Kazemaru

★★★★★ Kazemaru		Kazemaru, intelligence agent, will get you any information you need. Be extra careful. When you speak to her, which "her" are you really talking to?
Class	Specialist
Branch	Dollkeeper
Faction	Higashi
Position	Melee
Tags	DPS, Fast-Redeploy
Trait	Does not retreat upon receiving lethal damage, instead swaps to a <Substitute> (Substitute has 0 Block). Swaps back to the original after 20 seconds
Summon	Kaminingyo
How to obtain	Standard Headhunting

Operator

File

Story

Overview

Dialogue

Gallery

Trivia

Kazemaru
Internal name	char_4016_kazema
Etymology	Japanese for "wind" with the suffix -maru
In Other Languages
Simplified Chinese	风丸
Traditional Chinese	風丸
Japanese	カゼマル
Korean	카제마루
Character Information
File no.	HK09
Operator Record	One Should, One Must
Paradox Simulation	Co-Conspiracy
Illustrator	small_ryuzaki (credited as 温泉瓜 in-game)
Japanese CV	Mariko Honda
Chinese CV	Zhang Qi (credited as "Kiiki" in EN)
English CV	Penelope Rawlins
Korean CV	Lee Ja-myeong
Basic Info
Gender	Female
Combat Experience	9 years
Place of Birth	Higashi
Date of Birth	December 29th
Race	Feline
Height	157 cm
Infection Status	Medical tests have confirmed that no infection is present.
Physical Exam
Physical Strength	Standard
Mobility	Standard
Physical Resilience	Standard
Tactical Acumen	Normal
Combat Skill	Excellent
Originium Arts Assimilation	Standard

Stats

Range

■□

Attributes

		MAX	MAX	MAX
HP	1109	1479	1873	2372	–
ATK	313	430	567	692	+80
DEF	131	202	263	318	–
RES	0				N/A
Redeployment time	70 seconds
DP cost	13		15
Block count	2
Attack interval	1.2 seconds

Potential

	DP cost -1
	Redeployment time -4 seconds
	ATK +27
	Improves From Paper Comes Life
	DP cost -1
Total Cost
5 OR 20

Promotion

Elite 1	Maximum attributes increased. DP cost +2. New skill: Origami Art - Twin Shadows. From Paper Comes Life improved. Raise Kazemaru to Level 50. 20K 4 3 3
Elite 2	Maximum attributes increased. From Paper Comes Life improved. Operator Modules available. Raise Kazemaru to Elite 1 Level 70. 120K 3 9 13

Talent

From Paper Comes Life
	When a Substitute is summoned, it will deal 150% of its ATK as Arts damage to ground enemies in the surrounding 8 tiles
	When a Substitute is summoned, it will deal 155% (+5%) of its ATK as Arts damage to ground enemies in the surrounding 8 tiles
	When a Substitute is summoned, it will deal 225% of its ATK as Arts damage to ground enemies in the surrounding 8 tiles
	When a Substitute is summoned, it will deal 230% (+5%) of its ATK as Arts damage to ground enemies in the surrounding 8 tiles
	When a Substitute is summoned, it will deal 270% of its ATK as Arts damage to ground enemies in the surrounding 8 tiles
	When a Substitute is summoned, it will deal 275% (+5%) of its ATK as Arts damage to ground enemies in the surrounding 8 tiles
Range
□□□　 　□■□　 　□□□
Additional information
The Substitute's attack is ranged and can target aerial enemies.

Skills

	Origami Art - Swift Strike Offensive Recovery Auto

Lv.	Description
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 200%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	4	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 210%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	4	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 220%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	4	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 235%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	3	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 250%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	3	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 260%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	3	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 275%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	3	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 300%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	3	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 330%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	3	–
	Increases ATK of the next attack to 350%, and sacrifices 10% of this unit's HP	0	2	–
Additional information
The HP loss can knock out Kazemaru.

	Origami Art - Twin Shadows Auto Recovery Manual 20 seconds

Lv.	Description
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +50% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	0	30	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +55% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	0	30	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +60% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	0	30	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +70% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	5	25	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +75% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	5	25	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +80% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	5	25	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +90% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	10	20	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +100% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	12	20	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +110% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	13	20	20
	Immediately sacrifices 50% of this unit's current HP, gaining +120% ATK and summoning a <Substitute> on a surrounding melee tile to assist in combat	15	20	20
Additional information
The "Substitute" is actually a Kaminingyo, which prioritizes to be spawned on an open melee tile occupied by the enemy with the highest aggression (or a random open melee tile if no enemies are present) within the surrounding tiles to Kazemaru. The ATK buff is applied before the Kaminingyo is spawned, thus will affect From Paper Comes Life. The Kaminingyo will self-destruct when Origami Art - Twin Shadows expire or Kazemaru leaves the map. Unlike Kazemaru's Substitue, the Kaminingyo is unable to attack aerial enemies.

Skill upgrades

	4
	4 7
	6 3
	6 4
	6 3
	6 3 2
	Origami Art - Swift Strike 5 3 4	Origami Art - Twin Shadows 5 3 2
	Origami Art - Swift Strike 6 3 5	Origami Art - Twin Shadows 6 3 5
	Origami Art - Swift Strike 10 4 4	Origami Art - Twin Shadows 10 4 3

Base skills

	Avatar
When this Operator is assigned to the Reception Room, Clue search speed increases by 15%

	Proficient Artistry
When this Operator is assigned to the Reception Room, if no other Operators are working in the Reception Room, increases Clue search speed by 35%

Operator Modules

Original: Kazemaru's Badge

	Operator Kazemaru has demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for repeated contention with the enemy upon the battlefield. The Field Operations Department has thus passed the following resolution: This operator shall be appointed a Specialist Operator during field operations to exercise Dollkeeper responsibilities. In witness whereof, This badge is hereby conferred upon the above named.

PUM-X: An Old Thing

		ATK +45 DEF +25	Trait improved: Instead of retreating when defeated, switch to a <Substitute> (Substitute has 0 Block, but ATK is increased) for 20 seconds before switching back to the original
		ATK +55 DEF +35	From Paper Comes Life improved: When a Substitute is summoned, it will deal 280% of its ATK as Arts damage to ground enemies in the surrounding 8 tiles
		ATK +65 DEF +40	From Paper Comes Life improved: When a Substitute is summoned, it will deal 285% of its ATK as Arts damage to ground enemies in the surrounding 8 tiles

Module Missions	Have Kazemaru use Origami Art - Twin Shadows a total of 10 times (excluding Support Units) Clear Main Theme 3-1 with a 3-star rating; You must deploy your own Kazemaru, and have Kazemaru defeat at least 30 enemies

Prerequisites		Complete both of Kazemaru's PUM-X Module Missions. Raise Kazemaru to Elite 2 Level 50.	2 3 40K
		Have at least 50% Trust with Kazemaru.	2 20 4 50K
		Have at least 100% Trust with Kazemaru.	2 8 5 60K

Description

A Kazemaru with head covered in mud seeks out her parents. She's been trained to become a shinobi since she was five. Family, loyalty, freedom, future, she has no clear awareness of any of it at that age. She just grits her teeth and endures training too ruthless in some measures for a child, and in her wide eyes gleams light–she wants to be what her strongest senpais are, reach the top, offer her loyalty to the lord. But she doesn't know what "offer her loyalty" means. She just knows it's an honor, it's what her parents and herself want to do, so she has to do it. A Kazemaru no longer cleaning the mud from her head again seeks out the young lord. She has become the lord's shinobi. Her hair is bound beneath her hat, her nails orderly trimmed, and missions arrive secretly one after another from the bamboo tubes into her hands. Kazemaru pulls out the scroll inside, and silently looks over. The name she has no recognition of written at the top of that scroll is about to silently lose everything he originally possessed, all before a single fowl is startled. "Well done." So the lord often commends her, but while in hiding, she hears a mother in another courtyard scolding her crying child: "Keep crying, and the people in black will take you away!" The young lord looks at his employee whose head is covered in mud. She changes out of the black bodysuit, and will no longer receives scrolls in bamboo tubes. The old lord has passed, and Kazemaru has a new outfit. The meeting room isn't secret, but it's cramped and inaccessible; contracts fly back and forth in the open, but it's all too smooth and steady. As the days wear on, Kazemaru flexes her stiffened spine at her office desk, joints chafing with a "krrk," and the last time she heard that noise, it was like a hidden weapon scraped at her bones. She doesn't like sitting, nor becoming one of the "people in black" which that mother had tried to spook her child with. This isn't what she's meant to do. This isn't what she likes to do. She wants to do actual good work. She doesn't want to neglect her skills like this. She wants a new way out, but she still hasn't found the full resolve to take the step. The young lord reaches out, brushes away the grime caking Kazemaru's pale hair, and hands her a contract termination, along with a business card for Rhodes Island. One time when returning from work, an unsteady flowerpot was blown into the air, crumbs of soil and leaf fragments flying out to form a graceful arc, and the planter compacted with soil plummeted down and crashed straight onto Kazemaru's head. Head covered in soil and ceramic chips, Kazemaru was struck awake–she needed to leave. She had to leave.

Changelog

Pinch-Out Experimental Operation One Should, One Must and Co-Conspiracy added. Episode 11: Return to Mist Like Illusion introduced. [CN] An Obscure Wanderer English voicelines (CV: Penelope Rawlins) added (this addition is retroactively implemented on Guide Ahead in Global). Lingering Echoes PUM-X Operator Module upgrades implemented. (Buff) PUM-X Operator Module Stage 1 trait improvement changed from giving the Substitute +10% ATK to +15% ATK. [Global] Korean voicelines (CV: Lee Ja-myeong) added. Stultifera Navis Original and PUM-X Operator Modules added. Guide Ahead Introduced.