You just happened to ask about the one event that seems to be the MOST different between the novels and the series.
FYI, in the novels, Suzaku found out about Genbu's plan to kill the vi Britannias and sell Japan and more or less committed a pre-meditated murder (with a katana, lol) months before the invasion (April, FYI). The rest of the summer was them awaiting the inevitable Britannian invasion.
In the series, though, I think everyone got the idea that the summer was mostly unmarred by thoughts of patricide up until the invasion began and that Suzaku's killing Genbu was a split-second instinctive reaction some time after the invasion began.
I don't think PD/SE materials really shed light on the timeline, either, unfortunately. Anyways, I'd take caution in using the novel for guidance on this particular plot point (and on Genbu's characterization, in general).
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FYI, in the novels, Suzaku found out about Genbu's plan to kill the vi Britannias and sell Japan and more or less committed a pre-meditated murder (with a katana, lol) months before the invasion (April, FYI). The rest of the summer was them awaiting the inevitable Britannian invasion.
In the series, though, I think everyone got the idea that the summer was mostly unmarred by thoughts of patricide up until the invasion began and that Suzaku's killing Genbu was a split-second instinctive reaction some time after the invasion began.
I don't think PD/SE materials really shed light on the timeline, either, unfortunately. Anyways, I'd take caution in using the novel for guidance on this particular plot point (and on Genbu's characterization, in general).