Masami Iwasawa

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"Would you like to go for a ride?"

- Masami Iwasawa

Masami Iwasawa (岩沢 雅美 Iwasawa Masami) is a character in Angel Beats! A Step Closer, featuring as the founder and original leader of the band Girls Dead Monster, where she is the band's lead guitarist and vocalist.

Appearance
Iwasawa has multiple sets of appearances in A Step Closer.

In her Afterlife Battlefront civilian uniform, she wears the uniform of the SSS with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. She wears flat calf high black boots instead of normal school shoes as well as black sweatbands on her wrists. She carries an acoustic guitar that is a tan or orange colour, similar to the one she found in the afterlife.

In her normal clothing for both the written story and visual novel, she would wear her motorcycle jacket either with leggings, skinny jeans or shorts. There are also multiple variations of jackets that have the Girls Dead Monster logo on it.

For jewelry, she wears a necklace that holds a crudely made ring.

Combat Gear
Iwasawa doesn't typically go for active combat with the rest of the top brass given her role in Girls Dead Monster to serve as a distraction. While there are times she goes out on deployments, they are mostly rare given her distinctive role. She wears a blackish-gray combat top and bottom, with velcro on the shoulder to display patches.

Headgear
She prefers no form of headgear other than a COMTAC-3 for her radio and has a strong dislike for caps.

Plate Carrier
It is unknown what kind of plate carrier Iwasawa currently dons, but it's able to hold at least three rifle magazines, a radio, and an IFAK with a tourniquet.

Battle Belt
Iwasawa dons a ORION battle belt, which holds a dump pouch, a Safariland holster, pistol magazines, and other items.

Weapons
Iwasawa owns the Battlefront-standard M4 Block II. Her customizations are copied directly from Otonashi's firearm, as her M4 holds a SureFire M600U White Light, PEQ-15, SU-230 MRDS, angled foregrip, and a telescopic stock.

Personality
Iwasawa has a calming demeanor that she has been described as the "cool beauty" by various members of the battlefront, most notably Sekine, Hisako, and Yuri. While usually she is rather quiet, she is able to fascinate listeners by striving to create music that speaks her thoughts and feelings.

Other than her calming demeanor, Iwasawa has trouble talking to people since her passion for music mostly takes up what she knows. In her personal experience of the afterlife, she was able to learn a lot from Otonashi because of his medical expertise and knowledge. Following her revival, she sought to learn much more about the world and is able to engage in conversations she would've had otherwise had difficulty participating in. Because of her increasing ability to talk to others, she has become a lot more political in the Afterlife Battlefront's operations with Yuri often seeking her input.

Following her revival, Iwasawa has focused mostly on love songs, which is mainly attributed to her experiences in the afterlife with Otonashi. It has become somewhat of a minor obssession to her, although many of her friends sees that her experiences (unknown to them) have had a positive result for her.

For a short while, Iwasawa had shown signs of being upset or sad. Pointed out by Hisako, she would often be lost in thought or cry randomly, only to shrug it off and say it's nothing or something was in her eye. This indicates that the connection she had with Otonashi was more personal, even to the point where she refused to speak to Hisako about it. As it was unusual for her to say such things and given her stubbornness, Hisako had worried for her greatly during this period, and desperately wanted to find a way to get Iwasawa back to her usual self.

Iwasawa has a knack for attending airsoft matches, although her popularity as a pop star has made it difficult for her to continue a new hobby.

Deployments/Operations

 * Operation Tornado
 * Operation Serpent's Guard (ongoing)

Miscellaneous

 * Investigation of APT51 (target of operation)

Memorable Quotes

 * "I'm giving you up." (Iwasawa to Otonashi)
 * "Why don't you remember me?" (Iwasawa asking Otonashi a hard question)
 * "I ran off to the forest where no one would find me. That's when the shadows disappeared, and I realized you did it to save everyone. I couldn't hate you after that. I loved you all over again." (Iwasawa talking about her experience in the Afterlife following the breakup)
 * "To preserve these memories of us and so I can treasure them forever, I can't be with you." (Iwasawa resigning herself)

Trivia

 * Iwasawa is one of the only two people that ride a motorcycle in the Battlefront, the other being Otonashi.