Hange Zoë (Junior High Manga)

Hange Zoë (ハンジ・ゾエ) is a 3rd year Attack Junior High School student and a member of the Attack Jr. High Survey Club.

Appearance
Hange has an average body for a young person, other than being a bit taller than a general 3rd-year student. Instead of a standard uniform, Hange wears a dark red tracksuit with matching pants and a sweater, although sometimes the sweater is replaced with a dark red short sleeved shirt. She also wears the white shoes worn by all students at the school. Along with oval glasses, Hange has dark grey eyes and dark, near black, brown hair that is parted down the middle with shaggy bangs and is always tied up in a messy ponytail.

Personality
Hange is an eccentric person who puts all available energy into every project. Hange's passion for the Titans is what drives the biology club presidents actions and experiments forward with energy and devotion. On top of being passionate, Hange is very friendly and often times overwhelms any surrounding friends with sudden bursts of energy and nonsense. Hange is particularly devious and energetic around Levi, who has been a childhood friend to Hange and close club member for years.

Despite her friendly nature, Hange is often stubborn in her actions and steadfast in her resolve. Due to spending money almost exclusively on equipment, Hange is known to be on the verge of hunger at most times and will ask for food money from everyone; she can also become short-tempered when deprived of food for several days.

Story
Hange is first seen returning back from an expedition with Mike and Levi, her fellow Survey Club leaders. She is surprised to see so many first year students and is excited to hear they all wish to join the Survey Club. She immediately agrees and then shows off several items she discovered on the expedition, including a jar of toenail clippings taken from Titan students; expecting them to share her excitement, Hange is surprised when all of the other students become disgusted at the sight of them. As the new students begin to sign their club forms, Hange reminds them that the club is secret and therefore won't be accepted; she points out that all the other members are parts of other clubs all over campus and recommends they do the same.

She later encounters many of the first year students on the way to participate in the 'Wall Beautification Club' and informs them she is part of the Biology Club. Hange tells them they must do a good job of performing their duties before engaging in activities for the Survey Club; otherwise, Levi will administer punishment to them. As the others question this, Hange departs and wishes them luck on their first day. Dismayed that the enrollment numbers for the Biology Club have dwindled, Hange tries to trick Eren, Mikasa and Armin in joining but is swiftly rejected by Mikasa. Later while many of their classmates are comparing test scores, Hange proposes to Levi they see who got the better score; Levi refuses, knowing that Hange is looking for an excuse to get money from him. Hange storms out and takes her frustration out by beating both Eren and Jean and then body-slamming Armin. After revealing that she's spent all her money on equipment for the Biology Club, Hange is given a little bit of money from Levi and told to pay it back on the soon side; Hange promptly spends it on more equipment and begs Levi for more money, much to the latter's frustration.

Hange encounters Sasha and taunts her with a sweet bean bun, claiming that first year students are ineligible to have them. This is one of the many factors that cause Eren to later challenge Levi and the upperclassmen; Hange reveals that the losing team must dance with the Titan students at the upcoming dance at the school. Hange prepares herself for the bun eating race by starving herself for several days until the event. Going up against Sasha, Hange easily wins much to the shock of the first year students. The upperclassmen are eventually able to win the challenge, but remark how well the first year students performed and gain their respect.