Code Geass was like the BEST Anime I watched this year. It felt even better than Haruhi herself! I thought I would dislike this Anime as it had mecha in it, but to my amazement it barely has it. It was like a Death Note but with better action and such. Death Note's ending, though, was more sad to me than Code Geass' ending.
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All’s well that ends well. When we last left Zero he was beaten, surrounded by enemies and looking at the face of defeat… or so the Brits and their Chinese lackeys though. Zero makes a “desperate” plea to Eunuchs to spare the Empress. Of course they deny and laugh at this ideals. Eh, they obviously don’t know [...]
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I´ve been trying to think about what made Code Geass´s first season better than second. R2 is great, but it´s not as amazing as original. What made the first season more enjoyable, is that during it Lelouch was building his position as Zero. He started from nothing, but little by little he got an army of [...]
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China: your source for lolis! Episode 11 “Power of the Mind” at a glance: Lelouch’s miraculous appearance as both Zero and himself is explained, showing that Sayoko has been acting as his double all along, fooling his classmates. Zero uses a secret meeting with the Chinese Eunuch Generals to expose their corrupt intentions to the Chinese public. [...]
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As expected of Sunrise, another new mecha and lots of fanservicey shots up their sleeve… Death to DRM! The design flaw for this set up is that it would be very hard to pay proper attention to the tactical display; would have to constantly tear eyes away from starring at Cecile-nee’s behind… 0_0 Lloyd: Mmmm… new mecha to [...]
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Fanservice and lulz are back with a vengeance! And so are the parallels with the first season, though I haven’t cared enough to follow them episode to episode. There are so many things to keep up with in this series that I can’t be buggered to try anymore. So Sayoko is Lulu v2, and she’s getting [...]
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I feel as if there was a lot of development in this episode. The only problem is that none of the development was properly, uh, developed. Which is like saying we were fed with teasers that might not even be explained later on [thinking about that kinda pisses me off]. And about Lulu’s clone. It [...]
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I suppose I really should have gotten used to Code Geass finishing episodes with "What the Hell?!" moments by now, but for some reason I can never quite get comfortable with that expectation.Anyhow, episode eleven of Code Geass R2 reveals exactly how Lelouch gets to be in two places at one, via some kind of Mission Impossible-esque disguise and perhaps the world's coolest nanny, who appears quite happy to snog Shirley for the sake of her charge (and also leaves me wondering why I didn't get the phone call to play Lelouch's stand-in, I can gesticulate in a wildly camp manner too you know!).Beyond new worries at Ashford Academy for Lelouch, this episode once again turns the deus ex machina into an art form, turning what appears to be an unassailable advantage for both the Chinese Federation and Britannia into a complete defeat for the Eunuchs which forces Britannia's withdrawal for that conflict, albeit with Kallen still hostage and under their careful watch. Deus ex machine of the week was, perhaps predictably, another new Knightmare, complete with some arbitrarily kick-ass weaponary.As always with Code Geass R2, it's oddly compelling stuff even when you get the impression they're making it up as they go along. No matter how implausible, there's still a real thrill in watching Zero pull an astounding victory out of nowhere, and this episode also managed to remind us all that it doesn't always take itself entirely seriously with a scene where Lelouch basically calls up Shirley to ask her what to do, a decision that could impact an entire (and massive) country.If there's one thing I've learned about this show (and R2 in particular), it's that if you don't take it too seriously then it's easily the most enjoyable anime on the air right now. The action is pretty break-neck, making for plenty of over-powered mecha action, the plots are crazy but cheering on Zero is so much fun these days it's hard to care, and indeed the overall plot of one man against the world so beloved of video games equally oozes coolness in its own way. It seems that my ability to criticise turns to mush in the wake of this series, almost to the point where I wonder if I've been Geass'ed myself...
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“Where’s my pizza?” It’s cool now guys. Code Geass is back from the dead. As Pierce Brosnan would say if he were an anime otaku blogging about Code Geass: It lives to die another day. Okay, so it’s not perfect, but at least we are free of this particular uninspired story arc and on to greener [...]
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Okay, so the fake Lelouch is Ninja Sayoko after all. Kinda shivered at seeing Lelouch act so girly when alone with Rollo. Also, surprise kiss on Shirley gg! And this brings the end of the China arc for Geass R2. Of course our dear Zero is never without backup plans, and with some egging on of [...]
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