“It’s not a ‘thing,’” Kaito muttered, not looking away from the screen. “It’s a responsibility. New fans are lost, Miki. They watch Akito the Exiled first and think Suzaku is a villain. They watch the recap movies and then wonder why Shirley is alive in Lelouch of the Re;surrection . The Reihenfolge —the order—must be preserved.”
The problem was that the Code Geass franchise had metastasized. What began as two pristine seasons of anime had spawned recap movies, an alternate universe trilogy, spin-off manga, audio dramas, a cancelled mobile game, and a new sequel series called Rozé of the Recapture that seemed to ignore half of the previous lore.
Kaito’s younger sister, Miki, poked her head through the door. “You’re doing the order thing again, aren’t you?” code geass reihenfolge
Miki stood up. “You know most people just watch it in release order, right?”
And somewhere in the void between timelines, Lelouch smiled. “It’s not a ‘thing,’” Kaito muttered, not looking
It read: “I watched Akito first and I turned out fine. Also, breakfast is ready. – Miki”
Kaito’s eye twitched. “ Rozé takes place in the recap movie timeline. But it also references events from Akito . And it expects you to know who the Black Knights are, but also introduces new Geass rules that contradict the original anime. So the Reihenfolge is not just chronological. It’s multiversal .” They watch Akito the Exiled first and think
But that was ten years ago.
As Miki left, she heard him mutter, “The Reihenfolge is a lie… but it’s a necessary lie.”
Kaito had always been a fan of grand narratives. He loved the slow burn of a political intrigue, the sharp click of a strategic checkmate, the tragic swell of orchestral music behind a hero’s impossible choice. So when he first discovered Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion , he knew he had found something special.