Martina Crespi (マルチナ・クレスピ) is a Witch of the 504th Joint Fighter Wing, originating from Romagna and attached with Romagna's Elite Corps "Pantaloni Rossi". She is sometimes referred to by the nickname of "Tina".
Background[]
The daughter of a wealthy family from southern Romagna, Martina was originally forced to study etiquette and manners, despite her refusal, and was pressured by her parents to become a proper 'lady'. When she was young, she was very skilled in classical ballet and fútbol (soccer); combining the two sports to gain good results and surprised those around her. Later, she was sent to a military academy when her father was commissioned to list her, despite Martina repelling and daring to enlist in a general school. She later graduated from the military academy for Witches in Romagna.
Martina, together with her best friends Luciana Mazzei and Fernandia Malvezzi from the academy, flew many missions as ground attack Witches, even recording a destroyed heavy land Neuroi to their name. In recognition of the team's fame and overwhelmingly positive evaluations, all three were given the honor of being admitted into the Pantaloni Rossi (Red Pants), an elite unit independent of the other corps of the army. She initially moved from the 97th Squadron of the 9th Air Group to the 4th Air Wing, then to the Red Pants, and later joined the 504th Joint Fighter Wing.
In 1945, Martina was in Venezia along with her partners, Flying Officer Malvezzi and Pilot Officer Mazzei. They met Charlotte E. Yeager and Francesca Lucchini. After a gondola race between Shirley and Luciana, a new type of Neuroi appears. The five girls, fighting in co-operation, succeed in eliminating the Neuroi, and defended the city and its citizens from harm.
Personality[]
She is a bright and sociable girl, but far too perky for a lady from a prominent family, which causes no end of headaches for her parents. To top it off, her speech and behavior are almost like that of a young boy. Martina loves eating. Her dream of the future is to do sport seriously and back home with her father.
She has a somewhat love-hate relationship with Fernandia, and is attached to Luciana.
Abilities[]
Because of training in classical ballet, she possesses a very flexible body and a keen sense of movement. Martina is capable of beautiful jumps and moves gracefully, resulting in talented acrobatic flight within the Witches corps. Her favored tactic consists of extremely close range dogfighting with the enemy Neuroi. There was even an unusual case in her record, in which she used her striker to "kick out" the core from a Neuroi. A downside of her tactics is that she can sometimes be too fixated on what's happening in front of her, and losing sight of the bigger picture. She specializes in hit-and-run tactics within her team.
Equipment[]
Martina uses a tuned Striker Unit in battle. Because of her skills in close combat, she is interested in the Zero, a Fusoan Striker Unit.
Appearances[]
Anime
- Season 02 Episode 01, "Into the Sky Once More". She appeared together with Fernandia Malvezzi, Luciana Mazzei, Angela Salas Larrazabal and Takei Junko at the beginning.
- Season 02 Episode 12, "Beyond The Skies To Eternity". She appeared together with Fernandia Malvezzi, Luciana Mazzei, Takei Junko, Nakajima Nishiki and Suwa Amaki at the end.
- Strike Witches: The Movie
Manga
Light Novels
Audio Media
- Himegoe CD 2 Voice Albums, Volume 4
Video Games
- Strike Witches 2: Heal, Cure and Squish
- World Witches United Front, card artwork only
Other
- 504th Twitter Story, Part 4
Trivia[]
- She is based on Italian pilot Giampiero Crespi. Giampiero, together with the archetypes of Fernandia Malvezzi and Luciana Mazzei, were responsible for the sinking of the British light cruiser HMS Southampton; this is most certainly the inspiration for their respective witches being close friends.
- She also learned modern ballet as a personal interest and learned beautiful body movements, elegant steps, beautiful jumps and rotations.
- She seems to be more interested in soccer than ballet, and when she showed off a splendid ball juggling utilizing the ballet's steps, the other team was so surprised that they moving and she scored a goal in the meantime.
- Cooking is impossible, she specializes in eating.
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