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"My name is Éclair, and I am the commander of Maginot Girls' College."
―Éclair introducing herself before the mock battle with Ooarai
"CHARGE!!!"
―Éclair during her last stand

Éclair (エクレア, Ekurea) is the overall commander of Maginot Girls' College's Sensha-dō team and one of the main characters of the manga Fierce Fight! It's the Maginot Battle!.

Profile[]

Éclair is a second-year student from Maginot Girls' College. She is the actual overall commander of her school's Sensha-dō Team and she operates a French SOMUA S35.

Appearance[]

Éclair is a medium-sized girl with long dark hair with blue highlights and a pair of light blue eyes. She is usually seen wearing the Maginot Girls College uniform. During battle, she wears the school's sensha-dō uniform.

Personality[]

Before taking over as the head of Maginot's Sensha-dō Team, Éclair was a rather impulsive girl who seemed to be obsessed with victory. Tired of losing, she goes as far as verbally confronting her commander and provoking her to a duel. After winning that duel and taking over the role of commander, she faces humiliation when confronted by the realization that the role of commander is a real burden to carry. This becomes particularly acute when the 3rd year students refuse to take orders from a 2nd year student, making Éclair cry in frustration and disappointment. It's shown that Éclair is a dedicated, hard-working commander, watching replays of her defeats over and over again in order to recognize the faults of her tactics.

Though an overall competent and charismatic commander, her inexperience is shown by her falling into Anzio's trap during their match, resulting in her defeat ( despite Maginot having an advantage in tanks ).

Background[]

Éclair enlisted in sensha-dō due to her admiration of Shiho Nishizumi (at time she practiced sensha-dō and even after) and her desire to be like her. Unfortunately for Éclair, sensha-dō is different from what she expected due to Maginot's exclusively defensive tactics that disallow tanks to move on to the front-line. Tired of this, she began to question her commander's tactics and skills. Four months before the 63ʳᵈ National High School Sensha-dō Tournament Éclair confronted her commander, Madeleine, accusing her of using archaic tactics that are responsible for Maginot's consecutive losses. She suggests adopting more mobile tactics and, eventually, unable to prevail against Madeleine's will to protect traditions, provokes Madeleine to a duel for the head of the school. She manages, with difficulty, to win, and after the match Madeleine gives her Spade Blue collar patches and the title of "Commander of Maginot Girls' College," saying that she will carry the responsibility for Maginot's traditions.

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Éclair become Maginot's new Commander.

After becoming commander Éclair tries to impose her new strategy, a strategy favoring mobility inspired by Napoleon's cavalry tactics called the "Saint-Cyr Style", but she learns quickly the harsh realities of being a commander. She's always in conflict with other students; the 3rd years ignore her commands, and the 2nd and 1st years don't do as they're told since they're self-conscious of being watching by their senpais. After a training where she is constantly downplayed by 3rd years, a member of the sensha-dō team named Fondue proposes herself as the vice-commander. Éclair, at first irritated by Fondue's behavior and familiarity, eventually accepts her offer. After Fondue's alliance, the 3rd years become openly hostile towards her. Éclair then learns from her senpai that earning the title of commander doesn't give her the respect of Madeleine's followers. That is the beginning of Éclair's chronic stomachache.

After the conflict with 3rd years passes, Éclair, in her office, is visited by Madeleine, who announces her withdrawal from the sensha-dō team. Éclair is horrified, as she fears that the only reason she is able to maintain her command is because of Madeleine's presence. After Madeleine's departure, Éclair's fears are proven justified when the sensha-dō team loses 51 team members out of 80. Despite this setback, however, Éclair still believes in her tactics.

Four months later, Maginot has suffered regular defeats in various training matches (the last against Saunders) when Fondue presents Éclair with a request for a training match from Ooarai. Éclair gladly accepts, hoping to prove the efficacy of her "Saint-Cyr Style". After gathering intel on Ooarai's team from their previous match against St.Gloriana, she learns that the team is lead by Miho Nishizumi, which makes her more eager to fight Ooarai and defeat the Nishizumi style (as she's a fan of Shiho Nishizumi).

After several training sessions Éclair begins to realize that her new style has its limits, as their tanks aren't suitable for mobile warfare due to the limited number of crew members per tank (FT-17 and R35 have only 2 crew members and the commander have to do 4 different tasks).

During the match against Ooarai, Éclair entrenches four of her tanks to give the illusion that Maginot has not changed their tactics, while putting a R39 in ambush. After Ooarai realizes Maginot's tactics and foils their plans, Éclair suffers a violent stomachache and nearly faints. Collecting herself, she makes a speech to her remaining tank-crews that reunites all her teammates under her guidance. This allows them to take out some of the Ooarai tanks, but in the end Éclair's tank is shot down by Miho's Panzer IV in a valiant charge and the rest of the team is taken out by the M3 Lee.

After the match Éclair congratulates Miho on her teamwork, kissing her three times in appreciation. Despite that good sportsmanship, however, once she leaves for the training grounds she reveals to Fondue that she's still frustrated about losing.

We can assume that Éclair once again uses her "Saint-Cyr Style" strategy during the match against Anzio High School that ends in a defeat (once again !).

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Éclair during her match against Kuromorimine

She is seen participating in the Tankathlon Cauldron Tournament in the name of Maginot. During the eighth match of the first round she fights Viggen High School in an annihilation match. Unaware of the Yojimbo rule, she fought all the Viggen tanks alone, smashing them in her FT-17, finally proving the efficacy of her "Saint-Cyr Style". She gets her usual stomachache after learning afterwards that she could have had backup.

Éclair also participates in the Winter Continuous Track Cup, where Maginot loses their first round match to Kuromorimine.

Trivia[]

  • Her name is taken from the "éclair", a French pastry.
  • Éclair can also be the French word for lightning, highlighting her preference for a fast and mobile style, rather than a slow defensive one.
  • Her stomachaches may be a reference to Napoleon's peptic ulcer and fatal stomach cancer.
  • She like to read books, and is pleasured when she see book classified on shelf.

Gallery[]

Main article: Éclair/Gallery
Characters
Ooarai Girls High School Anglerfish Team Miho NishizumiSaori TakebeHana IsuzuYukari AkiyamaMako Reizei
Duck Team Noriko IsobeTaeko KondouShinobu KawanishiAkebi Sasaki
Hippo Team ErwinCaesarSaemonzaOryou
Rabbit Team Azusa SawaAya OonoAyumi YamagouYuuki UtsugiKarina SakaguchiSaki Maruyama
Turtle Team Anzu KadotaniMomo KawashimaYuzu Koyama
Mallard Team Midoriko SonoMoyoko GotouNozomi Konparu
Leopon Team Reira NakajimaKeiko HoshinoMaria SuzukiTsuchiya
Anteater Team NekotaMomogaPiyotan
Shark Team OginMurakamiCutlassFlintRum
Miscellanous Taiga OuSadokaMazoe
St. Gloriana Girls High School DarjeelingOrange PekoeAssamRosehipRukuririNilgiri ♦ Vanilla ♦ Cranberry ♦ Earl Grey
Saunders Girls High School KayAlisaNaomiHelmet-Chan
Anzio Girls High School AnchovyCarpaccioPepperoniAmaretto ♦ Gelato ♦ Panettone
Pravda Girls High School KatyushaNonnaKlaraNinaAlinaEkaterinaOlgaPolina ♦ Natalia ♦ Lisa ♦ Mo ♦ Zemlya ♦ Neba
Kuromorimine Girls High School Maho NishizumiErika ItsumiKoume Akaboshi ♦ Leila Rou ♦ Emi KojimaGeshikoSangouMaukoSheskaManami HimuroRuna Onizuka ♦ Kirishima
Chi-Ha-Tan Academy Kinuyo NishiHaru FukudaTamaki TamadaShizuko HosomiSetsuko NaguraNoriyo HamadaTomiko TeramotoEmi IkedaRin KubotaYasuko NishiharaChiyoko UenishiTatsu HasegawaHanako Hirai
Jatkosota High School MikaAkiMikko ♦ Touko ♦ Lili
BC Freedom High School Ribbon Warrior AsparagusMouleBordeaux
Das Finale MarieAndouOshida ♦ Sofue ♦ Isabe
Blue Division High School ElTristanaViridiana ♦ Andalusia
Koala Forest High School WallabyPlatypus
Bonple High School Ribbon Warrior JajkaUszka ♦ Pierogi
Das Finale Maiko
Maginot Girls College Éclair ♦ Fondue ♦ Galette ♦ Madeleine ♦ Colombier
Count High School Noemi KohiyamaAnna MasukuraNachigami SistersMarina ConstantinescuMizuki Ikarashi
Tatenashi Girls High School Shizuka TsurukiRin Matsukaze ♦ Haruka Endou
Tategoto High School Aung
Maple High School Trout ♦ Amber ♦ Oleo
Kebab High School Bosphorus
Bellwall Academy Tiger I Crew Emi NakasugaHitomi YuzumotoKitaTakamiNagisa Shiratori
Jagdpanther Crew Neko Yamamori ♦ Yano ♦ Koharu Sakai ♦ Kanbara ♦ Hirono
Elefant Crew Chifuyu Doi ♦ Terauchi ♦ Wakasugi ♦ Kunihiro ♦ Nogata ♦ Enami
T-44 Crew Youko Minami ♦ Saionji ♦ Azuma ♦ Hokuto
Panzer II Crew Kashiwaba Sisters
West Kureouji Grona Academy Kiri Shiratori
All-Stars University Team Alice ShimadaAzumiMegumiRumi
Japan Sensha-dō Federation Ami ChōnoShiho NishizumiRenta TsujiChiyo ShimadaShichiro KodamaKikuyo IdegamiKanon SasagawaHibiki InatomiRemi Takashima
Non-Affiliated Yoshiko AkiyamaJungorou AkiyamaHisako ReizeiShinzaburoYuri IsuzuChihiro YusaBoko
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