Karnatia "Katia" Seri Anabald, formerly Ooshima Kanata (大島叶多), is one of the reincarnated students from Japan. She was reborn as the daughter of Duke Anabald. A man in her previous life, she tries her best to cope with the changes her new gender brings.
Appearance
Before reincarnation, Kanata looked like an average high school boy with dark hair. He was a bit on the tall and gangly side but fit in well enough with his friends Shun and Kyouya.
Katia has ruby-red hair that reaches the middle of her back and red eyes. She is noted to be a peerless beauty among noble society in Analeit. Due to her status as a duke's daughter, her clothes match her political standing and are often tasteful and elaborate. At the royal academy, she wears the same uniform as everyone else.
Personality
Normally, Katia acts as expected from a lady of high society, with a graceful and feminine way of speaking. When she finds Schlain, her best friend from her life on Earth, she speaks with male mannerisms when around him. Later, when they discover that Schlain’s pet dragon, Feirune, is also a reincarnation, she continues to behave in a masculine way in front of her.
Throughout her new life, though, Katia wrestled with her old memories as she grew up as a girl. She suffered from gender dysphoria due to the memories of her previous life until her mind fell under the control of Hugo's Ruler Skill, Lust. While under the control of the skill, she was able to observe herself fighting her best friend, deciding that the body under the spell's control was her old self, Ooshima Kanata. When her body died and was resurrected by Schlain’s Ruler Skill, Mercy, she declared that Ooshima Kanata was dead and accepted that she had been a girl for many years, allowing her to come to terms with the emotions and splintered feelings she had been wrestling with for years.[1]
As seen during their travel to the Elf Village and the downfall of the Kingdom of Analeit, Karnatia is one of the Reincarnates who has properly adapted to her new life. This is evident in how she has more or less learned the necessary skills of political intrigue expected of the daughter of a duke and a noblewoman. Karnatia has shown she can easily understand and analyze the social and political issues affecting the kingdom and advise her friend Schlain about them, due to his naïveté and denseness preventing him from grasping their complicated situation as a prince and noblewoman, respectively.
Due to her experience navigating politics, Katia is shown to have developed a highly analytical mindset when dealing with others. This is demonstrated when she easily deduces the methods employed by Filimøs to gather the reincarnates and “protect” them. Katia is also shown to have developed a strong intuition, having been able to tell that the Elves and Potimas were not as trustworthy as her allies believed, after carefully analyzing the actions and behavior of Potimas and his subordinates upon arriving in the Elf Village.
Synopsis
Background
In her previous life, Katia was a high school boy named Ooshima Kanata. He was friends with Yamada Shunsuke and Sasajima Kyouya, and the trio would often play online games together. However, Kanata was privately troubled by something: he had no interest in the opposite gender. Fearing he would otherwise become an outcast, he hatched a plan to falsely confess to a girl and get rejected to gain the boys’ sympathy. To ensure that he would be rejected, he decided to falsely confess to Wakaba Hiiro, the “queen of the class.” In the end, everything went as Kanata planned, and he was rejected. However, unbeknownst to him, Wakaba was, in fact, fully aware of his true intentions for confessing to her.
One day, during physics class, a mysterious explosion occurred and killed Kanata alongside his entire class. Afterward, Kanata found himself reincarnated in the body of a noble girl: Karnatia Seli Anabald, or Katia, the daughter of a powerful duke in the Kingdom of Analeit. While initially struggling with her new gender, she ultimately came to terms with it. Due to her new status, Katia was educated in noble etiquette and underwent an “appraisal ceremony” when she came of age. There, it was discovered that she was born with a unique skill and a vast number of skill points, causing the other nobles to refer to her as a “genius.”
Volume 1
A little while after her own "appraisal ceremony," Katia attended the double ceremony of Fourth Prince Schlain Zagan Analeit and Second Princess Suelecia Analeit. During the ceremony, she noticed that, like herself, the prince had a unique skill and inborn skill points, causing her to deduce that he was a reincarnation as well. At the celebration after the ceremony, Katia and her father approached the prince and king to congratulate them, and she used the opportunity to reveal her identity by speaking to the prince in a Japanese accent—prompting him to take them to a private location where they revealed their identities. To Katia’s shock, the prince turned out to be her old friend Shunsuke, or Schlain, and he was similarly surprised upon learning of her identity. Their reunion was interrupted, however, when Shun’s younger sister, the princess, forcefully broke down the door and jealously separated them.[2]
After meeting her old friend, Katia begins to spend time with him and Sue quite often—much to the little sister’s annoyance. Sue tends to see Katia as competition for her brother’s affection, but Katia usually ignores her, though she does have a nagging feeling about how often Sue clings to Shun. Besides this, they attend the royal academy in Analeit and experience a few notable adventures together—such as when the Earth Dragon attacks them during their first outing to hunt monsters and increase their levels.
Volume 3
While continuing like this, the fall of Analeit approached, forcing her to change forever. When Katia began to notice suspicious political movements and odd behavior from her friend Yuri and Schlain’s sister, Sue, she sent people affiliated with House Anabald to monitor Hugo Renxandt, who had been on her radar for a while. Instead, they were brainwashed and used to trap and further brainwash Katia. She was forced to attack Shun during his escape from the kingdom but managed to split her consciousness into two. Using this second personality, she sabotaged her own spell meant to attack Schlain, causing it to explode in her face and lethally wound her. Shun revived Katia using his Ruler Skill, Mercy, then carried her, princess-style, while breaking free of the surrounding soldiers. From that moment on, Katia no longer experienced gender dysphoria, choosing to accept the feelings she had struggled with for years and deciding to live fully as a woman.[1]
As a result of breaking free from Hugo’s brainwashing, she acquired the Skills Divinity Expansion, Heresy Resistance, and Parallel Minds.[3]
Relationships
- Schlain "Shun" Zagan Analeit
- Former classmate and close friend. As part of their former clique and the first reincarnation she met in the new world, Katia develops a very close relationship with Shun, as she feels she can let her guard down around him and comfortably speak Japanese with him. As the series progresses, she develops romantic feelings for Shun and gets jealous if she sees him getting close to girls his age. Since Shun was somewhat oblivious to the malicious intent and possible harmful ambitions of their home kingdom's nobility—specifically the Queen and her eldest child's faction—Karnatia has taken on a protective role for Shun and become something akin to his unofficial political advisor. Unlike him, who lacks both the instincts and education of a noble, Karnatia has already adapted to her position in her second life and works to protect him politically and properly inform him of the complexities of his situation.
- Suelecia "Sue" Analeit
- While Sue was initially cautious of Katia due to her closeness to her brother, she managed to befriend her by convincing her that she saw Shun only as a friend. Katia has shown a better understanding of Sue compared to Shun, being able to see that Sue’s feelings for her brother are genuine and not simply part of some assignment from the Queen. On the other hand, however, Katia remains oblivious to the true, toxic extent of Sue's feelings—and that Sue secretly still harbors resentment toward her for being close to Shun.
- Hugo Baint von Renxandt
- In the beginning, Katia was neutral toward Hugo, despite them coming from different friend groups in their past lives. After noticing Hugo's increasingly antagonistic attitude toward Shun, Karnatia attempted to mend their relationship during their school days to avoid unnecessary conflict—such as when she had Shun approach Hugo and try to reconcile with him. However, their relationship became more strained as the series progressed, and they now view each other as enemies.
- Filimøs Harrifenas
- As her former homeroom teacher in Japan, Katia greatly respects Filimøs. However, as the series progresses, Katia grows suspicious of her due to her numerous unexplained absences from the Royal Academy and vague explanations for her actions, which often leave Katia and Shun in the dark. She frequently advises Shun to be cautious around Filimøs and skeptical of her claims. During their journey to the Elf Village, Karnatia actively kept her guard up and repeatedly voiced the possibility that Filimøs was working against them—both during the trip and later in the battle at the Elf Village.
Powers & Abilities
As a reincarnation, Katia was born with a unique skill and a great number of skill points, further compounded by her being one of the few reincarnates taught how to fight. She was noted by the world's Natives as being a prodigy on par with Shun before the latter obtained the Hero Title. During the battle against D, however, she gave up all her other skills to become the Ruler of Chastity, becoming a pure support type.
Titles & Skills
Current
- Transition: Her unique skill as a reincarnation; converts any skill back into skill points. However, the return rate is not 100%, causing her to avoid using it. Despite that, she finally used it during the battle against D, giving up all her skill points to acquire Chastity.[4]
- Chastity: Purchased using skill points after she converted all of her other skills using Transition; it creates an area of effect that weakens and nullifies attacks. It is noted to be even stronger than the magic-weakening effects of the Divine Dragon Barrier skill.
- n% I = W: A unique skill shared by all reincarnations; it restores her HP, MP, and SP upon leveling up. It is the one skill she kept after using Transition, as it cannot be removed.
Former
- Swordsmanship: She wields a rapier in combat, though her exact skill level with it is unknown.
- Magic Power Perception & Magic Power Operation: Allows her to perceive and control magic power.
- Fire Magic: Allows her to summon and manipulate fire; it is her strongest magic affinity.
- Water Magic: Allows her to summon and manipulate water; it is her weakest magic affinity.
Status
Note: This status is based on what information is given from the story. She has no clean-cut appraisal.
| Karnatia Seri Anabald | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Human | LV?? | Skill Points: 49,000 | Karnatia Seri Anabald |
| Status | |||
| HP | ?? | ||
| MP | ?? | ||
| SP | ?? | ||
| ?? | |||
| Average Offense Ability : | ?? | ||
| Average Defense Ability : | ?? | ||
| Average Magic Ability : | ?? | ||
| Average Resistance Ability : | ?? | ||
| Average Speed Ability : | ?? | ||
| Skills | |||
| Appraisal LV4 • Magic Power Operation LV? • Magic Power Perception LV? • Fire Magic LV? • Flame Magic LV? • Earth Magic LV? • Parallel Minds LV1 • Divinity Expansion LV1 • Heresy Resistance LV1 • Taboo LV1 • n%I=W | |||
| Titles | |||
| Unknown | |||
Trivia
- Her Japanese carries a masculine accent, but when she speaks in her "native language" she holds the elegance and noble air that fits her title.
- Katia's best magical affinity is Fire.[5]
- According to D, Katia has the second largest bust amongst the Reincarnations, just beating out Shiraori and surpassed only by Sophia.
- D believes the reason for this is because, since she was a man in her previous life, her female hormones overcompensated.
- Kanata may have been gay in their previous life. This was hinted at by his colleagues jokes. They have tried asking Wakaba as a way to prove their orientation.
Gallery
References
| Characters (collection) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reincarnations | Kumoko • Shun • Katia • Fei • Filimøs • Yuri • Hugo • Sajin • Ogi • Kunihiko • Asaka • Sophia • Wrath | |
| Natives | Ariel • Meiges • Julius • Cylis • Ronandt • Sue • Potimas • Merazophis • Ael • Sael • Riel • Fiel • Hyrince • Yaana • Jeskan • Hawkin • Aurel • Dustin • Balto • Bloe • Agner • Felmina • Anna • Klevea • Wald • Sanatoria • Kogou • Huey • Darad • Buirimus • Goyef • Basgath | |
| Gods | Güliedistodiez • Shiraori • Sariel • D • Meido | |