Mako Hitomi

"Okay. Don't turn this into a battle of wills."

- Mako Hitomi to Noboru Koarai and Tsuneyuki Okudera

Mako Hitomi is the Operator of the latest generation of Azuma Unit.

Appearance
Hitomi is a light-skinned, young woman of average build and height. She has big, gray-blue eyes with no discernible pupils and medium-length gray-brown hair which is cut slightly shorter on the right side of her hair, with a fringe parted above her right eye and usually covering her left. She wears contact lenses. In her trion body she wears the standard Operator uniform.

Personality
Hitomi is poised, pragmatic, responsible and dependable, so she usually finds herself acting as a big sister of sorts to Koarai and Okudera. Although she does not shy away from voicing her misgivings when their plans place too much of a burden on Azuma and herself, she remains willing to assist them, although she does not indulge them when they grow despondent to easily.

Tsuneyuki Okudera
Hitomi and Okudera are neighbors, and Okudera has had a secret crush on her since they were children, which not even Koarai has noticed. Hitomi is a big sister figure to Koarai and Okudera, who joined Border when she did, and she may invite them to cool down when their discussions turn into ego battles. He has grown accustomed to finding her giggling while watching horror movies in the dark in the strategy room.

Noboru Koarai
Hitomi is a big sister figure to Koarai and Okudera, who joined Border when she did, and she may invite them to cool down when their discussions turn into ego battles. He has grown accustomed to finding her giggling while watching horror movies in the dark in the strategy room. Koarai calls her by name, to which he appends the honorific -san, while she uses his nickname without honorifics.

Haruaki Azuma
Hitomi is someone Azuma can rely on both in and outside of battle. Unlike their teammates, he still gets startled every time he walks into the strategy room on her giggling as she watches horror movies in the dark. They address each other by surname, with Hitomi also using the honorific -san.

Hitomi's grandfather
Hitomi's grandfather gave his life to protect her during the First Large-Scale Invasion. His sacrifice prompted her to examine what she wanted to do with her life and subsequently to join Border.

Rin Kagami
Hitomi and Kagami are school friends.

Yuka Kon
Hitomi and Kon are school friends.

Hiro Kitazoe
Hitomi and Kitazoe are school friends.

Abilities
As the Operator of a top-tier B-rank unit, Hitomi is presumably a competent multi-tasker. She assists Azuma with finding lines of fire in anti-Sniper maps as well as with programming Dummy Beacons. She can transmit topographical information and their teammates' visual data to him for complex shots, which vouches for great proficiency with her terminal. In addition, she can lead her teammates to safe escape routes and infer if they are being targeted by an enemy from the latter's movements. Hitomi can also counsel Koarai and Okudera during the planning stage of a match and after it starts. Despite not having a Trigger Set, she can estimate what Triggers work well in a specific map.

Quotes

 * (To Noboru Koarai and Tsuneyuki Okudera) "Okay. Don't turn this into a battle of wills."
 * "This plan has some holes in it."

Trivia

 * Hitomi likes crepes and horror movies.
 * The horror films and merchandise found in he runit's strategy room were brought by her.