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1The characters from the anime series ''Anime/{{Canaan}}''. Be warned of spoilers since it’s a sequel to ''VisualNovel/FourTwoEightShibuyaScramble''.
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6[[foldercontrol]]
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8!!Main
9
10[[folder:Canaan]]
11!!!Voiced by: Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (JP), Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack (EN)
12[[quoteright:254:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/canaan_character.png]]
13
14A mercenary and assassin who has quite the connections with Maria Oosawa, having saved her life in the past. She's known both for her skills and her beautiful white hair.
15----
16* ActorAllusion: Doubles as a CastingGag and {{Expy}}. [[Anime/{{Noir}} Shelley Calene-Black]] has previously played a character who's an [[Anime/{{Noir}} assassin, uses a red cardigan and fights with European-made handguns]].
17* AllThereInTheManual: Canaan's route in ''VisualNovel/FourTwoEightShibuyaScramble'' reveals more of her DarkAndTroubledPast and clears up her Middle Eastern origins as being from Iraq.
18* {{Bifauxnen}}: She could easily pass for an attractive male due to her rather boyish appearance.
19* BigEater: Maria notes that Canaan has quite the appetite, though [[ACupAngst Yunyun thinks some of that extra weight should be going to her chest]].
20* BoyishShortHair: She keeps her hair short to show her status as a tomboyish ActionGirl.
21* BroughtDownToNormal: Canaan loses her ability to "see colors" [[spoiler:at the end of episode 7. She gets it back later, but only after getting hit indirectly by a missile, and confronting Alphard.]]
22* ChildSoldier: She has been trained to kill from a young age.
23* CuteBruiser: Plays cat's cradle with copper wire.
24* DiseaseBleach: Her hair is white due to having been infected with [[spoiler:UA virus]].
25* ExperiencedProtagonist: Before the series started, Canaan had worked alongside Siam in several mercenary assignments.
26* FashionableAsymmetry: The long glove on her left forearm.
27* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She likes stuffed animals, but she says it's actually because she can't see any color in them instead of them being cute.
28* TheGunslinger: She fights uniquely with guns.
29* HideYourLesbians: Her relationship with Maria is clearly beyond a mere friendship, but is never stated outright.
30* ImprobableAimingSkills: Because of her synesthesia she can make crack shot without looking or hearing, as all her senses compensate each other.
31* LegacyCharacter: In one sense, the name Canaan previously belonged to Alphard when she was Siam's apprentice, though she has since abandoned the name. In another sense, [[spoiler:the Flower Garden Project was intended to create another SuperSoldier with the same synesthesia-based SuperSenses as Canaan]].
32* MysticalWhiteHair: Her white hair is a sign of her sense-based powers making her a borderline magical SuperSoldier.
33* RedBaron: Canaan’s OneManArmy accomplishments have earned her the moniker Iron-Armed Army of One.
34* RedEyesTakeWarning: Whenever she uses synesthesia, her eyes turn red.
35* RedIsHeroic: The main heroine of the series wears a red shirt at all times.
36* SexyBacklessOutfit: Her shirt leaves her shoulder blades and the middle of her back exposed.
37* SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: She's the protagonist of the series, and is a tan Middle Eastern girl with platinum blonde hair as a result of DiseaseBleach from being injected with the Ua virus, which also allows her to perceive additional senses with her eyes.
38* SleevesAreForWimps: She wears a sleeveless red turtleneck and is a mercenary with outstanding combat skills.
39* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:From her DoomedHometown in the Middle East.]]
40* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's very much a cool type, yet an incredibly caring and loyal person especially towards Maria.
41* SuperStrength: To an extent. While she can't punch through concrete walls, she's strong enough to play Cat's Cradle with ''copper wire''.
42* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy (short-haired and combat-oriented mercenary) to Maria's girly girl (long-haired and defenseless photographer).
43%% * TsurimeEyes
44[[/folder]]
45
46[[folder:Maria Oosawa]]
47!!!Voiced by: Creator/YoshinoNanjo (JP), Creator/HilaryHaag (EN)
48[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oosawa_maria.png]]
49
50A Japanese photographer who holds quite the fascination with the girl who saved her in the past, and longs to meet her again. Her work in Shanghai might give her the chance.
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52%%* AllLovingHero
53%%* BreakTheCutie
54* CatchPhrase: As Canaan notes, she has a habit of calling things "awesome" because she's EasilyImpressed.
55%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
56* ContinuityNod: When Yunyun shows her the soundproof helmets at the Factory, Maria ends up wearing something similar to the cat mascot costume she wore in ''428'', when she had IdentityAmnesia and was being called Tama.
57* DamselInDistress: Due to lacking any combat abilities, she needs Canaan to protect her. In fact, this is how they met; she befriended Canaan after being saved from hoodlums during a trip somewhere in the Middle East.
58* EasilyImpressed: It doesn't take much to get her to call something awesome.
59* ForgottenFirstMeeting: She doesn't remember meeting Alphard and pointing a gun her during the climax of ''428'' due to her TraumaInducedAmnesia, and so does not recognize her when they cross paths at the NBCR conference. Alphard asks if she really doesn’t remember or is just playing dumb.
60* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's a very sweet and good-hearted young girl with long golden hair. Only in the anime, though, in ''428'' she had black hair, which may mean that it is dyed.
61%%* HeroWorshipper: To Canaan.
62%%* HideYourLesbians: With Canaan.
63* IdiotHair: She has a long strand of hair standing atop her head. While not an idiot, she's naïve and somewhat spacey.
64%%* MoralityPet: To Canaan.
65%%* RescueRomance
66* ASaintNamedMary: Maria's name is unusual for a Japanese woman. It, however, is befitting her sweet nature. It also [[ThemeNaming goes along]] with Canaan's biblical code-name.
67* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her surname could be spelled Oosawa, but it also gets spelled Osawa on her father’s profile and in the ''428'' game.
68%%* PolarOppositeTwins: With Hitomi.
69* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl (long-haired and defenseless photographer) to Canaan's tomboy (short-haired and combat-oriented mercenary).
70* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Minorikawa's boss tells him that Maria’s exact memories of what she experienced during the events of ''VisualNovel/FourTwoEightShibuyaScramble'' aren’t accessible to her due to the trauma of surviving the Ua virus, so trying to interview her for info on the Shibuya incident would be a dead end. Given that she spent most of the game with IdentityAmnesia, it’s doubtful she could give much more useful knowledge anyway.
71[[/folder]]
72
73[[folder:Minoru Minorikawa]]
74!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenjiHamada (JP), Creator/DavidMatranga (EN)
75[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minorikawa_minoru.png]]
76
77Maria's partner and friend, and another character coming from the Shibuya game.
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79%%* ActionSurvivor
80* CooldownHug: [[spoiler:To Hakko, after Santana's death. While it stops her from shooting everyone else, it's not enough to bring her back from the DespairEventHorizon.]]
81%%* DeadpanSnarker
82%%* HotBlooded
83%%* IntrepidReporter
84%%* NonActionGuy
85%%* OnlySaneMan
86%%* PlatonicLifePartners: To Maria.
87[[/folder]]
88
89[[folder:Alphard Al Sheya]]
90!!!Voiced by: Creator/MaayaSakamoto (JP), Lesley Pedersen (EN)
91[[quoteright:182:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alphard_al_sheya.png]]
92
93The main villain of the series and titular character's nemesis. This woman, who is equal parts beautiful and deadly, is the leader of terrorist organization Snake. She had seen some action in the past as a mercenary alongside Canaan and Siam.
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95* AllThereInTheManual: Information provided by the [[https://postimg.cc/QVJyf7Cc 428 Shibuya Scramble leaflet]] mentions that Alphard lost most of her family when American-led military forces staged an intervention into Afghanistan to topple the Taliban.
96* ArchEnemy: To Canaan since she's responsible for double crossing Siam and her, which led to his death.
97* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Sacrifices an arm escaping Canaan in the final episode]].
98* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As her other tropes prove, she's ''not'' the kind of person who leads a terrorist organization from an armchair.
99* BadassLongcoat: She wears a dark purple trench coat that looks awesome in her as she kicks ass.
100* BigBad: A role she reprises from the original game. Ultimately, it's her actions that end up driving the plot.
101* ChildSoldier: She underwent the same training that Canaan did at a young age under Siam.
102* DarkActionGirl: She's the kind of woman who A) gets things done herself and B) doesn't have much of a moral compass.
103* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Particularly Liang Qi, who's obsessed with having her attention - [[spoiler: even if that means goading her into trying to kill her]].
104%%* EvilCounterpart: To Canaan.
105%%* ForTheLulz: No other motives are mentioned.
106* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:The ending shows she's still alive and apparently working as a terrorist, despite losing an arm.]]
107* INeedYouStronger: [[spoiler:She screws with Canaan using tests, mind games, and physical combat in order to propel her into the thick hatred that she herself is completely submerged in so that she can fight Canaan at full strength and hatred. While she ''does'' fight her at full strength, Canaan doesn't succumbed to hate as Alphard intended.]]
108* LackOfEmpathy: She'll watch others break down over the loss of their loved ones with either mild amusement or (particularly Canaan's case) a detached kind of satisfaction.
109%%* MeaningfulName
110%%* OneeSama: To Liang Qi. The sentiment is ''not'' mutual.
111* ThePowerOfHate: Alphard is a strong believer in revenge as a source of power, and seeks to corrupt Canaan into embracing that same hatred as one last act of defiance against Siam.
112* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Al Sheya, Alshua, or Alshaya. The English release of the ''428'' game goes with al-Shua.
113* TerroristsWithoutACause: Snake under Alphard’s leadership doesn’t appear to have a particular ideology or grander aspiration motivating their acts of terrorism, they just want to keep up the business they have with the United States’ War on Terror. Alphard herself does have personal goals she seeks to accomplish, but the terrorism she does is in service of that more than in imposing a political dogma.
114%%* ThatWomanIsDead: [[spoiler:She's neither Sadaka nor Canaan anymore, ''thank you very much''.]]
115%%* TomboyishPonytail
116* WholeCostumeReference: Of Dante as he appears in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', with a blue coat sans harness.
117* YankTheDogsChain: To Liang Qi. At first, it looks like [[spoiler:she'll honor Liang Qi's wish for a fight to the death]], but in the end, [[spoiler:she passes the deed off to Cummings after defeating Liang Qi, ignoring her in favor of watching Canaan on the security monitors]].
118* YouKilledMyFather: Canaan’s looking to avenge Siam after Alphard betrayed them and killed him.
119[[/folder]]
120
121!!Mercenaries
122
123[[folder:Siam]]
124!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkioOtsuka (JP), Creator/AndrewLove (EN)
125[[quoteright:216:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/siam_canaan.jpg]]
126
127Canaan's mentor and adoptive father.
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129* ActorAllusion: This is not the first time Akio Otsuka [[VideoGame/MetalGear played a character who fought in wars around the globe]] and decided to teach child soldiers on how to fight in a battlefield.
130* AllThereInTheManual: Canaan's route in ''VisualNovel/FourTwoEightShibuyaScramble'' reveals more of his background. The game hints that he's of Palestinian heritage who joined the PLO and was sent to Libya to be trained by the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya military. Siam later fought in Afghanistan against pro-Soviet Afghan and Soviet-led troops[[note]]This also includes some troops from Bulgaria, Czechslovakia, Cuba, East Germany and Vietnam.[[/note]] before he left the country, partly to break away from his past and become a mercenary under the name Siam. The only thing not mentioned is any traces of his real name.
131* AntiHero: Siam wanted to make a difference in parts of the world where peace is not easy to attain. The only way he knows how to do it is by doing mercenary work.
132* HeroOfAnotherStory: Siam's exploits in Afghanistan during the Cold War are alluded to, but never shown.
133* MadeOfIron: He can tank gunshots thanks to his bulletproof vest and powering through the pain. Alphard opted to fatally stab him instead of shooting him in the head because she grew up believing bullets would never hit Siam somewhere it mattered.
134* MentorArchetype: To Canaan and Alphard, they wear a snake tattoos as symbol of their bond.
135* MiddleEasternTerrorists: Formerly a PLO fighter before he joined the mujahideen in Afghanistan.
136* ParentalSubstitute: He's a father figure to Canaan, [[spoiler:having taken her in after her entire hometown -- except for her -- fell victim to the UA virus.]]
137* SeriousBusiness: Story dialogue from Canaan's route mentions that while Siam is not a fundamentalist Muslim, he sticks to the teachings of Islam that a Muslim cannot drink alcohol. This is actually true in real life.
138* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Most translations use ''Siam'', but some use ''Syam''.
139%%* SpiritAdvisor
140[[/folder]]
141
142!!Snakes
143
144[[folder:Liang Qi]]
145!!!Voiced by: Creator/RieTanaka (JP), Creator/JessicaBoone (EN)
146[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/liang_qi.png]]
147
148Alphard's NumberTwo, a merciless and cruel Chinese hitwoman who idolizes her.
149----
150%%* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:She's a psychotic bitch, but it's still hard not to feel sorry for her during her VillainousBreakdown.]]
151* {{Angrish}}: When ranting about how she'll destroy anything that gets between her and Alphard during her VillainousBreakdown, the things she lists includes mundane, completely unrelated things like "cream, barbecue, and waffles."
152* AttentionWhore: Just about everything that Liang does that isn't following Alphard's orders is to gain and keep the attention of Alphard, her beloved ''nee-sama''. She hates anyone, especially Canaan, who takes Alphard's attention away from her.
153%%* AxCrazy: ''Holy shit.'' "Ax Crazy" does not ''begin'' to describe just how unstable this chick is.
154* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:When Liang consumes the Ua virus, she suffers horribly as the effects of the virus on someone who does not have the genes for synaesthesia take their toll on her.]]
155* CombatSadomasochist: Liang becomes this as she spirals further into madness, and is so desperate for any attention from Alphard at all that [[spoiler:she derives pleasure from getting slashed in the leg by Alphard during their duel.]]
156%%* CrazyPrepared
157%%* CuteAndPsycho: Sometimes, especially with her chibi avatar. Liang is ''every'' type of crazy, actually.
158%%* DarkActionGirl: She is ''not'' afraid to get her own hands dirty, nor is she at ''all'' nice.
159* DidntSeeThatComing: When Cummings [[spoiler: patiently asks her to come back with him after she brutally pummels him during her VillainousBreakdown, Liang Qi looks rather shocked for a moment - as if surprised that this ''didn't'' turn him off.]]
160* DiseaseBleach: [[spoiler:Her hair turns white when she consumes the Ua virus.]]
161%%* DragonLady: Sort-of.
162* FarEastAsianTerrorists: A Chinese member of the Snakes operating in Shanghai.
163* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:She tried to give herself synesthesia by swallowing Ua virus capsules... and it backfires HORRIBLY.]]
164* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: To Alphard. She wants her superior's attention at all times, while Alphard's either indifferent or dismissive depending on the situation. Cummings is one to Liang Qi herself.
165%%* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Again, to Alphard.
166%%* {{Jerkass}}: And how.
167%%* LaughingMad: She's not shy about showing how amused she is by violence and cruelty.
168* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Her devotion to Alphard makes her completely unhinged.
169%%* MiniDressOfPower
170* MistressAndServantBoy: She ''poses'' as Cumming's SexySecretary, but that's just a cover. Cumming is ''her'' subordinate, in reality, and she mistreats him a LOT. Not that he minds, being the masochist he is.
171* MsFanservice: Big-time. Special mention to her penultimate episode, where she goes around wearing ''lingerie.'' Then again, given how off her rocker she is by that point, it might veer into FanDisservice.
172%%* NakedOnArrival
173* PetTheDog: A twisted example, at the very end - she praises Cummings for shooting [[spoiler:her (though she might have seen her own bleeding, pale-haired reflection and thought he shot Canaan)]], telling him that she'll love him from now on. [[spoiler:Whether she meant it or not, we'll never know - she died shortly afterwards.]]
174%%* PsychoForHire: Big-time.
175%%* PsychoLesbian: Is. She. ''Ever.''
176%%* SexySecretary: Her cover.
177%%* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Especially during her final scene.
178%%* VillainousBreakdown: Suffers one of these in Episode 11.
179* {{Yandere}}: Man, oh man, oh man, is Liang ever one of these for Alphard. Her reason for murderously despising Canaan is because she can't stand Alphard paying attention to anyone other than her.
180[[/folder]]
181
182[[folder:Cummings]]
183!!!Voiced by: Creator/ToruOkawa (JP), Creator/AndyMcAvin (EN)
184[[quoteright:181:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cummings_canaan.png]]
185
186The lead of a company of private military contractors named ''Daedala'', which is a cover for Alphard's group. In reality he's little more than a puppet as well as Liang Qi's subordinate and punching bag.
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188* AntiVillain: The most "moral" of the trio he forms with Liang Qi and Alphard. Hell, the main reason he's involved in all this is probably due to his feelings for Liang Qi.
189* BeleagueredAssistant: To Liang Qi, who's quite frankly insane, and takes the brunt of most of her abuse, too.
190* TheChewToy: His abuse at the hands of Liang Qi is mostly PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler:Until he has to ShootTheDog in episode 11.]]
191* LoveMartyr: He's very in love with Liang Qi, but she mocks and beats him. [[spoiler:Her final words are to praise him for shooting (she thinks) Canaan, and agreeing to love him... right before she dies from her bullet wound. ''Ouch.'']]
192* MistressAndServantBoy: His relationship with Liang Qi. She poses as his secretary, but he's actually ''her'' subordinate.
193* TheMourningAfter: [[spoiler:Becomes a monk after Liang Qi's death and Alphard's disappearance.]]
194%%* StockholmSyndrome: He ends up enjoying Liang Qi's beatdowns.
195[[/folder]]
196
197!!Borners
198
199[[folder:Yunyun]]
200!!!Voiced by: Creator/HarukaTomatsu (JP), Creator/SerenaVarghese (EN)
201[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yunyun_canaan.png]]
202
203A girl from the slums who follows Maria around.
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205* ACupAngst: She keeps stuffing her shirt with whatever she can find.
206* AnimeChineseGirl: She dresses in Chinese clothes and wears a variant of odango hair.
207* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Her Borner mutation is... having *two* appendixes. Really. But, well, compared to Hakko and some others, she almost got off easy. Except, of course, for needing meds and having to work with Liang Qi for them.]]
208%%* BreakTheCutie
209%%* ButtMonkey
210%%* ChekhovsGunman
211%%* TheChewToy
212%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
213%%* CuteLittleFangs
214* FakeBoobs: She sometimes stuffs dumplings in her shirt.
215%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Not that she was really evil to begin with.]]
216%%* MinionWithAnFInEvil
217* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:When she, by Maria's own request, detaches a train car rigged with explosives, with Maria still inside it. The look on her face says it all.]]
218%%* PluckyGirl: Especially when she [[spoiler:saves Maria's life in the end.]]
219%%* SuicideAttack: Tries to kill Canaan this way.
220%%* TaremeEyes
221[[/folder]]
222
223[[folder:Hakko]]
224!!!Voiced by: Creator/MamikoNoto (JP), Creator/EmilyNeves (EN)
225[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hakkou_canaan.png]]
226
227The waitress of Santana's karaoke bar, she seems to be mute. She's kind and sweet and a little childlike, and Minoru seems to have a crush on her.
228----
229* BreakTheCutie: Cuties of all kinds are broken here, but Hakko takes the cake.
230* BrownNote: [[spoiler:The real reason why she doesn't talk. Her Borner power resides in her voice, which releases lethal and very powerful waves; it can cause brain damage on those who hear it, and destroy any buildings/materials/etc. in her surroundings.]]
231%%* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Reaches it when she's tricked into killing her beloved Santana.]]
232%%* FanserviceWithASmile: Dresses in a scanty catgirl outfit.
233* ILoveTheDead: [[spoiler:In a scene that's both squicky and tragic, she gets ''very close'' to Santana's lifeless body.]]
234%%* IOweYouMyLife: To Santana.
235%%* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:So much that she ends up getting a DeathByDespair ending.]]
236%%* MsFanservice
237%%* SoleSurvivor
238[[/folder]]
239
240!!Civilians
241
242[[folder:Santana]]
243!!!Voiced by: Creator/HiroakiHirata (JP), Leraldo Anzaldua (EN)
244[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/santana_canaan.png]]
245
246The owner of a karaoke bar in Shanghai, who offers solace and protection to Borners and others with the help of the waitress Hakko.
247----
248* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:As a CIA agent, he was one of the main actors behind the UA virus test that wiped out Hakko's village. Hence why he took her in. Tried to retire to a peaceful life running a karaoke bar, but his conscience gets the better of him and he ends up pursuing proper atonment, to his death.]]
249* LastRequest: [[spoiler:As he lays dying he not only assures Hakko that it's not her fault, but asks her to tell him that she loves him.]]
250%%* RealMenWearPink: Literally, he is most commonly seen in a pink shirt.
251%%* TeamDad
252[[/folder]]
253
254[[folder:Jin the Taxi Driver]]
255!!!Voiced by: Creator/JojiNakata (JP), Creator/RobMungle (EN)
256[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jin_canaan.jpg]]
257
258A certain taxi driver who bumps into Maria and Minoru sometimes.
259----
260%%* BadassDriver
261%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
262%%* {{Expy}}: Of Kimizuka, the driver from the Shibuya game.
263%%* HotBlooded
264%%* LargeHam
265%%* RealMenWearPink: ''And'' sing along with J-Pop songs!
266[[/folder]]
267
268[[folder:Kenji Oosawa]]
269!!!Voiced by: Creator/AtsushiOno
270[[quoteright:194:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kenji_oosawa.jpg]]
271
272Maria's father, and a well-known scientist.
273----
274%%* NotQuiteDead
275* DemotedToExtra: He goes from being one of the 5+ playable protagonists in the original ''428'' game to a side characters, albeit one with an important role in his brief appearances.
276* TheProfessor: He's a biological researcher known for developing a cure for the Ua virus infection.
277[[/folder]]
278
279!!Others
280
281[[folder:Yuri Natsume]]
282!!!Voiced by: Creator/JunkoMinagawa (JP), Kaytha Coker (EN)
283[[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natsume_yuri.png]]
284
285Canaan's boss and informant, as well as an acquaintance of Santana.
286----
287* MajorlyAwesome: [[spoiler:She did render some assistance to Canaan in Xinjiang. It's also her actual rank too.]]
288* TheMole: [[spoiler:On behalf of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Headquarters Defense Intelligence Headquarters]].]]

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