Nightmare of Nunnally - Manga Review

Sorry for missing yesterday. I was out all day from six in the morning to close to midnight and anything I would have written would have been incoherent nonsense. Which means it would have been perfect for reviewing this series. Nightmare of Nunnally is Code Geass re-imagined in a work where Nunnally is fanservice, Britannia's best fighters are girls in skintight suits, and Zero is Batman. I don't get it. I really don't.

The plot starts out pretty similar to Code Geass, but when Lelouch discovers C.C. she also has a doll with the "code" on its forehead. Nunnally, feeling her brother is in danger goes to Shinjuku on her own. There, she finds the doll that C.C. had. The doll forms a contract with her, creating an "alternate Nunnally," a girl with the ability to see into the future and pilot a knightmare frame. Alternate Nunnally wreaks havoc in Shinjuku, destroying many of Britannia's forces. Lelouch never returns from the battle, leaving Nunnally alone to live in Ashford on her own. The difference? Her alternate self lives with her (in her mind), and feeds off of her anger and hatred. Nunnally, wishing for a peaceful world, tries to suppress her alternate self, but can't help wanting to lash out, especially when she is bullied by other girls at school. Before alt. Nunnally can unleash her rage, Nunnally's best friend Alice shows up to diffuse the situation. Alice, as it turns out, is a Geass user and part of an elite squad of (really hot female) Geass users for Britannia. In the background, a super muscular and manly Zero orders around some terrorists. But no one cares because they're too busy looking at Nunnally fanservice.

I'm reminded of the My HiME manga series, which took the most basic plot premise from the series and rewrote it to include as many scantily clad, super-powered fighting chicks as possible. The chicks are then sent through compromising situations, random nudity, and discussions of made up technologies and random English words. Calling this series a Nightmare is a pretty good description. The plot is completely confusing with characters speaking in coded words and everyone acting way more mysterious than anyone needs to act. The art is pretty, but the only reason anyone would really look at it is for the fanservice. Girls have random holes in their clothing everywhere in the most strange places. Not like fanservice clothing has to be functional. I'm also disappointed by a severe lack of Lelouch. The only saving grace is that in a series laden with fanservice, Karen is mercifully lacking. Normally I'd say it needs more Karen, but frankly, I'm quite tired of Karen fanservice.

You can read it online here.

--Ou-bento