Aoi Unose (雨瀬アオイ,unose aoi) is a supporting character who appeared in 7th Dragon 2020. She became the new member of Unit 10 under Gatou's command.
History[]
| “ | A young woman who was active in the frontlines as a member of the mobilization squad Unit 10. Loves Choco-bars and other sweets. Was slated to take the Murakumo induction exam a year prior to the first dragon invasion but did not make it to the venue, eventually giving up. She was somehow able survive in the Shibuya Flowery Woodland which was teeming with monsters, later becoming part of Unit 10. Her cheery disposition has earned her fans not only within Murakumo, but also the SDF. She later lost her life protecting Kirino from the Human-Dragon Hybrid Mizuchi outside the Tokyo Tower. | ” |
— Character Description, 7th Dragon 2020 & 2020-II Visual Collection.
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7th Dragon 2020[]
Aoi is a young Murakumo recruit who is part of Gatou's Unit 10 (aka the Gatou Corps). Unit 13's first meeting with Aoi is in Shibuya, where she is struggling to protect a citizen by herself. Based on Miroku's analysis, she was actually one of the youths called on for the induction exam the year before, but never replied nor showed up. After Unit 13 comes to her aid, Aoi thanks them and starts calling them "senpai", as she is less experienced in battle. She also tells them that she actually meant to attend the induction exam, but got lost on the way due to her poor sense of direction.
From then on, she starts to become on good terms with Unit 13, even leaving them homemade bentou (弁当, lunchboxes) in their room. She takes part in joint missions with Unit 13 along with other Gatou Corps members, helping evacuate stranded citizens in Dragonsbane and Dragon infested areas.
After several missions, Unit 10 loses its leader Gatou when he takes the full brunt of a EM Cannon's projectile attack to save Rin and the other SDF soldiers that attempted a suicide run. After returning to base, Units 13 and 10 report to Murakumo's leader, Natsume, about Gatou's death, to which Natsume remarks unfeelingly about, resulting in Aoi slapping and insulting Natsume for her cold-hearted behavior in treating her subordinates around her like disposable tools to hunt dragons.
In Chapter 5, she is killed by Natsume as the last surviving member of the Gatou Corps outside Tokyo Tower while protecting a mentally scarred Kirino, ultimately failing to save the citizens nearby. Her body then disappears along with the rest of the surrounding corpses, which end up absorbed as nutrients by the Dragonsbane in the Tokyo Tower area. A final bentou and note from her is left behind in her room for Unit 13. With Aoi's death, Unit 10 is officially dissolved.
In the Phantom Capital, Aoi appears as one of the specters of the casulaties from the dragon disaster. She happily encourages Unit 13 by telling them she will always support them before disappearing in a beam of light.
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Trivia[]
- While not shown specifically in-game, Aoi has chocolate snack bars on her which she is known to eat often, even offering some to Kirino and Unit 13 during the Yotsuya mission in Chapter 3. This is consistent with majority of the concept art sketches in the Visual Collection, and there is even one where Gatou accidentally walks into Aoi snacking in only her underwear.
- Due to her constant snacking, Gatou gave Aoi an unflattering moniker "Tummy Girl" (胃袋娘,ibukuro musume) in one occassion.
- In 7th Dragon 2020-II, during chapter 1, an Murakumo soldier within the new base talks about Neko's cuteness and mentions the deceased Aoi in comparison.
- Her job class is unspecified, but in some of her concept art, she is shown having two gun holsters strapped to her thighs, so it is possible that she is of the Trickster class, specializing in guns.
- In 7th Dragon III Code: VFD, the female God-Hand (type A) greatly resembles Aoi, minus a few differences. Shirow Miwa confirmed in a tweet that Aogiri, the default name for the female Godhand Type A was indeed inspired by Aoi's design [¹].
- In the 7th Dragon 2020 & 2020-II Visual Collection, in a bonus illustration, Aoi is shown in the background wearing a maid outfit (along with the rest of the 7th Dragon 2020 cast, also in butler and maid uniforms). In the same Visual Collection, she and Gatou make a cameo in a extra one page manga skit as spirits, receiving news and goods (like choco-bars and a Famitsu magazine) from the physical world with the help of Aytel. They both watch over and comment about Unit 13 having defeated the Dragons, and argue over petty things.
References[]
| Characters | ||
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| 7th Dragon | ||
| 7th Dragon 2020 | 《Ayafumi Kirino》《Natsume Hikasa》《NAV 3.6》《NAV 3.7》《Gatou》《Nagare》《Aoi Unose》《Cheron》《Rin Dojima》《Miya》《Keima》《Reimi》《Waji》《Daigo》《Neko》《Jack Muller》《David Griffith》《Miku Hatsune》
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| 7th Dragon 2020-II | ||
| 7th Dragon III Code: VFD | 《Mio Nagumo》《Nagamimi》《Allie Nodens》《Julietta》《Chika》《Rika》《Yuma Kisaragi》《Tougo Yoritomo》《Akutsu》《Mikio Nagumo》《Ulania》《Eigur》《Tallieri》《Utrello》《Brijilt Breykani》《Na Sailasrikt Shivlatika》《Nagiri》《Blaster Raven》《Iod》
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