Mikiko Hijikata

"*I just want to enjoy my life as I know it, before the teacher starts to blow up Earth that is!*"
—Mikiko Hijikata

**Mikiko Hijikata** (土方 幹子. *Hijikata Mikiko*) is a student of Class 1-E and what can be considered to be the "normal" student when it comes to assassinating Korosensei with the entirety of Class E being involved with it all. Much like her fellow student Akane Mōri, Mikiko Hijikata is practically known for coming from a family that is known for their "Hijikata-Style Archery", and because she is caught helping her family's dojo over her studies, needless to say, she was transferred to Class E. Because of how it is perceived that Mikiko was caught breaking school regulations, it would look as through she isn't going to end up losing her dojo in the process, then it all change when the Moon was blown up, and now a being called "Korosensei" claimed not only responsibility for it, but also the reward is very much the equivalent of turning someone poor into a rich man in single night, so not wanting to lose her chances, Mikiko took the initiative, and ending up being involved with the assassination of Korosensei.

## Appearance

Mikiko's physical appearance would be that she has long brown hair, and dark yellow eyes for her eye color, though some may say that her eye color is actually golden, for that, Mikiko doesn't say much. In addition, she is much taller than Shinako Kobayakawa and Akane Mōri, hence she's called the "big sister" of the trio. Her height can also be applied to that fact that she's seen as the "big sister", hence why most of Class 1-E are on good terms with her.

In her clothing style, she is the same when it comes to her clothes like Akane Mōri; she has an oversized sode.

## Personality

In many ways, when Mikiko is compared with Akane, there are signs of difference, because while Akane Mōri is more cool-headed and prefers to be more calm, Mikiko is more of the opposite, in that she is often cheerful and outgoing in her personality. One might even say that Mikiko is the "yang" to Akane's "yin". A compassionate woman with an easy going personality, Mikiko is often popular with the male students in Class 1-E, though she is often best seen with Akane.

## History

Mikiko's story can be started when she was born to the Hijikata family, a family that is rather known for their skills when it comes to the bow. That said, unlike their rivals in the Mōri family when it comes to finances, the Hijikata family are more of less lucky, but unfortunately, due in part because of decisions done by her father, Mikiko Hijikata in her days as a child would live in the slums of Tokyo. It is because of this that Mikiko Hijikata would take in a more active role in becoming a "big sister" for her three brothers.

## Abilities

**Intelligence:**

**Perfect Accuracy:** Due in part because of her immense training done by her parents and her personal idea of making sure that she always get the target, Mikiko is shown to have perfect accuracy, on par with Kanade Saitō or Hibiki Kazama.

**Enhanced Archery:** Shown to be skilled when it comes to archery, Mikiko has been expressed to be efficient compared to Akane Mōri. So much so that both Akane and Mikiko are often compared to equal when it comes to archery, much of Akane's hidden anger.

**Marksmanship:** A must have when to comes to archery, by definition, it would meant that Mikiko Hijikata has skilled marksmanship.

## Etymology

* Mikiko's surname **Hijikata** means "earth, soil, mud" (土) (**hiji**) and "way, method" (方) (**kata**).
* Her given name **Mikiko** means "a tree trunk" or "a plant stalk" (幹) (**miki**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).

## Behind the Scenes

* She is physically based off of Akagi from Kantai Collection.
* Mikiko's given name comes from Mikiko Shiroma, a Ryukyuan politician.
* Meanwhile, her surname name comes from Shinsengumi vice-commander Hijikata Toshizō.
* Her ranking of 47 is based on Pei Xuan.
* Her birthday of June 27 corresponds with the Matsumoto sarin attack, when members of Aum Shinrikyo unleashed sarin gas at Matsumoto, Nagano.
* It also happens to be the same day that Japanese daimyo Date Masamune, Italian Renaissance Master Giorgio Vasari, American founder of Mormonism Joseph Smith, and Sikh Emperor Ranjit Singh all died at the same day.