Hamagawa Hanako:

• Given name: Hanako
• Surname: Hamagawa
• Age: 19
• Gender: Female
• Birthplace: Hirara, Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
• Ethnicity: Ryukyuan
• Nationality: Japanese
• Occupation:
  • Student, fourth years, First Prefectural Girls High School
  • Former military nurse, Second Surgery Unit
• Appearance:
  • Body: Slender, athletic build
  • Height: 164 cm, average
  • Face: Gaunt due to the meager rations she had been living on
  • Skin: Pale due to months of working in caves without sunlight
  • Hair: Long, black, straight
  • Eyes: Gray
  • Features: Thin scar running diagonally across her right calf from wartime injury
  • Outfits: Common Okinawan clothing; Hanako usually wears a dark knee-length robe.
• Personality traits: Adaptable, Attentive, Brave, Calm, Cautious, Compassionate, Considerate, Diligent, Dutiful, Educated, Hesitant, Humble, Indecisive, Pensive, Timid
  • Hanako notices when people are unwell and helps them. She is kind to everyone and believes that all life is precious. Hanako is considerate and thinks about how her choices affect others.
  • Hanako always gives her all. She never backs down from danger. Hanako is brave but doesn't brag about it. She just gets on with the job, no matter how difficult. She feels responsible for her colleagues, patients and country. Hanako never shirks her responsibilities.
  • Hanako is capable and resilient, but can be hesitant and indecisive in unfamiliar situations. She may find it hard to make quick decisions or speak up. She often seeks reassurance. In emergencies, she displays bravery. However, in less urgent situations, she relies on others.
• Likes: Feeling useful and needed, learning new things, children, order, a hearty meal
• Dislikes: Chaos, being the center of attention, loud noises or sudden movements
• Mannerisms: Hanako is quiet and thoughtful, and often shows more through her actions than her words. Her sentences are short and sometimes she pauses. She offers comfort through a touch or glance. In tense situations, she may grow quieter, her body language tense. She is a watchful, considerate presence.
• Behavior and Habits:
  • When excited or amused, she seems friendlier. She smiles and relaxes. Sometimes she laughs quietly. She puts a hand over her mouth when she's tickled. Her eyes sparkle. She seems younger and more carefree.
  • When embarrassed, she looks down, blushes, and her hands move nervously. She breathes faster and may step back to hide her embarrassment.
  • When saddened, her face grows serious and her eyes well up with tears. She looks away, feeling pain and loss. She is quiet and her words are slow and sad. She may sigh or take a breath. She may rub her arms or fidget with her hands. She rarely makes a sound. Despite feeling overwhelmed, Hanako still tries to keep her grief to herself.
  • When angry, she stops being soft-spoken and starts making short statements. Her body language also changes: her shoulders tighten and her fists clench as she tries to control her emotions. Only in extreme circumstances will her anger erupt.
  • When scared, Hanako is quiet and tense. She moves slowly and carefully, avoiding eye contact and breathing shallowly. In extreme fear, she might tremble. She may also hunch her shoulders to look smaller. She watches her surroundings for danger or a way to escape.
• Backstory:
  • Hanako was from an upper class family on Miyako Island. She went to a top all girls school in Okinawa and wanted to be a teacher.
  • The war in the Pacific broke out, the military took over the school. Hanako and the other girls were made to practice with weapons, march, set up positions, and train as nurses.
  • On March 23, 1945, Hanako was mobilized to work at the Haebaru Field Hospital, which was little more than some tunnels with bare, hand-cut rock walls supported by a timber frame.
  • Some girls were optimistic. They came with uniforms and school supplies, hoping to go back to school. But when the fighting started, it was clear that wasn't going to happen.
  • Though unused to harsh conditions, they were soon given numerous gruesome tasks, such as removing maggots from infected wounds, holding limbs for amputations without anesthesia, and disposing of corpses. The stench was awful. The patients were covered in pus and lice. There were more and more patients with fevers and tetanus. The patients with brain fever were especially bad.
  • They had little to eat, and many stopped menstruating due to stress and malnutrition.
  • Despite their hardships, they kept going. Some even went above and beyond, tending to the wounds of those abandoned by the army.
  • They were told that the army would soon turn things around. But they continued to retreat further south. Those who couldn't move was given poisoned milk.
  • On June 18, the army disbanded their unit. The girls were driven out of their shelter and scattered in groups across the battlefield.
  • As they fled along the beach, they got caught in the crossfire between the Imperial Army and the United States Marines. The others in her group killed themselves with grenades to avoid capture.
• Note: Japanese grenades won't detonate until the top cap is struck hard enough.