Yoshiko Maeda

"*To what extent that I have to give whenever something like this happens to us? Is it because the universe is one giant pit of insanity? To put my honest thoughts about it, I've given up what sanity even is in the first place.*"
—Yoshiko Maeda

**Yoshiko Maeda** (前田 芳子. *Maeda Yoshiko*) is a student of Class 1-E located in Kunugigaoka Junior High School, and it can be said that Yoshiko Maeda is a very oddball compared to the other students in Class 1-E. Given that she used to be a student in Class 4-A, Yoshiko used to be the best when it comes to her studies, but unfortunately, disaster struck when Yoshiko Maeda lost her arm in an accident that involves machinery and mechanical gears. Now with a prosthetic arm, Yoshiko would find herself being sent to Class 1-E, because as it turns out, Japanese culture has a stigma when it comes to people that have disabilities, one of which involve amputees. Her future uncertain, Yoshiko would start to question her life on why would she suffer this amount of discrimination of her losing an arm, so much that she covered her prosthetic arm with paper just so people won't know that she's an amputee. It would've been her life, living in fear for being hated, that is until something in her life had changed. Other than the moon being destroyed, and an entity known as Korosensei appearing, and now with the entirety of Class E being involved, Yoshiko knew that she can hopefully change her life around, but at what cost?

## Appearance

When looking at her appearance, the simplest way to look at her is that she has shoulder-length pink hair, red eyes, and Chinese-styled buns in her hair. Normally it would unremarkable, until one notices the wrapped arm, which in this case, reveals a prosthetic, signaling that she has her arm removed during an accident. On her other arm, there is a shackle with a chain, which no one knows what purpose that Yoshiko has for herself, other than vague clues that no one can get the answers to.

Her clothing is considered a mix between a cheongsam and a shenyi, which consisted of a white top and a green skirt.

## Personality

A kind and polite student, Yoshiko Maeda is often respected, even by other students from Class A. This politeness of hers is what kept her from being discriminated by others, but even that won't help her as she is seen as a Class 1-E student, still considered a failure.

## Abilities

**Marksmanship:** Having shown her skills when it comes to marksmanship, Yoshiko Maeda is ranked as the both best when it comes to firing at her target.

**Intelligence:**

## Etymology

* Yoshiko's surname **Maeda** means "previous/previously, before, earlier, front/in front, former, above, one-time, fore part, privy parts/privates, miss, presence, portion, for, since, forward" (前) (**mae**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**/**da**).
* Her given name **Yoshiko** means "fragrant" (芳) (**yoshi**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).

## Behind the Scenes

* She is physically based off of **Ibaraki Kasen** from **Touhou Project**.
* Her surname comes from **Maeda Toshiie**, one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga.
* Meanwhile, her given name comes from **Yoshiko Kawashima**, a Qing Dynasty princess who served as a spy for the Kwantung Army.
* Her ranking of 59 corresponds with **Hu Sanniang**.