TV-Series
Description
Sarasa Honda is a teenage girl from considerable wealth, marked by long blue braided hair, blue eyes, and a pale complexion. Standing 167 cm tall with measurements of 93-60-87 cm, she favors refined attire: dresses, hats, military uniforms, and occasionally a Chinese dress she mistakes for Western fashion, often accessorizing with an umbrella.
Her affluent upbringing fostered an outwardly arrogant, confident aristocratic demeanor, masking deep-seated insecurities and loneliness. Sarasa harbors a fascination with Western culture, frequently acquiring items she believes are Western-made—though many originate domestically in Osaka. This leads to malapropisms, such as confusing Vietnamese Ao Dai for Western attire and claiming Westerners make dolls to conceal her inability to craft origami cranes. She owns a dog named Antoinette Gandhi XIII, nicknamed "Angie."
As a member of the Lime Unit aboard the flying battleship Amanohara, Sarasa pilots the blue mecha "Taiga," wielding a pole-arm/lance. Her supernatural ability is hydrokinesis, manipulating water in combat. Suggested as the oldest unit member, she nevertheless academically underperforms. Relationships within the unit are complex; she frequently clashes with the tomboyish Asa Kato but gradually builds camaraderie through shared missions. She harbors romantic feelings for her teacher, Shintaro Umakai, which intensify across the series and create competitive tension with other members.
Sarasa evolves from a "small name, big ego" archetype, revealing vulnerability—panicking when her pocketwatch goes missing and adopting a faux-detective persona, and removing her underwear during a festival OVA upon discovering rivals did the same for romantic advantage. Her boasts about imported goods compensate for social anxiety. Her hydrokinesis contributes to defeating Grigori Rasputin. Later, in the sequel OVA *The South Island Dream Romantic Adventure*, she participates in the collective sacrifice of the unit's supernatural abilities to revive Shintaro, permanently losing her powers.
Her theme name "Sarasa" translates to "calico," aligning with the fabric-themed nomenclature of the Lime Unit. Her mecha "Taiga" is named after the historical general Sanada Yukimura.
Her affluent upbringing fostered an outwardly arrogant, confident aristocratic demeanor, masking deep-seated insecurities and loneliness. Sarasa harbors a fascination with Western culture, frequently acquiring items she believes are Western-made—though many originate domestically in Osaka. This leads to malapropisms, such as confusing Vietnamese Ao Dai for Western attire and claiming Westerners make dolls to conceal her inability to craft origami cranes. She owns a dog named Antoinette Gandhi XIII, nicknamed "Angie."
As a member of the Lime Unit aboard the flying battleship Amanohara, Sarasa pilots the blue mecha "Taiga," wielding a pole-arm/lance. Her supernatural ability is hydrokinesis, manipulating water in combat. Suggested as the oldest unit member, she nevertheless academically underperforms. Relationships within the unit are complex; she frequently clashes with the tomboyish Asa Kato but gradually builds camaraderie through shared missions. She harbors romantic feelings for her teacher, Shintaro Umakai, which intensify across the series and create competitive tension with other members.
Sarasa evolves from a "small name, big ego" archetype, revealing vulnerability—panicking when her pocketwatch goes missing and adopting a faux-detective persona, and removing her underwear during a festival OVA upon discovering rivals did the same for romantic advantage. Her boasts about imported goods compensate for social anxiety. Her hydrokinesis contributes to defeating Grigori Rasputin. Later, in the sequel OVA *The South Island Dream Romantic Adventure*, she participates in the collective sacrifice of the unit's supernatural abilities to revive Shintaro, permanently losing her powers.
Her theme name "Sarasa" translates to "calico," aligning with the fabric-themed nomenclature of the Lime Unit. Her mecha "Taiga" is named after the historical general Sanada Yukimura.