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* {{Keigo}}: Speaks very formally as a way of looking down on people, and uses honorifics on people even when tearing into them.
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* TheTeam: Some of their ranking officers fit clear archetypes, but not all of them.
** TheHero: Hiroe
** TheLancer: Hiroko
** TheSmartGuy: Katyusha
** TheBigGuy: Nonna
** TheChick: Kinue.

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A third-year who is commander of St. Gloriana’s team. Three years ago, she faced Hisa in a match, and accidentally revealed her right eye to her, causing Hisa to see it as beautiful. She did not see Hisa again for the next three years. During this time, she went to school at St. Gloriana.

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A third-year who is commander of St. Gloriana’s Gloriana's team. Three years ago, she faced Hisa in a match, and accidentally revealed her right eye to her, causing Hisa to see it as beautiful. She did not see Hisa again for the next three years. During this time, she went to school at St. Gloriana.



* DoNotCallMePaul: Inverted. As a member of the Black Tea Garden, she has the tea name, “Masala Chai,” but prefers to go by her real name.

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* DoNotCallMePaul: Inverted. As a member of the Black Tea Garden, she has the tea name, “Masala Chai,” "Masala Chai," but prefers to go by her real name.name.
* AFatherToHisMen: Cares for her people, takes the time to listen to them, and is willing to see their potential.



* FriendlessBackground: In middle school.

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* FriendlessBackground: In middle school.school, she had no friends.
* LovedByAll: Is very popular among the people of St. Gloriana.



* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother to her Girls]]: Cares for her people, takes the time to listen to them, and is willing to see their potential.
* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Is very popular among the people of St. GLoriana
* SupremeChef: In stark contrast to Darjeeling’s status as a LethalChef.

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* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother to her Girls]]: Cares for her people, takes the time to listen to them, and is willing to see their potential.
* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Is very popular among the people of St. GLoriana
* SupremeChef: In stark contrast to Darjeeling’s Darjeeling's status as a LethalChef.

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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl [=/=]PoisonousFriend: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]; while she’s determined to help Miho find her own path in life, she doesn’t want to do anything that Miho wouldn’t approve of in the pursuit of that goal.


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* SparingthemTheDirtyWork: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]; while she’s determined to help Miho find her own path in life, she doesn’t want to do anything that Miho wouldn’t approve of in the pursuit of that goal.
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Ill Girl has been cut per TRS decision. Examples are moved to Delicate And Sickly when appropriate.


* IllGirl: Like in canon, has to bundle up in order to stay warm.
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* IllGirl: She's not in the best of health after her hospitalization, and has to take medicine.

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* IllGirl: She's not in the best of health after her hospitalization, and has to take medicine.
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* PyrrhicVillainy: She gets to the semifinals, but at the end of the year, has become largely ostracized.

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* PyrrhicVillainy: PyrrhicVictory: She gets to the semifinals, but at the end of the year, has become largely ostracized.
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* WhereDidWeGoWrong: She finds herself asking this after Hana goes into tankery, purchasing a book on parenting. She ultimately realizes that Hana developed a great deal independently of her parents. She eventually realizes that Hana develops a great deal independently of her family [[spoiler:and ultimately accepts Hana doing tankery]].

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* WhereDidWeGoWrong: She finds herself asking this after Hana goes into tankery, purchasing a book on parenting. She ultimately realizes that Hana developed a great deal independently of her parents. She eventually realizes that Hana develops a great deal independently of her family [[spoiler:and ultimately accepts Hana doing tankery]].
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* DynamicCharacter: She has changed a great deal over the years, and does so again in the course of the story.
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Meganekko is no longer a trope. It's a Fanspeak term. Moving wicks to Bespectacled Cutie when appropriate.


* {{Meganekko}}
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Meganekko is no longer a trope. It's a Fanspeak term. Moving wicks to Bespectacled Cutie when appropriate.


* {{Meganekko}}: Gettingher glasses helped substantially improve her accuracy.

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* {{Meganekko}}: Gettingher glasses helped substantially improve her accuracy.
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Meganekko is no longer a trope. It's a Fanspeak term. Moving wicks to Bespectacled Cutie when appropriate.


* {{Meganekko}}
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* SpotOfTea: Mentioned as always sipping tea.

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* SpotOfTea: TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mentioned as always sipping tea.
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Romantic Two Girl Friendship has been renamed to Pseudo Romantic Friendship. All misuse and ZC Es will be deleted and all other examples will be changed to the correct trope.


* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Momo



* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Nodoka



* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Saki
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* MismatchedEyes: One red, one blue.
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* NotSoDifferent: Sees herself as this compared to Hana and Nodoka, who currently have troubled relations with their families, and urges them to resolve their problems with their family before it’s too late.



* NotSoDifferent: From Teru, in that both hide their true nature and have ulterior motives for doing tankery, even if their facades greatly contrast. Maho notes that their both having facades is why she was never fooled by Teru’s StepfordSmiler act.

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* HatedByAll: By the time she graduates, no one likes her.



* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: By the time she graduates, no one likes her.

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: By the time she graduates, no one likes her.

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* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: In an internal monologue prior to [[spoiler:firing on Teru's tank]], Saki acknowledges that there is much she does not understand and much she is uncertain about, but she has started to enjoy tankery again.



* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: In an internal monologue prior to [[spoiler:firing on Teru's tank]], Saki acknowledges that there is much she does not understand and much she is uncertain about, but she has started to enjoy tankery again.

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* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: In an internal monologue prior to [[spoiler:firing on Teru's tank]], Saki acknowledges that there is much she does not understand and much she is uncertain about, but she has started to enjoy tankery again.
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* FiveManBand: Some of their ranking officers can be considerd this

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* FiveManBand: TheTeam: Some of their ranking officers can be considerd thisfit clear archetypes, but not all of them.
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Per TRS, Jerkass Facade is deprecated, primarily in favor of Hidden Heart Of Gold.


* JerkassFacade: Lampshaded in her regretting having to put up the façade and causing other people to think worse of her, although some people see through it.

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* JerkassFacade: HiddenHeartOfGold: Lampshaded in her regretting having to put up the façade and causing other people to think worse of her, although some people see through it.
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* RussiansWithRustingRockets

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* RussiansWithRustingRockets
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!Octopus Team/Team G

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!Octopus Team/Team G
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The Student Council Treasurer, but unlike the others, she’s on H Team/Octopus Team as commander of the crew.

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The Student Council Treasurer, but unlike the others, she’s on H F Team/Octopus Team as commander of the crew.



!Turtle Team/ Team G

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!Turtle Team/ Team Team/Team G
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* JapaneseSiblingTerminology: Calls Masae “Nee-san.”

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->'''Position''': Loader

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->'''Position''': LoaderLoader[=/=]Radio Operator



* AllThereInTheManual: Like in Saki, she collects tankery cards, but this is brought up in the second Introductions chapter, with Kana lampshading the use of this trope.



* HeelRealization: Has one after Saki defeats the Maus, realizing just where she went wrong.

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* HeelRealization: Has one after Saki defeats the Maus, realizing just where she went wrong. In the alternate ending, this happens because of different circumstances- because she realizes her treatment of Saki is not very different from Shiho's treatment of Miho.

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* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:Following the manga, she uses this as a threat to motivate Miho into winning the semifinals]]

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* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:Following Following the manga, she uses this as a threat to motivate Miho into winning the semifinals]]semifinals.
* PragmaticVillainy: In Paths Toward Victory, she's no longer willing to disown Miho, having come to realize that it wouldn't be a solution at this point.


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* HypocrisyNod: In "Paths Toward Victory, she scolds Hiroe for antagonizing Shiho. After delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Shiho, she apologizes to Hiroe, noting that her previous remark comes off as hypocritical in light of what she just said.

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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: As the main character of Paths Toward Victory, she contrasts with Miho in many ways. While Miho is relatively meek, [[IJustWantToHaveFriends wants to make friends]], and has things she values more than victory, Shiho is arrogant, aloof and ruthlessly determined.




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* TragicVillain: Shiho has been shaped by her circumstances, and because she believed her upbringing and teaching were beneficial to her, she does the same to others. As such, she cannot easily say that the way she's lived her life, or how her mother raised hers- was wrong.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one to Shiho in the prologue of Paths Toward Victory, berating her for not only considering disowning Miho, but thinking it's at all justified.




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* ThisIsUnforgivable: Says this about Shiho's disowning Miho in the alternate ending.

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!
!Yukari Akiyama

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\n!\n!Yukari * NoYou: In the argument over whether to get Miho to join the tankery team, she does this, angry that Yuzu seemingly considers Anzu blackmailing Hisa acceptable.
-->'''Yuzu''': "I...I think it might be best for you to apologize, right?"
-->'''Saori''': "No, ''you'' need to apologize!"

!!Yukari
Akiyama




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* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: In an internal monologue prior to [[spoiler:firing on Teru's tank]], Saki acknowledges that there is much she does not understand and much she is uncertain about, but she has started to enjoy tankery again.



* SupportingLeader: Initially, until Miho takes over.

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* StepfordSmiler: She indicates that she's somewhat more upset about [[spoiler: her parent's divorce]] than she lets on.
* SupportingLeader: Initially, She's commander of the team until Miho takes over.



* ButIReadABookAboutIt: Most of her expertise comes from reading.



* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Gomoyo.

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* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Gomoyo.Gomoyo, as she's more passionate and quicker-tempered.



* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Averted; she is shown playing a somewhat more active role in advising the Oarai tankery crew.

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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Averted; she is shown playing a somewhat more active role in advising the Oarai tankery crew.crew, albeit while knowing she can only help them for a little while.
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!Kazue Nanpo

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!Kazue !!Kazue Nanpo



!Kurumi Kakura

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!Kurumi !!Kurumi Kakura



!Toyone Anetai

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!Toyone !!Toyone Anetai

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* BadassBoast: Makes a reference to the real Caesar's "Cowards die a thousand times before their death!" when facing the rest of Black Forest's tanks.



*MeaningfulName: Their name is a reference to the sparrow in Mahjong's name.



The loader of Octopus Team, and a relatively cautious and nervous individual.

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The loader of Octopus Sparrow Team, and a relatively cautious and nervous individual.


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A team largely composed of tankery veterans

*BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:They're the ones who run into engine trouble in the middle of a river]].
*PunnyName: Their name in Japanese, "tako", is a reference to Yuuki's love of tacos.
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* CynicismCatalyst: The death of Mizuho is this for her. She went from being a girl who cared for her biological and adoptive sister, hoping they would enjoy tankery like she did, to one who

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* CynicismCatalyst: The death of Mizuho is this for her. She went from being a girl who cared for her biological and adoptive sister, hoping they would enjoy tankery like she did, to one who ultimately pushed Miho away. Even after they reconcile, Maho remains somewhat cynical, particularly with regards to her parents.



-->''""If you keep on coddling them, the performance of the team in general, and their performance in particular, will suffer. I'm sure your mother would agree with me."''

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-->''""If -->''"If you keep on coddling them, the performance of the team in general, and their performance in particular, will suffer. I'm sure your mother would agree with me."''

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