The new Claymore
This is the most awesome Code Geass episode in the second season so far. No kidding. It has comedy, tension, revelations, drama, reunions, heart-warming moments and a cliffhanger all packaged into one convenient 24-minute episode. It just goes to show that the series only works when it takes itself half seriously.
Summary
Random fanservice never gets old
Milly is graduating from the academy and decides to hold a special event as her last act as the student council president. It involves silly-looking hats, Lelouch getting chased by the entire school’s population, and Sayako the super maid ninja.
Where do the spotlights come from? I don’t know
Yes that’s right, Sayako is apparently a fricking ninja, for real, belonging to the Shinozaki-ryuu. Her real profession is being a bad ass bodyguard, which was the reason why she was hired by the Ashford family. This explains a lot.
Sayako’s l33t ninja skillz
During Lelouch’s trip to China, Sayako was instructed to help manage his personal relationships in his place. This was apparently a terrible idea, because she managed to hit on every single girl in the school and arranged for hourly dates with different girls, which Lelouch must now attend to.
Lelouch’s schedule is the envy of his peers
And not only that, he also has to fly to China in Shinkirou in between dates to meet politicians and shake hands. This means that Shinkirou probably has a cruise speed that is higher than a Boeing 747’s.
Oh Xingke, you tool
Shirley is seriously pissed off at Lelouch’s new playboy personality. Add that to Milly’s special event: Hilarity of colossal proportion ensues.
I like her new hair style
Meanwhile, Cornelia makes a reappearance. She is out to seek vengeance against the powers of Geass that took her sister’s life, and her search has led her to the secret research facility known as the Temple.
Technically, a map only needs around four to six colours
The rest of the Britannia family on the other hand is busy plotting a land grab on the fragmented Chinese Federation through gunboat diplomacy.
Thoughts
This episode is brilliant because it is a synthesis of everything that makes Code Geass great. The battle of tactics between Lelouch and Milly is almost a self-parody of the series. And despite being a largely light-hearted episode, it also manages to squeeze in enough foreshadowing and short snippets to set the audience up for the next great Mass Emo Kids Event.
Hint: It involves Shirley and Mr. Orange’s new power. I foresee great tragedies ahead.
Screencaps
Deeply confused but clearly enjoying the moment
A female assassin prepares to ambush Lelouch
“Why is Lelouch out dating girls when he has me?”
A new character of pure evil
Oh great. Another loli
Poor Kallen T_T
Ashford Academy…
…has a lot of…
…cute girls
Lelouch is surrounded by the opposing gender
Oh what the heck. That girl is totally Jun Watarase!
Douche bags
This only happens in porn
The loli with no common sense
I realized that I don’t understand how Shirley’s hair works
“You are all under arrest for wearing extremely short miniskirts.”
I just realized Zino had plaids, wtf
C.C. was here?
Damn. When the episode is actually entertaining and fun, I have nothing much to say. :(
AWESOME EPISODE THIS WEEK!!!! Here’s a quick summary of my thoughts:
-“…BTW I kissed Shirley! :D” -Sayoko “WHAT?!” -Rolo “…..D:” -Lelouch
-Apparently, Anya’s 15 and Gino’s 17. Hm, interesting. 8D
-“Oh, and Lelouch…I fucked up your schedule too! :D” -Sayoko “WTF is your problem woman?!?!?! >:E” -Rolo “…I want to die. ;_;” -Lelouch
-“I do not approve of Lelouch being a man!slut.” -Shirley “And I do not approve of you! :D” -Rolo
– LOL. Rolo wants his Lelouch to return (to bed) home. :D
-But MY GOD Shirley. Shut up!!! >_>
-Nunally’s sunshine and bubbles are at work! :D
-Millay likes to tease Lulu a little too much. I approve. >:3
-And WTF, the dude from Lost Colors is still around?! XD;;;
– Since when could Rolo geass THE WHOLE SCHOOL?!?!?! O____o
-LOL sexy time in the closet y/y? :D “Sorry nii-san but I can’t hold back anymore!”
-Is it just me or does Gino love to be chased by fangirls? XD;;;
– For real Milly?! The damn FOOTBALL team?! O.o
– Sayoko is a ninja. Too bad she rejected female sexy time and made Lelouch seem GHEY. XD;;;
– Did I mention that the flip was FABULOUS? (Even Rolo approves! :D)
-JESUS ANYA!!! It’s NOT THAT SERIOUS!!! O______________O
-“Um, plz but that battletank away Anya. O_o” -Viletta-sensei “…Poo.” -Anya
– LOL to pulling Lelouch’s cheeks! Me like! :D :D :D
-…yup. Sayoko is a ninja. XD;;;
-Aw… Rolo wants (some) alone time with Lelouch too. XD;;;
– “LOL now I work for Biglobe! Can you say monopoly? :D” -Millay
– Wait…so doesn’t that make Lelouch the Student Council President? O.o
– Orejii-kun is drinking orange juice. Being Orejii-kun. :D
-WOOT FOR ANTI-GEASS!!!! :D :D :D (Too bad it was wasted on Shirley first. >_>)
Preview for Turn 13:
-Suzaku and Lelouch’s fashion senses still suck. Suzaku get rid of those shades and Lelouch burn that girly jacket already!
-But Lelouch and Suzaku are going on a date! ….but Shirely is the third wheel. GODDAMMIT. D:<
“I just realized Zino had plaids, wtf”
they look more like rats tails to me
and why do the hats look like arses? (heh heh asshats)
Your reviews cracks me up as always. Now just a few more hours till Eclipse releases the subbed version.
That girl in the second Ashford Acamedy girls screencap, looks like Nunnally’s attendant…
You know, I think Geass has done better at this same gig before, even this same season. But I guess I’m just supposed to laugh mindlessly and post some other…stuff.
Proteus: do us all a favor and shut up. If you look to find something wrong with any anime series you WILL find something. With DM I don’t mind because he makes valid points and backs them up (this is also his blog). You, however, just complain. If you don’t like it don’t watch it, and for god’s sake stop wasting everyone’s time by posting that shit. Now if you want to make an intelligent comment, please, by all means do so.
Badx: do you mean the one one the top left? Because if you do you’re right, she does. At least a little.
Wasn’t expecting much, since I’ve had problems with R2 lately…so the quality of the comedy varied, but it did entertain me enough at the end of the day.
Liked Sayoko’s “ninja” moves and how she used them to get Lelouch out of the “pinch”…mostly Milly’s fault, but setting up a million dates didn’t exactly help.
Shirley got some love, but I can’t shake the feeling this is just paving the way for her exit, even if she doesn’t die. Lelou’s too confused, too many things on his mind, and she’s too clingy…getting her lost memories back can’t possibly help that equation.
“It just goes to show that the series only works when it takes itself half seriously.”
Can’t agree with you there this time though. A pity…nah.
Yes, I didn’t like the China arc, as it turned out, but I don’t know if I could take the entire series being like this. The jokes would get old a bit too quickly, since there are only so many festivals Milly could pull off.
The key is to balance the ridiculous with the awesome and the actually informative. This episode was mostly for fun, and I can go with that, but the plot would move too slowly if it was all like this.Things like Turn 3, for example, were also lighthearted without having to spend too much time on running around and such.
Still, today’s cliffhanger was good, and I think the upcoming emo will work out nicely.
Shadow: Fine, fine. Don’t be so touchy, as if I were going to bother you for long.
Episode 6 in season one was better than this. People were complaining about the cat, all the way back then, but it seemed something much less extravagant and more natural. Episode 5 in season two was another celebration but it made sense as it was a follow-up of the failed Pizza Festival. This one? Everything came out of left field and stayed there. It didn’t click with me.
I can suppose DM’s got the right to go on about liking it for “self-parody”, you’re right about this being his blog, but that’s not what I want and can’t appreciate the things he says he likes in this episode. See? That’s all.
Mr Orange’s Geass looks funkier than the normal geasss!
Why is his geass blue…it has to be orange
Also i dont think its that great against lelouche. in shirleys case it was unfortunate, but in most cases his geass doesnt have any lasting effect anyways. also he mostly kills ppl off after using it on them.
It means everyone Lulu ever used will remember it. And who did fruit kill?
Wow… Just… wow…
Anya just drove the friggin Mordred into the school… That’s poor poor judgment especially since you aren’t suppose to kill Lulu. Imagine if she actually used the hadron cannons.
Proteus: Sorry for snapping. It annoys me when I see people complain, complain, complain, and do nothing to change why they are complaining. Even if it means not watching the series any more. I don’t know if it is you complaining all the time, I didn’t take the time to memorize all the names of those who do. And I do understand what your saying.
Proteus:
Yeah season one was better. But I did specifically say that this is the best episode in season two, which is not exactly a very high standard.
Either way, I’m just saying that Code Geass does better when it stops pretending to be Ghost in the Shell because it fails at political intricacy and excels primarily as a comedy tragedy about inter-personal relationships.
I actually prefer the serious episodes, no matter how flawed the strategies or politics, as opposed to the (rather) mindless school comedy ones. The core plot is to me still the most interesting part of the show. Or perhaps it’s just that I found this particular school episode too random (dates with 108 girls, wtf Sayoko) coupled with my terrible bias against Shirley, lol. Anyway the foreshadowing parts neatly did the job, and I anticipate the next ep.
Good entry as always, DM. :D Although isn’t the political intricacy supposed to be part of the show’s backbone?
Wow, I must say Anya has no common sense, smashing a her Mordred’s arm through the library window to capture Lelouch, but damn is she cute. And I’ve had enough of Shirley, Lelouch is planning on going steady with her? Orange-kun, please release Lelouch from the shackles of romance, and destroy Shirley, while you’re at it kill off Kalen aswell. I don’t mind if it’s with C.C but all those other girls annoy me.
nooooooooooo, dont u dare kill kallen, cycle, y u say that. by the way, how do u change your avatar.
since when did corelia gun he a blade?
Happy to see Shirley getting some love… Although alas, it would certainly seem its only as a setup for her exit.
Certainly a good episode. Looking forwards to the next one & corresponding blog entry.
So, a Geass canceler aye, does this mean Lelouch can geass Shirley again?
Also, seems like a good idea now, the whole, not geassing Xing Ke into accepting the Tian Zi’s marriage to a Jap. Stupid, ponytail man.
Also, what’s up with the room of people with the Britanian Royalty? One of them was the knight of one, sure, but are the rest of the new characters also Royalty?
lol… this was quite an enjoyable episode…XD and best part is cornelia is back!! w00t!
Hurrah for Cornelia. She just throws entirely new things into an already volatile plot.
“I like her new hair style”
Couldn’t agree more. New Cornelia is now taking one of my top spots for beautiful geass ladies ;o
“So, a Geass canceler aye, does this mean Lelouch can geass Shirley again? ”
It had the scene with all the brain patterns reverting themselves to normal, so I’d assume so, though he has to actually get a chance to do that first.
And DM, I’m surprised you didn’t screencap the picture of Anya in the hallway getting oggled by every single guy there. Loligoodness for all. (She doesn’t hold a lolicandle to Kaguya though)
has it never occurred to saeko that lelouch is actually an idiot when it comes to sports…= =?? lulu couldn’t even outrun mirei…so why would she be doing flips and getting all 10s from the judges…she’s not a good kagebunshin= =…i’d definitely fire her if i was lulu…
“she’s not a good kunoichi, in my opinion”
Fixed that for you.
Wait a sec… Is it just me or do I see a Librarian and… a teacher in Lelouch’s harem. Oh my god. It almost seems as if Lelouch can make his own dating sim because he’s got just about half the girls in the school, INCLUDING teachers. Sayoko really signed Lelouch up to MUCH more than he bargained for. I mean seriously. 108 girls on a 6 month waiting list? Since when has Lulu been this popular?
Shirley’s hair is pretty normal what. Quite a lot of girls have it, it’s basically just tying the outer layer into a small tail to prevent it from looking too thick. Maybe the art is poorly detailed.
DM NEEDS GIRLS!
lol, ehm, I think the maid name is sayoko not sayako, DM
Is it just me, or was this the first and only episode so far we’ve seen of Lelouch blushing?
I say this b/c even when Kallen was right on top of him, or C.C. outright striping to her undies (last episode) he doesn’t bat an eyelash…
What’s going on here?
If the geass canceler cancels all geass the biggest problem won’t be that lelouche’s geass gets cancele. But the empeor’s geass on the school will get canceled as well and everyone will remember abaout nunally and such.
So basicaly suzaku will know that lelouche has his memories back, no matter what lelouche does.
Also ppl will have to ask themselves wth Lelouche’s sister is a princess. I still dont rly get why Kallen hasn’t asked him that. As far as i know she still remembers Nunally (as seen in this episode) since her memory wasnt altered but she doesn’t know that lelouche is a prince. Why didn’t she comment on his sister being introduced as a princess?
Same goes for Sayoko…
“This episode is brilliant because it is a synthesis of everything that makes Code Geass great. The battle of tactics between Lelouch and Milly is almost a self-parody of the series. And despite being a largely light-hearted episode, it also manages to squeeze in enough foreshadowing and short snippets to set the audience up for the next great Mass Emo Kids Event”
That’s so true! I couldn’t have said it better. DM your comments are just SPOT ON! ã“ã®æ„Ÿã˜ã§ã™ã€‚
…and…”C.C. was here?” ROFL…She’s no where…is it the first time? I don’t coun’t, but…she’s usually around.
Great episode because it felt so complete. Still I agree with blue. Geass used to have an amazing core plot and it “serious” episodes were so much fun to watch. Hopefully the quality of this episode will continue over into the next one and the larger plot with geass.
I wonder if the reason people think r2 is so bad is because R1 was just an excellent anime.
Question… didn’t Shirley and Lelouch really resolve the issue last season before he geassed her? She had come to terms with it after Mao threatened…. Don’t know.
@Rololita: pizza
@Sabu: I suppose, but that doesn’t change the fact that Lelouch erased her memories against her wishes. anyway, she doesn’t seem to be brandishing any sharp objects, so i guess nothing too much will come out of it
I find it very interesting how Shirley seems to get her mind screwed around with by the characters
Where’s my wife C.C. :[[
Wrathos: Yeah, that’s pretty much the main reason I didn’t really like the episode. Watching that scene with Shirley at the end made me feel like I was reading a bad and cheesy fanfic. I’m sure that what Lyzander said was correct (“Happy to see Shirley getting some love… Although alas, it would certainly seem its only as a setup for her exit.”) but I think they could have made it a bit more convincing! :P Ah well, next episode should be picking up the pace.
Damn! Sayoko set up Lelouch with the SAME number of wives his dad has.
He had a chance to match Charles’ harem, but he blew it…
@Sabu: I think geAss concept changes here,its a really powerful hypnosis then, or the canceller was a new type of geass?
or it reachs its time limit ??
Kuro: Exactly, Lelouch has been trying to beat the Emperor on military might and the research on Geass. Why doesn’t he try to win him in terms of harem?
Wrathos: Lelouch likes Shirley, it was obvious from the first season, therefore he blushes.
Kallen has a crush on Lelouch but he don´t answer her feelings, thus he doesn´t have to blush when she´s ontop of him :p
CC, well she is the immortal witch, a partner in crime and whatnot. But no lover, even though you can see some parts of these seasons that could mean that CC likes Lelouch.
But just my thoughts.
In general I have to say lots of lulz from Sayako´s handling with Lelouchs personal life, but not so good when it came to being Lelouch… poor guy.
Quite fun to see the Knights of Round getting attention like that :)
Wonder what Nunally will do with Kallen or vice versa. Yet another person who will go to Ashford academy maybe :)
manga: I have to disagree, Lulu not blushing in that scene with Kallen could mean anything. I think it just means that they’re that comfortable around each other. And besides, he did better than that – he asked her to return with him when everything was over. As for C.C, one can say that there’s a lot of sexual tension between the two.
Sunrise wants to keep everyone guessing until the end, which is why the three girls get more relationship development at, well, separate times. Lulu *officially* getting with Shirley this early on probably means that it won’t last long. :/
@andreas: “Why is his geass blue…it has to be orange?”
Was it orange? It was red, I believe. But more importantly, I’d say I wouldn’t care much about it other than to help viewers distinguish which is which. After all, it’s not like the characters themselves (aside from Geass company, that is) could recognize which power is activated, if they are even aware or know of it.
@Sabu:
I think we’re off to a much more complicated series now… I mean, the variety of Geass powers already presents a lot of possibilities and here we first get to see canceling… I believe they (including Lelouch) would get pretty messed up from now on, like “Could I Geass him again now?” and stuff like that. I don’t want to think too deeply about it, though, at least not yet.
“Was it orange? It was red, I believe. But more importantly, I’d say I wouldn’t care much about it other than to help viewers distinguish which is which. After all, it’s not like the characters themselves (aside from Geass company, that is) could recognize which power is activated, if they are even aware or know of it.”
dude, you didnt get me. he’s ornage-kun man, his geass needs to be orange.
and yes the other geass’s are red.
anyways, da zero obviously collects a loli harem so he has no use for those gathered by sayoko :D
i’m still confused about wether or not Kallen knows lelouche is a prince. if she doesnt, she’s dumb like hell.
well the next ep will clear that up since it’ll probably contain the dialogue between kallen and nunnally.
“i’m still confused about wether or not Kallen knows lelouche is a prince. if she doesnt, she’s dumb like hell.
well the next ep will clear that up since it’ll probably contain the dialogue between kallen and nunnally.”
It also begs the question of whether Kallen knows Lelouch is keeping his memory restoration under wraps at the moment. He *might* have told her about it and she *might* have worked it out on her own, but then again she might not, which could possibly bring a swift and unfortunate end to Lelouch staying at Ashford. Probably unlikely to happen considering the series as it is, but a possiblity. It’s fine if Kallen mentions it to Nunnally, but the crazy bitch assistant woman would go running to Suzaku.
Rewatched the episode, and picked up on a rather hilarious detail (which I’m surprised DM missed).
When Lelouch disembarks at the aquarium, watch as Sayoko removes the mask and wig.
Sayoko is still wearing the maid-headband-thing underneath the wig!
xD
Nice episode, I kind of prefer more tension on the plotting and counter-plotting and the serious episodes, but the foreshadowing is not that bad. I wonder if all animes use the mysterious-ressurection power as twists. lol Cornelia
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Turn 13- Assassin From The Past「éŽåŽ»ã€€ã‹ã‚‰ã®ã€€åˆºå®¢ã€, July 6th
Jeremiah shows up as an assassin from the Cult. Because of his Geass, Shirley is suspicious of everyone including Lelouch, and calls Suzaku out.
Keywords from the newsletter: Even for an altered human, there will be living parts unprotected!
　
Turn 14- Geass Hunting「ギアス狩りã€, July 13th
Upon identifying the location of the Cult, Zero leads the Black Knights to carry out the annihilation operation. Just as he successfully forced the leader, V.V., into a corner, the demonic mech Siegfried appears.
[[To avenge the death of an important person who died because of geass, Lelouch determines to annihilate the Geass Cult.
With the information from Rolo and Jeremiah, he found out the Cult’s headquarter in Chinese Federation and rushes in with the Black Knights.
The person waiting inside is the young leader of the Cult, who has immortal powers same as C.C., and is the older brother of the Emperor of Britannia, V.V.]]
Turn 15- The World Of C 「C ã®ã€€ä¸–ç•Œã€, July 20th
Turn 16- Union of Nations, Resolution No.1 「超åˆé›†å›½æ±ºè°ç¬¬å£±è™Ÿã€, July 27th
I somehow doubt V.V. is his older brother…
Someone’s been taking those two a bit too literally…
Scorpion: That important person who died because of Geass, hasn’t it been revealed as well? I wish someone could verify that spoiler.
Badx: From the official website, they’re fraternal twins. (I hope that wasn’t a spoiler, it just came from a relationship chart.)
NANANA! SPOILER :D
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It says the important person is Shirley…
wtfomgbbq…on the map with east asia on it, where is the philippines?? :(