Code Geass - Manga Discussion Thread

[Xion Valkyrie]

I'm pretty sure just a wig is not going to be enough to make a British person look Japanese...

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by Xion Valkyrie

I'm pretty sure just a wig is not going to be enough to make a British person look Japanese...

You know, very often japanese mangaka are enough superficial about write a storyboard, however in the manga (for now) they just write Carla is a orphan, with them since she was almost a baby.

[lightbringer]

Originally Posted by Xion Valkyrie

I'm pretty sure just a wig is not going to be enough to make a British person look Japanese...

But nationality in manga is always determined by hair color and eye color

[yvj]

Originally Posted by Xion Valkyrie

I'm pretty sure just a wig is not going to be enough to make a British person look Japanese...

Haven't posted in the forum for months.

But I had to drop an LOL for this.

Hilarious

[Nobodyman9]

Originally Posted by lightbringer

But nationality in manga is always determined by hair color and eye color

Even then, I can see no discernable differences between Britannians and the Japanese in Code Geass. I don't know how they tell each other apart.

[Kittenlady]

To be fair, apart from Suzaku, Lelouch, Guilford and Kallen (who doesn't entirely count), they followed the general 'Japanese people - dark hair' 'Britannian people - multi-coloured hair' scheme.

They still should've made it more obvious considering race was supposed to be playing such a large part in the story, but hey.

[lightbringer]

Spoiler for ch 4:

I had high expectations for this. Now we have floating power rangers calling themselves knightmares. Are they really going to continue pretending that this is a canon manga? It's going downhill at mach 10.

[Roloko vi Britannia]

Originally Posted by lightbringer

Spoiler for ch 4:

I had high expectations for this. Now we have floating power rangers calling themselves knightmares. Are they really going to continue pretending that this is a canon manga? It's going downhill at mach 10.

Spoiler for ch 4:

lol power rangers wtf??

Well I bought Code Geass Knights volume 1 at the Tsubasacon Saturday and I love it so far I'm planning on finishing the rest of it here in the next couple days.

[Xander]

Originally Posted by lightbringer

Spoiler for ch 4:

I had high expectations for this. Now we have floating power rangers calling themselves knightmares. Are they really going to continue pretending that this is a canon manga? It's going downhill at mach 10.

Just a comment, based on limited information about the newest Renya chapter.

Spoiler:

Haven't actually seen any of the images yet, but the transcript doesn't make it sound that bad...I can live with some ridiculous supernatural beings or whatever those happen to be if the rest of the story makes up for it sooner or later.

[lightbringer]

Well, it's like this:

Spoiler for it floats! (ch4 spoiler):

If you ask me, that's not a Knightmare, that's a masked power ranger

[TrueElements]

I have to say, what a twist... i like it.

[GundamFan0083]

Power rangers huh?

I was thinking more along the lines of the Knights of the Round from Nightmare of Nunnally.
They were a bunch of undead dudes in powered armor.

[SonOfHeaven]

After reading chapter 4. I'm still skeptical on Renya as a main character. Hasn't stand out in my opinion so far. The Weinberg guy doesn't seem too bad as a character. I guess the Weinbergs like to see talent for potential knights. Very similar to how Gino thought so of Kallen. Both of the Weinbergs thinking that they could switch sides to better themselves.

Hopefully the next few chapters get more interesting.

[TrueElements]

This is a slow 4 chapters is the thing, like unless this is going to be insanely short i don't see it getting anywhere soon.

[Xander]

Cross-posting this in the relevant thread.

Originally Posted by GundamFan0083

A thought has crossed my mind reading over this discussion about the ZR and having just finished the 4th issue of Renya of the Dark.

Spoiler for the manga is making things more confusing:

CC mentions that Geass has the power of Resurrection in issue 2 (when Renya fails to acquire Geass). Since Taniguichi is writing this manga it is official and he's definitely Word of God, so could that mean that Lelouch knows he'll get resurrected and thus killed himself off with that knowledge?

That sounds interesting but...I just checked issue 2 and didn't see anything like that. Unless it's part of a different translation or something along those lines. Still, there doesn't seem to be a scene where it would fit, at least not in that particular issue.

However, the only remotely similar reference I've seen, back in issue 1 of the new Renya manga...

Spoiler for Renya ch1:

...is C.C. actually saying:

"You who has removed himself from the flow of resurrection...will now live along with the horror of..."

In other words, C.C. appears to be arguing the opposite of what you've suggested: that the power of Geass removes its users from the "flow of resurrection" normal people go through (perhaps referring to reincarnation?).

Then again, I'll admit the issue could still be directly addressed at some later point in time.

Incidentally, I've already read chapter 4...and I'm actually wondering if they mean to say "Nightmare" instead of "Knightmare" in this context. Or it may be that the same term was later used to describe something completely different, but...who knows?

[lightbringer]

Some alternate version of the cycle of rebirth I guess. But that theory is ridiculous. Lelouch died without any such thoughts. Let's have him rest in peace before Sunrise decides to milk him for what he's worth again. Besides, his ancestor or w/e appeared when Renya failed his contract, so we'll see Lelouch's archetype back in action soon enough I bet.

[GundamFan0083]

Originally Posted by Xander

Cross-posting this in the relevant thread.



That sounds interesting but...I just checked issue 2 and didn't see anything like that. Unless it's part of a different translation or something along those lines. Still, there doesn't seem to be a scene where it would fit, at least not in that particular issue.

However, the only remotely similar reference I've seen, back in issue 1 of the new Renya manga...

Spoiler for Renya ch1:

...is C.C. actually saying:

"You who has removed himself from the flow of resurrection...will now live along with the horror of..."

In other words, C.C. appears to be arguing the opposite of what you've suggested: that the power of Geass removes its users from the "flow of resurrection" normal people go through (perhaps referring to reincarnation?).

Then again, I'll admit the issue could still be directly addressed at some later point in time.

Incidentally, I've already read chapter 4...and I'm actually wondering if they mean to say "Nightmare" instead of "Knightmare" in this context. Or it may be that the same term was later used to describe something completely different, but...who knows?

I was referring to CC's quote, and I agree that this issue may be addressed later on in the manga, which is all I was trying to ask (not say).
Actually I'll bet the Kanji is for "Rebirth/reincarnation" rather than "Resurrection."
I haven't seen the original Japanese so I don't know which it should be.

I also concur with you on the "Nightmare" verses "KnightMare" in so far as issue four is concerned. That would certainly make more sense, and as you said, it may be that the Britannian "mobile suits" were later named Knightmares due to this kind of creature.
I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Originally Posted by lightbringer

Some alternate version of the cycle of rebirth I guess. But that theory is ridiculous. Lelouch died without any such thoughts. Let's have him rest in peace before Sunrise decides to milk him for what he's worth again. Besides, his ancestor or w/e appeared when Renya failed his contract, so we'll see Lelouch's archetype back in action soon enough I bet.

Aw c'mon that was a bit harsh don't you think?
We don't know what Lelouch knew or didn't know before he died, which is why I asked a question and did not offer up a theory.
Only Okouchi and Taniguichi know what Lelouch was thinking which is why I asked for everybody's opinion about it.
I see some parallels between this manga and the anime Otogi Zoshi in so far as having characters who are similar in an medieval period to those in a modern era(like Gino's ancester, behaving similar to Gino).
It goes along with the Shinto belief in reincarnation, which is one of the major religions in Japan.
The mention of resurrection (I assume the word used here is saisei which in Japanese Kanji can sometimes be synonymous with rebirth and can sometimes mean reincarnation) by CC leads me to wonder if this is the first glimpse of a retcon by Sunrise.
As you said above, Lelouch may come back if Sunrise sees money in it, and I agree with you that he's dead as a doorknob for now.

[FoxxFireArt]

Have there been any magazine ads for Renya of Darkness that show the friends of Renya and their names in Japanese?

I made a profiles for them over on Anime Vice, but I want to add in their names in Japanese.

[lightbringer]

Check the first post of this thread for the Japanese names.

[TrueElements]

Originally Posted by lightbringer

Check the first post of this thread for the Japanese names.

apparently that img broke.... hmmmm

heres the list again.

Spoiler for names:

登場人物
The Characters

連夜
主人公。　剣術、学問、馬とまるで駄目だが実戦には強い。　特大のクナイをブーメランのように 投げるのが得 意
Renya
Main character. Sucks when it comes to sword-fighting, studying, and horses, but is strong in actual combat. Throwing specialized kunai as boomerangs is his specialty.

カルラ
連夜の仲間。　頭が良いが教え方に問題がある　（刀で取り囲んだ状態で三日三晩休み食事なし等 ）
Karura
Renya’s friend/comrade. Is smart but her methods of teaching are problematic. (To surround a person with swords for three days and nights while they rest and eat and so forth.)

アンジ
連夜の仲間。　連夜を若と呼ぶ。　連夜とは子供の頃からの仲
Anji
Renya’s friend/comrade. Calls Renya a kid (Uncertain). Their friendship goes back to their childhood.

美鈴
連夜の仲間。
Misuzu (Most probable spelling, not definite. Others: Misato, Mirin, Mirei, Meirin)
Renya’s friend/comrade.

(Cannot find kanji.)
連夜の仲間。
Unknown name
Renya’s friend/comrade.

ツワブキ
連夜の仲間。
Tsuwabuki
Renya’s friend/comrade.

師範
連夜たちの師
Instructor (spelled as Shihan)
Renya’s and everyone teacher

皇一心
里を襲撃した敵の大将。　強い敵を見つけると自分の身体に傷を付けてその存在を心に残してから 倒すハードＭ
Emperor Isshin? (Tentative name)
Leader of the enemy which attacked Renya’s village. When he sees a strong enemy and his body gets wounded, he becomes a hard masochist which gives up his rational mind in order to defeat /kill (Uncertain).

一心の軍勢と行動を共にする伴天連（外国人）。　連夜に力を与えるが…。
Foreigners who serves as Isshin’s army, and who seeks to spread Christianity. They give Renya a certain power…

連夜の背後に浮かんだ人物。
A character that appears in Renya’s background (Uncertain, could also means he is behind the scenes or something.)

桜の爆ぜ石
爆発する
Exploding Stone of Cherry Blossoms (In other words, Sakuradite)
Explodes.

dont have the matching imgs sorry