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Guilty Crown

Guilty Crown is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Guilty Crown rather than just read about it. In short: Guilty Crown (Japanese: ギルティクラウン, Hepburn: Giruti Kuraun) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an ability called the "Power of the King" allowing him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people.

Key takeaways

Guilty Crown belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Guilty Crown to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Guilty Crown from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Guilty Crown (Japanese: ギルティクラウン, Hepburn: Giruti Kuraun) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an ability called the "Power of the King" allowing him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is then thrown into the conflict between a quasi-governmental organization known as GHQ and a rebel organization called Funeral Parlor which aims to restore Japan's independence from the GHQ. In the process, Shu has to deal with the burden his ability puts on his shoulders and the horrific mystery of his past. Two manga adaptations were published, one each by ASCII Media Works and Square Enix. A light novel was published by Nitroplus in April 2012, titled Guilty Crown: Princess of Deadpool. A spin-off visual novel for Windows, named Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas, was also developed by Nitroplus, which came bundled with a 15-minute original video animation (OVA), also titled Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas.

Synopsis

Setting On December 24, 2029, a biological hazard known as the Apocalypse Virus (アポカリプスウイルス, Apokaripusu Uirusu) brought on by an impact event plunges Japan into a state of chaos. This event is later named the Lost Christmas incident (ロスト・クリスマス事件, Rosuto Kurisumasu Jiken). Unable to contain the threat, Japan sought international help and the United Nations dispatches an organization known as GHQ to their aid. GHQ ultimately contains the outbreak and restores a level of normality to the country at the cost of its independence and the oppression of its people. In 2039 (10 years later), a resistance organization known as the Funeral Parlor / Undertakers (葬儀社, Sōgisha) wages a campaign against GHQ to liberate Japan.

Plot

Part 1: Episode 1 - 12 In the Roppongi district of Tokyo, high school student Shu Ouma encounters a wounded girl named Inori Yuzuriha, the vocalist of a popular internet group Egoist, taking refuge at his film club's workshop. Subsequently, members of the "Anti-Bodies", an elite GHQ unit tasked with containing the Apocalypse Virus by any means necessary, storm the workshop and arrest Inori for her involvement with a band of rebels called "Funeral Parlor". After Inori's arrest, Shu follows the coordinates of Inori's robot to a drop zone where he meets Funeral Parlor's leader, Gai Tsutsugami, who asks him to safeguard a vial. As the Anti-Bodies begin attacking the Roppongi area in search of the vial, it shatters as Shu goes to rescue Inori when she becomes threatened by GHQ Endlave mechs. The vial contains the Void Genome, a powerful genetic weapon derived from the Apocalypse Virus that grants Shu the "Power of the King", an ability that allows his right hand to extract Voids, weapons of people's psyche given physical form. Shu then extracts Inori's Void and destroys the attacking Endlaves. Upon deciding to join Funeral Parlor, Shu begins to fall in love with Inori, who bears a striking resemblance to his late sister, Mana. However, he deserts the group after killing a classmate's younger brother during one of his missions. In Shu's absence, Funeral Parlor attempt to steal from GHQ the meteorite that caused the Apocalypse Virus outbreak. In the process, Gai and his comrades fall into a trap as the Anti-Bodies ambush them with a "genetic resonance" broadcast that unleashes the Virus throughout Tokyo once again. Amidst the chaos, the Anti-Bodies' leader, Shūichirō Keido, seizes control of GHQ and orders all its forces to wipe out Funeral Parlor. After learning his former comrades are in imminent danger of annihilation, Shu races to the center of Tokyo to rescue them. With the help of his classmates, he breaks through the barricade where they are being pinned down. Meanwhile, Inori begins to reverse the effects of the Virus through a resonance broadcast channeled by one of her songs. This sudden change in fortune proves only temporary when Yu, a mysterious boy possessing the "Power of the King", appears out of thin air and kidnaps Inori, causing the outbreak to resume with full force. Shu finds Inori being held captive by Keido and Yu who are using her as a vessel for Mana's resurrection. They explain that Inori was created to provide a physical body for Mana's soul so she could give birth to a new human race once the existing population was destroyed by the Apocalypse Virus. Keido then proceeds to perform a "marriage" ritual intended to coerce Mana/Inori into accepting him as the father of her new progeny. Shu's repressed memories suddenly return, causing him to remember Mana was the first to be infected by the virus and how her mental breakdown resulted in the events of Lost Christmas. Shu also recalls from his past that Gai is none other than Triton, a childhood friend he first met ten years ago when Mana rescued him from the sea. With Gai's help, Shu frees Inori from Keido's grasp before stabbing the stasis pod containing Mana's dormant soul, seemingly killing her. Shu's actions save the world from the Virus, but Gai is killed in the process.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Guilty Crown

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Guilty Crown claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Guilty Crown before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Guilty Crown ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Guilty Crown

In research: Guilty Crown appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Guilty Crown in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Guilty Crown is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2011 Japanese television series debuts, 2011 anime television series debuts, 2011 manga, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Guilty Crown outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Guilty Crown in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Guilty Crown means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Guilty Crown out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Guilty Crown in simple terms?

Why does Guilty Crown matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Guilty Crown?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Guilty Crown.