Hakari Atsuko - " Our Love For You " [Blue Archive]

Full name("Hakari Atsuko")

Nickname("Hime")

Age("21")

Height("5'5ft")

Weight("38kg")

Hakari Atsuko (秤アツコ, Hakari Atsuko) is one of the students studying in Arius Branch School who wields a Submachine Gun.

She is a member of Arius Squad.

One of the four members of Arius Branch School's elite Arius Squad. She's silent and always communicates through sign language, but perhaps there's more to this than meets the eye. Her squadmates call her "princess," and Saori in particular seems very protective of her.

Atsuko may be very silent, but she has a kind heart. Compared to the rest of the Arius Squad and possibly all of Arius, Atsuko appears to be the kindest, having a personality that can be considered quite exceptional in Arius.

Atsuko has lavender colored hair, tied into loose side braids using orange ribbons. Although normally covered by a mask, her eyes are a dark red.

Atsuko wears a white dress with long translucent sleeves and a second black inner layer. Underneath her dress, she wears a black turtleneck. Over the dress, she has a black breastplate with the school’s logo and motto in white, as well as four magazine pouches.

On top, Atsuko wears a white hooded jacket with black criss-crossed straps on the left sleeve and a long, loose lavender strap wound around the base of the jacket. On the inner left of the jacket, the school’s motto is embroidered, while the inner right has three black four-point stars attached. On the back is the school’s logo. Wrapped around her upper right arm are two additional, smaller pouches.

For leg wear, she wears white socks tied off at top with an orange ribbon. Over those are black boots with white soles. She has a pistol holster on her left thigh, held up by garter straps on both legs.

Atsuko's halo is three white crosses in a diagonal with unequal distances, with the center cross being larger than the other two. There are detached bits off the ends of the middle cross.

She utilize a CZ Scorpion Evo 3 A1 with an Arius logo decal on the right side of the receiver, and a decal of the school's motto on the left side.

Atsuko inquires to the rest of the squad about what had happened to Azusa for her to turn on them.

Atsuko verifies that her deal with Maestro is still up. Atsuko expresses her discomfort with something, but Saori requests that she puts up with it for just a bit longer.

Completing her end of the mission, Atsuko and a team of Arius students enter Trinity's underground catacombs to complete her deal with Maestro. The Arius students are frightened by Maestro's appearance, much to Maestro's disappointment at their lack of art appreciation. Nevertheless, intrigued by the prospect of mimicking the Justina Council of Saints' dignity in the form of mimesis, as well as Atsuko's "royal blood"—the bloodline of those who protected the commandments—he agrees to produce the Justina mimesis as long as they lead him to the Ancient Doctrine.

After Hina and Sena evacuate the GSC President from the scene, Atsuko explains that their entire plan would have gone perfectly, had the GSC President not been present.

Atsuko attempts to convince Azusa to do something, but Azusa refuses.

When Arius Squad sees the "tactical weapon" that Maestro had created, Atsuko explains that it was a failure created from the Ancient Doctrine. When Azusa begins her assault and manages to down Hiyori, Saori chases after her and Misaki asks Atsuko about Hiyori's condition. After giving an answer, Atsuko surmises that the battle will be lengthy due to Azusa's fighting style. She and Misaki begin moving to assist the pursuit.

Atsuko manages to surprise Azusa and fires a few shots. However, she then attempts to convince Azusa once again, but Azusa rejects yet again and leaves after throwing an explosive at her.

Later, after Saori manages to catch up to Azusa, Atsuko tells Soari to not go too far with Azusa. However, by doing so, Azusa is given the chance to escape from Saori. Saori plans on using Azusa's plush to lure her back, but discovers that the halo-destroying bomb that Azusa previously received to assassinate Seia was inside. Saori shouts to Atsuko to run, but it's too late.

Maestro, through some means and previous preparations made by Beatrice, manages to protect Atsuko from death.

After Azusa and Sensei defeat Saori in a chamber below the Old Cathedral of Communion, Atsuko arrives and verbally tells Azusa and Sensei that they've lost. Saori is dismayed and warns her not to talk because she'll be killed, but Atsuko had already realized that she never had the choice to live to begin with. Saori fears that Arius Squad would be killed if they return to Arius, so Atsuko proposes that they all run away, having realized that their hatred is not theirs from Azusa. Maestro, seeing that Atsuko had developed wisdom and sophistication, believes that she is the one who can understand the sublime that he desires. This causes the Ancient Doctrine to achieve completion, and Hieronymus awakens, albeit in an incomplete state.

As the GSC President fights Hieronymus, Arius Squad takes the opportunity to flee.

As Arius Squad runs away, Atsuko speaks to herself, expressing her thoughts towards Azusa. She wishes Azusa the best of luck in her studies and in her new life, surrounded by good friends.

Meanwhile, Beatrice commands the students of Arius to capture Atsuko—as the possessor of the "royal blood"—and dispose of the rest of the squad.

As Arius Squad is cornered by Arius students, Saori attempts to sacrifice herself using the halo-destroying bomb and wipe out their pursuers, allowing the rest of the Squad to escape. However, Atsuko stops her, deciding to surrender. She explains to a distraught Saori that it's the best choice, as the other option would be to continue a repeated cycle of running away and hiding for the rest of their lives. Atsuko also notes that this is the first time she'll be making her own choice. She bargains with Beatrice to let the others loose and makes Beatrice swear on her name to fulfill this promise, to which she agrees. After receiving a new mask, she is escorted away by Arius students for the ritual at sunrise the next day.

Beatrice thanks Black Suit for his defense system that saved the life of the sacrifice—the countermeasure that saved Atsuko's life after Azusa used the halo-destroying bomb.

Seia spots Beatrice's ritual alter inside the Arius Basilica, where Atsuko is tied up as a sacrifice.

As Saori begs the GSC President for assistance, she reveals her circumstances and motives. From a young age, Atsuko was destined to become a sacrifice for Beatrice's ritual. However, Saori was told that she could change Atsuko's fate if she followed Beatrice's orders and executed the entire attack on the Treaty of Eden. Having failed though, Arius Squad ran away. Later, Saori also notes that Atsuko met with Beatrice more often than she did.

Misaki and Hiyori explain that Atsuko was known as the "princess" for being the descendant of a past Arius student council president, a hereditary position. The Squad had admired Atsuko's beauty and grace since childhood. Misaki also mentions that Atsuko often smiled before she put on the mask.

However, after the end of the Arius Civil War, rumors spread that Beatrice would sacrifice Atsuko. Unable to accept this, Saori somehow took Atsuko in, which Misaki speculated was because of some secret agreement she made with Beatrice. At this point, Atsuko put on a mask, no longer spoke, and joined Saori, Misaki, Hiyori, and later, Azusa, in training. The five would later become known as Arius Squad.

The Arius Squad (アリウススクワッド, Arius Squad) is one of the School Clubs in Arius Branch School. Before the name Arius Squad exists only a group formerly consisting of three students trying their best to survive the harsh environment that is the Arius Catacombs, which was under the hands of Beatrice, Arius' student council president. The students in question were Saori, Misaki, and Hiyori. It was thanks to their leader Saori that they were able to last. Originally, Atsuko was supposed to be made as a sacrifice under Beatrice's orders, but Saori made a deal with her, allowing Atsuko's fate to be postponed and giving Saori time to train her. Azusa, who is no longer a member now, was part of the group due to Saori rescuing her from being beaten up by guards for disobeying Beatrice's orders. Seeing the five students' capabilities which resulted from Saori's training, Beatrice saw a use for them, hence the beginning of the Arius Squad. An elite team formerly acting like a terrorist cell and consisting of five members formed by Beatrice yet only seen by her as mere pawns ready to be disposed of at any time. They are a Squad in command for the assassination attempt on Seia and the attack during the events of the Eden Treaty Signing. It was also during this time period that Azusa, who was originally assigned as a spy infiltrating Trinity, decided to become a double agent and betrayed the Squad after realizing the beauty of Trinity and the world, leaving a high-intensity conflict between Azusa and Arius' team and infuriating the Squad's leader, Saori. After their failed attempt in conquering both Gehenna and Trinity, Beatrice deemed them useless and decided to retrieve Atsuko back and initiate the ceremony to sacrifice her while leaving the other three members to perish, accidentally leading them to the general student council presidents hands.

The Arius Squad is currently out of favor at Trinity, Gehenna and Arius campuses. They are in exile. Due to Beatrice's teachings, all Arius Squad members are nihilistic. All members except Atsuko came from poor backgrounds.

Arius Branch School (アリウス分校, Arius Branch School), or Arius Satellite School on Global, is one of the many schools in Kivotos.

A faction that broke off from the Trinity Alliance and has been forgotten by time. It's said that no one—not even the General Student Council—knows where their autonomous district is, save for a few students attending Arius. Arius is a school that had broken off from Trinity General School. No one knows where their autonomous district is, except a few individuals such as Joumae Saori. The students of Arius primarily learn to fight and kill, rather than regular subjects that normal students would learn, making them a terrorist organization.

Their motto is "Vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas." (Vanity of vanities and all is vanity.), which is based on Ecclesiastes 12:8: "Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes; vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas." (Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.)[1]. Their logo is a skull with a crown and a rose, which are common elements of a vanitas artwork.

It is later revealed that modern Arius' vendetta against Trinity was disciplined into the students by Beatrice, who was referred to as "Madame", via inhumane means such as torture and brainwashing as a method of controlling them. Beatrice resides over the school as its student council president, using Arius' Autonomous District as her base of operations. It is also through her powers that Arius' AD remains hidden to this day, as her powers allow for the path of entry into Arius, through Trinity's ancient catacombs, to change constantly. Prior to Beatrice's rule, the position of the student council president was hereditary, and the latest in line would have been Hakari Atsuko. It was also stated that Beatrice was also responsible for providing some of the deadly weapons Arius owned, such as the cruise missile, which was used during the Eden Treaty signing, and the halo-destroying bomb used by Azusa against the Arius Squad.

Before the First Ecumenical Council, modern day Trinity was nothing more than a collection of hostile schools and factions. Eventually, through the efforts of the three major academies, the First Ecumenical Council was held, and a "promise" was made to stop the fighting between each school, forming the alliance that persists today. However, according to Misono Mika, Arius was fiercely against the formation of the alliance, and were later purged as a result. The Justina Council of Saints, despite being the most vocal faction to denounce Arius, led the school's exodus and took the lead with Arius' reconstruction.

Approximately ten years prior to the start of the game, a civil war broke out in Arius that divided the school into two. It's unclear why the civil war broke out, but it was ended by Beatrice, who used the opportunity to take control of Arius as its student council president. She would use her power to manipulate the students by "teaching" them the "truth of the world." The students, who were oblivious to her intentions, believed her words as the truth. As such, allowing her to manifest their contempt towards Gehenna and Trinity to become the hatred they're known for nowadays. As the new president, Beatrice decided to turn Atsuko, who would have been the next president, into a sacrifice for what's known as the Iridescence with the intent to "ascend into a higher being."

At some point prior to the start of Volume 3, Mika approached the Arius Squad with an offer to make peace between them and Trinity, asking for an Arius student to be secretly transferred to Trinity to show that students from the two schools can get along. Saori reported this to Beatrice, who asked her to stall Mika and gain as much intelligence about Trinity from her as possible. Saori complied, but also asked Azusa to begin studying knowledge about Trinity in preparation for the mission, genuinely believing in the possibility for peace. However, the situation changed when Mika, annoyed at fellow Tea Party member Yurizono Seia, asked Arius to "teach her a lesson". Seeing this as an opportunity to remove a Tea Party member, the Arius Squad, at the order of Beatrice, dispatched Azusa to assassinate Seia using a halo-destroying bomb. However, Seia convinced Azusa to fake her death instead. With the help of Aomori Mine, Seia went into hiding. The Tea Party, unaware of Seia's survival, covered up her "death", with Kirifuji Nagisa succeeding her as the host.

Following Seia's apparent death, Mika began panicking and hatched a plan to remove Nagisa in a coup d'état, place herself as the leader of Trinity and incorporate Arius as Trinity's new military arm, replacing the Justice Realization Committee. For her plan, she snuck a large Arius attack force into Trinity campus. Unbeknownst to her, Arius planned to turn on her following the success of the coup. Ultimately, Mika and the Arius attack force were defeated by the combined efforts of Sensei, the Supplementary Lesson Department, and the Sisterhood. Mika lost the will to fight upon hearing that Seia was still alive and was subsequently imprisoned.

Following the failed coup, Arius sought to sabotage the signing of the Eden Treaty. They approached Pandemonium Society President Hanuma Makoto, offering to help her wipe out the Tea Party at the signing ceremony. Because of this, Makoto, who was vehemently against Trinity, pretended to agree to the treaty. As a "token of friendship", they also gifted her an airship. Prior to the signing ceremony, Arius planted a large number of explosives underneath the site of the ceremony, the Old Cathedral of Communion.

On the day of the signing, Arius launched a cruise missile at the Old Cathedral, detonating the explosives underneath and causing a massive explosion. Meanwhile, they also detonated the Pandemonium Society's airship, which was filled with crates of explosives. Taking advantage of the chaos, Arius Squad signed an altered version of the treaty, which stated that they, instead of Trinity and Gehenna, would serve as the Eden Treaty Organization (ETO). Meanwhile, using Atsuko's royal blood, Gematria member Maestro created a mimesis of the Justina Council of Saints, an immortal army dedicated to enforcing the treaty. The Arius Squad then designated both Trinity and Gehenna as violators of the treaty, causing the Council of Saints to attack both parties relentlessly.

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