Sasha Braus

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Character
Name: Sasha Braus/Blouse (サシャ・ブラウス, Sasha Burausu); "Potato Girl"
Occupation: Soldier, Survey Corps, Special Operations Squad
Relationships: unnamed father; Lisa Blouse (mother); Connie Springer (close friend); Mikasa Ackerman (friend); Kaya (foster sister); Niccolo (presumed lover)
Fandom: Attack on Titan
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Sasha Braus (サシャ・ブラウス, Sasha Burausu), also known as Sasha Blouse, is a supporting character in the manga and anime Attack on Titan.

Canon

104th Trainee Corps, ranked 9th. Originally the inhabitant of a small hunting village, she left to join the military when an influx of refugees from Wall Maria forced the villagers to give up their traditional way of life. She tries to hide her accent by speaking very formally, and has a tendency to steal food whenever she sees it. She is considered a coward and a fool by some, but is respected for her keen instincts and warm nature.

During the crisis within Wall Rose, she returns to her village and is forced into single combat with a 3-meter class Titan. Surviving the battle, she is reunited with her enstranged father and finally gains his approval after rescuing a child. She misses out on the expedition to rescue Eren and defeat the traitors, but reunites with her comrades in the weeks that follow. Promoted into the Special Operations Squad, she is charged with protecting Eren and Historia. She is shown to have begun to make use of a bow in place of the less accurate military-issue rifles.[1]

Fandom

Popularity and Reactions

Sasha is a popular character among Attack on Titan fans. She is loved for her antics as comedic relief, her titan-slaying abilities with and without specialized gear, and her warm friendships with her comrades. She was voted fourth in the official First Character Popularity Poll (September 2014),[2] tied with Kenny Ackerman for twenty-first in the Second Character Popularity Poll (May 2015),[3] and tied with Moblit Berner for sixteenth in the Third Character Popularity Poll (January 2018).[4]

Sasha's death fostered fans' hatred for her killer, Gabi Braun. Isayama originally intended for the character to die much earlier in the story, but was influenced by his editor to defer her death, perhaps out of consideration for Sasha's popularity among readers.

Common Tropes

Shipping

In a sample of Attack on Titan fan fiction published to FanFiction.Net (FFN) starting 13 October 2013, accessed 7 June 2017, Sasha was most often listed in the pairing filters with Jean Kirstein (39%); followed by Connie Springer (24%); Mikasa Ackerman (22%); Armin Arlert (5%); Levi (3%); Keith Shadis (2%); and Eren Jaeger, Annie Leonhart, Ymir, Erwin Smith, Nanaba, and Reiner Braun (each around 1%).[5]

Notable Pairings

Example Fan Works

Fan Fiction

Connie's not the smoothest guy around, especially in the romance department, but he's got some impressive moves. — Connie/Sasha

Sasha tends to Jean after he got injured and he does the same for her after the Battle of Shiganshina. Fears and strengths come to surface when you look after a broken soldier and they try to convince each other that they may be allowed to fall, but they won't let each other give up.

"If you are going to reject me, do it properly! Make me stop having feelings for you. If you can, make me hate you so my heart will stop beating for you!" - A LeviXSasha one-shot

The war is over and Nikolo has to leave from Paradis, but he makes a promise to Sasha that he'll return one day to tell her something. However, things don't always go as planned and no one hears from Nikolo in a long, long time. Will Sasha's faith in him waver or will she wait for him like she has promised?

He's not quite sure when he fell in love with her, he only knows that by the time he saw her and a word from his own tongue came to him, he was already past the point of no return. Krasivaya. [NikoloxSasha]

Sasha had to go with everyone else to Marley, on the mission that would change the face of the world. Before that, she parted with the man she wanted to be happy with.

Fan Art

Archives and Communities

Resources

References

  1. ^ TV Tropes. Characters / Attack on Titan: 104th Trainee Corps. (Accessed 3 Mar 2021.)
  2. ^ Attack on Titan Wiki. First Character Popularity Poll. (Accessed Feb 2021.)
  3. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee. "Levi, Erwin, Eren Top Attack on Titan Popularity Poll. Anime News Network, 7 April 2015."
  4. ^ Sherman, Jennifer. "Erwin Tops 3rd Attack on Titan Character Popularity Poll". Anime News Network, 9 Dec 2017.
  5. ^ phantomstatistician. Sasha's FanFiction Shipping Chart 2013-Present, posted to Tumblr on 7 Jun 2017.
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