Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 2 - Hikisakareshi Yokuryuu Episode 1 Discussion

giganta said:
Isn't there a rule where you can't use geass on the same person twice? It's probably Lelouch though and is brainwashed.

Tyrel said:
Wait what, since this takes place around the time after S1, we assume that Lelouch's memory has be altered for him to participate in this war. Assuming this, after all this is over, Lelouch's memory will be wiped again from where R2 starts to be an innocent student

Therefore, Charles altered his memory more than once in order to use his tactical expertise which he was so good at doing.

Theanime535 said:
This oav is so awesome.
Need more !

So It's now confirmed: Lelouch wasn't died.

And yes Akito is so Badass.

superzombie23 said:
I'm not a fan of the jazz. If they had stuck with the epic Geass soundtrack from the TV series, it would be a 10/10 for me.

Kjeldoran said:
It's already largely known that Akito the Exiled takes place between R1 and R2. At the start of R2, the EU was in the verge of collapse/disintegration, and if I remember correctly, the EU was actually taken into the fold of the Britannian Empire within the first five episodes; in fact, further into R2, the EU as it exists now in Akito was wiped off the map (as a different color of course)

I wonder if it's safe to assume that Pendragon is in Russia, or at least in the vicinity of St. Petersburg? I always thought it was in what would be the USA.

Anyway, I'm seeing that the basic assumption/hypothesis is that Lelouch (there is no doubt in my mind that it isn't) has already been to Pendragon, brought before the Emperor, and been brainwashed by Charles's geass. Meaning, that has been brainwashed to act as Julius Kingsley, and will be brought before the Emperor a second time to become the Lelouch in the first episode of R2.

There's actually a second possibility: Lelouch as he appears in Akito the Exiled is one who has not yet been brought before the Emperor and had his memory erased. When he first appeared in R2 as the brainwashed Lelouch, there was no need to cover his eye and did not wear one (he only wore the geass-shielding contact after he regained his memories), so why cover his eye now? Which leads me to think it's possible that Lulu has been forced to act as Julius under some sort of binding order (such as threatening Nunnally/revealing who abducted Nunnally and the chance of releasing her if he complies). After all, Suzaku, who's constantly guarding Lelouch, is now immune from Lelouch's geass, and Lelouch cannot beat Suzaku, so he's in checkmate. Also, since the EU theater is so close to Pendragon, once Lulu has been all used up, the emperor can do his thing; Lulu and Suzaku probably took a plane to Vladivostok and are taking the train west towards Europe or something.

The scene where Lulu is crying out for water is an odd scene, especially after his drastic emotional change when coming out of the train. It's not as if Lulu has never played the dramatic actor act before---so there could be a connection there, that Lulu is tormented by the development at the end of R1, but has not had his memory erased (yet) and is forced to act as Julius (probably to crush the entire EU theater and bring them to surrender, as Emperor Charles obviously would know that Lelouch is unparalleled in military strategy).

It's all conjecture, but there are enough subtle things going on that would make Lulu simply getting his memory wiped twice a bit too simple. One hole in my theory is that in when Suzaku brings Lelouch before the emperor, Lulu was still in his school uniform (or was it his Zero suit?). But then again, that's only a cosmetic issue; they could always do away with that ex post facto. We'll just have to wait and see.

Aeilon said:
Well, it's a nice theory; but you're missing an important factor that disproves it: Suzaku is already a Knight of Rounds in the OVA judging from his clothing and the respect he's being shown, and Charles didn't even know about Suzaku's desire for knighthood until Suzaku brought Lelouch before him.

Honestly, the way Lelouch acted at the end is extremely out of character for the normal him at the time. I'd put it at a 95% probability that old Charles erased his memory and made him Julius, and that he's going to do it again once he needs Lelouch as clueless C.C bait (every Geass but Lelouch's in the series is multi-use, why can't Charles' be multi-use too?). Maybe the "I need water" bit was just Lelouch fighting against the effects of the Geass on the train ride, up until he finally gave in and became Julius.

Kjeldoran said:
That's true, that must have slipped my mind, or I sneezed when they mentioned that. Oh well, it's not like that block of text is going anywhere. Even though I'd have to agree that Lulu getting double wiped is probably the right assumption, I still think the other theory fits Code Geass's air for the theatrical a little better.

zeth006 said:
Anyone know how many OVAs total they're running for this mini-series?

Nachtwandler_21 said:
And no one mentioned it... They made space flight scene realistically. Without damned movie cliché with "sound in space" and greatly done landing scene.