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|In-Game Name = Sinon
 
|In-Game Name = Sinon
 
|Epithet = Hecate<ref name = V5C3>[[Volume 5#Chapter 3|Volume 5, Chapter 3]]</ref>
 
|Epithet = Hecate<ref name = V5C3>[[Volume 5#Chapter 3|Volume 5, Chapter 3]]</ref>
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|Age = 16 ([[Phantom Bullet Arc]], [[Alicization Arc]]) <br> 17 ([[Unital Ring Arc]])
|Age = 16
 
 
|Birthdate = August 21, 2009<ref>[https://twitter.com/Takasadasan/status/813351877458804736 Sword Art Online Magazine Vol.2]</ref>
 
|Birthdate = August 21, 2009<ref>[https://twitter.com/Takasadasan/status/813351877458804736 Sword Art Online Magazine Vol.2]</ref>
 
|Gender = Female
 
|Gender = Female
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===Real World===
 
===Real World===
 
[[File:Asada Shino's Real Life Appearance Full Body.png|thumb|left|100px|Shino's appearance in real life.]]
 
[[File:Asada Shino's Real Life Appearance Full Body.png|thumb|left|100px|Shino's appearance in real life.]]
 
Similar to both of her VRMMO game [[avatar]]s, Shino has thin hair tied in small ribbons by the sides of her face, with the back cut short. Unlike her avatars, Shino has dark hair in real life. She also wears a pair of half-rimmed glasses with oval-shaped lenses. Her skin is pale and she has black eyes.{{Cite}} She has a black spot on her right hand, left there by gunpowder from the time she fired a gun in real life.<ref name = V6C16>[[Volume 6#Chapter 16|Volume 6, Chapter 16]]</ref> Her B-W-H measurements were 80-61-81 in the web novel.<ref name = q&a>[https://taptaptaptaptap.net/sao-qna-sinon-leafa-yuuki/#shi Shino's Q&A session in Kunori Fumio's popularity contest]</ref>{{Clr}}
 
Similar to both of her VRMMO game [[avatar]]s, Shino has thin hair tied in small ribbons by the sides of her face, with the back cut short. Unlike her avatars, Shino has dark hair in real life. She also wears a pair of half-rimmed glasses with oval-shaped lenses. Her skin is pale and she has black eyes.{{Cite}} She has a black spot on her right hand, left there by gunpowder from the time she fired a gun in real life.<ref name = V6C16>[[Volume 6#Chapter 16|Volume 6, Chapter 16]]</ref> Her B-W-H measurements were 80-61-81 in the web novel.<ref name = q&a>[https://taptaptaptaptap.net/sao-qna-sinon-leafa-yuuki/#shi Shino's Q&A session in Kunori Fumio's popularity contest]</ref>
 
   
 
===Gun Gale Online===
 
===Gun Gale Online===
 
[[File:Sinon's GGO Avatar Full Body.png|thumb|right|100px|Asada Shino's GGO avatar.]]
 
[[File:Sinon's GGO Avatar Full Body.png|thumb|right|100px|Asada Shino's GGO avatar.]]
 
Shino's avatar has thin, pale blue swaying hair that was casually short, but there was a tuft of hair tied up on both sides of her forehead, and indigo<ref>Volume 5, chapter 6, page 185 says 藍色の大きな瞳</ref> colored eyes. Her combat attire consists of a desert-colored military jacket, bulletproof armor of the same color, and combat boots, as well as a white muffler around her neck.<ref name = V5C6>[[Volume 5#Chapter 6|Volume 5, Chapter 6]]</ref>{{Clr}}
 
Shino's avatar has thin, pale blue swaying hair that was casually short, but there was a tuft of hair tied up on both sides of her forehead, and indigo<ref>Volume 5, chapter 6, page 185 says 藍色の大きな瞳</ref> colored eyes. Her combat attire consists of a desert-colored military jacket, bulletproof armor of the same color, and combat boots, as well as a white muffler around her neck.<ref name = V5C6>[[Volume 5#Chapter 6|Volume 5, Chapter 6]]</ref>
 
   
 
===ALfheim Online===
 
===ALfheim Online===
 
[[File:Sinon's ALO Avatar Full Body.png|thumb|left|100px|Shino's ALO avatar.]]
 
[[File:Sinon's ALO Avatar Full Body.png|thumb|left|100px|Shino's ALO avatar.]]
Shino's avatar maintains her blue hair from GGO, yet holds the appearance of a Cait Sith, her chosen [[race]], with blue ears and a matching tail. She wears a green coat with white chest armor, a black choker and a belted quiver across her shoulders.{{Cite}}{{clr}}
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Shino's avatar maintains her blue hair from GGO, yet holds the appearance of a Cait Sith, her chosen [[race]], with blue ears and a matching tail. She wears a green coat with white chest armor, a black choker and a belted quiver across her shoulders.{{Cite}}{{Clr}}
   
 
===Project Alicization===
 
===Project Alicization===
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[[File:Sinon Solus UW Full Body.png|thumb|right|100px|Shino as Sun Goddess Solus in Underworld.]]
Shino's avatar has water-colored hair and blue eyes. She wears ornate azure armor and a long white skirt.{{Cite}}
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Shino's avatar as Sun Goddess Solus has water-colored hair and blue eyes. She wears ornate azure armor and a long white skirt.<ref name = V17C20P2>[[Volume 17 Chapter 20|Volume 17, Chapter 20, Part 2]]</ref>{{Clr}}
   
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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In late December 2010,<ref>Shino was less than two years old at the time of the accident, according to [[Volume 5#Chapter 4|Volume 5, Chapter 4]].</ref>, Shino and her parents were involved in a motor vehicle collision on a secluded mountain road, which resulted in the death of her father as no help could arrive on time.<ref name = V5C4>[[Volume 5#Chapter 4|Volume 5, Chapter 4]]</ref> Due Shino's mother becoming traumatized by the ordeal, the girl started living with her grandparents and decided to become strong enough to always protect her mother.<ref name = V5C4/>
When Shino was less than two years old, she was involved in a car accident. By the time anyone noticed the accident, it had been six hours. During the six hours, Shino's father slowly died from internal bleeding while her mother watched. Her mother was traumatized by the event and became very frail and was hurt easily. This resulted in Shino becoming overprotective of her mother. Nine years later, Shino was traumatized after she attempted to protect her mother during a robbery at a post office, killing the robber with his own gun in the process. As a result, she developed an intense fear of guns and a slight fear of men, which led to her being bullied in high school. After being introduced into GGO, she fell into a trap, while navigating a dungeon alone, and faced an extremely powerful boss. By sniping it for countless hours from outside its attack range she received the rare [[PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II]], a .50 caliber anti-materiel sniper rifle, after which she was later nicknamed «Hecate». Her only reason for joining GGO is trying to relieve herself from her trauma with guns.
 
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In late 2020,<ref>At the time of the incident, Shino was eleven years old and had started her second school semester, according to [[Volume 5#Chapter 4|Volume 5, Chapter 4]].</ref> Shino was accompanying her mother at a post office, when a man armed with a Type 54 "Black Star" handgun entered the building, demanding money from the staff.<ref name = V5C4/> The moment the robber threatened to shoot Shino's mother if his demands were not met, the girl wrested the pistol from him and pulled the trigger, resulting in the man's death. As a result of the incident, Shino developed an intense fear of guns<ref name = V5C4/> and a slight apprehension of men,<ref name = V6C8>[[Volume 6#Chapter 8|Volume 6, Chapter 8]]</ref> leading to her being ostracized throughout elementary and middle school.<ref name = V5C4/>
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To escape the unwanted attention, Shino desired to move far outside her hometown. As Shino's grandparents forbade her from working immediately after finishing middle school, the girl settled for entering a fairly well-known high school in the Tokyo neighborhood where she had used to live with her parents. In June, 2025, Shino met a boy named Kyouji while reading a book about guns in a local library there, which led to her being introduced to Gun Gale Online by the boy when she heard that the gun she had used in the post office incident was present in the game.<ref name = V5C4/>
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Having created an avatar called Sinon for Gun Gale Online, Shino became very invested in the game as her way of attempting to overcome her trauma with guns. In September, 2025,<ref>Sinon received her Hecate three months before the events of [[Volume 5#Chapter 3|Volume 5, Chapter 3]].</ref>, Shino triggered a trap while navigating a dungeon alone, which led to her encountering a powerful boss. By sniping it for countless hours from outside its attack range, she was able to obtain the rare [[PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II]] anti-materiel rifle as a reward for defeating the boss.<ref name = V5C3/>
   
 
==Personality==
 
==Personality==
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Taking advantage of the dust cloud generated by the grenade, Sinon rushed to a nearby building and climbed the stairs within. Upon reaching the end of the stairs a few floors up, she approached a window where she could prepare to take aim without drawing attention for several seconds. Due to Behemoth having predicted her movements, however, Sinon was forced to jump from the window when he launched a volley at her. Despite losing a leg, the sniper managed to position herself directly above the man, where the minigun was unable to reach, and fired a decisive shot that defeated her opponent.
 
Taking advantage of the dust cloud generated by the grenade, Sinon rushed to a nearby building and climbed the stairs within. Upon reaching the end of the stairs a few floors up, she approached a window where she could prepare to take aim without drawing attention for several seconds. Due to Behemoth having predicted her movements, however, Sinon was forced to jump from the window when he launched a volley at her. Despite losing a leg, the sniper managed to position herself directly above the man, where the minigun was unable to reach, and fired a decisive shot that defeated her opponent.
   
Two days later in the real world on December 9, while shopping after school around 15:30, Shino was waylaid by Endou and her cohorts, who demanded ten thousand yen from her. Refusing to comply with them, the girl began suffering a panic attack when Endou imitated a discharging gun with her hand but was saved by the arrival of Kyouji, who tricked the bullies into fleeing the area.
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Two days later, at around 15:30 on December 9, Shino was shopping after school when she was accosted by Endou{Who? Not introduced properly -Gsi} and her cohorts, who claimed they needed ten thousand yen from her to pay for their train fare. Deducing that the bullies' story behind their demand was a lie,{Not awfully relevant -Gsi} the girl refused to give them any money, but began suffering a panic attack{Still an illogical transition. Panic attack feels like it just comes out of nowhere. Effect shouldn't come before the cause in a case like this. More logical to combine the reason with the refusing to give money clause as part of a transition -Gsi} due to Endou retaliating by imitating a gun with her hand. However, before any of the girls could steal her purse while she was helpless to resist, Shino was saved by the arrival of Kyouji, who tricked the bullies into fleeing the area. As part of her thanks to the boy for his assistance, she followed him to a nearby cafe{Still poor transition. Why is following him "part of her thanks"? -Gsi}, where they discussed her recent victory over Behemoth in GGO, as well as the upcoming Bullet of Bullets.{Paragraph too long -Gsi}
   
 
-->On December 13, Sinon encountered Kirito in [[SBC Glocken]] and, mistaking him for a girl, offered him help. After Sinon helped him buy his equipment, the two found themselves with little time till the deadline for registering for the [[Bullet of Bullets]] (BoB) tournament. By using a three-wheeled buggy, the two arrived at the Governor's Office with time to spare and registered for the tournament. Afterwards, Sinon led Kirito to the changing room to prepare for battle by equipping their attire and equipment. When Sinon started changing her attire, she learnt from Kirito that he was actually a male, and thus she slapped him in embarrassment. Irritated at being deceived, the girl had him promise her that he would survive until the final match in the preliminary rounds of their block, where she would defeat him on the battlefield.
 
-->On December 13, Sinon encountered Kirito in [[SBC Glocken]] and, mistaking him for a girl, offered him help. After Sinon helped him buy his equipment, the two found themselves with little time till the deadline for registering for the [[Bullet of Bullets]] (BoB) tournament. By using a three-wheeled buggy, the two arrived at the Governor's Office with time to spare and registered for the tournament. Afterwards, Sinon led Kirito to the changing room to prepare for battle by equipping their attire and equipment. When Sinon started changing her attire, she learnt from Kirito that he was actually a male, and thus she slapped him in embarrassment. Irritated at being deceived, the girl had him promise her that he would survive until the final match in the preliminary rounds of their block, where she would defeat him on the battlefield.
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| align="center" |Secondary weapon. <br /> In the anime and manga adaptations, the H&K MP7 is replaced with a Glock 18C with an extended magazine.
 
| align="center" |Secondary weapon. <br /> In the anime and manga adaptations, the H&K MP7 is replaced with a Glock 18C with an extended magazine.
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*Shino has no memories of her father or his appearance, as he died when Shino was only one year old, while her mother erased all photographs and videos of him after the traffic accident.<ref name = V5C4/>
*The glasses Shino uses do not have any prescription and are not meant for correcting eyesight. Instead, the lenses are made from an NXT polymer which is said to make the glasses able to withstand even the impact of a bullet. This gives her a modest sense of security and allows her to stay calm despite her trauma from the past.<ref name = V5C4>[[Volume 5#Chapter 4|Volume 5, Chapter 4]]</ref>
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*The glasses Shino uses do not have any prescription and are not meant for correcting eyesight. Instead, the lenses are made from an NXT polymer which is said to make the glasses able to withstand even the impact of a bullet. This gives her a modest sense of security and allows her to stay calm despite her trauma from the past.<ref name = V5C4/>
*The visual acuity rating for both of Shino's eyes in real life are 2.0<ref name = q&a/>{{NoteTag|This refers to visual acuity, measured according to the size of letters viewed on a Snellen chart. The number 2.0 or 20/10 expresses that at 20 feet Shino can see the same details that a "normal" person can at 10 feet.}}, which is twice as good as the average person.
 
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*The visual acuity rating for both of Shino's eyes in real life are 2.0<ref name = q&a/>, which is twice as good as the average person.
 
*Asuna has nicknamed Shino as "Sinonon".<ref name = V9PIIP1>[[Volume 9 Prologue II|Volume 9, Prologue II, Part 1]]</ref>
 
*Asuna has nicknamed Shino as "Sinonon".<ref name = V9PIIP1>[[Volume 9 Prologue II|Volume 9, Prologue II, Part 1]]</ref>
 
*Sinon's avatar in ALfheim Online was originally supposed to be a Sylph archer.<ref name = q&a/> This was changed with the creation of the Calibur side story.
 
*Sinon's avatar in ALfheim Online was originally supposed to be a Sylph archer.<ref name = q&a/> This was changed with the creation of the Calibur side story.

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Asada Shino (朝田 詩乃, Asada Shino?), known as Sinon (シノン, Shinon?) in «Gun Gale Online» (GGO), ALfheim Online (ALO), as well as «Project Alicization», where she had temporarily used the Solus (ソルス, Sorusu?) account, is the deuteragonist of the Phantom Bullet Arc and one of the main characters in the War of the Underworld sub-arc of the Alicization Arc. She is a skilled Virtual Reality game player, who began playing Gun Gale Online based on the suggestion from her friend, Shinkawa Kyouji, in an attempt to overcome her trauma concerning guns. After the events of the Phantom Bullet Arc, she began playing «ALfheim Online» as a Cait Sith archer, capable of hitting targets two hundred meters away with a bow that should only be able to shoot arrows accurately at a maximum distance of one hundred meters.

Appearance

Real World

Asada Shino's Real Life Appearance Full Body

Shino's appearance in real life.

Similar to both of her VRMMO game avatars, Shino has thin hair tied in small ribbons by the sides of her face, with the back cut short. Unlike her avatars, Shino has dark hair in real life. She also wears a pair of half-rimmed glasses with oval-shaped lenses. Her skin is pale and she has black eyes.[citation needed] She has a black spot on her right hand, left there by gunpowder from the time she fired a gun in real life.[4] Her B-W-H measurements were 80-61-81 in the web novel.[5]

Gun Gale Online

Sinon's GGO Avatar Full Body

Asada Shino's GGO avatar.

Shino's avatar has thin, pale blue swaying hair that was casually short, but there was a tuft of hair tied up on both sides of her forehead, and indigo[6] colored eyes. Her combat attire consists of a desert-colored military jacket, bulletproof armor of the same color, and combat boots, as well as a white muffler around her neck.[7]

ALfheim Online

Sinon's ALO Avatar Full Body

Shino's ALO avatar.

Shino's avatar maintains her blue hair from GGO, yet holds the appearance of a Cait Sith, her chosen race, with blue ears and a matching tail. She wears a green coat with white chest armor, a black choker and a belted quiver across her shoulders.[citation needed]

Project Alicization

Sinon Solus UW Full Body

Shino as Sun Goddess Solus in Underworld.

Shino's avatar as Sun Goddess Solus has water-colored hair and blue eyes. She wears ornate azure armor and a long white skirt.[8]

Background

In late December 2010,[9], Shino and her parents were involved in a motor vehicle collision on a secluded mountain road, which resulted in the death of her father as no help could arrive on time.[10] Due Shino's mother becoming traumatized by the ordeal, the girl started living with her grandparents and decided to become strong enough to always protect her mother.[10]

In late 2020,[11] Shino was accompanying her mother at a post office, when a man armed with a Type 54 "Black Star" handgun entered the building, demanding money from the staff.[10] The moment the robber threatened to shoot Shino's mother if his demands were not met, the girl wrested the pistol from him and pulled the trigger, resulting in the man's death. As a result of the incident, Shino developed an intense fear of guns[10] and a slight apprehension of men,[12] leading to her being ostracized throughout elementary and middle school.[10]

To escape the unwanted attention, Shino desired to move far outside her hometown. As Shino's grandparents forbade her from working immediately after finishing middle school, the girl settled for entering a fairly well-known high school in the Tokyo neighborhood where she had used to live with her parents. In June, 2025, Shino met a boy named Kyouji while reading a book about guns in a local library there, which led to her being introduced to Gun Gale Online by the boy when she heard that the gun she had used in the post office incident was present in the game.[10]

Having created an avatar called Sinon for Gun Gale Online, Shino became very invested in the game as her way of attempting to overcome her trauma with guns. In September, 2025,[13], Shino triggered a trap while navigating a dungeon alone, which led to her encountering a powerful boss. By sniping it for countless hours from outside its attack range, she was able to obtain the rare PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II anti-materiel rifle as a reward for defeating the boss.[1]

Personality

Calm and cool are two words that best describe Sinon's personality. In battle and most of the time in the game, she keeps a cool head, which earns her respect from her friends. However, Sinon has a violent temper once angered, best seen with her interactions with Kirito. It is actually said that Kirito is the first one to make her extremely angry.[citation needed] Despite all this, Sinon, while perhaps hard to approach, is generally a friendly person and does not mind helping others.[citation needed]

Shino, however, can be a fragile-minded character. This is due to her childhood incident that involved her killing a robber. If someone were to act as if they were shooting her in real life Shino would have a nervous breakdown and be on the verge of collapsing. People have used this to take advantage of Shino before. Not only this, but the guilt of taking another's life haunts Shino the same way killing Laughing Coffin members haunts Kazuto. After the Death Gun Incident, Shino has made progress with handling her trauma, as she did not have any serious reactions to seeing a model gun when Endou threatened to shoot her with one, and was even able to use it while feigning that she was not affected by it.

Shino is shown to have an uncommonly kind heart. Not only was she willing to forgive Shinkawa Kyouji, but still cared for him as a friend to the extent that she resolved to visit him in prison to try and help, if not save him as a person.

Chronology

Phantom Bullet Arc

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On December 13, Sinon encountered Kirito in SBC Glocken and, mistaking him for a girl, offered him help. After Sinon helped him buy his equipment, the two found themselves with little time till the deadline for registering for the Bullet of Bullets (BoB) tournament. By using a three-wheeled buggy, the two arrived at the Governor's Office with time to spare and registered for the tournament. Afterwards, Sinon led Kirito to the changing room to prepare for battle by equipping their attire and equipment. When Sinon started changing her attire, she learnt from Kirito that he was actually a male, and thus she slapped him in embarrassment. Irritated at being deceived, the girl had him promise her that he would survive until the final match in the preliminary rounds of their block, where she would defeat him on the battlefield.

When Sinon returned from her first battle, she noticed that Kirito had already defeated his opponent, but he was hiding his face between his knees. When she tried to greet him, she noticed that Kirito appeared to be shaken. As Sinon slammed her fist on his shoulder, he unconsciously grabbed her hand and dragged it to his chest. They stayed like this until Kirito was teleported to his next match.

In her semi-final match, Sinon defeated her opponent, Stinger, and gained the right to participate in the main tournament the next day. She was then teleported to the «Inter-Continental Highway» stage to face off against the other victor of the semi-finals, Kirito, for a friendly match. In a bus, she planted herself near an open window, scoped with her Hecate, and saw Kirito, but, unlike himself, Kirito was walking with his head down straight down the road, displaying no will to fight her. Sinon, angered by this, shot at Kirito several times, but missed each shot. She then ran out to meet him and demand an answer as to why he would not fight her. After remembering how he disliked his opponents dropping the fight, Kirito asked her for another chance and proposed to have a duel version battle, which Sinon accepted. Sinon and Kirito lined up and got ready, with Kirito throwing a bullet into the air, waiting for the bullet to hit the ground. As soon as the bullet hit the ground, Sinon shot, but Kirito was able to slice the bullet in half and get to her, asking her to resign as he did not like to cut girls.

The next day, on December 14, three and a half hours before the start of the Bullet of Bullets finals, Shino complained to her friend Shinkawa Kyouji about Kirito, stating that Kirito infuriates her. Kyouji commented on how she was acting, saying that he had never seen her bad-mouth someone so much, as she had never really taken interest in anyone. Later on, she returned home and Dived into GGO before the BoB finals started. After she Dived in, Sinon noticed the betting area, and, looking at both hers and Kirito's odds of winning, noticed that both hers and Kirito's odds were quite high. She then met Spiegel, Kyouji's GGO avatar, who started to confess his feelings for her. She stopped him from doing so, telling him she needed to concentrate for the finals. She then met Kirito, who was also on his way to register for the finals, and then gave him information on how the BoB finals worked, and how the thirty participants had to work with it. Kirito also asked her which of the players in the finals she did not know, to which she named «銃士X» (Jūshi X?), «Pale Rider» and «Sterben». While they were talking about Kirito's reasons for wanting to know who they were, Sinon worked out that Kirito is one of the survivors from Sword Art Online. As they left to get ready for the tournament, Sinon told Kirito that she would repay him for the humiliation he caused her in the Semi-Finals with interest, pointing her finger into his back as if holding a gun to him before she left Kirito.

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Sinon sniping in the Bullet of Bullets finals

Nearly thirty minutes into the tournament, Sinon was in a sniping position, watching a player run, noticing the he had no weak points due to his heavy armor. But she then noticed he had Plasma Grenades on his belt, which she calmly aimed at and shot, reducing the opponents Hit Points (HP) to zero. Sinon then picked her Hecate up and ran into shrubs due to her position most likely having been given away after her shot. When she stopped to check the Satellite Scan Terminal, she noticed that there were three other players nearby: «Dyne», «Pale Rider» and «Lion King Richie». She chose to leave Richie alone, and watch Dyne and Pale Rider who were nearby and were most likely running towards the river.

As Sinon watched Dyne and Pale Rider, she felt a presence behind her, and turned around to see Kirito, with his gun held up to show that he wouldn't shoot her. He stated that he wished to watch how the fight between Dyne and Pale Rider ended to see if either was «Death Gun». Sinon and Kirito then watched as Pale Rider was stunned by an unseen enemy, who turned out to be «Death Gun», hidden under a «Metamaterial Optical Camouflage». Sinon tried to shoot «Death Gun» at Kirito's urging, however when she shot him, her bullet passed right next to him, not harming him at all. She then came to the conclusion that «Death Gun» had known where she was and had kept checking on her location. As she was thinking whether to shoot «Death Gun» again, he shot «Pale Rider» with his pistol. Sinon then watched as «Pale Rider» jumped up after the Stun Bullet's effect wore off, and waited for his counterattack, which never happened, as «Pale Rider» was disconnected. Sinon then spoke about how «Death Gun» had cheated as he had forcefully disconnected «Pale Rider», but Kirito told her that he had not been forcefully disconnected, but in fact killed in real life.

Sinon told Kirito to watch the bridge so that she could check Death Gun's name, as the third satellite scan was about to take place. However, when she looked at the map, the player did not appear on the scan, thus Kirito and Sinon guessed that he was hiding underwater. As Kirito began pursuing Death Gun, Sinon trailed the former and insisted on coming with him, sharing her disbelief that he would survive the battle, and thus would not fulfil his promise to her. When Kirito warned her of the danger involved, Sinon argued that the danger was present regardless of whether she was with him due to Death Gun's position being unknown, a fact that Kirito reluctantly agreed with. At that moment, the two were ambushed by Kakouton, thus Sinon was ordered to shoot the attacker while Kirito covered her. Sinon watched as Kirito parried Kakouton's bullets and found herself longing to understand his strength. After the opponent was defeated with one shot from her Hecate, Sinon and Kirito assumed that Death Gun would favor cover as a sniper, and thus he would head for the Lost City to the north.

As they reached the outskirts of the abandoned city without seeing any sign of their target, Sinon reminded Kirito that they were still ignorant of Death Gun's actual character name. While they reviewed their remaining suspects, Sterben and Jūshi X, Sinon hypothesized the latter to be the most likely candidate, as the name Jūshi X had a kanji that was a homonym of the Japanese word for "death", while the X vaguely resembled a cross. With no other ideas, they decided to focus on Jūshi X if both suspects were in the city, with Sinon providing covering fire while Kirito drew their target's attention.

When the satellite scan began one minute later, the two found only two users in the city: Jūshi X in a stadium and «Licolo» slightly to the west of it. This seemingly confirmed their suspicion, thus they headed closer to the stadium, where they managed to catch a glimpse of Jūshi X's sniper rifle. At that moment, Sinon was persuaded by Kirito's to provide supporting fire with her sniper rifle while he attacked Jūshi X from the rear.

However, while Sinon was approaching her sniping position, she found herself collapsed on the road due to being hit by a stun bullet from her blind spot. As she bewilderedly attempted to determine what had occurred, she discovered that Death Gun, who was revealed to be Sterben, had been using an Metamaterial Optical Camouflage Mantle to conceal himself to ambush her. Realizing that Sterben had been using the mantle to snipe his quarries and avoid the satellite scan, Sinon could only listen as he drew closer to her and declared that he would kill her.

Having recovered from her shock, Sinon struggled to move her right hand to her H&K MP7 submachine gun on her waist before Sterben could fire. However, just when she managed to draw her sidearm from her waist, the girl noticed to her horror that Sterben's handgun was a Type 54 "Black Star", the same gun she had used to kill the bank robber five years prior. Losing her grip on her submachine gun in shock, the sniper hallucinated the bank robber under Death Gun's cloak, which resulted in her resigning to death. To her surprise, however, Sterben was abruptly shot by another player, who also threw a smoke grenade in-between her and Sterben. Under the cover of the smoke, Sinon's petrified avatar and her equipment were retrieved by Kirito.

When Kirito carried her to a nearby buggy and horse rental point, where they commandeered the only serviceable buggy, and drove some distance from the rental point, the sniper finally removed the stun bullet from her avatar. Under Kirito's request, Sinon attempted to destroy the only other vehicle at the rental point to prevent Death Gun from using it to overtake them, but found herself unable to even touch the trigger, much to her shock and distress. Beginning to suffer a panic attack at Sterben's reappearance, she grabbed onto Kirito as he accelerated the buggy away.

Calibur

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Shortly after the «Death Gun» incident was solved, Shino was invited by Lisbeth and Asuna to join «ALfheim Online». She created a new account and chose a Cait Sith as her avatar, due to the race having the best eyesight of the nine races which would be very useful for using a bow for long-range attacks. Two weeks later, when the location of Holy Sword Excalibur was found by everyday players, Kirito decided that it was time to retrieve the sword. Sinon was one of the five players invited to join Kirito and Leafa on their quest to recover the sword. When Klein demanded Kirito to help him acquire the «Spirit Katana Kagutsuchi» in return for his services, Sinon in turn requested Kirito for his aid in obtaining the «Light Bow Shekinah», as, despite the excellency of the bow Lisbeth had crafted for her, she desired a weapon with more range.

A Cait Sith's reaction

Shino's reaction to having her tail pulled.

Vol 08 - 340

Sinon giving Excalibur to Kirito.

In the tunnel leading to Jötunheimr, Sinon had her tail pulled by Kirito as a joke, to which she responded by threatening to attack him with a fire arrow. When they entered the dungeon, she was relegated to the back lines due to having low health and long-range attacks. After Kirito was forced to drop Excalibur, Sinon retrieved it using a Retrieve Arrow. She returned the sword to Kirito, but jokingly gave him the condition that he had to always think of her when using it.

Girls Ops

Some time after the start of 2026, Sinon joined Silica, Lisbeth, Leafa, and Lux to enjoy some tea and sweets with Sakuya and Alicia Rue in Swilvane. When the girls started talking about the Excalibur quest, Sinon interjected to remind them of her role in retrieving the sword. After Sakuya received a message about recent fanatical player killers in the middle of the conversation, Sinon and the other girls expressed shock when they learnt the extent of the damages engendered in Sylph territory, as well as the failed efforts to stop them.

A few days later, due to Sakuya having been attacked by the player killers the other day, Sinon was requested by Alicia to act as her bodyguard while the Lord discussed with the other Fairy Lords how to handle the problem. En route to meet with Sakuya, the pair encountered Silica, Leafa, and Lisbeth. The archer informed them that the attack on Sakuya had recently inspired more players to participate in player killing.

Alicization Arc

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Known Equipment

Gun Gale Online

Name Type Acquisition Notes
«French Giat FR F2»[14] Sniper Replaced with the PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II on September 14, 2025.
«PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II» Sniper Acquired as a drop from a boss in a dungeon under SBC Glocken on September 14, 2025.[15] Primary weapon.
«H&K MP7» Submachine gun Secondary weapon.
In the anime and manga adaptations, the H&K MP7 is replaced with a Glock 18C with an extended magazine.
«Sniper's Jacket»[16] Upper armour

ALfheim Online

Name Type Acquisition Notes
Unnamed bow Bow Crafted by Lisbeth.[17]
«Light Bow Shekinah» Bow A legendary weapon that was acquired a short time before February 8, 2026[18]

Skills

Gun Gale Online

Notable Achievements

  • Co-winner of the third Bullet of Bullets (alongside Kirito) in «Gun Gale Online».
  • 2nd place in the fourth Bullet of Bullets.

Trivia

  • Shino has no memories of her father or his appearance, as he died when Shino was only one year old, while her mother erased all photographs and videos of him after the traffic accident.[10]
  • The glasses Shino uses do not have any prescription and are not meant for correcting eyesight. Instead, the lenses are made from an NXT polymer which is said to make the glasses able to withstand even the impact of a bullet. This gives her a modest sense of security and allows her to stay calm despite her trauma from the past.[10]
  • The visual acuity rating for both of Shino's eyes in real life are 2.0[5], which is twice as good as the average person.
  • Asuna has nicknamed Shino as "Sinonon".[20]
  • Sinon's avatar in ALfheim Online was originally supposed to be a Sylph archer.[5] This was changed with the creation of the Calibur side story.
  • Sinon appears in the Sword Art Online game adaptations: «Infinity Moment» and «Hollow Fragment», as an archer, even though she was not an SAO player and archers did not exist in SAO in the original story.
  • Shino aspires to become a policewoman.[5]
  • Shino's motto is "One Shot, One Kill".[5] In the real world, this saying is popularly known as the "Sniper's Creed", and is often quoted by real-world military snipers.
  • While discussing about the designs of the series heroines, the light novel illustrator abec felt that the glasses factor in the series was too low at the time and suggested making Sinon a glasses girl. This idea ended up being adopted.[21]
  • In an official character popularity poll hosted by Dengeki Bunko for the cover of abec Art Works, Shino's GGO avatar ranked third, her ALO avatar ranked sixteenth, while her real life persona ranked eleventh.[22]

Gallery

See: Asada Shino/Image Gallery

Notes

  1. Some consider her appearance in the commercial that announce the SAOII (project) activated being part of the Extra Edition and thus made it her first anime appearance.

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Asuka Empire
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