Maple

Intro Kaede Honjou, known as Maple in NewWorld Online, is the main protagonist of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. Kaede was invited by Risa Shiramine, her real-life best friend, to play the game NewWorld Online, in which she accepts to do so. She had no prior professional experience in gaming before entering the said game. She is a curious, air-headed girl who unwittingly gains overpowered skills due to bizarre actions, such as when she ate a dungeon boss. She takes the great shield as her primary armament. She focuses solely on defense, leaving her avatar almost impregnable to all damage while being incredibly sluggish due to her nonexistent AGI stat. After the addition of Guilds in the game, Kaede becomes the guild master of Maple Tree as per the request of Sally. She ranked third in the first event of NewWorld Online. This also applies to the real world — when she got addicted to NewWorld Online, she would unwittingly show habits she would typically do in-game. She also tends to be reckless, especially as a beginner. Her reason for allotting all her status points into VIT is not because she's absent-minded, but because she does not like to feel pain, as evidenced by her titular statement, "I don't like to get hurt, so I'll put all of my status points into defense." she is willing to inflict harm, such as when against the boss Silverwing and in the battle against the Congregation of the Holy Swords. she's immune against poison.