![]() ![]() Coupled with the comments about how the enemy had nowhere to return to and how Chise has been "working" all over the world, it seems unlikely that the invasion by other nations is simply over territory.Ĭhise ( ちせ ?) Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese), Melissa Hutchinson (English) She is the main female character of the story. ![]() In more than one battle over a Japanese city, Chise simply vaporized the city and most of the people in it. The only weapons of mass destruction observed in both the anime and manga was Chise herself, who by the middle of the story had the power to destroy entire cities and did so on a fairly regular basis. However, in the end of both the anime and the manga, Chise remarks that many other parts of the world had experienced "horrendous things", and that "humans have done a lot of damage to this world". The OVAs also portray some of the soldiers speaking French. In the manga and OVA, Chise speaks to the enemy soldiers, saying that she does not know much English, and later in the series there are some enemy soldiers that speak French. In one episode an enemy plane is shot down near the city and the pilot's one or two lines are in near perfect American English. A reason is never given as to why the war broke out in the first place, but it is heavily implied that a coalition of countries is invading Japan as Japan is one of the last remaining habitable places on the planet, and that humans caused great damage to the world. Battles are shown through the lives of people on the front, but the diplomatic particulars of the war are not revealed to the audience. It focuses primarily on Shuji's and Chise's reactions to her increasingly powerful destructive abilities, and the relationship between the two.Ī number of minor characters who do not necessarily know of Chise's role in the war have sub-plots that concern everyday people in the context of war: a woman whose husband is constantly away from home, a school boy who joins the army to protect his girlfriend, a girl whose civilian boyfriend is killed in a bombing, and others.īoth the manga and the anime feature a hotly-contested war. This story, as suggested by its subtitle "The Last Love Song On This Little Planet", is primarily a love story. This fact is punctuated by Chise vaporizing the Special Forces building where she first became the ultimate weapon.) (In fact, later in the OVA it is mentioned that Chise had been "over-developed" and was so much of a weapon that she would kill anyone regardless of what side they were on. ![]() It was not until the OVA episodes were released that an explanation for Chise being chosen was offered: her body has the highest degree of compatibility with the weapon system. In the anime, it is not apparent why Chise was chosen to be the ultimate weapon or why the country is under attack. She tells him she has become the ultimate weapon, without her knowledge or consent, and that she is seen by the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) as the last hope for defending Japan from imminent invasion. Separated from his friends, Shuji wanders through the wreckage - only to stumble upon Chise here she has metal wings and weapons - apparently grafted onto her body. He and his friends run for cover, but notice a fast and small flying object shooting down the enemy bombers. One day, while Shuji is shopping in Sapporo, unknown bombers attack the city in broad daylight. However, Chise is very shy and Shuji is insensitive: neither know how to express their feelings very well, but they do indeed have feelings for each other. ![]() Chise, a fellow student in his class, declares her love for Shuji at the beginning of the series. The ensuing story is narrated by Shuji through flashbacks while reading Chise's diary. The story begins with Shuji ( シュウジ Shūji ?), a high school student in a Hokkaidō coastal city, walking up to an observatory and reminiscing about his girlfriend, Chise ( ちせ ?) there he finds her exchange diaries that she purposefully left behind. ![]()
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