Asada Shino

is a skilled VRMMO player. She goes by the name Sinon (シノン) in «Gun Gale Online» and «ALfheim Online». She is nicknamed Hecate, after her gun «PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II», a high caliber anti-material and rare rifle gun. She is one of the main characters of volumes five and six and first sniper female player that Kirito first meets in Gun Gale Online. She play Gun Gale Online to overcome her trauma concerning guns. She originally considered Kirito as an opponent, but she later developed feeling for him.

She also becomes a Cait-Sith archer in the game «ALO», where she is capable of hitting targets 200m away with a bow that should only shot arrows to a max distance of 100m.

Background
Her father died when she was young, and as a result she became overprotective of her mother, who was in a frail state of mind. She was traumatized when she tried to protect her mother from a robber at a postal office, and ended up killing the man. As a result she developed an intense fear of guns and slight fear of men. She also was bullied up until high school for this reason. After being introduced into GGO she fell into a trap and faced an extremely powerful boss, through sniping it from outside its attack range she recieved the Hecate sniper rifle.

Phantom Bullet
She is introduced as part of a player-hunting squadron led by Dyne, and assault rifle user. She then engages in a fierce battle with the high ranked player known as Behemoth, who uses a heavy mini-gun. After an arduous battle she emerges the lone survivor. When she returns to the city she encounters Kirito mistakening him for a girl and offers him help. After buying Kirito's equipment they find themselves running out of time to register for the BoB contest. Taking a three wheel buggy they arrive with time to spare and they then arrive at the waiting room.

Early and Late
When the Excaliber location is starting to spread, she volunteers to join Kirito's expedition to recover the sword, as a Cait Sith archer. She also gets her tail pulled by Kirito as a joke. She is capable of hitting targets 200m away with a bow that should only shot arrows to a max distance of 100m. When they enter the dungeon she is relegated to thee backlines due to her having low health and being an archer, yet she still plays a crucial part in killing the enemies they faced.

Notable Achievements

 * co-winner of the Third Bullet of Bullets (alongside player Kirito), «Gun Gale Online».