Bando is an operative in his mid-30's who worked for the National Police Agency's Special Assault Team (SAT). Though he is fully human, he is as homicidal and apathetic towards others, and does not hesitate to kill anything to accomplish his agenda. Despite his outward nature, he always feels obligated to return the favors others have done for him. However in the manga, he also shows compassion at rare times. He is a hardy and effective soldier, with an excellent aim able to kill several targets in only a few seconds.

After being defeated by Lucy, Bando is repaired with weak bionic, cybernetic and prosthetic implants, and escapes on a quest for revenge against her. Heavily armed, Bando' returns with weaponry powerful enough to pierce the shield created by vectors; however, this is less effective at long range. Bando is so determined to win that he cleans up the garbage on the beach ahead of time to prevent Lucy from utilizing the objects as weapons. Bando is driven by the will to fight and to prove his superior ability in combat, and to avenge the wounds he suffered at Lucy's hands, however at the end of the anime he is defeated again by Lucy, who leaves him alive instead of killing him.

In the manga, he is shown to have a compassionate side, for example saving Kurama from killing himself, and feeling obligation to bury the dead. He is reluctant to accept positive emotions from others, such as Mayu and Nana and while he is violent, ruthless and all too willing to kill; he takes great offense to acts of perversion, such as child molestation. When Mayu asks for help when she is attacked by the Unknown man, Bando expresses intense disgust over the man's actions. Later, Bando is almost killed while protecting Mayu from Lucy, who attacks Mayu after she is exposed as a killer. Lucy rips off his remaining arm, cuts him in half then flees. As he dies in Mayu's arms, Bando reflects that he had always wanted someone to cry for him after he died, since he had isolated himself from society his whole life. In his memory, Mayu continues cleaning the beach where Bando had come to live. In the last chapter, Bando is seen approaching Mayu on the beach, telling her there was no way he could die. Mayu runs towards him in tears and embraces him. A close-up shot of his foot seems to indicate that he was resuscitated through the use of bionics, although no definite explanation is ever given.

Voiced by: Jouji Nakata (Japanese), Jason Douglas (English)



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