Character Profile: Megumi Raynard

A former voice actress [seiyuu] for a popular anime series, Megumi was chosen to lend her voice to the Nadesico as its communications officer. She's concerned about the war but is willing to support the Nadesico for its supposedly good cause. She becomes distraught after the loss of the crew of Space Colony SM2, and she questions the point of all those people dying. When she learns that Akito is thinking similarly, a relationship begins to kindle. However, when the true nature of the enemy is revealed, the relationship somewhat sours when Akito reveals that he'll keep fighting. All the talk about war and fighting just depresses her. Why can't it all stop?

In case you're wondering, the name Megumi is a bit of a salute to one of the most noted seiyuu in Japanese anime: Megumi Hayashibara.