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[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

I can't hold it in, I really need to talk about this episode!

Gosh, usually I can hold in all of my excitment when I finish watched a Code Geass episode, but I was constantly screaming and going NOOO througout this episode.

First: Woah? What's with all of the bondage in this episode? There's Kallen all strapped up, and then that one girl who's on the same side with Xing Ke (gosh,I can't remember her name ): ) And in the end there's Kallen in CC's old uniform. (Tian Zi's uber close teary faced shot during the meeting was hentai-esque too.)

Second: What happened with Anya and CC? I assumed CC's contact with Anya made her see some of Anya's memories or something? Slowly revealing to the viewers there is some relationship between Anya and Lelouch, like they grew up together, or she was a crazy stalker in the Palace.

Third: Shirley & Lelouch on the phone -> Like woah I almost thought Lelouch was like in love love with Nunnally. Kinda blew my mind for a second, this is going to cause some more incest.

Fourth: SayokoxShirley? Wat.

Fith: Anya in Middle School uniform... I thought she was 17 or something? Is this just pushing the Loli, or just sporting her taste in fashion (I quite like Ashford female uniform better than the Middle School one) She's 14! I read she was 17 and couldn't believe it, glad to know she's 14 though.

I need to watch this episode over again a few times to clear things up. I hope I didn't miss any tiny details that surprise people and are overlooked (like in the 1st episode with the Emperor's geass, It completely missed that)

Any other random comments about this episode you'd like to add, be my guest!

Comments

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

Omg, I was happy when the Eunuchs died also!

Code Geass doesn't have a Loli or Bondage quote. I also suppose there isn't a quota for Crotch shots either.

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

Orange-kun is the modified clone of CC xD

Erm, that's a good question, but there are scans of Marianne when she was younger and she had the exact same hairstyle as Anya, tha's why people speculate she's the clone. I don't imagine CLAMP could run out of character designs. (wait I totally take that back since Suzaku is Syaoran, and Lelouch is Kamui.)

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

First: Eh. Fanservice. Can't help it. Kallen getting shipped of to Britannia wasn't all too surprising. I'm just worried about the consequences of this. There are two ways I see this playing out. One, brainwipe. Which would effectively ruin it, since she has a lot of potential now that she's in Britannia. Her character is in sore need of development. Especially on the whole 'hating the Britannian side of her' thing. She really, really needs to get over that. Hopefully, it'll be my second choise: used as bait for C.C. Lelouch is important and all, but since Lelouch was also used as C.C. bait, it seems like the Big Bads want C.C. a lot more.

Second: I was interested in the sudden C.C. and Anya syncro and the exchange between Lelouch and C.C. more than anything else in the episode. My character radar wasn't even on Anya (I was a bit intrigued when I heard she was obsessed with blogging memories, but that was about it...) until I heard rumors early on in the season and saw the pictures of younger Marianne. Now I'm really interested in what they have planned for her. Especially her tatoo. I kinda like the Marianne copy theory, but she also might be a childhood friend (or perhaps an illegitimate sibling, if her Knightmare's name has anything to do with it) that was used for Geass experiments?

Third: Oh, Shirley >___> The power of love thing was kinda cheesy, but I like how the writers keep poking fun at Lelouch's lack of experience in love affairs. Yanno, I know Ashford is important to Lelouch...but I want more Geass plot, plzkthx. Almost halfway through the series here, people! Let's get a move on!

Also, I was rather amused with Lelouch and C.C.'s affectionate banter. Despite having shipped them for so long, this was where I realized how far their relationship has come; they've passed their cold partnership and entered into something akin to mutual affection. Nice. I had a feeling the 'boya' and 'majo' thing would stick.

And does anyone else think that Zero's coat hanger is the coolest thing in the world? >___> I want something like that though I'll probably stab myself in the eye when trying to open it

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

Technically, they had two in R1 as well (the episode with Arthur and the episode with the pizza festival). Let's just hope that this means they'll exhaust their two Ashford related fillers so they don't have to interfere with the last few episodes.

[recodes.livejournal.com]

Orange-kun is the modified clone of CC xD

Let's disregard him because of his gender XD XD XD

But yes, young Marianne does look totally like the current Anya, sans the hair colour (why they insist on unnatural hair colours for human beings, I will never understand ~_~). If it's true, though, I guess I'll be plagued by Why's. Why would they clone Marianne?? Why was she ordered to die in the first place? Heck, the whole show strated out about Lulu's revenge and him wanting to find out who gave out the orders, so how about some serious investigations and results about it? :P

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

It would make sense that they'd use Kallen as bait, but then again it wouldn't make sense. I think they used Lelouch as bait because they knew he had some significant bond with CC previously, I dono if Kallen and CC have anything to do with each other, and I think the only reason CC would really want Kallen back is to help Lelouch, I'm sure they'll use her to do something crappy to Zero.

Why would they clone Marianne though? That's my question.

Lol! I know, I really like Geass plot over Ashford. I think Ashford was appropriate first season because Lelouch was in school and stuff.. but now Geass is so much more important.

Lol! I almost thought it was a weapon when I first saw it, cool hanger, kinda pushing how the world really likes useless inventions (especially in America)

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

Well if we knew Why, it wouldn't make watching the series so exciting. They just like to leave us guessing.

What if Orange-kun is a girl... lawwlll.

[recodes.livejournal.com]

Zero's coat hanger is win. Bandai should mass produce it soon for fanatics' sake XD I'll buy one, I'm sure O_o

a childhood friend (or perhaps an illegitimate sibling, if her Knightmare's name has anything to do with it) that was used for Geass experiments?

Mordred as in Sir Mordred the Traitor, right? It's disturbing to see Anya as the 'ambiguously evil' or manipulative type, or that she's an illegitimate child of, say, Marianne. No way...?

[recodes.livejournal.com]

What if Orange-kun is a girl.

If he's a girl, than I'm a lesbo. No way XD XD XD

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling the 'boya' and 'majo' thing would stick.

???

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

Well, C.C. has become attached to Kallen, so I think she'll go after her if need be. Not only for Lelouch, but for herself. I think C.C. views Kallen as a friend and fellow female comrade. They were stuck together for a year after all. And I think V.V. knows that Kallen has a connection to C.C. due to the island episode. In the end, it depends on who uses her first. If Schieznel gets to her, then she'll be used as bait for Zero. But if the Emperor or V.V. manages to speak to her, they might find a way to get her to cough up C.C. via mindfuck.

Why? Not entirely sure myself. All I know is that Marianne has a connection to C.C. and they need C.C.'s power for something...I like the idea, although I'm not sure how it would work.

The writers have been disappointing me a bit lately, mostly because I've been really looking forward to the Geass plot and all the others ones seem...a bit lackluster in comparison. However, I did enjoy the China arc, mostly for Midorikawa Xing Ke and the cuteness that is Tian Zi. Although, admittedly, the strange romantic fascination between the two kind of squicks me out; was I the only one who saw them as a father & daughter pair?

Yeah, I thought it was a weapon too! Or perhaps a communicator or something. But no. It was a hanger. Still, it was a pretty awesome hanger, and looking at the design, I say it was made or commissioned by Lelouch. Which would explain the uselessness of it xD

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

The little insults they used in this episode (boy and witch, respectively). They first used it during the second attempt of their pizza festival:

"Such a pushy boy."

"Shut up, witch!"

[arhel.livejournal.com]

The official cell phone site claims he's actually 17, so...

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

and here i've been calling them the Witch and the Warlock

[rkold.livejournal.com]

OMG Yes, Nunnally! I was just in awe of Sunrise having Lelouch take Shirley's speech like that.

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

I'd buy it too! Although I probably wouldn't use it as a hangar xD I'd be too scared of it.

Yup! I'm sure everyone's sick of the Arthurian parallels with Code Geass, but I think it's reasonable to suspect Anya due to her frame's name. I'm hoping that they're going to use at least some of the Mordred parallels, since I see a lot of potential with it. But who knows?

[kankiin.livejournal.com]

That works too xD

[scuba-dooba.livejournal.com]

I nearly spit out my tea when I read that XD

[rkold.livejournal.com]

Ok am I the only person who thought that rather than to screw over Lelouch or Kallen it's possible Suzaku had her transferred to him because he was trying to be a good guy and save her life?!?!?!

Yeah, Lelouch is pissed about it, but let's be honest, from Suzaku's perspective there was no reason to think Zero was going to somehow manage to turn things around and ummm win. ^_^;; Considering the Eunuchs are planning on killing Xingke, his cool Chinese assistant whose name slips my mind and even Tian-Zi, would it be so shocking for them to kill Kallen too?? Unless you know for sure it is something horrible from some sort of spoilers, I'd prefer to give Suzaku the benefit of the doubt and think maybe he actually thought he was helping her. He was the one who apologized to her before the battle started in 06 and in 08 seemed horrified by Zero selling out the Black Knights. ^_^;;

The outfit Kallen ends in is the typical Britannian prisoner uniform. It's the same one Suzaku wore in 4 when they thought he killed Clovis.

2. I want to say somehow Anya is going to prove connected to the royal family and knowing chibi!Lulu. Since didn't CC have a similar sort of short circuit that time she touched Suzaku except he had all those foreshadowing memories of killing his Dad and some nekkid sequences, yeah!! fan-service!!

3. Yeah the Lelouch/Nunnally on the phone just blew my mind completely. lol

And I seriously think Gino is the first character I have ever seen who looks awful in a school uniform. I so hope he goes back to his KoR outfit. ;;_;;

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

I dono if Suzaku really intended to save her, he may have some back plans, the same thing he did with Nunnally.

[rkold.livejournal.com]

But we found out he hasn't had any plans with Nunnally ^_^;;; Nunnally requested on her own to be the new governor because she wants to continue Euphie's plan and prove her sister was not just the "Massacre Princess" ^_^;;

Suzaku's only plan with Nunnally has been to try to protect her and he's been nothing but gentlemanly and kind to her.

About the only thing he did to Nunnally was not tell her the truth, and while Suzaku feels guilty about it, the version of the truth Suzaku knows is not particularly flattering to Lelouch and it's probably actually a mercy he has not told her. ^_^;;;

(Cause as 08 showed, Suzaku does not know Lelouch geass'ed Euphie by accident. Do you really think he should tell Nunnally, yeah Lelouch has some magic power he used on Euphie to make her kill people and then killed her. I don't know Nunnally might love her brother an awful lot but I think she would be pretty horrified to hear something like that. ^_^;; )

[nekroskoma.livejournal.com]

i thought of that

didn't Suzaku promise to bring kallen back to school, safe

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that Lelouch?

[csakura.livejournal.com]

what? ppl don't like the china arc?? it's like the best thing to happen on code geass imo...i mean, xing-ke...!

[inulovinkit.livejournal.com]

OMG...Gino in a school uniform... o:

I think my face was the same as Lelouch's for that entire scene... DEAR GOD, WHAT HAS SUNRISE DONE! D: