Big Bang Age:Character walkthrough/PGG

Kuga Kyouichirou / 久我匡一郎
How to obtain: He will automatically join you on the 5th turn of the National Chapter.

Range: Medium

Bond: Trust

Skill:
 * Shadow Storm: 2 Stamina. Pre-emptive strike for 1.5x damage. Prevents enemy's attack for that round.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to him in the Companion Phase.
 * Speak to him two more times in the Companion Phase.
 * Station him along with either Tenrou Kunagi (天楼久那妓) or Kyoudou Senna (京堂扇奈) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn. Zanma Rouga (斬真狼牙) must not be in that region.
 * Station him in Ousaka (王阪) for an event to auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Station him in the same region as Sparn (スパーン) for an event to auto-trigger on the next turn (Sparn will leave your team after the event).

Other Notes:
 * Speaking to him once will allow Zanma Rouga (斬真狼牙) to remember and use his Wolf Fang skill.
 * About his 3rd star in Kyoudou Senna (京堂扇奈) route, you need to be complete this star before defeated the NPI

Ginjou Tomoka / 銀城智香
How to obtain: First, capture one of the generic soldiers from the PGG (the rifle guys with a red beret) and interrogate him in the Prison Phase. Afterwards, conquer the PGG by defeating her in a Deathmatch by triggering the event "Showdown with Tomoka (決戦:銀城智香)" in Shizuoka (志津岡).
 * The Red Beret prisoner has an extremely low appearance priority, so be careful about capturing too many troops. If you have 20 prisoners, then it will likely take you 10 turns before the PGG unit appears.

Range: Long

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * Tactical Control: Passive. Increases the HIT, EVA and Counter Rate % of allies in zone by 10.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to her in the Companion Phase.
 * After the previous star, station her in Shizuoka (志津岡) for an event to auto-trigger at the beginning of the next turn (may take a few turns). (Got this star w/o getting previous star.)
 * Station her in any of the following places: Toukyou (闘京), or Akihabara (秋波原) or Tottori (塔鳥). After an event triggers there with her, speak to her in the Companion Phase. (You need 2nd clear first)
 * Station her in any region whose peace is falling apart (the red skull and crossbones appear). A start-of-turn event will trigger (eventually) in which she stops a fight.
 * Station her in any region whose peace is falling apart (the red skull and crossbones appear). A start-of-turn event will trigger (eventually) in which she stops a fight. After that, speak to her one last time during companion phase. This is otherwise identical to her 4th character check.

Other Notes:
 * CG [7-1-3] is obtained automatically when you invade the PGG. Note that the scene is not triggered if the PGG attacks first.
 * CG [7-1-4] is obtained by clearing her 3rd star.
 * If you haven't cleared her 3rd star, she will leave your group when Koube (香辺) becomes independent and Murata, the former leader of the PGG, joins them.
 * Her Stamina increases every 30 levels.
 * For her 4th and 5th star, you should choose a region where income is 0 like MOO! and don't station any troop there until peace drop to a red skull (Peace drop = income drop).
 * Her events have EXTREMELY low priority, and will take a back seat to nearly every 1st-3rd star event of every other character. For this reason, make an effort to character clear her early on to insure that you do not lose her.

Todoroki Yuu / 二十六木遊
How to obtain: First of, be sure to suppress HAWAII (HAWAII) (It happended to me that the event occured only when I didn't have HAWAII, so if you already captured it, try to let it revolt and become independent). Then, after you suppress Forestland (樹界), station Zanma Gou (斬真豪) there to discover the World Tree (trigger the event "Suppress: World Tree" (制圧：世界樹)). A few turns later you should get an event that involves elf-looking characters. The event "Search for Elves" (エルフの捜索) should then be available. Trigger it twice for him to join you (along with Sonnet (ソネット)).

Range: Medium

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * Prosperity: Passive. Randomly increases the income of the region he's stationed in.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to him twice in the Companion Phase.
 * Build something (top large option in green when you click on a region) in Toukyou (闘京) and the next turn trigger the event "Buried Voice / Yuu (地下からの声／遊)". Do note the building will be destroyed.
 * Same as the 2nd star, but do it in Ousaka (王阪) instead.
 * Same as the previous star, but do it in Aomory (アオモリ) this time.
 * After having cleared the 1st star and after having participated in at least 10~ battles, an event should auto-trigger at the beginning of a turn. [Does not require the 1st star.]

Other Notes:
 * He joins along with Sonnet.
 * After clearing his 2nd, 3rd and 4th stars he will receive a power up.

Sonnet / ソネット
How to obtain: First of, be sure to suppress HAWAII (HAWAII). Then, after you suppress Forestland (樹界), station Zanma Gou (斬真豪) and Zanma Rouga (斬真狼牙) there to discover the World Tree, and go off on a search for elves together (trigger the start of turn event "Suppress: World Tree" (制圧：世界樹)). A few turns later you should get an event that involves elf-looking characters. The event "Search for Elves" (エルフの捜索) should then be available. Trigger it twice for her to join you (along with Todoroki Yuu (二十六木遊)).

Range: Long

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * Ally Recovery 10%: Passive. After combat, all allies in the region recover 10% of their HP.

Character Checks:
 * Obtained when she joins you.
 * Speak to her in the Companion Phase.
 * Station her along with Todoroki Yuu (二十六木遊) in Forestland (樹界). An event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Station her along with Todoroki Yuu (二十六木遊) in any region OTHER THAN Forestland (樹界) and Shinjuku (真宿). An event should auto-trigger on the next turn. This is event when Sonnet wonder why she's so weak outside of Forestland. The next event should be when Yu is very worried about her and demand Rouga to station them back at Forestland. THIS is when the star is achieved.
 * Station her along with Todoroki Yuu (二十六木遊) in Shinjuku (真宿). An event should auto-trigger on the next turn.

Other Notes:
 * CG [7-2-1] is obtained if you don't recruit her and Sparn (スパーン) kidnaps her.
 * CG [7-2-2] is automatically obtained a few turns after the Zanma brothers discover the elves.
 * She joins along with Todoroki Yuu (二十六木遊).
 * Her loyalty decreases considerably whenever she is stationed outside of Forestland or Shinjuku. Also when she and Yu stay apart.
 * She will die if she stays outside Forestland (樹界) or Shinjuku (真宿) for too long.

Asakura Yuma / 朝狗羅由真
How to obtain: After fighting the PGG for a while, tanks should start attacking you. After that, if you haven't, suppress Akihabara (秋波原) and trigger the event "Asakura Yuma's Room" (朝狗羅由真の部屋). If you trigger the event without having Akihabara suppressed, you will be forced to run away, essentially wasting a turn. Do note if you defeat the PGG first / if you take too long, she will die.

Range: Long

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * Mercy: 2 Stamina. Non-lethal attack. (Will leave the enemy's hp at 1 if reduced to 0.)

Character Checks:
 * Speak to her 3 times in the Companion Phase.
 * Event auto-triggered randomly at the beginning of the turn after having cleared the 1st star.
 * Event auto-triggered randomly at the beginning of the turn after having cleared the 2nd star.
 * After clearing the 3rd star, station her along with red Mouri Sonken (毛利尊拳) in the same region for an event to auto-trigger.
 * After the previous star you need to clear red Mouri Sonken`s (毛利尊拳) third star. Then station both together in the same region for an event to auto-trigger.

Other Notes:
 * CG [7-3-1] is obtained by waiting a bit before recruiting her while fighting the PGG.
 * If you use her to fight against tanks, then their hit will be reduced to 0.
 * It seems she will severely drop the HIT of allies in your team on the same region if you send her out with tanks from the PGG.
 * Asakura Yuma is needed for the character clears of Mouri Sonken (red) and Shinoda Kansuke.
 * If you have Asakura Yuma (朝狗羅由真) with you and Mitamazuka is still in prison, she will escape. However, it is possible to recruit Mitamazuka first then Asakura.

Cleo Aripa / クレオ・アリパ
How to obtain: Attack Tottori (塔鳥) and capture her in battle, then persuade her twice in Prison Phase.

A beneficial glich from one of the newer patches saves you a turn by making it unnecessary to talk to her (i.e. "Negotiate with Cleo" does nothing).

Range: Medium

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * Summon Genie-chan: 3 Stamina. Deals 40 damage (fixed) with an 80% hit rate (fixed as well). Evades enemy attack.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to her 3 times in the Companion Phase.
 * Conquer PGG without capturing her or taking over Tottori (塔鳥). (Remove all PGG territory except Tottori (塔鳥)). Event will start at the end of turn (or end of next turn) and Tottori (塔鳥) will turn independent after this.
 * Event auto-triggered at the beginning of a turn when her level has been raised about 10 times (exp value on right at or above 68).
 * Station her in Tottori (塔鳥) and trigger the event "Queen Cleo of the Desert" ("砂漠の女王クレア").
 * After the previous star, station her in Tottori (塔鳥) along with one of those generic units that look like a mob of guys with turbans and knives. Then trigger the event "Cleo of the Desert: Epilogue" ("続砂漠の女王クレオ").

Other Notes:
 * Every 8 levels her Stamina goes up by 1.
 * Cleo Aripa is needed for character clears of Naruse Yuuki and Ijuuin Tamari.

Gyver Mac / 凱場マック
How to obtain: Every 5 floors you go down into a dungeon (ANY dungeon) he will show up. After seeing him 3 times, an event should appear in Tottori (塔鳥) called "Recruit Adventurer Mac (冒険者マック)". Trigger it for him to join.

Range: Medium

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * 1UP: 1 Stamina. Fully restores all but one point of Guyver Mac's stamina.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to him twice in the Companion Phase.
 * Level him up about 10 times (exp value at or above 139) and speak to him in the Companion Phase.
 * Station him in Kyou (京) and trigger the event "凱場マック冒険".
 * Clear the 8th floor of the Chaos Angel Tower ("探索：混沌天使の塔" in Tottori (塔鳥)) where Kinryuu (金竜) will join you.
 * Clear the 5th star of Kinryuu (金竜) and then station the two of them in Sangoku (三国). An event should auto-trigger.

Other Notes:
 * For how to make the tower appear, please look below in the 'How to obtain' information for Kinryuu.

Tanzawa Nina / 丹沢丹奈
How to obtain: Buy out ALL the items (last item made available ~turn 55) in the Tantan Shop located in Akihabara (秋波原). After you buy the last item, she'll kick you out. Visit the store again and a new item (herself) should be present that costs 13 BP. Buy it (her) and she will join.

Range: Medium

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * Destitute : Passive. The income of the region she's stationed in might randomly decrease.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to her two times in the Companion Phase.
 * Trigger the event Black Market/Nina (闇取引／丹沢丹奈) in Yokohama (横濱).
 * Station her in HAWAII (HAWAII) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Station her in Toukyou (闘京) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * An event should auto-trigger at the beginning of a turn when you have over 32 items (do note the buttons at the top of the inventory along with the "Secret Diary (ひみつ日記)" are not counted).

Other Notes:
 * CG [8-3-1] is obtained by doing her first star clear.
 * The item Moonstone (ムーンストーン) is obtained after her second star clear.
 * You get 500 BP after doing her third star clear.

Kinryuu / 金竜
How to obtain: Clear the dungeon in Tottori (塔島) with Gyver Mac in the party. To have the dungeon appear, first you must have Gyver Mac (凱場マック) in your team, talk to him once, then capture any random unit (must be an "eyeless" common character) and interrogate him/her (second option) to make the event "北の酒場(Northern Bar)" in Aomory (アオモリ) appear. Trigger the event and then the dungeon trigger ("探索：混沌天使の塔") should be available in Tottori (塔島) but only during a Full Moon (Full yellow circle of the moon).

Range: Medium

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * Yummy!: 2 Stamina. Restores her HP completely.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to her 3 times in the Companion Phase.
 * Speak to her in the companion phase after getting stars 3,4, and 5.
 * Station her in Kumamoto (熊元) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Station her in Sapporo (サッポロ) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Station her in Sangoku (三国) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn.

Other Notes:
 * None

Vandain / ヴァンダイン
How to obtain: This one is a toughie. After having suppressed Forestland (樹界), suppress the Huge Magnet and then, after the PGG is annihilated, trigger the event "The Master of Forestland (樹界の主)". Now for the fun part: you must capture and interrogate (second option in prison) the next three types of eyeless units: the Chinese fighters from Sangoku, the Kansai archer girls from the NPI, and the Hokkaido snow archer girls from the Nightmare Eyes. After you get the parts from them (you just need the interrogation), trigger the event "Vandain (ヴァンダイン)" in Forestland (樹界).

Range: Long

Bond: Friend

Skill:
 * Rule 20: 2 Stamina. Pre-emptive strike HIT fixed at 80% and deals double damage.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to him in the Companion Phase.
 * Speak to him one more time in the Companion Phase.
 * Station him in Nihon Bridge (日奔橋) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Event auto-triggered when his level has been raised at least 5 times (exp value at or above 116).
 * Defeat a soldier of the PGG with him. See notes below.

Other Notes:
 * Since it's practically impossible to recruit him without having defeated the PGG yet, you can go down to the 5th floor of the Umeda Undercity dungeon in Ousaka (王阪) with him in your party. You can find two of the necessary targets there. You can also find two PGG soldiers on the 3rd floor of the Hirasaka Underworld dungeon in Shiname.

Shinoda Kansuke / 篠田勘助
How to obtain: Two ways to do this.
 * After you defeat the PGG, whenever you go over 500 BP (if you weren't at when you defeat the PGG) he will show up on the beginning of the turn, where you can recruit him for that amount.
 * If you don't pay for him, he will go to Nihonbashi (日奔橋) and defend the district with 4 tanks(113 hp) where you can capture him. Persuade him twice for him to join.
 * If you attack NPI right after PGG, there is a chance he will go to Nihonbashi before you have a chance to hire/turn him down.

Range: Medium

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * None

Character Checks:
 * Speak to him a few times in the Companion Phase until he completes a tank (do note this drains you of 300 BP).
 * After suppressing Akihabara (秋波原), trigger the event "勘輔と電気街".
 * After suppressing Nihon Bridge (日奔橋), trigger the event "勘輔と電気街".
 * Station him along with Asakura Yuma (朝狗羅由真) in any region. An event should auto-trigger.
 * Speak to him in the Companion Phase until he makes the strongest tank. The amount of times that you have to talk to him is random.

Other Notes:
 * He is needed for the character clear of Idagawa Ren.
 * The last tank he creates is stronger than the rest, if that's of any importance.
 * If you station Shinoda Kansuke in the same area as Idagawa Ren before the final race, Ren will win the race instead of lose.
 * Note that since Idagawa Ren's stars have a time limit it's best to hire him with BP if you plan to 5-star clear him, otherwise, if you want him, you can just recruit him from Nihon Bridge.

Tennouji Mio / 天王子ミオ
How to obtain: If you defeat the Nightmare Eyes by turn 33, she will appear a few turns later and scatter animals around in 4 regions under your control (denoted by a $ symbol on them). Trigger the events and get rid of the animals, then interrogate any random eyeless unit. The event Mio's Hideout (ミオの隠れ家) should then become available in Toukyou (闘京) (needs verification; last playthrough I got the location from interrogating a brown ninja). A Deathmatch will ensue between Rouga and Mio with a dog, cat and monkey (in Normal) or several monkeys (in Hard Mode). Beat them to capture her. Before you can successfully persuade her, you must have a dog and cat unit in your team (You can use the "Assorted Creatures (動物詰め合わせ)" in HAWAII (HAWAII) to summon forth animals for battle).

Range: Medium

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * Delinquent: Passive. Randomly decreases the public peace (law) in the region she's stationed in.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to her 3 times in the Companion Phase.
 * Station her in Nara (七良) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn. This is not the yarashidou h-scene.
 * Station her in MOO! (MOO!) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Speak to her in the Companion Phase when you have a Dog, Cat, Monkey and Panda unit in your group.
 * Trigger the event "Dog Sled Race!" (犬ぞりレース！) in Abashiri (アバシリ). You will need to station her and a Dog unit there for the event to appear. You need to clear the previous stars first.

Other Notes:
 * CG [8-2-4] is obtained by stationing her in (Narra (七良) in all of my games) after the SU has tasked you with capturing the enemy called Yarashidou (八羅四堂), but before capturing him.
 * If you ever need animals, you can always trigger the "Assorted Creatures (動物詰め合わせ)" in the HAWAII (HAWAII) region.
 * It just happen that I was able to get Mio's Hideout (ミオの隠れ家) event by interrogating an eyeless unit of the Skull Serpent. I did not have to fight against her animals and haven't defeated the Nighmare Eyes in 33 turns.

Comet-san / コメートさん
How to obtain: Do note you need Miyazato Erika (宮里絵梨香) and her two croonies, Shoko (ショーコ) and Saki (サキ) to be with you for this one. Suppress the observatory in Shizuoka (志津岡) (event trigger is "制圧：天文台"). Starting from turn 41, trigger the event "Erika at the Observatory 1 (絵梨花の天文台１)" followed by the second and third instances of the same event. Erika does not need to be stationed there for this event. In the last one, select the option that reads "Run away" to have her join.

Range: Long

Bond: Normal

Skill:


 * Counter Seal: 2 Stamina. Normal attack but denies the enemy of a counter-attack.

Character Checks:
 * Speak to her 3 times in the Companion Phase in total and then trigger the event "Ms. Comet's Mission" (コメートさんの任務) in Abashiri (アバシリ).
 * (May require previous star) Speak to her 3 times in the Companion Phase in total and then trigger the event "Ms. Comet's Mission" (コメートさんの任務) in Oosaka (王阪).
 * (May require previous stars) Speak to her 3 times in the Companion Phase in total and then trigger the event "Ms. Comet's Mission" (コメートさんの任務) in HAWAII (HAWAII).
 * After having done the 3 previous stars, station her in Toukyou (闘京) and an event should auto-trigger. Then station her in Akihabara (秋波原) for the second part of the event.
 * After the previous star, station her in the same region as Abao Akuu (アバオ亜空) (the guy with the afro). An event should auto-trigger on the next turn.

Other Notes:
 * CG [8-3-2] is obtained by doing the first part of her 4th star clear.

Mummy Shiraville VIII/ マミー Ｓ Ⅷ世
How to obtain: Suppress the Tottori (塔鳥) region, then suppress the Pyramid as well ("制圧：ピラミッド") and then trigger the event "ピラミッド調査" for her to join you.

Range: Medium

Bond: Friend

Skill:
 * Exhaust: 2 Stamina. Normal hit but reduces the enemy's Stamina by 2.

Character Checks:
 * Station her in HAWAII (HAWAII) and an event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Speak to her 3 times in the Companion Phase.
 * Station her in Tottori (塔鳥). An event should auto-trigger on the next turn. After which, speak to her in the Companion Phase (might need to speak to her more than once).
 * Station her in Akihabara (秋波原). An event should auto-trigger on the next turn.
 * Station her in Forestland (樹界). An event should auto-trigger on the next turn.

Other Notes:
 * CG [7-3-3] is obtained by doing her 3rd star clear.
 * The item "Strange Quick Bug (素早い変な昆虫)" can be randomly obtained by talking to her.
 * Mummy may be recalled from her defending post if stationed on certain regions (such as Shinjiku or Tottori), thus wasting a start-of-turn event slot.

Kirihara Takeshi / 桐原武士
How to obtain: Capture him in combat and persuade him once.

Range: Long

Bond: Normal

Skill:
 * None

Character Checks:
 * Kirihara Takeshi has no character checks.

Other Notes:
 * None