Natsumi Honda

"*I've seen most of my students going from simple idiots to full blown intellects, but honestly, I don't even mind it.*"
—Natsumi Honda

**Natsumi Honda** (本多 奈津美. *Honda Natsumi*) is one of the four teachers in Class 1-E, that being she is the language teacher of Kunugigaoka Junior High School, having once served in the JSDF where she had gained a lot of infamy due to her rather *unorthodox* methods to achieve her goals. Now having to be involved with the neutralization of a being that literally destroyed the moon, Natsumi Honda ended up being stressed from the amount of times that Korosensei would escape her attempts of assassinating him. And after a brief talk about knowing of how one should approach the goals in life, Natsumi Honda ended up being the language teacher of Class 1-E, teaching English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and German Languages. Either way, all that Natsumi would've liked to do, is to see to it that her goals are achieved, even if it costs her an eye to do it.

## Appearance

In terms of their physical appearance, Natsumi Honda has black hair that stretches to her shoulders, red eyes, and looks as though she is a student, but in reality is actually a full grown adult. In her hair, there appears to be what looks like a green flower that is pinned in her hair. A rather small individual (By everyone's point of view), one might mistake her for a student in a school, which who could blame them?

Not helping matters is due to her clothing, in which she wears a black schoolgirl uniform, which can make things even more worse when one has to be reminded that this is a fully grown woman and not a teenager.

## Personality

While much of her personality is best left unknown by everyone's standards, the closest that anyone can get is that Natsumi Honda is more or less a stoic type of person, yet deep down, lies a more energetic type of person. That stoic type of hers is a result of Natsumi Honda choosing to have a calm head, not letting her emotions take over her.

## Abilities

**Marksmanship:**

**Multilingual:** Due to having served in numerous foreign expeditions during her time in the JSDF, Natsumi is fluent in five different languages.

**Intelligence:** Largely due to her training from the JSDF and because of her fast reading, Natsumi Honda is shown to be intelligent, on par with her fellow teacher Akeno Sakata.

**Fast Reader:** Natsumi Honda is noted for being a fast reader, being able to finish a book faster than what any normal person can do.

## Etymology

* Her given name **Natsumi** means either an abbreviation of 奈良: the city of **Nara** or "what" (奈) (**na**), "haven, port, harbor, ferry" (津) (**tsu**) and "beauty; beautiful" (美) (**mi**).
* Natsumi's surname **Honda** means means "base, root, origin, source" (本) (**hon**) and "many" (多) (**ta**/**da**).

## Trivia

* In almost of all of Natsumi's appearances, she is seen with her weapon at her side.
* Natsumi is always seen with a scarf, even during hotter days.

## Behind the Scenes

* She is physically based off of **Type 100** from **Girls Frontline**.
* Her surname is based off of Japanese samurai **Honda Tadakatsu**, whilst her given name comes from voice actress **Natsumi Takamori**.
* Given that she served in the military, her birth of October 14 corresponds with the Battle of Hastings, the Battle of Hochkirch, and the Battle of Bristoe Station.
* Her birthday also happens to be the same day that French Queen **Marie of Anjou**, Japanese daimyo **Shimazu Tadayoshi**, and U.S. President **Dwight D. Eisenhower** are born.