Sousuke Sagara

Sōusuke Sagara is a notorious soldier piloting the ARX-7 Arbalest, which will soon replace the ARX-8 Laevatein. It will also be able to wear the Bonta-kun costume.

## Appearance

Sōusuke is a teenager of average height with slightly tanned skin and brown hair and eyes. He usually wears his school uniform, which consists of a black blazer and trousers in winter, while his summer uniform is a white button-down t-shirt and matching black trousers. His hair has bangs that go down to the right of his face, and he is always depicted with a serious face. He has an x-shaped scar on the lower left side of his chin. He has a lean muscular build. He is considered somewhat handsome by many, however his unusual upbringing, ignorance of fashion, lack of common sense or social awareness, as well as the frequent use of military weapons in daily life and paranoia leading to the destruction of many buildings and objects, make him generally unpopular with girls.

## Personality

Due to his upbringing in the war-torn regions of the world, he is rather inept in normal society. Raised as a war dog since he was a young child, he has been surrounded by riots, bombs, fighting and death for as long as he can remember, leading to his current paranoid and militaristic approach to everything and everyday life. The slightest inappropriate detail can lead him to blow up buildings or objects that look suspicious. He also tends to attack and threaten people with weapons, and uses his weapons without regard for the damage he does to objects or people nearby. His paranoia reaches the point where he cannot trust himself or his feelings for others and is always on edge. Due to his busy schedule, he sometimes lacks sleep, which further worsens his condition. However, deep down he is a kind-hearted person who is ready to help his loved ones. At heart, he always has the best interests in mind when helping someone, but sometimes he does the wrong thing. Over time, he learns and develops his common sense with the help of Chidori while growing up, he learned to understand human emotions and relationships, which he never had, as he lived in a war-torn area where the rule was "kill or be killed". Because of this, he saw people as either his allies or enemies, and even the allies he was with before joining Jindai Municipal High School, although close to him, are still not as emotionally connected to him as he was close to by his adoptive father. This emotional detachment, caused by his militaristic upbringing, results in him not understanding the normal social behavior and even romantic situations he gets into, entangled in the love triangle between him, Tessa and Chidori, and unsure of his situation and how how to deal with it. In fact, he was the least fortunate when comparing Chirico or Duke, who were also super soldiers, unlike him.

Although soon, thanks to Motoko Kusanagi, he still learns to socialize with other people, and soon become partners altogether, while they investigate the case of the Laughing Man, who in fact was one of the members of the Order of the Dark Crusaders.

## Story

Sousuke Sagara was a child when then-special forces officer Andrey Kalinin rescued him from a crashed Boeing 747 in the North Pacific, but both of his parents died. It was shown that his mother died in front of him, telling him to "live. Fight". This incident later became the source of some of his nightmares and is one of the few aspects of his mother that he is shown to remember. His age at that time was about 2-3 years. He became Motoko's partner while investigating an organization called the Laughing Man (which may also be known as the "Group of Trolls Laughing at Others").