Mina Ashiro is Kafka’s childhood friend who is known to have succeeded in becoming one of the top soldiers in the Defense Forces. He even becomes the protagonist’s main goal in his final attempt to join the squad.
What are some interesting facts about Mina Ashiro? Here’s the list!
1. Befriends Kafka after their house is destroyed by a Kaiju attack
Kafka and Ashiro as children (Doc. Production IG / Kaiju No. 8)It is known that Kafka and Ashiro met after their house was destroyed by a Kaiju attack.
Realizing that they had the same fate, Kafka and Ashiro became close friends until they were 18 years old.
However, the two of them began to separate since Ashiro managed to enter the Defense Force. Meanwhile, Kafka failed many times and only succeeded several years later.
2. Has a high degree of compatibility with artillery type weapons
Ashiro undergoes an examination (Doc. Shueisha / Kaiju No. 8)There is something interesting about Ashiro’s strength statistics.
For several aspects, this woman’s level of strength can be said to be only average and some are even below standard.
However, in the aspect of compatibility with artillery weapons, Ashiro’s value far surpassed the others. This was proven at the start of the battle, he managed to destroy a building with just one shot from his rifle.
Knowing this, Isao even felt happy because he was able to revolutionize the Kaiju extermination operation thanks to Ashiro’s existence.
3. Soldier with the highest power release rate in normal combat costume
dock. Production IG/ Kaiju No. 8Among the elite members of the Defense Force, Ashiro is arguably the best.
As a captain, Ashiro is able to extract a large number from the strength of his combat uniform, namely 96 percent.
He can also use Full Release mode which allows him to unleash maximum power from his combat suit.
Amazingly, he could achieve this number without even the help of Numbers.
4. Specialist in exterminating giant Kaiju
Honju faced by Kafka’s forces (Doc. Production IG / Kaiju No. 8)This is still related to the second point.
Due to his high compatibility with artillery type weapons, Ashiro is always the favorite when dealing with Kaiju of colossal size.
One of them you can watch in episode 6 when he eradicates Honju in several shots.
However, regarding the number of exterminations for smaller or medium-sized Kaiju, Ashiro has been surpassed by Soshiro.
5. The weapons used are T-25101985 and Anti-Giant-Class Kaiju Rail Gun
Weapons that Ashiro uses in each mission (Doc. Shueisha / Kaiju No. 8)In each battle, Ashiro himself has two types of artillery weapons.
The first is the T-25101985 cannon made by Izumo Industries. This weapon allows Ashiro to shoot down large Kaiju with just a few shots.
Unfortunately, the ammunition he carried was also limited so he needed many parties for the execution to be successful.
The newest one is the Anti-Giant-Class Kaiju Rail Gun, a special weapon made for Ashiro. The range level itself is even crazier because the woman can eradicate Kaiju within a distance of 20 km.
6. Confirmed to be weak in close combat
Kaiju No. 9 gets closer to Ashiro (Doc. Shueisha / Kaiju No. 8)Because of his specialization, Ashiro has a fatal flaw.
During the fight with Kaiju No. 9, the monster confirmed that the woman was fine as long as she could close the distance. In other words, Ashiro was really weak in close combat.
This explains why he recruited Soshiro because he knew that the man was specialized in the field where he was lacking.
7. Have high hopes for Kafka’s success in the Defense Forces
Ashiro punishes Kafka for being rude to his superiors (Doc. Production IG / Kaiju No. 8)Even though he has a high rank, Ashiro still remembers his friendship with Kafka.
When he was revealed to be good at using artillery weapons, Ashiro was hit by fear to the point that he hoped Kafka would quickly come to his side before his mental state went crazy.
He also still had hopes of seeing Kafka succeed even after knowing his Kaiju identity and still waited until the man could be by his side properly.
8. Has a pet tiger named Bakko
Bakko, Ashiro’s pet (Doc. Production IG / Kaiju No. 8)Ashiro himself is known to keep a Kaiju in the form of a tiger which he named Bakko.
This animal itself really helps him fight thanks to its smell and is a reliable mount that allows Ashiro to focus on shooting without fear of being attacked by Kaiju.
Bakko’s strength is also quite great because he can still withstand the recoil caused by the weapon his master carries without reducing his speed.
9. Successfully killed Kaiju No. 14
The absurd appearance of Kaiju No. 14 (Doc. Shueisha / Kaiju No. 8)In the crisis of Kaiju invasion No. 9, Ashiro managed to be the one who managed to kill the numbered Kaiju.
The monster he killed himself was Kaiju No. 14 which is in the shape of a black box with three human faces.
He can even kill the monster quickly with just one shot.
10. Become the target of Kaiju No. 9
Kaiju No. 9 uses techniques he learned from Isao’s memories (Doc. Shueisha / Kaiju No. 8)After Isao, apparently Ashiro was targeted by Kaiju No. 9.
The reason itself, Kaiju No. 9 when he wanted the woman’s ability to use artillery weapons to be applied to her army of artillery monsters.
You can imagine how much destruction would be caused if every monster had Ashiro’s skills.
Luckily, Ashiro was saved by Kafka who arrived before the woman was completely swallowed.
11. Voiced by Asemi Seto
Ashiro was covered by TV media (Doc. Production IG / Kaiju No. 8)The character Mina Ashiro herself is voiced by Asemi Seto.
Asemi Seto is known to often play a number of popular anime characters such as Akane Hououji from Megami no Café TerraceCZ2128 Delta from Overlord, Alpha of Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!, and Nobara Kugisaki from Jujutsu Kaisen.
That’s a list of interesting facts about Mina Ashiro, the strongest female soldier Kaiju No. 8.
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