Sousuke Sagara

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Sousuke Sagara is a male anime and manga character who features in Full Metal Panic!.

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Biography

Sousuke Sagara (Japanese: 相良宗介, Hepburn: Sagara Sōsuke)

He was a child when he was saved from a crashed Boeing 747 jetliner in the North Pacific by then Spetznaz officer, Andrei Kalinin, but both his parents died. His mother was shown to die before his eyes, telling him to "live. Fight." His age at this time was noted as being at about four or five years. The Soviet nuclear submarine's rescue action was unauthorized, and later officially denied. Officially there was no Soviet involvement, and thus no rescue operation and no other survivors. Kalinin's efforts to locate living relatives of the child also failed, as no record of a passenger named "Sagara" existed. It remains unknown if Sagara is the maiden name of Sousuke's mother, or the name written upon the child's clothing was the child's real name. From there, Sousuke was taken into the Soviet state child care system as an orphan. He was later taken into a KGB training program for child soldiers, known as 'Nozh,' which translates as 'Knife' in English. At (approximately) age 8, Sousuke was trained as an assassin and deployed into Afghanistan (Helmajistan in the anime) to assassinate a local leader of the local resistance army. He failed to assassinate his target, and instead was adopted by the man he was sent to kill, General Majhid, who named him Kashim. He became part of the resistance army, fighting against the invading Soviet forces. He learned the use of small arms and basic survival techniques during this time as a guerrilla fighter. It was during this time that Sousuke first met Gauron. At the time, Gauron was a mercenary AS instructor at a nearby camp, and they were neither enemies nor allies. Although their meeting at the time seemed inconsequential, it is later revealed to have served as an important event that spurred Gauron's obsession with Sousuke, whom he deemed a "Killer Saint."

Raised as a guerrilla fighter, Sousuke became a skilled AS pilot and soldier. During this time, the Soviet offensive grew in magnitude with the fresh success of the new Arm Slaves. In the early stages of the war, Kalinin's forces capture Sousuke. Sousuke and Kalinin are reunited for the first time, eventually leading to Kalinin's decision to desert the Soviet army. Kalinin gives specialized Spetznaz training to Sousuke, from which Sousuke learns Japanese and some Russian. Following the defeat against the Soviet army, Sousuke becomes a mercenary, eventually escaping the country with Kalinin. However, they were separated afterwards in Cambodia. Sousuke has since been involved with most of the wars in the Middle East, collectively called the Fifth Middle East War. He built a solid reputation as a soldier during this period, gaining a group of friends. He spent five years as a soldier for hire, further building his combat and survival skills. Sousuke was eventually scouted and invited to become a private military contractor for the military junta corporation known as Mithril. While showing unspectacular skills at the training camp, his actions in the line of fire with an Rk-92 Savage convinced Melissa Mao to include him in the elite SRT unit. It is at Mithril that he is reunited for the second time with Kalinin, this time his commanding officer. As an SRT member he is trained to operate the M9 Gernsback Arm Slave, serving as pointman. In the Siberian tundra, an extraction operation of personnel from a secured research facility was detected and attacked by a mixed force of a Hind Gunship Helicopter and Rk-92 Savages. Sousuke’s performance in an M-9E was directly responsible for securing the survivor for extraction. As the first person to operate it, Sousuke becomes the only Mithril pilot able to use the ARX-7 Arbalest. This increases his importance within the organization from a mere sergeant to the only soldier who can pilot an Arm Slave equipped with a Lambda Driver. His current mission to protect Chidori forces him to cope with an unfamiliar and peaceful lifestyle, forcing many awkward and comical situations. His over-protectiveness usually annoys Chidori to no end but later in the story, they grow fond of each other and express their feelings for each other.

Initially, Sousuke was confused with the Lambda Driver-equipped ARX-7 Arbalest and its quirky A.I., nicknamed "AL". Because of its unreliability in the field and his own internal conflicts, he came to despise the AS. However, Sousuke later resolved his own issues and came to accept the Arbalest and put up with Al. Since then, he has been able to utilize the Lambda Driver at will by concentrating. However, this could not save him from the power of the Belial arm slave piloted by Leonard Testarossa and the Arbalest has since been destroyed. Following the kidnapping of Kaname Chidori and the destruction of Mithril he has become very unstable and will stop at nothing to rescue Chidori. Sousuke tells Chidori that he liked her, but he's afraid because he fears the gulf that exists between them, since she is a Whispered. At the end of the novel, Chidori is kidnapped by Leonard Testarossa, and Sousuke embarks on a mission to save her. In the novel, Get Together and Make My Day, Sousuke fails to rescue Chidori, but manages to speak with her over a radio as she is being taken away on a helicopter. In this conversation they finally express their feelings of love towards each other. Sousuke promises to save her no matter what and Chidori promises to wait "for years, even hundreds of years" for Sousuke - they both promise to kiss the moment they are reunited. He then travelled to a top secret base in the USSR, codenamed Yamsk 11, with Tessa to uncover more information about the Whispered's origins. Leonard and Kaname also go to the same facility, where her mind is taken over by a personality named Sophia, who appears to be a "Whisperer" who imparts the Black Technology knowledge to the Whispereds. Under Sophia's control Chidori, Sousuke, and Tessa are shown an illusion of Chidori shooting and killing the other two. Leonard and Sophia/Kaname return to Mérida Island, where Amalgam has built a device to utilize a final ability of the Whispereds. Weeks later after the Yamsk-11 incident, the Tuatha de Danaan dangerously avoids enemy submarines while embarking its final mission to Mérida Island, avoiding submarines from both the USA and Amalgam. In the hangar, Sousuke assists in developing a new armslave flight system called XL-3 along with Lt. "Bruiser" Sax for the Laevatein ARX-8. Adding additional features to the ARX-8 that goes beyond its limits : AS-size buckshot, assault rifle, the gigantic demolition gun, two smaller Gatling guns, the Lambda Driver cancellation device "Fairy's Feather", the disposable rapid deployment booster XL-3, and twelve "Black Mamba" anti-aircraft missiles under the wings. During this time, Sousuke along with Tessa decide to split away from the SRT team unit to pursue Chidori on Mérida Island on TDD-1. While the rest of the SRT team embark on their final mission against Amalgam who have taken control of a nuclear war-head facility borderline of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union.

Ideally, Sousuke wishes to stop Chidori from using the final whispered device, a.k.a. TARTAROS. But after the incident in Yamsk-11 with Chidori, Sousuke becomes clouded with hesitation and indecisiveness. Unsure and worried that even after he successfully rescues Chidori she would not be her old self again. He internally expresses concern if Leonard's and Chidori's ideal new world should be fought against or accepted for the benefit of everyone. Sousuke also feels uncomfortable with the responsibility in deciding the fate between the current dimension and the new dimension which he thinks is 'not his call to decide'. After successfully using the XL-3 on TDD-1, the ARX-8 takes flight towards Mérida alone and defeats a Behemoth in midflight before he dangerously loses control of the XL-3 and miraculously lands on the Mérida coastline unharmed. After defeating two more Behemoths inland he finds his determination and strength to continue and finally realizes who he is and what he desires. Sousuke then continues the battle delving further into the island and defeating a small team of AS armed with lambda drivers. He takes out several with the ARX-8 weapons and finally finishes the majority of them off by tricking them into a location where he has arranged the Tuatha de Danaan to fire a missile barrage and deactivating their lambda drivers using the "Fairy's Feather". He again rushes toward the base and meets Leonoard in the Belial. During the fight, Kaname activates the TARTAROS device and Sousuke has a glimpse into his future where the Belial destroys the ARX-8 cockpit. The battle continues until the fated time arrives and the Belial destroys the ARX-8 cockpit, but Sousuke has escaped from the cockpit with a rocket launcher in order to attack a weakpoint in the Belial armor, succeeding in toppling it. He disarms Leonard as he is coming out of the cockpit and before he can make him talk, Kalinin kills Leonard. Sousuke then chases Kalinin out to his escape helicopter and they get into a knife fight. Sousuke achieves the upper hand but is unable to kill him, as he views Kalinin too much as a father. Kalinin passes on his final lesson, that Sousuke isn't a wolf, but a sheep who pretends to be a wolf in order to survive. Kalinin dies to his wounds. Unfortunately by this time, a nuclear missile has already been launched against the island and Sousuke only action is to go to the Arbalest and view the video his friend's gave him. The video of all his high school friends telling him and Kaname to come back, Al then uses the lambda driver without human assistance to protect both of them from the nuclear detonation. While everyone else thought he was dead, Sousuke was recovered and passed around by US military intelligence until he finally escapes and makes it back in time to the graduation ceremony to a surprised Kaname who is surrounded by the class. He goes up to Chidori and tells her that he will always be her guard and reminds her of her promise when Leonard took her in Mexico, that when they next saw each other they would kiss. Unfortunately Chidori is too embarrassed so Sousuke grabs her and kisses her with the entire crowd cheering.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Sousuke Sagara appeared as having dark brown hair and grey eyes, as well as a small, visible cross-shaped scar on the left side of his chin. Within Mithril, he operated under the call sign Uruz-7 and his ID number was B-3128. As a teenage guerrilla and trained operative, Sousuke was shown to had operated under a number of identities which included as Sousuke Seagal, Isegar Sousuke, and Kashim.

He was shown worrying more about Ramadan than Christmas, but his consideration was depicted on a partial combat basis as it was a time when Soviet soldiers could lower their guard. In his daily life, Sousuke was depicted as quite secular with him eating pork and his refusal of alcohol was made purely off of the fact that he clearly shows a genuine distaste for it. He was capable of reciting the Qur'an from memory, probably due to his childhood in a Muslim country, but found classical Japanese literature, poetry and history extremely difficult to comprehend.

Serious and dedicated, he operated as team pointman as an Arm Slave specialist.

He is known to say as an axiom "a peaceful solution is always best". However, to him this simply means a solution where no one is physically injured, at least not cripplingly or lethally so. He once says this axiom after threatening someone by firing a gun next to their head.

While Sousuke was an excellent soldier, his military career was the only life he had ever known. He had no social skills and sought nearly every situation in a military light.

Powers and abilities

He came to be literate and fluent in English, Japanese and Persian. He can also speak some Russian as well as several local Afghan languages and dialects fluently.

In addition to being a capable Arm Slave pilot, Sousuke was a specialist in Arm Slave operations and maintenance, improvised explosives, small arms, survival training, anti-armor combat, trap setting and camouflage. Additionally, he is proficient in logistics, demolitions, breach and forced entry, covert intrusion, and hand to hand combat. His background and experience as a guerrilla fighter, and later a mercenary soldier has made him much more sensitive and knowledgeable about tactics and methods more commonly used by guerrillas than government trained regulars.

As a member of Mithril, he served as a sergeant within the paramilitary counter-terrorist force and operated as a member of the Special Response Team (SRT) of the Western Pacific Battle Group Tuatha de Danaan and was assigned to the assault submarine of the same name.

Notes

  • Sousuke Sagara was created by Shoji Gatoh where he featured in the setting of Full Metal Panic!.

In other media

Television

  • In Fullmetal Panic!, Sousuke Sagara appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation where he was voiced by Japanese actor Tomokazu Seki and by English actor Chris Patton in the dub.

Appearances

  • Full Metal Panic!:

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