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Zenless Zone Zero reveals Yanagi for update 1.3

Section 6 is finally entering the spotlight

Marco Wutz

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The days of Soukaku being the only playable character of Section 6 in Zenless Zone Zero are finally coming to an end – Tsukishiro Yanagi has been revealed for ZZZ 1.3. Yanagi is the deputy chief of the special forces squad as well as an Anomaly Agent dealing Electric DMG, making her fill a similar role as Belobog Industry’s Grace.

We’ve previously seen her in action as part of the Hollow Zero story, but since then Section 6 has been active mostly in the background. It looks like the squad may finally enter Phaethon’s story for real in update 1.3.

Yanagi seems to be a stickler for rules and may be a little bit awkward socially, going by the lore tidbits we have on her. Here’s a, uhm, joke she’s telling: “One day, I was so hungry from working overtime that I nearly passed out, but luckily Asaba tossed me a 'lifeline,' and I managed to pull through. Because this 'lifeline' was actually a donut. That was a joke. Why aren't you laughing...? Wait, Asaba probably never works overtime.”

According to Asaba Harumasa, she does “not have the phrase ‘turn a blind eye’ in her dictionary” and Section 6 chief Hoshimi Miyabi frequently complains about all the reports Yanagi makes her fill out.

She’s also a mother figure for the entire unit. Soukaku makes her do groceries and her desk is filled with flowers and gifts on Mother’s Day.

Before we get to take Yanagi to the battlefield, ZZZ 1.2 needs to run its course. It brings an array of events, features, and stories to the game alongside two brand-new characters on the banners – Caesar and Burnice.

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Marco Wutz

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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