it. After showing high IS aptitude, she made a deal with the British government, who, in exchange for protecting her family's assets, wanted her to go to the IS Academy as a Cadet Representative to gather data for their latest 3rd-generation model. She was almost defeated by Ichika for the position of class representative, but won due to a technicality, but later ceded her position to Ichika as an apology for her attitude in the previous days. She soon starts to see him as a true man and falls in love with him. She pilots the IS, a long-range sniper-class IS, which can deploy four remotely controlled "drones" (B.I.T.S. System) for engaging enemies at medium range. The Blue Tears IS is also equipped with the , a large laser rifle, and , a short blade used for close-range combat. In the anime, Blue Tears is shown to also have a pair of rocket launchers attached to the hips, in place of two other Blue Tears shown in the light novels, used at close to long-range on different occasions. Lingyin is a first year student at the IS Academy, the class representative of her class and is an IS Cadet Representative of China. As with Houki, Lingyin has been friends with Ichika since their early childhood. She has been in love with Ichika ever since he protected her against four school delinquents. Lingyin at first becomes extremely hostile to Ichika after he forgets the details of a promise they made as kids (in which it was implied; although not explicitly stated, that if she became an excellent cook, he would become her boyfriend). She is also called . Her family ran a Chinese restaurant that Ichika would often eat at before Ling's parents divorced and she moved back to China. She pilots the a short-to-medium-range melee-type IS armed with the , powerful "Impact Cannons" hidden in the shoulder armor. It is also armed with the , a pair of liuyedao that can be connected to form a naginata-like weapon. Charlotte is a first year student at the IS Academy and is an IS Cadet Representative of France. Charlotte initially called herself , posing as the second "male" IS pilot student who was transferred into Ichika's class. However, her plan was to spy on Ichika, discover how he was able to pilot an IS, and acquire data from his IS (which at