Anchovy / Chiyomi Anzai

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Real name: Anzai Chiyomi Romaji name: Anchobi Height:156cm Hometown: Toyota, Aichi Prefecture Date of birth: September 23rd Blood type: B Affiliation(s): Anzio Girls High School Team: Anzio Girls High School team Role(s): Overall commander, Tank commander Tank(s): Carro Armato P40, Carro Veloce CV.33

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Anchovy is a student from Anzio Girls High School, and is the overall commander of her school's Sensha-Dō team; she operates an Italian Carro Armato P40 and the Carro Veloce CV.33. In the anime she made only two brief non-speaking appearances in Episode 7, the first time as a mental image when brought up by Yuzu Koyama and the second time after the match against Ooarai Girls Academy is over, showing her collapsing in defeat on her tank to represent Ooarai's victory as the match is not depicted in any episode. She had a more prominent role in the manga, appearing in Chapters 7 to 9. While initially she gave quite a negative impression, after the match, she was shown in a somewhat better light, desiring victory for her team rather than for herself. Anchovy appeared prominently in the OVA, depicted in a somewhat different way; while she is still hot-blooded, determined and a little bit too self-confident, she is not rude towards her opponents and especially towards Miho Nishizumi, on the contrary, she proved polite and courteous, to the point of throwing parties before and after matches declaring it to be Anzio's way of living sensha-Dō

Appearance

Anchovy is a girl with long pale green hair tied into twin ponytails and red-brown eyes. She uses contact lens. During matches she wears a uniform combining elements of the one of the Italian Fascist militia (Mvs.N, Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale), of the one usually worn by Benito Mussolini and the one of the Arditi WWI corps. She notably carries a crop, expressing anger when Pepperoni used it to kill a fly, as seen on the spin-off manga Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!. During regular school time and sensha-Dō club meetings, she dresses in the Anzio student uniform, a white long sleeve T-shirt, a black pleated skirt, white tights, classic black shoes, black tie and additionally a black mantle, which is her unique characteristic. During class, wears glasses and goes without ponytails to disguise herself among other Anzio students to the point of passing unrecognizable, even by her Vice-Commanders. Anchovy revealed how she disguises herself to pepperoni, so it's not an effective disguise anymore. As for her body, she has a rather petite physique, small and soft breasts and an average soft ass

Personality

In the manga, Anchovy is known for being hot-blooded (proven by her angry and loud reaction to defeat), arrogant, self-assured and very demanding; she strongly believes that the only thing that matters in Sensha-Dō is victory, and thus is very scornful to anyone who allegedly 'ran away' from battle. However, despite this, she does care about her subordinates and comrades; in fact, when Miho Nishizumi told her that her comrades are more important than victory, she countered that, if she cares that much, she should understand that the leader's duty is to bring her team victory, in her opinion. Also, as proved by her apology to Carpaccio, she views the loss as her own personal failure as the commander, instead of blaming her team. In the OVA, her personality is rather different; while keeping her determination and a bit of her arrogance (bluntly stating to Miho that no matter if she was a Nishizumi, Anzio would win), she is not at all rude, wishing for a fair fight and gracefully admitting to her defeat in the end. In battle, she has proven to be a capable tactician, although when her plan failed (due to her subordinates' mistakes) she reacted rather impulsively and in the end, in the attempt of knocking out the opponent's flag tank, she walked blindly into a trap. Anchovy is also quite exasperated by her team's lack of focus and love of food, remarking to herself that she might have to work on that, despite her sharing this view to a point (remarking that it was their way of living Sensha-Dō)

Trivia

Her nickname comes from the small salt-water forage fish of the same name found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Her favorite flower is the Daisy and her favorite tank is the Italian Carro Armato P40. She was the only sensha-dō commander previously encountered by Miho not present before the latter's match against Kuromorimine Girls Academy to encourage her, although she later sent a gift (canned anchovies on sale, arguably the only thing her school could afford) to Ooarai's victory party. In the Anzio OVA it was revealed that Anchovy was indeed there, but because of Anzio arriving too early, they threw an impromptu party that made them all sleep right through the next day. In Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu!, it is revealed that she is susceptible to peer pressure, which is common in the upbeat, enthusiastic atmosphere of Anzio Girls High School. Anchovy doesn't like carrots but she ate them when she was encouraged to it. Ironically, she can't swim well in spite of her nickname coming from a type of fish. In the movie, it is speculated that her huge ponytails are not real, although Anchovy denies this accusation. Anchovy's hair looks like pasta. Her Favorite Food is Cheese Pizza. Anchovy's birthday is the September 23rd, the same date in 1943 as the foundation of the Italian Social Republic after the Kingdom of Italy signed the Armistice of Cassibile on September 3, 1943. In Chapter 14 of Girls und Panzer: Ribbon Warrior it has been revealed that Anchovy came to Anzio Girls High School and revived the school's Sensha-dō club under her leadership. She has a younger brother