Episode 15 Official Site Summary + mininews

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- The Official Site has released its summary of Episode 15, Kassai no Mao. Translation :



Episode 15 : Mao of the Applause

C.C. states that she will break off her contract with Lelouch and go back to Mao. Not listening to his objections, she left [Lelouch's] side. C.C. knows that Mao's objective is her, and decides to meet him again to take responsibility. At the appointed amusement park, she points a gun at him, but cannot pull the trigger. At the same time, in order to save C.C., Lelouch ponders how to fight an opponent who can read his every thought.



- In unrelated news that probably won't affect any of us here but is interesting to know anyway, Biglobe has put up Code Geass blog design templates for its users. There is the 'general series poster' we're used to seeing, one of Lelouch, one of the Lancelot, and one of...*drums roll*...Orange! The last one strikes me as awesome news, for some reason.

Comments

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

Yup, Lloyd is just a complete scientist. XD You get what you see with Lloyd. It's why some of the things he says are so funny - they're not things people with social graces are not supposed to say, like pointing out Suzaku's glaring logical errors. But Lloyd says them anyway. XD

Yes, when it comes down to it, the reason so many people hate on Suzaku is he's in Lelouch's way (with a mech people like to moan is a deus ex machina, but is actually perfectly legitamate in the plot, and not even Suzaku's!). XD

And yet so many ship them as a couple (which is totally unfeasible in my opinion; there would be nothing when it's actually revealed that beyond their old friendship - which is just reminiscing really - they'd hate each other now, as soon as they found out who the other was!)

Intererestingly, the (I think) Newtype supplement suggests that Cornelia is stronger than Schneizel in military power; but Schneizel is smarter. :) Hence having Lloyd and the Lancelot. :D He might not be quite the physical soldfier his sister is, but he has the brains to employ the best to build a custom mech for him (or for his personal army? He might not pilot it himself at all).

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Suzaku being a completely embarrassing person in his Nice Guy Mode + Lelouch being a really, really emotionally dependent person though he is oh so in denial about it = basis for SuzaLulu, at least the Japanese side of fandom. Western fen seems to be leaning more towards crack.

Hahaha. Basically, LL = Schneizel, Kallen = Cornelia. From the big picture, of course. I don't think Schneizel is a mechpilot guy, really. The clothes he's shown in, for one thing, is not a military man's clothes. He's more likely the commander.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

Kallen = Cornelia Except for the facts that Corneila is beautiful, a talented pilot and doesn't get lame crushes on people when she doesn't even know who they actually are...>:) *I love Karen - can you tell?*

I am a real yaoi fangirl, don't get me wrong, but the relationship doesn't work for me. I don't see it at all. :) So there we go. I am one of these yawnsome people who has to see some chemistry to ship a couple. And here, I personally don't. Not that kind of chemistry.

As I say, I can't see Lelouch with anyone at this point. And Suzaku has fallen for Euphemia. (Ambitiously! XD Though you know what, even though he's an 'eleven', if Suzaku could romance his daughter and hold off the opposition to him, I bet the Emperor would be impressed and might well give it his private blessing XD)

I love the thought of Schneizel in his new mech. He'd get up in there, into the cockpit and Cornelia would get in hers and off she'd go. And then a few minutes later, she'd get a call from Schneizel saying "So...how'd you actually start these things up then?"....lol!

[sapphire-pyro.livejournal.com]

It does sound like a rather Lulu/CC episode, doesn't it? <-- Yessssssssssssssssssssssss xD

And for once Lulu will be the one saving C.C. . . not vice versa. xD It makes me so excited =3

I wonder why this wasn't mentioned in the rumors-after-eppie-11 post x_X I slowly lost interest after knowing there isn't much C.C. stuff but seeing what will happen in eppie 15 has returned my CG hyperactiveness xD

I do wonder why Mao never said 'thank you' to C.C. if he's THAT obsessed about her. You'd think he'd say everything nice, unless he wasn't that happy while they were together.<-- He didn't? Oh yeah, C.C. had mentioned that Lulu was the first one. Hhhmmm . . . maybe he only treats her some kind of tool? Like a boy obsessed with his gameboy? ^^; And I don't think he wasn't happy being with her if he's THAT obsessed. Maybe he was simply not satisfied? x_X

but I may be wrong . . .I haven't seen eppie 14 yet ^^; All knowledge based on spoilers xD Hehe

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Why do I have a feeling neither LL nor CC appreciates this whole shenanigan very much? XDD As for rumors...I heard the 'broken contract' rumor, but it seemed the rumor guy wanted to keep most CC stuff secret.

According to what Thomasvye said down there, CC met Mao exactly one year before she ran into Lulu in Japan. Which means, she left him after one year. Wonder what happened.

Might I mention that the 'thank you' scene looks rather shippy in light of episode 14.

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

Yes, aside from Lloyd, I have the impression that you start off affectionately listing all the stupidities in the people you love. XD And that might be because Lloyd currently has done no stupidities, except pissing Cecile off.

I am not a yaoi fangirl (except for very special occasions where the manlove IS the point of a very good series, and done convincingly) and thus cannot really see the appeal. The chemistry used to be there at episode...6, however. 14 DOES have one "WTF Suzaku" line, but considering what they said to each other in 13, well.

LL/CC is my preferred pairing. It works like a falling Hindenburg at the moment, sure, but give them looooooots of time they might crack under pressure. What better pairing than that between the two most selfish monsters? At present, I doubt LL even sees himself in that kind of light ('romanceable character') , even if he's a romanticist at heart. XD

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

XD Well, I do like to be honest about the people I like, and as they're mostly villains, I'm pretty much happy with the fact that they're a bad old lot, but they have their saving graces. ;) I guess it's important to me not to whitewash away all their most interesting psychological tangles - why excuse away what makes them interesting you klnow? :)

I also like relationships. Yaoi is hot, but I don't go for random pairings; all my Code Geass ships, as it happens, are het. That's just the way the show has turned out for me. I won't build in boy's love for the sake of it. ;) Though...I am certain there was a bit of a spark of something between Gilford and Jeremiah. But unfortuneately, the scene wasn't longh enough to get more than a brief impression. They obviously know each other though.

(I love the way Cecile treats Lloyd because it's so affectionate really. She just thinks he's a terrible idiot. XD Which he's not exactly; he just says what he thinks unfiltered through the normal social graces we learn to use. That might be aprt of what Schneizel likes about him, I guess).

Lelouch and CC certainly deserve each other. ;) Poor Mao. And yes, even though I was never her fan, poor Shirley. And poor Karen, with the biggest rude awakening to come. >:)

[(Anonymous)]

It'll be easy to defeat Mao. Lulu has in the past used the strategy needed to defeat Mao in the past. Simply telling his subordinates a half truth to lure them into the trap. Lulu didn't tell his subordinates he was going to cause a landslide (he commented on the effectiveness of "haisui no jin" on this own people) or blow up that JLF ship (as bait and decoy to destory Cornillia's main offensive units and leave Cornillia vulnerable). if he can convince one or two people to take down Mao (CC comes to mind who is immune to the power of the geass or even Karen), he merely has to tell them part of his plan, then set up a trap by anticipating Mao's counterplan from the limited information Lulu told his collaberator

[verity-isle.livejournal.com]

The same thought has occurred to me. However, I'm always hoping that would not be the case. In fact, I've been wishing the writers would do some creative strategy changes for sometime now. Maybe if Mao is an insanely intelligent person who can actually backfire Lulu's plans back at him.

A fan can dream, right? (Yes, I know there's nothing fundamentally wrong with (most of) Lulu's successful plans. They're functional. They're practical. But they're also foreseenable. Obvious to the observer, like chess and real overall war strategy I suppose. It makes sense, but damn, elaborate wtf is more entertaining to watch!)

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

If it's easy, it's boring.

[sapphire-pyro.livejournal.com]

Why do I have a feeling neither LL nor CC appreciates this whole shenanigan very much? <-- no idea ^^;

As for rumors...I heard the 'broken contract' rumor, but it seemed the rumor guy wanted to keep most CC stuff secret. <-- o_o . . .oh, I see xD

CC met Mao exactly one year before she ran into Lulu in Japan. Which means, she left him after one year. Wonder what happened.<-- hopefully eppie 15 or later will tell something about it x_X

Might I mention that the 'thank you' scene looks rather shippy in light of episode 14.<-- *STILL hasn't seen eppie 14 xD Shirley's being close to Lulu annoys me x_X*

[trellius.livejournal.com]

Well, it sounds like i was right. Lulu and CC both come to conclusion that in order for Lulu to put Mao into a checkmate he's short one "piece" (or person). If you think about it, this the most reasonable, highest probability method save a infinately rare cosmic accident.