I, Super Arona, can outsmart Sanctum Tower! I'll see what I can do!
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~ Arona towards Sensei
Arona (アロナ in Japanese) is one of the characters in the 2021 roleplay game Blue Archive who is an AI residing in the mysterious Shittim Chest belonging to the Sensei of Schale, the main character of Blue Archive. She takes on the role of a child-looking character who assists Sensei with various tasks, such as regular assistant tasks like managing emails and messages, being a reminder for important occasions, and as Sensei's support during battles by using her mysterious reality-warping abilities to deflect bullets, jam guns, and other things. For some reason, no one is able to see or hear Arona besides Sensei, despite Sensei using the Shittim Chest frequently. Arona also acts as the player's greeter whenever they first login into the game each day and claim their login rewards, mentioning the player's name along with some greetings.
Fitting with Arona's child-like appearance, she has a child-like personality. She is playful and gleeful at best, showing a smile in nearly everything she does. She also enjoys sweets to an extent where she can lose commitment to important things such as diets if sweets are involved. She will also sometimes cry whenever she doesn't get what she wants. However, she is also very responsible and determined with helping Sensei in completing their tasks. Arona tries her best regardless of how dire the situations get, just like her Sensei would. Arona also enjoys getting into antics and will occasionally record and upload videos to her channel, "Arona Channel", which consists of either helpful tips or general shenanigans she had with Sensei.
Trivia[]
Arona is the first AI character introduced in Blue Archive.
The Shittim Chest Arona belongs in requires a password to unlock: "We yearn for the seven wailings. We bear the koan of Jericho."
The community of Blue Archive tends to connect Arona with the GSC President due to having similar appearances and a few coincidences that seem to hint towards that speculation although it's not confirmed yet.
Arona is also one of the poster girls for Blue Archive, the other one being Shiroko Sunaookami, being featured in various promotional material for the game since its launch. She is also featured in two different Youtube series under the official Blue Archive JP Youtube Channel, the first being the Arona Channel (アロナちゃんねる) which features her various different antics. This series would later be succeeded by its sequel, AroPla Channel (アロプラちゃんねる), which also features Plana in their random antics.
