Amano

**Amano** (天野, *Amano*) is a JGSDF lieutenant colonel and the commanding officer of the 1st Combat Team of the JGSDF's Fenn Kingdom Civilian Rescue Deployment Force, 1st Battalion.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Amano is depicted as a middle-aged man, wearing a camouflage combat bulletproof vest and Type 88 helmet.

## Chronology

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

In response to the massacre of the two hundred Japanese tourists at Nishinomiyako, Amano and his 1st Combat Team, 1st Battalion were dispatched to the Fenn Kingdom to rescue the remaining Japanese tourists in Amanoki and repelled the Imperial Army from Fenn. The next morning, he and the commanders of each platoon gathered inside the headquarters tent in Amanoki. He was analyzing the reconnaissance reports from his subordinates, ascertaining the location of the Parpaldian Imperial Army ground legion force. But since there were settlements in the area, they couldn’t just bombard them with artillery, for they would be missing the point of their deployment if they had caused civilian casualties. Aside from their assortment of vehicles and mobile weaponry, he also had access to three AH-64D Apache helicopters, the only other unit capable of battle in the area they could borrow from the JMSDF’s helicopter carrier before the Parpaldian Imperial Army would soon arrive at the Coate plains. The decisive battle on which the fate of the Fenn Kingdom lay was about to begin in the Coate plains.

After the majority of the Parpaldian ground legion force and all their land dragons were decimated by JGSDF's ten main battle tanks and three AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, they decided to surrender by waving their unit flag to the left in big, sweeping circles, the Third Civilization's signal for surrender. With the five Type 99 155 mm Self-Propelled Howitzers and ten MLRS platforms positioned to their right facing towards the southwest, they were to end the engagement in a rain of munitions on the densely packed enemy formation. On Type 89 armored combat, Amano looked at the enemy formation through a pair of binoculars, confirming that the imperial soldiers were desperately waving them around.

Since Parpaldians refused to acknowledge the standard surrendering procedure of waving a white flag told by Japanese diplomats, Amano assumed that they might try to conduct a magical attack on his forces. However, he called out to his officer Yamada, who was also in Type 89 armored combat. Amano confided to Yamada about the loss of his niece and brother-in-law in the massacre of the 200 innocent tourists by the Parpaldian, turning an act of vengeance. Yamada already knew what Amano was thinking, but he also knew that he was powerless to stop him, so he nodded in agreement with his statements.

Amano mercilessly ordered an artillery strike on the Parpaldians troops with the full force of their Type 99 self-propelled howitzers and MLRS platforms, killing them in an act of vengeance.

## Abilities

Amano commanded a battalion of 330 JGSDF's soldiers in the Battle of Fenn Kingdom.

## Trivia

* In the manga version, the surrender of the Parpaldian Imperial Army ground legion force was judged to be prepared for a large-scale attack, and immediately after giving the order to attack by Amano was the same as in the light novel version. In the original, Amano confided to his subordinates that his niece and her husband were victims of the massacre of Japanese tourists. Whereas, there is no such depiction in the manga version; thus, it is unclear whether Amano's niece and her husband were victims. Instead, immediately after Amano gives the order to attack, an MLRS crew member pressed the launch button marked "FIRE" while muttering, "Nacchan...this is revenge for Nishinomiyako." As the rockets fired, he murmured in his mind, "Rest in peace." At the very least, the MLRS crew member was considered to have been a victim of the massacre of Japanese tourists by someone close to him.