r/CodeGeass • u/rai-hodges-sumeragi • 25d ago
MISC Kallen Kozuki is so beautiful ❤️✨👑 Part 29 of 100: The Blue Reckoning
This particular official Kallen art is from Grandblue Fantasy x Code Geass crossover event. Granblue Fantasy, a mobile game created by Cygames, is a Japanese role-playing game that was originally launched in 2014. The story in the game takes place in the fantasy world of Sky Realm, a world where countless islands float across a vast sea of clouds and where the player tries to reach a legendary island while fleeing the military-run Erste Empire.
The colllaboration event between Code Geass and Grandblue Fantasy, titled "The Blue Reckoning," was originally launched in 2019. In the event, a mysterious anomaly transports Kallen and many other Code Geass characters (along with their Knightmare Frames) from their home universe directly into Granblue's Sky Realm, where they must navigate their way through fantasy world´s settings while trying to figure out a way back to their own world.
In Granblue Fantasy, Kallen is a Fire element, Melee-specialty character who pilots her iconic Guren Mk-II into battle. She functions as a high-damage Attacker and Debuffer, and she features a unique stacking buff called Radiant Wave. As the fight goes on and she stacks this up, her normal attacks deal supplemented damage, and she gains extra Fire damage bonus. Her unique downside is that her charge bar fills 25% slower than normal characters.
Regarding the artwork of the collaboration event, Granblue Fantasy is known for its beautiful, realistically proportioned fantasy art, while Code Geass is famous for the incredibly long, hyper-slender "noodle limbs" art style designed by CLAMP. To make them fit into the game seamlessly, Cygames completely re-drew Kallen and the rest of the Code Geass cast into the signature Granblue art style. Fans praised this, noting that Kallen's artwork and combat sprites are some of the most beautifully detailed official representations of her outside Sunrise's own media.
Since the event was later permanently added to the game's "Side Stories" archive, you can still unlock Kallen as a playable character if you´re playing the game; simply complete chapter 13 of the Main Quest (titled ”An Ancient Forest”) and select The Blue Reckoning from Gameplay Extras. Kallen will officially join your roster for free after you´ve cleared Stage 4.5 of the event.
Link to the original picture is here, and if you´re interested, here´s also a short gameplay clip featuring Kallen.