Asaka Haida

"I will be stronger without their panzers and self-righteous superiority complex."

- Asaka Haida about Kuromorimine "Auf Wiedersehen!"

- Asaka Haida, almost every time before she shoot her gun. Asaka Haida is the gunner of Verena von Vetsera's Panther F in Steyr Sensha-Do Team and the implied next in line to be the future Overall Commander. She is the main character of Viribus Unitis: Saga of Girls Academy of Fine Arts Steyr

Profile & Background
"The Ashen Shark of that certain school, there's no one better to man this cat. I don't care about the nasty things."

- Verena von Vetsera, assigning Asaka as a Panther-gunner

Asaka is a second year recently-transferred student of Girls Academy of Fine Arts Steyr. In Sensha-Do team, she is the gunner of the team's [https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/germany/panther-ausf-f.php Panther Ausf. F]. Before being assigned as the gunner of the Panther, she briefly commanded the team's Panzer 35(t). Even before that, she was a gunner of Kuromorimine Girls Academy's Panzer III,

Before transferred to Steyr she was one of the best gunners of Kuromorimine Girls Academy. That was, until her Panzer III slid-off to a deluged river during the finals 62nd Nationals. She almost lost her life in this incident, but was saved by Miho Nishizumi who left Kuromorimine's flag tank to rescue her at the loss of her tank, costing them the tournament and breaking Kuromorimine's victory streak. The incident, however, caused her to have a minor PTSD. Since the accident, she is having a recurring nightmare about the incident and trembling hands. Bullied and harassed, she transferred to Steyr shortly after the incident.

Appearance
"Curious, I did saw you in dreams too, a beautiful young lady, with golden hair and large grey eyes."

- Verena von Vetsera

She is a cute girl with relatively tall height pale skin, short dirty blonde hair and a pair of ashen grey eyes. When in school, she wears her school uniform with long socks and slightly loose bowtie. During Senshado activity, she wears her uniform with a field grey field cap with a pair of goggles resting across. The field cap and goggles is a gift from Koume Akaboshi. Unlike most of others student, she doesn't care about look at all.

Haunted by her recurring nightmare, she disregards her biological clock completely, causing her to have a pair of perpetually lazy and tired eyes that some might think as 'cool eyes'. She cut her own hair and almost never combed it, causing her hair to be ever-awry. Her tired eyes and messy hair make her to have a delinquent look to her.

Personality
"Falling asleep during a review meeting, coming late to almost every occasion, yet having the best record in our team."

- Diana Dreskovich about Asaka

She is a silent and brooding girl with snarky and sarcastic twist. She loves to tease other students with sarcastic remarks She also lacks military bearing, and talk back to her superior, especially Diana Dreskovich, much to her annoyance. Although the two would later warmed up to each other.

Asaka is a girl of action, as she gave example to her bickering teammate that action speaks louder by charging towards a far heavier tank and knocked it out with far lighter tank.

At her worst, she has "anti-hero" personalities. Once, she watched her teammates fought with each other without giving a single thought to break the fight up on account that it was a regular occurrence anyway. She is also haunted by self-doubt and reluctance, thinking herself is not good enough for the job often. She blamed the entirety of Kuromorimine Girls Academy for letting her, her crew and Miho Nishizumi to be bullied and harassed after her incident. She has not forgiven them ever since. She also supports Verena's decision to use Svetlana's provocation as a propaganda tool without even regarding how Svetlana would feel.

According to herself, before the incident, she is a cheerful person that would "jump in excitement more often than not". Her cheerful personality resurfaced once when Verena told her about a plan, she laughed and pinched Verena's cheeks while praising her.

Trivia

 * Her favorite drink is black coffee, same as Verena.
 * Her favorite food is instant food.
 * Her favorite tank is the German Tiger II.
 * Her favorite flower is Heather.
 * Her favorite music is alternative metal and Metalcore.
 * She has a habit to saying goodbye ("Auf Wiedersehen") right before shooting. It is also a signal for her crewmate, indicating that she is about to shoot.
 * Much to her frustration, she is nicknamed A-Chan by Verena. Later, her entire crewmate does the same, frustrating her even more.
 * Her surname, Haida (灰田) means Ash Field or Grey Field, an allusion to the iconic color of the Wehrmacht, Feldgrau.
 * Asaka is nicknamed the Ashen Shark, a play on her name. 灰 (Hai) means ash in japanese, and Hai means shark in German. She regards her nickname as too cheesy.
 * Asaka's birthday is September 12th, the same date in 1683 as the Battle of Vienna