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 is a character in DARLING in the FRANXX.

Appearance
Nine Alpha has light blonde hair with green eyes. He wears a special Parasite uniform colored white and gold, instead of the gray uniforms that other Parasites use. When in his Franxx, he appears with golden horns that appear to be holographic klaxosaur horns.

Personality
Nine Alpha is known for flirting with Ichigo and showing a major interest in Hiro. He is the second known male to be in the pistil position along with his teammate, 9'ε.

He is known for his sarcastic attitude.

He also displays acts of arrogance, such as smirking.

In Episode 17, he poked his nose around Cerasus and found a book on childbirth, indicating that he's also a curious person. He later interrogated Kokoro and mocking Kokoro on her opinions on reproduction harshly.

Episode 06: DARLING in the FRANXX
9'α is first shown after the kissing between Cerasus and Chrysanthemum. Some 9's watch the battle and 9'α says that they're really hitting it off.

Episode 07: Shooting Star Moratorium
Hachi says that one of APE's special forces has become a plantation's exclusive parasite. Zero Two tells Dr. FRANXX that they didn't have to come all the way. Nana introduces Hiro to Dr. FRANXX, the creator of FRANXX. She begins to introduce a boy, but he stops her. He approaches Hiro and says that he's the first person to survive Zero Two. He says that he has an interest in them. Hachi tells the doctor that Strelizia and Code 002 are transferred into Plantation 13's purview. He waves at him and says that the geezers already told him. When Hachi announces that they're officially partners, Zero Two hugs Hiro.

Episode 12: The Garden Where It All Began
The episode starts with the members of Squad 13 looking out of a large window within a vehicle, seeing the Garden as they approach it. Zero Two is elsewhere within the vehicle, looking for picture books but to no avail. Squad 13 has been sent back to The Garden to undergo some tests, the place where they were raised. They are greeted by the Nines, Zero Two's former squad, and their leader Nine Alpha who wonders what Zero Two, formerly coded Nine Iota, saw in them. Disobeying orders, Hiro, with the other members of Squad 13 visit the old facilities where they were raised in, hoping to meet Naomi again.

Episode 14: Punishment and Confession
Feeling like she needs to be punished for her misdeeds, a depressed Zero Two consents to leave Cerasus and meet the Nines for the battle of Gran Crevasse, this time by the side of disposable stamens, leaving as Hiro cries. Ichigo grabs him and kisses him so he won't leave. 9'α greets Zero Two and shows all the stamen she can choose from. Ichigo tells Hiro that she doesn't regret their kiss and that she wants to be with him forever, which Goro overhears. She says that she's always loved him as Zero Two's ship flies overhead.

Episode 15: The Bird that Shares Wings
At Cerasus's international briefing room, Hachi explains that their objective is to take control of Gran Crevasse. Hiro enters the battlefield in a training unit Ichigo is still not wanting to let Hiro partner with Zero Two so Goro basically implies that he is tired of seeing the two apart and that he will not partner with Ichigo anymore unless she allows Hiro to reunite with Zero Two. Ichigo and Hiro are able to pilot but as she is connected with him she enters his inner consciousness and finds out that somehow or another all of his memories are connected with Zero Two. So as Ichigo cries she finally realizes that she never had a chance in the first place Zero Two and Hiro are reunited during this episode turning Strelizia into an unknown ultimate form that is red with white details instead of the opposite white with red details. In the legend of the Jian white means partnership while red means true love signaling that the romantic feelings Hiro feels for Zero Two are mutual.

Hiro
He shows major interest in Hiro.

Ichigo
He shows interest in Ichigo. During Squad 13's testing at Garden, he considers Ichigo as "proud and dignified" from the way Ichigo talks. He warns Ichigo that Zero Two is a monster and she would never properly bond with humans.

Zero Two
He indirectly shows his dislike towards Zero Two. Throughout Episode 12, he tells Ichigo facts about Zero Two. In Episode 14, when Zero Two was being escorted to her spaceship, he mocks Zero Two on her punishment. He often refers to Zero Two as 'Nine Iota'.

Papa
Papa ordered Nine Alpha and The 9's to check on Squad 13.

Quotes
"Humans have evolved and cast their reproductive functions aside in the process. Reject that, and we'll all have to go back to conforming to one gender." - Episode 17; Nine Alpha says this to Kokoro's opinions on 'leaving a mark'.

"The gender is a pain, an annoyance that's only tolerated to operate the FRANXX? And that's all it really is." - Episode 17

"Humans have also cast away their tendency to be rules by emotions like that, because it serves zero purpose in life." - Episode 17; Nine Alpha replying to Ikuno's slap on his face.

Trivia

 * Miku has stated that he looks handsome.

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