Andrew Hanbridge/Plot

==Plot ==
===Background===
Andrew was born into nobility (though it was obvious to few because he had average childhood not unlike young commoners), and because of his appearance, girls have always shown great interest towards him. As a child, he met Diana, with whom he frequently exchanged pleasantries in his summer residences. The two would engage in debates over the usefulness of magic, and whether it has a place or not in modern life.
===TV Series===
====The Fountain of Polaris====
Andrew comes to Luna Nova Academy with his father. Andrew is led on a tour with his friend, Frank, and Diana as their guide. Touring the school, Diana and Frank get ahead of Andrew, who notices Akko in her bunny state from across the courtyard and approaches her out of curiosity. After getting caught in her incorrect transformation spell, he accompanies her to find the Fountain of Polaris. Along the way, he realizes her passion and intense desire to become a great witch, like her idol Shiny Chariot.
====Bee Commotion====
In celebration of winning the prize for the best student at his private school, Andrew's father organizes a party in his honor where the richest families and nobles are invited, including Diana. After talking to Akko about sneaking into the party, Andrew is stung by Sucy's Cupid Bee, prompting him to fall in love with Akko. When Akko flees, Andrew is confronted by his father, who reprimands him for allowing witches to enter the party. This reaffirms his contempt for magic, as well as all that prevents Andrew from becoming his heir, including forcing him to quit playing the piano years prior. After receiving encouragement from Akko to keep chasing his dreams, Andrew uses his piano playing to distract the other guests so Akko can finally swat the bee, undoing its magic. After the party, Andrew and Frank talk about what Andrew feels about Akko, and although he denies feeling any romantic affection towards Akko, Andrew admits that he is somewhat intrigued by her.
====Amanda O'Neill and the Holy Grail====
A fellow student of Andrew's at Appleton Academy, Louis Blackwell, has come to the conclusion that a man he doesn't recognize with a rat in his pocket is harboring a witch's familiar. Andrew assuages his paranoid fears and assures him it is a normal rat, promising to take it outside. Of course, Andrew knew that the rat was actually Akko disguised as a mouse and the student was another witch from Luna Nova Academy. After Louis storms away, Andrew facetiously asks them, "What gives us the honor of a visit from witches?". Notably, Andrew does not insist they leave as he did to Akko, Lotte, and Sucy in "Bee Commotion".
When Amanda selfishly abandons her, Akko has a conversation with Andrew about why she came to Appleton — to find the Words — and her dream about becoming a witch who makes people happy like Chariot. While he was always respectful to Akko as a person, he shows a new willingness to attempt to understand her passion for magic, which he previously maintained was "worthless". He tries, but finds it impossible, to understand why she is so determined to do something no one asked her to do. She says it's because its something she wants to do, and asks if isn't the same for his desire to become a great statesman. He explains it is his duty to become a great leader because it's what people expect of him as a Hanbridge, and he cannot let them down. When Akko persists in asking if it's what he truly wants to do, he insists that what he wants does not matter, what he must do has already been decided. Akko questions this fatalistic attitude and explains that her dream is something she decided for herself, and she will not give up until it is fulfilled. Towards that end, she asks Andrew for information about the Holy Grail, which she believes will lead her to a Word. Andrew, although tolerant of the presence of witches on campus, draws a line at abetting their activities, especially those of a troublemaker like Akko's. Before he finishes his sentence, Akko has gone off on her own.
They meet next in a basement turned makeshift interrogation chamber, Akko (still a mouse) is tied up and Amanda is struggling to wrestle the Holy Grail out of the hands of Louis Blackwell. Andrew sees the medieval torture instruments the inquisitors intend to punish the witches with. As a Hanbridge and a student of Appleton, he cannot show sympathy outright, but he arrives at an innovative solution. He tells Blackwell that while he has no problem with his ideology, he cannot see him as a gentleman if he punishes the girls with violence when they have an established way to settle such conflicts at Appleton: a fencing duel between the knight statues.
Despite Amanda winning the duel, Louis destroys the cup, releasing Croix's magitronic device. It possesses one of the knight statues whose armor seals around Louis, but when Andrew throws Amanda the Leyline router she is able to use magic to defeat it.
When Mr. Blackwell arrives and sees the destruction from the aftermath of Amanda's fight with the statue, he immediately blames the witch. Andrew exercises his diplomatic skills a final time, persuading the Chairman that the damage is the result of Louis punishing the trespassing witch according to Appleton's tradition of a dual, but Amanda won. When the Chairman asks his son if he has been brainwashed, he (truthfully) tells his father that the situation deteriorated into chaos and the girl saved his life, which he takes full responsibility for. Andrew is confident that he can take care of the situation from there and advises the girls to head off. After thanking him for saving them, Akko flies off with Amanda, and as she looks back she sees Andrew smiling at her.
====Cavendish====
Andrew is invited by his father to the mansion of the Cavendish family. On the way, they run into Akko who also wanted to go to the Cavendish family mansion so they decide to take her. In the limo, the three are in an awkward atmosphere because of what happened at Andrew's party. After being greeted at the mansion, Andrew explains to Diana the situation of Akko and is taken to his room. At dinner with all the guests, Andrew is surprised by the reaction of Akko to know that Diana descends from one of the Nine Olde Witches. He finally grabs with his father in rejecting the relics Daryl offers them.
==== Intelligence and Sensibility ====
Andrew accompanies Diana as he goes to the shrine to perform the ritual to become head of the House of Cavendish. When Akko tries to convince her otherwise, Andrew says that despite her intrusibility, Diana should at least listen to her but she rejects it.
Outside, Andrew asks Akko why she is so determined to convince Diana, stating that they must accept the decision she has made. Andrew then tells Akko about how Diana could not perform magic in her childhood and how she spent all her time practicing magic, stating that although Diana surely wants to be in Luna Nova, the path she chose is that she is traveling.
When Maril and Merrill appear, Andrew and Akko hide and listen to them talk to their mother about their plan to prevent Diana from performing the ritual. Andrew accompanies Akko to the door of the shrine and helps her open it so he can go to help Diana.
As he leaves the mansion, Andrew finds Akko's hat that she left behind.
==== Wagandea ====
While walking around the city, Andrew asks Frank how to contact Luna Nova so he can talk to Akko and give her back her hat, to which Frank tells him that the witches have a separate communication network so he should better return it to her in person. He also sees the people of the town making protests because of a soccer game with the neighboring country, also discovering about the growing popularity of the Emotion Refresh app.
==== Chariot and Croix ====
While the disturbances in the country are getting worse, Andrew thinks that they should try to maintain peace with the neighboring country, receiving a reprimand from his father and Mr. Blackwell, latter who hold a grudge against the young man for his approach in dealing Amanda and Akko's fiasco at Appleton Academy. After receiving an owl from Diana, he manages to arrange a meeting with Akko to return her hat. When Andrew tells her about the conflictive situation between the countries, Akko says that Shiny Chariot could make them forget their anger with her shows. Andrew says that would be a good thing, but if she really wants that she should do it herself, which Akko says she will do if they both laugh. When Akko discovers a strange object flying through the city, she leaves, forgetting her hat once more.
==== The Road to Arcturus ====
Andrew informs his father and Blackwell about the possible coup d'etat of the neighboring country, he gets angry when Blackwell suggests taking advantage of that to force the armies to take action.
==== Tree of Leaves ====
Upon learning that the Noir Missile is heading towards their nation's rival, Andrew joins the argument between his father and Blackwood when the latter expresses his indifference towards the well-being of the missile's target nation due to his prejudice against them. At that moment, they discover that Akko and her friends are flying after it, much to Blackwood's fury. As this happens, the situation is getting worse with two missiles sent after the magitronic beast, which end up causing it to evolve by developing the ability to project guided projectiles against them. Soon after, Andrew and the others see that the entire nation expressed their support on Akko and Diana, so much that it become viral all over the world. Chariot and Croix use this to their advantage, as the support allows the civillians' hearts to generate a large amount of power for the young witches.
Seeing that his father and Blackwood had no idea about the significance of Akko and Diana's actions (Blackwood angrily demanding that entire broadcast must be shut down in spite of it already viral whereas Paul simply believes both witches only worsening the situation), Andrew ultimately stood up for his faith and ideals, having enough of his own helplessness. Fortunately, the newly arrived Prime Minister expresses his agreement with the young Hanbridge, who also requested everyone to lend both witches their support and prepare a backup plan in case of them failed. In the aftermath of the Noir Missile crisis, as everyone celebrates the young witches' success, Andrew is delighted that the broadcast of Akko and Diana allowed his father to see witches in positive light, as Paul wanted to hear his opinion about them as well as the importance of their existence.
Two months later, Andrew, accompanied by Frank, Finnelan, Headmistress Holbrooke, and Ursula (who now no longer alters her hair color as her identity is already revealed) returns Akko's hat and joins everyone's celebration when Akko finally able to fly with her broom.
===Keisuke Satō Manga===
====Chapter 8====
Andrew and Paul discuss about Luna Nova's invitation which the latter not enthusiastic about. The young Hanbridge asks his father why they don't turn it down, and Paul explained that they need to keep Luna Nova in debt before reminding him to focus on his study instead of mixed up with such matter.
The young Hanbridge's decision not to join his father in the upcoming visit at Luna Nova greatly dismayed Frank who, on the contrary, is more than eager to see witch students there and it might be a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do so. Andrew rightfully pointed out that Frank mostly interested in girls who attended the academy instead and retorted that he no longer played piano when the latter brought that up. The mention of girls unexpectedly attracts the attention of their fellow Appleton students who them bump into the two's conversation. Disheartened upon learning what they just talked about at first, one of members of the group reveals that Luna Nova is not just witches' school, but also all-girls one. From there, they talk about some witch stereotypes in popular culture such as seductress whom various rulers of countries bumped into, magical girls (which quickly dismissed as they and witches contrasted each other), and even one who uses her powers as part of her magic show such as a certain witch with racy costume from a decade earlier.
The group's conversation about witches and Luna Nova takes a dramatic turn when Louis Blackwell shows up to discourage his peers from discussing such matter any further, citing their obsolescence will bring nothing but ruin to the Academy's proud image. Although part of him agreed with such statements, Andrew rightfully points out how flawed they are for being based on dubious sources (public rumors and unfounded assumptions) instead of concrete facts and that Louis explicitly said such things to inflate his own ego, making him even lower than people he biased rather than a proper Appleton student. Andrew then makes his leave as the awkward Frank hastily follows him thus spared from Louis' immature violent tantrum in process.
Returning home with Frank accompanying him, Andrew realizes that he knows so little about witches more than he admitted. So, he changes his mind about Luna Nova's invitation earlier, wanting to see whether magic and other things related to it, including witches, indeed as outdated as everyone said. The young Hanbridge also intends to bring Frank along so the latter able to provide his own share of testament regarding such matter. But to Frank's shock, he will have to convince Paul considering he wasn't among those who got invited.
====Chapter 9 (Keisuke Satō)====
Andrew, alongside Frank, accompanies Paul as they are expected by inhabitants of Luna Nova. So far the visit seemingly confirms validity of his father's statement about magic being outdated (ancient dark dance which lacked improvements in last centuries) while Frank too distracted by witch students in the academy, Diana in particular as the latter thinks boys like them should be enamored to her beauty that helped by her status as one of Cavendishes. As per Paul's suggestion, Holbrooke appoints Diana to be Andrew's guide to explore Luna Nova. It is when Diana and Andrew are revealed to be old acquaintances, much to Frank's surprise.
The tour takes a somewhat sour turn (at least for Frank) because of the revelation of Diana and Andrew had argued about magic's future for quite a while and that the latter seemingly concludes that his father's view about it might be genuine. This doesn't help by Andrew brings up how mundane children wary of Diana because of her focus on her magical studies when they were young just as Diana points out he was too distracted by the girls around him to notice their significance.
Just then, Andrew is distracted by the sight of Akko sneaking around the courtyard while still a half-rabbit, leading to an awkward encounter where the Hanbridge grabs her ears twice, hurting her. Irritated by Andrew's low opinion about magic, Akko tries to demonstrate her Metamorphosis Magic on a nearby squirrel only to unintentionally (or rather comically) give the young man donkey ears and tail. Eluding Frank and Diana who notice his disappearance, Andrew reluctantly tags along with Akko in her search for the Fountain of Polaris somewhere at the north building of the Academy so they can undo the spell once the Japanese witch-in-training get her hands on the star magic.
Entering the northern building, Akko and Andrew stumble upon a large, worn-out wooden door which has a written warning in Latin that said; "Waken not the sleeping Arcas. As the protector of Polaris, Arcas will attack all those who approach the Fountain." Reading it, Andrew suggests against carelessly entering the area further only for Akko busts the door open, much to his chagrin. As soon as she did, the Japanese witch-in-training unwittingly stops right in front of the said guardian; an angry polar bear-like creature with yellow four-pointed star-like crest on its snout.
====Chapter 10====
Andrew drags Akko with him as they flee from the polar bear-like guardian beast, which is none other than Arcas himself, all while sarcastically remarked how "amazing" Luna Nova Academy is until the two stumble upon a broken staircase. With so little time to figure out the way to go upstairs, the two are forced to improvise where Andrew hoists Akko upwards before dangerously jumping over Arcas with the beast's snout as a footing, displaying a remarkable acrobatic feat in doing so. The chase continues to upper floors culminating to Andrew and Akko hanging for their dear lives. Hilariously, whereas Andrew is hanging on the ledge of the building, Akko does the same on the hem of Andrew's pants instead, threaten to pull it off under her own weight. Realizing what happened, the embarrassed Akko cries out that she didn't mean to do that, which certainly doesn't help their situation as Andrew knows it — the angry Arcas lunges towards them in the middle of their argument, unwittingly causing three of them plummeting to the ground far below. Fortunately, Ursula appears and magically conjures magical bubbles around them each to slow their descent, though the French professor temporarily render Akko and Andrew unconscious so she can reveal her identity to Arcas in a bid to calm him down without them seeing who she truly is.
Some time afterwards, the newly awakened Andrew asked Akko to get off him because she somehow ended up sitting on his back. The young Hanbridge accompanies the Japanese witch-in-training as they approach the Fountain of Polaris and the latter subsequently pleads to the Fountain to bestow her the magic of stars. However, the Fountain instead showed her a vision about Chariot's past and growth as a witch, revealing that she used to be a nobody and underperformed witch-in-training rather than a prodigy on the same vein with Diana. The montage concludes with it teleports Andrew and Akko back to the outside.
Just then, Ursula appears to the two as she explains to Akko what just transpired; Fountain of Polaris appears to those with hidden radiance but, it will disappear if such person too immature to be worthy for magic of stars within — Akko is not worthy enough for it at the time. Andrew watches as the teacher and the student gained some udnerstanding and while not truly understand what it all about, knows that Akko learns a valuable lesson. The young Hanbridge then agrees with Ursula to keep their fiasco a secret as she return him and Akko to normal.
True to his promise, Andrew keeps his incident with Akko a secret from his father as they return home. Unlike Paul who can't help but annoyed by Frank's obvious interest with witches he thought too obsolete in the modern era, Andrew thinks otherwise as his fateful encounter with Akko changed his perspective about people of magic community a little bit, enough to prove how wrong his initial impression about them was.
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