OVA
Description
Akebi Sasaki is a first-year student at Ooarai Girls High School residing in the school dormitory, originally from Hitachinaka City in Ibaraki Prefecture. She serves as the highly accurate gunner for the Duck Team, operating their Type 89B medium tank. Her appearance features natural blonde hair, typically styled in a long ponytail held by a white headband, and a tall, well-endowed stature of 165 cm. An incident with the Moral Committee enforcing dress codes forced her to dye her hair black and wear braids, making her unrecognizable to peers like Karina Sakaguchi and teammate Taeko Kondou, causing significant distress and fueling her opposition to the committee.
Gentle, patient, and sensitive, Akebi possesses a calm, easygoing demeanor in daily life but becomes easily unnerved during combat. She feels dismay when others fail to recognize her, as seen after her hair change. Her interests include volleyball, where her specialty is blocking, and ballet; this ballet knowledge led her to commentate on the Student Council's Swan Lake performance at a victory banquet. She joined Sensha-dō alongside fellow volleyball club members primarily aiming to revive their disbanded club.
As the Duck Team's gunner, Akebi demonstrates exceptional marksmanship, achieving high precision even against fast-moving targets like Anzio High School's Carro Veloce tankettes. Her accuracy allows targeting specific weak points such as engine cooling systems, though the Type 89B's limited firepower often prevents knockouts. Her skills surpass some main team members in accuracy. She adapts tactics using volleyball-style commands inspired by team commander Noriko Isobe, notably in later matches against Kuromorimine and the University Team.
Akebi shares close bonds with Duck Team members, viewing Noriko Isobe as a role model. She interacts frequently with fellow first-years like the Rabbit Team and engages in playful rivalries with Momo Kawashima of the Turtle Team, whom she skillfully imitates. Her physical traits earned her the nickname "American Duck" from Haru Fukuda, alluding to her bust size and blonde hair, which once led Kay from Saunders to mistake her for one of their students. Her birthdate is May 18, blood type A, favorite flower the orchid, and favorite tank the U.S. M47 Patton.
Gentle, patient, and sensitive, Akebi possesses a calm, easygoing demeanor in daily life but becomes easily unnerved during combat. She feels dismay when others fail to recognize her, as seen after her hair change. Her interests include volleyball, where her specialty is blocking, and ballet; this ballet knowledge led her to commentate on the Student Council's Swan Lake performance at a victory banquet. She joined Sensha-dō alongside fellow volleyball club members primarily aiming to revive their disbanded club.
As the Duck Team's gunner, Akebi demonstrates exceptional marksmanship, achieving high precision even against fast-moving targets like Anzio High School's Carro Veloce tankettes. Her accuracy allows targeting specific weak points such as engine cooling systems, though the Type 89B's limited firepower often prevents knockouts. Her skills surpass some main team members in accuracy. She adapts tactics using volleyball-style commands inspired by team commander Noriko Isobe, notably in later matches against Kuromorimine and the University Team.
Akebi shares close bonds with Duck Team members, viewing Noriko Isobe as a role model. She interacts frequently with fellow first-years like the Rabbit Team and engages in playful rivalries with Momo Kawashima of the Turtle Team, whom she skillfully imitates. Her physical traits earned her the nickname "American Duck" from Haru Fukuda, alluding to her bust size and blonde hair, which once led Kay from Saunders to mistake her for one of their students. Her birthdate is May 18, blood type A, favorite flower the orchid, and favorite tank the U.S. M47 Patton.