Thread:ResidentialPsycho/@comment-25630211-20150223033711/@comment-25942629-20150223113549

Welcome! Thanks for helping out. Good catch with Aiko's title of sergeant, by the way. I spent forever digging through that chapter and kept overlooking the single oddly-placed speech bubble that listed her actual ranking.

A "team leader" in Seraph is a person who is in charge of multiple squads. In the battle against Lucal Wesker, Sergeant Makoto Narumi was the team leader for his and Shinoa's combined squads even though Shinoa had the same rank as he did. She is a sergeant, but she is not the team leader. You can be a team leader if you are ranked sergeant or higher, but you will not necessarily be the team leader even if you are ranked sergeant or higher. Even though the person leads his or her squad, another squad head could become the team leader instead. The team leader has command over the other sergeants in the team. A squad is typically a 5-person group while a team usually consists of 3 squads. In this manga series at least, the team leader, squad leader, and sergeant aren't necessarily the same thing.

Aiko: Sergeant, leads her squad, team leader

Makoto: Sergeant, leads his squad, team leader; after joining with Guren, he is no longer the team leader

Shinoa: Sergeant, leads her squad, not the team leader

Guren: Lieutenant colonel (not a sergeant), leads his squad, team leader, commander

In Guren's case, he's the leader of his combined team as well. Despite being a lieutenant colonel, he has colonels (Mito Jujo and Norito Goshi) under his command. Perhaps you could explain that to me. It would normally be the other way around, right?

Feel free to ask me anything.

EDIT:  And Sergeant Makoto Narumi is in charge of Major General Shinya Hiragi, which sounds like all sorts of strange to me. Although they do work kinda separately. So... manga.