| 1 | A list of character tropes for ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin''. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | The page is under construction; only add tropes from the fic itself. Since characters' backstories often change or are expanded on, a brief description of them tends to help. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Be warned: many spoilers are unmarked. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Oarai Academy]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | An underdog school that has recently returned to tankery after more than 20 years away from it. |
| 12 | Among the Saki characters, Oarai includes the teams from Kiyosumi and Tsuruga |
| 13 | |
| 14 | !Anglerfish Team/Team A |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Like in canon, this is a group consisting of Miho and her friends, who crew a Panzer IV. They perform well, winning the practice battle, and eventually become the leadership for the team. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | !!Miho Nishizumi |
| 19 | -->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 20 | -->'''Position''': Commander of her tank and Oarai’s tankery team, formerly loader |
| 21 | |
| 22 | The second child of the Nishizumis, a family renowned for its skill in tankery. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | * AgreeToDisagree: When faced with someone with strong convictions that are in opposition to hers, Miho does not try to convince that person of her point of view. |
| 25 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion |
| 26 | ** She asks Nodoka if she would stop doing tankery if her father ordered her to do so. |
| 27 | * BluntYes: When Momo asks her who she'd rather have gunning for Turtle Team. |
| 28 | -->'''Momo''': The president? Good luck getting her to help out outside of an emergency." |
| 29 | -->'''Miho''': Yes, the president. |
| 30 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: She tends to downplay her accomplishments and under-sell herself. |
| 31 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: When Saki praises her for saving the tank, Miho says she simply opened the hatch, helping the rest of the crew to escape on their own. It later turns out that [[spoiler:Saki's inability to swim may have contributed to Mizuho's death]]. |
| 32 | * NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Part of the reason why Hisa found her a good commander. |
| 33 | * NostalgiaFilter: Inverted. |
| 34 | * TheHero: The main protagonist of the fic and leader of the team. |
| 35 | * TookALevelInBadass: Becomes more confident and assertive over time. |
| 36 | * UnreliableExpositor: It’s implied that her HeroicSelfDeprecation means that she underestimates her own abilities, and as a result of the circumstances of her leaving Black Forest, only focuses on the bad memories. |
| 37 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Averted. She says that while she would like her mother’s approval, she is unwilling to do |
| 38 | |
| 39 | |
| 40 | !!Saori Takebe |
| 41 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 42 | ->'''Position''': Radio Operator |
| 43 | |
| 44 | One of Miho's first friends upon reaching Oarai, who has also been friends with Hana for some time, and is Mako's childhood friend. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | * AnalogyBackfire: Suggests to Rabbit team that Oarai’s equipment and team is less than optimal, but they have to make it work, just like if they’re in a relationship and they can’t get together with anyone else. Yuuki U.’s boyfriend broke up with her. |
| 47 | * 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. |
| 48 | -->'''Yuzu''': "I...I think it might be best for you to apologize, right?" |
| 49 | -->'''Saori''': "No, ''you'' need to apologize!" |
| 50 | |
| 51 | !!Yukari Akiyama |
| 52 | -->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 53 | -->'''Position''': Loader |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Miho's loader and fan girl. |
| 56 | |
| 57 | * FriendlessBackground: Slightly mitigated, since she has met Hisa and (Someya) Mako prior to the start of the series, but it's still present to an extent. |
| 58 | * SecretKeeper: Like in the manga, overhears [[spoiler:Miho being threatened with disinheritance should she lose the semi-finals]] |
| 59 | * TheInfiltration: She does it to Anzio, rather than Saunders, in this fic. Anchovy is ''not'' amused, although she does find it intriguing that Oarai would resort to that. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | !!Hana Isuzu |
| 62 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 63 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 64 | |
| 65 | Miho's gunner, and heiress to the Isuzu school of flower arranging. She becomes estranged from her mother as a result of doing tankery, but strives to reconcile with her. |
| 66 | |
| 67 | * KimonoIsTraditional: She, like her mother, sometimes wears one, but on special occasions. |
| 68 | * StepfordSmiler: To an extent, as she downplays her feelings about being disowned by her mother. |
| 69 | * WellDoneSonGuy: She strives to impress her mother, and be re-admitted to the family. |
| 70 | |
| 71 | !!Mako Reizei |
| 72 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 73 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 74 | |
| 75 | Saori's childhood friend, who joins the team to erase the tardies from her record. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | * HiddenDepths: Not only is she BrilliantButLazy, but she has a fair amount of empathy for those going through difficult times with their families, like Nodoka and Hana. |
| 78 | * OneSteveLimit: Shares her name with Mako Someya, and the two know each other. |
| 79 | * PartingWordsRegret: As in canon, and she hopes that Hana and Nodoka don’t say anything to their parents that they’ll regret, lest they risk the possibility of not being able to take it back.. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | !Duck Team/Team B |
| 82 | |
| 83 | The former volleyball team, and, like in canon, the crew of the Type 89. They struggle against their tank's limitations, but do their best. |
| 84 | |
| 85 | !!Noriko Isobe |
| 86 | |
| 87 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 88 | ->'''Position''': Commander |
| 89 | |
| 90 | The captain of the volleyball team, and commander of Duck Team. She’s also friends with Mutsuki Tsuyama, whose club suffered a similar fate. |
| 91 | |
| 92 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Considers rappelling down to get the Type 89, but forgets the ropes. |
| 93 | * LovableJock |
| 94 | |
| 95 | !!Akebi Sasaki |
| 96 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 97 | |
| 98 | !!Shinobu Kawanishi |
| 99 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 100 | |
| 101 | * TheStoic: The level-headed one of the group. |
| 102 | |
| 103 | !!Taeko Kondou. |
| 104 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 105 | |
| 106 | !Hippo Team/Team C |
| 107 | |
| 108 | A team of history enthusiasts who cosplay as their favorite historical figures. |
| 109 | |
| 110 | !!Riko “Erwin” Matsumoto |
| 111 | |
| 112 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 113 | ->'''Position''': Tank [=Commander/Radio=] Operator |
| 114 | |
| 115 | |
| 116 | !!Takako “Caesar” Suzuki |
| 117 | |
| 118 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 119 | ->'''Position''': Tank [=Commander/Loader=] |
| 120 | |
| 121 | * 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. |
| 122 | * BlackComedy: Engages in a little of this with Rabbit Team, suggesting that they would be “decimated” for retreating. Of course, she acknowledges that Hippo Team didn’t do as well as they should have in that battle. |
| 123 | * BondOneLiner: Says “Veni, Vidi, Vici,” after taking out Rise’s tank. |
| 124 | * OneSteveLimit: Shares a given name with [[DrillSergeantNasty Takako Kubo]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | !!Kiyomi “Saemonza” Sugiyama |
| 127 | |
| 128 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 129 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 130 | |
| 131 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After her tank is taken out in the finals, she starts referring to herself and the others by their real names. |
| 132 | |
| 133 | !!Takeko “Oryou” Nogami |
| 134 | |
| 135 | !Rabbit Team/Team D |
| 136 | |
| 137 | As in canon, Rabbit Team is a team of first-years with little in common save for their being in the same year at the same school and a love of movies. They crew an M3 Lee. |
| 138 | |
| 139 | * ItsAllMyFault: They blame themselves for the defeat against BC Freedom |
| 140 | * LovableCoward: In the practice battle and match with BC Freedom |
| 141 | * MyGreatestSecondChance: After fleeing the battle with BC Freedom, they serve as the flag tank against Anzio, a role in which their survival is required for their school's success. |
| 142 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Of all the Oarai teams, they most exemplify this. Most of the clubs are groups of friends or people with a common interest who work well together, but Rabbit Team's personalities are the most varied. |
| 143 | |
| 144 | !!Azusa Sawa |
| 145 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 146 | ->'''Position'': Commander |
| 147 | |
| 148 | !!Ayumi Yamagou |
| 149 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 150 | ->'''Position''': Gunner. |
| 151 | |
| 152 | !!Aya Ono |
| 153 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 154 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 155 | |
| 156 | !!Karina Sakaguchi |
| 157 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 158 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 159 | |
| 160 | |
| 161 | !!Yuuki Utsugi |
| 162 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 163 | ->'''Position'': Radio Operator |
| 164 | |
| 165 | * OneSteveLimit: Shares a name with Yuuki Kataoka. |
| 166 | |
| 167 | !!Saki Maruyama |
| 168 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 169 | ->'''Position''': Loader |
| 170 | |
| 171 | The “other” Saki, who almost never speaks. |
| 172 | |
| 173 | * OneSteveLimit: She not only shares the same first name as Saki Miyanaga, but also the same last initial. As such, the narrative tends to not refer to her by name. |
| 174 | * TheVoiceless: Until her team is defeated in the finals, and she reassures the others that it's not over yet. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | !Sparrow Team/Team E |
| 177 | |
| 178 | A team consisting of those who were from Tsuruga Academy in Saki, and in this fic, are the former members of the disbanded mahjong club. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | * MeaningfulName: Their name is a reference to the sparrow in Mahjong's name. |
| 181 | |
| 182 | !!Yumi Kajiki |
| 183 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 184 | ->'''Position''': Commander |
| 185 | |
| 186 | Commander of Sparrow Team, and formerly the de facto leader of the mahjong club. She’s also friends with Hisa, although the friendship is slightly strained by Hisa’s keeping secrets from her. |
| 187 | |
| 188 | * FacePalm: After noticing Momo (Kawashima) firing on Miho's tank when they're trying to ambush BC Freedom. |
| 189 | * ProperlyParanoid: She begins to wonder why Oarai is starting up tankery when so many other clubs, including her own, are being shut down. |
| 190 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Appears somewhat aloof at first glance, but is a warmer individual than she seems, as she reveals in her interactions with Momo and [[spoiler:her concern over Miho's situation]]. |
| 191 | |
| 192 | !!Momoko Touyoko |
| 193 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 194 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 195 | |
| 196 | A student who, like in canon, lacks presence and went unnoticed by most people until Yumi recruited her into the mahjong club. No sooner was she recruited than the club was dissolved, but Momo chose to stay by Yumi and follow her into tankery. |
| 197 | |
| 198 | * ClingyJealousGirl: She gets jealous when Yumi calls Miho by her first name. |
| 199 | * FriendlySniper: Momo’s a fairly pleasant individual to be around if you get through her Stealth Mode. |
| 200 | * {{Invisibility}}: Her Stealth Mode is still present here, although it’s useless in tank combat. [[spoiler:With it, she catches wind of Miho being threatened with being disowned]]. |
| 201 | * OneSteveLimit: Her nickname is the same as the PR rep’s first name. |
| 202 | * VerbalTic: Often inserts “~su” after her sentences when speaking. |
| 203 | |
| 204 | !!Satomi Kanbara |
| 205 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 206 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 207 | |
| 208 | Yumi's friend since she first came to Oarai, and the actual ClubPresident of the mahjong club. Satomi is laid-back and doesn't let things get to her. |
| 209 | |
| 210 | * BadassDriver |
| 211 | * BookDumb: It’s pointed out that Satomi might have some trouble with entrance exams, but worries about the future far less than Yumi does. |
| 212 | * ClubPresident: Of the mahjong club, prior to it being disbanded. |
| 213 | * DrivesLikeCrazy |
| 214 | * {{Foil}}: To Yumi. Satomi is laid-back and doesn’t think too deeply about things. Yumi, on the other hand, is analytical, intelligent, and occasionally prone to angst when thinking about uncomfortable subjects. |
| 215 | * OddFriendship: With Yumi |
| 216 | * SignatureLaugh: Wa-ha-ha! |
| 217 | |
| 218 | !!Kaori Senoo |
| 219 | |
| 220 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 221 | ->'''Position''': Radio Operator |
| 222 | ->''"Just what have you talked me into getting involved in this time, Satomi-chan?"'' |
| 223 | |
| 224 | Satomi’s childhood friend, whom she recruited into the club to keep it going. She’s as much a beginner at mahjong as she is at tankery. |
| 225 | |
| 226 | * BeginnersLuck: Said to have this in mahjong, but in tankery, she’s on par with most of the others. |
| 227 | * ChildhoodFriend: With Satomi. |
| 228 | |
| 229 | !!Mutsuki Tsuyama |
| 230 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 231 | ->'''Position''': Loader |
| 232 | |
| 233 | The loader of Sparrow Team, and a relatively cautious and nervous individual. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | !Octopus Team/Team F |
| 236 | |
| 237 | A team largely composed of tankery veterans |
| 238 | |
| 239 | * BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:They're the ones who run into engine trouble in the middle of a river]]. |
| 240 | * PunnyName: Their name in Japanese, "tako", is a reference to Yuuki's love of tacos. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | !!Saki Miyanaga |
| 243 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 244 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 245 | |
| 246 | A girl who was talented by tankery, but often disliked it, as a result of her father not wanting her to participate, and her mother expecting her to succeed. She started to enjoy it in middle school, but as a result of [[spoiler:an accident that claimed Mizuho’s life and nearly claimed her own]], she decided to quit. |
| 247 | Around the same time, Saki’s family broke apart, and Teru went to Black Forest. Saki hopes to reconcile with Teru through tankery. |
| 248 | |
| 249 | * CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of several years, her perspective on tankery changes greatly. She starts out doing it reluctantly, then starts to enjoy it, then runs away because of her trauma, then gets back into it as a means to an end, then genuinely enjoys it. |
| 250 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: To Miho’s Protagonist |
| 251 | * FriendlySniper: The gunner of Octopus Team |
| 252 | * 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. |
| 253 | * NoSenseOfDirection: The reason why she’s left behind during the search for Rabbit Team. |
| 254 | * TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Has forgotten not only the circumstances associated with Mizuho’s death, but also Mizuho herself]]. |
| 255 | * UnreliableExpositor: Her narration of her Interlude leaves out some significant details, such as [[spoiler:Mizuho’s death]], and one has to wonder just what kind of people her parents were. |
| 256 | * WellDoneSonGuy: She averts this regarding her parents, since [[MortonsFork she knows it’s not possible to please both]], but still devotes herself to reconciling with her sister. |
| 257 | * WideEyedIdealist: She realizes that it will be difficult to bring her family back together, but perseveres nevertheless. Nodoka finds this aspect of her to be quite inspiring. |
| 258 | |
| 259 | !!Hisa Takei/Ueno |
| 260 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 261 | ->'''Position''': Commander, Vice Captain for team. |
| 262 | ->''"It might be my only chance to win the tournament, but does that mean they're any less determined? That they are any less deserving of seeing their efforts come to fruition? I don't think so, and that's why Miho and I have worked to make our team into one that can win for all their sakes."'' |
| 263 | |
| 264 | The Student Council Treasurer, but unlike the others, she’s on F Team/Octopus Team as commander of the crew. |
| 265 | |
| 266 | In middle school, she was commander of her team, and defeated Mihoko in the semi-finals three years ago, but was unable to come to the finals [[spoiler:because of her parents’ divorce]]. At the request of her family, she attended Oarai Academy. While there, she joined the Student Council and spent much of her time trying to re-establish the tankery team. |
| 267 | |
| 268 | * CharacterDevelopment: Much of it happens before the fic begins, as she initially cursed her bad luck at winding up in a school without tankery, but began to take steps to fix this and be more proactive in her life. |
| 269 | * NumberTwo: Is Miho’s vice-captain on the team. |
| 270 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She wants Miho to join the team, but doesn't like the idea of lying to Miho or trying to force her to join. |
| 271 | * StepfordSmiler: She indicates that she's somewhat more upset about [[spoiler: her parent's divorce]] than she lets on. |
| 272 | * SupportingLeader: She's commander of the team until Miho takes over. |
| 273 | * WhatTheHellHero: She complains about Anzu’s threat to expel Miho, saying that it wasn't what they agreed on doing. |
| 274 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Hisa makes arguments of this nature to Miho to help her become more assertive. |
| 275 | |
| 276 | !!Nodoka Haramura |
| 277 | |
| 278 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 279 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 280 | |
| 281 | A close friend of Saki’s, who has been interested in tankery since she was young, in spite of her family disliking it. She makes a deal with her father to stay at her current school, in hopes of being able to remain with her current group of friends. |
| 282 | |
| 283 | * CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:When her father appears ready to renege on his end of the deal, she reminds him that she’s done everything he’s asked of her until now, and that she believes that her desires and what he thinks are best for her are not mutually exclusive]]. |
| 284 | * CharacterDevelopment: While in the past, she reluctantly complied with what her father told her to do, she has started taking steps to be more proactive. |
| 285 | * SweetAndSourGrapes: She briefly alludes to this, saying she doesn’t want to lose to someone who doesn’t like tankery. |
| 286 | * WellDoneSonGuy: To an extent, she wants her father to see tankery as a legitimate pursuit, and to recognize that she is trying hard and doing well at school. |
| 287 | |
| 288 | !!Mako Someya |
| 289 | |
| 290 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 291 | ->'''Position''': Radio operator. |
| 292 | |
| 293 | A tank enthusiast who has known Hisa since she first came to Oarai in Hisa’s second year. |
| 294 | |
| 295 | * BookWorm: She's learned a great deal about tankery from reading about it extensively. |
| 296 | * ButIReadABookAboutIt: Most of her expertise comes from reading. |
| 297 | * PhotographicMemory: In this fic, she has memorized a great deal of information about tanks and other things. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | !!Yuuki Kataoka |
| 300 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 301 | ->'''Position''': Loader |
| 302 | |
| 303 | Nodoka’s friend from middle school, who accompanied her to Oarai out of an interest in tankery, and because its cafeteria serves tacos. |
| 304 | |
| 305 | * IdenticalStranger: Nodoka mistakes her for Ako when they first meet. |
| 306 | * OneSteveLimit: Shares a name with Yuuki Utsugi of Rabbit Team. |
| 307 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tacos, which were a large part of the reason why she came to Oarai. |
| 308 | |
| 309 | !Turtle Team/Team G |
| 310 | |
| 311 | The StudentCouncil of Oarai, sans Hisa, who is commander of Octopus Team. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | !!Tropes associated with the Student Council as a whole |
| 314 | |
| 315 | * AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Downplayed compared to canon, as they can't necessarily do absolutely everything. Hisa finds out the hard way when she tries to get tankery reinstated. |
| 316 | * SecretKeeper: Like in canon, they are hiding the fact that [[spoiler:the school will be shut down if they lose]]. |
| 317 | |
| 318 | !!Anzu Kadotani |
| 319 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 320 | ->'''Position''': Commander, as well as Gunner after the first round. |
| 321 | |
| 322 | Oarai’s StudentCouncilPresident, and the person who called for the return of tankery to the school. |
| 323 | |
| 324 | * GotVolunteered: Miho, with Hisa’s encouragement, ends up doing this to get her to replace Momo as the gunner. |
| 325 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: When her secret comes to light, she remarks that many people will disapprove, but she did what she did out of a desire for Oarai to continue onward. |
| 326 | * LastNameBasis: Uses this mode of address on most people. |
| 327 | * TookALevelInKindness: Becomes kinder and more considerate of Miho’s feelings over time. |
| 328 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She's not only [[spoiler:fighting for her school's survival]], but is also determined to help Oarai stand out from other schools, and be a good school for the many who end up there. |
| 329 | |
| 330 | !!Momo Kawashima |
| 331 | |
| 332 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 333 | ->'''Position''': Loader, Gunner until after the first round |
| 334 | ->''"I was honestly trying my best, even when I was at the gun. And I think that was a petty good representation of us as a whole. We were in over our heads, out of our element, and there was nothing we could do but try our best, desperately trying to protect what we held dear..."'' |
| 335 | |
| 336 | The PR representative, who is quick-tempered and as a result, has poor accuracy in battle. |
| 337 | |
| 338 | * ATeamFiring: As in canon, causing several problems (for example, enabling Sparrow Team to defeat her before she could reload in the practice battle, and in failing to defeat Kei's tank) but she gets switched out earlier. |
| 339 | -->'''Yumi''': ''(thinking)'' Damn it... Kawashima's itchy trigger finger and atrocious accuracy are good luck when she's an enemy, but very bad luck when she's on our side. |
| 340 | * BerserkButton: Has two, as per canon. |
| 341 | ** Being called “Momo-chan”. |
| 342 | ** Students telling her that they don’t think they can win or don’t care whether they do. |
| 343 | * HairTriggerTemper: She's frequently described as hot-tempered, which is a large part of why she doesn't do well in battle. |
| 344 | |
| 345 | !!Yuzu Koyama |
| 346 | ->Year: 3rd |
| 347 | ->Position: Driver |
| 348 | |
| 349 | Vice President of the Student Council, and the workhorse of the student council. |
| 350 | |
| 351 | * NiceGirl: She doesn't begrudge Anzu for forcing the work on her, and is relatively sympathetic to Miho during the meeting regarding her decision not to do tankery. |
| 352 | |
| 353 | !!Mallard Team |
| 354 | |
| 355 | Composed of the Disciplinary Committee of Oarai, which joined after noticing Oarai’s victories in the tournament, and wanting to ensure that the school puts its best foot forward in the face of widespread media attention. |
| 356 | |
| 357 | * CantCatchUp: References this problem, noting that not only are the Disciplinary Committee members behind Oarai’s competition, but they’re also behind most of Oarai. |
| 358 | |
| 359 | !!Midoriko “Sodoko” Sono |
| 360 | |
| 361 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 362 | ->'''Position''': Commander, gunner for secondary armament. |
| 363 | |
| 364 | * CharacterDevelopment: Gradually learns to compromise and put her feelings about rulebreakers aside for the sake of the school itself. |
| 365 | * FireForgedFriends: Gradually gains respect for the other teammates, and accepts that she'll need their help to become able to do tankery competently, and for the team as a whole to succeed.. |
| 366 | * GungHolierThanThou: She finds it hard to deal with those who don't have the same passion for following the rules as she does. |
| 367 | * RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Gomoyo, as she's more passionate and quicker-tempered. |
| 368 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: She is forced to take tankery lessons from Mako Reizei, much to her displeasure, but she reluctantly accepts it. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | !!Moyoko “Gomoyo” Gotou |
| 371 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 372 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 373 | |
| 374 | Sodoko's fellow Disciplinary Committee member and driver, who tends to serve as her voice of reason. |
| 375 | |
| 376 | * RedOniBlueOni: She's the blue oni to Sodoko, talking her into joining, and telling her that she will have to cooperate with the others in spite of her disagreements with them in order to succeed. |
| 377 | |
| 378 | !!Konparu “Pazomi” Nozomi |
| 379 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 380 | ->'''Position''': Gunner and loader for main armament. |
| 381 | |
| 382 | The third member of Mallard Team, and a fellow member of the Disciplinary Committee. |
| 383 | |
| 384 | * TheQuietOne: Hardly speaks at all. |
| 385 | |
| 386 | !Anteater Team |
| 387 | |
| 388 | A team of three gamer girls that crews the Type 3 Chi-Nu. |
| 389 | |
| 390 | !!Tropes common with Anteater Team as a whole |
| 391 | |
| 392 | * AdaptationalBadass: Downplayed, but in canon, they only accidentally ended up TakingTheBullet for Anglerfish Team during the finals. Here, they make some effort to escape, but are taken out by Black Forest. |
| 393 | |
| 394 | !!Nekota |
| 395 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 396 | ->'''Position''': Commander and radio operator |
| 397 | |
| 398 | !!Piyotan |
| 399 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 400 | ->'''Position''': Gunner and Loader |
| 401 | |
| 402 | !!Momogawa |
| 403 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 404 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 405 | |
| 406 | !Leopon Team |
| 407 | |
| 408 | The Auto Club of Oarai Academy, which also does maintenance on the tanks. |
| 409 | |
| 410 | !!Nakajima |
| 411 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 412 | ->'''Position''': Commander and Radio Operator |
| 413 | |
| 414 | !!Suzuki |
| 415 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 416 | ->'''Position''': Loader |
| 417 | |
| 418 | !!Hoshino |
| 419 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 420 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 421 | |
| 422 | !!Tsuchiya |
| 423 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 424 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 425 | |
| 426 | !Ami Chouno |
| 427 | ->''"Instructor Nishizumi was always strict with us. And while I became a different kind of teacher to both my civilian students and my JGSDF trainees, I believed, as you did, that her training was beneficial to me, helping me become good enough so that I could help others."'' |
| 428 | |
| 429 | An instructor for the JGSDF who is a temporary instructor for Oarai, having been a former student for the Nishizumi school. [[spoiler:Ten years ago, she defeated Harue in the high school tournament finals]]. |
| 430 | |
| 431 | * AscendedExtra: She has more exposure and development in this version. |
| 432 | * BadassTeacher: In addition to being a tankery instructor, she's also [[spoiler:the one who led Black Forest to victory 10 years ago]]. |
| 433 | * CompositeCharacter: With [[spoiler:Sukoya Kokaji]]. |
| 434 | * DrillSergeantNasty: Averted. She realizes that different training methods are needed for civilian students, and considers that the members of the tankery team are volunteers. |
| 435 | * HiddenDepths: She’s an instructor for the JGSDF and a student for the Nishizumi school, but knows that those methods are not necessarily suited to students like those at Oarai. As a result of knowing the difference between competing in a tournament and fighting for one's country, she also doesn't believe that victory should come before everything else, as she believs Miho did the right thing in saving the tank. |
| 436 | * TheKirk: To Kikuyo and Takako. She's somewhat idealistic, but also has a realistic side that causes her to dislike unnecessary risks. |
| 437 | * ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Averted; she is shown playing a somewhat more active role in advising the Oarai tankery crew, albeit while knowing she can only help them for a little while. |
| 438 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Takako. The two had a falling out over Takako's harsh methods of discipline. |
| 439 | * WorthyOpponent: Sees [[spoiler:Harue Akado]] as this. |
| 440 | * YouDidTheRightThing: Tells this to Miho regarding her decision to save the tank in the previous tournament. |
| 441 | [[/folder]] |
| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:BC Freedom Academy]] |
| 444 | |
| 445 | A Canadian-themed school and relative underdog among the tankery schools that suffers from relatively low crew morale, and a lack of crew members. |
| 446 | |
| 447 | BC Freedom plays against Oarai in a practice match, and barely defeats them. They then go on to the tournament, and lose to St. Gloriana in the first round. |
| 448 | |
| 449 | The named characters from the school consist entirely of Saki characters; the five members of the “Kei Arakawa Corps” and Hatsuse |
| 450 | |
| 451 | !Tropes Associated with BC Freedom as a whole |
| 452 | |
| 453 | * MooseAndMapleSyrup: They have a Canadian theme. |
| 454 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Oarai loses to them and comes away from the match being told that they can’t hope to win the tournament. |
| 455 | |
| 456 | !Kei Arakawa |
| 457 | |
| 458 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 459 | ->'''Position''': Commander of her tank and the BC Freedom team. |
| 460 | |
| 461 | Commander of BC Freedom’s tankery team. |
| 462 | |
| 463 | * CosplayOtakuGirl: She likes dressing up in military uniforms |
| 464 | * GracefulLoser: Against St. Gloriana. |
| 465 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Downplayed. She laughs at the quality and paint colors of Oarai’s tanks, but after a moment to reflect, realized that victory is by no means a foregone conclusion. |
| 466 | |
| 467 | !Hatsuse Okahashi |
| 468 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 469 | ->'''Position''': Commander |
| 470 | |
| 471 | An old friend of Ako’s from middle school who went to BC Freedom while Ako went to Saunders. After noticing Nodoka at the practice match, she contacts Ako. |
| 472 | |
| 473 | * {{Foil}}: She’s more realistic about her aspirations than Ako, resulting in her going to a school where she could more easily make the regular team. |
| 474 | |
| 475 | !Ranko Nakiri |
| 476 | ->'''Position''': Commander of an AMC 34. |
| 477 | |
| 478 | A tank commander who's the first to be defeated in the battle with BC Freedom. |
| 479 | |
| 480 | * TemptingFate: Thinks that Oarai might go down easily, but then her tank gets taken out. |
| 481 | |
| 482 | !Yasuko Fujita |
| 483 | -->"What I'm saying may sound harsh. But as you are now, But as you are now, your school doesn't stand a chance in the tournament. And neither does ours." |
| 484 | |
| 485 | Coach of BC Freedom and an old friend of Hisa’s. |
| 486 | |
| 487 | * BrutalHonesty: Her defining character trait, whether she's giving advice to her students, her friends, or even her rivals. |
| 488 | * HonestAdvisor: Is this to Hisa, making it clear that she doesn’t think she has much of a chance of succeeding. |
| 489 | * JadeColoredGlasses: She’s somewhat cynical, and less than willing to believe that an underdog can win, although she is genuinely supportive of Hisa. |
| 490 | * NoodleIncident: Hisa alludes to Yasuko being defeated by someone younger than her. |
| 491 | * QuitYourWhining: Gives a somewhat low-key version of this to Hisa when she calls after getting into Oarai and finding out that there’s no tankery there, telling here that there will be times when she doesn’t have good choicess. |
| 492 | * SympathyForTheHero: As Hisa’s her friend, she expresses sincere sympathy for Hisa wanting to make the most of the only attempt she has at the high school tankery tournament in spite of her saying that she has no hope of winning. |
| 493 | [[/folder]] |
| 494 | |
| 495 | [[folder:Anzio Academy]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | A relative underdog with an Italian theme. According to Erika, it favors less than standard tactics, but cannot pull them off as well as Oarai, and tends to underestimate weaker opponents. |
| 498 | |
| 499 | Anzio faces Oarai in the first round and is defeated. |
| 500 | |
| 501 | Among Saki’s characters, Anzio features the five regulars from Bansei. |
| 502 | |
| 503 | !Anchovy |
| 504 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 505 | ->'''Position''': Commander |
| 506 | |
| 507 | Commander of Anzio’s team. |
| 508 | |
| 509 | * AdaptationalVillainy: She's based off of her manga counterpart, and as such, is more of a jerk. |
| 510 | * AscendedExtra: She shows up more after her match, watching Oarai's progress in the tournament. |
| 511 | * BreakTheHaughty: Losing to Oarai, one of the few schools she believes she has cause to look down upon, has this effect on her. |
| 512 | * CharacterDevelopment: She grows to respect Miho more over time. |
| 513 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Unlike Kay, she doesn’t find Yukari’s “Sergeant Oddball” alias funny at all. |
| 514 | * GratuitousItalian: Greets her subordinates with "Buongiorno!" |
| 515 | * HiddenDepths: Has the ability to respect particularly determined or resourceful opponents, and sees winning as a commander’s duty to her subordinates. |
| 516 | * ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for losing to Oarai. |
| 517 | * SmugSnake: Gives off some indications of this toward Oarai, including imagining herself as more clever than she actually is. |
| 518 | * SoreLoser: Complains about Oarai winning, and wonders what it says if a school like theirs can defeat hers. |
| 519 | * SweetAndSourGrapes: She’s fairly upset that schools like Saunders and Oarai could do better than she does, despite her belief that they do not take tankery seriously. |
| 520 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Averted. When Carpaccio asks her if she’d accept the flag tank commander’s resignation, she says she would only do so if she did not have the desire or ability to improve. |
| 521 | |
| 522 | !Carpaccio |
| 523 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 524 | ->'''Position''': Vice-Captain |
| 525 | |
| 526 | Anchovy’s calm and collected second-in-command. |
| 527 | |
| 528 | * GracefulLoser: Takes her defeat relatively well, and is calm when speaking with Anchovy after the match. |
| 529 | * GratuitousItalian: She shouts "Fuoco!" when commanding her tank to fire. |
| 530 | * NumberTwo: To Anchovy. |
| 531 | |
| 532 | !Yae Kobashiri |
| 533 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 534 | ->'''Position''': Commander |
| 535 | |
| 536 | Commander of the flag tank for Anzio. |
| 537 | |
| 538 | * ThisCannotBe: Her reaction to her flag tank being taken out. |
| 539 | -->“Beaten by a bunch of rank amateurs from a no-name school? [[YouveGotToBekiddingMe You’ve got to be kidding me]]!” |
| 540 | * YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Her reaction after losing. |
| 541 | |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[folder:St. Gloriana's Women's College]] |
| 545 | |
| 546 | A British-themed school that places emphasis on teaching its students how to become respectable young women. |
| 547 | |
| 548 | According to Mihoko, St. Gloriana decided to change things last year, and as such, appointed [[BadBoss Ceylon]] as commander. In response to Ceylon losing in the semi-finals against Pravda, they decided to go with Mihoko as commander. After defeating BC Freedom in the first round, they face Oarai in the quarterfinals and are defeated. |
| 549 | |
| 550 | Among the Saki characters, St. Gloriana includes Kazekoshi’s five regulars. |
| 551 | |
| 552 | !Tropes associated with St. Gloriana as a whole |
| 553 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Presents Oarai with a significantly greater challenge than Anzio. |
| 554 | |
| 555 | !Mihoko Fukuji |
| 556 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 557 | ->'''Position''': Commander of her tank, as well as the entire team. |
| 558 | |
| 559 | 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. |
| 560 | |
| 561 | * AntiVillain: Type IV. She's kind to her subordinates, and hopes to win for their sakes. |
| 562 | * 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. |
| 563 | * AFatherToHisMen: Cares for her people, takes the time to listen to them, and is willing to see their potential. |
| 564 | * FirstNameBasis: Has to be convinced to call Kana by her first name, [[spoiler:and later starts doing the same for Hisa]] |
| 565 | * FriendlessBackground: In middle school, she had no friends. |
| 566 | * LovedByAll: Is very popular among the people of St. Gloriana. |
| 567 | * MamaBear: Much like she did against Kubo in canon, she steps in to stand up for Sumiyo against Ceylon. |
| 568 | * SupremeChef: In stark contrast to Darjeeling's status as a LethalChef. |
| 569 | * TearsOfJoy: [[spoiler:After Hisa recognizes her]]. |
| 570 | * WalkingTechbane: Searching for information on Hisa on the internet, and crashing the computers as a result, very nearly got her banned from the computer labs until she met Kana. |
| 571 | * WorthyOpponent: Considers Hisa one, as well as Kei, giving each of them some tea after losing to and winning against them, respectively. |
| 572 | |
| 573 | !Darjeeling |
| 574 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 575 | ->'''Position''': Commander of her tank, Vice-captain of the team. |
| 576 | ->''“Have you heard this saying? Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”'' |
| 577 | |
| 578 | Mihoko’s vice-captain, and commander of the flag tank during the match against Oarai. She enjoys quoting philosophy. |
| 579 | |
| 580 | * DramaticDrop: Drops her tea cup [[spoiler:when Oarai takes out St. Gloriana’s flag tank]]. |
| 581 | * IceCreamKoan: As in canon, and she appreciates Mihoko’s ability to understand her quotations. |
| 582 | * LethalChef: Assam doesn’t feel as bad about imposing on Mihoko after considering that the alternative would be to have Darjeeling cook. |
| 583 | |
| 584 | |
| 585 | !Assam |
| 586 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 587 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 588 | ->''"And no one seems to find my jokes funny. For me, that's like being a chef that can't make edible dishes. ''(thinks)'' Like Darjeeling-san."'' |
| 589 | |
| 590 | One of Darjeeling’s friends, as well as her driver. |
| 591 | |
| 592 | * DeadpanSnarker: She often likes jokes, sometimes when they’re at the expense of others. |
| 593 | * GallowsHumor: Engages in some after the defeat against Pravda the previous year, prompting Oolong to complain about it not being in good taste. |
| 594 | * [[GentlemanSnarker Lady Snarker]]: Refined, elegant and often sarcastic. |
| 595 | * SarcasticDevotee: She likes joking about Mihoko’s lack of expertise with technology, yet strongly approves of her as her commander. |
| 596 | |
| 597 | !Ceylon |
| 598 | ->'''Year''': Alumna |
| 599 | ->'''Position''': Formerly team commander |
| 600 | ->''""Very well, if you are so interested in Yoshitome-san and confident in your ability to find the solution, I suggest you do it on your own time. But if it proves detrimental to your performance, Fukuji-san, please remember that you can and will be replaced should the need arise."'' |
| 601 | |
| 602 | Mihoko’s predecessor as commander of St. Gloriana. Believing that her predecessor, Jasmine, was soft, she decides to crack down on the team in hopes of doing better than in the past. Her attempts fail, and she begins to question herself. [[spoiler:In the end, she |
| 603 | |
| 604 | * BadBoss: Shows definite favoritism toward the tankers she likes, and ruthlessly punishes others for their mistakes. |
| 605 | * BluntYes: When claiming that she could not have made the mistake she’s accusing Sumiyo of. When it’s met with almost unanimous disapproval, she’s forced to [[VerbalBackspace retract her statement]]. |
| 606 | * DeathGlare: Gives one to Sumiyo after the loss in the semi-finals the previous year. |
| 607 | * EvilBrit: A significantly haughtier, more abrasive and vindictive sort than her schoolmates. |
| 608 | * FauxAffablyEvil: On her good days, she’s fairly polite, but is quite condescending to others. |
| 609 | * GeneralFailure: Kana says she got through the first two rounds through luck alone, and blundered into a trap. |
| 610 | * HandshakeRefusal: Does this to Hiroe after losing to her. |
| 611 | * HatedByAll: By the time she graduates, no one likes her. |
| 612 | * HeelRealization: Undergoes the start of one while watching Mihoko’s match with Oarai. |
| 613 | * {{Jerkass}}: She's quite harsh with her subordinates and comes off as unfriendly and rude to her opponents. |
| 614 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Most people agree that Sumiyo made a mistake, but they mainly disagree with her harsh treatment of her, as well as her claim that it did anything more than hasten St. Gloriana’s defeat. |
| 615 | * NeverMyFault: Blames Sumiyo for her being defeated; while some concede Sumiyo made a mistake, others believe that she’s deflecting the blame from herself for falling into Pravda’s trap, and Sumiyo’s mistake only hastened the inevitable. |
| 616 | * OriginalCharacter: Because she graduated before the start of the story, the creation of one for her role was necessitated. |
| 617 | * PyrrhicVictory: She gets to the semifinals, but at the end of the year, has become largely ostracized. |
| 618 | * RichBitch: She even looks down on Hiroe for being of the “nouveau riche.” |
| 619 | * SoreLoser: A somewhat low-key |
| 620 | * VerbalBackspace: She’s forced to retract her claim that she would not have made the same mistake as Sumiyo if she were in that position. |
| 621 | |
| 622 | !Kana Ikeda |
| 623 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 624 | ->'''Position''': Loader[=/=]Radio Operator |
| 625 | ->''"As the captain says, a leader is nothing without her subordinates in tankery. So it's up to us to do our part, to help her achieve her goals just as she's helped us."'' |
| 626 | |
| 627 | A second-year at St. Gloriana, who is Mihoko’s loader. She befriended Mihoko while helping her do an Internet search on Hisa, and later helped Miharu get glasses and qualify for the tea. She detests Ceylon and believes |
| 628 | |
| 629 | * FirstNameBasis: Has to request this from Mihoko and Miharu. |
| 630 | * LastSecondWordSwap: She does this when about to say “Hell yes” when asked if the rumors about Ceylon are true. |
| 631 | * StealthInsult: She tells Ceylon that the school "won't be the same" with her gone. The effect isn't lost on Ceylon, although she wonders why Kana isn't making her feelings more obvious. |
| 632 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Defied; Ceylon asks why she’s being civil to her at her going-away party, and Kana says that she’s not worth chewing out. |
| 633 | |
| 634 | !Miharu Yoshitome |
| 635 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 636 | ->'''Position''': Gunner. |
| 637 | |
| 638 | A second-year at St. Gloriana, who is Mihoko’s gunner. |
| 639 | |
| 640 | * BlindWithoutEm: The reason why she had to get glasses. |
| 641 | * FriendlySniper: Mihoko’s gunner, and a pleasant and courteous individual. |
| 642 | |
| 643 | !Sumiyo Fukabori |
| 644 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 645 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 646 | |
| 647 | A second-year at St. Gloriana who is Mihoko’s driver. In the previous tournament, she made a mistake while driving, causing the flag tank to be disabled. |
| 648 | |
| 649 | * AscendedExtra: Sumiyo, in Saki canon, had almost no dialogue or characterization. |
| 650 | * TheBigGirl: To Mihoko |
| 651 | * CareerBuildingBlunder: Her stress-induced failure to protect the flag tank in the previous tournament is this. |
| 652 | * MomentOfWeakness: Buckles under the pressure and makes a mistake. |
| 653 | |
| 654 | !Seika Bundou |
| 655 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 656 | ->'''Position''': Hull gunner/co driver |
| 657 | |
| 658 | A first-year at St. Gloriana who is Mihoko’s hull gunner |
| 659 | |
| 660 | * 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. |
| 661 | * TheWatson: She tends to have to ask questions about Mihoko's past, since she doesn't know her as well as her crewmates. |
| 662 | |
| 663 | [[/folder]] |
| 664 | |
| 665 | [[folder:Pravda High School]] |
| 666 | |
| 667 | A Russian-themed school that won the last tournament. |
| 668 | |
| 669 | The school features many students of the Atago school of tankery, including the head of the school’s two daughters. |
| 670 | |
| 671 | Among the Saki characters, Pravda includes Himematsu, as well as Senriyama’s regulars. |
| 672 | |
| 673 | !Tropes Associated with Pravda as a whole |
| 674 | * HeroAntagonist: Sympathetically portrayed, especially when put up against Black Forest. |
| 675 | |
| 676 | !Hiroe Atago |
| 677 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 678 | ->'''Position''': Commander of her tank and Pravda’s tankery team. |
| 679 | ->''"Tankery's supposed to be fun and fulfilling, not just a means of crushing your enemies. The thing is, I enjoy beating people a lot, too, but only those who can put up enough of a fight to keep things interesting. But do the Nishizumis enjoy or learn anything from their victories? If they don't do either, I hardly see what's the point of doing tankery, much less being as obsessed with it as they are, and I pity them."'' |
| 680 | |
| 681 | The elder daughter of Masae Atago, Hiroe. She was interested in tankery from a young age; not because Masae wanted to mold her into an heiress, but out of a genuine fascination with it. |
| 682 | |
| 683 | * BenevolentBoss: Cares a great deal for her troops, and hopes to become strong enough so that their individual failures matter little. |
| 684 | * BerserkButton: She tends to lose her temper easily when dealing with haughty individuals who look down on their enemies and mistreat their subordinates. |
| 685 | * BigEgoHiddenDepths: She's believes that she can do almost anything, but as a result of that, doesn't scapegoat her subordinates for their failures. She also hopes to win against the Nishizumis because it is a great accomplishment, and to discredit the Nishizumi School's ruthless methods |
| 686 | * BreakTheHaughty: Somewhat downplayed, but losing to Maho in her second year of middle school put things into perspective for her. |
| 687 | * CoolBigSis: She's quite close to and supportive of her younger sister, Kinue. |
| 688 | * FieryRedhead: She has a quick temper, and is easily set off by people who are acting arrogantly. |
| 689 | * {{Foil}}: To Maho. She’s loud, outspoken and brutally honest while Maho is reserved and seemingly aloof. Both girls, however, care a great deal for their younger sisters. |
| 690 | * HeroAntagonist: One of Oarai's rivals, and the technical antagonist in the match between Black Forest and Pravda, but sympathetically portrayed. |
| 691 | * ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for losing to [[spoiler:Black Forest]], partly out of a desire to exculpate her subordinates of responsibility, and partly out of a belief that she could have won. |
| 692 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has a bad habit of taunting her enemies, but is kind to her allies. |
| 693 | * YouHaveFailedMe: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. [[spoiler:After losing to Black Forest, she makes it clear to Maho that she has no desire to scapegoat any of her subordinates for the loss, especially not her sister]]. |
| 694 | |
| 695 | !Hiroko Funakubo |
| 696 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 697 | ->'''Position''': Commander of her tank, as well as vice-captain. |
| 698 | |
| 699 | Hiroe's cousin and vice-captain. |
| 700 | |
| 701 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Much of her work for the team involves analyzing data to see where the team can improve. |
| 702 | * BrutalHonesty: She tends to be somewhat blunt, if more even-tempered than Hiroe. |
| 703 | * SlasherSmile: Gets one at the prospect of facing Black Forest again and defeating them. |
| 704 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Resembles her mother, Masaki. |
| 705 | |
| 706 | !Kinue Atago |
| 707 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 708 | ->'''Position''':Commander of her tank, member of the strategy committee |
| 709 | ->''"My sister told me that she doesn't play favorites, even for family. Her A-team only consists of those she trusts, and considers competent enough to win. Hiroko might be our cousin, but she's also been one of my sister's oldest, most faithful and most skilled supporters over the years. I hope my sister can rely on me just as much as Hiroko or any of her other trusted teammates."'' |
| 710 | |
| 711 | Hiroe's younger sister and Masae's younger daughter. Unlike Hiroe, she took up tankery relatively recently, and seeks to help her sister. |
| 712 | |
| 713 | * ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for [[spoiler:the loss against Black Forest]]. |
| 714 | * LovableJock: She did soccer in the past, and strongly believes in the value of good sportsmanship. |
| 715 | * WellDoneSonGuy: She wants her sister’s approval, and wants to be as much of a valued part of their team as her seniors. |
| 716 | |
| 717 | !Toki Onjouji |
| 718 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 719 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 720 | |
| 721 | Hiroko’s gunner. She is a sickly girl who had difficulty making it onto the main team, and was hospitalized in her second year, around the time of the fateful match between Pravda and Black Forest. By her third year, however, she has become one of the best gunners in Pravda. |
| 722 | |
| 723 | * CynicismCatalyst: Ryuuka notes that she was significantly more cheerful before she was hospitalized. |
| 724 | * {{Determinator}}: It’s not taken to the same extent as it was in Saki, but she’s still determined to be of use to her friends. |
| 725 | * FriendlySniper: In spite of being less cheerful than before her hospitalization, she is good natured and supportive of her friends. |
| 726 | |
| 727 | !Ryuuka Shimizudani |
| 728 | |
| 729 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 730 | ->'''Position''': Loader |
| 731 | |
| 732 | Hiroko’s loader, and a close friend of Toki’s. |
| 733 | |
| 734 | !Sera Eguchi |
| 735 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 736 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 737 | |
| 738 | Toki and Ryuuka’s mutual friend, and a student of the Atago School. |
| 739 | |
| 740 | !Izumi Nijou |
| 741 | -->'''Year''': 1st |
| 742 | ->'''Position''': Radio Operator. |
| 743 | |
| 744 | A member of Hiroko’s crew, a relatively rare first-year among the Pravda team members competing in the tournament. |
| 745 | |
| 746 | * ChekhovsGunman: Shows up at the tour Saki took of Black Forest. |
| 747 | * TheWatson: As a result of not knowing the others as well, she ends up asking many of the questions during Interlude 6. |
| 748 | |
| 749 | !Katyusha |
| 750 | -->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 751 | -->'''Position''': Tank commander |
| 752 | |
| 753 | A tank commander for Pravda. Unlike in canon, she is not the commander of the team, but serves as a strategic advisor for Hiroe. |
| 754 | |
| 755 | * TheNapoleon: She has a tendency to overcompensate for her petite frame, but tends to be less egotistical than in canon, as a result of the position she was given satisfying her without giving her too much power to abuse. |
| 756 | * ThisCannotBe: She has this reaction when Pravda loses to Black Forest. |
| 757 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Played with and ultimately subverted. She threatens to send failures to Siberia, but it's largely treated as a joke, and she doesn't like people who come down hard on those whom they scapegoat for their losses. |
| 758 | |
| 759 | !Nonna |
| 760 | -->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 761 | -->'''Position''': Tank commander |
| 762 | |
| 763 | A tank commander for Pravda who's an excellent shot, and is quite close with Katyusha. |
| 764 | |
| 765 | * BluntYes: After the story of Katyusha becoming friends with Katyusha is told during Pravda's Interlude |
| 766 | -->'''Katyusha''': "Did you have to mention that part, Nonna?" Katyusha said. |
| 767 | -->'''Nonna''': "да"[[note]]"Yes" in Russian[[/note]] |
| 768 | * BrutalHonesty: She does tend to be fairly honest with Katyusha about her shortcomings and quirks, but largely in a good natured way. |
| 769 | * ButNotTooForeign: She's half-Japanese, half-Russian. |
| 770 | * FriendlySniper[=/=]ColdSniper: Nonna's somewhere between the two as someone with a SugarAndIcePersonality. |
| 771 | * GratuitousRussian: As a result of her mother's side of the family being from Russia. |
| 772 | * HugeSchoolgirl: As per canon, although Toyone has taken her title of the tallest girl in the series. |
| 773 | |
| 774 | !Toshi Kumakura |
| 775 | Coach for Saunders, and one of Masae’s former teachers. |
| 776 | |
| 777 | * CoolOldLady |
| 778 | * TheMentor: To Masae when she was younger. |
| 779 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Coaches fairly and is supportive to her students. |
| 780 | [[/folder]] |
| 781 | |
| 782 | [[folder:Saunders College High]] |
| 783 | |
| 784 | An American-themed school that is considered one of the favorites to win the tournament. Oarai faces them in the semi-finals. |
| 785 | |
| 786 | Ten years ago, under Harue’s command, Saunders was a relative underdog. While Harue became demoralized after losing the tournament, Saunders has come a long way since then, and is now one of the stronger schools. |
| 787 | |
| 788 | !Tropes Associated With Saunders as a Whole |
| 789 | * EagleLand: The friendlier variant. |
| 790 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Their reaction to finding out what winning would have meant for Oarai. |
| 791 | * ObliviouslyEvil: If they win against Oarai, [[spoiler:Oarai will get shut down, Miho will be disowned, and Nodoka (who is friends with some of the team) will be forced to switch schools once again]], none of which they necessarily want to happen. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone They don't take it well when they find out]]. |
| 792 | |
| 793 | !Kay |
| 794 | |
| 795 | -->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 796 | -->'''Position''': Commander of the team. |
| 797 | -->''"This is tankery, not war. In war, when lives are on the line, it's reasonable to use any means necessary to defeat the enemy with as few of your people dying as possible. By comparison, when you think about it, only bragging rights and trophies are at stake in tankery matches, and no one is supposed to get hurt."'' |
| 798 | |
| 799 | Commander of Saunders, Kay has been interested in tankery since a young age, but has only been able to do tankery since high school. She’s known Yuu since their first year at Saunders, and helped play a role in getting her out of her shell. |
| 800 | |
| 801 | * {{Foil}}: Her belief in having fun and playing fairly coming before winning puts her in contrast to Anchovy, and Anchovy is chagrined to hear that Kay has made it to the semi-finals. |
| 802 | * FriendlyEnemy: To Miho. She even tells her about situations in which it is possible for rivals to trust each other to do the right thing. |
| 803 | * GoodIsNotDumb: Naomi believes this of her, and Kay sets out to prove that it's possible to win while playing fairly. |
| 804 | * GracefulLoser: She cheerfully accepts her loss against Oarai, and tells Miho that there's more to tankery than wining or losing. |
| 805 | * LetsFightLikeGentlemen: She is fond of good sportsmanship. |
| 806 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Her reaction to Alisa’s wiretapping is uncharacteristic anger. She also gets quite upset when she learned that [[spoiler:if Saunders had won, Oarai would have gotten shut down]]. |
| 807 | * WhatTheHellHero: Scolds Alisa when she learns about [[spoiler:her intercepting Oarai's communications]]. |
| 808 | |
| 809 | !Naomi |
| 810 | -->''''Year''': 3rd |
| 811 | -->'''Position''': Commander of her tank, vice-captain. |
| 812 | -->''"Kay believes in fair play, but she's not stupid."'' |
| 813 | |
| 814 | Kay’s second in command, and one of the better tankers on the team. |
| 815 | |
| 816 | * FriendlySniper: She's good natured, relatively cheerful, and a great shot, able to take down Rabbit Team from a far distance. |
| 817 | |
| 818 | !Alisa |
| 819 | -->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 820 | -->'''Position''': Commander of her tank, operations officer. |
| 821 | -->''"Their school should be shutting down- why is it still open? Why the hell are they beating us?"'' |
| 822 | |
| 823 | Kay’s intelligence officer, who is a more pragmatic and sneaky sort. |
| 824 | |
| 825 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: She keeps her [[spoiler:radio interception]] secret from Kay. |
| 826 | * {{Munchkin}}: It’s pointed out that she feels the need to ensure her victory against schools like Joghurt that are much weaker than Saunders. |
| 827 | * OhCrap: After realizing that [[spoiler:Kay has found out about her radio interception]] |
| 828 | |
| 829 | !Shizuno Takakamo |
| 830 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 831 | ->'''Position''': Loader |
| 832 | |
| 833 | The loader for Arata’s team, and an old friend of Nodoka’s from Achiga. After seeing Nodoka on TV, she gathered her friends together to go to Saunders and face her again. |
| 834 | |
| 835 | * GenkiGirl: Likened to an engine of a tank, in that she’s the driving force behind the group. |
| 836 | * GracefulLoser: She doesn’t mind losing, and is willing to try again next year, especially considering that her defeat came at the hands of her old friend’s crew. |
| 837 | * LimitedWardrobe: She likes wearing her tracksuit quite a bit when she’s not in her school or tankery uniform. |
| 838 | -->“Ako often joked that Shizuno would wear a tracksuit everywhere if she was allowed to do so, which had a grain of truth.” |
| 839 | |
| 840 | !Ako Atarashi |
| 841 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 842 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 843 | |
| 844 | Another old friend of Nodoka’s from Achiga, and the first to respond to Shizuno's invitation to reunite and seek out Nodoka again. |
| 845 | |
| 846 | * FriendlySniper |
| 847 | |
| 848 | !Kuro Matsumi |
| 849 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 850 | ->'''Position''': Driver |
| 851 | ->''"And yet, just because people are gone doesn't mean we've forgotten them, or that we haven't been impacted by them. To some, we might be fighting for the sake of mere nostalgia, but to us, Nodoka was- no, still ''is''- our friend, and we're going all this way to see her again."'' |
| 852 | |
| 853 | An old friend of Nodoka’s from Achiga. Unlike in canon, she is a year-mate of Shizuno, Ako and Nodoka, but in a different class. |
| 854 | |
| 855 | * AgeLift: A year younger than in canon, so that she can be with the other Achiga girls. |
| 856 | * MissingMom: It’s mentioned in passing that her mother is dead. |
| 857 | * MythologyGag: In her first scene, she wears a shirt with a red dragon on it, a reference to her “dora magnet” from Saki canon. |
| 858 | * OpenMindedParent: Her and Yuu’s father, according to her. She also suggests that her mother would be this if she were still alive. |
| 859 | |
| 860 | !Yuu Matsumi |
| 861 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 862 | ->'''Position''': Radio Operator |
| 863 | |
| 864 | Kuro’s older sister, and radio operator for Arata’s crew. After going to middle school and living on her own, she felt somewhat lonely in middle school, but met Kay. |
| 865 | |
| 866 | * NonUniformUniform: She wears a slipover sweater under her blazer, and has a scarf in order to keep warm. |
| 867 | * ShrinkingViolet: She found it difficult to socialize with others until she met Kay. |
| 868 | |
| 869 | !Arata Sagimori |
| 870 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 871 | ->'''Position''': Commander |
| 872 | |
| 873 | * AgeLift: A year younger than in canon. |
| 874 | * HeroWorshipper: Toward Harue. |
| 875 | * LoopholeAbuse: How she justifies wearing Harue’s necktie instead of the uniform one. |
| 876 | * NonUniformUniform: She wears Harue’s red necktie with her uniform instead of the black one for the Saunders uniform, justifying it by saying that the dress code didn’t specify a color. |
| 877 | * TheReliableOne: Her reliability was why she was chosen to be commander of the Achiga girls, [[spoiler:and later, as Kay's successor as commander of Saunders as a whole]]. |
| 878 | |
| 879 | !Mairu Shirouzu |
| 880 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 881 | ->'''Position''': Commander |
| 882 | |
| 883 | Commander of a Sherman Firefly. |
| 884 | |
| 885 | * ThoseTwoGirls: With Himeko |
| 886 | |
| 887 | !Himeko Tsuruta |
| 888 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 889 | ->'''Position''': Gunner |
| 890 | |
| 891 | Gunner of a Sherman Firefly, and Mairu's friend. |
| 892 | |
| 893 | * FirstNameBasis: Unlike in Saki, she calls Mairu by her first name, since she's not a ClubPresident. |
| 894 | * ThoseTwoGirls: With Mairu |
| 895 | |
| 896 | !Kirame Hanada |
| 897 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 898 | ->'''Position''': Loader |
| 899 | |
| 900 | One of Nodoka’s old friends and senpais from Konishi Middle School. |
| 901 | |
| 902 | * CatchPhrase: “Wonderful!” |
| 903 | * ThePollyanna: She's quite happy to have more people on the Konishi Middle School tankery team, even if she knows that it's not a very strong one by any standard. She's also happy to do anything to help the team, even be an expendable sacrifice if necessary. |
| 904 | |
| 905 | !Hitomi Ezaki |
| 906 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 907 | ->'''Position''': Radio Operator |
| 908 | |
| 909 | * CatchPhrase: "It's all the government's fault!" |
| 910 | |
| 911 | !Yoshiko Yasukouchi |
| 912 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 913 | ->'''Position''': Driver. |
| 914 | |
| 915 | * OneSteveLimit: Shares the name of Yoshiko Kainou, Ami's friend. |
| 916 | |
| 917 | !Harue Akado |
| 918 | ->''"For a moment, I feared that my students might make the same mistake I did. The importance of persisting in the face of adversity and trying again when you fail, above all else, was the lesson I'd hoped to teach them."'' |
| 919 | |
| 920 | Coach for Saunders, and formerly advisor for the Achiga girls’ tankery club. Harue was a rising star at Saunders 10 years ago, but after her defeat against [[spoiler:Ami Chouno]], she was hesitant to return to tankery, and as such, advised a club of young girls interested in tankery at Achiga, as a form of rehabilitation. |
| 921 | |
| 922 | * MyGreatestFailure: Losing the finals 10 years ago. She was honestly touched by Arata’s resolving to cheer for her, but still felt unable to compete again. |
| 923 | * OOCIsSeriousbusiness: She becomes relatively stern when she wants to impress on Achiga what they're up against. |
| 924 | [[/folder]] |
| 925 | |
| 926 | [[folder:Black Forest Peak Women's College]] |
| 927 | |
| 928 | A German-themed school that is the reigning champion; they had a nine-year winning streak until Miho’s decision to save the tank resulted in them losing the championship. |
| 929 | Among the Saki characters, Black Forest includes Teru and her team from Shiraitodai |
| 930 | |
| 931 | !Tropes Associated With Black Forest as a whole |
| 932 | * AdaptationalHeroism: [[JerkAss Erika]] and the others who criticized Miho's decision to save the tank are said to not necessarily be representative of the majority of Black Forest, and Miho has several friends at and fond memories of her old school. |
| 933 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: The main antagonists, albeit by no means bad people, but |
| 934 | * GermanicDepressives: Most of the members are quite serious, ranging from mildly reserved to almost completely humorless. |
| 935 | * GermanicEfficiency: It's emphasized that Black Forest frequently drills in staying in formation and is highly disciplined. |
| 936 | * TrueCompanions: As a team, this is somewhat averted, as Miho notices a lack of camaraderie. Some members, however, become or have been close friends, like Miho and Koume, and Teru and Sumire. |
| 937 | |
| 938 | !Maho Nishizumi |
| 939 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 940 | ->'''Position''': Commander of her tank, and of the Black Forest tankery team. |
| 941 | ->“Miho's freedom and happiness are still my greatest desires, as they were back then, but I've learned that helping her get them is more complicated than I thought. And while I no longer see things in black and white, I'm not always satisfied with the choices I make, or the results that I get." |
| 942 | |
| 943 | Miho’s older sister and commander of the Black Forest tankery team. Despite appearing cold and aloof, she cares deeply for Miho and wishes for her to find her own path in life. |
| 944 | |
| 945 | * AntiVillain: Type IV. She leads the antagonist team and strives to become a good Nishizumi heiress so Miho can choose her own path. |
| 946 | * ByronicHero: Much like in canon. |
| 947 | * DespairSpeech: Interlude 8 is essentially a long one from her, as she wonders if her efforts to help Miho mean anything. |
| 948 | * TheFettered: Forced to act according to her mother and the coach’s demands, and has certain things she will not do, even for Miho’s sake. |
| 949 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 950 | ** To Teru. Maho puts on a cold façade while being forced to live up to her mother’s expectations, but at heart, cares greatly for her younger sister. Teru can feign a smile on command, but is distant from Saki and cares little for her parents. |
| 951 | ** Also is one to Hiroe. Both are heiresses to the tankery schools, and care for their younger sisters, but Hiroe is brutally honest and does tankery for her own reasons, while Maho often puts up a façade. |
| 952 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:SHe's glad that her sister has found her own way of tankery. |
| 953 | * HeroicBSOD: During the Pravda match, when she worries about what implications her winning will have for Miho. [[spoiler:And again when she wins and is proven right]]. |
| 954 | * 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. |
| 955 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Winning against Pravda results in Shiho considering disowning Miho, believing that Miho was the key difference that caused Maho’s defeat the previous year]]. |
| 956 | * OpenSecret: Her ulterior motive for being the Nishizumi heiress- so that Miho can choose her own path in life, involves this. |
| 957 | * 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. |
| 958 | * TragicHero: [[spoiler:Seems to become this as her efforts to live up to her mother’s standards inadvertently put her sister in peril of being disowned]]. |
| 959 | * {{Tritagonist}}: The third main character of the fic. |
| 960 | * WhatTheHellHero: Frequently calls out Teru on her treatment of her sister. |
| 961 | * WorthyOpponent: |
| 962 | ** Considers Hiroe this, although Hiroe suggests that it’s in part due to wanting to believe that Miho’s decision to save the sinking tank did not cost them a victory in a match they could have won. |
| 963 | ** She also comes to consider Miho one. |
| 964 | |
| 965 | !Teru Miyanaga '''(Unmarked spoilers)''' |
| 966 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 967 | ->'''Position''': Commander of her tank, Vice-Captain. |
| 968 | ->''"You want us to turn back the clock, back to the days when we pretended we were one happy family, Saki? How could we when one of us is gone and won't ever come back? When you act as though she was never part of our family to begin with?"'' |
| 969 | |
| 970 | Saki’s older sister, who was her greatest inspiration in tankery. The two competed together in the middle school tournament, along with Mizuho, until an accident resulted in Teru having to decide whether to save Saki or Mizuho, resulting in Saki surviving and Mizuho dying. Soon afterward, their parents separated, and Teru stopped talking to Saki. In the end, however, after being defeated by Saki during the final, Teru apologizes to her and begins to reconcile with her sister. |
| 971 | |
| 972 | * AntiVillain: Type II. At heart, she is a girl who was profoundly impacted by a death in the family, and her feeling as though she is responsible. |
| 973 | * AwfulTruth: Mizuho was still alive when the tank fell into the river, and thus Teru could have saved her. |
| 974 | * BigSisterMentor: To Saki, when they were younger, advising her to do tankery for her own enjoyment. |
| 975 | * ByronicHero: She’s brooding, cynical, lives life without regard for what others (especially her parents) think, and is haunted by the past, particularly the incident that claimed Mizuho's life. |
| 976 | * CoDragons: She and Erika are this to Maho. |
| 977 | * 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. |
| 978 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Objects to Teru chiding Hisa about her past, saying that people have parts of their pasts that they would rather not discuss. |
| 979 | * 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. |
| 980 | * {{Hypocrite}}: As she realizes after the finals, while accusing Saki of forgetting about Mizuho, she was the one who pushed Saki out of her life and forgot Mizuho's lessons. |
| 981 | * IHaveNoSon: Refuses to admit that she and Saki are related, and discusses this trope when talking with Maho. |
| 982 | * MyGreatestFailure: In an accident three years ago, she chose to save Saki instead of Mizuho, believing Mizuho was already dead. |
| 983 | * OnlyFriend: Sumire is this for Teru. |
| 984 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers a brutal one to Saki after the semifinals conclude, accusing her of causing Mizuho's death and forgetting about her. |
| 985 | * SadisticChoice: Essentially was forced to choose between saving Saki and saving Mizuho, while she herself was in danger of drowning. |
| 986 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: She sees attacking Saki’s team in the Maus as this, forcing Saki to show how far she can and will go to protect her friends. |
| 987 | * [[{{Deuteragonist}} Tetragonist]]: The fourth main character of the fic. |
| 988 | * TearsOfRemorse: She bursts into tears while apologizing to Saki. |
| 989 | * TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: Believes that it's Saki's fault that Mizuho died, although Sumire does not believe that Teru actually feels this way. |
| 990 | * TragicVillain: The tragedy influences most of her actions, including her treatment of her younger sister. |
| 991 | * UnreliableExpositor: Some of what she says is questionable, since we only have her word for it. It is particularly difficult to tell how her parents felt about Mizuho. |
| 992 | * VillainousFriendship: Has one with Sumire |
| 993 | * WalkingSpoiler: It’s difficult to talk about her without spoiling her backstory, or any of her actions later in the plot. |
| 994 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Averted. She has completely given up on winning her parents’ approval, and even says that trying for someone else's approval is a difficult goal. |
| 995 | * WhamLine: "Mizuho is '''DEAD''', Saki! Dead ''because of YOU!"'' |
| 996 | |
| 997 | !Erika Itsumi |
| 998 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 999 | ->'''Position''': Vice-captain, and commander of her tank. |
| 1000 | ->''"Someone needs to show Oarai their place, and I'll do it myself if I need to."'' |
| 1001 | |
| 1002 | Maho's other vice-captain, who replaced Miho after she stepped down. |
| 1003 | |
| 1004 | * GracefulLoser: She accepts her defeat, albeit reluctantly, after seeing Miho defeating one of the few people she respected. |
| 1005 | * HardWorkHardlyWorks: She wonders if Oarai winning in spite of its lack of experience is proof of this trope. Maho, however, suggests that there are other factors at play behind Oarai's success. |
| 1006 | * HiddenDepths: She confesses to Teru that part of the reason that she dislikes Oarai is fear of them upstaging Black Forest despite being amateurs. She's worked hard all her life as part of the Nishizumi School, making her wonder what it means when upstarts prevail against her. |
| 1007 | * PatrioticFervor: She's proud to be a member of the Nishizumi School and Black Forest. Unfortunately, she takes Miho's decision to save the tank at the cost of victory as a slight against both schools. |
| 1008 | * VillainousBreakdown: Gets upset when Teru, one of the few people besides Maho she has any amount of respect for, is taken out in the final battle. |
| 1009 | |
| 1010 | !Sumire Hirose |
| 1011 | ->'''Year''': 3rd |
| 1012 | ->'''Position''': Gunner. |
| 1013 | ->''"Friends are, above all else, honest with each other. They don't hesitate to let their friends know when they do something wrong, but don't simply abandon them when they make mistakes."'' |
| 1014 | |
| 1015 | The gunner of Teru’s crew, and a long-time friend of hers since Middle School. |
| 1016 | |
| 1017 | * ColdSniper: She’s not completely cold, but is aloof and distant from most people. |
| 1018 | * OnlyFriend: To Teru. Interestingly enough, while Teru and Sumire are an Alice-2 and Bob-1 pair, in the past, Teru was a Bob-2 to Sumire's Alice-1. |
| 1019 | * SecretKeeper: She’s one of the few who knows about Teru’s past. |
| 1020 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: She’s cold for the most part, but actually enjoyed the party Miho held, and feels a bit proud of Saki’s progress. |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | !Takami Shibuya |
| 1023 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 1024 | ->'''Posiition''': Radio Operator |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | A quiet and reserved girl who made the team in her second year. |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | * ChildhoodFriend: With Awai. |
| 1029 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mentioned as always sipping tea. |
| 1030 | |
| 1031 | !Seko Matano |
| 1032 | ->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 1033 | ->'''Position''': Loader |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | Teru's loader, who is significantly more nervous and insecure about her spot on the team than most of her teammates. |
| 1036 | |
| 1037 | * BoyishShortHair: Sumire compares it to Saki's at one point. |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 | !Awai Oohoshi |
| 1040 | ->'''Year''': 1st |
| 1041 | ->'''Position''': Driver. |
| 1042 | ->''"I don't really have anything to worry about. You might be in second year, but if you count in terms of my ability, I'm in year 100!"'' |
| 1043 | |
| 1044 | Teru's driver. |
| 1045 | |
| 1046 | * ChildhoodFriend: With Takami |
| 1047 | * IdenticalStranger: Is one to [[spoiler:Mizuho]]. |
| 1048 | |
| 1049 | !Kuroko |
| 1050 | |
| 1051 | Also known as Jagdpanther-chan, she commands a Jagdpanther. |
| 1052 | |
| 1053 | * KarmicNod: She sees Miho having Turtle Team detrack her in the final battle as her comeuppance for failing to speak out in Miho's defense after the finals the previous year. |
| 1054 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: The Jagdpanther commander, along with a few other Black Forest extras, were never named in series. |
| 1055 | |
| 1056 | !Koume Akeboshi |
| 1057 | -->'''Year''': 2nd |
| 1058 | -->'''Position''': Tank commander. |
| 1059 | -->''"I only hope the day comes when I can tell her how grateful I am about what she did for us. And I promise you, I will not let you down again."'' |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 | The girl Miho saved from drowning in the previous finals. |
| 1062 | |
| 1063 | * CareerBuildingBlunder: After the accident, she vowed to never let Black Forest down again, even if that means going against Miho's school in the process; she believes that now that she and Miho are on opposite sides, they will do what they must. |
| 1064 | * DwindlingParty: She's the only remaining member of her tank crew after the finals. |
| 1065 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She sees herself as this, like in canon. However, the trope is also inverted when it turns out that [[spoiler:her thanking Miho was a catalyst for Teru's reconciliation with Saki; by performing the simple act of thanking Miho for saving her life, she reminded Teru of the reality of the situation]]. |
| 1066 | |
| 1067 | !Takako Kubo |
| 1068 | |
| 1069 | -->''"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."'' |
| 1070 | |
| 1071 | Black Forest’s coach and one of Shiho’s students. She has a somewhat bad reputation for physically abusing her students when they underperform. |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 | * DisappointedInYou: Her reaction to Miho resigning after the incident in the previous tournament. She doesn't like Miho's decision to save the tank, but is even less thrilled with the idea of Miho giving up tankery as a result. |
| 1074 | ** SoProudOfYou: Her reaction when [[spoiler:Miho wins the tournament]]. |
| 1075 | * DrillSergeantNasty: Hits people in response to minor mistakes, much to Miho’s horror. |
| 1076 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite her harsh methods of training, she doesn’t believe in giving up on her students. |
| 1077 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: She believes that any methods are justified if they can force students to improve. |
| 1078 | * KickTheDog: Slapping a student for missing a shot on the Joghurt flag tank during the last tournament, even though Black Forest went on to win. |
| 1079 | * PetTheDog: After the end of the tournament, she [[spoiler:retracts her previous criticism of Miho and congratulates her, while suggesting that her subordinates use the opportunity to improve]]. |
| 1080 | * TheSpock: Compared to Kikuyo and Ami, she's more pragmatic and thinks about results. |
| 1081 | * ShutUpKirk: She shrugs off Miho’s protests and tells her that if she coddles the students, the team will suffer. Her statement that her mother would agree while not completely true, forces Miho into silence. |
| 1082 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Ami, until Takako's methods of discipline caused a rift between them. |
| 1083 | [[/folder]] |
| 1084 | |
| 1085 | [[folder:Other Schools]] |
| 1086 | A list of other schools that participated in the tournament. |
| 1087 | |
| 1088 | !Chihatan |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | A Japanese-themed high school that was defeated by Black Forest in the first round. |
| 1091 | |
| 1092 | !Komaki Jindai |
| 1093 | |
| 1094 | Commander of Chihatan's tankery team. |
| 1095 | |
| 1096 | * IdenticalStranger: Is one to Saki, although Sumire notices that her hair is a different color and her breasts are much larger. |
| 1097 | * ItsAllMyFault: She apologizes to her teammates for losing to Black Forest. |
| 1098 | |
| 1099 | !Joghurt Academy |
| 1100 | |
| 1101 | A Bulgarian-themed high school that loses to Saunders in the first round. |
| 1102 | |
| 1103 | !!Kazue Nanpo |
| 1104 | |
| 1105 | Joghurt's commander, and the granddaughter of Shizuru Nanpo. She is defeated in the first round. |
| 1106 | |
| 1107 | * BreakTheHaughty: She's fairly full of herself, and looks down on her troops, but is forced to reconsider this after her defeat. |
| 1108 | * FamilyHonor: She’s motivated by a desire to live up to her grandmother’s legacy as a tanker. |
| 1109 | |
| 1110 | !Bosporu Academy |
| 1111 | |
| 1112 | A Polish-themed middle school that loses to Pravda in the first round. |
| 1113 | |
| 1114 | !!Kurumi Kakura |
| 1115 | |
| 1116 | Commander of Bosporu Academy’s tankery team. |
| 1117 | |
| 1118 | In the past, she was at Geneva Middle School, [[spoiler:and faced Miho’s middle school in the match in which Mizuho lost her life]]. |
| 1119 | |
| 1120 | * HeroicBSOD: Was in one after [[spoiler:the tragedy in her first round match at the tournament three years ago]] |
| 1121 | * LittleMissSnarker: She’s not exactly fond of Hiroe’s bragging, and is about as short as Katyusha. |
| 1122 | |
| 1123 | !!Toyone Anetai |
| 1124 | |
| 1125 | A third-year and member of the Bosporu tankery team. |
| 1126 | |
| 1127 | * GracefulLoser: Gets Hiroe’s autograph as a keepsake after losing to Pravda in the first round.s |
| 1128 | * HugeSchoolgirl: Katyusha notices that she’s even taller than Nonna. |
| 1129 | [[/folder]] |
| 1130 | |
| 1131 | [[folder:Family and other characters]] |
| 1132 | |
| 1133 | !Kai and Keiko Miyanaga |
| 1134 | |
| 1135 | Saki and Teru’s parents, who are separated at the start of the fic. |
| 1136 | |
| 1137 | * AmbiguousSituation: Neither of their daughters are fully objective about them, making anything they say difficult to prove. |
| 1138 | * DysfunctionalFamily: While it's difficult to say how dysfunctional they were, tankery was the root cause of many conflicts between them, even if they did not openly express those conflicts. |
| 1139 | |
| 1140 | !Kei and Reiko Haramura |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | -->'''Reiko''': ''"Even proposing something like this is a first for Nodoka. So is your granting such a request."'' |
| 1143 | -->'''Kei''': ''""To be honest, when I first made the deal, I did it because I had no expectations of Nodoka succeeding. She has surprised me, though, by making it this far; perhaps she has some skill in tankery. But does she truly think she can succeed? Does she truly think Oarai is a good school?"'' |
| 1144 | |
| 1145 | Nodoka’s parents, a defense attorney and prosecutor, respectively. They do not think much of tankery, and as a result, want Nodoka to go to Reiko’s alma mater, Kitaniji Prep. |
| 1146 | |
| 1147 | * CharacterDevelopment: Both of them come to respect Nodoka's resolve, and eventually allow her to do tankery and stay at Oarai. |
| 1148 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: Kei disapproves of Nodoka doing tankery for several reasons, including a dislike of a sport, wondering whether Nodoka can do it professionally, and thinking of it as a distraction from her studies. |
| 1149 | * {{Foil}}: Nodoka's father is one to Yuri, caring more about practicality than tradition, and being less emotional. |
| 1150 | * OpenMindedParent: Reiko is this in comparison to Kei, but Kei gradually starts to come around. |
| 1151 | * OriginalCharacter:Reiko, based off Nodoka's [[InvisibleParents unseen mother]]. |
| 1152 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Kei doesn’t think much of ThePowerOfFriendship or Oarai’s chances. |
| 1153 | |
| 1154 | !Yuri Isuzu |
| 1155 | ->''"I believed all of my decisions while raising her were correct. So why did Hana-san choose tankery?"'' |
| 1156 | |
| 1157 | Hana’s mother and the head of the Isuzu school for flower arranging. |
| 1158 | |
| 1159 | * EveryoneHasStandards: She tells Hana not to come home after finding out that she’s doing tankery, but won’t cut her off. |
| 1160 | * {{Foil}}: To Nodoka’s father. She’s warm, very traditional and has a specific goal for Hana, whereas Nodoka’s father is emotionally distant, doesn’t think much of tradition, and wants her to get a good job. |
| 1161 | * GoodOldWays: She's aware that she comes off as old-fashioned, but wants to keep the Isuzu tradition alive for those who have a passion for flower arranging. |
| 1162 | * IHaveNoSon: Subverted; while she does tell Hana not to come home, Hana believes that it is not equivalent to disowning her. |
| 1163 | * KimonoIsTraditional: She wears one almost everywhere, and is fully aware that she comes off as old-fashioned. |
| 1164 | * ParentsAsPeople: While angry enough to disown Hana, she struggles to understand why she would do tankery. |
| 1165 | * TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: She’s said to gently correct those who are too familiar with her. |
| 1166 | * WhereDidWeGoWrong: She finds herself asking this after Hana goes into tankery, purchasing a book on parenting. She eventually realizes that Hana develops a great deal independently of her family [[spoiler:and ultimately accepts Hana doing tankery]]. |
| 1167 | |
| 1168 | !Shinzaburou |
| 1169 | ->''"I'll wait for you, Miss... for as long as it takes!"'' |
| 1170 | |
| 1171 | One of Yuri's servants, who serves as an intermediary for Hana in her efforts to reconcile with her mother. |
| 1172 | |
| 1173 | * ConflictingLoyalty: In his case, he has a divide between his obligations to his mistress, and his desire to see her reconcile with her daughter. |
| 1174 | * LargeHam: He's relatively calm and reserved while serving his mistress, but often yells when he's excited, or when he's not around her. |
| 1175 | |
| 1176 | !Jungorou and Yoshiko Akiyama |
| 1177 | ->''"Mom said she and Dad don't want to give me advice that they don't follow themselves, unless they acknowledge that what they did when they were my age was a mistake. But they don't have any regrets about how things turned out, and hope I can find a path in life I'm happy with."'' |
| 1178 | ->--Yukari, regarding her parents. |
| 1179 | |
| 1180 | Yukari’s parents, who run the Akiyama barbershop. |
| 1181 | |
| 1182 | * {{Foil}}: To the Haramuras. The Akiyamas don’t know much about tankery but are willing to support Yukari’s interest, while the Haramuras disapprove of Nodoka's participation in tankery. |
| 1183 | * FollowInMyFootsteps: Averted. They didn’t choose the same careers that their parents did, and don’t expect Yukari to follow them into their line of work. |
| 1184 | * GoodParents: They're supportive of Yukari, even if they don't know much about tankery. |
| 1185 | * OpenMindedParent: It’s implied that they are this way because their parents supported their desire to become hairdressers. |
| 1186 | * YouDoNotWantToKnow: Jungorou mentions that his guess about how many people were required to man a tank is too far off the mark that he’d be embarrassed to tell Yukari. |
| 1187 | |
| 1188 | !Shiho Nishizumi |
| 1189 | |
| 1190 | Miho’s mother and head instructor of the Nishizumi school. |
| 1191 | |
| 1192 | * AbusiveParents: She believes in Miho’s potential, but her methods of getting her to realize it are questionable at best. |
| 1193 | * 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. |
| 1194 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She finds corporeal punishment to be too extreme of a method of discipline, although this is in part due to her belief that Takako is wasting her effort on those who are not willing to go as far as the Nishizumis expect them to. |
| 1195 | * EvilVirtues: She has quite a few of them. Her devotion to winning embodies Ambition and Determination. Her desire to uphold her school's good name exhibits Diligence, Honor, Loyalty and Passion. The fact that she keeps her word and does not make idle threats is indicative of Honesty. |
| 1196 | * IHaveNoSon: Following the manga, she uses this as a threat to motivate Miho into winning the semifinals. |
| 1197 | * 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. |
| 1198 | * ShadowArchetype: To Masae Atago. |
| 1199 | * 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. |
| 1200 | |
| 1201 | !Kikuyo |
| 1202 | |
| 1203 | A maid for the Nishizumi family, who greatly respects Shiho, but also wants to be there for her daughter. She's friends with her former classmates, Ami and Takako. |
| 1204 | |
| 1205 | * ConflictingLoyalty: Her main conflict is between her loyalty to Shiho (a mixture of respect, a debt of gratitude, and a servant's obligations to her mistress), and her desire to be there for Miho. |
| 1206 | * KimonoIsTraditional: She wears one, and stands out when she meets with Miho. |
| 1207 | * TheMcCoy: The most idealistic of the three friends from the Nishizumi School. |
| 1208 | * ParentalSubstitute: To Miho. |
| 1209 | |
| 1210 | !Masae Atago |
| 1211 | |
| 1212 | Founder and head of the Atago school of tankery. She is Hiroe and Kinue’s mother, Masaki’s older sister, and Hiroko’s aunt. |
| 1213 | |
| 1214 | * ArchEnemy: Masae despises Shiho, more for her treatment of her family for than her tankery ideals. This does not extend to Shiho’s daughters, whom Masae initially regards with pity, but comes to like after learning of Miho’s decision to save the crew of the flag tank and how far Maho is going for Miho’s sake. |
| 1215 | * AscendedExtra: She made a handful of appearances in Saki, but she's a relatively significant recurring character. |
| 1216 | * CombatCommentator: Often plays this role |
| 1217 | * GoodParents: Cares a great deal for her daughters. |
| 1218 | * 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. |
| 1219 | * 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. |
| 1220 | * ShadowArchetype: To Shiho. |
| 1221 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: Says this about Shiho's disowning Miho in the alternate ending. |
| 1222 | |
| 1223 | !Masaki Funakubo/Atago |
| 1224 | |
| 1225 | Masae’s younger sister, Hiroko’s mother and Hiroe and Kinue’s aunt. |
| 1226 | |
| 1227 | * CombatCommentator: Along with her sister, in the match between Black Forest and Pravda |
| 1228 | * GoodParents: She, like her sister, cares a great deal for her daughter/ |
| 1229 | [[/folder]] |
| 1230 | |
| 1231 | [[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']] |
| 1232 | !Mizuho Miyanaga |
| 1233 | ->''"I personally wouldn't wish what I went through on you or anyone else, Teru-onee-chan, since pain doesn't always bring wisdom with it. But I do hope that a day will come when you see things the way I do, without having to learn the hard way."'' |
| 1234 | |
| 1235 | A distant relative and foster sister of Saki and Teru. |
| 1236 | |
| 1237 | Mizuho drowned in a tankery accident in her first year of middle school, when their tank plunged into a river. Teru, believing she may have already died and pressed for time, chose to save Saki. |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 | * AlliterativeName '''Mi'''zuho '''Mi'''yanaga. |
| 1240 | * ChekhovsGunman: Saki vaguely mentions a girl who did tankery with her and Teru, which happens to be Mizuho. |
| 1241 | * CynicismCatalyst: Her death was this to Teru. |
| 1242 | * HappilyAdopted: Quite happy to be adopted by the Miyanagas, even if Teru claimed that her father was not happy about it. |
| 1243 | * MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: She arrives along with Teru to meet with Saki and Sumire in the first Interlude, although she is treated as a background character. |
| 1244 | * OCStandIn: She initially seems like one, but is actually based off of the third girl in Saki’s picture.s |
| 1245 | * ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died in an accident and she was taken in. |
| 1246 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: Is this for the Miyanaga sisters. |
| 1247 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died three years before the start of the story, and this is only revealed later on. |
| 1248 | * WalkingSpoiler: Talking about her spoils Teru’s backstory. |
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