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* BadassGay
* [[spoiler: DramaticStutter: When he finally breaks down at the front, he can barely string together words.]]
* GayConservative: When we first meet him. This is normal in Akitsukuni, though, as it's the liberal and progressive parties that are homophobic. [[spoiler: After the war, though, he has no political loyalties left.]]
* [[spoiler: GoodbyeCruelWorld: As the war drags on, he writes a letter to Asuka that is, essentially a suicide note, as he's utterly convinced he isn't going to make it home.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: His total breakdown before the final mission. He can't even bring himself to stand.]]
* ManlyGay
* [[spoiler: ShellShockedVeteran.]]
* [[spoiler: TheseHandsHaveKilled: When Yachi has his breakdown, driven in large part but the number of people he's killed, he stares at his trembling hands. The trembling doesn't stop even when he gets home months later.]]
* TheIllegible: [[spoiler: Played for drama. Yachi's [[ShellShockedVeteran war neurosis]] causes his hands to tremble uncontrollably. He wants to write about his experiences, but he can barely hold a pencil.]]
* [[spoiler: DramaticStutter: When he finally breaks down at the front, he can barely string together words.]]
* GayConservative: When we first meet him. This is normal in Akitsukuni, though, as it's the liberal and progressive parties that are homophobic. [[spoiler: After the war, though, he has no political loyalties left.]]
* [[spoiler: GoodbyeCruelWorld: As the war drags on, he writes a letter to Asuka that is, essentially a suicide note, as he's utterly convinced he isn't going to make it home.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: His total breakdown before the final mission. He can't even bring himself to stand.]]
* ManlyGay
* [[spoiler: ShellShockedVeteran.]]
* [[spoiler: TheseHandsHaveKilled: When Yachi has his breakdown, driven in large part but the number of people he's killed, he stares at his trembling hands. The trembling doesn't stop even when he gets home months later.]]
* TheIllegible: [[spoiler: Played for drama. Yachi's [[ShellShockedVeteran war neurosis]] causes his hands to tremble uncontrollably. He wants to write about his experiences, but he can barely hold a pencil.]]
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* GayConservative: When we first meet him. This is normal in Akitsukuni, though, as it's the liberal and progressive parties that are homophobic.[[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After the war, though, he has no political loyalties left.]]
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* BiTheWay: Has a wife, and a thing with Ota.
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* TheAlcoholic: By arc 5, Haruna's poor choices surrounding alcohol spiral completely out of control.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Her feminism is far enough on the 'radical' end that it causes her social difficulties and serious anxiety.
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* StrawFeminist: Deconstructed. Aiko does not talk to men unless she has to, thinks heterosexual marriage is a prison, and often thinks that straight women are just brainwashed. This is ruining her relationship with her family, hurting her friends, and making her deeply anxious. Placed among a wide variety of other feminist characters, it is clear that her worldview isn't rational, but instead the result of a broken society.
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!!Arisukawa Haruna
The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch, and the first woman in the Akitsukuni Navy.
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!!Arisukawa Haruna
The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch,Aircraft Design Company Quest Other]]
!!Ohara Satomi
Ohara Airworks test pilot andthe first woman in the Akitsukuni Navy.neice of Mr. Ohara
!!Arisukawa Haruna
The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch,
!!Ohara Satomi
Ohara Airworks test pilot and
* ActualPacifist
* ButchLesbian: Satomi is as masc as lesbians get in Akitsukuni. A lot of people assume she's nonbinary, and if she pushed it any further they'd just assume she was a man.
* CulturalRebel: If there's a rule of Akitsukuni society, Satomi breaks it. In gender presentation, politeness, her job, how she dresses, Satomi violates every norm she comes across, and keeps doing it overseas.
* FirstNameBasis: Everyone just calls her by her first name, and she tends to refer to everyone else the same way.
* LesbianJock
* ThrillSeeker
!!Coralie D'Amboise
Former Gallian test pilot who ends up in Akitsukuni, and eventually marries Satomi.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: Her obsession with Élan, the hand of fate, and honour in battle acts as a sort of toned-down preview of the nightmare scenario for the players: Akitsukuni taking the path of real life Imperial Japan.
* BiTheWay: Is into guys too, not that we ever see it.
* BloodKnight
* EagleSquadron: Explicitly travels to Akitsukuni to fight for them in their war with Caspia once she gets kicked out of the Army.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: A strong believer in it. Dismayed by how its used mostly as a technical language in Akitsukuni.
* HonorBeforeReason
* Martyrdom Culture: Gallia, swept up in revanchism, is one of these at the moment.
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!!Arisukawa Haruna
The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch, and the first woman in the Akitsukuni Navy.
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* ButchLesbian: Satomi is as masc as lesbians get in Akitsukuni. A lot of people assume she's nonbinary, and if she pushed it any further they'd just assume she was a man.
* CulturalRebel: If there's a rule of Akitsukuni society, Satomi breaks it. In gender presentation, politeness, her job, how she dresses, Satomi violates every norm she comes across, and keeps doing it overseas.
* FirstNameBasis: Everyone just calls her by her first name, and she tends to refer to everyone else the same way.
* LesbianJock
* ThrillSeeker
!!Coralie D'Amboise
Former Gallian test pilot who ends up in Akitsukuni, and eventually marries Satomi.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: Her obsession with Élan, the hand of fate, and honour in battle acts as a sort of toned-down preview of the nightmare scenario for the players: Akitsukuni taking the path of real life Imperial Japan.
* BiTheWay: Is into guys too, not that we ever see it.
* BloodKnight
* EagleSquadron: Explicitly travels to Akitsukuni to fight for them in their war with Caspia once she gets kicked out of the Army.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: A strong believer in it. Dismayed by how its used mostly as a technical language in Akitsukuni.
* HonorBeforeReason
* Martyrdom Culture: Gallia, swept up in revanchism, is one of these at the moment.
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!!Arisukawa Haruna
The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch, and the first woman in the Akitsukuni Navy.
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* WomensMysteries: Has more than once used this to get out of awkward situations.
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The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch, and the first woman in the Akitsukuni Navy.
!!Kibe Koume
Mechanical Engineer, Office Manager
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* ChristmasCake: Unmarried at 26 and getting desperate.
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Studied engineering in Albia. Picked up a distaste for sexism back home, racism over there, and a plethora of swear words.
* SirSwearsalot
* TinyTyrannicalGirl
!!Sakane Jun
Materials Engineer, Prototype Workshop Lead
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* HenpeckedHusband
* IHaveNoSon: His father is not happy he's pushing pencils instead of fighting.
* PatrioticFervor
* SurvivorGuilt: Of a sort. His brothers aren't dead, but they're on the front and he isn't.
!!Tezuka Kenji
Areodynamics Engineer
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* OutOfFocus: The least consequential engineer.
* TheStoner
!!Hasegawa Morio
Chemical Engineer
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!!Arisukawa Haruna
The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch, and the first woman in the Akitsukuni Navy.
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* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Studied engineering in Albia. Picked up a distaste for sexism back home, racism over there, and a plethora of swear words.
* SirSwearsalot
* TinyTyrannicalGirl
!!Sakane Jun
Materials Engineer, Prototype Workshop Lead
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* HenpeckedHusband
* IHaveNoSon: His father is not happy he's pushing pencils instead of fighting.
* PatrioticFervor
* SurvivorGuilt: Of a sort. His brothers aren't dead, but they're on the front and he isn't.
!!Tezuka Kenji
Areodynamics Engineer
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* OutOfFocus: The least consequential engineer.
* TheStoner
!!Hasegawa Morio
Chemical Engineer
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!!Arisukawa Haruna
The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch, and the first woman in the Akitsukuni Navy.
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* ByTheBookCop: Takes the regulations and stated values of the Navy extremely seriously, even when it goes counter to the actual culture of the organization. Manifests in small ways, like her respectful treatment of her uniform, and large ones, like her opposition to its increasing arbitrary cruelty.
* CasualKink: Haruna is very into rope bondage.
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* CunningLinguist: Speaks three languages and reads a fourth at the start of the story, and then rapidly learns two more over the course of it.
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* MyGreatestFailure: The riot in Joseon and 'the girl in the blue dress' mark the beginning of Haruna's disillusionment with imperialism.
* NeatFreak
* NeatFreak
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* WeaponizedHeadgear: Once used her thrown hat to distract a shooter as she came around a corner.
!!Kishimoto Aiko
Haruna's long-term love interest, Aiko is a student from the far southern city of Shimazu.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* ButNotTooBi: Self-enforced. While she's bisexual, she's essentially a political lesbian, unwilling to give up her opportunities and education for marriage.
* BrainsAndBondage
* ConstantlyCurious: Has a tendencies to go through people's things if left to her own devices.
* HugeSchoolgirl
* TheFashionista: So far on the cutting edge of imported fashions, so much so that she's almost a prototype for...
* TheFlapper
!!Kwon Ji-Hu
An enlisted sailor (later Petty Officer) transferred into the Imperial Akitsukuni Navy from the disbanded remains of the Joseon Fleet. Haruna first meets him as a member of her minisub crew, and he follows her onto IO-2 and to her AA battery.
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* BiTheWay: Has a wife, and a thing with Ota.
* CategoryTraitor: Is serving in the military of the nation occupying his.
* LanguageBarrier: When he first enters the story, he doesn't speak any Akitsukuni, as he just transferred.
* PunchClockVillain: He has a wife and the Navy is a stable, well-paying job.
* TheCynic: To Ota's idealist.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Ota.
!!Ota Atsumori
Haruna's long-term love interest, Aiko is a student from the far southern city of Shimazu.
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* ChummyCommies: An anarcho-communist, to be precise.
* CunningLinguist: Speaks Joseon, allowing him to have conversations with Kwon nobody else can understand.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Shares his politics with his older brother... a famous terrorist.
* SatisfiedStreetRat: Spent his youth fighting reactionaries in the street and loving it.
* TheIdealist: To Kwon's cynic.
!!Kishimoto Aiko
Haruna's long-term love interest, Aiko is a student from the far southern city of Shimazu.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* ButNotTooBi: Self-enforced. While she's bisexual, she's essentially a political lesbian, unwilling to give up her opportunities and education for marriage.
* BrainsAndBondage
* ConstantlyCurious: Has a tendencies to go through people's things if left to her own devices.
* HugeSchoolgirl
* TheFashionista: So far on the cutting edge of imported fashions, so much so that she's almost a prototype for...
* TheFlapper
!!Kwon Ji-Hu
An enlisted sailor (later Petty Officer) transferred into the Imperial Akitsukuni Navy from the disbanded remains of the Joseon Fleet. Haruna first meets him as a member of her minisub crew, and he follows her onto IO-2 and to her AA battery.
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* BiTheWay: Has a wife, and a thing with Ota.
* CategoryTraitor: Is serving in the military of the nation occupying his.
* LanguageBarrier: When he first enters the story, he doesn't speak any Akitsukuni, as he just transferred.
* PunchClockVillain: He has a wife and the Navy is a stable, well-paying job.
* TheCynic: To Ota's idealist.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Ota.
!!Ota Atsumori
Haruna's long-term love interest, Aiko is a student from the far southern city of Shimazu.
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* ChummyCommies: An anarcho-communist, to be precise.
* CunningLinguist: Speaks Joseon, allowing him to have conversations with Kwon nobody else can understand.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Shares his politics with his older brother... a famous terrorist.
* SatisfiedStreetRat: Spent his youth fighting reactionaries in the street and loving it.
* TheIdealist: To Kwon's cynic.
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!!Arisukawa Haruna
The main character of Castles of Steel, Haruna is a princess of an Imperial cadet branch, and the first woman in the Akitsukuni Navy.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Haruna's inability to hold her drink is responsible for most of her worst decisions.
* AllWomenAreLustful: As summarized in an info post...
-> haruna has messy and unwise attractions to women. she lusts, she makes poor decisions, she sleeps with prostitutes, hooks up with girls at bars and parties, contemplates infidelity, and is left profoundly lonely and longing by separation. haruna isn’t in yuris with a girl that makes her heart go doki doki, haruna fucks.
* CategoryTraitor: Haruna's rapidly on her way to becoming an anti-imperialist Imperial princess.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: The newspaper keeps reprinting the photo of her from her first year in the Navy Academy, where not only is her skin not doing terribly well, she doesn't even have a proper uniform yet.
* HandCannon: Buys a huge Albian revolver with a cut down barrel. Quickly comes to regret it.
* HasAType: Tall women make Haruna swoon, every time.
* LadyOfWar
* MandatoryMotherhood: As a member of the nobility, is terrified of this catching up to her and ruining her career.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Haruna is constantly being transferred for a variety of reasons. In the first two years of the story, she has five posts.
* {{Phobia}}: After her dip in the frozen sea, drowning.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: Not originally, but increasingly as the story goes on.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Because she doesn't understand automatic pistols.
* RebelliousPrincess
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* TheStoic: Externally this, usually. Internally, less so.
* WarriorPrince: ... well, princess.
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* DoesntLikeGuns: Thinks putting them on airplanes is a waste, and did not take Yachi's revolver well.
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* MorningRoutine: They usually wake up before dawn, because it takes them hours to shave, bathe, apply makeup, pick out their clothes, read their newspapers, and get breakfast. They consider a six AM wakeup to be "sleeping in".
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* TransTribulations: Asuka simultaneously finds the narrow confines of Akitsukuni's non-binary gender role constraining, and struggles with intense dysphoria which makes that role feel safe. This conflict worsens as the story goes on.
!!Arita Yachi
Asuka's main love interest, Yachi enters the story a brave, funny, patriotic Captain in the Akitsukuni Army, recently retraining to become a pilot. This doesn't last.
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* AcePilot: The best in Akitsukuni, ending the war with 30 kills.
* BadassGay
* [[spoiler: DramaticStutter: When he finally breaks down at the front, he can barely string together words.]]
* GayConservative: When we first meet him. This is normal in Akitsukuni, though, as it's the liberal and progressive parties that are homophobic. [[spoiler: After the war, though, he has no political loyalties left.]]
* [[spoiler: GoodbyeCruelWorld: As the war drags on, he writes a letter to Asuka that is, essentially a suicide note, as he's utterly convinced he isn't going to make it home.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: His total breakdown before the final mission. He can't even bring himself to stand.]]
* ManlyGay
* [[spoiler: ShellShockedVeteran.]]
* [[spoiler: TheseHandsHaveKilled: When Yachi has his breakdown, driven in large part but the number of people he's killed, he stares at his trembling hands. The trembling doesn't stop even when he gets home months later.]]
* TheIllegible: [[spoiler: Played for drama. Yachi's [[ShellShockedVeteran war neurosis]] causes his hands to tremble uncontrollably. He wants to write about his experiences, but he can barely hold a pencil.]]
* TheStoryteller: Yachi has excellent storytelling skills, a good sense of humour, and is a fairly eloquent writer.
* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Sleeps with his comrade Amari at the front. Its ambigious if this is actually cheating on Asuka or not given the dynamics of Akitsukuni relationships, but Yachi ''feels'' like it's cheating.]]
!!Arita Yachi
Asuka's main love interest, Yachi enters the story a brave, funny, patriotic Captain in the Akitsukuni Army, recently retraining to become a pilot. This doesn't last.
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* AcePilot: The best in Akitsukuni, ending the war with 30 kills.
* BadassGay
* [[spoiler: DramaticStutter: When he finally breaks down at the front, he can barely string together words.]]
* GayConservative: When we first meet him. This is normal in Akitsukuni, though, as it's the liberal and progressive parties that are homophobic. [[spoiler: After the war, though, he has no political loyalties left.]]
* [[spoiler: GoodbyeCruelWorld: As the war drags on, he writes a letter to Asuka that is, essentially a suicide note, as he's utterly convinced he isn't going to make it home.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: His total breakdown before the final mission. He can't even bring himself to stand.]]
* ManlyGay
* [[spoiler: ShellShockedVeteran.]]
* [[spoiler: TheseHandsHaveKilled: When Yachi has his breakdown, driven in large part but the number of people he's killed, he stares at his trembling hands. The trembling doesn't stop even when he gets home months later.]]
* TheIllegible: [[spoiler: Played for drama. Yachi's [[ShellShockedVeteran war neurosis]] causes his hands to tremble uncontrollably. He wants to write about his experiences, but he can barely hold a pencil.]]
* TheStoryteller: Yachi has excellent storytelling skills, a good sense of humour, and is a fairly eloquent writer.
* [[spoiler: YourCheatingHeart: Sleeps with his comrade Amari at the front. Its ambigious if this is actually cheating on Asuka or not given the dynamics of Akitsukuni relationships, but Yachi ''feels'' like it's cheating.]]
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!!Matsura Asuka
The main character of ADCQ, Asuka is an aircraft engineer working for Ohara Airworks.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Asuka is written as borderline autistic, with sensory processing issues, social anxiety, special interests like trains and aircraft, and hints at stimming behavior.
* AmbiguousGender: Asuka is noted to take this very seriously.
* ArtistDisillusionment: Starts to get this way as more and more people die flying their warplanes.
* BadassAdorable: Though small, cute, fairly meek, mild-mannered, and in no way a fighter physically, when Asuka has an strong enough opinion on something, they don't yield. They also build their own planes, and used to ride motorcycles.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Smokes, but very infrequently and only when overwhelmed.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Has all kinds of strange odds and ends cluttering their tiny apartment, including newspaper clippings and weather predicting instruments.
* CoolCar / TheAllegedCar: A bit of both, as they are an early adopter of the automobile. Their machine is cutting edge when they get it, which means it needs to be started with a crank and it frequently breaks down.
* CountryMouse: Grew up in a small rural town. Hasn't been back in years.
* CultureEqualsCostume: They opt to wear traditional clothing when they go overseas, rather than having to choose between a binary of gendered Western clothing. This earns them scorn and ridicule... until their plane wins the Great Race.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: Their first airplane flew only 11 seconds and quickly drifted off course. When it crashed, it paralyzed their sister and is implied to have killed on of her friends.]]
* DoesntLikeGuns: Thinks putting them on airplanes is a waste, and did not take Yachi's revolver well.
* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: But only of recent scientific discoveries. At the start of the story, they are painfully ignorant about history, politics, and world cultures.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Asuka goes from a 'safe' jaw-length haircut to a swept inverted bob as they begin to experiment with their gender presentation. When the war ends, they start growing it back out as a return to normalcy.
* {{Expy}}: Began as essentially a non-binary version of Jiro Horikoshi's protrayal in Anime/TheWindRises before their character diverged.
* GoodWithNumbers: Prerequisite for their job.
* HomemadeInventions: Their first plane was built out of a bicycle and a moped engine.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Pretty much whenever a new plane gets completed.
* LimitedWardrobe: Akitsukuni's nonbinary gender role and their dysphoria leaves them with fairly limited wardrobe options. This becomes a problem when going places where Western clothing is expected.
* NerdGlasses
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed. Asuka has an excellent understanding of all parts of aircraft design, but they are still only an engineer and specialists on their team often know more in their field. Everything else Asuka knows is only as a hobbyist.
* SignificantSketchbook: Asuka notices the bar patrons in Albia start taking them much more seriously when they start sketching, bypassing the LanguageBarrier.
* SucksAtDancing: They are so bad at first it causes a minor disaster. They do learn, though.
* {{Transgender}}: Assigned male at birth but now identifies as non-binary. Asuka also takes cross-sex hormones, and many scenes show them navigating their dysphoria.
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[[folder: Aircraft Design Company Quest Characters]]
!!Matsura Asuka
The main character of ADCQ, Asuka is an aircraft engineer working for Ohara Airworks.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Asuka is written as borderline autistic, with sensory processing issues, social anxiety, special interests like trains and aircraft, and hints at stimming behavior.
* AmbiguousGender: Asuka is noted to take this very seriously.
* ArtistDisillusionment: Starts to get this way as more and more people die flying their warplanes.
* BadassAdorable: Though small, cute, fairly meek, mild-mannered, and in no way a fighter physically, when Asuka has an strong enough opinion on something, they don't yield. They also build their own planes, and used to ride motorcycles.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Smokes, but very infrequently and only when overwhelmed.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Has all kinds of strange odds and ends cluttering their tiny apartment, including newspaper clippings and weather predicting instruments.
* CoolCar / TheAllegedCar: A bit of both, as they are an early adopter of the automobile. Their machine is cutting edge when they get it, which means it needs to be started with a crank and it frequently breaks down.
* CountryMouse: Grew up in a small rural town. Hasn't been back in years.
* CultureEqualsCostume: They opt to wear traditional clothing when they go overseas, rather than having to choose between a binary of gendered Western clothing. This earns them scorn and ridicule... until their plane wins the Great Race.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: Their first airplane flew only 11 seconds and quickly drifted off course. When it crashed, it paralyzed their sister and is implied to have killed on of her friends.]]
* DoesntLikeGuns: Thinks putting them on airplanes is a waste, and did not take Yachi's revolver well.
* EncyclopaedicKnowledge: But only of recent scientific discoveries. At the start of the story, they are painfully ignorant about history, politics, and world cultures.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Asuka goes from a 'safe' jaw-length haircut to a swept inverted bob as they begin to experiment with their gender presentation. When the war ends, they start growing it back out as a return to normalcy.
* {{Expy}}: Began as essentially a non-binary version of Jiro Horikoshi's protrayal in Anime/TheWindRises before their character diverged.
* GoodWithNumbers: Prerequisite for their job.
* HomemadeInventions: Their first plane was built out of a bicycle and a moped engine.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Pretty much whenever a new plane gets completed.
* LimitedWardrobe: Akitsukuni's nonbinary gender role and their dysphoria leaves them with fairly limited wardrobe options. This becomes a problem when going places where Western clothing is expected.
* NerdGlasses
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed. Asuka has an excellent understanding of all parts of aircraft design, but they are still only an engineer and specialists on their team often know more in their field. Everything else Asuka knows is only as a hobbyist.
* SignificantSketchbook: Asuka notices the bar patrons in Albia start taking them much more seriously when they start sketching, bypassing the LanguageBarrier.
* SucksAtDancing: They are so bad at first it causes a minor disaster. They do learn, though.
* {{Transgender}}: Assigned male at birth but now identifies as non-binary. Asuka also takes cross-sex hormones, and many scenes show them navigating their dysphoria.
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