Saburōta Bandō

is a member of Homura, as well as a childhood friend of their newest member, Shouhei Akagi.

Appearance
Bandou is a young man of average height with black hair and black eyes. He wears a pair of large, dark sunglasses that obscure his eyes. Bandou also wears a black baseball cap with pins attached over his head.

He wears a purple undershirt beneath a long-sleeved, buttoned white shirt with a hood. His hood shadows over his baseball cap. Over both shirts, Bandou wears a black leather jacket. He also wears white pants with a single line running through them, as well as black shoes.

Personality
Bandou is generally a quiet individual who possesses slight arrogance, possessing a lot of self-pride and confidence. However, he has a strong heart for companionship. Bandou has strong faith in his comrades and makes it important to remember the friendships he has, believing them to be more than just "additions" to any sort of benefit he has. When a dangerous situation arrives, Bandou does not hesitate to save his friends, whether they're drowning or about to be killed by dangerous drug dealers.

He is very dedicated to Homura and its members, showing strong loyalty towards their King, Mikoto Suoh. Bandou also genuinely cares for his fellow members, old or new.

History
Since his kindergarten days, Bandou had been friends with Shouhei Akagi. At one point, Bandou developed a crush on a girl named Saya, who instead liked and even kissed Shouhei, something he was never fond of. Furthermore, as he grew older, while Shouhei would become more popular and skilled in many talents, such as sports, Bandou was always inferior and less well-known, another thing he resented his friend for. However, even so Bandou would eventually save Shouhei from drowning in a river, something the latter admired him for.

One day, a young man walked into the Homura headquarters in hopes of becoming an official member. Bandou recognizes the person as Shouhei, and vice-verse. Shouhei exclaimed to the others that they were childhood friends, though Bandou immediately denied it. He angrily stated that he does not approve of letting Shouhei join and asked why he even intended to, only to be told an answer which he claimed to be shallow. Even so, Bandou did accompany Shouhei and Totsuka to Mikoto's room, where, despite his attempts to prevent the act, Shouhei was accepted into Homura.

Although disappointed that he was accepted anyhow, Bandou did not change his behavior toward Shouhei. He proclaimed himself to be the senior and thus, superior to Shouhei. Bandou would regularly give lectures about general facts within Homura but eventually went on to nag Shouhei about more trivial matters, such as his cleaning. This annoyed Yata to the point where he began beating up Bandou for his constant nagging.

One rainy day, when Shouhei was out, Bandou got drunk and started rambling more so about Shouhei. Fed up, Yata finally asked what his issue was with Shouhei, though Bandou wouldn't speak; also annoyed, Izumo beat Bandou, and had him explain anyway. Several hours later, and some more drinks, Bandou would reveal that since his childhood, Shouhei had always been better than him in almost everything, even stealing his then-crush. Izumo told him that his annoyance with him was purely one-sided and Yata even stated that regardless, his reasons were purely insignificant, something Anna agreed to.

Later that day, Bandou rested on a street bench, where he was eventually found and accompanied by Totsuka. Bandou revealed that the main reason why he was annoyed with Shouhei was because of his genuine sincerity, doing anything for people who needed help, regardless of what it was. He added that Shouhei's open-minded personality also irritated him, especially the fact that he was still considered an equal in the latter's mind, despite their many differences. Then, Totsuka said that his own junior "may" be facing trouble at the moment, immediately drawing Bandou's attention. Totsuka explained that Shouhei was out to fight the Rakshasa, a drug dealing gang, because his friend was in danger. Hearing this, Bandou immediately started running after Shouhei.

By the time the rain subsided, Bandou caught up to Shouhei, who was near a warehouse with members of the Rakshasa inside. He ran up to and punched Shouhei, angrily yelling at him for not saying his true intentions to anyone in their Clan, who were his "comrades". Bandou asked, albeit rhetorically, if their friends were just additions to his new power, adding that he will fight with Shouhei to defend Homura's name; Bandou's argument was that he was Shouhei's senior.

They enter the warehouse and slowly began to take out each of the Rakshasa members inside. In the midst of the fight, Bandou warned Shouhei not to lose control while using his powers, though they continued shortly after. Eventually, they entered a room where Shouhei's friend was kept as a gagged and restricted hostage. Unaware of what to do, they left themselves vulnerable, and are ultimately beaten and left for dead.

Lying on the ground, Shouhei apologized for dragging Bandou into their little mess. Bandou shouted at him and began his scolding, but one of the Rakshasa kicks him, silencing him. The same person then attempted to kill Shouhei but Bandou blocked the attacker, getting hit instead. Before collapsing and passing out, he told Shouhei that he was no longer alone, just before the rest of Homura arrived to take out Rakshasa.

After the battles had ended, Bandou was bandaged up. After awakening, he was scolded by Izumo, and afterwards returned to the street bench from before. He was later joined by Shouhei. Shouhei apologized again for the mess he caused though Bandou stated that the whole Homura group, not just him, saved the former. Nonetheless, Shouhei still thanked him for saving him, pleasing Bandou enough for him to smile.

Things began settling down for Bandou. One day, Bandou was out playing baseball with the others in Homura. When Chitose went up and batted, his ball shot straight towards a woman walking nearby, worrying Bandou. Two months later, Kousuke brought back a young man on the street back to headquarters named Eric Surt. Bandou once teased Yata after a spat between him and Eric, which resulted in an annoyed Yata proceeding to beat Bandou, who was taken aback.

Plot
Homura launches an "investigation" into one of the gang leaders in the city, who currently resides in a hotel suite; planning to extract information from him regarding an attack on one of their own members.

Bandou is placed in Izumo's team, where they break into the building from the inside. They are successful in their mission, allowing Yata to fulfill his, and afterwards they wait inside for Mikoto and Anna. Once the two appear, Anna does her mind-reading on the gang leader but cannot find any valued information from him; disappointed, Bandou and the others leave.

While on their way towards the lobby, they are confronted by SCEPTER4, and soon after they engage in combat. However, the results of the fight leave Mikoto arrested and jailed, while Bandou and the others are safe. It is not long until Shouhei discovers a male teenager who appears to be their main target, and alerts the rest of Homura. Bandou is among those who leave in pursuit of the white-haired male.

Following the brief fight between Yata and Kuroh Yatogami, Bandou runs towards Yata alongside Shouhei, asking him if he's alright.