Arisu Ichinokuro

Arisu Ichinokuro is the main protagonist in the Mushi-Uta Bug light novel. She became the host of the Morpho Butterfly after it consumed her best friend, Mari Hanashiro, being the first recorded case of a Mushi transfer. She eventually gains the alias of "Lancer".

Appearance

 * Arisu has black eyes. Her beautiful hair, which reaches to her shoulders, is maintained by her family's personal hair stylist every three days. Her figure among those her age is a bit small.

Biography

 * Arisu is a student at Horusu Seijyou Middle School. She was born into a distinguished family. The Ichinokuro family has passed down old practices which have been kept ever since the olden days when they had many enemies, from the Edo period. The morning martial arts training that Arisu takes every day are the aforementioned practices. Ever since she could remember, she was already undertaking various amounts of training; from wielding the Naginata to Akido, under the guidance of an instructor.


 * Arisu becomes regarded as a special target that needs to be watched closely by SEPB upon her turn into a Muchitsuki. Originally she should have just been sent away, but as the sole daughter of the Ichinose family who is an important figure in the business world, a meeting was held to discuss this issue, the decision being to send Daisuke to watch Arisu's every move.

Mushi

 * A brightly silver colored Morpho butterfly with wings that give off a silver light, beautiful pollen on its wings, and four antennas. It possessed Mari until she was consumed by it, the latter turning her dream over to her Arisu as new host. It has the ability to turn items into a long silver lance. The antennas of the Morpho butterfly climb up to the handle like ivy, and give off an imposing presence akin to that of a polished sculpture; four big wings spread out, and one of them the pointed blade that glows.

Trivia

 * The light novel describes Arisu with black eyes, whereas the official website shows her with dark green eyes.

Quotes

 * "No matter how much one wants to live on, in the end, they are unable to escape the destiny that is death; so they can only pass on their dream onto others and silently pass away... there are people like that as well." - Arisu to Daisuke (Mushi-Uta Bug: Volume 01, Chapter 01)
 * "Everybody listen up, I will introduce to you guys once more! This fellow here is the new servant taken in by the Ichinose family, Kusuriya Daisuke-kun. Everybody can treat him like a servant, if you need anything just ask him to do it!" - Arisu taking advantage of her surveillance by Daisuke (Mushi-Uta Bug: Volume 01, Chapter 01)