Code Geass R2 - The Adventures of Loldouche and Suzarseku (SPOILERS)
 

In which we discuss the last arc of the most loltastic anime of the last years.

R2: Episode 19
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The Black Knights are no more, and Rolo just turned from wimp to badarse in the span of twenty-minutes. He was still stupid, but a badarse stupid. Who would've thought it?

He had to die, sadly. What the fuck is up with that? Suddenly I'm turned towards liking another character and bam! he's out of the scene. Now all I have is Karen and I really doubt she's turning to Loldouche's side again.

I'm also happy that Suzarseku is suffering. Technically it wasn't really his fault that FREYA went boom all over Nunnally, but all of his past karma makes it gratifying to see his slow descent into madness.

Damn the last arc is really fucking depressing. But at least R2 is getting some of its annoying shit straight (while making more of a mess out of other things... obviously).

Rolo totally made up for all of his suckage since ep. 3 onward. But then he oh-so conveniently dies. Fucking damn it.

Black Knights finally realized how much they were being fucked up the ass and their reaction was actually reasonable compared to how they acted before. So I guess they're not fatally retarded...

Also, di-did Rolo just fucking blow up the Avalon? Cause fuck that means my two favorite characters since the beginning of Code Geass are also dead (Lloyd and Cecile).

And now Lelouch has finally realized how much of a douche he is and is trying to set things straight... I think. Good luck for him since the only people he has left to rely on are Karen (assuming she manages to get away), Jeremiah (same as Karen), CC (but she's borked goddamn it!), and maybe Suzaku (maybe he's borked enough to finally join Lelouch for reals?). So that's at least four super units versus the combined might of Britannia and possibly the Black Knights.... I wonder how the hell this is gonna work out...

Oh and now it seems that Code Geass has went from a fucked-up, twisted version of The Patriot to the ending of Evangelion since the Emperor is aiming for the end of the world and the beginning of a new one.... fuck this is getting weird. So I guess this means that Lelouch is Shinji and the Emperor takes the role of SEELE, Gendo and/or Rei? Oh oh and that means Karen is Asuka, right? .... I think I'm gonna get sick... :(

Actually, that makes no fucking sense in the continuity.

Episode four, which was a mess but still: Loldouche made an agreement with the terrorists that he would not show them his face, but instead he would show them his power. They agreed that it was fair. He demonstrated his ability to Geass people to get what he wants.

Now the Order of the Black Knights are getting all bumhurt because Lelouch didn't tell them he was a Britannian prince? And that he didn't tell them about the ability he showed them before even starting the organisation?

Just goes to show what a fuckwit Ougi was. Zero risked his life numerous times to bail Ougi's stupid arse out. Viletta shot Ougi, then did nothing when he was about to be executed, then asked to meet him and tried to shoot him again. Yet Ougi trusts that bitch more than he does Zero?

Further, they rage at Loldouche for secretly murdering Japanese, but they're totally cool with Cornelia, who openly slaughtered entire ghettoes full of people for no reason whatsoever?

If they were going to act like that against Zero they should have done so from the very beginning, not just from when the plot required it.

Random speculation: I believe Schneizel is going to order a coup d'état against his father any moment now. He has been working on his own for awhile and it seems, from his prominence in the opening, that he is a major player in the whole scheme of things.

Ah you guys. I haven't seen ep 19 yet :(

Honestly though this whole season is a huge wank-fest. I mean... CC is a slave girl now? No. No no no no no no no a million times NO. And they suffer from the same problem that show's like Smallville do, which is not resolving anygoddamnedthing ever.

Yay, spoiler tag free!

I don't think the Black Knights create any serious problem in continuity. Ultimately they're more angry about Euphicide and being geassed themselves (both of which are exaggerated contrarily to fact) than they are about being in the dark regarding Zero. Diethard even points out that geass is a good thing.

In a related matter, you'd wonder why Lelouche doesn't just permageass everyone ever. I mean, apparently he can give standing orders that last ridiculous amounts of time, so why not start everyone off with a nice "obey me?"

That's the funny thing though, They all make the assumption that Geassing them into loyalty is exactly what Lelouch did. Yet they still manage to rebel against him. You'd think someone would point out that Shooting your boss is about the least loyal thing you can do.

Yeah, they're being really vague about this "we're under his spell maybe!" thing. They're lacking in critical details they couldn't possibly have, but manage to have just enough of the picture to fuck Lelouche to the greatest extent possible. This is reminding me of Death Note again.

Oh, and Rolo is Mikami. An effective Mikami at that.

Probably because of the scare of becoming another Mao. Didn't they point out that even his eye contact won't work after a while?

Alternative thread title: "Code Geass - Death Note with mechas".

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And I just don't even know what to say about 20.

I do know!


Also:


Wackiness aside, I didn't expect Anya to be Marianne. How the fuck does that work? Is Marianne immortal like Charles? That doesn't explain the body swap though. More importantly, her appearance has brought C.C. back, which raises some questions. Should I be happy or sad that this has happened? C.C. is GARish enough to celebrate her recovery, but I really liked her tame serviceable side too. She was as cute as Shirley... except more willing to be fucked over by Loldouche.

Interesting too is the resolve Prickzaku has made. It makes me guess he and Loldouche will team up against Charles whenever he fucks up Loldouche's plan. Maybe we'll get an awesome three pronged battle from those two and Bishieneizel?

Final thoughts: this episode needed more Orange-kun.

I called Waldstein having a geass behind that eyelid, if that counts for anything. <_<

Marianne has a Geass and apparently it allows her to possess people/ swap bodies with them or something.

I wonder what's gonna happen now. Apparently Lelouche is all "I'm imprisoning myself with you forever, ya old fuck!" so what now? An eternity's worth of chopsticks?

Also, I love Suzaku verbally bitch-slapped Nina at the beginning of the ep :)

Nope. I called it first.

I know this because I called it to my friend through IM as we watched it through a stream as it aired in Japan because he wouldn't shut up until I did that with him at least once.

Edit: on further reflection, I actually said it even before I saw the damn guy. and my friend shot me down by saying that his eyeball had been torn out, But when I saw the stitches I knew...I knew he was faking it.

oh for fuck sake not this shit again.

You know it to be true!


Also, dear God, Code Geass has become Evangelion. http://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gif out of http://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gifhttp://neogaf.com/forum/images/smilies/laugh.gif

One of the best episodes of the year, and the most entertainment you'll get to see unless you can find an aquarium with a shark humping another shark! Perfection in train wreckness!

The final arc is going to be fabulous!

Oh Geass No!~

My god. I want to see the Geass that Goro wanted to make. While this is hilarious, the original had so much potential :(

Oh, PS: I'm back :D

I'll need to watch this again. Maybe I blinked and missed something.

Was VV actually a prince or what's going on there? Either way, mofo got his code damn early...

About R2 23:

I'm surprised at how masterfully the writers make you hate or love one character from one episode to another. Schneijerk was incredibly jerky in this one.

Otherwise, it was pretty epic. It still confirmed my assumption that Loldouche is really stupid when dealing with Nunally. She could have won her over and all this mess would be done already.

Also, R.I.P. Cornelia, though technically we've seen her die before.

Well damn. Everyone is an asshole. Everyone capable, anyway.

What about Xing-Ke(?)? Is he likeable? But, like everyone that joins Zero, he's no longer capable, so meh.

Yeah, I don't get what's going on anymore. Just bend over for Nunnally like you've always wanted, wtf is this shit.

God fucking dammit, Sunrise. Way to kill one of the remaining sane and likable characters left. And way to have such a crappy way to do it too. Schneizel: "LOL EVERYBODY PEACE!" Cornelia: "Aaaaaand... how are you going to do that?" Schneizel: "ROFL THRU FEAR OF NUCLEAR OBLITERATION DUH!" Cornelia: "WTF?!?! That's not peace!" Schneizel: "UMM.. U MAKE GOOD ARGUMENT BUT...." *snaps fingers* *random turret appears and shots Cornelia down* "...KTHXBAI ^^"

Also, who the fuck has a hidden machine gun turret that activates once you snap your fingers? What if you're in the room and snap your fingers without thinking and then OH SHIT TURRET KILLS YOU!!! And how did the bullets miss Schneizel completely? He was right next her! Y'know what fuck it. This is going beyond a trainwreck. This is becoming a fucking midair collision or a Colombia launch levels. Now the remaining sane (arguably) and likable characters left in this series are the following: Gino.

You're realising this just now? I've been preaching about it for a while. At least it's nice to see everyone is coming to their senses.

Also, was it me or did they hint heavily at Sayoko X Orange-kun and Gino X Kallen?

Addendum: A blog fittingly called Code Trainwreck.

No, I knew that Code Geass R2 was a trainwreck but this is simply going too far. All the good characters are getting killed off for stupid reasons and everybody else is changing their alliances for retarded reasons like a bunch of stupid kids playing musical chairs, thus killing almost the entire setup of the past... season and a half? Code Geass season 1 at least wasn't going too trainwrecky beyond Eupy Ramboing the Japanese because Lelouch is a dumbass and Orange-kun resurrecting as a brokenly powerful cyborg on a dreidel of doom (was willing to forgive it then because Euphy made me cry and Orange-kun was a lolass (LOL+badass)). Then it settled down again at the start of the second season and then proceeded to trainwreck to epicly ridiculous proportions (started figuring it out around the bullshit chess scene and Zero loli-snatcher scene). And it's trainwrecking to failtastic levels and it's not even funny now (Arthur being revealed to be A.A. and giving Suzaku a geass is an example of hilarious trainwreck, however, Nunally suddenly surviving total point-blank annihilation with absolutely nobody on either side noticing her successful getaway and her proceeding to join Schneizel and agreeing to nuke an entire city to "atone for her brother" is what I call a true facepalm moment).

Cornelia's alive!! Fuck yes!!

Also, Nunally opened her eyes!! What's next, will she do jumpin' jacks all over the Damocles?

I loved this episode. It was epic and actiony and it even had some C.C. X Loldouche, which is always great. Incredible kudos to the soundtrack, by the way, which was all sorts of awesome and shit.

FINALE NEXT WEEK!! I'm pumped! Hopefully it won't end in a cliffhanger.

I'll die...

Seriously, if the last episode will be any more EPIC I'll die from overdosage, cause I got a pretty low tolerance for epicness.
Or my brain will explode if they won't clearly state who's who and dose what with who.

Hopefully they'll turn Code Geass in something like gundam: once a year or two they'll be making a new series that'll have a common theme but new plot and characters.

You guys need to be spoiler-tagin' some of this shit. I haven't seen this weeks episode yet!

There's something magical about a blind paraplegic girl crawling around on the ground, desperately looking for a nuclear detonator.

"Conqueror it through sheer force of will RAWR" is a direction I hate and as such I hate what's happening here. Anyway, didn't Orange cancel, like, all of Tokyo anyway? Why is Nunnally still effected by some old-ass geass?

Sorry about ruining it for you, Nique, but it seems that this thread is allowed to be spoilerific.

Man, this is just getting too weird. Nunally opens her eyes through sheer will, conquering Charles' geass (I think...) and Lelouch is all WTF H4X. Guilford is still alive impossible enough and seemingly blind. Cornelia is alive and with him in a hospital room (how the hell did she get out of Damocles after getting shot up without nobody noticing O_O). Lelouch pulls a Mao trick on Schneizel. This time perfectly to the point were you're wondering, "OKAY NOW SERIOUSLY HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU DO THAT?!?!" (I mean at least against Mao there were awkward pauses, but this was a long ass conversation with perfectly timed responses.) Oh and final battle: Suzaku vs. Gino's damaged Tristan and Karen's Gurren. Who will win? Man, there is so much left unsolved that I'm worried that
this will happen.

Oh and quick quiz:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...snap-18175.png
What does this look like?
a. Some weird-ass spear?
b. Yar Fleia-killer FTW!
c. Holy shit! I-is that the Lance of Longinus? MOAR EVA HOMAGES?!?!

The question isn't how Lelouch recorded that perfectly, he's a godamn genius or something.

The question is how Lelouch, the most physically unfit person to walk the face of the Geass world made it from his mech, to the control room, recorded that message, and then ran down to Schnizels little jet thingie, geassed the guards, and got into position to ambush Schnizel.

This is, of course, before Schnizel can even fucking lift off.

Honestly, what the fuck.

Oh right, Guilford. Forgot about him. Yeah, what the crap? Doesn't anyone die from nukes? Learn a lesson, anime: EXPLOSIONS KILL PEOPLE.

He obviously took off his contacts, looked in a mirror, and said, "feel the burn."

But he already Geassed himself!

Since when have the writers paid attention to their own cosmology?

Yeah, I mean any show that suddenly resurrects a guy who obviously was victim to nuclear obliteration with no real reason definitely doesn't pay attention to little details like "logic" and "continuity".

i can't really se how any of you can take geass seriously after the inclusion of a ninja maid who even wears her maid hat under a wig disguise.

That was the point when people supposed to stop paying attention to minor details...

Also, in anime explosions don't kill people, they make them disappear for a while so that other characters can worry about their fate.

And then he had Orange cancel him. That, or Orange canceled the whole city already. I'm not done harping on that!

I'm betting the fact that he told Schneizel specifically to obey Zero is going to bite him in the ass one of these season finales.

That finale was a lot better than it deserved to be. Also, it kind of sucked. The show still doesn't make much sense, and the last arc was empty and emotionless because, again, there were no motivations behind the characters involved. At least the final five minutes or so were an ending, unlike almost everything else that becomes popular and leaves out loose ends for a sequel.

It's still weird how they basically threw the original plot about C.C. & Geass powers out the window and just went off on some other tangent for the ending. I would've liked to see how Taniguchi originally envisioned the plot.

Prickzaku is still a jerk and I hate it that he "won".

In all seriousness? Loldouche did not die, fucking Sunrise is trolling everyone. They're going to milk this series til the cows come home.

Edit: On second thoughts, this ending could have been a lot worse. It could have been Macross Frontier's last episode.

Well just finished the finale (hopefully) and the only thing I have to say (and I am saying it with as much restraint as I can) is this:













HOLY FUCK THIS EPISODE IS HILARIOUS! XD It's like Sunrise just fuck and threw in whatever the hell for the ending. Orange-kun running an orange ranch with Anya. Tamaki, the loser bartender. Suzaku being doomed to where a mask for the rest of his life. Nunally being epically defeated by teh evil stairs. Lelouch who completely changes his mind about geassing Nunally once he found out that she was planning to do the exact same thing (I'm imagining him thinking, "Bitch you can steal my plan! I called dibs on that!" C.C. deciding to be a gypsy, but bringing Cheese-kun with her. This:

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People may complain that ending was unfulfilling, but I say that it was rather fitting for a series known for its trainwreck potential and its unintentional comedy. Now who's up for Code Geass: Arthur of the Omnomnom?

EDIT: (Warning: contains TTGL spoilers) Did anybody else get a flashback of the epic final battle between TTGL and the Anti Spirals during the scuffle between Orange and Anya? Only Geass's rendition of it was less epic and more hilarious since Orange was fighting a loli as opposed to humanity's last stand against the opposition of evolution and individuality.

I think my favorite thing about that ending for Tamaki is that Rivalz also has a job doing the exact same thing.

Also where the fuck did Shinku go?

Y'know, that might actually be worth the time.

This is why Orange-kun should have his own series. Code Geass: Jeremiah of the Orange Plantation.

Hopefully he died during the battle.

By the way, I'm astounded that EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE BIG BATTLE SURVIVED. Except Loldouche. Huh.

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There. The only indirect indication of Xingke. My guess was that Sunrise was originally hoping to actually go ahead and kill off Xingke with his Character-Nerf-iritis, but stopped to keep the fangirls happy. So instead they quietly sift him out of the ending montage, but they keep it ambiguous enough so that the fangirls don't rage.

Oh shit, I just noticed who is in the picture.

NANI, MAI HANNI?

I know! It took me a while to realize it too. It's like Sunrise said "Okay every character get in the picture. What? No, Xingke, you can't come. We have to make it look like you died of plot aids. MAI HANNI girl, you're not in the picture yet! Hurry up and get next to Rivalz and I dunno, do the same pose as him or something."

NANI MAI HANNI is way more important than Xing-Qe. Fuck that Chinese loli-seeking excuse for a bishie.

Edit: Did they mention what happened to Sayoko? I thought she was going to end up with Orange-kun, but she was nowhere during the finale. That ninja maid was one of the few characters who won my admiration in this programme. :(

Awesome ending was awesome. however, I was interested more about geass, its past and that the crap was C.C real name! if they said it, then I totally missed it somewhere.

Orange isn't in the picture either, but Anya is.
They're probably both at the Orange Farm, enjoying the time alone.

The only thing that made sense with this ending was Nunnaly getting owned by the stairs, everything else was like "WTF?!"...

Maybe except Lelouch having a plan that involved taking over the world and dying...
He never was smart... Intelligent but not smart...

This show might just have lowered my standards, because I thought that ending was good. Not "lolwut" good like much of the rest of the show, but actually good. And I usually find the "hero sacrificing himself for the ultimate good of blah blah fucking blah" painfully cheesy. *shrug*

This show was upsetting. I mean really dissapointing in every way. R1 had such promise! R2 didn't even have a high production value! What happened?!

...what the fuck did I just watch?

There was a change in the time slot so they apparently had to modify the material.

That said, you write that as if R1 had not been disappointing.

R1 was building to something that seemed interesting and well put togethor until the last... 2-3 episodes? Then it got weird. Did the writing staff change?

So now that R2 is over, we get Knightmare of Nunally animated, right?

..right?

I mean, come on! Look at this! You can't not want it animated!

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The world just isn't ready to produce something that awesome. And by the world, I mean Sunrise.

Wait, what? What the fook is that? Is that Nunally's Knightmare Frame?

No, That's Lelouch.
He gets a different Geass, instead of an eyeball that makes people do what you say, he gets a super suit that lets him take on the Lancelot 1v1

Lelouch as Iron Man.

So I only recently came upon this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...-cokegeass.jpg

Have only I been missing out or has it been all of us?

i have never seen this before....coke orange? seriously? they should just make a coke for every fruit and be done with it.

Coke kiwi rolls off the tongue better anyway.