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 .50 caliber anti-materiel and rare rifle. She is one of the main characters of volumes five and six and first sniper female player that Kirito first meets in GGO. She plays GGO to overcome her trauma concerning guns. She originally considered Kirito as an opponent, but she later develops passionate feelings for him.

After joining «ALfheim Online» she becomes a Cait-Sith archer, where she is capable of hitting targets 200m away with a bow that should only shoot arrows accurately 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 after she attempted to protect her mother during a robbery 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 on one of her hunting sprees and faced an extremely powerful boss, through sniping it for countless hours from outside its attack range she recieved the Hecate sniper rifle.

Gun Gale Online
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 hitman-like 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, the two find themselves running out of time to register for the Bullet of Bullets contest. Taking a three wheel buggy, they arrive with time to spare. They then go to the bathroom to prepare for battle by equiping their attire and equipment, at this point since Kirito can't enter the bathroom, Sinon finds out the Kirito is a boy.

ALfheim Online
When the location of Excaliber is found by everyday players, Kirito decides that it is time to retrieve the sword. Sinon volunteers to join Kirito's expedition to recover the sword as a Cait Sith archer, though she also wanted a legendary weapon. She always gets her tail pulled by Kirito as a joke. When they enter the dungeon she is relegated to the backlines due to her having low health and long range. After Kirito is forced to drop Excaliber Sinon retrieves this using a returning arrow. She hands it over to Kirito under the condition that he always think about her when he uses the sword.

Notable Achievements

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