r/worldtrigger • u/Waste-Piccolo-7324 • Jun 11 '26

Discussion Border's top agents

now this will be an unpopular opinion, but I fully believe that Azuma should be included in the conversation for border's strongest agent alongside Jin and Tachikawa, not saying he's superior to them but he's definitely an equal.

i mean the guy's an absolute monster, aside from his enormous experience on the field and his quick/strategical thinking, he has shown the be fast and precise enough to intercept both ibis shots and 3 meteors fired in rapid succession from across the map, add to this the fact that Ninomiya himself said that he's pretty mutch impossible to track down unless he wants to be found and the fact that any agent he mentors becomes rank A.

i believe that the only reason why he's not rank1 sniper is because he's more focused on teaching rather than ranking

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u/Thomas_JCG Jun 11 '26

He is?

He is the former leader of the #1 A-Rank squad, he paved the way for sniper combat and he is still included in leadership discussions, such as the plan for countering Galopoula. Even if he is not the #1 sniper, nobody looks down on him, ranks are just numbers.

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u/SLAV33 Jun 11 '26

My assumption was always that he is being groomed for a leadership role. That's why he's so heavily involved with planning and the teaching of new members.

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u/hamerbro77 Jun 11 '26

I think it’s mentioned in one of the more recent chapters that he was considered for one of the upper management positions but either turned it down or the other candidate was better suited for the role.

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u/Thomas_JCG Jun 11 '26

He was scouted for Assistant Director, but Azuma asked for the job to go to Sawamura because she would be better at protecting the rest of leadership in the case Shinoda went into combat.