Code Geass: Soubou no Oz

Code Geass: Soubou no Oz, also known as Oz the Reflection, is a manga spinoff set in the interval between the first and second seasons of the Code Geass television anime. Instead of following Lelouch Lamperouge, it builds its drama around two members of the Zevon family whose choices place them on opposing sides of the Britannian conflict, and it unfolds through alternating perspectives rather than a single central hero.

Orpheus Zevon is a young terrorist who pilots the Knightmare Frame Byakuen, and his driving purpose is to track down whoever was responsible for the death of his lover. Oldrin Zevon, meanwhile, serves the Britannia Empire as a member of the anti-terrorist Glinda Knights and pilots the Lancelot Grail. Where Orpheus works against the Empire from the shadows, Oldrin stands inside its military structure, loyal to her unit and its mission.

The story moves between these two viewpoints, using Knightmare combat, military operations, and school life to examine divided loyalty and the human cost of the war. The primary conflict grows from the collision of the siblings' commitments and from the difficult question of which cause each of them can ultimately bear to serve.

Code Geass: Soubou no Oz, also referred to as Oz the Reflection, is a manga spinoff that began in 2012 and finished in 2014. It was released across two publications at once: a photo story carried in Hobby Japan and a drawn manga serial appearing in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype Ace magazine. Serialization opened on 10 April 2012 and concluded on 26 July 2014, with the material eventually gathered into five volumes spanning 24 chapters. This split format shapes the work's structure, since each outlet carried its own narrative thread rather than one continuous storyline.

The two threads follow separate leads. The Hobby Japan photo story focuses on Orpheus Zevon, also rendered as Jivon, a young terrorist piloting the Knightmare Frame Byakuen while pursuing the person who killed his lover. The Newtype Ace manga portion centers on Oldrin Zevon, a girl serving with the Britannia Empire's anti-terrorist Glinda Knights unit as pilot of the Knightmare Frame Lancelot Grail. Setting the two protagonists on opposing sides of the conflict lets the work view the same period from contrasting angles.

Chronologically the story sits between the first and second seasons of the Code Geass television anime, making it a side narrative set within that gap rather than a retelling. Its blend of action, drama, mecha, and supernatural elements, paired with military and school themes, echoes the tone of the parent series. The completed work remains available in Japanese through BOOK☆WALKER Japan.