break after much experimentation. And so, she lazes about here in her daily routine until humans come across it. She lets the human who got caught in her trap get away, and the returning force promptly burns her nest, causing her to run.

After the humans burn her nest, she sets off with determination to not get too caught up in relaxation. And so she explores and fights and eats, learning skills and earning titles. This eventually leads her to defeating an Elroe Baladorado, getting her close enough to level 10 that a group of Randanels allows her to evolve into a Small Taratect. Even so, it doesn't take long for humans to find her again. This time, they give chase and she ends up jumping into a pit that leads to the Lower Stratum of the Great Elroe Labyrinth. There she first comes into contact with a Finjicote Hive and later, Earth Dragon Araba.

Araba's latent power drives a sense of despair into Kumoko. She's unable to do anything but cower in fear as Araba stomps around. Kumoko barely escapes death, and he eventually leaves. Araba destroyed the nest Kumoko was using to fight the bees, so instead of building it again and risking Araba finding her, she sets off to explore. She moves to explore the vast cavern in the opposite direction Araba went, of course. Still, she encounters many strong creatures, such as the Elroe Greshigard, Greater Taratect, and Elroe Daznatch , but decides to avoid them due to the comparison in strength.

Due to lack of strength, Kumoko is unable to find any food. She soon finds herself rather hungry and ends up eating the absolutely disgusting Elroe Gastruch, which grants her [Rot Resistance]. Another food-source for her in the Lower Stratum is the Elroe Kohokoro, and Elroe Randanels are also present.

Her travels eventually put her in front of Bagragratches, while avoiding them she realizes that her [Appraisal] skill can now give her full details of her own stats, skills, and titles. She eventually encounters an Anogratch and it spots her, forcing her to fight and kill it. Little did she know this would lead her to one of her most intense battles yet.

Kumoko later begins to set up a nest on the ceiling of the wide cavern, like she has been while traversing the Lower Stratum. It doesn't take her long before a bunch of Anogratches start attacking her. Relentlessly. Anogratches have a unique skill called Vengeance and Wrath, which causes the entire troupe of monkeys to fly into a rage until they kill the one that harmed their own. Kumoko now has to deal with this onslaught. By using her thread and the cave structure (and the fact that she's on the ceiling) in a clever manner, she manages to fend off the hoard of monkeys. Eventually the three Bagragratches that she saw earlier join the fight, causing her to almost taste defeat. Finally, after a ridiculous battle on the ceiling, Kumoko manages to ensnare or kill every last monkey. She easily hits level 10 for her next evolution into Small Poison Taratect and has plenty of food to last a while.

As of chapter 150:
『Zana Horowa LV1 No name

ＨＰ：４２９３／４２９３（Green）＋１８００（Details）(1801 up)

ＭＰ：１３２９２／１３２９２（Blue）＋１８００（Details）(4182 up)

ＳＰ：２８７３／２８７３（Yellow）（Details）(1060 up) ：１４４５／２８７３（Red）＋０（Details）(1060 up)

Average Offensive Ability：２８３３（Details）(1141 up)

Average Defensive Ability：２９０４（Details）(1141 up)

Average Magic Ability：１２５９９（Details）(3841 up)

Average Resistance Ability：１２５４５（Details）(3841 up)

Average Speed Ability：８３６１（Details）(2821 up)

Skill: 「High-speed HP Recovery LV9 (2 up)」 「Magic Extremity」 「Magic God Act LV3 (1 up)」 「Magic Granting LV8 (1 up)」 「Offensive Magic Power LV1 (new)」 「High-speed SP Recovery LV2 (1 up)」 「Great SP Consumption Down LV2 (1 up)」 「Enhanced Destruction LV7 (1 up)」 「Enhanced Slashing LV9 (1 up)」 「Great Enhanced Abnormal Condition LV2 (1 up)」 「War God Spirit LV1 (new)」 「Vitality Granting LV6 (1 up)」 「Dragon Power LV8 (1 up)」 「Deadly Poison Attack LV7 (1 up)」 「Corrosion Attack LV5(1 up)」 「Heresy Attack LV6」 「Poison Synthesis LV10」 「Medicine Synthesis LV8 (1 up)」 「Thread Genius LV1 (new)」 「Universal Thread LV7 (1 up)」 「Thread Manipulation LV10」 「Telekinesis LV3 (2 up)」 「Throw LV10」 「Shoot LV4 (2 up)」 「Space Maneuver LV9 (1 up)」 「Concentration LV10」 「Super Thought Acceleration LV1 (new)」 「Future Vision LV1 (new)」 「Parallel Will LV8 (1 up)」 「High-speed Calculation LV7 (1 up)」 「Accuracy LV10」 「Evasion LV10」 「Probability Correction LV9 (2 up)」 「Stealth LV10」 「Camouflage LV3 (2 up)」 「Silent LV9 (1 up)」 「Tyrant LV2 (1 up)」 「Conviction」 「Hell」 「Degeneration」 「Immortality (new)」 「Heresy Magic LV10」 「Wind Magic LV1 (new)」 「Soil Magic LV2 (new)」 「Shadow Magic LV10」 「Dark Magic LV10」 「Darkness Magic LV5 (3 up)」 「Poison Magic LV10」 「Treatment Magic LV10」 「Space Magic LV10」 「Dimension Magic LV5 (1 up)」 「Abyss Magic LV10」 「Patience」 「Pride」 「Anger LV4 (2 up)」 「Satiation LV8 (1 up)」 「Sloth」 「Wisdom」 「Destruction Resistance LV6 (1 up)」 「Blunt Resistance LV7 (2 up)」 「Slash Resistance LV7 (2 up)」 「Flame Resistance LV3 (1 up)」 「Soil Resistance LV1 (new)」 「Great Heavy Resistance LV2 (1 up)」 「Abnormal Condition Nullity (new)」 「Acid Resistance LV7 (1 up)」 「Paralysis Resistance LV8 (1 up)」 「Faint Resistance LV6 (1 up)」 「Great Fear Resistance LV1 (new)」 「Heresy Nullity」 「Pain Nullity」 「Great Pain Alleviation LV5」 「Night Vision LV10」 「Clairvoyance LV8」 「Evil Eye of Grudge LV7 (1 up)」 「Evil Eye of Stasis LV6 (1 up)」 「Evil Eye of Magnetism LV3 (2 up)」 「Evil Eye of Extinction LV4 (1 up)」 「Great Enhanced Five Senses LV2 (1 up)」 「Perception Range Expansion LV6 (1 up)」 「Divinity Area Expansion LV7 (1 up)」 「Divine Magic」 「Destiny LV3」 「Body Flicker LV8 (1 up)」 「Durability LV8 (1 up)」 「Fortitude LV3 (1 up)」 「Fortress LV3 (1 up)」 「Idaten LV7」 「Taboo LV10」 「ｎ％Ｉ＝Ｗ」

Skill points：３６００

Title: 「Gross Feeder」 「Blood Relative Eater」 「Assassin」 「Monster Killer」 「Poison Technique User」 「Thread User」 「Merciless」 「Monster Slaughterer」 「Ruler of Pride」 「Ruler of Patience」 「Ruler of Wisdom」 「Drake Killer」 「Fear Bringer」 「Dragon Killer」 「Ruler of Sloth」 「Natural Calamity of Monster」 「Conqueror(new)」』

As of chapter 166:
『Zana Horowa LV27 No name

ＨＰ：３１６２２／３１６２２（Green）＋１９００（Details）(25611 up)

ＭＰ：３６６１８／３６６１８（Blue）＋１９００（Details）(20065 up)

ＳＰ：２６０９７／２６０９７（Yellow）（Details）(22332 up) ：５６６５／２６０９７（Red）＋０（Details）(22332 up)

Average Offensive Ability：２９１５３（Details）(25012 up)

Average Defensive Ability：２９１０４（Details）(24898 up)

Average Magic Ability：３５２８０（Details）(19541 up)

Average Resistance Ability：３５１０７（Details）(19432 up)

Average Speed Ability：３４０２１（Details）(23188 up)

Skill: 「Super-speed HP Recovery LV6 (5 up)」 「Magic Extremity」 「Magic God Act LV7 (3 up)」 「Magic Granting LV10 (1 up)」 「Magic Enchantment LV2 (new)」 「Great Offensive Magic Power LV2 (new)」 「High-speed SP Recovery LV10 (7 up)」 「Great SP Consumption Down LV10 (7 up)」 「Great Enhanced Destruction LV6 (new)」 「Great Enhanced Blunt LV7 (new)」 「Great Enhanced Slashing LV4 (new)」 「Great Enhanced Piercing LV6 (new)」 「Great Enhanced Shock LV6 (new)」 「Great Enhanced Abnormal Condition LV10 (7 up)」 「War God Spirit LV10 (8 up)」 「Vitality Granting LV10 (3 up)」 「Ability Granting LV7 (new)」 「Great Vitality Attack LV4 (new)」 「Divine Dragon Power LV7 (new)」 「Dragon Barrier LV2 (new)」 「Deadly Poison Attack LV10 (2 up)」 「Strong Paralysis Attack LV10 (new)」 「Corrosion Attack LV6 (1 up)」 「Heresy Attack LV8 (1 up)」 「Poison Synthesis LV10」 「Medicine Synthesis LV10 (1 up)」 「Shield Talent LV2 (new)」 「Thread Genius LV10 (8 up)」 「Impregnable LV2 (new)」 「God-weaving Thread (new)」 「Thread Manipulation LV10」 「Psychokinesis LV7 (new)」 「Throw LV10」 「Shoot LV10 (5 up)」 「Space Maneuver LV10」 「Kin Domination LV10 (new)」 「Spawning LV10 (new)」 「Concentration LV10」 「Super Thought Acceleration LV3 (1 up)」 「Future Vision LV3 (1 up)」 「Parallel Will LV9 (1 up)」 「High-speed Calculation LV10 (2 up)」 「Accuracy LV10」 「Evasion LV10」 「Great Probability Correction LV10 (9 up)」 「Stealth LV10」 「Concealment LV2 (new)」 「Silent LV10 (1 up)」 「Odorless LV1 (new)」 「Emperor (new)」 「Presentation (new)」 「Conviction」 「Hell」 「Degeneration」 「Immortality」 「Heresy Magic LV10」 「Wind Magic LV10 (3 up)」 「Storm Magic LV1 (new)」 「Soil Magic LV10 (3 up)」 「Earth Magic LV3 (new)」 「Light Magic LV2 (new)」 「Holy Light Magic LV1 (new)」 「Shadow Magic LV10」 「Dark Magic LV10」 「Darkness Magic LV7 (1 up)」 「Poison Magic LV10」 「Treatment Magic LV10」 「Miracle Magic LV10 (new)」 「Space Magic LV10」 「Dimension Magic LV7 (1 up)」 「Abyss Magic LV10」 「Hero LV1 (new)」 「Demon King LV8 (new)」 「Charity (new)」 「Patience」 「Pride」 「Rage LV2 (new)」 「Snatch LV3 (new)」 「Satiation LV10 (2 up)」 「Sloth」 「Wisdom」 「Great Destruction Resistance LV5 (new)」 「Blunt Nullity (new)」 「Great Slash Resistance LV5 (new)」 「Great Pierce Resistance LV5 (new)」 「Great Shock Resistance LV5 (new)」 「Flame Resistance LV8 (4 up)」 「Water Current Resistance LV1 (new)」 「Storm Resistance LV4 (new)」 「Earth Resistance LV5 (4 up)」 「Lightning Resistance LV1(new)」 「Holy Light Resistance LV2 (new)」 「Darkness Resistance LV5 (new)」 「Great Heavy Resistance LV4 (1 up)」 「Abnormal Condition Nullity」 「Great Acid Resistance LV7 (new)」 「Great Corrosion Resistance LV5 (new)」 「Faint Resistance LV8 (1 up)」 「Great Fear Resistance LV2 (1 up)」 「Heresy Nullity」 「Pain Nullity」 「Sense of Pain Nullity (new)」 「Night Vision LV10」 「Thousand Miles Eye LV1 (new)」 「Evil Eye of Grudge LV8 (1 up)」 「Evil Eye of Stasis LV7 (1 up)」 「Evil Eye of Magnetism LV5 (1 up)」 「Evil Eye of Extinction LV5 (1 up)」 「Great Enhanced Five Senses LV10 (7 up)」 「Perception Range Expansion LV8 (1 up)」 「Divinity Area Expansion LV9 (2 up)」 「Divine Magic」 「Destiny LV10 (6 up)」 「Heaven Motion LV10 (new)」 「Abundant Sky LV10 (new)」 「Fortitude LV10 (7 up)」 「Fortress LV10 (7 up)」 「Idaten LV10 (2 up)」 「Taboo LV10」 「ｎ％Ｉ＝Ｗ」

Skill points：１６４５００

Title: 「Gross Feeder」 「Blood Relative Eater」 「Assassin」 「Monster Killer」 「Poison Technique User」 「Thread User」 「Merciless」 「Monster Slaughterer」 「Ruler of Pride」 「Ruler of Patience」 「Ruler of Wisdom」 「Drake Killer」 「Fear Bringer」 「Dragon Killer」 「Ruler of Sloth」 「Natural Calamity of Monster」 「Conqueror」 「Human Killer」 「Rescuer (new)」 「Medicine Technique User (new)」 「Saint (new)」 「Savior (new)」 「Ruler of Charity (new)」 「Guardian (new)」 「King (new)」 「Human Slaughterer (new)」 「Drake Slaughterer (new)」 「Natural Calamity of Human (new)」』

Applications

 * Morning Spider (KuMorning Star), Kumoko uses her thread as a makeshift flail weapon.
 * Multiple magic eyes, due to having 8 eyes Kumoko is capable of using multiple magic eyes at the same time.
 * Multitasking, by giving specified tasks to her parallel wills, Kumoko is capable of conducting magic, doing complex movements, and coming up with strategies at the same time without any drawbacks.

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.
 * Kumoko's original color seems to differ in the different medias 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.