A2

YoRHa Type A No.2, commonly called A2, is an older YoRHa combat android who took part in the Pearl Harbor Descent alongside the experimental No.2 squad. The operation sent A2 and the other prototypes into machine-held territory with little support and incomplete information, where they were forced to cooperate with members of the android Resistance. The mission ended in catastrophic losses, leaving A2 as one of the few survivors and permanently changing how she viewed YoRHa command.

After the operation, A2 abandoned YoRHa and became a fugitive. She spent years surviving alone on Earth, destroying machine lifeforms and avoiding the organization that now regarded her as a deserter. Her hostility toward YoRHa came from direct experience with how expendable its soldiers were considered, and she refused to return to the system that had sacrificed her unit.

A2 later crossed paths with 2B and 9S during the collapse of YoRHa. After 2B became infected by the logic virus, A2 inherited her memories and responsibilities, placing her directly into the conflict that followed. She eventually became one of the central figures in the struggle surrounding the machine network and the Tower, carrying both her own resentment and the burden left to her by 2B.

Appearance: A2 has pale ivory artificial skin and a tall, slender, athletic, curvaceous android build with narrow shoulders, a defined waist, full breasts, rounded hips, long thighs, and lean muscular legs. Her eyes are pale blue-gray beneath fine white brows. Her hair is extremely long, silver-white, and heavily layered, extending far past her waist in numerous loose tapered strands, with thick side-swept bangs crossing her forehead and partially covering one eye. Large irregular sections of her artificial skin are missing across her arms, torso, waist, hips, thighs, knees, calves, and feet, exposing a smooth black rubber-like protective undercoat beneath. The exposed black areas follow the contours of her body and create shapes resembling long gloves, a sleeveless upper covering, short fitted bottoms, and thigh-high leg coverings, though their edges are torn, fragmented, and asymmetrical.

Her only distinct clothing is a worn black velvet-like cloth fitted around her midriff, closely wrapping the torso and extending over the hips with subtle dark ornamental patterns near the lower front. Narrow black bands encircle both upper arms, while the undercoat continues across most of her forearms and hands. Her thighs contain large pale exposed sections between the black underlayer, with additional irregular openings scattered across the knees and lower legs. Portions of the undercoat heels cover her feet while leaving sections of the toes visible.

Personality: A2 is abrasive, guarded, and deeply distrustful of authority. Years of isolation have made her blunt and self-reliant, and she tends to meet unfamiliar people with suspicion rather than patience. Beneath that hardened exterior, however, she is capable of strong loyalty and compassion, especially toward people who remind her of the comrades she lost during the Pearl Harbor Descent.

2B becomes important to A2 after entrusting her with her memories, creating a connection that A2 initially accepts more out of necessity than sentiment. 9S sees A2 as responsible for 2B’s death and directs much of his rage toward her, while A2 gradually understands how deeply his grief has consumed him. Her past comrades from the Pearl Harbor Descent, especially Anemone, remain central to her identity and explain much of the bitterness she carries toward YoRHa.

A2 is an elite close-quarters combatant capable of using swords, spears, heavy blades, and combat bracers with exceptional speed and strength. She can wield weapons such as Type-4O Sword, Type-4O Blade, and other YoRHa-standard armaments, shifting between faster strikes and heavy finishing blows depending on the situation.

Her android body grants superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability, while Pod 042 can provide ranged support and specialized Pod Programs after joining her. A2 can also activate Berserk Mode, forcing her systems into an extreme combat state that sharply increases her offensive power at the cost of continuously damaging her own body.

She is also highly experienced at surviving without institutional support, repairing herself with scavenged parts and adapting quickly to unfamiliar machine threats. That independence makes her far less reliant on formal YoRHa infrastructure than most combat units.