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- "Tanks 11 and 15: The Hetzer is right between you!"
- ―Panther Commander
- "Why is there a second Hetzer? That's all kinds of strange!"
- ―Panther Commander at the Christmas Party
The Panther Commander is an unnamed background character in the anime, but takes a more prominent role in the spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!.
Profile[]
The Panther Commander is a student from Kuromorimine Girls' Academy. As her title suggests, she commands one of the school's Panzer V Panther Tanks.
Appearance[]
The Panther Commander is a medium-sized girl with medium-length light brown hair and grey eyes. When not wearing the Kuromorimine school uniform, she is seen wearing theKuromorimine Sensha-dō jacket and hat with a burgundy-colored bandanna tied around her neck.
In the anime, she is shown to have an ahoge, but it is noticeably missing in the spinoff manga.
Personality[]
The Panther Commander is, like most of her fellow commanders, cool, collected, and efficient when following a plan. Unfortunately, she is terrible at dealing with unexpected events, issuing conflicting orders, and disregarding her original mission goals. She is prone to panicking under stress, exclaiming and kicking at her gunner's shoulder when she realized they had an enemy tank in her team's midst. (Though her stomping on her gunner's left shoulder may have been to lend emphasis to her order to turn left and engage the enemy.) She may also be a bit of a pessimist, as she believed that Maho had summoned them for a review meeting. However, she expressed unbridled joy when what she feared was a review meeting ended up being a genuine Christmas Party.
The Panther Commander expresses anger and fury whenever she is reminded of a Hetzer. Like several of her counterparts, she has been traumatized by her experience and seeks revenge against its crew.
Seems to be pretty good friends with the Jagdpanther, Maus, and Panzer III commanders as they can be seen exchanging friendship chocolates, and they all form a group to go looking for Erika together.
Looks up to Maho Nishizumi, stating that she was Japan's best when it came to Sensha-dō.
Background[]
Kuromorimine vs. Ooarai[]
In the match against Ooarai during the finals of the 63rd National High School Sensha-dō Tournament, the Panther Commander was part of Maho Nishizumi's main force. When the Ooarai team was forced to the top of a hill, she led the right flank against their position. However, during her assault Turtle Team initiated the "Teasy Tease" operation, first wrecking the tracks of the Jagdpanther, and then pulling up in the midst of the Panther Commander's formation, specifically between tanks 11 and 15.
The Panther Commander saw Turtle Team approaching from one of her cupola view-ports and drew her team's attention to the intruding Hetzer. She then immediately realized that they would be unable to engage the Hetzer due to the risk of friendly fire. Despite that realization, her orders were followed by Tank 17, a Jagdpanzer, who turned to engage the Hetzer —but in doing so neglected the threat posed by the original enemy, exposed her tank's flanks, and was eliminated by the Ooarai team.
She then spotted Hippo Team's Stug III advancing on them and radioed a warning to her team. Unfortunately for them, it was far too late to do anything to prevent the barrage that the Ooarai team unleashed. Her screams and cries of terror and confusion upon being bombarded were heard alongside those of her teammates. Panicking due to Ooarai's assymetric attack, they were routed down the hill, allowing Ooarai to breakthrough from that side.
To her credit, however, she did manage to form a secondary defensive line, but was far too late to prevent the Ooarai tanks from getting through. The smokescreen laid down by the Char B1 also prevented any effective pursuit. The Panther Commander then reported the situation to Erika Itsumi and Maho, which led to the former demanding, "What exactly are you guys doing?!"
As the Panther Commander's tank was not disabled during the rout, it can be assumed that she rejoined the main tank group that pursued Ooarai into the abandoned town. She then either pursued Duck Team, in their Type 89B, or supported Maho Nishizumi in chasing Anglerfish Team. Regardless, she is not seen or heard from again in the anime.
Maho Nishizumi's Christmas Party[]
In Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! the Panther Commander attended Maho Nishizumi's Christmas party. She was one of the first to arrive and came to the conclusion that the other commanders were gathered so that they would be "scolded about the blunders they committed during the Ooarai battle." Her hypothesis was accepted by the majority assembled, with the notable exception of Koume Akaboshi. Fearing the worst, the Panther Commander covered her face and started voicing her fear to the rest of the room. She then panicked even harder when she saw Erika Itsumi enter the room with a reindeer costume, fully believing that it was obviously a review meeting, and that their blunders had now just increased by one. However, upon realizing that Maho Nishizumi was genuinely hosting a Christmas Party, she was visibly relieved. She then participated in the ensuing festivities.
During the gift exchange at the party, she received a Hetzer, to which she voiced that it was, "All kinds of strange that there would be two!", as the Jagdpanther Commander already received one.
Valentines Day at Kuromorimine[]
During Valentine's Day, she was seen exchanging friendship chocolates with the rest of her teammates. A package arrived for the four of them and upon opening it, they realized that the box had been sent by the crew of Ooarai's Hetzer. The Panther Commander received a chocolate Hetzer and exasperatedly exclaimed that, "There were two of them, again!" as the Jagdpanther Commander also received a chocolate Hetzer.
Port Leave[]
The Panther Commander later attended a port leave alongside the rest of her comrades. During the search for Erika Itsumi, who ended up lost with Miho, she and the Maus Commander ran into the members of Duck Team, causing a confrontation between the two schools. In the ensuing chaos, she along with the Jagdpanther Commander demanded that the crew of the Hetzer team reveal themselves, intent on exacting revenge. Unbeknownst to the two of them, the Student Council began sneaking away behind their backs. The situation was defused when Erika and Miho returned.
Trivia[]
- Her favorite song is the Schwarzwaldspite(Kuromorimine) Girl's School Anthem. It is unknown if this is due to school patriotism, peer pressure (all her other teammates listed it as their favorites) or if she simply does not know any other songs.
- Contrary to popular belief, her situational awareness may actually be quite good. She was able to spot the Hetzer approaching from the corner of her eye, through a tank cupola view-port, despite the fact that they were under heavy enemy fire from the front. Given the low profile of the Hetzer, this is no small feat.
- She has a nasal and slightly high-pitched voice that makes it easy to identify her on the radio.
- Her fan name is Geshiko, ("Geshi-Geshi" meaning the japanese "kicking" onomatopoeia, and "-ko" meaning girl, hence "the kicking girl") based on the way she stomped on her gunner.
- She was previously known as Panther-chan.
- She is voiced by Yoshioka Maya, who also voices Anchovy.
- Sometimes mistaken for Erika Itsumi in the MLLSD. The two share similar hairstyles and the panels featuring her are always black and white, making differentiation challenging at times.
- Anime screentime: Episode 11: 09:38-09:45
- Last heard: 11:18, same episode.
- Of the four major Kuromorimine side commanders, she is so far the only one to not receive a name as of Das Finale 4.
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 |