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[TRANSLATED] CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (Chapter 1)
Updates: Monthly
The Long-Awaited Resurrection Series of the Definitive CODE GEASS Comic Has Begun!!
At last, Lelouch and Suzaku have achieved the Zero Requiem. What awaits these boys beyond the peace paid for with their lives...? The curtain lifts with a completely original story that depicts the gap before the resurrection!
Original Scans: courtesy of Comic NewType
CODE GEASS
Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Comic By: Tomofumi Ogasawara
Scenario By: Koujirou Taniguchi (Sunrise)
Original Story:
based on CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
(c) SUNRISE/PROJECT L-GEASS
Character Design (c) 2006-2018 CLAMP-ST
The curtain lifts with a completely original story that depicts the gap before the resurrection!
CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Rebellion Re; Volumes 1-3 on sale now!!
<thunder>
<whoooosh>
SHAMNA
<panting>
<panting>
SFX
<whir>
SHALIO
Big Sister?
Are you all right?
<whir>
SHAMNA
I'm fine!
SFX
<rustle...>
SHAMNA
Shalio—
SFX
<sharp pain>
SHAMNA
Urk—
Sister... is it...?
SHAMNA
Yes.
It's the Code...
I inherited it...
SFX
<thunder rumbling>
SHAMNA: —But...
<thunder crash!>
SHAMNA
I've failed...
<yawn>
<distant waves>
KALLEN
Looks pretty rough out there.
And yet! I can't catch a thing today...
Peace... We really got there, huh...?
KALLEN
(It's been a few months now...)
(Since the treacherous Emperor, Lelouch vi Britannia, conquered the world...)
(A parade was held, and we were all going to be executed — the Black Knights, Schneizel, Nunnally... as a warning to any who hated him.)
KALLEN
(But then he appeared: a masked man. Zero.)
KALLEN
(Lelouch was struck down by that man's sword.)
KALLEN
(In an instant, Zero became a hero—
And by taking out Lelouch, the figure all the world's hatred had been focused on...
...he brought the whole world together.)
(The wishes of so many people in so many countries, all united—
It was like a tidal wave, and that tidal wave shaped this peaceful world.)
(It was what we all wanted.)
KALLEN
(And we didn't just get there through a long history of conflict, or a cycle of hatred...)
SFX
<jostle>
KALLEN
(But because you saw the chance to unite us all.)
KALLEN
(And that chance was all you needed...
I wonder if even you thought it would work so well.)
(You know...)
PHONE
<vibrating>
KALLEN
<beep>
Hey.
What?
Oh, yeah.
I'm at the Kariya Fishing Harbor in YAMAGUCHI1...
KALLEN
...
KALLEN
What?!
KALLEN
It was supposed to be tomorrow!
<whiiiiiir>
CODE GEASS
Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Mister Ohgi!
Hey, Kallen! You made it!
KALLEN
What, you're alone?
Where's Ms. Villetta2?
OHGI
Still getting ready, I'm told.
SFX
<chatter, chatter>
KALLEN / OHGI
!
VOICES
It's Zero!
Zero...
Prime Minister Ohgi,
we are truly grateful for your invitation to this festive occasion.
And congratulations once again on your nuptials.
OHGI
Thank you very much.
And you, Zero. Thank you for comin—
VOICES
Lady Nunnally!
NUNNALLY
!
MAGARET
I haven't seen you since the Warsaw Conference, Lady Nunnally.
NUNNALLY
Lady Margaret Walpole. Yes, it's been a while...
Just Margaret, please, Lady Nunnally!
NUNNALLY
But
you're the President of the EU — I couldn't possibly...
JIANG LIHUA3
I think it's a lovely idea.
LIHUA
We may shoulder the future of our nations,
but we're also your friends.
KAGUYA
Lady Lihua is entirely correct.
And, so that we good friends may yet become better friends,
<shove>
we'll just be borrowing Lady Nunnally from you...
KAGUYA
Ze~ro.
ZERO
...
Ehem...
KALLEN
Ze—
VOICE (NINA)
Whoa, Arthur!
NINA
Stop!
You mustn't!
(Nina?)
SFX
<bounce, bounce, spring!>
SFX
<snaking into place—>
ZERO
...
NINA
Oh...
<step>
NINA
Thanks, Zero.
ZERO
...It's nothing.
Good grief!
All this because you couldn't hold onto him, Nina dear~...
CECILE
Now hold on, Lloyd! Wasn't it your idea to bring him with us in the first place?
LLOYD
Ooh, Prime Minister Ohgi! Congratulations~.
LLOYD
You know, you'd really be doing us a favor if you could keep hold of him for a while~.
LLOYD
Right this way, now!
CECILE
Oh, Lloyd, what am I going to do with you...
OHGI
Haha...
Today's really shaping up to be something, huh...?
<clunk>
TAMAKI
To the newlyweds, Ohgi Kaname and Miss Villetta!
Here's to you!
<chug>
SFX
<flush!>
MILLY
Hmm?
What're you doing? Filming this?
RIVALZ
Only because Lady Kaguya asked me to!
She said it was gonna be something we'd all wanna have on record.
<beep, beep>
KALLEN
Thanks, Rivalz.
So.
Lady Kaguya asked you to...?
RIVALZ
She sure did~.
Kind of a lot to put on a mere college student, honestly.
KALLEN
Haha!
I guess this did turn into a pretty exclusive gathering... just the most important people in the country and the Black Knights.
RIVALZ
Right?!
How'm I supposed to approach these people?!
KALLEN
Well, I can help you there.
I know a lot of 'em.
<beep!>
SCHNEIZEL
I do hope I'll be seeing you in the bridal party4 next time...
GUILFORD
You don't understand, we've always...
XIANGLIN
Well, things have changed! You men...
I cannot thank you enough for your service back then, Oldrin.
OLDRIN
It's just a pleasure to see you again.
RIVALZ
How're you doing, Ms. Villetta?
Now that you've married into the purple, and all!
Rivalz!
Rivalz
Huh?!
KALLEN
Take over for a sec!
RIVALZ
Ack—
KALLEN
Zero...
Zero!
ZERO
Kallen...
Um...
I...
...
SFX
<breeze>
KALLEN
I...
'Zero' will always be more than just a symbol to me.
But... I really — owe you.
For my mom, for my brother...
For all of Nippon, really. Without 'Zero' — none of us would be here.
You made this new day possible for everyone here...
So...
ZERO
Kallen...
ZERO
I5—
KALLEN
Forgive me!
But I really just wanted to say my piece!6
'Bye.
Zero...
ZERO
You... saw that?7
NUNNALLY
Kallen's attempt to settle things between you...?
Yes.
The war's over. The new day is finally here.
ZERO
But they can't get there without...
...coming to terms with me8, and everything I did before.
NUNNALLY
No, I suppose not.
No one can truly move on otherwise.
ZERO
I just
fear it may take some time.
NUNNALLY
Yes, but...
What else would we do with that time?
After all, we have a task — one to which we must devote both our bodies and our lives.
ZERO
...Nunnally...
This is my9 punishment.
You shouldn't have to—
NUNNALLY
No.
The blood of many people stains my hands, too.
NUNNALLY
The road to peace has demanded much of us—
—but I still believe it was worth the cost.
ZERO
Nunnally...
You really are a strong person.
Let's protect this world.
The one that
Lelouch wanted...
1 A lot of place names, like TOKYO and SHINJUKU, are rendered in カタカナ after Japan was conquered; stripping them of their kanji is a way of showing the loss of language. (I'm a little surprised they wouldn't have restored the characters by this point, though.)↩
2 As opposed to Ohgi, who's getting a "typical" translation of surname + さん here from me, Kallen's still in "former student" mode about Viletta. There's no standard English equivalent to 先生 ("Professor" once you're on the college level!), so... "Ms. Viletta". ↩
3 AKA Tianzi.↩
4 Schneizel is specifically saying that he hopes Cornelia will have a 'leading role' in the wedding next time — so, either a maid of honor, a bridesmaid, or a bride... ↩
5 私(watashi) isn't a pronoun Suzaku ever used during the TV series, preferring 自分(jibun) in all the formal situations where it might otherwise get invoked (as well as a few other moments). It is, however, the pronoun Lelouch used as Zero. And Suzaku is clearly trying to approximate Lelouch-as-Zero's speaking patterns. ↩
7 As opposed to this. かい and だい (softer than か and だい as questions) are very much a Suzaku thing, and not so much a Lelouch thing, much less Lelouch-as-Zero. ↩
8 Exhibit A: Suzaku using 自分 in a very typical-for-him informal context. Soft emphasis that's reflected in my translation (昨日までの自分 as not just "who I was until 'yesterday'", but "me and everything I did before 'yesterday'). ↩
9 And an unambiguously non-Zero pronoun. ↩
The Long-Awaited Resurrection Series of the Definitive CODE GEASS Comic Has Begun!!
At last, Lelouch and Suzaku have achieved the Zero Requiem. What awaits these boys beyond the peace paid for with their lives...? The curtain lifts with a completely original story that depicts the gap before the resurrection!
Original Scans: courtesy of Comic NewType
CODE GEASS
Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Comic By: Tomofumi Ogasawara
Scenario By: Koujirou Taniguchi (Sunrise)
Original Story:
based on CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
(c) SUNRISE/PROJECT L-GEASS
Character Design (c) 2006-2018 CLAMP-ST
The curtain lifts with a completely original story that depicts the gap before the resurrection!
CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Rebellion Re; Volumes 1-3 on sale now!!
<thunder>
<whoooosh>
SHAMNA
<panting>
<panting>
SFX
<whir>
SHALIO
Big Sister?
Are you all right?
<whir>
SHAMNA
I'm fine!
SFX
<rustle...>
SHAMNA
Shalio—
SFX
<sharp pain>
SHAMNA
Urk—
Sister... is it...?
SHAMNA
Yes.
It's the Code...
I inherited it...
SFX
<thunder rumbling>
SHAMNA: —But...
<thunder crash!>
SHAMNA
I've failed...
<yawn>
<distant waves>
KALLEN
Looks pretty rough out there.
And yet! I can't catch a thing today...
Peace... We really got there, huh...?
KALLEN
(It's been a few months now...)
(Since the treacherous Emperor, Lelouch vi Britannia, conquered the world...)
(A parade was held, and we were all going to be executed — the Black Knights, Schneizel, Nunnally... as a warning to any who hated him.)
KALLEN
(But then he appeared: a masked man. Zero.)
KALLEN
(Lelouch was struck down by that man's sword.)
KALLEN
(In an instant, Zero became a hero—
And by taking out Lelouch, the figure all the world's hatred had been focused on...
...he brought the whole world together.)
(The wishes of so many people in so many countries, all united—
It was like a tidal wave, and that tidal wave shaped this peaceful world.)
(It was what we all wanted.)
KALLEN
(And we didn't just get there through a long history of conflict, or a cycle of hatred...)
SFX
<jostle>
KALLEN
(But because you saw the chance to unite us all.)
KALLEN
(And that chance was all you needed...
I wonder if even you thought it would work so well.)
(You know...)
PHONE
<vibrating>
KALLEN
<beep>
Hey.
What?
Oh, yeah.
I'm at the Kariya Fishing Harbor in YAMAGUCHI1...
KALLEN
...
KALLEN
What?!
KALLEN
It was supposed to be tomorrow!
<whiiiiiir>
CODE GEASS
Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Mister Ohgi!
Hey, Kallen! You made it!
KALLEN
What, you're alone?
Where's Ms. Villetta2?
OHGI
Still getting ready, I'm told.
SFX
<chatter, chatter>
KALLEN / OHGI
!
VOICES
It's Zero!
Zero...
Prime Minister Ohgi,
we are truly grateful for your invitation to this festive occasion.
And congratulations once again on your nuptials.
OHGI
Thank you very much.
And you, Zero. Thank you for comin—
VOICES
Lady Nunnally!
NUNNALLY
!
MAGARET
I haven't seen you since the Warsaw Conference, Lady Nunnally.
NUNNALLY
Lady Margaret Walpole. Yes, it's been a while...
Just Margaret, please, Lady Nunnally!
NUNNALLY
But
you're the President of the EU — I couldn't possibly...
JIANG LIHUA3
I think it's a lovely idea.
LIHUA
We may shoulder the future of our nations,
but we're also your friends.
KAGUYA
Lady Lihua is entirely correct.
And, so that we good friends may yet become better friends,
<shove>
we'll just be borrowing Lady Nunnally from you...
KAGUYA
Ze~ro.
ZERO
...
Ehem...
KALLEN
Ze—
VOICE (NINA)
Whoa, Arthur!
NINA
Stop!
You mustn't!
(Nina?)
SFX
<bounce, bounce, spring!>
SFX
<snaking into place—>
ZERO
...
NINA
Oh...
<step>
NINA
Thanks, Zero.
ZERO
...It's nothing.
Good grief!
All this because you couldn't hold onto him, Nina dear~...
CECILE
Now hold on, Lloyd! Wasn't it your idea to bring him with us in the first place?
LLOYD
Ooh, Prime Minister Ohgi! Congratulations~.
LLOYD
You know, you'd really be doing us a favor if you could keep hold of him for a while~.
LLOYD
Right this way, now!
CECILE
Oh, Lloyd, what am I going to do with you...
OHGI
Haha...
Today's really shaping up to be something, huh...?
<clunk>
TAMAKI
To the newlyweds, Ohgi Kaname and Miss Villetta!
Here's to you!
<chug>
SFX
<flush!>
MILLY
Hmm?
What're you doing? Filming this?
RIVALZ
Only because Lady Kaguya asked me to!
She said it was gonna be something we'd all wanna have on record.
<beep, beep>
KALLEN
Thanks, Rivalz.
So.
Lady Kaguya asked you to...?
RIVALZ
She sure did~.
Kind of a lot to put on a mere college student, honestly.
KALLEN
Haha!
I guess this did turn into a pretty exclusive gathering... just the most important people in the country and the Black Knights.
RIVALZ
Right?!
How'm I supposed to approach these people?!
KALLEN
Well, I can help you there.
I know a lot of 'em.
<beep!>
SCHNEIZEL
I do hope I'll be seeing you in the bridal party4 next time...
GUILFORD
You don't understand, we've always...
XIANGLIN
Well, things have changed! You men...
I cannot thank you enough for your service back then, Oldrin.
OLDRIN
It's just a pleasure to see you again.
RIVALZ
How're you doing, Ms. Villetta?
Now that you've married into the purple, and all!
Rivalz!
Rivalz
Huh?!
KALLEN
Take over for a sec!
RIVALZ
Ack—
KALLEN
Zero...
Zero!
ZERO
Kallen...
Um...
I...
...
SFX
<breeze>
KALLEN
I...
'Zero' will always be more than just a symbol to me.
But... I really — owe you.
For my mom, for my brother...
For all of Nippon, really. Without 'Zero' — none of us would be here.
You made this new day possible for everyone here...
So...
ZERO
Kallen...
ZERO
I5—
KALLEN
Forgive me!
But I really just wanted to say my piece!6
'Bye.
Zero...
ZERO
You... saw that?7
NUNNALLY
Kallen's attempt to settle things between you...?
Yes.
The war's over. The new day is finally here.
ZERO
But they can't get there without...
...coming to terms with me8, and everything I did before.
NUNNALLY
No, I suppose not.
No one can truly move on otherwise.
ZERO
I just
fear it may take some time.
NUNNALLY
Yes, but...
What else would we do with that time?
After all, we have a task — one to which we must devote both our bodies and our lives.
ZERO
...Nunnally...
This is my9 punishment.
You shouldn't have to—
NUNNALLY
No.
The blood of many people stains my hands, too.
NUNNALLY
The road to peace has demanded much of us—
—but I still believe it was worth the cost.
ZERO
Nunnally...
You really are a strong person.
Let's protect this world.
The one that
Lelouch wanted...
1 A lot of place names, like TOKYO and SHINJUKU, are rendered in カタカナ after Japan was conquered; stripping them of their kanji is a way of showing the loss of language. (I'm a little surprised they wouldn't have restored the characters by this point, though.)↩
2 As opposed to Ohgi, who's getting a "typical" translation of surname + さん here from me, Kallen's still in "former student" mode about Viletta. There's no standard English equivalent to 先生 ("Professor" once you're on the college level!), so... "Ms. Viletta". ↩
3 AKA Tianzi.↩
4 Schneizel is specifically saying that he hopes Cornelia will have a 'leading role' in the wedding next time — so, either a maid of honor, a bridesmaid, or a bride... ↩
5 私(watashi) isn't a pronoun Suzaku ever used during the TV series, preferring 自分(jibun) in all the formal situations where it might otherwise get invoked (as well as a few other moments). It is, however, the pronoun Lelouch used as Zero. And Suzaku is clearly trying to approximate Lelouch-as-Zero's speaking patterns. ↩
7 As opposed to this. かい and だい (softer than か and だい as questions) are very much a Suzaku thing, and not so much a Lelouch thing, much less Lelouch-as-Zero. ↩
8 Exhibit A: Suzaku using 自分 in a very typical-for-him informal context. Soft emphasis that's reflected in my translation (昨日までの自分 as not just "who I was until 'yesterday'", but "me and everything I did before 'yesterday'). ↩
9 And an unambiguously non-Zero pronoun. ↩