Characters from Sora No Woto: the members of the Republic of Helvetia 1121st Tank Platoon, and supporting characters from the town of Seize and beyond.
Protagonist of the series, Kanata joined the military to learn how to play the trumpet and was assigned to the 1121st Platoon as a bugler. A cheerful and optimistic person, her presence helped to lighten the mood within the platoon.
A-Cup Angst: It only comes up in one scene, but Kanata is aware of Rio and Filicia's assets.
Informed Flaw: Kanata claims to get lost a lot. She gets lost exactly twice, both cases shown in the first episode. She does, however, get easily distracted, and is prone to wandering off her path if something catches her eye.
Meaningful Name: Her given name is written with kanji that mean 'the other side', 'distant' or 'over there'. In episode 13, she declares that she'll go with Rio to find the promised land at the other end of the world.
Shaggy Search Technique: Kanata has a knack for stumbling upon interesting things, be it ancient diaries, automated watchposts or giant winged skeletons.
Super Senses: Her hearing. It starts as perfect pitch, and then heads into the "no one could have heard that" territory.
Women Drivers: By the second OVA she's already driving the platoon's jeep. Although she drives slooowly, she gets distracted easily.
Second-in-command of the 1121st Platoon, Rio appears as a cool and unflappable person with a no-nonsense attitude and can be very strict in demanding military discipline and issuing orders. However, she also cares a lot about her fellow members, which makes her greatly admired by the younger members, especially Kureha.
Achilles in His Tent: The first arc of the series is Rio mulling over whether to keep ignoring the family that snubbed her for years and keep her freedom or give in, get into an arranged married and stop a war.
Hairstyle Inertia: As seen in the flashbacks to her childhood, Rio has kept the same Hime Cut for years.
Half Breed: Rio is of mixed heritage since she lacks the Phenotype Stereotype looks of her blonde, green-eyed half-sister and her last names are Japanese/Greek.
Heroic Bastard: An illegitimate child of the Arkadia royal family.
That's An Order: When Kanata proves too keen on learning what is behind the mysterious cellar door in the first OVA Rio resorts to pulling rank on her.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: The singular example, at that - though the Priest refers to her as 'the black-haired girl' at one point.
The designated gunner of the 1121st Platoon, Kureha is also the youngest member in the platoon. However, she is perhaps the most serious member and is a stickler for military regulations. Greatly admires Rio and Major Klaus.
Cry Cute: She drops her professional facade and let's out the waterworks when the rest of the crew decides to go AWOL and stop Hopkins plan to reignite the war with Rome. She goes with it, of course.
Tsundere: She might act tough and professional but she's actually a softie. "I-It's not like I did it for you or anything like that..."
With Due Respect: She's the most military-minded of the crew, pulling rank on Kanata during the second episode on their tour through the base. When Filicia decides to hide Aisha the enemy soldier she properly objects.
The designated driver and mechanic of the 1121st Platoon, Noël is a taciturn and reserved person who spends much of her time tinkering at the platoon's tank Takemikazuchi.
The Atoner: Encouraged by Yumina to make up for her role in the Invisible Reaper plague, she pilots the Takemikazuchi against her own army in episode 12.
Bokukko: She uses this male pronoun to refer to herself.
Broken Bird: Machines don't betray you. Unlike Colonel Hopkins, they won't take advantage of a little girl to create biological weapons of mass destruction. Thanks to Kanata and Aisha, she gets better.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She may not answer you while driving, wonder at a pillbug, fall asleep at random and be quite laconic, but she can repair anything, save those pesky Black Boxes.
Child Prodigy: Singlehandedly repaired the facility used to manufacture a biological weapon known as the "Invisible Reaper" as a little girl.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Filicia mentions that Noel has changed a lot since Kanata arrived. Noel also declares herself happy when Kanata doesn't arrive at the Clocktower Fortress on time, but by episode 4, she falls asleep on Kanata's shoulder.
Failure Knight: Aisha reminds her of one of the victims of the Invisible Reaper.
Heavy Sleeper: She has a tendency to pull all-nighters working on the tank, resulting in narcolepsy.
Kuudere: The Stoic subtype. Noel says very little and uses as few words as possible to say it; however, she's severely emotionally scarred by her part in the Invisible Reaper, warms to Kanata and Kureha inside of a few months of Kanata's arrival, and wants to become 'a lovely wife'.
Red Baron: Her connection to the Invisible Reaper bio-weapon earned her the epithet for herself.
Teen Genius: Repaired the super-advanced Takemicaduchi alone, in an old, dilapidated high-school gym and achieved fluency in GermanHoly Roman in just under two months.
Terse Talker: Noël is pretty concise when she talks. While she is sober.
White-Haired Pretty Girl: She's fifteen and white haired, and as seen in the flashback to the time she worked for Colonel Hopkins, she's been white haired since an early age.
Leader of the 1121st Platoon, Filicia adopts a very relaxed approach in commanding the platoon, beginning with her insistence of First Name Basis amongst platoon members. She cares a lot about her subordinates and wanted them to be as happy as possible during their time in the Clocktower Fortress.
A Mother To Her Women: Filicia lists among the rules of the fortress that no one is to be adressed by rank, and she does every kind of menial tasks not usually performed by officers, like cleaning up the bathroom in episode 2.
The Anti-Nihilist: In episode seven she declares life to lack meaning but for the one people give it themselves, and the meaning of her life is to protect her squad mates/surrogate family.
Beware the Nice Ones: She doesn't hesitate for a moment to put a gun to the head of Colonel Hopkins and later shut him up with a warning shot in episode 12.
Call Back: During the battle of Vingt-et-un, shortly before Filicia's entire tank platoon was killed, Lieutenant Olga gets the tank moving with 'Alright, let's go, my girls!' During the Let's Get Dangerous scene in episode 12, Filicia says the same thing to the girls of the 1121st.
Scary Shiny Glasses: Her glasses hide her eyes for serious effect in episode seven and for laughs in the first OVA.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: In episode seven it is revealed that Filicia is the lone survivor of her previous unit and got chronic hallucinations and survivor guilt out of her ordeal. Doting on her unit is her way of coping with it.
A mikonun well, she works at the church and takes care of the orphans, all right?
Faux Fluency: Whereas Nami Miyahara's Aisha is pretty fluent in German - err Roman, Misato Fukuen clearly isn't. Fortunately Sister Yumina isn't supposed to be, being Helvetian, which means Roman is likely her second language.
Nuns Are Mikos: An inversion of the usual example; she looks more like a miko, but acts more like a nun.
Rummage Sale Reject: Not so much herself - her hakama-habit is actually quite fetching - but she doesn't spare the children or Kanata her poorly-coordinated choices of clothing.
Unsuspectingly Soused: In 'The Fortress At War', when Filicia spikes everyone's tea and gets them to drink several cups each. Less unsuspectingly later in the same episode, though.
A courier and part-time standard bearer responsible for supplying the 1121st with their mail and their new recruits. Has the same name, and looks like, 'Miracle Klaus', the Desert Wolf.
Call to Agriculture: After finishing his military service, his plan is to become a farmer.
Drives Like Crazy: He's good at what he does, but Kanata likely won't be riding with him again anytime soon.
Bilingual Bonus: Given that she only speaks German Roman, much of her dialogue, including a major CMoH, requires a translation team fluent in German as well as Japanese.
Breast Attack: Noel gropes her breast to forestall being stabbed in the neck with a syringe. It works very well.
Can't Get Away With Nuthin': She breaks a leg, almost freezes to death, gets hunted as an excuse to ruin the peace talks and then shot, all just for crossing the frontier to try getting a peek of her grandmother's town of origin.
Versöhnlich: Aisha forgives Noël for her role in the Invisible Reaper plague in episode 12.
Du hast genug gelitten, deshalb vergebe ich dir, auch wenn dir sonst niemand vergeben sollte. You have suffered enough, therefore I forgive you, even when no one else will.
War heroine and daughter of the Archduke of Helvetia, she crossed the paths of several of the girls of the 1121st Tank Platoon before they were assigned to the Time Keeping Fortress.
Hime Cut: Fitting her Badass Princess status, this traditional Japanese hairstyle looks strange on a blonde. Her half-sister sports the same haircut.
Onee-sama: Her half-sister pretty much worshipped her.
The Paragon: Everyone who ever met her was inspired by her wholesomeness (in different ways), especially Kanata, Rio and Filicia.
Owner of the glasswork shop and ally of the Clocktower Fortress girls.
Friend In The Black Market: She acts as a go-between for smuggling illegal calvados as a side to her curio shop.
Insistent Terminology: Do not like people addressing her in terms that would reveal her age and insists them on using the age-neutral "Naomi-san" instead.
