Upotte!!/Characters
Seishou Academy
Middle School (Assault Rifles)
Guns who fire small caliber high speed rounds like the 5.56x45mm NATO rounds. (There are some exceptions)
Funco/FNC
“I can't help it, I have a skeleton stock!!”
Based on the Belgian FN FNC. Very energetic, but a bit dumb.
- Berserk Button: Sensei repeatedly talking about her thong.
- Embarrassing Nickname: Doesn't like her nickname because she thinks it sounds weird.
- Even the Girls Want Her/Chick Magnet: Sako, Sig and Aug are all gunning for her.
- Genki Girl
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Has red eyes. In a bit of a subversion, is generally a nice girl.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Light Purple
Ichiroku/16
“But I only came with 3-rounds bursts mode!!”
Funco's best friend. Kind, but has a rough personality and a foul mouth. Based on the American M16A4.
- Bathing Beauty: She likes to keep herself clean. This references the tendency of the M16 getting dirty and need of maintenance to properly function.
- Berserk Button: Lame puns, specifically Ichiyon's.
- Hair Decorations: Her orange-shaped hair clip.
- The Illegible: Her writing is bad enough that when she written "Funco" (フンコ) in her diary she reads it as "Fucco" (フッコ).
- Phenotype Stereotype
- Shorttank
Eru/L
(nod, nod)
A shy and clumsy girl who is also close to Funko. She idolizes Faru, Funko's older sister. She's based on the British L85A1.
- Butt Monkey: Heavy emphasis there on "Wash and Scrub!".
- Cute Clumsy Girl
- Gag Boobs: Has the largest bust size among the middle school girls, a reference to how the L85A1 is heavier than most other rifles.
- Ill Girl: Gets sick (breaks down) often.
- Inner Monologue
- The Quiet One
- Shrinking Violet: Very quiet, hardly says anything at all.
Shigu/Sig
“If you can't aim from ridge to ridge, you're useless.”
Another of Funko's friends. Gifted in both academics and athletics, she is very competitive and hates to lose. She's based on the Swiss SG 550.
- Big Damn Heroes: Often
- Clingy Jealous Girl: While not clingy, she shows some signs of this for Funko when Ichiroku finishes "cleaning" her in Episode 3 and when she sees Sako kissing her in Episode 6.
- Combat Pragmatist: Doesn't mind using G3's special position.
- Friendly Sniper: Nice to her friends, and finds amusement and enjoyment in her sniper duel with G3.
- Genius Ditz: A smart student, capable athlete, refined ojou, excellent sniper... and clueless about a lot of things in the real world.
- Odango:
- Slipknot Ponytail/Close-Call Haircut: She loses it for good after the jungle wargame arc when Sako tries to shoot her from the bushes.
Ichihachi/18
16's cousin and Funco's roommate. Based on the AR-18.
- But Not Too Foreign: She is part American and part Japanese. This references the fact that she was designed by ArmaLite and one of her manufacturers is HOWA Machinery Co.
Sako/RK 95 TP
A transfer student from another school alongside Galil, Sako plots to take over Seisho Academy Middle School by humiliating the best students. To do this, she plans on winning the jungle wargames tournament sponsored by the school. Based on the Finnish SAKO RK95 TP.
- Ax Crazy
- Blood Knight
- Cold Sniper
- Combat Sadomasochist: In the animated jungle wargames tournament (which originally takes place in the manga mind you), she actually feels herself up during the fight against Funco's team. She pretty much gets off on shooting Funco after she's already won the match.
- Sex Is Violence: Gets turned on after watching Funco shoot Galil.
- Flower in Her Hair
- Jerkass
- Kick Them While They Are Down: After pinning down Funco, Sako repeatedly shoots her even after she won.
- Knight of Cerebus: Her blood chillingly sadistic torture of Funko and attempted murder of Sig via sniper rifle coldly reminds the audience that Upotte is about weapons fighting battles, and in battles people die...
- Pointy Ears
- Psycho Lesbian
- Red Eyes, Take Warning
- Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty: She uses any opportunity to cheat during the jungle wargame arc.
- Villainous Crush: Falls for Funco
- In Love with Your Carnage: Watching Funco take down Galil really turned her on.
Galil
Sako's partner and a fellow transferee. Like her, Galil plans on defeating the best students of Seisho Academy in the jungle wargames tournament. Based on the Israeli Galil AR.
- Cute Little Fangs
- Little Bit Beastly: Has the animal-ears and tail, like the AK series characters.
- Dog Girl:... but is actually a dog.
- Odd Friendship: Befriends 18 after she pulls her out the water.
- Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A
Tei/T
Friend and partner of Aug. Based on the Taiwanese[1] T91.
- Girlish Pigtails: Six of them and Ichiroku calls her "fountain" because of it.
- Taiwanese Girl
Aug
Based on the Austrian Steyr AUG A1.
- Compressed Hair
- Meganekko
- Multiform Balance: Can switch between a short barrel or a long barrel.
- Split Personality Makeover: She could be short haired shy girl or long haired boisterous girl. This references the fact that she can change barrels depending on the situation.
HK
One of G3's little sisters. Based on the HK33E
- Beauty Mark: Has one below her left eye.
- Eyes of Gold
- Keigo
- Strong Family Resemblance: To G3.
High School (Battle Rifles)
Guns who fire larger rounds like the 7.62x51mm rounds.
Faru/FAL
"It's a match, Funco."
Funko's older sister. A popular and beautiful girl who gets very good grades and is considered a natural class leader. She's based on the Belgian FN FAL.
Ichiyon/14
“Give in, completely!”
Ichiroku's older sister. Beautiful, but crude and rowdy. Also likes making bad puns. She's based on the American M14.
- Berserk Button: Ichiroku insulting her pun.
- The Dreaded/Oh Crap: Her nickname is a comedic version of the former and invokes the latter: The G stands for God not again
- Hot-Blooded: Quite so.
- In-Series Nickname: [2] Cutie.
- Incredibly Lame Pun: Much to everyone's annoyance, Ichiyon loves dishing these out.
- Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: When firing her M14 on full auto. Possibly in reference to the early, full-auto capable versions of the M14, which were impossible to control in that mode - according to 16, her spread is about 10 meters.
Jiisuri/G3
“Let's settle this!”
A skilled sniper, but also very kind. Based on the German G3A3.
- Blood Knight: Gets way too excited during fights.
- Combat Pragmatist: Willing to use a recoil-reducing shooting position that causes her to flash her underwear at her opponent.
- Eyes of Gold
- Friendly Sniper: To Fal, at least.
- Hime Cut
- Onee-Sama: to the rest of the HK sisters in the middle and elementary schools.
- Proper Tights with a Skirt:
- Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Well, dark brown hair, but it still fits, more or less.
- Strong Family Resemblance: All of her sisters strongly resemble her; in reality, nearly all of Heckler & Koch's product lines in the Cold War were derived from the G3.
Elementary School (Submachine Guns)
Guns who fire pistol rounds like the 9x19mm rounds. (There are some exceptions)
Gosan/53
Based on the German HK53.
- Huge Schoolgirl: She is as tall as a middle school student; it is something that embarrasses her. It is a reference to her firing assault rifle rounds instead of pistol rounds like other SMGs.
- Strong Family Resemblance: to G3, MP5 and HK33E. Though she and HK doesn't wear the different uniform the way their sisters do.
Emten/M10
Based on the American MAC-10.
- Girlish Pigtails
- Motor Mouth: A reference to her ridiculously high firing rate of 1090 rounds per minute.
Empi/MP
One of G3's little sisters. Based on the MP5A2.
- Idiot Hair
- My Name Is Not Durwood: Funco and the other middle schoolers call her "wee-3"[3] due to looking like her older sister G3.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Looks like a loli G3 - because the MP5 is essentially a G3 in submachinegun size, chambered for 9mm. Taken further in that her "younger" sisters, MP5K and MP5SD, could pass for being triplets with her.
Faculty
"Sensei"
A human middle school teacher who teaches modern literature.
- Epic Fail: At the Jerkass' shooting gallery, all his shots hit Funko instead.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Is mostly called "Sensei" or "Modern Lit."
- Conversed and Lampshaded in episode 7, when Funco asks what his name is, 16, L and Sig all reply with "Japanese teacher."
- The Faceless: for most of the first episode.
- Only Sane Man: Except when it comes to women.
- Token Human: Of the faculty.
- Too Dumb to Live: His constant reference to Funco's thong.
Ms. Fujiko
A strict-looking high school teacher. Based on the German[4] FG42.
- Beautiful All Along: When she drops the uniformed look for the seaside school. So much so that "Sensei" is taken aback.[5]
- Mismatched Eyes: She has a red and yellow eye. Her yellow eye is usually covered by an eyepatch.
- The Comically Serious
- Eyepatch of Power
Principal Springfield
The headmaster of the school. Based on the American Springfield rifle.
Professor Garland
A teacher. He supervises daily target practice, and is dressed as a World War 2 USMC Drill Instructor. Based on the American M1 Garand rifle.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: USMC DI. It's in the job description.
- Spell My Name with an "S": His name is commonly spelled "Garland", but the actual rifle is spelled "Garand".
- Stern Teacher: Very. He's quite pissed off when Funko, Ichiroku and Eru skip long range target shooting and try to pass off Shigu's shots as their own.
Ms. Thompson
An elementary school teacher. Based on the American Thompson sub-machine gun.
- Ms. Fanservice: In episode 8 she was all dressed up in a really long webbed strap, which just barely covered her body..
- Phenotype Stereotype: Three for three of the American guns rendered as girls.
- The Roaring Twenties: Originated from that decade where she was used by both law enforcement and gangsters, and later by the military in World War 2
- Surprisingly Good English: Says a few phrases in English which are well pronounced with an American accent.