From left to right the relevant guys from the cast:
Lieutenant Colonel Yūki: 180 cm
French old woman: 155 cm
Alan Lernier: 175 cm
Hatano (Shimano Ryōsuke) : 162 cm
Jean Victor: 180 cm
Marie Torres : 162 cm
German Army Feldgendarmerie: 170 cm
Sadly the picture doesn’t give out the name of the old woman but well, that’s what we have.
And with Ep 3 month comes the translated version for the page for Ep 3 from the “Joker Game” anime official web… Although the page wasn’t that long I still had to split it in more parts to ensure everyone could see it in a decent way.
As usual it would be awesome if some kind soul were to volunteer to translate the little bit that I was forced to leave untranslated in the D Agency’s information part of this episode (and of Ep 6, Ep 5, Ep 7 and Ep 10 as well)… and I would love it if he also were to be all right with me copypasting his translation there.
Alan Lernier’s character profile (Joker Game Universe)
Alan Lernier’s character profile (Joker Game Universe)
(Very tentative version as no translation for ‘Gosan’ novel version had been released.)
Surname: Lernier - レルニエ
Name: Alan - アラン
Full Name: Alan Lernier - アラン・レルニエ
Nationality: French
Lives in: Outskirts of rural Paris
Appearances: Novel: Vol. 3 Chapter 1 “Miscalculation” (誤算- Gosan)
Anime: EP. 3 “Miscalculation” (誤算- Gosan)
Joker Game The Animation Manga: Chap 4, 5 “Miscalculation” (誤算- Gosan)
Voice Actor: Hiyama Nobuyuki - 檜山 修之（ひやま のぶゆき）
Brief introduction
Alan Lernier is a French student who’s also a member of the French resistance along with Jean Victor and Marie Torres.
When his group sees a Japanese boy helping a French woman who’d been taken prisoner by the German troops they try to help him and carry him in a house. There though they discover the boy, who went under the name of Shimano Ryōsuke, not only has lost his memory, but is also wearing a disguise (cotton in his mouth and fake glasses) and is capable of unusual things, like speaking Russian in his sleep or reading a Latin motto which is reflected in a mirror.
They don’t have the time to investigate though as the Germans start searching the houses, searching for them.
The boy considers consigning himself to the German but Alan tells him not to as, if he were to do so, they would also be in trouble as they’re Resistance members. At this the boy helps them all to escape.
However, once they escaped from the Germans, Alan would like for the Japanese boy to join the resistance. Marie agrees while Jean does not.
At this point, novel and anime differ. In the novel it turns out Jean, in love with Marie and jealous because she rejected him and always agreed with Alan, is a German collaborator who tries to have them arrested. The Japanese boy will render him unconscious and disappear before Alan and Marie’s eyes.
In the anime the collaborator is Marie, who was blackmailed by the Germans who had taken her family hostage. The Japanese boy will disarm her but Jean, who’s in love with Marie, will hit him, causing him to fall unconscious and then will escape with Marie. Alan will be left behind. When the boy will wake up again he’ll claim he has remembered his past and knows now what he has to do. Still, before the boy will leave, Alan will introduce himself to him and shake hands with him, showing him his appreciation.
Personality
Alan seems friendly, charismatic and brave. A good friend that cares deeply about his country and would love to make things better.
Physical appearance
In the anime, he is a tall, handsome boy, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Relationships
Jean Victor
Alan and Jean are both members of the resistance but Alan seems to be the one always taking the decisions, decisions with whom Jean often doesn’t agree. Jean views him as a rival for Marie’s attentions though in the anime Alan doesn’t seem particularly interested in Marie. In the novel though, Jean will grow so jealous of Alan he’ll start to collaborate with the Germans due to it.
Marie Torres
Alan and Marie are both members of the Resistance. Marie always tends to agree with Alan’s propositions which causes Jean to suspect she has feelings for him. In the anime though it’ll turn out Marie had been forced to become a German collaborator and, even if she didn’t want to put Alan and Jean in troubles, she had ended up on being forced to betray them. Due to Hatano/Shimano Ryōsuke disarming her and Jean rescuing her she’ll decide to escape with Jean, leaving Alan, who had never suspected anything, alone.
Old French woman
It’s unknown if Alan and the old French woman knew each other. When she was captured by the German Alan and his group wanted to save her but Hatano/Shimano Ryōsuke anticipated them.
Hatano/Shimano Ryōsuke
For Alan, Hatano/Shimano Ryōsuke is, in the beginning, just a Japanese boy who rescued a French woman and that he rescued in return, discovering that he’s actually quite mysterious and odd. The two, along with Jean and Marie will have to escape from the Germans together. In the novel Shimano Ryōsuke will save Alan from Jean Victor, who had turned into a German collaborator by rendering Jean unconscious and then will disappear. In the anime Hatano/Shimano Ryōsuke will save him from Marie, who had turned a German collaborator but he’ll be rendered unconscious by Jean. He’ll still leave Alan later on, but the two will leave each others as friends, the anime hinting Hatano has developed a fondness for Alan. In truth, in the beginning, in both versions, for Hatano/Shimano Ryōsuke Alan was one of the targets of his investigation as he was meant to infiltrate in the French Resistance and spy it. After this incident though his mission will be revised and he likely will not meet Alan again.
Abilities
He seems to be charismatic enough. It’s unknown though if he has other abilities.
Trivia
In the anime, although Hatano left him on his own in the end, when Yuuki told him he could remain in France if he wanted to, Hatano thought back at Alan. Hatano will still decide to go back to Japan but the fact he thought back to Alan hints at how Hatano had grown to appreciate him.
Joker Game loves using photos to show things (Part 4): Ep 3 Miscalculation - Hatano’s memories of Shimano Ryōsuke, Alan Lernier, Marie Torres and Jean Victor...
