Tsugumi

Tsugumi (ツグミ) is the leader of Trash #2's harem warriors.

Appearance
As a human woman, Tsugumi has a ponytail with sharp, angular eyes. Naofumi considered her attractive. She prefers to wear light armor.

Personality
Tsugumi is a serious, determined woman who is loyal to her friends and Trash #2. She is the leader of Trash #2's harem and was willing to risk her life in order to exact revenge for his death.

Abilities
As a human, Tsugumi's skills are unimpressive and was easily defeated by Naofumi and his party. However, when she was temporarily transformed into a human-beast hybrid she fought on par with the Shield Hero.

Weapon Skills
Tsugumi is very skilled with a spear and gave Naofumi trouble when they fought each other. While using the Spear made from the energy of the Spirit Tortoise, the spear point shoots forward and releases a burst of deadly energy.
 * Piercing Shot「貫くもの Tsuranuku Mono (lit. Penetrator)」

Guardian Beast Hybrid
When Tsugumi was temporarily transformed into a human-monster hybrid, her stats were significantly increased and she gained some abilities similar to the White Tiger guardian beast. Even swinging her spear could cause powerful shockwaves.
 * Wind Magic: Tsugumi used the guardian beast's wind magic to enhance her weapon.

Background
Tsugumi has been with Trash #2 since she was very young, attracted to how he tried to go around the world solving problems. She didn't always understand what he was thinking but was loyal to him to the end.

Volume 8
Afterward, Trash #2 traveled with his harem to a neighboring country where the Vassal Katana was stuck, like the sword in the stone. Just before Trash #2 was able to publically attempt to take the Vassal Katana, it flew out of the stone into Raphtalia's hands. They started calling Raphtalia a thief and started chasing her. After a chase, Trash #2 and his harem attacks them with copies of the White Tiger Protective Beast. The battle went relatively quick with Trash #2 and his harem having basic and predictable attacks. Reluctantly, Raphtalia was forced to kill Trash #2, much to his harem's horror.

Volume 9
Tsugumi and the rest of Trash #2's harem attacked L'Arc's castle. Tsugumi was fused with a copy of a guardian beast like the rest of the harem. It turns out that after Trash #2 was defeated, Kyo 'saved' the harem and gave them the power to exact revenge of Naofumi's group. He also promised to bring Trash #2 back from the dead. The harem fought brutally and was starting to beat the heroes. Feeling overwhelmed by the harem's massive power-up, Naofumi switches to the Shield of Wrath, and using its cursed flames, he is able to attack the harem. However, their beast-side and demonic weapon started taking over Tsugumi and the harem. Through the spear, Kyo reveals that he's using the harem as fuel for the spear to destroy Naofumi and the others. Thinking quickly, Naofumi absorbs the spear into the shield. Despite the spear being gone, Tsugumi is still being controlled by the wild beast side of herself. Kizuna uses her Hunting Tool to cut the beast side out while Naofumi uses healing magic to recover the human side. At last, Tsugumi is under her own control and admits surrender.

Later on, after Kyo was defeated, Yomogi brought Tsugumi and the rest of the harem to the leaders of the Vassal Book Country to reveal that Kyo has been manipulating them into war. They aimed to clean up the remaining mess that Kyo had caused.

Relationships

 * Heroes
 * Kyo Ethnina: Initially, Tsugumi believed Kyo to be a friend for suppling tools to kill Naofumi and his group. After Kyo tried to sacrifice Tsugumi and her friends as pawns, they joined the effort to stop his plots from succeeding.
 * Naofumi Iwatani: Tsugumi still harbors negative feelings towards Naofumi for killing Trash #2. However, she is still thankful for Naofumi saving herself, her friends, and Trash #2 from Kyo.
 * Others
 * Trash #2: Tsugumi stays loyal to Trash #2 even after his death. She admitted that he had many faults but found that he was very kind to his harem. However, it frustrated the harem that Trash #2 was always meddling with their relationships.

Etymology

 * The name Tsugumi is written in katakana (ツグミ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (亜美, 亜実, 亜弥, 亜海, 次美, 次実, 次弥, 次海, 都久美 or 都玖未), it could possibly mean:

Trivia

 * In the anime, Tsugumi was capable of casting weak healing magic.