History Characters / FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor

* EyeScream: He has a scar over his left eye that's left him blind on that side. [[spoiler:Kazuki did it to him when they were children to save his life. He was getting assimilated. When he was returned at the end of ''Heaven and Earth'' his sight was restored, but the scar still remains.]]

* LudicrousPrecision: Knows the exact amount of time Kazuki and Soushi haven't walked home together in the novel. It's four years, seven months and eleven days, in case you're wondering.

* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:First the girl he loves is in coma, then his best friend sacrifices himself and later his mom dies too]].

* BarrierWarrior: Using his Fafner's shield he can stop the enemies giving his allies an opening.

* CowardlyLion: After stopping wearing his mask Mamoru expresses fear at what they go through in battle, yet that doesn't stop him from continuing fighting.

* AscendedExtra: She gets more screen-time in ''Left of Right'', after only appearing in one scene in the original series.
* {{HeroicRRoD}}: She started showing symptoms of Assimilation Process in her right eye at the end of the ''Left of Right".

Hero of the TV special, ''Right of Left''. Pilots a Titan Model.

* ParentalAbandonment: His mother died before the series and the OVA.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Her and Ryou's where doing this Yumi finally succumbs t the assimilation.

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Becomes exceptionally heavy after acquiring his SDP; his weight becomes ''100kg'' and it keeps becoming worse, up to the point he need to use a walking stick]].

* ParentsAsPeople: She and her daughters have a good and loving relationship that gets pushed to the sidelines because, like Fumihiko, she is always busy trying to find ways to keep the pilots from dropping like flies due to assimilation. Unlike Fumihiko, who is home maybe three times the entire series, Chizuru has notably more interactions with Maya and Yumiko.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Nanaho Katsuragi (Japanese), Jane Alan (English, series), Creator/LydiaMackay (English, ''Heaven and Earth'')

* TheAtoner: She's grateful to the people of Tatsuymiya for taking her and her comrades in, and wants repay the debt in hopes that, one day, the island will consider her a true citizen.

-->'''Jingjing Chen voiced by:''' Michiko Komatsu (Japanese, ''Exodus''), Creator/LindsaySeidel (English, ''Exodus'')

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JurotaKosugi (Japanese), Chris Kent (English)

* HiveMind: Played with. Unlike most examples of this trope, there're different "tribes" of Festum on Earth, and each one's "leader" (known as Mir) has different view on humans; some coexists with humans, some do not. Played straight as each group follows their Mir's direction.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoheiKiyasu (Japanese), Creator/SteveStaley (English, series), Creator/JoshGrelle (English, ''Heaven and Earth'')

* LegacyCharacter: She recieves Mamoru's helmet from Hiroto and becomes the 3rd generation Gobain.

* KidHeroAllGrownUp: He was 14 in the original series and 16 in ''Heaven and ''Earth'', but he turned 20 late into ''Exodus'' and is around 25 for most of ''The Beyond''.

* {{Bishonen}}: Of the LongHairedPrettyBoy variety.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Tsuguo Mogami

* CasualDangerDialog: When he and Soushi arrive in [[spoiler:India]] in the middle of a battle, Soushi nonchalantly asks him whether he slept well and if he had nice dreams. Kazuki responds that he thinks he did.

* CasualDangerDialog: When he and Kazuki arrive in [[spoiler:India]] in the middle of a battle, he nonchalantly asks Kazuki whether he slept well and if he had nice dreams. Kazuki responds in the affirmative.

%%* TheChick: In ''Heaven and Earth''.

* TheChick: When piloting a Fafner most of the time.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: His right arm gets assimilated in ''Exodus''.]]
* AmbiguouslyBi: He seems completely [[CluelessChickMagnet oblivious and uninterested]] in the affections the girls have for him, and it's quite apparent that Soushi is the one who is most important to him, to the point where he [[spoiler: vows to wait ''forever'' for Soushi to return to the island, and flies into a rage when Festum show up instead of Soushi]]. And even though there were possible hints he returned Maya's feelings in the original series, in later installments the issue isn’t addressed.
** The dramas take this further with him clearly stating that he is able to fight because Soushi is by his side. Furthermore, after Soushi is [[spoiler: kidnapped and presumably killed by Mark Nicht under Festum control]] he asks his dad to allow a suicide mission to get revenge and compares his pain to that of his father after his mother was killed. The most ambiguous part about this trope is how ambiguous it's supposed to be.
* BackToBackBadasses: With [[spoiler: Soushi]] in ''Exodus''.

* BenchedHero: Due to [[spoiler: his critical assimilation process]]. Not for long though.

* BigDamnHeroes: He and Soushi single-handedly salvage the situation in [[spoiler: India]] once they show up with [[spoiler: Sein and Nicht]].

* BreakTheCutie: He goes through so much [[TraumaCongaLine crap]] throughout his childhood and the first season that once he's forced to confront his past and [[TraumaInducedAmnesia what he's done]] he breaks down. He seems to get better, but then [[spoiler: Soushi is kidnapped by the Festum, breaking him all over again.]]

* BrokenBird: In ''Heaven and Earth'' it's quite apparent that he's become this [[spoiler: due to Soushi's disappearance]].

* DeathSeeker: For a short time after [[spoiler: Soushi is presumably killed by Festum]] he is dead set on going on a suicide mission to get revenge, calling it all he has still left in GONE/ARRIVE. When it's revealed that [[spoiler: Soushi is in fact alive]] he gets over this. He's also turned into the exact opposite in ''Heaven and Earth'' due to his promise to wait forever for [[spoiler: Soushi's return]] and in ''Exodus'' he really just wants to live because it's what he wants.

* DemotedToExtra: Despite being the protagonist in every animated entry in the franchise (barring the prequel), he becomes a supporting character in ''The Beyond''.

* HandicappedBadass: By the end of the TV series, he's [[spoiler: nearly blind. In ''Heaven and Earth'', his assimilation process has reached the point where if he pilots the Mark Sein for more than a few minutes, there's a high chance he'll be completely assimilated. As of ''Exodus'' he can see again, but the assimilation phenomenon is still wreaking havoc on his body, leaving him with only 3 years to live.]]

* IJustWantToBeNormal: For most of the series until he, in ''Exodus'', [[spoiler: willingly accepts the island Mir's blessing and surpasses the cycle of life and death]] which he calls choosing the same path as Soushi.
* ItsAllMyFault: In the novel he blames himself for Shouko's death even months after the fact, which Soushi even tells him to quit.
* IWillFindYou: When [[spoiler: Soushi gets kidnapped by the Festum]] Kazuki has one thought in mind, and it's this.
* IWillWaitForYou: Says this to Soushi at the end of the first season, and again in ''Heaven and Earth''. A variety happens in ''Exodus'' when they promise [[spoiler: to meet again and again beyond life and death]]. Considering Kazuki is now essentially [[spoiler:immortal while Soushi is dead]] it ends up as this trope.

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler: Scratching out Soushi's eye when they were kids, even though it was necessary to save his life.]] The guilt eats away at him until near the end of the first season. [[spoiler: Again, failing to save Soushi from the Festum at the end of the first season.]] It leads him to become the BrokenBird he is in ''Heaven and Earth''.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He saves a NUN shuttle despite orders to leave it, but this results in Shouko's death and the NUN finally discovering the location of the island.
* NotQuiteHuman: [[spoiler: After he wakes up in ''Exodus'' he's no longer fully, if at all, human.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: It's implied he raises [[spoiler: Soushi]] after the events of ''Exodus''.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Refuses to believe that Soushi [[spoiler: is disappearing into the Festum hivemind]] at the end of the series, resulting in this.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Goes on one [[spoiler: immediately after Soushi is kidnapped by the Festum]]. It doesn't work.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He ''plans'' to do this after [[spoiler: Soushi is taken - and presumably killed - by Festum. When Akane reveals that Soushi is actually alive]] that plan falls flat.
* SayMyName: Screams Soushi's name repeatedly when [[spoiler: he's being kidnapped by Festum, and again at the end of the series when he disappears]]. It reaches memetic level in the Eastern fandom.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He saves some members of the NUN despite orders to leave them to die. This results in Shouko's death, however.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: It isn't that strong at the beginning but as of ''Exodus'', he looks nearly identical to his mother.

* TearsOfJoy: At the end of ''.

* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Scratching out Soushi's eye]] scarred him so much that he blocked out the reason as to ''why'' he did it, leaving him only with the memory that he ''had'' done it.
* TogetherInDeath: He tries to invoke this at the end of ''Exodus'' by [[spoiler: following Soushi, who came to him to say goodbye, into death]]. Kouyo and Misao stop him though.
* UnstoppableRage: Twice so far. First when [[spoiler: Soushi is kidnapped and presumably killed by the Festum]]. He propels himself high into the atmosphere in pursuit, screaming at them to give [[spoiler: Soushi]] back. Again when Festum show up at the beginning of ''Heaven and Earth''. He furiously demands to know why it's ''them'' instead of [[spoiler: Soushi]], and utterly annihilates his opponent, [[OhCrap until it evolves]].

* YourDaysAreNumbered: In ''Exodus'' the assimilation affecting him leaves him with only three years to live.

* AlwaysWithYou: Says this to Kazuki [[spoiler: as he's being assimilated into the Festum hivemind at the end of the first season. And he is; he stays in a state of crossing with Kazuki for two years]].

* BerserkButton: In ''Exodus''. Never, ever, threat or hurt his friends or [[spoiler: he will send you to nothingness with his Mark Nicht]].
* BigDamnHeroes: He and Kazuki single-handedly salvage the situation in [[spoiler: India]] once they show up with [[spoiler: Sein and Nicht]].

* CasualDangerDialog: When he and Kazuki arrive in [[spoiler: India]] in the middle of a battle, he nonchalantly asks Kazuki whether he slept well and if he had nice dreams. Kazuki responds in the affirmative.

* DistressedDude: Gets caught up in a cocoon of Festum tendrils as they slowly attempt to assimilate him, and just as you think he might get out of it [[spoiler: he gets full-on kidnapped by them]].

* EyeScream: He has a scar over his left eye that's left him blind on that side. [[spoiler: Kazuki did it to him when they were children to save his life. He was getting assimilated. When he was returned at the end of ''Heaven and Earth'' his sight was restored, but the scar still remains.]]

* HypocriticalHumor: In ''Exodus'' he and Kazuki share a scene where he mentions how long Kazuki's hair has gotten and suggests he cut it. Kazuki calls him out on it. Later, after [[spoiler: Kenji has taken control of the Siegfried System for the first time]], Soushi tells him not to shoulder everything by himself. Both Kenji and Kazuki call him out on this.

* KilledOffForReal: He claims this is his fate at the start of ''Exodus''. [[spoiler: It comes true in the final episode. Maybe.]]

* MidseasonUpgrade: He goes from manning the Siegfried System to [[spoiler: piloting the Mark Nicht]] in ''Exodus''.

* NotSoStoic: ''Right of Left'' especially shows us that Soushi's stoic demeanour is at least partly a facade. [[spoiler: In actuality, his coldness is a front used to bear the weight of his responsibilities, namely the potential of having to sacrifice the pilots for the sake of the island.]]

** Also played straight when [[spoiler:he pilots Mark Nicht in ''Exodus'']]. He turns out to be one of, if not the most aggressive among the [[spoiler: pilots]] on the entire show.
* NonActionGuy: Played straight in the original and ''Heaven and Earth''. [[spoiler: Subverted in ''Exodus''.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: His father dies near the very beginning of the series. [[spoiler: His mother sacrificed herself while pregnant with Tsubaki to stabilize the island's core.]]

* ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler: When he remakes his existence and come back from the Festum world, the sight in his left eye is restored but the scar there remains,]] probably because he considers it part of himself and make him who he is.
* ShootTheDog: The [[http://soukyuu.livejournal.com/43693.html second CD drama]] reveals that [[spoiler: he spread rumors about Shouko and vandalized her grave to prevent the pilots from seeing [[TakingYouWithMe suicide attacks]] as a viable option]].

* TakingTheBullet: Was fully prepared to [[spoiler: get shot for Kazuki]] and does take [[spoiler: Raison's attack for Kazuki]] at two separate occasions.

* AcePilot: While Kazuki [[spoiler: and Soushi in Exodus]] pilot superior Fafners and do the most damage, Maya seems to match, or even exceed, them in raw talent. She has excellent endurance (she can pilot a Fafner ''far'' longer than anyone else in ''Exodus'' despite her brain's advanced development) and is a naturally talented sniper, the second skill being vital in the North Pole mission at the end of Season 1.

* BadassAdorable: She's the most capable pilot behind Kazuki [[spoiler: and Soushi]], and in ''Exodus'' she's learning how to pilot a fighter jet.

* TheConfidant: She fills the role to Kazuki. He finds her presence calming and comforting, and she's the only one aside from Soushi post reconcilliation he finds he can confide fully in. The novel reveals that he actually told her [[spoiler: about scratching out Soushi's eye]] because he needed to tell someone and she was the only option.

* GoThroughMe: She notices Mizoguchi attempting to snipe [[spoiler: Kouyou]] after the latter starts wandering around as a mostly-assimilated zombie and steps between them.

* ItsAllMyFault: As the Stand By Me Drama CD reveals, she took Shouko, who wanted to go outside but wasn't supposed to because of her illness, into the mountains when they were kids. On the way Shouko's condition grew worse and because they were alone with no one to help them she grew so weak she almost died. Maya blamed herself baldy for years and mothered Shouko because of it.

* IWillWaitForYou: Declares a variation to Kazuki at the end of ''The Beyond'', saying she will protect the place he’ll return to.
* TheLancer: Once she's starts piloting a Fafner.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Maya attempts to blow herself up via Fenrir to take out Hester's ship when the latter attempts an ROE Alpha. Hester calls it off.]]

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: After she dies her grave is desecrated and she's treated as an outcast for destroying her Fafner along with the Festum. The CD Dramas reveal that it was actually [[spoiler: Soushi who did this to turn the other pilots off of sacrificing themselves]].
* TeenGenius: In the novel. Apparently she always scored at the very top of her year even though she barely ever attended class.

* TheVoiceless: [[spoiler: In ''Exodus'', due to her Japanese voice actor having passed away.]]

* BadassLongcoat: Sports one of these [[spoiler: in Exodus' second ending.]]

* DoggedNiceGuy: By Shouko due her feelings for Kazuki.

* FailureToSaveMurder: Blames Kazuki for not being able to save Shouko despite that it was clear that there was no way that Kazuki could have caught up to Shouko's Mark Sechs since it was actively flying ''away'' from him the entire time. He also accuses Soushi of abandoning Shouko at one point, as if her disobeying orders was somehow his fault as well. [[spoiler: He gets over this later on and makes a somewhat self-ironic callback to it when he reappears in ''Exodus''.]]

* DontYouDarePityMe: In ''Heaven and Earth'', where she's [[spoiler: constrained to a wheelchair]].

* MissionControl: [[spoiler: He takes over the Siegfried System in ''Exodus'' after Soushi sorties in Nicht.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: His cockpit gets [[spoiler: twisted by the worm sphere of a destroyed Festum.]]

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: He initially joined Plan L because he wanted to die.]]

* DeepSleep: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Exodus'' she's put into a state of stasis with the underwater Tatsumiya.]]

* BrokenTears: After [[spoiler: the people he was trying to save get assimilated]] Akira breaks down and just ''wails''.

* HeroicBSOD: Has one in ''Exodus'' [[spoiler: after a bus-full of people he was trying to save get assimilated]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: To stop the enemy Festum from assimilating their island's core, Akira absorbs the assimilation on Zero Fafner to only himself until he disappears.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: He's reunited with Hiroto and Walter after he dies.]]

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Develops several hardened growths on her back that multiply the more she pilots a Fafner. And it eventually reaches her left eye. She loses her body in Episode 20 and leaves behind a black sphere that looks exactly like her growths. Kouyo says her soul is still in there.]]
** [[spoiler: It doesn't stop her piloting Tsukiyomi, as Episode 22 shows-she teleports inside it and proceeds to utterly annihilate a missile bombardment. It's hard ''not'' to imagine her screaming [[CallingYourAttacks GOU SPARK!]] when she does it, too.]]

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Develops a hole in the centre of his chest that grows larger the more he pilots a Fafner. The implication is that it will keep growing until he's entirely consumed by it.]]

* AbusiveParents: They are not as bad as Kouyou's parents, but they are so focused with the grief from their daughter's death that it looks like they don't mind their other kid becoming a pilot. [[spoiler: They get better though.]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Yumiko dies near the beginning of ''Exodus'', and disappears for good at the end of it.]]

Maya's older sister and Chizuru's first daughter, [[spoiler: as well as Miwa's mother]]. A teacher for the handicapped.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: After being crushed by the building as mentioned below, she's back right away. A drama CD explains that Miwa's will is keeping her alive until Miwa accepts that she's dead.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: Becomes one to [[spoiler: Maya]] in ''Exodus'', as she's started calling him "dad."

* MeaningfulName: After the 'Tsubaki' or 'Camellia' plant blossoms and grows old, the flower simply falls off the branch. [[spoiler: This hints that Tsubaki will be willing to sacrifice herself once the time has come.]]

%%* WiseBeyondTheirYears

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Emery was killed prior to the events of ''Exodus''. However, her brother's will kept her alive until she could complete her mission.]]

* LongLostRelative: Neither Maya nor Yumiko seemed to know that their father had another kid. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Because he didn't]]. Jonathan is a clone of Atlantis' former core, not Mitsuhiro's son.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: He's shot in the head by Mizoguchi to prevent him from killing Maya.]]

* MoralMyopia: She calls Maya a "murdering bitch" and "shinigami" after [[spoiler: Maya kills her teammate]], and this is after [[spoiler:Dustin mercilessly shot and killed Hiroto]]. Not to mention that Keith and her comrades have had no problem trying to kill ''tens of thousands of innocent civilians for half the second cour''. Hypocrite much?

* WalkingSpoiler: It's so important that its existence can explain a lot of things since the first anime.

* PowerCopying: The Mark Ein's SDP allows him to copy the SDP of whatever Fafner he's fighting.

* AmbiguouslyBi: He seems completely [[CluelessChickMagnet oblivious and uninterested]] in the affections the girls have for him, and it's quite apparent that Soushi is the one who is most important to him, to the point where he [[spoiler: vows to wait ''forever'' for Soushi to return to the island, and flies into a rage when Festum show up instead of Soushi]]. And even though there were possible hints he returned Maya's feelings in the first season, in later installments the issue isn’t addressed.

* CasualDangerDialog: When he and Soushi arrive in [[spoiler: India]] in the middle of a battle, Soushi nonchalantly asks him whether he slept well and if he had nice dreams. Kazuki responds that he thinks he did.
* CelibateHero: Speculation aside he really has no interest in romance, and isn’t even aware of his “harem”.

* DeathSeeker: For a short time after [[spoiler: Soushi is presumably killed by Festum]] he is dead set on going on a suicide mission to get revenge, calling it all he has still left in GONE/ARRIVE. When it's revealed that [[spoiler: Soushi is in fact alive]] he gets over this. He's also turned into the exact opposite in the movie due to his promise to wait forever for [[spoiler: Soushi's return]] and in ''Exodus'' he really just wants to live because it's what he wants.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: In the movie, [[spoiler:because his assimilation process is so far gone, there's a big chance that he'll be assimilated within minutes of piloting the Mark Sein. This along with essentially being removed for most of the last part of the movie, prevents him from piloting and easily defeating the Festum army, leaving the defense of the island to his friends.]]
** In ''Exodus'' [[spoiler: he's forced to stay behind by Soushi to conserve his strength when the Festum attack them while travelling. He's understandably upset by this, as they suffer heavy civilian casualties.]]
* HandicappedBadass: By the end of the TV series, he's [[spoiler: nearly blind. In the movie, his assimilation process has reached the point where if he pilots the Mark Sein for more than a few minutes, there's a high chance he'll be completely assimilated. As of ''Exodus'' he can see again, but the assimilation phenomenon is still wreaking havoc on his body, leaving him with only 3 years to live.]]
%%* HeartbrokenBadass: At the end of the TV series and during the movie.

%%* TheHero
* ICanStillFight: [[spoiler: Despite being so far along in the assimilation phenomenon in ''Exodus'' that piloting for even a few minutes would put his life at risk, he offers to fight again if it will help the younger pilots survive.]]

* IWillWaitForYou: Says this to Soushi at the end of the first season, and again in the movie. A variety happens in ''Exodus'' when they promise [[spoiler: to meet again and again beyond life and death]]. Considering Kazuki is now essentially [[spoiler: immortal while Soushi is dead]] it ends up as this trope.

* MidseasonUpgrade: From the Mark Elf to the [[spoiler:Mark Sein.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he [[spoiler: scratched out Soushi's eye]] when they were kids.

* StepfordSmiler: Both in the original TV series and the movie. He gets better. Maybe.

* TakeMyHand: with Soushi [[spoiler: when they got absorbed into the Festum world by Mark Nicht and Idun]].
* TearsOfJoy: At the end of the movie.

* UnstoppableRage: Twice so far. First when [[spoiler: Soushi is kidnapped and presumably killed by the Festum]]. He propels himself high into the atmosphere in pursuit, screaming at them to give [[spoiler: Soushi]] back. Again when Festum show up at the beginning of the movie. He furiously demands to know why it's ''them'' instead of [[spoiler: Soushi]], and utterly annihilates his opponent, [[OhCrap until it evolves]].
* WorfHadTheFlu: In the movie, he sortied to face a Sphinx-type Festum, which quickly [[spoiler:mutated into a new Aeolus-type, which is capable of mimicing and using human weapons, including Fafner weaponry. Kazuki ended up having an extremely difficult time, mainly because his assimilation process started up and he was struggling to fight back from being assimilated.]]

* IShallReturn: Says this to Kazuki at the end of the first season, and again in the movie. [[spoiler: He finally does.]]

* TheSpock: The rational one among the younger cast.
* TheStoic: Is generally this, but he slips into NotSoStoic when Kazuki returns to the island, and again at the end of the movie. The PV for the second cour of ''Exodus'' takes this even further, where he loses his cool completely and is heard [[SayMyName screaming Kazuki's name repeatedly]] in desperation.

* TookALevelInBadass: While he was always pretty capable and badass in his own right, being the operator of the Siegfried System, when he [[spoiler: starts piloting Nicht]] he is nigh-unstoppable.

* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: ''Exodus'' reveals that upon his return to Tatsumiya at the end of the movie he's no longer completely human, taking on some Festum-like qualities.]]
* WhenHeSmiles: In the movie. And ''Exodus''. ''Wow''.

* TheBigGirl: Shared with Mamoru in the original series.

%%* TheChick: In the movie.
* DontYouDarePityMe: In the movie, where she's [[spoiler: constrained to a wheelchair]].

* OfficialCouple: With Kenji, eventually.
* PutOnABus: In episode 21, Sakura [[spoiler:is assimilated by the Festum and is last seen in episode 22 in a coma. Near the very end, a method of reversing the effects is discovered, and it's mentioned that Sakura's starting to recover, but is not seen again in the TV series. TheBusCameBack in the movie, in which she's recovered enough to start piloting again.]]

%%* ShipTease: With Kenji, big time.

%%* TheMedic: In ''Exodus''.

%%* OfficialCouple: With Sakura, eventually.
%%* ShipTease: With Sakura.
* TheSmartGuy: In the movie, surprisingly enough. In ''Exodus'', he even takes over as the Siegfried System operator once Soushi [[spoiler: goes to India with Kazuki and Mark Nicht]] and keeps being the operator even after Soushi comes back. While he isn't on Soushi's level of intelligence he's certainly a talented commander.

Inherits Mamoru's Mark Funf in the movie, as well as his Gobain mask.

Maya and Yumiko's mother and grandmother of Miwa in the movie. The only doctor on the whole of Tatsumiya Island.

%%* TheMedic

Shouko's mother by adoption, and Canon's in the movie and Exodus.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: ''Twice''.]] Poor Youko.

* TheAlcoholic: In the movie. He gets better by ''Exodus'', though.
* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:After Mamoru's death. He hasn't gotten over it at the start of the movie, probably because his wife is dead, too. He seems to have recovered by ''Exodus'', as he's seen creating manga again and is in charge of maintenance for the 3rd generation Fafners.]]

Grandmother of Rina and Akira, as revealed in the movie.

* MandatoryUnretirement: She's retired at the start of the series, but she gets back in action when Kazuki brings home the Mark Sein.

%%* TheBigGirl: In the movie.
* CannotSpitItOut: Near the end, she starts developing feelings for [[spoiler:Kazuki]], which both Sakura and Michio figure out. Because of her upbringing and lack of social skills, she has no idea how to talk to him. As of the movie, it remains unresolved. [[spoiler:This leads to a heartbreaking moment in ''Exodus'' where she still can't spit it out when as Kazuki departs on what appears to be a suicide mission. And let's not mention Episode 17, where her final words finally admit her love.]]

* HappilyAdopted: By the time of the movie, she's officially been adopted by Youko, with the two having a loving daughter-mother relationship.

* HeroicSacrifice: In the movie, she [[spoiler:understands Akane's love for Tatsumiyajima, and willingly]] gives her life to protect [[spoiler:Tsubaki's reincarnation and Seri]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Manages to rebound his Mir's order to fight in the movie. [[spoiler:He's on the good guys' side in ''Exodus''.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He [[TakingTheBullet shields the island and his Mir from the New U.N.'s nukes]]. [[spoiler:He comes back in ''Exodus'' though, albeit not exactly the same person in the movie.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Misao tries his best, but he's still a Festum with a limited understanding of human feelings and nonverbal cues, so he comes out as this. For example, he sees nothing wrong in cheerfully asking[[spoiler: Miwa (who is about 4 years old, RapidAging notwithstanding) if he can assimilate her already, in front of her family.]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi (Japanese), Creator/BobPapenbrook (English, series), Chris Rager (English, ''Heaven and Earth'')

* HeelFaceTurn: [[folder:She betrays the other Festum to help Tatsumiya]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the movie, she understands Akane's love for Tatsumiyajima, and willingly gives her life to protect Tsubaki's reincarnation and Seri.]]

[[folder:Miwa Hino ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]]

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!!Soushi Minashiro II

[[folder:'''Spoiler Character for Exodus''']]

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[[folder:Dylan Basel ('''Unmarked Spoilers''')]]

* AntiVillain: It originally existed on the Arcadian Project Island 3 Atlantis alongside humans. Then it was enslaved by the New U.N. to hunt down and kill those that defy them after they had killed all the humans and Fetsum on its island. As a result it desires vengeance against them and will do what it can to achieve it.

* CreepyChild: The Sea Mir's Core is a young boy who also appears as a Gregory-type for most of ''Exodus''.

* ThePowerOfHate: It fills Mitsuhiro with hatred for everything to make him its herald. It even believes that the greatest power is [[IrrationalHatred hatred that has no reason]] as there can be no compromising or forgiveness in it.

* IllGirl: It's not stated exactly what her illness is, just that it leaves her bedridden for long periods of time.

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Very prone to getting sick

* KnifeNut: Repeatedly tries to stab a Festum even after Soushi tells her that that weapon won't work against it.

%%* SupremeChef

%%* YourDaysAreNumbered: In ''Exodus''.

%%* TheBerserker: When she pilots.
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes

%%* IllGirl

* OblviousToLove: She never figured out that Kouyou liked her.

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: After she dies her grave is desecrated and she's treated as an outcast for destroying her Fafner along with the Festum. The CD Dramas reveal that it was actually [[spoiler: Soushi who did this]] to turn the other pilots off of sacrificing themselves.

%%* DoggedNiceGuy

* SoullessShell: After being assimilated. [[spoiler:He does seem to get a little better though.]]

%%* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kenji.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:When a Festum pins everyone down, he picks it up and impales it along with his own Fafner on Mark Sein's sword. His cockpit is crushed from being caught in the Festum's explosion, but he's happy that he saved his friends.]]

%%* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Cause of death.]]

%%* NiceGuy

%%* ImportantHaircut

[[quoteright:300[[labelnote:SPOILER]]Seri as of ''The Beyond'' https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seri_beyond.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She dies protecting her son Kenji from a Festum attack.]]

%%* HeroicSacrifice

%%* BadassNormal

%%* TheAtoner: She's grateful to the people of Tatsuymiya for taking her and her comrades in, and wants repay the debt in hopes that, one day, the island will consider her a true citizen.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EmiShinohara (Japanese), Creator/KateHiggins (English, series), Creator/LuciChristian (English, ''Heaven and Earth'')

-->'''Kaguya voiced by: ''' Satsumi Matsuda
-->'''Sakuya voiced by:''' Risae Matsuda

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: ''Right of Left'' reveals that [[spoiler: the 13-year-old Soushi has already been working at Alvis for quite a while, knowing most of the island's secrets.]]

!Tatsumiya Cores

* KnightTemplar: Most antagonistic U.N. members are this due to the crimes and atrocities they commit hardly justifying how well intentioned their ultimate goals might be.

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:He's a puppet made by the U.N.'s enslaved Seto Island Sea Mir; at the end of Episode 22, he has been taken over.]]

!Festum
[[folder:In General]]
->''"Are you there?"''

Shiny aliens that serve as the main antagonists of the Fafner franchise.

%%* EldritchAbomination
* HiveMind: Played with. Unlike most examples of this trope, there're different "tribes" of Festum on Earth, and each one's "leader" (known as Mir) has different view on humans; some coexists with humans, some do not. Played straight as each group follows their Mir's direction.

[[folder:Mjolnir]]
!!Mjolnir/Akane Makabe
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akane_makabe2.png]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiToyoguchi (Japanese), Lynn Fischer (English, series), Jennifer Seman (English, ''Heaven and Earth'')

A Master-form Festum who takes the appearance of Akane Makabe, Fumihiko's wife and Kazuki's mother.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[folder:She betrays the other Festum to help Tatsumiya]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the movie, she understands Akane's love for Tatsumiyajima, and willingly gives her life to protect Tsubaki's reincarnation and Seri.]]

[[folder:Idun]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/idun2.png]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuakiMadono (Japanese), Creator/KimStrauss (English)

Another Master -form Festum. His appearance originates from one of the three Alvis Core-Type Festum.

* TheAssimilator: As a Festum, he's capable of this. [[spoiler:Tries this on Kazuki and the Mark Sein at the end of the TV series, which only gets 'him' assimilated in turn.]]
* BigBad: He's the closest thing to a main villain that the original series had.
* GrandTheftPrototype: [[spoiler:He steals the Mark Nicht from the New U.N.]]

[[folder:Misao Kurusu]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misao_kurusu4.png]]
->''"Hey, have you ever thought that the sky looked beautiful?"''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoheiKimura (Japanese), Creator/JoelMcDonald (English)

A Sphinx-type Festum given human form, and a major character in ''Heaven and Earth''.

* AnimalsHateHim: Chocolat is not fond of Misao, and angrily barks at him everytime she's given the chance.
* AntiVillain: He truly wants peace between humans and Festum, and is trying everything he can in hopes that it can happen. However, in ''Heaven and Earth'', he wouldn't dare go against the wishes of the Polaris Mir, until Kazuki finally convinced him to stand up for himself. [[spoiler:And as of ''Exodus'', he's no longer a "villain."]]
* TheAssimilator: Miwa makes a deal to be assimilated by him in exchange for his help. Though he's perfectly fine waiting until there's peace after she later adds that she won't do it just yet.
* HeelFaceTurn: Manages to rebound his Mir's order to fight in the movie. [[spoiler:He's on the good guys' side in ''Exodus''.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He [[TakingTheBullet shields the island and his Mir from the New U.N.'s nukes]]. [[spoiler:He comes back in ''Exodus'' though, albeit not exactly the same person in the movie.]]
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Misao tries his best, but he's still a Festum with a limited understanding of human feelings and nonverbal cues, so he comes out as this. For example, he sees nothing wrong in cheerfully asking[[spoiler: Miwa (who is about 4 years old, RapidAging notwithstanding) if he can assimilate her already, in front of her family.]]
* TheJuggernaut: During the time he piloted the Mark Nicht, nobody could do much of anything to him. The most Kazuki could manage was to convince him to tell his Mir he didn't want to fight anymore.
* MindOverManners: Like all Festum, Misao can read human minds, but he chooses not to out of respect for humans. He also calls [[spoiler:Kouyou]] out for reading ''his'' mind, arguing that talking is more fun.
* RedIsHeroic: His fellow Aeros-type Festum from their Mir are red colored, contrasting the normally-seen gold ones. This trope doesn't come to effect until [[spoiler:he returns in ''Exodus'' when they come to protagonists' aid. Taken even further when he inherits Canon's Mark Dreizehn.]]
* SoulJar: In ''Heaven and Earth'', he was holding and protecting Soushi's existence within himself.

[[folder:Azazel-Types]]

The leaders of the Festum of different groups [[spoiler:which all serving the Seto Island Sea Mir]] in ''Exodus''. after the North Pole Mir was destroyed in the original anime. Of the ones seen are those codenamed as "Walker", "Roadrunner", "Aviator", "Crawler", "Floater" and "Vagrant".

* TheHeavy: They serve as the main antagonists of ''Exodus'' (specifically, "Walker" towards Tatsumiya Island, "Roadrunner" and "Aviator" towards the expeditionary group) [[spoiler:but act under the command of the U.N.'s Sea Mir]]. "Floater" is the exception since [[spoiler:its true form is Kurusu's carrier]].
* AnIcePerson: One of the later Azazel-types, "Crawler", display the ability of freezing its target before it assimilates them.
* LeanAndMean: The initial Azazel seen in the story, "Walker", is a long and thin humanoid figure out to attack the protagonists.
* LightEmUp: "Vagrant" is a light based Festum.
* LuckySeven: Inverted in this case. There's seven of them and all of them are antagonistic save for "Floater".
* MakingASplash: Some of them are associated with water [[spoiler:due to originating from the Seto Island Sea Mir]].
* PlayingWithFire: Roadrunner's strongest attack is releasing a nuke-like heatwave around it.
* SlasherSmile: "Walker" shows off one of these during an attack on the island.
* SpySatellites: "Vagrant" serves as this [[spoiler:for the U.N. and as a pseudo-Mir]].

[[folder:Sea Mir ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!Prometheus/Marespero
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/prometheus_07.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Prometheus]]
[[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Marespero]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marespero.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Shizuka Ishikawa (as Prometheus), Creator/TakahiroSakurai (as Marespero)

The Seto Inland Sea Mir part that's been captured and used by the U.N.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: Its plan for Mitsuhiro in ''Exodus'', beyond filling him with hatred, is for him to have someone to love.
* AntiVillain: It originally existed on the Arcadian Project Island 3 Atlantis alongside humans. Then it was enslaved by the New U.N. to hunt down and kill those that defy them after they had killed all the humans and Fetsum on its island. As a result it desires vengeance against them and will do what it can to achieve it.
* BigBad: Of ''Exodus'' and ''The Beyond''. Though by the nature of Festum, this title is debatable.
* CreepyChild: The Sea Mir's Core is a young boy who also appears as a Gregory-type for most of ''Exodus''.
* MadeASlave: Was bound to the U.N.'s will after they found it. This hasn't stopped its own plans or its minions from spreading destruction in its revenge scheme.
* ThePowerOfHate: It fills Mitsuhiro with hatred for everything to make him its herald. It even believes that the greatest power is [[IrrationalHatred hatred that has no reason]] as there can be no compromising or forgiveness in it.
* {{Revenge}}: Against the U.N. for destroying its home, killing the people there, and enslaving it.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's so important that its existence can explain a lot of things since the first anime.

[[/folder]]

!Benon *SPOILERS*

[[folder:Chaos]]
!Chaos Bartland
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto

A Master-type Festum resembling Jonathan Mitsuhiro Bartland, he serves as the commander of Benon's army and the pilot of the Fafner Mark Raison.

* BlingBlingBang: As always, the Mark Raison is colored gold.
* LightIsNotGood: Just like in ''Exodus'', the Mark Raison is a light-colored machine used by an antagonist.

[[folder:Maris Excelsia]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maris.jpg]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SomaSaito

An Esperanto with power rivaling that of Miwa and Emery, he betrayed Alvis to join Benon, kidnapping a young Soushi II while also playing the part of his best friend. He steals the rebuilt Fafner Mark Zwei from Kazuki and uses it to fight against the forces of Tatsumiya.

* DarkIsEvil: The Mark Zwei is colored black and used by the antagonistic Maris.
* VillainousFriendship: He shares a genuine bond with Serenoa and Legato.

[[folder:Serenoa]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/serenoa.jpg]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Yukana}}

A Festum taking the appearance and voice of Miwa's mother Yumiko, she played the part of Soushi II's mother on the fake Tatsumiya Island while combating the members of Alvis by messing with the Crossing System.
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* VillainousFriendship: She shares a genuine bond with Maris and Legato.

[[folder:Legato]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/legato.jpg]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Tsuguo Mogami

A Festum taking appearance of Miwa's father Michio, he played the part of Soushi II's father on the fake Tatsumiya Island while battling against the members of Alvis with the rebuild Fafner Mark Ein that Maris stole.

* PowerCopying: The Mark Ein's SDP allows him to copy the SDP of whatever Fafner he's fighting.
* VillainousFriendship: He shares a genuine bond with Maris and Serenoa.

[[folder:Fluoro]]
[[quoteright:167:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fluoro.jpg]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Tamaki Nakanishi

A fragment of the Azazel-type Festum "Walker," it takes the appearance of Tsubaki Minashiro and plays the part of Soushi II's younger sister on the fake Tatsumiya Island.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: She dies near the beginning of ''The Beyond'', but said death is what motivates Soushi II's hostility towards Kazuki.