Aqua (アクア, Akua) is the deuteragonist of the KonoSuba series and with whom Kazuma started his party. Before she went to the Parallel World, Aqua was the elite Goddess of Water who guided young Japanese to the Afterlife,[1] as well as the goddess worshipped by the Axis Order[2] and Emperor Zel's owner.
Appearance
Kazuma describes Aqua to possess beauty no human could match, with a soft and gentle aura. Her hair and eyes had the translucent blue of the sea on a clear day,[1] and she has a slim figure with large breasts, long legs, wide hips, and waist-long blue hair that is partially tied into a loop with a spherical clip. Aqua measures 83/56/83 cm (or 33/22/33 in) for her B/W/H (Bust/Waist/Hip) respectively, stands at 5'2" (or 157 cm) tall and weighs 132lbs (or 59.9kg).
Aqua's outfit isn't too reveling, but doesn't hide anything,[1] consisting of a sleeveless dark-blue vest with white trimmings, a short dark-blue miniskirt, a green bow around her chest with a blue gem in the middle, a translucent purple underskirt, and detached white sleeves with blue and golden trimmings. She wears thigh-high blue-heeled boots over white stockings with blue trimmings.
Sometimes Aqua wears a divine relic in the form of a translucent pink hagoromo around her, which she can choose to have it appear or disappear. Furthermore, her hair clip also resembles a H2O molecule.
Personality
Although she looks dignified at first glance, Aqua is actually the opposite of what is expected of a goddess, being sloppy, cocky and ill-mannered. While she can be motherly, Aqua is insulting and lacks tact, often offending people because she doesn't think before speaking. Moreover, while Aqua often calls Kazuma a "shut-in NEET", she is a good-for-nothing as well, spending the day doing nothing and being easily influenced by both Kazuma and Cecily's bad behaviors.
Also, due to her low Intelligence stat, Aqua is absent-minded, heedless, forgetful, and unable to understand complex conversations or situations, nor read the room. Her low Intelligence, combined to her poor Luck, are the reasons why most of her ideas and actions end up in a "critical failure". Aqua is, however, very intuitive and astute, guessing correctly what her party's antics,[3][4] as well as thinking fast in the rare occasion she is focused.[5][6]
To make things worse, Aqua is an alcoholic as well. She always wants to party, getting wasted to the point of vomiting, and aside of spending the day getting drunk, Aqua can only sleep while cuddling a bottle of bubbly.[7] In addition, while she believe to be an expert in fancy drinks, Aqua is still unable to differ the taste of an expensive wine from a bargain-priced bottle.[8]
Furthermore, Aqua is a crybaby. Since she is oversensitive and prone to fear, Aqua always cries when she is scared, upset or traumatized. Also, like a child, Aqua fakes crying sometimes to get what she wants[9] as well as throws a tantrum.[10] In addition, like a kid, Aqua is wasteful, being a bohemian who spends all her money partying and getting drunk, with no thoughts for tomorrow. Yet, as an adult woman, she is very sensitive to hints about her age.[11]
Like her followers, Aqua is a scammer too, as, while in Heaven, she used to conceal information about the Parallel World to convince the recently-deceased Japanese to reincarnate there.[1] Aqua also supports her followers' schemes, even taking part in such scams during the Eris Festival.[12] Ironically, while she is more than willing to deceive strangers for just a few bucks,[13] Aqua is still too stubborn to earn an honest buck with her Party Tricks.[14]
However, as a goddess, Aqua is very self-centered, prideful and spoiled, often expecting to be praised and pampered by those around her due to her status, although no one believes her. Aqua also tries to act more dignified when she recites her Order's unusual doctrine. Aqua is greedy as well, often trying to get a bigger share of her party's rewards, and the promise of a big reward is sometimes her only motivation for getting off the couch.
Also, like other gods, Aqua despises both demons and the undead, reason why she constantly antagonizes with Vanir and exorcises Zeeleschilt. However, unlike other gods like Eris, Aqua is way more flexible, as she is able of sympathize with undead like Keele,[15] , apologize to the Succubi,[16] and got attached to both Wiz and Anna, even after bullying the first for so long. She takes seriously her job as goddess of guiding dead souls to the Afterlife.
Aqua is a very loyal person as well, to both her followers, even risking her life in order to protect them; and her party, as she never considered abandon Kazuma, even for Mitsurugi's promises of comfortable life,[17] and was willing to live as a fugitive with Kazuma when he was about to be sentenced to prison.[18] As long as Aqua is having some fun, she will stay by Kazuma's side, for richer or for poorer.
History
For Aqua's history, see her History tab.
Abilities
As a Goddess, Aqua's power correlates to the devotion of her followers. Though drastically weakened after descending to the mortal world,[15] she is still the strongest member of Kazuma's party, having amazingly above-average stats,[2] with her Magical Power surpassing even Megumin's.[19] However, her Intelligence and Luck are low,[2] and she cannot improve them since her stats are already maxed out.[20] Like Megumin and Darkness, Aqua also suffers from being too specialized, with her attacks only being effective against demons and undead.
- Holy Magic: Upon descending into the mortal plane, Aqua took up the Arch Priest-class, learning all her class skills,[20] allowing her to use all types of healing and recovery spells, support buffs, and evil-dispeling magic.
- Heal: Instantly heals a person's wounds.
- Sacred Highness Heal: Greater healing spell. It can restore erased memories.[4]
- Turn Undead: Creates a light that sends the undead to the afterlife.
- Sacred Turn Undead: A more powerful version of Turn Undead, which, when cast upon, can release a powerful spell that can purify even a lich.
- Exorcism: Summons a pillar of light that drives away demons. Powerful enough to stop a possessed Darkness in her tracks.
- Sacred Exorcism: A stronger version of Exorcism. Aqua fires it like a laser from her forehead in a pose similar to the Emerium Beam. This spell is potentially powerful enough to destroy an Archdemon like Vanir.
- Break Spell: A spell that can dispels magic and curses.
- Sacred Break Spell: A stronger version of Break Spell. It can break magical barriers.[21]
- Cure Poison: A spell to detoxify a person.
- Refresh: A spell that lowers the person's body temperature.
- Supporting Buffs: Aqua can cast several supporting spells to greatly increase the resistance, speed, and strength of the one she cast her spell upon:
- Blessing: A spell that increases luck.
- Powered: A spell that increases strength.
- Haste: A spell that increases speed.
- Protection: A spell that increases physical resistance.
- Resistance: A spell that increases magical resistance.
- Versatile Entertainer: Makes the target a multi-threat talent, able to mimic anyone's voice.
- Eyes of Providence: Allows the target to see and listen ghosts, as well as invisible stuff.
- Reflect: A spell that reflects an opponent's attacks back at them.
- Force Fire: Draws the attention of monsters towards the user.
- Magic Seal: Seals someone's or something power. Used in a Divine Treasure[5] and in the Devil King.[22] It is so powerful even an Archdemon can't break it.[23]
- Magic Circle: Aqua can draw magic circles that repel ghosts, undead, demons, and monsters. She can also create spirit barriers to capture demons that are powerful enough to damage even an Archdemon,[24] to turn objects invisible[25] and to block sound.[26]
- Resurrection: The most advanced spell for the Arch Priest class, it revives a recently-deceased person. Usually one person can just be revived once, but due to her seniority over Eris, Aqua can even violate that rule and resurrect the same person multiple times. However, she cannot resurrect those whose physical forms have been completely digested or destroyed,[27] or died of natural causes (as diseases).[28]
- Heal: Instantly heals a person's wounds.
- Water Magic: As a goddess with the domain over water, Aqua possesses many powerful water-related skills. Aqua also can manipulate water from a distance, and breath under water.
- Create Water: Shoots a jet of pure and clean water from atmospheric moisture.
- Sacred Create Water: Summons a large torrent of water from the sky, that causes a huge flood. It is such a large amount of water that it could flood an entire city and destroy subsequent buildings and structures, as well as the city's wall.
- Purification: Purifies water from dirty and poison by touching. As a water goddess, Aqua can purify any liquid, from contaminated hot springs to coffee and tea, through mere contact. However, it seems this is something Aqua has no control over as any liquid she touches becomes purified, regardless of intent, while casting Purification simply increases the effect.
- Holy Water: All liquid she purifies is turned into holy water (known as "Goddess Juice"). Aside from this it can be used as weapon against the undead, her holy water can be used to enhance the quality of weapons and equipment, and protect against illness. Water generated directly from Aqua's body, like her tears, are especially potent against the undead.
- Create Water: Shoots a jet of pure and clean water from atmospheric moisture.
- Party Tricks: After learning all the Arch Priest-class skills at once, Aqua started to spend all her points in the Party Trick-skill tree. Those are used mainly for the entertainment and amusement of people, as Aqua refuses any payment for her presentations.
- Nature's Beauty: A skill that makes two fans appear on both hands and a pot of soil appear on top of her head. Spouts of water will emerge from each fan while a flower grows in the pot that will eject blossoms once fully grown.
- Hundred Hazes: The ultimate party trick. Once it is activated, it takes half of a day to finish.
- Master Artist: As a muse of the arts, Aqua is an extremely talented artist, being able to repair a photo of Darkness's suitor with the bare minimum tools at hand and create detailed 1/12 clay scale models of Megumin and Darkness, as well as intricate sand drawings, soap scale figures, and even make handmade giant robot made out of milk cartons. While Kazuma has noted that she could make a living off these skills, she refuses to, as her greedy and lazy nature makes her unable to financially take advantage of these artistic talents.
- Construction Master: Aqua is also a skilled construction worker. She is so talented working on construction that she is able to repair all by herself a giant wall damaged by Explosion Magic in a single day several times in a roll.
- God Skills: As a goddess, Aqua posses unique skills related to her heavenly race, although her fall from Heaven weakened some of her special abilities as Goddess.
- God Blow: A lethal fist that carries a goddess' rage and sorrows. It can both purify the undead and cause physical damage at the target.
- God Requiem: A lethal hook, it's a goddess requiem of love and sorrow. Like God Blow, it can both cause physical damage and purify the target, being able of purify Arcanletia hot springs. It's an anime exclusive skill.
- Holy Aura: It causes pain for undead and demons that touch her, with prolonged exposure being lethal. Draining her vitality/magic is also poisonous for the undead. However, since the undead look "for salvation," mindless undead are also attracted to her aura. Her holy aura also limits the effectiveness of lie-detecting magical items: they will only detect her lie if it is something she very strongly believes is false.
- Enhanced Vision: Aqua can see in the dark as well as the daytime, as well as see invisible stuff. It is a less powerful version of her omniscience as a goddess.
- Evil Detection: Aqua can also detect undead and demons by their scent. Aqua can also see and communicate with ghosts and poltergeists even if they are invisible.
- Multilingual: Aqua is able of speak fluently many different languages, from Japanese, the Parallel World language, the spirits language and the elemental tongue.
- Divine Protection: If anyone tries to see her location, future or thoughts, as well as attempt to manipulate her mind, a "light" that prevents it.
Equipment
- Feather Mantle: A divine treasure imbued with a variety of magic that prevents all status ailments and is highly resistant,[29] preventing damage (but not pain).[30] It can also fill with air like a balloon[31] and stretch like a rope.[32]
- Scepter: She uses a staff that will fly towards her if summoned. When casting spells, the closed flower at one end will blossom and boost any spells cast.
Trivia
- Aqua's birthday is on 1st August.
- "Aqua" means "Water" in Latin, which reflects her status as the Water Goddess.
- To add to her status as the Water Goddess, her hairpiece is designed to look like a water molecule.
- Due to her astronomic stats, Aqua is qualified for almost all existing classes, except Mage ones, because of her low Intelligence.[2]
- Aqua's hobbies is collecting stones, polishing them every day. That includes a Divine Treasure able to summon random monsters that Chris is desperately looking for[33] and a coronatite.[34]
- Once, Aqua cried because she dropped a 100 eris coin down a sewage drain that was going to be used for ice cream.[35]
- She is given a monthly allowance by Kazuma.[36]
- In order of not purify what she drinks, Aqua always pay attention so her bubbly or tea won't touch her lips while she drinks.[37]
- Upon seeing their party for the first time, passersby consider her the most beautiful out of the three main girl characters due to her goddess-like appearance.
- Aqua refuses to get a license as entertainer due to her stubbornness, as well as turns down requests from the street performers' association to become an honorary member.[38]
- Aqua raises pigeons in the mansion for her presentations, feeding them with vegetables scraps and grains in the garden, although Kazuma always complains about their noise.[39]
- Unlike the novel and manga, Aqua is not shown to be wearing underwear in the anime, resulting in popular belief that Aqua's underwear is invisible.
- In the web novel, aside the Arch Priest skills and Party Tricks, Aqua also learned the Melee skill.
- Aqua is mentioned in Natsume Akatsuki other works Combatants Will Be Dispatched! and Kemono Michi as the "Water Goddess", in order to summon the "Aquans" and use the Blessing spell, respectively.
- The Kemono Michi character who borrowed Aqua's power to use her spell is also voiced by Sora Amamiya.
- Aqua ranked the 1st place in KonoSuba Popularity Poll, although she cheated with the "Aqua-like Button".[40]
- Aqua ranked the 1st place in Sneaker Bunko Funniest Character poll.[41]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 1, Prologue
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 1
- ↑ KonoSuba Television Anime Season 2, Original Animation Disc
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 11, Chapter 2
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 6, Chapter 5
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 12, Chapter 2
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 3
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 7, Chapter 1
- ↑ KonoSuba Television Anime Season 1, Episode 3
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 4, Chapter 1
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 15, Chapter 5
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 8, Chapter 3
- ↑ Explosion Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 3
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 6, Chapter 2
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 2, Chapter 2
- ↑ Consulting Light Novel, Chapter 4
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 3
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 1
- ↑ Explosion Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 1
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 2, Chapter 4
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 2, Chapter 5
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 17, Chapter 4
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 6, Interlude
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 4, Chapter 2
- ↑ KonoSuba Movie Blu-ray Disc Special Short Story 3
- ↑ Explosion Television Anime Blu-ray Disc Volume 3, Special Short Story Booklet
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 4, Chapter 5
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 7, Chapter 4
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 2
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 3, Chapter 4
- ↑ KonoSuba Television Anime Opening 2
- ↑ KonoSuba Television Anime Opening 3
- ↑ Explosion - Bonus Story Light Novel Volume 1, Afterwards
- ↑ Natsume Akatsuki's Twitter
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 12, Chapter 4
- ↑ KonoSuba Light Novel Volume 13, Chapter 2
- ↑ Aqua Q&A
- ↑ Natsume Akatsuki's Twitter
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Natsume Akatsuki's Twitter
- ↑ Popularity Poll
- ↑ Sneaker Bunko Poll