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Alpha Hatsuseno

Utama

Female

Alpha is the main character of the series. As an A7-M2 model robot, one of the few production prototypes, she is one of the first of the A7 series and was named "Alpha". She has an unusual affinity with machines and people. Unlike most characters with cheerful personalities, Alpha is sweet without being saccharine. Her pleasant disposition has won her several friends and loyal customers yet she is also capable of making deep insights and displays an unusual level of maturity during her more private moments. As the story progresses, she interacts more with her surroundings and the people around her, gaining more knowledge about life with her experiences.

Hekiru Shiina

Kokone Takatsu

Pendukung

A type A7M3 production robot who works as a courier out of Yokohama. She is the first other robot that Alpha met when she delivered a package (containing a camera) and a message from Alpha's owner. They quickly become friends. Kokone is sweet, shy, and somewhat intellectual, but because of her job she has more experience with people than Alpha.

Akiko Nakagawa

Koumi'ishi

Pendukung

An elderly woman, Sensei is a doctor for both humans and androids. She was involved in the development of the A7 series of robots and hosted Director Alpha at her home, possibly as Director Alpha's owner. When she was younger, she rode motorcycles, raced hovercraft, and was Ojisan's senpai from school. Her surname is Koumi'ishi (子海石, Koumi'ishi , lit. "child-sea-stone") but she is always addressed by just her title. Besides the pendant with her logo, both Alphas appear inherit her vision of "going and seeing".

Ikuko Sugita

Oji-san

Pendukung

Male

A middle-aged man with a perpetual grin, he is Alpha's closest neighbor and a regular customer at her café. He runs a gas station and sells vegetables on the side. He is a grandfather-figure to Alpha and the actual grandfather of Takahiro. Ojisan refers to himself as a bum and seems to regret not pursuing a relationship with Sensei when they were younger. His real name is never given.

Mikio Terashima

Takahiro

Pendukung

The grandson of Ojisan, who lives with his grandparents. He meets Alpha at age nine and she quickly takes to him as if he were a younger brother. He is the first character in the series to meet the Misago. As he grows up, Takahiro becomes fascinated with engines of all types and eventually moves away in his mid-teens to work with Nai.

Akio Suyama