Colin

## **Character**

Colin Takeda is the main character of the Colin Series and is the leader of Team Resonance. He also owns the Team Resonance Legend, created by the United Nation of Warriors. Colin is the first son of Corin and Emillia Takeda along with his sister Ichika Takeda, and lastly Kuroichi Takeda whom of which he learns is his brother by the end of the By the end of the series Colin has defeated Copy Red and is in a relationship with Rose Haruki. After the war he becomes a chef and has a successful career. Colin wields two swords known as "Glacier and Inferno" two swords that Corin Takeda and Sakura Yukami found in the mines of Ghest in the Corin Series. However later on in Part III: War of the Stone, Colin fuses the Light Stone with the swords to create the Ultilight Sword. And finally, after saving Kuroichi Takeda at the end of Part IV: New World Order, he gives Colin the "Lightning (AKA Kuroichi's Lightning)". Colin can use all energies including Light, Darkness, and even Power.

### **Traits -**

Over his life, Colin has gone through many difficulties making him more mature, however he still is quite kind by the end and after the war his anger-issues have lowered down to practically nothing. He still does occasionally get into trouble, which is somewhat common with Colin, but Rose doesn't mind it at all. However, going back into the actual series Colin is quite immature in Part I: The Return, and his anger rises significantly during Part IV: New World Order, because of the stress that is the New World Order. In Part V: The End, Colin doubts his ability to take on Red and becomes more serious during battles but in the end all of the support he got from Team Resonance, the UNW, and more helped him and Kuroichi Takeda take down Copy Red and end the war. Colin also regularly talks to former members of Team Resonance and his friends from the UNW as seen in Colin AFTER/STORY.

## **Story**

### **Backstory / Early Years -**

Colin Takeda was born on Vellive 24th, 75 A.D. (After Discovery) in Vastelia, Astia. Although he was given birth by Corin and Emillia Takeda, Colin was never really fond of parents, as they left him when he was three years old because of the Kuroichi incident, causing him and his sister Ichika to live with their grandma who lives in Gamen Village, making her their guardian with no known reason. This made Colin resent his parents until later in Part IV: New World Order when he learns why they left. Colin has very little memory of Vastelia and only remembers small parts from Ichika's memory. He attended to a school, where he met his first friends. He was very popular at school because of his association with Corin, however because he left him at a young age he was mostly bullied or harassed by other students after the info was leaked.

Colin started Kendo practice at age 10, and was quite successful until 3 years later, when he was kicked out because rumors flew around about him murdering somebody, which were later proven false. The very same year, Colin was taught how to cook from his grandma, which he turned out to be naturally gifted at and soon became his favorite hobby. He also tried to pursue a relationship with a friend that turned out to be a disaster and they soon broke up.

It was age 13 that Colin started to gain his interest back in figuring out what happened to his parents, so he looked for all the clues that he could find in Gamen and on the news to no avail, however he did find Glacier and Inferno, two swords that Corin and Sakura Yukami found underground in Ghest. Starting at his 14th birthday, Colin had many restless nights thinking about what happened and it got so bad he would start breaking down in frustration of not knowing why. One day, he made the hard decision to leave Gamen and travel across Astia in search of answers by himself. He knew his grandma wouldn't let him go, so he told Ichika to say goodbye to her as he left. And soon on Altor 17th, 89 A.D. he grabbed Glacier and Inferno and left Gamen on pilgrimage to figure out what happened to his parents.

### **Part I: The Return -**

A few days after leaving Gamen, Colin travels to the Stark Desert in order to get to Venna Town, his first target. On his way through the desert, he encounters a Dunewyrm and ultimately becomes victorious. Before long, he makes it to Treetop Forest, which is located near Venna, and takes a look around before stumbling into a hidden pit. Upon getting up, Colin finds himself in some sort of secret base entrance with the initials T.L. (Team Light) on them. After knocking on the door, he encounters Copy Red for the first time and promptly gets beat up. This is when he encounters Rose Haruki, a homeless girl from Ghest who stowed away on a plane to Astia to find her friend. The two barely get away and Rose explains that she was looking for him to tell him about Red's return as requested by Zarou Ichihara. He decides that taking down Red is much more important, so he asks Rose if she wants to join in and she says yes but, on the condition, he helps her find Elizabeth Salthun. He agrees and Team Resonance is now formed.

Colin and Rose make it to Venna Town and learns there's a tournament being held there, the Harada Championships run by Shinjiro Harada. Colin joins the tournament and has a brief run-in with former Team Light member, Kenbot. The tournament starts and Colin's first opponent is Zeke Famar, the magnetic, axe wielding wanderer from Sorventum. Zeke surrenders the battle after seeing Colin's fighting capabilities and would later become friends with him. The next battle was against Shinjiro himself, which was a very long battle, an endurance test that Colin narrowly won. He bonded later when Shinji was in the hospital from over exhaustion. The final battle Colin had at the tournament was with Kenbot, which he would've lost if it weren't interrupted by Red's invasion of Venna which pre-maturely canceled the tournament.

Rose eventually took out of Venna by rapidly shooting him in his Dark Eye, however most of Venna was destroyed which impacted Shinjiro. He decided to join Team Resonance to kill Copy Red out of revenge of Venna. Rose tells Colin about why she left Ghest and what happened to her, deepening their bond and teaching Colin about the dangers of Fen City. The team recovers and travels through the other side of Treetop Forest to make it to Ceran City, Land of the Glistening Stone to find Corin's old friend Zev, but on the way, they encounter Raven, The Shrouded Prankster. However, Raven proved to not be very strong and eventually retreated. They eventually find Zev right outside Ceran and convince him to stay at his place as their base, after talking about Red's return. Team Resonance's base is now located on the outskirts of Ceran.

## **Other Appearances**

### **Corin Series -**

Colin was first shown in the Corin Series Finale where the next series was being teased and Colin was briefly shown.

### **Colin AFTER/STORY -**

Colin appears in Colin AFTER/STORY in a single volume along with the rest of Team Resonance after the war ended.

### **Team Light AFTER/STORY -**

In Team Light AFTER/STORY, Colin is seen as Alexander's rival instead of villain, because he sees that Colin is a good person though he doesn't want him anywhere the UNW or the government. It also shows his actions from the perspectives of the EX-members of Team Light including Alexander, Miles and Kenbot.

## **Trivia**

- Colin Takeda was the original name for Corin Takeda before the Colin Series existed, and was swapped for no real reason.

- Colin was originally supposed to die at the end of Part V: The End. This was the origin of the Colin Dies joke.

- The Ultilight Sword and Colin's transformation are loosely inspired by the plot of Final Fantasy IV, this is also why Colin is sometimes referred to as a Paladin and a Warrior of Light.

- The Colin Series formed because I was bored one day, and I just kinda made a sequel without thinking, and it happened to be a pretty compelling story.

- Colin is Japanese.

- Colin was originally designed to have white hair but was later changed back to the classic jet-black hair of the Takeda Family. He also was planned to be a lot edgier but that would've been way too funny and sad.