Code Geass Episode 5: Discussion!

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Episode 5: 皇女と魔女
The Imperial Princess and the Witch










We begin by seeing Cornelia taking control of Area 18 with her army. For whatever reason I always somewhat felt that Lelouch had some sort of a similarity with her. Well, at least for this episode they were both introduced with a fiery entrance (at least Zero was shown to the public that way in the last episode). Cornelia has decided to take control of Area 11 and avenge the death of her brother, Clovis. Her goal? To find Zero!

Lelouch returns home to see a familiar face of someone whom he thought died via bullet to the brain. I guess I'd be a little surprised too. I mean, he did watch her die in front of him. There was a bullet in her head, after all. She survived and there's not even a scar to show she was ever shot. At any rate, it's nice to see that Nunnally and C.C. are getting along pleasantly—except she's under the assumption that Lelouch is marrying her. I gotta say, though, I didn't get the feeling that Nunnally really believed the breaking of that cup was legit. Unfortunately for Lelouch he doesn't get to have a lot of his questions answered by the mysterious C.C..

In other news poor Jeremiah has lost his leadership due to the whole "orange" incident. No one trusts him after he let Zero escape and even attacked his own men claiming they were disobeying his orders. For those wondering what "orange" meant, Lelouch claims it was just a casual remark that some people will want to know the meaning of and others will begin to analyze what it does mean. Suspicion. Luckily for Suzaku, due to the whole ordeal they acquitted that there was not enough evidence to charge him with the murder of Clovis, so he was found innocent! Other than that other terrorist groups are making a ruckus because of the whole Zero thing, thinking it's time to revolt; even the Japanese that Toudou is a part of wants to act now, but Toudou seems to be very patient and he wants to wait and not get caught up in the whole Zero thing.

Anyways, is it just me or is this entire anime built on lies? When Suzaku meets Euphemia for the first time one of the first thing she says to him is a lie. She's being chased by bad people? Moreover she lies about who she is—well she omits the fact that she's the princess Euphemia and just tells Suzaku that she's Eufie. However, I get that she did that so she could see who he was on a different level. For example when Suzaku stepped in when some Britannian soldiers were creating a ruckus with an Eleven. He took a lot of heat from the Britannians. Later he stepped in when there was a coup d'état against Jeremiah, which later caused Euphemia to step in and stop the fight using her royal power. Maybe it was a test for Suzaku because she knew who he was when they met, I believe. Either way, Lloyd knew the entire time, that bastard!

I gotta hand it to Lelouch, though. He put Geass on a girl to test how long Geass stays on a given person for. Every day at the same time she goes to the same spot and carves in the wall the same image. Even C.C. is impressed.

Suzaku is attending Ashford Academy! :D

Next time: 奪われた仮面
The Stolen Mask

P.S. I will be deleting previous image batches from my flickr account within the next week, save for this one.

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I did this yesterday, but the post went up fifteen minutes after I had to leave for work today. D: Oh well, onto the points!

Code Geass Points
R1 Episode 5

+10 Corneilia being a badass
-10 Racist Britannian Colonialism
-2 And suddenly, Saturday-Morning-Cartoon-Villain-esque ham-fisted (and totally unnecessary) "I'll get you Zero"
+2 Lelouch's face when he sees C.C.
+10 This scene, I lol'ed forever
+5 C.C. being C.C.
+3 Aww, Nunnally trying to be supportive of her big brother
-5 I CAN'T LIE TO NUNNALLY strike 1
+2 How are you enjoying your Death Note--I mean, the power I gave you
+2 Lelouch what the hell are you doing with your hands
+2 Oh dear, he's crawling on top of her in bed! :D
+1 Lelouch googling Suzaku---Sorry, would that be biglobing?
-4 Suzaku, so shocked he could possibly be freed, almost disappointed
+3 D'aww, Euphie
+2 Arthur is the audience
+4 "I think unrequited love is the mark of a kind person."
+2 Suzaku is adorable here too
+1 Suzaku making ANGRY FACES at Zero on TV
+3 LOL Suzaku treats her like a princess without knowing she is
-5 Lelouch, googling Suzaku in public? Not bright.
-2 I never want to hear Kallen say the phrase "When the two of us were in the bathroom" ever again
+2 C.C. lol I troll u
+3 Accidental vaguely romantic gestures and comedic misunderstandings! :D
+1 C.C. dat ass
+2 Carve-tan!
-1 Wait, C.C. doesn't know what Geass means? Inconsistent, Sunrise!
+1 Lulu, you make the best faces all the time
-12 Oh my God, I hate these dumbass dickwad kids
+1 Tamaki has a point (and earns one as a result)
-3 Tamaki stop being such an asshole
-10 OH MY GOD THESE KIDS
+25 THANK YOU EUPHIE: *slaps the shit out of dumbass kid* "I'll not allow you to insult this man any longer you oaf!"
+2 Thank you, Professor Lelouch
-3 The dubbing of this scene is pretty bad
+5 I really like how this scene was done otherwise though
+3 Oh Lelouch, that smirk *swoon*
-10 Wait, you keep your officials honest through unofficial, unsanctioned executions?
+7 Suzaku knows how to push Lloyd's buttons
+2 The dubbing of this scene is MUCH better
+6 Lancelot in this scene
-2 Mecha anime, why do you have to always do that "OH MY GOD, THEY'VE PERFECTED (fake technology)!!!"
+4 Suzaku to the rescue!
+4 PROTECT EUPHIE!
+5 Euphemia li Britannia sheds the cuteness and goes all badass to take care of business
+2 I love how Lloyd totally knew and barely cared, like "mmhmm, yeah, I totes knew it"
+2 More badass srs Euphie
+5 Hahaha, Cornelia whips out the gun so fast (Precursor to CMOA with V.V.?)
+2 Lelouch fake-reaction-shot
+2 SUZAKU AT ASHFORD? WHAT WILL HAPPEN? :O
P.S. In the preview, he even says that he's lying to Nunnally. Lelouch, you are inconsistent and unreliable! (But ILU anyway)