Laura Bodewig

Laura Bodewig is a 1st-year transfer student at the IS Academy in Class One and the IS Representative Candidate of Germany, and the commander of Schwarzer Hase. She was the first antagonist of the light novel and anime, and later becomes an ally of Ichika Orimura. Laura is the 5th heroine to be introduced to the Infinite Stratos series. She is also the younger sister of Chloe Chronicle Laura has very pale, almost white skin, long silver hair, a red right eye, and a black eye patch over her yellow/golden left eye. This was the result of a failed experiment that was meant to help her become a better IS pilot. Laura is both the shortest and most petite of the main female heroines. Her IS Academy uniform is a modified version of the standard uniform without a skirt and instead has pants. For her IS Practice and battles, she wears a gray version of the training uniform. At night, she now wears black pajamas that Charlotte Dunois got her. Ichika has remarked that Laura has a doll-like cuteness around her and said that her artificial left eye looks like gemstones. Originally due to being born and raised in the military complex, Laura has very cold, distant and antisocial personality. She is initially seen as a tough person who absolutely despised Ichika for (indirectly) making his sister, Chifuyu Orimura, forfeit the match Laura believed Chifuyu should have rightfully won. She has a major superiority complex surrounding her identity as a super soldier, as she often remarks that surrounding people's abilities are second-rate. She insulted Cecilia Alcott and Lingyin Huang during their first fight, saying that she has a hard time believing people like them possess 3rd Generation IS's. She comments that they come from countries that boasts of numbers, but no talent (Lingyin), or whose only redeeming quality is their ancient culture (Cecilia). Despite that complex of hers, she immensely idolizes Chifuyu to the point of worship. When she is first introduced, she often seen trying to persuade Chifuyu to leave the IS Academy and return to Germany, as she believed her skills are being sullied by the students and staff who don't appreciate her and that she should be the only one who can train under her. Having been raised in the army, she does not understand the workings of a normal life, such as when she calls Ichika her "husband" and when she comments that two hours of seiza is nothing compared to torture (Ichika wondered what counts as torture). Similarly, to Houki, Laura is rather shy when it comes to her looks despite her pride. While never having been interested in her looks or clothes before, she started thinking about them more in order to get Ichika's attention. When she does, she becomes very happy and unfocused on everything else except what Ichika has said to her. Strangely, she doesn't mind being naked in front of him. Laura is quite honest and straightforward with her thoughts and intentions; she will usually come out and say what she is trying to do instead of hiding it. A good example would be when she kissed Ichika right in front of the entire Class One right after falling in love with him. This self-confidante is usually envied by the other girls, as they were too embarrassed to admit their feelings or reason while she wasn't. However, she still can be shy sometimes when trying something new like wearing a swimsuit or a dress.