History WMG / Akira

So he made [[Film/{{Chronicle}} his own version]].

[[WMG: (anime only) It's a sequel to Code Geass]]
The destruction of neo-Tokyo was actually done with a Flieja warhead, and World War Three was the Emporer Lelouch story arc at the end of Code Geass. Unfortunately Nunnally and Suzuki/Zero were not tough enough to hold together a world devastated by war and now under the leadership of a bunch of high-school students and child soldiers with a lot of idealism but little experience in the practicalities of running an effective government such as economics and law. As a result the UFN's world government soon collapsed and the world reverted to a state of poverty, corruption and war. The esper children come from remnants of the Geass Order while Akira is actually Lelouch himself, who was dismembered and sealed in a pressure vessel to prevent him from resurrecting in case he gained an immortality code, as many of the fans believe he did.

[[WMG: Tetsuo is one of the NewAge "Indigo Children".]]
In some NewAge circles it is believed that "Indigo Children" gain their powers after a young age such as telekinesis, and are bullied through school for being different. Tetsuo has all of these characteristics.

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[[WMG: The kids made a new universe to store Tetsuo's power]]
Think about it. Four extremely uber-powered superkids, one of whom destroyed Tokyo, are pushing the limits of the universe's power capacity, but Tetsuo is just breaking the limit. I mean, with all that other power out there in the universe, there's gotta be a "sorry, kids, the universe can't handle this much freaky power" point along the line, right? So the kids create an ''entire fucking universe'' to store their power and Tetsuo's.

[[WMG: (anime only) It's a prequel to Code Geass]]

The destruction of do-Tokyo was actually done with a Flieja warhead, and World War Three was the Emporer Lelouch story arc at the end of Code Geass. Unfortunately Nunnally and Suzuki/Zero were not tough enough to hold together a world devastated by war and now under the leadership of a bunch of high-school students and child soldiers with a lot of idealism but little experience in the practicalities of running an effective government such as economics and law. As a result the UFN's world government soon collapsed and the world reverted to a state of poverty, corruption and war. The esper children come from remnants of the Geass Order while Akira is actually Lelouch himself, who was dismembered and sealed in a pressure vessel to prevent him from resurrecting in case he gained an immortality code, as many of the fans believe he did.

So he made [[Film/{{Chronicle}} his own version]].

[[WMG: It's a sequel to ''{{Domu}}''.]]

So he made [[Chronicle his own version.

[[WMG: Josh Trank wanted to direct the the American remake, but couldn't get the rights.

The way psychic powers behave seems similar. The Numbers could have been created using DNA samples from Etsuko and Old Cho. Perhaps Etsuko was Tetsuo's MissingMom.

* Any kids raised by New Age hippie parents whacky enough to tell their kids that they had superpowers ''would'' be different enough to be bullied-- not that bullies in general are very specialized about what types of differences they pick on. That's just the nature of bullies.
** [[ParanoiaFuel Gee, thanks. A new age Hippie already calls this troper an indigo due to some supernatural experiences, a psychic reading that ended with the psychic saying I had "bound up energy", and other stuff.]] [[NightmareFuel now I know what to look forward to. Exploding violently multiple times.]] TVTropesWillRuinYourLife indeed.

If he wanted to. Or, more accurately, if he believe so. His desire to find Akira makes it possible for him to teleport outside the Nursery building. And are many other examples of Tetsuo's powers increased because his Power of Will. But his inferiority complex on Kaneda make him unable to defeat his former-best-childhood-friend, even after he deals with bigger foes.

Had the epsers simply ask Kaneda to help them he would have killed Tetsuo. In the Movie Kaneda was the only one able to harm him physically, either with his hands or any weaponry at his disposal. In fact he came close to killing him had the battery in his laser gun didn't die.

Akira is said by the Espers to be effectively an EmptyShell because his powers have effectively overwritten his personality, but several frames from the manga imply that this is not the case. For one, he is '''genuinely fucking irate''' after witnessing [[spoiler: Takashi's death]], and has displayed some other emotions, such as boredom and anticipation.

Think about it. Four extremely uber-powered superkids (One who DESTROYED TOKYO, thank you very much) are pushing the limits of the universe's power capacity, put Tetsuo is just breaking the limit. I mean, with all that other power out there in the universe, there's gotta be a "sorry, kids, the universe can't handle this much freaky power" point along the line, right? So the kids create an ''entire fucking universe'' to store their power and Tetsuo's.

The basics (altering a human child to grant them PsychicPowers and transform them into a SuperSoldier) are remarkably similar, and it did [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly horribly wrong]] both times. The real fun comes from speculating [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} why Japan wanted to develop psychic super-soldiers in the first place.]]

** [[ParanoiaFuel Gee, thanks. A new age Hippie already calls this troper an indigo due to some supernatural experiences, a psychic reading that ended with the psychic saying I had "bound up energy", and other stuff.]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel now I know what to look forward to. Exploding violently multiple times.]] TVTropesWillRuinYourLife indeed.

[[WMG: It's a sequel to ''DomuAChildsDream''.]]

The basics (altering a human child to grant them PsychicPowers and transform them into a SuperSoldier) are remarkably similar, and it did [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly horribly wrong]] both times. The real fun comes from speculating [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} why Japan wanted to develop psychic super-soldiers in the first place.]]

The basics (altering a human child to grant them PsychicPowers and transform them into a SuperSoldier) are remarkably similar, and it did [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly horribly wrong]] both times. The real fun comes from speculating [[{{Watchmen}} why Japan wanted to develop psychic super-soldiers in the first place.]]

[[WMG: The project that gave the Numbers their powers was based off [[{{Comicbook/Miracleman}} Dr. Gargunza's work]].]]
The basics (altering a human child to grant them PsychicPowers and transform them into a SuperSoldier) are remarkably similar, and it did [[GoneHorriblyWrong go horribly horribly wrong]] both times. The real fun comes from speculating [[{{Watchmen}} why Japan wanted to develop psychic super-soldiers in the first place.]]

[[WMG: The kids made a new universe to store Tetsuo's power]]
Think about it. Four extremely uber-powered superkids (One who DESTROYED TOKYO, thank you very much) are pushing the limits of the universe's power capacity, put Tetsuo is just breaking the limit. I mean, with all that other power out there in the universe, there's gotta be a "sorry, kids, the universe can't handle this much freaky power" point along the line, right? So the kids create an ''entire fucking universe'' to store their power and Tetsuo's.

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Had the epsers simply ask Kaneda to help them he would have killed Tetsuo. In the Movie Kaneda was the only one able to harm him physically, either with his hands or any weaponry at his disposal. In fact he came close to killing him had the battery in his laser gun didn't die.

If he wants so. Or, more accurated, if he believe so. He's desire to find Akira turns it possible to teleport for outside the Nursery building. And are many other examples of Tetsuo's powers increased because his Power of Will. But his inferiority complex on Kaneda make him unable to defeat his former-best-children-friend, even after he deals with bigger foes.

Think about it. Four extremely uber-powered superkids (One who DESTROYED TOKYO, thank you very much) are pushing the limits of the universe's power capacity, put Tetsuo is just breaking the limit. I mean, with all that other power out there in the universe, there's gotta be a "sorry, kids, the universe can't handle this much freaky power" point along the line, right? So the kids crete an ''entire fusking universe'' to store their power and Tetsuo's.