Personality: A strong-willed, straightforward high school girl living in the modern era. At first rebellious, she learns the value of life during wartime and grows as a person.
Events: In 1945, she time-slips and falls in love with Sakuma Akira. After returning to the present, she finds a letter from Akira at the Special Attack Peace Memorial Hall and bursts into tears.

Personality: An honest and kind-hearted young member of the special attack unit. In truth, he dreamed of becoming a teacher and possessed a talent for painting.
Incident: He rescued Chiyoko, who was on the verge of collapse, and became her emotional support. Just before his sortie, he did not confess his feelings to Chiyoko and took off with a white lily pinned to his chest.

Personality: The proprietress of “Tsuru’s Diner,” where the special attack team members gather. She is full of compassion and warmly embraces the team members as if they were her own children.
Events: She always sees off the young team members heading out on missions with a smile and tears, remaining their final source of emotional support.

Personality: A brave and pure-hearted girl who helps at the Tsuru Diner and dedicates herself to her country.
Event: She harbors a faint crush on the kamikaze pilot Ishimaru and hands him a good-luck charm—a mascot doll she knitted—before his sortie.

Personality: Kano Yuri’s close friend. She never loses her smile and is the team’s cheerful mood maker.
Event: She received a charm from Chiyoko and, with a smile, kept waving to Chiyoko until the very moment of departure before taking flight.

Personality: At first glance, she appears cool and pragmatic, but she has left her fiancé back in her hometown and harbors a deep, heartfelt desire to live more than anyone else.
Event: To return to the one she loves, she sneaks past the military police and deserts her unit, choosing to forge her own path in life.

Personality: The oldest married member of the team. He left behind his wife and a newborn child in his hometown, and deeply loves his family.
Incident: Despite his love for his family and lingering attachments, he mustered his resolve to go into battle for the children who will live in Japan’s future.

Personality: A passionate young man who firmly believes in kamikaze attacks. Former junior high school teacher.
Incident: Overwhelmed by deep regret that his former students were killed in battle before him, he volunteers for a kamikaze mission, convinced that “he alone cannot survive.” At first, he clashes with Kano Yuri, but in the end, with a resolute expression, he takes off without carrying anything.