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- "You are an important person in this match! Your ambitions are higher than the Ural Mountains and your wisdom deeper than Lake Baikal. So please pull back! Even when I'm gone, you'll definitely win."
- ―Nonna
- "Nonna trusts me completely! If I say that snow is black, she wouldn't dare call it white! Right?" "
- ―Katyusha
Nonna (ノンナ, Нонна), also known as "Blizzard" , is one of the supporting characters of Girls und Panzer.
Profile
Nonna is a student at Pravda Girls' High School, and serves as Katyusha's executive officer. On many occasions, she also takes care of Katyusha, and lets her ride on her shoulders so the former can make up for her diminutive stature.
In Sensha-do, Nonna serves as a tank commander and gunner of one of the most powerful Soviet WWII tanks, the IS-2.
Appearance
Nonna is a tall, beautiful, girm and elegant girl with straight upper-back length dark-brown hair that has a small strand in the middle, light blue eyes and notably large breasts for her age. She causually wears the Pravda Sensha-do uniform, along with black knee socks.
Personality
Nonna is well known for her calm and gentle but cold personality and for her loyalty and specific relationship to Katyusha; Nonna is Katyusha's closest co-worker, and she does everything Katyusha asks of her, because she recognise Katyusha as a special person, usually without hesitation or protest, most notoriously giving her a piggyback ride to compensate for Katyusha's small height. Despite this, she is not above making fun of her on occasions, same as Katyusha often make fun of Nonna, it is fairly clear that only Nonna could get away with such behavior without inviting Katyusha's wrath, as their relationship is very close, very similar to that of a mother and daughter, despite the fact that Katyusha is except for certain specific situations ultimately in charge. Aside from Katyusha, Nonna's only known friendship is with Klara, a transfer student from a Russian school to whom she generally speaks in her mother-language —often annoying Katyusha, who cannot speak Russian.
Nonna is a crack shot
In the official spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, she's also shown to be very protective of Katyusha and literally acts like Katyusha's mother, confirming herself to be Katyusha's parent when others mistook her so, much to Katyusha's frustration (Darjeeling later imitated this behaviour towards Orange Pekoe). Together with Nishizumi Maho she's also the only one in the series who Katyusha actually fears and have respect to. When she thinks Nonna is angry, as Katyusha literally begged for forgiveness when she accidentally poked Nonna's eyes while having a piggyback ride, after finding out Nonna was keeping some sort of "Katyusha Diary" (though based on the series itself, it's most likely just a log of Katyusha's cute, baby-like moments).
"Katyusha Diary" is good example of practical manifestations of Nonna's emotions to Katyusha. Writing of "Katyusha Diary" is Nonna's favourite activity. She spend much time and effort to take materials for it. It is found she is willing to get Katyusha in to unpleasant situations to secretly take some photos of her in some "cute" situations. She often secretly take photos of Katyusha. Since Klara's father have big position in Russian state bureaucracy, Nonna take from her photos of Katyusha as a baby with Klara's father get from information office.
The reason why Nonna carries Katyusha piggyback is shown in the Saga of Pravda manga: when Katyusha (not yet a commander) failed to get her strategy proposal brought to the teammates, because the staff thought of her as a little girl, Nonna lifted Katyusha onto her shoulders, saying, "By this way, no one will think of you as little girl anymore."
Her composure is absolute that she is never seen to raise her voice or lose her temper; everything she does is with the same measured grace and calculated resolve.
Background
During the match against Ooarai Girls Academy Nonna fought alongside Katyusha, helping her to trap Ooarai's tanks in a dilapidated church; she then stood by Katyusha's side during the three hour truce. When the battle restarted, she was the one who stopped the Turtle Team's tank with a well-aimed shot, after it wreaked havoc on Pravda's vanguard. Nonna then switched, on Katyusha's instructions, into the school's IS-2 and began taking down the fleeing enemy, aiming for Ooarai's flag tank. Proving her skills as a sniper, she managed to take out both Rabbit Team and Mallard Team, but, despite her efforts, Ooarai's flag tank (Duck Team) miraculously survived her shot, while at the same time, Pravda's flag tank had been hit and defeated by Hippo Team.
She later reappeared in the finals, together with Katyusha, to observe the match.
In the manga Pravda Senki. Nonna on first time recognise Katyusha as a rival, because she had better results in apply exams for High school. Nonna's first face to face met with Katyusha occured when she found Katyusha beaten down near the gym storage room. Their friendship began after Nonna helped Katyusha recover in the infirmary room. After 1st graders under Katyusha's leadership unexpectedly won the match against 3rd graders , Nonna recognise uniqueness of Katyusha.
Beginning of a new friendship
Etymology
- Nonna (ノンナ, Нонна) is a casual name in Russia, but it has a latin origin, and it means grandma, which sort of resembles the maternal relation she has with Katyusha.
- The name Nonna was taken from the Russian SPG called the 2S9 NONA, fitting her role as sharpshooter.
Trivia
- Nonna's favorite flower is the sunflower, and her favorite tank is the Soviet SU-100 tank destroyer.
- Nonna is the first non-Ooarai character, and sixth character overall, to receive an official voice pack mod for Wargaming's World of Tanks.
- At 5' 9" (176 cm), Nonna is the tallest high school student in the series.
- In Girls und Panzer: der Film, Nonna scored the first kill for the Ooarai Compound Team.
- In the IS-2's last stand, Nonna rams one of the enemy M26 Pershings and stays within its blind spot - similar to Rabbit Team's maneuver against her in their exhibition match.
- In Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu, Nonna keeps a diary of her relationship and interactions with her commanding officer.
- Nonna's seiyuu, Sumire Uesaka, is a self-proclaimed Russophile, and speaks fluent Russian.
- Nonna's seiyuu Sumire Uesaka also voices the following characters:
- Aoi Hiyoshi/Piyotan, gunner and loader of Ooarai's Type 3 Chi-Nu (Anteater Team).
Gallery
- Main article: Nonna/Gallery
| Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |