Kusakabe Aya

About
A 1st year student who seems to be in charge of the student council at the girls school. She is a well behaved and traditional Japanese beauty type girl.

She handles most affairs as the other member, her friend Wakanae Makura, sleeps on the couch. It is a somewhat peaceful school so they don't have to worry about much.

She is a well-trained swordswoman who doesn't seem particularly interested in cooking, so it is unclear why she went to that school exactly. The school was originally for raising traditional mothers, so that might be a reason.

She is dutiful and dilligent, always willing to help out others and train herself. She cares greatly for her childhood friend Makura.

She is part of the archery club.

When confronted by the crossdressing Amatsugami Hidehiko for the mandate, she gets ready to defend, but they are interrupted by the invading chinamen pirate cooks. She rushes there as she think the IPTY and the pirates are the same. She fends off one of the groups by herself where Hidehiko's group does the other. They are obviously outnumbers, but Honoka saves the day by causing a tsunami.

She thanks the non-crossdressing Hidehiko for his help and goes back to the school. She finds out the IPTY has attacked and she assumes the crossdressing Hidehiko is behind the kidnapping of Makura. She cuts once and reveals it is in fact Hidehiko which confuses her greatly. The situation is explained and they try to find Makura together.

After the battle with the IPTY and Makura's settling of the issues, she joins Tentei academy with Makura in the same room. She likes to use the spring in the courtyard to train and relax. She also accompanies Hidehiko on his further adventures.

In her ending she is shown to have gone to a police academy together with Makura and they both became part of the police's traffic department.

Abilities
A solid fighter and generally well-rounded individual. Her academic stats are 3, 3, 4, 3 (humanities, science, foreign lang, PE).

Her special skill is her Zangetsu blade, a technique which gradually increases her attack for 3 turns.