

When Hiro is forced to link with the princess, Zero Two is able to mentally connect with Strelizia to save him and stop VIRM from destroying the planet but this left her body catatonic. She later finds out she is a clone of the Klaxosaur Princess created by Dr. She begins creating her own version of the story, but intentionally leaves the last page blank because of the likelihood she may have to part ways with Hiro. Since she was a child, she was inspired by a book called “The Beast and the Prince”, which she notes is similar to the circumstances of her and Hiro. Her true age is unknown but her ultimate wish is to become fully human so she can reunite with an important person from her past, which turned out to be Hiro. She is also known as the "partner killer" as all partners who pilot Strelizia with her always die after riding three times with her at most, with Hiro being the only exception. Main article: Zero Two An elite pilot belonging to APE's special forces, Zero Two is a mysterious and rebellious girl often referred to as a monster due to her red horns and klaxosaur blood. Code:002 ( コード:002, Kōdo:002) / Zero Two ( ゼロツー, Zero Tsū) / 9'℩ ( ナインイオタ, Nain Iota, Nine Iota) Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu (Japanese), Tia Ballard (English)

At some point in the future, Hiro and Zero Two are reincarnated into two children who meet in the final episode. To defeat the VIRM and protect the future of their friends, they sacrifice themselves and detonate the VIRM home planet. After they reconnect, they overpower VIRM, who retreat again, and the two leave in a warp gate but promise to return to their friends. He makes the choice to join the battle to rescue her. However, he finds that Zero Two is catatonic because she mentally linked with Strelizia to battle the VIRM in space. Zero Two saves Hiro and they join forces with the klaxosaurs to force the VIRM to retreat.

In the final battle against the klaxosaurs, Hiro is forcibly connected with the Klaxosaur Princess and finds out the true enemy is VIRM, led by Papa, which intends to destroy the planet if necessary to eliminate the klaxosaurs. Hiro admits to Zero Two that he has always been in love with her and they begin a relationship, as well as vowing to fulfill their promise. Hiro gradually recovered his memories of their past. Although regarded as a genius, Hiro was looked down upon as a disappointment until he reunited with Zero Two and became the Strelizia's official stamen after being the only partner to survive riding with her three times. Their memories of each other were then erased. Before they were captured and separated, Hiro licked Zero Two's blood from a cut, slowly giving him horns and develop klaxosaur characteristics. It is revealed that Hiro was once a leader among the children and the one responsible for naming them, as well as asking the adults a lot of questions, although they never give an answer he also witnessed Zero Two undergoing painful testing and the two ran away together as children, even going as far as to make a promise to get married when they become adults. So far, he is the only male able to pilot Strelizia with Zero Two without taking damage. Code:016 ( コード:016, Kōdo:016) / Hiro ( ヒロ) Voiced by: Yūto Uemura, Ami Koshimizu (childhood) (Japanese), Matt Shipman, Mikaela Krantz (childhood) (English) Once called a prodigy, he is now a 14-year-old dropout pilot cadet after "losing" his ability to synchronize with his partner in the Franxx. Although humanoid in appearance when piloted by a male-female pair, Strelizia takes the form of a quadruped beast when piloted by Zero Two alone. It is equipped with a giant spear called "Queen Pike" to battle with klaxosaurs. Pilots of the Franxx Strelitzia ( ストレリチア, Sutorerichia) The Franxx piloted by Hiro and Zero Two.
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These names are based on Japanese readings of their code numbers. The squad is also notable for referring to each other by names rather than their code numbers. Squad 13 is unique, most notably for their individually designed Franxx. The Squad is based out of Plantation 13, living within their home area, Mistilteinn ( ミストルティン, Misutorutin), colloqiually referred to as the Birdcage. A squad of ten 14-year-old Parasites who are the main characters of the series.
