Maho Nishizumi

Maho is a girl with middle length dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, and slightly above average stature. She has a similar haircut to her sister Miho, but her hair is a darker color and two locks stick out on each side of her head. Other than that, she bears a striking resemblance to Miho. Maho Nishizumi I was tasked with babysitting Maho and her sister once while their mother was called away on urgent business. Instead of having to take care of both of them, Maho was more like a little helper - bringing over supplies and toys for her little sister. Guess some things never change. Maho's always been an overachiever, and she's excelled at everything she's ever tried in her life. Top of her class at Kuromorimine, a skilled combat leader in and out of the turret, and an exemplary heir to the Nishizumi legacy. However, there were a few concerns I had shortly after her second year started, when she and her sister were appointed as joint commanders of the Kuromorimine sensha-do team. I couldn't object to Shiho's decision to grant leadership responsibilities to both of her daughters, but the next time I saw Maho at her mandatory start-of-term interview, I could tell something was off. It took some convincing, but we were able to peel back the facade. Maho shared her concerns about how she found it difficult to mingle with her subordinates off the battlefield. She mentioned her sister's lack of leadership and combat experience, and that she had attempted to persuade her mother to reconsider giving Miho the burden of command, to no avail. I could tell that Shiho wished for Miho to learn from her older sister, both on and off the battlefield, but this only added on to Maho's own stresses of having to constantly be at her best. More importantly, she confided that she wanted Miho to have the

Koume Akaboshi

Koume is a student from Kuromorimine Girls' Academy. During the 62nd National Tournament in the finals against Pravda, her tank fell into a river. She almost lost her life in this incident; but was saved by Miho Nishizumi who left Kuromorimine's flag tank to rescue her at the loss of her tank with been immobilised by Pravda with used the situation that has arisen, costing them the tournament and breaking their victory streak. Koume is an average-sized girl with short reddish-brown hair and a pair of dark blue eyes. She standardly wears Kuromorimine uniform. Koume is shown to be a sweet girl. As a caring person worried about whether Miho would still do Sensha-Dō after having had such a trauma. She blamed herself for the defeat and Miho's departure, feeling bad for what happened.