Akira -- also known as Black Rose -- keeps fighting to save her younger brother's consciousness from "The World." But as she becomes immersed in the online game, Black Rose is beset by even further problems in the real world!

Albireo
A debugger and the main character. He is also Watarai and the Captain.

Balmung
Balmung a legendary player that is known all over the World. The wings were part of a mod he obtained during .hack//AI BUSTER. He was one of two players that destroyed the One Sin, during the "One Sin avent".

Lycoris
She is deaf, blind, and mute.

Orca
Orca: Like Balmung, Orca is a lengendary player. In the video game series, he is Kite's classmate that convinces him to play, "The World".

Writer Tatsuya Hamazaki is the writer of several Gundam manga, as well as the author of several One Piece novelizations.