The 'Prologue' chapter served as a brief history before this chapter. That is why I put my OC first before meeting any canon character, other than Tabane Shinonono, to give readers a hint on how he could pilot an IS.
Infinite Stratos: A New Person
Chapter 2: He’s Here
2012 IS Academy, Japan
IS Academy, short for Infinite Stratos Academy, is an academy where girls were sent to study on using Infinite Stratos. Located on an island not far from the mainland, students and visitors use monorails as transport to get there. It is the only academy to nurture IS pilots. Majority of the students are Japanese. Despite this, foreign students that came to study at the academy are only representatives. Only one representative is chosen for each country to study there.
Ichika Orimura, Houki Shinonono, Cecilia Alcott, Charlotte Dunois, Huang Lin Yin and Laura Bodewig have entered their second year in the IS Academy. Cecilia is the representative from the United Kingdom. Charlotte was from France, Laura from Germany and Lin Yin hailed from China. Among them, Ichika and Houki are special because both of them were chosen as representatives for Japan. Although the academy has only female students, Ichika was the only male student.
