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The kanji in the bottom left panel of this: http://www.mangafox.com/manga/sidooh/v03/c027/12.html , read Byakurentai (in the furigana of the raw) and are, as explained in the TL note top right, supposed to mean The White Lotus.

The kanji are 白連隊.

My problem with this is: 蓮 is lotus, and the inscription uses 連 which seems completely unrelated. Any idea what's going on?