Nogi Sonoko (乃木 園子, Nogi Sonoko) is one of the three main characters of the light novel Washio Sumi is a Hero. At the time of the story taking place, she's an elementary school 6th-year student chosen by Taisha to fight Vertexes as a Hero, along with Minowa Gin and Washio Sumi.
She first appears in the anime in Yuuki Yuuna's Chapter when she summons Tougou and Yuuna after their battle with Vertexes in Episode 8. She had lost the use of most of her body due to the events of Washio Sumi is a Hero and is confined to a hospital bed.
After being healed of her Sange, she enrolls in Sanshu Middle School and joins the Hero Club as an official member.
One of the three original Heroes who fought alongside Washio Sumi and Minowa Gin. Her intellect, tactical skills, and calmness under pressure led to the Taisha assigning her as the leader of her team.
Sonoko's family has a very high status in the Taisha. This, combined with her ditziness, caused her to have a very sheltered upbringing, and before meeting Sumi and Gin she had never had any friends. Her parents became frustrated due to her constant spacing out, and decided to play a prank to see how she would react. They collapsed in front of her, and to their surprise, saw her run to the phone and explain their current condition, including exactly how many seconds they were "out". From then on, they let her space out as much as she wanted.
After Gin was killed in action, Sonoko and Sumi became very close, and before their final battle, Sonoko gave Sumi her hair ribbon as a symbol of their friendship. During the battle, Sonoko uses her Mankai three times which she sacrificed her right eye, her left arm, and her heart. After Sumi lost her memories due to using Mankai, Sonoko used her Mankai seventeen more times in order to drive back all twelve Vertexes and protect Sumi, resulting in her losing function of most of her body.
Sonoko has long, dirty-blonde hair that she ties in a ponytail using a blue ribbon, with bangs that reach down to her chin. She has gray eyes. Her outfit is a deep violet suit with some white undertones and four coattails, two in front and two in back. A purple ribbon is secured to her chest by a white and purple bow.
In Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero, she wears a faded pink hospital robe. Bandages cover almost all of her face except for an eye and her mouth and cover her hair. There is an IV drip attached to her arm and a clip attached to her finger. Her hair color is also brighter than before.
As of Sonoko After, Sonoko wears the Sanshu Middle School girl's uniform during school hours. Her casual wear is a purple overall dress, with a white undershirt showing in her bust area. She also wears a new purple ribbon in her hair, but still keeps it long. In the anime, she does a bow similar to her original but reverted in color and with a flower design sewn onto a section of it.
Sonoko is a very easygoing girl who has a habit of spacing out, and she claims that she can fall asleep and wake up at will whenever she wants to. However, her cloud cuckoo lander personality masks a truly staggering intellect, and she can formulate plans in mere seconds. Sonoko is also a successful novelist who specializes in romance novels, and she enjoys imagining her female friends in romantic situations with each other.
In her original Hero form, Sonoko wields a multi-pronged Sankaku Yari spear that allows her to strike from mid-distance. As one of the original Heroes, Sonoko underwent intense physical training, and as a result, she is very physically fit despite her lazy nature.
Sonoko's first fairy, Kurama Tengu, gives her an improved and rather fanciful version of her original spear, with the ability to extend the hilt to extraordinarily long lengths. What other abilities her 20 other fairies may have bestowed upon her are unknown. Sonoko was also mentioned to be the strongest hero in the extra chapter of Bouquet of Brilliance by a Taisha priest.
In the light novel, Sonoko's Mankai form grants her a large version of her spear, whose tip is surrounded by multiple blades that she can freely manipulate. In the anime, however, Sonoko's Mankai form resembles Tougou's in that she flies in a warship of sorts that resembles a Greek trireme, with "oars" that function as blades. She can make a shield out of the oars by putting them all together in front of her ship, and it is strong enough to push back the Leo Vertex. By amassing large amounts of energy around her Mankai, it can also grant her the form of a bird that can fire lasers from its wings.
Fairies
• Karasu "Sebastian" Tengu: A crow tengu spirit. According to Sonoko, it has the power to teleport and to appear in dreams.
• Baku: A tapir spirit. According to Sonoko, it has the power to travel in and eat dreams.
• Makura Gaeshi: A zashiki-warashi, or household ghost. According to Sonoko, it has the power to flip pillows.**
• Ryoumensukuna: One of her spirits named in Sonoko in Reminiscence. Its powers are unknown.
Daidarabocchi: One of her spirits named in Sonoko in Reminiscence. Its powers are unknown.
• Gashadokuro: One of her spirits named in Sonoko in Reminiscence. Its powers are unknown.
• 15 other unnamed fairies
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