I mean, honestly, your guess is as good as mine. It's definitely possible that the Lelouch/C.C. relationship, as written, also displeased the creative team, and that that's part of where the Re;surrection manga even came from.
(Originally, Re;'s tagline was that it was supposed to cover the events of the Zero Requiem in more detail — then a few months ago that was changed and the manga artist spoke on Twitter about how excited they were to now be making a manga that would tie into the movie timeline.)
But it's also possible that the creative team was completely satisfied with that aspect, and that the manga will instead focus a lot on what other characters were doing between the Requiem and the events of the movie, or getting more into the backstory of the new villains (as the first chapter has already touched on).
It's difficult for anyone to speak honestly on a public platform like Twitter about aspects of a major studio production like a movie that they weren't happy with, because you don't want to burn bridges that might negatively affect your ability to find another job in the industry, but Japanese Twitter seems especially reticent to make waves. The closest I've seen from anybody involved was Oukouchi kind of joking that he'd originally written Lelouch suffering much more at the beginning of the movie, but some people (exactly which people left unspecified) were aghast because "he's the protagonist, after all!", so he made changes.
Does that mean we'll see Lelouch suffering more in the manga...? I don't know. The only credit on the manga apart from Tomofumi Ogasawara's is Taniguchi, the director, rather than writer, of the original anime; and he's there as 'Scenario: Koujirou Taniguchi (Sunrise)'. Oukouchi might not be involved with this at all. And even if he is, who's to say that he'd be able to revert that change, or that he even still regrets it?
So... I guess I'm saying I would keep your expectations low. 🤣 But then, I'm someone who prefers to have low expectations and then be pleasantly surprised than to have high expectations and be disappointed.
Personally, I'm focusing on a few specific moments from the movie that I'd love to see rendered in Ogasawara's beautiful art. 😃 And, of course, the excellent practice this is, as always.
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(Originally, Re;'s tagline was that it was supposed to cover the events of the Zero Requiem in more detail — then a few months ago that was changed and the manga artist spoke on Twitter about how excited they were to now be making a manga that would tie into the movie timeline.)
But it's also possible that the creative team was completely satisfied with that aspect, and that the manga will instead focus a lot on what other characters were doing between the Requiem and the events of the movie, or getting more into the backstory of the new villains (as the first chapter has already touched on).
It's difficult for anyone to speak honestly on a public platform like Twitter about aspects of a major studio production like a movie that they weren't happy with, because you don't want to burn bridges that might negatively affect your ability to find another job in the industry, but Japanese Twitter seems especially reticent to make waves. The closest I've seen from anybody involved was Oukouchi kind of joking that he'd originally written Lelouch suffering much more at the beginning of the movie, but some people (exactly which people left unspecified) were aghast because "he's the protagonist, after all!", so he made changes.
Does that mean we'll see Lelouch suffering more in the manga...? I don't know. The only credit on the manga apart from Tomofumi Ogasawara's is Taniguchi, the director, rather than writer, of the original anime; and he's there as 'Scenario: Koujirou Taniguchi (Sunrise)'. Oukouchi might not be involved with this at all. And even if he is, who's to say that he'd be able to revert that change, or that he even still regrets it?
So... I guess I'm saying I would keep your expectations low. 🤣 But then, I'm someone who prefers to have low expectations and then be pleasantly surprised than to have high expectations and be disappointed.
Personally, I'm focusing on a few specific moments from the movie that I'd love to see rendered in Ogasawara's beautiful art. 😃 And, of course, the excellent practice this is, as always.