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* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not say bad things about Leila, or Lenny will make you think otherwise with his fists.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Lenny seems to be very protective of his sister Leila, back then he beat up an entire group of ''companion'' soldiers because they were bad mouthing her. Now he is worried because she supports Julian, and they both know Julian is not to be trusted.
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: There are many subtle cases of pretty much all capable soldiers doing things a normal human can't do, but the display of power that Mills, at 19 years old, shows against the Mutiny is just mind blogging, the slaughtered forces even lampshades it by frequently screaming ''He is not human!''.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|Julian Krayz,}} who on its way to become [[Magnificent Bastard]].
* [[Colonel Badass]]: Colonel Classad, Mills' mentor, and commander of the Ranger Regiment, who recruited Mills into the Rangers, bypassing Army Basic. {{spoiler|He later attempts a mutiny, and is eventually killed by Mills after a long and grueling fight.}}
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* [[Gun Porn]]: Lots and lots of guns are shown, many of which are accurately drawn (but with [[Brand X|different manufacturer names]].
* [[It's Personal]]: Why Mills is still alive.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Lars. Justified partially due to being a sniper, but shooting a 15 cm target at over 10 kilometers? Down the gunbarrel at that.
* [[Immune to Bullets]]: SAA, in varying degrees. Most SAA (excepting the [[Fragile Speedster|Cobras]]) can tank standard infantry small arms; [[More Dakka|heavy machine guns]] and rocket launchers can kill SAA if the operator stands up in broad daylight like an idiot.
** As helmet protection is limited due to how much weight a human neck can support, [[Boom! Headshot!|headshots with armor piercing ammo]] are always fatal.
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: The ASP-175 Bardiche SAA that's standard issue for Regium. Decent performance but not a standout. Regium military planners intended to replace it with the [[Lightning Bruiser|ASP-180 Swashbuckler]] but time and the war wasn't on their side.
** Even operator skill can't compensate for this: while Mills gives a good accounting of himself in a stolen ASP-175, Lenny's [[Lightning Bruiser|Zebra]] outmatches him in all aspects, prompting him to go looking for an upgrade.
** To an extent Mills is this himself. He's not the best at specific skills (Lars is a better sniper, Lenny is better at close combat), but very good at ''everything'', and blends [[Combat Pragmatist|Combat Pragmatism]] with tactical-level [[Xanatos Speed Chess]].
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* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: Or rather, Volume 2 Upgrade. Mills steals (with the designer's blessings) a Regium [[Super Prototype]] SAA in Volume 2.
* [[Morality Pet]]: Saya Hamilton, a girl Mills picks up before his battle with the GIGN Blackbirds unit.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Captain Grahad "Genocide" Mills. Feared by friend and foe alike.
** The Jackals: a elite powered armor unit belonging to Regium's forces, were widely respected and feared. Six of them held a small town against an enemy brigade... with no casualties.
* [[Next Sunday
* [[One-Man Army]]: Mills' nickname of "Genocide" came from his allies.
** To elaborate: During the graduation exercise for [[Training
{{quote|"This isn't war. It's genocide."}}
** A slightly lesser example is Lenny Krueger: after his [[Defeat Means Friendship]] moment, completely out of ammo for his rifle and micromissiles, a large enemy force comes after him and Mills. Lenny elects to [[Hold the Line]] to allow Mills to pursue Krayz. When Mills returns, ''every single enemy is dead.''
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** Not only does the mangaka use the correct NATO symbols for depicting the various combat units, all infantry weapons present are drawn accurately, and all weapons used are either in-service, or evolutions and extrapolations of existing concepts. [[Kill Sat|Eyes of the Beholder]] is an actual ICBM defense concept studied during the Cold War.
* [[Super Prototype]]: Early in the manga, two are being evaluated to be Dragunov's next frontline SAA: the Dragunov designed FR-A12 Zebra, and the Regium-designed Mk-54. {{spoiler|Mills hijacks the Mk-54 and the Zebra's test pilot, former Jackal Lenny Krueger, defects back to Mills}}.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Training
* [[Wall Run]]: The [[Fan Nickname|Cobra Commander]] does this twice in his story arc: the first time, against a Regium fireteam is successful; the 2nd time, against Mills... isn't ''quite'' as effective.
* [[War Is Hell]]: You will gasp at how gritty this story can get.
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