Copen "The Adept Slayer"

For Copen's iX counterpart, see Copen "The Luminous Avenger iX".
Copen "The Adept Slayer" is a major character in the Azure Striker Gunvolt series. Initially a recurring antagonist in the first Azure Striker Gunvolt, Copen becomes a protagonist and playable character in his own route in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.
Inspired by his late father's will and research conclusions, Copen views Adepts as monsters and is on a mission to eradicate them due to the perceived threat they pose to normal humanity. Despite occasionally sharing some common interests with arch-rival Gunvolt, Copen stubbornly holds true to his ideals and swears to kill Gunvolt along with all other Adepts.
Copen was born into the prestigious Kamizono Family, and is the older twin brother of Mytyl Kamizono. Only being a normal human, he relies on his combat training and uses his extreme scientific prowess to create advanced equipment to enable him to fight on-par with Adepts, even creating weapons derived from their Septimal powers. To this end he eventually created the intelligent battle pod Lola, who serves as his trusted companion. As Copen does not wish to involve his family in his grudge, he keeps it a secret from them and relies on the resources of his mysterious maid and caretaker Nori, who was responsible for training him and acts as his mission control.
Following the events of Gunvolt 2, Copen abandoned his family name and instructed Nori to tell his family that he died, setting out to continue his crusade with only Lola. What happened to him afterward is unknown, as he is absent from Azure Striker Gunvolt 3.
== Website Description==
===Azure Striker Gunvolt===
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 2===
===Card-en-Ciel===
== Appearance ==
In Azure Striker Gunvolt, Copen is a teenager with red eyes and short white hair. He wears white armor with red and blue highlights, a red cross on his chest, and a white hood, which is usually pulled up. He also wears black, somewhat baggy pants and red boots. He is often seen carrying a white shield with a red cross, the EX Gear, and a red and white gun, Border.
In Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, Copen's armor is overall similar to his previous set in terms of basic appearance. However, it is more sleek and tight fitting, presumably to allow as much mobility as possible, and has attachments to grant flight capabilities. He carries a white gun with black highlights, now named Border II. He is usually seen accompanied by Lola.
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== Personality ==
Copen is a cold, serious person. He is focused on only his goals, and nothing else, willing to kill anyone if they get in his way. He is also incredibly stubborn, firmly rooted in his ideals despite Gunvolt's attempts to reach out to him.
Copen harbors a deep hatred for all Adepts, believing they endanger the planet, and has taken the job of destroying every single one, spurred on by his respect and admiration of his father. His hatred has reached the point where he absolutely refuses to join forces with an Adept, even if they share the same goals.
He also mentions God frequently and commonly refers to the Adepts as "demons", although he doesn't actually follow any particular religion. It's the result of his mother's influence, who often spoke of goddesses and angels.Dengeki Nintendo Magazine and the Official Complete Works, Copen's second profile.
Copen also seems to be rather paranoid, with only Nori and Lola aware of his life as an Adept hunter, and refusing to give his family the slightest idea as to what he is doing, to the point where he doesn't even live with them, though this could be out of concern for their safety. This paranoia is also why he is so against revealing his tech to the public, as well as why he doesn't use his most powerful weapons often, out of a fear someone will copy them or find ways to counter them.
Despite his nigh-fanatical hate of Adepts, Copen still has a soft side to him. He cares deeply for his sister Mytyl, who gives him a reason to fight besides his hate for Adepts. He also maintains a cordial relationship with Lola, who sees herself as a sort of guardian angel for Copen. Likewise, Copen is extremely protective of her, often reassuring her when she is on edge and reacting violently when she is threatened. In some aspects he has been called dense by his sister (when he didn't understand how fun the application she was playing with was) or rude by Nori (when he tried to ask her how old she was).
He also has distanced himself from his aunt, the family head, and acts on his own, though with the support of the family servant Nori, who trains him and provides him with equipment and information alongside funds for his researches: not even he has been capable of figuring out why she's doing that or where that fortune comes from.
After the traumatizing events of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, Copen's blind faith in his ideals is shaken. He remains steadfast in his belief that Adepts will doom mankind, but is unsure of what to do with Mytyl, who is also an Adept. Copen also begins showing signs of self-loathing, calling himself "a demon" and seemingly acknowledging that he is no better than the monsters he destroys.
== History ==
===Background===
Copen and his twin Mytyl were born to Dr. Kamizono, a Sumeragi Group scientist and lead researcher of Adepts, and the unnamed older sister of the Kamizono Family head. The name Kamizono comes from his mother's side, as his father married into the family and took on his wife's surname. During his early childhood, his mother would talk to him about angels and demons, which would leave a profound effect on him. It is unknown what became of his mother, but her absence and lack of mention with other family members later in his life may imply she died at some point.
Following his father's death at the Sumeragi Futures Institute of Technology and subsequent cover up, Copen mistakenly believed that Sumeragi's top brass had him killed due to his heavy opposition to the research goals; while Dr. Kamizono viewed Adepts as monsters and his research concluded they would eventually destroy humanity, the top brass sought to profit off of them and they kept his conclusions a secret. Dr. Kamizono's death was actually an accident that occurred when test subject Asimov (then known as "Takefutsu") power went out of control during an experiment. It is unlikely that Copen will ever learn the truth.
At an unknown point, the enigmatic Kamizono Family maid Nori was dispatched to act as a caretaker for Copen and Mytyl, and handled their education and acted as a foster parent.
Copen inherited his father's research data and gun, Border. Taking his father's beliefs to heart, Copen decided to privately continue research and began preparing to fight Adepts himself as a protector of humanity. While he decided not to involve his family in his grudge or rely on their influence, he placed his trust in Nori. Nori ignored the family's orders and supported his endeavors by giving him combat training and funded his research, equipment development, and operations using her own mysterious large fortune and resources. Copen eventually gave up on trying to find out more about her, accepting that it's just something he doesn't need to know about.Copen's Story
===Azure Striker Gunvolt===
Copen's hunt ushers him to a series of trails that lead to the QUILL affiliate Gunvolt. Observing his battles from afar, Copen sneaks in after Gunvolt kills each Sumeragi Adept to steal the remnants of their Glaives, which still contain trace amounts of their Septimosomes are analyzed by him to recreate copy weapons based on their powers.
After the third Adept's death, Copen watches as Gunvolt leaves, remarking on the nature of the Glaives and how while they act as a leash, it doesn't change the fundamental demonic nature of Adepts, who, in his eyes, need to be put down regardless. 
==== Kaleidoscape (Sinner's Row) ====
Copen sets out to hunt one of Sumeragi's most powerful Adepts, Zonda, who had just defeated the QUILL Adept Zeno and is leading a group of Sumeragi soldiers across the roofs of the red light distract, toying with Gunvolt who is also in pursuit. Although Copen lacks the ability to win in a direct fight, he is able to take Zonda by surprise with a carefully prepared ambush and severely wound the Phantasm Mirror Adept,Dengeki Nintendo Magazine and Official Complete Works, Fake Zonda's profile ending the battle so quickly that Zonda's female form remains unseen.
While in the process of absorbing Zonda's Septimosome into his shield, Copen notices Gunvolt entering the scene, jams communications to isolate him while preparing special Flashfield penetrating bullets.
Confused at the situation, Gunvolt thanks Copen for the assistance — a gratitude at which Copen scoffs. Copen immediately recognizes Gunvolt as the "Azure Striker" and engages him in combat.
Upon defeat, Copen reveals that he has collected sufficient "data" on Gunvolt from the fight. Gunvolt asks Copen what he is—a request to which Copen replies, "I'm Copen... Remember it... The name of the one who will pass judgment onto you."
====After Spintronics (Datastore)====
Following Gunvolt's killing of the Magnetic Arts Adept Carrera, whose Septima could disrupt other Septimas, Copen is able to analyze his Glaive remains to develop the Greed Snatcher bullet, which possesses the same power. The creation of this "absolute threat" to Adepts was a moment of joy for him, who believed Carrera was an idiot who wildly swung around his power without understanding its true usefulness. Copen chose to install the bullets in the gun inherited from his father instead of his shield. This was both due to a sense of romanticism, and due to some anxiety about using it together with the other copied abilities.
==== Stratosphere (Babel) and Copen's Story ====
Upon discovering Sumeragi's intentions to re-instate and mobilize Project Muse on a global scale, Copen infiltrates Sumeragi's orbital space station, Firmament, which houses the contraption built by his father, through a spacecraft that Nori procures, the "Sabertooth". Due to it being a one passenger craft and procuring another being beyond even her resources, he infiltrates Firmament alone. He later reveals that he intends to destroy the machine and bring down Nova as well as crushing any prospect of Project Muse's success.
As he is making his way to the endmost room containing the machine, he finds Gunvolt in combat with Sumeragi's Rebirth Adept, Elise, who has been resurrecting fallen Sumeragi Adepts to defend Firmament. Copen suddenly fires two Greed Snatcher bullets at the nigh invulnerable Elise 2 while she is preoccupied in her battle against Gunvolt, who has so far been unable to harm her, finally killing her. Copen remarks on the bullet even being able to kill monsters like her.
Gunvolt implores that he and Copen cooperate in their missions to suppress Project Muse under the condition that Joule be kept unharmed, but his efforts are to no avail. Copen rejects his offers as he challenges Gunvolt to one last battle. As Gunvolt presses Copen on his reasons for doing this, Copen confesses to carrying on his late father's will and the latter's relationship with the Sumeragi top brass. Despite having the Greed Snatcher at his disposal, Copen is unable to hit Gunvolt and the battle concludes with him being defeated by Gunvolt's Luxcalibur skill.Copen's Story, Drama CD adapation
Left immobilized and helpless before seemingly imminent death, Copen laments his overconfidence with his "sure-kill" weapon and concludes he's just as foolish as the power's original wielder. He is shocked when the "kin-killer demon" Gunvolt chooses to spare him and leaves him behind, feeling miserable at the thought that he'd gained Gunvolt's sympathy by blurting out his inner feelings. Outwardly expressing his hope that Gunvolt and Nova will kill each other, he has a premonition that despite all the data pointing to Nova being stronger, Gunvolt will surely win, although this may just be Copen coping.
Rebuking Nori's offer for assistance as impossible, Copen stealthily makes his way back to the Sabertooth, taking care to avoid fights with Sumeragi personnel due to his armor's condition and most of his power supply having been drained in the previous fight. At the external materials entrance, he finds and identifies Asimov as a QUILL leader and Adept with unknown Septima, who is assessing the hidden Sabertooth as a suspicious craft and preparing to disable it, which would leave Copen stranded on Firmament. Copen immediately rushes in with a tackle.
While Asimov is able to dodge or counter all of Copen's copy Septima attacks based on Gunvolt's report of their first battle, and unleashes his Azure Striker Septima to destroy one end of the shield EX Gear, Copen launches an attack from its other end as a feint and manages to graze and stun Asimov with a Greed Snatcher bullet, which Asimov had no data on. Boasting about humanity's wisdom, Copen prepares to finish him, but Asimov is able to partially overpower the effect and deploys Voltaic Chains, ensnaring Copen, causing him to drop his gun Border, and then painfully electrocuting him. EX Gear is destroyed in the process.
Asimov regains his bearings and picks up Border, expressing shock that a non-Adept could create something like it. Copen, badly injured, tells him to get his "filthy hands" off the gun, making Asimov decide to kill him with it. Nori--who unbeknownst to Copen had managed to stow away on the Sabertooth--suddenly attacks, forcing Asimov to dodge due to him still being under the effects of Greed Snatcher. His concentration being disrupted causes the image and form of Voltaic Chains to weaken, allowing Nori to break them with her knife, hoist Copen over her shoulder, and throw him in the ship, although she is unable to retrieve his gun from Asimov. She then safely escapes Firmament with Copen by blowing a hole in the satellite's side as Asimov fires on the ship.
====Epilogue====
"At the base of Babel, a figure enters the elevator after Moniqa and Zeno left. Copen, the boy clad in white armor, pushes his wounded body and finds the object he was looking for lying on the floor of the elevator that had just returned to Earth.
It's a revolver, a memento from the father that was taken from him. He curses his own weakness, and apologizes to his father in heaven. The gun is stained with a dark red liquid: the blood of the accursed man who attacked Copen and stole his gun. Blood that carries the genes of the ultimate Septima, the Azure Striker."Armed Blue Official Soundtrack
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 2===
Sometime after the events of the first game, Copen finished his development on Lola, who became his partner in combat. He also completely overhauled his gear, recognizing that his old set was inefficient for his quest. At some point, Copen's sister Mytyl is kidnapped, and Copen sets forth to find her.
==== Foes Old and New ====
Copen's pursuit eventually leads him to the Sumeragi airship Seraph, which Mytyl has been taken to. Nori provides Copen a route across the rooftops to board the ship, but he is interrupted by several robots.
After fighting through a mob of robotic enemies, he encounters a female Adept who reveals that not only was "she" part of Mytyl's kidnapping, but "she" is actually Zonda, by changing to the more familiar male form encountered by Copen. Zonda makes a few foreshadowing comments on "spreading love to the rest of the world" before disappearing in a mirror. Copen then has to deal with the Sumeragi Fazent that has been unleashed on the city.
The Seraph begins to crash towards the city, putting Mytyl at risk. A large blue light shines in the sky as Nori's scanners pick up a massive surge of septimal power. Lola identifies it as a large amount of electricity being used as a magnetic field, which can only mean one thing. Gunvolt, the Azure Striker, is somehow slowing down the Seraph's descent. 
Seeing a chance to stop the Seraph, Copen redlines Lola's A.S. Drive and the P-Bits to fire a huge laser that damages the airship's engine, enough for Gunvolt to redirect the Seraph away. As Gunvolt descends carrying Mytyl, Copen draws his gun on GV. He prepares to fight, but is stopped by Tenjian. 
Zonda then shows up and proceeds to reveal herself as leader of Eden, the Adept supremacist group set on destroying all non-Adepts. Once Tenjian breaks Joule into mirror shards, Lola manages to nab a shard just after Tenjian and GV fight. Questioned by GV, Copen merely replies that Eden is a group of Adepts, and he is thus duty-bound to kill them. 
Thus, anything that Eden needs is something Copen must keep away from them. Copen grabs Mytyl and the two run back to their base.
==== New Powers and New Objectives ====
Back at the base, Copen is implanting the mirror shard into Lola for research and analysis purposes, but can't get any results beyond "the shard has septimal power in it". Then he gets a message saying Mytyl has woken up and is doing fine. As they talk, Lola suddenly feels a surge of heat, and in a flash, she takes on a humanoid fairy-like form. 
Copen and Lola have no idea what's going on, until Mytyl says that this occasion is just like one of Lumen's concerts. With that epiphany, Copen uncovers that the shards each contain a sliver of the Muse's power, and that gathering more may lead to additional insights.
==== Icebound (Frozen City) ====
During the mission to take down Tenjian, Copen runs into Gunvolt, who is trying to gather the mirror shards to restore Joule. He asks that Copen not interfere and allow him to go. Copen won't have any of that, given his nigh-fanatical hate for Adepts. The two duel, ending with GV running off in defeat. Copen lets him go, which Lola comments as something the "old Copen" wouldn't have allowed. Ignoring this, Copen moves on.
==== Second Kidnapping ====
After defeating Desna, Asroc, Ghauri and Tenjian of The Seven, Nori sends an urgent message to Copen, saying that Eden Adepts broke into their base and kidnapped Mytyl again. Copen rapidly responds and tracks down Mytyl. Upon arriving at her last known location, he instead meets two more of The Seven, Gibril and Teseo.
Teseo makes some trollish remarks along the lines of Copen's sister complex, and says that he used his septima to transport Mytyl to the "Garden". Gibril tells Teseo to shut up, and he teleports away as Gibril prepares to fight Copen. After soundly defeating her, Copen asks Nori to look up this "Garden". The result is that Garden is the name for Eden's headquarters, placed in Tashkent, a city in an unspecified Central-Asian country. 
She also reports a large amount of Eden forces converging on the area, most likely a trap set by Teseo. Copen acknowledges this, but charges off anyway.
==== In The Garden ====
Copen charges on through the Garden of Eden, executing Milas and Teseo on the way, as well as destroying an upgraded Plasma Legion. Countless Eden troops throw themselves at him, hoping their sacrifice can at least slow him down, but Copen mocks their conviction, decreeing they'll never find salvation. 
As Copen goes further into Garden, his comms fail, likely due to interference by Zonda. Stepping into a conspicuous mirror, Copen once again encounters Tenjian. Or rather, a copy of Tenjian, with all his powers and memories, forged by his sister Zonda's power. 
The two duel again, and Copen once more comes out on top. Pressing onward, he has rematches with Ghauri, Desna, and Asroc. Copen then runs into Zonda, who has been waiting for him to come.
Zonda begins to speak, claiming that Mytyl is actually an Adept. She states that Mytyl was the original holder of the Muse, and the operation that took her voice was in reality an operation to remove the septimosome and implant it into another host, like Joule. Copen dismisses her claims as more lies, and readies his gun. 
She teleports away, leaving behind copies of her false selves to test Copen, and begins a battle. The two Zondas insist that Mytyl is an Adept, much to Copen's chagrin. Shattering the two copies, Copen finally makes it to the innermost chamber.
Copen successfully breaches the heart of the Garden. There, Zonda awaits as Mytyl is suspended in the air. After Zonda refuses to hand Mytyl over, she uses Mytyl's body to rip the shards out from Lola. As the shards orbit Mytyl, they turn black and converge upon Zonda. Apparently, Zonda kept data records on the shards as they were used by The Seven, and came up with a plan. 
By using Mytyl's body, she could absorb the Muse's power and boost her Septima. Her new Septima, Reverie Mirror, would allow her to rewrite reality itself. She demonstrates this by not only changing the Garden into a crystalline blue void, but also by taking on a fairy-like form, as if she were a Muse herself. Copen, with the help of a backed-up Lola, manages to defeat Zonda, even with her infinite power.
As Copen returns to normal space, he finds Mytyl lying still on the ground, unmoving. He holds her, trying to wake her up, but to no avail. As he clutches Mytyl's corpse, he shouts to the heavens, asking why God created Septima, created Adepts, while Lola watches sadly.
In this pallor, Gunvolt suddenly rushes in, noticing the situation. Copen, in his rage and grief, blames GV for unleashing the Muse's power upon the world and, by extension, Mytyl's death, drawing his gun and attacking his rival once more.
==== True Ending - Claw and Fang ====
To reach the True Ending, you must clear the story mode for both Copen and GV. Afterwards, the fight with GV will actually play out.
The whole fight, Copen goes on about how the world would be better off without Adepts and the Muse, and that GV will finally die here, in the Garden of Eden. Copen manages to defeat GV, but is shocked to hear Mytyl's voice, who decrees things can't end this way.
As a mysterious force takes control of Lola, Mytyl's body rises into the air. She sprouts a set of red and blue wings as Joule and Lola both materialize beside her, and the Anthem resonates through the Garden, reviving Gunvolt. 
Copen and Gunvolt argue over the battle, as Copen insists the girl singing the Anthem is Mytyl while GV insists that he can feel Joule's presence as well. Copen becomes frustrated and decides to see if killing GV will return Mytyl to her senses. The task is easier said than done, since the Anthem has done much to boost GV's strength. Finally, Copen triumphs once more.
Standing victorious, Copen prepares to shoot Gunvolt. But as he fires, GV is protected by an energy barrier. Mytyl then suddenly awakes and stands in Copen's way, asking that Copen not kill her precious person. Copen calls her by Mytyl while GV calls her by Joule. Mytyl doesn't recognize either name, asking who the two are and who she herself is. Distressed, Copen decides to spare GV while rushing to a hospital with Mytyl in tow.
==== Epilogue ====
The hospital tests show nothing physically wrong with Mytyl. She is in fact healthier than before, able to walk and talk now. However, her memory is in tatters. She remembers nothing about her past or her family. Copen theorizes that Zonda's defeat caused the shards of the Muse to gather around Mytyl, but he dismisses it as "only a theory". While Copen is glad that Mytyl can now live free of her old pains and worries, that doesn't change the fact that she's now an Adept, one of the "monsters" he's supposed to hunt down...
The whole time, Copen is preparing to leave the Kamizono home without a word. Nori asks if he is really going to leave without a goodbye for his sister. He replies that Mytyl has no brother, calling himself a "demon bent on revenge" and blaming himself for Mytyl getting dragged into this mess. Copen renounces his name as "Kamizono", believing that Mytyl will be safer if he no longer associates with or holds relation to her.
He tells Nori to tell his aunt that he "died or something." The man known as Copen shall continue his crusade against the Adepts that inherently endanger the world. But he briefly ponders if that means Mytyl will one day threaten the world as well, and what he will need to do with her. Unable to answer that morbid question, Copen and Lola depart from the manor, as the sun begins to break through the clouds.
==== Gunvolt's Route ====
The story told when playing as Gunvolt in GV2 has GV fight and defeat Zonda and the Seven in Copen's place, with Copen instead of GV arriving late to the scene of Zonda and Mytyl's deaths. GV wins the ensuing final battle with Copen, Mytyl protects the defeated Copen, and GV leaves the fused girl in his care. The events of Copen's epilogue still occur afterward.Gunvolt Official Complete Works staff interview
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 3===
Copen does not appear in GV3 except in the form of Image Pulse items based on Gunvolt's memories of him, as well as a brief mention as a formidable foe that GV faced in the past. GV3 implies that GV was the primary agent of Eden's downfall, and thus likely follows his story in GV2 rather than Copen's. What became of Copen in GV3's backstory is unknown.
== Other appearances ==
===Mighty Gunvolt===
Copen appears in the 8-bit spin-off game as the false boss of the final stage. Just as the fight is about to begin, Copen is immediately attacked and knocked out by Zonda, who takes his place as the final boss. Copen remains unconscious the entirety of the fight.
===Mighty Gunvolt Burst===
On the 28th of December 2017, Copen, alongside RAY and Kurona were made available as DLC characters, with Copen playing similarly to Azure Striker Gunvolt 2, being able to dash through the air and having Lola copy the eight Mighty Numbers' powers. He has several pixel stickers as well. One can be collected from completing the "Up Close and Personal" challenge. Others are obtained via random drops from enemies.
Similar to the DLC playable characters Ekoro, Kurona, and Tenzou Motesugi, Copen's scenario is contextualized as him actually playing a video game--in this case, he's developing the game after seeing Mytyl playing a game with an Adept protagonist and deciding to make a new, better game for her to play. Unfortunately, his work has to be scrapped when he realizes that because he based the protagonist on himself he can't show the game to Mytyl.
===Card-en-Ciel===
Copen appears in the roguelite card battling RPG Card-en-Ciel as a card and enemy representing Azure Striker Gunvolt 2.
Card 	Character 	Effect 	Cost	Movement
Bullit Dash	Copen (GV2)	[Action]Apply 3 Break Points.	1 	Left
Although Copen's new Japanese voice actor for the Luminous Avenger iX series, Yuma Uchida, voiced the Image Pulses of him in Gunvolt 3 and the iX versions of Copen in Card-en-Ciel, the GV2 version uses the old Japanese voice actor Kosuke Masuo who previously retired. It is unclear if there will be any new recordings, although the stream which debuted the GV2 cards hinted it may happen.
==Abilities and Equipment==
Copen, as a human, possesses no extraordinary physical abilities, nor does he have any powers to speak. However, he more than makes up for this disadvantage by utilizing his numerous talents to give him an edge.
Arguably Copen's greatest skill is his genius-level intellect. An engineer and scientist of the highest order, Copen can create devices that can rival and even surpass Septima, though he used his father's research as grounding. His inventions range from advanced weaponry to even A.I, often using Nori's mysterious funds to support his projects. His tech is said to overcome that of Sumeragi in several aspects, however, he has no intention of ever sharing his discoveries with anyone else out of mistrust and paranoia (and fear that they will be abused).
Despite only being a normal human, his combat training and gear put his ASG1 self on-par with a mid level Adept. His ASG2 self, armed with new equipment and supported by Lola, has battling power that matches S+ rank Adepts like Gunvolt, Nova, and Zonda. He displays great skills with his various weapons, along with acrobatic abilities to keep his fighting style fast-paced and aggressive (especially from ASG2 on). 
Copen's signature ability is copying the powers of the Adepts he defeats and using them for himself. By gaining some trace of the Septima (e.g. DNA, Glaives), Copen can then replicate powers similar to that of the Adepts he hunts, although the resulting weapon is inferior to the Adept's skills, at least in raw power. He currently accesses these powers through his EX Weapons usually deployed from Lola and the P-Bits surrounding him. 
This "Septima that anyone can use" is something that only Copen has managed to achieve, seemingly even many years later in ASG3.
===Current Equipment===
====Border II====
The Border II (ボーダーII) is a greatly remodeled version of the Border that Copen uses in ASG2. Originally being a revolver type gun and memento of his deceased father Dr. Kamizono, it is very important to Copen and is his favored weapon for slaying Adepts. Due to the inadequacies of his previous bullet swapping, this version of the gun is intended to be all-purpose, with only two firing modes.
*Photon Laser (フォトンレーザー). Fires laser beams that were designed based on analyzing light septima. By pistol whipping enemies with the "X" marking device below the dust cover, which is done after dashing into them, they are tagged with a light marker that causes the lasers to home in on them.
*Greed Snatcher (グリードスナッチャー). Fires Greed Snatcher bullets. This mode cannot be used while playing as Copen. A trump card against Adepts, it possesses the exact same properties as the original. It has a strict safety set on it, and Copen rarely uses it. He fears that the tech will be leaked and countermeasures will be developed, a fear that is warranted considering Gunvolt's new outfit designed by Xiao blocks the worst effects of the bullet. Another reason for rarely using them is that building the bullets is expensive.
====White Tiger====
The White Tiger (ヴァイスティーガー Weiss Tiger) is Copen's second and current power armor. It is a very light armor focused on mobility, which was inspired by Gunvolt's performance against him in their battles according to Nori. It is capable of high speed flight via vernier jets on the back and legs, a maneuver called the Bullit Dash. Its physical defenses are lower than the previous armor, the Megante Leon, but it is equipped with a pseudo-prevasion function based on the Azure Striker technique that nullifies most forms of damage. It can't nullify electric attacks, however. These two functions are fueled by Bullits (ブリッツ Blitz), aka AS Batteries, bullet-shaped packs charged with special electricity provided by the AS Drive.
The armor wirelessly receives power from Lola, who possesses a miniature power generator known as the AS Drive that was created based on analysis of the Azure Striker. This semi-perpetual engine has a flaw; because of durability issues, it can't produce large amounts of electricity at once. That is why Copen uses the Bullit battery packs as a supplementary power source for the above mentioned features.
===Old Equipment===
====Border====
The Border (ボーダー) was a "demon-bane" revolver gun that once belonged to Copen's late father, Dr. Kamizono. Its main ammunition was the Beowulf (ベオウルフ) bullet, which can pierce Gunvolt's flashfield due to its special constitution and structure. Copen kept several different bullet types like that on hand, which he swapped out depending on the opponent.
One very special bullet type is the pseudo-Septima Greed Snatcher, which shoots bullets based on Carrera's Quasar Collapse that disrupt the flow of septima and cripple Adepts. Its power is greatly inferior to that skill, but it is far more maneuverable. Copen chose to install this "sure-kill" weapon into his gun instead of his shield due to sentimentalism, although there was also some anxiety about storing it with the other EX Weapons.
Asimov was able to take the gun and would hold onto it for some time, using it to shoot Gunvolt and then kill Joule, and heavily damaged the gun by combining it with his lightning Septima to perform enhanced Greed Snatcher shots. It was left behind when Zeno and Moniqa took away Asimov's body, and Copen was able to retrieve it.
====Megante Leon====
Copen's first armor, the Megante Leon (メガンテレオン), was a heavy power armor that artificially enhanced his physical attributes. It placed a large burden on his body, so very long-term use was impossible. It was battery powered, and could be switched to a low energy usage mode for prolonged sneaking missions. It was heavily damaged during his battles in ASG1, and he decided to replace it.
The Megante Leon is likely named after the Megantereon genus of prehistoric saber-toothed tiger, mistranslated in English ASG3 due to Japanese L/R ambiguity.
====EX Gear====
The EX Gear (エクスギア) was the shield-shaped piece of equipment Copen originally wielded, which stored pseudo-septima cartridges and deployed attacks by swapping between them. Not actually designed as a shield, it ended up being constructed in such a way to bear hosting its armaments. It was equipped with jets on its ends for a high speed shield bash attack, as well as a laser cannon similar to the one installed in Merak's chair. Pseudo-Septima attacks were deployed by opening up the shield's tips in a shape reminiscent of a longbow. Both ends of the shield had this feature and were independent, so even if one was damaged the other could still be used.
Although EX Gear was durable enough to withstand all of Gunvolt's lightning attacks with only minor damage, Asimov's own Azure Striker powers were too much for it to endure. He shattered one of its muzzles with his first lightning surge, and not long after completely destroyed it with Voltaic Chains.
===Skills===
In his playable appearance in GV2, Copen has two Skills available from the start, but does not gain more Skills via leveling up as Gunvolt does. Copen can also copy the abilities of defeated Adepts to use as EX Weapons.
====Shred Storm====
ストライクソウ Strike Saw
"May claws shatter chains / Of those who traipse in my wake / Begone, you impure! Shred Storm!"
A damage-dealing SP Skill carried out by the “Bits” and covering the whole screen. It’s a storm of slashes that draw the “Claw” (爪) Kanji on the screen. It instantly kills all enemies on the screen, and deals significant damage to bosses.
* Copen yells "Tenma fukumetsu!" (天魔覆滅！, Destroy the evil spirits!) when the attack skill begins, unlike his Skills as a boss where he says "Toumetsu suru..." (討滅する…, Annihilate...) which became a catchphrase of his akin to Gunvolt's "Oversurge! Azure Striker!".
* Killing a boss with this skill grants a "Shredded" ("Sou Finish") 1000 Kudos bonus.
====Healing====
ヒーリング
If you open the Pause Menu, the “Shred Storm” icon will become the “Healing” icon. If you touch it, you can recover all of your HP.
*Note: Shred Storm and Healing have separate cooldowns.
====EX Weapons====
Main page: EX Weapons
By fighting and defeating Adepts and analyzing their Septima, Copen can develop EX Weapons (エクスウェポン) based off said Septima. Each EX Weapon is wholly different, with its own unique form, attacks, advantages and disadvantages. It's these weapons that serve as Copen's primary and strongest tools in his crusade against Adepts. One of Lola's main combat purposes is to manage the EX weapons and control the P-Bits which execute the attacks themselves.
As a playable character, Copen can only use one EX Weapon at a time, and each EX Weapon attack uses all of the P-Bits in tandem. However, during his SP Skill "Guilt Sequence" as a boss in Gunvolt 2, he uses varying numbers of P-Bits to deploy EX Weapons derived from the Gunvolt 1 bosses, and can deploy more than one weapon at a time.
====Heartblazer====
The Heartblazer (ハートブレイザー) is Copen's ultimate attack. By overloading Lola's A.S. Drive, an enormous amount of energy is produced and fired as a beam. This technique temporarily burns out Lola and in turn Copen's power armor, leaving them helpless, so it's only used in specific and desperate situations and never in gameplay.
===Other===
====Sabertooth====
The Sabertooth (セーバートゥース) is a small spacecraft that Nori procured for Copen, which he used to infiltrate Sumeragi's orbital station Firmament. The ship is very small and intended for only one occupant, although there is enough room to spare for Nori to hide in without Copen noticing. Its appearance is said to be distinct from Sumeragi designs. Acquiring this ship apparently pushed Nori's mysterious resources to the limit, as she could not get a second one to pilot herself and properly accompany Copen.
Nori wanted to name it the "Cosmo Copen."
==Boss Battle Skills==
=== Azure Striker Gunvolt ===
Copen is a unique boss in that he will utilize new attacks as Gunvolt defeats the featured Sumeragi Adept bosses in addition to his standard attacks.
In Kaleidoscape (Sinner's Row), Copen initially starts off with weapons based on the first three defeated bosses, and in rematches his moveset expands for each boss defeated. During this battle, Copen's defense is halved.Skybane's Gunvault: Gunvolt Boss Damage Analysis by Saairan
In Stratosphere (Babel), Copen is hardcoded to take slightly more damage from Luxcalibur than other bosses, losing a full phase bar of HP under normal circumstances.
Attack 	Description
BeowulfMighty Gunvolt Burst equipmentベオウルフ 	Copen's standard attack. Copen walks forward with his gun and shoots Beowulf bullets continuously from one side of the screen to a bit past the middle of the screen.
*Copen's bullets cannot be blocked by the Flashfield. Regular shots can cancel them but require multiple shots per bullet.
*Copen performs a shield bash or backflip as a follow-up at the end of this attack; doing so will remove any tags on him.
*Copen will immediately perform a shield bash towards Gunvolt if he jumps behind Copen during this attack sequence; doing so will remove any tags on Copen.
*Damage Output: 24 per bullet.
"Shield Bash" 	Copen's standard attack, exclusively used as a follow-up or cancel to his shooting attack. Copen charges forward with his shield in front, removing any tags on him.
*Copen may perform this as a follow-up at the conclusion of his shooting attack; doing so places him at the end of the arena opposite from where he began his attack.
*Copen will immediately perform this to cancel his shooting attack if Gunvolt jumps behind him during the attack sequence.
*Damage Output: 48
"Backflip" 	Copen's standard attack, exclusively used as a follow-up to his shooting attack. Copen performs a backflip to place himself at some distance behind him, removing any tags on him.
*Copen may perform this as a follow-up at the conclusion of his shooting attack; doing so places him at the end of the arena where he began his attack.
*Damage Output: 32
Note: All of Copen's special attacks (except Greed Snatcher) allow him to block shots from the front while firing.
EX Attack 	Description
Arrogant RadianceアロガントファングArrogant Fang 	Available after Jota has been defeated. Copen fires a surface-level laser beam. Shortly afterwards, he fires a swirling lance.　
*The swirling lance can be deflected with the Flashfield or destroyed with a Special Skill.　
*Damage Output (Laser): 32　
*Damage Output (Lance): 40
Blazing BombersExploding Angry Bow (Blazing Ballista)	Available after Viper has been defeated. Copen shoots a flaming arrow that detonates three lingering explosions in its path of fire.
*Damage Output (Arrow): 40
*Damage Output (Explosions): 32
Flesh EaterMillion Predators (Million Eater) 	Available after Stratos has been defeated. Copen unleashes a slow-moving swarm of insects.
*Components of the swarm can be exterminated with the Flashfield, nullifying any potential contact damage.
*Copen's defense increases during this attack.
*Damage Output: 32
Gorgon's GazeJealous Snake-Eyes (Jealousic Gorgon) 	Available after Elise has been defeated. Copen shines a beam of light in front of him which inflicts the Stone debuff if Gunvolt faces it, paralyzing GV and increasing damage dealt until the player shakes it off.
*Damage Output: 0
Lazy Laserレイジーレーザー 	Available after Merak has been defeated. Copen fires a giant laser into a wormhole that will reappear at different areas and at different angles on-screen.
*The laser tracks Gunvolt's location but reappears at different angles one at a time.
*Copen's defense increases during this attack.
*Damage Output: 56
Greed SnatcherStratosphere (Babel)/Scripts
Greedy Usurper (Greed Snatcher)This is also translated as 'Special Super Magnetic Bullet' in Copen's Story.	Available after Carrera has been defeated. Copen fires two waves of three magnetic bullets each, which ignore Prevasion and inflict the Chaff debuff if they connect, freezing Gunvolt's EP at 0 for ten seconds.
*Damage Output: 32
Doppler DesireラストドップラーLust Doppler 	Copen's special attack. Copen summons four doppelganger apparitions that briefly circle around him. At the conclusion of this attack, Copen and any remaining copies perform a shield bash off-screen. The doppelgangers will disappear at the end of this attack.
*Copen will not use this attack during his fight at Sinner's Row (Kaleidoscape).
*The copies can be tagged and attacked; they will disappear after absorbing sufficient damage.
*Copen will always follow-up Doppler Desire with his shooting attack.
*Damage Output (Shield Bash): 96
*Damage Output (Apparitions): 40
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 2===
====Normal====
Attack 	Description
Fake Prevasion 	Copen's gear allows him to use Prevasion, so he can dodge up to 2 hits from projectiles until he has to recharge. Once this goes down, a bar will slowly fill up over his head, showing how much time you have left before his Prevasion restarts.
*Copen's Prevasion automatically goes down when hit by a Skill.
*Copen's Prevasion is disabled as long as he is in contact with GV's Flashfield.
*Copen will cancel any tags you have on him when he Prevades.
Reload 	Activated when Copen changes phases. Copen reloads his Bullits, instantly restoring Prevasion.
*Copen is invincible while reloading.
Photon Laserフォトンレーザー 	Copen's standard attack. He fires three laser shots straight forwards. Alternatively, he can jump and shoot to fire one in the air and on the ground. They cannot be blocked by the Flashfield.
*Damage Output: 20
Bullit Dash and Homing Shots 	Copen will dash around the battlefield. Contact with him results in you getting tagged, leading to a barrage of undodgeable shots.
*Damage Output (Dash): 10
*Damage Output (Homing Shots): 30
Guilt SequenceギルトコンビネーションGuilt Combination 	Copen's normal special skill, exclusive to the final battle. Having never defeated The Seven in Gunvolt's story, he falls back on attacks obtained in GV1, now installed as EX weapons.
Phase 1: Gorgon's Gaze. Copen opens the attack with a ray that petrifies GV if he looks at it.
Phase 2: Lazy Greed Snatcher. Three GS bullets are shot into a wormhole as three open around GV, causing the bullets to multiply and come at him from multiple directions.
Phase 3: Blazing Bombers and Arrogant Radiance. A fireball is launched and leaves behind short continuous explosions in its wake. This is followed up by a laser beam just above them.
Phase 4: Flesh Eater and Photon Laser. A swarm of flesh eating insects is directed at GV. As they are blocked by the Flashfield, Copen fires three laser shots through the swarm.
====Anthem====
Attack 	Description
Fake Prevasion 	Copen has infinite Prevasion under the effects of Anthem. It only goes down if you hit Copen with a Skill or keep him in contact with the Flashfield.
*If you hit Copen with a skill, he automatically loses Prevasion and must wait to cool down. If you touch him with Flashfield, Prevasion only goes away while Copen is still in the field.
*When using Prevasion, Copen will cancel any active tags on him.
Greed Snatcherグリードスナッチャー 	Copen's standard attack under Anthem. He fires magnetic bullets in 3-round bursts. Alternatively, he can fire one in the air and one on the ground. The bullets can ignore Prevasion.
*The bullets inflict Overheat if they hit Gunvolt.
*Damage Output: 40
*In the EX version of the fight, Copen fires Greed Snatcher quicker and more frequently than he did in the story fight, making it much riskier to get close to him.
Crush Reload 	Copen flies up off the screen. A few seconds later, he comes crashing down on your position while reloading. This attack instantly resets Copen's Prevasion.
*Damage Output: 40
Bullit Dash and Homing Shots 	Copen dashes around the arena, trying to get a better position and to tag you. If you get hit, you will be subject to a barrage of homing shots.
*Damage Output (Dash): 20
*Damage Output (Homing Shots): 50
Doppler DestroyerファイナルラストドップラーFinal Lust Doppler 	Copen's Special Skill under Anthem. He deploys P-Bits to create four clones using Doppler Desire, and then flies up off-screen himself. The clones each perform one dash directly toward GV, taking turns in the same order that they appeared in. If one of them hits, GV will be tagged and all remaining clones will barrage him with homing shots before Copen comes crashing down with Impact Reload, dealing massive damage. This attack ignores Prevasion.
*Even when you dodge all the clones, Copen will still try to get an Impact on you.
*Damage Output: 25 per clone
*Note: You will receive an additional 50 Damage if one of the clones hits you, regardless of how many you dodge.
*During the EX version of this move, Impact Reload becomes an instant kill (ignores value of maximum HP) attack if all four clones hit you.
==Boss Battle Voices==
===Azure Striker Gunvolt===
Event 	Translated	Romaji 	Japanese
Gun 	 	Fuu! Horobi yo... 	フッ！　滅びよ…
Shield Tackle 	 	Haa!' 	ハァ！
Somersault 	 	Muda da! 	無駄だ！
Lazy Laser 	 	Messeyo... Reiji reezaa! 	滅せよ…レイジーレーザー！
Arrogant Radiance	 	Ugate...Aroganto fangu! Mada da! 	穿て…アロガントファング！まだだ！
Blazing Bombers 	 	Yakiharae...Bureijingu barisuta! 	焼き払え…ブレイジングバリスタ！
Greed Snatcher 	 	Ubaitore…Guriido sunacchaa! 	奪い取れ…グリードスナッチャー！
Gorgon's Gaze 	 	Fuusatsu se yo…Jerashikku gorugon! 	封殺せよ…ジェラシックゴルゴン
Flesh Eater 	 	Kuraitsukuse…Mirion iitaa! 	喰らい尽くせ…ミリオンイーター！
Doppler Desire 	 	Madoe…! Rasutodoppurā!Tenma fukumetsu! Kiero!	惑え…！ラストドップラー！天魔覆滅！消えろ！
1st Phase Down 	 	Ore ga sabaku...! 	オレが裁く…！
2nd Phase Down 	 	Bakemono ga! 	バケモノが！
Defeated 	 	Guuu! 	ぐうっ！
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 2===
====Normal Battle====
Event 	Translated	Romaji 	Japanese
Gun 	 	Horobe! 	滅べ！
Guilt Sequence	 	Toumetsu suru…Giruto Konbineeshon!Fuusatsu se yo!Ubaitore!Yakiharae!Ugate!Kurai tsukuse!Horobe!	討滅する…ギルトコンビネーション！封殺せよ！奪い取れ！焼き払え！穿て！喰らい尽くせ！滅べ！
1st Phase Down	 	Ore ga sabaku...! 	オレが裁く…！
2nd Phase Down	 	Bakemono ga...! 	バケモノが…！
Defeated 	 	Bakana… tsu!? 	馬鹿な…っ！？
====Anthem====
Event 	Translated	Romaji 	Japanese
Greed Snatcher 	 	Ubaitore! 	奪い取れ！
Doppler Destroyer	 	Toumetsu suru…!Fainaru rasuto doppuraa!Madoi odore...!	討滅する…!ファイナルラストドップラー!惑い踊れ…！
1st Phase Down 	 	Kisama ni wa maken! 	貴様には負けん！
2nd Phase Down 	 	Mytyl… Ore wa… katsu…! 	ミチル…俺は…勝つ…！
Defeated 	 	Guu… 	ぐっ…
==Special Skill Chants==
Doppler Desire:
Shred Storm:
Guilt Sequence:
Doppler Destroyer:
== Designer Comments ==
Source: Armed Blue: Gunvolt Complete Works
Azure Striker Gunvolt 1:
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2:
==Musical Themes==
In Gunvolt 2, Copen's themes are intended to be mechanical and aggressive, with a quirky timbre.Armed Blue Gunvolt Sou Soundtrack, Creator's Comments 1
(C) = Composer
(A) = Arranger
Title 	Context 	Musicians 	Audio
The Avenger(復讐の銀弾, The Silver Bullet of Revenge) 	Copen's theme, which plays in encounters. 	Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
Committed to Annihilation(断罪討滅, Judgment: Annihilation) 	VS Copen 	Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
The Furious Silver Tiger (Byakko)(憤激の) 	Chimera (Downtown) stage theme. 	Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
Brother and Sister by the Window(窓辺の兄妹) 	Gunvolt 2 home conversations theme. 	Ippo Yamada (C)Ryo Kawakami (C)Keishi Yonao (A)	
The Overthrown GunmanMighty Gunvolt Burst Original Soundtrack(覆滅の銃工, Gunsmith of Annihilation) 	Copen's mission select theme. 	Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
Sinking in Grief愁傷に沈む 	Copen's despair theme. 	Aoi Takeda (C) 	
Claws & Jaws絶爪顎門 	Copen VS Gunvolt. Mix of "Committed to Annihilation" and "Lightning Crashes", which itself was based on one of Gunvolt's themes.	Ippo Yamada (C)Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
Those Who Advance道往く者 	Copen's epilogue theme. 	Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
The Bewitching City ~ Committed to Annihilation 	Remixed medley with Fake Zonda's theme featured in Lazy Kingdom. 	Mina Hatazoe (C)Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
The Overthrown Gunman(覆滅の銃工, Gunsmith of Annihilation) 	Copen's intro in Mighty Gunvolt Burst. 	Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
Standing Revenge Demon(佇む復讐鬼) 	Copen's appearance in Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime. 	Ryo Kawakami (C) 	
Gunvolt 1 Track notes by sound designer Ryo KawakamiArmed Blue Official Soundtrack (GV2 tracks do not have notes)Armed Blue Gunvolt: Sou Soundtrack:
*The Avenger
Copen’s theme track. Both this one and the next track were going to be heavy mechanical in feeling, that was my idea from the start. He strongly appeals to how he is a normal human but he attacks without hesitation out of mistaken beliefs, so from the PoV of Adepts he must look like a mere killing machine.
*Committed to Annihilation
The track of the battle VS Copen. I used a complicated accompaniment based on a chemical weapon bursting as axis as well as expressing the feeling of “strong beliefs turning into madness” into the melody. The B Melody is based on his determined deeply devotious (nature). The high point of the track goes on increasing, as in ironically his principle of “the silver bullet of revenge” and ends up in a distorted echo... When the high point ends we end up with a lone avenger; that’s how the track is built like. Will there be a day in which his beliefs will change?
Part of the name of Copen's anime theme is identical to his Gunvolt 2 ending line where he calls himself a "demon bent on revenge" (復讐鬼).
== Trivia ==
*While Gunvolt's motif is based on dragons and particularly Seiryu, the Azure Dragon of the east, Copen's motif is based on tigers and particularly Byakko, the White Tiger of the west. His armors carry Tiger namesakes while his spacecraft is named after the Sabertooth Tiger. Dragons and tigers also share a mythological rivalry.
*Like most GV1 characters, Copen's English and Japanese names are both based on cars. Acura is the name of a Japanese car manufacturer, while Copen is the name of a car model built by the Japanese company, Daihatsu.
*Copen sheds ethereal red feathers when Prevading. He shares this feather-shedding trait with Asimov (who he derived his Prevasion from in the main timeline), Gunvolt (who he presumably derived his Prevasion from in the iX timeline), and ZedΩ.
*In an early story draft of GV1, director Yoshihisa Tsuda imagined that the final boss, then named Acura (Copen), would be Gunvolt's lifelong separated older brother. When scenario writer Toshiaki Tai joined development, he told Tsuda "all of those (ideas) are lame" and that that kind of thing is uncool these days, before changing Copen's character and adding many new elements.Armed Blue Gunvolt Official Complete Works staff interview
*Copen's design and abilities bear many similarities to those of characters from the Mega Man franchise, which may be intentional references given Inti Creates' long history of developing Mega Man games.
**Like many of Mega Man's playable characters, most notably the original Mega Man and Mega Man X, Copen uses the weapons of previously defeated bosses.
**Like Proto Man, Copen in the first Azure Striker Gunvolt is partially red to contrast with the blue main character, uses a gun and shield as his main weapons, and attacks with a dashing shield bash and large numbers of small bullets. Additionally, he was Gunvolt's lifelong separated older brother in an early GV1 story draft.
** Like a user of Biometal Model A, Copen in Gunvolt 2 is secondarily red and primarily a more neutral color, copies defeated bosses' abilities, holds a gun in his hand that fires homing shots, and is assisted by an artificial sentient object. However, his air dashes and slowly descending hovering state more closely resemble users of Model H.
*Copen's Greed Snatcher is called "Power Grab" on the GV1 English website, though the game's revised English translation uses the name "Greed Snatcher" like in the Japanese version. The GV1 English website also calls Copen's SP Skill "Multiplicity", which differs both from the Japanese name ("Lust Doppler") and from the name used in the English version of the actual game ("Doppler Desire").
*Copen's English voice actor in Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime, Peter von Gomm, was the English voice of both X and Flame Hyenard in Mega Man X7, and Grey in Mega Man ZX Advent.
*A bug exists in GV1 where if the player finishes Copen while a vocal song is playing, Copen's boss theme will be played in the cutscene afterwards instead of his normal theme. This applies for both encounters.
*Copen and Zonda have been paired twice as bait-and-switch bosses. In Gunvolt 1, Zonda is the bait and Copen is the switch at Sinner's Row. Their roles are reversed at the Mirror stage in Mighty Gunvolt.
*Copen's in-game sprites in GV1 and Mighty Gunvolt and his GV1 concept art do not include his ahoge, but his sprites and concept art for every game afterward do include it. His official artwork and in-game portraits, meanwhile, have included his ahoge from the beginning. This suggests that his ahoge was added to his design partway through GV1 and Mighty Gunvolt's development.
* Copen's skill cut-in in GV2 has an alternate version without Lola that is used when he deploys Doppler Destroyer as the final boss. This alternate cut-in will also be used if the player uses Shred Storm at the very beginning of Copen's opening stage or in the battle against Anthem Gunvolt, as in both cases Lola is not by Copen's side.
*Copen is one of the three bosses in the second game where Gunvolt doesn't say "Oversurge! Azure Striker! ____!" when battling him. The others are Gibril and True Zonda.
*In the first trailer for GV2, Copen's sprites were not finalized: his jets were purple instead of blue and he used his GV1 sprites for the backflip after dashing into an enemy.
*Copen is the only final boss in the main series who is not fought in any form in GV3.
**However, his iX counterpart can fight and defeat Kirin as a DLC boss in Luminous Avenger iX 2.
*All of the Japanese voice lines of Copen's Skill Image Pulses in GV3 are recycled audio of Yuma Uchida, the Japanese voice of iX Copen, from the first Luminous Avenger iX game.
== References ==
* Japanese Wiki Regarding Copen (GV1)
* Japanese Wiki Regarding Copen (GV2)
* Official Japanese Tweet Regarding Copen (GV1)
* Official Japanese Tweet Regarding Copen (GV1)
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