Akashi (Azur Lane)

**Akashi** is a character from the *Azur Lane* anime and games.

Akashi is a Repair Ship from the Sakura Empire and is part of the Akashi-class.

In the XP4 fics, Akashi debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Azur Lane.

## **Appearance**

Akashi has a child-like stature, she has a long green hair that reaches the floor, it is tied in a braid in the end with a large brown ribbon, she also sports cat-like ears and an ahoge on top, a bolt-like hair pin is seen attached on her right bangs and she sports yellow-colored cat-like eyes. She wears a white button one-piece sailor fuku dress with a brown collar, a yellow gear-like end and gear motifs, her over-sized sleeves has a yellow cuffs with paw-like motifs, white asymmetrical socks and brown shoes. She also has a red ribbon with a bell wrapped around her neck.

## **Personality**

Akashi acts like a cat, from her "nya" verbal tic to her mannerisms, to her fondness of pets (which ups her affection thus her giving you gifts, though not as well as actually buying stuff).

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Akashi is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Azur Lane Fleet. She also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Azur Lane**

In Chapter 1, Akashi, alongside Edinburgh and Sheffield, were on the run from their pursuers when they came across Susanoo, Arachnus and Claire Fox hiding inside a wrecked building. After befriending them and sharing information, the two sides were spotted by enemy scouts causing them to leave their hiding place and go separate ways. Unbeknownst to the shipgirls, Susanoo and the others decided to follow them.

In Chapter 2, Akashi, alongside Edinburgh and Sheffield, were ambushed by shipgirls from Ironblood with Akashi hiding inside a mini-fridge but were saved by the timely arrival of Susanoo, Arachnus and Claire Fox. After the shipgirls from Ironblood retreated, they met up with Enterprise and Belfast, and after introducing the heroes, Susanoo and Arachnus felt something, and told everyone that their shipgirls' comrades are in danger.

In Chapter 4, Akashi, alongside Arachnus, Claire Fox, Susanoo, Belfast, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Enterprise met up with Javelin and Laffey off-screen. They later met the other shipgirls and the Full Force Guerrilla outside the abandoned island. After saying goodbye to Susanoo, Arachnus and Claire Fox whom went back to Neo-City, everyone decided to sail back to their main base only to stop when Kazeyoshi Imai and the others felt something from a nearby island.

In Chapter 6, Akashi, alongside Enterprise, Belfast, Prince of Wales, Hornet, Cleveland, Vestal, Kazeyoshi Imai and Shikamaru Nara, are seen inside the main office of Azur Lane having a discussion about the Black Metal Cube and the Space Gem. Later, Akashi is present in the lecture hall where the Full Force Guerrilla explain things to everyone.

In Chapter 12, Akashi is seen talking to Ino Yamanaka, Rukia Kuchiki and Chouji Akimichi in her shop at the beach of Azur Lane. She later met up with Ayanami, the two then had a conversation about Akagi's recent actions.

In Chapter 13, Akashi, alongside Hornet, Belfast, Ark Royal, Pennsylvania, Langley and Amazon, are seen inside a classroom somewhere in the academy of Azur Lane when Kazeyoshi Imai, Cleveland and Prince of Wales joined them and had a conversation about the Black Mental Cube, and is later surprised by Craig Stadler's appearance. She is later seen injured after Purifier's attack.

In the Epilogue, Akashi is seen in her shop in Azur Lane getting ordered around by Shiranui, much to her dismay.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048**

In Chapter 25, Akashi is present in confronting the DES Soldiers in Neo-City.

In Chapter 29, Akashi is amongst the thousands of AKB-fans gathered around the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar and later witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great time watching the performances afterwards.

In Chapter 32, Akashi took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar before witnessing the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.

## **Abilities**

As a Repair Ship, Akashi can equip cranes which periodically restore HP, has a skill which lets her heal her fleet and provides the fleet with emergency repair stratagems. However, in practice, Repair Ships are actually inferior in the role to traditional healers like Unicorn and Shouhou. What they are good for is providing a staggering amount of Anti-Air power to your fleet because they have two slots for AA guns and 3 slots for auxiliary equipment, which includes the gold AA radar, an item that can increase the AA stat of a ship by up to 100 points apiece. AR ships are considered valuable when used as AA gun platforms for later worlds where enemy planes are aplenty, rather than actual maintenance ships.

## **Trivia**

* She often appears events in this capacity when she's more serious than a scheming cat girl merchant — she explains what a Wisdom Cube or a shipgirl is during the Priority Research cutscene and explains how the Bel-chan series of little shipgirls came about.