Hajime Nagumo

Hajime Nagumo cannot afford to trust, but must be trusted completely by those who depend on him — a contradiction forged in the abyss of the Great Orcus Labyrinth. Once an unremarkable high schooler, his betrayal and near-death catalyze a metamorphosis not just in power, but in identity: each step of his ascent, from crafting firearms in the dark to dismantling a god’s essence, is marked by self-reliance hardened through repeated trauma. He evolves from a desperate survivor into a being capable of rewriting reality, yet never sheds the hyper-vigilance of his lowest moment. His relationships, particularly with Yue and the other Returners, reveal a paradox — emotionally closed-off, yet fiercely protective, forming bonds not through ideology but through proven survival. Unlike the typical isekai protagonist who integrates into a new world, Hajime remains fundamentally alien, rejecting its gods, nations, and moral frameworks. His DNA profile exposes what raw power levels obscure: a character whose 100 in Bonds and Ego reflects not warmth or arrogance, but the absolute centrality of his chosen few to an identity rebuilt around self-sufficiency and conditional trust.