Full Metal Panic! Tanpenshuu

Name: Full Metal Panic! Tanpenshuu
Rating: 7.42

Full Metal Panic! Short Stories
フルメタル・パニック! 短編集
Full Metal Panic! SS

Light Novel7.4203 votes9 volumes · 51 chaptersFinished

ActionComedySci-FiMechaMilitarySchool

to add this manga to your library.

About this title

Synopsis

Sousuke Sagara isn't your typical high school student. He reads military enthusiast magazines; he responds to questions with "affirmative;" he brings grenades to school in his bag. Though everyone at school takes him for a hopeless military geek, Kaname Chidori thinks there might be something more to him. When their plane is hijacked in the middle of a field trip, Kaname's instincts will prove correct: Sousuke is an elite, mech-piloting mercenary... and he's here to protect her! (Source: J-Novel Club)

Publication notes

Full Metal Panic! Tanpenshuu was published digitally in English as Full Metal Panic! Short Stories by J-Novel Club from August 26, 2022 to December 15, 2023, and in print as 3-in-1 omnibus volumes since July 11, 2023.

Published

May 30, 1998 to Jan 20, 2010

Authors

External links

MyAnimeList page Wikipedia

MAL rank: #4024
Members (MAL): 930
Favorites (MAL): 4

Related titles

Adaptation

Parent Story

Full Metal Panic!

Main characters

Sousuke Sagara5331 fan favorites
External profile
Age: 17 Height: 174 cm Weight: 66 kg Blood type: A Distinguishing features: X-shaped scar on left cheek Rank: Sergeant Codename: Urzu 7 Hobbies: Fishing, Reading Weak subjects: Kobun, Japanese history Sousuke is an approximately 17 year old sergeant within the paramilitary counter-terrorist force, Mithril. He is a member of the SRT (Special Response Team) of the Western Pacific Battle Group "Tuatha de Danaan". His call sign is Urzu-7 and his ID number is B-3128, and operates as team point-man as an Arm Slave specialist. In addition to being a capable Arm Slave pilot, Sousuke is 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. Sousuke is unfortunately not very good at social interaction off the battlefield. He constantly causes many problems for Kaname Chidori due to his military nature. Even in school he carries a gun with him although it is loaded with non-lethal shells. He is also very bad at blending in with normal members of society due to his nature (i.e. following Kaname with stalker-like aspects and jumping off a train to follow her). That is, he has no readily available "civil" concepts about life, like entertainment or anything recreational and tends to horribly misinterpret the actions of people around him(like considering a guy who dumped his girlfriend a high-level tactician who is to be reckoned with). This is shown throughout the main series in multiple episodes, and the Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu! series focuses mainly on this aspect. This part of his personality is indeed one of the main sources of the series' humor. His previous name during his guerrilla days was Kashim which was given to him by Majido, a strategist of the guerrilla forces in Helmajistan. It is assumed that he changed his name to Sagara Sousuke when he left Helmajistan. While in Helmajistan he had a close friend named Zayid. (Source: Wikipedia)
Kaname Chidori2404 fan favorites
External profile
Name: Kaname Chidori Height: 166 cm Weight: 50 kg Age: 16 Blood Type: B Place of Birth: Japan Distinguishing features: Long, blue hair Hobbies: Softball Kaname is the main female protagonist of the story, and appears to be a "normal" 16 year-old high school student at first glance. The character was taken from a friend of the authors, whose name was also Kaname Chidori, living in Japan. However, the discovery of her Whispered abilities attracts the attention of terrorist organizations. As a result, Sousuke has been assigned by Mithril to protect her. While Sousuke Sagara's battle intuition generally saves her from dangerous situations, she often considers Sousuke's instincts an irritant in daily high school events, leading to countless comical situations. (Source: Wikipedia)