Elizabeth Misaki

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

**Elizabeth Misaki** (Japanese: **三咲 エリザベス** *Misaki Erizabesu*) is a third-year student of Aobajohsai High and the school`s volleyball manager. She is also a member of Aobajohsai`s Student Council, as the Student Council President. After High School, she became a traveling food critic and summer-time volleyball manager for her sister`s college team. In 2018, she decided to head to Italy, accompanied by Yū Nishinoya and his girlfriend; Guinevere Nishinoya to fish for marlins.

## Appearance

Elizabeth is a beautiful young teenager, of slightly abnormal height standing one inch above that of a normal Japanese female, standing at 163 cm or (5`4"). Possessing long magenta hair that extends all the way down her thighs, with two strands hanging in front. The strands on the right are weaved into a small braid, while one particularly long strand of hair (an ahoge) protrudes from the top of her head, forming a curl that dangles above her face. She has yellowish green eyes while her contacts are in, and is shown to wear many different outfits, her most common outfit being the uniform she wears for work. Likewise her standard attire consists of a long-sleeved, white, collar shirt and a gray vest slightly open in the front to reveal the front of her shirt and the purple bow below her neckline. This attire is complete with a pair of high heels and a dark plaid skirt that cuts off a few inches above her knees, revealing the length of her legs. After getting a job at McDonald's, she commonly wears the standard girl's uniform consisting of short-sleeved red t-shirt with a button-up collar, a yellow strip running across the mid-torso with the company's logo on the right breast. She also wears a black skirt and a red visor hat bearing the McDonald`s logo. While working in the restaurant, Elizabeth usually ties her long hair back into a single ponytail. As the president of the Kendo Club, she wears decorative silver armor with a golden trim that covers her torso, shoulders, and backside. There is a tiny opening right below her collar, below which is a golden crest situated above her breastplate, the bottom half of the armor opening in the front to show her waist, revealing a ruffled black skirt with white frills and leggings. Her knees and lower legs are clad in metallic boots with a similar look to her body armor, with matching arm-guards protecting her lower arms and elbows. This armor is stated to be for her own protection and is fostered upon her by her club members, who constanally worry for her safety. Elizabeth states that she dyed her hair magenta, showing her friends a picture where her hair is depicted as a shade of bright silver. After taking out her contacts one-time, her eyes are revealed to be an orange-red hue. It is stated that her sword is able to shrink into a small pendent, allowing her to carry it around as a necklace on a chain around her neck. In school, she wears the typical female Aobajohsai High uniform and her shrunken sword as a necklace.

## Personality

Overall, Elizabeth is a strong-willed and determined hero, displaying many admirable qualities befitting of one in her position; among which are a pure heart, boundless courage, unwavering loyalty to those closest to her, and a deep-seated desire to protect the innocent. Moreover, she lacks self-confidence and gets angry/frustrated easily. While initially hesitant to trust people after being betrayed by her former childhood best friends and being blamed for something that wasn`t her fault, the death of a dear friend at their hands ignited a fire in the heart of Elizabeth, giving her a motivation to train harder and strike down those who would endanger others. Due to her personal losses, she is not practically close to anybody in any of her clubs, maintaining a cold, stoic, and emotionless demeanor which serves as a barrier to defend her from others. To other people in her school, she is a dictator who cares only about having order and they often talk trash about her behind her back. Even Hajime noted that she cared nothing about bonds or even friendships, refusing to interact with people unless it dealt with their futures or even the clubs that she participated in. The one person that she is close to is her sister, Hana Misaki and the two confide in each other. Perhaps some of her more noticeable qualities are her intelligence and a strong sense of responsibility, both of which are shown when she follows her classmates to Aobajohsai High and keeps a close watch on them without stirring up trouble. Elizabeth is portrayed as the kind of person who thinks through before acting, carefully considering each situation and investigating her surroundings before choosing to confront a possible problem. She sees her father and her classmates as her own responsibility and thus remains in Aobajohsai High for the purpose of protecting them should her father resume his destructive agenda, displaying both stubbornness and personal sacrifice in doing so. She understands the risks of sacrificing herself for her classmates causing much confusion when her classmates witness her disregarding her safety to protect them from harm. She is selfless, to a fault and holds unconditional love for her sister; willing to sacrifice whatever is important to her to aid her sister. She holds a deep-seated fear of her father, due to the abusive actions committed during her childhood and was deeply grateful to her mother for helping her escape.

## Background

She joined the Volleyball Club upon entering Yukigaoka Junior High, as their manager but found herself and Hinata to be the only members. Due to her natural talent as a Setter, she would usually set for Hinata and tried to adjust her sets to fit his optimal angle. Hinata would practice by himself, with Elizabeth aiding him when she had free time. However, she decided to go back for an additional year as their manager, after school while still attending High School online. In their last year together, three first-years joined the volleyball club. When she learned that Kitagawa Daiichi Junior High was their first opponent, she openly balked and told Hinata that they would be lucky if they even lasted fifteen minutes against them, much to the anger of Hinata. He berated her and told her to never give up, a statement has kept with her throughout her entire career. Due to her unique medical condition, she had a slight case of asthma that appeared in her early childhood,preventing her from joining the Girls` Volleyball Team or even attending her regular classes at her school like everybody else but she began attending classes with the rest of her classmates starting with her first year. By her third year, she had become a remarkable manager; her analyzing skills being compared to those of Carla Templar. In her third year, Carla took underneath her wing teaching Elizabeth everything that she knows and more; changing her into a far more competent manager.

## Plot

### **Karasuno High Team Formation Arc**

#### **Interhigh**

In the interhigh preliminaries, Elizabeth`s team faced off against Karasuno High. In the end, Aobajōsai advanced, but only to be defeated in the next round by Shiratorizawa Academy. While most 3rd years from other various schools moved on and left the volleyball club behind after the Interhigh, Elizabeth and the other 3rd years stuck around to have another chance at beating Shiratorizawa.

### **Spring High Preliminary Arc**

In the Spring High Preliminaries, Aobajōsai faces off against Date Tech, and wins 2-0, advancing to the Semi-Finals. In the Semi-Finals, they face Karasuno. During the match, Elizabeth is impressed by the improvements of her team but is disappointed when they lose to Karasuno, showing a strong and stoic facade in front of her team. Noticing that Oikawa is not on the bus, Elizabeth comes across Ushijima confronting Oikawa and says that they are already loaded, ordering Oikawa to hurry up. During the finals of the Spring High Preliminaries, where Karasuno plays Shiratorizawa, Oikawa secretly goes to watch the match, where he is caught by Iwaizumi and Elizabeth. The three of them leave before the awards ceremony and Elizabeth comments that she is glad that she went to Aobajohsai. Once they arrive at the school, Elizabeth`s butler is waiting outside and she leaves in her family`s fancy car. On her way home, she starts to have a total meltdown and has to be comforted by her sister over the phone.

## Statistics

 Stamina
 Game Sense
 Technique
 Speed

#### **Skills (Volleyball)**

* **Observant Perception**: Both in-game and in daily life, Elizabeth has a good sense of her surroundings and can effortlessly read others` moves and emotions, which makes her a extremely valuable manager. She can pick on the most subtle of signals and play out simulations in her head or on specialized simulation software.
* **Natural Talent as a Setter**: Her sets are said to draw out the maximum of any player`s strength which makes her extra valuable, as her teammates often request her to set to them whenever they have practices. Like Oikawa, her sets are designed so that they are easier to hit however, she calculates other factors such as ball speed, wind drag, the optimal angle, the optimal height, and their preferred jumping height for hitting the ball. All of these calculations make her extremely valuable, and she is valued for these skills.
* **Natural Talent as a Libero**: Despite having not played in the position, Elizabeth has natural talent as a libero, and is able to act as one due to her perfect god-like receives which send the ball back to the setter or a spiker if she so chooses.

#### **Skills (Kendo)**

* **Observant Perception**: Both in kendo and in daily life, Elizabeth has a good sense of her surroundings and can effortlessly read others` moves and emotions, which makes her a extremely valuable manager. She can pick on the most subtle of signals and play out simulations in her head or on specialized simulation software.
* **Mastery Swordsmanship**: Her skill is such that she can use the sword to effortlessly parry and reflect rubble and bullets simply by shifting the position of her wrist. She is also skilled in the art of utilizing her sword without drawing it from her sheath, allowing her to use her sword without bringing it out of it`s sheath.
* **Master** **Hand-to-Hand Combat Combatant**: From birth, she was trained to be one of the most fighters in her family, with her skills in hand-to-hand combat being feared all-over the country. Even Meme Oikawa mentioned that Elizabeth is a skilled user of this style.

#### **Weapons**

* **Amaterasu**: Named for the Japanese Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu is a beautiful French-style fencing sword with a golden hilt.

#### **Equipment**

* **Knight Armor**: She possesses a set of armor which helps protect her. She usually does not wear it.

## Relationships

### **Aobajohsai High**

* **Hajime Iwaizumi**:

Iwaizumi, often called "Iwaizumi-san" by Elizabeth, is the latter`s fellow classmate as well as the vice-captain of the team that she currently manages. Though they are distant cousins, Elizabeth never interacted with him during her childhood only knowing that he was one of her more distant cousins. They are not practically close, and she never gives him a straight response choosing to be curt rather than openly honest with him. He worries greatly for her safety, and finds her strength amazing as he believes that she never crumbles underneath pressure.

* **Tōru Oikawa**:

Elizabeth and Oikawa are mere acquaintances at best, with her preferring to watch him play and write down notes. Though, they appear close, their relationship is professional and they rely on each other`s strengths to become stronger in volleyball. Like Iwaizumi, Tōru respects Elizabeth`s strong demeanor and sense of justice.

* **Aobajohsai High**:

She is trusted by her team and is often consulted on new strategies, as well as help in spiking, libero, setting, and blocking practice. She is considered the second-best setter on the entire team, and is often trusted with the utilization of important practices. She maintains a professional relationship with her team.

#### **Other Schools**

* **Shōyō Hinata**:

Elizabeth used to be the latter`s manager during the time that they both attended Yukigaoka Junior High, and was a avid supporter of Hinata`s dream, often making him lunch when he forgot to eat. They were best friends, usually having light-hearted scuffles with each other. However, after one of their scuffles resulted in Elizabeth collapsing on the ground, their relationship fell apart. Hinata blamed himself, and Elizabeth blamed nobody but herself. As she moved into her third year of High School, and Hinata moved into his first year of High School; they stopped contacting each other. Learning that she was the manager for the Aobajohsai High Volleyball Team was the final blow to speak in their relationship and fractured what was left of their relationship with each other. After they both graduated High School, their relationship was slowly repaired until the point where they regularly contact each other. They have since married each other, and Hayato Yamagata.

* **Hayato Yamagata**:

She is the latter`s childhood best friend, and the one who welcomed Hinata as their other lover. They openly trust each other, and respect each other. As they are not often shown together, the extent of their relationship with each other is not much explored on.

* **Natsu Hinata**:

Her sister-in-law, she has a good relationship with Natsu; often seen teaching her valuable skills or teaching her how to play volleyball. They openly support each other, and are often seen laughing at something stupid that one of Elizabeth`s husbands did.

* **Carla Templar**:

Her mentor and surrogate mother, the two are shown to have a good relationship. Carla is the very person that taught Elizabeth everything that she knows, so it is assumed that the two are rather close in terms of relations.

## Quotes

* "*Hinata may not have polished skills, but I know that he can succeed if he aims higher and higher!"* (To Hajime Iwaizumi, Season 1 Episode 7)
* "*I may have forgotten what it is like to be hurt, but I know what their expressions are like right now. I don`t have to turn around to tell what they look like, they must be broken to their very core. Hinata, I wish you luck for you are the only person that matters to me besides my teammates and classmates. Spread your wings and soar high."* (To herself, Season 1 Episode 8)
* "*I believe in all of you, go out and win this match!"* (To her team, before their match with Karasuno, Season 1 Episode 19)
* "*I`ve forgotten the feelings of what love from your parents` is supposed to feel like, I suppose this makes me terrible? After all, I did abandon all of my emotions."*

## Trivia

* Favorite Food: Yakisoba Buns
* Current Concern: Trying to get over her fear of her abusive father
* She is related to Hajime Iwaizumi, being his distant cousin.
	+ Though they are cousins, they never interacted at all, leading to the assumption by Oikawa that they are not related.

* In official English media, Crunchyroll (anime) has her name written as 'Misaki Elizabeth' and VIZ Media (manga) has her name written as 'Eli Misaki'.
* According to *Monthly Volleyball*, Elizabeth`s favorite quote is "I will never surrender to evil for as to surrender means to give up all hope."
* Her star sign is Cancer.
* **Nomenclature**
	+ **Elizabeth** (エリザベス) *-* *My God is an oath/My God is abundance*
	+ **Misaki** (三咲) - *Three blossoms*