Shiramochi-ō


 * "You want to challenge me? Fools..."
 * — Shiramochi-ō's statement.

Shiramochi-ō (白餅王) was an event boss that appeared in Mass for the Dead during the New Year celebration.

Appearance
The A tall imposing muscular being with pale white skin and flowing golden hair. He wears a gold crown that has an elaborate symbol of a sunrise that emerges from the horizon. Not only the physical beauty reminiscent of developed muscles, but also the eerie glow of red crystals embedded in the chest and the wonderful contrast of red and white combined with the skin color are the harmonious charm of "strong" and "beauty" to overwhelm the viewer. He has a gold belt with the triquetra, a nio-dasuki, and black pants. He walks barefoot his feet tied with shimenawas wrapped around the ankles and hips. Behind him, there is a gold dharma wheel along with a halo of bamboo and pine on his back.

Personality
Possessing a haughty attitude, Shiramochi-ō is self-assured and confident of his abilities and power. He appears to have no actual personality or intellect as his responses are scripted in a very basic, simplistic fashion.

Background
According to Shiramochi-ō's dialogue he claims to appear at the beginning of the year to purify everything old.

Mass for the Dead Arc
Momonga, noticing the change in scenery of the dungeon, and the strange behavior of his NPCs in having a New Year theme, tracks the source of the anomalies to the 10th Floor, where a new area has opened, the Takemikazuchi Shrine. After battling multiple strange Chaos Beasts and humoring the NPCs in their odd behavior he, and his team finally arrive in the Throne Room where they find a bunch of Chaos Beasts by the throne. Momonga orders his summons to eliminate the intruders. When the last enemy falls, a mysterious being appears and proceeds to annihilate the skeleton party. Momonga observing the battle through his summons until their defeat analyzes the entity as a strong Chaos Beast and deduces that it is unable to leave the Throne Room.

Planning an all out attack, Momonga and his allies cross the Gate. The entity introduces himself as Shiramochi-ō, before Momonga starts the fight by using [Reality Slash], but the being remains unfazed. Momonga notices the entity's lack of personality and surmises that he lacks an actual will. The group begins to battle the entity, injuring it to a point where Shiramochi-ō is forced to use area attacks. In the end Shiramochi-ō was defeated and Nazarick is returned to normal.

Abilities and Powers
Shiramochi-ō is a powerful summoner, able to call forth New Year-theme monsters. His connection to his summons is strong enough that renders even Demiurge's [Command Mantra] ineffective.

It appears he can mentally affect minds, inducing a New Year's mood remotely over a large region. It can almost be considered an empathetic passive ability, putting victims in a holiday spirit, also granting them temporary class abilities to assist them in the revelry. This ability can affect various races, and powerful enough to have the Floor Guardian under his thrall, though it appears the undead are immune to it.

In addition, the bamboo carried on his back is not only a decoration, but it can also be operated freely and floats high in the sky as well. It rains all at once like heavy rain, and is good at range attacks that destroy enemies at once, boasting unrivaled strength.

The fighting style is more suitable for long-distance battles, but he is still like a strong man in close quarters. As his name suggests, his body is that of white mochi, and yet it is reminiscent of that of a well-trained monk. A half-baked attack cannot be made on him. If an enemy attacks in front of such a tough body, countless bamboos will skewer the enemy's back in the gap.

More so, he is strong enough that even a powerful tier spell like [Reality Slash] does not faze him even the slightest. In fact, he appears to be immune due to his body being made of mochi. As a matter of fact, any such attack that separates him into his component parts, he can reform as needed. Momonga estimated Shiramochi-ō's strength to be equivalent to that of a Raid Boss.

Active

 * Attack Power Destruction: Inflicts magical damage on a single enemy and reduces attack power.
 * Tana kara Botamochi: Increase hit and evasion rate.
 * 一Salvo Pole: Inflicts magical damage on all enemies and randomly grants abnormal conditions with a certain probability.
 * Nichirin Amaterasu: Causes magical damage to all enemies with the "light" element.

Passive

 * Quickness UP: Quickness improves.
 * Magic Attack UP: Increases magic attack power.

Summons

 * Mochi Type Beast
 * Kadomatsu Type Beast

Trivia

 * Shiramochi-ō translates as White Mochi King which suits him as it appears he is made of rice mochi.
 * Shiramochi-ō is the sixth new character from the game Mass for the Dead. He was added as an event character on December 31, 2019.
 * In his reprint appearance, Shiramochi-ō in in the laitasana pose, or "royal ease" position. The laitasna is a position in Indian art where a figure sits on a throne with one leg tucked inwards on a seat while the other leg is pendent. on the ground.
 * According to Mass for the Dead's classification, despite emerging from a Crack, he belongs to the demon race, making him the second original game demon to appear in the game.

Quotes

 * (To Party): "Stupid trying to challenge me."
 * (To Momonga): "I'm the Shiramochi-ō, Ruler of the New Year."