Mashiro Munetani

, is the deuteragonist of the High School Fleet series. She serves as the deuteragonist of the 2015 manga, its 2016 anime adaptation, the 2017 OVA and the 2020 movie.
Mashiro is a student of Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School, serving as Harekaze's Deputy Captain, who desires to follow her mother and her sisters' footsteps as a Blue Mermaids member.
After Akeno Misaki's crew were falsely accused of mutiny by Kaoru Furushou, who was under control by RATt Virus, she and the rest went into hiding for weeks, while fighting the other RATt-infected students.
Mashiro is voiced by , who voiced other characters including Ena Komiya from Just Because!, Nozomi Kaminashi from Keijo!, Himari Takanashi from Interviews with Monster Girls, and Jennifer Peach from Kandagawa Jet Girls.
==Appearance==
Mashiro is a fair-skinned teenage girl with thigh-length dark brown hair that she wears in a ponytail most of the time and red eyes like the rest of the Munetani family.
She's dressed in the Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School uniform, complete with a gold aiguillette.
She loosened her hair tie and let her hair hang loose as a gesture of self-confidence when Akeno gave her leadership of the Harekaze.
==Personality==
Mashiro, on the other hand, is the polar opposite of Akeno in terms of luck. She often says "I'm so unlucky", in many ways she gets involved in acts of misfortune.
Mashiro, on the other hand, excels in academics and is determined to follow in the footsteps of Munetani women who served in the Blue Mermaids. Hiromi Kuroki, the Harekaze assistant engineer, thinks she would make a better captain than Akeno because of her knowledge and status.
She is a voice of reason and maturity, frequently acting as a counterpoint to Akeno's early recklessness, and she is irritated by Akeno's actions at times, such as quitting the position of commander for a brief minute during their first confrontation with Musashi.
Mashiro also suffers from ailurophobia, which is a fear of cats. After saving a kitten named Tamonmaru and spending some one-on-one time with him while trapped within the sinking Shinbashi, she gradually overcome her anxiety.
==Background==
===The Unlucky Mashiro's Past===
Mashiro's great-grandmother was supposed to be the first Blue Mermaid, and the Munetani family has a long and proud tradition of serving in the Blue Mermaids. Mashiro aspires to be like her mother Mayuki, upholding the family heritage like her elder sisters Mashimo and Mafuyu did.
Mayuki offers Mashiro her hat, moved by her daughter's dedication, only for it to be swept away by the wind. It was the start of Mashiro's downward slide towards life of misfortune and misery.
===The Deputy Captain===
Mashiro was made the Harekaze's deputy captain, much to her dismay. While she excelled academically, she had the misfortune of being one row off on the exam, which resulted in her predicament.
However, as deputy-captain, it was her responsibility to remind the captain, Akeno, of the correct etiquette expected of a captain. She fought conflicts she felt were difficult to win, and she used much less unconventional and unneeded methods. For the sake of the ship, Mashiro occasionally offers Akeno a sharp reprimand.
After being rescued from the merchant ship Shinbashi, where she was confined with a cat named Tamonmaru, Mashiro began to see life in a new light. She not only overcame her ailurophobia, fear of cats, but she also looked forward without allowing her misfortune to get in the way.
She came to embrace and comprehend Akeno's manner of controlling the Harekaze as the series progressed. When the captain hesitated to take the helm to save the Musashi, Mashiro and the rest of the crew stepped in to persuade her.
===Festival and Anti-Piracy Operation===
Mashiro was offered the position of captain of the Hiei by Instructor Furushou during the inter-school tournament due to popular demand from the crew. She battled with the decision, losing the boat race and isolating herself from Akeno as a result. She made a choice prior to the anti-piracy operation, but she chose to focus on the work at hand first.
Mashiro commandeered a skipper and launched it into the wreckage blocking the Harekaze's passage out of a crumbling seafort. The skipper's blast managed to split open the escape passage as she leaped for the safety of the ship.
She made the decision to become a captain one day, while looking at Akeno, although she would stay on board for the time being.
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