14. Shino Asada

Anime: Sword Art Online

Shino Asada looks like your typical timid classmate in real life, but inside the game (whether that’s Gun Gale Online or ALfheim Online) she’s a badass.

When Shino becomes Sinon, she becomes your ideal long-range party member. With her light blue hair and military jacket, she may as well be the cutest gunslinger in anime.

But as much as I can praise her character design all day, I love her backstory even more.

Sinon didn’t play GGO just because she wanted to. In truth, Sinon wanted to recover from her trauma of using guns.

Sinon wasn’t in the wrong to defend herself from an armed robber. But death and murder aren’t things a teenager should witness.

So whenever I see Sinon with her sniper rifle, I see bravery and a desire to move forward.