Ranta

Ranta (ランタ, Ranta) is the Dread Knight of Haruhiro's party and one of the main characters of Hai to Gensō no Grimgar series.

Personality
According to the rest of the party members, including Haruhiro, Ranta is a self-boasting, loud and rude member who seemingly is oblivious to his own behavior. He has no quints in making crude comments towards the girls and yet seemingly not making any serious advances.

It is later revealed that Ranta is fully aware of his actions and purposely made himself hated, so that the rest of the party have something common to unite against.

In a crude yet chivalric way, he sacrificed himself by being the rear guard which allow the rest of team members to escape an ambush.

Appearance
Ranta is somewhat scrawny, but appears to posses a wiry strength as a Dark Knight. He has unruly deep red-auburn hair, red/brown eyes, and a near permanent smirk or sneer on his face. The curlyness of his hair becomes a running joke in the light novels.

Relationships
"Haruhiro"Ranta and Haruhiro seem to get along well as friends. There are several times the two bicker and argue but a majority of it is harmless. As much as he pretends not to, Ranta does seem to care for Haruhiro as he's the one to attack the goblin in episode 2 when Haruhiro is in trouble."Yume"Yume and Ranta have a complicated relationship. Ranta is far too loud, abrasive, and misogynistic to be liked by Yume who calls his actions out. However Ranta does seem to care about her, quite possibly even liking her as shown by him being upset with Haruhiro when Shihoru is mistaken in thinking Haruhiro and Yume are together."Shihoru"Shihoru and Ranta rarely talk, Ranta having scared her off in the first few episodes with his perverted antics. However, in the light novel Shihoru does stand his ground against him a few times- most notably when defending Manato when Ranta was poking fun at him."Moguzo"Not much is seen of Ranta and Moguzos relationship, but they seem to be fairly close, eating and shopping and joking together through the series. Ranta is taken aback by Moguzo making a comeback to him in episode 6."Manato"Manato and Ranta don't spend much time together that we get to see. However it's apparent that Ranta did care for Manato by the way he reacts to his death. Ranta is the one to suggest mouth to mouth to save him. After the funeral and sitting until dawn, Ranta gets up to leave in silence. Yume calls him an idiot and Ranta leaves without making a comeback which Haruhiros thinks is unlike him."Mary"Ranta seems to be intimidated by Mary, Mary gets Ranta to address her as 'Miss Mary', or Mary-sama. Mary seems to really dislike Ranta while she actually does like the rest of the party, telling him 'I'm close to really losing my temper with you' during episode 6.

Abilities
Ranta serves as a second tank to the party. Being lightly armored, the Dread Knight makes use of the terrain and the reach of his own weapon to position himself out of the enemy's striking range while using sword-skills to strike back.
 * Streetwise: Allow purchasing items at bargained price. Gather information from unsavoury sources that are otherwise unavailable to Haruhiro and party.


 * Dark Invitation: A passive supernatural skill that summon a demon that only the Dread Knight can see (i.e. Zodiac). Depending on the number of vices being sacrificed, the demon will perform questionable abilities ranging from telling jokes, to physically stunning the enemies. That is, if the demon is in the mood to do so.
 * Propel Leap: A backward jumping escape skill that immediately put places in between the dread knight and the enemy
 * Anger Thrust: A sudden forward leap and one-hit kill that thrust the longsword into the enemy throat.
 * Juke Stab: A upgrade version of the Anger Thrust
 * Hatred's Cut: A diagonal slashing attack