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Hattori Shizuka (服部静夏) is a Witch from Fuso, attached with the Fuso Imperial Navy. She later joined the 501st Joint Fighter Wing after Mio retired as a witch.

Background[]

A 14-year-old officer cadet with a heart full of dreams and idealism. A student of Sakamoto Mio, she's a first-year at the Fuso Imperial Navy Military Academy. As she was born into a military family, she's had a sense of duty drilled into her from a young age. She lost her father early, and make great efforts to support her family by herself. She has good character, almost no combat experience, and sticks closely to rules and regulations. She harbors a naive admiration for Miyafuji Yoshika, and dreams of becoming a Witch like her someday.

She was able to meet her idol during the events of Strike Witches: The Movie, responsible for escorting Yoshika to Europe so the latter can study medicine overseas, with the both of them setting sail on the Amagi. However, Shizuka completely disapproved of Yoshika's behavior on the voyage, first being shocked by the fact that Yoshika brought very little with her as a doctor, then dragging her out of helping with cooking and cleaning, stating that someone of her rank she shouldn't do such things.

After an accident on the Amagi started a fire that threatened to destroy their shells, and subsequently the ship, Shizuka attempted to pry open the wreckage to no avail, giving up as the senior officer trapped within orders the chamber to be flooded. Shizuka and the rest of the crew stood down reluctantly, watching as the bulkhead door began to close, but were suddenly interrupted by a newly drenched Yoshika, who rushed under the door towards the wreckage. Despite saving the trapped crew member, Shizuka was furious at Yoshika's disregard for orders, and grows distant.

Following their arrival in Europe, and subsequent attack from the Neuroi, Shizuka was overwhelmed in her first real fight and knocked unconscious, later waking up to find Yoshika badly injured. Upon crying out for help, she managed to reach the 501st, many of whom are already en route to her location. Shizuka stayed behind to watch as the 501st, as well as a newly recovered Yoshika, defeat the Neuroi mothership.

She was later transferred to the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, and was trained by its members such as Gertrud Barkhorn. She traveled to the Nederland with Yoshika and Perrine H. Clostermann to take care of and protect a blue tulip "Queen of Nederland" from the Neuroi. After those events, when Operation Southwind was launched, the 501st was deployed to destroy the Neuroi nest located above Berlin, named Wolf. Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke ordered Shizuka to stay behind, as the operation was too dangerous. But when Yoshika was in danger, Shizuka disobeyed and attempted to save her. She was shot down by a Neuroi and got severely injured. The shock led Yoshika to regain her magic powers, and she was able to heal Shizuka before taking part in the battle against the Neuroi nest.

Personality[]

Being raised in a military family, Shizuka has an inherent sense of duty, and is what some might call a stickler for the rules. She is considered a future Officer candidate, but her personality on the surface to inflexibly stick to the rules raised concerns, and there is hope that actual combat experience will make her grow up. She has a great distaste for those who don't act according to their station, though this has lessened after meeting Miyafuji. Shizuka is confident in herself due to her strict obedience to the rules, resulting in her gloating in her first encounter with the Neuroi after destroying several smaller crafts. She is, however, able to acknowledge her betters, even referring to the 501st as "legendary" upon seeing them in action.

Shizuka has a good heart, and has been shown to jump into action whenever there are people in need of saving, though not with the same devotion as Yoshika. This readiness to help comes second to her orders, and she has been shown to, albeit extremely reluctantly, give up on saving someone if she is ordered to. Worth noting is that the person she was trying to save had given the order themselves, so it is possible that, especially after spending time with Yoshika, she may disobey such an order otherwise.

Appearances[]

Anime

Manga

Light Novels

Trivia[]

  • Shizuka is based on Japanese ace Utou Kazushi (羽藤一志). The characters in "Utou" can be read as "Hatou", explaining the name "Hattori". Additionally, "Shizuka" is merely "Kazushi" spoken backwards.

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