Character Index
| Midori Technical Data ミドリ | |
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| Name Note: | Japanese: "Green" |
| Series: | Zoids Generations |
| Story Debut: | Chapter 1 |
| Age: | 16 |
| Primarily Featured: |
Zoids Generations Zoids Saga M |
| Related Characters: |
Hakukuu (Foster parent) Jin (Commander) Seki (Sister) |
| Primary Zoid(s): | Liger Blue "Souga" |
| Secondary Zoid(s): | Blitz Sworder |
| Voice Actor: | Unlisted |
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| Role: | Introduction: |
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Midori is the main character of Zoids Generations, a story published in Dengeki Hobby Magazine. Though she hasn't seen much of the world she lunges headlong into a journey to save the country of Nakato from the threat of Bio Zoids.
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- History
Chapter 1, Start of a Journey
Midori lived in Kageri Village for most of her life, living with the village leader, Hakukuu. During those years she spent much of her time hanging around the Liger Blue, who she later named Souga. At age 5, she started piloting him. However, around the time she was 16, a set of strange Zoids came to the village. Visitors were rare, and the young, then-inexperienced pilot, Ken, inadvertently started combat that resulted in Souga's front legs being damaged. After a hostile first impression (going both ways) the group introduced themselves as Jin's Commando Squad, and noted they were there to visit her grandfather. They helped her back to the village and during their stay she got to hear a bit about the travels of the pilots in the unit, ultimately concluding that she, too, wanted to venture outside of the village. Up until that point, she'd never been past the canyons leading into it. Though Hakukuu and Jin both disapproved, she pushed her way into joining their journey.
Chapter 2, A New Souga
After delivering a letter from Lord Hakukuu to another village, Midori and Ken were attacked by another Zoid, a hammer-wielding Iron Kong. By working together they overcame the threat, and learned that it was Masakuni, the village's famous blacksmith. He agreed to make a weapon that fit their combat nature after having tested them. For Souga, he gave up the village's treasured armor, which had been passed down from generation to generation. Midori, however, had misgivings. She felt like not only was the armor too light, but that Souga would be a different person with it.
Chapter 3, Poison
When Ken and Midori heard explosions from the forest nearby, they raced to investigate, finding a gruesome battle between civilian and Bio Zoids. In this terrifying battle, the Bio Zoids were actually devouring their targets. At this point Midori didn't yet fully believe in the immortality of Bio Zoids, but after snapping one's neck and seeing it still move. She grabbed her Metal-Zi Sword and struck down some of the Bios, only to have one seize Souga's leg, trapping him in place. At that moment, Souga was struck in the head by the Reaper, its long, poison-soaked claws lodging into his forehead. Now surrounded, the dog piling Bio Zoid swarm started trying to eat Souga, even as he was still alive. For the first time, Midori was faced with the truly terrifying reality of life outside of her village.
Though Jin arrived just in the nick of time to save them, the Reaper's poison was still rushing through Souga's system. Midori rushed to find an antidote, piloting a Blitz Sworder to help the Zoids Doctor, Senka, stop the runaway Brastle Tiger she was trapped in. Over the night they could only rely on his own physical strength to keep him alive as his body fought off the poison. Though they were able to find an antidote, courtesy of Senka, the wound left a permanent scar over the right side of Souga's face. This made Midori almost decide to leave the Jin Commando Squad, but to her surprise, they praised her handling of the situation and invited her to join as a permanent member, giving Souga his custom emblem.
Chapter 4, Assisting Ya Han
After witnessing a strange gargoyle Zoid engaged in an aerial battle they followed the sound to a larger ground skirmish. Raete and Midori didn't hesitate to charge headlong into the fight, during which the group introduced themselves as a unit dispatched by the king of Ya Han to investigate the recent Bio Zoid incursion. Throughout the fight, Midori learned to grow more comfortable with the Myoukou armor, both in using its weaponry and learning that she'd now be able to tank some hits, instead of always having to avoid them.
Chapter 5, Defending The Zoid Ranch
Midori was ordered to deliver a letter for Jin to a nearby Zoid Ranch. In the forest she discovered a strange Zoid, the Gunz Raser, chasing down a Bio and opted to help. Though the old pilot didn't care for her intrusion, he invited her back to the ranch where he could read the letter. It warned of the growing intensity of the Bio Zoid problem. Veauregard had explained the ranch to Midori as a place where Zoids go to live out the end of their life, and where the young that emerge from their split cores are brought up. She even helped to clean the barn for the youngins and get to see what a baby Zoid's actually like. When he admitted there was a swarm of 20 Bio Zoids nearby, and that he was anticipating a fight to the death by nightfall, she insisted on staying to help defend them.
Chapter 6, The Battle of Legend
From the ranch, Midori followed a road leading towards the origin point of the Bio Zoid sightings. In the Cursed Forest she came across an ancient ruin, then joined forces with Tsukamoto to fight against the Shinobi Saix that guarded it and its army of Guystings. When the battle was interrupted by Seki and Jin, Seki introduced herself as one who came to the temple to fulfill their mission. Though she tried to take on that responsibility by herself, the strange mummy that piloted the Shinobi Saix insisted that the pilot of the Shining Beast must also be present. Midori realized they were talking about her. Together with Seki, she was invited to enter the temple -- to simply walk through its doors, which were an illusion, and bare witness to the old battle of legend. Midori saw the original Shining Beast charging into battle alongside an entire army to seal away the Bio Zoids. It was explained to them that the life force of the original Zoids used to create this seal had since waned, and that this was why Bio Zoids had returned to the world. They were instructed to follow the path behind the temple to the Bio Zoid pit, and reunite with the Sparkling Beast that must've been reborn in the mountains of the Cursed Forest.
That night, Seki answered many of the questions held by not just Midori, but the group as a whole. She explained that the Shining Beast and Sparkling Beast, like all Zoids, needed to be compatible with their pilot. Only, these two Zoids were much more specific. They could have only one pilot, and it would need to be a descendant of the original heroes who had sealed the Bio Zoids away. This bloodline was preserved and protected for thousands of years, and countless times, those descendants would drive their Zoids back to the sealing site to renew the binding that kept Bio Zoids at bay. This continued until 16 years ago, when an earthquake struck the city, killing some of the heroes' descendants and placing the bloodline in danger. Seki, who was only three at the time, was one of the two survivors. The other, was Midori. Seki revealed that they were sisters, something Midori had never even known. It was decided that the two would be raised separately from then on, to ensure that they could never both be claimed by the same disaster. Seki was raised in the city with the mission of sealing Bio Zoids while Midori was sent to live with an old general, and never told of these matters.
Chapter 7, The First Encounter
As they neared the volcano of legend, Midori was eager to reach the top. She'd never seen a volcano before, and the sight didn't disappoint. However, at its summit she also had her first chance meeting with her true target: The Mother Bio. The Zoid's heat rays threatened her and Ken almost immediately, and though they tried to fight Mother Bio, they were ordered to retreat so that Raete could bombard the slopes of the caldera and drop Mother Bio back to the volcano's depths. This was the best solution they could manage for the unkillable Zoid. In the mean time, they'd wait for reinforcements and rest.
Chapter 8 , The Final Battle
With the battle at hand, Midori and her unit charged straight for the bottom of the volcano. They fought Bio after Bio, but as the fog grew thicker it became impossible to navigate. Jin stepped back, and Midori trusted their navigation to Souga's instincts. Only, her partner was sensing something in the fog. Something dangerous. Midori and Seki both heard an eerie voice from the veil, the voice of Mother Bio. She expressed her exhaustion with this endless game of being sealed again and again, and confessed to having created the Reaper, Souga's nemesis, with the pure intent of killing the Shining Beast, Souga himself. The Zoid's hatred still burned strong, and when it attacked Souga, this time, he was even less prepared. The powerful strikes broke each and every piece of the Gusoku Myoukou. It was Jin who saved them at the last second, giving Souga time to pick up his sword and deliver the final blow to the Reaper.
However, their fight was far from over. Souga was surprised by the emergence of Mother Bio from the ground, and she almost managed to capture him in her jaws. They were able to escape, but Midori was urged to continue on. If they couldn't initiate the sealing there would be no hope. Midori had no choice but to leave her friends to fight a battle that she knew they could not win, praying that they all survived until she could get the Sealing Sword.
When the Bright Hawk transformed into the sword, Midori caught it with Souga's jaws. The previously almost unarmored Souga was reclad in shining white armor, the Shiro Shouzoku. Hearing the sounds of her friends engaged in battle, Midori rejoined the fight through the fog. At first Mother Bio tried to preempt the attack with a heat ray, and though Midori cringed from its blinding light and heat, she realized that Shiro Shouzoku protected them from the intense temperatures. Finally, she drove the sword into Mother Bio's mouth, shoving the Zoid, along with her and the sword over the ledge towards the volcano's magma.
It was at this moment that the legends became clear. Exactly just why the stories told of two Zoids going in, but only one coming out. If the Sparkling Beast, which had become the Sealing Sword itself was going to keep Mother Bio sealed away, it would need to remain there, sinking to the depths of the magma along with her.
In this final moment, what should've been her overwhelming sense of victory, Midori instead opened Souga's cockpit and called out to Seki, her sister. In a final leap of faith Seki jumped from the Bright Hawk's cockpit, caught by Midori. Souga closed the canopy to protected them and plunged into the magma, but was able to swim out, both pilots safely inside.
With the battle now over, Midori planned to return to Kageri Village, where she'd report her findings to Lord Hakukuu. Then, she and Seki planned to return to the capital.
Zoids Saga End, Story Continuation
Japanese Wiki Aniwota offered fan-written explanations of the continued story from Zoids Saga M (please see the disclaimer [2] ). It's said that in this setting the Bio Zoids emerged once more, and Midori attempted to seal Mother Bio again with a replica Sealing Sword, as the Sparkling Beast was no longer present. When this failed, Midori instead appealed to Mother Bio. She begged Mother Bio to seal herself away, and promised that she'd personally try to make a world in which Bio Zoids and humans could co-exist. Mother Bio, who had fought an endless war up until this point agreed to these terms, and went dormant once more.
- Notable Facts
- Midori's had Souga since she was 5 years old, and spent much of her life running around the fields with him.
- One of Midori's first impressions on Jin was punching him in the face for damaging Souga.
- When Midori wants to have a genuine conversation with Souga, she gets out of the cockpit and faces him directly, speaking to him like she would another person.
- In Midori's village, there were no other children around her age.
- Zoids
Liger Blue "Souga"
Midori's Zoid is a Liger Blue, a variant of Liger Zero with, as the name describes, a blue body. She nicknamed her Zoid "Souga" because she thought it sounded cooler. She's piloted Souga since she was just 5 years old. In many ways her adventurous spirit matches her Zoid, but her nor Souga seem to have seen much of the world, at least at first, and when they finally set out on their adventure, they faced challenges that they never could've prepared for. Nevertheless, throughout the story Midori truly treats Souga as she would a person, having honest conversations with her Zoid, often conversing with him, and looking to him for judgement calls.
Media Appearances
Video Game Media: Zoids Saga M
Book Media: Dengeki Hobby Magazine [June 2009 Issue] (Briefly mentioned for Saga M)
Book Media: Dengeki Hobby Magazine [November 2008 Issue] (Briefly mentioned for Saga M)
Book Media: Dengeki Hobby Magazine [October 2008 Issue] (Briefly mentioned for Saga M)
- Notes
1. All information, unless stated otherwise, is from Zoids Generations.
2. While normally I'd take a hard stance against including any fan-written content on site, I feel that it's reasonable to make special exceptions for cases like this, where we're dealing with a lost media that's likely never going to be recovered in its original context. Though anyone was free to edit the Aniwota Wiki pages, I feel that these still offer valuable insights into the stories aired from the perspective of the only people who were able to play during the game's run. So, take these descriptions a huge grain of salt, and view them purely for your own intrigue about the series.
