Sakuya Sumeragi (皇サクヤ Sumeragi Sakuya) is the main protagonist of Code Geass: Roze of the Recapture. Using the alias of Roze (ロゼ Roze), they are part of the Nameless Mercenaries duo and act as the younger brother of Ash.
Appearance[]
Sakuya is a beautiful girl with fair skin, long black hair and purple-pinkish eyes. Notably, her irises are bluish near the center, distinguishing Sakuya from Sakura Haruyanagininomiya (whose irises are completely purple).
As Roze, Sakuya is disguised as an androgynous-looking lean young-man with cyan-colored eyes and wears a short blonde wig arriving at her ears with a red lock on the top left of her head and a small braid attaining her chest. For attire, she sports an orange-brown jacket with white furs all from her collar down to the bottom. Her legs wear black leggings along with long darker boots.
Her waitress outfit is a dark pink dress with white and pink ribboned gloves, long ribboned puffed sleeves, pink ribbon with a gold pin, pink veil with white lace, white lace apron, white ribbon, pink sash, white petticoat, white tights and dark patent mary jane shoes.
Personality[]
As Roze, Sakuya is a laid back and cheerful individual, often speaking casually. He can be somewhat blunt, such as when he told Tomo-omi that his dead Allie’s would prefer if he used the information, they provided but is apologized upon realizing that the comment was insensitive.
As Sakuya, she is colder and calculating, acting with purpose to accomplish her goals. Her sole motivations are to rescue Sakura and get revenge on those responsible for the death of her parents. Despite Roze treating Ash as his brother, Sakuya secretly hates him, having geassed him to believe their familial relationship and secretly planning to kill him for the death of her father once her goals are achieved. However, upon learning the true circumstance of his father's death and realize she didn't need to geassed Ash as he would have protected her as he promise her father and unintentionally made him forget about his brother left her completely horrified what she had done.
She also realize how she was completely reckless and overconfident using her geass in quest to save Sakura and ultimately get herself capture by Christopher Scissorman
Character History[]
Sakuya Sumeragi was born to Jugo Sumeragi, the Governor of the Hokkaido block of Japan, and Sherry me Britannia, the eldest daughter of Charles zi Britannia. She grew up as best friends with her body double, Sakura Haruyanagininomiya. As a child, Sakuya was introduced to Gran and Greede Kirkwayne and while they didn't display it, they hated Sakuya for being Japanese.
Following Hokkaido's fall and the Rise of the Neo-Britannian Empire, Sakuya's father, Jugo was captured and killed. As Neo Britannia takes over Hokkaido, Sakuya and Sakura attempts to flee, only to be caught by the Kirkwayne brothers and when they attempt to shoot at them, they missed, but Sakuya and Sakura become separated from each other with Sakura being captured to become a puppet for the government while Sakuya survived but was left alone.
At some point, Sakuya met her uncle, L.L., who gave her a Geass, but warned her that said power could condemn her to a life of loneliness. Armed with just her Geass, Sakuya returns to Hokkaido, and she eventually met Ash, who admitted to her father's death, leading to her swearing revenge against him, using her Geass on him into believing her to be his deceased brother Roze and forming the Nameless Mercenaries.
Abilities[]
Geass[]
Sakuya using her Geass
Sakuya's Geass, bestowed upon her by L.L., gives her "The Power of Absolute Obedience", allowing her to plant commands within a person's mind with her voice a manner comparable to hypnosis. Activation of her Geass is visually represented by the Geass Sigil appearing over her throat. Commands dictated in this state are written into the minds of the designated targets once they hear her voice.
Her Geass is suppressed by her choker, which acts as a voice changer that also changes eye color. Which she uses not only to suppress her Geass, but also to hide her identity.
After completing her objective and defeating Norland, Sakuya decides to seal away her Geass, by using it on herself and rendering herself mute upon her new resolve after ascending the Hokkaido throne.
Intellect and Chess[]
Although without her Geass, Sakuya is a formidable opponent, possessing a genius-level intellect, capable of devising and executing strategies with incredible speed and precision. Her intellect was able to rival that of Lelouch's in terms of chess knowledge, enabling her to defeat Greede Kirkwayne, a master strategist for the Neo Britannian Empire. However, she is no match for her uncles, Lelouch or Schneizel in terms of high intellect when it comes to strategic making decisions. Despite her inexperience, she can utilize her masterful skills in real combat, leading a small band of resistance fighters and her false brothers, Ash, to victory against the overwhelming firepower of the Neo Britannian Empire.
Trivia[]
- Her Geass commands utilized by voice resembles that of Rai, the Lost Colors protagonist.
- If written in Japanese, her alias Roze (ロゼ) is Zero (ゼロ) spelled backwards.
- Despite her mother leaving the Britannian Imperial Family, Sakuya still possess legitimate claim to the throne and was considered a Britannian Royal Princess. Furthermore, due to her mother Sherry, being Charles’s oldest daughter and firstborn child, Sakuya likely possess a claim superior to some of her younger aunts and uncles.
- As shown, Norland von Lunebelg had taken advantage of this claim through Sakuya’s body double Sakura, as shown where he had her become the Neo Britannian Empire 101’s Empress in order to legitimize the Neo Britannian Empire further.
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