History Characters / BlueArchiveAriusBranchSchool

* VanityIsFeminine: For gifts, she likes the Military Camo Foundation Trio and Samuela "The Beyond", and her favorites are Cherry-Rose Lip Gloss and Glassy Glow BB Cream. The fact that she has an interest in cosmetics is something of an {{Irony}} since she espouses the pointlessness and transience of everything (or at least used to before her HeelRealization), yet likes something that is purely vain and temporary; after all, cosmetics lack obvious applications in combat and they have to be applied on a daily basis. This shows that [[CharacterDevelopment Saori has moved past]] the despair Arius and Beatrice induced in her.
** More exemplified when [[spoiler:she appeared in a dress outfit for her appearance in ''0068: From Opera with Love'' event, even telling that she only does this for her job despite the dress being chosen by herself.]]

'''Schools:''' [[Characters/BlueArchiveAbydosHighSchool Abydos High School]] | '''Arius Satellite School''' | [[Characters/BlueArchiveGehennaAcademy Gehenna Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveHyakkiyakoAllianceAcademy Hyakkiyako Alliance Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveKronosSchoolOfJournalism Kronos School of Journalism]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveMillenniumScienceSchool Millennium Science School]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveRedWinterFederalAcademy Red Winter Federal Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveShanhaijingSeniorSecondarySchool Shanhaijing Senior Secondary School]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveSRTSpecialAcademy SRT Special Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveTrinityGeneralSchool Trinity General School]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveValkyriePoliceAcademy Valkyrie Police Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveSchoolsOthers Others]]\\

The leader of the Arius Squad, mentor to all her squadmates, including former member [[spoiler:Azusa]].

* ArchEnemy: Quickly grows to regard [[DefectorFromDecadence Azusa]] as this for betraying the Arius Squad and battling them to both protect her new friends in Trinity and foil their plans, angry at her for not carrying on with their grudge against Trinity for the school's past transgressions against Arius. It only gets worse after Azusa [[GodzillaThreshold tries to kill her]] in [=V3C3=], injuring Atsuko in the process and causing a thoroughly enraged Saori to swear that she'll hunt Azusa down and break her completely.
* BreakingSpeech: Delivers these regularly to [[DefectorFromDecadence Azusa]], lambasting her for trying to move past Arius' hatred and grudge against Trinity and build a new life with her Make-Up Work Club friends, insisting that it's pointless to try and be a better person and stop the CycleOfRevenge. [[spoiler:Her admission of her own guilt late in Chapter 4 hints that these were actually a coping mechanism to try and deal with the fact that Azusa had managed to find genuine happiness at Trinity with her new friends, while she and the rest of the group were as miserable as ever, since allowing her to be happy would mean accepting that the Arius Squad were keeping themselves miserable when there were better options available.]]

* EtTuBrute: Saori is outraged that Azusa is willing to forget what Trinity did to their school in the past and try to integrate with their enemies, even though they were both brought up on Arius' hatred and vengeance-filled stories about Trinity.

* TheLeader: Of the Arius Squad, being the one who typically issues orders and rallies the group towards their next goal. Also serves as this to Arius' forces in general throughout [=V3C3=], being the field commander in charge of the assault on the Eden Treaty signing. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration This is reflected in her Sub Skill]], "Leader's responsibility", where she gets stronger the more Arius units in the party, including her nemesis, Azusa.

* ShipTease: There are several moments with Atsuko showing she has romantic feelings for Sensei.

** More exemplified when [[spoiler:she appeared in a dress outfit for her appearance in '''0068: From Opera with Love'' event, even telling that she only does this for her job despite the dress being chosen by herself.]]

A mysterious Arius Squad girl who belongs to the Arius Branch School and always wears a gas mask.

While Atsuko doesn't use the gas mask expressly for the purpose of hiding her face, she lives mostly wearing the mask, except when eating or sleeping.

* DodgeTheBullet: Her basic, enhanced, and sub-skills increase her dodge rate to make most attacks miss. On top of having a high dodge rate added with a tier 7 badge and healing EX Skill, she is probably one of the best tank units in the game.

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TheBabyOfTheBunch: She is the youngest member in the group and it's more like being protective of Atsuko because of how important and kind she is.

* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Considered as such by Arius, which ties into why she's called "Princess" by her Squadmates, who believe Atsuko has 'royal blood' due to being the blood descendant of the old student council presidents who administrated the Arius district.]]

** During her last relationship story chapter, she wanted to say something to them after they cheered her up but stops because it would complicate their relationship.

* DrivenToSuicide: She tends to harbor suicidal tendencies, which are only kept in check due to her bond with the other Arius Squad members. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment when Sensei first meets her is her standing on the edge of a bridge and considering jumping off after Atsuko was captured by Beatrice. And in her memorial lobby, it's heavily implied she attempted to drown herself. [[spoiler:A CG from the 4th PV that shows a BadFuture heavily implies that if not for the Sensei's intervention, Misaki would have ''actually'' committed suicide.]]

The leader of the Arius Squad, mentor to all her squadmates, including former member Azusa.

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: They've both backstabbed, and have been backstabbed. [[spoiler:They colluded with Makoto of Gehenna's Pandemonium Society for supplies and intel, only to try and kill her by shooting down her zeppelin. They even go so far as to collude with Mika of Trinity's Tea Party for further resources, only to make her take the fall for Seia getting trapped in a dream by Beatrice and being labeled as a witch. On the inversion, they end up being backstabbed by the Arius Squad once the latter side with Sensei to rescue Atsuko from Beatrice.]]

* EliteMooks: Up until Chapter 10 and throughout story Volumes 1 and 2, enemies encountered were often thugs, mercenaries, and robots, all falling under either the light or heavy armor categories. Then come Chapter 10 and Volume 3 and Arius comes along with elite units with ''special''-class armor, requiring the use of less-common mystic-type students to deal with them effectively.

* HomeBase: Arius' students lived their whole life in Trinity's ancient catacombs. Wondered where those gas mask mooks you fought in Chapter 10 came from? Here it is. [[spoiler:Also doubles as a SupervillainLair for Gematria as a whole, given Beatrice runs the place. For Maestro, it's a MadScientistLaboratory where he created the Justina Saints]].

* ChildhoodFriends: A CG from the 4th PV show they've know each other since they were children.

** [[spoiler:Azusa used to be a part of the Squad and was close with them until the day she stopped Seia’s assassination. Even after coming to deadly blows in Vol. 3 Ch. 3 though, Azusa still requests Sakurako to take care of the Squad in Ch. 4, saying that despite everything, [[ThickerThanWater they were still her family once]]. The Squad likewise feels the same in spirit by the last episode, especially Saori after her HeelRealization.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After the events of Volume 3 Chapter 4, the Squad is ultimately forced to go on the run to keep clear of any bad players looking for them. Atsuko even mentions the group has to constantly stay on the move to avoid detection, and Hiyori has to hunt for Wi-Fi hotspots to contact Sensei.

* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:When meeting with Sensei in Vol. 3 Chp. 4, Saori is so desperate for their help in getting Atsuko back that she quite literally throws herself on her hands and knees and begs for their aid, even being willing to let them attach an explosive collar to her neck to keep her in line. Fortunately, Sensei smashes the detonator and offers their help no strings attached.]]
* ArchEnemy: Quickly grows to regard [[DefectorFromDecadence Azusa]] as this for betraying the Arius Squad and battling them to both protect her new friends in Trinity and foil their plans, angry at her for not carrying on with their grudge against Trinity for the school's past transgressions against Arius. It only gets worse after Azusa [[GodzillaThreshold tries to kill her]] in Vol. 3 Chp. 3, injuring Atsuko in the process and causing a thoroughly enraged Saori to swear that she'll hunt Azusa down and break her completely.

** Her first canonical example would be when [[spoiler:at the end of [=V3C4=], she takes a contract for underground work that turns out to be against her, only for fellow interviewee Aru to say some cool-sounding hardboiled drivel and Haruka to misinterpret it once again as her boss wanting the place blown up--which she did. Taking in the aftermath, Saori expresses her awe of an "experienced" criminal.]]

---> '''Saori:''' "In fact, doing it half-hearted is basically "cutting ties" with the other. I mean, by giving them cheap chocolate, it's basically declaring war. The rules of "society" are complicated..."

* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:Admits late in Vol. 3 Chp. 4 to have been this for Mika, turning her for a genuinely idealistic girl into the hate-filled "Witch" she is in the present.]]
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Allies with and is willing to work under the orders of Sensei, whom Saori had previously shot and tried to kill back in Vol. 3 Chp. 3, to retrieve Atsuko before she's sacrificed in [[GreaterScopeVillain Beatrice's]] ritual.]]

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:After coming to respect Sensei, Saori begins to wonder whether her life would have been different if she had met an adult as kindhearted as them earlier in her life rather than the power hungry Beatrice.]]

* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Chapter 4 of the Trinity Arc has Saori blaming herself for everything that went wrong in the prior Volumes, accepting responsibility for twisting Mika into the person she is at present, as well as being the cause of the Arius Squad's continued misery, to the point that she's willing to just let Mika kill her after she's beaten.]]
--> '''Saori:''' [[spoiler:"''I'' was the cause of everything. Azusa was able to find happiness because she left ''me''."]]

--> '''Saori:''' [[spoiler:"I don't have any fight left in me. Do with me as you, please. Steal as much as was stolen from you. I've stolen far too much from others... at least this will even things out..."]]

* ToxicFriendInfluence: [[spoiler:Part of her HeelRealization in Chapter 4 has Saori believing herself to be this to the Arius Squad since her drive to obey Beatrice (to stop her from sacrificing Atsuko in her ritual) and internalization of her pessimistic worldview has kept the Arius Squad miserable, while Azusa was able to break out of her shell and find happiness when away from them and around her new Trinity friends.]]

* BathSuicide: [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] but based on her Memorial Lobby and dialogue before that, [[RealismInducedHorror it's heavily implied she attempted to drown herself]], as when Sensei left briefly to get medicine and came back, he found her a little soaked and you can hear water running in the background.

* SuicideBySea: [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] but based on her Memorial Lobby and dialogue before that, it's heavily implied she attempted to drown herself, as when Sensei left briefly to get medicine and came back, he found her a little soaked and you can hear water running in the background.

One of the ten playable schools in ''Blue Archive'' and has broken off from Trinity General School. No one knows where their autonomous district is, except for a few individuals such as Saori. The students at Arius primarily learn to fight and kill rather than regular subjects that normal students would learn.

According to Mika, Arius was fiercely against the formation of the Trinity alliance and was later purged as a result. It is later revealed that modern Arius's vendetta against Trinity was disciplined into the students by Beatrice as a method of controlling them. Beatrice resides in the school as its leader, and she uses Arius' autonomous district as her base of operations. It is also through her powers that Arius' AD remains hidden to this day, as her powers allow for the path of entry into Arius, through Trinity's ancient catacombs, to change constantly.

* SuicideBySea: [[Subverted subverted]] but based on her Memorial Lobby and dialogue before that, it's heavily implied she attempted to drown herself, as when Sensei left briefly to get medicine and came back, he found her a little soaked and you can hear water running in the background.

* DrivenToSuicide: She tends to harbor suicidal tendencies, which are only kept in check due to her bond with the other Arius Squad members. Her EstablishingCharacterMoment when Sensei first meets her is her standing on the edge of a bridge and considering jumping off after Atsuko was captured by Beatrice. [[spoiler:A CG from the 4th PV that shows a BadFuture heavily implies that if not for the Sensei's intervention, Misaki would have ''actually'' committed suicide.]]

'''Schools:''' [[Characters/BlueArchiveAbydosHighSchool Abydos High School]] | '''Arius Satellite School''' | [[Characters/BlueArchiveGehennaAcademy Gehenna Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveHyakkiyakoAllianceAcademy Hyakkiyako Alliance Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveKronosSchoolOfJournalism Kronos School of Journalism]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveMillenniumScienceSchool Millennium Science School]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveRedWinterFederalAcademy Red Winter Federal Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveShanhaijingSeniorSecondarySchool Shanhaijing Senior Secondary School]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveSRTSpecialAcademy SRT Special Academy]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveTrinityGeneralSchool Trinity General School]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveValkyriePoliceAcademy Valkyrie Police Academy]]\\

* DodgeTheBullet: Her basic, enhanced, and sub-skills increase her dodge rate to make most attacks miss. On top of having a high dodge rate added with a tier 7 badge and healing EX skill, she is probably one of the best tank units in the game.

* {{BFG}}: Her EX skill has her pulling an anti-materiel rifle from the case on her backpack, which she uses to devastating effect.