Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2

[animus]

I'll admit I'm a little perturbed they only spent all of 30 seconds on Cornelia this episode and cut the conversation at a really random spot.

[oyabun]

I could watch that gif all day long without getting tired...

I actually watched the combo for almost 10 times then comes shinta's gif.. you don't wanna know how many times I watched it..

[Shinji Ikari]

I think this episode was great just because of the fact that it didn't answer any questions and instead added to them. Or rather, this episode directed new light to old questions and the creator is basically saying "This is the time for you to remember these questions because they will be dealt with soon".

"It's not a party if it happens every night", they are able to make awesome episodes like 14 and 15 where loads of big questions are answered because they have episodes where these questions are built up as a tease to catch our interest.

Loving every scene with the new C.C, mmmm pizzaaa.

[KrayZ33]

hmmm, actually I liked this episode very much too

I don't see a problem at the moment with new questions comming up. What I didn't like however is for example when Orange called that britannia-guy or simply the conversation with cornelia..because it tells us absolutely nothing but everyone knows that it is important

its like they want to tell us "ooohh look how we create new mysteries... uhuuuu you will keep watching the series just because of that!"

that aside however the episode was pretty good

I really like the new C.C... very cute and kind and I hated Lelouch for hurting her ^^ well at least he understood that he was doing the wrong thing and C.C. isn't mad at him.

so...what I liked:

- The creation of Lelouchs new military force
- C.C. + Lelouch moments
- Britannia's preparations (appearance of the round of ten)
- Suzaku getting beaten up by Kallen
- Anya who seems to be somehow important from now on (she seems to hang out a lot with Suzaku at the moment)
- Masses of people applauding 2 Lolis on a stage
- the hacker King: Charles

what I dislike:

- questions that came up just because they showed a conversation for like 2 seconds
- unneccessary side-character development (like the "love confession" to Todo)
- a series of acts which came out of the blue, like the call of Jeremiah (Orange-kun)
to be honest, there was no sign that he was plotting something or anything similiar..

as I said this is just one those moments which might have a very important role in the following development, but are introduced purely

now everyone knows that something is going to happen between or with Jerimiah and that Britannia guy... but it isn't even worth speculating because we were not given a *single* sign.

Jerimah just joined the Black knights and nothing really happened so far with him.. he seemed to be loyal, no sign of betrayal or even importance, just a normal member of the Black Knights (like one of the soldiers who came with Todo).. and then this call where exactly nothing is told (I hate that, sorry)


btw.. when everyone was screaming "All hail Britannia" and "Long live Japan" there was this Sutherland doing this "beep thingy"

for some reason it felt like Charles was controling this unit for me... or someone important, maye a spy or something... I don't know ^^ I mean it seemed rather pointless to show this unit if nothing is going to happen with it... it just made *beep* and then the "ALL HAIL BRITANNIA" stuff ended...

felt like that *beep* noice means something like "I did it, hee hee *beep beep*" ^^

and for some reason I kinda know what happens in the end with anya especially now after she seems to be used by Charles in some way, or at least she seems to be "geassed" by him...Her Knightmare is called Mordred isn't it?

Wasn't Mordred the guy who fatally wounded *king* Arthur ?

[RyougaZell]

I actually watched the combo for almost 10 times then comes shinta's gif.. you don't wanna know how many times I watched it..

Since it seemed you missed my post on the flaming pit...

Can you PLEASE change the signature? or at least censor it? Some of us browse at work. And please do not answer like that other idiot that posted to deactivate all images from gotwoot forums.

[kenren]

I seriously need to know how Charles does things. Yeah, the love confession scene is very filler-like. Aside from that, the reason why Karen punched Suzaku was because Suzaku tried using Refrain on her? Or is it something else that I've missed?

[shinta|hikari]

It was very foolish of Lelouch to simply assume that his father is dead. He doesn't know anything about that place or what happened, and he just chooses to believe the best possible outcome for him (hasn't he realized luck is not on his side in R2?). Because of his impatience and underestimation of the man who conquered 1/3 of the world, his sister is now in danger. He better start learning not to look down on his enemies, especially since none of them deserve it.

@ken - I'm pretty sure it's the refrain.

[TheBladeChild]

Wasn't Mordred the guy who fatally wounded *king* Arthur ?

Taken from wikipedia:

Mordred or Modred (Welsh: Medraut, Medrod, etc.) is a character in the Arthurian legend, known as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur fatally wounded. Tradition varies on his relationship to Arthur, but he is best known today as Arthur's illegitimate son by his half-sister Morgause. In earlier literature, he was considered the legitimate son of Morgause, also known as Anna, with her husband King Lot of Orkney. His brothers or half-brothers are Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth.

[shinta|hikari]

Let us not forget that Lancelot also betrayed King Arthur...

[David75]

By the way, Lelouch said about the "thought elevator" that it was some kind of other world. Pretty much in the idea of a virtual/mind world, I guess we don't need to know much more than that.

And his geass is still active. So some questions from last ep are answered, even partly

[TheBladeChild]

Let us not forget that Lancelot also betrayed King Arthur...

I always thought that was a fitting name for Suzaku's Knightmare.

[KrayZ33]

but he is best known today as Arthur's illegitimate son by his half-sister Morgause. In earlier literature, he was considered the legitimate son of Morgause, also known as Anna

Let us not forget that Lancelot also betrayed King Arthur...

would be awesome if charles altered her memories, so he could become the King or something like that

and I haven't even thought about the lancelot ^^

I hope they will do something like that... and didn't choose the names just for show because they were knights of the round.

Aside from that, the reason why Karen punched Suzaku was because Suzaku tried using Refrain on her? Or is it something else that I've missed?

I thought she got angry because Suzaku said "sorry that I wanted to use Refrain on you" and she beat him up saying "DO YOU REALLY THINK I'LL OVERLOOK THIS JUST BECAUSE YOU SAID SORRY?" or something like that

well I don't really care, even though suzaku became less of a whiner (or fanatic) in the last few episode, he deserved it ^^

[shinta|hikari]

The problem about Lancelot being the name of a traitor is it may symbolize Suzaku betraying the emperor (King Arthur in this case?) and siding with Lelouch after he learns about the circumstances surrounding Euphy's death.

[Yukimura]

The Kallen beat down was awesome, it's too bad that Suzaku is made of magic and wasn't actually being hurt by it. Kallen certainly doesn't look like she hits like a girl. but he was only wearing those token bandages for like a day before being perfectly healed. I think he might be beyond the redemption of the rod at this point. He seems to constantly seek out punishment to absolve him of his guilt however he hasn't realized that he simply can't be harmed physically. The only way to reach his twisted mind would be a psychological attack, however he's already too twisted for a psychological attacks to result in him admitting that not only has he been terribly wrong pretty much the whole show but at any time he can CHOOSE to change and start making up for it.

In other news, Cornealia Bondage = Win, Maid C.C. = Epic Win. And OMG the Pizza scene was just too cute.

The plot was pure setup (is there ever enough setup in this show?) but one of the elements I found quite interesting was the "Give Suzaku the Bomb" scenario. Nina is quite the bitch to enthusiastically support putting Suzaku in the position of potentially having to obliterate his former countrymen for the sin of standing up for themselves after he unilaterally decided they should give up. But if it causes Suzaku mental anguish it can't be all that bad, I just hope the loser doesn't actually decide to use it and just ask for more ultimately meaningless beatings from Kallen.

[KrayZ33]

btw I lol'd when I saw this here



I had to go to wikipedia to find out why this is the case, but still its funny that they haven't conquered their own "motherland" yet.

[staffcc]

Hahaha that's true. Well code geass does have an alternate universe story...

[David75]

I guess the explanation comes from the fact you understand the britanian empire much better when your not in Great Brittain.
But sometimes it's also just a lack of culture from the creators, or the fact that the homeland is never considered the same no matter what.

[staffcc]

Is it really an oversight? Well, its not really a big deal anyway, unless they somehow make it part of the story right?

[KrayZ33]

You can read the reason on wikipedia... it makes sense since history is different in Code Geass..

I don't think it's a spoiler so I'll sum it up: (it has nothing to do with the current storyline in Code geass imho, it was helpful to know in the very first episodes and I hardly doubt that it will be explained...well maybe it has alrdy been explained in season 1.. not sure)

It has to do with Julius Caeser's invasion beeing resisted by the celtic people who selected their first "king" (who started the imperial line around ~56 ), the colonie's rebellion ( 1776 ... I think thats when the british forces came to America to break the rebillion) beeing supressed and Napoleon conquering the British Isles a few years later...

the king was exiled(?) to america and startes his campaign there. (see the development of britannia's territory in this episode)

[staffcc]

Interesting take on history. I guess it makes sense then.