History Characters / BlueArchiveAriusBranchSchool

* 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 heavily implies that if not for the Sensei's intervention, Misaki would have ''actually'' committed suicide.]]

* HomeBase: For Arius' students. 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]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: The full squad is basically perfect to fight Hieronymus in the highest Insane difficulty, but that's pretty much all they're good for and you have to use all of them at once, which not only limits team building away from others, potentially stronger units like Swimsuit Hoshino and Swimsuit Nonomi, but also forces any prospective players intent on using the Arius Squad to spent the equivalent of ''96,000 pyroxenes'' (worst case scenario) just to not even be the ideal setup for one singular raid.

* [[FollowingInTheirRescuersFootsteps Following in Her Rescuer's Footsteps]]: [[spoiler:Potentially; in [=V3C4=] Episode 25, the Squad lists off the good traits Saori has, like her sense of responsibility, her drive to work, teaching, planning, leadership--all of which Sensei attributes to being a fine teacher, much to Saori's bafflement.]]

* 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.
** Her Sub Skill is named "Leader's responsibility", where she gets stronger the more Arius units in the party, including her nemesis, Azusa.

* SuperGullible: You wouldn't expect a vicious terrorist leader to have something in common with ''Serika'' (well, besides committing crimes even on different scales), but her [[spoiler:first independent job after breaking off from Arius Squad by the end of [=V3C4=] and her]] Relationship Stories have her get into trouble by thoughtlessly signing contracts without reading the fine print and negotiating secure deals.

* 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 the Sensei.

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:After coming to respect the 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.]]

* HumiliationConga: Most of [=V3C4=] is [[spoiler:Saori dealing with the failure of Arius Squad to hijack the Eden Treaty. First, she's defeated in battle by Azusa and forced to limp away in shame. Then, she tries to desert Arius with her squad, only to be caught by Beatrice and forced to witness Atsuko trade herself for the squad's freedom. She has no other choice but to literally prostrate herself before the Sensei to beg for their help to rescue Atsuko. Then she faces off against a vengeance-fueled Mika and is handily defeated, where she finally comes to the realization that she made a lot of bad choices in her life.]]

* {{BFG}}: She wields an FIM-92 Stinger man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) dubbed "Saint Predator," even when pitted against primarily ground-based targets.
* 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 the 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 heavily implies that if not for the Sensei's intervention, Misaki would have ''actually' committed suicide.]]
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: She has dull red eyes devoid of emotion.
* EmotionlessGirl: She displays very little outward interest in anything or anyone, though she displays light emotions from time to time.

* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit bares just about all of it.

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* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:When meeting with Sensei in Chapter 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 Chapter 3, injuring Atsuko in the process and causing a thoroughly enraged Saori to swear that she'll hunt Azusa down and break her completely.

* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:Admits late in Volume 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 the Sensei, whom Saori had previously shot and tried to kill in Chapter 3, to retrieve Atsuko before she's sacrificed in [[GreaterScopeVillain Beatrice's]] ritual.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Despite how antagonistic she may act towards Azusa for her betrayal, it's later revealed that underneath all that anger, is also driven by an equal or perhaps stronger sense of envy. Azusa despite being raised in the horrible environment of Arius like her, was able to hold firm to her beliefs and never give up hope no matter how bad things got. Seeing Azusa find happiness and a place of her own, caused her to develop a strong sense of jealousy. The beatdown she later gave to Azusa in their first fight was partially driven by a sense of envy. However, in the end just when she was defeated by Mika in their duel and had prepared for her death, she manages to have one last talk regarding Azusa with her. It was there did she finally admit that she was envious of her the whole time.]]

* HumiliationConga: Most of Volume 3 Chapter 4 is [[spoiler:Saori dealing with the failure of Arius Squad to hijack the Eden Treaty. First, she's defeated in battle by Azusa and forced to limp away in shame. Then, she tries to desert Arius with her squad, only to be caught by Beatrice and forced to witness Atsuko trade herself for the squad's freedom. She has no other choice but to literally prostrate herself before the Sensei to beg for their help to rescue Atsuko. Then she faces off against a vengeance-fueled Mika and is handily defeated, where she finally comes to the realization that she made a lot of bad choices in her life.]]

* 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 Chapter 3, being the field commander in charge of the assault on the Eden Treaty signing.

* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: [[spoiler:After she's beaten by Mika in their DuelToTheDeath in Chapter 4, Saori pretty much accepts whatever Mika wants to do to her, seeing it as penance for all of her previous mistakes. Fortunately, Mika can't go through with it and spares her.]]
--> '''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..."]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:The episode ''Another Me'' in Chapter 4 reveals that Saori used to be, while not quite ''sweet'', more hopeful about the group's future and willing to step in and help other kids being attacked by security officers. Unfortunately, this ended once she and her group were apprehended by Beatrice's faction during the Arius Civil War, with the Gematria member quickly breaking Saori into following along with her worldview and obeying her without question, leading her to become the nihilistic and rage-filled Saori of the present day.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: All four playable Arius girls have Explosive damage and all but Hiyori have Mystic armor (who is a Special and therefore doesn't take damage). Coupled with Misaki's skill being perfect for giant enemies that don't move, Atsuko's healing, Hiyori's DEF shred sub-skill, and Saori's powerful critical boost, they're basically tailor-made for the highest difficulty of Hieronymus. The problem is that's pretty much all they're good for as a result, and having to deploy all of them at once hampers team building.

One of the ten playable schools in ''Blue Archive'' 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.

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 were 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 over 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.

* BrokenBird: ''All'' of them are some form of this thanks to both their rough upbringing in the impoverished Arius district and from Beatrice's abusive leadership.
* 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 be 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.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The full squad is basically perfect to fight Hieronymus in the highest Insane difficulty, but that's pretty much all they're good for and you have to use all of them at once, which not only limits team building away from other, potentially stronger units like Swimsuit Hoshino and Swimsuit Nonomi, but also forces any prospective players intent on using the Arius Squad to spent the equivalent of ''96,000 pyroxenes'' (worst case scenario) just to not even be the ideal setup for one singular raid.
* CripplingOverspecialization: All four playable Arius girls have Explosive damage and all but Hiyori have Mystic armor (who is a Special and therefore doesn't take damage). Coupled with Misaki's skill being perfect for giant enemies that don't move, Atsuko's healing, Hiyori's DEF shred sub skill and Saori's powerful critical boost, they're basically tailor made for the highest difficulty of Hieronymus. The problem is that's pretty much all they're good for as a result, and having to deploy all of them at once hampers team building.

** [[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 feel the same in spirit by the last episode, especially Saori after her HeelRealization.]]

* 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 avilable.]]
* CriticalHit: Her EX and Basic skills always deal critical hits, no matter how much immune the enemy is against that.

* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Despite how antagonistic she may act towards Azusa for her betrayal, it's later revealed that underneath all that anger, is also driven by an equal or perhaps stronger sense of envy. Azusa despite being raised in the horrible environment of Arius like her, was able to hold firm to her beliefs and never give up hope no matter how badly things got. Seeing Azusa find happiness and a place of her own, caused her to develop a strong sense of jealousy. The beatdown she later gave to Azusa in their first fight was partially driven by a sense of envy. However, in the end just when she was defeated by Mika in their duel and had prepared for her death, she manages to have one last talk regarding Azusa with her. It was there did she finally admit that she was envious of her the whole time.]]

* HumiliationConga: Most of Volume 3 Chapter 4 is [[spoiler:Saori dealing with the failure of Arius Squad to hijack the Eden Treaty. First, she's defeated in battle by Azusa and forced to limp away in shame. Then, she tries to desert from Arius with her squad, only to be caught by Beatrice and forced to witness Atsuko trade herself for the squad's freedom. She has no other choice but to literally prostrate herself before the Sensei to beg for their help to rescue Atsuko. Then she faces off against a vengeance fueled Mika and is handily defeated, where she finally comes to the realization that she made a lot of bad choices in her life.]]

* {{Protectorate}}: She's very protective and concerned for the health of Atsuko, whom she refers to as "Princess", making sure she stays out of danger and getting angry whenever she's injured.

--> '''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..."]]
* SuperGullible: You wouldn't expect for a vicious terrorist leader to have something in common with ''Serika'' (well, besides committing crimes even on different scales), but her [[spoiler:first independent job after breaking off from Arius Squad by the end of [=V3C4=] and her]] Relationship Stories have her get into trouble by thoughtlessly signing contracts without reading the fine print and negotiating secure deals.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: [[spoiler:Part of her HeelRealization in Chatper 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.]]

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

* ShrinkingViolet: Her timid nature and tendency to cry over everything makes her stand out compared to the apathetic Saori and Misaki.

* HuntingTheRogue: crosses into YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. [[spoiler:After Volume 3 Chapter 3, the Squad decided not to return to the school. Beatrice ordered other Arius students to capture Atsuko and dispose of the rest.]]

* HuntingTheRogue / YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Volume 3 Chapter 3, the Squad decided not to return to the school. Beatrice ordered other Arius students to capture Atsuko and dispose of the rest.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Volume 3 Chapter 3, Beatrice ordered other Arius students to capture Atsuko and dispose of the rest.]]

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

* GottaHaveBlueHair: Contrasting Saori and Misaki's black hair and Atsuko's pale purple hair, Hiyori's is a bright aqua-blue.

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 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 were later purged as a result.

It is later revealed that modern Arius' vendetta against Trinity was disciplined into the students by Beatrice as a method of controlling them. Beatrice resides over 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.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Volume 3 Chapter 3, Beatrice ordered other Arius students to capture of Atusko and dispose of the rest.]]

'''Enemies:''' [[Characters/BlueArchiveDecagrammaton Decagrammaton]] | [[Characters/BlueArchiveGematria Gematria]] -]]]]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Volume 3, Beatrice ordered other Arius students to capture of Atusko and dispose of the rest.]]

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Volume 3, Beatrice ordered other students to capture of Atusko and dispose of the rest.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After Chapter 3, Beatrice ordered other students to capture of Atusko and dispose of the rest.]]

* 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 be 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.]]
** [[spoiler:Going even further, they're subservient to Gematria, whom have already backstabbed Hoshino with promising to spare Abydos.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The full squad is basically perfect to fight Hieronymus in the highest Insane difficulty, but that's pretty much all they're good for and you have to use all of them at once, which not only limits team building away from other, potentially stronger units like Swimsuit Hoshino and Swimsuit Nonomi, but also forces any prospective players intent on using the Arius Squad to spent the equivalent of ''96,000 pyroxenes'' (worst case scenario) just to not even be the ideal setup for one singular raid.

* 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 be 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.]]
** [[spoiler:Going even further, they're subservient to Gematria, whom have already backstabbed Hoshino with promising to spare Abydos.]]
* CripplingOverspecialization: All four playable Arius girls have Explosive damage and all but Hiyori have Mystic armor (who is a Special and therefore doesn't take damage). Coupled with Misaki's skill being perfect for giant enemies that don't move, Atsuko's healing, Hiyori's DEF shred sub skill and Saori's powerful critical boost, they're basically tailor made for the highest difficulty of Hieronymus. The problem is that's pretty much all they're good for as a result, and having to deploy all of them at once hampers team building.

* HumiliationConga: Most of Volume 4 Chapter 4 is [[spoiler:Saori dealing with the failure of Arius Squad to hijack the Eden Treaty. First, she's defeated in battle by Azusa and forced to limp away in shame. Then, she tries to desert from Arius with her squad, only to be caught by Beatrice and forced to witness Atsuko trade herself for the squad's freedom. She has no other choice but to literally prostrate herself before the Sensei to beg for their help to rescue Atsuko. Then she faces off against a vengeance fueled Mika and is handily defeated, where she finally comes to the realization that she made a lot of bad choices in her life.]]