Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally



Code Geass: Nightmare Of Nunnally is an Alternate Universe version of the original Code Geass. The story starts off the same way as the original right up until Lelouch first meets C.C. From there, Lelouch and C.C. are (presumably) killed in a nearby explosion. Nunnally, after hearing news of the explosion, heads over to the area and finds a strange doll with a Geass symbol on it. It speaks to Nunnally telling her that it's a "keepsake from her brother" and convinces Nunnally to make a Geass contract. She does, transforming herself into an Action Girl and gains the ability to see into the future, along with a katana wielding, EVA Expy Knightmare Frame.

Enter a new group of Britannian agents, the "Britannian Special Honorary Foreign Legion Irregulars"; and some shiny new powerups for others.

Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally contains examples of:

 * Action Girl: Nunnally, as well as Alice and the Irregulars. And Anya.
 * Amazon Brigade: The Irregulars.
 * Arranged Marriage: Suzaku to Nunnally,.
 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: Suzaku sees Darlton as one during their mech duel, for fighting him to satisfy his own vanity.
 * Artificial Human
 * Badass: Zero. Seriously, this version of him is so awesome, he fights Knightmares on foot.
 * And he can stop bullets by posing!
 * In the last parts of the manga,
 * Heck, C.C. is Badass.
 * Badass Normal: Suzaku. All from above have superpowers. He doesn't need them.
 * Badass Longcoat: Used a visual cue for  In the previous scene she wore her uniform in a cell and emotional wreck. In the next scene she's tall, proud, and wearing the long coat.
 * The Baroness: Cornelia, of course, but also Anya. Seriously.
 * Becoming the Mask: Lelouch
 * Better to Die Than Be Killed: Cornelia prepares to shoot herself in the head rather than be interrogated by Zero, before Suzaku arrives to save her.
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * The Void apparently wants to suck reality back into itself; so it uses the Demon King to war and cause Geass to make mankind destroy itself.
 * Bodyguard Crush: Alice really doesn't hide this at all. She wants to be Nunnally's Knight, even if she has to crush the rebellion and that strange new Knightmare that has shown up.
 * Brought Down to Normal:
 * Bully Hunter: Alice regarding Nunnally.
 * Canon Foreigner: A few. They are:
 * Nemo: A cloned doll of CC; she connects to Nunnally early on and becomes her Super-Powered Evil Side (although nobody can see her "Dark Nunnally" aspect) and later
 * The Irregulars: A group of mech-riding war orphan girls trained as Britannian Agents and given artificial Geass powers; they are under the command of cyborg scientist named Madd.
 * Alice is one of them. She has Super Speed. She's also a fellow student of Nunnally's and her good friend; but doesn't realize she's fighting Nunnally on the battlefield; while fighting for her sake. (A common Code Geass theme)
 * Mao
 * Rolo . He also has his canon power
 * Dead Little Sister
 * Deal With the Devil: Took this aspect and ran with it.
 * Demoted to Extra: Between Nunnally, the Irregulars, a single "season", and long flashbacks, a lot of characters have their parts reduced dramatically. Poor Orange-Kun gets the worst of it, his role consists of getting his shit wrecked by NUNNALLY, than again by NAMELESS MOOKS. That's it.
 * Cornellia . Same for Kallen -
 * Enemy Without: Nemo chooses to take Nunnally's sublimated anger and hatred as her power source. The problem; though, is that it's NUNNALLY and this is in a limited supply.
 * Evil Twin:
 * Eyepatch of Power: Mao.
 * Face Death With Dignity:.
 * Fan Disservice: We see Nunnally being subjected to a Panty Shot in a early chapter. It is not portrayed in any sexual sense, considering that Nunnally is a crippled blind 14 old girl. If anything, it ruins the mood of the scene.
 * Fix Fic: Euphemia gets a serious raw deal in the main series: . Nightmare manages to pay her back just about everything she's due by giving her a fat pile of Big Damn Heroes moments, and eventually.
 * Gambit Pileup: The last volume of the manga involves.
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Henshin Hero: Lelouch when he transforms to Zero by his Geass
 * Hotter and Sexier: Even with the Fan Disservice already mentioned.
 * Immortality
 * Lady and Knight: Nemo claims to be Nunnaly's knight at the end of the first volume, though they fight together. After  Alice takes up the mantle and the trop is played straight: Nunnaly as the Bright Lady (good natured, princess etc) and Alice as the Bright Knight (powerful, devoted to the lady, fights for her sake).
 * Large Ham: Lelouch, of course. Also,
 * Les Yay: There's also the canon Les Yay that Cornelia felt towards her half-sister Euphie...
 * Lighter and Softer: The cast and even the extras suffer FAR less physical and mental damage than the regular Code Geass. Even the villains are significantly more sympathetic and less monstrous. Exceptions are limited to . Also,
 * Living With the Villain: Alice and Nunnally go to school together, despite being the pilot of the Mark Nemo and a Britannian soldier, respectively..
 * Loving a Shadow: Alice worries that she's doing this with Nunnally, and strives to grow past it.
 * Meaningful Name: Nunnally's alter-ego: "Nemo" means no man or no one, which compliments her brother's alias "Zero" (as Diethard put it: Zero? As in... nothing?).
 * The Mole:
 * My God, What Have I Done?
 * Mythology Gag: Toward the end when Nunnally is talking about realities she has seen, the one shown is the main series.
 * Night of the Living Mooks: Zombie Knightmares
 * Power Armor: Possibly Lelouch's Zero suit
 * Rivals Team Up:
 * Rule Sixty Three:
 * Samurai: Suzaku, very visibly. Aside from the armor on his uniform, he uses a katana.
 * Shoot the Dog:.
 * Later on, Lelouch does the same for Nunnally for both . Thanks to this, ejection pods and Karmic Death, Nunnally manages to end the series with a killcount of 0, despite piloting a humongous mecha in a gritty setting.
 * Shout Out: Zero shows up in Saitama and goes Master Asia on everyone. Seriously.
 * Take another look at the way Geass is represented in this manga. Normally, in the anime, the Geass powers have names such as "Absolute Obedience" or "The Seal of Absolute Suspension". However, the Geass powers here are referred to as The _____ (The Power, The Speed, The Soul...). Now, keep in mind that Rollo's Geass is called "The Ice", and can freeze anything (even Time itself). That's right! Rolo can stop time by yelling "THE ICE!" (in likely Gratuitous English). And his ultimate goal is to steal his enemies' (who he has a prior relationship to) powers in order to become an immortal Demon King!
 * Shut UP, Hannibal: Alice to Mao. "I have no idea what you're talking about. From my point of view... you're nothing but a murderer who tried to take Nunnally's life."
 * Start of Darkness: . We see in this in a chapter long flashback.
 * Succession Crisis: Surprisingly averted.
 * Crazy Prepared:
 * Super Strength: Dalque's Geass, "The Power," although she's apparently quite strong on her own.
 * True Companions: The irregulars who see each other as sisters.
 * Tsundere: Alice is a very mild Type A to anyone but those who she sees as a threat to Nunnally, when she becomes more violent. See Exhibit A
 * Tyke Bomb: Rather than Rolo,
 * Villainous Breakdown: Mao.
 * Was It All a Lie:
 * Worf Effect: Suzaku, who was a Boring Invincible Hero in the original show. He gets the crap beaten out of him by Lelouch (who is on foot, but also in Powered Armor, at the time), turning the tide only for to rip him a new one. He also fares poorly against  The only fight he wins definitively is a showcase fight against Darlton, or when going up against mooks.
 * , though he is able to turn the tide in the first one. Unfortunately, that's still about 3/4s of the fights he gets into.
 * But hey, he was doing great against the Knights of the Round,
 * World of Cardboard Speech: Done by Nunnally to Lelouch, not exactly a hero's confrontation of a Big Bad, but rather
 * Also when Nunnally declares that she's been living in the past, and decides to move forward,
 * A Worldwide Punomenon: Knightmare of Nunnally.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: The girls at Nunnally's school as part of the uniform.
 * Also when Nunnally declares that she's been living in the past, and decides to move forward,
 * A Worldwide Punomenon: Knightmare of Nunnally.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: The girls at Nunnally's school as part of the uniform.