Machina Kunagiri

Machina Kunagiri is a playable character in Final Fantasy Type-0. He is a newly added member of Class Zero who wields a pair of rapiers. He is brave and powerful; traits which had him transferred into Class Zero. Due to being a recent addition to the ranks of Class Zero, he isn't assigned a number.

Appearance
Machina is a seventeen-year-old boy with dark hair and green eyes. He wears a long black jacket, a red cloak and white trousers. In his summer uniform he keeps the cloak and wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a black print on the side and black stripes at the cuffs, black gloves and trousers. His dress uniform has a white cloak and gloves, red jacket with black cuffs, and black trousers with silver decoration at the bottom. There is always a Suzaku logo on the left side of his shirt or jacket.

Machina's l'Cie outfit has a yellow and white mask that covers the majority of his face. His shirt and cloak are yellow and white and his sleeves are black and he wears white pants. His l'Cie mark is located on his right shoulder.

Personality
Machina is the younger brother of Izana Kunagiri who died during the invasion by Milites. The two were close, as he was the one who named Izana's chocobo and shouts at Queen and Ace when told to move on after his death. Despite great proficiency in magic and his straightforwardness, Machina fears war. As Rem Tokimiya's childhood friend, Machina is protective of her.

Early Life
When Machina and Rem's village is attacked by the Militesi Empire, the two take refuge in Machina's home. Machina's mother hides them away in a closet while Milites soldiers invade the house. Rem and Machina both witness his mother being shot to death. A soldier later finds them in the closet, but they manage to escape through the window and run away. They stop on a hill, looking back to watch their village burning in flames.

Final Fantasy Agito
In Final Fantasy Agito, Machina is a member of Class Second and dons an indigo blue mantle.

He can be found in the Refresh Room during the morning, afternoon and evening.

Final Fantasy Type-0
Machina Kunagiri is a young man who was originally a member of Class Two at the Vermilion Peristylium. A year before the start of the game, he crosses paths with his childhood friend Rem Tokimiya whom he has not seen for seven years, unaware that she was in the same school as he was. During the siege of the Peristylium by the Militesi Empire, his brother Izuna upon the causalities, Machina and Rem attempted to fight the Byakko l'Cie Qun'mi. But they are overpowered when Qun'mi uses Dainsleif's Crystal Jammer to render them unable to fight back. Ace, Jack, and Seven come to their aid, triggering their first meeting with Class Zero.

Soon after, Machina and Rem become the newest members of Class Zero to aid in defending Rubrum from its invasion by the Militesi army. At one point, Machina is at the chocobo stables where he feels a sense of nostalgia of Izana yet could not remember, when remarking of giving the name "Chichiri" to a chocobo he would raise. Machina later appears in a scene with Rem, where the two are remembering their childhood. She tells him that she still keeps the Knowing Tags of all the people from their village and Machina, suddenly saddened, wishes that he was stronger to protect their village back then. Rem comments that they were only children, so there was nothing they could do. She continues cheerfully to ask him if he remembers vowing that he would become a strong soldier to protect her, to which he replies that he hasn't forgotten. Rem then teases him by reminding him of when he asked her to become his wife, and Machina, embarrassed, says that he was only a child back then. She pretends to be offended and teasingly tells him that he is cold, because she took him seriously.

Machina is again with Rem at the Terrace when she has a serious coughing episode due to her illness. Although he is immediately worried for her, she brushes it off. He tells her he wants her to answer a question of his truthfully, and proceeds to ask if her sickness has gotten worse, indicating that he has known all along. Rem quickly says that she has no illness and that if he is asking about her asthma, there is nothing wrong. Machina desperately tells her to stop and begs her to tell him the truth. When she continues to deny that anything is wrong, he frustratedly asks why she won't tell him, and if it is because she doesn't trust him. Rem reassures him again that she is alright, and leaves him with the excuse that she has a lesson to go to. After she is gone, Machina curses and calls himself an idiot, knowing that Rem is lying.

After meeting Andoria during Class Zero's stay in Milites, Machina speaks with the Commandant who jogs his memory of Izana and reveals how Arecia and Class Zero are responsible for his brother's death. The Commandant explains that Machina was transferred into Class Zero in order to report not only their actions, but Arecia's as well. Though offered a chance to leave due to personal reasons, with Rem as a back up, Machina refuses to leave Class Zero and agrees to report anything he finds out. Afterwards, Machina swears in Izana's name that he will become stronger than Class Zero along with protecting Rem at all costs.

After the death of Andoria at the hand of Milites, Celestia suspects Class Zero as the culprits and knocked out Machina when he attempted to protect Rem from Celestia. Later waking up in the woods Class Zero have taken refuge, feeling they are being watched, Machina finally voices his anger at Ace and Queen over Izana's death and storms off in frustration to patrol the area after Rem tried to hold him back. Soon after, Machina found Qun'mi, with most of her body encased in stone, and asked for the power of a l'Cie so that he could become strong enough to protect Rem. She granted it to him, leaving her mask uncrystallized for him to wear which turned his outfit white.

When Machina returned, apologizing to Rem for worrying her, Machina was about to say something about Byakko but is interrupted by Deuce. Soon after, Machina frequently disappears from the Peristylium and his strange behavior and absences begin to worry the members of Class Zero, especially Rem. Upon his return at one point, he finds her talking with Cater and Trey. When Cater nudges him playfully, Machina slaps her hand away and snaps that he will protect Rem. Rem expresses her worry at his uncharacteristic aggression, but he says again that he will protect her. What the others did not know was that Machina used his status as a l'Cie to infiltrate the Militesi army as a means of spying on them. He was also present during the army's defeat by the Eidolon Alexander which Caetuna summoned, protecting himself and Qator before they escaped.

After the defeat of the Militesi army, Machina is standing outside the Peristylium and remembering his hometown when Rem approaches him. When he asks Rem why she became a cadet at the academy, he sees they both wanted to be part of Operation Apostle and become stronger people. However, Machina feels he doesn't belong within Class Zero as he feels that they have been helping him more then he helps them. He then continues to say that he will become stronger and that she doesn't need to worry because he will protect her. When Rem tells him that he can talk to her and Class Zero if something is worrying him, Machina avoids the question by telling her she'd better return inside because the wind is cold. Although Rem is hurt by his decision, Machina leaves the school to resume his secret activities.

When Finis commences, Machina is approached by a Rem after she became a new Suzaku l'Cie who is obeying the Crystal's orders to destroy the Byakko l'Cie. Forced to fight Rem as the battle reaches its climax, Machina's mask is knocked off after he is thrown into a wall and watches a shocked Rem intentionally impale herself on his rapier upon recognizing his face while charging at him. Realizing what he had done, an anguished Machina knelt down beside the dying Rem and pleas forgiveness while stating his reasons of becoming a l'Cie and not wanting to be alone in the world without her. Before she died, Rem told him not to forget her. In his despair, he entered crystal stasis with Rem.

By the time Class Zero arrives prior to face off against Cid, they find the crystallized Machina and Rem. As Class Zero refused to become l'Cie themselves to face Cid, a new future is presented as Machina and Rem help their classmates defeat Cid in spirit. Sometime later, Arecia arrives and revives them. Returning to the Peristylium with Rem, Machina is horrified to find all members of Class Zero dead as the price of defeating Cid. Machina cries while apologizing and Rem touches his arm comfortingly. He squeezes her hand as the two stand looking out over the war torn remains of Rubrum.

Eventually, as the nations' crystals lose their power, Machina manages to rally all of Orience's people under him and founded a new age for the world where reliance on the crystals is no longer needed. Years later, at age sixty-seven and married to Rem, Machina wrote down the events of the war to ensure his Class Zero classmates would never be forgotten. He died soon after with a smile on his face.

In an alternate ending, created by Arecia removing the crystals from Orience's past, the war never occurred with both Class Zero and Izana among those given a second chance of life. As a result, without his brother's death to drive a wedge between them, Machina becomes good friends with Ace. Waiting for Ace to end his studying, a bored Machina tries to convince him to take a break so they can go and have some fun, which Ace refuses as he wants to prepare for the next semester. However, a stubborn Machina refuses to accept no as an answer and drags Ace out of the library.

Battle
Machina dual-wields a pair of distinct drill-shaped rapiers in battle. Unlike Rem, he favors melee fighting, and his battle style is based on chaining fast combos, which enables him to exploit the Kill Site function.

Equipment
Machina's exclusive accessory is the "Leader's Robe", which increases his Defense by 30 and nullifies all weather and terrain effects.


 * Bolt Rapier
 * Silver Rapier
 * Gear Rapier
 * Platinum Rapier
 * Rune Rapier
 * Machine Rapier
 * Dragon King Sword
 * Drill Rapier
 * Mythril Rapier
 * Laevateinn
 * Flametongue
 * Icebrand
 * Thunder Rapier
 * Durandal
 * Dreadnought
 * Excalibur (Ultimate weapon)

Voice
Machina's Japanese voice actor is Hiroshi Kamiya, while in the English version he will be voiced by Bryce Papenbrook. He shares his Japanese voice actor with Letty and Gatta from Final Fantasy X, and his English voice actor with Zidane Tribal from Dissidia Final Fantasy and Tiz Arrior from Bravely Default.

Musical Themes
Machina's leitmotif, self-titled "Machina Kunagiri", is a slow and melancholic tune with heavy guitar and drums, and an electric guitar line. It also exists in an arranged version. The arranged version replaces its rock feel with a much more rueful melody of piano and strings.

Additionally, he has another theme, "Machina and Rem", that he shares with Rem, and is essentially a song that combines his theme with Rem's. His theme is also rearranged in the tracks "Apostles of the Crystal" and "Human Strengths and Weaknesses", and can be heard as part of the track "Type-0".

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call
Machina appears as an unlockable character, and is unlocked by collecting Purple Crystal Shards.

He is an Offense and Defense oriented character.

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
Machina appears as a Legend in Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade.

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Twitter Battle
Machina appears as a playable character in the Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Twitter Battle sponsored by Amazon. His attacks are Bolt Rapiers and Thunder.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Machina appears on different cards in the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game. His cards are ice-elemental.

Etymology
In particular, Machina's name is taken from the Latin expression "Deus ex Machina." This plays on Machina's secret activities as a l'Cie.

Trivia

 * Machina appears on the 500th cover of Dengeki PlayStation magazine with Noctis Lucis Caelum, Lightning, Serah Farron, Noel Kreiss, and Rem. He also appears on the cover of the 505th magazine holding Rem in his arms.
 * Machina and Eight are the only males of Class Zero who are not blond.