This is a list of characters of the light novel series Arifureta.
Main characters
The main character; a high-school otaku student who is transported along with his classmates to another world, where he only gains a very low-level transmutation skill. During the first trek into the Orcus dungeon, Hajime uses his skill to protect his classmates after they are attacked, only to be betrayed by one of them and thrown straight into the abyss of the dungeon. Left for dead and after losing an arm to one of the monsters, he stumbles upon a very rare mineral that exudes a liquid with healing properties, which when drunk grants him the ability to survive by eating the flesh of monsters he kills, thereby altering his very DNA (causing his brown hair to turn white and possibly his brown eyes to red) while obtaining their abilities, allowing him to grow stronger at an accelerated rate. During his time in the Orcus Dungeon, Hajime also becomes a self-taught master gunsmith by applying his otaku knowledge based on science fiction and military technology, creating powerful alchemical weapons for him to use. After rescuing Yue and conquering the dungeon (despite losing his right eye in battle), Hajime learns the secret of why the dungeons were created and is granted its treasures. Using the knowledge, tools and materials left in the lair of the labyrinth's creator, Hajime is able to create a new metal prosthetic left arm, replace his lost eye with a magic crystal (usually covered by a black eyepatch) and create tools, more powerful weaponry and even land/water/air vehicles for him (and later his party) to use. Leaving the dungeon, he then decides to conquer all 7 dungeons, to get all the ancient magics and use them to return to his home world. Hajime's experiences in the Abyss have caused him to become ruthless and cynical as he fights to survive and protect others, but he begins displaying glimpses of the lost kindness he once had while interacting with the rest of his party, some of his former classmates and even a humanoid-faced male fish named Lehman (who, according to Yue's thinking in the short story "I'll Never Forget That Warmth" in Volume 12 of the manga, may actually be Hajime's only close male friend). His job class is Synergist.
A vampire princess with golden-blonde hair (with reddish-pink tips) and red eyes who was betrayed and imprisoned by her uncle and retainers in the bottom of the Labyrinth of Oscar Orcus for 300 years, until Hajime discovered and freed her using his transmutation skill. She is physically smaller than most people, but a magical prodigy that can use all elemental types of magic; she is also able to combine the Ancient Magics she receives from conquering the labyrinths beside Hajime into original and even more powerful spells. She also has automatic regeneration that keeps her from aging and heals her wounds very quickly. She became Hajime's first companion and fell in love with him as they journeyed together through the Orcus Labyrinth. Yue does not show any jealousy when other girls approach Hajime, but affirms herself as his first and official wife. In Season 3 of the anime, it is revealed that the reason she was betrayed was to protect her from becoming a vessel for the fallen God Ehit, due to her overwhelming power. Upon joining Hajime on his journey, her job class becomes Divine Priestess. In the manga volumes, a short story of the volume's events, told from Yue's point-of-view with her own thoughts and feelings, is usually included as an extra.
A rabbit-girl whom Hajime and Yue encounter, with light blue-white hair and pink bunny ears. She is different from the rest of her clan because of her ability to foresee the future, causing her to abandon the homeland together with her clan. She also possesses monstrous strength and uses one of Hajime's custom-made weapons, a giant war hammer called Drucken, in battle. She also develops feelings for Hajime after he helps her people and pursues him relentlessly, making Hajime originally find her annoying sometimes (although he does enjoy stroking her rabbit ears while she is sleeping); as time goes by, he comes to value her as someone deeply important to him, and in Season Three of the anime he and Shea finally achieve intimacy. Shea also develops a sister-like bond with Yue despite being her love rival for Hajime. Her job class is Diviner due to her future-foreseeing ability.
Tio is a pervert both physically and emotionally (courtesy of an unusual rear assault by Hajime after he and his group defeated her while she was under Shimizu's mind control), but she is honest and caring, and the way she speaks is more formal and similar to the old legends. Tio originally came from the dragon-born tribe, her parents sacrificing themselves fighting against the god centuries ago while hoping their daughter will one day find the person who can eventually defeat the god, and is the Princess of her clan. She is 563 years old and initially respected by Yue, who had been brought up to look to the Dragon-born as models of nobility (an image in Yue's mind that, thanks to Tio's behavior, ultimately shatters). Her human appearance is that of a woman in her 20s with "watermelon" chests, long flowing black hair and golden eyes. She devoted herself to Hajime after he freed her and calls Hajime "Master"; however, despite her "tendencies" at times driving him past the bounds of patience, Hajime has complete trust and faith in her. Her magic and defense are significantly high, especially in her Dragon form; even Hajime's party attacks only cracked her scales. Her dragon form is several meters long with golden slit-pupil eyes and black dragon scales, and in her dragon form she is far more powerful than the white dragons used by the demon forces (in the final battle against Ehit, she is the one who destroys both demon General Fried and his white dragon mount Uranos). Her job class is Guardian.
One of Hajime's classmates and the class idol, with black hair and brown eyes. Her job class is Healer. Back in Japan, she was the only one to actively speak to Hajime, going so far as to research manga, anime and even eroge to hold conversations with him. However, Kaori only realized her true feelings after Hajime fell into the abyss, and was the only one who did not believe in his death. After meeting him again, she was initially frightened by how ruthless Hajime had become, but eventually overcame her fear and confessed her love, joining him on his journey, usually competing with Yue and the others for his affection. She nearly dies after being run through from behind by Daisuke Hiyama, but thanks to the combined Spirit magic of Hajime, Yue, Tio and Aiko her soul is transferred into another, more powerful body that had previously belonged to one of God's (Ehit's) Apostles (in the anime, her new body develops her original body's brown eyes) while her original body is healed and placed in stasis for when (or if) she decides to return to it.
She is Kaori's best friend and a childhood friend of Kouki. She is a hardworking, kind and caring girl who passes her time practicing the kendo skills learned at her family's dojo (where Kouki Amanogawa is also a student). She is extremely sharp and is usually capable of processing things without much explanation. She is one of the more realistic among her classmates and acts as the voice of reason and caution instead of rushing in blindly like her classmates. She is referred to as a cool beauty, but has a secret girlish side that likes cute things, cats and stuffed dolls. After her Artifact sword (a sabre) was destroyed while battling Cattleya's monsters in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, she received one of Hajime's masterpieces, a black Kissaki Moroha Zukuri Shirasaya Katana made of the world's hardest mineral Azanthium (compressed to make it even stronger), as her new weapon, allowing her to utilize her samurai swordsmanship techniques to the fullest; in Volume 4 of the light novels, it is stated that because she had trained with the katana back in Japan she had had a hard time adapting to the Artifact sword given to her and feels more comfortable wielding her new katana. Her job class is Swordmaster, with (judging from glimpses of it in episodes of the anime's first season) her sword style appearing to be Iaido (Quick-Draw Style), but described in the light novels as being Yaegashi-ryū (八やえ重が樫し流りゅう, Yaegashi-style), a style of samurai martial arts developed by the Yaegashi Dojo. In the Sea of Trees Labyrinth, her feelings for Hajime started to grow and she herself became aware of it. In the fight of the last Labyrinth, in an attempt to finish her off, her opponent (a reversed clone of herself) taunted her with all her repressed inner feelings and the guilt of loving the person her best friend loves; however, Hajime saved her in time and encouraged her to win the fight. After the labyrinth was conquered, she confessed to him her love in front of them, saying that "[She] will do everything to make [him hers]" and began showing her cute and girlish sides to Hajime's party.
Summoned class
A school teacher (smaller in stature than her students, about the same size as Yue) with brown hair and large green eyes who was transported to the other world along with the rest of the class. She is extremely emotional and protective when it comes to her students, and tends sometimes to be a huge jumper-to-conclusions (especially when it comes to Hajime in his current state): in the extra short story ""Yue Does Not Approve!" in Volume 6 of the manga, she originally believes that because of Yue's child-like appearance she and Hajime are in danger of engaging in "an indecent relationship", but then calls Yue a "cougar" when Yue reveals that she is in fact older than Aiko, and finally her imagination goes totally off the rails when Yue informs her that she and Hajime are sexually intimate. Her job class is Farmer, and because of her amazing farming skills she becomes known as "the Goddess of Plenty" or "the Goddess of Fertility" (a title Hajime exploits both to encourage the people of the lakeside town of Ur and for his own purposes). When she encountered Hajime again in Ur and realized that he was still alive, she was shocked by the changes in his appearance and mood and was staggered by both his revelation of the world's true history and the truth about his disappearance, but began to have feelings for him after he saved her from poisoning (giving her an antidote via mouth-to-mouth). At first, she did not recognize her feelings, arguing that she and Hajime were simply teacher and student, but later events caused her to recognize her growing love for the young man (even while she kept denying it). She was very shocked when Hajime killed Yukitoshi Shimizu without a drop of regret, but later realized that Hajime did it to spare her from guilt; she is likewise devastated when she later realizes that combining her powers with Tio caused the destruction of the Divine Mountain cathedral and the deaths of everyone inside. Hajime has charged her with remaining his teacher (as well as to the rest of the class) and continually reminding him of what it is/means to be human.