Despite being May, I had to check this wasn't actually an April Fool's joke

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

The Code Geass spinoff I don't think anyone saw coming!

Barcode Geass: Lelouch of the Sale.

It's a new 4-koma manga in the 4-Koma Nano Ace magazine (which apparently only started recently - it's on its second edition, the first having come out two months ago) in which to quote ANN, "the manga re-imagines the anime's title character Lelouch Lamperouge as a part-time convenience store worker." The original story is credited to Okouchi and Taniguchi.

The only question I ask now is: Where are the scans?

ETA: Well, I've found a scan of the first page. Hopefully the rest turns up too, eventually.

_{Thanks to someone in the ANN comments, I am now imagining this as Code Geass meets Clerks, which is an odd visual.}

Comments

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

I feel like a tool for commenting so much but I didn't think of it the first time:
Speaking of Code Geass with Clerks, who would be the main duo? Lelouch could pretty easily fit into the beleaguered straight man Dante role, but who has the mix of stupidity and subsequently shocking insightfulness necessary to be Randal? The closest I can think of is C.C. if you substitute "deliberate trolling" for stupidity, which Randal sometimes does.

Lelouch: ALRIGHT! I'll go through with the deal. I'll let the mad scientist hack my foot off, then he and his friends can have their way with me, all for the flying car!
C.C.: (umad face) You'd do it with a bunch of guys just to get a car? I thought I knew you, man.

I think it'd be a stretch but Rivalz could probably do the Randal role in a pinch, because he's just such a dork even though he's not stupid. And I can see him getting on Lelouch's nerves by going on and on about something he clearly has put a lot of thought into but Lelouch could not give less of a shit about.
Of course I'd love to see Suzaku and Lelouch together doing the bits because they are friends and they do tease each other, but neither of them can really do Randal. Of the two I'd peg Lelouch more than Suzaku, but neither really fits.