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- "'Cool'... Is that important in senshado? The most important lessons in life are all condensed into senshado. But most people don't realize that."
- ―Mika
Mika (ミカ, Mika) is one of the supporting characters of Girls und Panzer der Film. She is the commander of Continuation High School's senshado team.
Profile[]
Mika is the overall commander of the Continuation High School senshado team. She operates a Finnish BT-42. She was the school's top ace before taking command of the senshado team.
Appearance[]
Mika is a girl of average height with brown hair and light brown eyes. She wears a Finnish väinämöinen hat and carries a kantele with her at all times.
Personality[]
She is a calm and refined lady who often recites cryptic proverbs, similar to Darjeeling, but unlike her St. Gloriana counterpart, she does not explain them. Mika has a carefree spirit and seems very independent.
In addition to her cryptic mannerisms, Mika is noted to have a habit of stealing things, or “borrowing” as she prefers to describe it. Examples of this include failing to return a KV-1 lent to Continuation by Pravda, taking rations from the All-Stars University Team stores after her tank was disabled during the match, and secretly eating the bulk of the food in the middle of the night while they were stuck on a deserted island. She also does not appear to have much of a work ethic, leaving Mikko and Aki to handle most of the gathering and cooking of food rather than helping them.
Background[]
Mika is mentioned in OVA 6 during the greetings from other schools sent to celebrate Oarai's victory in the 63ʳᵈ National High School Sensha-dō Tournament.
She appears with Aki observing the exhibition match of Oarai/Chihatan vs. Pravda/St. Gloriana, though Continuation has elected not to participate, to Aki's dismay.
She joins the Oarai Compound Team against the All-Stars University Team. Along with Aki and Mikko in their BT-42, she helps the Hetzer, CV.33 & Type 89B in taking out the Karl-Gerät 040 by distracting and disposing of its escort of three M26 Pershings. She is later seen aboard Continuation's landing craft, along with Aki and Mikko, but departs before the end of match.
In Das Finale, she is seen enjoying a sauna with Aki and Mikko. When Aki suggests they participate in the 41st Winter Continuous Track Cup, she declines to do so, saying, "Winter is a time when everything must slumber. It is not the time for fighting," and agreeing that while it would be fun to see their senshado friends, "solitude is just as important." However, true to form, she apparently changes her mind and is later seen leading Continuation to victory against Yogurt Academy and Saunders University High School.
Quotes[]
- "It is true that we must treasure the company of others, but solitude is just as important."
Trivia[]
- Her kleptomania may be a reference to Finland's extensive use of captured enemy arms and equipment.
- She can't seem to stand being without her hat for a long time, something that Aki and Mikko are more than happy to use to antagonize her.
- She is almost always seen carrying or playing a kantele (a Finnish string instrument) and often plays the Säkkijärven Polkka on it.
- Mizushima tweeted that her kantele music acts as an "active sonar" for her crew-members that didn't reach the tank's visors. It is unknown if said tweet was canon info or tongue-in-cheek.
- There is a running joke/fan theory that she is related to the Shimada family (ie. being Alice's older sister). While this theory is non-canonical, there are several notable similarities.
- Both Mika and Alice's appearances and personalities are similar.
- Display great prowess in Sensha-dō, with their combat style being close combat brawls.
- Extremely aloof in general.
- Several official arts depict Mika and Alice being next to each other, much like the Nishizumi sisters are often drawn together.
- Mika's sayings almost always refer to the wind, unlike Darjeeling's, which come from a variety of sources.
- In Phase: Erika, it is said that Mika respects Miho because Miho is "favoured by the wind". This statement came from the fact that wind direction was changing when Miho arrived to save her sister from Continuation's encirclement in a Continuation-Kuromorimine friendly match.
- She also uses "the wind" to confuse Aki and Mikko when confronting her about her theft by saying that the "wind took it".
- Like her teammates from Continuation, she may have been inspired by one of The Moomins original Finnish Muumit characters, with Mika being Snufkin.
- Mika's birthday is November 30, the same date as the beginning of the Winter War in 1939.
- In Dream Tank Match, it is noted by both Aki and Mikko that Mika and Darjeeling are very similar in their pattern of speech.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Mika/Gallery
Characters | ||
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Ooarai Girls High School | Anglerfish Team | Miho Nishizumi ♦ Saori Takebe ♦ Hana Isuzu ♦ Yukari Akiyama ♦ Mako Reizei |
Duck Team | Noriko Isobe ♦ Taeko Kondou ♦ Shinobu Kawanishi ♦ Akebi Sasaki | |
Hippo Team | Erwin ♦ Caesar ♦ Saemonza ♦ Oryou | |
Rabbit Team | Azusa Sawa ♦ Aya Oono ♦ Ayumi Yamagou ♦ Yuuki Utsugi ♦ Karina Sakaguchi ♦ Saki Maruyama | |
Turtle Team | Anzu Kadotani ♦ Momo Kawashima ♦ Yuzu Koyama | |
Mallard Team | Midoriko Sono ♦ Moyoko Gotou ♦ Nozomi Konparu | |
Leopon Team | Reira Nakajima ♦ Keiko Hoshino ♦ Maria Suzuki ♦ Tsuchiya | |
Anteater Team | Nekota ♦ Momoga ♦ Piyotan | |
Shark Team | Ogin ♦ Murakami ♦ Cutlass ♦ Flint ♦ Rum | |
Miscellanous | Taiga Ou ♦ Sadoka ♦ Mazoe | |
St. Gloriana Girls High School | Darjeeling ♦ Orange Pekoe ♦ Assam ♦ Rosehip ♦ Rukuriri ♦ Nilgiri ♦ Vanilla ♦ Cranberry ♦ Earl Grey | |
Saunders Girls High School | Kay ♦ Alisa ♦ Naomi ♦ Helmet-Chan | |
Anzio Girls High School | Anchovy ♦ Carpaccio ♦ Pepperoni ♦ Amaretto ♦ Gelato ♦ Panettone | |
Pravda Girls High School | Katyusha ♦ Nonna ♦ Klara ♦ Nina ♦ Alina ♦ Ekaterina ♦ Olga ♦ Polina ♦ Natalia ♦ Lisa ♦ Mo ♦ Zemlya ♦ Neba | |
Kuromorimine Girls High School | Maho Nishizumi ♦ Erika Itsumi ♦ Koume Akaboshi ♦ Leila Rou ♦ Emi Kojima ♦ Geshiko ♦ Sangou ♦ Mauko ♦ Sheska ♦ Manami Himuro ♦ Runa Onizuka ♦ Kirishima | |
Chi-Ha-Tan Academy | Kinuyo Nishi ♦ Haru Fukuda ♦ Tamaki Tamada ♦ Shizuko Hosomi ♦ Setsuko Nagura ♦ Noriyo Hamada ♦ Tomiko Teramoto ♦ Emi Ikeda ♦ Rin Kubota ♦ Yasuko Nishihara ♦ Chiyoko Uenishi ♦ Tatsu Hasegawa ♦ Hanako Hirai | |
Jatkosota High School | Mika ♦ Aki ♦ Mikko ♦ Touko ♦ Lili | |
BC Freedom High School | Ribbon Warrior | Asparagus ♦ Moule ♦ Bordeaux |
Das Finale | Marie ♦ Andou ♦ Oshida ♦ Sofue ♦ Isabe | |
Blue Division High School | El ♦ Tristana ♦ Viridiana ♦ Andalusia | |
Koala Forest High School | Wallaby ♦ Platypus | |
Bonple High School | Ribbon Warrior | Jajka ♦ Uszka ♦ Pierogi |
Das Finale | Maiko | |
Maginot Girls College | Éclair ♦ Fondue ♦ Galette ♦ Madeleine ♦ Colombier | |
Count High School | Noemi Kohiyama ♦ Anna Masukura ♦ Nachigami Sisters ♦ Marina Constantinescu ♦ Mizuki Ikarashi | |
Tatenashi Girls High School | Shizuka Tsuruki ♦ Rin Matsukaze ♦ Haruka Endou | |
Tategoto High School | Aung | |
Maple High School | Trout ♦ Amber ♦ Oleo | |
Kebab High School | Bosphorus | |
Bellwall Academy | Tiger I Crew | Emi Nakasuga ♦ Hitomi Yuzumoto ♦ Kita ♦ Takami ♦ Nagisa 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 Shimada ♦ Azumi ♦ Megumi ♦ Rumi | |
Japan Sensha-dō Federation | Ami Chōno ♦ Shiho Nishizumi ♦ Renta Tsuji ♦ Chiyo Shimada ♦ Shichiro Kodama ♦ Kikuyo Idegami ♦ Kanon Sasagawa ♦ Hibiki Inatomi ♦ Remi Takashima | |
Non-Affiliated | Yoshiko Akiyama ♦ Jungorou Akiyama ♦ Hisako Reizei ♦ Shinzaburo ♦ Yuri Isuzu ♦ Chihiro Yusa ♦ Boko |