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Episode 22 Discussion
Just finished watching Episode 22... I'm so heated up I had to take a shower after this. It's a very brilliant and tormenting episode.
In episode 21, Euphie announced her brilliant plan and though a simple and crazy idea it appeared, if accurately executed, there is a possibility it can work. Of course, all sides doubt the success of the plan - the Japanese people themselves, the group in Kyoto, the E.U. & Chinese federation, the Black Knight Organization, and even within the Britannians there seem to be other people with different agenda. However, Euphie's image - the innocent and kind hearted princess - seems to win over people trust and finally the whole world have their eyes set on the event that might alter the fate not only of the Elevens/ Japanese people but also the rest of the world (because Japan is not Britannia's only colony).
The event is all set to go but there is still an empty seat left for Zero. Finally Zero appeared riding the knightmare. He demanded to talk to Euphie alone and so Euphie and Zero relocated to the room. Zero asked Eupie to shoot him and Euphie went (?). Well, if Eupie shoot him, then Euphie's popularity will go down and there will be riots so in this way Zero can proceed with his original plan - to create the country. All his previous obstacles were cleared ... until this plan. However, Euphie wanted Zero to cooperate with her and she told him that to exchange for the permission of creating the special administrative region Japan, she gave up her rights to succeed the throne. Lelouche's geass was about to break at that point but Euphie's annoucement soothed him down, especially when Euphie said she was doing this not for his sake but Nanali because Nanali would be satisfied as long as she had her brother. Lelouche softened and agreed to cooperate with Euphie but made it clear he's not her subordinate. He also started joking that if he ordered people to do things, they can't refuse. Sadly, his joke went too far and when he said if he ordered her to kill Japanese people... that point Euphie was influenced by geass. She struggled because she did not want to kill the Japanese people but she lost and then she went beserk. She even shot the Britannian soldier who was trying to question her behavior. Since she fired the first shot and ordered the rest of the Britannia army to do so, the soldiers obeyed her order and thus what initially would have been a celebration for the Japanese people for reganing their identity turned up to be the opening ceremony of a war the people would never forget.
Back in his knightmare, Lelouche realized the adverse consequences of using a dangerous weapon as geass. Sadly, all he could do by then was to order his black knight organization to start hunting for Euphie (in tears) ...
And KILL HER.
That's the main storyline. Other developments:
C.C.: While Lelouche and Euphie were talking alone, she sensed the changes in Lelouche's geass. At the same time, she also realized that Suzaku seemed to have an affiliation with geass as well...
Suzaku: When Lelouche and Eupie were talking alone and Lelouche's geass started altering, he saw a figure on Lelouche's knightmare. Then, when C.C. realized Suzaku might have something to do with geass as well, she came out of Lelouche's knightmare. When Suzaku touched C.C., he saw the girls from C.C's tribe (?) and then she saw Lelouche's mom in something like a priestess outfit? He then fainted. The rest of the soldiers tried to approach C.C. but that's when geass went beserk. After he regained consciousness, he couldn't believe Euphie ordered the massacre and started searching for Eupie.
Emperor of Britannia: He was laughing when Euphie ordered the massacre.
Schnizel: This guy was just shocked and could hardly react ...
Cornellia: Swiftly reacted and brought her soldiers and knightmare to the scene of the massacre.
My impressions:
Sorry for this summary (Crowd: You call this crap summary?)
I watch this raw and heck... my Japanese is as good as a kindergarten kid so ... ^_^;;
Anyway, the initial reaction is ... AWE. Having said that though, from a scan I saw on 2ch, it's already printed that Euphie had to die and frankly, I think killing Euphie is the best thing Lelouche can do now. Even if Euphie's not dead, when she's lifted of geass' control and realizes what she'd done, she woudl (a) commit suicide, (b) become crazy and end up in mental hospital. What a brilliant way to get rid of an annoying princess Okouchi san! Euphie's innocence annoyed me to no end. Yet, to see how a kind-hearted princess who loved her siblings and the people around her to meet such a tragic end... I must say it's VERY DEPRESSING. Thanks to this now I love Euphie... A LOT!!!!!
Next, move on to Lelouche. This is where the brilliance lies. At first, I thought the Mao arc only served to reveal that (a) there are other geass users out there and (b) Suzaku's secret of killing his own father. Now it seems I'm wrong. The whole Mao arc served as a WARNING to Lelouche... that there is a chance you can't switch off Geass. Sadly, Lelouche was too confident of himself and dismissed that warning. The outcome? The bloodshed and the loss of another sibling. I suppose those tears we see in the end of this episode says it all.
Next to C.C. Nothing much more is revealed about C.C. than the fact that now she realizes Suzaku seems to be linked to geass.
Next to Suzaku. I suppose it's been speculated before by many fans that Suzaku could be a geass user. Whether or not he is one is still not confirmed. However, he definitely has been in contact with geass before ... or at least a geass user. If Suzaku is a geass user, what's his power then? Every time he comes into contact with C.C. he seems to see flashback of the past. Could it be that his power has something to do with seeing the past? Another thing that bothered me... why would a child like Suzaku go and kill his father thinking it would achieve peace? It's quite unusual a child would think like that. Someone might have put the idea into his mind (probably?)... interesting. At any rate, without Euphie, Suzaku's position in the Britannia army might change. Will he return to being a normal Britannia solder? Or will he leave the Britannia army and join the Black Knight Organization <- but I don't see that happening... the future of Suzaku is certainly interesting.
Next to Cornelia & Schnizel. I thought in an interview before, Okouchi said Schizel's a good guy. I suppose after this episode it's safe to assume he's NOT HARAGURO (actually from the point when they casted Inoue a.k.a. Master Keaton as Schnizel's seiyuu, he can't be evil). Still, considering he's the MOST INTELLIGENT & OUTSTANDING among all the royals... his reaction is a bit hetare (laughs). Compared to him, Cornelia KICKED SO MUCH MORE A$$. I just love Cornelia but I wonder what she'll do in the next episode and how she'll confront Euphie ... alive or her body... hmmmm....next episode might also mark the end of Cornelia... who knows?
Next to the Britannia Emperor. He is the one that bothered me the most throughout. In episode 6 if you recall, he mentioned about he just spoke to Clovis. That was after Clovis' death though. What did he mean by that? Could he have special power that would allow him to speak to the dead or to see flashbacks to the past like Suzaku by touching Clovis' body or something? Then in this episode the laughter. Actually, I have a strange thought ...just a speculation. I think the Britannia Emperor is actually being controlled by some mysterious group (mainly the masked people surrounding him). The basis for my speculation is that almost all his children so far are kind hearted. I'm not arguing the Britannia Emperor is kind hearted but I thought he might be just an ordinary man who used to have feelings as well. He would fight for glory, fight to defend his family ... but he's not "crazy" as one who would laugh when he saw people being slaughtered ... hmmm....
Next ot Lelouche's mother. So far, all we know is that she's one of the earliest pilot in the early development of knightmares. Because of that, she became a noble and ultimately got married to the Emperor and gave birth to Lelouche and Nanali. However, we also know from this flashback that she's got something to do with the mysterious girls (probably geass related people like C.C.) It's funny because if she's a pilot, then she must have good reflexes but Lelouche sux and can't pilot knightmares. On the other hand, Suzaku has that ultrahuman ability. Then there is Nanali... at the moment Nanali is handicapped but probably if she weren't, maybe she would also inherit the genes and be a good pilot? Dunno. Now, back to my previous speculation... if the Emperor is controlled by this mysterious force and the mysterious force thinks Lelouche's mom is a threat, then they order her assaination. That's the reason why the Emperor felt no emotion for her death and even drove Lelouche siblings away... make sense?
That marks the end of my babblings and please correct me where I'm wrong and shout out your views toward this episode.
In episode 21, Euphie announced her brilliant plan and though a simple and crazy idea it appeared, if accurately executed, there is a possibility it can work. Of course, all sides doubt the success of the plan - the Japanese people themselves, the group in Kyoto, the E.U. & Chinese federation, the Black Knight Organization, and even within the Britannians there seem to be other people with different agenda. However, Euphie's image - the innocent and kind hearted princess - seems to win over people trust and finally the whole world have their eyes set on the event that might alter the fate not only of the Elevens/ Japanese people but also the rest of the world (because Japan is not Britannia's only colony).
The event is all set to go but there is still an empty seat left for Zero. Finally Zero appeared riding the knightmare. He demanded to talk to Euphie alone and so Euphie and Zero relocated to the room. Zero asked Eupie to shoot him and Euphie went (?). Well, if Eupie shoot him, then Euphie's popularity will go down and there will be riots so in this way Zero can proceed with his original plan - to create the country. All his previous obstacles were cleared ... until this plan. However, Euphie wanted Zero to cooperate with her and she told him that to exchange for the permission of creating the special administrative region Japan, she gave up her rights to succeed the throne. Lelouche's geass was about to break at that point but Euphie's annoucement soothed him down, especially when Euphie said she was doing this not for his sake but Nanali because Nanali would be satisfied as long as she had her brother. Lelouche softened and agreed to cooperate with Euphie but made it clear he's not her subordinate. He also started joking that if he ordered people to do things, they can't refuse. Sadly, his joke went too far and when he said if he ordered her to kill Japanese people... that point Euphie was influenced by geass. She struggled because she did not want to kill the Japanese people but she lost and then she went beserk. She even shot the Britannian soldier who was trying to question her behavior. Since she fired the first shot and ordered the rest of the Britannia army to do so, the soldiers obeyed her order and thus what initially would have been a celebration for the Japanese people for reganing their identity turned up to be the opening ceremony of a war the people would never forget.
Back in his knightmare, Lelouche realized the adverse consequences of using a dangerous weapon as geass. Sadly, all he could do by then was to order his black knight organization to start hunting for Euphie (in tears) ...
And KILL HER.
That's the main storyline. Other developments:
C.C.: While Lelouche and Euphie were talking alone, she sensed the changes in Lelouche's geass. At the same time, she also realized that Suzaku seemed to have an affiliation with geass as well...
Suzaku: When Lelouche and Eupie were talking alone and Lelouche's geass started altering, he saw a figure on Lelouche's knightmare. Then, when C.C. realized Suzaku might have something to do with geass as well, she came out of Lelouche's knightmare. When Suzaku touched C.C., he saw the girls from C.C's tribe (?) and then she saw Lelouche's mom in something like a priestess outfit? He then fainted. The rest of the soldiers tried to approach C.C. but that's when geass went beserk. After he regained consciousness, he couldn't believe Euphie ordered the massacre and started searching for Eupie.
Emperor of Britannia: He was laughing when Euphie ordered the massacre.
Schnizel: This guy was just shocked and could hardly react ...
Cornellia: Swiftly reacted and brought her soldiers and knightmare to the scene of the massacre.
My impressions:
Sorry for this summary (Crowd: You call this crap summary?)
I watch this raw and heck... my Japanese is as good as a kindergarten kid so ... ^_^;;
Anyway, the initial reaction is ... AWE. Having said that though, from a scan I saw on 2ch, it's already printed that Euphie had to die and frankly, I think killing Euphie is the best thing Lelouche can do now. Even if Euphie's not dead, when she's lifted of geass' control and realizes what she'd done, she woudl (a) commit suicide, (b) become crazy and end up in mental hospital. What a brilliant way to get rid of an annoying princess Okouchi san! Euphie's innocence annoyed me to no end. Yet, to see how a kind-hearted princess who loved her siblings and the people around her to meet such a tragic end... I must say it's VERY DEPRESSING. Thanks to this now I love Euphie... A LOT!!!!!
Next, move on to Lelouche. This is where the brilliance lies. At first, I thought the Mao arc only served to reveal that (a) there are other geass users out there and (b) Suzaku's secret of killing his own father. Now it seems I'm wrong. The whole Mao arc served as a WARNING to Lelouche... that there is a chance you can't switch off Geass. Sadly, Lelouche was too confident of himself and dismissed that warning. The outcome? The bloodshed and the loss of another sibling. I suppose those tears we see in the end of this episode says it all.
Next to C.C. Nothing much more is revealed about C.C. than the fact that now she realizes Suzaku seems to be linked to geass.
Next to Suzaku. I suppose it's been speculated before by many fans that Suzaku could be a geass user. Whether or not he is one is still not confirmed. However, he definitely has been in contact with geass before ... or at least a geass user. If Suzaku is a geass user, what's his power then? Every time he comes into contact with C.C. he seems to see flashback of the past. Could it be that his power has something to do with seeing the past? Another thing that bothered me... why would a child like Suzaku go and kill his father thinking it would achieve peace? It's quite unusual a child would think like that. Someone might have put the idea into his mind (probably?)... interesting. At any rate, without Euphie, Suzaku's position in the Britannia army might change. Will he return to being a normal Britannia solder? Or will he leave the Britannia army and join the Black Knight Organization <- but I don't see that happening... the future of Suzaku is certainly interesting.
Next to Cornelia & Schnizel. I thought in an interview before, Okouchi said Schizel's a good guy. I suppose after this episode it's safe to assume he's NOT HARAGURO (actually from the point when they casted Inoue a.k.a. Master Keaton as Schnizel's seiyuu, he can't be evil). Still, considering he's the MOST INTELLIGENT & OUTSTANDING among all the royals... his reaction is a bit hetare (laughs). Compared to him, Cornelia KICKED SO MUCH MORE A$$. I just love Cornelia but I wonder what she'll do in the next episode and how she'll confront Euphie ... alive or her body... hmmmm....next episode might also mark the end of Cornelia... who knows?
Next to the Britannia Emperor. He is the one that bothered me the most throughout. In episode 6 if you recall, he mentioned about he just spoke to Clovis. That was after Clovis' death though. What did he mean by that? Could he have special power that would allow him to speak to the dead or to see flashbacks to the past like Suzaku by touching Clovis' body or something? Then in this episode the laughter. Actually, I have a strange thought ...just a speculation. I think the Britannia Emperor is actually being controlled by some mysterious group (mainly the masked people surrounding him). The basis for my speculation is that almost all his children so far are kind hearted. I'm not arguing the Britannia Emperor is kind hearted but I thought he might be just an ordinary man who used to have feelings as well. He would fight for glory, fight to defend his family ... but he's not "crazy" as one who would laugh when he saw people being slaughtered ... hmmm....
Next ot Lelouche's mother. So far, all we know is that she's one of the earliest pilot in the early development of knightmares. Because of that, she became a noble and ultimately got married to the Emperor and gave birth to Lelouche and Nanali. However, we also know from this flashback that she's got something to do with the mysterious girls (probably geass related people like C.C.) It's funny because if she's a pilot, then she must have good reflexes but Lelouche sux and can't pilot knightmares. On the other hand, Suzaku has that ultrahuman ability. Then there is Nanali... at the moment Nanali is handicapped but probably if she weren't, maybe she would also inherit the genes and be a good pilot? Dunno. Now, back to my previous speculation... if the Emperor is controlled by this mysterious force and the mysterious force thinks Lelouche's mom is a threat, then they order her assaination. That's the reason why the Emperor felt no emotion for her death and even drove Lelouche siblings away... make sense?
That marks the end of my babblings and please correct me where I'm wrong and shout out your views toward this episode.
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