Questions about the anime~

[tsuyuhime.livejournal.com]

I'm in the process of writing a few CG fics, and I need some help with the timeline.
At series start, what season was it? And at the time of the ZR, what season was it? >_>; I couldn't really tell since the students don't have different uniforms for summer/winter. I don't remember this ever being actually stated in the anime itself, so... if anyone have any guesses, it would be great.
Another thing. What are those knives/short blades that Xingke use called?

Thank you!

Comments

[darksage29.livejournal.com]

well, just to humor the question, we probably don't see any of the Code Geass kids changing uniforms since changing uniforms is more of an east asian thing. I don't know any uniformed schools in the west, but I daresay that they only have one set of uniforms because they're already a part of Britannia at the time, and summer/winter uniforms are more of a Japanese tradition. [that's my two cents worth on the uniform thing, anyway]

The whole series itself is kinda spring/summer PERPETUALLY in some weird, twisted sense. I didn't think Sunrise would go so far as "LOL WINTER SNOW~~~" when everyone is more focused on the plot.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

summer/winter uniforms are more of a Japanese tradition.

They are?

'Cos I went to four different schools, and they all had different summer and winter uniforms.

[darksage29.livejournal.com]

That's why I disclaimed that I don't know any uniformed schools in the west, so I really wouldn't know. The previous statement was how I saw things.

[that's what you get for living in the tropics... The uniforms are always the same]

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

No harm meant. Cultural bias, I suppose - the fact people seem to find school uniforms an interesting foreign concept tends to confuse me.

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

We didn't have summer/winter uniforms at our school, but I live in California so that probably makes a difference.